It's a very long walk joining the Gregorio Del Pilar Baile La Calle
It's sad we were not allowed our students to participate in the street dancing ( which we usually do every year, even bringing home an award to make the school
proud).
It's amazing nobody in my staff got aching feet.
I took some pictures which can be seen in our school's friendster account. The Baile La Calle is the most enjoyable and awaited event in our town because of the informality and the challenge to dance in the street bringing out the creativity in every participant.
In my years of teaching Makabayan, I admired this hero Gregorio Del Pilar because of his loyalty to his profession. This hero who became the shield of Emilio Aguinaldo, the hero I do not like because of his envious ambition that caused the death of Andres (Andres Bonifacio) and Goyo (Gregorio del Pilar). And I appreciate our town for recognizing Goyo as hero of the present youth and have this annual Baile La Calle in his name.
I happened to see some of my coleagues in this parade. All have different reasons for joining in.
1. get a tan
2. get exercise to slim down.
3. it's a higher up order.
4. to enjoy.
5. to dance
6. to promote & advertise
7. no reason at all.
PS:
Crayon Sinchan, please post your number & name here. Want to know u.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Doors
The doors that I thought are open are not yet open after all. They're still images. Images of doors.
Shall I open them? Or do I need to beg God to open them for me? Or shall I wait, do nothing, just allowing the time to ripen and open those doors for me?
Those are the questions hanging in my mind.
Doors are opportunities. Doors are chances to a lot of new horizons.
Sometimes, I can't help ask my Creator but later on say sorry for asking questions.
But I can't help it. It's tough nowadays.
I rode the bus and the jeepney "unendlessly" today. Met a friend and then ride again.
I can't help thinking, what must I do?
What scares me?
To make a mistake.
It's but a normal thing to commit a mistake.
A failure might lead to success.
What really scares me?
What shakes my knees?
Because I will do them alone.
Take the chance. Maybe it will work.
No fallback?
It's a whirlwind!
An invitation came: Free bus ride from Manila to Cagayan! What a nice invitation for someone who's not yet done thinking.
Shall I open them? Or do I need to beg God to open them for me? Or shall I wait, do nothing, just allowing the time to ripen and open those doors for me?
Those are the questions hanging in my mind.
Doors are opportunities. Doors are chances to a lot of new horizons.
Sometimes, I can't help ask my Creator but later on say sorry for asking questions.
But I can't help it. It's tough nowadays.
I rode the bus and the jeepney "unendlessly" today. Met a friend and then ride again.
I can't help thinking, what must I do?
What scares me?
To make a mistake.
It's but a normal thing to commit a mistake.
A failure might lead to success.
What really scares me?
What shakes my knees?
Because I will do them alone.
Take the chance. Maybe it will work.
No fallback?
It's a whirlwind!
An invitation came: Free bus ride from Manila to Cagayan! What a nice invitation for someone who's not yet done thinking.
Monday, November 3, 2008
I just came back from the South. The rain and the traffic was so heavy on the way here. I was surprised by ...bills!
But am at peace. As usual, I did my ways to make ends meet... to keep us going.
I found:
1. my old friends. they're still my friends!
2. new friends
3. new opportunities
4. open heaven for me
" Those who look up in the sky, day dream. But those who look inside, grow!"
- Carl Jung
But am at peace. As usual, I did my ways to make ends meet... to keep us going.
I found:
1. my old friends. they're still my friends!
2. new friends
3. new opportunities
4. open heaven for me
" Those who look up in the sky, day dream. But those who look inside, grow!"
- Carl Jung
Friday, September 26, 2008
The Lord Counts Our Hair
I was searching the net for the Pagasa website because I want to tract down typhoon Ofel's movement.. Eicher's in Tuegegarao City for a job call and will go down to Baguio City all that this weekend. Ofel's heading northwest of the country and I need to inform Eicher about it so he could timed his job and hurried back home to Manila, avoiding the storm. Then, I remembered to open my e-mail, a newsletter from the 700Club Asia came and I read this article-devotion about our hair. I was touched by the story and the verse there seemed to talk to me, "God counts the number of our hair so you don't need to be afraid." I looked at the reference in the Bible indicated there and I found it. It says:
" Are not five sparrows sold for two farthlings, and not one of them was forgotten by God. But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows." Luke 12:6-7
I am sporting a very short hair for 12 years now. When I get here in the tribe, my short hair became offensive, all females should have long hair here. So there are times back then that I needed to wear a veil when teaching the people. Only after I explained why I sport a short hair, did they understood. Now I could go around without a veil.
I did this sporting on purpose. It is both a mourning and a prayer. I told myself that I will make it grow again when God answers my prayer. It's like a fast. In the Old Testament (Bible), a woman who lost her husband cuts her hair short and grew her fingernails long as a sign of mourning. When her mourning is over, she will grow her hair again and cut short her fingernails.
In our time, we grow or cut our hair and fingernails for fashion.
God counts my hair, I wonder when will it be that when God counts my hair again, He'll find it long and many? I am waiting in great expectation and excited about it.
I hope the typhoon Ofel will not take a landfall. My countrymen have enough destruction already, brought by the previous typhoons. Sometimes, too much unbearable calamities make the hearts
faint.
May God stop the birth of typhoons this October to December, a rain to cool the heating earth is enough.
" Are not five sparrows sold for two farthlings, and not one of them was forgotten by God. But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows." Luke 12:6-7
I am sporting a very short hair for 12 years now. When I get here in the tribe, my short hair became offensive, all females should have long hair here. So there are times back then that I needed to wear a veil when teaching the people. Only after I explained why I sport a short hair, did they understood. Now I could go around without a veil.
I did this sporting on purpose. It is both a mourning and a prayer. I told myself that I will make it grow again when God answers my prayer. It's like a fast. In the Old Testament (Bible), a woman who lost her husband cuts her hair short and grew her fingernails long as a sign of mourning. When her mourning is over, she will grow her hair again and cut short her fingernails.
In our time, we grow or cut our hair and fingernails for fashion.
God counts my hair, I wonder when will it be that when God counts my hair again, He'll find it long and many? I am waiting in great expectation and excited about it.
I hope the typhoon Ofel will not take a landfall. My countrymen have enough destruction already, brought by the previous typhoons. Sometimes, too much unbearable calamities make the hearts
faint.
