Life's like that!

Living Life

2012-01-26T01:08:00.001+08:00

Opposite ends tend to provide just that, contrasts and conflicts but it’s so wonderful to note that opposites can both provide a bigger picture of how life should be looked upon…

Life at Work...

2012-01-18T08:49:00.000+08:00

This is just a funny way to put things in perspective. :)

Everyday Notes to Enjoy Life (21)

2011-12-17T21:58:00.000+08:00

This is what the world needs today - a token of concern to show that somehow you care. Giving just a small gift no matter how invaluable it may seem means so much to someone who is having a terrible day. Gift value doesn’t matter be it a cute little angel, a candy or bookmarks. The important thing is that you are letting the person feel that someone is there for him.

The gift of caring is so much important now a days when the world is full stressful factors, when people seem out of reach because of problems. Now that Christmas is almost here, be able to share your blessings. Small stuffs become big to someone who really need the attention and utmost care. Be a blessing to someone.

When things get awfully tiring…

2011-12-15T22:27:00.000+08:00

Abe Lincoln on life..

2011-12-12T22:25:00.000+08:00

The Coca Cola OFW Project

2011-12-08T22:26:00.000+08:00

For most Filipinos who have been dreaming a better life for their love ones... everything is sacrifice. This video simply brings joy and tears not only to them but to those who know how hard it is to be away from one’s family.

Life and work balance…

2011-12-05T22:15:00.001+08:00

This is worthy representation of life eating up your work and not the other way around. Work is just a part of life, and so is your family, friends, and your time for yourself. So make it a point to balance everything.

Treasure your life…

2011-11-25T00:14:00.001+08:00

As I jumped off a building…

Life is an experiment…

2011-11-22T01:10:00.001+08:00

I was watching one of my favorite TV shows, Fringe when Nina Sharp, one of the principal characters uttered a metaphorical statement about life…

The happiest people…

2011-11-17T01:10:00.001+08:00

I want to share a wonderful message for most of us who seem are not satisfied or has no gratification of what we have. This might explain why we see some of the poor smiling and the rich frowning…

The HAPPIEST PEOPLE in the world are not those who HAVE NO PROBLEM,

But those who LEARN TO LIVE with things that are LESS THAN PERFECT.

Life is better when you’re happy

2011-11-05T18:17:00.001+08:00

Someone said that we were made to love and to serve others…

Life is like a piano…

2011-10-29T01:42:00.001+08:00

Life is like a piano. The white keys represent happiness, the black keys show sadness. But as you go through life’s journey, remember that the black keys make music too…

Life is like playing a piano. You need to use all the keys be it black or white to make beautiful music. Happiness, sadness all things in life will always come in pair and both sides prove beneficial as you go along in your journey. Happiness provides satisfaction and resolution, sadness on the other hand provides perseverance and strength.

Remember that life is not always the way we want it to be. At times you are playing a perfect tune but other times you’re not playing good melodies. These are the times when you have to find the right pitch, the right keys and the right timing. These are life’s challenges. Accept them and for sure you’ll be playing a perfect concerto.

Life holds no promises…

2011-10-25T20:19:00.001+08:00

Life holds no promises to what will come our way... it makes no guarantees as to what we will have.. it just gives us time to make choices and to make chances. These are actually the qualities that life entails us to have. To be confident enough to make a choice and be brave enough to make chances to make room for changes or improvements.

Everyday Notes to Enjoy Life (21)

2011-10-14T23:54:00.001+08:00

Doodles are fun to do. They are not just for kids. Everyone can make doodles. You don’t have to be an artist to make one. Why not incorporate them in your projects be it birthday, personalized cards, greetings, scrap books etc. Give it some creative touch and I know for sure your doodle will make some one happy.

Everyday Notes to Enjoy Life (20)

2011-10-10T00:58:00.001+08:00

There has always been something magical about stars. They are some sort of little fairies in the night sky. Maybe that’s why kids look upon them during the night and watch for falling stars thinking that they are flying fairies, who will grant their wishes. Well, maybe fairies hear wishes even from grown-ups. So, make a loving wish upon a star. Believe that your wish will be fulfilled.

Life is like a story

2011-10-09T19:03:00.000+08:00

All the world's a stage says Shakespeare and each of us plays different roles. Most of us play the same roles but with different depth of character. Therefore each of us is unique on this stage. Our character will undergo into different stages. But the thing is, each of us play the lead roles in our own stage. We may see ourselves as the hero or heroine but others may perceive of us as the villain. But no matter what others will see in us, it's up to us how we will portray our role.

Follow Me

2011-10-04T20:00:00.001+08:00

Life is full of hard decisions…

2011-09-21T23:02:00.001+08:00

Like this man, we are all confronted with multitudes of choices everyday, where one choice leads to several paths and decisions leads to more choices. Choices, paths, decisions, all are but part of our daily struggle to achieve a better life.

Everyday Notes to Enjoy Life (19)

2011-09-16T18:23:00.003+08:00

Gone are the days when you use pen and paper to send your thoughts and misses to your friends. Gone are the days when you pour out your emotions and feelings to a friend with ink and fibers. Gone are the days when you use your own handwriting, your own creative ways when you want to tell your friend that you haven't forgotten him or her. And gone are the days when friends excitedly await from the postman when your next letter will arrive.

It's a sad thing to note that the old beautiful ways has been replaced by fast but less poignant technology driven emails, sms and the like. Internet have made your friends seem closer because of faster conveyance of messages but it is still quite meaningful if a friend receives a real letter handwritten by you, sent and sealed by your own hands and not by 1's and 0's.

