CONGRATULATIONS Mr. Dino Badilla

We are proud of you Daddy Dino!

HUWARANG PILIPINO AWARDEE

All fo the greater Glory of God!

 

 

Photos courtesy of crossovernc5..multiply.com

BLOG - a noun

Thursday night, we are on our way home from a Christian Life Program of my chapter (nc5), and a kind hearted man offered a ride home to us..KUYA SANTI! Kewl...then i mentioned to him that i find the word "BLOG"  kinda weird but yet interesting, i even attempted to look for its meaning in the dictionary but it always slips my mind...but nwei, Kuya Santi and to all my friends out there here goes some Webster's Job!

Main Entry:	blog
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	an online diary; a personal chronological log of thoughts published on a Web page; also called Weblog, Web log
Example:	Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author.
Etymology:	shortened form of Weblog
Usage:	blog, blogged, blogging v, blogger n

A four-letter term that came to symbolize the difference between old and new media during this year's presidential campaign tops U.S. dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster's list of the 10 words of the year.

 

 

Get it? Perhaps someone will be composing song like this..hahaha..just like with the song "DIARY" ...arrggh..what am i thinkin this past few days.....The Internet is becoming the epochal communication and entertainment platform that the dot-commers envisioned—it just took longer than most of them thought.It all used to be so easy; the adage went "never pick a fight with anyone who buys ink by the barrel." But now everyone can get ink for free, launch a diatribe, and - if what they have to say is interesting to enough people - expect web-enabled word of mouth to carry it around the world. Unlike earlier promises of self-publishing revolutions, the blog movement seems to be the real thing. Let's BLOG!!!!

 

 

SWEET ELEKTRA

Status connection: No Dial tone

Status connection: Connection cannot be established

 

It was a Monday…and I wondered….what’s goin on with my internet connection?

I stood up, exerted some energy to pull my computer and  I looked at my internet cord.

Hmm…What could be wrong?! There you go…grrr…those cute little doggies….broke into my room and had that special taste on my cord – the result….I cannot enter the world of “www” ..ssheessh! That’s too bad… my day would never be the same without blogging and stuffs..but I have to stay cool (goosfraba..) Ok, I’ll buy another one on Sunday (a week?! That’s the only free time I got that time) and Sunday came, paid a few bucks to Handyman and I went home so excited.. at last i’ll be back to business! To my surprise, my internet connection still won’t work. CRAP! I later found out that the line I bought a while ago wasn’t functioning at all. I started to loose my  temper….fine!

 

“God, what is it that you want…why now? Why me?”

 

And I decided to let my “electrician” side work. I saw it with my uncles and I once watched it in sineskwela and we even had a project of something like it in school.

 

All I have to do was to discard the broken parts of the cord and connect the remaining parts all over again...and I started to explore. While peeling off the edges of the cord I saw 4 colors (Black, Yellow,red and Green) and my senses just kept on telling me that I just have to expose the wires and re-connect the same colors, do some twisting and whala! I have a new remake internet cord ( it tooked me 1200 midnight to 4 am to do that..hehehe..its a bit hard., the wires are so small that it kept on breaking..)

 

What do I do next? Of course, test my master piece! I placed one side of the cord to the phone and the other side to the connecting cable on the wall..tada..i heard the dial tone!

I considered myself a genius that time! Ha! Ha! And so I tried it too with my computer and it worked! So here I am again..blogging.

 

*Sometimes when things got broken, we just have to mend it, don’t go abruptly for a new one, but don’t just sit there and wait for a fairy to fix things for you… time..we need time..plan very carefully, take the leap and you’ll see things on a different angle..perhaps not that perfect but still worth it…and you’ll tell yourself… i have done my part. Great, it worked out”

 

Fixing my internet cord….lessons learned.

 

 

EARTHWORM

 

ang bulati ay dumaan sa kahabaan ng taft avenue,

kanyang sinisilayan ang dalandang hinog

na lulubog na sa tubig, dapithapon

bukas, ganitong oras ulit

*Boses sa guni-guni : Quirino Avenue, pakiingatan

lamang po ang mga dala dalang gamit..."

 

1730H

a GRACE from HEAVEN

...it all started with a simple phone call...

From a common friend then she invited me to an event, though I knew her from the crossover program we both came from. And as we said hello to each other the rest was history…

I just then realized I am blessed with a grace from heaven.

Time, its faster than a blink of an eye...she became one of my best gurl friend

We would talk over the phone for hours

We would just sit and chat endlessly

We shares common interests may it be from stars and moon, being a princess, perfume, movies, music, books, dislikes, ideas and perhaps in the near future a business! Ha!

