Two Touching Stories

Hope you pause for a few minutes and take time to read these two beautiful stories I want to share with everyone.

One day a rich Dad took his son on a trip because he wanted to show to him how poor some people can be. They spent time on the farm of a poor family. On their way home, Dad asked "how's the trip? Did you see how poor some people can be?" "Yes Dad"..Dad asked "what did you learn? The boy replied, "We have one dog, they have four. We have a pool, they have an endless creek. At night, we have fancy lanterns, they have the stars. We buy food, they grow theirs. We have walls for protection, they have friends. Dad, you showed me how poor we are."


An Antichrist couple had a son. They never introduced nor mentioned God to their son. One day the couple was killed in front of him. Their neighbor adopted the child and enrolled him in a Christian school. They told the teacher that the boy didn't know anything about God. During class, the teacher showed a picture of Jesus and asked "who among you knows this man?" The child raised his hand, the teacher was shocked. The child answered "He was the man holding me tight when my parents died."

And They Called Me Amie

I guess that 99% of us like our own name, of course I am one of those who like and love my name very much. It's just my nickname but this is what my dear loved ones and friends used to call me. I just want to share the meaning of my name which I have research a long time ago from a site that I could no longer recall. So here it is:
The Meaning of Amie

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection.
You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.
You have the classic "Type A" personality.

You are confident, self assured, and capable. You are not easily intimidated.
You master any and all skills easily. You don't have to work hard for what you want.
You make your life out to be exactly how you want it. And you'll knock down anyone who gets in your way!

You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.
You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.
You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone.
You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together.
At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together..

Hehehe, I can say that it is only 90% true to my personality. I just want to be myself the natural way, as my friends can see is what they get from me.

The Past 100 Days of My Life

After being silent for quite some time, I found myself again writing another blog on what had transpired during the past 100 days of my life..Well, these are typical busy days of my never ending busy life..But somehow, there were extraordinary occurrence of something which up to now confuses my mind. Looking back, the first few days were full of wild unexpectations and I called very exceptional and strange in the sense that it happened for the first time in my entire existence in this complicated world. With a touch of complicity, I did find myself indulged in a "too good to be true" friendship in the web that developed by the flooding of endless chat messages whether online or offline and some invitations in different social websites...Little did I realize that this will bring myself emotional complexities...It hurts a lot when you assume of something which later turned out to be untrue and it hurts you more if you feel and found out that you have been a fool..when you finally come to your senses and realized how stupid you have become..There were lessons learned the hard way..never make a decision when you are angry and never make promises when you are happy.. The last few days are the times to weigh things out .. eventually the hard feelings will be gone and the resentment will be finally thrown into the trash..But anyway there are still a lot more of important things to be thankful for during the past 100 days .. I still have my loving family beside me and a circle of true friends around me..and of course I have been blessed with another job which is very well compensating .. and most of all I have my strong faith with God, the Father almighty..

Burn Out

How would you react if having been working for almost a decade in a company, you still feel unappreciated despite the stress and pressures you have been experiencing? I have been in the company for almost 9 years.. the first few years were full of fun and challenges because it was a totally different job for me since it's not related from my course in college.. but somehow i have learned the job easily because I'm a dedicated person when it comes to career and have learned to love it since I have helped a lot of people. But of course, there are times that I feel bored and exhausted due to stress..I am a graduate of Accountancy, and had shared my knowledge with some financing companies before, perhaps, I'm just missing my passion, to do again the debit and credit transaction, journalize entries, preparing financial statements, balance sheets, etc, etc..and this job that is burning me out is medical related (not really my field of expertise) and sad to say, it's not fairly compensating, or maybe because I've got a more new challenging job as a virtual assistant and have been moonlighting for already three months todate which at first was only intended to be on a part time basis but eventually engaged myself on a fulltime shift in the grave hours of the night. I'm now in the dilemna on whether I should resign from my long time job or not. I'm also worried on my health because of too much stress..and most of all I was deprived of my time to attend fellowship every Sunday since I'm being obliged to work even on that day. But it's up to the Lord for Him to guide me on all my decisions and He knows what is best for me
since He knows the real desire of my heart.

The Vanishing Chivalry

I was not used to be being observant before, but this afternoon after visiting my mother in my hometown, I rode on a bus to go home.. Unfortunately the bus was already full of passengers and some of them were standing.. I said to myself “bahala na” because it’s already getting dark and I all I wanted was to get home to prepare dinner for my family. And I found myself standing holding a grip in one of the back seat, I manage myself not to be pushed everytime the bus was loading and unloading passenger.. I got annoyed and irrititated, the driver should no longer pick up passengers since the bus is already full...and upon gazing up to the people standing like a queue at the aisle, I noticed that most of us were ladies and alas , most of the passengers that were very lucky to occupy a comfortable seat were men .. and the sight pissed me off especially that they were all pretending not seeing the ladies standing. .some were perhaps pretending to be in deep slumber, some were using their cellphone maybe texting or playing games, they just simply making “deadma” to us...me and my big mouth..i was not able to control myself as I uttered in a not so loud voice to the woman standing next to me, “di na pala uso ngayon ang boy scout” ..where are the Filipino values nowadays? It’s a sad thing that it’s already vanishing..from generation to the next generation..I hope I’m wrong..

