Jeronimo!!!

Hehehe, whew looking for deals and promos for minivans for the weekend gave me a huge headache!!! Good thing I had my cousin to help me out and look for deals, thanks Ri! Well, I don’t know how many times I’ve said this but time really goes by so fast, its already thursday and tomorrow will be April already. One more month and I will be in Philippines for my vacation, yahoo!! Can’t wait to go to Boracay, its been a long overdue, but I’m finally going to see the famed beach. Now the hard part is the pasalubongs, and I’m really not good at that, so if I ever I leave someone out, sorry:-D But for sure, I want to give to all my pamangkins and especially my inaanak(s). Ok, my head really hurts so I’ll leave this one for now. God Bless

Its Good Friday today and I just can’t believe what just happened to me.  I think God was just telling me, letting me know that He is there again and talking to my heart. At first it started out just like any regular day, but as we watched Passion of the Christ, my heart started to hurt again, seeing as to how Jesus went through all the pain for us. The suffering was just to much to bear, what more that He endured it all on His own. Now came 3 o’ clock, and we were about to pray the rosary when I went to my room to get my rosary. My computer which has a program that changes my wallpaper every 4 hours, did its purpose but this time, it really took me by surprise. It changed wallpaper at exactly 3 o clock and the wallpaper it put up was Jesus’ picture in the cross with the words "Dying to know you…" Naturally I was taken aback, we were praying the rosary and I was in tears thinking, "Jesus, you are talking to me, and I would like nothing in world but to know you, to be with you and to hug you at the very moment." On a god friday, on 3 o clock, with Jesus on the cross picture, with the word "Dying to know you.." Its not the obvious but rather the meaning of it all. He is always there for us, just find it in our heart, and we will know the meaning.

I always remember the time you sheltered me from harm, when I should have been in the hospital at the moment, yet you shielded me and kept me from sustaining damage in my back and head, thank you. From the time you used me to meet that elderly woman who needed food, it made her day as well as mine, thank you. From the time I saw the sun danced before my very eyes, I thank you. As you go back up in heaven and back again, take all my pain, take all anger, take all fears and I give it all to You. Amen

God Bless everyone, have a good lenten season.

Well, to start things off, I can’t believe this has happened again, I mean wow, how is it that another school shooting has happened? The first time we should have learned but then again whose to say it can be prevented since it was totally unexpected and in a town that would say be unlikely of all places. I feel for the kids, I mean school is supposed to be  safe haven, a place to learn, a place to feel camaraderie and refuge per se. But no, times has changed, its like school is just a place now, the meaning has been lost and in worse circumstances, the shooting. I can’t think of anything to scare the shit out of me, if I was in their place. Just think about it, you are young, then you are just in a classroom totally oblivious to what is happening outside the school since your only concern is to study and be the best you can be. Then all of a sudden, you hear gunshots, bodies are flying, the doors are locked, the gunman tries to get in, if successful, what do you do? And in the those people that saw their fellow classmates die in front of them, this experience is even more traumatic. Would they even care to go back to that place anymore? I pray for them…

Speaking of kids today, they are either lucky or unlucky for what kind of toys they have today, so I guess depends on the kind of people you ask. As for me, I think they are unlucky, because the kind of toys they have nowadays takes awy the fun in playing with other people and developing that sense of teamwork and care for one another. Say the game "shato", "taguan chinelas", "taguan" and among others. I even enjoy remembering how we used to make bubbles from gumamela and soap haha. Nowadays, they have PSPs, Ipods, high tech gadgets, cellphones for even kids yikes!!! All very expensive too. That chance for Imagination has been taken away from them, that chance on being creative has been robbed, at least that is what I think. Oh well, that is keeping up with the times and times has changed alot. However, I think it also depends on how the parents let the kids grow, so that is another side of growing up:-)

Question for the day, what is the most memorable childhood memory you have?

