A Song To Help Haiti

I was searching something about games on Youtube.com when I step on a video that catch my attention. The video is a program to help people, victims of an earthquake in Haiti. Boyce Avanue one of the leading icon in music industry release there own version of "Will You Be There" popularize by late Micheal Jackson. 

iTunes became part and the medium helping the program to be a success. In every song sold proceeds will be donated to the victims. To help click this link - http://iTunes.com/BoyceAvenue and be a part to a quest to reach all the victims in Haiti. God bless us all.

Love is powerful than hate

Love and hate are the strongest opposites in our divided thinking. Why then unhappy love often turns into hatred and ruin relationships? A person who is in love loves everyone. This overwhelmingly feeling can change the radical world. A person in hate becomes a huge violent force. It drives to an abyss of destruction.

Love is more powerful than hate because, as it was in the song, love can lead to hate, whereas hate will never, even literally, produces love. Love is more powerful because it gives birth to new challenges. A new positive challenge, love changes a person. It enriches the world, extends all boundaries, enhances opportunities, brightens up friendships, and deepens emotions. A person in love has a specific aura, a kind of energy that is given off, scattered in all directions, all those love stories, powerful in their complex feelings and emotions.

But love will break away. It will vanish. So powerful to vanish, or love never will go away. Love's components are passion, and commitment, with their variations. Complete love that balances them all is rare. If Romeo and Juliet had lived longer, would they have loved each other with commitment? I have doubts. Love is powerful because it can transform people. It is, in fact, a transforming process of relationships, in which closeness remains stable.

Who does lived to hate? Love is powerful because it directs us, and makes our entity meaningful. Hate invites loneliness, but love denies it. Hate ruins personality, but love builds ego identity. Hate results in acts of violence, but love leads to acts of kindness. Hate destroys, but love will create. Hate is war, but love is peace. Hate is bad, but love is good. Hate is revenge, but love is construction. Hate is meaningless, but love has purpose. It is not possible "to love to hate". It is consistent; "love" will give birth to "love". That's why love is powerful than hate.

John Q - movie

The movie was nice and touching. The cause of the conflict was the insurance John got. He was not covered with the insurance because when the insurance company had reviewed their clients` profiles, they’ve discover that the income of John was not able to reach on the highest offer for the insurance. So he was placed on the lower offers of the company. John didn’t know about this, until the time when he went to the office.

He thought he was covered with the offer the company. When his son got sick, he was desperate to get the cure for his son. Until it came to the point that he had to hostage some people to get what he want. He was desperate to get his son on the list of the heart to be transplanted. He did everything for his son. He was really a hero not only to the eyes of his son, but also to those people who were there. All the time that he was on the hostage crisis, he was using a gun without a bullet in it. So it was not really his intention to hurt anyone around. He just wants his son to get the transplant he needs. It was when he was planning to kill himself, offering his heart to his son. Then a heart was available for his son. His wife entered the hospital and saved his husband by telling him that a heart is already available.

These are just some of the things that struck me. There are so many thrilling scenes and many emotional moments, yet in the end. The movie ended happy and no regrets for John. For him what he did is right. I think if I am on his part. I would do the same. These things will not happen if the government would give same offers to those insurance they offer. Everything really depends on the government and the people of the nation.

Michael Jackson dead at 50

The gifted and most dedicated talent of his kind during his childhood days that we fall in love with his song decades ago "Ben" turn his carrier starts at 11 and discovered on his talent and became popular over couple of shows. Discovered by Gladys Knight and pianist Billy Taylor at the famous Apollo Theater in Harlem, Mike became an icon and titled as "King of Pop".

Details of his death and speculations about it put to a conclusion that he got cardiac arrest on his house. Paramedics responded quickly to a 911 call and immediately rush into nearest hospital in Los Angeles.
I have embedded a clip from CCN news and by my courtesy to share it.

With our prayers, may God give you eternal rest at his kingdom! goodbye Mike!

The Driver is Dead

A smart and active child was playing with a battery-operated toy car. It fell from his hands and stopped working. He took it to his father who was an engineer.

His father opened the car with a screwdriver to examine the trouble. The curious child was watching carefully. Suddenly he cried out in joy, "Daddy, I have found out why it doesn't work." He put his tiny fingers into the car's front seat and took out a dead fly. He declared aloud, "How can it work when the driver is dead?"

