Capture My Heart Again

Overwhelmed. I just cannot put everything into words. The moment you see yourself drifting away from what He has planned for you is the very moment He runs after you and waits for you until you turn back to Him.

Your Love is Extravagant (Casting Crowns)

Your love is extravagant

Your friendship, it is intimate

I feel like moving to the rhythm of Your grace 

Your fragrance is intoxicating in our secret place

Your love is extravagant

Spread wide in the arms of Christ is the love that covers sin

No greater love have I ever known You considered me a friend

Capture my heart again

Spread wide in the arms of Christ is the love that covers sin

No greater love have I ever known; You considered me a friend

Capture my heart again

Your love is extravagant

Your friendship, it is intimate   

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Your Unfailing Love (Hillsong United) 

When the darkness fills my senses

When my blindness keeps me from Your touch

Jesus come

When my burden keeps me doubting

When my memories take the place of You

Jesus come

And I'll follow You there

To the place where we meet

And I'll lay down my pride

As You search me again

Your unfailing love, Your unfailing love

Your unfailing love over me again

Your unfailing love, Your unfailing love

Your unfailing love over me again

When the darkness fills my senses

When my blindness keeps me from Your touch

Jesus come

When my burden keeps me doubting

When my memories take the place of You

Jesus, Jesus come

And I'll follow You there

To the place where we meet

And I'll lay down my pride

As You search me again

And I'll follow You there

To the place where we meet

And I'll lay down my my pride

As You search me again

And I'll follow You there

To the place where we meet

And I'll lay down my pride

As You search me again

Your unfailing love, Your unfailing love

Your unfailing love over me again

Your unfailing love, Your unfailing love

Your unfailing love over me again

Unfailing love

Your unfailing love, Your unfailing love

Your unfailing love over me again

Your unfailing love, Your unfailing love

Your unfailing love over me again

Lights!

I always wanted to see wonderful lightings. Especially Christmas Lights. Maybe most people that know me does not know about it. But seriously, I love how they look. They just captivate me. They're just... so beautiful. Recently, the Ayala Triangle Garden's Christmas Light Show 2011 just can't stop to amaze me. I really wanted to go there the moment I knew there was a Christmas Lights display. Ugh. Christmas has already passed, though. They're oh, so.... COOOL. 

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8UWxwj99lzk2grE9vxe7AchZCMxBFKUOxB3OhzRo3iVo9NgLwiid6OEs57OLbqxzPJKqa5MfwQjZJz8O7hD6Yzg8cgGZNaHEnQK42gcmkaWNrRONkGLEpzQWBSws_gK8-5hQzHKAsHUl/s320/ESC_5311+copy.jpg

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6091/6409730537_104dfb767d_z.jpg

But it seems that I won't be seeing them anymore. :PPPP

But seriously, Christmas Lights are one of the things that I wait for in the Christmas season. <3 

http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/led-christmas-lights.jpg

;)))))

at awe. (**;)

Wisdom

It won't be worth it if you know that there are greater things that await you which are not yet even seen. Things far better than what you have in hand today. Do not just ask for wisdom. But while asking, seek it, as how a miner would seek something precious as gold.

Rainbows Across

If the sunshine and the rain would express how wonderful you are, thousands of rainbow would show. With the glimmers, with the light that glows in you, and with your colors, it is impossible not to notice how wonderful of a person you are. :)

*Nada mas.*

Cool. They're Almost the Same.

Learn to Read. Learn to Write. (Blabbers)

Sharp eyes
Haughty ones
Bring them back
Impossibly possible

A thought tucked in falls
Words melt steals
As hard as steal
You think it is

You are a pearl
You cant have it earned
Light up
Lift the gap

If you'll just know it
There's more to what is
It'd be the best to be
And it is possible to see

Learn to read
Before you bleed
Learn and think
Then have it in ink

Know well
Don't just sell
Make it through
Feel the brew

Read it hard
Love it well
Write it bold
Draw it best

Just So You Know

Te echo de menos. :)

Crazy Little Things

I am really captivated by the mere thought of it, you see. And doing it would be exactly a dream come true. In my life, I wanted to do these crazy things. And maybe, even before I completely put my mind into this coming semester, I would just want to have this. :)

You see, I want to do these cool things even once in my life. Some may be the simplest of all things (and I may just be the mushiest person you know! Haha!), the weirdest, the oddest and maybe just weird. :)

I really want to do this. Haha! Seriously, though. O_o

Skydiving!

