Wednesday, June 1, 2011

of cheating and relationships

Earlier today, I was on my way to Taft to meet up with a friend and start our new found habit of daily job hunting. While on the bus, I was listening to the radio and yes, Mo Twister is the man y'all. You want honest and witty answers for your questions regarding anything about life, just give them a call. You fail to get their interest, sorry for you.

From stupid questions, the topic suddenly changed to cheating while in a relationship.

A guy called narrating how active his sexual relationship with his wife is that they even do it in the office most of the time. That is because they were on the same building but they work for different companies.

"So what's the problem man?"
"My wife caught me cheating. I have a lot of discount and privilege cards to the motels (mot-mot) here in manila and my wife caught me cheating because she has this habit of arranging them in my wallet. So one day, she was outraged because the white card was supposed to be in the middle but instead, the black one was there."
"Oh man, sucks for you."

And so the discussion went on for a while. Although the guy was married, he has this urge of wanting to try new things from time to time (what a douche). Random callers said their opinions regarding the matter then suddenly there came another caller.

"Hi, Ahm, I caught my father sexting."
"What? Texting?"
"No, sexting."
"Ah, yeah, sex on text."
"So how old are you again?"
"Nine years old."

To quote Mo Twister, "This is the saddest situation that we ever had in our show." For a father to be caught by her young innocent daughter doing such a thing is so sad. What's wrong with the world?

"Oh my. Dear, did you tell anyone about this like your mom? Have you read anything graphic?"
"No. You know I'm just so mad right now. But I don't know what to do. I don't want my dad to leave. He's important for me."
"With whom is he doing this?"
"His secretary."

My heart then fell to pieces. I just couldn't take it. Even one of the DJ's mentioned that her friends were texting her and they were crying because of the situation that the child is having. Who wouldn't?

"So here's what I want you to do, just go take pictures of the messages from your dad's cellphone. Can you do that? Can you like sneak in and steal your dad's phone while they're sleeping?"
"Yes, but how will i take pictures?"
"Just use like your camera phone and take those pictures. I want you to go directly to your dad and tell him that: I know what you're doing and here are the evidences. I just want you to know that I'm so sad. Everything that you do gives me life's lessons. I look up to you so much Dad. Do you want me to be your next secretary?"

We sometimes fail to realize the impact of even small things that we do. We may not see it now but given this kind of scenario, aren't you going to think twice before cheating? What if the same thing happens to you? Won't you feel bad?

"One would always fall in love with his child specially its his daughter even if he may fall out of love with his wife."

The next callers were once again giving out their opinions. Mostly concerned people for the child and people thanking Mo for the advise he gave and how he handled the situation. And so a caller tried to change the topic.

"Hey I'm pro cheating!"
(in my head) what the?
"I mean, I'm keeping my options open. It doesn't mean that she's my girlfriend for now, we'd be together forever. Its okay right?"
"Do you have a sister?"
"Yes."
"So what if his boyfriend calls us up and says that he would bang every single chick that she sees even if she has a girlfriend. and that would be your sister."

How frustrating. Why does he even exist? You are in a relationship. A commitment. If you eventually fall out of love. Do the right thing first.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

of patience

Obviously, this is another post after a very long silence.

Yesterday, I went to church with some friends. The message was about patience. Patience with regards to how we try to get to our goals. Its true that God does things and gives us what we need in His perfect time which is also the proper time. But we tend to be impatient and try to get to our goals through shortcuts. Eventually, instead of getting what was really in store for us, we get the least of it.

The other night, I had a dream. I was with my family in Riyadh. One day, we went out for some reason and when we got back, our house was robbed. All the things that are important to me were taken. My laptop, SLR, clothes and shoes. I was thinking what this was all about until yesterday. I think I'm too materialistic that I want to get what I want the easy way. I envy those who have professional cameras and some other gadgets. Come to think of it, they didn't get it the easy way as well. They worked for it and prayed for it. Well, except for those who are financially blessed.

So I believe that my dream and the Word of God yesterday are related. I have to be patient.

