Sweet moments with Ms. B

THE DIFFERENCE

My prayer:

Dear Lord, the day is just beginning. I am to continue the tasks, which were left undone. I hope I can manage to pursue them with open mind and contrite heart for the fulfillment of the soul.

For always, I start my day with gratefulness, acceptance, praises and fill my heart, mind and soul with faith - hope - and love.

May this day Lord brings peace of mind to everyone, including me. And may each day that passes by, enables us to find happiness within our hearts and fills us all with the joys of life.

And before the day is over, I take some few moments to look back and reminisce all the day's tasks and endeavors, I try to contemplate my deeds, if ever they were done honestly, unselfishly... truthfully. Amen.
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Thanks for the graphics which was e-mailed to me!

You might have seen this post in the past,but allow me to post this again here 'coz i just love its thoughts that i feel the need for it. Enjoy reading! The photos posted here are some of my beloved people who has inspired me so much in this life i am having... in fact they are the very reasons why i'm having all smiles everytime we are together. Thanks so much!

People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which it is, you know exactly what to do.

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inwardly. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may for the reason you need them to be.

Then, without any wrong doing on your part or an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.

Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up or out and force you to take a stand.

What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled; their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and it is now time to move on.

When people come into your life for a SEASON, it is because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn. They may bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh.

They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real... But...only for a SEASON.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons; those things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation.

Your job now is to accept the lesson, love the person/people (anyway); and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life.

May you enjoy the company of the people who love you, though they may come to you for a season, a reason or a lifetime!

Ako ay Pilipino

Buong katapatang nanunumpa

Sa watawat ng Pilipinas

At sa bansang kanyang sinasagisag

Na may dangal, katarungan at kalayaan

Na pinapakilos ng sambayanang

Maka-Diyos

Makakalikasan

Makatao, at

Makabansa.

This is our new Pledge of Allegiance. I say- new- because it was not so long ago yet that we had a different version of it. It used to go like this: Iniibig ko ang Pilipinas- It was changed to this new one on June 12 1996 by our former president: Pres. Fidel V. Ramos, adopted and institutionalized as our official oath of Allegiance for all Filipinos, as a way of commemorating the centennial of the proclamation of our Philippine Independence last 1998.

One funny anecdote I should tell you about this Pledge thing. It happened just last week. As you know, government offices always sing the national anthem and recite the pledge unceasingly every Monday of every week @ 8:00 oclock in the morning before any official business can be taken cared of. And it was our department's turn to do the ritual. Unfortunately, the ones assigned were late so our department head requested some other persons one after the other, but in vain. I thought i would do it but!-shame on me I cannot recite it either. So apologies were laid out in the open. Okay, I know it was not supposed to be funny, but mind you it was my first Five (5) days in government service! What an excuse huh ;-)

Anyway, I am now quite adept with it that I might volunteer to do it in the near future, say you? By the way, can you recite it too? As in right here- right now?

Heritage Conservation simply means:Taking good care of the past. Quite ironic, don't you think? How can one takes care of the past when it has already gone? I think the answer lies in our hearts.

As an architect, I observed that through preservation of our Cultual Heritage, career-wise, has enhanced in ways i incorporate the design concept into the classical creations thereby giving recognition to those old but historical edifices which are now on the verge of existence due to wear and tear brought about by time and natural calamities while consciously merging both the modern and the classical ideas into a soluble tandem evolving into a pleasing incorporation of design eventually allowing trapped and hidden talents to be exposed and made to flourish into the limelight in the design arena.

With the application of Heritage conservation here inCebu, the community was hesitant at first. In fact they over-reacted that there were lots of misunderstandings and debates over who, what and why preserve? The biggest question then was: Why not just forget about it and replace it with a new one? To some it may seem to sound okay, but with the continued advocacy on the ins and outs of the process, the people now has grown and are more conscious in finding ways to lean some of the techniques in conservation of heritage. The greater majority of society are now positively enjoying the fruits of its resulting impact in the tourism-related repercussions in the aspect of economy. A rise of annual revenue together with the increase of influx of visitors proved it so. Various sectors of society were greatly benefited of this said program, and one of them are the intrepreneurs, who directly absorbed the profit-projected turnout in various angles of commerce.

Another group who are also enjoying its benifits is the marginalized group of people whom we have the majority in number. Although their level of consciousness as far as heritage is concerned was fast disappearing if not lost yet but with this Heritage conservation process they learned in their hearts the importance and value of why we should take good care of the past and/or what's left of it thus enabling their minds to subtlety be filled with the essence of what our heritage was and its significance in our existence today.

Cultural Heritage preservation means so much! I can say it is the guiding strength of a nation, of a society in general and of man, in particular. They are the mainstream of how we are today and how we might be in the future. Our pride as the only catholic nation in the far East only elaborates it more. We owe it all to our great though-kind-of- sour- past as to what has become of us now. Our culture speaks so much of us. As a matter of fact, it governs our very lives. Culture is our lifestyle. And the things, images, items and everything else which are associated with our culture, are significant for us in every little way it does. They come in as tangible and intangible kind. Structures like churches, ancient gates, old fortresses, grottos, even cemeteries are rich enough to be preserved as they are the very solid evidence of the ways those people in the past started it all for us.

The picture above is one of the booklet of four (4) produced by our team Cebu Heritage Frontier (CHF) from the taxing yet fun research we did in four towns in southern Cebu namely: Argao, Dalaguete, Boljoon and Oslob. I was the head-architect assigned in Oslob.
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Today starts a day without warning
Molded by time and nurtured with emotion
A day, full of life and compassion
Only to be interwoven with dignity and pride.

Empty heart continues to bleed
Longing for that moment
Chosen mindfully
By HIM.

Nothing really matters, but life.
And the day goes on…

Wishing here waiting

What I got to do to make you love me?
What I got to do to make you care?
What do I do when lightning strikes me?
And I wake to find that you're not there?

What I got to do to make you want me?
What I got to do to be heard?
What do I say when it's all over?
Sorry seems to be the hardest word.

It's sad, so sad
It's a sad, sad situation.
And it's getting more and more absurd.
It's sad, so sad
Why can't we talk it over?
Oh it seems to me
That sorry seems to be the hardest word.

What do I do to make you want me?
What I got to do to be heard?
What do I say when it's all over?
Sorry seems to be the hardest word.

It's sad, so sad
It's a sad, sad situation.
And it's getting more and more absurd.
It's sad, so sad
Why can't we talk it over?
Oh it seems to me
That sorry seems to be the hardest word.

Yeah. Sorry

What I got to do to make you love me?
What I got to do to be heard?
What do I do when lightning strikes me?
What have I got to do?
What have I got to do?
When sorry seems to be the hardest word.
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