This is worth blogging

APRIL 7, 2010.

Manchester united got defeated by Bayern Munchen in the UEFA champions League quarter finals.

..and all Sir Alex can say is

"They got him sent off. Everyone sprinted towards the referee. TYPICAL GERMANS. They're like that."

2010 is looking good :)) =))

Alice in Vogue

Brilliant. Genius.

source

All photos taken by Annie Leibovitz
Model: Natalia Vodianova
published: December 2003, Vogue Magazine
Designers: Theyskens, Tom Ford, Helmut Lang, Marc Jacobs, Jean Paul Gaultier, Viktor & Rolf, Stephen Jones, Lacroix, John Galliano, Donatella Versace, Rupert Everett, Nicolas Ghesquière

tell the world of His love

Pat, Aya, J, and I went to High Street on Wednesday to take part in the Walkway: Reflections on the Stations of the Cross - "It is an interpretation of the age-old Christian tradition . There are fourteen interactive stations that are based on Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are set up throughout the mall grounds to hopefully bring fresh insight to the events surrounding Christ's death and resurrection."

On a hill in the outskirts of Palestine, history was marked by an event so powerful that it changed the world.

To some, the event does nothing more than mark time. But to millions all over the world, it is the epicenter of God's demonstration of unconditional love for humanity.

Here are some excerpts from the walkway.

Station 1 : The Garden

"...He didn't because He saw you. Right there in the middle of a world that isn't fair. He saw you
betrayed by those you love -- in your own garden of gnarled trees and sleeping friends. He saw you, and He didn't want you to be alone.

He had made His decision. He would rather go to hell for you than go to heaven without you."

Station 2: The Betrayal (Jesus is Betrayed by Judas)

"Jesus, on the other hand, lets us know how much God values man --yes, even those who betray
him...If you still doubt how much you are worth to God, Jesus' sacrifice settles the question once and for all."

Station 3: The Trial (Jesus before the Sanhedrin)
"...all the principles of justice they affirmed and implemented were scrapped. They breached all their standards to condemn the one innocent man who ever lived."
Station 4 : Jesus is judged by Pilate

Sttaion 5: The whip (Jesus is scorged)

The prophet Isaiah, foretelling the torture of the
Jesus, tells us,
But he was pierced for our rebellion,
Crushed for our sins,
He was beaten so we could be whole.
He was whipped so we could be healed.

Station 6: The curse (Jesus is crowned with Thorns)

"Because thorns are the fruit of sin, then we only need to step in to humanity's prickly patch to feel a few thistles: Shame...Discouragement. Anxiety...."


Station 7: The Cross (Jesus carries His cross)

"The journey to the cross began long before. As the echo of the crunshing of the fruit was still
sounding in the Garden of Eden. Jesus was leaving for Cavalry."


Station 8: The Two Simons

Station 9: The crucifixion (Jesus is crucified)
Why choose such a horrible death? why would God allow His only son to experience what is probably the most gruesome way to die in all of human history?The sacrifice ion the cross reveals how repulsive sin really is. But it also shows us the awesome
magnitude of God's live. God put you din on his Son and punished it there, so that you would be
free. why? for moral duty? Heavenly obligation? paternal requirement? No. Go is required to do
nothing.

John 3:16 reads that, "God so LOVED the world, that He gave his only son."

The motivation was love. The motivation was you.

Station 10: The Mother (Jesus entrusts Mary to John)

Station 11: The promise ( Jesus Promises Paradise to the Repentant Thief)
"We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve/ But this man has done nothing wrong. Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."

...And when one prayed to him, Jesus loved him enough to save him. And when the other mocked , Jesus loved him enough to let him. He allowed him the choice, He does the same for you.Station 12: The darkness (Jesus Dies)

The darkness of Good Friday seems real/ It seems permanent. most of all it seems to contradict the promise of Jesus when he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light if life."
"SEEMS" is the operative word.