May God stop the birth of typhoons this October to December, a rain to cool the heating earth is enough.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Tams and Joy
Unlike the other married couples in our Badjao community, Tams and Joy's love story is different. The two got married out of passionate love for one another contrary to the Badjao culture of marriage.
In our tribe, if a man wants to get marry, which is usually begins at the age of 13. He will go around the community, or go to other Badjao communities in Luzon and Mindanao to look for a girl he wants to marry. It is not out of love but out of want, mixed with the interest in the status of the girl and her family. If he finds a girl he wants, he will then, with his family elders, post a dowry dictated by the girl's family. If the girl refuses to accept the dowry of the man, she will be "legally liable" to the community and the man's family that she has to pay a certain amount as moral damages penalty for refusing the man. Most of the girls really has no choice but to accept and marry any man who would post a dowry in the liking of their families.
And I saw how these loveless marriages work in the community. They often give me headache . Annulment of marriage costs only P2,000 depending on the business sense of the tribal leader.The jewelries and monetary dowry will be divided. The children are automatically awarded to the father.
But Tams and Joy are different. Their families do not approved of one another because Tams is poor. He was a sea diver. Joy comes from the Abdullah clan, well to do. But the two eloped so they won't be separated. And in their culture, if a woman is seen with a man, she is already perceived as " not virgin anymore." So the families got no choice but to wed the two regardless of the dowry.
Theirs is the only marriage that didn't cause me headache. They are harmonious. Though very poor, I don't hear or see them arguing about jewelries, food and money which most couples do after a long week of selling pearls by the men. They speak sensibly about life and their faith in God. Their children are quiet and well behaved. I see how Tams rear his 2 boys to serve God in their early years, teaching them to recite memory verses from the Bible and how to worship Isa Almasih. Tams is one of my student in our training class. He is grade zero, as he calls himself. He never attended school in our community because he needs to sell pearls everyday because of poverty, yet he strove hard all by himself to read and write... and he does now! His diligence to study the Word of God, attend my training class and read and write, he is now one of my finest speaker in class. And his wife Joy is a very good song leader.
Looking at Tams and Joy during our Sunday Worship Service, I can't help but smile and utter a wishful prayer to have a family like this. The smile continue a smile.
Cruising along Manila on Eicher's "mercedez benz" ha ha ha! The rain suddenly poured.
O my gosh! It's raining! And Eicher started calling out my name telling me it's raining and as if I could do something to stop the rain from falling.
I started to pray and look at the sky, " Lord, make the rain to stop. I don't want to get wet!"
The answer came right away- the rain stopped!
"Ha ha ha galing mo hah!", said Eicher.
A tinkling idea flashed to my mind, " If I can make the rain to stop from falling, then I can make the miseries to stop coming in to my life.". Yeah, I can!
A friend texted me this puzzling quotation : " Do one thing. Do it right. Finish it."
I will follow the rain principle and finish it!
My headache persists as I am making this screwy plan in my life. My mom was sleeping with the radio on beside her. The announcer said, " When God speaks that He will do something in your life, He will do it in your life 100 percent!". Oww gosh, the heavens is screaming on my ears again! Ha ha ha ha! Here comes the sun! the sunflowers and the sunburns! he he he!
I will wait upon the Lord.
He's been so good to me!
In our tribe, if a man wants to get marry, which is usually begins at the age of 13. He will go around the community, or go to other Badjao communities in Luzon and Mindanao to look for a girl he wants to marry. It is not out of love but out of want, mixed with the interest in the status of the girl and her family. If he finds a girl he wants, he will then, with his family elders, post a dowry dictated by the girl's family. If the girl refuses to accept the dowry of the man, she will be "legally liable" to the community and the man's family that she has to pay a certain amount as moral damages penalty for refusing the man. Most of the girls really has no choice but to accept and marry any man who would post a dowry in the liking of their families.
And I saw how these loveless marriages work in the community. They often give me headache . Annulment of marriage costs only P2,000 depending on the business sense of the tribal leader.The jewelries and monetary dowry will be divided. The children are automatically awarded to the father.
But Tams and Joy are different. Their families do not approved of one another because Tams is poor. He was a sea diver. Joy comes from the Abdullah clan, well to do. But the two eloped so they won't be separated. And in their culture, if a woman is seen with a man, she is already perceived as " not virgin anymore." So the families got no choice but to wed the two regardless of the dowry.
Theirs is the only marriage that didn't cause me headache. They are harmonious. Though very poor, I don't hear or see them arguing about jewelries, food and money which most couples do after a long week of selling pearls by the men. They speak sensibly about life and their faith in God. Their children are quiet and well behaved. I see how Tams rear his 2 boys to serve God in their early years, teaching them to recite memory verses from the Bible and how to worship Isa Almasih. Tams is one of my student in our training class. He is grade zero, as he calls himself. He never attended school in our community because he needs to sell pearls everyday because of poverty, yet he strove hard all by himself to read and write... and he does now! His diligence to study the Word of God, attend my training class and read and write, he is now one of my finest speaker in class. And his wife Joy is a very good song leader.
Looking at Tams and Joy during our Sunday Worship Service, I can't help but smile and utter a wishful prayer to have a family like this. The smile continue a smile.
Cruising along Manila on Eicher's "mercedez benz" ha ha ha! The rain suddenly poured.
O my gosh! It's raining! And Eicher started calling out my name telling me it's raining and as if I could do something to stop the rain from falling.
I started to pray and look at the sky, " Lord, make the rain to stop. I don't want to get wet!"
The answer came right away- the rain stopped!
"Ha ha ha galing mo hah!", said Eicher.
A tinkling idea flashed to my mind, " If I can make the rain to stop from falling, then I can make the miseries to stop coming in to my life.". Yeah, I can!
A friend texted me this puzzling quotation : " Do one thing. Do it right. Finish it."
I will follow the rain principle and finish it!
My headache persists as I am making this screwy plan in my life. My mom was sleeping with the radio on beside her. The announcer said, " When God speaks that He will do something in your life, He will do it in your life 100 percent!". Oww gosh, the heavens is screaming on my ears again! Ha ha ha ha! Here comes the sun! the sunflowers and the sunburns! he he he!
I will wait upon the Lord.
He's been so good to me!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Consolation of the Rain
Reading gives me consolation after a very tiring and dissapointing day. It's a hobby thats worth the effort of scanning and comprehending the written lines. As writers put it: there's hidden "jewels" there.
