It’s nice and all, but with New York having a church every ten blocks, I don’t think the subway is a good place to preach. I believe that if you enforce your religion on anyone, they are more likely to resist. Leave it be, and leave it to curiosity and the willingness of a human being to seek the truth.

Reading the Bible, one can see that Jesus always preached and taught the public. But can you ask yourself, “Where did he preach?“ He preached through living and by example. When he was preaching, people followed him and he did not chase anyone to preach. He will go to a hill, maybe under a tree, and start his teachings. The crowd will follow - either divine will, curiosity, or faith. Have you ever read in the bible about Jesus’ advertisements or aggressive marketing? I sure haven’t.

I just saw a nice picture of Jesus standing by the door fo the house. The door does not have a door knob. He is always standing by our door, but we have to be the one to let Him in. It’s an awesome symbolism for this post.

Nonetheless this is just my opinion.

I consider him to be my greatest role-model. He took care of me and my siblings when we were young in the province of Dagupan City, Philippines. I still have clear memories in my head when I was a little boy. The most vivid picture I see whenever I think of him is the mornings and the evenings I see him pray. I was a scared little boy who was afraid of the dark and of being alone. I remember sleeping beside my grandparents and my grandfather would wake up early in the morning. The sun is not even out. The rooster hasn’t even alarmed us yet. He would just sit…quietly and hold on to his scapular and Rosary. All I hear are whispers. He eventually makes the sign of the cross and heads out to the backyard. He’d make a warm fire on the clay stove and start cooking rice. I remember walking out one morning with him. It was cold and you can still smell the freshness of the ocean breeze. We’d sit and he’ll answer questions I had about life and God. Those were always good topics. He’d take me to church, we’d walk really far.

My grandfather taught me a lot of things too. How to cook rice, how to make/fly a kite, how to make a slingshot, and other crafts like paper airplanes and so forth. He was a trumpet player, even the accordion… I shared his love for peace and the simplicity of life. He has a good heart. I am thankful for the blessings I have received through him.

The last time I saw him was last Christmas, I hugged him and felt peace. He was happy to see us. He’s message has always been, “If it’s in His will… then let it be.“ This week, I’ll go to Seattle… not to say goodbye, but to share what a great man he was.

I like the new interface. However, they simplified their icons - they have multicolored boxes with the acronym - Ps (Photoshop), Ai (Adobe Illustrator), Dw (DreamWeaver), Fl (Flash), and Id (Indesign). I didn’t see a lot of changes from CS…CS2…CS3. They still have the same features, with some minor additions. You can still survive the trade if you still use the CS version! By the way, I don’t see ImageReady! I think Flash ate it - I say that because ImageReady was used primarily for web graphics and animated .gifs. Nonetheless, I think that’s enough for now. There are so many new features and I just pointed out what stood out to me.