i don't have any idea what title to put in.all i want to do is to compose what's in my mind.
Back here in davao to spend Holyweek with my family..matthew's going 7 months old tomorrow...maybe we'll head for the beach this coming saturday.people is not as conservative as before when black saturday is observed as in the ancient times.where ur not supposed to do anything but observed it and keep it holy.
lucky to be back home though.Thanks be to God.
i miss the water here and the air.my family,the familiar streets,the feel of being in this city.Oh boy! how i love to be here again and feel the rythm & pulse around me!
it vibrates of life that i have been wanting for awhile now
not that cagayan is dull and dead...i just haven't got used to the way we lead our life there.and i don't want to sound like i'm whining all the time lest God punishes me for being so ungrateful & unsatisfied.
i'm actually lucky to be able to experience both cities.as they say that life is all about the experiences whether good or bad.
Be thankful for it, for it means that you are alive.
01 April 2007
06 March 2007
no place like home
it's been exactly a month now since we moved to this new city.
a new place, a new neighborhood, a new way of life with no family or friends readily available for either comfort or convenience...
we've moved north of my birth province and it's been such a wild ride since.having a 6 months old baby and in teething stage, plus a house and a dog to attend to, plus...plus..plus..sigh
cagayan de oro city is really different from where i came from...there's really no place like home.. :(
a new place, a new neighborhood, a new way of life with no family or friends readily available for either comfort or convenience...
we've moved north of my birth province and it's been such a wild ride since.having a 6 months old baby and in teething stage, plus a house and a dog to attend to, plus...plus..plus..sigh
cagayan de oro city is really different from where i came from...there's really no place like home.. :(
22 January 2007
Year of the Pig
In the chinese calendar, 2007 is the year of the pig.
(my countrymen has a penchant for feng shui despite being a predominantly Christian nation.)and unfortunately it seems that i am slowly becoming a pig also!
standing short, with an already poor posture
plus weighing 63 kgs as of this morning, i am such in a depressing state!
i am so depressed i've finished off eating a 40g dark chocolate bar and starting on a new one hahaha!(as if that would help!)
i've read somewhere that chocolates with nuts/fruits in them makes you fat, that's why i'm sticking to the dark ones with bittersweet taste just to satisfy my craving. i don't know if there's truth in them
i don't want to measure every morcel of food that i eat, but i do want to be slimmer. i can't really go on a strict diet since i'm still breastfeeding...it must be those birth control pills that i'm taking, they must be making me fat?
sigh...what am i to do? my officemates always remind me to watch my weight since i'm already ballooning...even my dad had his comment...and this alarmed me since my dad never seem to mind anything in his household at all!
grrr...im sooooooo fat!
it also doesn't help that the weather here is so conducive to eating.it's been raining on & off again..we have chilly evenings & cold early mornings making me eat some more...sigh.
the mind is willing but the flesh is weak...hmmm
have to strengthen my will to control my eating then...
Bon Appetite! hehehe
(my countrymen has a penchant for feng shui despite being a predominantly Christian nation.)and unfortunately it seems that i am slowly becoming a pig also!
standing short, with an already poor posture
plus weighing 63 kgs as of this morning, i am such in a depressing state!
i am so depressed i've finished off eating a 40g dark chocolate bar and starting on a new one hahaha!(as if that would help!)
i've read somewhere that chocolates with nuts/fruits in them makes you fat, that's why i'm sticking to the dark ones with bittersweet taste just to satisfy my craving. i don't know if there's truth in them
i don't want to measure every morcel of food that i eat, but i do want to be slimmer. i can't really go on a strict diet since i'm still breastfeeding...it must be those birth control pills that i'm taking, they must be making me fat?
sigh...what am i to do? my officemates always remind me to watch my weight since i'm already ballooning...even my dad had his comment...and this alarmed me since my dad never seem to mind anything in his household at all!
grrr...im sooooooo fat!
it also doesn't help that the weather here is so conducive to eating.it's been raining on & off again..we have chilly evenings & cold early mornings making me eat some more...sigh.
the mind is willing but the flesh is weak...hmmm
have to strengthen my will to control my eating then...
Bon Appetite! hehehe
16 January 2007
A Brand New Year!
well, i haven't written anything for a long time now...it's not easy raising another individual with a mind of it's own, with hands that grab anything on sight and stuffs it quickly on his mouth lest someone sees it and take away his prize :)
it's not easy having to balance the role of wife, mother, employee, daughter, referee(hehehe, at home among siblings)
life is not easy...but it's still worth living...
another year has passed, a whole year of bittersweet life is at the offing.
it just depends on us if we take it or leave it.
it's not easy having to balance the role of wife, mother, employee, daughter, referee(hehehe, at home among siblings)
life is not easy...but it's still worth living...
another year has passed, a whole year of bittersweet life is at the offing.
it just depends on us if we take it or leave it.
13 November 2006
CREDENDA
Credenda
Written by Og Mandino and Buddy Kaye
Turn away from the crowd and its fruitless pursuit of fame and gold.
Never look back as you close your door to the sorry tumult of greed and ambition.
