Dear Lord,

Lord God, alam nyo naman po na mateknolohiya na ang panahon ngayon. Kaya idadaan ko po dito ang dasal ko. Lord, hindi naman po naiba ang thought nito at ang sinseridad na nasa puso ko kumpara ng mag dadasal ako sa simbahan, o sa kahit anong oras ng araw ko. Idadaan ko lang po dito yung panalangin ko sa Inyo kasi po tingin ko mas ma-eexpress ko pa po yung gusto kong sabihin sa Inyo.

Salamat po sa lahat ng biyayang pinagkaloob nyo sa akin, sa pamilya ko, at sa mga mahal ko sa buhay ngayong 2011. Sa totoo lang po, kahit medyo gipit na gipit kami sa pang material na kayamanan gaya ng pera, eh hindi naman po kayo nagkulang na biyayaan kami ng mga bagay na kelan man ay hindi ma-tutumbasan ng salapi. Gaya na lamang po ng aming kalusugan, lalong lalo na sa mga lolo at lola ko. Salamat at walang sakit ang dumatnan sa amin ngayong taon na ito. Special mention ko lang po si Lolo Gabriel ko. Lord, alam kong masaya na siya sa piling Nyo ngayon. Lolo Gabriel, alam ko na madadama mo itong message ko: Mahal po kita. Kahit paminsan2x lang akong bumibisita sa Fairview, mahal po kita. Tinatawagan ko po kayo dati ni Lola Carmen twing Christmas o New Year, naalala nyo pa po ba? Hindi ko na magagawa ngayon yan Lolo. Bukod sa wala ka na, eh wala na rin kaming telephone sa bahay. Pero Lolo, hindi na ako mababahala pa kasi alam kong kasama mo na ang Poong Maykapal. Na binigyan ka na nya ng Eternal Rest. At balang araw, magkikita tayo kasama si Lord. Yayakapin po kita, gaya ng pagyakap ko sa iyo tatlong araw bago kayo pumanaw. Naiiyak ako Lolo, kasi may mga pagkukulang din ako sa inyo. Pero mahal na mahal kita Lo, alam mo yan. At masaya ako na nakapagpahinga kana sa mundong ito.

Lord God, pasensya na at na ano pa yung topic. Hmmm, Lord, paulit ulit ko nalang tong sinasabi ang pagpapasalamat ko sa inyo. Eh kasi andami talaga ng biyaya. At salamat kasi nakikita ko yon, napagpahalagahan. Yun siguro yung importante. Yung Pagpapahalaga. Ipinagdarasal ko din po ang mga puso ng mga taong kulang sa pagpapahalaga. Sana makita nila ang Iyong pagmamahal sa araw araw na walang palya at hindi tumbas ng karangyaan sa buhay o kung ano mang pagpapala.

Lord God, tungkol naman po sa pag-aaral ko, unang una, nagpapasalamat po ako dahil sa simula't sapul, binigyan nyo po ako ng oportunidad na mahalin yung kursong Nursing kaya't naging madali nalang halos lahat ng leksyon sa akin. But despite of this, help me to be humble and not boast but not to the point that I won't honor any credits I have earned because of Your help and guidance. It has been almost 2 years sa College, at since day 1, alam kong hindi Nyo po ako pinabayaan. Hinihingi ko po na sana ipagpatuloy nyo po ang pag gguide sa hindi lang hanggang ma realize ko po yung dreams ko to be a nurse, pero hanggang po sa huling hininga ko believing in Your grace that have saved me ever since. Sa pang-araw araw ko po na buhay eskwela, inaamin kong hindi ko kaya lahat ng ito kung wala ang Inyong tulong. Nagkukulang po ako, at kelangan ko ang Inyong Divine Intervention upang tugunan ang pag kukulang ko. At higit sa lahat, ipinagdarasal ko po na sana, kahit anong mangyari, kahit magka-graduate ko po o makakita na ako ng trabaho, kahit saan ako mapunta sa mundong ito, SANA PO, hindi ko po makakalimutan ang True Essence of being a Nurse. Of being an angel to the sick through Your Grace. Alam kong madulas ang daan, at nakakasilaw ang pangmundong karangyaan, pero LORD, Strengthen my faith and devotion to the Nursing Advocacy. Na hindi ko po i-eequate yung pagiging nurse sa pera at greener pastures, kundi, ang pagtulong sa mga higit na nangangailangan through your Will and Grace.