Was so sick yesterday, that I really needed to call in sick, and it payed off well, feeling a little better today. All I need now is just to keep drinking Dayquil and I’ll be fine. I managed to put alot of the new pix online now. Can’t really think of anything much right now so instead I will put out some nice advice sheet hehehe. Enjoy and God Bless

100 secrets guys oughta know about girls

1. Girls like guys with sense of humor.
2. Girls hate guys who always brag about themselves.
3. It’s a rare thing for girls to go for flings unlike many guys do.
4. Take a close look at this paradox: Girls are generally impulsive buyers but are good in budgeting.
5. Too sweet girls are usually the naggers.
6. Your girlfriend can either jokingly or seioursly get jealous over your basketball games.
7. Girls are very suspicious human beings.
8. A guy oughta understand his girl’s mood swings specially when she has her monthly period.
9. Girls love to chat about anything.
10. Girls easily get carried away by their emotions.
11. You must tell a girl that you are courting her. Unless ou make obvious proposal, she could either play numb or be really numb of your feelings for her.
12. The girl who gives you a quick “yes” could either be too impulsive.
13. A girl’s decision is always changeable.
14. It is really hard to trace why girls are unpredictable.
15. Girls can easily change their mind because of hearsays.
16. Girls hate guys who gossip.
17. You would know that a girl likes you if she laughs even at your corniest joke and even pays attention at your nonsense talk.
18. You can hook a girl by knowing her interests.
19. It is a fact that girls, since brith of the world, can be professional flirts using their magical charms.
20. Girls hate it when you make them wait.
21. Girls love babies.
22. If you’re truly in love with a girl, you will have a hard time to convince her telling so.
23. Girls don’t take a full meal especially when they are on a diet. But they love to eat junkfood, , sweets or fruits in between meals that can double up a full meal.
24. Beware: a girl knows how to persuade you that you could do her a favor through her charisma or seductive body language without you knowing it.
25. Girls are flattered when you make them melt in your eyes, but they would do anything just to show disapproval.
26. Girls are every conscious people.
27. Girls hate guys who whistle at their back. The act makes them look like cheap.
28. Girls hate guys who hurt them physically.
29. A girl is not necessarily after a guy with towering height. He just has to be taller then she is.
30. Girls generally do not court guys which make you guys so lucky to have their privilege to court your pick.
31. Girls who court guys are desperate. It is awkward to see a girl courting a guy.
32. Girls usually complete unconsciously among themselves especially when it comes to beauty.
33. Girls love pampering and being pampered by their boyfriends. So be careful, this can lead her to be possessive.
34. Never spoil a girl. Someday, if you fail to do a favor for her, she could lay the blame on you after all you did to her.
35. Girls have changeable moods.
36. Girls love being serenaded. The spookiest and the corniest thing that you do is for her the most romantic and the most memorable.
37. Girls like smart guys.
38. Girls like neat and presentable guys.
39. If you’re thinking that girls are very particular with a guy’s looks, then it’s time for you to make a paradigm shift. It’s actually the attitude and the way you treat them that they mostly fall for.
40. Girls can keep their deepest darkest secrets for a lifetime unlike guys who are very open about themselves.
41. Girls are the ones who can make a relationship stay longer but they don’t want to have the dominating character over their boyfriend.
42. You should let her cool first before you say sorry, otherwise she won’t accept your apology.
43. Girls usually go for older guys.
44. Like Eve, a girl is man’s weakness.
45. Girls are generally pitiful and merciful.
46. Girls are physically weaker than guys but are emotionally stronger when problems arise.
47. Girls easily cry. That is why they are rarely violent because they ventilate themselves through crying.
48. A girl smokes and drinks though she knows it’s not a good impression on her.
49. Girls love gentlemen.
50. Girls like guys who can protect and defend them. You don’t have to be a macho man though.
51. Girls hate weaklings. It’s enough that their gender has the weakest physique of all human being.
52. A girl can be fond of an effeminate. They may fall in love with a gay under considerable reasons.
53. Girls are constantly demure when guys (especially their crushes) are around but can be wild behind their back.
54. A girl hates it when her friend squeals about her crushes or secrets.
55. A girl that has admired a stranger could research even the least and nonsense bits of info about him.
56. Girls are generally more organized people than guys.
57. Girls wear makeup not because they are not confident with how they look but because they want to highlight their physical assets.
58. Girls like guys with electrical and carpentering skills. These assure them that they can handle even the smallest and peculiar thing.
59. Girls like McGyver-like guys who can easily look for a way out when situations corner them.
60. Girls are generally good in subjects like Language and Social Science than Mathematics and General Science.

