I'm Thankful for...

Today, I'm thankful for the weekend and the relaxing Saturday I spent at home, though I was absent from the PICPA bowling today (with an excuse of "not fit to play" because I had two tablets of paracetamol during lunch time).

I'm thankful for the fast internet connection that allowed me to view videos on youtube, register at e-bay and ioffer, and I'm thankful that the dvds of 1 Litre of Tears and Ganbatte Ikimasshoi are available for online purchase.

I'm thankful for the warm water from the bathroom shower, the soothing music playing on my computer, the tasty roasted peanuts I'm eating using chopsticks (practicing because I do not know how to use them!), and the fresh scent of fabric conditioner on my blanket and pillow case when I sleep.

I'm thankful for the smiling faces I see on the photos of my family and friends posted on Facebook and Friendster and for the thoughtful messages and comments I have received from them. I'm thankful that I can hear my mom's voice over the phone and hear that she's doing fine. I'm thankful that my sister arrived safely back in Dubai, my other sister arrived safely in the Philippines, and my other sisters are ok in Sharjah, Manila and Bacolod. I'm thankful that my brother is healthy. I'm thankful that I feel happy, relaxed and contented today.

Lastly, I'm thankful that I can type using this keyboard and post on this blog. :-)

What are you thankful for? :)

Who Am I (a song by Casting Crowns)

"Who Am I"
a song by Casting Crowns

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt

Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever-wandering heart

Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are

I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind

Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours

Who Am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love and watch me rise again
Who Am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me

I am Yours
Whom shall I fear
Whom shall I fear
'Cause I am Yours
I am Yours

Daydreaming today...

I WANT TO...

I want to... play the guitar like Andy Mckee and Sungha Jung...
I want to... play the piano like Yanni and Vanessa Carlton...
I want to... compose music like Enya and Marie Digby...
I want to... sing like Colbie Cailliat and Kina Grannis...
I want to... write poems like Tagore and Kahlil Gibran...
I want to... write books like Coelho and Dan Millman...
I want to... write devotions that could touch hearts...
I want to... paint like Rembrandt and Van Gogh...
I want to... swim, skydive, bungee jump, and fly...
I want to... pass all my CIMA exams by next year!


Warned ya I was daydreaming (daydreaming big-time... hehehe)!!

Well, I hope I made you smile or laugh today... Thanks for reading!! :)

Just wondering...

Of all the blogs online, all the books available in libraries and bookshops,
all the reading materials available on the web, all the magazines and newspapers everywhere...
how is it possible for anybody to ever have time to read stuff posted here?
(and those who are not inclined to reading are already excluded from my question!)

It is a good thing for me though, I can publish anything (absolutely anything!) I want on this blog and no one will notice... hahaha!
It's like keeping my privacy in a public domain. Sounds cool, doesn't it?

But if you got far enough to this part of my blog, it means... you were only browsing blogs randomly and got too lazy to click the "Next Blog" button (LOL) so kindly leave a comment so both of us could laugh together... Many thanks!! :)

Pay Attention To The P.S. at the end

COPIED FROM A FORWARDED EMAIL
(author was mentioned as "unknown")

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This can really make you think. It actually made me really mad while I was reading it, but it made me realize some things. Plus, I had to send it because of the P.S.This is deep... and I wasn't going to forward or share it, but that last line... you'll see.

A LETTER TO YOU FROM SATAN

I saw you yesterday as you began your daily chores. You awoke without kneeling to pray. As a matter of fact, you didn't even bless your meals, or pray before going to bed last night.You are so un-thankful, I like that about you.

I cannot tell you how glad I am that you have not changed your way of living, Fool, you are mine. Remember, you and I have been going steady for years, and I stilldon't love you yet. As a matter of fact, I hate you, because I hate God..He kicked me out of heaven, and I'm going to use you as long as possible to pay him back. You see, Fool, GOD LOVES YOU and HE has great plans in store for you, but you have yielded your life to me, and I'm going to make your life a living hell. That way, we'll be together twice. This will really hurt God.

Thanks to you, I'm really showing Him who's boss in your life with all of the good times we've had.We have been...watching dirty movies,cursing people out,stealing, lying, being hypocritical, fornicating, overeating, telling dirty jokes, gossiping, being judgmental,back stabbing people, disrespecting adults, and those in leadership positions, no respect for the Church and bad attitudes.

