Daily Vacation of this Weirdness of Me

Watching TV is really not my cup of tea. I don’t know why this weirdness of me never developed that much interest to television. The same is true with movies. This weirdness of me really never became that addicted to them. I do of course watched and closely followed a couple of TV programs (well, ‘Ewoks,’ ‘Care Bears,’ and ‘Meteor Garden.’ LOL!!! A friend once told me that he remembers me whenever he recalls the image of Care Bears Ahhm.. I do watch tv programs and films but it’s more on like, I’ll be ok even if can’t get to watch any movies for a couple of years or so; or that, I can survive a day or week without a television.

Behind this ‘apathy’ to those famous visual entertainments (add computer games or games to films and tv) is my affinity to radio (or music for that matter. ‘don’t have iPod or MP4 and I don’t think I’ll be buying any of them in the future. I’m contented with my cell phone radio) and well, books I’m so more into them that I can’t last a day without having my daily dose of music and reading moments. On my bed just beside my big pillow are lots of reading stuff I don’t know which one I started to read or need to continue. LOL!!! I read each depending on my mood! LOL!!! There’s the Bible of course, but God, so sorry haven’t read it in a while. It feels as if I’m not ‘yet’ deserving to read it by now. So I depend on our Friday Bible study in the office, Saturday Bible study at home, and Sunday service to feed my Bible hungry soul and spirit.

Why this came to my senses ‘again’ is brought by my recent exposure to FB. Friend invites to play games constantly receive ‘ignore’ actions, you can never see a single trace that I played any of them. I feel so lost to this social networking site whenever I see friend updates on the games they played, while me is contented to adding friends and accepting some non-game invites, chatting, checking some profiles, viewing photos, and ‘spying’ some people.

I tried spending several hours sitting on the Internet reading few good stuff online or be entertained by some Youtube videos. At the end of the day, I still go back to radio or music and books to accompany me as I recall how I spent the entire day, miss someone, think of someone, try to catch sleep, or keep my self silent to pray. Nothing compares to that ‘vacation’ when you flip through each page or have your soul serenade by some beautiful music.

Good evening everyone!

Zach, thank you for reading my blog! Please teach me how to speak German some time

Lessons from the Typhoon

No one was prepared when Typhoon Ondoy hit most parts of Metro Manila and nearby provinces. His impact was heavily felt by a lot of people. And I could only pray for those who were badly affected. Even us have friends and families who experienced the storm’s fury.

When we were still living in Makati, I’ve experienced knee-deep flooding. I was so irritated about the sight of water in every part of our house I so wish it could disappear in an instant. But it was nothing compared to the flooding being experienced by the victims of Ondoy. My heart goes out to them.

Last Friday during our bible study at the office, Pastor Billy relayed important lessons about the storm, particularly when you are in floods. He said flood will teach us:

Prioritization
We want to save everything we can, but it’s an impossible thing to do. So you will have to prioritize saving and/or keeping only those that are really important. When you’re in that situation when you seem to be so focused on a lot of things, being in flood will reset all your attention to things that truly matters and worth keeping.

One time, still during a bible study in the office, we were asked, ‘What are your priorities in life?’ The usual answers go: God, family, career, etc.. Then our pastor said: ‘Would it be more worthwhile if our priorities are God, God in our family, God in our careers, and God in every aspect of our lives?’

And that has set my mind into much deeper thinking.

Letting Go
Another lesson of being in flood according to Pastor Billy is letting go. When you can’t save everything that you want to save, consequently you’ll be ‘forced’ to let go. Much as we wanted to keep everything or treasure the memories that go with it, we just simply can’t. Sometimes, letting go needs to come by/with force just to make you realize that it’s totally useless to hold on to things that cannot and will not stay forever.

Another lesson, which was implied but not directly mentioned, is:

To Value Life
Everything can be lost within seconds, including our lives. No one is indispensable in this world. The gift of life is one of the most wonderful things He has ever given us. And to show our appreciation to the One who gave it to us, we need to value our lives. Every moment of it.

We can’t be with our loved ones all the time and forever, so it can make a world of difference to have them feel and know how they are deeply loved by us. Always.

God bless and keep the faith everyone