Year Ender 2008

WOW! That's the word to describe the year that passed. This has been the most wonderful year of my life since I was born (that I might as well be reborn!). This whole year has indeed been a very fruitful year. Almost every month, I was on an out-of-town trip (not counting Tagaytay, coz we're really there every month). Most of them were places I have never been to my whole life. I remember just a few years back, I've been complaining how I never got to watch a concert, never been on a plane, never been on a ship, never seen the beach, never left the island. I felt like I was living under a rock or something. Now, look how far I've come! I've been to Luzon, Visayas AND Mindanao! I've watched a bunch of concerts and I've been on almost every mode of transportation there is (Almost!). All these in just one year. WOW!

This year, I have been to (in no particular order): Puerto Galera, Singapore,

Nasugbu

Lobo

Laguna

Bohol

Laiya

Cagayan De Oro, Camiguin, Davao City

And this year, I've attended the following concerts: United, Passion Conference, Sonicflood, Rihanna & Chris Brown

But you know what's the most wonderful thing that happened to me this year? I found love! The sweetest kind there is! I guess it's true what they say, how you finish depends on how you start. I started the year right and look how great it ended. I honestly do not remember when was the last time I felt this happy. It's just so great to be with someone who's God-fearing, understanding, supportive, talented, smart, loving, caring and sweet (what more can one ask for?!). I am with him almost everyday of the week, but we still manage to miss each other. I am his and he is mine, and we let the whole world know that.



I can say I am in a relationship that's like no other. What makes it special? It's actually not a what but a WHO. A third party. Yes, we have a third party who we make the Center of our relationship. Yes, and it is necessary for us to have Him because He makes everything right. Yup, God is the third party in our relationship and He is the one who keeps us together. Whenever we have a conflict or misunderstanding, we run to Him. And as expected, He makes everything alright.

I removed my friendster account this year, and I felt it was one of the best things I ever did. You see, I came across one of my brother's books: Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear by Max Lucado (which I have yet to finish), and it inspired me to drop the unnecessary baggage I had and start traveling light. I've left almost everything (and everyone) behind that I almost felt like I started on a clean slate. As it turns out, it was all I needed to do in order to live a happy and peaceful life. I guess it's important to determine what is unnecessary and try to eliminate them so that we do not waste any of our time and effort on it. That way, we get to focus on the more important aspects in life. They say: The more the merrier. I say: Quality over quantity. It makes life simpler, easier and happier.

This year leaves me nothing to ask for. All I can say when I pray to Him... is THANK YOU for all the blessings He has bestowed upon me this year. Thank you for the unending love and amazing grace.

Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Let's not forget the reason for the season... Christ the Lord is born!

Wishing you all peace, prosperity, progress, good health, well-being and continued blessings from Him for next year and beyond!

Have a blessed Christmas everyone!

Lovin' this Song

No Air
Originally Sung by: Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown

If I should die before I wake
It's cause you took my breath away
Losing you is like living in a world with no air, oh

I'm here alone, didn't wanna leave
My heart won't move, it's incomplete
Wish there was a way that I could make you understand

(Refrian 1)
But how do you expect me
To live alone with just me
'Cause my world revolves around you
It's so hard for me to breathe

{CHORUS}
Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air
Can't live, can't breathe with no air
That's how I feel whenever you ain't there
There's no air, no air
Got me out here in the water so deep
Tell me how you gonna be without me
If you ain't here I just can't breathe
There'a no air, no air


I walked, I ran, I jumped, I flew
Right off the ground, to flow to you
There's no gravity to hold me down, for real

(Refrian2)
So how do you expect me
To live alone with just me
Cause my world revolves around you
It's so hard for me to breathe

{CHORUS}
Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air
Can't live, can't breathe with no air
That's how I feel whenever you ain't there
There's no air, no air
Got me out here in the water so deep
Tell me how you gonna be without me
If you ain't here I just can't breathe
There's no air, no air

Out with the Old, In with the New

I got my new Belle De Jour planner for 2009 last November (at a discounted rate!). I learned about this planner last year and I got hooked. It's got a lotta very useful stuff that I can actually use. It's less expensive than the Starbucks planner and it looks really chic! To get a preview, you can visit: http://belledejourpowerplanner.com/



This was the quote for this year and I feel like I have lived up to it in one way or another. I can say that, right now, I am on my way to living the life I have imagined. I honestly cannot ask for anything more (except for money maybe.. hahaha).