Stand on a flowing river. Yea! But I never got to do it. Ugh. Seriously.
Or maybe jump from the falls near it. :DDD

Well, I cannot find a picture with a man standing on a wonderful river as this. So there you go, with a grizzly bear.

Bunjee Jump.

http://nepal4nepali.blogspot.com/2010/09/bungy-jumping.html

See sunset and sunrise on a mountain, after a long, tiring treck.

Coolest.

Cross a hanging bridge. :)))) A seriously hanging bridge high up in mid-air. Haha.

Just like this.
http://govancouver.about.com/b/2008/11/18/challenge-yourself-cross-capilano-suspension-bridge.htm

Well, I used to want to get caught in a strong rain and it just recently happened.  So there. :)))

I want to ride  a hot air balloon. Last year, in Clark Airfield, there was a Hot Air Balloon Festival.

http://www.123rf.com/photo_2404279_hot-air-balloon.html

Float a lantern. I really, really wanted to do this.

And most of all, this:

Stargaze.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_astronomy

http://www321.pair.com/oaries/localattitude/stargazingatharvard.htm

These may be extremely weird but I don't know, these are just some of the things that captures my heart best. Hayy. :)

Women

Well, I got this from a college friend's Tumblr post. And this really caught my attention so well. <3

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“A Woman’s Question”

 By Lena Lathrop

Do you know you have asked for the costliest thing

Ever made by the Hand above?

A woman’s heart, and a woman’s life-

And a woman’s wonderful love.

Do you know you have asked for this priceless thing

As a child might ask for a toy?

Demanding what others have died to win,

With the reckless dash of a boy.

You have written my lesson of duty out,

Manlike you have questioned me.

Now stand at the bar of my woman’s soul

Until I shall question thee.

You require your mutton shall always be hot,

Your socks and your shirt be whole;

I require your heart be true as God’s stars

And as pure as His heaven your soul.

You require a cook for your mutton and beef,

I require a far greater thing;

A seamstress you’re wanting for your socks and shirts-

I look for a man and a king.

A king for the beautiful realm called home,

And a man that his Maker, God.

Shall look upon as He did on the first

And say; “It is very good.”

I am fair and young, but the rose may fade

From this soft young cheek on day;

Will you love me then ‘mid the falling leaves,

As you did ‘mong the blossoms of May?

Is your heart an ocean so strong and true,

I may launch my all on its tide?

A loving woman finds heaven or hell

On the day she is made a bride.

I require all things are grand and true,

All things that a man should be;

If you give this all, I would stake my life

To be all you demand of me.

If you cannot be this, a laundress and cook

You can hire and little to pay;

But a woman’s heart and a woman’s life

Are not to be won that way.”

Less Talk, Less Mistake?

Does it really mean if you talk less, you commit less mistakes? Well, in some circumstance it may really be true. But for certain circumstances, it may seriously not be. Well, let me put it in a personal perspective: A life hidden and covert cannot be corrected especially if kept the same way for the rest of its existence.

How can something be corrected if you live out an unexamined life? As how it would be said by out HPT proffessor. Haha! For me, live it out, for as to some, who really cares, can correct you and in a way, the Lord can use people to change the rough edges. :)

<3

More Than Wonderful

More Than Wonderful

He promised us that He would be a counselor 
A Mighty God and the Prince of Peace 
He promised us that He would be a Father 
And that He would love us with a love that would not cease. 

Well, I tried Him and I found His promises are true 
He’s everything He said that He would be. 
The finest words I know could not begin to tell 
Just what Jesus really means to me. 

For He’s more wonderful than my mind can concieve 
He’s more wonderful than my heart can believe 
He goes beyond my highest hopes and fondest dreams. 
He’s everything that my soul ever longed for 
Everything He’s promised and so much more 
More than amazing, more than marvelous 
More than miraculous could ever be 
He’s more than wonderful, that’s what Jesus is to me. 

I stand amazed when I think that the King of glory 
Should come to dwell within the heart of man 
I marvel just to know He really loves me 
When I think of who He is, and who I am. 

