It is like a story of a prodigal son- at last he came back. The eldest of our family went home already. It was a stormy life experience that he had with his wife. They have four children but sad to say his wife didn't allow anyone of their children to go with him. We've been praying for him to go back home but he would still insist before, to stay at their house even he is alone and hoping that her wife will still go back to his loving arms. Days and months passed by but her wife never came back and even his children, and the sad reality is that her wife is already living with another married man.
I am praying that God will give him the strength that he needs because he often have sleepless nights and crying silently for the problems he encountered. He is back home right now and regaining his strength to be courageous enough in facing his problem and hoping that someday by God's grace, his plans will be realized.
It is a traditional way of saying that we are bonded with each other during the wedding ceremony. Time is fast approaching and can't stop it. My fiancee and I will face the big day of our lives. I had a dream that I shared with her. I dreamed about our wedding. It was really a great dream but the funny part of the dream was during the wearing of the wedding ring. When the minister asked me where is the rings, I realized that I forgot to bought it. It was a little bit funny at the same time a reminder for me to be mindful of the things needed specifically the ring. When i woke up, I told to my self that we really need to secure it first.We went to a jewelry shop and try to look for a design that would satisfy and fit in our fingers.
Yes its true that we really need to invest on it since we are going to wear it for a lifetime. Finally we have found the design we want - simple yet elegant. A reminder of a dream is a ring which is for life. This is one of our accomplishments in our preparation for the wedding. Thank God that we have it already.
It was his first time to pray at the pulpit. Interesting because you can see in his eyes the willingness to do it but you can see it also that he's so nervous . The good thing with him is that he is a thinker. He was assigned to pray for the tithes and offering. Jetjet is a new member to the Band of Brothers. He just level up last April 2010. From the Lambs of God Department , to the BOB which is compose of single men from secondary, tertiary, and young professionals.
Jason Udang or Jetjet was cordially welcomed in the group. There is a potential on this young man in terms of leadership which can be enhanced through training and engaging in leadership training and exposure. He is brave enough to face whatever responsibilities that is assigned to him with the supervision of the leaders of the BOB. I am thankful and blessed that every young man who joined the BOB has eagerness and willingness to take the challenge as long as they know whom they are serving - GOD for it is a Christ centered group.
This is the place of my cousin named Erva Pahunang. It's a nice place to visit but the only problem is the road because it's rough and too dusty since it is still under construction. The beauty of this place was really great since their house is located on the hillside and you can see the mountains and a lot of trees on the other side . My fiancee and I decided to go swimming on the flowing water near their house. It was very clean and the coldness of the water was so refreshing. We also had the chance to eat native chicken and of course Tilapia, fresh from their pond. She also gave us apple mango. We did not stay too long but we really cherished the moment we had with my cousin's family. To Momi Ervs Salamat "Thank You So Much" we love you. :)
This is one of the memorable moments in my life wherein my co-teachers invited me to go caving in Initao. I was really curious about it since it's my first time in caving adventure. A lot of fears came into my mind and I just told my self that i can do it. Although there were a lot of negative feedback's but I took it as i challenge to my self. The picture on the upper right side was taken on my way going down to the cave. It was a little bit difficult because it s too dark. I was trying my best to go down so that i could see it's beauty and what's inside the cave. Going down the cave really needs a lot of effort and of course the help of a flash light which my friend was holding while i was going down to brighten the path where I was going to. Aside from this, you need also to crawl so you can go to to the other side of the cave. There was a little danger that you might get hurt when a portion of your body will be hit by the wall of the cave since the way going through it s very narrow. That's what excites me because there are a lot of things you need to do in an extra ordinary way. Thank God for this experience. It really builds the stamina and there should be no chance to be weak in order for you to exit in this cave because it takes a lot of strength and there is this feeling of fulfillment and you can really say "WOW! this is it"! Going up to the exit also needs a lot of effort since you need to climb through the stone wall and pass through a very narrow way going outside the cave. It feels great that i was able to achieve it by trying the best that I can. The best part of this adventure is the experience of caving adventure.
