Everything Happens For A Reason

Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there. They serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be, your roommate, your neighbor, professor, long lost friend, lover or even a complete stranger who, when you lock your eyes with them, you know that very moment that they will affect your life in some profound way. And sometimes things happens to you and at the time they seem horrible, painful and unfair, but in reflection, you realize that without overcoming those obstacles you would never have realized your potential, strength, will power of heart.

Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good or bad luck, Illness, injury, love, lost moments or true greatness and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of the soul. Without these tests, if they be events, illnesses or relationships, life would be like a smooth paved, straight flat road to nowhere. Safe and comfortable but dull and utterly pointless.

These people you meet who affect your life and successes and downfalls you experience, they are the ones who creates who you are. Even the bad experiences can be learned from. Those lessons are the hardest and probably the most important ones. If someone hurts you, betrays you, or break your heart... Forgive them, for they have helped you learn about TRUST and the importance of being cautious to whom you open your heart. If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not because they love you, but because they are teaching you to love and opening your heart and eyes to things you would have never seen or felt without them. Make every day count. Appreciate every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people you have never talked to before, and actually listen, let yourself fall in love, break free and set your sights high. You can make of your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then go out and live it. I wish you all the best in your endeavors as well as struggles in life. Have a fighting spirit and never hesitate to get back in the struggle.

Your Kindness

I thought I could hear your angry words to sear my soul.

I know, that I don't deserve this another chance

But then suddenly your kindest words I've ever heard.

There's no more excuse, no one to blame, and nowhere to hide.

Your eyes have found my failures and my pain.

You understands my weaknesses and my shame.

And yet you never leave by my side.

Your kindness leads me to repentance.

In all that I do, I Know that You love me so.

And that makes me want to love You more.

A Worth of Sacrifice

Just wanna share this very inspiring short film. Hope will inspire you too. :)

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life"

Multi-Grade

One, two, three… eight… nine… fifteen… twenty! Counting all the rivers we crossed during our documentary of the Multi-grade in a remote place of Liniputan Elementary School, located in Pantukan, Montevista, Davao del Norte. We took a total of 3 hours away from Davao City. 2 hours from Davao to Pantukan Division office of DepEd (by Pajero), and we took another car (I don’t know what car it was for mountain travel) for another 1 hour just to cross 20 rivers to reach Liniputan area (supposedly it’s 27 but we took the shortcut hehehe!). And man, believe me, Mountains bordered surround it and while rivers trapped around the small school for multi-grade levels.

We took footages while on our way. Flordy took photos while I was taking videos.

Multi-grade involves the teaching of children from two or more grade levels in one classroom. Such context requires the employment of particular teaching methodologies and classroom administration.

Since Multi-grade classes are smaller and can be established more cheaply than complete schools, they can be more numerous. Therefore, more dispersed and thus located closer to the settlements where the children live. The assigned teacher would really have to live near them, for it will take you 27 rivers to get there. LOL! The school happens to be located where it is bordered by rivers and it’s even kilometres away from urban. This means both that younger children can attend and spend travelling by crossing rivers everyday just to get into school. But for them attending school is therefore likely to be more acceptable to the families concerned, as improvement to each one another escalates. And thus both increase the number of children receiving education and reduce the failure rate.

Multi-grade schools, being smaller and more dispersed, teacher would enjoy much closer links with the smaller communities that they would be setting up to serve.

This would have a very positive effect on local attitudes and access to education.

This kind of job is not easy to do without putting your heart into it. Imagine yourself being isolated in one place in a remote and far-flung area, feels like being exiled. Isn’t it? A dedicated and committed being immersed herself into great sacrifice. She gave up everything, life in the city, friends and relatives, but because of love and perseverance in teaching to where her heart belongs to. Her passion in teaching multi-grade for nine (9) years leads her into a promotion for Principal and will be assigned to be the coordinator of Multi-grade in their division. Well, she deserved it! Congratulations to Ma’am Annabelle Isaac.

Wedding or Birthday?

God, in his time, planted a seed of love in their hearts, nurtured and nourished to its fullness for His infallible plan for their lives. And I'm so happy that I was able to fill the air with music during their wedding. The Ann and Eric nuptial. Fortunately, it was my birthday, Nyaaaah! what a coincidence! hehehe i had a free birthday celebration that time! Food were served in front of me... waaahhh as if it's my party... anyway let's assume... weeeehh! and so a lot of visitors came in...

Note: I used my own mobile N70 Music Edition to capture this photos, so expect the low quality! enjoy viewiNg...

weNg (bride's made), ate aNne(bRide), kuya eric(Groom) and Gem(maid of Honor)...

WeNg on her style...

Gem aNd her style

Huh? is that me? hehehe... it's ma buRpday anyway... (ayaw palag!)

My thesismate duRiNg thesis time... LOL!

The sisters

The affirmation of commitments was held and solemnized @ Sto. Rosario Parish, Toril. Reception followed @ Villa Josefina Village, Dumoy, Davao City.

Congratulations to the newly wed ate Ann and kuya Eric...



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A letter for me

Wishbone,

One day, I will disappear completely. The letters, the text messages, the calls over the phone will mean nothing. The world will get tired of me... You will get tired of me... I will get tired of myself, and I...and I will never get tired of you. For you, there will be NO endings. I will say your name over and over like a refrain... My prayer to no one.... Then I'll be a plant like your name, a fern. The one you'll never pick and will endure the breathless waiting until boundaries disappear.

You know I will never get far and there is no need for my return. Only travelers leave... I've never been a traveler. For I have never left. I am lost, simply wanting to be in a place that I've never been and will never be. Of all destinations, I long to be lost in the fields of your hair...In the corners of your smile... Lost among your thoughts as you are already in mine....

With nothing to do, I make new constellations images of you as I remember. All your candid innocent photos... your laughter.... your enamoring grin... There are stars from a different view, but still I see nothing but you. Unfurling like a flower, swiveling like a leaf. I once dreamed you slept beside me. It was dark then, but the darkness is deeper now. Tonight in my dreams I will see you again. My little poor good wishbone, clothed only in light...

Like a kite, I've given myself up to the wind. I made friends with the sun. Confuse the birds with strange and distant voyages, but it is you that ties the thread and holds me down. Like a kite, I will forever hold your hand and with a burning human longing in your hands, I surrender.


You are my will to live... My life started when I loved you and that's how I want it to end...You don't need to love me back... just please, let me love you...

Yours forever,

cokies

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