My Thoughts of Her

 MY THOUGHTS OF HER

Why was I sad? Why was I alone?

Not doing a thing, staying in my room;

Longing to see one woman I treasure,

Did not know where to start looking for.

First Letter Down

 I am not really a good writer but I really love writing poems. Here's one I wrote. Hope you like it.

 First Letter Down
                by: Von

Days are gone and yet numbered,

All those things are remembered;

Unexpectedly am knowing you,

Living every minute,

Every second of those are true.

The doubter

It had been days since I had my last entry. Sadly, I really didn't have something in mind to write and share in this blog, not until this morning when I had my devo. And so here it goes,

Single cry

8 Planets,

7 Continents,

204 Countries,

7 Oceans,

7,107 Philippine Islands.

and more than

7,000,000,000 people

TAPOS, SINGLE AKO? Pambihira!!

From: Mamily

Amazing love

These lines are from the song Amazing Love by Chris Tomlin.

I’m forgiven because You were forsaken,
I’m accepted, You were condemned.

Amazing love,
How can it be
That You, my King, should die for me.

Come think of any king, president or any authority today willing to die to save those who have done something against him? Seek for someone who's always willing to be selfless and sacrifice himself in behalf of others he does not even know? Do you even know a person willing to take blame for all the violations charged to the people who hates him? Is there someone from the financially elite group of families that left the comfort of his life and live with the poor on the streets and squatter areas?

I give you 5 minutes to think about these.

After 5 minutes... Can you name one? Then that person must be so pure and innocent. But the Bible mentions of the One who did these all, His name was, is and will always be JESUS!

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

What human or earthly love can surpass this amazing love the Lord gave us? He gave His one and only Son for all the people who violated His law, displeased, dishonored, blasphemed and disgraced His Holy Name. How was that even possible? Don't ask my friend, it is possible. With God, nothing is impossible and impossible is nothing. Amen.

And now, come think of this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE LORD! You are called to be with Him, to follow Him, to obey Him and to have Him in your life. Take care of His will and He will take care of yours. Admit it, we cannot save ourselves from the wrath of our sins. We really can't, that's why Jesus is telling us all: 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me (John 14:6). Surrender yourselves to Him, and be amazed on how He leads your life.

Jesus is our Savior. His amazing love endures and is eternal.

Mrs. Johanna Bairiza U. Hipe

WOW!

They say, the first times are one of the scariest but most amazing moments we can have in our lives. Yesterday was my first time to witness a Muslim wedding. The ceremony was very different from Christian's. You must be a very sincere and brave groom for you will be the one facing the Muslim priest and the family of the bride. All of your responsibilities and limitations will be presented. Glad a translator was provided for us to understand what's going on there since the rituals were done in Arabic and Maguindanaoan dialects.

Enough of that, we were really glad to see our good friend Johanna be wed to the love of her life. I can still remember how Joie cried and shed her tears of joy seeing the bride walk the aisle. The bride is soooooo beautiful. Perhaps, the most beautiful she had been since being born.

When they faced the crowd, they really make a lovely couple. The feeling was really different seeing a special friend being wed than just attending somebody's wedding. I was asked by the emcees to give some message and I really don't think they were blessed by my message since I myself am not married, but I just told them to be open to each other and love each other since they were officially and spiritually one.

I will always be happy for my friend Johanna. She really is a good woman, one of the most selfless person I met.

God bless them.

The beauty of patience

Patience. Wikipedia defines patience (or forbearing) as the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without acting on annoyance/anger in a negative way; or exhibiting forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties. Patience is the level of endurance one can take before negativity [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patience].

Well, this definition is so technical, though I'm kind of asking myself right now if there is something technical about patience. Lol.

So, what does patience give you? It gives you the right and luxury of being prettily cool while waiting for something, or doing something complicated. It puts you in a situation where you can still manage additional delays without even asking for it. It gives you the right mood to handle things out of your control. It makes you graceful despite facing a lot of pressures. It gives you hope that someday, a dream and a promise will be somehow fulfilled. It strengthens your faith and trust, first to God, then loved ones.

The Holy Bible emphasized the importance of being patient. The Lord Himself shows us the best example on what patience is really all about. He waited for the perfect time to send the Messiah, His only son Jesus Christ. Salvation can be attained by our faith and by His grace. Even the worst sins thinkable to man can be forgiven with total repentance and apology. Humbling Himself in human form, leaving His kingdom to dwell with us and save us sinners, still loving us despite the so-many times we have displeased Him: this is genuine patience. Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him [2Peter 3:15]. Tell me, what patience could have been better than this?

Patience is one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit alongside with love, joy, peace, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control [Galatians 5:22-23]. God emphasizes the importance of patience in our lives. The lives of Job, Paul, Daniel, Moses, Joseph son of Jacob, etc. are all testimonies of the beauty of patience.

The patient are blessed for they are faithful.

Life is a choice. Several times in my life, my patience was tested, leaving me watching over and controlling my temper. I really have a bad temper, maybe because of my choleric personality. I am not fond of doing complicated things, especially those which requires so much time and concentration, for I easily get distracted, even with just a cat's meow. Lol.

Patience is a gift. It must be desired. I will.

Happy New Year!