In my effort to save and keep the school going, I devised a lot of ways to reach my objective. I met a lot of disappointment, shed a lot of tears, got sick and withdrawn a little from the crowd to think, re-think, sink and get up again.
It's my one of those days today. My burning drive to work was met in the middle by a heavy rain! My red dress got wet and my asthma-caused-by- stress attacked. I was forced to stop watching the rain goes down, flooding my way. I managed to get to my office, at least, to stop and wait for a chance to continue my hitting the road.
"The rain kills my opportunity today!" I said to myself.
I pulled out the red book from the shelf, read and waited for the rain to stop.
1. Give with all your heart and mind. When you stop giving, the creation will also stop giving...to you.
2. Sometimes appreciate the animals around specially the birds. I don't like animals. Their feathers and hair make me allergic. But dear, it is right! The kittens playing on my roof give me some sort of enjoyment by just watching them. One of the little things I forgot.
3. Break your mental bondage. Limitations are in our minds only. We can do things only if we like them to. Set our mind free from limitations. The rain limits my action today but that doesn't mean I have to stop. I can't stop now.
4. Humans has the capacity to succeed and victorious. We also have the capacity to fail and be defeated. Our mind is the difference.
5. The void in us can give us the ability to "bend down" without breaking in times of difficult and harsh situations. The void in me must dictate me not to give up and not to stop until my goal is realized.
6. Perfect timing is a very valuable element of success.
The rain didn't at all ruined my opportunities... it made me to stop and give thought on those things. It's not bad after all.
In my effort to save and keep the school going, I devised a lot of ways to reach my objective. I met a lot of disappointment, shed a lot of tears, got sick and withdrawn a little from the crowd to think, re-think, sink and get up again.
It's my one of those days today. My burning drive to work was met in the middle by a heavy rain! My red dress got wet and my asthma-caused-by- stress attacked. I was forced to stop watching the rain goes down, flooding my way. I managed to get to my office, at least, to stop and wait for a chance to continue my hitting the road.
"The rain kills my opportunity today!" I said to myself.
I pulled out the red book from the shelf, read and waited for the rain to stop.
1. Give with all your heart and mind. When you stop giving, the creation will also stop giving...to you.
2. Sometimes appreciate the animals around specially the birds. I don't like animals. Their feathers and hair make me allergic. But dear, it is right! The kittens playing on my roof give me some sort of enjoyment by just watching them. One of the little things I forgot.
3. Break your mental bondage. Limitations are in our minds only. We can do things only if we like them to. Set our mind free from limitations. The rain limits my action today but that doesn't mean I have to stop. I can't stop now.
4. Humans has the capacity to succeed and victorious. We also have the capacity to fail and be defeated. Our mind is the difference.
5. The void in us can give us the ability to "bend down" without breaking in times of difficult and harsh situations. The void in me must dictate me not to give up and not to stop until my goal is realized.
6. Perfect timing is a very valuable element of success.
The rain didn't at all ruined my opportunities... it made me to stop and give thought on those things. It's not bad after all.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
To My Long Lost Friend
It's been a very long time I haven't heard
About you.
You disowned me.
You blocked me in your Friend's list in Friendster.
You looked at me with dark, piercing eyes,
As if I'm more criminal
than catwoman!
Just because I loved someone
who's not you.
There was a long silence in your camp.
Your aching words swept all our friends
Away from me,
To side with you.
As if, I'm more scally than Jezebel the mermaid!
Then, unexpectedly,
A stranger's text... it was you!
"Amazing huh!" I said.
"It was just part of some small changes."
You said,
Of the disowning and the long silence.
We're friends, you said, anyway.
Are we?
My mind raced from the past to the future.
Why?
I know you.
Other friends that shoo away
Resurrected!
Why?
It will take an order of coke float,
two sambos, and
a glass of black gulaman
for me to find out why.
but you won't change my mind!
About you.
You disowned me.
You blocked me in your Friend's list in Friendster.
You looked at me with dark, piercing eyes,
As if I'm more criminal
than catwoman!
Just because I loved someone
who's not you.
There was a long silence in your camp.
Your aching words swept all our friends
Away from me,
To side with you.
As if, I'm more scally than Jezebel the mermaid!
Then, unexpectedly,
A stranger's text... it was you!
"Amazing huh!" I said.
"It was just part of some small changes."
You said,
Of the disowning and the long silence.
We're friends, you said, anyway.
Are we?
My mind raced from the past to the future.
Why?
I know you.
Other friends that shoo away
Resurrected!
Why?
It will take an order of coke float,
two sambos, and
a glass of black gulaman
for me to find out why.
but you won't change my mind!
Thursday, July 10, 2008
On Stopping
Sitting before the blogger dashboard, my world froze for quite a long time.
"What will I write?" My last post was on May and it's already July.
My mind wandered until all I see on my computer's screen were the screen savers.
My mind went back as far as May...
Iwas so preoccupied by so many things that my mind stopped talking!
I stopped looking at things and situations.
I stopped thinking about those things and situations.
I stopped gaining insights.
I stopped appreciating.
And I saw I became so sensitive.
My courage was lessen.
And I was diagnosed with a heart damage that will be with me a lifetime.
No possible remedy.
And I was forced to stop for a while from minding a lot of things and people
And I start to think again and appreciate.
My forced vacation made me realized I'm still alone.
But the flowers are beautiful, the wind smells good, the sunsets speak of God!
Life is beautiful.
My courage came back so is my strenght.
I feel more alive and free!
My mind started to see again.
Catch me if you can!
"What will I write?" My last post was on May and it's already July.
My mind wandered until all I see on my computer's screen were the screen savers.
My mind went back as far as May...
Iwas so preoccupied by so many things that my mind stopped talking!
I stopped looking at things and situations.
I stopped thinking about those things and situations.
I stopped gaining insights.
I stopped appreciating.
And I saw I became so sensitive.
My courage was lessen.
And I was diagnosed with a heart damage that will be with me a lifetime.
No possible remedy.
And I was forced to stop for a while from minding a lot of things and people
And I start to think again and appreciate.
My forced vacation made me realized I'm still alone.
But the flowers are beautiful, the wind smells good, the sunsets speak of God!
Life is beautiful.
My courage came back so is my strenght.
I feel more alive and free!
My mind started to see again.
Catch me if you can!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
"You see?"