SURELY you don't want to give all this up.Come on, Fool, let's burn together forever. I've got some hot plans for us.

This is just a letter of appreciation from me to you. I'd like to say 'THANKS' for letting me use you for most of your foolish life.You are so gullible, I laugh at you. When you are tempted to sin, you give in HA HA HA, you make me sick.

Sin is beginning to take its toll on your life. You look 20 years older, and now, I need new blood. So go ahead and teach some children how to sin.All you have to do is smoke, get drunk or drink while under-aged, cheat, gamble, gossip, fornicate , and live being as selfish as possible.

Do all of this in the presence of children and they will do it too. Kids are like that. Well, Fool, I have to let you go for now. I'll be back in a couple of seconds to tempt you again. If you were smart, you would run somewhere, confess your sins, and live for God with what little bit of life that you have left.

It's not my nature to warn anyone, but to be your age and still sinning, it's becoming a bit ridiculous. Don't get me wrong, I still hate you..IT'S JUST THAT YOU'D MAKE A BETTER FOOL FOR CHRIST.

P.S.
If you love me, you won't share this

Dream is...

"Dream is not what you see in sleep...
Dream is the thing which does not let you sleep."

- words of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

One More Day

a song by Diamond Rio

Last night I had a crazy dream
A wish was granted just for me,
It could be for anything
I didn't ask for money
Or a mansion in malibu
I simply wished, for one more day with you

One more day
One more time
One more sunset, maybe I'd be satisfied
But then again I know what it would do
Leave me wishing still, for one more day with you

First thing I'd do, is pray for time to crawl
Then I'd unplug the telephone
And keep the tv off
I'd hold you every second
Say a million I love you's
That's what I'd do with one more day with you

One more day
One more time
One more sunset, maybe I'd be satisfied
But then again I know what it would do
Leave me wishing still for one more day
Leave me wishing still for one more day
Leave me wishing still for one more day with you...

Every Season

a song by Nichole Nordeman

Every evening sky, an invitation

To trace the patterned stars

And early in July, a celebration

For freedom that is ours

And I notice You

In children’s games

In those who watch them from the shade

Every drop of sun is full of fun and wonder

You are summer

And even when the trees have just surrendered

To the harvest time

Forfeiting their leaves in late September

And sending us inside

Still I notice You when change begins

And I am braced for colder winds

I will offer thanks for what has been and was to come

You are autumn

And everything in time and under heaven

Finally falls asleep

Wrapped in blankets white, all creation

Shivers underneath

And still I notice you

When branches crack

And in my breath on frosted glass

Even now in death,

You open doors for life to enter

You are winter

And everything that’s new has bravely surfaced

Teaching us to breathe

What was frozen through is newly purposed

Turning all things green

So it is with You

And how You make me new

With every season’s change

And so it will be As You are re-creating me

Summer, autumn, winter, spring

My Last Day at DT office

We ordered fast food on my account and Raquel accompanied me to buy ice cream from the Jebel Ali foodcourt as well.

I said goodbye to all my colleagues with the knowledge that it might be the last time I’ll ever see them. I’m not leaving Dubai, but for one reason or another, I know that circumstances might not permit me to see their smiles again.

They surprised me with an iPod nano as a farewell present!! But what hit me hard and made me cry was the goodbye card with the signatures and goodbye messages from all of my colleagues!!!

It was so difficult to say goodbye to colleagues who have become friends and it’s even more difficult when you’re the one who’s leaving everyone behind… because the choice is in your hands. If things are beyond your control, it’s easy to take an attitude of resignation and say to yourself that you cannot do anything about it—“it’s God’s will”. But when the goodbye is by choice, that’s when it’s heavier to bear.

It was my turn to drive that day and Raquel had to wait for me to finish up--clearing my desk and sending goodbye emails to everybody, including my superiors at the head office in Germany. We left the office two hours later than the usual and I logged out for the last time from my DT user ID.

Raquel has been my best friend in the office since I joined the DT family in March 2005 and the farewell present and card was her idea. I dropped her at her home and hugged her goodbye… and as it was too much to bear, I had to burst in tears after driving a block away. Whew!… tears come easy these days for reasons that my rational mind keeps on rejecting!!