hanggang kailan

Hanggang Kailan
Orange and Lemons


Labis na naiinip
Nayayamot sa bawat saglit
Kapag naaalala ka
Wala naman akong magawa...


Umuwi ka na baby
Di na ako sanay ng wala ka
Mahirap ang mag-isa
At sa gabi'y hinahanap hanap kita...


Hanggang kailan ako maghihintay
Na makasama kang muli
Sa buhay kong puno ng Paghihirap
At tanging ikaw lang ang
Pumapawi sa mga luha at
Naglalagay ng ngiti sa mga labi...


Di mapigilang mag-isip
O baka sa tagal
Mahulog ang loob mo sa iba
Nakaka balisa
Knock on wood wag naman sana...


Umuwi ka na baby
Di na ako sanay ng wala ka
Mahirap ang mag-isa
At sa gabi'y hinahanap hanap kita...


Hanggang kailan ako maghihintay
Na makasama kang muli
Sa buhay kong puno ng Paghihirap
At tanging ikaw lang ang
Pumapawi sa mga luha
Naglalagay ng ngiti sa mga labi...

i miss you na agad =(

highly recommended 2

Highly Recommended:

TRISTAN AND ISOLDE

The story is about forbidden love. It was like Romeo and Juliet in a different era and setting. For me though the highlight of the movie is not Tristan and Isolde's love story but more on Mark's love for Tristan. Kinda "brokebakish" you might think but it's not. Hehe! I don't want to reveal anything here because I'm sure some of you haven't seen it. But, I really love their relationship. The love and care was so real I can almost feel it. OA! haha! Basta I love it. Plus, James Franco who played Tristan is such a hunk!


SITTI NAVARRO

I love her music! And her voice is so amazingly soothing... well if you're into bossa nova or jazz. Yun lang. =)


CORINE BAILEY RAE

A cross of Macy Gray, India Arie and Norah Jones. what more can you ask for. =)

it's official

It’s official. I’m going to Illinois on the 29th of April to attend a series of meetings and presentations with our client. Uhmm the “meetings” are actually trainings. Do you really expect me to represent my company on a meeting with one of our biggest clients?! Oh come on! Haha! Well it’s kinda disguised as a meeting because it’s easier to get a business visa. The meetings will be from May 1 – 12. I’m not sure yet on how long will I be staying there. Basta I need to be in Peoria on these dates. After that I can go to Chicago na. I’m not sure pa of the annotations on my visa. I might receive it by next week.


Anyway, I feel like I’ve given up so much for this trip so I really want to make the most out of it. The emotional stress it has brought me was really draining. I can’t sleep and sobrang lipad ang utak ko for the past weeks. The US embassy interview fell into my supposed flight to Palawan. I was so willing to give up the US trip mind you but it has caused so much mess already. Finally I gave up the fight and decided on going to the US. I’ll be going there alone so I’m scared and excited na rin at the same time. I’m not sure if I made the right decision pero bahala na si Lord. He’ll take care of me.


As of this moment, my friends are in our house in Palawan with my cousins and Gran while I’m stuck here in Manila with this heat. Argh! Hay I just wish they’ll have fun there and enjoy our place. I’m planning to go na lang next year. So this year I’m going to the US na lang for the summer and probably go to Singapore as soon as I come back. My boyfriend has an on shore assignment also. He’ll be leaving next week for a one month stay in Singapore. Hopefully I can follow him there after the US trip para naman may vacation pa rin kami together.

highly recommended

Highly Recommended:

JADON LAVIK

I first learned about Jadon Lavik while looking for a song that my boyfriend was asking me to find. He said he heard it over the radio and that it is a Christian song. I tried checking out the songs in 88.3's hitlist and I stumbled upon Jadon Lavik's song "What If". I instantly fell inlove with it. I was so blessed by the lyrics so I continued searching instead for his songs. Hindi ako nagkamali, all of his songs are really so uplifting. I feel so blessed just listening to it. My favorite at this time are Moving on Faith (because of what has been happening in my life lately) and This Day which I think is a perfect wedding song.

