My OTL Non-negotiables

I was planning to make a list of all my goals - all the things that I want to achieve before the year ends, but my mind seems to shift to something different. I recently got this idea from KFAM forum about OTL** Non-negotiables - all the qualities that you are looking for in a partner and from the description itself, it's something that is not negotiable...

Well, I never thought of that before. Blinded by those love sick, sweet as candy movies seen on theaters and shown on TV, I developed a false perception of falling in love. Even if I had faith in God, little did I know I could fall in a trap that easily and it was not good at all. I didn't realize that there were also things that I am willing to give up just to keep it going. My self-worth was even tarnished, I couldn't show my face to the world.

I keep on thinking about it - how I was deeply hurt because I was not careful...

I missed a seminar

I missed another seminar - AGAIN. I felt bad because I waited for a month for that and now I'm totally upset because I let another opportunity slip away. I could have learned a lot of things on that event, I could have made a lot of friends too... and God knows, my OTL** could have been there waiting for me! Darn it... But who knows, maybe I was not meant to be there that time. In my brain, I keep telling myself that I could have been there but my presence probably won't even count at all - it won't make a difference. But I still felt bad because I have failed to keep my promise to a lot of people. If there's one thing that I don't want to happen - that is to fail to keep my word. I've always wanted to have that word of honor, that once I've said something, I would have to carve it on wood or on stone so that other people would trust me, because that is how I am. I have high respect with people that keep their promises, but disgusted with those who always tell me stuff but in the end, they seem to forget everything that they said - I gotta tell yah, that's even worse than amnesia. That's why as much as possible when I say something, I make sure that I mean it. This is to avoid any relationship problems in the future (and when I say relationship it's between you and another living person). In doing so also protects my integrity and confidence that as a person, I'm able to meet the expectations of the people that I deal with (well, doesn't mean that we have to do that all the time - we can't please everybody).

So next time I make a commitment, I want to be 100% sure that before I say YES, I would be able to squeeze that in my schedule becuase if not, there's no point of entertaining anything at all. I don't want to be labeled as someone who just says YES because she couldn't say NO for an answer. To be honest, I really want to say YES all the time, not that it's always my automatic answer but because I don't want to disappoint other people by putting them down firsthand. But this is also not good because it can cause false hope and I hate it too. It's also something that I don't want others to do to me (Especially men, haha! But that's a different topic already). I want to be fair to them and to myself, that's why I would like to practice what I preach too.

So there you go... Now I will have to fix my schedule and attend the seminar next month. This time, it's for REAL. I don't want to eat my words again - this time, I shall attend!

**One True Love - Based on the book of Brother Bo Sanchez, How To Find Your One True Love

How to be TRULY RICH

If you stick to material things, you will not be happy in the process because all of them will soon go away. Does that make sense to you? Let me give you an example...

I've been reading the blogs of Brother Bo Sanchez and I kinda got touched by all of the blog posts I read. They're pretty long, but if you read them, you will not get bored at all! First of all, it's jam packed with moral lessons and it's hilarious! You'll keep coming back for more! So instead of hitting youtube with the latest videos of wannabees, why don't you check this out and make good use of your time? One Blog post that struck me the most is the one entitled "Turning Thoughts into Things" - It's enlightening and in the end, you will be saying to yourself "Oo nga no?"

So back to becoming truly rich... It's not going to be easy like winning in the lottery or something. It requires hard work and you need to be "ready". This is important because if you have the money and you don't have the proper mindset, do you think the money will go to where it should be? I guess not. This is the very first thing that you need to put it mind. I've seen a lot of people with the money (close relatives and friends) but they don't know how to handle it. Most of them are "galit sa pera" - in other words, they don't spend it properly. Instead of investing it somewhere or giving their extra to the poor, they spend it on Havaianas... It's not that I have something against the brand but that's just an observation.

Sorry if you are offended about that. Don't get me wrong, I don't have a personal grudge with the brand because I can't afford it (I could even buy a truckload hehe - joke!) I also didn't want to jeopardize those who choose to purchase it... It's just that somehow, it already gets out of proportion that sometimes, you even borrow money just to follow your every whim and that's not good at all! So tell me, how can you become truly rich?

We are all truly blessed!

Whenever I'm in an emotional state and I want to uplift my spirit, I tend to do things that are not really helpful in solving my problems - but that was before. Now, I'm trying my best to reconcile with God and surrender all of my sorrows and past hurts to Him. I realized that I can't really do anything about what happened yesterday, but there are plenty of ways to improve myself to have a better tomorrow. I'm still in the process of learning and in my journey in life, I still encounter cracks and bumps along the road but they don't serve as hindrances for me to step backwards and stop what I'm doing.

Google kidnapped my blog

This morning I was excited to post on my blog but when I was trying to sign in at blogger, an error message appeared, telling me that my blog is not found! I almost fell from my seat! Google seems to be playing jokes on me, I thought. Then I checked my mail but surprised again that it was suspended! That was it... I fought the urge to scream... This couldn't be happening, I said to myself. There's got to be a way for me to get it back. So there I was staring on my computer screen, dumbfounded, without a clue of what I should do next. Yes, this was my worst nightmare. The blog and the email that I have been keeping for the past 2 years are both gone in a flash. First thing I did -