Life is like a grapefruit

2011-07-26T19:17:00.000+08:00

My Wage

2011-07-19T20:37:00.000+08:00

If you think you are beaten…

2011-07-08T20:19:00.000+08:00

Take some time

2011-07-02T10:12:00.002+08:00

Life Metaphors slideshow

2011-06-12T18:53:00.001+08:00

Life Metaphors Slideshow - Online Slideshow Creator

If there is one more gift

2011-06-12T08:59:00.000+08:00

I want to dedicate this post to all peace-loving, earth-loving people who just wants to live in peace and harmony.

Living life to the “foolest”.

2011-05-29T23:38:00.002+08:00

Castle speaks about life

2011-05-19T22:04:00.002+08:00

I picked up a nice life quote from one of my favorite TV sh0ws, Castle from ABC. I thought it’s worth sharing.

The series is about this popular mystery-writer, Rick Castle who partnered with a beautiful and uncanny detective, Kate Becket because he perceived her as the model for the main character of his new book series Nikki Heat. As he tags along in the crime scenes, he helps in solving them by providing his insights about how the murderer thinks or how the plot of crime should be. While he does his job, he also manages to squeeze some time with his daughter Alexis.

Don’t let go…

2011-05-14T10:04:00.001+08:00

Life is a ludicrous process. You can’t go through life without experiencing challenges, pains and trials. The sublime part is that you may choose not to go through it alone. You may receive bits and pieces of help from your friends, real friends that is, colleagues and family. However, there’s Someone whom you can turn to always and will always be there for you no matter what. So don’t let go, have faith and you’ll pass through each ludicrous process of life.

Life feels good when somebody's THERE……

It feels better when somebody SHARES……

It feels best when somebody CARES……

Life is like a rainbow

2011-04-30T21:46:00.001+08:00

We try to control life the way we want it to be but the thing is, sometimes it doesn’t work that way. When you begin to think that your life is your own and that you feel like you deserve better, you’ll begin to attract insurmountable pressure. You’ll feel an enormous stress pressing from every corners within you. And unless you can withstand it, you’ll lose the very joy and happiness that have been there with you from the start. So try to watch your life from afar, just like a rainbow. You’ll see the beauty that has been there all along.

Postscript: Thanks to my wife from reminding me this. =)

Life without limits

2011-04-19T07:04:00.001+08:00

I want to share with you two big "about life" videos from Nick Vujicic, the man without limbs whose life is without limits. He has amazingly demonstrated to everyone how he celebrates life with only what he has, "a little chicken drumstick". Some people may look at him with pity, but it could be the other way around. Watch the videos and be awed at what he can do.

Here Nick demonstrates how to get back in life after a hard fall…

Be amazed and be inspired. Nick has no limbs to support himself but he has the big heart and strong spirit to get through things. Imagine what you can do if you have his attitude.

Visit him at Life without limbs.

Online Visita Iglesia

2011-04-17T12:29:00.001+08:00

The Visita Iglesia has been a common tradition for Filipinos during the Lenten Season. Families or friends sequentially visit seven to fourteen churches where they recite the stations of the cross. In order to adhere to tradition to cover fourteen churches, careful planning for the trip is necessary.

Here in the Philippines, the Catholic church has provided a way for those are unable to do the Visita Iglesia. An online Visita Iglesia has been put up. Here you can find popular churches across Manila starting with the Manila Cathedral. An audio narration is available for each station.

The site is favorably setup for Filipinos abroad, seamen, or those who are physically incapable. Click the image below to try it.

Lead Me Lord by Basil Valdez

2011-04-10T23:30:00.004+08:00

A beautiful prayer song composed and written by Nathanael Arnel de Pano wonderfully interpreted by Mr. Basil Valdez as arranged by Maestro Ryan Cayabyab.

TRUE RICHES

2011-03-08T10:00:00.002+08:00

It’s foolish to trust in riches for security since they bring no lasting satisfaction.
There are many things that no amount of money can buy. Think of it this way:

Money can buy medicine, but not health.

Money can buy a house, but not a home.

Money can buy companionship, but not friends.

Money can buy entertainment, but not happiness.

Money can buy food, but not an appetite.

Money can buy a bed, but not sleep.

Money can buy a crucifix, but not a Savior.

Money can buy the good life, but not eternal life.

God (alone) is able to supply us “with all things to enjoy.”

Philippians 4:19 But my God will supply all my needs.

Touch and Go by Rupert Holmes

2010-09-28T12:31:00.001+08:00

A wonderful visual interpretation of Rupert Holmes’ meaningful song, Touch and Go circa 1976.

How Life Begins, 1965

2010-09-23T09:27:00.001+08:00

An image by award-winning photojournalist Lennart Nilsson that is included in 100 Photographs that Changed the World by Life magazine. At first the publishers couldn’t believe what they are seeing but after they were convinced, made it on the cover with a feature spanning 16 pages. Lennart Nilsson, pioneered ground-breaking techniques on microphotography using thin endoscopes.

Kidding aside

2010-09-21T13:11:00.001+08:00

Life’s choices

2010-07-29T10:23:00.001+08:00

Another beautiful forwarded-message…

“Life is about learning that you have

a choice.

You can choose to be hopeful rather than hopeless;

You can choose to act from faith rather than react from fear;

And you can choose to enjoy life rather than merely survive it.”

Life and Broken Moments

2010-07-14T13:28:00.000+08:00

Life is about mending. It is about putting things together to make a whole. It is about bits and pieces of your reality and then managing them, organizing them in order to make sense of your whole being. If you get the “whole picture” then you are on the right track towards a purposeful life.

A nice door sign

2010-07-07T11:30:00.000+08:00

Slinkies!

2010-06-23T09:12:00.001+08:00

I got a good laugh at this analogy and hope brings out a smile on you too…

A Perfect Life

2010-06-04T08:26:00.001+08:00

Life as we know it is not "perfect". There are ups and downs, twists and turns, dark days, good days. Well, imagine a life that is too “perfect”. A life with no worries, no hang-ups, no problems. One would say that life is good. Everything is right where you want it to be. All day and all night is fun, fun, fun. There's no let up, no mood swings, no gloominess. It's the perfect world, the best life, the perfect life in fact. Or is it?

