Starting afresh this 2009!

Got this email from Jane and thought of posting to share it with you all! happy new year! more blessings for 2009!
40 Tips for a Better Life in 2009
1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.

2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.

3. Buy a DVR and tape your late night shows and get more sleep.

4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, 'My purpose is to __________ today..'

5. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.

6. Play more games and read more books than you did in 2008.

7. Make time to practice meditation, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.

8. Spend time with people over the age of 80 and under the age of 6..

9. Dream more while you are awake.

10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.

11. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.

12. Try to make at least five people smile each day - including yourself!

13.. Clear clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life. 

14. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, OR issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.

16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card. 

17. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the NEGATIVE BLUES away.

18. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

20. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

22. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.

23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about. 

24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: 'In five years, will this matter?'

26. Forgive everyone for everything - including yourself.

27. What other people think of you is none of your business.

28. REMEMBER GOD heals everything.

29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

30. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch..

31. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

32. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

33. The best is yet to come.

34.. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

35. Do the right thing!

36. Call your family often. (Or email them to death!!!)

37. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: I am thankful for __________. Today I accomplished _________.

38. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.

39. Enjoy the ride. Remember this is not Disney World and you certainly don't want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride.

40. Please Forward this to everyone you care about. I just did. May your troubles be less, May your blessings be more, May nothing but happiness come through your door!

Unwritten....

I love Natasha Bedingfield's music. Thanks to L.A. for introducing me her music...Just when I thought my sister and I already have a "generation gap" in music terms :) That's the only "gap" I can think of between us (aside from the age, of course) coz I can be childish and L.A. can be mature at times, but we are still in the same EQ wavelength and frequency. Anyways, this song keeps playing on my mind. I thought I might as well post it, so it will play on your mind too! :)

I am unwritten,
Can't read my mind
I'm undefined
I'm just beginning
The pen's in my hand
Ending unplanned 

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
That you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions

Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten, yeah

Oh, oh

I break tradition
Sometimes my tries
Are outside the lines, oh yeah yeah
We've been conditioned
To not make mistakes
But I can't live that way oh, oh

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
That you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions


Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
the rest still unwritten

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
That you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions

Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live you life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins

The rest is still unwritten
The rest is still unwritten

If I were …, I would be

If I were a beginning, I would be… the first impression
If I were a month, I would be… December
If I were a time of day, I would be… evening
If I were a planet, I would be…. Earth
If I were a season, I would be… spring
If I were a sea animal, I would be… dolphin
If I were a direction, I would be… true North
If I were a piece of furniture, I would be… lounging chair
If I were a sin, I would be… pride
If I were a liquid, I would be… water
If I were a scare, I would be…. scary!
If I were a gem, I would be…. pearl
If I were a flower/plant, I would be… daisies/mums
If I were a kind of weather, I would be… summer rain
If I were a musical instrument, I would be… flute
If I were an animal, I would be… bird
If I were an emotion, I would be… happy
If I were a vegetable, I would be… lettuce
If I were a sound, I would be…. voice
If I were an element, I would be… water
If I were a car, I would be… a topdown BMW
If I were a food, I would be…. sweets
If I were a place, I would be… seaside
If I were a material, I would be… silk
If I were a taste, I would be…. citrusy
If I were a scent, I would be…. lavander
If I were a religion, I would be… Christianity
If I were a sentence, I would be… concise
If I were a facial expression, I would be…. suplada.
If I were a subject in school, I would be… geography.
If I were a colour, I would be… green.
If I were a thing, I would be…. pen
If I were a book, I would be… hard bound
If I were an artist, I would be… a painter
If I were a landmass, I would be… the great canyon
If I was a watch, I would be… tag heuer Formula 1
If I were God, I would be… Athena
If I were a vowel, I would be… I
If I were a theory, I would be… a conspiracy
If I were a famous person, I would be… the Queen
If I were an item of electronic equipment, I would be… cell phone
If I were a sport, I would be… tennis
If I were a movie, I would be… a romantic comedy
If I were a cartoon, I would be… Pooh and Friends
If I were an explorer, I would be… Dora the Explorer
If I were a scientist, I would be… taxonomist
If I were a relation, I would be… Mom
If I were a river, I would be… Mississippi
If I was intoxication, I would be… really strong
If I were alone, I would be… sad
If I were a question, I would be… How?
If I were a habit, I would be… hard to break
If I were in an atom, I would be… neutron
If I were you, I would be… ME!

