Happy 365th!

It’s been a year when I got a text message. And it says : “When you know that it will make you happy - grab it! Because you’ll never know if there would be any second chances. Ald*** here. H’wag ka na maguluhan.”

For a year, there was …

… Don’t take it back. ‘coz I’m not willing to part ways with it.

… Maybe you do? Seeing me is immaterial to the issue. Feeling it, IS. Heart Beats.

… There are reasons, that reason doesn’t know.

… We are all part of each other’s lives. If someone was about to slip, someone else could catch him. ~ Mitch Albom

… As always, I’m your At*y. Trust and confidence ba.

… Jet’aime.

… Amusing lang pala ha. :(

… Are we both special to you? You are not answering my question. But it’s okay, mas matagal mo na sya kilala.

… At*y told me that he misses you too.. and he _ _ _ _ you too.

… Natutuwa is somewhat synonymous to kinikilig.

… Di na ba magbabago isip mo in going out with him? Even if I ask you out tonight?

But then, there was also ..

… Persistence tramples resistance.

… To love someone, when that love has no chance at thriving, that’s Romance.

… I never had indigestion in words that I eat.

And then.. now.. it's SILENCE.

But it’s okay, I still sing Paramore whenever I miss you “for you are, the only exception” .. and those of Gwen Stefani’s .. “you really love me underneath it all”.

And I still thank God for giving me such a saving friendship. For me, it’s still a gift, a blessing ~ PRO BONO.

Because I believe, you came when I was at my lowest. Saved by the bell. Thank you. And despite the silence ~ Happy 365th!

Here's To The New Chapter!

It seems like only yesterday when I accompanied you to your college graduation. And now, with God’s grace, giving birth to your first born. As your big sister I could not let such a momentous occasion pass without telling you that it has been a joy to see you delight yourself with the Lord and to see Him give you the desires of your heart.

Remember that being a wife and mother really IS a noble and sacred calling like no other.

Under mountains of dishes and laundry, sleepless nights, thousands of diaper changes and days when you wonder what you have accomplished besides getting baby Lance fed, it can be easy to feel like you aren’t doing much in life. But just remember that these more mundane tasks are all part of a greater work for God. As a mother you are raising mighty warriors for the Lord. I can tell you that while it is a lot of plain, honest hard work, no career could be more fulfilling than raising the children God has given you alongside the man God has given you.

As for you (Julius), my dear brother-in-law, it is with great joy that we welcome you to the family. Not only did you seem so perfectly suited for my sister, but you seemed perfectly suited to our whole family as well.

Congratulations in advance Mina and Julius for your new BLESSINGS. Hope to see and carry baby Lance soon!

Thus, out of small beginnings greater things have grown by God’s hand who made all things out of nothing, and gives being to all things that are.

Remember .. You are still my sister and will ALWAYS be my sister and I will ALWAYS love you.

E119

Miss 'em much? Hehe..

Still Here

No matter what’s in between n0w and before, I’m just glad we’re still here.. A little different but still here. ^_^

To Be Near You

Are you just a habit? Or some kind of addiction. Can't seem to get you out of my system. Am I truly hopeless. Am I being pathetic. Are you even aware of my existence.

Missing FELICITY.

Bye Bye Bye!

All I want for Christmas ..  is a good ‘ol vacation ~ sea.sand.sun.

But I don’t think I’ll get it. For a handful of reasons, I couldn’t … Although a good friend of mine already made an offer I couldn’t resist, paying the airfare and all that, I just can’t.

Say sayonara to my Bora plans. At least for now. I guess I’ll be seeing you in Summer! ~_~

Muggle Thoughts

Grew up reading-watching and quoting them. But it’s just too sad to watch the last installment of The Harry Potter Series this month. Though I can’t think of anyone more ideally suited for their character than this three person in the picture. Good job Daniel, Emma and Rupert!

“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” ~ Albus Dumbledore / Harry Potter and The Prizoner of Azkaban

A Promise

Love isn’t love until you give it away. But love will only have life when it is shared by two people who believe in its meaning, by people who share one goal, one commitment, and by people who are selflessly loyal to each other.

Just my two cents.

And that is what these two folks are going to promise on the 5th. Goodluck you guys. Godbless and Best Wishes! ^_^

Status

"Maybe I hang around here, a little more than I should. But we both know I’ve got somewhere else to go."   ~ Olivia Newton John

Good Reads

 

Just finished saving pdf copy of my favorite books. Well, at least some of them. 