For He’s more wonderful than my mind can concieve 
He’s more wonderful than my heart can believe 
He goes beyond my highest hopes and fondest dreams. 
He’s everything that my soul ever longed for 
Everything He’s promised and so much more 
More than amazing, more than marvelous, 
More than miraculous could ever be 
He’s more than wonderful, that’s what Jesus is to me. 

RPSBOR

"We should try live to live and should not live to not die." This is my somehow analysis on Randy David's article about the Art of Dying.

His article just sparked a thought in my head. As to Rousseau's understanding that an old man should learn the art of dying, for me, it would be useless if one would not know what happens after death though he may have had no fear of death itself. The art of dying should be learned in a way that one should know its gain for one who is in HIM.

"For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." Philippians 1:21 NIV

NOMINALISM: There is a Problem and You are a Part of It

To you, Juan dela Cruz, have you ever taken your citizeship on the level of really living out your title-- a FILIPINO? Or have you just been a liability for the nation, thinking you are doing your huge part as an individual? And if your nation have been in such a fiasco for the past 20 years or so-- STILL on the stage of endless beginning of development, haven't you thought of pointing your fingers to yourself? 

Last Tuesday, as I was on my way to the school, while inside the bus, two radio DJs were talking. I got to somehow remember the flow of what they said which for me is really sarcastic.

DJ1: "Aaaaah, yun ba yung madungis na punit-punit na damit?"

DJ2: "Hahahaha. E pulubi naman ata yung sinasabi mo e?!"

DJ1: "Oo nga. Yun nga."

DJ2: "Haha. National Costume yun ng Pilipinas e!"

DJ1: "Hindi naman."

DJ2: "Oo, mayaman kasi ang Pilipinas.... Mayaman sa Utang!"

And they both laughed hard leaving the conversation hanging, as they changed to another topic.

The country's status is not just a laughing matter. "Siguro kaya tayo ganito kasi lahat na lang tinatawanan natin." Indeed, there is nothing wrong with putting up humor in our lives sometimes, but having it too much is bad. It was so heartbreaking hearing that. And I just cannot help but to answer them in my thoughts. I cannot stand just the idea of how they share their corrupted ideas just to fish around sympathy from the masses. Yes, it may be a joke, it may be humorous enough for some. But the values aren't really there. It is a waste of time listening to your petty offensive jokes. You see, you are public figures and the whole Philippines may have heard what you just said. Some may be njmb enough to just laugh it off and go over their lives and some may be to nationalistic enought to react on it. However, most of them are fans of your programs and you should have been influencing values somewhere, somehow. But the thing is, it was seriously an insult for me. Yes, you are talking to the masses, and it may just be a view of the reality on your part. But it was just tedious to keep doing it and for you to discriminate your own country like that is a serious offense. Democracy has never been absolute. Instead of alleviating or addressing somehow the clamors of what you see as DJs, you instead unpleasingly delight yourselves with what you see bad. And you just leave it there. You take notice, you mention it, you comment on it, you exacerbate the clamor and you just leave it there. It is like a kid, seeing rubbish on the floor, telling it to his friend and now, leaving it just right there. 

This is reality. And most Filipinos have now stayed like this, feeling the hopelessness for the country without thinking the opportunity they have of being able to change the status quo. What happens now is that most Filipinos point their fingers to some politician or trapos to give the blame and saying that it is all their fault. But haven't you thought that you were also the one who put them up there? Or maybe if you were not part of the majority of votes, haven't you thought that you very much take part on what is happening?

I am not pointing my finger to just one sect or group in the society. I am pointing these fingers to myself. I am a Filipino and I am very much part of whatever may happen to my country, to my nation. And it is the worst heartbreak to see it stagnant in my watch, knowing I can still do something, knowing that this generation can very much change the course of history. And it is disheartening that there are still those numb young Filipinos who remain to see the Philippines as a falling, downgrading, backward moving nation.  More than they or I myself can think of, the country needs us.

And it is in our very hands to change the course of our nation by changing first what we, ourselves have been believing. Yes, it takes so much guts to go against the flow of what has been. But in a way or two, you should have taken a mark of your stand in this country.

We should not just take pride in what our country has been achieving in the positive note but we sould also take those disheartening truths and in our own ways, be truthful enough to make a mark and change them. Again, it has never been easy. And it takes real Filipinos to stand for them. 

