After 4 years, ngayon lang ako ulit nakadalo nang Filipino Community Day dito sa Kingdom… The event organized by SAHI (Saudi Arabia Hiligaynon, Inc) Well just to experience it again, a freedom even for a single day… To see other Kababayan’s having fun and getting together into one simple gathering.

Well, most of our Kababayan here in Middle East, Saudi to be exact are some times spending their time with family and friends ito have fun and relaxation to lessen stress and loneliness… We all know naman na being O.F.W. ay isa sa sitwasyong napaka-hirap, especially when you left your family sa Pinas and you are working hard to give all their needs… As usually said another term for O.F.W. is Sacrifice!

Wishes… Wish, wish wish… Star light, star bright, the first star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight… Ay mali! Christmas wish nga pala, ang assignment na binigay sa akin ni malaya…

I wish for all the best syempre… For my family, I wish that we are all together to celebrate Christmas… Attend the Misa del Gallo and have a simple Noche Buena… and I hope this will happen next year… Medyo complicated kasi ang sitwasyon sa ngayon… Good health for all of course… More good luck and happy living…

For my own interest… Well, I am not choosey naman, I prefer for a Ford GT or Ferrari Enzo for me, a metallic pink Porsche GT3 for my wife, Yacht when I want to go fishing, a couple of condo and house in Ayala Land, to have my own beach resort in Bora and own business that have enough earnings to cover all of these… Hahahahaha… Mangarap daw ba!? Seriously, first, to have our own house for my family… Location? Not yet decided, ‘Coz maybe we migrate to U.S. but syempre iba parin ang nasa sariling bayan… So, for now we keep our savings and later on pag settled na lahat we can start building our own house in Bulacan like what we planned before and so on… Secondly, to enhance my knowledge in photography and hopefully makilala rin… Last but not the least, more success and achievements to come… Not only to myself but for all of us…

What else? I guess, I will reserve my other wishes for next year, gusto ko kasi matupad din yung mga wish ko and hoping matupad nga… Minsan naman kahit na hindi ka nag-wish, nabibigay naman agad, either in financial, material or health… It will depend nalang kung masasatisfy ka or hindi… But be thankful parin ‘coz you may consider it a good luck or let’s say a blessing…

Well as masterbetong saids into his blog… Hindi ko rin nakagawiang magpasa-pasa nang tag, ‘coz later on bumabalik din sa akin yung mga tags na napasa ko… So if you got to read this & wishing to do the same, feel free to do it. Masaya ito, sabi nga ni masterbetong… (Ginaya ko na master!) Hahahaha…

..1st of November… Noong bata ako ang akala ko pag November 1, ay araw nang mga nakakatakot… Kasi naman halos lahat nang palabas sa T.V. is puro katatakutan and kababalaghan… Mga kwento tungkol sa multo at kung ano-ano pa… Dyan pa yung nagtitipon-tipon kayong magkakalaro and then nagkwe-kwentuhan nang mga nakakatakot, scary experience… or di kaya talagang mananakot kayo… Pero ang November 1 is All Saint’s Day diba!? And ang November 2 naman ang All Soul’s Day… So ano ang nakakatakot doon!? Kaya while time passing by, medyo nababago paunti-unti ang aking pananaw… As I remember, after ko mabisita si mom dadaan pa muna ako sa mga friends ko and papasyal kami sa ibang cemetery… Makikiupo at makikitulos sa ibang libingan pero ang pakay pala ay yung crush nyang girl, na panay pa-cute naman… Hahahaha… Then yung iba, magi-ipon pa noong mga natunaw na kandila then gagawing bola… Then pag medyo mabigat-bigat na is binebenta doon sa kanto… I gues… 10 Peso yata per kilo ang bentahan noon… Yung iba mautak pa! Nilalagyan pa nang bato para bumigat! Pero syempre mas mautak yung bumibili, kasi dudurgugin nya yung mga kandilang binilog bago nya timbangin… Ang ginagawa ko naman is iniipon ko rin yung mga candle wax then gumagawa ako nang heart shape, then I kept it and put it beside my altar… I did the same too last year… Now lang ako hindi nakagawa ‘Coz ginawa kong subject for my phtogoraphy yung candle and one more thing is walang gaanong patak yung candle na sinindihan ko…

The Heartshape I made last year

..Anyway, hindi ko man nabisita ang himlayan nang aking mother ngayon and my other relatives on their memorial… I say a little prayer for them and remember those happy day’s when we we’re together… Those good times and memories they shared with me… The laughter’s, the things they gave and they taught me many things in life…

..For my Mom, thank you so much for everything… Even we spent a little time in this world… I know how much you love us; your family and the things you’ve given and done for us are un-replaceable… The love that’s still here with me… Same with my Grandpa’s Grandma, Uncle’s…. I am very thankful for all of you who have been part of my life… I miss you all…

