Life in the Spirit

Since July 1 this year, I have been engaged in different activities of the Bukas Loob sa Diyos (BLD), a Catholic charismatic community. I started by accepting a two-year overdue invitation to attend a Single's Encounter weekend retreat last July. The community encourages it's participants to attend the succeeding weekly Praise and Worship. Candidates who willingly heed God's call continue with the Life in the Spirit Seminar. This is a renewal of the spirit, preceeded by many sheperding sessions in which we are guided towards our reflection of God's Salvation and Love.

To any unreligious and non-practicing Christians, this may be categorized as a "Religious-fanatic" thing. Actually, it is entirely a new experince. One that I can honestly say I was not fully prepared for. Looking at it at a bigger picture, the renewal process aims to help us, God's children, to look at our lives and reflect, to acknowledge every sin and wrong doings we have made, to repent and to receive God's love, forgiveness and accept God once again in our hearts. This was the theme or process as I understood.

Not expecting anything in particular, I went through it with an open-mind and a simple prayer in my heart to maintain a good positive attitude and to simply enjoy and learn from the experience. Nearing the end of the Seminar, hesitation coupled with anxiety as to the "finale" entered my mind. To say the least I definitely did not fully prepare myself for it. It is said, that God will prepare me. I didn't even think that anything big would happen. But it did. Well, not exactly big (as others' experience are bigger than mine), but I also thought, that if God will's it, He will do it. And yes He did. I am quite dumbstruck, somehow bothered yet grateful for having received His gift.

His ways are beyond our ways, so I will cease putting logic in this and offer all else that came along with it to Him. God love's us (^^,)

내 한국 중독 (nae hangug jungdog)

The Meteor Garden and it's F4 of over 7 years ago has started the so called "Asian Invasion" in the Philippines, thus the now evolved "Anime looks" among teenagers. My sisters and I, mom included, used to be so engrossed in this popular series and its members. Thus the beginning of our asianovelas marathon. Every now and then I find a good series worth spending my time with. Some of the recent series I have watched are: Fated to Love you, Miss No Good, My Personal Preference and You're beautiful ( in order). The OST's are not bad either, especially the melody of My Personal Preference OST's "it can't be you" Younha. It's upbeat and light music makes it a favorite song to listen to.




Lately I have begun re-checking on some Asian series, which I find refreshing to watch. My recent finds have brought me to my latest cravings: the Korean boybands (blush, blush). I used to go bonkers over Vic Zhou and his series. It was followed up by Ethan Ruan, Lee Dong Wook, Kim Bum and a lot more of these handsome leading men. In addition to my namja chingu (boyfriends) as i would call them much to my Dits' repulsion (LOL!), is the charming lead of You're Beautiful, Jung Geun Suk. Yep, that's him on this page.

My latest addiction/fascination further brought me the Korean boyband songs (LOL-er!). Specifically the Super Juniors "No other". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8AZ1NLd-mk

Teen-thing or not. I find these Asian, Korean craze rather hilarious, Positive hilarious. Positive because I enjoy it. Hilarious because I'm caught by it. (^^,)

살아있는 웃음과 인생을 즐기세요! 다음 블로그까지

(sal-aissneun us-eumgwa insaeng-eul jeulgiseyo! da-eum beullogeukkaji)

Live, Laugh and enjoy Life! until the Next Blog (^^,)

holy week finds ^^,

The lenten season has always been a time to contemplate, reflect, pray and fast... for our blessings and our sins... I am a bit guilty to say that for my part i have also considered these few holidays as the only time of year where in we can rummage through our stuff (garbage if i may say , LOL!) and do clean up!!

as has been our annual tradition, we run shack the house, do painting, carpentering, moving and removing.. well planning these things anyway, and pray that we have enough will and energy to accomplish it (^^,) the planning seems endless, and it seems as if we accomplish less and less each year.. or it might be just because there seems to be so little time and so many things to do while we're growing (old) err up ...

aaaannnyyy who... guess what? when my dits decided to open a big box labeled "satz ans sitz's stuff toys w/ slippers", she found something long kept and long forgotten ( im sorry my donors... but i still remember who gave them, noh!! defensive mode, hahaha)... two violet bedroom slippers!! :))

so... i just can't help but take some pictures of it.... ^^,

the end and the beginning (a graduation blog)

long overdue as it may be: it still is a graduation blog ^^,

amidst the throwing of graduation caps, corsages, garlands, pictures, hugs and tears, beyond the endless speech of hope, future, idealism and the various definitions of success... the ears of our hearts are keen to the humming pride of the guardiance and parents of every dear graduate...

at least in mine it does. finally, officially my Dad's five girls are graduates (lets not go beyond graduation, hehehe..) and finally my Dad gets to hear God's gift to him and his last daughter, the gift of a singing voice..

check out the video a pathetic me took during their graduation (^^,)

i love music, i love its melodic magic, i loved the symbolical meaning as the graduating members of the choir were given their last bow, and yeah even if this is an annual tradition in every University graduation i get teary-eyed everytime, i love the drama (^^,) ahahaha

congratulations everyone!!

(it takes so long to upload a video.. my gulay:o)

1 Corinthians 10:13

"No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you c€an bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it."

This is a favorite verse of one of God's angels on earth.. She shared it to me today, as a reminder and as guidance..

Looking forward to the many lessons of God for me... ^^,

@ 25

I guess you might say I’ve crossed the finished line. Today makes me a day older than yesterday. Yep, I’m 25, mid-twenties. Some might say, my NBSB status does my single status no good. Others consider my age the starting line where I have to position myself before they shout “ready! Set! Go!”. As for me, I’m like standing in that straight line half wishing that I could stay behind the line and live as carefree or as easy as I could, the other half though, doesn’t want to be left behind so I guess it will most likely do something to go with the flow.

Anyhow, none of these tells much about how I spent my birthday this year. Normally, I spend my birthday church hopping, meeting my girlfriends and mostly Christmas gift buying. This year however, I wasn’t able to buy any. I spent most of my day at the hospital, Chatting with my Ate’s, doing Achi’s hospital paperworks. This year we are blessed with a new member of the family, who couldn’t wait another hour or so to come out to the world so we could have had the same birthday. Yes, this year Shobe came to world a day before my birthday. This year on my birthday I stared at babies and prayed for babies and mothers.

I spent my day with one of the bravest person I know in my life: My Achi. To describe how much I come to I see her as a brave person would take much time and space. But in a line, I would definitely have to say, I can not imagine being even half the brave person that she is. Though, I dream to learn and I dream to be, I am very much happy and proud to know that she has become who she is.

This year on my birthday, I saw new life on Earth. I saw strength unimaginable to me. I spent it not so much like my “usual” birthday but like any normal day, plus the hospital paperworks. Yes, I still have my share of endless greetings which never fail to lighten me up, I still had time to drop by my favourite churches, I still was awake from 12 to 12, I still have my best girlfriends everlasting love as each year they make it an effort to see me wherever I was even for just five minutes. I found new friends. I wasn’t able to buy any gift, but I was still able to give. This year on my birthday, I gave my time, the only thing I have most, to my family. Yes, I am blessed.

On this birthday blog, I have got to say that there is a simple quiet gladness in my heart.

I'll try to attach Shobe's pictures here soon :)