Lord God, marami rin akong nagawang kasalanan sa taong ito at sa mga nakaraang taon. Sa kayrami nila eh puro temptation lang lahat nauugat. Temptation. Lord, ang dali dali ko lang ma-tukso. Kahit anong isipin ko, na tutukso agad ako. Ang dali ko lang magpadala sa galit, kaya kung ano ano na ang naiisip ko. Ano po ba yung kelangan ko Lord? Discipline po ba? or mas greater pa dun? Lord, sa twing nalalayo ka po sa akin, pa-alalahanin nyo po ako kung ano ang tama at ano ang mali. Help me to be still. Or not to be still.Kung takbuhan yung tukso, umusog ng ilang steps at para hindi na makakita ng opportunity na ma tempt ako ulit. Yan po yung challenge ko this year. Makakayanan ko, in your Name, I can resist temptation!

Marami pa akong idadasal Lord God, marami pa akong ikkwento, nakikinig ka po palagi alam ko yan. Salamat po sa pakikinig. I also pray for the people whose faith is wavering, na isang thread nalang ang nag cconnect. I pray for them Lord. Whoever they are. For it is of great sadness to think of little or no faith. I also pray for the depressed, oppressed, and homeless. That they may find solace in just a simple thought of You.

I love You Lord. Let me feel Your Presence everyday. Never let me be separated from You, my God :-)

Study Buddies

Since school will start in just a week, I decided to pay a tribute post to my "study buddies". These are my humble highlighters, G-tech writing pens, colored pens, and 50 lvs Green Apple notebooks (yes, I am very particular with the brand..hehehe).

These are my almost-rainbow-colored highlighters. I simply CANNOT imagine studying without them! I've tried the apple green and violet ones and I ran out of them already. I bought the Teal colored one just recently, to replace the 2. Each of them costs Php 29.50 at National Bookstore so I can only buy 1 at a time.

When it comes to notebooks, I only trust one brand, Green Apple®. (char!) Hahaha. Seriously. I have tried writing on other brands like Blue Feather, Cattleya, Sterling, Stradmore, and whatnot, but I only liked Green Apple. Compared to the other brands, it's cheap but the quality is certainly not! (wow advertisement much?).

Last but not the least is my Pilot G-tech 0.4 Black pen (I purposely put a piece of wallpaper designs inside the barrel). Considering the fact that I'm the type of person that once I get comfortable using a thing, I stick with it until I find something better.Ever since I went to college, I have been using Pilot G-tech pens. It does not blot, it writes very fine, so it's perfect for people whose penmanships are REALLY miniscule to be read (roughly half of a centimeter). Also, I put a lot of pressure on the paper when I write, and still it doesn't affect the pen or your penmanship whatsoever. The only downside is that you need to take extra measures not to drop it or else you'll be sorry for your Php69.25. The refill costs about 40 pesos and it can last for about a semester worth of writing.

 

So there you have it, folks! My study buddies. :D

Christine Joy

Based on Eneri-Lemrac Dictionary, the etymology of the name Christine Joy denotes Joy in the time of Christmas.

Her birthday falls on December 24, a day ahead of Jesus Christ's "birthday". Since we thought that we would be busy on the 24th with out families, we just moved the birthday celebration to the 23rd.

