28 July 2010
27 July 2010
Raindrops keep falling on my head....
Raindrops keep falling on my head....
Lalalalalala
Wish I was at home sleeping but im here working my heart out
with all the people here. Its due date and even with the rain people came to pay.
Lalalalalala
Wish I was at home sleeping but im here working my heart out
with all the people here. Its due date and even with the rain people came to pay.
22 July 2010
12 July 2010
Smile ......
Woke up with a frown but this cute guy reminded me to give it a
try to smile and it made the diference.
21 June 2010
18 June 2010
16 June 2010
blah blah blah....
I just want to get tired and drown myself with all the work in the world. After all the exciting things That I have done over the weekend, I didnt expected that this would be the price that I have to pay.
Wew! I hate this. I hate when things get to this point in my life. I have done my part but it seems its not working and my efforts seemed nothing but junk. Worthless, useless, nada... WHy does it have to be like this. Im sad.... really sad... deeply sad. I want to work till I cant work no more and end up waking up again for work. I hope I have the shield so that I dont have to so balat sibuyas.
I have searched for verses to help me cope:
Proverbs 15:13 " A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit."
Philippians 4:13 " I can do everything through Him who gives me strentgh."
Wew! I hate this. I hate when things get to this point in my life. I have done my part but it seems its not working and my efforts seemed nothing but junk. Worthless, useless, nada... WHy does it have to be like this. Im sad.... really sad... deeply sad. I want to work till I cant work no more and end up waking up again for work. I hope I have the shield so that I dont have to so balat sibuyas.
I have searched for verses to help me cope:
Proverbs 15:13 " A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit."
Philippians 4:13 " I can do everything through Him who gives me strentgh."
In the shelter of thy wings...
" in the shelter of thy wings
I will hide in thee
hide in thee
theres no other place that I would rather be
than in the shelter of thy wings..."
The song that my heart is singing right now...
Words, are just words
better said than done.
BUt the Lord gave me a promise on 2 Corinthians 4
"Therefore do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away,
yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and
momentary troubles are achieving us for an eternal glory that far outweighs them all."
Thats a reminder for me today, though I may have troubles, but they are just momentary.
I will hide in thee
hide in thee
theres no other place that I would rather be
than in the shelter of thy wings..."
The song that my heart is singing right now...
Words, are just words
better said than done.
BUt the Lord gave me a promise on 2 Corinthians 4
"Therefore do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away,
yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and
momentary troubles are achieving us for an eternal glory that far outweighs them all."
Thats a reminder for me today, though I may have troubles, but they are just momentary.
11 June 2010
Wow! Wanna ride with them?
Wow, grandpa do you have room for me?
More passengers infront please....!
WOw, nice outfit
its refreshing when you get a free ride...09 June 2010
No matter how much i try....
Wow, I never felt this tired this week. I went home early last monday and tuesday and now I have decided in my heart to stay longer (even if my feet felt so tired and wanted to embrace the comfort of my dark room). No matter how much I try, the pile of work just accumulate every single day. No matter how much I try my much is never enough. Im not not going to catch up with the work load. Im not alone, almost all of the people here feel the same, were on the same boat and at times, only crying in silence is the best way to cope.
Im just glad that, even when I feel so hopeless, Im glad that im special to someone eyes, Im the apple of God's eyes. Im able to pound the keys of the keyboard to express everything that even words cant express. Im coping and Im embracing God's promise, His love His care and I just have to listen somewhere in the corner of my heart is the light of hope that always gave me the comfort despite the busy and confusing world we have.
Im hungry, I know when I get home theres no food on the table. I miss the comfort of home, missed mother's cooking and the laughter of brothers and sisters, missed my family. I have to remind myself of God's promise that " I can do anyhting through Christ who gives me strength"
Tomorrow is another and another day to be a blessing.
read more....
Zelmarq
Im just glad that, even when I feel so hopeless, Im glad that im special to someone eyes, Im the apple of God's eyes. Im able to pound the keys of the keyboard to express everything that even words cant express. Im coping and Im embracing God's promise, His love His care and I just have to listen somewhere in the corner of my heart is the light of hope that always gave me the comfort despite the busy and confusing world we have.