With that. I'm making a promise. By May, I'll try my best not to incur debts anymore. I admit that I am completely not a good steward when it comes to my finances. So help me God.

On the other hand. I'll start praying for these:

1. An Professional Camera

2. A high end cellphone

I will be patient. :)


Saturday, December 25, 2010

My 2010 Kind of Christmas

Amazing how Facebook applications can be so timely at giving one an advice or a message. On Christmas day, here's the message that struck me:

"On this day, God wants you to know that there are no wrongs that God cannot make right. So you've been hurt or maybe you hurt someone else. God can fix it. God may be nudging you this very moment to ask for forgiveness or be willing to forgive. Trust God, listen and act. There is no wrong that God cannot make right."

I wasn't expecting a lot of things this year. I never thought I'd fall in love the way I fell in love and break my heart two times in a row, I never thought I'd be as vocal as I am now with regards to what I think and feel is right, I never thought that I could really get into a fight with my parents, I never thought that I could actually hold grudges against people, I never thought that I could break other people's hearts. Well, God and Life itself has its own ways of surprising us, don't they?

So there are no wrongs that God cannot make right. I thought I was someone that went wrong and I needed God to fix me. It took a while before things started to make sense. My questions of why did such things happened to me were slowly being answered. And yes, it generally boiled down to FORGIVING.

I was hurt. I was angry. I was mad. The first thing that I neglected when I had my problems was my family and that started the fight between me and my parents. Eventually, He reminded me that when all else fails, my family will be the only people willing to help in making me stand once more. Slowly, God led me to the right way by asking me to let go of extra baggages and He'll be the one to take care of it. So I did forgive and tried to forget. But its not that easy.

I did what I think I ought to do but I still feel that something's still missing.

I'm a person fond of having long walks at night by myself. Its is one of my hobbies that allow me to realize things, my sort of meditation. During one of my late night walks, I realized that I did change. Is it for the better or worse?

This Christmas, I only had one wish. That is to find myself. I don't know how God will make my wish come true but I know that He will. In His perfect time and place with the perfect people for me to be around with when that time comes. He made a way so that my family will be better, He gave me someone who will make me feel loved. What more could I ask for Christmas?

Love. Laugh. Dream. Achieve. Live. I wanted the first four words to be my way of doing the last word among the five. I just want to live loving, laughing out loud, dreaming wonders and waiting for those dreams to turn to dream-come-true's and eventually take form as my achievements. But we all know that unwanted things are inevitable.

To conclude, I'm thankful and hopeful. I guess I'll take the advice of Flynn from Tron: Remove thyself from the equation. For me that's being on my own for a while and discover what is to discover in myself.

As of now, It still is a Merry Christmas. :)

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*This is an entry for this "contest". This is my answer for question number one "How did the true spirit of Christmas come alive in your Christmas? "

Friday, October 1, 2010

late night blues



Who do I blame for what I suffered during the first half of this year? Who do I blame for the pain that my heart had gone through? No one. There's actually no regrets. I realized that I just loved and tried to give what I have but it isn't enough.

My mind is clouded with thoughts that I can't even write a decent entry.


Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Korean Math Time

After Public Speech time, which is quite boring specially if the kids didn't memorize their journals, we usually have our coffee break. A day in the dorm wouldn't be complete without coffee. Its our elixir. Since I already had a dose of coffee after dinner and some of my co-teachers were hungry, I found myself turning on the stove and cooking fried rice with whatever ingredients are available. The end result, I feel fatter than ever.




Tuesday, August 17, 2010

*davepoblete

Photography became my passion when my friend had her own DSLR. I've been using it for quite sometime for random purposes. I can't wait to have my own. My parents already have one and they're planning to buy another for the business that we're planning to put up. But, I want my very own camera, it'll be my baby. For the meantime, I created a logo which I will use as a watermark for my photos.




Monday, August 16, 2010

Kate on the Limelight

And so she deserves to be on my blog. I had her pictures posted in Tumblr. The others are in my previous post and here's the rest.