I love her family. And I love her for just being there for me.

I am grateful that God gave me such friend and if I will be given a chance to have a sister she will be one of them. But perhaps…she’s already my sister!

GRACIE. Young and Vibrant!

Thanks dear…remember..GOOSFRABA!

I Got your back!

 

your gurl friend ever,

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why complain?

Paul taught that life's predicaments can produce godly character in us.  Our complaining hinders God's work.  Here are some suggestions for overcoming a complaining attitude: 

1.  Remember that your troubles did not take God by surprise.  He is still in control. 

2.  Believe that God has a solution, a provision, or a gift of wisdom to match your difficulty. 

3.  Pray, affirming your faith in God and expressing your confidence in His loving purpose for you. 

4.  Wait with expectancy and availability, trusting God to work out His perfect will.

5.  Praise Him- even before He acts.

This alternative to complaining gives God an opportunity to work creatively, both in us and in our circumstances.  Best of all, even if circumstances don't change, He uses them to change us!

     Daily Bread    

i'll Never Go

 

I'll Never Go
Eric Santos
composer - Frank Singcol
Stained Glass / Yurihwa OST

(About ten years ago,this song as sang by Nexxus...though i liked it na then, syempre mas lalo na ngayon na theme song ng Stained Glass...hmm..i appreciate Eric Santos naman pero iam just wondering kung mas cool if its Christian Bautista who sang it...just a thought..)

You always ask me
Those words i say
And telling me what it means to me

(*)
Every single day
You always act this way
For how many times i told you
I love you
For this is all i know

II
Come to me and hold me
And you will see
The love i give
For you still hold the key

REPEAT (*)

CHORUS
I'll never go far away from you
Even the sky will tell you
That i need you so
For this is all i know
I'll never go far away from you

REPEAT II

REPEAT (*)

REPEAT CHORUS

INSTRUMENTAL

I'll never go far away from you

REPEAT CHORUS TWICE

(I'll never go, never go away)
(I'll never go away, never go)...

PURE ENERGY!

 

(just like to share the story i posted at our group about our recent meriendacena with Mr. Pure Energy!)

 

PROLOGUE

April 27,2004 The Repeat Concert at the Music Museum. On the Man's last song, a lady approached him, took a bow and handed him a letter of Thanks. After the event, the same lady was staring to the Man she met up-close and personal for the very first time, and he was talking about having a "meriendacena"...(back to her consciousness) ...It was Sir Gary Valenciano himself there in front of her, smiling and explaining about his ideas of meeting them with the rest of the gang of the Gary V e-group. Afterwards, the young lady went home with a big smile in her face and she was  looking forward to something different yet exciting event in her life...perhaps soon!

 

 

..Time swept so fast....almost a year after...

 

04.16.05 1200H...She woke up with the sound of her cousin's voice telling her to get up!

(Moved slowly…stretched her arms.. yawned…)

 

 

That was the day she's been waiting for...The Day she'll meet the people she got to know through e-mails only though some, she already met at certain Gary V. events but  most important of all , she will  meet again the man who told her a year ago about the meriendacena..Sir Gary Valenciano.

 

She even thought of what could be in store for her that day. Would it be something fun?  Entertaining? Exciting? Heart warming? But whatever it is she can sense that it will be something good…for real..and maybe one of the precious moments in her life.

 

(With the help of the technologies of transportation she and her cousin was on the venue in no time)

 

Bread from Heaven Church,Shangrila Mall, EDSA- ßthat’s the place, Saturday was the day, it was called MERIENDACENA and whatever she will be experiencing that day she just lifted it to God.

 

SMILES. She was welcomed with beautiful smiles. Well, that’s a good start! After registering, she then entered the room, (tremors..her heart’s beating a little bit faster than before and she inhales a lot more Oxygen and exhales Carbon as if exhaling for the last time)

 

FRIENDS. She recognized faces, friends she met before and to be friends that maybe in an instance or another have read an email of her in the group.

 

FOODS. Bless the food. Where can she get something like this? A day with Sir Gary V for free and please include the free food! Indeed it is true that  “Best things in life are still free”

 

GARY V. This is it. She’s there, sitting on a chair, mingling with new found friends, eating great food and in a few moments MR.PURE ENERGY entered the room (1500H). Simple. Dressed casually in white polo and jeans, wore a great smile in his face and approached their table.

 

She cannot believe it, Sir Gary V was talking to them, eating boiled peanuts and telling them good stories about his recent experiences. They even found out that some of the friends at the crowd got the chance to attend the almost  same gatherings many years ago.

