Thanksgiving break 07

First stop is NYC visiting the cousins. Then we depart (the whole fambam) in a 12 seater van to Canada! crossin the border baby! This will be my first time, so I'm going to make sure I have a blast! Niagra falls, here I come!!!

p.s. pics and such will be on my next post, promise!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!! I am so thankful for you (you know who you are!)!

God Bless!!!

- the Nice Guy

I Stand Before You Lord

With everything in me that has been having so much trouble these past few weeks, Lord i offer everything up to You. You have blest me with so much in my life, especially Your undenying love and mercy. I've been such a fool for so long. Every waking moment, I feel as though I shouldn't be alive, but I am. Because You allow it, because I open my eyes every morning to a beautiful sunrise, because I live the wonderful life You have breathed into me when I was born. I must do nothing but worship, praise, thank You God, I will give nothing but ALL OF ME to You. My whole heart and soul, belongs to You. I pray that You forgive me these mistakes and sins, and I ask for Your helping in this time of need. When you are near, everything is so different. I'm not the same. My life You constantly change.  I love You, God, my father, my savior. Let me be the man I am meant to be, the man that can one day hear His maker say, "My humble servant, you're battle has finally won. My Faithful servant, well done!"



"Hold me in Your arms, never let me go."


"I want to spend eternity with you."

It's gonna rain

usually I hate the rain. You can't do anything outside, unless you have a significant other to remake the scene from The Notebook. Haha. Just kidding.

But the weather has been so whack lately. It's gotten so hot, and Mother Nature needs to cool down!!! There are horrible flames engulfing California right now, and firefighters are desparately trying to hose down the flames. I give mt heart to them, becuase they try and work so hard to keep everyone there safe. I pray that they keep safe.

And not to mention the flame tornados!!!



I am constantly praying for those that had to evacuate, those who lost their homes, and those who lost any loved ones, and I hope that this will pass soon.


And so... here I am in Northern Virginia, where, for the past month, we have been hit by heatwaves like never before, and yet we sustained no fires. And it's starting to pour now. I never thought I'd love the sound of rain tapping on my windows and gracing us with cool , and refreshing weather.



I told you I usually hate the rain.

But now, seeing the events in SoCal, every drop of rain is cherished.

TGIF

Ok. I am finally going to upload some photos =P. This was from last Friday, when my Ate Gigi and Kuya Tyrone cooked us an amazing dinner at our apartment. I look up to them so much, and Ilove them to death. They are the big bro and big sis I wish I had. They constantly show me how strong their faith is, and I can't help but strengthen mine because of them.



What went down on a Friday night-

[People]:

- Me, my sister Frances, my cousin Ate Tisha, Kuya Tyrone and Ate Gigi, and Ellison



[Activities]:

- Food making, chillin, watching T.V., playing the Wii (and kicking Kuya T's but in every sport! lol!)

- pray, talk about how life has been so far, catching up on things.



And now, the pictures (sorry for the bad quality. I forgot to bring the speedflash form home, so the lighting sucks.... =(

Like a ghost

my past is haunting me once again...

what do you do when you're past haunts you?




what do you do?

so sick of being tired, and also tired of being sick

I thank Taking Back Sunday for those lines in my title, because that's how I feel. 

I'm so sick of being tired, and also tired of being sick. How contradictory, since when I am sick, i get tired, but I hate being tired becuase I will just waste the day away and be lazy. :( That was the story of my life yesterday. I got sick, I didn't go to work, and I did absolutely nothing the whole day.

I'm making up for it today by studying my butt of for my IT103 exam that's on Tuesday. And maybe going to a party later on with my kuya. 

(i think i should start my photoblogs now too...hmm)

foolosophy of xanga

I was a fool at the age of 16, and i am still a fool at the age of 19.

Holla. (lol)

everyone tries to be a poet somtimes...even dreamers

This is something I wrote over the summer. Well, I wrote like 3 poems over the summer, but this is the most personal one. I'll show you the other two in other posts, but this is just a little somethin' somethin' of one God given talent i have :). Enjoy (or hate, it's whatever!)

It's kind of funny when you stand face to face

sometimes it just flows through you like water.
like when a streak of light beams through
a window just cleaned with windex.
what flows through me? unconditional love
for you, you, you, and you.
yes, for you, my dear friend.

because you've hurt me, and i've hurt you.
for the growth, the strength,
the courage, the one smile
we push each other to grasp;
for that, it flows through me.
it's so easy to do.

and it's kind of funny
when we stand face to face.
you, me, no, wait.
you, the space between, and me (there you go).
for a fleeting second, there is a synchronicity,
like two things meant to be, and yet
two perfect contradictions.

"Just wanna be cool with you again."
It's like Jeniffer Love Hewitt knew me inside and out,
yet in reality, she doesn't even know i exist.
and this is where it began,
when we met for what seemed like the very first time,
that the so surprising flow came about

even though i hurt you, and you hurt me.
because a song expressed, descirbed, portayed
my true feelings better than i ever could,
i had to be mature; i had to be there for you.
for that, it flowed right through me.
it was so easy to do.

unfinished business, so little time,
unspoken minds were standing by,
but, dear friend, when we stood
face to face, it was kind of funny.
you were you, and i was me.
that day, things ended where it began;

the smiles were contagious.
the laughs were hearty, too.
all i could see were your shining eyes
piercing through me, myself, and i.
like a reunion long overdue,
i missed that look, dear friend.

yes, you hurt me, and i hurt you.
but there was nothing left to do,
except be what i promised to be.
with outstretched hands you sought for help.
deep inside, the core of my very being,
it overflowed--that unconditional love
for you, you, you, and you.

oh, i know it has been awhile
since we exchanged words.
anger and misunderstanding made us silent,
but that part of our past seems like a joke.
and when we stand face to face,
it's kind of funny now, isn't it?

A New Beginning

Inspiration

That word is what kick started this whole thing. To be more precise, my friend Ica Diongzon is the "a.k.a." after that word, haha. And so here I am at blogger.com. Her work is amazing, and i say you should check her blogger out. http://irenecarole.blogspot.com/

Oh, right. The purpose for this thing. Well, I have been told that I take great pictures, and after seeing Ica's blogger and how she incorporates her amazing pictures skills into a blog, writing about it and such, I thought, "Why not? I would love to share my 'talent' to the world. No. To just one person, if I get lucky."
So, thank you, Ica, for the inspiration to share my talent, and embrace it to the fullest, just like God would want me to. I must learn how to be thankful for the gifts He has given me, and I see this as an 
oppurtunity to do so. Here's to a new beginning.

p.s. please bear with the simple-ness of my blog, and all of it's dull and boring features. I promise to start blogging asap!