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Boom Beach - My Best Attack Without Deploying any Troops!

2015-08-29T23:54:00.001+08:00

Grace Changes Everything - ENCS Music

2015-07-29T21:57:00.000+08:00

Philippines: The New Frontier

2014-08-29T00:37:00.001+08:00

Gravity - Sara Bareilles | Music Video Cover by Daniella Padre

2014-08-26T20:18:00.001+08:00

Social Network (Again) - Look up!

2014-05-06T01:12:00.001+08:00

"Stop watching this video and live life the real way.."

Social Network

2014-04-05T01:25:00.002+08:00

Sharing a link:

What is the connection between Social Networks and Being Lonely?
from Shimi Cohen

The Innovation of Loneliness from Shimi Cohen on Vimeo.

Isaac, our cat!

2013-04-06T17:31:00.001+08:00

Relationship, my view

2013-01-31T19:50:00.001+08:00

I'm not really a wide reader and will never be one. In fact, I could barely finish a book (unless I skip to the last page!). But then I found myself reading "The LEGO Principle" by Ptr. Joey Bonifacio of Victory 'The Fort' which was given to us as a gift by the Naron Family. Interesting enough, I began to continue reading the whole chapter 1 on the second night (believe it or not, that is a major accomplishment for me!)

The book was God's way for me to understand about the church and most importantly about discipleship. Discipleship is relationship, as the book implies. That led me to the point that in a relationship, you need to communicate, communicate to God and then to others. That is how the LEGO toy works, connect to the top and then to the bottom.

I thank the Lord for reminding me that in a relationship, communication is very important. Without communication, any relationship will fail. Communication is the key to a lasting relationship. May it be a relationship with God, with parents, siblings, spouses, children, friends and even with spiritual family.

I also thank The Lord for reminding me that when I am listening to a sermon or reading Christian books, and Christian quotes from known Christian authors, the 'message' is meant to be very personal (God communicates with us through these). Yes, God is dealing with me personally. I have no right to say, "this one is for my wife" or "this is for my brother, hope he can hear or read this...". But for God, He will say, "That's for you, my son. That is you I'm talking to".

I was also reminded that in today's social media age, although Twitter and Facebook are somehow "a new tool" to communicate, there is no way it should replace how people used to talk to one another. The risk of being misunderstood and misinterpreted is inevitable. Worst, social media has become a tool for conveying indirect personal post intended to unnamed person, hoping that it could solve a broken relationship. Little that we know, it could probably cause more damage rather than healing it. As for God, I believe that he would prefer me, to talk to Him directly rather than hear from somebody else that I needed help. I believe we, too, would like to hear our friends and loved ones talk to us in person rather than depending on any alternative communication device.

Communicate. Build the relationship with it. Disciple one another, Jesus' commands.

End Note: Steve Murrell Twitted: Jesus did more than preach & teach in a formal manner. He spent much time eating with & answering questions of his disciples.

Google Adsense

2012-06-29T20:27:00.000+08:00

My PIN for Google Adsense finally arrived. My residential address is now updated.

My ads are up again and hopefully I would start earning again. So far [after a day], I got a tiny little bitty of $, not bad... Keep it coming...

Deni & Sam

2011-06-19T00:12:00.004+08:00

My two daughters have decided to reactivate their blogsite but they don't seem to be keen on having a 'joint' blogsite.. So, they have created their own blogspot account...

Now, I will ask my most common question on behalf of my daughters: "Where do we go from here?"

The Katinas

2011-06-13T20:34:00.002+08:00

http://thekatinas.com/

Google Classic

2010-10-20T23:47:00.002+08:00

H.E.R.O

2010-07-03T15:07:00.003+08:00

Can you hear me? In Times like these, we have to ask ourselves several important questions. How can you, I, our friends and children really trust that what we see on TV and hear on the radio is true? How do we know that our opinions are really our own? How can we be sure that the weak voices are heard and not scared into silence?

I can tell you how. There is one person we can thank for all of this. We can thank this person for giving us new perspectives. We can thank this person for giving us a choice. This person gives us an alternative to uniformity and short term thinking. We owe this person for making an ordinary day into something special. A day when we rise from the TV couch and say: "I've changed my opinion". There's only one word that does full justice to that person: HERO.

OK.. That was a joke!

Samantha just rebuked me and said that I should have used God's picture for He is our hero... But I don't have God's picture and this is only meant to be a joke... :-p

I Got To Meet The Person Who Solved This!

2010-05-22T12:53:00.004+08:00

CSS Based

2010-02-27T22:34:00.004+08:00

With the help of freebies, chedeng!!Miss doing this... really...

My Dining Place: http://www.mydiningplace.com.sg

10 Funny Things That Made Me Think Twice Of Coming Back To The Philippines

2010-02-19T23:28:00.007+08:00

You know what they say... onlee in da Pilipins....

