Greatness is Dependence

Were these words ever spoken to you? Every time I talk to my friends about my personal problems when I was younger, they always tell me those words. “I can relate” That short sentence had always given me comfort when I opened up to them. It’s an assurance that my friends were also experiencing the things I was going through. “My mom got furious about my grades in Algebra. She’s cutting the DSL, can’t go online for a week” “Hey man, I can relate. I flunked in English. My dad confiscated my PS2. Can’t play my Final Fantasy 10 ” I have more grown up problems now but whenever I heard someone who went through the same things I did, I felt comforted. It creates an atmosphere of openness and I would always tell them what I felt and the same goes for them. We would talk about the same problems and we will help each other out. It was practicing accountability. When you’re trying to quit at something like drinking alcohol, you’ll need an accountability partner who’s going thr...

Oh thanks for asking. You might’ve gotten worried about me because I haven’t written about anything for almost a year now. No need to worry, I’m still alive. Actually I’ve been wonderful. Lot’s have happened in my life for the past year. Let me give you an update. 1. I'm now engaged. Oh yes! You know the girl that I write about in most of my blogs? I’m now engaged to her. We are happily planning for our wedding happening in a year. We still need to save up for our dream wedding to push through. I can write tons about how our relationship grew and became more God centered. Surely I will share everything we learned in my upcoming entries. We’ve been through a lot of trials and challenges but God has surely blessed us with more wisdom, love, peace and joy. I did an awesome job proposing to her too! 2. My eldest brother got married He got married and the wedding was amazing. We did this dance for the reception and I discovered that I was completely hopeles...

It's been a while since I last wrote a blog. The loss of my grandpa had a huge impact to a lot of people and as for me, the passion for writing dwindled a bit. While inspirations, ideas and blessings still continue, the actual passion for writing about them got affected when my grandpa went home with the Lord. It's still difficult to accept and we're still praying for comfort as we face this devastating incident.  The holidays were tough for most of us since it's our first time not having grandpa around. He usually wears the santa hat and distribute the gifts on Christmas eve. The season is quite different now, I didn't have the honor to wear the santa hat though. It's important to keep in mind that Christmas is all about the coming of Jesus in our lives. With that mindset, I would say I still had a good holiday with my family and friends.  Once we put Christ in the center of our lives, no matter how things change, peace will still rule in our hearts. I now ...

I was with my grandparents at Vancouver Airport about 6 months ago to fly back to the Philippines. They both have weak legs so we took this shuttle service that will drive us from the check-in area straight to the boarding gate. The ride took about 5 minutes. I was sitting with my grandma at the back and Lolo was sitting with the lady driver in front. In those 5minutes, he discovered that the driver is from Germany, has 2 kids, has a Canadian husband, and has been working in the airport for 5 years and also discovered her work schedule. I looked at them in front and it seemed that they’ve known each other for a long time. My Lolo could make everyone fall in love with him, even in the span of 5 minutes. This was just the most recent time I’ve seen Lolo used his charisma to someone. My uncles and my cousins have more stories of Lolo’s adventure with people. My Lolo has this special ability to create smiles in people’s faces and make anyone feel comfortable. The last talk ...

As I live out my life, more questions are popping out. Basically I'm starting to seek for more and trying to figure out "WHY." Why is life like this? Why do some people have different religions? Why can't there be just one? Why is there war, hunger, pain and corruption? Why do loved ones die unexpectedly? Why do bad things happen to the good people while the wicked people live out their lives in richness? Why do we get heart-broken? Why can't we get what we want? Why am I here? What's the point? The list goes on and on.  I was anxious because of all these questions in my mind. I wanted to give up the journey and just let go. It just doesn't make sense. We've all been in that phase of asking but we can't find the perfect answer.  I claim that God is good and He answers my prayers. I've been praying to God to lead me towards the truth and for Him to reveal Himself to me more and more. I was blessed because He made it clear to me when I he...

I have decided to write letters to people and things I'm thankful for. I realized life is awesome and it would be a great exercise for us to say thank you for all the wonderful blessings we have! Let's all count our blessings because they will tell us that we have a lot of things in our lives to be happy about. I'm first thankful to God for all these different people and things He blessed me with. Optimism starts not within but with Him :) I'm not feeling well right now so I want to address this letter to Health. Dear Mr. Health When I was younger, I often told myself that I wish I'd get sick tomorrow so I won't go to school. I also tell myself, I think I'm gonna be sick on a certain day which I have exams on. Up to now at work I sometimes tell that line, "I think I'll be sick on Monday" I regret saying those lines because being sick sucks. I'd rather be healthy and go through life than stay at home with a towel on my head. I'd ra...

We all know what happened in the Philippines. A typhoon hit last week and it brought devastation to many Filipino families especially in Manila. I realized how worse the situation was when I saw pictures of the Philippines after the typhoon. I saw pictures of broken homes, drowning kids and dead Filipinos. It's dreadful and it broke my heart seeing those pictures. Millions died in this typhoon. Some are still missing and houses are completely destroyed. As I open my Facebook account, I saw lots of people, young and old going out of their ways helping out victims. They made a way to provide help, food, money and just the feeling of being there. It made me feel better because it's in these situations where fellow Filipinos go out of their comfort zones to show love for one another. I'm in Canada right now and I'm blessed to belong to a church that will donate to the victims too. In that way I can help out my brothers and sisters even if I'm not with them physically....