[There may even be more opinions possibly spoken coming from my co-contemporaries especially talking about the feasibilities and sources.  :)]

Fun. Excitement. Adventure. Thrills.

Last Friday, we went to Enchanted Kingdom. We rode almost all the thrilling rides there was. And it was the best one. Finally, I got to write about this one.

Jeanray, Myself, Joane, (Eldar), Mariella and Ronell

Joane, Mariella, Ronell, Jeanray, Roy (Jeanray's boyfriend), and Roy's two cousins went with us. It was planned just almost a week before. At first, many wanted to come until later, just a few were left standing on the verge of coming or not. We were able to meet at about 9:30am in the Bus Station going to Laguna. We waited for Ronell until he came around 10.15am. And to our surprise, he came right in front of us while we were talking about him. So we rode the bus, and gosh, it was my first time to ride a bus going out of town. I just felt so much liberty in there. Jeanray and I sat beside each other. The travel was just a quick one and before we knew it, we were already at Walter Mart. We dropped by McDo to buy some food to eat and ate it while riding the tricycle. We were excited like little kids! But ofcourse not literally. :)) Haha. We arrived there around quarter to Eleven so we waited quite long for it to open at Twelve. We were first in line. As we entered the Park, we decided to have the Bump Car first twice. It was really fun. Especially after the stressful weeks we had the past semester. We rode the Anchor's Away (or Viking) next, we sat at both ends. Seating beside each other, Ronell, Myself, Mariella and Joane. And on the other end, Roy, Jeanray, Gen and Buboy. The ride took our hearts and ourselves away! Next in line was log jam, and we got a little wet and decided not to change clothes just yet because we would still be having the Rio Grande later. We took some group pictures on the ride and then we had lunch. We rested for like almost an hour and a half. So as to our stomachs not to give back what we ate. Haha. O__o We were joking that we should be taking the EKstreme right after we ate. But then, most of us are afraid to do that, ofcourse. :P For a breather, we rode the Flying Fiesta also to dry ourselves from Log Jam. It was quite a petty ride, though. But we also enjoyed it though. After that, we went straight to Rio Grande. The line was so looooong! Unfortunately, we got to share the Park with students having their fieldtrip. They are a lot! The surveyor told us that they have a 10,000 population in there that day. So that explains the chaotic looong lines.

The long line.

We also had time to rest a little in the long waiting for the ride in Rio Grande. Ronell and Joane kept rotating the one we are riding. So just in time our side faced this huge wave that entered our ride. I took a bath! And almost all of us got wet. We were dripping at the end of the ride. Haha.

Ronell after the ride.

Joane and Mariella after the ride.

After that, we decided to ride the Space Shuttle, if I am remembering it right. :) Mariella was so nervous. HAHA. We got a picture while in it as the shuttle plummeted and our faces were PRICELESS. Haha!

While waiting for the FUN ride!

While waiting, Ronell took some pictures of the ride.

 We decided to take the EKstreme ride this time. We really had fun. It was so funny that as we were going up the tower, Joane kept saying "All is well... All is well.. All is well.. All is well!!!" Until finally we reached the top and there the pulley lets go of us, Joane shouted, "All is weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee----" until she ran out of breath and the 'L' part was not reached. HAHA. I screamed my heart out! We were shocked after the drop for like 4 seconds until we could finally react and scream again as a reaction of the plummet. Funny. HAHA. Joane and I wanted to ride it again, but Ronell said that we can be feeling more dizziness afterwards. So we did not pursue anymore. After that, we got to claim our free snack. Jeanray, Roy, Gen and Bugoy stayed at the EKstreme. Ronell, Joane, Mariella and I decided to go to the TJ booth to claim our snacks. We waited for a while and ate there. We were planning to ride the Rio Grande again as a finale ride after the Ferris' Wheel where they (Jeanray and company) were already falling in line. After we eat, we went to the Ferris' Wheel and rode.

The Ferris' Wheel is so beautiful.

View from above. Sooo beautiful.

Joane, Ronell, Mariella and I were in the same car while Jeanray, Roy, Gen and Bugoy were in the other car. Ronell and I kept turning the car that carries us. Until later, Mariella and Joane kept exclaiming and asking us to stop rotating it. This is how they looked like:

While we were turning the wheel..