Gloria Arroyo running for congress in Pampanga: People accused her of dreaming to become a Prime Minister, where's the proof?
Mikey Arroyo: Need to say more?
So obvious and yet....: ZTE Scandal, Fertilizer Scam, Northrail Project, Road User's Tax Scandal, Macapagal Boulevard Scam, Swine Scam, Hello Garci Tapes, Mikey's unexplained wealth, Jose Pidal, RFID, Questionable presidential pardon... etc, etc, etc.... Time passes, people forget... sayonara....
Camarines Sur new second district: Political accommodation, the Arroyos gunning for World Record. Good luck Mayor Fermin!
Gov. (Fr.) Panlilio unseated by Bong Pineda's wife: The poor priest-turned-politician is accused of massive cheating and harassment by a GMA ally (!?! and another !!!??!!). Same case goes for Gov. Grace Padaca. This is really hilarious!
Erap Estrada running again: This is suppose to be 'funny things'... haiz.....
C5 Extension Scam: So... If Villar doesn't face the music, he's off the case? Yes, senator, show us how you do it!
Philippines drought: After the flood, no more water! What was NIA doing all these years? Buti pa sa Farmville may tubig! ...'wonder why in Singapore (which imports water from Malaysia), water is not scarce? Ok, money talks, maybe because they pay for it, right? But what about Malaysia? As far as I can remember, there was no rain for months! How can they supply water to Singapore and still have enough for them? Ok Pinoys, look at the bigger picture, please.... Any nation around you complaining about lack of water?
Comelec's poll automation: I don't know, but I find it very funny (laughing with tears)!
Shining Stars: Have you voted for an Actor or an Actress? Are you trying to be funny, too?

Vote Wisely!

To Pinas And Back

2010-01-02T01:07:00.005+08:00

2 weeks vacation is too short. I guess it's always not enough no matter how long it takes. But for me, it is was good to take a bit of a break from work and from a great distance some more. Haiz, I can't wait for the next break! I'm now looking forward for the next holiday -- the Chinese New Year which is in February.

It was great to visit the Philippines even for just once a year. Last year's visit was short but at least it was a bit longer than the previous one in 2008. And last year was more fruitful... done a lot of things... visit a lot of places... met a lot of friends... eat a lot of food... and great to see Naga with SM! It was amazing to see a so-much-different Naga (at least the CBD2 area). I thought SM will "kill" the business in CBD1 but it is surprising to see CBD1 still having a traffic jam (not a good thing though). OK, some food chains did tranfer to SM...

Ah, yes, Mayon volcano! It's not an everyday thing to see an eruption. It was a perfect timing for me (specially for my daughters) to see God's creation and wonders at work! There is nothing camparable to the God-soak, God-saturated wonders! But, ok... Albay is better off with Mayon not erupting... I just don't know why settlers within the danger zone keep on increasing. The government should have a better program to handle this issue. Evacuating people should have not been a problem.

I miss the Philippines but anyway.... 2010, here we go!

May Pasok ba?

2009-10-23T22:43:00.004+08:00

http://maypasokba.com/
Yan, kung di mo alam kung meron o wala.... :-P

PSLE Mathematics Paper

2009-10-12T20:38:00.005+08:00

I don't remember solving this kind of math problem when I was in grade 6. Probably in high school? I don't quite remember as well.

Anyway, the problem was something like this:

Jim bought some chocolates and gave half of it to Ken. Ken bought some sweets and gave half of it to Jim. Jim ate 12 sweets and Ken ate 18 chocolates. The ratio of Jim’s sweets to chocolates became 1:7 and the ratio of Ken’s sweets to chocolates became 1:4. How many sweets did Ken buy?

This was the kind of problem solving primary 6 student faced during their Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) according to the news... Can my children cope up? Yes, they will... Through God's grace, syempre...

Nick Vujicic

2009-10-03T20:51:00.001+08:00

Nick Vujicic, born with no limbs, faces obstacles every day of his life. It's not how you start, it's how you finish...

Introvoys Jam

2009-10-01T01:14:00.004+08:00

Live at O'Bar Cerritos CA, USA on Septermber 19, 2009 with my brother, Gary, playing the bass guitar.

Birthday Girl

2009-09-25T00:20:00.003+08:00

Dai na aram kung arin iinuton, mag simbag sa FaceBook o sa sms... Hay... Arog talaga kayan pag birthday... Problema lang, kulang na ako sa pansin... Ok lang, hehehehe

Happy birthday Honnie, continue to receive the Grace of God! ...More wonderful and exciting years in your life! Lavya!

Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ

2009-09-15T22:00:00.000+08:00

ROMANS 6:1-14
1 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?
2 By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?
3 Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

5 If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection.
6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—
7 because anyone who has died has been freed from sin.

8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.
10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.

11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.
13 Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness.
14 For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

Mikey, Mkey, MIkey....

2009-09-04T00:51:00.002+08:00

Don't you just love Mikey?

Benny Prasad: Musicianary

2009-08-30T19:10:00.009+08:00

We were so blessed to have attended the 31st Anniversary of Covenant Evangelical Free Church at Suntec City today and was able to witness a performance by Benny Prasad, the most widely travelled Indian musician. To date, he has visited 218 countries and performed before presidents and parliaments and on many stages, including 2007 Military World Games, 2006 FIFA World Cup and 2004 Olympic Games!

But what is the big deal about Benny? OK, aside from the fact that he's suppose to be dead 18 years ago, he is a self-taught guitar player and has designed a guitar the world has never seen: A guitar with bongo (and he received a doctorate degree from University of New York! --if I'm not mistaken...). But most importantly, his purpose of travelling is to share the good news of Jesus Christ. Watch this video and learn more of Benny's ministry.

From a cursed to blessed life, from sin and shame to righteousness: Benny Prasad's life story (a walking miracle) is a genuine revelation of how good our God is!