Friday, September 21, 2007
Today's Wisdom from Above
We are only whole to the extent that we are experiencing His love everyday.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Gone With the Wind and Other Stories
First things first, I wish to thank Blogger for this wonderful chance and space they allowed me to have so I can post my very own blog. Blogger, you're a star, thanky!
Yesterday was Saturday again and it seems whenever my daughter and I arrange to meet so we can go to Precepts together, something happens. We agreed to meet this time at Chowking Taft corner Edsa. I arrived at Chowking ahead of her and knowing my daughter, I braced myself to waiting forever. We are supposed to see each other at one pm but at quarter past one she sent me a text message informing me that she has just left home! Home is an hour bus ride to Taft! Thirty minutes later she sent a text message again saying " Me, yung 100 ko tinangay ng hangin. Wek! Transalated it meant "Mum, my 100 peso bill was blown by the wind. Whek!" She was riding a bus coursing thru the coastal road where strong wind blows. While pulling a 20 peso bill from her wallet, a 100 bill went with it and flew with the wind. I hope the 100 bill landed on one of the bamboo houses standing on stilts at the side of the bay where mussels gatherers live. I hope a little boy will find it then he will look to heaven to thank God. By the way three mussels gatherers are only able to gather 100 pesos worth of mussels in one day. Sad.
Anyways I told my daughter I will replace the lost money just kndly please hurry up. After one and a half hours of waiting (there was heavy traffic she texted again) my daughter arrived. We arrived at Precepts just when the session was almost finished. After downing the coffee they served the session ended. Ugh!
Daughter had to go to Psalm house in Kamuning and I have to go back to Imus (the native land of Ping and Bong). On the bus home I happened to sit between two coughing men! At least the old man at my left seemed to know that coughing in public places is shameful and stopped after just a few coughs. But the younger man on my right coughed with gusto. And I can't even understand why he can't sit still in his seat. When he's not coughing he's blowing his nose, when he's not blowing his nose he's sending text messages from his mobile phone, or fidgeting with his earplugs with the cords dangling all over in front of him even getting tangled with the strap of his backpack and his face towel full of cough and pleghm. For a moment he sat up straight to read Abante Tonite. Hmm. I sat up straight myself and tried to stay alert and awake. Thankfully, at the next bus stop the coughing man called "Para!" God bless him.Today I'm feeling the beginning of colds in my throat. I will eat more pomelos and drink plenty of water and I will bless myself also.
Yesterday was Saturday again and it seems whenever my daughter and I arrange to meet so we can go to Precepts together, something happens. We agreed to meet this time at Chowking Taft corner Edsa. I arrived at Chowking ahead of her and knowing my daughter, I braced myself to waiting forever. We are supposed to see each other at one pm but at quarter past one she sent me a text message informing me that she has just left home! Home is an hour bus ride to Taft! Thirty minutes later she sent a text message again saying " Me, yung 100 ko tinangay ng hangin. Wek! Transalated it meant "Mum, my 100 peso bill was blown by the wind. Whek!" She was riding a bus coursing thru the coastal road where strong wind blows. While pulling a 20 peso bill from her wallet, a 100 bill went with it and flew with the wind. I hope the 100 bill landed on one of the bamboo houses standing on stilts at the side of the bay where mussels gatherers live. I hope a little boy will find it then he will look to heaven to thank God. By the way three mussels gatherers are only able to gather 100 pesos worth of mussels in one day. Sad.
Anyways I told my daughter I will replace the lost money just kndly please hurry up. After one and a half hours of waiting (there was heavy traffic she texted again) my daughter arrived. We arrived at Precepts just when the session was almost finished. After downing the coffee they served the session ended. Ugh!