I really enjoyed this ride with them. :)

They were really dizzy, I guess.

It was 6pm when we got to Ferris' Wheel, so though we rushed to the Rio Grande right after we were not able to ride it anymore. But we were able to take some group pictures.

Roy, Jeanray, Bugoy, Gen, Myself, Mariella, Joane and Ronell

We had real fun. As we were about to change and fix ourselves, I got worried on my route going home. So they taught me how and it was still an adventure.




P.S. 
I also lost my earing. Haha. 

The Semester that Was (ii)

From the sleepless nights of studying and going straight to school sleepy, nervous and almost fainting is just one of the best experiences I had from the semester that was.

Crying myself to let all the emotions out whenever things would just go from bad to worse, the feeling of overwhelmingly sensation of throwing up with the mixture of numbness and a touch of almost dying inside whenever our professor in our first class on a Saturday would now be in sight as he enters the room, the almost unexplainable feeling of make-it-or-break-it type everytime we would see the activities or the TO-DO-LIST for the week, from the death defying quizzes and exams we have to take for a week to the the feeling of togetherness as we would talk about our sentiments, heartaches from the quizzes, to the odd excitement we would feel in having unexpected grades or scores were just some of the things that made the semester that was really worth it.

I would love to have it all over again, seriously.

The Semester that Was (i)

It has been almost three years since I entered college. And I can say that at this point in time, I am in the verge of what has been and what is becoming to be.

For the first two years of my stay in the universities, I may say that I had it the easy-flow-with-comfort-zone type of life. I had debate organization, I had no grades lower than 2, I am okay, contented, and... 'okay'- as how I would describe it best not until this semester.

A lot has changed. From the lessons taught in school to questioning your stand as a person. It had been more than a semester. And I can say that it was not just a semester. For a student to study, one must learn, but most of the time students just study in order to pass the courses or subjects. But this, this semester that passed has taught provided us doors for realizations and even better views of what exists from what really does not. From what or how our decisions of who we choose to be have been affecting the large scale society to the smallest unit of it, our families, to even our own personal lives.

Now, on a personal note, let me not spoil this opportunity to express myself dramatically. And if you have been reading my past blogs, this is very contrary and argumentative of what I said before. But on this note, I believe this is the best part of what I have learned as a whole for the semester that was.

For the first half of the sem, I was not noticing the impact of the demanding changes I ought to have. And mind you, these are not the usual changes but for sure, it is for the better. My circle of friends have given me variating views of how a 'student' should live out his title. One can be very nominal and just have the sem as it is and then, pass it just for the heck of it- to pass a level. Or one can have this education system though sometimes fallible, but take heart of it and learn from it as how it should be taken by everyone which is to be 'educated'. Cheating has been a loud clamor ever since, and it may not even be undeniable for most. But for most of the friends I had and still have =) (let me do the drama, you know.) , it is much of a problem and a compromise to what this system has been imparting to all of us. And I am happy to say that as how Ate Joan have quoted it, "Grades with Integrity."; I have not cheated. Confidence. Honestly, before, I believed for myself that I do not have this. Seriously. And I know that these changes may take time, well, as for me. But I guess I am now not in the boat of seeing myself away from this. I am thankful to God that He has used my friends in such a way that I cannot resist their influence in a GOOD way. I will never forget that one time when Miah became so dialectic with me that we had a really overwhelmingly demanding-almost-annoying conversation. He started asking me about myself--- endlessly and I almost died (seriously. HAHA). He asked me why is it that I just always go with the flow and else. From my stand point months ago, I was still with myself that I am that kind so you cannot battle with me from asking who I am. I am that. I am that. From today's stand point, that conversations changed a thought in me. Telling about Ate Joan, who is a gentle ate that corrects me softly in a way but also MOST of the time, tells it to me right in the face made our friendship a wonderful one. She is indeed a blessing. I love it whenever she corrects me. Though sometimes, I am hardheaded, extremely talkative, wierd and... everything else in between that she knows, she guides me like an ate. Since I have no ate, I somehow see her as an Ate. A literal Ate-- part of myself. So there, her gentleness had paved ways for me to understand things better than what my comprehension can take but also, her, letting me have it all by myself knowing for herself that I can handle it changes everything. Those moments I cannot forget- as such in the sudden ambush interview of our PPC professor about my stand points in love. I appreciated it so much because they wanted me to learn. Another is taken in our daily experiences- talking with friends. And the rest is just history. HAHA. And for the rest of my friends, their expression of valuing the friendship just makes it complete.