A couple in conflict came to me with 2 elders in the community, who wants to call it quit. The argument looks pretty senseless to me but it appeared a major problem to this couple because of cultural weight. I have said a lot just to keep them in-tack, even cattering to their emotion just to keep the marriage going. Replies from the couple came with tears... with my understanding na "ay naku, di ako maintindihan!". Until I resorted to the last weapon I know to make them understand and keep their marriage:
(In english)
"Don't you know that if you will be apart, you may enjoy it for the next 2 months, but you see it's lonely after those months! It's lonely to grow old alone and in our culture, you cannot re-marry. You see, you will feel the pain when hariraya, your birthday and new year come. It's difficult to sleep at night, alone because there will be no one there to hug you or care for you when you get sick. You see, it's what I wanna say... fight for your love!"
ang drama! grabe!
but once again... it works!
but i got the stress not because of the convincing power I let go out, but because of the last part of my statement!
I lost a husband,
I lost also a friend of long years,
And I lost friends, close friends..
The losing never stop.
Up to the last minute I said to myself:
"What else will I lose?"
I climbed a thousand Mt. Moriahs.
How many more Moriahs will I climb?
The problem with people is that during nights they are sleeping
while people like me are awake, thinking, praying, hoping... crying...silently,
so no one will hear. so no one will be disturbed.
Tomorrow I will travel again, will be very busy again.
(In english)
"Don't you know that if you will be apart, you may enjoy it for the next 2 months, but you see it's lonely after those months! It's lonely to grow old alone and in our culture, you cannot re-marry. You see, you will feel the pain when hariraya, your birthday and new year come. It's difficult to sleep at night, alone because there will be no one there to hug you or care for you when you get sick. You see, it's what I wanna say... fight for your love!"
ang drama! grabe!
but once again... it works!
but i got the stress not because of the convincing power I let go out, but because of the last part of my statement!
I lost a husband,
I lost also a friend of long years,
And I lost friends, close friends..
The losing never stop.
Up to the last minute I said to myself:
"What else will I lose?"
I climbed a thousand Mt. Moriahs.
How many more Moriahs will I climb?
The problem with people is that during nights they are sleeping
while people like me are awake, thinking, praying, hoping... crying...silently,
so no one will hear. so no one will be disturbed.
Tomorrow I will travel again, will be very busy again.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Summerblitz
summer is here...
Got a 3 days vacation in Baguio after the hectic graduation preparations and ceremony, with the school staff, "the mandirigmas" and their families. It's like being first time in Baguio. Did I enjoyed it? Nahh!! I ended up the cook because I'm the first one to get hungry. It's where my patience and my endurance to "inis" got tested! Di ako nakapagrelax , in one word. Sayang ang ten thousand pesos kong ginastos para sa trip na ito! Shukks!
After the Baguio hangover came the "bastusan na pala ito!" argument with a friend, whom I am suspecting of illegal intrusion to my friendster account, deleting my photo album and my inbox! Nagkocollect pa naman aq ng inbox messages. Kainis! In my mind came the big question," sziguro mahal ako nito?". E, may girlfriend and damuhong yon, na walang habas nyang ipinagmamalaki sa aking pagmumukha! Hayy, nakakalito talaga ang buhay...niya! Hindi akin.
I learned a lot of simple things this summer, some of them came from other important people in my life that keeps me happy:
1. Chicken adobo is much more delicious and zesty with strawberry wine.
2. Seahorses are small in size, most of them are only 2-4 inches long, so the little mermaid is really so little. Much little than the seahorse because, she is often seen riding a seahorse.
3. Your closest friends are the ones who could turn out to be your worst enemy. And could be the first ones to leave you behind.
4. Pearls are not "malas na alahas" for the brides. Kasabihan kasi na pearls are "tears". Truth? Pearls are "tears of joy" because they are formed when a small grain of sand entered the shell and got "kiliti"! Want to be happy, wear pearls.
5. Wanting to laugh, reading Bob Ong's book "ABNKKBSNPLA"- light and seems-none-sense stories of his school days got lessons and laughs. Real laughs!
6. Wanting some serious reading and thoughts about real life encounter with God's plan for your life, reading "Finding Favor with the King" by Tommy Tenney will give someone a deep thought about commitment and finding favor with God. It's a real life story of Queen Esther of Persia thousand of years before Christ, married and loved by King Xerxes of Persia, son of King Darius. The story is the story behind the Jewish festival Purim.
7. Favor from God can bring you to a lot of places and a lot of successes in life. It can bring you the happiest days you're waiting for.
8. Masarap ang nilagang hilaw na saging na saba na isinawsaw sa bagoong! Sagot sa crisis sa bigas! ha ha ha!
9. Masarap din ang kaning sinabawan ng kape katerno ang pritong dumpilas, este tamban!
What else could happen in the remaining months of this summer?
Abangan.
"I saw you before while I was sitting in a park,
you, with another one...
Never knowing that it was me with you then,
when you passed by this unfamiliar road with me,
a year later.
I smelled your scent in your absence, before,
while I was sitting in a park
that lingers on till I got home.
And I realized it was your scent now that I smell,
as I was cruising this unfamiliar road with you."
it's not the end.
Got a 3 days vacation in Baguio after the hectic graduation preparations and ceremony, with the school staff, "the mandirigmas" and their families. It's like being first time in Baguio. Did I enjoyed it? Nahh!! I ended up the cook because I'm the first one to get hungry. It's where my patience and my endurance to "inis" got tested! Di ako nakapagrelax , in one word. Sayang ang ten thousand pesos kong ginastos para sa trip na ito! Shukks!
After the Baguio hangover came the "bastusan na pala ito!" argument with a friend, whom I am suspecting of illegal intrusion to my friendster account, deleting my photo album and my inbox! Nagkocollect pa naman aq ng inbox messages. Kainis! In my mind came the big question," sziguro mahal ako nito?". E, may girlfriend and damuhong yon, na walang habas nyang ipinagmamalaki sa aking pagmumukha! Hayy, nakakalito talaga ang buhay...niya! Hindi akin.
I learned a lot of simple things this summer, some of them came from other important people in my life that keeps me happy:
1. Chicken adobo is much more delicious and zesty with strawberry wine.
2. Seahorses are small in size, most of them are only 2-4 inches long, so the little mermaid is really so little. Much little than the seahorse because, she is often seen riding a seahorse.
3. Your closest friends are the ones who could turn out to be your worst enemy. And could be the first ones to leave you behind.