A fun life isn't perfect. It is a life of solitude. It is a life without a meaningful purpose. It’s an empty life, a life that has no goal. Now imagine life on the opposite side. Everything is dull, dark, gloom, wretched. Every minute of the day is worrisome. Problem abounds. Everyday existence is an agony. Life is unfair. Life sucks!

The two scenarios, are the two extreme sides of life. Both are not fantasies, they are realities. The "better" side of life is almost always the after-sought between the two for who doesn't want to get away with misery, problems and misfortunes. But then again there are those in this side who are also unhappy, regretful and discontented for whatever they have, fame, power, or money doesn't satisfy them. Hence, life will not always be perfect.

What then makes life better, more meaningful, more worthy or near perfect? There is only one reason for life and that is love for love is the reason for our existence. Love builds families. Love binds friendships. Love creates relationships. Love gives purpose to life. And life full of love is close to perfection.

Everyday Notes to Enjoy Life (18)

2010-05-26T00:22:00.012+08:00

I do a lot of stretching every morning, before going to work. It wakes me up. It’s a warm-up exercise before meeting the world full of stress and worries. Stretching stirs-up those slumbering muscles, bones and ligaments. Do it as a daily morning routine. It helps to prep you up before heading out for work.

Life is like riding a bike

2010-05-19T00:20:00.001+08:00

Biking is fun and so is life. The big analogy is that, when you are treading uphill you will have to exert great effort pedaling. So it is with life. If you want to reach your dream on top, you’ll have to struggle your way up. That means working hard, striving and doing your best. However if you want the easiest life, go downhill, pedaling effort is almost zero, but the problem is you’ll find yourself at the bottom.

Roo's gift

2010-05-09T11:53:00.000+08:00

I never thought I could still catch a very valuable lesson from children shows these days.

One of my son's favorites is Disney's My Friends Tigger and Pooh. Disney's Playhouse is his favorite cable channel. Sometimes we have to trick him so we can watch other shows.

Anyways, one episode is about Roo's problem. It was I Love You day in Hundred Acre Woods where everyone expresses love for each other. Most everyone is giving cards, but Roo completely forgot to do anything at all, even for his mom. He wants to give her a special gift, but isn't sure what to give. His friends suggest gift ideas that suit her interests. So he gave her a pot of honey but Pooh ate it all. Second, he gave her a vase of flowers, but he sneezed at them and made a mess. Then he thought of giving her a work of art, but the wind blew it all away. Tired and exasperated, he nearly gave up. But then his friends thought of the only gift that can never be taken, or sneezed at, or blew away.

He gave her a very warm HUG....

Happy Mother’s Day!

Life is like a Hot Bath

2010-05-06T18:45:00.001+08:00

Life is like gambling!

2010-05-01T09:58:00.001+08:00

We may feel that some people have all the luck and we always run out of it, but the truth is, we chase and carve our own dreams. If we fail to achieve what we earnestly desire, it is not because we ran out of luck but, because we stopped pursuing at the moment of failure.

Doses of Sanity

2010-04-27T17:45:00.001+08:00

1. Enjoy Life. There’s plenty of time to be dead.

2. Sometimes, nobody really cares if you are miserable, so you might as well be happy.

3. If you can’t solve it, it’s not a problem – it’s reality.

4. Happiness is like perfume; you can’t pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

5. If all good things must come to an end, then don’t worry, all bad things eventually would end too.

Ferris Bueller’s life quote

2010-04-22T05:57:00.001+08:00

Life – 8 weeks

2010-04-18T00:05:00.001+08:00

A life-size model of a baby at 8 weeks after conception.

Your destiny

2010-04-14T20:16:00.001+08:00

Not Again!

2010-04-10T00:41:00.000+08:00

ARGH! I am now really pissed off with GLOBE TELECOMS. After a week, they were finally able to restore my line. What pisses me off is that they assured me of better line after 1 week of maintenance and to hell with it. After less than a week, my DSL is down again. That's 3 times of four-day average downtime in less than a month. I am so very frustrated with their awful service. I really can't believe this!

Happy Easter!

2010-04-04T00:38:00.000+08:00

This song is over a decade old. I just want to reminisce it because its message fully encompass the the true meaning of Easter. It was composed by Trina Belamide and sung by Jamie Rivera for the World Youth Day circa 1995.

Tell the World of His Love

For God so loved the world
He gave us His only Son
Jesus Christ our Savior
His most precious one
He has sent us His message of love
And sends those who hear
To bring the message to everyone
In a voice loud and clear

Let us tell the world of His love
The greatest love the world has known
Search the world for those who have walked
Astray and lead them home
Fill the world's darkest corners
With His light from up above
Walk every step, Every mile, Every road
And tell the world, Tell the world of His love

Our Lord our savior our king
Emmanuelle prince of peace
Begotten of the Father's love
Born to set us free
Let heaven and earth sing His praises
His righteousness proclaim
Let every heart rejoice in His love
And magnify His name

A Lenten Diet

2010-04-03T10:58:00.001+08:00

“Eat our negative words,

Swallow our pride,

Digest God’s teachings,

Eliminate our ego,

and for dessert,

Indulge in prayer…”

Just Ranting…

2010-03-29T14:16:00.001+08:00

It’s almost been a week since my broadband connection conked out. And the week before that, it was out for three days. All the support personnel can provide is that our area is under service maintenance.

Well thanks a lot GLOBE TELECOMS for maintaining our facilities very well that almost all the time our internet connection and not to mention voice line are out of service. I’m now contemplating on switching to another ISP and hope that their service is the lesser of two evils. I’ve been a Globe customer for quite sometime but their service and facilities started to dwindle and has gotten to my nerve. I was able to post this rant and my previous posts from my workplace.

