If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away.
If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.

Stop making excuses for a man and his behavior.

Allow your intuition (or spirit) to save you from
heartache.

Stop trying to change yourself for a relationship
that's not meant to be.

Slower is better. Never live your life for a man
before you find what makes you truly happy.

If a relationship ends because the man was not treating you as you deserve then heck no, you can't "be friends." A friend wouldn't mistreat a friend.

Don't settle. If you feel like he is stringing you along, then he probably is.

Don't stay because you think "it will get better." You'll be mad at yourself a year later for staying when things are not better.

The only person you can control in a relationship is you.

Avoid men who've got a bunch of children by a bunch of different women. He didn't marry them when he got them pregnant. Why would he treat you any differently?

Always have your own set of friends separate from his.

Maintain boundaries in how a guy treats you.

If something bothers you, speak up.

Never let a man know everything. He will use it against you later.

You cannot change a man's behavior. Change comes from within.

Don't EVER make him feel he is more important than you are... even if he has more education or in a better job. Do not make him into a quasi-god. He is a man, nothing more nothing less.

Never let a man define who you are.

Never borrow someone else's man. If he cheated with you, he'll cheat on you.

A man will only treat you the way you ALLOW him to treat you.

All men are NOT dogs. You should not be the one doing all the bending...compromise is two way.

You need time to heal between relationships...there is nothing cute about baggage... deal with your issues before pursuing a new relationship.

You should never look for someone to COMPLETE you...a relationship consists of two WHOLE individuals...look for someone complimentary...not supplementary.

Dating is fun...even if he doesn't turn out to be Mr. Right.

Make him miss you sometimes...when a man always know where you are, and you’re always readily available to him- he takes it for granted.

Never move into his mother's house.

Never co-sign for a man. (Hallelujah, thank you Jesus!) Don't fully commit to a man who doesn't give you everything that you need.

Keep him in your radar but get to know others.

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them and an entire lifetime to forget them.

Isn't it that in the numbers game, 9 is lucky? (Lucky 9) She'd rather be 9 and lucky than 10 and perfect. Because if she was a 10, then she'd be NOBODY...mwahahaha

Various shots.

I sure hope that good memories are to get anyone through thick and thin. And not to make letting go be more painful.

Why Men Are HappierMen Are Just Happier People--Your last name stays put. Your garage is All yours. Wedding plans take care of themselves. Chocolate is just another snack. You can be President. You can never be pregnant. You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park.You can wear NO shirt to a water park. Car mechanics tell you the truth. The world is your urinal. You never have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one isjust too icky. You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt. Same work, more pay. Wrinkles add character. Wedding dress $5000. Tux rental-$100. People never stare at your chest when you're talking to them. The occasional well-rendered belch is practically expected. New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet. One mood all the time. Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. You know stuff about tanks. A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase. You can open all your own jars. You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness. If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend. Your underwear is P100 for a three-pack. Three pairs of shoes are more than enough.You almost never have strap problems in public.You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes. Everything on your face stays its original color. The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades. You only have to shave your face and neck. You can play with toys all your life. Your belly usually hides your big hips. One wallet and one pair of shoes one color for all seasons. You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look. You can "do" your nails with a pocketknife. You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache. You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in 25 minutes. No wonder men are happier!!!

Last year, the aim was Galera. For this year, it was Boracay. I lost my job but I still managed to go because of a project. Galing ni Lord.

Will edit first the pictures so they'll fit here.

