my fair share of what they call "beginner's luck"

nanghihinayang. cuz the much-awaited-for gimiks, we let 'em slip away. the floating resto and the palacio de maynila nights-out, which i had mentioned in my previous blog, had been bypassed. unintentionally on my part. it just isn’t easy if your companions are all family-man/woman. family will always be first, above anything else. and it isn’t also the first time that like this had happened. i like the persons in my group. i love and admire them, in fact. but cases like this make me wish that there’s a single in our 3-person department. just sometimes.

anyweis, the two remaining gimiks in the list were two-thumbs up naman. masaya kame when we celebrated rhoda’s bday at her condo. pictures, pictures and more pictures sympre. camera whores din naman ung mga ksama ko. and the food?!?! sarrrrrrrap! i so much love the bbq! iba sya sa mga natitikman ko. malasa and masarap. there were calamares, chicken-something, fish fillet, veggie salad, fruit salad, pansit (did i miss out anything?). but the bbq was the stand-out for me. and it’s just weird that i only ate ONE stick. to think na dun tlga ko nasarapan! strange, diba?

the last event (ICS mooncake celeb), however, somehow made up to the 2 gimiks that we missed out. huwell, sissy and i just took home lng naman the first prize! hehehe. not so much but 1,500 is still 1,500. it’s not like everyday that you get that amount for just playing and betting nothing! and yes, plus the biggest hopia! hehe.

beginner’s luck. ahhhh……finally, i got my fair share of you. isn’t it funny how the heavens, while i’m not a person who gambles, gave my share of that luck??? haha. muchos thanks, Lord.

fully-booked

this is undoubtedly the busiest week i've ever had. in terms of gimiks, that is. so here's my tight gimik sked:

wed, sept 19: MSI Mooncake Celeb at the floating resto in Pasay
thurs, sept 20: rhoda's (my officemate) bday celeb in her condo in Annapolis (sleep-over)
fri, sept 21: WSI Silver Anniv at Palacio de Maynila in Malate
sat morn, sept 22: ICS' mooncake celeb here in office

which makes me realized that i missed going out at nights. i missed the nightlife -- missed seeing how the establishments and streets look at night - the lights and all; missed going home late; missed feeling the night wind, above all else. oh Lord, thanks for the above gimiks....i'll be able to embrace and walk the earth at night again. :D

and to mr. square-root-of-negative-x , how i wish you're there to share all the nights and the days of my life. oh, if only i could bring you to life.

the camwhore me

i love taking pics of just about anything and everything and i also love being the object of my pix too. a camwhore, that's what i am, in short.

so when we were invited to attend a beach wedding, my cousin's, the first thing that came to mind was the fact that the beach would be a lovely place for "pictorial". hehe. oh, by the way, that was the first ever beach wedding i had attended to date. my first-time experience.
so.....here are the samples that i took.



above pics are unedited....purely original.

the following pics, however, got some minor revisions. these were actually taken on a broad daylight but since i want a sunset-looking output or any mode that suits my taste, i changed the color which i deem fits best.

Ask and it shall be given

Miracles nowadays just seem too surreal. With technology and science coming in between and in a great leap, pushing the limits of human knowledge, faith is put in the background.

I just remembered my entry in tagged kasalanan bang humingi sa langit ng isang....himala. Of course I know there's nothing wrong to ask. Ask and it shall be given, just as He had said. But when science sets in and is in contrary to your belief, faith is then put to the test.

Years, years before, I remember myself as someone with a great faith. Not that I'm bragging about it but the closeness He and I used to have was just....great. But as time progressed, the "great faith" has somehow ebbed. The inputs of scientific knowledge acquired along the way gave my faith a little question mark.

Like this. How in the world could I NOT undergo an operation of my thyroid when all 3-4 doctors suggest that I should? When the medicine that I had been taking for like 1 year just didn’t work on me? In short, science has given me one better-bitter option: operation. They said it’s “better than having a bulge on your neck” but I actually consider it a “bitter” option. Who would want a part of his/her neck be split in two so the docs could take the friggin’ goiter out of him/her?

I don’t know but I just felt that there must be a real better way. And this gave birth to my entry kasalanan bang humingi…… So I asked, in fervent prayer, for a miracle.

One month and 10 days after that blog entry, the goiter that you could liken to the size of a hard-boiled egg bulging out of my neck is no longer visible. My neck is physically back to its normalcy.

Just two things I wanna point out: 1) Miracles happen only by grace; and 2) God is good all the time.

God is good all the time
He put a song of praise in this heart of mine
God is good all the time
Through the darkest night, His light will shine
God is good, He's so good all the time.

When you're walking through the valley and there are shadows all around
Do not fear for He will guide you and He will keep you safe and sound
For He's promised to never leave you nor forsake you and His word is true.

We were sinners so unworthy
Yet for us He chose to die
Filled us with His Holy Spirit
So we can stand and testify
That His love is everlasting
And His mercies, they will never end.