Guess what? The last year in the Mayan calendar is coming: 2012. Haha! Before the so-called 'last earth year', I just want to say thank you to the following:

God
For my life, my biological and spiritual family, for the blessings and favorsI had, have and will have, valuable lessons in life, for His grace, for the free salvation, for my good health, for wisdom, knowledge and intelligence, for being so good to me, thank you Lord Father.

Mama
For raising me and teaching me good morals and values, for being the best mother in the world, for being so proud of me (I am so proud of you too), for the support financially and emotionally, for the unending love and care and for being beside me all the time, I love you Ma, so much.

Uncle Benig
You may not be my real father biologically but in heart and spirit, you are. Thank you much uncle for everything, for the love and reminders, for the trust, how could we ever repay you? Now that you are in a severe disease, I pray to God for your healing, if not physically, then spiritually. I love you kel. Happy New Year!

Kuya Asong
Thank you bro for making my college dreams a reality. I may not be as intelligent and as handsome as you are (others have different opinions though on the latter, haha), but I won't fail you. Being your brother has put me so much pressure, but thank God, my yield strength is higher than the pressure itself, haha. Thank you bro for the support, and for being there always. I know the burden you have right now, I can smell it bro, I am getting there. Happy New Year tol!

Brothers & Sisters
Di talang kamu pag-isa-isahon ah kay daw damu gid kamu ba! I really thank God of your lives. You have been so good to me. Thanks for the love, care and respect. I really pray to God that in times of troubles, turn to Him and He will not fail you. I love mga tols: Jannix, Koko, Andoy, Talay, Ayza, Adiv, Tak2x, May2x. Sorry lang kis-a kung suplado ko ah kag daw meju isnabiro, haha, sorry lang ah, amu gid abi ko sini eh, gwapo abi!

CCFI & COF Family
You really are a blessing for me. The way you value and love me as one of your own, it's unbelievable. Thanks so much for guiding me, and leading me to Him. God used you to save me, and by that, I was able to lead my family too. Thank you for the joy of fellowship, for the rebukes and appreciations. Sa mga libre sa kaon ug mga regalo, salamat kaau. I will forever be thankful to you all. I have never been this happily fulfilled in my life. To God be all the glory and honor. Praise Him to the highest.

SEALS: I may not be the best guy out there, but I can be the best I can with you. Thank you tols for everything. Brothers forever? AMEN!

BFFs Raymond & Anok
Salamat gid part kag gol ha sa tanan2x. Daw nahidlaw gid ko sa aton nga binuang ba. Daw wara ron gid ta gakitaay ba. Nami man da para kitaay ta, tana ron gid eh. Salamat sa suporta ha, daw di gid guro ko mabuhi kag kasurvive ba kung wara kamu sa akon nga colej life. Madumduman ko aton mga trip sauna daw, makakadlaw man q ba sa kahidlaw. Pira tana ka botelya ka tanduay kag london gin natumba saton bay? Salamat gid part kag gol. Bawi lang garing ko sunod sa inyu kung engr dun ko ah. Pasensyaha lang ko ninyu kaja hay pigado gid panagat. God bless you my BFFs!

Mecanikos!
Wazzup dudes? It's been 5 years, how can I survive this long with you? Haha! Thanks for all the laughs, injuries, smiles. I am so blessed to have you as my friends, true friends. Bisag usahay malagot nako sinyung mga sungog ug tira, pero sige lang, gina-alala ra naq aqng reputasyon. Kudos to us dudes, 5th year na ta. Gamay nalang na utong, naa na jud ta sa finish line. I pray for you dudes. We can make it. Prove our doubters wrong! AJA!

Others!
To my crushes, friends, I thank God for all of you. Daghan na kaau, kapoy na sulat kay sa net cafe ra ko. Ug kay special someone nako karon, thanks sa pag-inspire sakoa bisag dili ka aware. Lipay kaau ko na nakilala tika ug makauban panagsa! Weeeeh, at least karon kahibaw na ka kinsa ka, dbuh?

PS
This is a secret! Fragile & Confidential! Atik lang!

Thank you gals and guys!
Von

Obviousity

Obviousity is the state of being obvious.

Actually, there's no such word as obviousity. I just made that up, right now (Dec 8, 2011 7:20AM). If this word will come up and be accepted in English language, please, I beg you to not forget to remember that once, there was a man named Sultan Von Allih Adrias Carim, who first used that word.

That's not the whole point of this blog anyway. I just wanna evaluate myself if I'm becoming too obvious now with what I feel. I don't want to have regrets in my life because I didn't tell her, but I really think NOW is not the right time. With her still schooling and coping with her studies and me having bunch of designs, drawings and requirements to do to graduate this summer, there can be better days ahead.

I've known her for 6 months now and I still barely know her. I really want to know her. I just wanna be in the closest place I can in her life. If that stands as me being her kuya, then so be it. Weh? Di bitaw ko ganahan ginatawag nya ko kuya, gabagting akong dalunggan!

Obviousity, bow!

Angry Bird

Haha. I just wanna post this one before forgetting. The sanguine are forgetful, aren't they?

I am so happy she liked my pasalubong for her. My friends told me that she was wearing that one in school the day she received it. I also gave her a key chain. The "hat" and the key chain were all blue.

It's a good thing to make her smile. SATISFYING!