Uncle Linus

Was on the YM with Uncle Linus yesterday. He said he'll lend me some money in order to do the TESOL. Please bless him Lord.

I have known him for eight years now. We met at the annual pilgrimage of the Tamils to Lourdes and Fatima. I tagged along, together with Gillian, Badong and his wife Malut. My first impression of him was that he's such a chatterbox!

He once said that "To ask you to marry me is like asking for the moon". Haha, God keep you healthy always. Amen!

Opportunity

I was supposed to come for an interview in DLSU today. But then the airline didn't accept me for my flight and I was really not that intent on going so I decided not to go.

I emailed my good friend Marije today. Told her I wanna borrow money from her to pay for a TESOL certificate. Hope she understands me.

I still keep the faith. Amen. While there's life, there's hope right? :)

Contentment

Is this phase that I am in really just a matter of contentment?

I found an opportunity to train as call centre agent this week. We actually started training today, training is gonna last for thirteen days.

But a part of me still wants to be in Cambodia. Call/contact centre is a very demanding job. After six months pa daw pwede kamove on to other positions. Nick said good luck with it. He hoped it would satisfy my requirements daw and that I find fulfillment in it. Requirements, what is that???

Di na sad ko kahibaw asa ko, Cebu or PP. Please help me figure it out Lord. Amen.

Economics and Religion

I found the book, "Competing Gospels: Public Theology and Economic Theory" in Legazpi City. I made sure to buy it, souvenir. It is written by an Aussie, from UNSW. A very interesting read indeed! :)

Risk

I am scared to risk things. Wah!!! jud.

I suddenly remember my cousin's daughter, Jacky, my housemate in Legazpi. She used to say, "Ate, tiguwang ka na, natatakot ka pa rin?"

God bless my plans! And I have faith He will. Right now I am a living witness to the fact that He takes care of us, provides for our needs. So I know in time, I'll be where He wants me to be. I just keep the faith.

Happy Sunday everyone, God bless!

Passion/Acceptance

I have to accept that I do belong in the academe. Yun lng naman gusto ko gawin e, mag-aral at magturo.

I met Mam Ching yesterday, she told me to move on. For me this means finding a new school to affiliate with Lord. Di na man ko gusto sa USC. Please help me, I keep the faith!

Words

Words don't come easy to me
But you will always be
:
:
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I am going to miss SEDP, Legazpi etc.
But I have to go home
I have been away for far too long!
Will see you soon...:)

Nang Anel

My eldest sister, Nang Anel is now working in Metro Manila. I am happy for her. Hopefully dire-diretso na to coz she has to prepare for Biboy's future.

I feel all the more that it is time for me to get married. Eyyy, I keep the faith!

Happy Mothers' Day!!!

Sihanoukville, Khmer New Year 2008

These are pictures taken from our Khmer New Year outing in Sihanoukville last year. Lingaw kaau ni nga outing, daghan memories. Look on...

1 Yr Later

I wrote this blog from Legazpi City Albay diay.. It has now been a year since my volunteering experience in Cambodia. Actually, one year since I withdrew my NUS candidature. And in that year I have found alternatives to teaching economics --I taught English and kindergarten maths and science in Phnom Penh, I taught English to Koreans in Cebu, and I worked in an NGO here in Legazpi.

I will be home in a week's time. I am looking forward to it. It is time to MOVE ON indeed. I always keep the faith!

You by Karen Carpenter

You are the one who makes me happy
When everything else turn to gray
Yours is the voice that wakes me mornings
And sends me out into the day
You are the crowd that sits quiet
Listening to me
And all the mad sense I make
You are one of the few things
Worth remembering
And since it's so true
How could anyone mean more to me
Than you

You get what I mean... :)

Summer

It seems summer has unofficially ended with the advent of rains (and typhoons here in Legazpi). But I do miss home and the summer outings more and more. La pa man gud ko kaadto sa beach, la pa ko kakita butanding or done any summer activity.

I am just dying to get out there. But I don't have company. Why did (and do) I leave myself alone? I hardly learn my lessons in life. They're very simple actually, but I always get off the track. Tsk, tsk...Have faith, Heide!

Acceptance

Who am I really???

I have to focus on my life first, on what I have to do. My options right now are to work abroad, like for an intl NGO or study for a PhD. I need to pay for Palm Heights man. I cannot pass on the responsibility to my siblings.

If I'd get married along the way then I'm gonna be so thankful to God. If not, I cannot do anything else about it anymore. Jia you!