march 2010: inspirational quotes

I have a personal philosophy in life: kindness begets kindness.
~Drew Johnson~

The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.
~C. S. Lewis~

If a woman can only succeed by emulating men, I think it is a great loss and not a success.
The aim is not only for a woman to succeed, but to keep her womanhood and let her womanhood influence society.
~Suzanne Brogger~

I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.
~Andrew Carnegie ~

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
~Dalai Lama~

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
~Jon Kabat-Zinn ~

Weren't both sides of the conflict totally immersed in their own tragedies, each one oblivious to, or even antagonistic toward, the narrative of the other?
~Amos Oz ~

Oneness is very simple: everything is included and allowed to live according to its true nature.
~Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee ~

I don't see the human as hopeless. There's a general tendency to presume people just act for short-term profit. But anyone who knows about small-town businesses and how people in a community relate to one another realizes that many of those decisions are not just for profit and that humans do try to organize and solve problems.
~Elinor Ostrom ~

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.
~Joseph Chilton Pierce ~

It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
~Chuang Tzu ~

If we all do one random act of kindness daily, we just might set the world in the right direction.
~Martin Kornfeld ~

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
~Leo Buscaglia ~

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.
~Vincent Van Gogh ~

I was thankful that this man had managed to remind me that my time is not all that precious... It starts with taking just a moment to see one another, and it goes from there.
~Jacqueline Novogratz ~

The greatness of a society and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals.
~Mahatma Gandhi ~

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. ~Stella Adler ~

Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites.
~William Ruckelshaus ~

As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need prosperity of kindness and decency.
~Caroline Kennedy ~

We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting.
~Kahlil Gibran ~

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
~Charles H. Spurgeon ~

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far place.
~Russian Proverb ~

Doing things for free encourages people to share. It encourages people to be community, to be family. It provides people the chance to be generous with each other.
~Tree ~

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
~Rabindranath Tagore ~

Experiment with this mental model: It is my duty and privilege to be of service. I will do whatever I can to make life easier for all people who cross my path. ~Srikumar Rao ~

Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.
~A. A. Milne ~

The value given to the testimony of any feeling must depend on our whole philosophy, not our whole philosophy on a feeling.
~C. S. Lewis ~

There's an alternative. There's always a third way, and it's not a combination of the other two ways. It's a different way.
~David Carradine ~

We should not permit tolerance to degenerate into indifference.
~Margaret Chase Smith~

We should not permit tolerance to degenerate into indifference.
~Margaret Chase Smith~

What the teacher is, is more important that what he teaches.
~Karl Menninger~

happy 3rd birthday KA!

Today is your 3rd birthday already. Time flies really so fast! Soon, magiging dalaga ka na anak. I just hope that you’ll stay as sweet as you are. Papa & Mama wish you all the best that life could offer.

This beautiful poem is for you:

Happy Birthday Dear Daughter
By Judith Pleasant

You are a special daughter
who means so much to me.
The day you were born,
there wasn't a lovelier sight to see.
I am glad God gave you to me.
Your love and devotion
has been my reason,
to get through many tough times,
and through many seasons.
As you have grown up,
your beauty shines through,
with a wonderful smile
that shows the real you.
You have a heart that is
made of gold
and I know it will stay that way,
as you grow old.
You make me proud
that you are who you are.
The bond that we have
will keep us close,
and no matter where you are,
you won't seem far.
The closeness we have
will never depart,
cause there is so much love
that connects you to my heart.
I am glad my daughter,
that you are mine,
because having you in my life
makes my sun shine.

Happy 3rd Birthday KA! We love you so much. *mwuah*

the pasalubong: Rowena's blueberry cheese cake & special cassava cake

When the trainors/consultant announced that the first 2 days (out of two months) of our training will be held in Tagaytay, the first thing that came into my mind was to drop by at Rowena’s Cafe. Toni said that rowena’s blueberry cheese tarts are just the right blend of tartness, sweetness and creaminess. And that made me really want to try it.

Gladly, before going back to Manila, the group decided to look for a place where we can buy some pasalubong and we agreed to look for Rowena’s. Hindi naman kami nahirapang hanapin ito.

The store got a lot of delicious snacks. Perang pambili lang ang wala. Hehehe

Anyway, here’s what I got:
At P180 each, sulit! They’re so yummy.

Next time, I’ll try their espasol, ube halaya & other tarts.

pics from the tagaytay trip

The vacation was over and yet feeling ko hindi rin ako nakapagpahinga at ni hindi ko natapos basahin ang aming module. The next training will be on April 7 na. Goodluck na lang sa akin.

Anyway, I’ll share nalang muna some pictures taken in Tagaytay last March 11-12 during our training in PHINMA.

papasok sa venue

with this tree kala ko nasa baguio ako

reception area

our room

group pics

I'll make kwento nalang later marami pang kailangang tapusin eh.

