Thank You...

Dear GOD:

I want to thank You for what you have already done.

I am not going to wait until I see results or receive rewards,
I am thanking you right now.

I am not going to wait until I feel better or things look better,
I am thanking you right now.

I am not going to wait until people say they are sorry or until they stop talking about me,
I am thanking you right now.

I am not going to wait until the pain in my body disappears,
I am thanking you right now.

I am not going to wait until my financial situation improves,
I am going to thank you right now.

I am not going to wait until the children are asleep and the house is quiet.
I am going to thank you right now.

I am not going to wait until I get promoted at work or until I get thejob.
I am going to thank you right now.

I am not going to wait until I understand every experience in my life that has caused me pain or grief,
I am going to thank you right now.

I am not going to wait until the journey gets easier or the challenges are removed,
I am thanking you right now.

I am thanking you because I am alive.
I am thanking you because I made it through the day's difficulties.
I am thanking you because I have walked around the obstacles.
I am thanking you because I have the ability and the opportunity to do more and do better.
I'm thanking you because, FATHER, YOU haven't given up on me.

God is just so good, and he's good all the time.

* Got this from Words To Live By, Thanks Sarah.

Version 2.0

So far..this front page is quite finished...quite a long ways to go updating the other pages and all. I have lots of pictures. I can't believe it sometimes. Hehehe. What do you think?


This was the original version...

Since I need an update...here it is...

* Snagged this one from Lorrie ... thanks fellow CSI aficianado.

Ah, to be in love. It is far too complex to comprehend why, after loves initial bewitchment of the lovestruck victim it casts on it a spell of total submission to the joys and pains it brings. To be hopelessly and helplessly in love is a one-of-a-kind experience, an oxymoron of all sorts, for it is bitter as it is sweet, and it is lethal as it is invigorating. You see, the irony of it all is this: to fall in love with someone is to give that chosen one the power to make you happy, and also the power to hurt you the most. It is a double-edged sword, for as much as love can open you up and set you free, it could also cut your throat and stab you to death.

The bits and pieces of broken hearts and the tears shed over love are so many that Cupid should be out of business by now. Hurt within, and out of love is a tragic predicament that you should avoid at all costs as much as you can. It is not an easy task though, because love, in its pure beauty and charm, is simply irresistible. If you’re in its good favor, and it is for you, it will take you to a roller coaster ride of being in a heaven to another; if it is not, then your roller coaster straps will just snap and you'd fall, injuring yourself, bumping and slamming in the tracks, and eventually land on the hard, cold, sharp-rocks-packed ground. Oh how I wish it is an exaggeration, a convoluted use of hyperbole (my English teachers would be sooo proud of me), but its not.

When love hurts, it hurts- A LOT. It comes in stages: first, denial - initially you refuse to believe everything that has happened and you go on stepping backwards, hoping to be propped up by your protective cushion of the wonderful past; then, incredulity - after the reality of events has whacked your head a million times, you ask the age-old question but how could it be? we love each other!; and last, pain - just pure, blinding, bitter as hell pain. And oh, pangs of guilt, anger, and occasional moments of temporary insanity add to the excitement of things. This (loves poking, stabbing, hurting-in-stages action) goes not only for earth crushing break-ups, but also for those petty fights that couples have caused by annoyingly weird, irritating pet peeves that blow up right into their faces, making them think what the hell did I get myself into?!

Then why, oh why, do people go gaga over love? If tales of heartaches are countless and pieces of shattered hearts are strewn all over the world, why long for love, hopefully wait for it, desperately search for it, and stubbornly fight for it?

That, my friend, is loves complex magic.

Because for every tear that is shed over it, a smile is waiting; and for every morsel of a shattered heart, a healing spirit is invoked. I read from somewhere that time does not heal all wounds, love does. And its true. Love awakens the white lighter in each person; and every blow, every stab, every shooting, blinding pain is designed to transform itself to a chi of strength, a jolt of confidence, and overwhelming happiness someday. It is a worn-out cliche, I know, but hey it still works - love, and all the joys and especially the pains that it brings, makes you a stronger and better person.

Another cliche?

To live is to love. To love is to hurt. To hurt is to live.

I'm a Monica ...

You scored as Monica. The neat freak who would do anything for her friends. You're Monica, not always that popular but everyone loves you now. Monica 50% Chandler 40% Phoebe 35% Joey 30% Rachel 15% Ross 15% Which Friend are you? created with QuizFarm.com

My AI bets...

Hope they make it...

TGIF!

dinner and VS with the EBC gurls later.

NG will be out of town this weekend. What to do online? Hmmmm ... play Valentiner. [hehehe] or I could always make up for lost sleep. Yeah, that's an idea.

Or I could always try and update my Jomari Connection, yeah, I'm almost done with the front page. Whatta progress huh?

Or the EBC Hummina Page...sheesh. Long overdue that page.

Anyhoo, I can do a lot of things but that doesn't mean I will accomplish them right? Goodluck to me.

Habba fine-d weekend to all. God Bless us always.

24 hours of my day...

12am-3am : wrote a letter to my family telling them about NG/replied to NGs mails
3am-5am : slept
5am - 6am : showered and got ready for work
6am - 7am : waited for my Uncle Boss to wake up
7am - 9am : travel time on my way to the work place
9am - 2pm : work/lunch/work/birthday text messages [yeeha]
2pm - 4pm : passed by the church/prayed/lit some candles/dropped some documents at our client's office/went home
4pm - 5:30 : chatted with NG via YM
5:30 - 6pm : travel time on our way to Brittany [badminton place]
6pm - 7pm : played badminton with my cousin [and yes, I lost ... AGAIN.]
7pm - 8pm : travel time on our way back home/rested a while/showered
8pm - 9pm : watched American Idol on StarWorld
9pm - 10pm : watched the 5th season preem of CSI on AXN
10pm - midnight : slept

That was how I spent my birthday ... hehehe. Nothing special on the outside BUT very special on the inside.