Station 13: The cloth (Jesus Rises)
"...when the final piece of job had been completed, the carpenter would typically fold a towel neatly in half and set it on the finished work and walk away. On the first day of Easter, Peter crouched in to look into an empty tomb. He saw only the linens that Jesus had left behind. Imagine that a smile crossed Peter's face as sorrow was replaced by hope...The carpenter had left behind a simple message.



Station 14: Remembering Jesus


The walkway was an inspiring experience for me. It truly reminded me not only of Jesus' Love for all of us but also the times when i neglected Him...when everything just seems nothing and unreal. Nowadays, if not all then most of us only remember God during Holy Week because only then do we see the sacrifices of Jesus. It is only the time when we actually visit churches, it is only the time when we remember our sins, it is only the time when we realize our mistakes. And I'm guilty of this. I know that after a while all the reflections will pass and that everything I hoped to change will never happen. I try every year to follow His examples and be a service to other people...to be selfless, to learn to love those who hate, to understand the meaning of sacrifice. However, I still forget Him and ignore Him....and it pains me to remember those times when i did because i know that i could've prevented myself from neglecting Him. And with this, I ask for forgiveness to the Man who loved me more than anyone else in the world.

"He would rather go to hell for you than go to heaven without you"

Subic '10

The Nightingale company invited my family as a special guest to their Subic getaway! This Subic trip was different because we went trekking instead of the usual banana boat ride/night party/zoobic etc. I actually didn't know that we were going to trek so i was wearing slippers the whole time which made the whole thing harder and more challenging. I slipped a lot of times and almost fell on the ground. It was more of a time-with-nature kind of trip, which i actually liked. Gotta love the environment and the trees were just really REALLY big. Our tour guide for the trekking was an aeta and she was already 52 years old. She told us the different uses of the trees found in that forest or whatever you call that place. She actually also told us stories about the trees (e.g balete)...but i dont know if she just made that up or what haha. Then she made us straws and cup out of bamboo. The way she made em was fascinating like it only took her a minute to make a cup. After the trekking we had lunch and we used banana leaves as plates. It was a very educational trip and I got to exercise.

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Me and my sister. The thing im biting is the straw the aeta made. Parang starbucks straw lang ehh :))

That's me

The tree's just really big!

the Aeta/tour guide making a straw

trees

with my mom

my sister

view from the Villa

pool at vista marina hotel where we stayed two years ago

Then before going home we went to this Japanese restaurant but i forgot the name. Here are some pictures of the fo we ate. om nom nom!

sashimi

Califormia Maki

That's uhh some fried stuff with mashed potato and crab sticks inside

boo school, hello summer!

finally, finally finally! finals are done, first year of college is done. torture is done (for now)...Gosh! im just freakishly-happy-to-the-max-like-shoot-man-i-wanna-scream-to-death!

Life is good! :> God is love! Summer is awesome!

I honestly don't even remember what happened during my finals, it all seemed so fast and slow at the same time. I don't know how to explain it but really..the agony was worth it. Happiness is truly best achieved when you know you worked hard for it! I didn't fail anything. I'm not an irregular student and although I'm not on the dean's list this sem it's still super okay! College is fun when you don't just give a care! :> (yeah yeah i said that!)

The RLE finals was ok, Thank God The CI who graded me was nice :> heehee, or else..

So! it's officially HELLO SUMMER! (even if it's only for two weeks) Gotta spend it wisely (whuuts?!!!) I hope i get allowed for our ACTION PACKED adventures :>

I can't believe im free! hahaha. and i'm going to Subic tom! Just the right way to start this summer!

