ten things that recently made me happy

  fyi: i was tagged to do this march 16th. bwahaha. pambihira.

1. talking to my sister this morning
   
2. spending time with iris, eca, and kitchie last night (choco fudge! )
   
3. being transferred back to the morning shift (hooray!)
   
4. that chocolate incident
   
5. this one thing i really wanted to happen suddenly happening!
   
6. listening to awesome podcasts (ptr steve's comfort or cross, ptr joey's worry and restlessness, ptr paolo's hope, and ptr joe's uncommon God)
   
7. doing things that should have been done a long time ago
   
8. realizing things that should have been realized a long time ago (hey, no regrets here... there's really just a time and place for everything, s'all)
   
9. grocery shopping, cooking, doing laundry, dishwashing. yep, i'm turning domesticated
   
10. being under the learning process!
    

i tag YOU, YOU, and the BOTH of YOU! nyahahahaha

God does answer prayers. even the littlest ones.

i went grocery shopping yesterday. on the way to the food section, i saw my favorite brand of cookies (chips delight soft brownie cookies!) and excitedly grabbed a bag. yay for chocolate! 

as i was lining up for my purchases, i decided not to get them cookies anymore because they were not part of the budget. as i was walking home, a bit sad for not being able to get my chocolate fix,   i quietly told God, "God, gusto ko po ng chocolate bukas..."

and LO and BEHOLD! before my day at work ended today, one of my colleagues gave me this HUGE bar of chocolate! with hazelnuts! and it wasn't just ANY bar of chocolate, it was SWISS chocolate!  (it sorta looked like the photo on the left but the treat given to me had hazelnuts and was not "dark.")

yes, friends... God answers prayers! sometimes we think that he seems soooooo far away. we think, rather, we worry that he won't be able to heal our sick loved ones, or provide for tuition and/or bill payments, or even restore broken relationships. but come on now, he's GOD! didn't he say that his arm ain't too short and his ears ain't too dull to hear? if he was able to bring forth LIGHT with JUST A WORD, don't you think he'd be able to answer all your prayers and concerns and more?

i may have had the littlest and seemingly most insignificant want--but if God was able to answer that prayer, how much more the things that mean the most to you (and me, and all of the people? nyuk hyuk hyuk.. corny )?

have a blessed vacation!

yehey!

so. i'm twenty-three na! i carry jordan's jersey number. is it my time to fly? hahaha!

(ang labo...ehem)

i know you guys, my wonderful readers, already have an idea of how HAPPY i am, because of everything that's happened, is happening--and i know for sure--will happen in the future!

over lunch with my family kanina i told my dad about the surprise. my dad had the BIGGEST smile. he doesn't really say much, but his face SAID IT ALL. it was PRICELESS.

seeing him smile like that made me realize that it's just how God is. when we come to him and just talk to him, tell him anything, he smiles back at us, with the biggest smile ever, with matching ruffling of hair and huge gargantuan hug. IT'S THE BEST FEELING EVER. he's never too busy or late or preoccupied with saving the world or stopping world hunger or answering your seatmate's prayer. HE LOVES US THAT MUCH. and he'll NEVER EVER EVER be madamot about his love.

e basta..i'm just...thankful for so many people, for so many things. blogging about this would take years to finish, and years to read. there's gonna be MORE, oh i know. we're all gonna keep on keeping on, running the race marked out for us!

it's gonna be an AMAZING journey!

and i know for sure
that i'm gonna fly

Campus Harvest!!

Start:	May 22, '08 2:00p
End:	May 24, '08 8:00p
Location:	PhilSports Arena, Pasig

from pastor steve's blog

"I'm a blessed man to have so many friendships that have lasted 15, 20, 25, 30 years. Nothing like growing old together with a bunch of friends and their kids and grand kids. I think that's how life is supposed to be."

i could not have said it better myself


originally from here

vacacion grandioso

i'll be having a new schedule starting sunday. i'll be working mornings (!!!!) from wednesdays to sundays. i worked sunday-tuesday nights and thursday-friday mornings, and today is my last day in my old schedule. gets?

which means, my next work day would be...wednesday.

which means...i'll be having FOUR DAYS OFF.

wow cubao! sa wakas, i'll be having real off-DAYS! i've had a really really busy bunch of weeks, and i am SO thankful for this rest.

panalo.

guess you guys won't be seeing me around much

of this, i am certain

i am graduating this year.