This is the quote for year 2009 and I like it! This is as good as a new year's resolution for me and it definitely looks achievable. I can see a promising new year ahead. This year was really great, and I know, in my heart, that it will just get better and better each year. Okay, I should stop, I'm already preempting my year-ender post. :)

Thanksgiving!

I have learned that there are a lot of things I have to be thankful for:

a dynamic job that lets me learn a lot of new interesting things

friends who can be with you and support you when you need them

a family who really cares and understands

an outstanding relationship with an outstanding man

Most of all, a God who blesses me and loves me a whole lot!

Revival

I have got to revive this dying blog. I have made less than 10 posts for the whole year and most, if not all, of them are songs! It has lost any signs of human emotion when everything started to work well in my life. Three points come to mind:

1. I guess I am better in ranting out negative emotions than positive ones.
2. Maybe I just got so used to troubles that I don't know what to say when everything's smoothly sailing.
3. I like to keep things private now. Less complicated that way.

True True True. I can work on writing about positive emotion. I can get used to a worry-free, no-drama, uncomplicated blissful life. I can still keep things private by not telling too much information. I can definitely do this. What is better and more ironic way to start than a year-ender post. Now, that's something I always have much to say about! Watch out for it! ;P

Testify to Love by Avalon

All the colors of the rainbow
All of voices of the wind
Every dream that reaches out
That reaches out to find where love begins
Every word of every story
Every star in every sky
Every corner of creation lives to testify

For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love
I'll be a witness in the silences when words are not enough
With every breath I take I will give thanks to God above
For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love

From the mountains to the valleys
From the rivers to the sea
Every hand that reaches out
Every hand that reaches out to offer peace
Every simple act of mercy
Every step to kingdom come
All the Hope in every heart will,speak what love has done

O-Oh Ohhh

For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love
I'll be a witness in the silences when words are not enough
With every breath I take I will give thanks to God above
For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love

Colors of the rainbow
Voices of the wind
Heaven reaches out where love begins
Word of every story
Star in every sky
All creation testify

Mountains to the valleys
Rivers to the sea
Heaven reaches out to offer peace
Simple act of mercy
Kingdom come
Every heart will speak what love has done

Colors of the rainbow
Voices of the wind
Heaven reaches out where love begins
Word of every story
Star in every sky
All creation testify

For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love
I'll be a witness in the silences when words are not enough
With every breath I take I will give thanks to God above
For as long as I shall live
I will test------------------ify

For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love
I'll be a witness in the silences when words are not enough
With every breath I take I will give thanks to God above
For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love

For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love
I'll be a witness in the silences when words are not enough
With every breath I take I will give thanks to God above
For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love!

Just Because I Miss Him

My Emo Guy...

when you get used to having a cellphone... you get hooked... your day is not complete without it...
when you eat a lot of rice... its hard to lessen your in-take...
when you have this habit of watching movies in the office... its.. hard to not do it again...

i know you know where i am getting into...

you are my drug...
you are my habit...

addiction..
inclination...

you have become so much a part of me that you can be
my heart... if they take you away i'd die..
my lung... you can take my breath away... and you can feed me the air i breathe...
my brain... might as well kill me than ask me to take you out of my head...

(this is just me being an "emo" guy)

i love you so much sweetie...

Murphy's Law

Last May 15th, I thought the universe conspired to prevent me from flying out of the country. Almost everything that could go wrong, did and at the worst time possible.

We were not able to get on the bus as we've planned because a group of people, all 30 of them, decided to take the same bus we're taking. The thing is, the day before, sweetie and I asked one of the "barkers" there if we have to reserve a ticket for the bus. We were told that we can just get tickets when we get there tomorrow. The bus arrived an hour late (12noon), we took a chance but we did not make it, the bus was full in a matter of minutes. We were told that another bus would come by soon. At this point, we did not want to take the chance. So we came up with plan B. We decided to ask tita jo and pia if they can drive us to the airport. This cost us double than what would plan A have cost (coz we have to gas up and pay the driver) but at least, we're comfy (plus sweetie was able to come with us too!). They arrived almost an hour after the second bus arrived due to Makati traffic. We almost wanted to curse ourselves for being impatient. Now we have to get to Clark in 3 hours or we'll miss the flight! But thank God for He made the roads clear at that time and we got to the airport in Clark in a record breaking one hour and a half (I don't know if that's normal, but it's record breaking for me and this is my blog so get over it). Just in time for our 4pm flight.