WATERMARK

After telling Pola how much I love Jadon Lavik's songs she immediately told me about Watermark. Trusting on Pola's taste on music I searched for their songs and downloaded some of them. True enough their songs are amazing. My favorite now is Glory Baby. Though I cannot relate to it, it made me cry the first time I heard it. It's about the pain of losing a baby but trusting God and holding on to His promises. Chuck and I loved the part where they said that they look forward to that time where they will all be together in heaven but for now Jesus will be the one to take care of them. (FYI... Watermark is composed of the husband and wife tandem of Louie and Christy Nockels. They were blessed with 4 children but lost 2 of them.)

I highly recommed these artists. May their songs continue to bless and encourage people. Thank you for giving our lives the most appropriate theme songs. Praise God for the talent he has showered you with. =)

palawan update 2

....turns out I'm not going to Palawan after all. =(

I had a very tough week. It was an emotional rollercoaster.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 (New King James Version)


And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Romans 8:28 (New King James Version)

Though I am surrounded by troubles, ....... Your power will save me.
The LORD will work out his plans for my life for your faithful love, O LORD, endures forever. Don't abandon me, for you made me.
Psalm 138:7-8 (New Living Translation)

MOVING ON FAITH

Moving On Faith

By Jadon Lavik, Lavikmusic ASCAP

I’ve been here before waiting in the mystery

I’ve knocked on this door enough times to know

That you’re there for me

My knees on the floor hoping for some clarity

Knowing on thing’s for sure his grace

Has covered me

Lord open the doors ‘cause I’m movin’ on faith

Show me there’s more than what this world is livin’ for

With what I can give it’s the least that I can do

An unshakable hope a life that’s pleasing

To you

Knowing my prayers are heard my the author of change

Just the best of intentions if he cares, if he cares, if he cares

to rearrange

Lord open the doors ‘cause I’m movin’ on faith

Show me there’s more than what this world is livin’ for

Lord open the doors ‘cause I’m movin’ on

show me there’s more than what this world is livin’ for

In these times when I feel alone,

I know my heart was made

For another home

Lord open the doors ‘cause I’m movin’ on faith

Show me there’s more than what this world is livin’ for

congratulations joan!

CONGRATULATIONS

Atty. JOAN DE VENECIA!!!

2005 Bar Topnotcher!

You made us all very proud!

palawan update

Yes… I’m scheduled to go to Palawan with my boyfriend and our friends on the 12th of April ‘till the 16th (refer to previous post). Sana! Things have been out of control lately eh. Though I have the plane tickets already I’m not sure if it will push through the way it was planned. Something’s up with work. Something that I’m not ready to tell to the whole world yet. Hehe! Next time, promise! Ayun sana lang wag sila mag cross. Please pray for me. I really really want these two “trips” to push through. (Ayan may clue na ha!)

not like any other week

Last Saturday a friend sent me a text messgae about a classmate from high school confined in the hospital. The details of the text really made me sad. I was so helpless and felt that the only thing to do at that time is to pray for her. Even though we were really not that close, I was affected and found myself crying while praying for her. I just cannot believe it could happen to someone I know and someone my age. I did not question God but just lifted up everything to Him.

It was Monday morning when I got another text from a friend. It wasn’t something that you would want to receive upon waking up. Our classmate from high school, Mia, died that day. She died of cancer that originally was only infecting her nasopharynx but later on spread to her bones and lungs. Many other text messages came in after that. Old friends from high school started sending messages of grief and shock. We immediately went to her wake after work. It was nice to see old friends but never in our wildest dreams did we ever thought that we would be seeing each other again under these circumstances. We all went back Wednesday for it was the last night of her wake and we were told that she has expressed her desire for us to be there on her diary.

I went home that night with a different insight on death. This event brought me into a certain level of awareness. I've recognized that death can come to any of us no matter how healthy or how young we are. It’s something inevitable and something that we cannot foresee.

A friend asked me that night on what I would do if I were to be told that I’m sick and only have a few months or days to live. The first question that popped my mind was if I’m going to heaven or to hell. It sent chills to my spine. Though I was told that I will be saved if I accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior I still can’t help but think of it. Have I really lived my life in a way that is pleasing to God that will allow me to have an everlasting life with Him? This realization has brought me a fear of hell. It made me more conscious of the things I do or even the things I plan to do. I know I may sound crazy to most of you. But I just believe that there is no time to waste, that there is no more room for excuses. Our life here on earth is not something that we own or something we deserve. It is a gift. A gift that can be taken away anytime.

Hay this is tuly not like any other week.

palawan

CORON, PALAWAN

April 12 - 16, 2006