Pretty little thing

Everything depended on God but any accomplishment would need my cooperation.

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Things I'm grateful for today January 31 2011

1.Today I'm grateful for Sheila. I eat breakfast and lunch with her everyday and i learn a lot from her every time we talk. You know she always has opinion on things. :)
3. And so today is dedicated to all those people who likes to be mentioned on my blog. Especially Eva. ahaha i didn't know you like it much when i write about you. :p so here you go. Thank you so much Evs for making extra effort to be a little much more nicer to me just so i can mention you here. I am truly grateful for you. I love how we just look at each other and then burst out laughing. You know sometimes(not all the time ha) you can read me like a book. This is also for Chachuchang, I am truly grateful for you chang because every time i look at you everything is a little much more better.  :) Yes the world is a little much more better with you in it. Thank you chang. I dont know if LJ wants to be mentioned in here also but okay let us include her. ehehe. Today i am grateful for LJ because she's so girly. ahhaha She loves teasing me and i dont know why. So i get to smile when im with her.(paganaganahan lang jd q ani nila duha chang2)
4. I am grateful for my new white shoes. Pretty little thing on my feet! I was laughing this morning because i was getting late and i was running with it (my 3 inches white shiny shoes) what  a site to see (see? i love my work that much site na jud dli na sight).
5. I am grateful for the payong boy who escorted me when i walked down the jeepney to our house. Wew i haven't noticed i was smiling all along. You know hes got such huge huge umbrella(the kind of thing you bring for picnics). I feel like a queen(Agora Queen that is).
6. Watched Life as we know it. I'm not really impressed with it. The story is simple and plain. Nothing extraordinary. But its a good thing that Katherine Heigl is such a pleasing sight to look at and Josh Duhamel is a lil bit cute so all in all its not that bad. One thing i noticed though. It is indeed true that foreign movies, especially the western ones has some bad habit. Characters have to make out first before they will truly know each other.
7. I am grateful for Doty. Otingkay thank you for washing my clothes. You are the best!
8. Abba-cakes im sorry sometimes i don't think much of you. Other things takes priority. Thank you for choosing to stay no matter how dirty i am. Thank you.
9. Beautiful music in a cold and rainy night. What can you ask for? God has given us every little thing that makes life beautiful.
10. Ooopss i almost forgot to thank glaiza for all her movie downloads. Thank you glaize. Id like to watch Tangled soon. Thank you for the copy. My brothers enjoyed watching it kanina.

SFC House Hold

 “You do not need to know what the good Lord is doing in you; you are too little.”

-St. Therese of Lisieux

Things Im grateful for today January 29 2011

1. Im grateful that i went to our household. I have been harassed the moment i woke up.. evil and lustful thoughts playing on my mind. I was wondering why am i so harassed like this..then i remembered today we will have our household. It is indeed true that if you are getting closer to God the evil will find a way to snatch you away. This is the battle you have to win. So i have to remind myself what i have learned from my past experiences. I don't know if you all agree with this but this is what i believe in.

Written from my gratitude journal dated Nov. 15 2010 entitled"When you have sinned there are important things you must remember."

      1. That the goal of the devil is not really that you will do something that will caused you to sin. It is just his way to make you think you are separated from God. It is in a way 50:50 so when you have fallen to  sin never feel and think you are separated from God because no one can ever separate you from the love of God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
      2. You are still you! The child of the Living God. It is not God who changed but you. Your way of thingking.
      3. That the Holy Spirit grieves within you when you have sinned.

I have learned to be gentle with myself and be patient with my progress. Now i am trying to trust so much more in God's forgiveness and gentleness than in the heaviness of my sins. To run like a child to his lap every time i fall and i fall a lot. (And in moments like these I wish only to remember the gentleness of God) Yes my God is a gentle God. That is the first thing i know about Him. That no matter how powerful and all seeing He is He can be so little, yes he can be so little just for me. My dear little God(Diosito Mio). This is the side of God i treasure and give thanks always.That the God who created the entire universe stoop down so low just for me.

2. I am grateful i went to mass with my SFC family. The funny and awkward part was, i was sited with  the choir group and was sandwiched  between  two ladies who has powerful vocal chords. I was like okay take it easy sheen...you can do a lip sync.
3. Went to Sis. Nilda's house, with Sis Janet, Joelyn and Michelle and we talked a lot! Most especially about Marriage, boys, boyfriends and sex! wew. I cannot believe how open and honest they are. Now i don't feel insecure and awkward anymore. I always feel like i will burn in hell when im with Sis Janet because shes so holy. Now i know she can be human too. I laugh and laugh while talking to them. Especially with Sis Joelyn. Oh she can be so innocent sometimes!