Looking back, I am intimidated by almost everyone and just shut up inside a box made by myself knowing that no one would notice. That was me. But as I can see it from this view, now, these blessings has changed me a lot. And I guess it would not need enumerations to prove them. I am just so blessed that God has given me friends like them. But at the end of these all, I still have a lot to learn, still. And I am excited to have them step by step. <3

Space Pictures This Week: Mars Landing, Solar Flare, More

Space Pictures This Week: Mars Landing, Solar Flare, More

This

"And remember, anuman ang kalabasan ng sem na 'to, ikaw si Abi na ni-redeem ni LORD ng sarili Nyang dugo. Kahit ano pa sabihin naming lahat tungkol sayo. Final na ang identity mo." - PJD

Up Above Where a Miracle Unfolds

I really don't know what exactly captivates me everytime I would be seeing the moon. I cannot just help myself but stare at it the whole time it would be in my sight. It is so.. awestrucking. And I am at awe and amazed and wowed by this celestial body or satellite as how it may be called.

The craters just takes my breath away. (Yea, weirdest.) The way it reflects the light of the sun at night, the way clouds would cross over its view and just the way it would revolve around the earth. In my younger years, I even asked my mom to buy me a huge telescope that could view the whole sky with the stars at night vividly and wonderfully. Hay. But I did not get the one I really wanted due to its price but my hopes and dreams still does not end. When I grow up and the time comes that I already am able to earn more than enough, I would buy the telescope I wished to have and build a house where the vast sky can be seen, where I could just see the sky endlessly. It would just be the sweetest thing. You know, I could even stare at the moon or even the sky for more than an hour. And it would not be a surprise for some who also appreciates the sky as I do. Ugh, the stars, the moon, clouds, falling strars, meteor shower and everything in between that just amazes me. They never fail to always take my breath away.

These, just captivates my heart best. I would always seem to be like a kid who sees a super delicious candy who is just so mesmerized by the sight of it and just can’t get enough. Ugh. It takes my stress away. It makes me fly.

Season of Elijah

For a few months now, I have been set off from things, from the things I used to have, I used to do and even know. I am just in the season of Elijah in 1 Kings 17:1-6 and I know He is in deep work in me.

For the first few weeks of vacation, I was so excited on how my vacation would go, on how I would enjoy it and have fun. My friends and I planned a couple of trips to go to this and that but most of the time we ended up cancelling it. For a summary of my vacation, at first, I concluded it to be not a vacation at all. No retreats, no out of towns, no walking at the parks and as a whole, not the best thing a common teenager would want. And instead, I was stuck in our house doing chores, watching television and just.. there, just.. at home, just.. standing by for things to happen, for things to pass me by. I was frustrated on why things did not turn out how they were supposed to be and even how it just happened and slid through my hands. One Saturday midnight, I was not able to sleep. He gave me verses after verses. And from that moment on, the perspective changed. Everything changed. From frustrations, I saw opportunities to do something else and go out of the box I laid in the first quarter of the year.

I was cut off from the internet. And for some, it may 'just' be the internet. But for me it was a big thing.. BEFORE. But little by little, my heart changed. I was out of the lime light. And being out of it is never bad at all. As to the 1 Kings 17:1-7, He qualifies the called and not calls the qualified. He is doing something in me. A LOT has changed. I may not particularly enumerate it one by one but.. I was changed. The moment that I reached the very tip of myself was the moment He took over. He showed me how HE loves me so much. He was so gracious. He is so merciful. More than the greatest I have thought of. He is GOD. The God Who is the Alpha and Omega, the God who lead Israelites out of Egypt, the God Whose power none can contend, the God Who created all of creation. He is my God. He is my Father, my Bestfriend, my Protector, my Strength, my all in all and the very reason of my existence.

It is easier to wait and pursue on to things that we know when to end. But it is more challenging to wait onto something that we do not know when to end. But in these, I take a stand that my God is in charge.

Have You?