My sincerest THANKS to all those who greeted me via SMS, e-mail, cards, and phone. I really appreciate them more than my THANKS can say.

I am one happy birthday gurl. Thanks to all those who love me and most especially, my THANKS to God.

My Birthday Treat...

Can I BE that backpack instead?


How can you not love that smile?

My Valentiner...

Been spending a whole lotta time playing this game ...way too addicting. Thanks Pia for sharing this game with me.

Birthday greets are in order for LD. Happy Birthday!!! May you have a blessed one. God Bless always.

And as a belated V-day spirit:
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. --- 1 John 4:18 and
Keep yourselves in the love of God. --- Jude 21
and
My conviction is unwavering, we are gonna be together one way or the other, that I am sure...it's all I want and dream of! [that last one is not from the Bible...]

Btw, I can safely say that I am in love again. God is good you know. Indeed. I love God.

Okay, gotta go for now, back to playing the game.

Constantine...

Me likey this guy...I hope he makes it to the Final 24. Ain't Constantine such a beautiful name? I think so. Habba fine-d weekend ya'll. God Bless us always.

Gmails? Any one? ...

Ohkay, surprise surprise, upon checking my Gmail today, I found out I have 50 invites to give away. Gave 1 to my cousin. So, that leaves 49 more. Let me know via vikkicar@gmail.com or just by leaving a comment with your email addresses. God Bless us all.

Shameless Request...

My birthday is coming up. If you're into giving cards. I am someone who loves receiving them. Hah. Shameless eh? I just want to receive more cards this year. Not e-cards but good old snail birthday cards. Too demanding? Hehe. I promise to send you one too even if you don't send me one. Just email me your address and birthdates, and it's a done deal. Btw, my address is :
#18 Diego Silang Street, Brgy. Sta. Lucia,
Novaliches, Quezon City, Philippines 1123
Again, just being shameless here. Hehehe. It's not every year I get to do this. Thanks in advance to whoever will send me a card. Wow. God Bless us all.

How To Deal ...

Last Thursday, my friend Eee's motherdear passed away. I received the news around 2PM. She called me via my mobile phone. I couldn't hardly make out what she was saying coz she was crying so much. I did get the part about her being in the funeral place and that her Mom passed away that morning. She said to relay the message to our others friends. All I could say was ... I'm sorry...

How can you console someone whose parent just passed away? I guess, the most effective way is to pray for that person. And just be there for that person.

Hospitals and Wakes are the two places that I don't particularly like going to. Though, I CAN go to those places BUT if I can avoid it. Then, I'd choose not to be there. But as years go by, some friends and families have spent time in the hospitals and in the funeral places. And I have been brave enough to be there. The only way I can show them that I am sympatizing with them.

In wakes, I just don't have to be near the coffin and I'm good. I don't look at dead people. For the reason that I want to remember them when they were still alive.

In hospitals, I don't like the smell and the feeling of helplessness that you can't do anything about your loved one when they are in pain. The time I knew that I don't like hospitals was back in 1995, when I saw my Aunt died. They tried to revive her, witnessing that ... was painful. She was only 32 at that time. She was my fave Aunt. Oh well. A few years back I spent hours in the hospital when my Tatay had his triple-heart bypass operation. That was one of the longest days of my life. Waited for about 9 hours or so. Don't want to have those kind of days again, if I can avoid it. I have been blessed that I haven't been hospitalized or anything. So blessed in that aspect of my life. I am always grateful to God about that.

It all boils down to faith in God really. Proverbs 3:5.

Have a fine week everyall. God Bless us all.

My Cousins and Sisters ...

Another pic from Christmas Eve. Nadine's [the cutey in the middle] hair is just oh-so-pretty like herself ain't it? Envy her hair.

Amen ...

...ya know....we need our own special God prayer, a
prayer of thanks that we can say together and
apart...what do you think?..just a thought!
NG wrote that on one of his emails for today...sigh...I'm so loving this. Thank you God. Ohkay, gotta go and get ready for badminton...I'm sure I'll end up losing again but at least I'll have a good time right? Indeed.

My sisters...


SisterM, me and SisterJ taken last Christmas Eve..

Musical Tag...

I've been tagged by Jax

Random 10
1. If I Ain't Got You - Alicia Keys feat. Usher
2. Baby I Love Your Way - Big Mountain
3. Falling - Keahiwai
4. Break Away - Kelly Clarkson
5. Into Your Arms [acoustic] - The Lemonheads
6. This is my world - Darius Rucker
7. She Will Be loved - Maroon 5
8. Wonderwall - Ryan Adams
9. All I want is you - U2
10. Angel - Sarah McLachlan

1. What is the total amount of music files on your computer?
More or less 50. I don't really download songs that much.

2. The last CD you bought is:
Eraserheads : Anthology

3. What is the last song you listened to before this message:
Dare You To Move - Switchfoot

4. Write down five songs you listen to a lot or mean a lot to you:
>>How do you talk to an angel - The Heights
>>By Your Side - Sade
>>In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
>>I Couldn't Ask For More - Edwin McCain
>>All For You - Sister Hazel

5. Who are you gonna pass this stick to? [3 persons and why]
>>Manonica - she's very musical, me thinks she'd like this one.
>>Laney - she can make fun of the musicians. [teehee...]
>>Sarah - she wants to be a musician. [am I right?]