A kid’s wisdom

2010-03-25T15:37:00.001+08:00

Life is a Quiz

2010-03-15T13:03:00.001+08:00

Life is like a quiz.

It's a pile of questions upon questions upon questions each of which has a set of multiple choice for answers. These are our crossroads. The choices we make for our answers are our decisions.

The difference is that the choices are neither right nor wrong which is why we are not required to review. In fact there are no such things as reviewers in this type of quiz. And when we choose our answers we don't use our mind alone but also our heart.

Some correct answers will be vague, others will be illogical but right, most are dead sure answers but are chosen otherwise by people. Whatever answers we chose are affected by circumstances that we are experiencing. Other persons will not understand why we decided that way, others will support and provide guidance. But at any rate, we may opt not to choose any answer and get contented with what we already have.

The other difference is that we are allowed to copy from any whom you think is worth copying. That means we can copy or idolize the lives of others but may not have the same results.

And like any other quiz, one has to pass in order to be successful. But that doesn't mean getting all the answers right. Some answers will be deemed failures, others will be partially correct. Because unlike any other quiz, we will answer questions while learning from them. And these lessons will pile up as we answer more. And as we do rummage through the questions, we'll eventually learn to cope up and pass with flying colors.

Life says Garfield

2010-03-09T19:46:00.001+08:00

Life and Anchors

2010-03-05T12:20:00.005+08:00

There’s a big analogy between us and the boats sailing across the oceans. While the boats sail the vastness of the seas, we traverse the complexities of life. As the boats sail the great oceans, they try to withstand the waves and storms to reach ashore. And as we sail through our lives, we try to conquer our failures and obstacles to reach our dreams.

Life just like the sea is not always tranquil. At times there will be storms ahead that will disrupt our peaceful voyage. There will be storms that will test our durability, storms that will ruin our sails, storms that will threaten our future. Just as the boats at sea we need to anchor ourselves. We need to secure ourselves so we won’t drift away aimlessly.

Anchors are very important tools for fishermen and sailors. They use it to secure their vessels ashore so that these won’t drift out in to the open sea. A boat without an anchor will not stand a chance against the cruel sea most specially during a storm.That is why it is a necessity for every ship to have an anchor.

We need to anchor our lives because life is not always a tranquil sea. When you let yourself drift alone in life, there's a chance you might not make it out when a storm passes. We need someone whom to secure ourselves. We need someone who will hold us and keep us at bay. We need to anchor our hearts to someone we trust and someone we love.

I feel secured because I firmly anchored my heart in my family and to God. Whenever a “storm” comes I can count on their support and guidance. And my faith in God will always reassure me that He is always there watching over. How about you? Who’s your anchor in life?

Nothing is impossible

2010-02-25T12:55:00.000+08:00

This has been a frequently forwarded email from way back. It's old but not old enough to inspire.

When someone tells you that you can't do something...

Look around...

Consider all options...

Then GO for it!

In the end, you will succeed and prove them wrong!

"Nothing is impossible, if your heart is willing"

"Have A Winning Life"

Life is a reel of film

2010-02-19T09:13:00.001+08:00

Life is a reel of film that rolls perpetually, without edits, without cuts, without censorship, without rewinds. Thus, whatever ending you may want for your life's film, make sure you make yourself the best actor there is because it's your life and no one's directing it other than yourself.

Today is Ash Wednesday

2010-02-17T07:31:00.000+08:00

Today is Ash Wednesday. The beginning of a 40-day journey in the season of Lent. Be reminded that we are nothing but ashes, and dust and mud that were lifted and given privilege to walk, to live, to prosper. In this light, comes the very reason to be humble any time and whatever you had achieved to become. Learn to share the gifts of talent and success for these are not for your own glory but for His.

A sense of purpose

2010-02-13T09:31:00.004+08:00

Life is like a baseball..

2010-02-11T12:36:00.000+08:00

The Greatest Pleasure

2010-02-09T09:26:00.000+08:00

Treasures in Life

2010-02-07T10:41:00.002+08:00

Treasures in Life
author unknown

There are treasures in life,
but owners are few
Of money and power
to buy things brand new.

Yet you can be wealthy
and feel regal too,
If you will just look
for the treasures in you.

These treasures in life
are not hard to find
When you look in your heart,
your soul, and your mind.

For when you are willing
to share what's within,
Your fervent search
for riches will end.

The joy and the laughter,
the smile that you bring;
The heart unafraid
to love and to sing;

The hand always willing
to help those in need;
Ones quick to reach out,
to labor and feed.

So thank you for sharing
these great gifts inside;
The caring, the cheering,
the hug when one cried.

Thanks for the energy,
encouragement too,
And thank you for sharing
the treasures in you.

