What's up Blog? Long time no post!

Hey. Yeah I know I have been slippin. Real life and my nasty habit of procrastination has taken over. No excuses. I will try to keep my head above water.

So... 

Lemme see.  Christmas is over and done with. A long time since I spent Christmas in this part of the earth. It's not bad. It is just different. Usually, I would be basking in a humid, tropical clime. This time, I get to have a real Christmas tree, fireplaces and winter(y) weather.

I wanted to say something about faith. In my old age, I understand that it is similar to love and not romance. More like a marriage not a courtship. I understand that it is easy to be seduced by the theater and drama of it all. But ultimately, it is form not substance that we should be seeking.

There are hypenated -Filipinos that I know who openly profess to wanting to be something else other than Filipino. I have heard them say they want to be Korean. As somebody who took on American citizenship, I kinda understand... But Korean?

I guess the more pressing question is why have so many forsaken Filipino citizenship? Then again, I already know the answer.

But just the same. Before you go turning Korean. Learn everything you can about the Philippines. Before you go on over to the other side, explore where you are. You might just find everything you are looking for - HERE.

The grass sometimes really isn't greener...

It is true. The more you give, the more you receive.

How the F are you?
I know I am a flake. I will writemore  .. I promise.

For now, I just have to say I had a fulfilling weekend with the young.

This is why coursing your donations through the GMA administration is not a good idea.

Read this.

Certain words make me throw up in my mouth.

I guess I am old. Certain words kids say  make me throw up in my mouth. For example:

hella. Originated from the streets of San Francisco in the Hunters Point neighborhood. It is commonly used in place of "really" or "very" when describing something.

snap  expression: used to describe 1. dismay 2. disbeleif 3. surprise 4. joy

Potential + Courage = Virtue

Superman   
Maya Angelou says: One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with  potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest  unless we are courageous first.

Green.

I am opinionated. I have an opinion about almost everything. Especially people. A college buddy recently told me that I either liked somebody or hated them with a passion. No in betweens.
I know I can be really critical of people. Sometimes I say that I am not "critical" I am just more observant than most J
Ok. Ok. I have to work on that.
We all need to look for the "good" in people. Everybody has some redeeming qualities. (While I am typing this, I am still trying to convince myself that this is true.)
Willie Revillame, for instance. Hmmm.. I'll get back to you on that. Bad example.
It is not jealousy. I think the past months have taught me that humility is more attractive on me.
I think it took me awhile but I have finally come around to accepting what I am and what I am not. What I can be and what I will never be. And I am good with that.
The sin of jealousy stifles the good work we all wanna do.
It speaks well of people who honor without envy, somebody who have prospered. Inversely, haters hate the good fortune the befall their peers. There are many roads to hate, but envy is the shortest of them all. You will lose friends so fast if you desire their demise. Be happy for them! Envy eats you from the inside out.
I read once that "Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope." Oh sure you will find stuff wrong with everybody you meet. But focus, or better yet, step back. So you can see what is good. Jealousy is a self-inflicted wound. Although jealousy stems more from self-love than love for others. You aren't doing yourself any favors. It will eat you up till you are soo miserable that you miss all the blessings you have received. The only person worth envying is the person who doesn't envy.

Read the agenda dumbass.

http://gawker.com/5362916/woman-declaration-that-shes-a-56+year+old-virgin-off-by-one-nightA woman announced at a Texas Education Agency hearing yesterday that she is a 56-year-old virgin. She thought she was testifying at a hearing about sex education. She wasn't.
Former schoolteacher Deborah Parish (we're unsure on the spelling, since we got her name from the video), wanted to impress upon the agency that you can teach kids to get sexy without taking their clothes off, a proposition for which the fact that she had gone all her 56 years without "technically" having sex somehow serves as evidence. But before she could testify about all her gratifying fully clothed sexual experiences, the agency's members informed her that they were taking testimony on alcohol awareness—the sex ed stuff, when her virginal status would have been relevant, had all happened the day before. Read the agenda, virgin!