Gusto kong...

Sa isang katulad ko na fresh graduate hindi kaila na sa mga panahon na ito ay nakakapag muni-muni ako ng mas maigi sapagkat mas madami ako libreng oras. (wala pa ako trabaho kasi hehehe) Sinamantala ko na ito   upang mag relax at gawin lamang ang mga bagay bagay na gusto ko. Sa totoo lang sagana na nga ako sa pahinga ngayon at kailangan ko na ata magtrabaho. Hindi naman dahil sa binibigyan ako ng obligasyon ng aking mga magulang pero dahil gusto ko na rin simulan ang panibagong yugto ng buhay ko (ang drama!) Sa totoo ang gusto ko lang sa ngayon ay makahanap ng isang magandang simula. Ayaw ko mag hangad sa isang trabaho ng malaki ang sahod pero wala ka naman natututunan. Mahirap talaga ang buhay ngayon pero sa mga nararanasan ko ngayon at sa mga pangaral sa akin ng nanay ko totoo talaga at masarap talaga ang maghangad sa simpleng buhay. kasi kung iisipin mo lahat ng kakulangan mo at lahat ng wala ka ay masasayang lang ang oras at panahon mo. Pinagdadasal ko lang talaga na sana hindi ako dumating sa oras na masisilaw ako sa mga materyal na bagay. Hiling ko lang talaga ay bigyan ako ng lakas ng loob at wisdom ng Diyos sa lahat ng desisyon gagawin ko sa buhay ko. LAhat ng desires ng puso ko inaalay ko na sa Kanya. Siya na lamang ang gagawan  ng paraan para makamit ko ang mga ito at ako naman ang bahala sa paggawa para makamit ko ito. Nasa baba ang ilan sa mga hangarin ko sa buhay. =)
- mag M.A.
- mag-aral ng iba pang lenguahe
- matuto ng photography
- travel (PILIPINAS muna tapos sa labas ng ibang bansa, o dba? lol)
- magpatayo ng isang retreat house (hayyy sarap)
- sumali sa amazing race asia
- maging host ng gameplan (kaso wala na yun show,sad..)
- magmaintain ng isang garden
- magdesign ng cake
- gusto ko maging active sa mga marathon
- gusto ko ituloy yung tennis ko at swimming (gusto ko na pumayat hahaha!)
- umakyat sa bundok
- mag roadtrip
- magkaroon ng isang library o kaya naman isang bookstore =)
- gusto ko matuto mag gitara
- maging volunteer at magturo sa mga probinsya
- gusto ko maging mabuti anak, kapatid, kaibigan, at isang tunay na Kristiyano (ITO ang bonga sa lahat =p)

Another Ondoy?!

The PAGASA had announced yesterday that there were two low pressure area that were starting to build up. But this morning they had declared that these had turned into typhoons. It was expected to hit the area of Philippines responisbility tomorrow afternoon or thursday, october 1. It was very alarming because we're not even half to recovery and yet another calamity was threatening to come.We just need to pray that this would not pursue and that it would totally vanished. Ondoy had already left our country but it was rummaging the country of Vietnam. It had claimed 44 lives there. I hope and pray that this would be over soon.

Ondoy post 2

The casualties declared by the National Disaster Coordinating Council had reached 200 plus. There were still people missing. The streets in Marikina, Pasig, Antipolo,and majority of Rizal provinces had looked like a ghost towns. Houses were destroyed, dead bodies of domestic animals were left floating, dead bodies were recovered, mud had totally covered the places. But aside from these municipalities there were other cities that were fatally affected by the storm. A lot of our kababayan had lost their homes, properties, love ones..their dreams. Pains and sufferings were vividly drawn into their eyes. I could not simply describe the situation that our country had been facing right now.
Volunteers coming from different walks of life had started to go out from their homes. They tried to exhaust all possible means to help our fellow pinoys. Everybody was trying to reach out and produce all the help they could give. Me and my family had started to gather decent and clean clothes. My sister had collected some of her clothes and decided to give it to some of her officemates. We could all help with our own means. Start within your community. The National Government, unfortunately, could not cover the whole affected areas so better act now. Do what you can do. You dont need to go to other places to help just look within your communities. Start from there.

Typhoon ONdoy

A typhoon had devastated our country. The storm had been felt for two days now and it continued to leave marks of deaths in the whole streets of metro manila as well as those of the 25 provinces that were affected. We were all shocked as to what had happened especially in the urban area. Floods had rummaged areas that were usually not affected by heavy rains for the past years. But definitely it was different this time. Everybody was affected and there was no exemption. It was very sad to see babies and kids dying on streets. There was this one hospital in rizal that was flooded. They had to evacuate the patients to the second floor of the building. All their equipments were washed by muds. Medical personnel were so helpless because as much as they wanted to give medical services they could not do so because all of their medicines and equipments were non-functional already. A huge amount of employee were also trapped within their offices. I had friends who stayed and slept in their offices because all the streets and roads were not passable. All vehicles were abondoned on the streets and they were left floating. The state of calamity had been declared to these provinces including metro manila.