I was so alarmed of the danger of having no idea about the contents of the food I am eating, as long as it taste good I just eat it. Even before i usually eat in fast food because of the burger and french fries that my stomach craves to eat more and more of it. I am not conscious of my health before as long as my weight increases that would be better. What ever comes into my mind and i feel like eating it, i would go for it. As time goes by, many sickness and diseases are discovered. I was so shocked when our pastor's wife had a check up, the finding was already a lung cancer and it is already stage 4. I asked myself how and why this happened? I know that she is a fighter and she can recover on it. That was the time when they introduced the alternative medicine. It helped her a lot and you can't just believe it that her cancer cells were gone already, it's amazing and thank God for this.
I was educated that the illnesses or diseases that we can possibly get it from the food we eat. We might not notice it but the elements or the substance on it is killing us softly, just like in the line of a song killing me softly with this food killing me softly. One of these harmful substances are the Monosodium glutamate that makes the taste of the food even better but it is deadly because it really damages the brain cells; and Aspartame, name for an artificial, non-saccharidesweetener used as a sugar substitute in many foods and beverages . Because its breakdown products include phenylalanine, aspartame is among the many substances that must be avoided by people with phenylketonuria (PKU), a rare genetic condition. One thing that I have realized is that we only have one life to live and this life is only borrowed from our God so let's take care of it.
It was May 23,2010 that i decided to take another step in our relationship.Facing the parents of my fiancee and her relatives and formally put things into proper perspective which is the "WEDDING". This is what we called pamalayi or pamanhikan. I am so blessed for the support of my family who really shared their time, efforts and love. Even to our papas - Ptr John and te Grace for all out support and prayer. I become who i am today because of these people who help me a lot in my daily walks in life. It was really great that both parties met and had a fellowship together. We also announced the preparations we had for the wedding, the wedding date and venue, and the people who will take part in the celebration.
The blueprints of the wedding plans are drawn or made known during this occasion. The pamanhikan is often hosted by the bride's family as the groom and his folks visit them to formally ask their daughter’s hand in marriage and discuss plans for the upcoming wedding over dinner. This can be an uneasy situation if it's the first time for both parties to meet. The soon-to-weds may feel a little awkward (nervous even) seeing and listening to their parents consult each other on matters like their wedding budget, guest list and the like.I just pray that all things work together for good for those who love God.
May 19,2010 is our second year in our relationship. A time to reminisce the moments for what has been achieved. There are a lot of problem that were hurdled and thank God with His wisdom and strength we overcome it and by that we become victorious . I am so blessed to have a partner in life to be in the person of Chrisanne Abaa, she is really great to be with and a loving person, she is also a God fearing person.
I am thankful celebrating with her eventhough i was not feeling well at that time because i was having a sinusitis but its not about what i felt at that time but what matters most is the time we have shared together. To my palangga i love you so much and thank God for giving you to me.Happy Second Anniversary!
It is a traditional Filipino game where it needs technique and strategies to win the game. It seems simple but it needs your mind to work on what moves you are going to make. It was May 16, 2010 when Rj and Ray played the game well. It was quite good and fun. I played this game 3 years ago. I find it good and a little bit relaxed but it needs your mind to think well. This game is also called "Bantumi". Filipinos love this game because of the substance in it. They use either shell or marble. To be more specific regarding the description and rules of the games this is the site where it helps you a lot http://www.globalpinoy.com just search the Sungka and it will give you the details about the game. Try and you will enjoy the game.
It was May 17,2010 in the evening that we plan out to have an overnight at Joshua's place. When we went inside the house, my eyes was focused on his youngest brother who was really concentrating on the computer, I thought for a while that he was playing a simple game but when i drew near to Jason, i saw that he really enjoyed playing and a 100% focused on the game. It was a Warcraft Game. He was eagerly trying his best in protecting his territory and his characters that upon the attack of the opponent he make sure that he can defeat it. The game was great and a lot of people are playing it also, it helps you to think well specially in planning on how to defeat your opponent. A lot of techniques and strategies on how your character will destroy the territory of the opponent. The game is really great but taking too much of your time would not be productive in your part. We just need to plan it out well but it should not be controlling our system. This what others think that it really helps them but it breaks them. In some cases for students who are addicted on this game, instead of reporting to school they were in the internet cafe playing. Its a matter on how we are going to discipline ourselves.
Every day is a blessing from our God. As i move on to my life and do my daily task i see to it that all things work together for good for the love of God. I cherish that as my life keep on extending i know that i still have a purpose to accomplish. Problems arises but i will be positive on this matter because it help me to be a victorious person. I will face this with courage because i have a bigger God.