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HAPPY I AM RIGHT NOW! :>

I'm better off when i hit the bottom

Problems are like **** you find on the road and the worst part is when you accidentally step on em. We're all susceptible. They're inevitable. Sometimes they come in the most unexpected time and become our worst enemy. We try to solve our problems everyday, we push ourselves to the limit just to make things okay again. We deprive ourselves of happiness and learn to suffer in silence. This is probably because we don't want others to be involved. We don't want our loved ones to suffer the same pain so we isolate ourselves and let go. When problems pile up, it become hard for us to stay on track, we get lost on our way and fall off. We give our best to figure out how to solve the problems but they just won't go away. But you know what the funny thing is that no matter how enormous the problems we face everyday, we never fall down on our knees. We try and try to get things right. It's like when gravity pulls you down, even if it's so strong, you still have this thing to hang on to, to prevent the fall. Sometimes, we hold on to faith, to love, to hope, to people's kindness, to pride... we hold on to basically anything we can find just to firmly stand on both feet. But why can't we just have ourselves beaten up by the problems we have? Why can't we just surrender? I know we all have different answers for that but the reason why i don't want to give up is because I know that eventually it will pass as long as faith is there. We believe and so it happens. Nothing is quite impossible. When we choose to be positive, everything changes, when we live our lives chances are, the negative aura disappears and everything brightens up. just as long as we believe, as long as we choose to stand, to love, to embrace change, to live reality and believe in dreams.. we will never fall. In fact we'll learn to grow and we change for the better. No matter how many problems we have everyday, we still remember that giving up means you're a loser and standing tall would mean and feel greater than that of winning for with problems solved...a new and better life emerges in your horizon

I found this in my Starbucks planner last year. Honestly, i don't quite remember when and why i wrote this but it was written at the first page of November. I know it sound weird and most of what i said are redundant.. but i like it hahaha :)) Product of emo-ness but seriously i dont remember why i wrote such things :))

Before I study for Ana

The last two weeks of school is going to be one HELL of a roller coaster ride and right now I'm not on the vertical loop so i get the chance to blog. YAHOO!

My sister is right, I think I'm being too hard on myself. Like how i was so annoyed at the thesis defense because it wasn't as hard as i though it'd be. I mean, If I'm like an ordinary student I'd be happy about that, right? But I'm not. Well for one...I really worked hard on that thesis (oh my gosh, those two sleepless-ish nights) and i needed something to challenge it. but the defense was useless so no..no challenge.

But seriously, I'm not all that TENSE AND WORRIED ABOUT STUFF. I just simply CARE about things. AMP! that didn't make sense! haha

I don't know what to blog about anymore but the gist is that I'M MISSING OUT ON LIFE AND I JUST WANT TO GO OUT OF TOWN AND FORGET ABOUT NURSING. I know i took the word nursing lightly when i was in high school BUT man! everytime i hear that word i just wanna scream. The stress of the course can kill me anytime.

So i just hope i can survive this week and next week. I don't know what's gonna happen to my finals. Just thinking about the RLE return demo gives me the goosebumps, It's like my worst nightmare the only difference is that I know it's gonna happen.

I'm starting to really DISCERN if i should still pursue medicine.

So, It's all about God bless, goodlucks, brain, coffee and food for next week.

WE ARE...PARAMORE!

I can't believe i actually went!!1 I LOVED THE WHOLE NIGHT! although something happened BUT SHOOT! WHO CARES! I GOT TO SEE THEM AND I HEARD THEM! I JUMPED AND SHOUTED! every minute was worth the freakin' wait! I LOVE YOU GUYSSSS!!! thanks to hayley for the tweets! haha! Too bad josh wasnt there but its good to see the york brothers and of course, zac and jeremy! I'M STILL ON A HANGOVER AND I BET THIS IS GONNA LAST TIL THE JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE CONCERT! That was such an incredible and unbelievable night, one i'll never ever evereverever forget!!!!! PARAMORE, I SWEAR TO GOD, YOU ARE WOAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! <3

I put my faith in you.

PARAMORE TONIGHT.
STOKED!

Spain 2 - 0 France

<3

The away kit is better than the home kit. The confed kit was way better than the world cup kit, really adidas, what have you done? :(