Happy Easter Monday to all!

i'm back!

Gosh! I was so quiet for almost a month now. I’m very sorry for that my friends. I took a blog vacation without even saying anything. But I think that was the best thing to do than to spread all the negative vibes in the blogosphere..

But guys, I would like you to know that I really miss you a lot! I was very busy lately and I don’t even have time to go online and check your updates in plurk, facebook and of course your blog. Bawi na lang ako, promise!

Anyway, I’m back and hopefully I can go online more often now. Hindi ko pa pwedeng sabihing everyday kasi marami pang kailangang tapusing work plus my training is still not over. I think more than a month pa yong training namin. I’ll share some pictures on my next post.

That’s it for now, enjoy and have time to reflect and pray this Lenten season. Be safe everyone!

i love you, goodbye

{via}

Since I was very busy last December, I wasn’t able to watch this movie. A lot of people talked about it and I was a little bit envious to them. I told myself sana ako din my time to relax and watch movies. But then again, may ibang priorities kasi ako.

So I just decided to buy DVD of the said movie. And luckily, I was able to watch it last weekend. Yey, maganda nga pala talaga sya. I like the movie. I was teary eyed after watching it. Niloko nga ako ni hubby, bakit daw ako umiyak eh nanood lang naman ako. Teheeee!

Anyway, here’s the theme song of the movie. Medyo may hang-over pa ako so please join me in singing this:

I Love You Goodbye

(Juris of MYMP)

Wish I could be the one

The one who could give you love

The kind of love you really need

Wish I could say to you

That I'll always stay with you

But baby that's not me

You need someone willing to give their heart and soul to you

Promise you forever, baby that's something I can't do

Oh I could say that I'll be all you need

But that would be a lie

I know I'd only hurt you

I know I'd only make you cry

I'm not the one you're needing

I love you, goodbye

I hope someday you can

Find some way to understand I'm only doing this for you

I don't really wanna go

But deep in my heart I know this is the kindest thing to do

You'll find someone who'll be the one that I could never be

Who'll give you something better

Than the love you'll find with me

Oh I could say that I'll be all you need

But that would be a crime

I know I'd only hurt you

I know I'd only make you cry

I'm not the one you're needing

I love you, goodbye

Leaving someone when you love someone

Is the hardest thing to do

When you love someone as much as I love you

Oh I don't wanna leave you

Baby it tears me up inside

But I'll never be the one you're needing

I love you, goodbye

Baby, its never ganna work out

I love you, goodbye

february 2010: inspirational quotes

wow! it's already 1st day of March. time flies so fast.

anyway, today i would like to share to you all the inspirational quotes that i've received for the whole month of February.

here they are:

In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can
inspire.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

Life is a gift of nature;
but beautiful living is the gift of wisdom.
~Greek Adage~

The goal of many leaders is to get people to think more
highly of the leader. The goal of a great leader is to help people to think
more highly of themselves.
~J. Carla Nortcutt~

Believe with all your heart that how you live your life makes a difference.
~Colin Beavan~

No act of kindness is ever wasted.
~Aesop~

The human voice can never reach the distance that is
covered by the still small voice of conscience.
~Mahatma Gandhi~

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
~Albert Einstein~

To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.
~George MacDonald~

Money itself is just pieces of paper. What gives meaning to that paper is our thoughts, feelings, and stories.
~Agent Krafchin~

The greatest distance in the world is the 14 inches from our minds to our hearts.
~Agnes Baker Pilgrim~

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
~Samuel Johnson~

To know the brain is equivalent to ascertaining the material course of thought and will, to discovering the intimate history of life in its perpetual duel with external forces.
~Santiago Ramón y Cajal~

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.
~Eleanor Roosevelt~

To know that you are a prisoner of your mind is the dawn of wisdom.
~Nisargadatta Maharaj~

We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.
~George Bernard Shaw~

Zero Rupee notes are valueless, but not worthless.
~Author Unknown~

The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides and gravitation, we shall harness the energies of love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, we shall have discovered fire.
~Pierre Tielhard de Chardin~

Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the
accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with
you.
~Augustine of Hippo~

I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.
~Mother Teresa~

True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar;
it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
~Martin Luther King, Jr.~

Courage is grace under pressure.
~Ernest Hemingway~

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
~Heda Bejar~

Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. To perform this difficult office it is sometimes necessary for him to sacrifice happiness and everything that makes life worth living for the ordinary human being.
~Carl Jung~

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.
~Cynthia Ozick~

The measure of a country's greatness should be based on how well it cares for its most vulnerable populations.
~Gandhi~

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the
potential to turn a life around.
~Leo Buscaglia~

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise
you with their ingenuity.
~George Smith Patton~

If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask.
~Albert Einstein~

Happy Monday everyone!