 

 

Well, it was just the start.

 

After eating good food and Sir Gary V going to the different tables to meet everyone, Ms. Pam G, who is great singer too, was the emcee that afternoon. Gary V led the prayer lifting up and thanking God for the event that was going to happen that day.

Sir Mike, who would not know Sir Mike- the man behind the e-group, indeed the Moderator, then welcomed the group and acknowledged each and every one’s presence. That gesture, by the way, was really appreciated by the people there. (THANK YOU) Sir Mike also introduced the wonderful people of Genesis to the crowd and at last everyone meets everyone.

 

GAMES. A good start! They got to know each other a lot better with the games they played. Starting with ‘THE BOAT IS SINKING” ha! That was a tough game. Who would not say no? Sir Gary V was not even  exempted from the game and he was not excused of being out of the game after Kristine didn’t joined him on a group of three! Laughter can be heard unto the depths of the room. And the fair lady was blessed enough to win a prize! (Which consist by the way of an organizer with Gary V’s autograph, the limited edition mug of the Xtreme concert and a navy blue K-Swiss shirt..cool stuff ayt!)

 

After catching her breath and went back to her seat after the indeed extreme yet fun game she had with the group,Gary V took the stage and this time He gets to answer all questions that will be asked by any member of the group.

 

She was totally freezing in her seat. The lady who seems to be very talkative, zipped her mouth for that moment…well, halfly zipped was a better description. She just don’t know, she cannot ask the many questions that was  running in her mind except for Gary V’s favorite color which he answered that it depends on the occasion –Black, or White, Black and White, Black or have he mentioned White?-

 

Perhaps, she just wanted the others to ask their own questions, and she feels like listening that time. Interesting questions were raised from upcoming concerts and albums, to personal point of views on different matters, to his sugar level, the gatherings wherein he was supposed to sing songs that he forgotten the lines, the story of the ballad song that he just let the crowd clapped their hands with him (that story was totally hilarious by the way), even about his children or even him going back to school wanting to be a “sound engineer”, whatever questions was asked that day, everything just came so naturally. Only but one statement marked on the young lady’s heart and mind and its about Sir Gary V’s success..

 

“Whenever I go up the stage I just sing from my Heart. I enjoy what I am doing…I am being myself…that makes it different from performing…”

 

Those simple lines from Sir Gary V, sincere and true, touched  the lady’s heart. Well, she’s not a singer by career but the essence of just doing what you like to do and being yourself concept inspired her more on the path she is currently taking. NEVER PERFORM.

 

Sir Gary V. ended that segment with a  song he composed for his next album. The song, which he quoted as a rough one can be rated with 5 stars!!!

 

PICTURES. Everybody loves pictures! After that segment, everyone posed as if in class and whala!!! Smile was pasted on their faces…click..click..click…and after the flashes of light there goes the autograph signing. The lady grabbed that chance, the event is almost once in a lifetime so she wore her best smile in every click and flash of the camera…and let Sir Gary V signed her memorabilias. It was great! Different stuffs were brought to be signed by Mr. Pure energy from tickets that was preserved for almost a decade, pictures taken from different events, cd’s, album labels, even recently finished concerts.. Nobody wasted the opportunity.

 

Just when you thought it was over, a lot more unexpected things happened….the next games was more exciting…”trip to Jerusalem style” which include some major stunts to be done in order to survive the game, the “PERA OR BAYONG” which tested the crowds capacity to remember the first of the first of Gary V (thanks God, the quite elder friends were there) and even the capacity to guess some answers….(which eventually worked) and of course who can forget the SINGING CONTEST?! It topped the ratings of any other singing competition in the universe! The contestants were all great! Our lady just led the cheering squad but she enjoyed it very much most especially when Sir Gary V handed her the mike for a few seconds! And back to the competitors, they all did their best but only one shall prevail…BENJO!!! Who nearly threatened Gary V with his powerful voice and fantastic moves. Whew!!

 

It was superb..it was a blast! The group even got the chance to greet Sir Gary on his 22^nd anniversary in Showbiz. EVERYTHING was special. NO SECOND was wasted.

 

The lady enjoyed every inch of it….the friends she knew, the genesis staff, Sir Gary V..the whole event itself….Perhaps you are asking why I know a lot of her experience that time…of course I do…I just have told you my own Story of the Meriendacena event!

 

 

That just felt so good!  Its not been a week yet but I already misses the group…the smiles I saw, the giggle and laughter I heard, the bloopers, everything about meriendacena….