MY LIST : 

Mitch Albom's * The Five People You Meet in Heaven, For One More Day and Tuesdays With Morrie 

Paolo Coelho's * The Alchemist and By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept 

Dan Brown's * Da Vinci Code 

Antoine De Saint Exupery's * The Little Prince

Cecilia Ahern's * PS I Love You 

Frances Burnette's * The Secret Garden 

Nicholas Sparks's * The Last Song

Now .. all I need is to find time to read 'em. Hehe.

Bangon

This is one inspiring ad. Makes us all think.. Ikaw? para kanino ka bumabangon?

Always Back to You ..

Set me free, leave me be. I don't wanna fall another moment into your gravity. Here I am and I stand so tall, just the way I'm suppose to be. But you're on to me and all over me ..

Something always brings me back to you. It never takes too long ..

But you're neither friend nor foe though I can't seem to let you go. The one thing I still know is that you're keeping me down.. yeah you're keeping me down ..

Just Breathe

Inspired by Stef's Top Ten lists of whattnot .. here's my own version of top ten .. sfc songs of praise and worship. I was cleaning my room the other day and found this old copy of GLORY ( Special Edition ) that my mentor gave me during my CLP graduation. I was trying to familiarize myself with most of the lyrics and tunes and what an amazing feeling having to sing them all again.

Read on and sing with me, shall we?

10. I offer my Life ~ All that I am, all that I have, I lay them down before you oh Lord. All my regrets, all my acclaim. The joy and the pain, I'm making them yours.

9. My Life is in You ~ My life is in You Lord, my strength is in You Lord, my hope is in You Lord. In You, is in You.

8. Sure Foundation ~ Lord we are Your children chosen and called by Your name. With one heart and purpose we gather. To glorify You and proclaim. That You Lord are a sure foundation, we will not be afraid.

7. God is the Strength of my Heart ~  Whom have I in heaven but You? There is nothing on Earth I desire besides you. My heart and my strength, many times they fail. But there is one truth, that always will prevail.

6. Shine Jesus Shine ~ Shine Jesus shine. Fill this land with the Father's glory. Blaze, Spirit blaze,. Set our hearts on fire. Flow, river flow. Flood the nations with grace and mercy. Send forth Your word. Lord and let there be light. 

5. You are my God ~ For You are my God, yes You are my Lord. All praise and thanksgiving. Your love and kindness shall last for all time. All my praises I will give to you.

4. Victory to our King ~ All glory unto You, this battle cry we sing. That victory belongs to Him. Victory to our King.

3. Redeeming Love ~ I come boldly, trusting only Your redeeming love. Flowing freely, from your side now, Your atoning blood. Like a river, like a fountain, like a cleansing flood. I pour out my worship to You, for Your redeeming love.

2. Prepare the Way ~ Prepare the way, prepare the way for our redeemer. Prepare the way, prepare the way for our restorer. Make ready your heart. Make ready your home. Make ready the people of God. Prepare the way.

1. We'll be Faithful ~ And we'll be faithful to our calling, For You are able to keep us from falling. For in Your promise, we will trust. You'll be faithful to finish the work You began in us.

Coffee or Stickers?

It’s starbucks-giving-away-new-planners-provided-that-you-spend-way-too-much-money-on-their-overpriced-imported-coffee time of the year again! Nyahhh!

Starbucks wasn’t as full as I expected it would be last Tuesday night. So, I was standing at the customers’ side of the counter admiring the 2011 Starbucks Planner displayed atop the dessert display fridge when the barista called my attention, “Hi… this counter is open.”

I walked towards his side and gave my order: “Venti Peppermint Mocha please, to go.” And added, “Hot” ( my all time favorite ). The barista smiled and we went through the normal routine— I ordered, he repeats my order, he asks for my name and writes it on the cup, he punches in my order, tells me how much my bill is, I hand him money, he gives me back my change. Then he asked me if I have a sticker card. And I didn’t (I still don’t). He asked if I would want one, I said  “YES! Yes Please!”  ( parang nanalo lang sa Lotto, hehe ) Of course I want one! That was what I actually came there for!

On that note, I guess it’s about time that we do the countdown folks …

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Dear John Tyree

 