How about you? What would you be?

I survived!

It is now official, my first semester as an MS student is sooo over, done, finished! And yes! I survived FPL and Ma'am Zaffy! Way to go girl! But... I have to submit my concept note now and work on my Plan of Course Work for the next semester.Haaayyy, just when I thought that the semester is finally over, another one is about to begin. My stress level is getting lower and then higher and higher and higher again. With 12 GSDs  (and counting) in line for integration and 1314 aquamaps for review...I will surely have a very merry Christmas!!

Sick and Tired

To be sick and tired means you can't stand no longer or you're fed up or you hate it.  And, to be sick and tired of something or somebody is a real distress. But to be sick and tired literally AT THE SAME TIME is a disaster!! I've been feeling sick since Thursday last week, hmmm, since Wednesday actually after the 2 hour badminton play and a can of ice cold coke. I don't know how it came about...can be either that I have caught some kind of a really strong flu virus or that my immune system is really low during this time of the year... or it can also be the Lord's way of tapping my shoulders to say "Slow down my child, you haven't had a break since the beginning of the year". Kaya lang, medyo napalakas yata ang pag tap ni Lord sa aking shoulders kasi I was bedridden since Friday afternoon till Sunday night (well, i was able to go to church Sunday morning). But still, it was the worst flu ever! where every part of my body aches literally, sumabay pa ang dysmenorrhea di ba?  It feels as if even my mind can no longer focus which hurts more! Ok, maybe I am exaggerating a little, but it really was really something!! So, what would you do if you were me? Not to move at all, right?  Stay under the sheets and sleep. What a way to slow down and rest. To be sick and tired...

Whew! I wasn't able to touch my ENS 211 assignment and my ENS 201 presentation :c  Whatever! I'm sick and tired! :)

surprise!surprise!

Everyday, I always look forward for my beautiful surprise. My officemates and I would always share stories of our surprises for the day. Be it a wonderful sunset, a flock of birds, beautiful wild flower, a very nice rain tree crown formation, the falling rain, a text or email from a long lost friend, chatting with an old crush, meeting an old friend, seeing a former professor, a reply from a collaborator, a friendster invitation from a sis whom you haven't seen in ages, or knowing that your "dream guy" is once again single and available, or... falling in line at the registrar's office to get the TOR that was supposed to be released weeks ago then finding out that you're standing next to your ultimate college crush! ♥  Isn't that great! But, my greatest surprise of the week!? Being one of the top scorers in my ENS 201 class! That was really unexpected! Well, God is really very good for giving us everyday surprises :)

hmmm, ano kaya surprise ko bukas?

On letting go and moving on…

Sometimes, there are names you’d rather not mentioned and stories not shared for it might once again open boxes that have been sealed for so long. Some memories are better off kept inside that little box in the corner of your room, because, once opened, the “there’s one time” stories will start to come out of your mouth again and the desire to know the “what ifs” will bother you once again. Everything else will keep on coming back to you… It’s a vicious cycle…and remembering is the saddest thing…


Letting go is not something you do in one sitting, it’s something you go through everyday, over and over and over…

-- Mic way back April 18, 2005


That is why it is so important (however painful it may be!) to destroy souvenirs, move, give lots of things away to orphanages, sell or donate the books you have at home, Everything in this visible world is a manifestation of the invisible world, of what it is going on in our hearts—and getting rid of certain memories also means making some room for other memories to take their place. Let things go. Release them. Detach yourself from them.


One has to know when a stage comes to an end. If we insist on staying longer than the necessary time, we lose the happiness and the meaning of the other stages we have to go through. Closing cycles, shutting doors, ending chapters…What has passed will not return…

-- Paulo Coelho (Closing cycles)

 

Letting go doesn’t mean giving up, but rather accepting that there are things that cannot be.
-- Anon


Let go. Why do you cling to pain? There is nothing you can do about the wrongs of yesterday. It is not yours to judge. Why hold on to the very thing which keeps you from hope and love?
-- Leo Buscaglia


If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible. If he has to make a choice, may he make it now. Then, I will either wait for him or forget about him…Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.

-- Paulo Coelho (text ni Mic sa akin August 18, 2006)


A clean break is easier. You can reset it, and it heals, and you move on, but if you leave things messy, and things don’t put right, then, it just hurts…forever.

--Little Black Book