Actually, it was a wrong diagnosis. The father had found that the cells had been displaced by the fall. But he enjoyed the child's innocent comment. Later he repaired it and returned it to the child who resumed his play.

Whenever we encounter a failure or disaster in our life or career, we assign the responsibility to some other person. In some cases, the actual fault may be our own. But we attribute it to others or to 'ill-fate'.

Failures and negative incidents in life should be seen as part of God's plans for our ultimate welfare.

. God has definite and specific plans about every man.

"The Lord says I alone know the plans I have for you, plans to bring you prosperity and not disaster, plans to bring about the future you hope for" {Jeremiah 29: 11}.

Keeping it here... in my heart...

Its been a while since we had a good talk and shes been in my heart ever since. I wish I could change the past and make it right with no regrets. She stood always at my side when ever I become frail and down. On my hardest rain shes been my umbrella and after it she became my Sun shining upon me.

Over shadow by her teachings I became strong. She maybe gone and far but all of her are stock in my heart. ^^c

Christmas joke

This was my first Christmas joke since I never joke about Christmas. Somehow it made me wonder how come others can joke about it. It was texted to me just this morning with non-registered number.

A boy during Christmas eve wrote to Santa a letter. "Send me a baby brother!" He wrote. Then Santa wrote back and said "Send me your mother, hehehe".

A time like this, is it proper to joke in this season? have they really understand the true meaning of Christmas or they just occasionally celebrate it because we always celebrate it every year. With this thoughts I rarely see people or even meet a person that will not celebrating Christmas.

On her 40th day

After 40 days since I lost my grandma we commemorate her in a small feast. Although it is natural to remember her in this way it became our bond to settle things like misunderstanding and hates.

Unfinished business as they say that the soul of a departed one still with us to fix things not on there own but asking prayers for solving it. Maybe in both sides they interpret things to be complicated that somehow lead them to quarrels.

But it is such a calm day for each and one of us and all leave with there hearts feed with lost and love.

We miss you much mommy.

Sad November

It was really sad. Then it was so peaceful. Acceptance about the truth healed by time.
Common to us during this month recollecting memories about our dearly departed ones be sad. Sadness is somehow our expression to the dead. Expressions that push us to move on and be prepared till our time comes. Irony is, we share our things to them "the dead" like foods, water, and sometimes they even give a glass of beer or wine. For what? common to us the traditional as we saw to others and how we adopt culture. By this trait's we share our common thing, the connection between life and death. As we all know we are still connected to them. We are connected by events, prayers and even daily tasks. We consider them among us, helping us but sometimes they harm us.

Like the mass today. The presiding Priest talks about it and after a homily he said "do not be afraid, Jesus is was not afraid but He carry himself and ask God to take over his soul to his kingdom with everlasting life"

The new chapter begins

Just after the burial yesterday, some family friends stayed till the 9th Novena prayer with topic about my Grandma. Since it was finished we are set for new chapter. Memories of HER still remains and the nurturing still developing that for decades maybe we can still share. Mixed emotion still in air, friends still coming to pamper who was left behind and relatives help still at reach for healing.

During the mass we've attended the Priest who celebrated the mass told us that "Death is the end of our mission here on Earth but the beginning of a endless life in Heavens" an END and a BEGINNING. He said my Grandma Romula is fortunate to reach 85 yrs on Earth because she saw all the improvements and development mankind have. Cellphones, Internet, Inventions and more that for 85 yrs is enough for her to see the goodness of God for us. That goodness is not for material but for nurture.

With this new chapter hand-and-hand we take it for the better good of all. ^^v

My Very Own Fairy Tale

Kianne and the Wolf

Once upon a time, there was an ordinary girl named Kianne. She and her friends – the three little piglets – play with each other on the house of the three little piglets. The house of her friends is made of candy. Kianne went home after playing with them.

Upon arriving home, her mother gave her an errand: to visit and bring some goodies to her grandmother. Before Kianne left, her mother had given her an advice: Don’t talk to stranger.

Along the way, Kianne met a wolf, a c omplete stranger to her. The wolf introduced himself to her as a friend of the three little piglets. Then he told her that he’s looking for the house of the three little piglets because he wanted to visit them. Kianne after learning that the wolf is a friend of her friends, he told the wolf, “They live on the house made of candy”. The wolf thanked her and left, while she continued to walk straight going to the house of her grandmother.