 

As Sir Gary V. ended the event again with a prayer…my eyes almost started to produce tears….i was so emotional in the sense that God really answered my prayer…”THAT EACH AND EVERYONE MIGHT ENJOY THE GATHERING” …Every person who wrote their experience on that very day are telling nothing but the truth, what they really felt that very moment and what they just have witnessed. As everyone went home, they brought a piece of the event or even the whole thing in their hearts and kept it in their precious memories.

 

IT WAS MORE THAN JUST A FANS’ DAY.

 

IT WAS MORE THAN JUST PEOPLE GATHERING AND MEETING THEIR IDOL.

 

IT WAS EVEN MORE THAN JUST KNOWING YOUR CO –EGROUPS.

 

FOR IT WAS A GATHERING OF NEWLY FOUND FRIENDS. Done simple things such as talking and knowing about each other and looking forward of meeting them again someday! PURE ENERGY was with everyone..

 

 

A few lines from Sir Gary’s new song goes like..

 

MAKE ME and TAKE ME…

HOLD ME…MOLD ME…

AND IF THERE’S NO OTHER WAY TO MAKE ME WHOLE

THEN GO AHEAD AND BREAK ME….

REMAKE ME

 

 

This just tattooed on my heart and mind. More than anything, Sir Gary made me realizes a lot of things about myself and about being the true Sweet  I want to be.

 

THANK YOU everyone! You have made my April 16,2005 one of a kind!

 

 

 

 

 

“Service to God is beyond fame and shame. It’s beyond pain and gain. It’s beyond comfort; beyond self. The Ability to serve God is a gift in itself” –

Gary Valenciano (a singer,never a performer, a friend)

 

 

 

 

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NC5 - Videoke Night

0200H  04.24.05

 

I can’t sleep! (That’s not odd in my case) and as I sat down and faced my computer the echoes of the laughter we had earlier is still there.

What a blessed night!

 

(my central nervous system is not yet depressed so I go on typing)

 

click! Tik! Whoosh! Tak! Clack!....

 

…I can’t help but reminisce the first night I entered the mission house and after that night it was followed by another 13 magnificent nights and when I graduated Singles for Christ it was then followed by a lot more activities such as conferences, cozy nights, assemblies, households and even better two more  batches of Christian Life Program. Perhaps the latter is one of the most important events since this is the opportunity to have more brothers and sisters in Christ.

 

 Hours, days, months and even years have passed since the first Batch of Crossover. I could hardly believe many of us have different lives now, but one thing is for sure we missed each other’s company.

 

What happened last night was the chance we had to once again muse over what we had in the past. I may say that we had been victorious!

 

Videoke night. Cool theme huh!( with Jonie, Angel and Arvin as the Masters of Ceremonies) . But more than just singing together, everyone had so much fun telling stories and catching up into each other’s lives. Good thing that we started and ended with prayer. God blessed the entire gathering. From the great pica foods to the hospitality of the Hipol Family (who by the way risk their live because we have disturbed their neighbors that evening…let’s just say that the sound waves we produced thumped their ears) to the performance and the “boat is sinking game” …the whole thing was superb! Faces who were missed by the chapter was also there.. talk about Mike,Mico,Deck,Ezra,Ej, and a lot more brothers who swept the floor with their “knocking of our feet” voices and actions, of course with the veterans..(nahh..you know what I mean..) while the sisters wasn’t left behind with their vivacious singing talents too. Brother and Sister of the night was Mike and Chris respectively while Mico bagged the Earliest bird award (that’s a tough one)

 

No invited speakers, less of the functional stuffs and with a touch of the pastoral side of SFC. Just a night of reminiscing what we have already have and what is in store for our chapter  in the future.  

 

As a brother has commented, there is always something on the first of the first. Perhaps the magic microphone, or  the great food, or even the barangay patrol who almost raid the house…. I leave the rest to those who were there…. the Videoke night is not over yet….a lot more like this will eventually take place soon. 

Time passes. Sun shifts and shadow departs. Whatever may come our way, we will stay as one community in Solidarity in Jesus Christ.

 

 

(zZZZZ…..now we are talking bout sleep!)

 

 We thank you for just being there .It could never been the same without you

 

And you , who missed the chance, there is always a next time and we are dying to see you with the group . How much we missed you. Update us with your smile, your new haircut, your sports nowadays or even your chinovela addictiveness.

 

 

I believed. Those who came believed. Be excited to see it for yourselves.

 

 

TILL THE NEXT VIDEOKE NIGHTS!

 

 

 

 

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