Tag: Reflection

Can you remember what you feel on your first flight? If you don’t, you can relate to these two grandma’s on their first sky cruise experience, crossing the skies of Europe from Netherlands to Spain. Grandma Ria asked Daisy (the flight attendant of the chartered, private jet) about how the take-off feels and Daisy replied: “Grandma, its just like you’re in love”. Grandma An called her husband, Jan, to tell him about the experience – and it was a very touching scene. This video maybe a promotional ad of Vodafone but I admit, it struct me big time. Want to ... Read more

Life has been so bitter lately. Tests, challenges, and trials have always been bombarding me since I gained my reasons. I stumbled millions of times and fumbled a number of opportunities. There came instances that I brooded; “Am I really a magnet of bad luck?”. There were moments that I thought of giving up, I thought of resting for eternity. Then the time has passed and I am still here (in this world), writing and reflecting. Afterwards, I realized that I was strong enough to get through those hard times. So, I wrote this note as a piece to grip ... Read more

Ms S, a mother, often made a squabble with his elder teenage sons. Reasons include; scolding them when they came home late or not allowing them to attend friendly gatherings of their age and for not giving them the liberty to decide on their own. One day, the youngest followed the same footsteps of his elder brothers. The feared word war between Ms S and her youngest has broken their home’s rarely attained silence. And then I got a chance to talk with the teary mother… Ms S: Ian, Did I do something wrong? Didn’t they realize that I was ... Read more

We live day by day carrying the consciousness that our individuality may somehow make other people hate or love us. Somehow, it will reach a point that we will begin to care for those people who are willing and brave enough to accept us – for all that we are and all that we can be. We fight for their acceptance. We even begin to trade off certain things for that acceptance we long from them. Sometimes, it leads us to bleed more than we could afford to. But bleeding means less crucial for what we want from these people, ... Read more

There comes a point in our life when you need to say it’s over for you. It’s over for the dreams you want to achieve, it’s over for the plans you have planning for the longest time, it’s over for the times you have been waiting for something to happen, and it’s simply over for the things you love to have and yet you simply can’t. Maybe it’s not about giving up, maybe it’s not about being brave, but it’s simply being humble enough to accept that all things have come to an end; an end for the efforts, the ... Read more

I was given a chance to lead the prayer for our department’s 8th anniversary. This was prepared for more than a year now, but I decided to share this only recently. I had to backtrack my email to look for a copy of this prayer, and then luckily, I found one. Almighty God, Our loving Father, Thank you for making everybody being able to witness this memorable event of our organization We thank You for giving us [eight] long years …united, competitive, and fast growing We thank You for Your Guidance in times we needed You most And we thank ... Read more

Studying for free and receiving a monthly allowance to finance my school requirements were just few of the privileges I received in my three years and eight months (7 semesters and 4 summer terms) of stay in Ozanam Study Grant Program (OSGP) of Adamson University. The basic requirement is hardwork and the basic tool is patience. Determination is not enough without hardwork but hardwork will not work without patience. Twenty-five to thirty hours of work a week on top of studying hours was really a burden for a chemical engineering student who has no one to depend on but himself. ... Read more

How many classifications of friends do we have? Theres a NODDING friend, TRUE friend, BEST friend, and OLD friend. When you set foot on a strange place…everyone becomes a NODDING friend. Eventually, you pick some people as TRUE friends. Then you get to choose one or two as BEST friends. As time goes by, you find your self in a strange place again and those people you met becomes OLD friends. Now, why do friends come and go? Why not just keep them forever? Every story has to end as they say. The problem is….. we get hurt knowing that ... Read more