A year to count: Happy New Year!

This year, I may have lots of ups and downs but no matter how bitter 2012 made me there are still things that made this year worth living. There maybe pages in this entire year I left blank but that doesn't mean life is empty. Maybe I had too much to say that I leave everything unspoken. Someone told me "Count your blessings not the missing" So here it is let me count the blessings I have:

♥ I have my work to support me and my family financially.
♥ A home sweet home I won't bargain to any place near my work no matter how tiring it takes to travel back and forth.
♥ My parents who love, understand, and support me no matter how hard-headed I am
♥ My siblings for doing me a favor every time I ask
♥ Loving nieces and nephews despite their annoying kakulitan
♥ My friends who are willing to listen, isang tawag ko lang andyan na nanginginig pa
♥ My pet Yumi, though I rarely let her in my room. I love the way she wags her tail every time I come home.
♥ My gadgets??? Ahahaha
♥ My books though it takes a lot of courage to stay awake facing the pages of it :D
♥ The dishes my brother cooks, making me hungry just by looking at it
♥ The tawa moments I have with my mother every morning
♥ Another birthday celebration, spent with loved ones at home, at work, and someone across the miles :P
♥ Celebrated my 5 years in IBM with a rewarding experience of being one of the Top Talents in 2012. I think I will consider a promotion this time.
♥ For surviving Habagat
♥ For every wishes granted this year. Gigantic or even the smallest things I whisper to the Lord. Thank you
♥ That someone who recently makes me smile everyday ^_^
♥ For every awful moment that turned delightful by His grace

These are some of the blessings that highlights this year. One big reason to be thankful and move forward to the coming year/s. Lord, thank you for all the blessings you've given me. I know, I am not your most dutiful child and I sometimes take your blessings for granted. Thank you for those times that you made me happy and for the people you allow to join me this year. For those who stayed and had to go, thank you. 2013 be nice and I'll be nicer ahahaha. Happy New Year everyone. Count your blessings not the missing. If there's nothing to count, make yourself one :)

With these bountiful blessings, it is such a shame if I don't have something to give in return. So this year, I will manage to improve the things that I can, little by little (just being honest). Life is not a lottery prize that you can win instantly.

♥ Minimize my tardiness at work or any meet ups that I compromised.
♥ Have more time with my family.
♥ Have more conversations with my parents
♥ More bonding moments with my siblings
♥ More playtime with my nieces and nephews
♥ Catch up with friends that I took for granted :D (For those who stayed I'll make it up to you, for those who become distant I'm really sorry, hope I can still make it up to you)
♥ Sleep well
♥ Live a healthy life, though I cant promise to break my bad habits I'll do my best!
♥ Be less emotional
♥ Drink lots of water
♥ Be more heartful

A NEW YEAR'S EVE RITUAL

(something to share)

Many ancient cultures believe in the magic of New Year's Eve to cleanse yourself of anything from the old year that you don't wish to take into the coming one. Be it fears or regrets, heartache or painful memories, ill-health or bad habits, this is the time you can leave the past behind and move, unburdened, into the future.

First light a fire. Then take a piece of paper and write a list, or use pictures, or some other symbol to represent the things you want to be rid of and, at the stroke of midnight, throw them into the flames.

As they burn away, sparks will well and truly fly. So make a wish. Because it will be carried on these sparks, sending your hopes and dreams out to the universe, to be blown by the wind, into the New Year. . .

Above all, it is FANTASTIC!

What an outstanding stage perfectly designed for Bruno Mars' performance. I can't find any words than awesome, amazing, spectacular, etc to define this performance  Above all, it is FANTASTIC!


Kudos to the staff and crews of the X Factor who made the stage perfect!


Forgive me for this quote:

The stage wont be perfect as it is without considering the performer.

At home: each day is a blessing

Traveling long hours everyday can be so tiring and time consuming. But just by seeing my family makes the travel worth spending that I rather tire myself going back and forth. Though it makes me spend more time in sleeping, every moment spent when I'm awake is priceless (moments that I call precious) Just this morning I had another tawa moment with my parents. Another scene/s I can add to my laugh stories at home.

Morning chika with my mother. . .

Nanay: Ah, masarap pala talaga lagyan ng luya yung tilapya pag iniihaw. Nawawala yung lansa.
Me: Sino nagsabi?
Nanay: Ako, 'di ba kakasabi ko lang.
(@_@)

Eksena with my father. . .

Mumbling while going in circles preparing for work suddenly noticed the bonsai on the dining table

Tatay: Oh! Mukhang di nyo na masyadong dinidiligan tong halaman na to ah
Me: San galing yang bonsai na yan 'tay?

He answered half-smiling and with kilig I guess

Tatay: Regalo ko sa nanay mo. Mahilig sya sa halaman eh.

Having these short conversations with my parents are one of the valuable things I enjoy staying at home. I seldom see my father because of my schedule so I always take advantage of the chances that I see him. I had a busy schedule this weekend, a reason for us not to meet. Team building on Saturday and attended a Birthday Party on Sunday. Good thing I didn't sleep yet after attending "Simbang Gabi" so I got the chance to chat with him while he was preparing for work. Lucky me!

:)

The Red String of Fate

There’s an old story in Chinese folklore about a magical connection between two people that are destined to be soul mates, called ‘the red string of fate’. The two people connected by the red thread are destined lovers, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. This magical cord may stretch or tangle, but never break. This myth is similar to the Western concept of soul-mates.

Do you ever wonder who is tied to the end of your thread?

- from Lesson Learned in Life 

Someone asked “What was the craziest thing you did for love?” Actually, I did a lot of crazy things but I don’t really think that I did it for someone I love, maybe someone very special. Someone who suddenly influenced and changed my views about being single. It is true that when you meet someone who ignites a spark in your heart you’ll do things you never thought you could. And I confess, I did things (crazy things) for that very special someone. 

But things has changed, both of us changed! Though I am still uncertain to what brought us to this situation, I know there is a big reason why happy ending isn't visible at the moment. It could be that it hasn't ended yet or we never really started a story more than "friends", and it was just all in my imagination that let him hold a big space in my heart for a long time. Probably the reason why I never glance to anyone, but as time goes by I learned how to get used of his absence. And I am now enjoying the thought of being happy even without him. Happiness comes when you let go of the thoughts that make you sad and opening your heart into something else. 

I feel really blessed now because someone just arrived (well not really) but he makes me feel tickled pink every time I see him or whenever I get a chance to have a conversation with him. I guess it all started when he suddenly appeared in my dream out of the blue. What the heck? How come? That was my reaction when I woke up from that dream initially until I get to know him each day. And just this night I dreamed of him again after two months or so, this time I whispered "I wish it was true." contradicting my initial reaction from the first dream I had about him.

Is he bound to replace someone else's throne in my castle? Or he is just part of the detours I'm about to take as I walk through finding that someone who is tied at the end of my thread? Who knows? There is SOMEONE up there who has the answer ^_^