MARGIENARY

Praise and Thank God today! Yes, at last, I am now free from the 'oppressing' (hehe) school requirements.  I just typed in the last period on the last page of my paper. But you know, being the procrastinator that I am, I needed a few people to push me to do what I have to do, so this entry is in appreciation of those dear ones who gave their time to help me in any way they can. I thank God for UB and AJ for helping me conceptualize my Gospel Tract.  I thank God for sending my sis Daphne over to my home.  She came to take a much needed break (after a busy semester at Trinity in Singapore--busy nga ba sis? hehe) but unknown to me or Daph, God sent me an angel in her person to help me (as in doing the chores for me: i.e. washing the plates, cleaning up, cooking, making coffee, typing my papers when I had to write them by pen because we were occassioned by too many power blackouts one day, giving me ideas and aswering me when I go, "Ano na nga ba ang English ng....?...

One of the requirements in the course I attended last month was to come up with a printed Gospel Tract.  I have put it off for as long as I can because, I don't know... my brain just went on standby for the last few weeks and I couldn't get it to work no matter how hard and long I try to focus.  But two days ago, an inspiration came and yesterday I finished the tract.  I called it WHY?  Sometime ago, I received an email warning people about the movie The  Golden Compass.  I remember seeing its promo cut in a SM some months back and I even decided that I'd see it because the effects are quite amazing and starred in by a little girl as well as Nicole Kidman and Michelle Pfieffer. I thought it's a good movie, but the email said otherwise.  The email says, "There will be a new children's movie which will be out in December.... The movie has been described as "atheism for kids" and is based on the first book of a trilogy entitled "His Dark Mater...

I was commenting on Kayni's latest blog entry but I kept going on and on that nagbainak so I cut and pasted it here. You might wanna read Kayni's entry to get a background. I remember my grandma's comment regarding the inability of celebrities to stay happy in a relationship (or to stay faithful in a marriage relationship), unlike their generation before. She said maybe it's because of the things we eat nowadays. Hehe! I am a believer of the religion :) "Love is a choice." I believe that Cinderella could also have been happy with the chimney sweep (borrowed from the movie EverAfter:). I heard people say, choose the one you think is best and make the best of it. Sounds simple enough. But that's in principle. Of course, it gets complicated in real life. Personally, I (and I'm sure many others) chose the person my heart and mind told me to choose, married him (rather had him marry me, lolz), and promised that everyday, I will make an active choic...

This is a poem I wrote for my Old Testament 1 (The Pentateuch) course six years ago in seminary.  The professor gave us a choice between writing a 50-page paper or an artistic presentation on Creation vs. Evolution .  Of course, I chose the easiest way out and came up with a 1-page poem. T otal darkness, formless void, to splendor when HE said: “Let there be light!” H ands, never a need, for by HIS words The earth came forth. E ndless heavens, wonderful sights All in six days, by my awesome GOD. P ointless futility, this life would be Without the eye of HIM who sees E ve heeded the illusory lie, and Eden ceased Yet in HIS heart, love remained. "N ay, never shall you win!" was the word to the serpent But to the man, a promise… T enderly, HE fashioned history As a seamless blueprint… of liberty. A braham, oh how he held on! Never a question, but submission T hough blunders were up, plethora of gaffes Yet HIS plans, no faux pas can thwart. E volution, where is thy sting?...

Got this in the email. I thought it's funny.. 1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down. 2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice. 3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries with that. 4. Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label It 'In.' 5. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks Once Everyone has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso. 6. In The Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write ' For Smuggling Diamonds' 7. Finish All Your sentences! With 'In Accordance With The Prophecy.' 8 . Don't use any punctuation. 9. As Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk. 10. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face. 11. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is 'To Go.' 12. Sing Along At The Opera 13. Go To A Poetry Recita...

Okay, let me do this since I'm in good mood, my computer just came alive, hmmmm.. 1. Page 101's post about the good cat! Check out her (Jane's post) 2. Still asleep. 3. Was yelling at my cable company. 4. 2006 is almost identical as 2007. 5. Fix da damn cable problem ASAP! 6. Eight cups of Seattle's Best coffee, Dr. Pepper Diet, and half gallon of diet water, hehe...16 hour period. 7. Men don't carry hairbrushes, maybe "transformers" do, but I have a black comb. 8. Paid for 10 gallons worth of water. 9. Home Sweet Home! 10. Door is blueish like the blue letters of this blog. 11. Any coins goes to my empty flower vase. 12. Today's weather is overcast and showers are imminent. 13. Anything chocolate and New York Blueberry 14. Being with my six month old grandson. 15. Cut my own hair? Kutab-kutaben ah! 16. Am I over 25? Try guessing?! Someone from MPYahoogroup decided to call me "alitao" so, I'm elated to say I did hit the century ...

