Admiration

I always loved Enrique Iglesias, and who wouldn't? That charisma, that enchanting voice and a good personality at that.

Ever since I heard the song Bailamos, I get to like him.
Then he sang HERO and he took my breath away!

And then this news came out, in a concert in the States for GAY MEN and WOMEN, he was one of the guest artist, he sang the song but before that he asked the crowd whether they'd like a male or a female to come up the stage for him to serenade. Everyone cheered and yelled back a guy, then he said, "Okay, I'm going to be gay for a while." and he gamely picked a guy in the crowd. It was really great to watch him and hear him.

Soon good to great comments for him came out of newspapers and media. Everyone admired his sensibility, his courage and his becoming unprejudiced.

And I admire him greatly for that. Here's the clip:

A Good Deed A Day

Inspired by the mother of one of the coolest people I ever encountered at blogging. The Vegan Prince's mom, (see offbeatmom.blogspot.com) who shared a good deed she has done to a father and daughter felt so great afterwards that she chronicled it at her blogsite.

I would like to do my own good-deed-a-day thing. Really. At least one good deed for a day to anyone and to anywhere I might be. Mark Xander's (The Vegan Prince) mother is right. The world now is not that friendly, safe and comfortable to live in lately.

I don't have to do the specifics nor site samples and experiences. I may ran out of space here, but surely you know what I mean. Just look around you, there are a lot of people that are candidates for a good deed act. It don't have to be grand, it don't have to be expensive, not even "attention worthy."

But an honest act of kindness that might not mean a thing to you, but to the person you done it with, can you imagine how that person will feel after? One thing though, do not really think about it, just take the opportunity, the essence of doing a good deed might be lost if we are too conscious about expressing it.

I encourage all my friends here that come and visit to join me in this sentiment and who knows really, an act of kindness comes back tenfold, and God sees and God rewards, right?

So, a good deed a day and in this way, in our own way, we can make this world a little more better place to live in. What do you think?

LET'S GO!

(pic courtesy of offbeatmom blog)

My Niece

My niece is so "biba" (I am still thinking of the translation in English, help me? lolz).
Very smart and fun to watch...check her pictures out, just like his uncle Carlo Magno, she LOVES being photographed.

Realization

I was lying on my bed last night trying to fall asleep, but sleep was elusive. I played with my ever reliable NANO for a while as Celine Dion tries to lull me to sleep, to no avail. So I decided to meditate on certain things.

My life, how's it been, the last few years. Well, it has been a roller coaster ride.
Ups and downs, the usual. Some heartache, disappointments, new experiences, new people and friends.

Gained insight on who I really am, I came out to the world. Been to hell and back.
I talked with my bestfriend and he told me that not too long ago we were just talking about what our future might be. We dream of having our own car, house, electronic gadgets and travel. What a nice dream indeed. We never really noticed until we talked about it. We just HAD these dreams. It came true.

He left for Korea then to work, when we both were applying still for jobs abroad. I can't seem to hit the jackpot, while he breezes his way into interviews. I was so devastated then and tried my luck on the local business scenario. But he told me, my time will come and I just have to be patient.

So years had gone by, patience had been a good friend of mine. I worked locally and bide my time. Gained as much experience and knowledge as I can. Then one day, the opportunity that was so elusive just came knocking at my door. I didn't even look for it!

Patience and perseverance really pays. WE all have an opportunity that is solely ours. It will come on the right time and the right moment. I remember from the book THE ALCHEMIST by Paulo Coehlo, when one dreams or wishes, all the cosmic powers, fate and chance will work together for one's dream to come true. He just have to read the signs, follow the right path and be patient.

I thought it will never come, but I was wrong. I wished for it. It happens. God is good. I know I am good. This is good.

Spiritual Growth

I had my final interview last Sunday for the job I am applying for overseas. It was a grueling experience but I got the job.

I was asked too many questions about my job description, probably the interviewer, a foreigner at that, would really like to find out if I mastered what I was doing.

I came out with flying colors. Whew!

Here I come Saudi Arabia.

I'm both excited and happy. This will be my first time to work outside the country. I heard a lot of things, hardships, loneliness and being homesick. I don't know If I'll feel the same. All I know i s that I am going to work hard so that in two years time, I can save enough to start a business back home.

Am not that young anymore but I definitely still have the drive.
The Angels are telling me too, that I have to reinforce and develop the spiritual part of me. My relation with God Almighty. To be attuned with myself, my capability and my confidence. Courage comes from within and with the help of prayers and faith anything is possible.

I know also am going to be alright.

Wish me luck. Hopefully within this month of June or early July, am going to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

My blog will continue from there, and chronicle my adventures and my experiences there.

Hay!

My laptop crashed today because of virus infection! So our IT in the office had it reformatted!
Everything is ok until I realized I forgot to SAVE SOME FILES and now it's LOST!


Hay!


Kainis!

Way Back Into Love - Hugh Grant

OOOHHHHH....I fell in love with this song..........from the movie, Music and Lyrics, Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore...nice movie...GREAT LOVE SONG!

Discernment

I picked an Angel Card today and the Angel of Discernment came up. I asked for a guidance on the current situation I am having. You see, I applied for a new job overseas. I passed the initial interview and now awaiting the final with the employer himself.

This angel is telling that in anything the we do, we are the masters of our lives. We know what is good and is bad for us.

And the decision on working out of the country, in an Arabian country that is, is a HUGE decision for me.

What can I do? My family needs a little more comfort and I can only help if I have work that gives more than what I get here. Sounds too much, but we all work hard for our family, next only for ourselves.

Discernment, making the right choice for the better or even for the best.

Inspiring - An Inspiration

I've longed to try painting...drawing...I know I had it in me. You know that feeling? But you always brush it aside.

When I was young, I join slogan making contests and art festivals...and sometimes I wonder where is that kid in me.

Then I came upon this blog through a new friend of mine, Mark Xander of The Vegan Prince Blog. There he introduced his friend Josh and his Me and My Doves Blog.

Lo and behold, he is an artist par excellance! His works are very, very shall I say "holier than thou," for it evicts a sense of peace and calm. His subject is more of the Bible events and personalities and from his work, well, one can only be inspired. Like how I got inspired.

This weekend, a box under my bed that has been collecting dusts over sometime will be pulled out and inside all art materials from pastels, paint brushes, watercolor tubes, paint papers and other painting paraphelnalias will see the light at last. Check out his blog, Josh, Me and My Doves and feel the same way I do.

Middle Of The Year

It's June, the middle of the year. How time flies so fast.
A few assessment...what have I accomplished so far?
Hmm...let me count.

I...
Umm...
Well...
I guess...
Maybe...
Oh gosh...
Ok...

Visited places I've never been to like Puerto Galera and Boracay
Joined a pageant.
Tried to find a new job and hopefully out of the country.
Continue working out.
Met new friends.
Lose more gut.
Slowly turning vegan.
Live a healthy lifestyle and cajoling my mom in joining me. (I told her to make her feel and look young, she never resisted, lolz)
Hoping for a new romance to bloom.

What else...hmmm...pretty much that's it.

Not that profound, but at least there's something.