Im hungry, I know when I get home theres no food on the table. I miss the comfort of home, missed mother's cooking and the laughter of brothers and sisters, missed my family. I have to remind myself of God's promise that " I can do anyhting through Christ who gives me strength"
Tomorrow is another and another day to be a blessing.
read more....
Zelmarq
06 June 2010
Killing the time....
Im annoyed
I know im impatient
maybe self centered
always wanted things my way
now im here
pounding the keys
killing the time
hoping its 10pm......
killing the time...
posting anything
surfing...
searching...
looking for something...
just killing the time...
but why?
it seems the clock just got stuck there...
Patience...patience... patience...
I feel helpless
Im sad
Im sad
Im bored
Just killing the time...
here busy doing nothing...
Zelmarq
A sure stress buster...
Bacolod Inasal in Cagayan de Oro
no doubt a sure stress buster
I was about to have my tantrums, hehehe
Ate this with my bare hands.....wow!
Inasal means......
A hiligaynon term which means barbecue....grilled
Zelmarq
crochet and patience....
Last thursday and friday I got under the weather, embraced all the pillows on my bed and the stuffed toys beside me, with cough and the colds making my tears flow like rain, wew, I know im exaggerating but its hard getting sick like this. Mama, is far, and my family is Cebu, wow, what a pity. Wish they were here , they could take care of me, feed me, cook soup for me and even just scold me for being such a hard headed 34 year old single, work addict lady.
Well, sad, truth, Im work addict, even if I felt bad wednesday evening, i brought a paper bag full of work load from the office, of course it was due this friday and I would not want cristy to do the job for me, I finished it just in time I left the papers on cristy's table and when I went outside got saoked with the pouring rain ( oh no, not again, another reason why the stay in bed got longer than expected).
Thursday morning, I just cant stay there and lay my head like I were dead, this cant be happening, I have to do something, even with the head pounding hard with pain and the colds making me cry and the cough making me bark like a guard dog, I have to do something, with the boring tv on, I tried looking for something to do.
Eureka!, found my crochet things, felt that I have missed my crochets, my threads, my colorfull threads. I started, I thought I forgot how to make crochet purses but there I was glad that the chore jut went swiftly as if were already encoded in my head with the coordination of my fingers, the crochet needle and the two strands of thread. Patience, hmmmm, patience is a virtue, and for the past days I have seen I slowly lost my patience, slowly, and slowly I realized I have dragged my body to its limit and abused and now I am reaping the consequence.
What exactly is patience? defined by Encarta as a capacity for waiting: the ability to endure waiting, delay, or provocation without becoming annoyed or upset, or to persevere calmly when faced with difficulties. Patience is a skill that we practice and the more we are able to endure without frustration the more patience we have.
Patience, crochet.
Slowly, with each single stitch, I can make my crochet purse.
Thank God for the realization.
I agree, things happen for a reason. My getting sick happened for a reason ( for me to get some sleep and some rest).
Zelmarq
05 June 2010
Rainy season coming.....
"Rain drops keep fallin' on my head".......
I was confined in the four corners of my room for two unable to report for work due to severe headache, colds and cough. Spent the two days watching tv, KAPUSO or KAPAMILYA, DIZ iz It or SHowtime? Eat bulaga or wowoweee, i just jumped from one channel to the other but felt the KAPUSO team is closer to my heart. And now Im well and here for praise and worship practice but theres no one and now Im stuck with the rain so intense outside making it impossible for me to go home.
I was confined in the four corners of my room for two unable to report for work due to severe headache, colds and cough. Spent the two days watching tv, KAPUSO or KAPAMILYA, DIZ iz It or SHowtime? Eat bulaga or wowoweee, i just jumped from one channel to the other but felt the KAPUSO team is closer to my heart. And now Im well and here for praise and worship practice but theres no one and now Im stuck with the rain so intense outside making it impossible for me to go home.
Its hard that the restaurant owner downstairs came and begged if he could bring his supplies for safe keeping afraid that the flood would strike and give devastating damage like the last flood that happened last January2009.
"Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain......"
I could just hum hum and sing a few rain songs to chase the rain away, and now it subsided giving me the assurance that its safe and no flood is coming and preventing me from going home.
January 2009 flood
Me (with pink jacket) with Rachel and Wendy
enjoying the chocolatety street.....
smiling always......
