In continuation of my sedentary saturday, I would like to share this new song I'm trying to study, not for anything else but for pure love of the song, and the singer- Lea Salonga:)
Two Words
Composed by Louie Ocampo
Written by Freddie Santos
In a while, in a word,
Every moment now returns.
For a while, seen or heard,
How each memory softly burns.
Facing you who brings me new tomorrows,
I thank God for yesterdays,
How they led me to this very hour,
How they led me to this place...
Every touch, every smile,
You have given me in care.
Keep in heart, always I'll,
Now be treasuring everywhere.
And if life should come to just one question,
Do I hold this moment true?
No trace of sadness,
Always with gladness...
'I DO...'
(instrumental)
Now a song that speaks of now and ever,
Beckons me to someone new,
Unexpected, unexplored, unseen,
Filled with promise coming through.
In a while, in a word,
You and I forever change,
Love so clear, never blurred,
Has me feeling wondrous, strange,
And if life should come to just one question,
Do I face each moment true?
No trace of sadness, always with gladness,
'I DO...'
Never with sadness...
Always with gladness...
'I...DO....'
'Reading makes a full man.'(FrancisBacon)...but this read is an exception:p
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Craaaaazy Little Thing Called Love
I'm so hyped up I can't even wait 'til lunch to blog about this! I also haven't been posting anything personal on my facebook status for months now but after watching Crazy Little Thing Called Love, I just couldn't help it! My endorphines are so up right now due to the high kilig levels I just got from the movie, but more than the mushy feeling, it actually made me cry- not just teary-eyed but crayola galore! haha
Thanks Micah for reminding me to watch it every now and then! I had to put it off for weeks because I didn't want it to get in the way of my responsibilities, only to feel guilty afterwards had I given in to temptation! But the wait is all worth it! The environment is perfect with the light rainfall outside and it's such a fun Saturday indeed because before agreeing to watch the movie, I finally finished all 20 levels of Crash of the Titans in the psp, which is such a great achievement because I started playing last year pa! I'll have to remind myself not to start any difficult game soon until I get my hands on plenty of free time because frustration from losing is not good for me, it makes me wanna keep on playing- mantra: try and try until you succeed! haha
Thank you Lord for this very fun free day! I haven't had one this good for weeks now- not that I don't enjoy Saturday worship practices, (errands and work on weekends, hindi talaga) but bumming out from time to time is a relief I truly enjoy and appreciate! Thank you for making me a part of a worship team that allows, and really schedules rest for the members, now I'm all fired up for next week!
The day is still long so I'm gonna enjoy my new lessons in love, and my newly restored fantasies- kasalanan mo 'to Nam and Shone! My hopeless romantic mojos are back! haha
Have a great weekend!
Thanks Micah for reminding me to watch it every now and then! I had to put it off for weeks because I didn't want it to get in the way of my responsibilities, only to feel guilty afterwards had I given in to temptation! But the wait is all worth it! The environment is perfect with the light rainfall outside and it's such a fun Saturday indeed because before agreeing to watch the movie, I finally finished all 20 levels of Crash of the Titans in the psp, which is such a great achievement because I started playing last year pa! I'll have to remind myself not to start any difficult game soon until I get my hands on plenty of free time because frustration from losing is not good for me, it makes me wanna keep on playing- mantra: try and try until you succeed! haha
Thank you Lord for this very fun free day! I haven't had one this good for weeks now- not that I don't enjoy Saturday worship practices, (errands and work on weekends, hindi talaga) but bumming out from time to time is a relief I truly enjoy and appreciate! Thank you for making me a part of a worship team that allows, and really schedules rest for the members, now I'm all fired up for next week!
The day is still long so I'm gonna enjoy my new lessons in love, and my newly restored fantasies- kasalanan mo 'to Nam and Shone! My hopeless romantic mojos are back! haha
Have a great weekend!