Chapter 2:  A Lament by:  Abella Igyan nak kamannemnemnem, nihaya ngon ma-dem Agak piyan ni mannemnem, men tawwey tep amon naldem Pohok amon nalaem, hogat an la dimelem Hapa amon dagem et kan tay ilellelgem. Agak amta nem hipa ngata i mabelin ni ipapa Hiyay ag ma-gah koma, haya kan da ay lowa Igyan kita kamatama, kan tay aliwada law oonga Tep ahleg toy nandalnan da, et kan ta koma ay hiya. Hine-dom kan koy tola da la.... Hotada pamagbaga ni kan pa na-mo ay hobla Nonta hi-gayo pay i oonga, namahig ngo hota gaya Tep kami kamanggaya, pehed idan yo inobla. Nihaya kamawada, dakel ida ngon baga... Kantay tola da na-mo la a, pehed idan da impasa Aamed tayo da, pehed koma ngoy itibew da Di kadipohan da, man-iimih ida koma. Pigan to li na-mo ngo kailakwahan yo? Hapa mabelin ni heh-geden ko, i pan-ama-amagan yo? Timpo ni palabah yo, hapa itaoli yo? Amin kiho ag ombato, gandet ni matey kiho. Hi-gatayon too, kayman mampilli kiho Piyan Diyoh, angel tayo... hipay onoden tayo? No angel ...

Chapter 1: A Lament by: Ahiggem no hi-gam koman namaha mo indengel komay ya aliwan hinhuhulat ka anet koman pehed ka nem andi tep mo in-ingah ma-noy lowa ay baga nakol agak annak amta mangibilang ni hi-gam la. kan ta et ngo ay hi-apil ka mala et gayam ngon aliwa hipa anhan i nak nangkolngan ag nanghel ni mo pampephedan. agpoh to et ngoy nannaod mo hinopling ni amin i inhel ko aliwan hota dina-yon mo ooni gayam ay inggepak mo. tola annak i pahding ko ni manggayan hayan eggew mo ta gandet ni andi ganah ko mannemnemnem ni impahding mo. hapa an ingongoddan i galakgak koy ampet ngon hi lowinnaak! andi ketdi bahol mon hi-gak nem amon pintey moy liknak. no hiyayay mo bahaan ag mowak kayman ibagbagaan ta talagan ag taka hongbatan anggan mowak ingngogngogan. amtak ketdi ay hi-gam wa-wa-dan maligatan nem igyan anggan ngo dadan andi nak paniwangan pehed ni nak pangawatan mowak nangitani-koan anhimogal kon nemnemnemen mowak nangito-toogan. agay ahanin pang ngo at madegem i nemnem ko adih nem aw...

Done while trying to keep awake in the middle of a lecture at 9AM. 1. Name one person who made you laugh last night? Si Ako (cuz I was alone last nyt) 2. What were you doing at 0800? Waiting for Prison Break S03E06 to load so I can watch it. 3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? Taking a bath 4. What happened to you in 2006? Wrote and Published two anon books (in the local tongue) 5. What was the last thing you said out loud? Buwisit na pancake na 'to! 6. How many beverages did you have today? Isang mainit, maitim at matapang na kape 7. What color is your hairbrush? Black brush, brown handle 8. What was the last thing you paid for? A two-week meal for myself and my language team. 9. Where were you last night? In a Dorm Room. 10. What color is your front door? Kakulay ni Uncle Abella 11. Where do you keep your change? The tricycle driver's, my nephew, and neices' pockets... :) 12. What’s the weather like today? Breezy 13. What’s the best ice-cream flavor? Cof...

One night, the insomniac in me was fighting with the night so I got up and did some digging on my old college notes. I found this: NIGHT IS OVER Odi Pei Gram #8 Happy Homes, Baguio City March 1995 There was once a rickety spider Half of her life she lived in a cocoon But then she had to come out because She’s now old enough to build a net of her own So she ventured out to try her silvery thread But every morning the dew would ruin her web And so again, frustrated and lonely She has to retreat and roll herself on a leaf “What on earth did I do to deserve such ill-fate?” She asked herself a hundred times and one. One day she awakened with a start There in her web is a young butterfly It was helpless Its wings were broken, trying to disentangle itself The delicate web broke The spider saw the hopeless fate of the butterfly Without a second thought, the spider cut her loose But in doing so, the spider had to suffer watching the fly fall With onl...

As I have stated in my previous update here , our prayer group planned to go back to the village where we have all been born and introduced to the Gospel to listen, talk and have fellowship with people who are having problems in their walk with the Lord. We rented a big jeepney and left Bambang on Thursday (Nov. 1st) morning.  One member of our group failed to show up at the designated time and place while one came late and so we left without them.  The tardy one  took the passenger jeep and so we were very happily surprised when we found her in one of our target houses. Accomplishments: 1.  We were drawn much more closer to God and to one another as a team when we went there and found out that each of us one cannot do or say everything there is