rev up
REV UP"behold, I make all things new" rev 21:5Last october 28-29, 2006 I've been in Colegio de San Juan de Letran
Calamba, Laguna for the
Youth for Christ Metro Manila Conference. Together
with my brothers and sisters in YFC we enjoyed the fun-filled activities- the
sportsfest, creative competitions, kite flying, GK miniatures, talks/sessions,
bondings and others.... and just as my bolg is entitled driven, the theme for this
year's metrocon is REV_UP.
We joined the
Gawad Kalinga miniature competition which we had the model
built up for a week, the cramming of course on the last day made us (the model
makers) sleepless during the 28th. I even had a headache after I and Rhio(
kasama ko mag-explain ng GK model) defended our work to (architect)
judges, yeah, it was almost like a deliberation but just more fun. hehe. and so i
got to the clinic for minutes and gave they me a medicine with the med team na
todo support and boost up ng energy hehe (sino ba yun? si kuya Ivan.. at
talagang nahulaan niyang taga-UST ako.. haha). ayun well after naman nun
God really is so good, He let me enjoy the rest of the night by keeping me up
kahit na sobrang we had no sleep.
The talk was also nourishing. nakakatouch yung mga nag-share. and the praise
and worship... grabe astig!!!! i really come teary-eyed nung kinanta yung
'forever'.
GLORY ROADhmmm. We were asked to make stop during this session. well yeah most of the
time we are speeding up our cars, our life. and we didn't even had the time to
stop at good or even bad things. we have no time time to thank God for
everything He does for us. and being in YFC i am so thankful He got me a real
life. so blessed. a youth fuelled with mission.
OFF TRACKfor the car to make a pitsop in a race means to have it fixed up and make it last
longer with high endurance. sometimes in our life, we need to make a pitsop.
especially if we're running OFF TRACK:
zero visibility - the times when we choose to go on despite the rain, the fog and
all those things that make your way vague. unaware to choose the right thing.
running flat - keeping our engine up and running our wheels even if its alrady
flat. in our life we still hook up with the old stuffs- our old bad ways which needs
to be renewed. our pride, doubts, unrighteousness and unforgiveness hinders
us to chage for the better.
taking shortcuts - keeping our own way. all the time it's better to have God lead
us and ask for his guidance. shortcuts sometimes don't make you learn the
realities of life.
REV UP
step on the gas, revolutionize, speed up - to increase or to give more to what
you already have. become: bearers of good news, agents of hope and
instruments of love.
Flying Finish : we will drive in full speed, we will have a fying finish because that
is what God wants from us, because what we were made for : REALITY OF
HOPE and JOY IN LOVE.
wishlist
my birthday-christmas-graduation wishlist. ha. doesn't matter if it happens or not. just in case...?
@ to finish my thesis, pass my defense and graduate. lord help me.no failing grade which leads to a scholarship for second sem
@ laptop, brand new. since i'm not a techie wiz i'll leave the specs to those who willingly gives support haha
@ new cellphone with complete features -mp4, video capture two-hour limit (meron ba?), xxx megapix, 3g or if 4g has come out, hehe
@ car - i don't like too fancy cars, a trooper will do. duh! i don't even know car names/brands considering i'm a man and an architect-to-be (whoa cross-fingers.. i see them with so-hot cars...)
@ ipoda
@ treat to an italian restaurant. i love pasta and pizza thsss... and now i'm starvin'.
@ a lover. haha. just kiddin'. just hope my heart start pumpin' for real. duh.