I am so blessed with this lyrics of this song that say, God is to wise to be mistaken, God is to good to be unkind and when you don't understand and you can't see His plan and if you can't trace His hands, Trust His heart. Today is another day.
Mother - One of the best people in the whole wide world. A man’s loving partner, best friend, confidante, the family’s treasurer, comforter, source of emotional strength - rolled into one. A mother can do everything and anything just to protect the welfare of the children and the whole family. Our father’s loving partner in giving us the best. To be a mother is not an easy role. Bearing and protecting a child inside the womb for nine months, taking care of the child from pregnancy, during birth, until the child grows. We should be grateful and thankful to God for giving us our mother. Let’s not wait for any special occasion for us to say how much we are grateful to her.
Many people are not that vocal in saying “thank you” and “I love you” to their mother as well as to their father. We should learn how to express our love and gratitude to our mother in words, not just in words, but as well as in our actions. We just don’t’ know how much joy these simple things can bring to them. Let’s not take for granted our mothers. They may have scolded/reprimanded us many times, they might have hurt us emotionally and physically, our thoughts may not be the same as their thoughts, we may have experienced clashing of ideas and preferences, they might have not given us all the material things that we want, but it doesn’t mean that they don’t love us.
We should also evaluate ourselves why those things have happened because a mother cannot afford to hurt her child intentionally and without any reason. Our mother loved and cared for us and all they wanted is our best. We should not forget that they have given the best proof of their love for us: that is bearing and putting their life at risk just for us to be borne. For those whose mother is still here, express how grateful and how much you love her while you still can and while your mother can still appreciate the joy you will give to her. Belated Happy Mothers’ Day to all moms and thank God for the blessing of giving you to your husband and to your children.
Life is tough and has a lot of challenges. There are times it seems that its too cloudy and there are times it sunny. What i am trying to convey is that whatever challenges or trials that God has given us, He has a plan and purpose. I don't need to ask why but i know as i overcome it, promotion and blessing will follow. We just need to consider that as we grew older, new challenges will come. We just need to trust God. We are an overcomer.
Every evaluation that we have in our past and even in our present of what we are today is a product of our decision that we make in life. I am not a perfect person but i am willing to change for a betterment of my life. I thank God for the strength that He has bestowed upon me, He is my strength when i am weak. And i am blessed every day in my life that i am still awake because i know that my mission in this life is not yet over.
Mother - One of the best people in the whole wide world. A man’s loving partner, best friend, confidante, the family’s treasurer, comforter, source of emotional strength - rolled into one. A mother can do everything and anything just to protect the welfare of the children and the whole family. Our father’s loving partner in giving us the best. To be a mother is not an easy role. Bearing and protecting a child inside the womb for nine months, taking care of the child from pregnancy, during birth, until the child grows. We should be grateful and thankful to God for giving us our mother. Let’s not wait for any special occasion for us to say how much we are grateful to her. Many people are not that vocal in saying “thank you” and “I love you” to their mother as well as to their father. We should learn how to express our love and gratitude to our mother in words, not just in words, but as well as in our actions. We just don’t’ know how much joy these simple things can bring to them. Let’s not take for granted our mothers. They may have scolded/reprimanded us many times, they might have hurt us emotionally and physically, our thoughts may not be the same as their thoughts, we may have experienced clashing of ideas and preferences, they might have not given us all the material things that we want, but it doesn’t mean that they don’t love us. We should also evaluate ourselves why those things have happened because a mother cannot afford to hurt her child intentionally and without any reason.
Our mother loved and cared for us and all they wanted is our best. We should not forget that they have given the best proof of their love for us: that is bearing and putting their life at risk just for us to be borne. For those whose mother is still here, express how grateful and how much you love her while you still can and while your mother can still appreciate the joy you will give to her. Belated Happy Mothers’ Day to all moms and thank God for the blessing of giving you to your husband and to your children.
A lot of speculations arose before the coming of the 2010 automated election. Since it is the first time for the Filipino people to vote using automated machines, some were hesitant, a lot were excited, and most people were intrigued. Will the cheating be ended? Will the machines work? Will the voting be consuming a little time? Or will it be the same as the previous elections we had in the past years? People became worried that there will still be cheating because people are aware that the machine will be using CF cards to store the data of the election results. They believed that there is a tendency that the CF cards already contain data or that the data can be hacked by experts. Few days before the election, some problems arose especially during the testing of the PCOS machines. Some PCOS machines have problems. Voters are also worried since the nation is experiencing power interruptions, there might be a worse scenario of a power block out during the election.
