One of our community outreach activities involves traveling to distant municipalities to attend and support the anniversary celebrations of the parish chapters in those areas. It takes about 1 to 4 hours travel time and the event usually ends late in the evening plus you need to consider the travel time going back, so you […]
Isn’t it that we tend to accumulate a LOT of stuff as the years go by? And it seems like we can’t let go of even the most ancient of our belongings. For instance, here at home, we have our old kitchen which now looks like a storage room with piles of boxes, tools, broken […]
Happy Chinese New Year 2016! How’s your CNY celebration so far? Here at home, we’re celebrating another milestone today, the 50th birthday of our eldest bro. An early morning Mass and breakfastjoy at Jollibee was our simple way of giving thanks to God for the gift of life. Last weekend, I baked carrot cake and […]
I love listening to the song “Who Am I?” by one of my fave music artists, Watermark (a husband and wife duo). The amazing voice of Christy Nockels is simply pure and relaxing to the ears, while her talented hubby Nathan provides the background vocals and the lovely acoustic guitar accompaniment. The meaningful lyrics make […]
I got this in my email inbox… such a timely reflection to start the year. Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. ~ Philippians 3:13b-14 Our past can be a hindrance or […]
After our annual gift-giving event for the nanays, some of their little kids stayed in our living room and didn’t want to leave! Ha ha… I let them sing a bit, and they were so innocent and cute as they sang a local Christmas song, actually from a TV network’s station ID song few years […]
My mom is one busy happy Mother Bee every Christmas season. Aside from the usual gifts for our friends and relatives, she also has her own gift-giving project for about fifty (50) nanays (mothers) from the informal settlers community living nearby. We have it annually during the Feast of the Epiphany or more popularly known […]