Okay, first off, this wasn't part of the plan, but I really like how it went out. It's like it was meant to be blurry, kulang nalang *drumrolls*. Nag-kara kara nami nga mu-picture kay ka lowbatt-on na ang cam ni Franz and Roch. We didn't thought about using flash until we realized nganong ngit-ngit man tanan pics? Hahaha we had so much fun to even actually start thinking to use flash. (weh reasons) Ha ha ha.

Rochelle, being the creative-minded that she is, suggested that we, being the allowance-deprived people that we are, will buy 18 cupcakes (actually we bought 2 packs with 10 TOPS Cupcake) and 18 teeny tiny striped-candles. We agreed to meet at Gaisano Minglanilla at 5PM, but it took too "long" for me to brush my teeth so I was late for roughly 15 minutes.

Scouting for Party Needs Stores nearby, Rochelle, Franz, and I went to Calderon (2nd out of the 3 stores we tried), because as far as my memory goes, I remembered there was a party needs store there. But to our frustrations, it was already replaced with some kind of karenderya. Reflecting on whether or not we will just resort to that "1" and "8" -numbered candles we found at the first store we went to, a group of people on a mini-multicab stopped by where we were standing. THE SENTEBALE REPAPIPZ! (reference note: It was agreed that we will have a reunion christmas party at Aqua Cainta, but it clashed on Tinjoy's bday celebration so we just chose to attend the latter, ob cors). For a brief moment that was controlled by a Stop traffic light, exchanges of "huy ngano wa mo nangadto? asa mo mga jonas sisters? merry christmas! kumusta? adika'g nawng ah! nitambok lagi ka? hahaha", some of which barely audible and understandable because of the woah-kuyawa-gakita-pajud-mi-unsa-pagkahitaboa-natayming-jud-i-miss-you-guys-omg moment we were at. Meant to be jud kaayo sa nga mag-toothbrush ko'g pirting dugaya? Hahaha!

Long story short, this was the result of our labour.

From 6PM till 10, we exchanged chikas, gifts, and laughters as if we didn't see each other for a millenium. No doubt my zygomaticus hurts so much from smiling and laughing and talking, and also, eating. (omg I personally loved the Fruit Salad <3) Hahaha. 

Again, Happy 18th Birthday Tinjoy! Thanks for putting the "C" in C.R.I.F.T.s!

We love you, glue! ;)

I love you guys! Merry Christmas! :)

Christmas Break 2011

It's sad that I started this blog just recently since there have been many moments of my life that's blog-worthy to post...but then again.

So at this point in my life, I'm currently on the 6th day of my 3-week long Christmas break. As usual, I'm celebrating Christmas together with assigned reading topics for Microbiology, Nursing Care Mgmt 102, and this worksheet assignment of Nutrition class. Plus, to top it all off, I will be welcoming the NEW YEAR 2012 with Long Exams and Midterm Exams on every subject. And that includes So-An.

COME AT ME BRO.

But seriously though. I won't complain, I am NOT complaining. I just needed to voice out how tired I am this semester. But it's all good because, no matter how hard the subjects are, and believe me when I say this, I LOVE ALL OF THEM.

They are all interesting to learn. And not just for the sake of passing, but because THEY ARE SIMPLY INTERESTING. /caps

And posting this, wasting another 5, 10 minutes of my time, is not going to help me "learn" them. Well what can I say? I put the 'pro' in procrastination.



P.S.
I love my mum. <3

Hello

This will be my first ever post here in my new blog... As if I'm still not contented with the other 4 blogs I run.

For the purpose of having an online journal of my life, I conjured this blog out of pure and utter ennui with a pinch of love. Just another reason to procrastinate, I dare suppose.

The inspiration in making this blog came from Franz's (my bestfriend) sister, ate Georgia and her long kept blog-turned-website (www.lgeorgia.com). I just love the idea of keeping a sort of web diary for those moments that are too precious not to recollect.

So there you go. This is my first post. And hopefully, a lot more will be coming up.