One Rainy Day

Life has been so busy and exciting for me in the last four months, having my better half beside me most of the time is enough reason to be, lol!

Today, I called in sick, I just don’t feel well, blame it on the weather and the  dust mites. But I think it is God’s way of saying: “Stop, rest and give your self a break!”

I have to say, my life has never been fulfilling and happy as it is now, I couldn’t ask for more.  In a moment like this,    it gives me the chance to look back, count all the blessings and be grateful for them. Trust me when I say with conviction that God is good all the time. He never ceases to look after us.

One rainy day, on the bed, blogging, counting blessings, eating the breakfast that my hubby has prepared for me before he left for work and later, I’m gonna have my lunch – ginisang kalabasa with bagoong.

Life is living.

Happiness is…..

“If you want to be happy, be.”

Wondering

It was ages ago since I last stepped on a bathroom scale. Not that I don’t want to freak out everyday when I see the number, but because it’s too expensive to buy one here. I won’t splurge thirty bucks for something that will make me stare at the ceiling everytime I step on it, wishing for a certain number that I will feel good with. For months now, I only have my pants and tops as indicator of my weight gain or loss, so at present,  I have no idea  of my  weight, which is good – keeps me from being stressed.

My hubby really gets upset when he has a hint that I am on a diet. He knows that I go for an “All or Nothing Diet!” It’s either I eat everything, live on fries and ice cream, exercise twice a year and horribly freaks out what the hell has happened to my body! And after realising the tons of carbo and fats that has overtaken my curves, I then start to take out all the food to help me lose weight, even the tiny bits of toothpaste and mouthwash that might accidentally get down my throat, including air! That’s how dieting works for most women right?! I don’t really do well in betweens.

For a year and a half now, I have maintained my size 6-8 without stepping on a scale. Now I wonder, does a bathroom scale make me fat?

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Colours of Heaven

I am glad of life because it gives me the chance to love… to work… to play… and to look up and appreciate the playful fancies of the mighty sky.

Sex and Death

Good Try

I’m not really sure what impact stress has on my body, since I haven’t watched Filipino telenovelas for quite a while now. What I am pretty sure is that I am stressed today and I generally alleviate it in one of these: food, shopping or sleeping.

With food it can go in two ways. Either I eat something healthy and then feel better because I’ve made a good choice or eat something unhealthy and feel more stressed because now I have 14 additional pounds of sugar floating around in the flesh bags I call abdomen and thighs.

Shopping goes only in one way: I end up with less money and a Shopper’s High. The good news here is that something as little as new purple pen or a small pink notepad can make me infinitely more happy for several weeks. The bad news here is that the amount I want to spend goes from $1 muffin to a brand new diamond ring. (As of today, I have not actually purchased one.)

Sleeping is a sort of healthy approach, but it just makes people think you’re always looking for an excuse to be lazy and sink into your dreams.

So, instead of indulging on any of those, today, I’m just going to vent all the stress out!

What’s stressing me out at this very moment:

1. People.

2. Money

3. Not having enough sleep (that means having only 10 hours sleep last night).

4. The fact that Selecta Coffee Crumble ice cream is available in the Philippines, but not here so it’s not currently in my mouth.

5. Facebook’s new features.

6. The combination of three and seven.

7. That according to yahoo weather, it’s going to be rainy on Sunday.

8. See number one.

9. The fact that Google seems to know everything that I want to search even if I have only typed three letters.

10. That I won’t be able to wear my comfy boots anymore because it’s already spring.

11. I didn’t exercise this morning and I should have. But was easier thought than done.

12. I can’t remember the name of that guy in that movie I like, and forgot the title of the movie as well.

13. That there are 12 things stressing me out.

14.That I can’t think of a few more things to get this to an odd number.

Now, I feel better. But maybe I should go buy something, treat my self with chips and sundae for a job well done in letting it all out and take a nap later. Just in case.

Missing Kenny

 

I started my Thursday morning by baking corn muffins which I was terribly craving since last week. I fell in love with Kenny’s muffins during my days in La Salle, and I badly missed eating them. Today, I made them just the way I like it! Corn muffins, anyone?

Ordinary Miracle

photo taken yesterday

A couple of months ago, we planted strawberries in our big ceramic pot in the centre. The children were so engrossed in the strawberry-planting activity. They never forget to water them every single day. Now, their patience and effort has paid off – our strawberries are soon to be ready for picking! One child said, “Teacher you have to slice those strawberries into very very small pieces so all of us can have it!”

It’s fun being an early childhood teacher coz I  get to enjoy the ordinary miracles of heaven on earth through the eyes and mind of these young ones.

today

berry red!

 

I’m sure they’re ready for picking tomorrow! Yipee!!!

I Found HIM Here

It was April last year when a friend of mine invited me during my first day here in NZ to attend a church service. I thought it was the best way to say “thank you” to the One for bringing me safe and sound to this land, for making my dream come true, so I did went to this church. From that time on, it has been my second home. It has welcomed me so warmly, most importantly I have found my faith back.

My church is far from most Catholics would picture it to be. It doesn’t have an altar, nor statues of saints. No cross, no fancy trimmings and structures.

But it has offered me an opportunity to let God  play in my bloodstream. It has moved my spirit and found peace in myself and in Him.

I believe that faith is whatever works from wherever you can find it, and something that  keeps you moving toward the light everyday. This is my humble church, this is my faith.

Spring, Finally!

I have been waiting for this season to come for three main reasons, first, is I just want to get over with winter, next is to see once more the buds, blossoms, and other new growth bursts forth throughout the land and the third and most exciting one is – the start of a new life and a new relationship. Spring will mark the day when I will be  truly a wife, for good.