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Went out to lunch with a good friend and her sister today. Good thing I was able to file an extended lunch with ease last tuesday. Yey, now everything seems really different in the office. Hope it last till forever and not only regarding time offs but also with vacation leaves as well. harhar. :D

My friend says it's a blind date or something like "kaishao" as they call it in chinese. But then kaishao is more than just like a blind date. I don't know how to explain what it really means. Argh, but the thing is somehow it's like introducing you to a potential partner in life. Well it's an honor to be a candidate but then there are just some things that I needed to clear up with my friend. I needed to tell her that I would still meet her and her sister, nothing wrong to have an additional friend in you life, and that my intentions are purely friendship. Also, I ended up telling her that I have commited myself to someone else, eventhough I haven't had any thought or guarantee what the future entails with this lovely lady. I think it's better to clear everything to this friend of mine before she finds out later and might end up getting the wrong idea.

On the other hand, It was nice to meet her sister. Thank you ladies for the food and the company,  I had a great and wonderful time. Thank God for a new found friend.

Important thought of the day. Choose people over things, relationships over work.

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Saw this Play at RCBC plaza auditorium last friday. It's Rob Becker's defending the caveman. Starring Joel Trinidad, the play shows until next week. Was lucky enough to have a good offer, a donation for the sendong victims for a ticket. You are the one to decide how much you'd donate. Hehe. Now I realize the value of generosity. Donated for a seat orchestra side wohoo. And was lucky enough to be drawn as a winner care of the sponsor.

I'd like to thank an ever supportive friend for the info and for inviting. Thanks so much for the uplifting words and the prayers. She even insisted that I invite HER out for the play says "the perfect date play". Too bad she can't join us for the show.

The play was informative yet at the same time funny. I was laughing out loud almost all of the time. The show talked about differences, between man and woman. Yup, you heard it right! I must say that it was a very good show. All the things He said was true. I could atest to that through experience. I even had flashbacks as I try to process the words. But it's just hard to do such things when you're laughing at the same time. haha. Overall I say it's a much watch show. XD

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The day started with a bad shot. Not only one but had quite a number of bad shots this morning. That's what the barrista said when she was preparing those espresso shots on my drink. I decided the day to get my morning cafeine fix care of starbucks. I'm not quite a fan of expensive coffees I usually get to drink this just to avail of the planner.. Coffee today is brought to you by starbucks, for free! Yeah, I decided to use that customer invoice which I luckily got when I bought the last coffee for the planner. I just don't know if I'm just feeling lucky or it's just coincidences. Last time I won a shirt through raffle when we watched a play. Maybe I should try to get a lottery ticket. Haha. Who knows....

It's the start of a new PLW cycle. Woohooo. Teehee. Finally. Something to fill me spiritually during mid-week. And wednesdays would mean no OT day.

It's been 11 days since the start of the year yet I haven't posted anything remarkable about the recent year or a new years resolution. Perhaps one of these days I could write some.

Well, Everything is just beginning to unfold. My life journey this year started with a week of sleepless nights and restless days. And Oh! I must say, I've been quite busy and it's just eleven days since 2012 started. But I guess those sleepless nights made it's purpose. Gave me a quiet time to think about some of the most important things.

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If you’re feeling frightened about what comes next… Don’t.
Embrace the uncertainty.
Allow it to lead you places.
Be brave as it challenges you to exercise both your heart and
your mind as you create your own path towards happiness.
Don’t waste time with regret.
Spin wildly into your next action.
Enjoy the present – each moment as it comes
– because you’ll never get another one quite like it.
And if you should ever look up and find yourself lost,
simply take a breath and start over.
Retrace your steps and go back to the purest place in your heart,
where your hope lives.
You’ll find your way again.

- Julia Brown, Everwood

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I saw her today. I wouldn't have noticed if a friend hadn't told me. I wasn't expecting her to be around. Well, she was a sight to behold. I wanted to greet her the moment I saw her but I couldn't leave my post.

We met after two hours, She said she was looking for me. That she has something to give and that she has read my letter. She reached out her letter and gave me a hug. Uhm, just what I needed. A hug on this very tight and uneasy situation. A hug! was it the first time? hmm.. must have been because I couldn't really remember if we had hugged since the day we knew each other. I felt the warmth of her embrace, such a very nice feeling and I had wished that everything could just stop and end right then and there. But then, I'm not living in a make-create fantasy world. The reality is that together with that warm and nice embrace I felt a chill running through my spine. That uneasy and hard to explain feeling. Oh if you could only imagine where I am at that moment. That warm and cold feeling mixing in, happy yet somehow uneasy. As if something is tearing me apart, pullng off every part of my body in unknown and different directions. Quite an experience.

Now onto to the next part, we bid each other with a smile after that embrace. I went to my post with tons of things running through my head. Questions pouring out of nowhere. Until finally, it strucked me! The answer to those questions are now at hand. I wanted to read the letter but i needed to prepare for another important task at hand. I have a responsibility to conduct a discussion, more of an introduction to an important event in the community. With that in mind, I focused first on my responsibility of being a guide. And about the other as important letter, I know it has to wait for a while. I need to thank PLW about what I was able to do here. Thanks to their silencing exercises, I was able to focus more and segregate the distracting but necessary emotions that time. I was able to concentrate on my task and finished it without having to sacrifice time nor content regarding the discussion.

After that, Now comes the much awaited event. As much as I'd like to unfold the uncertain future, I thought about what could happen. Well, there's only two possible answer. No matter what the letter holds, I realized that I needed to be somewhere safe, somewhere silent, and somewhere where I could express my emotions because I knew that whatever is inside that letter, one way or another, I can't stop my tears from bursting. With that, I just had the perfect place in mind and ever present witness. That was the first place that came to mind. It was near the office and I also needed to go to the office to render some over time.. (yeah, sucks right? work on weekends.. but I had to. :s )

On my way there, I had to prepare myself. I knew where I was going, my mind was busy directing my body towards that place while my heart was preparing for what is about to come. I barely noticed where I was until I found myself standing at the door. I took a deep breath, made the sign of the cross, and whispered this is it Lord.

As I entered the blessed sacrament chapel, I can feel the cold breeze of the air conditioner yet inside me was that unknown burning feeling. I went to the corner of the room, sat down and offered a prayer. Then I turned to the letter and said.. "Thy will be done."

Should have posted this on that exact date when everything happened but I guess it doesn't really matter.

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This is just an excerpt from one of the feast bulletins distributed every sunday at the PICC. I just had to share this one.

Life is always changing.
There's not a point when life is static.
So here's the deal that's being presented to you everyday of your life: If you stop growing, you start dying.
There's no such thing as being stagnant in life. In my mind, stagnant means going backwards.
Because life is moving forward and you're being left behind.
Here's another illustration. If you're not climbing up the mountain of self-growth, then you're sliding down that mountain. You can't stay put. Why? Because this mountain keeps on growing bigger. With or without you.
Each day, you're presented a choice. Will you climb or will you slide?
I've got good news for you: God has given you the power to grow. Use that power.

-Bo Sanchez