Shine Brighter 2013

DJ Earworm does this yearly mash-up of all the hits of 2012 and with this year, he titled this track as "shine brighter". As this year comes into a conclusion I would like to take this same inspiration in welcoming 2013. My goal now for 2013 is to shine brighter hopefully in all aspects of my life which is love, career, school, life in general and my spiritual life.

The year of the water snake will be in a few hours and instead of making my yearly resolutions list which i ended up not accomplishing, I would like to try a new approach this year, by saying thank you. 2012 has been such a wonderful roller coaster ride full of surprises and adventure. Words were said, paths were traveled  relationships were built and absolutely and most importantly many lessons were learned.  First of all I would like to thank the following for making me shine brighter during this past year and making 2012 indeed an amazing journey :)

To God, for always putting me where I grow best (not only physically) but holistically :)

To Dad, for being my adviser in love, career and life in general.

To Mommy, for being my number 1 fan kahit alam kong dehado na ako. for being a mother also to my pets at home most especially in times of dire need.

To JC, for being the president of my fans club, haha (alam ko naiinis ka na habang binabasa mo 'to!) pero, thanks for listening to all my stories and cesnya sa mga pangaral ko (you'll realize its importance in a few years) :)

To Catrina, my girlfriend for 3 years already and still counting, thanks for taking care of my errands, for the patience, concern, and for just being there for me all of the time. I love you! :)

To my direct relatives (Gomez'), for being a bright spot in our compound, considering what's happening right now.

To my JC friends (you know who you are!) for being my constant travel/gimik/food/kalokohan mates. I'll treasure these moments.

To my PSE friends (you also know who you are!) for always welcoming me every time I visit Ayala triangle, and making such visits indeed wonderful.

To my grad school friends for being my soft spot in rigorous academic exercises na ginagawa natin!

To my beswan for making me smile when i stumble upon your posts in fb :))

To my mentors in all aspects of my life (love, career, school, life in general, spiritual life) for believing in my potential, for giving me some of the best advices I've ever heard so far.

To my newly found friends in my new work thanks for welcoming me and letting me swim with confidence and with a life vest :) my work wouldn't be as enjoyable without you guys.

Now i'm off to some last minute preps for new year's eve celebration! see you 2013! :)

White Marble Flooring

Here's the aftermath of ondoy's very fierce rainfall last saturday:

This is suppose to be our living room's white marble flooring, now it's underwater and those white boxes in the upper right part of the pic are kitchen cabinets removed to be used as sort of "scaffoldings" for our more precious stuff, and yes, we now use a hose to get potable water for laundry, washing dishes etc. Thanks God I'm still way LUCKIER compared to others who experienced WORST harshness from Ondoy! Let us all pray as a nation that we will survive this catastrophe, pero bilang pinoy yakang-yaka natin 'to we're already tested in these types of situations. I still hope that everyone would still be optimistic cause as we always say, there will ALWAYS be sunshine after the rain, literally. =) Good night everyone!

Spiritual Medicine

We've been to Tagaytay to spend our Holy Thursday & Good Friday away from Manila. (pictures comming soon on multiply) Actually, biglaan lang naman ang lakad. We were supposed to have a retreat pero ayun di na rin naayos ni Daddy, kaya ayun nag church na kami last night.

It has also been quite a while since I blogged about Lent. Pero this year had been very special for me since I never felt this energized about my faith. Quite some times, I really felt that i need to put my spirit to that "spiritual hospital" that i just created for myself. My spirit had been bruised for some time. I need to conduct a "spiritual first-aid" for myself.

That Spiritual first-aid is having the eagerness and urge to go to confession. Nothing equals the feeling of undergoing confession and telling all the things you were sorry for. It has been my habit to go to confession once a week in the Greenbelt church (Ston Nino de Paz). I've been doing this for some months already and I am encouraging everyone to actually do it. I tell you, the feeling is different. Come on! it's like 15-20 minutes to confess and it would give you speedy results.



It's better than spa and any form of exercise to release stress.



It's a good form of communication with that someone we called God.



It's better than C2 and green tea to detoxify your dirty inside.



Lastly, It's a better help for Jesus in the cross, at least the sins he needs to carry would be lesser.



I'm encouraging everyone to go to confession not only this time of lent, but everytime you need one and you need to communicate with God. Please visit your nearby parish to have a spiritual dose of medicine to your brusied spirit.



Have a meaningful weekend everyone! (Btw, the pic was taken during my flight back to Manila last February)