"For the word of the Lord is right and true; He is faithful in all He does." -- Psalm 33:4

"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." -- Jesus, Mark 11:24

so today i hit the gym for the very first time

...thanks to mackey's complimentary gift check. yaaaaay! rockin' christmas gift! thanks girl!

some thoughts:

1. instead of intimidation and the usual condemnation-about-my-weight stuff i was actually looking forward to it. i dunno. *shrug* for one, it's not every day that things like these come your way for free. for another thing, i have that propensity to try anything once. besides, what have i got to lose?

2. it's FUN. yes, it is. i like the gym gadgets! it really gives you a sense of variety in the exercise and all. i have a favorite gadget already, unfortunately i don't know what it's called. basta it makes you all bounce. ang saya.

3. i was singing "perseverance" songs in my head. mga tipong "i will run and not grow weary...i will walk and not pass out..." hahaha! seriously!

4. whenever i got too excited thinking about these things the treadmill would remind me that my heart rate is getting too fast. ooops.

5. not much people on a friday afternoon. good good.

6. basta. fun.

 

will i be signing up for a membership now? i don't know. i am still thinking about it. but hey, i guess it wouldn't hurt.

from 500 to 400

earlier this month i had my eyesight checked. i wanted to buy contact lenses for "wala lang's" sake, and i was coordinating with a friend's friend, who was an optometrist. we had not set a time and date to meet up, but God really has a way of putting things in order that far outplans our own plans.

the Optometrist and i had a chance encounter--putting it simply, i was in the right place at the right time. after a short wait filled with laughs, it was my turn to read the eye chart. sans glasses. the 475-grado left eye and 500-grado + 200-something astigmatism right eye could hardly decipher the eye chart sitting what seemed to be in front of me (admittedly, i have it memorized... i've been reading the thing for ten years!).

so alvin the optometrist had me wear spectacles and was inserting different lenses innit. i was reading the eye chart. the E, F P, LTOZ and such (see, i told you i have it memorized!). kidding aside, after putting on a bunch of lenses, alvin made me read the bottom part of the chart. and then...

"bumaba na yung grado mo."

i could not control the cry of joy that bubbled from my lips.

it was amazing, considering that i:

• constantly lacked sleep because of my schedule
• averaged 40+ hours a week in front of a computer because of work
• read while lying down--the main cause of my "blindness."

by human standards it seemed impossible for all of this to happen. but hey, didn't Jesus say that "with God, nothing is impossible?"

another thing. i had my eyes checked in april and already bumaba na yung grado ko nun from last year. after eight months naging 400 na lang yung grado ng pareho kong mata. isn't God simply amazing?!

i am reminded of Bartimaeus's story in Mark's book. Jesus and the disciples were getting out of the city when Bartimaeus heard that Jesus was passing by. he called for Jesus. Mark writes:

Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.

"What do you want me to do for you?" Jesus asked him. The blind man said, "Rabbi, I want to see."

"Go," said Jesus, "your faith has healed you." Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

of course, bartimaeus's reaction is but natural:

The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel. (Matthew 15:31)


20-20 vision, here i come!

sigh..
thank you Lord! :)

kakalurkey!!!!!

...is how i can describe the past few days (in fact, even HOURS!) have been. in a good way, of course. it's amazing how some things just happen when (cliche warning) you least expect them. they go like, kaboom! and whoosh! i'm all onomatopaeic today!

i am looking forward to sitting down and writing a normal blog again.

in the meantime... cheers! *lifts coffee mug*

the chinese connection

because i had a sore throat i purchased a pack of pei pa koa lozenges last night to relieve my, uh, suffering. and guess what, they rock! *air guitar* i was sharing my joy (and the candy) to my wonderful seatmates. raf even commented that it sorta tasted like bigboy bubble gum.

we then began discussing anything and everything chinese. i suddenly realized that three of my closest closest friends are of that descent: dy, so chan, and lim. i even quipped that rubrico, with the right stress on the right syllable, would make my last name genuinely chinese-sounding. the joke didn't work

i remembered the time i slept over a classmate's place in binondo for a class project. the next morning her grandmother went in the room and spoke to me in pefect cantonese. i stared blankly. then again maybe my already small eyes were made even smaller because i just woke up. i apologized, in tagalog, and we both laughed.

i never even thought i looked remotely chinese. then again, mom is already half of it. i guess that would explain why another acquaintance from a communications seminar in college asked me if i was indeed chinese.

...all these, because of pei pa koa candy. haha!

what's on my mind these past few days

God is faithful, even in the littlest things.

 

 

 

...can you imagine how much more, in the BIGGER ones? ^-^

 

 

Jesus rocks!