STAY GROUNDED

             I’m a one step closer to reaching one of my endeavors in life. As of the moment, I am reviewing for a board exam. Yes, I am chemical engineer in the making. God knows how badly I want to pass, however, there is one thing I am afraid to happen.

See, I grew having lots of expectations from people around me, though it’s such a pain, it makes me feel so proud whenever they congratulate me to every success I have. However, the more “congratulation” I get, the more proud I become. This is what I am being afraid of. I don’t wanna lose myself and get drowned in the sea of success. We are all human, and I guess, this is one of traits human being has – boastful. I owe everything to God and I it scares me that one day, I’ll forget him and become so much in love with myself and with the luxuries of success.

Who doesn't want to get rich? Who doesn't want to be famous? Who doesn't want to be a well-respected person? Who doesn't want to succeed? Everybody does, however, as for me, if I succeed but lose myself in the process, I’d rather die unsuccessful.

Right now, I am pleading to God that He may grant my wish and that is to become a REGISTERED CHEMICAL ENGINEER and be able to practice in my field of expertise. But this plea comes with a condition that He would always disturb me and reminds me to remain grounded in everything I achieve. That in every success I acquire, all praises, honor and recognition would ALWAYS go to Him.  IT’S NOT BAD TO WANT TO SUCCEED, WHAT’S BAD IS TO FORGET THE ONE WHOM WE OWE OUR SUCCESS WITH.
WORK HARD, SUCCEED BUT REMAIN GROUNDED. With this, God will always bless you with greater things than you couldn't possibly imagine.

 1 PETER 5:6

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.                        

Mr. RIGHT

It's been a hard quest for us girls to find the perfect man whom we'll entrust our whole being with. For us, as much as possible, we want a perfect man. One who is strong, courageous, smart, loving, caring, understanding, God fearing, gentle and handsome inside out. But as of our generation today, it's hard to find a man who possess even just three of those characteristics that we want him to have. It's like finding a needle among the bushes.

I've been thinking lately, how may I able to find Mr. Perfect? I don't wanna grow old alone. I wanna find him. I'm already 19 and a couple of years from now, I will be graduating college and I want that as soon as I have finished taking my board exam, I will start finding him. Enough already for those self control, I will start to open my heart to any man. Yeah, I know, true love waits. But how long will I be waiting? I want to be in a relationship with my perfect  man for at least five years before marrying and give my whole self to him. I don't want to commit a mistake. I already have done once and once is enough. I will not fall to the wrong one again.

They say, we need to experience something in order for us to learn, but for me, as much as possible, I want to learn it from other's experiences. I may not have enough experiences, but I know, I already have enough lessons learned from the experiences of my friends. And one of those lessons is that there really is no Mr. Perfect, only Mr. Right. The right one that God had been thinking when He had created us. One whom we cannot stop our self from loving with and when we see him, we can say that we're willing to ignore all other handsome and perfect guys around us. He may not possess all the characteristics we want him to have, yet, we still love him.

As of now, I have not found him yet, but when I find him, I promise that I will never let go of him.

Hello DECEMBER

          December 1, 2011 at last! This month is my most awaited month of the year, because aside from being the year's last month, this is also the month of the birth of Jesus. What makes this month an awaited one? Well, this is the time when giving, loving, peace and understanding are mostly felt. The warm hello and greetings of "merry Christmas" from people passing by, the gifts from families and friends and most of all, the perfect time of gathering family members together are just are an "oh so overwhelming" jiffy that could make your heart fly. But those acts I've mentioned earlier are just part of the party. The most important thing that we need to do is to be grateful to our Almighty for giving us His only begotten son who have saved us from our unrighteous deeds. 

          On the other hand, how sad it is for me to think that those signs of loving and giving are can only be visible on Christmas season.I mean, when it's not Christmas, it is rarely seen. Why can't we show this every month? (Oh well, it's just a thought! Let's go back to the happy one.)

          Another awaited things on Christmas are the Christmas decorations. Especially with us, Filipinos, we love to decorate our houses with lights and lanterns (star shaped lanterns mostly). Beautiful and twinkling lights on roads, parks and almost everywhere plus the Christmas carols we sing on every houses are just very wonderful and very overwhelming on the heart.

