Random thoughts: Sunday

Here are my random thoughts this Sunday

• It’s supposed to be the “ber” months, which should translate to “burrrr” months. How come it’s so hot?!?
• It will be my mother’s first death anniversary on Tuesday. We will be having just a little celebration, like giving out birthday invitations.
• I have to buy some office clothes, buy I feel so lazy to go to the mall! Hehe!
• I love long weekends, like what we have today, four days!
• My friend and I are starting to love Longchamp bags. Good luck sa budget namin!

Have a great day (and long weekend!)!

Believing versus trusting

I have learned that there is a big difference between believing in God and trusting in God.

You know God can help you with the very cold weather, but do you actually trust that He will give you the electric blanket you will be needing? You know God can take you out of that debt, butdo you trust that He will giveyou the means?

Sometimes, especially when it seems that there are no answers to our prayers, we think God does not hear us. Let us be still and trust that God always hears our prayers. That’s called faith.

Liar liar!

Now kids have something to get back at their parents!

 (Grabbed from Facebook)

The worst

I heard over the radio that the Philippines now have the worst airport in the world. What a shame.

As someone who loves to travel, and I know most of you do, I know that airports are the first impressions we get of a place. And if the airport does not speak of beautiful things, then that’s not a good first impression.

Out international airport really does need some drastic changes, from the most basic like bathrooms and ceilings to the major ones like the quality of the runway and the services provided. (It doesn’t help that our major carrier, PAL, is having problems with its employees, who are now looking for tester jobs now that they have been let go. But that’s another story.) I certainly agree that we do not have beautiful airports.

I hope the airport officials take this as a challenge and do take the necessary steps to improve our airports. I want one that we can really be proud of.

Shared on FB

Friend: You know you’re getting fat when, after reaching for a size SMALL, the saleslady offers to get it for you in LARGE. *sigh*

Me: Hay naku *****, I was just ranting about this. Why is it the US, my size is extra small! Hehe! When I got back from the vacation and was buying a blouse, I got the medium and brought it to the fitting room. Is it right for the saleslady to shou, “Mam, if it’s dmall, we still have large! What the…. Well, I had the last laugh because the medium was too big for me! SMALL! SMALL! SMALL! Hahaha!

Someone ought to train these saleslady that suggesting a larger size is definitely not cool! We are talking of body size here ladies, not some Backwoods cigars! If we need a larger size, we’ll ask for one! And never, never shout it out!!

How precious each day is

The brutal rape-slay of Given Grace Cebanico in UPLB has really bothered me. No, I do not know the victim personally. But the place, yes, it holds a special place in my heart.

UPLB was my home for 5 years while I was in college, and hearing of such an evil occurrence in the familiar places jolted me back to the times I walked alone in the middle of the night. During these times, I felt invincible. But now, I heave a sigh of relief and thanks that nothing happened to me during those times. Moreover, how saddening it is to hear of such a heneous crime happening in a place you love.

But more than the familiarity with the place, it is the situation of the parent-daughter relationship that really got me.

I cannot imagine the grief and pain that the parents of Given Grace are feeling right now. Accepting the death of your child is hard enough, but accepting the way Given Grace died is much, much harder. If it had happened to me, I think I will go crazy. And I wouldn’t want to see the perpetrators as well; baka mapatay ko sila.

There is really no perfect justice in this world. Putting the criminals behind bars, even if the jail is in a steel building, will not give bring back the victim. But it is all we can hope for, that those who are guilty be punished.

Let us pray for the parents of Given Grace, that they may be able to move on from this painful event. And let us all be careful. Let us treasure life and live every day as if it were our last.

Bad ads

Listening to the radio every day, I hear some advertisements that I don’t like:

• An ad for a cough medicine. In this ad, a person is telling another, “ang ubo, parang multo, hindi porke di mo nakikita, wala.” [Cough is like ghosts; just because you don’t see them, it doesn’t mean they’re not there.” I don’t like the ad’s message because parents spend a lifetime convincing and assuring their kids that ghosts do no exist, and here is a commercial saying the contrary. I’m glad Wendy doesn’t listen to the radio.
  
• An ad for a colds medicine.  In this ad, several persons portraying to be officemates were talking [more like gossiping] about an officemate who was reprimanded by the boss for poor performance. This group went to say, “Baka dahil sa sipon! Oo, sipunin kasi sya!” [Maybe its because of colds. She always has colds.] I can understand that the ad was trying to say that colds can affect performance, which it can really can. What I didn’t like was the way the conversation was full of “yuck!” and “eeewww!” as if having colds was disgusting in itself and the one having the colds was “kadiri.” Certainly not a good message! [I am particularly annoyed with this ad because I am sipunin.]
  

[I know I had another advertisement that I didn’t like, but it slipped my mind…perhaps one on Pegboard? Hmmmm nah! I’ll update this post as soon as I remember.]

I had the urge to write to these companies to tell them these concerns [it just keeps on slipping out of my mind]. Just a little responsibility in advertising please.

Missing a lot

• I miss blogging (Im losing my blogging mojo)
• I miss traveling
• I miss working with much gusto
• I miss relaxing the whole day, doing nothing
• I miss my mother

Getting my groove back

I admit it, I’ve have been missing my blogging mojo for the past few weeks.

I don’t have the motivation to write anything, considering that I just got back from a trip. Normally, it would take me a maximum of 1 week to get a post on my holiday up, be it gawking on the wonders of the place or to simply recalling a great adventure using mobile homes while on the trip.

I need to get my inspiration back. I need to get my groove back. And it better be soon.

Abundance of storms

I woke up today to the news that Northern Luzon is bracing for another storm, Quiel. So disheartening.

Our country has barely gotten up from the wrath of Pedring and here comes another storm. Bulacan has been submerged in waters because of the rain and the fact that water from a number of dams was let loose. I haven’t even gotten over the pictured of people fleeing their homes, using sturdy ropes and Leki Poles for support and guide. I pity those whose houses were deep in waters and who are suffering because of the effects of the storm.

 I feel lucky not to be experiencing what they are experiencing.

We, as Filipinos, should pray as a nation that this new storm will not give us as much pain as the one before it.