Happy New Year!

Yesterday was the first day of the Liturgical Year. Happy New Year everyone! So here comes advent. Can't wait! Sooooo excited! 21 days 'til I leave Manila to spend Christmas with the family. Woot! Hope to share more exciting adventures with all of you soon. But for now, aside that I'm counting the days 'til I am reunited with my family again, I am excited about a hundred other things. Will list down what I can remember from the other things though.

1. My first GK Christmas party! My first ever costume party that I will be attending. I've had lots of other invitations before but when I learned that you have to dress-up as some cartoon character, or a Hollywood star, I immediately backed out. Just because I'm KJ(kill-joy) that way and I just hate dressing up! Is that even normal? Haha Now, where do I get a 70's costume? Wigs, anyone?

2. My first SFC Christmas party! The second costume party that I will be attending. Wahaha. It's a Luau naman. So I was thinking of showing up in shorts and a shirt that says "I'm a Beach Bum", a corsage and a flower in between my ears. So is that good to go? Told you I'm not a fan of costume parties. Haha

3. Divisoria!! That place never fails to excite me. The energy, the people, the noise. We went there a few days ago and I was robbed (not literally) with only P20.00 left in my pocket, hungry, tired yet agitated. Left me asking why did I ever want to be a missionary in the first place. Haha. Joke ra na Lord. Some crossroads huh? But, sigh, I just want to bring my whole Cebu gang there. They'll surely looooove it!

4. I was hoping to meet this amazing, online, and inspiring person before December 20 and learn a lot from her! Lord, let our schedules meet. :) Go visit Ate Sky's website.

5. GK Marketing Planning. GK meetings and presentations doesn't fail to excite, inspire and make me proud of being a Filipino and being part of such an amazing and talented crowd. I am always in awe how God orchestrated all these. Bringing in crazy people together, with different backgrounds, faith and beliefs, to help end poverty for 5 million Filipino families anchored on faith, integrity and love, through the culture of caring and sharing. My first GK Marketing Planning too and I am excited where God's wisdom and leading will take us next year. I am definitely throwing away my "that cannot be done" attitude and my mediocrity. For life. Yes to more opportunities on how I can expand my territory and move beyond my borders. Nation-building is not a ME thing but it'd help if each and every one of us can give our best for the least.

I'm listing five for now. Can't wait for Cebu!! I'm gonna squeeze all of my boys really tight, in a giant monster hug. Yay!

Ramblings

A post at last! Just so I have a new entry for my new blog layout. Whoopee! So many exciting and usual things that needs to be shared, documented and written so I have to find time to write. For now, I just need to write down my bucket list again (I'm doing some editing) and clean up my bed and do some errands for the family. And oh, I have to finally decide if I'm accepting that proofreading (technically not) sideline and to take my human heart nature thingamajig to the next level. There. This would be a reminder write-up for me too. 

Now, time to cap off the night with...How I Met Your Mother. 

DAY 9: Take A Break

I decided to have one today. Going off to Laguna for the weekend to spend some time with the relatives. Lots of happenings here in Manila that I'm going to miss but then again, I think I needed this. Away from the city, the noise, pollution, and online access (but I'm sure to rush in a cafe if the boss calls...hehe). Time to reconnect with myself, lay back, take a break. Spend time with my tito's family and make it up to them for missing two celebrations. two! I feel so bad thinking about it and so I am going to make it up to them.

Preparing for a busy week ahead since GK Expo's coming! I'm anticipating the pressure and the excitement. Yay!

But for now, I'm just gonna go disappear.

*Happy Birthday to the most adorable brother in the world. Dang! I miss them. I am so gonna squeeze them all in a hug when I get back in *** days. Woot! Well, in case someone's reading this. I'm keeping my going back home a secret yet. :D

DAY 8: Accountability

Amidst all the spiritual and emotional storm brewing and raging here and there, exchange of hurting words, desperate and unChristian motives, unmet expectations and disappointments, I am sure of one thing, that I am accountable to only one person. I am accountable to my God. Nothing and no one else. I am choosing hope. I am choosing love.

The storm will subside, in His time. Just as He had calmed down the storm when His apostles were frightened. I am praying though that it would be soon. Heartbroken? Yes, I am. And I am hurt the most for those who have been trampled upon with all of what's happening, especially the least. We may never know what His plans are but I continue to pray for patience and understanding and more love, especially at the most difficult of times. Human love may have failed us but God's unconditional love won't.

Love will conquer all as it always has for God is LOVE. 

Praying continues...

*We may not feel the fruits of our action now, but someday we will. There is wisdom in turning the other cheek.

*From a Gandhi Movie: We will fight their anger but we will not provoke it. We will not strike a blow even if they do. We will feel pain and they will see it. And in our pain and determination they will be hurt. We will never fail. We cannot fail.

DAY 7: Countdown

I have never been so excited to go home in the last 22 years of my existence, not until now. Woot! Let the countdown begin!

But happy that I've found a family away from my family - my GK family. 

Soooooo excited to see my boys again. :)

Home is where your heart is. Treasure your HOME.