61. If a girl says “no,” believe her. If a girl really likes you, she wouldn’t give you a “no.” She’ll give you hanging messages instead.
62. Girls only play hard-to-get when they think her crush or suitor finds her obvious that she has feelings for him.
63. Girls have legions of insecurities.
64. Girls also stammer when they’re talking to the guy they truly admire.
65. Girls have innumerable crushes but her heart belongs only to one guy.
66. Girls mature faster and grow older than guys their same age.
67. Girls are more prone to getting fat easily.
68. Girls love receiving letters.
69. Girls are mostly panic-buyers and worriers.
70. Girls love surprises.
71. It is false humility girls show when they’re given compliments.
72. It is by playing tame pussycat but you tame the shrew.
73. Before you court a girl, study her inside out.
74. Girls are particular in getting, grouping, or having things in one color.
75. It’s hard for a girl to recover from her past.
76. A girls prefers to learn about relationships from novels than through experience.
77. Psychologists proved that a girl, who was molested at a very young age, loses her self esteem and develops negative attitude towards other people.
78. A girl can easily forgive you if you are sincere with your apology.
79. A girl can only be healed from her past through the enabling touch of God.
80. Girls murmur a lot or make tantrums when they get irritated. They can control their emotions but not their temper.
81. Girls easily get watery eyed over telenovelas and dramas.
82. A girl gets annoyed to a guy who pushes himself so hard to get her.
83. Girls act snob to guys either they like too much or hate too much.
84. A girl can suppress her feelings if she knows that a relationship wouldn’t work.
85. Girls are weight conscious.
86. If a guy is too innocent about handling a relationship, a girl would rather dump him.
87. Girls love being wooed.
88. A girl would flaunt her assets just to hook you.
89. Immature guys are out from girl’s list.
90. There’s somehow a prick in a girl, who busted you, when she learns you’re courting another girl, she’ll thinks that that girl would rather dump you also.
91. A girl can make you wait for years in courting her but could eventually give you a “no” in the long run.
92. It is not always because she said “yes” that she likes or love you. She could have just said it for superficial reasons.
93. A girl loves talking all alone with the guy she’s truly in love with especially in romantic and isolated places.
94. Girls drool a lot over shopping malls.
95. Girls like guys with broad shoulders and breasts.
96. Girls admire sports-minded guys a lot.
97. High heels increases a girl’s poise on a catwalk.
98. Girls love guys who can bear with what they feel.
99. Girls are genetically sensitive.
100. Unless a girl enters Nursing, Biology, or medical courses or profession, she will always have

Aaaahh, woke up today feeling so weak and having stuffy nose. Ah makes me think the season is really changing now, springtime is here and before we know it Summer is there. Had a great weekend, although tiring pero very fun and seeing the smiling faces was great. Went to so many places and having hearty dinners is a big plus:-) Although sayang Manny Pacman lost, shouldn’t have watched asar!!! Its like he wasn’t even trying hard enough to win. Makes me wonder if the stage was set up at all, I guess going big time has some perks and some disadvantages. Ultimately you are now under or part of the politics and whatnots of the sport. But then again, he is just now laughing all the way to bank and he still did represent Philippines. I’m happy for the guy, from his humble beginnings and to where he is now, anything to keep feeding he family is enough for him and millions of dollars is just the icing of the cake.

