tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81812212011-04-21T11:37:15.053-07:00the eternal optimisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546557535285964782noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181221.post-1102941554197749542004-12-13T20:39:00.000-08:002004-12-13T04:39:14.196-08:00I asked God not to give me a reason to stay. I now have three. He's got some sense of humor. <br /> <br />So much for uploading pics. They don't work. Waaah!!! What wrong have I done?! I'm moving to Tabulas... <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8181221-110294155419774954?l=memoriesandwindows.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the eternal optimisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546557535285964782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181221.post-1101814226849865052004-11-30T19:27:00.000-08:002004-11-30T03:51:40.573-08:00Can I just say that GCF-Northers are camera hogs?! <i>Mga walang hiya. Hayok sa </i>camera. It was so hard posing for a <i>matino</i> shot cause everyone wanted to be up front. <br /> <br /><img src="'http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/892031/tulakan2.jpg'" width="576" height="432" /> <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">When the person who took this started counting I remember being in front. After 3 seconds these people were suddenly in front of me</span> <br /> <br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><img src="'http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/892031/tulakan1.jpg'" width="576" height="432" /></span> <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Kuya Jojo seemed as if he was saying: <i><b>ano ba tong mga to! I give up!</i></b></span> <br /> <br />These were taken from the youth event called "The Incredible Race" yesterday at the QC Circle. The rains prevented us from continuing the race but we had fun rappelling (did I spell this right?), traversing (walking on rope) and sliding down from the 25 feet tower. Oh I should say, THEY had fun doing all those. I was too busy cheering on "my" team which had Mark, Grace, and Allison from ISOT. I really tried hard not to make them feel out of place cause they didn't know anyone except for the Luga family, me and some people from the team. I hope they had fun... <br /> <br />I don't think I had the guts to try rappelling anyway. I would've froze right on the steps. Yes I'm a wimp. But I think I'd rather conquer my fear of heights when the whole youth congregation isn't watching. Aside from those activities which I mentioned we had an impromptu program which involved singing, games and a spontaneous evangelistic message by the ever amazing Kuya Levi. It was such a blessing to see everyone, even the twenteenagers participate in singing the song "With Christ in my Vessel". Was that even the right title? I'm not sure. But it went like this: <br /> <br /><i>With Christ in my vessel I can smile at the storm, smile at the storm, smile at the storm. With Christ in my vessel I can smile at the storm until he takes me home. Sailing, sailing, I'm sailing home (2x). With Christ in my vessel I can smile at the storm until he takes me home.</i> <br /> <br />FYI, we sang this along with actions. Yep, we were like kids from Sunday School. It was so much fun :) After singing we played Paint-me-a-Picture. It was hilarious. The poses which we had to do ranged from Mulawin to a scene from Shark Tale. It went well thanks to Ate Didits and Ate Shelby. Then Kuya Levs went on with the message and led the prayer while some of the youth accepted Jesus in their hearts as their Lord and Savior. It. was. amazing. <br /> <br />After the program, we had "picture-taking" time. We tried to have a decent picture really. But everyone was just so hyper and giddy. I didn't expect my churchmates to be such camera hogs. I thought me and my cousin Tate were already bad. The Gesilva brothers were worse. And I swear Tanya could be spotted in practically ALL the pictures we took. Finally we organized a "class pictorial". It took forever to organize us. <br /> <br /><img src="'http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/892031/classpic.jpg'" width="634" height="476" /> <br /> <br />After we left Circle we went with the Luga family to hang at their home and watch movies. Going to ISOT is always a joy to me. The place makes me want to go to bible school even more. And being with the Lugas is such a blessing. They treat us all like family. <i>Gusto ko na ngang magpa-ampon minsan hehe</i>. We watched the uncut version of "The Fellowship of the Ring" after our yummy dinner of barbeque and chopsuey. My butt seriously ached after 3 and a half hours. But I think it was the first time I really understood the film. Haha I know. What a ditz huh? It's just that I've never bothered to read LOTR. And I've seen FOTR like what, 3 years ago? Kuya Milton took me and Tate home around 11. I crashed soon after. <br /> <br /> <br /><b>SUNDAY, Nov. 28</b> <br />Sunday was fun too. I've always looked forward to Sundays since my tita allowed me to attend GCF regularly. That Sunday was particularly memorable cause something happened the week before. I won't elaborate on it but that experience was truly a blessing cause I, and I'm sure the others who were at church last saturday as well, learned a lot of things. I sang for back-up in the morning services and the youth service. <i>Medyo nakakahiya </i>cause I wasn't able to memorize the lyrics. I hope the congregation won't stumble cause of my irresponsibility. The morning services were extra special too cause 6:33 from GCF Ortigas sang. They were incredible! I first heard them when I attended the "Experiencing God" seminar a few months ago. <i>Galing! Na-insecure tuloy ako hehe.