Election Day came. As early as 6 in the morning, many voters were excited to come to their voting precinct to vote. They expected that the flow of the voting will not take too long. They were so excited to vote for their bets. It took too long for us just to look for our voting precincts since there is a clustering of more than two precincts. We have to look for our names on the list of voters posted on the wall outside each clustered precinct room. The list of voters name is not that visible especially to those who don’t have a perfect 20-20 vision and to those who are senior citizens. The font sizes of the text are too small and the printing is not that clear. After we have found and know our precincts, we have to wait again to be accommodated. We have to wait for our time to be accommodated in the verification of voters. Election officials assigned in the verification have to look for our names in the file of documents, make some comparisons of those stuffs that need to be compared, voters have to sign and after signing, wait again to be able to get inside the precinct and vote. Priority numbers were issued but to my observation, it didn’t help the situation. Some election personnel were not using their common sense in accommodating the voters who already have priority numbers. The have to wait for all the voters inside to finish voting before they call for another batch. Why didn’t they call another voter to occupy the place of the one who already have voted? Why wait for the room to be emptied before they call for another batch of voters? Imagine? For over an hour, they only have accommodated less than 30 voters. Some voters were irritated and have decided to go home. There were many negative feedbacks about the election. Some say that the manual election is better than the automated one. Some PCOS machine won’t work. Ballots were not accepted by the machine. Circles to be shaded in the ballot are too small. People expected that it would be a little bigger just like the ones in the sample ballot. With that, it would be easier for the voters especially the senior citizens to do the shading. The COMELEC should have also posted ahead of time, maybe at least two or three days before the election day, the list of voters assigned in each clustered precinct for them to go directly to the their assigned room and not spend too much time looking for their names. We can still consider these things since it’s our first time to have an automated election. Since we already practice automation, everything should be high-tech. Why still look for the names of the voters in their bulky hard copies if we can have it thru computers. A personal computer, a scanner or a biometric machine and a signature pad are all we need to make things easier. Come to think about it. Maybe if you have the common sense, you know what I am trying to convey.
A good friend of my mine introduce the symphony. Its fascinating in the sense that it is huge and color brown. It taste great because when it melt to your tongue it seems that you still want more and more. It gives a satisfactory taste and not too much of sweet but its just having an extraordinary taste that you are craving for more. Its a Creamy Milk Chocolate with almonds and Toffee Chips. It's a Hershey's product. It will give you a satisfactory taste. Thanks to our Administrator for sharing her Symphony to us.
Election is one of the highlights in our country this year. This is the moment wherein we exercise our freedom to express our rights, to be aware of what is happening in our country and to be part of the change that our Mother Nation is longing for. All of the things that are happening while we are still preparing for May 10- the Election Day where very alarming. The different issues with regards to the use of 1st time 100% nationwide automated election in our country; how the people behind with this said event handles all of the of the issues so to assure the people in the Philippines that we are going to experience this CHANGE and still the same problem that we encounter on every election day
VOTE BUYING!!!
This are some of the problems that we always face during election, and yesterday sad to say was still the same, although the method was different, we can already have the result for a short time but still the people who where out there still are facing this problems.I for myself experienced it, the process was chaotic and messy i was thinking that we where in a market place at that time, fortunately we where lucky because the PCOS machine in our precinct didn't experience any problem yesterday. Not like the other precinct it was already 3pm but still they where in the #60 of their priority number because of the machine was not working properly.It was not good, for first time but still we have to be vigilant, open-minded and be ready for further changes that we are going to experience in the future.Hope that all of the happenings this election will be a stepping stone for the next event and Hope that in the coming future we will taste the true and sincere CHANGE for the betterment or our nation.