After paying a visit, she had left the house of her grandmother and went back to the candy house. She was greatly terrified when there’s no one inside the candy house except for the wolf with a bulging tummy. She hysterically asked the wolf, “Where are our friends wolf?!” While caressing his tummy the wolf smiled and said, “Here they are, inside my tummy … and you’re my desert Kianne!” The wolf was about to eat Kianne when a prince with a crystal shoe on his hand came by and help her by throwing the crystal shoe on the wolf’s head. When the wolf fainted, Kianne snips the tummy of the wolf and came out the three little piglets.

Kianne and her friends are thankful for the prince for helping them. Then the prince found out that Kianne was the owner of the crystal shoe when the prince had tried the shoe on Kianne’s foot. This incident reveals that Kianne was the girl whose the prince is looking for. Then all of them become best of friends ever after.

It will be sad without HER

It was almost a week when my mama told me that my Mommy (which my Grandmother) is bed redden. At that time I was thinking of "She's just tired". I forgot that she is too old to move around the house cleaning and making herself busy of almost anything she catch her attention. Last Friday, I ask for a day off for its my Papa's birthday and the same time to visit my Mommy too. As soon as I arrived the house I rush on my Papa first, great him a Happy Birthday and kiss him. After a little chat I went to my Mommy's room and seen her on bed lying, having connected to dextrose that was almost empty. Watching her asleep just break my heart seeing her helpless while she catching her breath. A few minutes later Mommy woke up and turn her head looking for something I sat beside her and start to talk. "Musta na Mi?" (How are you Mi?) and she replied "dan2x ikaw yan?" (dan2x is that you?) and my tears start to fall. After a little talk about her I decided to leave the house coz` I feel like melting. I felt it when she said "kapoi na" (I'm tired)(pagod na ako) with this word I accepting the fact that she will be go off soon.

Having this situations was a fun-like-joke to me before. Way back high school during my Altar boy days I go with our Parish priest when he had a sick call (anointing of the sick) and I always come along. During it, I always remember finding my self with this question "what will be my feeling if one the member of my family die".

Now? I think this is it. The feeling I was talking about and actually scared for the day my Mommy will set off. I am fortunate and proud of having my Mommy since I consider her as my Mother.

In Gods will! May you be in His arms when the right time comes.

In your hands I command my spirit!

am I tired?

It was 4 days since my last post. That time I was eager to post of almost any topic that comes on my mind. Eager to look at my mail for new task from different pay-2-blog sites. Eager to share with my friends online and tagging along.

Am I that tired or preoccupied by something else? "knock, knock" I talked to myself. Are you aware for sometimes you set your mind to do something but you forgot to do it? or somewhat you really want to but then caught by other concerns.

Thinking for quite sometimes on how I will pursue my life. Career? don't have that much, I don't have proper education in college since I was out of it for almost five years. Got a job but it is not much to sustain me for future. For some reasons I envy my batch mates, even though some of them do not have jobs yet but they are secure by there diplomas and degrees and there future will shine through it.

I didn't say that I stop for that reason I am jealous about it. I may have to degree or diploma to hold but the key of success sometimes found on experience and will not be compared on paper holders.

Walk with God

I got this message seconds ago from unknown messenger I.D.. I almost close because I don't know who it was but I was stun when I saw the phrase "PRAYER WHEN YOU WANT TO WALK WITH GOD" I stopped and read the whole prayer. On that time, I was in silence of praying and somehow thankful since it was randomly send.

PRAYER WHEN YOU WANT TO WALK WITH GOD

Dear God, help me to walk with you all through today.
Give me today
something of the wisdom that was in your words.
something of the love that was in your heart.
something of the help that was in your hands.
Give me today something of your patience with people, something of your ability to bear slights and insults and bitterness without resentment, something of your ability to forgive. Help me to live in such a way today that others may know that I began the day with you, and that I am walking with you, however dimly, others may see you in me. Amen.

My friend is my angel

I received a text message from a Parish friend, a quote that made me reflect for awhile. "Don't always say that there's still time. coz` there's also a concept of too late." Lovelyn who texted me is my good friend. She always give advice for what I am today. She keeps telling me that it is not to late to fulfill my dreams. It is not bearly starting she said.

Lovelyn is a type of girl who is postive always. She always look to curves of solution to come up with the problem. She actually set an example for me to understand things about struggling and patching it up to smoothen the future.

