Be INSPIRED: A Benefit Art Fair

INSPIRED is a benefit art fair that gives artists, art enthusiasts, and would-be collectors a chance to come together for two days of art appreciation. It's for art's sake and a good cause.

This benefit art fair is our way of raising funds for our good friend, Jonathan Nambu, who has recently been diganosed with lymphoma. Jonathan is the founder and the current executive director of Samaritana, a non-profit organization involved in helping women caught in prostitution.

More information on this organization can be found at http://www.samaritana.org

If you fee overwhelmed, tired and weary...

Revelation 2:2-5

I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

2 Timothy 2:2-5

You have heard me teach things that have been confirmed by many reliable witnesses. Now teach these truths to other trustworthy people who will be able to pass them on to others.

Endure suffering along with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. Soldiers don’t get tied up in the affairs of civilian life, for then they cannot please the officer who enlisted them. And athletes cannot win the prize unless they follow the rules.

Isaiah 40:29-31

He gives power to the weak
and strength to the powerless.
Even youths will become weak and tired,
and young men will fall in exhaustion.
But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.
They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
They will walk and not faint.

Lamentations 3:25-26

The Lord is good to those who depend on him,
to those who search for him.
So it is good to wait quietly
for salvation from the Lord.

Psalm 27:14

Wait on the LORD;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;

stop and smell the flowers

For the past few weeks I've been feeling like I'm always in a race. I always have the urge
to run or type very fast. I tend to speak very fast also and get very impatient when people
talk slow. I stopped taking pictures of events or get togethers because I feel they make things
slower and that they are not that important. But I love taking pictures and I love looking at them
over and over.

For the past few weeks everything has been a task for me, a "to do" in my checklist.

- Go to work.
- Greet someone on their birthday.
- Have a foot spa. (Wahhh I badly need this!)
- Attend Art Expo meeting.
- Deposit downpayment for hair and make up artist.
- Research on reception decorations.
- Meet the caterer.
- Scheudle first session of pre-marriage counseling.
- Go home.
- Attend late night conference call.
- Breathe (yes I sometimes catch myself forgetting to this.)

I know some (or most) of the things in that list should not be there. And it's frustrating especially
for me to see those there also. But that's what I've been feeling lately. I feel like my life has been
ruled over by a checklist.

But I know also that life should not be lived like that. I need to slow down. I need to enjoy living life.

I need to stop and smell the flowers.

If you want to walk on water, you have to step out of the boat!

How many times do we tell ourselves na we're not fit to do something cause we're not good enough. And how many times do we find ourselves questioning God why He's putting us into situations na feeling natin we can't handle.

I learned 3 important things from Ptr. Manny's preaching this morning.

1. GOD is bigger than your past.
2. GOD is bigger than your excuses.
3. GOD is bigger than your obstacles.

He knows things about us that we don't even know. So why do we question? Why can't we accept where He chooses to put us? Why do we always think na we know better.

It's time to step out of the boat and start walking on water because it's not about me, it's about HIM.

Amazing Hands

He played at our church service this morning. Super amazing!

Discover Jerome Rico!

He's sooo the one. 'Hope we can book him. (Sana din not too expensive! Hehe!)

another engagement...

Ang kasama namin ni Chuck sa lahat ng kalokohan....

Congratulations to PJ and Nikki!

Decisions, decisions, decisions...

I learned today that my soon to be brother in law just resigned from one of the most prestigious law firms in the country for a hopefully less stressful work for one of country's leading network. The decision among other reasons was because he can't take being an absentee father anymore. His wife on the other hand made that decision long before their cute little boy was born.

It made me think.

If that time comes when the phrase absentee mother becomes real to me, would I be willing to let go of the job/career that I know I've been working so hard for in the past years.

I'm sure it will.

It has become a concern because some of the people I know are doing it already, while some I know chose to stay. Question is kaya ba talaga to stay? I know madaming factors. But I'm sure if that time comes na I'll see my baby I know I'll make the right choice.

I need another session of CAT-Puso. HAHA!

***CAT-Puso is a one-on-one session with our managers where we can talk about anything like career plans and even our personal life. Nice no?

CONYO-FY YOURSELF.

grabbed this one from tony :))

TEN CONYOMANDMENT
by Gerry Avelino and Arik Abu

1. Thou shall make gamit "make+pandiwa".
ex. "Let's make pasok na to our class!"
"Wait lang! I'm making kain pa!"
"Come on na, we can't make hintay anymore! It's in Andrew pa, you know?"

2. Thou shall make kalat "noh", "diba" and "eh" in your pangungusap.
ex. "I don't like to make lakad in the baha nga, no? Eh diba it's like, so eew, diba?"
"What ba: stop nga being maarte noh?"
"Eh as if you want naman also, diba?"

3. When making describe a whatever, always say "It's SO pang-uri!"
ex. "It's so malaki, you know, and so mainit!"
"I know right? So sarap nga, eh!"
"You're making me inggit naman.. I'll make bili nga my own burger."

4. When you are lalaki, make parang punctuation "dude", 'tsong" or "pare"
ex. "Dude, ENGANAL is so hirap, pare."
"I know, tsong, I got bagsak nga in quiz one, eh"

5. Thou shall know you know? I know right!
ex. "My bag is so bigat today, you know"
"I know, right! We have to make dala pa kasi the jumbo Physics book eh!"

6. Make gawa the plural of pangngalans like in English or Spanish.
ex. "I have so many tigyawats, oh!"

7. Like, when you can make kaya, always use like. Like, I know right?
ex. "Like, it's so init naman!"
"Yah! The aircon, it's, like sira!"

8. Make yourself feel so galing by translating the last word of your sentence, you know, your pangungusap?
ex. "Kakainis naman in the LRT! How plenty tao, you know, people?"
"It's so tight nga there, eh, you know, masikip?"

9. Make gamit of plenty abbreviations, you know, daglat?"
ex. "Like, OMG! It's like traffic sa LRT"
"I know right? It's so kaka!"
"Kaka?"
"Kakaasar!"

10. Make gamit the pinakamaarte voice and pronunciation you have para full effect!
ex. "I'm, like, making aral at the Arrhneo!"
"Me naman, I'm from Lazzahl!"

it's that time of the year again...

STRESS!

REAL LIFE....

....SUCKED THE LIFE OUT OF LIFE.

Wala gusto ko lang sabihin yan. HAHA!

The other night on our way home Chuck and I were talking about the college days. How fun and crazy it was. It's nice to look back and imagine how it felt to be so carefree. (No offense meant to those who are still in college ha. Your concerns are valid but I guess you'll understand me more after graduating.)

We were thinking na what if we go back to college or to studying. As in studying lang ha, hindi working student. You don't have to pay for anything and you will again receive allowance from your parents. Ano kayang feeling? Kaya pa ba ibalik yung carefree attitude?

Sadly, I don't think so. You've exeperienced real life already and you cannot deny it anymore.