Happy new year 2015! The last quarter of 2014 had been a hectic one for me, thus the silence in this blog. Of course, I had to wrap up some pending tasks (and still not done with them!) before posting some updates here. Anyway, apologies aside, I am back! Thank God for the year that […]
I’m sure everybody knows Yolanda, she who broke a lot of hearts, damaged houses and properties, caused widespread destruction and claimed so many lives. After this super typhoon that wiped out some parts of Leyte and Samar, the name is now associated with a mix of emotions – feelings of loss, anger and devastation, as […]
Every breath is a second chance. – Always, Switchfoot My heart these days can’t help but feel heavy and sad seeing the news about the aftermath of the super typhoon Yolanda which literally wiped out most of the coastal areas in Leyte and Samar provinces and other parts of Visayas Region where it passed. I […]
Happy New Year, dear readers! Did you greet the new year with fireworks and getting all dressed up in polka dots? 😉 My dad, mom and I greeted 2013 quietly in prayer, with thankful and hopeful hearts – being grateful for the year 2012 (with its ups and downs, personally it was a meaningful year […]
I was busy taking photos of the Church’s façade for the cover of our parish souvenir program when a barefooted little beggar came near and started to ‘pester’ me. She’s one of the street kids hanging around the Church regularly. When I saw her for the first time, I was a bit apprehensive, she looked […]
He’s one of the preachers in our community, married to the choir leader and they have a cute one year old son. Last Monday during our prayer meeting, I was touched by his sharing about what happened to his mother who recently had a stroke and how this trial had affected their family not just […]
The phrase ‘new horizons’ is what I would always write on top of the page of my journal whenever I have some personal goals to list. I would also draw a three-lined rainbow beside the phrase. This practice started way back in college when I was a struggling freshman and until now whenever I’m writing […]