Mangilan-ngilang beses mo na ding tinanong kung pano ko nasabing mahal kita. Ewan ko din. Siguro dahil sa 25 nako. Siguro dahil sa “POOF! You became Koko Krunch!” O baka dahil masarap kang kausap.( Medyo naguguluhan ang utak ko sa paghiwalay sa joke at true to life. Pero madali din naman kasi pagtinanong kita ng mga bagay na gusto kong linawin, seryoso mo namang sinasagot so okay lang din) Honest ka (Sana). May inclination ka towards PDA (ako, wala o sige payag nako HHWW ). Matangkad ka. Magaling ka sa numbers. Masarap kang magluto ng isdang hasa-hasa na may sabaw at may pinirito din.(bakit ayaw mong sabihin ko ito?) Gusto mo ng okrang nilagay sa ibabaw ng sinaing na may bagoong. Dahil nakakapagsaing ka at nauubos mo din naman. Malakas ka kumain pero di ka tumataba. Smirk. Matang kay gaganda at pagminsan, kay pupula. Being my true blue SOJ for, almost a month now (officially ;p) Halakhak mo na malutong. Your amusement for Sandara “Beth” to the point na kinikilig ka na. Yakap. Blah blah. Chorvah.

Trust

"Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon
him, and to let him know that you trust him." -- Booker T. Washington

"You can't shake hands with a clenched fist." -- Indira Gandhi

"You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in
torment if you don't trust enough." -- Frank Crane

"One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess
of life." -- E. M. Forster


Unleashing Your Genius

"Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both
together to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of
genius." -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

"When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it." --
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"To see things in the seed, that is genius." -- Lao-Tzu

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It
takes a touch of genius --- and a lot of courage to move in the opposite
direction." -- Albert Einstein


Values/Principles

"The happiness and unhappiness of the rational, social animal depends
not on what he feels but on what he does; just as his virtue and vice
consist not in feeling but in doing." -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

"You can always tell your true values by looking at your behavior --
especially under pressure." -- Brian Tracy

"All virtue is summed up in dealing justly." -- Aristotle

"Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of
value." -- Albert Einstein

• Stay still, be quiet and listen to your heart. Then when it speaks, get up and go where it takes you.

• I asked God why does loving have to hurt? He did not answer. Instead, my tears began to fall. Then I realized, He gave me a sign…the tears…and I thought, until I am human enough to feel pain, to have and to be able to love is bliss.

• While waiting for the right person, have fun with the wrong ones.

At the viewing deck of Crosswinds, Tagaytay

I’m now a part-time researcher for the tracer studies of the Far Eastern University. And Research Assistant for Transportas, a planning firm. Contributing writer for myhome, a local magazine. I did a feature article on Crosswinds, a high-end, Swiss-themed residential development in Tagaytay City. (Article is for the April 2005 Issue).

I was called up to do another feature tomorrow, Thursday. Balai Taal.


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Various shots.

As we are in the season of Lent . Please spare a

moment to read through as

it is something which will help you. It will bring

you to a closer walk

with JESUS and you will experience great peace.



Lenten fasts have a tendency to be oriented toward

things like giving up

food or television. But there are many other

creative ways we can welcome

Jesus' healing touch this Lent. Below are some

suggestions you may want to

consider.



Fast from: Anger and Hatred:

Give your family and everyone you come across ,an

extra dose of love each

day.



Judging Others:

Before making any judgments, recall how Jesus

overlooks our faults.



Discouragement:

Hold on to Jesus' promise that He has a perfect plan

for your life.



Complaining:

When you find yourself about to complain, close your

eyes and recall some

of the little moments of joy Jesus has given you.



Resentment or Bitterness:

Work on forgiving those who may have hurt you.



Spending Too Much Money:

Try to reduce your spending by ten per cent and give

those savings to the

poor.


Wishing you all a wonderful Lenten Season

filled with Peace, Love and Happiness.



SMILE, CAUSE JESUS LOVES YOU !

Dear Lord, I thank You for this day. I thank You for my being able

to see and to hear this morning. I'm blessed because You are a

forgiving God and an understanding God. You have done so much for me

and You Keep on blessing me. Forgive me this day for everything I

have done, said or thought that was not pleasing to you. I ask now for Your forgiveness.

Please keep me safe from all danger and harm.

Help me to start this day with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude.

Let me make the! best of each and every day to clear my mind so that

I can hear from You.