Dear John,

There’s so much I want to say to you, but I’m not sure where I should begin. Should I start telling you that I love you? Or that the days I’ve spent with you have been the happiest in my life? Or that in the short time I’ve known you, I’ve come to believe that we were meant to be together? I could say all those things and all would be true, but as I reread them, all I can think is that I wish I were with you now, holding your hand and watching for your elusive smile. In the future, I know I’ll relive our time together a thousand times. I’ll hear your laughter and see you face and feel your arms around me. I’m going to miss all that, more than you can imagine. You’re a rare gentleman, John, and I treasure that about you. In all the time we were together, you never pressed me to sleep with you, and I can’t tell you how much you meant to me. It made what we had seem even more special, and that’s how I always want to remember my time with you. Like a pure white light, breathtaking to behold. I’ll think about you every day. Part of me is still scared that there will come a time when you don’t feel the same way, that you’ll somehow forget what we shared, so this is what I want to do. Wherever you are and no matter what’s going on with your life, when it’s the first night of the full moon -like it was the first time we met- I want you to find it in the nighttime sky. I want you to think about me and the week we shared, because wherever I am and no matter what’s going on with my life, that’s exactly what I’ll be doing. If we can’t be together, at least we can share that, and maybe between the two of us, we can make this last forever. I love you, John Tyree, and I’m going to hold you to the promise you once made to me. If you come back, I’ll marry you. If you break you promise, you’ll break my heart.

Love,

Savannah

Phrases @ FB says ..

I was so amused by this I decided to keep it in my memory bank. I certainly did cracked up with this joke .. (Un)fortunate coincidence?  Or is it Fate reminding me of something? Hahaha!

It's Alright

One of the things I should learn as a Christian, is that .. Trust requires us to accept that some questions will remain unanswered. When we grow weary of waiting or find ourselves disappointed and discouraged, we have to choose to trust GOD. And as we continually choose to place our trust in Him and focus on His faithfulness in our lives, we will gradually let go of trusting ourselves. Your situation may seem the same day after day, and yet everyday God is drawing closer with His blessings for you. Life isn't about finding all the right answers. It's about asking the right questions. We simply don't have all the right answers. But we worship a GOD who does.

Well Done!

Last year's theme is keeping your faith to God after everything the country has been through. This year's theme is about making use of what God gave Filipinos to shine across nations. Everything is still about our relationship to God which is the essence of Christmas, right?

Well Done ABS-CBN! ^^,)

When Trust and Friendship Fades

Another inexcusably long absence of writing entries for past couple of months, again not for lack of activity or life (for crying out loud, there's so much things to be done but so little time) .. or stories to tell or write for that matter, but more of.. lack of blogging time. I suppose one might adapt an older adage: Those who want to blog, make time to blog, but nonetheless, here I am ~ "read it @ your own risk" is back online (gawd, I hope I can keep up to my words, haha)

Recently.. I was breaking off ties with most of the people I used to connect with, share my happiness, friendship and maybe life with. And though it's tough, I've realized that it might just be a part of the journey that I needed to go through this year. I am sometimes almost convinced that everything happens for a reason. Whether it be a lesson learned or good memories made, it is just a stepping stone in your journey ahead. 

True, it is very sad and difficult to stop communication with someone who was part of your life for so long, when all of a sudden fate would take different turns and in the end you'd realize they would rather keep their silence and lose your friendship in exchange of their own immature, selfish reasons. 

But we must also need to learn that we all deserve to be happy. I have lost a very close friend, a lover, a cousin, teammates and it all happened this year.. Even my used to be ever stronger personal relationship with God. And it saddens me to think about this every now and then.  But life must go on , people will come and go no matter how much you wish to keep them. A wise friend once told me and I quote, "Demolish the bridges behind you. So that there would be no other choice, but to move forward."

Although it's also hard when someone you thought would always be there, suddenly turn their backs on you. People that you thought you could trust your whole life with, will be the same person who would pull you down to sadness and misery no matter how hard you tried not to get involved with it. Some even, would get your attention so likely, they want you to be part of it. It's so frustrating though isn't it, because when a friend does this to you and regardless of the fact that you feel you have taken a really huge step in deciding to give them another chance .. only to figure out later, that the so-called friend will do the same thing over and over again. No wonder people get caught in circles. As expected, they would rather not admit their shortcomings and pretend everything's fine. I guess to them, life is always better that way. That's the saddest and very disappointing realization I've ever discovered this year.

~0~

Destiny is ...

Grandpa: just  suppose that  the shaping and molding of destiny is infact your destiny.

Jordan: hmm, i never thought about it like that..

Grandpa: id tell you what destiny means if you really wanna know..that's the least i can do for you  letting me stare.

Jordan: what does it mean?

Grandpa: destiny... is the bridge you build... to the one you love..

Jordan: yeah but if it's meant to be, it's meant to be..

Grandpa: arghh, ive been hearing people say that to me for the last 78 yrs. and i'm tellin you it pisses me off, ok ill leave you to your letter, its not polite for me to stay, besides you'll gonna cry, its very moving, he must have writen too many drafts.

Grandpa: i wish you a story... with a happy ending, and the wisdom to look for it..^_^.

~ My Sassy Girl  ( 2008 )

Friends Are Treasures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRIENDSHIP. Isn't about whom you have known the longest, who came first, or who cares the best. It's about who CAME ..  and never LEFT