Sometimes we get so used to being comfortable to the kind of life we have now that we forget exhausting all our resources for the betterment of everyone. The scriptures tell us that talents were given to us to be used and to be multiplied a hundredfold or more! For what use is this life given to us if we don't live according to how we were designed? Indeed, those who love their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for Jesus's sake will save it..

let's be aware. Ninoy's fight is also our fight - as Filipinos and as human beings!

“Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.” 
― Brennan Manning, Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging

thanks, sis Mich :)

Remember me.

When you have nothing to do, pray and use up our talents! :D

AMDG
To God be the glory! 

Gifts from a mentor, teacher, role model, engineer, philosopher and friend :)

Thank you, sir Paul!
Lime and orange candies (for posterity, as ordered)
Magic purse made of sea snakes' skin by Kultura Filipino (i will place here my first salary, as ordered)

lime.violet.pink!

it's almost five years since i constantly brought along with me my lunch pack during school days.. At first, i felt sooo out of place, quite shy and embarrassed.. huhuhu.. i mean, are we really this poor?

What society teaches me is that students are not supposed to bring with them packed lunch or "baon" in school especially when they're at college level. They are supposed to buy food in canteens, etc. At least that's what i observed in college schools and so i really felt different. i felt the need to always have somebody accompanying me during lunch - i was too shy to eat lunch alone and i can't possibly eat in canteens outside if i do not order anything!

4 years later, i am now on my final year of studying in the university. 

through the years, i got used to bringing baon every school day. 

i found a deeper sense of bringing baon in school - love and understanding for my parents. sure enough, a considerable amount of money is saved whenever i bring baon to school as compared to when i just buy food in school. Another thing i've developed in bringing baon in school is a sense of courage. i have trained myself not to be moved simply because i am afraid of what other students might say about me. i mean, what on Earth do they care about me for me to care about what they think about me, right? (it's what God thinks that matters) As a matter of fact, i tried eating alone in the middle of the food court - with my baon and amidst many people around me. In embracing and accepting what i was given, i saw a lot more students bringing with them their own baon. i was actually not alone. i was also able realize the advantages of bringing with me my baon - food safety and ease of obtaining food to eat. For as long as i have my baon with me, i could eat anywhere and anytime. :) in embracing and accepting what i was given, i saw some of my classmates also bringing with them baon if they needed to. In a way, bringing my baon in school taught me to widen my perspective and not simply give in to peer pressure. It gave me sight.

Indeed life can be challenging - especially teenage and college life. But let us know that an ultimately good God has the capacity to also bring out goodness in bad or unfavorable situations. 

As Bo says, may your dreams come true! :)

"violet blood

running through pink palms

touching pink cheeks

feeling pink roses

and receiving pink kisses

basking in the lime green sun

raining on pink tulips"

And it was then that i noticed them - when You found me.

 :)

P.S. Special thanks to my classmate, Quenie, for treating us with strawberry lemonade shakes after clearing the debate elimination/semifinal rounds (or whatever).

from: Neko emoticons

Stress relievah !!

Talk about abstraction!

Lord, could You be more specific?
 /blush
(*)

with special thanks to my blog adviser:
UnlimitedSoftz
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Parang kailan lang...

Could you imagine fragile, little children lying on cold cement like that - looking at you with eyes asking if that's the best you could do? 

i digress...

Parang kahapon lamang nang makita ko ang tatlong kuting na palaboy-laboy sa labas ng aming bakuran.. Ang ku-cute nila.. Ganyan talaga siguro noh? basta mga babies, cute.. :) kaso nga lang ayaw na ayaw nilang lumapit sa akin.. pag sinusuyo ko sila, panay naman ang layo nila.. :( .. gusto ko lang naman silang alagaan.. Pero ok lang yun.. may ina naman silang nag-aalaga sa kanila..overprotective nga si mommy cat, eh..

 You scared of me, li'l darling? :(

Ilang mga linggo lang ang nakalipas, heto na sila... parang teenager cats na... :) nakakatuwa nga kasi bago pa sila tumanda ng ganito, kumakain na sila nga malalaking daga... At least noh hindi sila nagnanakaw ng isda sa bahay-bahay... :D

 finding meaning through relaxation and meditation

now, could you see the Tatsulok? 

CYA tarpaulin

Made in Microsoft Powerpoint!! :D

Inspired by the Microsoft PPT Template used by my classmate Quenie!!! :D
To God be the glory! :D

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the miracle that you are - be aware of that!

Every day starts with a magic spark

i've got my hopes high with a second start

we are miracles

every breath is magic

so you give yourself away with your miracle heart

Just to be alive is a magic art

we a re miracles

every breath is magic

~ Switchfoot

Rare Song lyrics