uncomfortable zone

“Being in the uncomfortable zone 

is much better than staying 

in the cheese-less situation .”

― Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?

musings on a 14th

this is another chapter of our lives...

after my postgrad, hub works for manager's development program to be promoted... 

is this for extra pay? is this for pride? is this for self-esteem? 

is this for personal growth? 

will our relationship take the toll of the distance, expense, pressure?

 will our family suffice?...

 lord help us...this time, with all the stresses around, i remind myself: help, 

whenever and wherever you can. 

no matter how difficult, survive. don't quit on trying to grow. 

don't quit on love. 

don't quit on being the good person that you are...

 i pray, god, god, god...god embrace us...

remind us...love us...

give us strength...

10 Rules [Good Christian Married Life]

10 Commandments 

for a Good Christian Married Life 

1. You must be and become the RIGHT person

rather than expecting your spouse 

to be come the RIGHT person.

2. GIVE and TAKE is a necessity.

Let LOVE cover the disagreements 

which will come in any marriage.

3. Never carry into tomorrow the petty troubles of today. 

Forgive at the earliest or at least by the end of the day, 

and then forget.

4. Discuss your disagreements

and personal problems with the LORD. 

Go to HIM for the advice you need. 

Always take Godly counsel when in need.

5. Try to live within your financial means. 

Don't try to copy the life style of some other couple; 

keep within your income. 

And be sure to set aside the tithe for the Lord's work.

6. Keep your love as romantic as possible.

Appreciate each other. 

Express that appreciation in actual love 

and affection in the home. 

7. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER think of divorce

as a solution for your marriage problems. 

You took your vows "until death do us part." 

Divorce never settles anything.

8. Keep your eyes on the person you have married, 

and don't bother looking around for someone else. 

Wandering eyes benefit no marriage. 

It opens the door for the enemy 

to work out his scheme in your marriage.

9. Read God's Word 

and pray together every day. 

To pray together is to stay together.

10. Let Christ shed the love of God in your heart, 
and 
you will be sure to have love for each other

source: 

http://www.godlywoman.co/2012/07/10-commandments-for-good-christian.html

Gensan Tunafest gets better and better each year, says Chiz

 

One of the most awaited programs of the series of events in Gensan’s Tuna Festival is the Fishtahan sa Fishport on September 6^th. It showcases simultaneous games held in different venues (markets) in the city’s Fishport complex. Gracing the affair were Congressman Pedro Acharon Jr., Mayor Darlene Custodio and Senator Chiz Escudero.  

Sen. Escudero heads the Senate Committees on Justice and Human Rights, Joint Oversight Committees on Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Clean Air Act, and Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. He spent the entire morning visiting the market sites for tuna catch (it’s working day as usual), taking time to pose for photos and chat with the fisherfolks, vendor and fish port officials.

A brief press conference was held during lunch time. The well-loved senator answered all questions straight to the point. He discussed issues on Pnoy’s RAT Plan, state of agriculture and the environment, the new appointments for DILG and DOJ and the legacy of his father that he intends to uphold as a public servant- that is, the legacy of a good name and public service.  He ended the presscon with a remark that the Tuna Festival gets better and better each year and he won’t be surprised when the event would level-up once more, next year.

i believe i can fly

jim paulo... you know you'd be missed

For life and death are one,
even as the river and the sea are one.
In the depth of your hopes and desires
lies your silent knowledge of the beyond;
And like seeds dreaming
beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.

Trust the dreams,
for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

-K.Gibran

jovito's flashback

My father was a heavy equipment operator at Dolefil Inc. He met my mother at the said company who was an employee too; she is in the Research Dept. A common friend introduced them to each other. I was born early August of 1977 in Polomolok South Cotabato, the eldest in a family of five. We live near the mountainside. 

When I was younger, my friends and I always go hiking up to the nearest hills, sometimes our only snacks we brought with us came from fruit trees that we pass along the way, it’s a fun memory. We also played games in a traditional way - lots of running, hide and seek and sometimes we also play slingshots.  Here, we form two groups and using our slingshots, we hail stones to each other imitating action movies. A stone in the eye turned out to be a lesson to me- to take care of myself. It almost got me blind. From then on, I was more careful. I still played physical games though. In those days, computer and other online games are not available yet.  I believe, my childhood was fun and healthy as it is. 

We also entertain ourselves through watching action movies of Lito Lapid, Ramon Revilla Sr., and Fernando Poe Jr. and laugh to the jokes of  Dolphy- but in a black and white screen. I remember that in those times only few of our neighbors can afford to buy TV set so we have to content ourselves by watching through our neighbor’s windows or ask permission to watch with them in their house. When I was old enough to go to school I was enrolled in a nearby Primary school three kilometers from our house. The only way to get there is by foot with our over-used slippers. 

When I was about ten, my father went missing- literally. We exhausted all means to find him (we got to have him declared “dead” for social security reasons only after about 17 years).  My mother was forced to work again, this time as a pineapple harvester to feed all of us. I was also forced to be mature and do some household chores for my younger siblings. But that situation made us stronger and we try to forget the pain ...and try to survive without the head of the family. In high school, during weekends I was in the farm of other people helping to weed off the grass from their cornfields or help them harvest their crops for a minimal amount of money, often just enough to cover my “baon” for the weekdays. 

During my senior year in high school I was a cadet officer of  ROTC. I forgot what that meant, remembering only that we have to wear uniforms in fatigue just like real soldiers and we had wooden rifles as we practice march every afternoon for the inter-school competition. I was also elected as an officer of Student Body Organization of our school as Senator. Some may consider them insignificant but for me, each and every event that happened was important. It molded me to who I am today.