4. Pearls are not "malas na alahas" for the brides. Kasabihan kasi na pearls are "tears". Truth? Pearls are "tears of joy" because they are formed when a small grain of sand entered the shell and got "kiliti"! Want to be happy, wear pearls.
5. Wanting to laugh, reading Bob Ong's book "ABNKKBSNPLA"- light and seems-none-sense stories of his school days got lessons and laughs. Real laughs!
6. Wanting some serious reading and thoughts about real life encounter with God's plan for your life, reading "Finding Favor with the King" by Tommy Tenney will give someone a deep thought about commitment and finding favor with God. It's a real life story of Queen Esther of Persia thousand of years before Christ, married and loved by King Xerxes of Persia, son of King Darius. The story is the story behind the Jewish festival Purim.
7. Favor from God can bring you to a lot of places and a lot of successes in life. It can bring you the happiest days you're waiting for.
8. Masarap ang nilagang hilaw na saging na saba na isinawsaw sa bagoong! Sagot sa crisis sa bigas! ha ha ha!
9. Masarap din ang kaning sinabawan ng kape katerno ang pritong dumpilas, este tamban!
What else could happen in the remaining months of this summer?
Abangan.
"I saw you before while I was sitting in a park,
you, with another one...
Never knowing that it was me with you then,
when you passed by this unfamiliar road with me,
a year later.
I smelled your scent in your absence, before,
while I was sitting in a park
that lingers on till I got home.
And I realized it was your scent now that I smell,
as I was cruising this unfamiliar road with you."
it's not the end.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Mindset
back in the lowlands.
faced with many works in the office and challenges... seems so easy nowadays.
i got sidewiped with other people's problems. sitting on a chair outside my ovenlike office, it's fun to listen from other people's complaints and gruntch in life! Afterall, I kinda realized that mine is a bit easier to bear.
i think life is not that bad. it's in fact, good!
it's happy and it's fun!
life is what we see it. it's all in the mind-
the pressures, the pain, the frustrations, the failures.
crazy?
all of these things are choices to make.
we can choose to love, or fail to.
i believe so. it's not a subjective thing. it's the truth!
before, i don't view things like this.
it's when i reached the edge that i realized my mindsetting is all wrong.
changing it is not a piece of cake.
it didn't happen overnight.
it's a process.
and am reaping the good results of it.
it's what Word of God puts it," renewed your mind."
sobrang serious nito!
bakit? wala lang.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
On the Bench
Home alone since Monday. My parents on vacation. Am here in the tribe again. I used to be alone but it seems I can't get used to it. And since it's Holy Week, the people here are out there trying to make money out of their pearls along the beaches of Batangas. Ang tahimik!!
I contend myself doing some sketching, listening to music, and eating during my spare time. My mom left me my favorite food in the ref- milk, cheese,danggit,etc. (talk about my allergies!). So i bought lots of what I like! And for the first time since February, I was able to watch tv via satellite.
I came these things that made me think:
While sleeping in my house, I noticed bees sound that night, and by morning, some of them were flying over my bed. So I asked John Mark to check my walls, since my they are covered with curtains. And he found beehives, about 4 of them and the swarm of bees were busy creating another beehive, on the wall atop my headboard! The other badjaos smoked the bees out of my house and got the beehives. It was my first time to taste honey direct from the honeycomb. The milk and honey taste so good! The milk is actually baby bees on the making! So I decided to let the bees stay in my house, so we could collect more honey. Yeah, the bees stayed.... for 1 day! The next day, they're gone!
Bees are peace loving insects. They don't like to be disturbed while doing their " what they're supposed to do.". Busy but quiet and demands to be left alone so they could produce sweet honey. Best produce in our lives come in times we are alone and in deep thoughts. Most of us don't want to be alone. We like to be always in company and got sad and bored when left alone. We sometimes fail to appreciate the value of aloneness. Aloneness is not negative, it's positive! Sometimes, I do, commit that mistake.
Watching ducks swim on the water... how come this heavey bird float on water and even though they dive beneath, they don't get wet? I remember my grandfather who said to us whenever we take baths, " Maligo na maayos, wag paligong bibi!".
Ducks are incredible birds. Poor in flying but best in swimming! They are so excellent in floating, something that I can't even do! Ha ha ha! Life is like an ocean of varying wave sizes and storms! People should be like ducks, instead of succumbing to life's challenges, they should know how to float! When you float, you don't drown no matter how high the wave be! Life could be easy to deal with if we all know how to "float".
Heartbreak is a painful experience. It's one experience I hate! I symphatize with people who are heartbroken. It's easy to fall in-love but it's so difficult to move on after the failure. My gosh! I made the best coffee that morning when a parent told me her son is brokenhearted and can't move on. Talking to this guy removed the taste and good aroma of my coffee! (am the only one talking, and the guy.. he cries!). Seeing a guy cry move my heart and what else will I say but, "put this in your mind: it's her lost not yours!"! Ahuh!
Falling in love is a choice and so is getting hurt and not moving on. So we could make a choice to move on even in one day! Pain and love is an activity of our hypothalamus, it's a big thing to know that we can dictate our hypothalamus to minimize the pain so we could do something to move on.
"Moving on" is the phrase of the week here!
Why are there penguins in the South pole and not in the North Pole? Pareho lang namang may ice dun?
Make each day a day to smile about. Be like sunflowers!!!
I contend myself doing some sketching, listening to music, and eating during my spare time. My mom left me my favorite food in the ref- milk, cheese,danggit,etc. (talk about my allergies!). So i bought lots of what I like! And for the first time since February, I was able to watch tv via satellite.
I came these things that made me think:
While sleeping in my house, I noticed bees sound that night, and by morning, some of them were flying over my bed. So I asked John Mark to check my walls, since my they are covered with curtains. And he found beehives, about 4 of them and the swarm of bees were busy creating another beehive, on the wall atop my headboard! The other badjaos smoked the bees out of my house and got the beehives. It was my first time to taste honey direct from the honeycomb. The milk and honey taste so good! The milk is actually baby bees on the making! So I decided to let the bees stay in my house, so we could collect more honey. Yeah, the bees stayed.... for 1 day! The next day, they're gone!