Please broaden my mind that I can accept all things. Let me not

whine and whimper over things I have no control over. And It's the

best response when I'm pushed beyond my limits. I know that when I

can't pray, You listen to my heart. Continue to use me to do Your will.

Continue to bless me that I may be a blessing to others. Keep me

strong that I may help the weak... Keep me uplifted that I may have

words of Encouragement for others. I pray for those that are lost

and can't find their way. I pray for those that are misjudged and

misunderstood. I pray for those who don't know You intimately. I pray for those that don't believe.



But I thank you that I believe. I believe that God changes people

and God changes things. I pray for all my sisters and brothers. For

each and every family member in their households. I pray for peace,

love and Joy in their homes that they are out of debt and all their needs are met.

I pray that every eye that reads this knows there is no problem,

circumstance, or situation greater than God. Every battle is in Your

hands for You to fight. I pray that these words be received into the

hearts of every eye that sees it.

O Jesus Lover of the young,
The Dearest Friend I have,
In all confidence I open my heart to You,
To beg Your Light and Assistance in the
Important task of planning for my future.
Send me such a one whom You judge best
To be united with me in marriage.
May he be upright and loyal, pure, sincere
And noble that with united efforts
And pure love, in body and soul
As well as the children, it may please You
To entrust to our care.
Bless our friendship before marriage
That sin may always have no part of it.
May our mutual love bind us so closely
That our future home be most like Your home in Nazareth.
O, Mary Dearest Mother, You are my guiding star
Direct me to the person with whom I can cooperate
In doing God’s Holy Will and thus
Attain eternal joy in the next.

Amen.

Lord, who guidest not only the action of men , but even their most significant thoughts, direct me to find a man according to thy heart. Yes, dear Lord, a man who may inspire me to a life of virtue and who will be for a true companion to the Holy state of matrimony so that encouraged by your example, I may spend with him a life of true lasting peace.

Guide my state to select one that most resemble thy Holy Father and if I can enable to do so thou maketh the solution for me, I feel confident O Lord that a man according to thy heart will be a faithful companion to me, a loving Father for my children and an exemplary King of my household. Amen.

01/13/2005 1:04 am

“Autumn in New York” is on USA.

Richard Gere: “ Do you think I’m too old for you?”
Winona Ryder: “Oh no. I collect antiques.”

This is an ideal relationship… a man twice the woman’s age who’s a womanizer and the woman who’s the daughter of the one of the man’s many exes and who has only a year, at best, to live. Both cannot commit, one because of psychological incapacity and the other because of health problems.

I wonder how this story will end…

Oh. oh. Here’s a nice line, “I don’t wanna give people hope when there isn’t any.”

Just saw a lesbian couple kiss. Smacked, not really kissed. I’m seated beside three women who probably are theatre students. They’ve had four tall frappucinos. Now, I hear a 24-hour deadline…land lady…losing a job…Are they talking about a friend? Oh. The “friend” is a waiter.

Enough.

My coffee has a peculiar taste. Oh yeah. I sprinkled cinnamon. Not a bad concoction. This is my third cup for the day. And by far, the largest. I ordered a Grande.

The three women…they probably are talking about a script they are doing for their thesis? Aaargh! I hope someone invents a “gossip filtering” device. Or an anti-eavesdropping gadget.

Nice…the guy bartender wears short pants to work. Cool. It should probably stop him from boiling into a brew himself since he works in a coffee shop. That was suppose to be a joke.

He is late. Again. But of course, there is a valid reason for this…he has work and I have none.

