blogging about life
This is really nice! It’s the English version of “Someday” – a Thai sentimental song
Original: Marisa Sukosol
Vocals and guitar: Arnie Zablan
Drums: Chaucer Mercado
Credits to: pinoybaifernians.com
Hindi ko marinig yung lyrics but these are some of the lines …
I don’t know how can I hide this any longer
Keeping all of these inside my heart
…
Can you hear my heart screaming?
Calling you and loving you
…
I hope that you’ll feel it too
that I’m so in love with you … someday
Source: http://patrickmadrid.com/dear-mom/
S is thinking about her pamangkins – justin, jake, yuan and vienna – and she is apprehensive about the future. S is pro-life.
January 22, 2023
Dear Mom:
Can you believe it is already the year 2023? I’m still writing ’22 on everything! It seems like only yesterday that I was sitting in the first grade and celebrating the change to a new century.
I know we really haven’t chatted since Christmas, Mom, and I’m sorry. Anyway, I have some difficult news to share with you and, to be honest, I really didn’t want to call or talk about this face to face.
But before I get to that, let me report that Ted just got a big promotion, and I should be up for a hefty raise this year if I keep putting in all those crazy hours. You know how I work at it. (Yes, we’re still struggling to pay the bills.)
Little Timmy’s been okay at kindergarten, although he complains about going. But then, he wasn’t happy about the day-care center either. So what can we do?
He’s been a real problem, Mom. He’s a good kid, but quite honestly, he’s an unfair burden on us at this time in our lives.Ted and I have talked this through, and we have finally made a choice. Plenty of other families have made the same choice and are really better off today.Our pastor is supportive of our choice. He pointed out the family is a system, and the demands of one member shouldn’t be allowed to ruin the whole. The pastor told us to be prayerful and to consider all the factors as to what is right to make our family work. He says that even though he probably wouldn’t do it himself, the choice really is ours. He was kind enough to refer us to a children’s clinic near here, so at least that part is easy.Don’t get me wrong, Mom. I’m not an uncaring mother. I do feel sorry for the little guy. I think he heard Ted and me talking about this the other night. I turned and saw him standing at the bottom of the stairs in his PJ’s with his little teddy bear that you gave him under his arm, and his eyes were sort of welled up with tears.Mom, the way he looked at me just about broke my heart, but I honestly believe this is better for Timmy, too. It’s just not fair to force him to live in a family that can’t give him the time and attention he deserves.
And please, Mom, don’t give me the kind of grief that grandma gave you over your abortions. It’s the same thing, you know. There’s really no difference.
We’ve told Timmy he’s just going in for a “vaccination.” Anyway, they say the termination procedure is painless. I guess it’s just as well that you haven’t seen that much of little Timmy lately.
Please give my love to Dad.
Your daughter
(Author unknown)
Shame on me. I think I will never have the guts to open my FB account again.
ADAM AND EVE WERE DECEIVED BY THE ‘APPETIBLE AND DESIRABLE’ LOOK OF THE TREE, i.e., THE FRUIT HANGING THEREIN WHICH LOOKS SO DELICIOUS. THE FIRST COUPLE WERE DECEIVED BY THAT LOOK. THEY FOLLOWED MERE INSTINCT AND PASSION. THEY FORGOT THE FACT THAT THE REAL TREE OF LIFE AND THE REAL TREE OF GOOD AND EVIL AND THE REAL TREE OF KNOWLEDGE IS GOD THE SOURCE OF LIFE, THE HIGHEST GOOD AND THE FOUNTAIN OF ALL WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE.
SO, WHEN THE LORD JESUS REDEEMED US HE CHOSE A BARREN TREE. ONLY THE PIECE OF WOODS WITHOUT FRUIT OR BRANCHES… BEREFT OF THE SIGNS OF LIFE. NOTHING SO APPEALING AND DELICIOUS THERE. BUT, THE ONE HANGING IS THE LORD HIMSELF, THE INCARNATE GOD. IT WAS THE LORD WHO IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE.
SO THE CROSS REMINDS US THAT THE GREATEST FRUIT IS THE LORD. IT IS IN HIM THAT WE FIND THE FULLNESS OF LIFE, HE IS THE SUPREME GOOD AND IT IS HE WHO CAN GRANT US THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO GIVES US WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE FOR OUR SALVATION. WE MUST THEREFORE AVOID THE PITFALL OF ADAM AND EVE WHO REJECTED GOD AND WAS SEDUCED BY THE PLEASURE OF THIS WORLD. THEY TAUGHT THAT THE FRUIT OF THE TREE IS BETTER THAN WHAT GOD CAN OFFER. INSTEAD, WE MUST POINT TO JESUS: “IT IS THE LORD!” YES, IT IS THE LORD WHO GIVES LIFE, ETERNAL HAPPINESS AND SALVATION. EVERYTHING ELSE WHICH REPLACES HIM BECOMES AN IDOL THAT LEADS TO DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.