Do you have a dream?
Or are you just forced to have one and reach for it?
Are you willing to aim for it hard?
How about some who have a lot of dreams but does not have the means to reach for it?

Have you ever thought of being someone else?
If so, what if you become less of what you are today?
Will you take up that life?
The request still follows, though. It is not a life you are living today. Yes?
Unhappy about your old wardrobe and old set of accesories?
How about those that does not even have any?

Have you ever thought of living a life with everything?
How about for some who leave up their everything to have a life?
Have you ever thought of being someone?
What if you try to be yourself and be somebody?

Life is short and you have to live it.
Live it not just to breathe.
Live it to impress who you are and leave a mark.
Not a life wasted and just meant to live the end well.
Mistakes are the verging points of learning
but it should not be the determinant of your limits.
It is not how hard you hit the ground
but a matter of how you keep on standing up each time you fall.
Do hard. Break free from the mold you are expected of.
It is only a step away to start living a life worth living.
And when it may seem tough to begin,
always remember, the firsts are the hardest.
And all of a sudden, you’ll realize how far you have been from the start.

Pursue.
Though all may seem to go backwards.
Aim hard. Live life.
Pray and remain rooted to the Vine.
And you’ll see a life genuinely worth to be called one.

More Than Words

HE has been doing A LOT. I mean, literally. During the vacation period, I have been spending time knowing Him more, learning new lessons with the old stuff and encouraging myself to read books as much as I can, even making some advance reading on some of my academic books just to ease the boredom especially that the internet connection has been lost but I think it is also a huge blessing in disguise before I even knew it was. I learned to focus and pay attention to what is not virtual and what is needed to be noticed... my life. Though I know I am being guided by Him, sometimes I keep on insisting what I want to have and even be. I became petty enough not to notice the turn. By His love and grace, I was able to see it and go back into His Truth. It was not just a snap back, but it seemed... just.. awe.. and amazing - understatements as they are on how He did it. He just carried me through. When everything crumbles, He remains the One.

Seriously, behind all these petty vacation as how I called it before, He was brewing something. And before I knew all about it, there I go, I was able to face what I thought I cannot. By His love, I am made new, I am made more than what I thought I could ever be and I know, He is not done yet. By His strength and grace, I am an overcomer.

I just love Him more than words.

Oceans Within Islands

I had the best ride ever! Seriously, I really had.

I was riding in front of the ship, on the outer side. The wheels of the ship I rode makes huge waves and millions of ripples as it speeds up. I cannot find any island. People seemed to walk on water! Huge splashes create cool formations. The waves bumped at each other that it seems thousands of snakes are swimming all over. Crests and throughs are made. It’s so cool that I cannot help but look at it almost all through out. Some explorers outside were really wet. As we were journeying, I can really feel the cold wind with tiny splashes of rain drops on my face. Dripping water runs beside my right arm as we journey. The depth of the water is unexpected. I really had fun and adventure. I had a long journey. It seemed like forever. Though the air I breathe is made up mostly of smog and of almost a little oxygen and people are rushing to and from everyhere, I enjoyed the journey. I really, really did. I never had a ride like that, ever. Along the ride, one explorer rode and sat beside me. He was shivering so we took him out of the sea. He was so wet that he was so ashamed to get close and sit properly. To a certain extent, I felt pity for that explorer. As I reached the end of my journey and had to go down the ship, I was at ease to think that the explorer beside me could now sit properly and now have the ride comfortably.

Oh, by the way, I was able to sat in the outer front side of the Jeepney. I  had a fun ride yesterday while the storm surges the city.

Missing People

This one’s gonna be quick.

You know, I have been missing people…  a lot. I mean, people. Friends, the ones you usually spend a day just doing school works. Attending classes, feeling the same way for a cool-slash-boring professor, getting sleepy in class, enjoying the discussions. And the ones who most likely would make me smile without making much effort. Just being with them makes the day light. The mere presence of my idiosyncratic friends just.. completes the experience of a day with loads, hassles and challenge. They are the sunrise after a climb up a hill. Yea. That’s what they are to me. Funny and weird, though. Ugh. And it is so lame. I know. College friends. Yea.

I miss them. Really.Oh, well. But classes are about to start next month. Hopefully, no more of this feeling, hopefully.  Though changes will be at hand for sure.
Hm. Sighs.