Come Sunday, we attended church mass and wow the live production they put for the passion was great! I even heard a couple of crying here and there, but they way they set up stage and their props made me think I was watching a play instead, so onwards to the end, eveyrone just gave them a loud applause. However, it doesn’t detract from the real reason they did it anyways, and that is to remind everyone of Jesus’ sacrifice for the wholemankind. It makes me feel guilty of the person I am and for all my petty wishes and little problems we instantly think that is so unbearable. But in comparison to what Jesus went through, ours isn’t even worth mentioning. Jesus gave his very soul, his essense, sacrificed and ultimately his life to save us. I thank you Jesus for what you gave me and for eveyrone and that is salvation. Living day by day, but not without saying my prayers at night to say my thanks for getting me through the day unharmed, food in my mouth, having a car to drive, being able to breathe on my own, saying I love you to those I love, having the chance to say thank you to you, and then being able to smile and sleep knowing that through my sleep you sent an angel to watch me over, until the morning comes when I wake up feeling blessed that I have You.:-)

Now here’s a tough question, we all know that Jesus will have a second coming, but if that day comes unexpectedly and someone reveals that they He is Jesus but in a face that is wholeheartedly different or say perhaps two part question He looks just as that same we know him, will you accept that it really is Him that we are seeing? Follow thw heart and it will be revealed upon you…..

God Bless

Sometimes, in our relentless efforts to find the
person we love we fail to recognize and
appreciate
the people who love us. We miss out on so many
beautiful things and simply because we allow
ourselves to be enslaved by our own selfish
concerns. Go for the man of deeds and not for the
man of words for you will find rewarding happiness
not with the man you love but the man who loves
you more.
The best lovers are those capable of loving from a
distance far enough to allow the person to grow,
but never too far to feel the love deep within
your being.
TO LET GO OF SOMEONE DOESN’T MEAN
YOU HAVE TO STOP
LOVING, IT ONLY MEANS THAT YOU ALLOW
THAT PERSON
TO FIND HIS OWN HAPPINESS WITHOUT
EXPECTING HIM
TO COME BACK. Letting go is not just setting the
other person free, but it is also setting yourself
free from all bitterness, hatred, and anger that
keep in your heart. Do not let the bitterness
scare away your strength and weaken your faith,
and never allow pain to dishearten you, but rather
let yourself grow with wisdom in bearing it. You
may find peace in just loving someone from a
distance not expecting anything in return. But be
careful, for this can sustain life but can never
give enough room for us to grow.
We can all survive with just beautiful memories of
the past but real peace and happiness come only
with open acceptance of what reality is today.
There comes a time in our lives when we chance
upon someone so nice and beautiful and we just
find ourselves getting so intensely attracted to
that person.
This feeling soon become a part of our everyday
lives and eventually consumes our thoughts and
actions. The sad part of it is when we begin to
realize that this person feels nothing more for us
than just a friendship.
We start our desperate attempt to get noticed and
be closer but in the end our efforts are still
unrewarded and we end up being sorry for
ourselves.
You don’t have to forget someone you love. What
you need to learn is how to accept the verdict of
reality without being bitter or sorry for
yourself.
Believe me, you would be better off giving that
dedication and love to someone more deserving.
Don’t let your heart run your life, be sensible
and let your mind speak for itself. Listen not
only to your feelings but to reason as well.
Always remember that if you lose someone today,
it
means that someone better is coming tomorrow: If
you lose love that doesn’t mean that you failed in
love. Cry if you have to, but make it sure
that the tears wash away the hurt and the
bitterness that the past has left with you.
Let go of yesterday and love will find its way
back to you. And when it does, pray that it may be
the love that will stay and last a lifetime.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as
though nothing is a miracle. The other is though
everything is a miracle.