Bees are peace loving insects. They don't like to be disturbed while doing their " what they're supposed to do.". Busy but quiet and demands to be left alone so they could produce sweet honey. Best produce in our lives come in times we are alone and in deep thoughts. Most of us don't want to be alone. We like to be always in company and got sad and bored when left alone. We sometimes fail to appreciate the value of aloneness. Aloneness is not negative, it's positive! Sometimes, I do, commit that mistake.
Watching ducks swim on the water... how come this heavey bird float on water and even though they dive beneath, they don't get wet? I remember my grandfather who said to us whenever we take baths, " Maligo na maayos, wag paligong bibi!".
Ducks are incredible birds. Poor in flying but best in swimming! They are so excellent in floating, something that I can't even do! Ha ha ha! Life is like an ocean of varying wave sizes and storms! People should be like ducks, instead of succumbing to life's challenges, they should know how to float! When you float, you don't drown no matter how high the wave be! Life could be easy to deal with if we all know how to "float".
Heartbreak is a painful experience. It's one experience I hate! I symphatize with people who are heartbroken. It's easy to fall in-love but it's so difficult to move on after the failure. My gosh! I made the best coffee that morning when a parent told me her son is brokenhearted and can't move on. Talking to this guy removed the taste and good aroma of my coffee! (am the only one talking, and the guy.. he cries!). Seeing a guy cry move my heart and what else will I say but, "put this in your mind: it's her lost not yours!"! Ahuh!
Falling in love is a choice and so is getting hurt and not moving on. So we could make a choice to move on even in one day! Pain and love is an activity of our hypothalamus, it's a big thing to know that we can dictate our hypothalamus to minimize the pain so we could do something to move on.
"Moving on" is the phrase of the week here!
Why are there penguins in the South pole and not in the North Pole? Pareho lang namang may ice dun?
Make each day a day to smile about. Be like sunflowers!!!
Thursday, March 13, 2008
It's one of these three weeks
I've been here in the lowlands for three long weeks now working on my other job in a school. I haven't got any rest since then and I can feel the fatigue on my neck and legs.
One night, as I was computing on some grades of students who have the tendency to be repeaters, a news was running on the screen of my television about the Bb. Pilipinas coronation night... a winner spoke out her "winning speech" that made me spew out the bread I was eating!
"My gosh, ang galing! Pano nanalo yan?" was my remark with amazement, wondering how this gal made it to the crown!
Confidence and height alone should not be the only criteria in choosing a "queen" who will represent our country to the world. Intelligence and outstanding personality should be! Beside, she will speak out for us, she will create an image of us Filipinos to the world. She will promote even our education system to the world which holds an outstanding image as the best english speaking country. (Best because Filipinos speaks English using correct grammar, unlike the Westerns who don't care about grammar at all.). How will she speak for us if she can't even express herself correctly and confidently? Giggling and making excuses are not expression of confidence! "Sus, simpleng English lang, di pa masalita." sabi nga ng mga katulad din nyang poor at ordinaryong estudyante na nag-aaral din sa mga simpleng eskwelahan dito sa amin!
Hayyy!!! Kainis! "Tanga na nga kami, tinatanga pa!" sabi ng mga langaw. " Indi! Siya lang ang tanga!" sagot ng mga bubuwit!
Hayyy!!! (again)
Talking about autism and specially gifted kids, it's one of my frequent enrolment encounter... encounter with denying parents! Denying is the common response to this challenge in kids. However, denying doesn't do any good to these special children, it just delay the possible progress the kids may have. Denying is understandable but it should not be pampered within. If only parents should forget themselves and focus on the kids' progress a lot of things will be accomplished to help these kids become who they should be in the future. Denial kills!
What's good about bloghopping and exchanging links is that you get inspired and entertained by other people's work. Mine is somekinda serious. It's looking at things the other way around. I am amused at the colors, pictures and write ups of other people's blogs. Other's make me laugh! Kian's is one of my favorite. Its down-to-earth and very light. Nawawala pagod ko pag nababasa ko write ups niya! O, mababaw lang talaga kaligayahan ko?
One night, as I was computing on some grades of students who have the tendency to be repeaters, a news was running on the screen of my television about the Bb. Pilipinas coronation night... a winner spoke out her "winning speech" that made me spew out the bread I was eating!
"My gosh, ang galing! Pano nanalo yan?" was my remark with amazement, wondering how this gal made it to the crown!
Confidence and height alone should not be the only criteria in choosing a "queen" who will represent our country to the world. Intelligence and outstanding personality should be! Beside, she will speak out for us, she will create an image of us Filipinos to the world. She will promote even our education system to the world which holds an outstanding image as the best english speaking country. (Best because Filipinos speaks English using correct grammar, unlike the Westerns who don't care about grammar at all.). How will she speak for us if she can't even express herself correctly and confidently? Giggling and making excuses are not expression of confidence! "Sus, simpleng English lang, di pa masalita." sabi nga ng mga katulad din nyang poor at ordinaryong estudyante na nag-aaral din sa mga simpleng eskwelahan dito sa amin!
Hayyy!!! Kainis! "Tanga na nga kami, tinatanga pa!" sabi ng mga langaw. " Indi! Siya lang ang tanga!" sagot ng mga bubuwit!
Hayyy!!! (again)
Talking about autism and specially gifted kids, it's one of my frequent enrolment encounter... encounter with denying parents! Denying is the common response to this challenge in kids. However, denying doesn't do any good to these special children, it just delay the possible progress the kids may have. Denying is understandable but it should not be pampered within. If only parents should forget themselves and focus on the kids' progress a lot of things will be accomplished to help these kids become who they should be in the future. Denial kills!
What's good about bloghopping and exchanging links is that you get inspired and entertained by other people's work. Mine is somekinda serious. It's looking at things the other way around. I am amused at the colors, pictures and write ups of other people's blogs. Other's make me laugh! Kian's is one of my favorite. Its down-to-earth and very light. Nawawala pagod ko pag nababasa ko write ups niya! O, mababaw lang talaga kaligayahan ko?
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Without Glasses
It's been a month of "seem-like unendless tasks"! I hardly notice that I've been away from this blog the whole month of February! I can't believe it! I've been so very busy pala!
Setting up my new business kept me so busy....
When you look at things using your natural eyes only, shaded by your own principles in life which were molded by your experiences and environment, things look kinda different from looking at things using both the hemisphere of your brains coupled with your heart. Which one is kinder, more understanding and more humane?
Life became tough to me and I can't forget I once faced that crossroad of looking at things in two different ways. And I could say that the second one is far better than the first one. It changed my attitude really, and I became more peaceful.