A Peanuts Quote

2010-02-05T12:01:00.000+08:00

Irony of life

2010-02-03T11:42:00.001+08:00

Life in the heart of

2010-02-01T08:00:00.000+08:00

by Nikhil Parekh, Love Poet

Life in deserts was sandy,
Life in caves was lonely,
Life in ocean was salty,
Life in stars was resplendent,
Life in car was modern,
Life in mountains was exhilarating,
Life in Sun was brilliant,
Life in forests was mystical,
Life in shadows was enigmatic,
Life in battlefield was belligerent,
Life in pearls was exotic,
Life in office was monotonous,
Life in sky was breezy,
Life in submarine was voluptuous,
Life in trees was mischievous,
Life in roses was fragrant,
Life in grass was intoxicating,
Life in webs was silken,
Life in paradise was divine,
Life in temples was sacrosanct,
Life in gutter was abhorrent,
Life in dirt was deplorable,
Life in rain was seductive,
Life in beehives was vivacious,
Life in wine was sensuous,
Life in computers was brazen,
Life in nests was sequestering,
Life in statues was stationary,
Life in icebergs was freezing,
Life in anthills was irascible,
Life in lakes was placid,
Life in locks was invincible,
Life in photographs was still,
Life in gardens was pleasant,
Life in mousetrap was asphyxiating,
Life in fists was curled,
Life in prison was disdainful,
Life in whirlpool was spinning,
Life in theater was dramatic,
Life in art was enchanting,
Life in boats was undulating,
Life in diamonds was glittering,
Life in moon was milky,
Life in kitchen was appetizing,
Life in beauty was ravishing,
Life in titillation was enticing,
Life in fantasy was stupendous,
Life in motherslap was blissful,
Life in medicine was healing,
Life in corpse was standstill,
Life in lavatory was pathetic,
Life in seedlings was blossoming,
Life in horseback was gallivanting,
Life in snakeskin was slithering,
Life in oven was sizzling,
Life in greenery was sedative,
Life in rebellion was evoking,
Life in discrimination was appalling,
Life in benevolence was gratifying,
Life in humanity was God,
Life in cheese was tangy,
Life in achievement was exultating,
Life in ambition was propelling,
Life in eyelashes was flirtatious,
Life in palms was dependant,
Life in fashion was bombastic,
Life in recluse was esoteric,
Life in keyhole was inconspicuous,
Life in kites was exuberant,
Life in glass was reflecting,
Life in tea was rejuvenating,
Life in sheep was impeccable,
Life in rocks was jagged,
Life in chains was abominable,
Life in feathers was tickling,
Life in egotism was preposterous,
Life in dawn was brandnew,
Life in dewdrops was mesmerizing,
Life in intrigue was electrifying,
Life in eloquence was mystifying,
Life in clock was pragmatic,
Life in childhood was nostalgic,
Life in robots was mechanical,
Life in fabric was shielding,
Life in soul was stupefying,
Life in roots was entangling,
Life in chains was hedonistic,
Life in bareness was lascivious,
Life in haziness was romantic,
Life in knives was lethal,
Life in chili was piquant,
Life in swings was fascinating,
Life in lechery was insane,
Life in rhythm was celestial,
Life in pulse was frantic,
Life in lies was cowardice,
Life in superstitions was non-existent,
Life in revenge was pugnacious,

But life in the heart of your beloved; WAS; IS; AND
WILL ALWAYS BE LOVE; LOVE AND ONLY LOVE…

The road of life

2010-01-29T10:00:00.001+08:00

"The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same.

Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination."

-Don Williams Jr.

"The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own.

No apologies or excuses.

No one to lean on, rely on, or blame.

The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible

or the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.”

-Bob Moawad

Hapag ng Pag-asa

2010-01-27T11:07:00.001+08:00

I was browsing yesterday an issue of Kerygma, one of the best-selling magazines from Bo Sanchez and got mesmerized by this meaningful painting from Joey Velasco, a miracle artist. He called it "Hapag ng Pag-asa" (Table of Hope). Behind this amazing painting is a wonderful story. Watch and be touched.

How is your week?

2010-01-25T10:29:00.001+08:00

A wise advise from a CEO

2010-01-22T13:12:00.001+08:00

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

- Steve Jobs, Chairman and CEO Apple Inc.

Life and Decisions

2010-01-20T15:06:00.001+08:00

Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.
- Timothy Fuller

Life is just an endless chain of judgments. . . . The more imperfect our judgment, the less perfect our success.
- B. C. Forbes

Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will.
- Jawaharlal Nehru

Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do.
- Jose Ortega

Life is the sum of all your choices.
- Albert Camus

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
- Samuel Butler

The difficulty of life is in the choice.
- George Moore

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
- Samuel Butler

Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for the training of a mere beginner.
- Lewis Mumford

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
-David Russell

Life is meant for living.. I know that sounds simplistic, but how many days do you let slip by without really doing something, accomplishing something, making a life change, a lifestyle change?
- Ivana Trump

Life is full of uncertainties. Future investment earnings and interest and inflation rates are not known to anybody. However, I can guarantee you one thing.. those who put an investment program in place will have a lot more money when they come to retire than those who never get around to it.
- Noel Whittaker

People "died" all the time. ... Parts of them died when they made the wrong kinds of decisions-decisions against life. Sometimes they died bit by bit until finally they were just living corpses walking around. If you were perceptive you could see it in their eyes; the fire had gone out ... you always knew when you made a decision against life. ... The door clicked and you were safe inside- safe and dead.
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Not all of your decisions will be correct. None of us is perfect. But if you get into the habit of making decisions, experience will develop your judgment to a point where more and more of your decisions will be right. After all, it is better to be right 51 percent of the time and get something done, than it is to get nothing done because you fear to reach a decision.
- H. W. Andrews

A funny way of describing life

2010-01-19T08:50:00.009+08:00

American stand-up comedian, George Carlin has his own hilarious description of life.

"The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A Death! What's that, a bonus? I think the life cycle is all backwards. You should die first, get it out of the way. Then you live in an old age home. You get kicked out when you're too young, you get a gold watch, you go to work. You work forty years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement. You do drugs, alcohol, you party, you get ready for high school. You go to grade school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities, you become a little baby, you go back into the womb, you spend your last nine months floating...

...and you finish off as an orgasm."

Life is like an hourglass

2010-01-16T19:00:00.002+08:00

Decisions in Life

2010-01-15T14:46:00.004+08:00

Decisions! Decisions! Our life will be full of it whether we like it or not. We are traveling in paths of intersecting cross roads. And for each intersection we'll always need to choose which way to go. These will be our decisions. Decisions that will leave us no choice but to decide. Each of this decisions will affect our life and the lives of the people we will encounter. . . .

A funny quip...

2010-01-12T10:00:00.000+08:00

Funny how we depend our very existence to machines these days....

L.I.F.E.