Shopping/ukay

 ” Let us be grateful to people who make us happy;

they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

 -Marcel Proust.

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Things I'm grateful for today January 29 2011

1. I woke up and then saw all our pictures in facebook posted by kenny! I am ever grateful for Kenny taking time to post it. And tagging all of us. That takes a lot of hard work and patience.Thank you so much ken.
2.I am ever so grateful to have washed all my undies.. Weeee I'm so proud of myself. Go go go!
3. Went shopping with my sister in Divisoria(night cafe) for shoes to wear on Ate Queenie's wedding. My sister has such big feet it wont fit on anything we try into. Luckily for me all the shoes there are for my feet. Feeling like Cinderella huh? :)
4. After feeling so tired and sleepy from walking back and forth we had ourselves some Chicken Joy, Spaghetti, ham burger and sundae ice cream. Nice. Thank you Lord. :) And then we started talking a lot just about everything. Especially how God has been so kind to us. We felt so blessed! Abba-cakes thank you.
5. By some special magic we stopped and looked inside Footprints. And then my sister saw it. Yes. It was a love at first sight thing. Mission accomplished.

Crazy me

I'm grateful for my sister Dorothy. I have the best sister ever! I get the license to wake her up so early in the morning just so she can comb and blow dries my hair. I even go too far by asking her to iron my clothes. I love you Doray. Thank you so much for understanding me. I know sometimes I hurt you by saying things I really don't mean. I'm sorry for that. Know that I love you and that (in my life you’re my ihi - kasi hindi kita matiis.).

I'm grateful for my new pair of shoes! It's color white. Wow, I have too many already. I haven't even worn the shoes my mom bought for me.

I am grateful for our meeting today. Though it was really sad, because Donna won’t be with us, but still I’m happy for her. Changes are good right? (in God's beautiful time.) People do come and go. But they leave something behind. So make the most of your time with your friends and family. Let them know how much they are appreciated and loved by you.

Shocks Abba-cakes! This is the 3rd pizza for January! I told you there's got to be a third time and this is it! I know you always make surprises like that for me and you always let me know that it is you who caused it to be so. I love you dearly Father. Thank you for loving me so gently. I'm sorry if a lot of times I don't do things that im suppose to do (lazy bones). Just be patient with me okay? Mold me and use me. Be with me always.

Went crazy with the wig! OMG so this is how it feels to have a smooth and silky hair. You suddenly turn into a lady gaga! I love how it feels to just go and be myself. Today i am free and I love it. Abba-cakes thank you. Chang2 mentioned your name just a while ago. I know you’re happy.

I’m so grateful for Janice (I so love teasing you) and Chang2 (you’re the cutest Chang!) the two brightens my day.

Had an ice cream treat from Evava! Thank you Evs! I love you. Weeeeeeee.

I am grateful for Kenny being patient with me even though I know she’s a little bit pissed because for the second time I forgot to log out again! Abba please, don't allow any third time please? Remind me always.

Today I am ever so grateful because I get to force myself to write my daily gratitude stuff. As you can see I don't have an entry for January 26-27. I know what I did on the 27th. I kind of sleep the entire day after arriving from work. And as for what I did on the 26th, i can’t remember a thing.

Today I am grateful because you are my God and my creator. I celebrate myself and I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Thank you Father.

“Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can- 

there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.”

-Sarah Caldwell

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To Kill a Mocking Bird

 A Timeless Classic of Growing Up and the Human Dignity that Unites Us All

A novel set in a small town in fictional Maycomb County, Alabama, 1933-35; written in the 1950s, published in 1960. By Harper Lee.

Mrs. Dubose was a morphine addict" said Atticus."She took it as a pain-killer for years. The doctor put her on it. She'd have spent the rest of her life on it and died without so much agony, but she was too contrary--"

  "Sir?" said Jem.

 Atticus said "Just before your escapade she called me to make her will. Dr. Reynolds told her she had only a few months left.. Her business affairs were in perfect order but she said, There's still one thing out of order."

  "What was that?" Jem was perplexed.