When you have vision problem and you tried to look at things around you without your glasses, things are blurred. And when you also tried to look at things with just one eye, your focus is affected. And with those challenges at hand, to make an accurate move... better use your instinct or your intuition... like what I'm doing now. Because am typing this write up without glasses!
Setting up my new business kept me so busy....
When you look at things using your natural eyes only, shaded by your own principles in life which were molded by your experiences and environment, things look kinda different from looking at things using both the hemisphere of your brains coupled with your heart. Which one is kinder, more understanding and more humane?
Life became tough to me and I can't forget I once faced that crossroad of looking at things in two different ways. And I could say that the second one is far better than the first one. It changed my attitude really, and I became more peaceful.
When you have vision problem and you tried to look at things around you without your glasses, things are blurred. And when you also tried to look at things with just one eye, your focus is affected. And with those challenges at hand, to make an accurate move... better use your instinct or your intuition... like what I'm doing now. Because am typing this write up without glasses!
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
While Watching
Spectator mode....
Viewing a film my father shew me upon arriving home, while sipping a hot coffee, I can't help being amazed at how this man on film, showing how he lives alone in his home in Australia, his testimony of independence, faith in God and the beaming happiness on his face as if no tragedy ever have happened in his life... he has no limbs! He was born without limbs! So the title of his film, "Born Without Limbs".
"What could keep us from getting the best of out of our lives? What can hinder us from getting our happiness?" I thought.
Fear? Yes, perhaps. The fear of taking Risk.
Walking through the dark, muddy road to the highway on a very early dawn... It's so cold! Yet I have to hurry up to catch up to the earliest bus ride to Manila. I can't stop thinking about this kind of early morning: Cold, very dark, only 2 to 3 stars in sight...
I'm glad there are mornings everyday! It reminds us people that there is always a new beginning. There is always a "next time" in every mistake committed. There is always hope in every situation.
.... so is a new baby coming, a symbol of new day, new life, new beginning, brand new hope.
I have dreams and wishes that seem to be impossible to come true. But I believe they will be given to me, in His perfect time! That's why there are mornings.
Celia made my friendster profile like a garden! So many beautiful flowers are on it! I don't know her but she keeps on sending me flowers, virtual flowers I mean. I like them! I like flowers! very much!
What are the flowers in our life that make us happy? It's beautiful and happy to keep them.
Flowers fade, so are some of our friends and loved ones.
But there will always come someone new to make our lives beautiful again.
Viewing a film my father shew me upon arriving home, while sipping a hot coffee, I can't help being amazed at how this man on film, showing how he lives alone in his home in Australia, his testimony of independence, faith in God and the beaming happiness on his face as if no tragedy ever have happened in his life... he has no limbs! He was born without limbs! So the title of his film, "Born Without Limbs".
"What could keep us from getting the best of out of our lives? What can hinder us from getting our happiness?" I thought.
Fear? Yes, perhaps. The fear of taking Risk.
Walking through the dark, muddy road to the highway on a very early dawn... It's so cold! Yet I have to hurry up to catch up to the earliest bus ride to Manila. I can't stop thinking about this kind of early morning: Cold, very dark, only 2 to 3 stars in sight...
I'm glad there are mornings everyday! It reminds us people that there is always a new beginning. There is always a "next time" in every mistake committed. There is always hope in every situation.
.... so is a new baby coming, a symbol of new day, new life, new beginning, brand new hope.
I have dreams and wishes that seem to be impossible to come true. But I believe they will be given to me, in His perfect time! That's why there are mornings.
Celia made my friendster profile like a garden! So many beautiful flowers are on it! I don't know her but she keeps on sending me flowers, virtual flowers I mean. I like them! I like flowers! very much!
What are the flowers in our life that make us happy? It's beautiful and happy to keep them.
Flowers fade, so are some of our friends and loved ones.
But there will always come someone new to make our lives beautiful again.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Breakthrough Thoughts
Meet 2008 with heavy challenges!
Many said it's my year! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! It's my year indeed!
Many do not know HOW this year met me at the crossroad!
But it's my year and that's what I'd like to keep in mind!
I paused for a while and focused on these things to ease up the friction of challenges and keep me on tract of the winning line:
1. Changed the energy around my workdesk! Put aside the marble elephant that's sitting on my table... ( elephants are heavy! totoo naman.)
2. Don't complain. Never explain!
3. Be my own self best friend! It's time to love myself, and yours too!
Don't sabotage yourself by putting the most negative and horrible connotation on everything you do. Instead, develop dedication into all the things that represent you. Live your life to the full by giving yourself the fullest support and encouragement. (Sabi ko nga.)
4. Don't allow myself to make a freefall to the stream of life. It's better to flow along gently into the flow of life. ( Yap!)
5. Don't allow the frivolous tittle-tackle to weaken the immune system of my being. ( A-huh!)
6. Do my own thinking! It's "walang ka kwenta-kwentang belief" ang humugot ng lakas mula sa ibang tao! ( Yan ang usong linya ng mga sawi at duguan!). Turn inward rather than outside for strenght and help. Real strenght comes from within. If the strenght will come from other people outside the self, then we always have the tendency to crumble down and fall.
7. Take the path of least resistance. Never argue. Learn to give in, to compromise or just learn to WALK AWAY.
I did survived! Up there are just the tip of the iceberg of the task that I did to keep me going through the challenges of this year. The real secret is in my mind... and it's in the mind of everyone, too.
I recommend the book " YOUR BEST LIFE NOW' by Joel Osteen. It's a very good book specially for those who are on the "edge". It's worth buying and reading. It's non-traditional!
Many said it's my year! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! It's my year indeed!
Many do not know HOW this year met me at the crossroad!
But it's my year and that's what I'd like to keep in mind!
I paused for a while and focused on these things to ease up the friction of challenges and keep me on tract of the winning line:
1. Changed the energy around my workdesk! Put aside the marble elephant that's sitting on my table... ( elephants are heavy! totoo naman.)
2. Don't complain. Never explain!
3. Be my own self best friend! It's time to love myself, and yours too!
Don't sabotage yourself by putting the most negative and horrible connotation on everything you do. Instead, develop dedication into all the things that represent you. Live your life to the full by giving yourself the fullest support and encouragement. (Sabi ko nga.)
4. Don't allow myself to make a freefall to the stream of life. It's better to flow along gently into the flow of life. ( Yap!)
