Monday, April 28, 2008

butanding watch in donsol, sorsogon




we were luckily invited to donsol, sorsogon for butanding watch in my 2nd day in albay. of course would you say no to such? so early morning pa lang bumiyahe na kami. it was just perfect time for butandings to show off. mahal ang boat rental so we shared the rent with other guests. if you choose to interact with butandings you must rent a set of diving gears. we opted to just watch them from the boat. butanding came from a word 'buta' meaning bulag. they are huge animals but have very small eyes, thus the name. we didn't wait for so long before we spotted one. it was sooo amazing! i regretted that i didn't rent diving gears. it would have been fun to swim along with them or just be close. we saw a total of 7 butandings for a 2hour sail. not bad enough.

donsol's shoreline was really clean and the weather then was perfect. masaya sana if we could stay back for more time but we were attending a meeting right after lunch so off we went back to daraga after. ogod river boasts of its firefly watch which was just nearby and that's something i must go back to when i get the chance to be in bicol again.

smoke not in public

hay....what a morning. pueaw sa scrabble kabii kaya late eon man ako habugtaw. tapos imbyerna ako sa driver it jeep nga ginsakyan ko. imagine....grabe nga iwas ko nga indi manigarilyo tapos pasinghuton na eat ang sa ana nga aso!!! ha.....ham an baea it owa a gaseminar do mga public drivers ngara para masayran nanda kung ano ro dapat ag indi dapat obrahon? dapat mga driver nga makaraya ro ginatutukan it mga opisyales it LTO ag paatendon it seminar tanan nga public drivers especially. galing malisod eang karon hay ro naga inga man abi otro man nga gapanigarilyo. sin o ro perdi? siempre ro mga pasahero. kung may maglakas man it loob maghambae ag sitahon sanda pa ro akig. hay...........kalisod gid a espelingon kung amat ro tawo. tanan dapat nga smokers hay bawal a magsmoke in public. ag bisan ngani sa andang baeay indi man dapat dahil ro mga unga hay apektado sa aso. dapat may kulungan a para sa mga higante ngara nga igto eat a sanda magtumpok tanan and inhale each other's smoke.

Friday, April 25, 2008

bicol sojourn







wow! it has been my long time wish to travel to bicol. it finally came last March 14. we visited a project partner in legazpi city, albay. i was soooo mesmerized by mayon volcano. iba talaga ang feeling when you actually see it for real instead of pictures only. from day 1 'til we left i couldn't get my eyes off it especially it follows me wherever i go. hehehe.

wala galing maayo nga accommodation. kasulumpaan man to ang isa ka place nga ginkadtuan namon fronting gaisano mall. so we ended up staying in tita med's bahay kubo. we had a grand time there with prepared food every morning. i can even see the majestic mayon from outside of bahay kubo, how lovely.


i got to eat the real laing but not the famous bicol express. sayang. but if there's one thing that would make me go back there, it is the halo-halo of DJC. yummy! best ever halo-halo i tasted in my whole life. i even went back there before flying back to manila to have one more serving. as in namit!

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

winn-dixie

nagtan aw kami it winn-dixie kabii. sadya. may line si opal nga ginhambae nga nagrugby sa akon nga utok. most of us daw share the same feeling of sadness and being lonely and we all want to share it with friends but we often forget how to share joy with others. huhuhu. it's very true. na inspire ako kay opal who made friends even with her 'enemies', the complicated people to deal with. sana maging isang opal din ako one day. at sana dumami ang mga katulad ni opal. if you've got time to kill and desire to watch movies don't forget to look for winn-dixie, she's a lovely dog who helped opal win friends.

Monday, April 21, 2008

april feast

birthday makaron it 2 ko nga officemates. sadya kung abo gabirthday ay libre tanan ro kaon. pero siempre indi pagkalipatan nga magbakae man ako it regalo. huya man ta magkaon nga puro lang kaon owa gid it ginadawat. hehehe

sa nature's resto kami nag ilabas bag o eang courtesy of Ms. A. 60th birthday nya kaya bongga. owa man gali kami kasarang kaon ag. kaabo abo gin order na.

hara pamahaw eon man mangan angan ag treat eon man ni Jo, amon nga AYAD volunteer, may nakit an ako nga custard cake, yummy........hay kabuhay galing kanda magtindog nga makaon eon ay nagutom eon mat ang. grabe nga t'yan no? hahaha

last week nagbirthday man do sambilog nga kaopisina ako man nagtakehome it nabilin nga spaghetti bisan bukon ako it mahilig sa spag bitbit man gihapon e abo nga ginagutom makaron nga panahon.