I really want to post and share this movie that we’ve watched before… The title of the movie is The Ultimate Gift, that touched my heart and keep my tears falling… a Fox Faith Movies production also the distributor of The Passion of the Christ a Mel Gibson film, Love’s Abiding Joy from the best selling author Janette Oke and film by Michael Landon Jr., One Nigt with the King, and End of the Spear which both movie I have too…

Nakaka-touch talaga itong movie and I would recommend this to anyone, especially to families… This movie is one of the most powerful touching movie… It has a message about a young man who has to find out there is more to life then money, that being apart of a family who loves you is the most important thing in life. Finding the ultimate gift is like finding your place in the world, what are you here for? What is your purpose? There is an incredible amount of value in this message and it is something people of all ages can learn from. Kaya If you not seen this movie… Try to watch it and for sure it will change you in some means…

If you want to know some brief story of this movie please see below links… But I recommend not too, ‘Coz for me I think mas magandang panoorin yung movie if you don’t have any idea where the story goes… Mas nakaka excite and wala kang ini-expect ‘coz of what you read in reviews… But you have your choices, so here is the links… I suggest that it’s better to see these links after you watched the movie…

• The Ultimate Gift (Wikipedia)
• The Ultimate Gift (Official Site)

Here are some products I can refer too…

The ultimate tools for families wanting to connect in joyful, meaningful ways…

~ The Twelve Gift ~

• The Gift of Work (The Family Values Journal & Key)
• The Gift of Problems (Words of Wisdom)

• The Gift of Friends (I’m Always with You )

• The Gift of Giving (Gift of Values)

• The Gift of Gratitude (Thanksgiving Album & Leaves)

• The Gift of Family (Family Tree Poster & Leaves, Family Tree Poster Extra Leaves)

• The Gift of Learning (Family Tree Booklets)

• The Gift of Money (The Birthday Book)

• The Gift of Laughter (Conversation Starters)

• The Gift of a Day (Family Fun Box & Family Fun Pad)

• The Gift of Dreams (Time Capsule)

• The Gift of Love (which leads to the Ultimate Gift) (Dear Sweet Child Letter Box)

I guess each one of us have already some of those gift but, we don’t give enough importance on the other gift which is just around us waiting to be notice and to be practice… I remember before, on the 3rd day or the last day of our youth encounter with my classmate way back from our fourth year high school days… The lecturer told us… Sa paglabas naming ng cursillo house, after three weeks or less ay may babalik ulit sa mga dating kalokohan, sa mga bisyo and so on… for short makakalimutan ang mga good moral values na natutunan namin… which is normal daw… but she challenge us to try practicing it everyday up to malampasan namin ang three weeks and so on… Well, actually medyo mahirap, but I keep on practicing it up to now… Eventhough hindi ko nagagawa lahat but I’ll keep and trying on doing those… And one effect sa akin is paminsan-minsan emotional ako and I guess normal naman sa atin…

I really love to watch this kinds of movie and there are many more on my lists, some of those are…

Beyond The Gates of Splendor

The Last Sin Eater

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Love’s Abiding Joy

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and more… Sad to say, it’s hard to find a copy of those films here… Kaya if you have a copies, maybe you can make one for me… or kaya gift nyo nalang sa akin… Thanks…

This morning, Neil called and informed me that my name was in Arab News ‘coz one of my shot during the concert of Prime Note Ensemble (PNE) in ARAMCO, Al-Khobar last Thursday was chosen by Ka Pepe (Jose De Luna) to be posted in one of the review page of Arab News… last Tuesday, Ka Pepe emailed me and he was asking for a copy of my shots during the concert and he’s saying that he will post it on Arab News… Wow! Syempre flattered ako and the same time proud… But, I am not expecting na tototohanin ni Ka Pepe yun… I thought biro lang and one of his way of motivating us to enhace our skills in photography… But not! He really post it! Yepeeee… When Irwin came home while I was playing RAN Online, he also told me the good news and he brought with him the newspaper… Nice! Itatabi ko ito and ipapa frame ko pa!

Thank you Ka Pepe for selecting one of my shot and posting it… Kingdomwide mababasa ang name ko, ay hindi lang pala Kingdomwide, kundi buong Middle East… Hahahaha… Ang babaw no!? But maybe this will be the start of my new career… Ahihihi… Asa daw ba? Who knows!?

I like to thank also kneeko for lending his spare battery and speedlite flash… Kung hindi siguro sa flash and battery mo hindi mapipili yung shots ko… Also masterbetong for buying my battery grip… Kung hindi mo nabili yung grip hindi ko mahihiram yung battery ni kneeko… Hahahahaa… And to all my friends and family… Thank you all… Naks parang feeling ko nanalo ako nang award ha! Hahahaha… But for me, I can say that this is one acheivement for me and I am very proud of it… Sana meron pang next time… ASA!