The Philippines before are using the manual system for counting a ballots in the election. It takes time for them to count every result in the precinct and after that it will be consolidated again in the national. For them to give the result correctly it takes month or weeks to declare who won for the election. As the Philippines is adopting the automated system this year, it took the challenge for the counting to be easier and faster. Precinct Count Optical Scan (PICOS) machines will help the Commission on Elections (Comelec) that their job would be effortless in terms of counting since the machine will do it automatically as soon as you are done inserting the paper. There are a lot of issues since this is the first time that the Philippines shift to automation. It is also an assessment if it will be effective in giving the result of the election. But the question is, does it really help? The answer is YES. We just need to accept that nothing is too perfect, it is only by giving a chance or a room for improvement that we need to consider. It is through suggestion and proper planning that will work it out.
We started last night the topic You are Special at the light house located at Barra-Opol, I was the one sharing about it. I was reminded that the life that was given to us has a purpose and God's plan out everything for us to enjoy what we have right now. One of the illustration is the watch, if you are going to look at it outwardly you may appreciate the design but the internal structure of it has a lot of planning specially that each part should be synchronized and compatible for it to work well. The same with a house, first it needs to have a good structure before you are going to put the roof. In some how it is the same with our life. I myself should say that i am a masterpiece of God, He really molded my life and take care of it, even when i was still young and even in my mothers womb, He allowed me to live and that is to give Him glory. I can say that whoever you are and whatever you are, God created you and you are special to Him. I am a workmanship of God and I am special.
It was last year May 26,2009 that this place really gives a remarkable memory to my life. It was really great to venture to some country wherein you will be amazed of the beauty and the culture of the people. I was so impressed also of the discipline that the government has implemented to this country. It is a small country but in terms of their economy it shows that the progress is really great. People are busy in terms of their work, there are a lot of buildings and they give beauty at night.
I am still planning to go back into that place and hopefully staying for good.
Our youth pastor at the Blessed Hope Christian Community Church International
Celebrated his birthday last May 2,2010. It was really amazing to see the servant of God soaring up high in his age with a lot of people that were blessed especially the youth of this generation. His life was really an inspiration, I myself could attest to it. Even in hard times or in difficult times in dealing the youth in the church, he dealt with us with patience and gentle talk in a way that leads us to be a better person . We call him papas, aside from being partner in God's agenda, he is also a friend that you can talk with and pray with in times of problems. I also call him the kind man, the powerful man and the almighty John. He is doing everything that he could to serve God and even an inspiring speaker who touch the lives of his listener. It is our prayer that God will still continue to extend his life to touch more souls and see that God is real.
The musician and the composer, wherein a lot of believers were inspired by His songs. True Love waits is one of the well known song and the True Love Wait event that we celebrate every hearts day, Feb 14. He is also a great husband to his wife and a great to his 2 kids. For this we salute you papas, you are the Great John!
Every year we celebrate the "tributes to the graduates." It was april 18,2010 in the afternoon at blessed hope Christian Community Church International. I was one of the coordinators for the said event and it's really great to witness young people who are leveling up to another degree, from elementary to high school and high school to college degree and from college degree to graduate school.
The event was heart warming, giving thanks to God almighty and to their parents. There are times we achieve something in our lives because of inspiration and motivation of other people who help us a lot. The activity was successfully done and after that we have our snacks serve and fellowship. God bless and more power graduates :)
It's summer time and its a vacation time for students. Its a little bit hot and a lot of work to be done. i am thankful and blessed that i still have a work on summer wherein we can save for the rainy days hehehe. This picture was taken last year at singapore Zoo. So amazing, it was my first time to see a white tiger, kangaroo, and etc. Singapore is a nice place to have a vacation and go shopping for gadgets. We really had a great time visiting that place.
But this year's summer, i will just focus on my work having a summer class for 2010. I still love teaching and i thank God for giving me students who are interactive, they really participate at the classroom discussion. I am looking forward to go back to Singapore and hopefully next time i will consider working there. God bless to everyone.
Life is worth living if you know your direction through the guidance from up above. I am so happy to be part of this blogger because somehow i can express what is on my mind, my feelings and what's going on with my life. This is my first time to publish a write up on this site and thank God for my friends who helped me to be part of this blogger site. At first i was a little bit hesitant to be part of this. But somehow, it's just a matter of expressing yourself of what you really think of and somehow it really help me to be mindful and be a thinker. Happiness for me is that as i end up sooner my single life i am facing a new horizon in which i will be having a partner in life who is so loving and a most wonderful wife to be. I am very much willing to share my life with her because she is worth it. A very special blessing that has been given by God to me and an answered prayer.
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