I will be going home in a few months and at this time i have so many things in mind. I have so many programs laid out in my head on what i want to do when i get home. Boy, i havent been home for more than two years. I’m pretty excited and anxious to be home. As my usual self, i would write down things so i wouldnt forget and i have come up with all these things. Wow, i hope i can really spend quality time with my family, friends and ..... and i hope this vacation will be an enjoyable one! Philippines, see you soon!!
1. Going to the mall and be a mall rat in a day or two.
2. Eat out with friends.. i miss chow king’s siomai and halo-halo,greenwich pizza, jollyhotdog, grilled chicken, sizzling shrimp,jolly spaghetti,thirsty smoothie or shake as we call it back home
3. Go to a seafood restaurant.
4. Take the jeepney.
5. Going to my church and attend prayer meetings as well as Women fellowship. I miss those awesome WOW nights.
6. Courtesy call to my old boss
7. Spending time at home and just slacking off
8. Talking to my nephews
9. Spend time with my new boss.. i want to have an advanced birthday celeb with him..
10. Go to Guimaras
11. Go to Boracay
12. Sleeping the whole day with NO disturbance pls!! I really need this.
13. Roam around the city day and night with my “eldest”.. is this the time for me to check out smallville? hehehe
14. Visiting my aunts.
15. I need to visit the tombstones of my dearly departed grandparents and relative. I have been away on holidays to commemorate them.
16. Watch a movie. gosh, the last time i went to see one was like zillion years ago.
17. Catch up with old dear friends and know the “buzz”
18. I want to buy worth-watching dvds
19. Check out some fine jewelry.
20. Have a good look at furniture store, appliance store and hardware store for “future plans.”
21. Snap lots of pictures
22. Do a little shopping.
23. Go back to the buffet restaurant.
24. Find good christian books at a christian bookstore and make trips to bookstores.
25. Go to the museum.
26. Visit my university.
27. Take my nephews in the mall and eat out.
28. Spend a night or two in the beach.
29. Have a meal at a korean restaurant.
30. Visit a dentist.
31. Eat plenty of dried fish and other native foods.
32. Have a body massage – i prefer the traditional way.. i dont want to bare myself in some spa..no way, jose!
33. Have a pedicure. Gosh, my toenails have been terribly neglected for more than two years. I pity them.
34. Eat green mangoes dipped in shrimp paste. Yum..yum..
35. I want to spend a day talking and laughing with somebody very important.
Monday, August 16, 2010
-your dash-
A few Sundays ago, we had an invited speaker in church who came all the way from the States.. i lost my church program for that particular Sunday thus i cannot remember his full name... this pastor is a very "special" pastor because he doesn't minister to a home church but he renders his services to funeral homes..he is being called when there are dead persons not claimed by relatives or if the family doesnt know any minister who can perform funeral service to their deceased loved ones..at the end of his message, he shared this stirring poem(given to him in one of his funeral services) which challenges all the "living"... here it is -
HOW TO LIVE YOUR DASH by Linda Ellis
I read of a man who stood to speak
at the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on his tombstone
from beginning.. to the end.
He noted that first came his date of birth
and spoke the following date with tears,
but he said what mattered most of all
was the dash between those years.
(1924-2010)
For that dash represents all the time
that he spent alive on earth...
and now only those who loved him
know what that little line is worth.
for it matters not, how much we own;
the cars... the house.. the cash,
what matters is how we live and love
and how we spend our dash.
So think about this long and hard...
are there things you'd like to change?
for you never know how much time is left,
that can still be rearranged.
if we could just slow down enough
to consider what's true and real,
and always try to understand
the way other people feel.
And be less quick to anger,
and show appreciation more
and love the people in our lives
like we've never loved before.
If we treat each other with respect,
and more often wear a smile..
Remembering that this special dash
Might only last a little while.
So when your eulogy's being read
with your life's actions to rehas....
would you be proud of the things they say
about how you spent your dash?
HOW TO LIVE YOUR DASH by Linda Ellis
I read of a man who stood to speak
at the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on his tombstone
from beginning.. to the end.
He noted that first came his date of birth
and spoke the following date with tears,
but he said what mattered most of all
was the dash between those years.
(1924-2010)
For that dash represents all the time
that he spent alive on earth...
and now only those who loved him
know what that little line is worth.
for it matters not, how much we own;
the cars... the house.. the cash,
what matters is how we live and love
and how we spend our dash.
So think about this long and hard...
are there things you'd like to change?
for you never know how much time is left,
that can still be rearranged.
if we could just slow down enough
to consider what's true and real,
and always try to understand
the way other people feel.
And be less quick to anger,
and show appreciation more
and love the people in our lives
like we've never loved before.
If we treat each other with respect,
and more often wear a smile..
Remembering that this special dash
Might only last a little while.
So when your eulogy's being read
with your life's actions to rehas....
would you be proud of the things they say
about how you spent your dash?
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