She also nice and kind to ask me about "how is my week" or "what you will do if". Those question sometimes become my anti-stress medicine and I consider her as my soul doctor. I really miss her for I am always at work and sometimes it is tiresome for me to keep coming back from home since its too distant to travel.

I know that she is my Angel and she is my friend.

Mary's Birthday

Actually, this is my belated greetings because not only I forgot to post it but I was somehow unable to remember it.

Yesterday, Sept. 8 2008 in Philippine calendar was the Birthday and commemoration of Mary mother of Jesus and the anointed one. Early morning, I felt that there is something special that day. I am pretty sure there is until I log-on on my messenger, my aunt Lisa's status on her messenger was "HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA MARY" that was the moment I pause and contemplate and fell sorry for I have not notice the date was truly special.

I was born on a society pledge their faith to follow Jesus through the intercession of Mary. In my high school years, run by PM sisters (Presentation of Mary Sisters) thought us to follow Jesus along with Mary. As they said and our school theme "THROUGH CHRIST, THROUGH MARY".
We never miss that day because it is so precious and it comes only once a year. And also at home we celebrate it by lighting up candles in front of our veranda and pray the Holy rosary.

Somehow, I pause a bit and greet Mama Mary with a little prayer but I know that was not enough. Although, It was my second option to do I sincerely felt sorry about it and hope this little tribute will reach her along my heart and prayers.

my Meyming

I really love cats. For me cats are like my family too. At home I had this cat looks like Garfield ehehe but his name is meyming ^^v. I don't have pictures of her because I don't have one hehehe. She always jump right to me every time I sit on our couch. Here in the picture, it always reminds me about her at my side during bedtime (my bed is our couch haha). I will certainly give this as my tribute to her. Shes gone a week ago (sad)

For 4 years shes on my side. Just like a fish on a aquarium, stress just pass by every time see it. During those years a lot of unforgettable memories we spend each other, just like on her 3rd new years eve. We are on party at the dinning and I actually forgot about her, In our merry making she jump on the table at open her mouth (like yawning) and walks towards my plate. She just stare on it, sniffing the food so I gave her a piece of fish and she replied "meow meow" means thanks hahahaha ^^v

The day she died, it was a lost. Shes like a part of our family that mingle to us everyday. A part of a family, just like a 5 year old kid playing around the house. A part of us that we actually have this link, that is unforgettable.

Michael J. @ his 50

A Grammy winner on his 13-th time, sold more than 750 million albums, from ABC News said' "Good Morning America" that he's "looking forward to doing a lot of great things. ... I think the best is yet to come in my true humble opinion." a talked to ABC News by phone last Thursday.

"People see some of the things I do and they say, `Why don't you show this to the world? People don't know you do these things.' And maybe I will," he said.

Jackson said recording the albums "Thriller" and "Off the Wall" were the hippiest times of his carrier with his overwhelming fans.

"That meant very much to me and seemed to be received so beautifully by the public and the world. You know, I enjoyed it very much," he said.

As for his birthday plans, "I'll just have a little cake with my children and we'll probably watch some cartoons," he said. "I am letting them enjoy their childhood as much as possible. ... I let them go to the arcade and go to the movies and do things. I think that comes naturally. I want them to get to do things I didn't get to do," he said.

"I get pretty emotional when I see them having a wonderful time," he said.

Jackson was asked if he had received a membership card from AARP, which focuses on the needs and concerns of those 50 and older. "Not that I know of!" he said, laughing.

Reflecting

Commonly we are in a good trail, we are in a good mode of lifestyle and good learner too. But commonly to us is the illness of our attitudes and behaviors.

I am pointing here is attitude and behavior, can it be good or bad to others? For example, you know that your intentions to that person are good like protecting him or her to be not harmed by others but it has a negative effect to that person because of what he or she interpret it. You will be BAD on there eyes and they will say to you that "I can stand on my on".

Is it or there perceptions that makes it wrong?

God's Love

"A depressed swimmer went to practice. The lights were all off, only the moonlight was bright. He climbed up to the highest diving board to the pool, and extended his arms out. He noticed his shadow formed a cross shaped. Instead of diving, he first knelt down & prayed to God to come into his life. Suddenly someone walked in & turned the lights on, He cried when he saw that the pool had been drained for repairs."

GOD IS GREAT ALL THE TIME!