Love is like waiting for a bus. When the bus
comes, you look at
it and you say to yourself
"eeee…so full….cannot sit down, I’ll wait for the
next one."
So you let the bus go and waited for the second
bus. Then the
second bus came, you looked at it you said,
"eeee…this bus is so old…so shabby!"
So you let the bus go and again, decided to wait
for the next bus.
After a while another bus came, it’s not crowded,
not old but you said,
"eeee…not air conditioned …better wait for the
next one."
So again you let the bus go and decided to wait
for the next bus.
Then the sky started to get dark as it was getting
late. You panicked
and jumped immediately inside the next bus. It is
not until much
later that you found out that you had boarded the
wrong bus!
And you wasted your time and money just to get
into the wrong one!
Even if an air conditioned bus comes, you can’t
ensure that the air
conditioned
bus won’t break down or whether or not the
airconditioner will be too cold
for you.
Wanting to get what you want is not wrong. But it
wouldn’t hurt to
give other people a chance. If you find that
the "bus" doesn’t suit
you just press the red button and get off the bus!
Hey, who said life
is fair???
The best thing to do is be observant and open-
minded. If
it doesn’t suit you, get off.
I’m sure you’ve had this experience before. You
saw a bus coming (the
bus you want of course). You flagged it but the
driver acted as
if he did not see you and zoomed pass you! It just
wasn’t meant for
you!
The bottom line is, being loved is like waiting for a
bus you want.
Getting on the bus and appreciating the bus by
giving it a chance
depends totally on you. If you haven’t made any
choice, WALK!
Walking is like being single. The good side of it is
you can
still choose any bus you want…the rest who
couldn’t afford another
ride would just have to be content with the bus
they rode on, ugly
or not.
Also, sometimes it is better to choose a bus you
are already
familiar with rather than to gamble with a bus that
is unfamiliar to
you. But then again, life wouldn’t be complete
without the risks
involved.
But there is one bus that I failed to tell you about.-
the Bus you do
not have to wait for, the Bus that will stop on its
own and ask
you if you wish to come inside, then take you for a
joy ride for
the rest of your life.
Hope you get to ride on that bus!
God said: "Build a better world." I said:"How?
The world is such a complicated, cold, dark place
and there is
nothing I can do."
But God
said: "Just build a better you."

Well, in the coming days and weeks, it will be one busy, fun and scenic ride. Just hoping for guidance and safe journey whereever we go. Starting this thursday, Disneyland, then meet Ashley Judd on friday yahoo!!!, then potlock on saturday, then hollywood on sunday, then sea world on monday, then work work work work, then grand canyon, then vegas and ok too many too list hahaha. But one thing is for sure, I will taking pictures and lots of them, the memories that will be made will be in the mind, but pictures will capture the moment it happened. That’s why I love taking pictures, we sometimes forget the past but when we see it, we instantly remember "hey that was the time…" whther it would get a haha reaction, or tears, its there, the time was captured.

Last night was great, was just having a heart to heart conversation with my big brother cousin, and it was great to reminisce on old times, talk about the future, on what was happening on philippines etc. Then all of a sudden, why I was just loooking at the clear sky, a shooting star was in sight it was great, cause it seemed like I was destined to look up and for that one moment, that was the time me and that star was bound to meet and see each other, closed my eyes and made my wish:-) It was brief and fast but enough for me to think of what I want. Perhaps, I wasn’t the only one making a wish on the date, who knows maybe a million people were making wishes at the time, my only hope was my wish was loud enough out of those wishes for mine to be granted. "When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are…."Have a great day everyone and God bless

So the question for the day, what is your wish if you see a shooting star?

There are certain things in life where we just ask ourselves, why did this happen to me? It just makes our head spin out of control trying to find the answer, days of confusion, but suddenly something comes our way that just makes us stop and think "hhhmm, maybe that’s why it happened, it happened for a reason." And I couldn’t be more happy that It did for me, it gave me a chance to be free in my mind and more liberated. I don’t know why, but all I want to do is thank God that it happened. Thank you for you always carried me through the sands, when there was doubt, You planted me seeds of hope, and when it was anguish, You gave me plenty of dreams to smile about and when it was sadness, You gave me plenty of love and hug. Thank you God, I may not have always been the model child, but I’m trying my best:-)

The one that got away
Source: The Manila Times
By: Mark J. Macapagal
In your life, you’ll make note of a lot of people. Ones with whom you shared something special, ones who will always mean something. There’s the one you first kissed, the one you first loved, the one you lost your virginity to, the one you put on a pedestal, the one you’re with…and the one that got away.