HONEY...YOU ARE THE...apple of my eye, mango of my pie, palaman of my tinapay, keso of my monay, teeth of my suklay, fingers on my kamay, blood in my atay, bubbles of my laway, sala of my bahay, seeds of my palay, clothes in my ukay- ukay, calcium in my kalansay, calamansi on my siomai, inay of my tatay, knot on my tie, toyo on my kuchay, vitamins in my gulay, airplane of my Cathay, stars of my sky, hammer of my panday, sand of my Boracay, sultan of my Brunei, highlands of my Tagaytay, MOLE on my Ate Guy, baba of my Ai-Ai, voice of my Inday Garutay, spinach of my Popeye, sizzle when I fry, wind when I paypay, tungkod when I'm pilay, feeling when I'm high, shoulder when I cry, wings when I fly, prize when I vie, cure to my "ARAY!", answer to my "WHY?", foundation of my tulay, truth behind the lie, the life after I die... In short, you're the center of my buhay. thanks for always bein der honey ilove you so so much hhhmmmwwwaaahhhhhy monay, teeth of my suklay, fingers on my kamay, blood in my atay, bubbles of my laway, sala of my bahay, seeds of my palay, clothes in my ukay- ukay, calcium in my kalansay, calamansi on my siomai, inay of my tatay, knot on my tie, toyo on my kuchay, vitamins in my gulay, airplane of my Cathay, stars of my sky, hammer of my panday, sand of my Boracay, sultan of my Brunei, highlands of my Tagaytay, MOLE on my Ate Guy, baba of my Ai-Ai, voice of my Inday Garutay, spinach of my Popeye, sizzle when I fry, wind when I paypay, tungkod when I'm pilay, feeling when I'm high, shoulder when I cry, wings when I fly, prize when I vie, cure to my "ARAY!", answer to my "WHY?", foundation of my tulay, truth behind the lie, the life after I die... In short, you're the center of my buhay. thanks for always bein der honey ilove you so so much hhhmmmwwwaaahhhhh

Dahil dito...Kaya ayaw ko na ikaw ay honey kaya Mahal na lang. harhar

Hah! It’s the first day of 2005. I have no work yet… End of contract was 31st of December. So, I am now an official BUM.

One of the things I prayed for was a sign…of who I should really SEE..you know… And the sign was supposed to be that person should give me something white… Should something silver count? Hmmm…I don’t know. That’s why I popped the question.

You may find me confusing…but this I can tell… someone has broken past my “don’t-get-near-me-or-I-will-kick-you-because-i-am-so-pissed-at-men” guard.

I can only hope everything will work out for everyone.

It’s 4 a.m. of the last day of the year… Somebody tells you he loves you in the middle of a party where there are eyes watching your every move…what do you do? (a) you laugh out loud like you always do in “crises” like these, (b) you call for help that the guy is too drunk and has been puking his heart out at you (you have to make them believe you are a helpless victim at this point and although this was something you needed to make you feel human again, you will insist he is taken tables away from where you are ), or (c) you keep quiet and pretend there is no “crisis” at all and smile back? Oh, there’s another…(d) you say “Thank you,” and smile to a point where your wisdom teeth show up.

Now, people have seen you two together. And never been this close, ever. You can feel him breathing in your ear every time he leans to tell you something. His scorching hands beside your arm . But of course, it’s December so you think it must be because it’s cold and you’re cold and he’s not.

And you ask yourself. Why now? Why here? Why me? And why say “sorry”?

Am I good at thinking to myself or what? ;p

15 December 2004

It is funny how life treats me when it comes to romance or the possibility of one.

Earlier today, I saw my SOJs… two Sources of Joy… I like the visions of Mulawin…although that of “Friendship” was not bad at all ;p

I did not expect any text from you, and definitely not a text asking if it was okay for you to call…of course it is! Had I known, I would have walked home faster from church (where I left my phone). But since you’re kinda part of my “romantic” life, I texted back too late. See how “funny” my life can be?

I prayed for your inner peace. And of course, world peace.

I bet you never read this site. Although I have invited most of my friends to visit this blogspot, you probably won’t bother. Although I am pretty sure you are a good friend. But anyway, if you ever do…this one’s for you:

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DERinsyd4uMAYBE8sWRONGtoLUVuMOREeachDAYcuzIknowSHESderTOstay.
myLUV4UsMOREströngerBUTiKNW2whömUshudBELONG…(28 October 2004)