By Father Abe
http://thesplendorofthechurch.blogspot.com/2012/02/spiritual-reflection-on-barrenness-of.html
It all started with a hard disk error.
My laptop was malfunctioning.
I did everything I know to fix the error.
Deleted all my unlicensed software.
Removed all downloaded movies.
Changed the BIOS to default settings.
Etc.
Unfortunately, my Top-top didn’t want to cooperate.
I told my mother about it.
After 2 days, she asked me if the problem is already solved.
I said no.
She said she’s going to ask someone to come and check it.
At the time, I didn’t care who’s gonna fix Top-top.
My only concern was to have it fixed and get back to my normal online life the soonest.
So, my mother brought this man to our house.
No.
It was not “crush” at first sight.
But I must admit, I was stunned when I first saw him.
He is exceptionally good-looking.
I couldn’t believe it.
I mean, my family’s been living in this place for the past 9 years.
All those years, I was clueless of his existence.
How come I didn’t know that somewhere in our small community, there is a handsome prince named A****?
And we actually live in the same barangay???
Seriously?!?
Is this a joke?
What a joke.
So anyway, it wasn’t “crush” at first sight.
He got my attention, alright.
But looks are not enough to keep my attention.
I don’t know him and we’re not friends.
Who knows he might be a criminal.
Or, he might be in a relationship already.
And the hair!
I don’t go for men with shoulder-length hair.
*Shrug*
All the while he was fixing Top-top, I wasn’t talking.
Mom went outside to talk to a neighbor.
We were left alone.
To avoid the awkward moments, I went inside my room thinking “ang tagal naman nya magkumpuni.”
After a while, my mother called me and asked me to talk to him.
Don’t get her wrong. She was not pushing me to flirt or anything like that.
My mother believes that if we have visitors at home “pakiharapan ng maayos.”
To think that I was the one asking for a favor and I didn’t even offer a glass of water!
Am I anti-social or am I just painfully shy?
I don’t know. I think I am somewhere in between.
My mom reprimanded me for the second time so I was forced to go out and sit on a chair near him.
That’s when he started talking to me.
He said he didn’t want to come and check it because it’s Christmas.
Blogmates, the date was December 24!
He said he just couldn’t say no to my mother.
Well, I think that was very gentlemanly for him but somehow I felt like I’m such a big “abala.”
It’s embarrassing.
At least, he couldn’t refuse my mother.
It means a lot.
The silence was killing me.
I didn’t know what to say.
Good thing, Cinderella came up, out of nowhere.
It was such a relief!
She’s very talkative and obviously, she has a huge crush on him.
He was very friendly.
I can hardly remember how it happened but we ended up talking and laughing.
Thanks to Cinderella who broke the ice.
He said he took IT in college. He mentioned that he graduated on year 2007.
I graduated last 2005. I think he’s younger than me. So what? At the time, I didn’t feel anything for him yet.
I also learned that they have a band (he and his friends). I didn’t ask if he is a drummer or a vocalist or what.
But I was dying to know! You see, these musically-inclined men, they intrigue women.
Maybe that’s the reason why his hair is long? And yup, he has earrings.
Cinderella asked him lots of questions.
But each time, his eyes are focused on me and he was smiling at me.
Which I couldn’t stand!
Anyway, he said I had to buy a new hard disk.
But that is not the problem. I finally bought a new hard disk.
Top-top is now okay. It’s now working fine.
The problem is when I saw him again a day before New Year, he just looked at me but didn’t say hello or hi.
Like he doesn’t know me at all!
He doesn’t remember me.
He doesn’t know my name! He never asked for it.
And that is the reason why I was drunk on New Year’s Eve.
I hope you don’t misinterpret. I’m not a professional drunkard. Four shots and I was already sleeping!
And this is the first time that I got drunk because of someone. But 60% of the reason is because I just wanted to drink alone.
I can’t believe it.
He doesn’t remember me.
We were talking for more than an hour.
He was looking straight into my eyes and for a few seconds, I felt like I’m the most beautiful woman in the world.
S = Stupid
He told me to text him if there are problems (with the laptop??).
But he doesn’t remember me.
It’s useless.
Either his memory is short or I’m just so easy to forget.