Friday, July 8, 2011
My Playtime Resume
Here's me wanting to post something yet lacking of more interesting things to tell with the heavy rains outside:) I found this while browsing over random files and it kind of made me miss having a kid playmate:)
I love kids (infants and toddlers most especially, and including preschoolers) and I really try my best to show patience to them although there are just some who make me wanna give up at times. My nephew Zach is one of them (5 years old). He can be cute and funny and he used to be such a darling; nowadays however, he's usually the strain on our natural kindness, goodness and patience but that isn't true all the time. Our great, fun, and happy moments together happen whenever we play and do things together. Being a kid at heart, I still appreciate some children's shows so we used to watch TV together. He likes watching Artzooka best with me, because aside from enjoying the show per se, I have this feeling that he thinks I'm this good artist who can recreate the stuff Jeremy had invented and we can do it together and I can teach him how...haha. In fairness to me, my artsy-fartsyness and inclination to arts and crafts has enabled me to make some of Zach's high-scoring and aesthetically pleasing school projects. I'm not good at drawing but I can make decent, understandable images of objects (pre-school level..haha) and I enjoy coloring, which is also one of the activities Zach and I used to do together. I deal with him best as a pseudo-ninang-playmate and he's most behaved when we're playing together (with my signature threat: I won't play with you again..haha) so although I was usually busy, we had some of my free weekends scheduled exclusively for playtime that lasted for hours! Here are some of the activities we did together:
* Watched TV (Nickelodeon, Playhouse Disney) and at times, his collection of Backyardigans (way more gay than Barney in my opinion, haha) and other sing-a-long videos, plus Finding Nemo one afternoon
* Coloring- more than his buddy, I'm his coloring teacher!
* Cutting pictures and letters- he was reprimanded for wrecking his compilation of kindergarten test papers and some of his books..haha
* Q & A and word games- from where can you find?/I spy to places/fruits and vegetables starting with the letter __ to trivia about cars, dinosaurs, and anything under the sun from his encyclopedia
* Reading books-cookbooks, my choice:)
* Playing with his toys- building castles with lego, answering the drills in his laptop, Logico, matching pictures, drawing and writing in his erasable board and so much more (he has a LOT of toys, those that stimulate the mind mostly; and with a kid for a playmate, the play possiblities are endless!)
* Playing with boxes, pens, pillows, and anything we can play with Artzooka style (guess what figure I made)
Finally, my favorite activity with him (sounds like my favorite part by Dora and Boots..haha) for all time
is Play Doh! This is also what the pictures below are about. We began in our Play Doh journey as newbies making burgers, pasta, and barbecue with the play tools then serving them to the people in the house as if running a party; then, as we evolved and got tired of making the same things week after week, we chanced upon the Play Doh website through an ad on tv and it has been bookmarked on Ate's laptop since. Here's my attempt on Zach's request for a unicorn:)
As you can see, we had pictures taken of the different angles of my PlayDoh "unicorn" although I don't think it adequately looks like a unicorn in any of these images...haha...I actually tried to bargain with Zach at first since I'm better at making a pizza slice or say, any other not too elaborate inanimate object. Not that I meant for my unicorn to look actively running (I wish!) but even with drawings, it's really more difficult for me to create images of animals and human beings with all the limbs and details on the face. Zach was happy with my work though (success!), because I'm still better than him (21 vs. 5 y/o, PARTIDA!:) I still wonder why he wanted a unicorn, but on second thought, parang mas mahirap ata ang dog or cat so buti na lang unicorn...thank you Lord for saving me from shame...haha
I'm all techie and domesticated these days, with pc, psp, and kitchen utensils keeping my hands busy. Still though, I miss playing with my hands, building and creating things, with my pleading, ever excited playmate! I don't have PlayDoh with me now and I don't intend to buy one (since buying one would just make me buy all the other colors:) but I still have my preschool level coloring book (bought it in college), and my crayons and color pencils. The only missing ingredient is free time!
