Social Network

Communication was made easy by social networking sites, don't you agree?  Previously, if you want to communicate with your relatives or friends who live abroad, you must be ready to pay a big amount of money for telephone bills.  If that is not an option, then snail mail will do but it will take days or weeks to reach the recipient.  Easy communication is not the only benefit of social networking sites.  It connects us, it keeps us updated, it informs us, it entertains us, it's an outlet, it's a freedom wall, it's a world of its own.

Even though the benefits are so many, these sites have the ability to ruin us too.  Ever felt envious sometimes while looking at your friend's picture of a new bike, new clothes, new gadgets?  Ever felt sad while reading your friend's post about a recent success, a success you've been wanting for yourself?  Ever felt jealous while looking at your crush's picture sweetly cuddling with someone else?  Of have you ever felt like a certain friend is living in a perfect world?  No problems, no worries, just perfect?  I did.  And it makes me sad.  It no longer entertains me.  It ruins my day.  It makes me want to be like them which is not right.  I feel that, and maybe you too, because reality is, some people use those networking sites to hide the reality.  Because reality is too bad to be known.  Some people use it to pretend.  To shine.  To be praised.  Sadly, it affects us too, readers.  Truth is, we can only control our own account but not the others.  So what then we  should do?  If those sites start to ruin your day instead of entertaining you and making you feel happy, stop and rest and shun away from those sites not permanently and go back to reality.  Reality is that we are all unique with different circumstances and different paths.  We need to focus on our own lives.  

Holy Weekend...

Although my plan for my family to go to a resort after church to swim last Sunday didn't push through, I'm happy with how our weekend turned out.  Saturday I spent quality time with my bestfriend Jaja.  We watched Moron 5, a local comedy that features 5 morons. :)  Then in the evening, my husband's family and I went to Chikaan for dinner, it was to spend time with his younger sister Anna who works and stays in Manila.  Then Sunday, I woke up at 4:30am to attend the Sunrise service of Ikthus.  After the service, I went straight to Capitol Lagoon (Park) to jog.  After 5 rounds, I went home running/walking from Lagoon that I was so tired when I reached home.  I cooked breakfast after a few minutes of rest - rice, dried fish and eggplant.  After playing with Matt, I took a short nap and we had lunch in Auntie Sue's house with family again.  The food was delicious - baked turkey with stuffing and cranberry sauce, baked ham, mashed potatoes, green salad with her signature dressing, corn and of course cake for dessert.  After lunch, we headed to a mall to buy hubby's running shoes and Matt's toy as a gift from Auntie Ann.  Then we accompanied Anna in buying pasalubong for her friends and co-workers in Manila.  I was so tired that I slept around 6pm and got up 5am in the morning to jog again.  That was my holy week-end. :)

Looking back at all the activities, I realized how blessed I am to have the opportunity to enjoy life as God intend it to be.  He doesn't want us to be miserable all the time and be guilty for all of the things we've done.  He's forgiven us and it happened a long time ago.  We just have to accept it, be grateful for his grace and mercy and live with faith and good works as our way of showing God's love.  We have nothing to do to earn our salvation.  Our sacrifices won't be enough.  Only God can redeem us.  

A son's love for his mother...

My son Matt is 3 years and 5 months old now and I just find him so adorable and cute that I can't get enough of him everyday. He is at his sweetest and most sensitive stage and it's just so joyful to see him adoring me his mother. He is close to his father too but the relationship of a son to a mother is really special and I want to take this opportunity to just talk about the moment because I know, things may change specially when he starts having friends/buddies or when he start riding the bike or play basketball with his papa (which I really like).

The moment we arrive home from the office, I could already hear Matt's giggle and he would close our bedroom door and cover his face with a pillow. Then we'll pretend to look for him and he would hide and giggle some more. Then he'll reveal himself; say "morning mama!, morning papa!", kiss and hug both of us and he would just run and jump around. His papa will then play with him as I prepare the food. He'll come out of our room with drawings on his face or tattoo on his hand and he will show it to me. He also likes to see himself in the mirror. When his papa would playfully ask him to punch me, he wouldn't. But if I ask him to punch his papa, he would! ;) It's just overwhelming to see a small creature with a very pure heart. He's not perfect. He has his moments. Early this morning, we were eating my homemade milk candy (yema) and he liked it so much that he won't stop eating. I told him I'll give him some more if he removes his hand from the electric fan and he didn't obey me. He just kept quiet while looking at me but he never removed his hand. I realized this little guy now has an attitude.  And he doesn't know yet whether it's bad or wrong.  It's my responsibility to let him understand.  And so when I asked him slowly to remove his hand because if he doesn't, he'll be electrocuted, he obeyed. But man, it took a lot of patience and time before he did.  He has his own personality. And how he become will surely depend on us, his parents.