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Inchoare 2014: Navigation :) PIChE JCM 1st Students Summit

credits to the maker of this artwork ;)

Venue preparations:

Mandora Collection

Thanks to Screenshot!! :D

i know this (playing) should be in moderation. Noted! :)

Exactly ,Tom!

Raw photo taken from the Halfblaked blog
Thanks! :)

The Giant's Causeway is SPECTACULAR!!

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giants-causeway-in-ireland.jpg

Did you know that it was featured in Avatar: The Legend of Aang? :D

Well, in a way.. ;)

A Shoot!

The day i saw these young plants, i was reminded of the 1st reading for December 18:

Jeremiah 23:5-8

5 Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up a righteous shoot to David; as king he shall reign and govern wisely, he shall do what is just and right in the land. 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, Israel shall dwell in security. This is the name they give him: “The Lord our justice.” 7 Therefore, the days will come, says the Lord, when they shall no longer say, “As the Lord lives, who brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt”; 8 but rather, “As the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of the house of Israel up from the land of the north”— and from all the lands to which I banished them; they shall again live on their own land.

[further reading on Isaiah 11:1-10]

Just recently, these young plants grew so fast. In more than a week, they look like these (cute healthy seedlings):

>> funny how i don't even know the name of the plant <<

Jeremiah prophesied the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
Even today, Jesus is our hope and our light.
May the essence of Christmas always be reflected upon and celebrated everyday and every moment of our lives.

This is my grown-up Christmas wish. ♥

Cloudy with a Chance of Rain??? XD

when Curves and Colors speak

There has been a tremendous amount of research on how color affects human beings and some of this research suggests that men and women may respond to colors differently. Color affects us emotionally, with different colors evoking different emotions. In short color has the capacity to affect the human nervous system. e.g Hues, Analogues, Complimentary.. etc. 

~from ate Ruby

OMG!! A SUPER MUST-READ booook!: ♥

i've come across this book last year and i just remembered to post this now

 ♥ sneak peak inside the book: ♥

one of my favorite experiments - on the right page

The impact of the acute angle of a triangle on a circle produces an effect no less powerful than the finger of God touching the finger of Adam in Michelangelo. 

~Wassily Kandinsky

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI said in a 2007 interview: “Christianity, Catholicism, is not a collection of prohibitions: It’ a positive option. It’s very important that we look at it again because this idea has almost completely disappeared today."

So, if we find the Church too demanding, we must have a wrong image of the Church and of Christ. If we see these commandments not as a restriction but as an assistance to find our way, we could come to the conclusion that Jesus offers positive points, as Pope Emeritus Benedict said. We are invited to share these positive options as Andrew did with his brother, Simon.
~by Fr.Rudy Horst, SVD

#KerygmaReadings&Reflections

Books for the Christmas break

 Chicken Soup for the Soul (Just for Teenagers)

~ Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark

the five people you meet in heaven

by Mitch Albom

Jesus & Buddha: The Parallel Sayings

edited by Marcus Borg

introduction by Jack Kornfield

** all borrowed from the university library **

Art for who's sake? ;)

here's a gift given to me by my friend, Mera! a room thermometer!! 

it was just attached to a wooden frame so i thought i could make it more interesting!

Well, it's not that interesting.. but i like it!! Bwahahahaha! :D

i tried sculpting a soap bar.. 

this was my gift to my friend, Quenie..

just fine.

S stands for Sai - one of her nicknames ;)

i am truly a beginner!

Hahahaha!
i soaked half of it in dye (thank God for the idea! :D)

Kerygma readings and reflections for Dec 28

1ST READING

 The feast of the Holy Innocents is one whereby we remember those who have lost their lives through no fault of their own, especially those who have been aborted. Herod attempts the impossible — to kill the child Jesus without knowing His identity — thus, he initiates a great massacre of children. Similarly, war, abortion or drug trafficking do not discrimate, too. We cannot truly call ourselves a human society when such horrors go unchecked and often without question.

1 John 1:5-2:2

5 Beloved: This is the message that we have heard from Jesus Christ and proclaim to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we say, “We have fellowship with him,” while we continue to walk in darkness, we lie and do not act in truth. 7 But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of his Son Jesus cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say, “We are without sin,” we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from every wrongdoing. 10 If we say, “We have not sinned,” we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. 2: 1 My children, I am writing this to you so that you may not commit sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one. 2 He is expiation for our sins, and  not for our sins only but for those of the whole world.

 P S A L M

Psalm 124:2-3, 4-5, 7-8
R: Our soul has been rescued like a bird from the fowler’s snare.

2 Had not the Lord been with us — when men rose up against us, 3 then would they have swallowed us alive. When their fury was inflamed against us. (R) 4 Then would the waters have overwhelmed us; the torrent would have swept over us; 5 over us then would have swept the raging waters. (R) 7 Broken was the snare, and we were freed. 8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. (R)

GOSPEL

 The lives of all children are vulnerable to the powerful, especially the self-interested and the uncaring. One of the greatest tragedies of the present consumerist society is how we don’t seem to care about the type of world we will bequeath to the next generation — one full of denuded landscapes from the misuse and abuse of the environment; stockpiles of highly radioactive materials that have not been properly disposed of, and many others besides, including exhausted natural resources. And all for what? For a moment’s pleasure and comfort! It is this sort of shortsighted thinking that endangers the health of our Mother Earth.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
We praise you, O God, we acclaim you as Lord; the white robed army of martyrs praise you.

Matthew 2:13-18

13 When the magi had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him.” 14 Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt. 15 He stayed there until the death of Herod, that what the Lord had said through the prophet might be fulfilled, “Out of Egypt I called my son.” 16 When Herod realized that he had been deceived by the magi, he became furious. He ordered the massacre of all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had ascertained from the magi. 17 Then was fulfilled what had been said through Jeremiah the prophet: 18 “A voice was heard in Ramah, sobbing and loud lamentation; Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be consoled, since they were no more.”

think:  We cannot truly call ourselves a human society when horrors such as war, abortion, human trafficking and destruction of Mother Earth go unchecked.

Kerygma Readings for 12-28-2013

Which Hunger Games Character are you?

Lookee here.. could you believe that?... the one person i hated very much in Hunger Games was myself! 

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Which Hunger Games Character are you?