          The happiness that Christmas brings is the most awaited one. It is not all about the twinkling lights, foods and gifts, rather, it's about the smile brought about by the love from others. Let's be joyful for this season, above all, let's all be thankful to Jesus for coming to our lives. 

         MERRY CHRISTMAS to you.  :)

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My New Year's Resolution

Since new year is near, here I go again with my new year's resolution. Well, I guess, it's too early for you to be thinking about it, but for me, it's not. So here I go.

This 2012, I want to fulfill all my plans. Here are the following plans I need to do:

1. Be a CHRISTIAN by heart not just by name.

          Life on earth isn't about what will you become in the future and how successful you are. It's about how you spend every minute of your life being an instrument and servant of our ever loving Father. We need to live as christian. Live like Christ did. 

          Well, I am a christian but I have noticed lately that I have drawn myself far from God. It seems I cannot reach Him anymore or maybe it is I who's refusing and avoiding Him. Living a christian life is not that easy, but I'll see to it that I'll be able to fulfill this. I put this one first on the list because it is our greatest priority as children of God to be His child by deed, by words and by heart. 

2. Be the ideal daughter my parents want.

          I'm not saying that I am the worst daughter, but I'll just say that I do mistakes sometimes. Mistakes that I regret right after doing so. I love my parents so much that there is nothing else I want to see on earth but their faces full of laughter. Well, they are happy, but I want to make them happier. 

          Sometimes, I could feel that I'm a burden to them, well, not to mention that they have to pay for my tuition fee this semester, because I've been suspended with my scholarship. I want to give them a gift, something that they could always cherish forever. Since, I am a gift to them as they say, I need to make them feel that I'm a gift. I really want them to be happy everyday, and I think, just by being a good daughter, I will be able to make them happy. I just hope so. 

3. Be a responsible student. 

          This is the field that I suck the most. I don't hate school I just get a little lazy on studying my lessons and became very hard working mammal on procrastination. That maybe the reason why I fail a subject this semester that leads to the suspension of my scholarship. I need to get good grades today. I can do this. 

4. Try to cut the pride.

          I know I have this pride that drives me to offend someone. I don't want to do such things but I sometimes forgot that what I'm doing is not good anymore. I need stop myself. I sometimes brag things too and I don't like that. It's like a disease that comes to you naturally. It's like a voluntary muscle, it just do what it does without telling it so. I need to cut this!  

5. Less bitterness.

          When I say bitterness, I mean being rude or hot tempered or I don't know. I don't understand it. I sometimes feel being bitter to people whom have not done anything bad to me. Sometimes, i get mad when I see the apartment so messy, (I hate mess by the way, I don't wanna see my stuffs up side down.), I get bitter when others are noisy and are being so childish. I don't know, I just don't understand this feeling. I still need some time to go deeper with myself and investigate the source of this bitterness.

6. Healthy diet.

          Woah! I need to put a lot of work on this. I eat unhealthy foods a lot and I know that it's not good for my body. I need to encourage myself on eating veggies and stop skipping meals. I need a discipline!

7. Be thrifty.

          I spend a lot of money on unimportant stuffs. This year, I want to see a remembrance of me being thrifty. I need to save money. 

8. Less procrastination.

          Woah! There's a lot of self discipline needed for this. I just hope I can do it! AJA!

9. Get enough sleep.

          The longest hour of sleep I get everyday is six hours, not bad huh? But I need eight hours for a proper sleeping. Got to stop procrastinating so that I could sleep early.

10. Have a life!

          Be happy and gay! Be free and expressive! Be myself !

Undo

          There are things in life that we wish not to happen but they do, we wish not to have done, but we did, things that we want to be undone but we can't. We don't have the ability of a time traveler that can go to the future and see what will happen if we do this and that, we don't have superpowers that can turn back time and undo the things that we regret. Were human, we all do mistakes, we do things that we deplore. No matter how much we tell ourselves not to regret because at one point, it was exactly what we wanted, there would just that moment that we would tell ourselves, "I wish I have not done it.", and it's too late, we have nothing else to do but to lament. What's the hard part about it are the sufferings, if it would not be physical, it will be emotional pain and it's hard. It's really hard. It slowly kills us in the inside, it can makes us weak, vulnerable, lazy and most of all, it can makes us stop living. 