Daughter had to go to Psalm house in Kamuning and I have to go back to Imus (the native land of Ping and Bong). On the bus home I happened to sit between two coughing men! At least the old man at my left seemed to know that coughing in public places is shameful and stopped after just a few coughs. But the younger man on my right coughed with gusto. And I can't even understand why he can't sit still in his seat. When he's not coughing he's blowing his nose, when he's not blowing his nose he's sending text messages from his mobile phone, or fidgeting with his earplugs with the cords dangling all over in front of him even getting tangled with the strap of his backpack and his face towel full of cough and pleghm. For a moment he sat up straight to read Abante Tonite. Hmm. I sat up straight myself and tried to stay alert and awake. Thankfully, at the next bus stop the coughing man called "Para!" God bless him.Today I'm feeling the beginning of colds in my throat. I will eat more pomelos and drink plenty of water and I will bless myself also.
Grandmotherhood Bliss
My grandaughter Betina was first honor in her Nursery class at Montessori Dasma. Her quizzes and exams were all perfect and Teacher Xe said Betina can dance well, too. Her mother told me that Betina's latest idol is Marimar. She really likes girls who can dance well. But I told Betina not to take Marimar seriously as she is a lady already. I don't like to see my grandaughter gyrating like a sexy dancer.
Betina can draw too. She can fill one notebook with drawings in one day. She even drew a picture of me and wrote "I love Lola" below the drawing. That was sweet.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Six Months Ago
My younger sis asked me to acompany her to her OB for pap smear test and she said while I'm already there I should get tested also. Doc got suspicious of my symptoms and examined my tum. She said I needed ultrasound exam. Ultrasound confirmed the doc's suspicion. It was uterine fibroid myoma, 8 cm. Yuck!
Strange that I'm clueless about it except that a couple of years ago I began having heavy periods. Mum said it's just natural for premenopausal women so I did not bother about it anymore. There's no pain whatsoever except that I always feel bloated which I remedy by avoiding meat in my diet and eating more fruits and vegie salads. And sometimes during the cold months I urinate frequently.Doc recommended surgery asap. I tried to reason out with him if I can just wait for my menopause to shrink the fibroid naturally but he said that's too risky as it's still around five years before I menopause completely. The fibroid might grow bigger and might attach itself to my bladder. Or worse it might become cancerous. I was taken aback. I hear cancer everywhere, everyday but not my cancer.
They say people refuse to look up (to God) unless thy're flat on their backs (sick in bed). I believed all along that I am a fairly healthy person. I seldom get sick. I never catch cold. I'm non-hypertensive, non-asthmatic, non-diabetic, non whatsoever. I used to brag that I'm healthy, careful with my diet, dont drink, dont smoke that I can outlive my enemies. Did I say enemies? Nah, I dont have enemies, just joking. So I remembered a bible verse which said, "Be still and know that I am God." Really I became quiet for a few days then spent a whole day alone in my room. There was this certain sadness in my heart. But I'm not afraid. Just sad. I opened my bible and read until my eyes hurt. Then I sat down in my bed and did some talking to the Lord. I told Him I understand what He was telling me all along. I told Him I was glad He removed the barrier between us and He allowed me to communicate freely and clearly with Him. I trusted my body in His care and my life in His hands. I felt His comforting presence, I felt peace while I sat still before the Lord knowing He is God.Next post I will tell all what God has done.
Strange that I'm clueless about it except that a couple of years ago I began having heavy periods. Mum said it's just natural for premenopausal women so I did not bother about it anymore. There's no pain whatsoever except that I always feel bloated which I remedy by avoiding meat in my diet and eating more fruits and vegie salads. And sometimes during the cold months I urinate frequently.Doc recommended surgery asap. I tried to reason out with him if I can just wait for my menopause to shrink the fibroid naturally but he said that's too risky as it's still around five years before I menopause completely. The fibroid might grow bigger and might attach itself to my bladder. Or worse it might become cancerous. I was taken aback. I hear cancer everywhere, everyday but not my cancer.