The whole country was in great grief right now because Ondoy had claimed not only properties but also lives of some of our fellow Filipino. But fortunately Filipinos had this great sense of damayan specially at times of trials. Donations in all forms were freely floating coming from all the different sectors. Volunteers were coming in the front line and had willingly offered their services. Both GMA and ABSCBN had continued to generate as much resources as they could get in order to sustain or at least provide the immediate needs of our kababayan. The National Government was also doing their job to rescue our kababayan and to bring them into safer places. But this was not enough. We could not simply disregard this scenario and be stubborn about it. There was so much to do. Giving donations in different forms were just the initial step. Materila things were not the sole needs of our kababayan. We also need to help them to start all over. They had lost their homes, livelihood, and worst their love ones. We could help in our own little way. You could start with your own communities.

I had lots of friends that were deeply affected by the typhoon. But fortunately they were able to survive. (Praise God!) At times like this we could only turn to God and asked for His help. Prayers were very powerful. He would never abondoned us.

Jobhunt,jobhunt,jobhunt...

     Im a fresh graduate from UST and it was very challenging to find a job that would suit me. Among my blockmates, im one of those who unfortunately still on the list of unemployed in our country. I don't understand myself but most of the time im lazy when it comes to jobhunting though i have tried to some of the companies. Only a few of them had considered my application. I was aiming to this specific company and im still hoping that they would give me a chance. My application in their office had been running for almost four months now. They do reply but it took them some time. I had my interview for two teams already and i took their examination. All these were done in four months.I also had my final interview with their US counterpart last two weeks ago and im still praying for that. =) Patience is a virtue.

      I took an examination with my friends, bien and jamie, in a research firm a while ago. It took us three hours to complete the exam and we all failed. We were just laughing on our way home. Anyway, we were still hoping that one day that dream job would come to us.

Ben Harper

I was listening to Ben Harper last night and his music really made me contemplate. There was this song that i can't get over with. It went like this..

Oh no
Here comes that sun again
That means another day
Without you my friend

And it hurts me
To look into the mirror at myself
And it hurts even more
To have to be with somebody else
And it's so hard to do
And so easy to say
But sometimes
Sometimes you just have to walk away
Walk away

With so many people
To love in my life
Why do i worry
About one

But you put the happy
In my ness
You put the good times
Into my fun
And it's so hard to do
And so easy to say
But sometimes
Sometimes you just have to walk away
Walk away
And head for the door

We've tried the goodbye
So many days
We walk in the same direction
So that we could never stray
They say if you love somebody
Than you have got to set them free
But i would rather be locked to you
Than live in this pain and misery

They say time will
Make all this go away
But it's time that has taken my tomorrows
And turned them into yesterdays
And once again that rising sun
Is dropping on down
And once again you my friend
Are nowhere to be found
And it's so hard to do
And so easy to say
But sometimes
Sometimes you just have to walk away
Walk away
And head for the door
You just walk away
Walk away


This song was entitled "walk away."=)

Biyahera!

One of my dreams in life is to be able to travel to different places. I promised myself that one day i would travel the whole Philippines. =) But I think I have to secure the budget first =) Papalitan ko na si Drew Arellano sa programang "Balikbayan" (Hindi ako sigurado kung ito yung title ng programa hehehe) I imagined myself taking pictures , at the same time, learning about the culture of those beautiful places. Sabi nga nila "huwag maging dayuhan sa sariling bayan".

I encountered this article about the new seven wonders of the world. The pictures in the article really made my eyes roll. Gusto ko talagang mapuntahan lahat yun lol! Kaya lang mas malaking budget ang kailangan hahaha! These are the new seven wonders of the world: Great wall of China, Petra of Jordan, Christ the Redeemer in Brazil, Chichen Itza of Mexico, Roman Colesseum, Taj Mahal of India and Great Pyramid.

P.S. Kung mangangarap lang din eh isagad na natin hehehe =)

The pictures below are the places that are on top of my list =) (Akala mo naman mapupuntahan agad lahat eh)

 

St. Peter's Basilica

Dream ni Tatay (my lolo) to go here. He's such a religious person. I wish we could go there together. But i know he's happy right now with our Lord. (Miss you tatay! )

Christ the Redeemer of Brazil

This statue is a very important symbol of Christianity in Brazil.

The Golden Gate Bridge

Sarap siguro mag roadtrip dito lol! =)

The Grand Canyon

Sarap siguro mag picnic dito lol! (Panu ko kaya gagawin yun?!)

Aurora Borealis a.k.a The Northern lights

Kailangan ko muna masanay sa extreme coldness before i get to see this phenomenon =)

The Taj Mahal

Love is so powerful. Ito lang po ang masasabi ko =) 

I read a very inspiring line from the book "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarden" by Robert Fulghum. The line went like this "..if the dream is held close at hand and imagination is applied to what there is close at hand, everything is still possible." Well then i held on to this dream... to someday travel the whole world naks! =) hehehe. But what im thankful for is the people around me who are ready to join me on this journey called life. The most exciting trip we could ever have. =)

Just Say It

My Feet touching the brim
Breeze waking my skin
What if I fell into your lips
Will it be ok?