21 May 2010
Lover's Moon
Another nice copy of the lover's moon courtesy of Aye Navarro also shared
by my officemate.
18 May 2010
Smiley Venus and Moon....
May 16, 2010, Sunday
I have never seen such a lovely combnation, the Smiley combination.
It warmed my heart, Im just glad I was one of the few
who witnessed this sight, such a lovely sight.
My Best Friend's Wedding
After the wedding ceremony, getting ready for lunch.
Enjoying the cool breeze outside the house, brownout!
With best friend Cristy
With close friends MAryjane and Cristy
WIth the couple....
With the best man...
With the entourage...
with Fr. Abacahin
Wow, the first sacred kiss....
17 May 2010
Im back....
Im back.
Its like im away for a couple of months and I realized I missed this blog.
I miss blogging and today, I just dont know what to blog but to say that Im back....
I miss my blog so much and I just hope I can blog regularlay for good.
Its like im away for a couple of months and I realized I missed this blog.
I miss blogging and today, I just dont know what to blog but to say that Im back....
I miss my blog so much and I just hope I can blog regularlay for good.
03 April 2010
Thai me up....
It just took a decade for the food to be served...wew! I got impatient waiting for the food....
Its just a relief the juice was good!
looking romantic? well, the cute candle completes it!
Its nice here, with all the lights and cute bamboo plants...
Wow, never seen such lovely lilies like these....
10 February 2010
30 January 2010
13 January 2010
Handbook 2010
I'd like to share this email from a college classmate.
Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants..
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games
7. Read more books than you did in 2009 .
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9. Sleep for 7 hours..
10. Take a 10-30 minute walk daily. And while you walk, smile.
Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree...
Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything..
28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. How good or bad a situation is, it will change..
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come..
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
40. Remember that the happiest people in the world are not those who have no problems but those who learn to live with things that are less than perfect.
41. Forget the things that make you sad.. and remember the things that make you glad.
42. Get better, not bitter!
43. Rather than smearing the body with mud and then undergoing the trouble of washing.. is it not better to keep at a safe distance from mud?
44. It is nice to be important but is it more important to be nice.
45. Believe in miracles, either big or small… they are ready for grab everyday.
Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants..
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games
7. Read more books than you did in 2009 .
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9. Sleep for 7 hours..
10. Take a 10-30 minute walk daily. And while you walk, smile.
Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree...
Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything..
28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. How good or bad a situation is, it will change..
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come..
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
40. Remember that the happiest people in the world are not those who have no problems but those who learn to live with things that are less than perfect.
41. Forget the things that make you sad.. and remember the things that make you glad.
42. Get better, not bitter!
43. Rather than smearing the body with mud and then undergoing the trouble of washing.. is it not better to keep at a safe distance from mud?
44. It is nice to be important but is it more important to be nice.
45. Believe in miracles, either big or small… they are ready for grab everyday.
11 January 2010
Shrimp Curry Vegetable....
All time favrite dish @ Mandarin only P75.00 yet so yuumy
just the sight of it makes you salivate. Even f im allergic to shrimps
I just ignore it, this is worth the rashes.
08 January 2010
Inspiring Message from Rick Warren
You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having 'wealth' from the book sales. This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren, 'Purpose Driven Life ' author and pastor ofSaddleback Church in California.
In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said:
People ask me, What is the purpose of life?
And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity.. We were not made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.
One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body-- but not the end of me.
I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity..
We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.
Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one.
The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort; God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.
We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.
This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.
I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore.
Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life.
No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on.
And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for.
You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems:
If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness, which is my problem, my issues, my pain.' But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.
We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her- It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.
You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life.
Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy.
It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease..
So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.
First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit.. We made no major purchases.
Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church.
Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation.
Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.
We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity?
Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?
When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better. God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do.
That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.
Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD..
In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said:
People ask me, What is the purpose of life?
And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity.. We were not made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.
One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body-- but not the end of me.
I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity..
We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.
Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one.
The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort; God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.
We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.
This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.
I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore.
Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life.
No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on.
And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for.
You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems:
If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness, which is my problem, my issues, my pain.' But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.
We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her- It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.
You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life.
Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy.
It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease..
So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.
First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit.. We made no major purchases.
Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church.
Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation.
Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.
We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity?
Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?
When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better. God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do.
That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.
Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD..
