there are so many beautiful songs that i'll never grow tired of hearing. like this song, simple lyrics, touches my heart....

i personally feel smoking is bad. w/ regards to smokers, it is true they have right to do whatever they want. but they shd take into consideration that people around them are affected too. so if they are smoking i suggest they keep distance from non smokers.

i think this question was asked before. anyway 3 items wld be my LJ user id and pass. what more can bring future generation to understand you than sharing your journal. and maybe a notebook w/ my notes on them. and lastly maybe photographs.

....... simply beautiful

i'd probably say "cya in the next level or in the next round" but seriously, when you are face to face w/ death i bet you can't even choose what words to say  ;) not unless you do a peaceful grand finale exit.

well ok mine will be sort of a prayer. to whom?  God ofc.

my prayer will have to go like this:

" Father God, thank you for the gift of life. Thank you for sending your Son Jesus to be my Lord and Savior. All that I am I entrust to You. You know what's in my heart. You know what is best for me. I love you."

romantic chemistry can be both. instant and evolving. there are different situations and anything is possible to happen. in my case, when i met Alex we both felt there was some kind of connection, attraction maybe. our first meeting happened to be in the library of the university where we both studied. we sat across each other and i noticed he was staring at me. that was the start.  i felt it was like we were set up for something. funny because our paths always cross after that first meeting.  i'd like to think that our relationship evolved as you may put it, into something beautiful. it wasn't easy all the way. but we dared to take each step into discovering what love, caring and understanding is all about.

original song by M. Jackson. this is nina's version. "luv it"

there are so many things in life that i ought to thank God for. i will list down quite a few  -

1. i thank God that i continue to live.  i will be forever grateful for the precious gift of life.
2. i thank God for a loving husband. he's not perfect but so am i. and everyday that passes by God works on us to achieve perfection.
3. i thank God for my son and 2 daughters. for five years we waited for a child and i fervently asked God if He could give me just one. He gave me three.
4. i thank God for our home. it's not a mansion but it's ours. no, it's God's. He brought us here.
5. i thank God for the strength He bestows upon me in time of weakness.
6. i thank God for friends who are always there by my side.
7. i thank God for the knowledge. first comes the gift of knowing who He is.
8. i thank God for opening windows. i earlier wrote "When God Closes the Door" and i just would like to say the windows that God opened are overwhelming.

...... should we wait for the last day to say  "i love you" and "i'm sorry" ? better yet if we express our love in a daily basis not in the last day when it might be too late even to say it. same goes for the sorry thing.

if i had one day to live, the ppl that i have loved all through my life shd be the ones to say that to me /smiles......

no i don't force myself to laugh. that's ridiculous. ppl will know or even that friend wld be able to tell if you force yourself to laugh or pretends to be amused. the thing is  when someone tells a joke, corny or not i am prepared to laugh my heart out if it really is laughable. sometimes you laugh not because of the joke. sometimes its the person himself. in anyway it's not bad at all because for me laughing is healthy. well,

I wld relax and enjoy the trip rather than bring along some material to read. Besides I get dizzy reading on the road.

After typhoon ondoy comes another typhoon. The name is typhoon Pepeng. This is said to be a super typhoon. They have it in the news interview that if this super typhoon hits Metro Manila the water in Laguna de Bay will rise to approximately 1 meter. This means more areas will be flooded.

On the said time and date that the typhoon is about to land it changed direction. It went north instead. As of this writing the said super typhoon is battering areas in the northern part of Luzon.

Calamity struck the Philippines with typhoon Ondoy flooding Metro Manila and a lot of nearby areas like Pasig, Cainta, Muntinlupa, Taguig, Malabon and other towns. Prolonged downpour had made the water level rise in Laguna de Bay bringing flood to areas that have not been flooded before.

My experience with this typhoon was such that it created some kind of fear that I had never felt before. We live near Laguna de Bay. And in my experience having lived in the area for as long as I could remember should be that we are in a safe place. Because no matter how hard it rained we never experience flood. An elder person once said that if ever flood would get to us then the other towns of Metro Manila will be submerged in water. Well, true enough a lot of areas were flooded. I panicked because the water entered our home and even reached the bedrooms though it was only ankle deep. And I thought to myself at that time, if the water reached this high in my house then that means a lot of towns are already deep in flood. And it's true.

A lot of real life drama happened at the height of the typhoon. A more vivid drama took place within me. As I recall, when I saw the water rising at our doorstep I really panicked. I instructed my son and my two daughters to prioritize saving things that will be damaged in case the water still continue to rise, such as avr's and electrical things. Within minutes our living room was ankle deep in water. At one point, I tried to carry a monitor but it was too heavy for me. I tried lifting it up again but couldn't do it. At last I am worn out and too tired. Something struck me. In my mind I said :" what am I doing? Apart from panicking my heart was devastated, my knees were shaking but deep inside me was a more serious condition. I was losing hope. In my deepest despair, I forgot something and was reminded only during that time. I sat down on the sofa and asked myself  "why am I feeling like this? ....empty ...  not trusting .... no hope.... when the one true God has always been with me and has always looked after my needs and has answered all my prayers in due time and has not left me in all my predicaments no matter how serious they were. My hope, my shelter , my refuge and comforter. How can I be so silly? I kept quiet for a while. In my silence, I prayed a little prayer. I said " Father God, I am sorry for not trusting you and forgetting all about you. I am so silly having trusted only myself and what I can do. I am reminded that you my God is far above everything else. You who put the stars in heaven and caused the sun to rise everyday. I do not know what purpose you have and I do not question why, rather teach my heart to just trust you." 

I told my  son and my two daughters to pray too. A few more minutes of silence then I noticed the water was receding fast. The rain has stopped for a while. We thanked God. He is truly amazing.

The flood has brought too much hardship and devastation to our people. But I saw something good that came out of it. I saw goodness and compassion. That not all men only lived for themselves. There are those who can live for others as well. It is so heartwarming to know that in a dark hour such as this a lot of men can really shine. Also it is in time of weakness that we find strength. We may have fallen too hard but we learn to pick up the pieces, get up and start all over again. God is not finished with his work yet. We only have to trust that he will in due time.

definitely not. i'd like to go forward or let's say get on w/ it no matter what happens. surely there are failures, messing up somewhere but they are all part of life. we fall down we learn to get up. in other words everything has a purpose -- even our mistakes. have faith that everything will be for the best.

i am so lucky to have 3 inspiring teachers. they are actually my university professors. the lessons they taught i may have forgotten. but what i do remember are their views on life, on love and practically on so many things. i learned from them more importantly the values that one so needed in life's struggles. my only regret was i never had the chance to see them again after i graduated.

a luxury hotel of course...

i don't want to discriminate against men just because i am a woman. but i would like to think that it all depends on the values of the person involved.  yes, i do believe in marriage.

i don't rely on psychics. never had astrology affected me in any way. :)

i won't assume anything about them. but i think i would like to listen to what they have to say.