5. Don't allow the frivolous tittle-tackle to weaken the immune system of my being. ( A-huh!)
6. Do my own thinking! It's "walang ka kwenta-kwentang belief" ang humugot ng lakas mula sa ibang tao! ( Yan ang usong linya ng mga sawi at duguan!). Turn inward rather than outside for strenght and help. Real strenght comes from within. If the strenght will come from other people outside the self, then we always have the tendency to crumble down and fall.
7. Take the path of least resistance. Never argue. Learn to give in, to compromise or just learn to WALK AWAY.
I did survived! Up there are just the tip of the iceberg of the task that I did to keep me going through the challenges of this year. The real secret is in my mind... and it's in the mind of everyone, too.
I recommend the book " YOUR BEST LIFE NOW' by Joel Osteen. It's a very good book specially for those who are on the "edge". It's worth buying and reading. It's non-traditional!
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Stop, Look and Listen
I got this short quiz from the seminar I attended, on the part where we discussed about the "Generations". I answered all the questions and it's fun, made me realized some weak and strong points that are not visible to my "eyes", re: the " blindspot" area of my mind; kinda explaining why I do things and don't do things. It's a little bit shallow compared to the Sach's Sentence Test we usually take when we apply for jobs. Anyway, just for fun!
STOP, LOOK and LISTEN
Instruction: Complete the sentences below.
1. The thing I love most about what I do is ____________.
2. People might be surprised to know that ___________.
3. The most important thing I've learned is that __________.
4. I wish when I started off I've been told to __________.
5. The worst thing that ever happened to me was that ___________.
6. And what this taught me was _____________.
7. The secret to happiness is ___________.
8. The song/soundtrack of my life would be __________.
9. The thing that makes me most angry is __________.
10. If I was the most powerful person on earth, I would be ___________.
11. The best thing about my family is __________.
12. The best thing about myself is _________.
13. When I am gone, my family would probably say ___________.
14. If money was no option, I would __________.
15. When I retire, I would like ___________.
16. The world would be a better place if _________.
17. My personal hero is ___________.
18. The thing that makes my life worth living is _______.
19. My greatest hope for the future is _________.
20. The worst thing somebody said about me was _______.
21. My most favorite moment in a day is ___________.
22. I'm saving up for _______.
23. My biggest weakness is _________.
24. My current state of mind is __________.
25. My five most favorite words are __________.
26. What I feel about this activity is __________.
27. I aspire to be a __________.
However you answer these questions, re-reading and thinking about every word you answered will still somehow reveal a hidden part of you... worth appreciating! Well, I did and I ended up laughing at my own " crazy" answers. Have fun!
What fun would come to me this 2008?
I expect to travel to different tribes this year... for visits and exposures and to meet a lot of people of different race! Owws, that's exciting!
Right now, am bored! I don't like long vacations! It's draining my energy! A 3 to 4 days rest is enough to get me going.
But somehow boredom led me to find out that it's much fun to go up to my house by the window than using the door!!! Ha ha ha!
@@@@@@@ time for breakfast!! @@@@@@@@@
STOP, LOOK and LISTEN
Instruction: Complete the sentences below.
1. The thing I love most about what I do is ____________.
2. People might be surprised to know that ___________.
3. The most important thing I've learned is that __________.
4. I wish when I started off I've been told to __________.
5. The worst thing that ever happened to me was that ___________.
6. And what this taught me was _____________.
7. The secret to happiness is ___________.
8. The song/soundtrack of my life would be __________.
9. The thing that makes me most angry is __________.
10. If I was the most powerful person on earth, I would be ___________.
11. The best thing about my family is __________.
12. The best thing about myself is _________.
13. When I am gone, my family would probably say ___________.
14. If money was no option, I would __________.
15. When I retire, I would like ___________.
16. The world would be a better place if _________.
17. My personal hero is ___________.
18. The thing that makes my life worth living is _______.
19. My greatest hope for the future is _________.
20. The worst thing somebody said about me was _______.
21. My most favorite moment in a day is ___________.
22. I'm saving up for _______.
23. My biggest weakness is _________.
24. My current state of mind is __________.
25. My five most favorite words are __________.
26. What I feel about this activity is __________.
27. I aspire to be a __________.
However you answer these questions, re-reading and thinking about every word you answered will still somehow reveal a hidden part of you... worth appreciating! Well, I did and I ended up laughing at my own " crazy" answers. Have fun!
What fun would come to me this 2008?
I expect to travel to different tribes this year... for visits and exposures and to meet a lot of people of different race! Owws, that's exciting!
Right now, am bored! I don't like long vacations! It's draining my energy! A 3 to 4 days rest is enough to get me going.
But somehow boredom led me to find out that it's much fun to go up to my house by the window than using the door!!! Ha ha ha!
@@@@@@@ time for breakfast!! @@@@@@@@@
Something New
It's New Year Eve! Kinda celebrating it away from the usual noise of the city... I contended myself watching the fireworks displays from the terrace of my badjao house! There is no "gulat" for me this eve, just "whoaa! sige, dagdagan natin ang laki ng butas ng ozone layer!! ha ha ha!". Then... the traditional arroscaldo eating in the family. That is not something new!
It's 2008, time to leave the past of 2007...yeah, I've got lots of things to leave behind. But I also got a lot of things to be thankful about. That is also not something new!
What could be something new for me this night? I can only recall of one thing:
I stood upon a protruding rock in the middle of the village, looked up in the sky and sang on top of my voice... removing all the shame on my body, let the people hear ( that I can sing! he he he!)... and dance,too, alone! hahayy!! Then afterwards, I looked up in the heavens and said in a loud voice: " Lord, You fulfill Your words to me this year. I believe that You will do because You said so!". That's something new!
Happy New Year to all my ex-links!!
It's 2008, time to leave the past of 2007...yeah, I've got lots of things to leave behind. But I also got a lot of things to be thankful about. That is also not something new!
What could be something new for me this night? I can only recall of one thing:
I stood upon a protruding rock in the middle of the village, looked up in the sky and sang on top of my voice... removing all the shame on my body, let the people hear ( that I can sing! he he he!)... and dance,too, alone! hahayy!! Then afterwards, I looked up in the heavens and said in a loud voice: " Lord, You fulfill Your words to me this year. I believe that You will do because You said so!". That's something new!
Happy New Year to all my ex-links!!
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