@ travel
@ pag may car kelangan may condo.
i'm overdreaming here. so there. just a sum up of what's inside my head for a gift (from myself or others). anyway, merry christmas in advance. duh ( why i keep on writing this d*** word). duh. haha.
on being irresponsible
many times i have been so immature with my actions. what i mean is that i
usually go on to something without even thinking the consequences of what i just did. i don't know if that's the easiest way
venturing new experiences... nah..
i remember when i were in my sophomore college year, we had this optical illusion thing going on inside the class. so we were given this large sheets of like 2-3 pages each and we have to pass it around after we've seen the bigger picture that's hidden in smaller images, you know the usual optical illusion. so there, eh there's only a little time left so i thought it would be easier if we tear a page so that we can easily share and see the image, the other leaf on mine and the other on my seatmate. i didn't know na our professor told pala na we should not tear it, but it's almost torn apart so tinuluyan ko na. then when we get the sheets back to our professor, she got angry because aside from me there's also some students who separated the sheets. eh when she asks who tore it, ako lang nagtaas ng hands. i'd be honest - i really thought it's okey to separate sheets but in the end
i admitted na i'm wrong kasi di ako nagtanong sa classmates if it's okey. at least that prof and me is now in good terms since ako lang yung naging honest dun. still the bottom line :
think and ask before acting!and now i also got into trouble with my class. think it's not the right time to share the story but i'd really felt depressed and stupid for what i did. i nearly risk my semester for that. the thing is i learned. and that's where the good part is. you see
there are so many decisions in life that we have to make each and every day. may it be little or big decisions we still can't tell the consequences. only God knows. and when it's over it's too late. people are responsible for every single act he/she makes. even if you know you'll not be affected first-hand, in the end it's going to strike back.
plus i also learned this week that old good saying na ' don't trust strangers'. it's true.
so because friends and acquaintance kayo you'll trust them?! no. they also become strangers AT times, we also should think twice, nah.... a lot of times to give our trust to them. people not always say the truth. sometimes they're mean, at all cost they'll step on you. they can't keep promises. they don't have a word. And i think it can happen to anyone. i'm not saying that it's evil to not keep promises or to not act what you say, but think that there are still factors that make a decision decisive for an act to be done - which sometime lead to a not so expected circumstances.
so just a little thought from a guy who experienced the gamblings of irresponsibility:
think,think,think and act. then whatever the outcome maybe... choose to do the right thing. which also at times is what you believe.
but what if that beliefs are not always right?!
At moments when our attention is painfully acute, we notice peripheral things...as if to reaffirm to ourselves our basic irresponsibility.
E. L. Doctorow , The Waterworks
proud to be thomasian
last monday (october 2, 2006) i have gone to school for a consultation for my thesis, the same day was the final game of the ateneo-ust basketball for the uaap championship title. because i have finished the consultation early i'd rushed photocopying the pages i have to read and then went to araneta to get a chance to see the game live. i tried my luck, the funny thing was i nearly got into trouble when i make 'singit' to one of the lines. so there, three types of ticket were only availabe, the upper box,lower box and general admission, but the problem was there we're only a hundred tickets left and still the line was too long. so i just decided to go home and watch the telecast instead.
before the game started i'm really not expecting the tigers to bag the championship knowing that ateneo was a good team. the game was really one of the greatest game of UST i have watched. it was really heart pumping especially in the side of the yellows where the blues were leading the game on the first half. but the second half shows how driven the tigers were to get the ten year long wait for the basketball chamionship title. you could really feel, especially if you've seen the crowd, how being in the community felt the spirit of being in a team. the support was really admirable with that yellow balloon and ust signature chant going on( ' go uste..go go go go... go uste..' * i know you know it.. haha ). so there, the game ended up with the ust tigers' two point lead to victory.
that time i really felt happy for the team and the whole community as well. proud to be thomasian indeed. knowing that a month ago another thomasians (ust salinggawi dance troupe... wuhoo idol !!! ) have made history for being a five-peat champion to the uaap cheerdance competition. from their remarkable moves and tosses and stunts!!! very smooth, swift and graceful. suave! hehe ... plus i heard the women's basketball team also got the championship...whoa what a year.
well i guess that really shows how talented we thomasians are. it's just putting things in the right track. quoting from one of the ust tarps: "uste's unending grace"... truly it has.
proud to say that before leaving my college life here in the royal and pontifical university of santo tomas, i have experienced the glorious moment being in a community of proud thomasians!