That stare, I've seen so many times
Still I find myself afraid
What if those eyes capture me
Will it be ok?

Frozen hands rest in my pocket
Road leads me nowhere
What if I sit beside you
Will it be ok?

Star,so many of them
Invites me to gaze up
What if we look at it together
Will it be ok?

Please just say yes..

* I wrote this poem while i was listening to Gabe Bondoc. I was watching his cover of "i just want you" in youtube. =) Nice song, nice cover.

Hayyy

"The more you wait for something.The more you will appreciate it when you get it."- TAMA NGA NAMAN! hehehe. Darating din ang para sa akin.

Sikretong Malupet!

      I really admired those people,who despite all the problems in life were still able to smile.These were the people who could even appreciate life even in the midst of hardship. Their auras were really different and you could observe the wisdom in their brief remarks. I felt ashamed of myself when i remembered my complaints when I experienced difficulties. There was this one tagalog line in a tv serye that caught my attention. The line went like this "Lahat ng Problema ay may solusyon.Kung wala itong solusyon hindi yan problema. Pero minsan dapat alam mo ang laban mo para hindi ka maubos.Minsan kasi may mga bagay na hindi mo na pala dapat pang ipaglaban at problemanhin." Sometimes,we just had to learn how to accept things and to move on. Struggling was one aspect in life.We could not get all the we wanted. Learn to have dreams and learn to set your goals.Work hard for it. If you fail,well that was normal.Don't dwell too much on something.After all you would not be able to carry it when you die.Sa madaling salita dapat

1. marunong kang magbigay pero dapat alam mo din lumaban.

2. magsumikap sa buhay pero huwag manapak ng iba

3. matuto tumawa at ngumiti dahil sa huli lahat ay may katapusan =)  

Bagay na aking nalaman =)

     Sa mga nakalipas na linggo, nakahiligan ko na makinig ng radyo. May mga oras kasi na nagsasawa na ako manuod ng tv at magbasa. Dahil dito may nalaman ako programa sa radyo. Sa station ng barangay LS 97.1 mayroon silang tinatwag na "Wanted SweetHeart". Ito ay nagsisimula mula 9 ng gabi hanggang 12 ng madaling araw. Sobrang nakakatawa yung DJ na si Papa Dan. Sobrang lakas ng tawa ko talaga kapag nakikinig ako sa kanya. Mayroon pang isa, yung "Talk to Papa". Sa tanghali namn ang time slot nito.Sina Papa Bear at Papa Kiko ang mga DJ. Nagbibigay naman sila ng mga advise sa mga callers at texters nila. Lahat ng topic pwede pagusapan dito.Nakakatuwa lang kasi nabibigyan nila ng venue yung ilan natin kababayan na magpahayag ng mga sentimyento nila sa buhay. Kapag napakinggan mo tlga sila masasabi mo- "laughter is truly the best medicine!" hehehe.Tama nga namn, minsan kasi may mga bagay na dapat mo na lamang tawanan. After all, life must go on! = )

Dreams were made to be weird.

Dreams, they say, were manifestation of emotions or sentiments that most of the time were hidden within us. The events that were  formed during this brain activity were like slides that were being flashed continuously. There were different plots and so it seemed that the story was so vague after all. Yes, dreams were weird most of the time. ( for me lol =))

There was this dream of mine where in I saw myself flying. Then suddenly I felt I was falling. Basta minsan weird tlga.

The Night I Forgot How To Make Paper Boat

       I was sitting in front of my desk last night when I decided to make a paper boat. I used to make lots of paper boat when I was a kid. Making these tiny boats was one of my ways to fill up my spear time. I put lots of designs to it and wrote names on its sides. The memories came rushing into my brain and that triggered my craving to create one this time, after a long, long time. I got a blank paper and brought it into my desk. The blankness of the paper and its smoothness made my nerves erratic. I panic for some time and it finally hit me- I couldn’t remember how to make a paper boat. The one thing I used to spent half of my time doing. I relaxed my body and breathe slowly. I asked my brother, who was sitting across, and somehow he got bothered by my question. He got up and took away my paper and showed me the different folds. Then fortunately I could sense the blood coming back into my veins. Yes, I remembered how to make my own lovely boats =)

     It was really scary to be in situation when you forgot the things that you have assumed were written in your hearts for so long. Things that you least expect to be forgotten by you. But once you find your way it really brings you joy. Maybe there were times in our lives that we got to deviate from the right track. We forget who we really are and that truly brings us disappointments. But then again, we always find our way back..back to where our hearts truly belongs. There is no such thing as too late. If one really wants it then time is on his side. And maybe it is not too late for you to make your own paper boat. The one we all used to create when we were kids =)

P.S. I really enjoyed my lovely boats lol! =)