</i> How I wish I could sing just as good. During the youth worship service P. Ro gave the message. I just love the way he preaches. His testimonial was amazing. <br /> <br /><img src="'http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/892031/with633.jpg'" width="608" height="456" /> <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Us with some of the members of 6:33.</span> <br /> <br />After youth service some of the people went to Camp Crame to play basketball and have fellowship with the Ortigas guys. Being the unathletic and lazy person that I was, I just ate with Ena, Tita Ams, Tito Erwin and Ate Shelbs outside the courts while my friends were playing. How supportive huh? <br /> <br /><img src="'http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/892031/dagurlz.jpg'" width="608" height="456" /> <br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Girl Power</strong></span> <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Top: Tate, me, Ena and Ate Shelby</span> <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Bottom: Tanya, Ate Didits and Jihan</span> <br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> <br /><img src="'http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/892031/crame.jpg'" width="576" height="432" /> <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">North and Ortigas. They crushed us hehe. Notice Mark throwing the ball. <i>Panira noh?</i></span> <br /> <br />Welps, that's it for now. I've gotta concentrate on my thesis if I want to march on march (no pun intended haha). Have a blessed week! <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8181221-110181422684986505?l=memoriesandwindows.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the eternal optimisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546557535285964782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181221.post-1100862832707843832004-11-19T19:27:00.000-08:002004-11-19T03:13:52.706-08:00I stopped blogging caused I needed to rethink why I write. Plus, I was too embarrased about my previous layout (sorry maystar). It was all flowers and pink. Yech. But I missed blogging... <br /> <br />So what have I been up to since September? Well, a LOT. I've been busy with school and ministry. My grades weren't good but I'm just thankful that I even passed. I really thought that I had to take Philo 104 all over again. Ministry has been good however. And my tita has been allowing me to spend more time at church on sundays. I practically stay the whole day. My sembreak was short but fun. My Ate Shine who lives in Wales came to visit and we had the best ten days ever! Then the 2nd semester came. I like my subjects except for my thesis class and Philo (Nobody compares to Ms. Jack Cleofas, sorry). I've discovered a new passion -- teaching :) -- and I think God is calling me to become a missionary. Whoa! Where'd that come from? Details later hehe... Last sunday was fuuuun. The praise and worship team led the GCF Ortigas youth for 2 services. It was nice meeting brothers and sisters in Christ. The message was all good too. Dr. Randy Gleason talked about the Da Vinci Code and about the Bible being fully innerant. Coolness. <br /> <br />Well I'll update again soon. I'll post up pictures too. I need to satisfy my grumbling stomach for now. God bless! <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8181221-110086283270784383?l=memoriesandwindows.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the eternal optimisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546557535285964782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181221.post-1094187977767366612004-09-03T13:11:00.000-07:002004-09-02T22:15:26.870-07:00<span >I'm clueless about HTML. So I just checked out the free templates available on the net. <br /> <br />Template by <a href="http://maystardesigns.com">maystar <br /> <br /></a></span> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8181221-109418797776736661?l=memoriesandwindows.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the eternal optimisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546557535285964782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181221.post-1094183390334822002004-09-03T11:42:00.000-07:002004-09-02T22:17:06.730-07:00<div align="center"><span style="color:#ff99ff;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Testing </strong></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff99ff;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;"></span></strong> <br /><strong><span >...</span></strong></span><span >4 out of 5 bloggers have 'Testing' as the title for their first post. I'm no different.</span></div> <br /><span >Why memories and windows? No profound reason. I was just listening to Vertical Horizon's 'Heart in Hand' when I was making this blog and a line there goes "...Pictures and photographs. <strong>Memories and windows</strong>. Goodbyes and epitaphs. Heartbeats and hellos..." Creative huh? -_- <br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8181221-109418339033482200?l=memoriesandwindows.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the eternal optimisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546557535285964782noreply@blogger.com0