2010-01-09T15:28:00.000+08:00

Grab a new Myspace Layout

Dampening the Christmas spirit

2010-01-08T12:06:00.000+08:00

Last Christmas, we've found ourselves in a jovial mode. We practically enjoyed everything that we did. Even though we emptied our pockets not for ourselves but for gifts to other people, we didn't mind.

We were so generous and the feeling was so contagious that all of us even those who had just few, spent their hard-earned money to buy for others. It was the perfect time for presents, surprises and party galore.

That was us during Christmas, we were so hyped, so energetic... so generous. However after the season fades, so is our glorious selves. And the color, and the majesty of it all slowly transformed back to the usual setting we used to have. It's our own usual ways, it's our former selves... it was us.

So the glory days of Christmas will be missed, until the season cycles back and we'll revert back to jovial, generous mode. Sadly, that's not our norm.

Christmas comes, Christmas goes

2010-01-06T15:02:00.001+08:00

I guess everyone still has a hangover from the holidays including me. Nobody wants to let go of that long-sought vacation. I'm practically dragging myself to wake up in the early morning and be ready for work. Everyone misses the holidays, the merry-making, the grandiose celebrations, and did I mention the very long vacation?

When I enter the malls, I can still hear the music of Christmas carols, I can still see those Christmas decors, the Christmas trees and all. And I just realized that Christmas has still not officially ended as far as the Philippines is concerned. The event officially ends after the feast of the Three Kings which is usually January 6. That's why the spirit of the season still lingers even though we are now again inside our enclosed cubicles, trapped in our classrooms and again brave the horrendous traffic of the city.

I had fun. Whisking away office works from my system for quite a number of days was a relief. I felt in such a way rejuvenated just to prepare myself for another round of battle.

Well, Christmas comes, Christmas goes, as my blog says - life's like that. But I hope the spirit of the season - the season of giving and the season of forgiving will also linger in us even when Christmas is over.

Life is a battle

2010-01-05T10:27:00.002+08:00

The New Year is a Rainbow

2010-01-03T12:52:00.005+08:00

Majestic but devious Mayon Volcano as captured by NASA's Satellite

The tragedy of Ondoy and Pepeng.

The massacre in Maguindanao.

Our country was engulfed by tragedies upon tragedies upon tragedies last year. Two super typhoons that brought mayhem killing hundreds, sea tragedies that shouldn't have happened during holidays, a demonic leader that massacred civilians and journalists and the imminent eruption of a devious volcano displacing tens of thousands. A gloomy year indeed that blanketed our bright outlook for a better tomorrow. But some how, we were able to celebrate the holidays with great joy and jovial merrymaking. We celebrated Christmas and welcomed the new year with great optimism. Amidst the colorful decorations, grand fireworks and blissful celebration is a bundle of hope that the new year will bring a better life.

A new year is a rainbow. A symbol of a bright new start after a great storm. Just like a rainbow, we look up to it as a sign. A sign of a brighter tomorrow, a sign of a better life, a sign of a a happier living. The new year is a rainbow of hope. Our hope, our aspiration, our dream that this year and all the years to come will be a far better year from what we previously had.

Let's reboot for 2010...

2010-01-02T11:08:00.006+08:00

The year has just ended. Life goes on to start another cycle. Everybody gets a new fresh start. But most of us will carry on to this year whatever was left out last year. And the process starts all over again. The year is new, but for others it will be like just same ordinary day. A new year has come again, a cycle restarts. Why should we treat it just an ordinary day? We must give ourselves another chance. All of us deserves it. A reboot so to speak. This is so to get rid of our lingering thoughts that we are stuck in a cycle of failures. A new year has come. A new chance for you and for me. Happy new year to all!

Long sought Christmas Songs Found!

2009-12-23T14:51:00.001+08:00

After years of searching for the Christmas songs that I've longed for since I was a kid, I finally found a breakthrough. I found the long lost songs from a website called www.nubeat.org. And best of all, they can be downloaded free! And there are added bonuses because it's a site that offers great albums not only for Christmas.

The NuBeat Music Group is a multinational Christian music entertainment network that features thousands of original songs and video programming contributed by studios and music artists from around the world. Thanks a lot guys!

Life is a Constant Change

2009-11-02T15:07:00.003+08:00

Constant Change
Music and Lyrics by Jose Mari Chan

We're on the road
We move from place to place
And oftentimes when I'm about to call it home
We'd have to move along
Life is a constant change...

The friends we know we meet along the way
Too soon the times we share form part of yesterday
'Cause life's a constant change
And nothing stays the same, oh no

Clouds that move across the skies
Are changing form before our very eyes

Why couldn't we keep time from movin' on?
Hold on to all the years before this moment's gone?
Why must we live the days at such a frightening pace?

We're all like clouds that move across the skies
And changing form before our very eyes

Have we outgrown our Peter Pans and wings?
We've simply grown too old for tales of knights and kings
'Cause life's a constant change
And nothing stays the same, oh no

Instructions for life

2009-10-27T22:58:00.001+08:00

by the Dalai Lama

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

3. Follow the three Rs:
Respect for self
Respect for others and
Responsibility for all your actions.

4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

7. When you realise you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

8. Spend some time alone every day.

9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.

12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.

13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.

14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.

15. Be gentle with the earth.

16. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.

17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

The Clock Of Life

2009-10-24T19:23:00.001+08:00

By Robert H Smith

"The clock of life is wound but once,
And no man has the power
To tell just when the hands will stop
At late or early hour.

To lose one's wealth is sad indeed.
Too lose one's health is more.
To lose one's soul is such a loss
That no man can restore."

Today, only is our own.
So live, love and toil with a will.
Place no faith in tommorrow,
For the clock may soon be still.

Life as a terminal illness

2009-10-15T13:50:00.003+08:00

Following is a very powerful speech by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Anna Quindlen at the graduation ceremony of an American university where she was awarded an Honorary PhD. It depicts the greatest realization of life, the wonderful gift of living it and the amazing assurance it gives if you live life the way it should be.