Nowadays, my siblings and I keep ourselves entertained with Scrabble on weekends. We're on a 5-match tournament, and I'll be sharing about it once we've finalized the stats and determine the loser (it isn't just about winning you know..haha). My artsy-fartsy hobbies give me a different kind of happiness (they feed joy to my soul:), but the important thing is that with all the work I'm doing, I still get to PLAY, with the people I enjoy playing with the most- my siblings! It does wonders to a child's development, but for busy bee young adults like me, it's a cure for the common burning-out life, and I consider every precious playtime (joketime included!) a BIG BIG Blessing!:)
I love kids (infants and toddlers most especially, and including preschoolers) and I really try my best to show patience to them although there are just some who make me wanna give up at times. My nephew Zach is one of them (5 years old). He can be cute and funny and he used to be such a darling; nowadays however, he's usually the strain on our natural kindness, goodness and patience but that isn't true all the time. Our great, fun, and happy moments together happen whenever we play and do things together. Being a kid at heart, I still appreciate some children's shows so we used to watch TV together. He likes watching Artzooka best with me, because aside from enjoying the show per se, I have this feeling that he thinks I'm this good artist who can recreate the stuff Jeremy had invented and we can do it together and I can teach him how...haha. In fairness to me, my artsy-fartsyness and inclination to arts and crafts has enabled me to make some of Zach's high-scoring and aesthetically pleasing school projects. I'm not good at drawing but I can make decent, understandable images of objects (pre-school level..haha) and I enjoy coloring, which is also one of the activities Zach and I used to do together. I deal with him best as a pseudo-ninang-playmate and he's most behaved when we're playing together (with my signature threat: I won't play with you again..haha) so although I was usually busy, we had some of my free weekends scheduled exclusively for playtime that lasted for hours! Here are some of the activities we did together:
* Watched TV (Nickelodeon, Playhouse Disney) and at times, his collection of Backyardigans (way more gay than Barney in my opinion, haha) and other sing-a-long videos, plus Finding Nemo one afternoon
* Coloring- more than his buddy, I'm his coloring teacher!
* Cutting pictures and letters- he was reprimanded for wrecking his compilation of kindergarten test papers and some of his books..haha
* Q & A and word games- from where can you find?/I spy to places/fruits and vegetables starting with the letter __ to trivia about cars, dinosaurs, and anything under the sun from his encyclopedia
* Reading books-cookbooks, my choice:)
* Playing with his toys- building castles with lego, answering the drills in his laptop, Logico, matching pictures, drawing and writing in his erasable board and so much more (he has a LOT of toys, those that stimulate the mind mostly; and with a kid for a playmate, the play possiblities are endless!)
* Playing with boxes, pens, pillows, and anything we can play with Artzooka style (guess what figure I made)
Finally, my favorite activity with him (sounds like my favorite part by Dora and Boots..haha) for all time
is Play Doh! This is also what the pictures below are about. We began in our Play Doh journey as newbies making burgers, pasta, and barbecue with the play tools then serving them to the people in the house as if running a party; then, as we evolved and got tired of making the same things week after week, we chanced upon the Play Doh website through an ad on tv and it has been bookmarked on Ate's laptop since. Here's my attempt on Zach's request for a unicorn:)
with Zach, who was more than pleased with my work....bata talaga...haha
As you can see, we had pictures taken of the different angles of my PlayDoh "unicorn" although I don't think it adequately looks like a unicorn in any of these images...haha...I actually tried to bargain with Zach at first since I'm better at making a pizza slice or say, any other not too elaborate inanimate object. Not that I meant for my unicorn to look actively running (I wish!) but even with drawings, it's really more difficult for me to create images of animals and human beings with all the limbs and details on the face. Zach was happy with my work though (success!), because I'm still better than him (21 vs. 5 y/o, PARTIDA!:) I still wonder why he wanted a unicorn, but on second thought, parang mas mahirap ata ang dog or cat so buti na lang unicorn...thank you Lord for saving me from shame...haha
I'm all techie and domesticated these days, with pc, psp, and kitchen utensils keeping my hands busy. Still though, I miss playing with my hands, building and creating things, with my pleading, ever excited playmate! I don't have PlayDoh with me now and I don't intend to buy one (since buying one would just make me buy all the other colors:) but I still have my preschool level coloring book (bought it in college), and my crayons and color pencils. The only missing ingredient is free time!
Nowadays, my siblings and I keep ourselves entertained with Scrabble on weekends. We're on a 5-match tournament, and I'll be sharing about it once we've finalized the stats and determine the loser (it isn't just about winning you know..haha). My artsy-fartsy hobbies give me a different kind of happiness (they feed joy to my soul:), but the important thing is that with all the work I'm doing, I still get to PLAY, with the people I enjoy playing with the most- my siblings! It does wonders to a child's development, but for busy bee young adults like me, it's a cure for the common burning-out life, and I consider every precious playtime (joketime included!) a BIG BIG Blessing!:)
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