They say people refuse to look up (to God) unless thy're flat on their backs (sick in bed). I believed all along that I am a fairly healthy person. I seldom get sick. I never catch cold. I'm non-hypertensive, non-asthmatic, non-diabetic, non whatsoever. I used to brag that I'm healthy, careful with my diet, dont drink, dont smoke that I can outlive my enemies. Did I say enemies? Nah, I dont have enemies, just joking. So I remembered a bible verse which said, "Be still and know that I am God." Really I became quiet for a few days then spent a whole day alone in my room. There was this certain sadness in my heart. But I'm not afraid. Just sad. I opened my bible and read until my eyes hurt. Then I sat down in my bed and did some talking to the Lord. I told Him I understand what He was telling me all along. I told Him I was glad He removed the barrier between us and He allowed me to communicate freely and clearly with Him. I trusted my body in His care and my life in His hands. I felt His comforting presence, I felt peace while I sat still before the Lord knowing He is God.Next post I will tell all what God has done.
I Can't Understand!
Precept Upon Precept is an inductive method of Bible study and the materials and trainors were from the US. I like this method as I am able to clearly understand the contents of the Bible. I have to admit I dont really understand the Book of Exodus or even, Genesis or Deuteronomy. For so many times I have attempted to read the Bible and some publishers of the Bible even offer a system of reading the Bible through in one year. I think I had attempted to read the whole Bible half a dozen times already, but sadly I never ever reached beyond Deuteronomy.I'm now studying Exodus and I'm enjoying every bit of it because I'm beginning to understand it. We were asked to bring different colors of marking pens for which to mark key words and phrases in the chapters we are studying. We have to use a paticular color to mark God, double underline words referring to land or place, draw a clock over a word for time or day, another color and symbol for sin and so on and so forth. So after studying one chapter the pages were very colorful with marks, underlines, and symbols. We get to read one chapter we are studying at least three times. And that results in a very clear and thorough understanding of the lesson.
On my future blog post I will try to write a potted story of Exodus after I finish the eleven Saturdays course. I promise that it would be a fun read as the Book of Exodus is a very exciting account of God's relationship to His beloved people.
On my future blog post I will try to write a potted story of Exodus after I finish the eleven Saturdays course. I promise that it would be a fun read as the Book of Exodus is a very exciting account of God's relationship to His beloved people.
Hello Again
This afternoon I met with my daughter at Buendia MRT station so we can go to Makati Gospel Church together to attend a bible study class we have begun the other Saturday. The eleven Saturdays course is on the Book of Exodus. My daughter as usual was late. I waited for her at the foot of the Buendia MRT stairs near a line of vendors selling guava, sunglasses, candies, newspapers and ice cream. Although the waiting place was shady with trees I still perspired heavily and the back of my cotton blouse was soaking wet. I think I waited for 40 minutes before the darling daughter arrived. I think I also counted around fifty pairs of legs going down the stairs before her own thin pair of legs appeared. I can identify my daughter even by just her feet and then legs going down the stairs. Mother skills, you know.
Daughter at least showed in her facial expression that she's ashamed she's late. I think she's even worried that I was already at my wit's end. Lucky for her, while I was waiting I have observed another woman impatiently waiting for somebody just like me. To entertain myself, I told myself at least I'm not alone. And we will see who will be relieved of waiting first. So when my daughter arrived, I felt I won that my waiting was finally over. Silly me.Anyways, I think I will have to write about the bible study next issue as it is already late in the night and some mosquitoes are feasting on my feet already. So good night for now, magandang gabi sa inyong lahat.
Daughter at least showed in her facial expression that she's ashamed she's late. I think she's even worried that I was already at my wit's end. Lucky for her, while I was waiting I have observed another woman impatiently waiting for somebody just like me. To entertain myself, I told myself at least I'm not alone. And we will see who will be relieved of waiting first. So when my daughter arrived, I felt I won that my waiting was finally over. Silly me.Anyways, I think I will have to write about the bible study next issue as it is already late in the night and some mosquitoes are feasting on my feet already. So good night for now, magandang gabi sa inyong lahat.
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