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My 24th Birthday
i woke up to many phone calls on my birthday. the first one from my dad who went to work early. Then my lil sis greeted me and so did my mom when she got back home. Then i received a call from my kuya from VA. My ate called me later on.
perze came over around 12pm after work all dressed up with a shirt i picked out for him a while ago, carrying with him four dozen roses. 24 orange salmon tipped roses were for my mom [one for each year of taking care of me...that includes discipline too]. And 24 old fashioned color red looking roses for me. After we put them in water and he wrote a note for my parents, he told my mom of his plans for the day, and we were off in his blue saturn. it was really exciting.
halfway going to philly, he admitted that he was taking me to a restaurant in Penns Landing. It took us about an hour, and Penns Landing looked so much like King of Prussia Mall- and i could have sworn that 
the restaurant looked exactly like Cheesecake Factory. Halfway through lunch, my curiosity killed the cat and asked if i could open my present that was wrapped in a gift bag [reused- Fabila trait, priceless]. After going through lime green tissue paper, i pulled out a black carrying case which held my newest friend… Zire71. I don’t think i’ve ever gotten a
present that made me feel so humbled, so undeserving, and so appreciated…from outside my family. The first thing i did with it was take a picture of him. Then we ate til we couldn’t walk. [click on pic]
After lunch, we headed to the movie theatre and watched “Pirates of the Carribean” since there’s such a great review- care Genesis Gueverra. Promo plug: must see. one of summer’s best. imagine three hunks [my generation slang] in one theatre- Orlando Bloom, Johnny Depp [who was seriously amusingly funny], and Perze…*wink* i was satisfied we spent good birthday money on the movie.
After the movies, he took me to Starbucks to relax with some caramel mochiata and to be better acquainted with my new PDA. He had already installed lots of software, music, pictures in it so he taught me some of its functions.
After coffee, we drove over to the newest IKEA in the PA area, because we’ve been itching for a while 
to catch its new atmosphere and home decor. I fell in love even with its layout of the store, and took pictures of all the things i wanted to buy. Talk about organized living…trendy and refreshing nonetheless. We spent a good time there just talking about decorative possibilities.
During the drive from IKEA, he reminded me of his last present which i giddily opened. I was so happy….Lastly we just spent the remaining time just “he and she” time…
overall, it was the best birthday i’ve ever had…not because of all the presents or places, but because he was there. His attention, appreciation, and even subtle and obvious shows of his love, his words, and his conversation made the day special. I think it’s really humbling when someone really loves you that they would take great lengths for you, and i know he doesn’t have everything, but just for one day, he acted as if he did. i love you mahal.
happy birthday!
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
MAHAL!
coming home
this is home.
being away
missing what needs to be there
missing conditioned familiarity
coming back
opening twelvesixteen
smiling
not feeling far away anymore
home: the point where you leave and always come back to.
i’ve missed my home. i’ve missed you.
faith in extreme pain, part 1
I remember a time when I was going through so much change in my life to a point that everything seems to have required change. Those changes have brought me to my knees because of the pain that has really struck to where I was most vulnerable. The grief of just merely living almost overwhelmed me to the point of deciding not to live anymore has been an option.
I asked God so many questions which have not been directly unanswered yet He still continues to show me His faithfulness. At this point all my preconceived notions of who God is and should be have been destroyed. I realized that for me God was some sort of divine-good-works-slotted-vending-machine. And it took Him to let me through that kind of pain to re-establish the meaning of what He really is and how I should treat Him. As my Saviour, Friend, Sovereign and the Lord of my life. A life that he requires to be like Him, a life of holiness because He is indeed Holy.
In the midst of pain, people often think that God has departed them, I certainly did. You see, our view of God is always changing, but He never changes, He is the same today, yesterday and forever. It takes great faith to stay in our beliefs as Christ wrenches our false beliefs of how He should be and as we grow in Him we learn what He really is and how He should be treated. Don’t get me wrong, God doesn’t destroy our ideas the way some people give away the ending of a good movie, instead He lovingly takes away our vending machine mentality so that we can have and experience who He really is.
so empty
it’s just not the same. like a pool without swimmers, or a video game without the console. Or a Taylor guitar without the strings.
i just miss her, i guess.
something’s missing
the last four weeks has been crazy …. so will the next two. it’s production time and i need to be on my toes all the time keeping up with work and stuff.
I still have to publish my thoughts about basic. i don’t want to miss things so I’ll blog about it when i’m ready to blog about it. All in all, God’s grace was really evident on that day.
marchesa left for canada early this morning. i did get the chance to talk to her before they left, i don’t even remember what i said because that was around 5 in the morning. I only recall, telling her how much i miss her already. she’ll be back.
081703 week memory verses
for those who have taken the challenge/journey to memorize Bible verses from recommended from the book “Memorize This”…here’s the newest verses to memorize for this week…are you game??
Assurance of God’s Love
“Hope does not disappoint us,
because God has poured out his love into our hearts
by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.” -Romans 5:5
“O Lord, God of Israel,
there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below-
you who keep your covenant of love with your servants
who continue wholeheartedly in your way.” -1 Kings 8:23
do you remember last week’s verses?
Psalm 86:5
Zephaniah 3:17
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