At 31...
- I am still learning how to trust completely, to wait patiently (it really isn't easy)
- I am still paying for outstanding debt (I am very bad at this)
- I am still learning how to love unconditionally, selflessly, completely
- I still have not been to Europe, not even Singapore, still do not drive, still unmarried, and I barely have enough savings in the bank for purchasing anything that you can declare under the asset column (I think I am being taught how to be content)
- I have been able to witness a miracle
- I am still inlove with photography and daily falling more inlove with cooking (basil leaves, oyster sauce and those pork cubes are my new friends)
- I still dream vivid dreams, watch a movie at least once a week (whether in my laptop or at the cinema)
- I still suffer from TMJ
- I still struggle in being on-time for appointments (but I keep trying)
- I have been able to ride a horse (at least long enough to have my photo taken), wear an Igorot costume, try a new sport (no, not really)
- I have learned to appreciate SharePoint
- I still don't wear two-piece bikini (I have no idea what my waistline is anymore)
- I feel grown-up (I'm pretty sure I look it, too)
- I have learned to distinguish between the good, the acceptable and the perfect. I have learned to measure my life against these.
- I am thankful that both my parents are still around to see me try, falter, strive, wait, fall, cry, laugh, cook, love, fly, run, come home, fail, hope and try some more.
- I still expect a lot out of life, but I am content, grateful and happy just the way things are.
Wallem Sunset
...CHRO and me enjoying the sunset...
My phone rang around 530pm last Monday. I thought it was a call from Singapore, but it was from an officemate, urging me to go outside immediately and witness the sunset that day -- it is not the first time that my attention has been called for the same purpose actually. However, this is the first time that I happen to have a camera with me.
The blue and yellow colors in the photos have not been altered. The sky was really stunning that afternoon and the clouds quite playful. There were several patches even where clouds would reflect some shades of pink, cyan and green. It was a refreshing and a much welcome break from work.
Recent Consumptions
Toy Story 3 which I saw in 3D here at SM Clark with friends and overflowing popcorn. Limbunan and Sigwa which are both Cinemalaya 2010 entries. 17 again, New Moon and The Proposal are in AVI format, shared by friends who have unlimited access to broadband internet.
Argh. Need extra self-control and focus my energies in preparing for my next certification exam instead of consuming the rest of the hollywood movies shared with me just recently.
Heeelp.
Top 10 Things To Do in Nagsasa (Part 1)
1. Magtayo ng tent kasama ang mga friends. Mahirap magtayo nyan nang mag-isa.
...mga bagong tent, excited gamitin...
2. Magpahinga. Um-order ng halo-halo at magpalamig.
...halo-halo delight...
3. Maghanda ng tanghalian. Mag-ihaw-ihaw, magsaing.
...pwede rin magpa-cute habang nagsasaing...
4. Tsumibog. Magkamay para mas masaya.
5. Mag-picture picture. Gumamit ng tripod para kasama ang photographer.
...hello and peace! from nagsasa...
...mga bagong tent, excited gamitin...
2. Magpahinga. Um-order ng halo-halo at magpalamig.
...halo-halo delight...
3. Maghanda ng tanghalian. Mag-ihaw-ihaw, magsaing.
...pwede rin magpa-cute habang nagsasaing...
....go Sir Mark!...
4. Tsumibog. Magkamay para mas masaya.
...si gladys, gram at rhandell, galit sa mga hipon...
5. Mag-picture picture. Gumamit ng tripod para kasama ang photographer.
...hello and peace! from nagsasa...
Waiting
God comes to Abraham when he is 75 and tells him he is going to be a father, the ancestor of a great nation. How long was it before that promised was fulfilled? Twenty-five years. Abraham had to wait.
God told the Israelites that they would leave their slavery in Egypt and become a nation. But the people had to wait four hundred years.
God told Moses he would lead the people to the Promised Land. But they had to wait forty years in the wilderness.
Waiting is our destiny as creatures who cannot by themselves bring about what they hope for. We wait in the darkness for a flame we cannot light, we wait in fear for a happy ending we cannot write. We wait for a not yet that feels like a not ever.
Waiting must be the hardest work of hoping.
-from John Ortberg's Life to the Max
God told the Israelites that they would leave their slavery in Egypt and become a nation. But the people had to wait four hundred years.
God told Moses he would lead the people to the Promised Land. But they had to wait forty years in the wilderness.
Waiting is our destiny as creatures who cannot by themselves bring about what they hope for. We wait in the darkness for a flame we cannot light, we wait in fear for a happy ending we cannot write. We wait for a not yet that feels like a not ever.
Waiting must be the hardest work of hoping.
-from John Ortberg's Life to the Max
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