          The pain, if not treated well and handled properly would make us hopeless and a hopeless life means a meaningless, senseless and useless living. We need to stop the pain, heal the wounds and go on with our lives. The only  way for us to do it is to face the consequences of our actions, try to find solutions for the problems, stop thinking of undoing what have happened, be open minded, live back on track, start a new beginning, and most of all, we need to entrust our life the omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent God. Only with Him we can be healed, take a rest and keep calm. Only with Him we can achieve peace and hope. 

Just a Thought

Every bad things that we are suffering at the present are consequences of the wrong things we have done in the past. It is therefore necessary to live your present life rightfully so that future will not face regrets.

Wake Up!

Few decades ago, Philippines was considered as one of the promising countries in Asia - acclaimed by World Bank as a future power house. Well, we cannot deny it because, as we can see, we have a lot of resources to utilize for our progress. 

With over 7000 islands, we are endowed with a fertile land and a subtropical climate that provides an environment for different species of plants and animals. We are also anointed with lots of mineral, agricultural and marine resources and an extensive coastline filled with marine life.It was said that we can attract foreign investments because of our stocks of gold, silver, copper, cobalt and useful minerals for industry and according to Philippine History website, the country brags for it's many forms of natural waters which adduce a huge harvest of fishes for local consumption and exportation abroad. 

Inspite of these facts, what happened to the Philippines now? Does it progressed? Well, the answer with that is obviously no! In fact, it became worst. According to Rommel Banlaoi a political science professor at the National Defense College, "Philippines is the sick man of Asia".

What made him said that? Well, look around you, do see the answer? If not, let me tell you. 

Let's start with the most obvious one, the population growth. Philippines has ranked 12th as the most populous country in the world; 84 million by the end of 2004, and counting. At an annual growth rate of 2.36%, the population will have doubled by 2033 and may reach 200 million by 2042. It's a young population (50% is under 21 years old) and it's facing lots of afflictive shortages. Shortages on food, shelter, doctors, teachers, nurses, midwives and other vital needs of every citizens.Today, we are also threatened with the constant rise on the prices of oil. Let's add to that the arrivals of typhoons after typhoons plus the increasing rate of unemployment of the Filipino citizens and of course, the nation's huge domestic and foreign debts. With all the presence of these elements, poverty in the country is really expected to worsen. 

What happened to the Philippines? A promising country who turned out to the sick man of Asia. Who are responsible for these catastrophe? Who are to be blamed? Is it our leaders, or we are also part of it? 

Some says that Filipinos are indolent, thieves, corrupt, undesciplined, crab-minded and divided, is it true? If it is, can these traits be considered as the main reason why we are suffering poverty?

The answer is yours. The change is also in you. Wake up and make a move. 




sources: www.atimes.com and www.emanila.com.


PS: Please bear with my constructions of words and paragraphs, I'm not a good writer. :) Thank you!

Cramming

I always tell myself not to cram during exams so that I will be able to have higher scores than what I usually get when I cram. But no matter how many times I tell myself not to, I'm still doing it. I just can't get into studying my lessons when it's not the night or the day before my exams. I just don't like it so much coz I'm afraid of having failing grades at the end of the sem.

I still am struggling right now on how to start studying my lessons. I'm having an exam tomorrow on my major and I still am not opening my notes or my book to study and worst, I have not listened to our teacher during discussions so I really need to study from the start so that I will be able to understand everything.

I am not that bad student that you have in your mind right now, I'm just a lazy one. Hahaha. :)

Anyways, I need to study my lessons now. Well I just hope I can start the momentum already.

PS: Here's some tips for you to absorb much during cramming:

 1. Stay away from distractions. (Laptop, Cellphones and etc. )

 2. STAY AWAY FROM YOUR BED. (You don't want to fall asleep in the middle of your study.

Don't you?)