   "She said she was going to leave this world beholding to nothing and nobody". Jem, when you're sick as she was, its alright to take anything to make it easier, but it wasn't alright for her. She said she meant to break herself of it before she died, and that's what she did."

   Jem said, "You mean that's what her fits were?"

   "Yes that's what they were. Most of the time you were reading to her i doubt if she heard a word you said. Her whole mind and body were so concentrated on that alarm clock. If you hadn't fallen into her hands, I'd have made you go read to her anyway. It may have been some distraction. There was another reason--"

   "Did she die free?"asked Jem.

   "As the mountain air," said Atticus. "She was conscious to the last almost. Conscious, he smiled, "and cantankerous. She still disapprove heartily on my doings, and said id probably spend the rest of my life bailing you out of jail. She had Jessie fix you this box--"

   Atticus reached down and picked up the candy box. Inside surrounded by wads of damp cotton, was a white, waxy, perfect camellia. It was a Snow-on-the-Mountain.

  Jem's eyes merely popped out of his head. "Old hell-devil, old hell-devil!" he screamed, flinging it down. "Why cant she leave me alone?"

  In a flash Attius was up and standing over him. Jem buried his face in Atticus's shirt front. "Sh-h" he said. "I think that was her way of telling you- everything's alright now, Jem, everything's all right. You know, she was a great lady."

   "A lady?"Jem raised his head. His face was scarlet.

   "After all those things she said about you, a lady?"

   "She was. She had her own views about things, a lot different from mine, maybe...son, I told you that if you hadn't lost your head id have made you go read to her. I wanted you to see something about her- I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. Its when you know your licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. Mrs. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her. According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person i ever knew." xxx

To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee is one of my All Time Favorite Book. You know when they'd asked  what book changed your life? I have none(maybe the Bible). But this book would come close as to have made an impact on me. It widen my views on things and made me open my mind to understand people a whole lot better. You know when Atticus said that,"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." I love every part of this book and it was so difficult to choose which one to post. I choose that one up there because it talks about freedom in a hard and beautiful way. I love Scout and Dill and all their crazy ideas and  i  can relate somehow to everyone in Maycomb county. I highly recommend this book. If you can only read one book in your lifetime this would probably be it for me.

Fave quote: "It's not time to worry yet."

Ratings: 10/10

New hair cut and a movie

I'm grateful for my new haircut. It's so short I’m still trying to get use to it.

I'm grateful for Janice who invited me to go to a parlor shop to have our hair done. It was definitely my first time in a long time to have my hair cut professionally because most of the time I do it on my own.

I’m so grateful that I was able to watch Ghajini. The movie has lovely characters, especially the character of  Asin Thottumkal as Kalpana. I will have to write a review/reflection for that movie soon.

 I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, 

I think it must be gratitude. 

~Benjamin Disraeli

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Jeepney conductor flirting in a funny way

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The conductor of  Lapasan jeepney flirting with me! Waaaaaaaaa. He’s got such crooked tooth it makes me laugh. I and the driver were laughing. He was teasing he's conductor for being so upfront. He was so funny I'm not even pissed off (which usually I am when things like that happen). It was just plain funny. In the end I gave him my broadest smile.

As I've always said I can’t allow myself to post only 1 thing here. So today I'm grateful for life and for my inner being, for the trees and the stars up above, for love and for being grateful for the ordinary things that come my way. Thank you Lord.

He is a wise man, who does not grieve for the things which he has not, 

but rejoices for those which he has. 

~Epictetus

Karenika Replied!

As each day comes to us refreshed and anew, 

so does my gratitude renew itself daily.  

The breaking of the sun over the horizon

is my grateful heart dawning upon a blessed world.  ~

-Terri Guillemets
 

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Things I'm grateful for today Jan 23 2011

What a pleasant surprise! 

I wake up and then i see that! Wow, Karenika just replied to me. I feel so happy and touched. I have been reading her blog, following every post, arts and photography. I’m so familiar with David and Nathaniel already. I love her constancy it's very inspiring. This is how you will know I'm a newbie in the blogging world. Things like this excite me. How generous of her.

Look at that big smile...when you get to smile like that with roosters then you are a certified SABONGERO!

Koy2 and Abong winning the cockfight! My little brothers are Sabongero’s! I don’t mind for as long as we get an ice cream or something every time.

 I'm so grateful for Monsignor and his sermon. Ignorance of the bible is ignorance of Christ - quoting St. Jerome.

Today is a blessed day and it comes along with a lot of lessons to be learned.