hay...gutom na skait pa ang ueo it inatubang sa computer ngara. mahuway man ko anay a.
hasta la vista

movies and biking on a weekend 2

i rented 4+1 sa video city. trying to catch up with all the movies i missed. watched so far the game plan of the rock. hay saya grabe. siempre indi gid maduea nga magtinangis ako. huhuhuhu. tapos gray matters and kasunod. sadya kag naham ut ko sa brother and sister nga napagkamalan nga sanda kay pirmi lang nga sanda updanay kag gashare pa sila pad. tapos in the end they both fell in love with this lovely woman. siempre drama eon man pero happy ending man gihapon sa katapusan. gray finally came out of the open that she's gay and liberated herself from all sort of pretensions. i'm happy for her.

ginumpisahan namon do winn-dixie, a story about a dog that changed the lives of a community. half way through karon pa nga gab i siguro matapos to. nami man magtinamad kung kis a ang magkayakaya a katre hasta magsaeakit ang mata it pamantaw sine. in between ga text pa gid. saeamat sa free text it smart. for once daw ako ang nakaisa kanda dahil 0 balance ro sim pero feeling ko may 1million ako kahapon dahil sige sige eang text bisan sa globe gasend a. sadya man gali kung may gakasamad nga network system kapin pa kung makapanipueos ka man. bwahahahahaha

movies and biking on a weekend

wow! nami gid nga may bike dahil bisan siin makawarang galing sobrang init makaron so i waited 'til the clock pointed to 4pm sharp and off i go with my biking mate. on a saturday hot afternoon nagbike kami paagto sa sta. fe resort. siempre hasta eang kami sa may entrance ark dahil wa man it plano nga magswimming sayang eang magbayad. it was gruelling on the way up with one side of the street ongoing work with water irrigation. first time ko man nga magsueod sa rolling hills memorial park. grabe gali kaeapad ag manami magdate. hahaha. the sunset that day was so beautiful. and it was joyride going back kay paslide na dayon. kasadya kung owa ka eon gasikad. hehehe.

we proceeded to 888chinatown square then to refresh ourselves. nag usoy it regalo para akong officemate mabirthday subong daywa pa gid sanda. hay......frustrated nga closed eon do vegilicious sa food court i was craving pa naman for their soya drink. hay....pero grabe kagauy nga biking. sa sunod naman. the sunset, the moon rise, the fresh air were all worth the effort naman. good to be out of my room once in a while kag magpaalikabok sa daean.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

as above, so below

“Love not one thing and not the other, nor love one thing more than another, yet love everything, and all of life, with all your heart, and all your mind, and all your soul;

for in the loving of that which you call ‘bad,’ you transform it;
in the loving of that which you call ‘evil,’ you disarm it;
in the loving of that which you call ‘harmful,’ you render it safe;
in the loving of those who would do you harm, you cause yourself to be impervious to them.

“And in loving that which you call ‘good,’ you empower it;
in loving that which you find pleasurable, you enhance it;
in loving that which you call ‘Godly,’ you define yourself and lay claim to Who You Are.
Yet judge not, and neither condemn, for that which you judge will you become, and that which you condemn will condemn you.”

God would have said, “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” Then he would have added, “…for thy neighbor is thyself.” There is no separation. Therefore to love your neighbor is for your right hand to love your left, your eyes to love your face.
You cannot love one thing without loving the other, nor can you despise one without casting aspersion upon the other, for all are of the same body, and none exists apart and separate from the other.
When you understand this, and when you help others understand it, you begin to create life “on earth, as it is in heaven.”
We are doing that right now, of course. We are creating life right now as we think it is in Heaven. That is why...
...the world is the way it is. That is why our planet is filled with intolerance, judgment, and condemnation.

“As above, so below.” we are always creating life on earth as it is in heaven. The way we imagine life to be in heaven is how we try to create it on earth. And if we construct an idea of heaven which includes punishment of the mistaken and the “wrong,” exclusion of the undeserving, a home for a God of special favor to only a certain few, a God of judgment and damnation, of anything but unconditional love, then you will experience an earth of the same qualities.
For it cannot be any way for you on your earth other than the way it is for you in your heaven. Thus: as above, so below.