"I'm a novelist. My work is human nature. Real life is all I know. Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. You will walk out of here this afternoon with only one thing that no one else has. There will be hundreds of people out there with your same degree: there will be thousands of people doing what you want to do for a living. But you will be the only person alive who has sole custody of your life. Your particular life. Your entire life. Not just your life at a desk, or your life on a bus, or in a car, or at the computer. Not just the life of your mind, but the life of your heart. Not just your bank accounts but also your soul.

People don't talk about the soul very much anymore. It's so much easier to write a resume than to craft a spirit. But a resume is cold comfort on a winter's night, or when you're sad, or broke, or lonely, or when you've received your test results and they're not so good.

Here is my resume: I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my work stand in the way of being a good parent. I no longer consider myself the centre of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today, because I would be a cardboard cut out. But I call them on the phone, and I meet them for lunch. I would be rotten, at best mediocre, at my job if those other things were not true.

You cannot be really first rate at your work if your work is all you are. So here's what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger pay cheque, the larger house. Do you think you'd care so very much about those things if you blew an aneurysm one afternoon, or found a lump in your breast? Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze at the seaside, a life in which you stop and watch how a red-tailed hawk circles over the water, or the way a baby scowls with concentration when she tries to pick up a sweet with her thumb and first finger.

Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an email. Write a letter. Get a life in which you are generous. And realize that life is the best thing ever, and that you have no business taking it for granted. Care so deeply about its goodness that you want to spread it around. Take money you would have spent on beer and give it to charity. Work in a soup kitchen. Be a big brother or sister. All of you want to do well. But if you do not do good too, then doing well will never be enough.

It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes. It is so easy to take for granted the color of our kids' eyes, the way the melody in a symphony rises and falls and disappears and rises again. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned that it is not a dress rehearsal, and that today is the only guarantee you get. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and utterly. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.

By telling them this: Consider the lilies of the field. Look at the fuzz on a baby's ear. Read in the back yard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a terminal illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived."

Modern Bayanihan

2009-10-13T21:05:00.002+08:00

Life is a tragedy for the many Filipinos affected by typhoons recently. Two disasters that devastated the city of Manila and the island of Luzon. So many lives were lost, crops were destroyed and properties flooded leaving people's lives in anguish. The recent tragedies ultimately brought forth the "Bayanihan" spirit of Filipinos not only in the Philippines but all over the world. Some made donations in cash, others sent boxes of clothes and foods. Our countrymen is again flooded not by water but by the volumes of help coming from fellow Filipinos who heard and responded for aid.

Life Is A Miracle

2009-10-03T19:29:00.000+08:00

Life is a miracle
Don't let it slip away,
Open your heart to others
Give of yourself each day.

See the beauty in everyone
Regardless of where they've been,
Some have a difficult journey
And really need a friend.

Share your gifts and talents
Listen with your heart.
Do the things you dream about
But don't have time to start.

Pick a bouquet of flowers
Show someone that you care,
Be gracious and forgiving
Life is never fair.

Hold on to your courage
You may need it down the road,
We all have a cross to bear
It could be a heavy load.

If you practice all these things
No matter where you roam,
You may find both sun and rain
But you'll never feel alone!

The River of Life

2009-09-01T09:14:00.003+08:00

by Thomas Campbell

The more we live, more brief appear
Our life’s succeeding stages:
A day to childhood seems a year,
And years like passing ages.

The gladsome current of our youth,
Ere passion yet disorders,
Steals lingering like a river smooth
Along its grassy borders.

But as the careworn cheek grows wan,
And sorrow’s shafts fly thicker,
Ye Stars, that measure life to man,
Why seem your courses quicker?

When joys have lost their bloom and breath
And life itself is vapid,
Why, as we reach the Falls of Death,
Feel we its tide more rapid?

It may be strange—yet who would change
Time’s course to slower speeding,
When one by one our friends have gone
And left our bosoms bleeding?

Heaven gives our years of fading strength
Indemnifying fleetness;
And those of youth, a seeming length,
Proportion’d to their sweetness.

Do you know?

2009-08-23T15:06:00.002+08:00

Life is like an engineering problem

2009-08-20T18:13:00.005+08:00

Life is like an engineering problem. You’ll never find a solution until you start solving. Sometimes it is so complex you may not want to begin solving it. Oftentimes it is so simple that we complicate it so much we miss every bit of the simplest solution in the first place.

Sometimes we can readily solve it ourselves. But oftentimes we need others to even comprehend the problem. There's not a single unique solution for it or one fool-proof design but rather a series of workarounds or a number of patches. For if you miss one opportunity, you'll make it more complicated than before.

But like every engineering creation, life is a wonder, a marvel, an amazing masterpiece for us to cherish and appreciate. For every drip of sweat and time you devote in solving life, there corresponds a rewarding achievement. Each of us are engineers of life. We design our own goal. We build our own dreams. We plan our steps. And like famous engineers, it is in the end that we are eventually remembered for our achievements.

2009-07-25T15:08:00.008+08:00

When you Follow Your Own Heart, the Choices You Make Will Always Be the Right Ones

by Jodi R. Ernst

What you do with your life is your own choice.

How you decide to live your life and

achieve your goals is up to you, and no one but you.

Mistakes will be made, but you can learn from your mistakes.

Always remember to live your life in a way that's

right for you.

Everything you do should make you happy,

and those who may at first

disagree will hopefully, in time, be happy for you too.

Then you will come to see

that the choices you make are right -

if you make them for yourself.

Life is a Big Uncertainty.

2009-07-20T18:29:00.003+08:00

Life is a big uncertainty. It has always been and it always will be until such a time when human beings will develop a technology to really predict his future. Or until such a time when humans will evolve an extra sensory perception so he will have an oversight of what he will become someday. But until then, life is and always will be an uncertainty.

