I'm sick

Hello! Thanks for dropping here. Here's a hug to show my appreciation!

I am sick now... My resistance has probably weakened because of so many deadlines to beat and high demands at both work and graduate school.

Please hang on there, I'll be back soon.

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I Enjoyed My Century Bangus Fillet in between work and study!

These past few weeks have been incredibly busy. I always thank God at the end of the day for having finished my tasks at work, my reading assignments and deadlines at graduate school and finishing my lessons at RareJob satisfactorily.

I didn't imagine that I could get so busy when I enrolled at UPOU. Now I am always rushing and cramming every day and night just to get on time in submitting my programming codes and reports, and turning in my TMAs (tutor marked assignments) to my professors. But you don't just hand them in without effort - they require reading, researching, coding and spending many hours in front of the computer.

Last Friday was an unusually busy day. I had to give up eating morning snack and lunch because I had to finish month-end reports and assignments that both had to be submitted at 5pm that afternoon. I was having headaches, panicky and the disagreement with my boyfriend didn't help at all (I was irritable!). I was already very hungry but I couldn't go our favorite cafeteria because I didn't have that much leisure of a time to walk for a few hundred meters. After munching on a few biscuits, I was still very hungry :( Good thing that a coworker offered Centura Bangus Fillet to me, she was truly God-sent.

The Centura Bangus Fillet had a very easy to open can but I was so clumsy the oil spilled on a pile of printed materials I had to study. Sigh. I was totally upset. The fish was also very spicy! But I tried to relax, enjoyed the food and thanked my friend for her kindness. The bangus tasted sweet and delicious this time but still a bit spicy.

I smiled when I clicked the send button on my email to submit my school requirements and when turned in my reports to my boss late that afternoon. Thanks to a good friend and Centura Bangus Fillet. They saved my day.

Crushed

My soul is torn into pieces

My heart is crushed
What a blow into my ego
What's left of me?
Bits of my dignity?

But incidentally, I got this verse from the Bible:

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Psalm 147:3

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Thanksgiving Prayer

Today, I asked a student if there's also a Thanksgiving holiday in Japan. She isn't sure but said maybe there isn't. She thinks thanksgiving is something that should be done everyday if not every minute of second.

I received this forwarded message through my mobile phone:

In a science class, the teacher asked her students to give an example of things which are countless.

One student answered:

WATER.

Another one answered:

SAND.

The other one answered:

AIR.


The teacher noticed that everyone was participating except for one. She called his attention and asked the same question.

"What are the things which are countless?"

The student stood up and said,

BLESSINGS.

Have you been counting yours recently?

I thank God everyday for the food on our table, the air that I breathe, the water for my thirst, for my family's good health and protection - and so on.

But the things that I am most thankful for this year are the trials that I went through.

My boyfriend left for Saudi Arabia January of this year and it has been so difficult since. I also lost a significant amount of money a few months ago. Things may have never turned out as I want them to, but I can now clearly see the purpose and rewards of trusting God even in trying circumstances.

My thanksgiving prayer is that you, too trust God even when everything is bleak and sorrowful.

Belated greetings of happy thanksgiving everyone!

It's 32 days before Christmas!

Streets are now decorated with teeming lights, Santa Claus is everywhere in town, houses and offices are decorated with pine-tree replicas and finally shops are getting busier with shoppers buying their gifts early - it's Christmas!


Christmas season always makes me happy. I always had break from school or work. There are many parties to attend and people to reunite with. There's feasting everywhere and the Spirit of Christmas makes people smile even to strangers.


This Christmas is going to be a little different. My boyfriends not in it. It's not going to be sad nevertheless. We celebrate Christmas because God came to the world to save me - now that's reason enough to be glad!

Let's countdown to Christmas!

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I want to give my parents a dream vacation

I've been bugging my parents to get a passport because airplane fares have been significantly lowered recently and they can avail cheap international flights at almost any moment they want to.

Retirement is every person's ultimate dream - the type where one can enjoy life to the fullest and just spend his days to enjoy what the world can offer.

I would have wanted them to go cruising from island to island and just enjoy old age. Well, apart from being too expensive, both of my parents have to see their doctors and buy their medication regularly so it wouldn't be very convenient to be away for a long time.

I asked my mother and she said having myrtle beach accommodation is leisure enough for her. She got excited. My father likes to go anywhere as long as they are together (talk about being in love even in old age!).

I'd have to save money for such trip and stay to myrtle beach hotel. I know it doesn't come cheap but after all, myrtle beach accommodations are worth the cost.