Who is the one that got away? I guess it’s that person with who everything was great, everything was perfect, but the timing was just wrong. There was no fault in the person, there was no flaw in the chemistry, but the cards just didn’t fall the right way, I suppose.

I believe in the fact that ending up with someone, finding a longtime partner that is, does not lie merely in the other person. I can actually argue that an equal part, or maybe even the greater part, has to do with the matter of timing. It has to do with you being ready to settle down and commit to someone in a way that goes beyond the little niceties of giddy romance.

How often have you gone through it without even realizing it? When you’re not ready to commit in that mature manner, it doesn’t matter who you’re with, it just doesn’t work. Small problems become big; inconsequentials become dealbreakers simply because you’re not ready and it shows. It’s not that you and the person you’re with are no good; it’s just that it’s not yet right, and little things become the flashpoint of that fact.

Then one day you’re ready. You really are. And when this happens you’ll be ready to settle down with someone. He or she may not be the most perfect, they might not be the brightest star of romance to ever have burned in your life, but it’ll work because you’re ready. It’ll work because it’s the right time and you’ll make it work. And it’ll make sense, it really will.

So that day comes when you’re finally making sense of things, and you find yourself to be a different person. Things are different, your approach is different, you finally understand who you are and what you want, and you’ve become ready because the time has truly arrived. And mind you, there’s no telling when this day will come. Hopefully you’re single but you could be in a long-term relationship, you could be married with three kids, it doesn’t matter. All you know is that you’ve changed, and for some reason, the one that got away, is the first person you think about.

You’ll think about them because you’ll wonder, "What if they were here today?" You’ll wonder, "What if we were together now, with me as I am and not as I was?" That’s what the one that got away is. The biggest "What if?" you’ll have in your life.

If you’re married, you’ll just have to accept the fact that the one that got away, got away. Believe me, no matter how fairy tale you think your marriage is, this can happen to the best of us. But hopefully you’re mature enough to realize that you’re already with the one you’re with a nd this is just another test of your commitment, one which will just strengthen your marriage when you get past it. Sure, you’ll think about him/her every so often, but it’s alright. It’s never nice to live with a "might have been," but it happens.

Maybe the one that got away is the one who’s already married. In which case it’s the same thing. You just have to accept and know that your memories of that person will probably bring a nice little smile to your lips in the future when you’re old and gray and reminiscing.

But if neither of that is the case, then it’s different. What do you do if it’s not yet too late? Simple…find him, find her. Because the very existence of a "one that got away" means that you’ll always wonder, what if you got that one?

Ask him out to coffee, ask her out to a movie, it doesn’t matter if you’ve dropped in from out of nowhere. You’d be surprised, you just might be "the one that got away" as well for the person who is your " the one that got away."

You might drop in from out of nowhere and it won’t make a difference. If the timing is finally right, it’ll all just fall into place somehow and you know, I’m thinking, it would be a great feeling, in the end, to be able to say to someone, "Hey you, you’re the one that almost got away." Nina Fatima C. Suarez

I think its safe to say that in life, we always dreamed that we would have grand and unforgettable run we had. When we tell a story about ourselves sometimes, there’s always a little bit of exaggeration to spice things up a bit, to make it seem more funnier, adventurous and shall we say much more dramatic. But I think that is not a bad thing, but rather a good thing. It never hurts to have a little imagination in our life.

That’s why I always enjoy watching Big Fish, the main character sets out to tell his story through narration which is perfectly in setting and in right moments. I think from the start of the movie, we are being led to believe that fairy tells jsut don’t mix well with real life, but towards the end of the movie, when our lives must end sometime its good to have a little fairy tale in our life, especially if we share this with someone we love. Life would never be boring, life would be sweeter and the love that was shared for will forever remain in the hearts of those who benefitted. Thus the end of his life, and just the way he always wanted, in that said, he wantd to touch people’s lives and when he is gone, they would have tears along with laughter for the momories that was shared, one that would last us a lifetime…

So what would your story be?