For the highest of your thoughts will produce the lowest of your experiences.
And the higher your thoughts and aspirations, visions and intentions, the higher will be even your lowest experiences.

It has been written, “Seek ye first the Kingdom of Heaven, and all else shall be added unto you.” Yet know this: the Kingdom of Heaven is not sought and neither is it found by selective exclusion of everyone you call “ungodly.” Rather, it is created by calling everyone godly.
In other words, by unconditional love.

“As above, so below” means: As it is in your highest thoughts, so will it be in your lowest; as it is in your highest dream, so will it be in your lowest; as it is in your highest idea and your highest ideal and your highest vision, so will it be in your lowest.
The lowest part of you is risen (“He is risen”) when the highest part of you soars.

Let’s forget everything we think we know about ourselves, let’s forgive everything we think we’ve done that is “bad,” and let’s start over, this time recreating ourselves anew in the next grandest version of the greatest vision ever we held about Who We Are—as a species, as an individual, and as an Aspect of Divinity expressing That Which Is.

Remember today that you are not your Yesterdays.
Remember today that you are not your weaknesses, not your foibles, not your offenses, not your failures.
Remember today Who You Really Are, and claim that.

reposted from neale's blog

Friday, April 4, 2008

severe lower back pain

hay............wala na gid nakayanan ang sakit sa lower back ko. i needed to consult a doctor. my boss set an appointment for me with dr. andrew sanchez, the volunteer rehab doctor of norfi. abi ko lapit na ang pagcross over ko kay grabe na gid nga sakit. sa nature sang work ko lang gali. what really triggered it was when i worked on a project proposal sang monday and it was due on the same day wala gid ko tindog tindog kag relaxation. i was glued on my computer. so this is what i've earned. hay naku daapt ma approve ang proposal ko para worth my effort and sacrifice man. i've never felt so sick like it that i wished wala na lang ako lower back. grabe i really felt like i was a senior citizen! isn't that pathetic?!

buti na lang gwapo ang doktor. hehehe. he prescribed me some soooooooo expensive (according to my standard of course) meds to take and home exercises. thank god and thanks to dr. sanchez now i feel so much better. ganito pala ang feeling na wala na ang sakit. sarap mabuhay at maglakad lakad na walang dinaramdam. alleluia!

now the thing is, my boss gave me some meds to take. didn't ask her what was it. took it after breakfast bah when i get to the office i can't explain what i feel.....i feel dizzy, ga lingin ulo ko, soooo sleepy......my goodness another ordeal. no appetite to eat so i just had camote fries from mang inasal. i needed to throw up kahit konti lang hoping that i would feel better.......meron naman konting konti nga lang talaga and somehow it made me breath......and now it's back again. hay......................am i getting older???

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

damak, burara

i was riding the jeepney last night and a couple was beside me. i noticed the guy was eating something and afterwards just threw the plastic down. it landed between us. i was irritated with what he did and i looked at the garbage crumpled and looked him in the eye.

when the jeepney was about to go, of course the wind will easily blow off the plastic; what he did is stamped his foot on it and led it under the seat. then the enxt thing he did after consuming the bottled drink he has throw it on the garbage bin at the back of the driver. maybe he was not good at all in shooting so it landed somewhere else. i really thought he would just let it but thank heavens he put in some effort to pick it up and shoot it right this time. glad i gave him 'the look'.

then here comes a woman who just went in and sat. looks to me like a working woman. opened her bag and found some used tissue paper and just threw it right there. ohmygoodnessgracious! such character! baw pwerti gid kadamak, burara nga babaye! i wonder how people can just simply not give a damn and not care to clean up their mess. and they would complain why the earth is on its current state. look at you. look within. what have you been doing to clean up the mess, the garbage that piles up everywhere, the plastic that clogs the drainage.....hay grabe gid kadamak nga tawo. i wonder how her home looks like given the act she displayed in public.

gakaanga ko a.

Never Broken

I am My Own Home, now.
Wherever I move,
The Light -
It comes with me.
I open all of the
doors and the windows
so that God
can come and go
easily.

Sometimes I don't know why
God takes such delight
in This House
I call Me.
This place where
Hearts
come,
to be Broken.

At the end of
The Long Day
I always ask,
"God? Why, Hearts to be Broken?”
And God always replies,
“Never Broken, dear Lover -
only Opened.”


(Never Broken - m. claire - copyright 2007 - all rights reserved)

reposted from cwg blog