Life’s ambiguity has always kept us in the dark. Groping and guessing our fate. What awaits us and what is in store for us is anybody’s guess. Would you be bothered about it? Would you worry? For me, it’s really irrelevant. To know what you will become will not make life any easier. It won’t make any difference at all. What matters is what you do in the present. The knowledge of seeing your own future doesn’t guarantee its fulfillment unless you do something about it.

Imagine this, suppose you are certain that you will be a successful doctor someday. Will you just sit around and wait for it to happen? It doesn’t work that way. Your decisions, your choices and the process that you’ll work to attain it will still stand. And since you are certain that you will become a successful doctor, there will be constant pressure and anxiety and unbearable conscious effort to become one. And the more it will be harder to be one.

Trudging in the depths of life, to an unknown future is not a big deterrent to one’s success. It’s what makes life an adventure. It’s what keeps us on track. It provides us the big challenge. It is what inspires us to do greater work.

The best way to deal about the vagueness of life is not to waste time predicting the future, but to, rather, dream about it. Make yourself an ambition. Set it as a goal no matter how high and fulfill it in your own terms. Aspire it. Work your way around it. Because there’s no other greater fulfillment than the reward of achieving the dream you have worked for.

Write in your heart

2009-07-18T15:57:00.003+08:00

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Write it on your heart

that every day is the best day in the year.

No man has learned anything rightly until he knows

that every day is a doomsday.

Today is a king in disguise.

Today always looks mean to the thoughtless,

in the face of a uniform experience

that all good and great and happy actions

are made up precisely of these blank todays.

Let us not be so deceived;

let us unmask the king as he passes!

He only is rich who owns the day,

and no one owns the day

who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.

Finish every day and be done with it.

You have done what you could.

Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in;

forget them as soon as you can.

Tomorrow is a new day;

begin it well and serenely and with too high a

spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.

This day is all but is good and fair.

It is too dear, with its hopes and invitations,

to waste a moment on the yesterdays...

Look to This Day

2009-07-15T06:07:00.003+08:00

by Kalidasa (regarded as the greatest Indian poet)

Look to this day!

For it is life, the very life of life.

In this brief course

Lie all the varieties and realities of your existence;

The bliss of growth

The glory of action

The splendor of achievement

For yesterday is but a dream

And tomorrow is only a vision

But today well lived makes every yesterday

A dream of happiness

And tomorrow a vision of hope.

Look well, therefore, to this day!

Such is the salutation to the dawn.

Prayer for a happy death

2009-07-11T15:30:00.004+08:00

By Corazon C. Aquino
Former Philippine President
published in Philippine Daily Inquirer

Almighty God, most merciful Father
You alone know the time
You alone know the hour
You alone know the moment
When I shall breathe my last.

So, remind me each day,
most loving Father
To be the best that I can be.
To be humble, to be kind,
To be patient, to be true.
To embrace what is good,
To reject what is evil,
To adore only You.

When the final moment does come
Let not my loved ones grieve for long.
Let them comfort each other
And let them know
how much happiness
They brought into my life.
Let them pray for me,
As I will continue to pray for them,
Hoping that they will always pray
for each other.

Let them know that they made possible
Whatever good I offered to our world.
And let them realize that our separation
Is just for a short while
As we prepare for our reunion in eternity.

Our Father in heaven,
You alone are my hope.
You alone are my salvation.
Thank you for your unconditional love, Amen.

As of this posting Mrs. Aquino remains hospitalized at the Makati Medical Center. She was diagnosed with colon cancer.

When Dreams Crumble

2009-06-05T20:00:00.003+08:00

When dreams crumble, we feel hopelessness, misery, despair. We begin to feel that everything is crumbling towards us, burying us in a pit of depression.

When dreams crumble, time suddenly stops and our whole world grounds to a halt. It's as if crumpled dreams can bend space and time that we can't go forward and go on living. We tend to go back in time and backtrack where we blundered and regretted doing it over and over, trapping us in a past that can never be rectified.

When dreams crumble, the test of character begins. It's the time when our high spirits suddenly plummet and we begin to question our belief and faith.

When dreams crumble, our optimism and confidence begins to recede. Our positive outlook in life begins to dim. The feeling of pessimism begins to creep in engulfing us with the dark fear of failing again.

When dreams crumble, it sparks hatred. We get angry of the world. We blame ourselves. And worst we blame God for our predicament.

When dreams crumble, everything becomes nothing.

When dreams crumble, it is not the time to wage war against the world. It is not the time to revolt against God. It is certainly not the time to blame ourselves for our failure. It is the start of a new challenge. A start of a different path towards our dreams. Because the path towards it is not a straight line, it is a combination of different branches which represent choices and decisions. We may choose to start from scratch or from the root, or we can choose to tread another path much like a detour.

This war is not us against anyone else but rather it's us against ourselves. This is a test of faith. A test of strength. A test of perseverance. If we succumb to our own failure, everything will go to waste, our dreams along with it.

Our failure to fulfill our dreams is not at all a failure. It is not the end nor it was a waste of time. It is not a blot in our resumes but rather an additional experience that we can flaunt. It is something that we should not be ashamed of but something that we are proud of. Because as we build our dreams, we are building our own character.

One !

2009-06-01T08:00:00.002+08:00

One song can spark a moment,
One flower can wake the dream.
One tree can start a forest,
One bird can herald spring.

One smile begins a friendship,
One handclasp lifts a soul.
One star can guide a ship at sea,
One word can frame the goal.

One vote can change a nation,
One sunbeam lights a room.
One candle wipes out darkness,
One laugh will conquer gloom.

One step must start each journey,
One word must start each prayer.
One hope will raise our spirits,
One touch can show you care.

One voice can speak with wisdom.
One heart can know what's true.
One life can make the difference,
you see it's up to You!

Don't ever forget how very Important You Are

- Author Unknown