Father in Heaven

I was born twenty five years after he was born. My Dad, according to my Mom, had never been so happy before until I came to existence. I was their first born, their first bundle of joy and brought to them so much happiness. I was his inspiration to work doubly hard and everything he planned was for my future. As far as I can recall when I was still a bubbly little girl, he used to bring me “pasalubong” everytime he went home from work. He was a perfect father for me, he showed to me all his affections. He was my first mentor and taught me a lot of things, playing and strumming the guitar is one of the unforgettable. In return, I also showered him with lots of love and respect and set myself a role model for my younger siblings. When I was in elementary, modesty aside, I was always on top of our class and my father, who’s very proud of me, used to tell his “compadres”(friends), “manang mana yang anak ko sken, hehe”. With all those complimentary remarks coming from his mouth, I eventually grew up with self-worth and developed more a sense of confidence. I grew up idolizing him, everything turned out well and materialized according to his plan for me. I’m not selfish but I knew I was his favourite among his children. I had this complacent belief that nothing unpleasant could ever come upon us.
But even if we were happy and contented with the simple joys we have in our life, he felt that there was an urgent necessity to augment the family income because we were growing up. Then he decided to go to a faraway place to look for greener pastures. Yes, he succeeded and our family lived comfortably and enjoyed the material things that we could afford to have. Amidst the fact that he had to live apart from us, it’s a sacrifice and that’s the price we have to pay.
However, no one is perfect, no situation is perfect and then something went wrong. I was in my high school years when we discovered that he (like any other human being) is vulnerable to temptation. We found out that he had an affair with “other woman” in that far away place. And I could say that it was the gloomiest day of my life, I felt that the world trembled upon me and torn apart. All my idolization for him was replaced by so much hatred and every dream shattered. It’s a good thing that I’m not rebellious by nature, shortly afterwards that incident, I began picking up the broken pieces of my life. Although it brought a tremendous effect in my young mind, I knew that life must go on and promise myself to move on with my younger siblings to protect from harm and to take good care of and my mother who needed compassion. In fairness to my father, he did not abandon us and he never forgot his obligations to us being a good provider as he was used to be. He did not leave us literally but we grew emotionally apart.
My Mom, being a martyr type, did not give up and continuously prayed and put all her faith to the Lord and ask that everything would turn back to normal because she believed that at the end of the day my Dad would still find his way back home. And God is indeed so Great, he listened to all our prayers and my father finally realized his mistakes and asked for forgiveness from God and from us. I forgot all the grudges I kept holding on for years because he went home a sick man and it broke my heart. By that time, I was already married and was busy with my new family and career so I did not have much time spent with him anymore.. I knew that he wanted to make up for the lost time even if he was sick. On my part, I still want to bring back the good old times, but it was now different. How I wished I could turn back the hands of time and fix everything that went wrong. How I wished I could return to be that bubbly little girl always clinging to my father. How I wished I could give him all the comfort that he needed.
I felt the guilt and had the biggest regret in my life when one day my greatest fear came. My father had finally joined the Creator 36 years after I was born. I can’t even recount if the half of those years of my life with him in this world was spent meaningfully. I was full of tears knowing that we didn’t had the chance to be bonded again with each other during his latter days. But I cannot say that I took him for granted but the call of my career in order to support him financially was the one given priority. But the great consolation was that he died with a clean heart because he finally received the gift of God, he became a born again Christian by faith even though he was not baptized and immersed in the water. And for that reason I am pretty sure that he is now in heaven.
I just want to share this to all the daughters and sons out there to grab every opportunity to show their love and respect to their fathers even if they have share of their shortcomings before it’s too late. Don’t be shy to express your feelings of appreciation and gratitude. We have only one biological father in this world and they deserved to be loved and shown affection......
And to all the fathers in this world whose ultimate dream is to build a secure and good future for your children I salute all of you. May you continuously be blessed and guided by the Lord almighty.
To my father, whom I believe is in heaven right now who watches me every now and then, I want to thank you for bringing me into this world and for making me a good person as I am today. Without you I will never be here.... We may never spent much time together, but I will always cherish the quality times we had shared ever since I was a little girl. I may never had the chance to say it to you when you were still alive but I want you to know that I love you very much and you will always be remembered as a perfect father for me. Happy father’s day to you.

To all Fathers ==Happy Father's Day