So we checked our bags, paid for the terminal fee, lined up for the immigration. But just when I thought my luck is starting to change for the better, it suddenly went from bad to worse. Immigration asked the usual questions, but one question got me dumbfounded... she asked, "Ano nangyari sa DOST mo?". Perplexed, I was only able to say, "huh?". She said I am on their watchlist and I cannot leave the country. Then it dawned on me, she's talking about my DOST scholarship. I got qualified in the scholarship examination way back in 2000 and a 5-year service under them is part of the contract. So is a course in bachelor of Science. The whole world knows I took a course in bachelor of Arts. My parents paid for my tuition fee with our own money. PLUS, I was already able to leave the country last year! Evidently, I did not avail of the scholarship grant (I wanted to, but I did not). The Immigration officer is your typical heartless totalitarian who almost always never lets anyone go past him and makes no consideration whatsoever. He is asking me to present a clearance form from DOST no matter how much I try to explain that it's been eight years and I've never heard anything from them since then. He insists. I asked him if there is a phone I could use, he says no. Imagine, an airport with no phone...but they have a fax machine. So I made do with what I have, I got DOST's number from the sample clearance letter the dictator showed me and called them through my low-battery cellphone. Thankfully, God was on my side that day and He sent me a miracle. I was able to ask a certain Dante from DOST to fax the clearance on a long-distance fax number in a truly miraculous and (yet another) record-breaking 30 minutes! When I had it in my hands, I almost want to slap it in his face. But that would be stooping down to his level and very unlady-like of me. I can see he was quite dismayed with the fact that I got what he asked for in such a short time given the circumstances. I gave him the you-just-got-served look while he was talking to me and I know it irritated him coz he resorted to talking to my mom about it even though I'm clearly not a kid anymore. Haha! At that point, I felt I've won the war. With God on your side, who can be against you, right? I got to Singapore as I had planned and He has planned. Watch out for the pix! ;P

Let Go and Let God

--------- Forwarded message ----------


My child,

Give up! Give up those hurts of the past. It's time to move on. satan loves to have you live in the past because that renders you ineffective to live in the present-in the now.

Tell Me, child. What is it that has happened to you? Who hurt you? What mistakes have you made that you regret? Did what happen to you change the fact that Jesus loves you, and He died on the cross for you so you
could live in heaven with Him for all eternity?

Can anything or anyone ever change that fact? You know that nothing can ever nullify what Jesus did for you on the cross. If that's true, and it is, then nothing else matters, does it?

There is nothing that can happen to you, nothing anyone can do to you that can ever change the fact that My Son, Jesus, loves you and died on the cross for you so you gain heaven for all eternity. No one can ever take
that away from you. No One!

Hold on to that thought. Put things in their proper perspective. When you do that, you'll see that being loved unconditionally, attaining salvation and the right to go to heaven is your ultimate goal. Everything else pales
in comparison to that.

Even physical death cannot take heaven away from you, for then the real you-your spirit-just changes abodes. Physical death for Christians is moving from living in the temple of the Holy Spirit, your body, to living in
heaven.

I know, My child, I know. Your mind is often filled with hurtful things that happen to you. Sometimes you even say to people "You don't know how much it hurt Me when such and such happened." Well, I ask you again,
does what happen to you in the past change the fact that Jesus loves you and died for you, and now you can spend eternity with Him in heaven? I don't have to wait for your answer, because I know immediately your mind said, "No!"

Then, child, nothing else matters! Compared to eternity, all problems are nothing. Loving Me, being in My family, gaining the right to live in heaven for eternity-that' s what's important in life. If you lose that, you've
lost it all. Don't hold grudges. forgive! Nothing you can gain on earth can make up for that loss, and nothing can happen to you on earth that can take that away from you- Nothing!


Love,


God



-- Author Unknown

All My Life by Parachute Band

My freedom, my reason
my savior that's what you are to me
You free me, complete me
my Savior that's what You are
There's no other like You
there's no one beside You
You're more than my heart can contain
I will love You all my life
for You are my reason the One that I live for
And I will love You all my life
for You are my reason
You're the one that I live for