second chances

i'm dying to have the lyrics of this song.

can't find any. help, anyone?

i can smell it

an early walk in the park...

my cam can't resist the colors of the trees

i can smell autumn!

stucked

it's a rainy monday! it means we're stucked in the house.

will i survive?

everything change

When Everything Change, Change Everything by Neale Donald Walsh

"please sit down.

no, really.

please.

sit down."

those first words of the book made me really sat down. i heard about this book from my friend Dew. and partly i blamed her (just kiddin'!), for i literally missed my subway train stop, reading this book. it's a "can't-stop-reading" stuff. it's not just a book. it's like a manual for a better perception of changes in life.

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the changes in your life are not going to stop.

what can be changed is the way you deal with change and the way you're changed by change.

life is movement. movement is change. every time a sub molecular particle swings through time and space, something is changing. change therefore is inevitable. it is the nature of life itself.

the trick of life is not to avoid change, but to create change. then, it is the kind of change you choose.

sometimes what change brings us is the fear that we will never get to where we wanted to go: that life will continue to do nothing but take away our hopes and our dreams, rob us of opportunities, kill our spirit, and strip us of raison d'etre. all of this is normal. it's understandable that you would feel that way.

9 changes that change everything:

1. change your decision to "go it alone"

2. change your choice of emotions

3. change your choice of thoughts

4. change yoir choice of truths

5. change your idea about change itself

6. change your idea about why change occurs

7. change your idea about future change

8. change your idea about life

9. change your identity

there are five things a person must do to successfully and powerfully implement the nine changes that can change everything:

1. desire absolutely

2. understand thoroughly

3. embrace completely

4. enact consistently

5. share wisely

everything is already changing, and if we want it to change in the direction that we choose, we have to change everything.

so start with yourself, then touch others.

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read the book...it will give you good changes!

crap

we were all excited about the new vending machine installed in my place of work.

we can actually use now our badge card to buy something. we bid goodbye to our old vending machine key.

first day: D*mned! practically ate .60euro cents from my card!

i ordered for 2 mineral waters.

didn't get any.

2nd day: see? a santal pineapple juice was stucked already!

3rd day: still not working

the other machine works though (only for that day)

fresh orange juice anyone? costs 1.80 euro. what?!

2nd week: i found a note posted at the machine

it says: "it's disgusting! change this... also the other one!"

the other machine is out of service too.

end of the week: another note that says: 9.50euro was stolen by the machine. this machine never really function at all!

i'm looking forward next week. i'm having fun capturing the employees' notes!

should i post: "crap!"

TGIF #22: something to be proud of

i'll be talking about my niece FAE. she's my 2nd brother's (JUN) daughter. she's 16 years old.

5 things why we are all proud of her:

1.) She practically grew up with my eldest son...they're like sister and brother. she's a typical teenager who enjoys life, have fun with friends, but never miss classes and remain to be a good student.

2.) She plays the piano and the guitar. most of all, she sings very well.

3.) Last year she won the grand prize as FAITH Idol when she was in high school. Her very first school competition.

4.) She is in her freshmen years now in college and compete for another singing contest @ their school: Lyceum of The Philippines-Laguna. she won the 2nd runner up award. wow!

semi-final round

finals

5.) Incidentally, the final night was her mother's birthday. what a nice present for her! my brother here was so rejoiceful, as well as my mom and me, of course!

Congrats Fae!

mothering

The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.

dear heart

Sino ang makakalimot sa love story ni April at Jimmy?

Ang tag-lish ng mga kolehiyalas those days. "kadiri-to-death", "kilig-to-the-bones"?

Ang umaalingaw-ngaw na "I don't Want You To Go" at "Come What May" ni Lani Hall?

Ang nakakakilig na love team ni Gabby at Sharon?

Kung inabot mo ang panahong 'yun..isa ka na sa mapapangiti, di ba?

Emote muna tayo sa song ni Sharon...

Dear heart,

ikaw raw ay batang-bata

At di mo pa kayang mag-isa

Sa bawat kaba, alam ba nila

Ang pag-ibig mong nadarama

Di ka binigyan ng layang magmahal

Sa batang katulad mo ito'y bawal

Balang araw magugulat ang lahat

Ikaw pala'y di na isang bata, dear heart

Sa bawat kaba, alam ba nila

Ang pag-ibig mong nadarama

Di ka binigyan ng layang magmahal

Sa batang katulad mo ito'y bawal

Balang araw magugulat ang lahat

Ikaw pala'y di na isang bata, dear heart

Dear heart