Wipe away your tears of failure and misfortune.
Lay aside your heavy load and rest until your heart is still.
Be at peace; already it is later than you think, for your earthly life, at best, is only the blink of an eye between two eternities.
Be unafraid; nothing here can harm you except yourself.
Do that which you dread and cherish those victories with pride.
Concentrate your energy.
To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
Be jealous of your time, since it is your greatest treasure.
Reconsider your goals.
Before your set your heart too much on anything, examine how happy they are who already possess what you desire.
Love your family and count your blessings.
Reflect how eagerly they would be sought if you did not have them.
Put aside your impossible dreams and complete the task at hand no matter how distasteful.
All great achievement comes from working and waiting. Be patient.
God's delays are never God's denials. Hold on. Hold fast.
Know that your paymaster is always near.
What you sow, good or evil that you will reap.
Never blame your condition on others.
You are what you are through your choice alone.
Learn to live with honest poverty, if you must, and turn to more important matters than transporting gold to your grave.
Never meet trouble half way.
Anxiety is the rust of life; when you add tomorrow's burden to today's, their weight becomes unbearable.
Avoid the mourner’s bench and give thanks instead for your defeats; you would not have them if you did not need them.
Always learn from others.
He who teaches himself has a fool for a master.
Be careful.
Do not overload your conscience.
Conduct your life as if it were spent in an arena filled with tattlers.
Avoid boasting, If you see anything in you that buffs you with pride, look closer and you will find more than enough to make you humble.
Be wise.
Realize that all men are not created equal, for there is no equality in nature, yet no man was ever born whose work was not born with him.
Work everyday as if it were your first, yet tenderly treat the lives you touch as if they will end at midnight.
Love everyone, even those who deny you, for hate is a luxury you cannot afford.
Seek out those in need.
Learn that he who delivers with one hand will gather with two.
Be of good cheer.
Above all, remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
Look up. Reach out.
Cling simply to God and journey quietly on your pathway to forever with charity and a smile. When you depart it will be said that your legacy was a better world than the one that you found.
Written by Og Mandino and Buddy Kaye
Turn away from the crowd and its fruitless pursuit of fame and gold.
Never look back as you close your door to the sorry tumult of greed and ambition.
Wipe away your tears of failure and misfortune.
Lay aside your heavy load and rest until your heart is still.
Be at peace; already it is later than you think, for your earthly life, at best, is only the blink of an eye between two eternities.
Be unafraid; nothing here can harm you except yourself.
Do that which you dread and cherish those victories with pride.
Concentrate your energy.
To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
Be jealous of your time, since it is your greatest treasure.
Reconsider your goals.
Before your set your heart too much on anything, examine how happy they are who already possess what you desire.
Love your family and count your blessings.
Reflect how eagerly they would be sought if you did not have them.
Put aside your impossible dreams and complete the task at hand no matter how distasteful.
All great achievement comes from working and waiting. Be patient.
God's delays are never God's denials. Hold on. Hold fast.
Know that your paymaster is always near.
What you sow, good or evil that you will reap.
Never blame your condition on others.
You are what you are through your choice alone.
Learn to live with honest poverty, if you must, and turn to more important matters than transporting gold to your grave.
Never meet trouble half way.
Anxiety is the rust of life; when you add tomorrow's burden to today's, their weight becomes unbearable.
Avoid the mourner’s bench and give thanks instead for your defeats; you would not have them if you did not need them.
Always learn from others.
He who teaches himself has a fool for a master.
Be careful.
Do not overload your conscience.
Conduct your life as if it were spent in an arena filled with tattlers.
Avoid boasting, If you see anything in you that buffs you with pride, look closer and you will find more than enough to make you humble.
Be wise.
Realize that all men are not created equal, for there is no equality in nature, yet no man was ever born whose work was not born with him.
Work everyday as if it were your first, yet tenderly treat the lives you touch as if they will end at midnight.
Love everyone, even those who deny you, for hate is a luxury you cannot afford.
Seek out those in need.
Learn that he who delivers with one hand will gather with two.
Be of good cheer.
Above all, remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
Look up. Reach out.
Cling simply to God and journey quietly on your pathway to forever with charity and a smile. When you depart it will be said that your legacy was a better world than the one that you found.
03 November 2006
27 October 2006
27th year
Just turned 27 last monday, October 23...Thanks be to God!
here's what i went through for the last 27 years
here's what i went through for the last 27 years
- finished college 2001
- started working 2002
- left home 2003...branded as "Prodigal Daughter" at home
- got married 2004... sans the blessing of my mother
- rented our first house 2005
- gave birth 2006...made peace with my mum months earlier, in fact, i live back home now..hehehe.my hubbby is based in cagayan de oro city (6 - 7 hrs. by land from here) and covers northern mindanao as part of his job. it's just a temporary set-up though, since my mum doesn't want married children to still stay at our house. my hubby wants me to move with him to cagayan early next year. so, i have to give up work and a comfortable environment? start life in unfamiliar territory without job security & a 5 or 6 months old baby?
sigh...i don't know what tomorrow brings.only God's know everything
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