Why God Gave Women Tears

A little boy asked his mother,"Why are you crying?"
"Because i'm a woman",she told him.
"I don't understand",he said.
His mum just hugged him and said,"And you never will"
Later the little boy asked his father,
"Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?"
"All women cry for no reason",was all his dad could say.
The little boy grew up and became a man,still wondering why women cry.

Finally he put in a call to God;and when God got on the phone,he asked,
"God,why do women cry so easily?"
God said,"When I made the woman she had to be special.
I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world;
yet gentle enough to give comfort.
I gave her inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times
comes from her children.I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when
everyone else gives up,and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining.I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances,even when her child has hurt her very badly.I gave her strength to carry her man through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.

I gave her the wisdom to know that a good man never hurts his woman,but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.And finally,I gave her a tear to shed.This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed.

You see:
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears,the figure that she carries,or the way she combs her hair.The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes,because that is the doorway to her heart-the place where love resides.

happy birthday ann!

"Friendship is like wine;it gets better as it grows older"-Sirach9:10

I met ann in singles for christ.I thought, what a way to find friendship...to me its more like a sieve that sifts through a nugget amidst the impure dirt or clay.That's how rare a person annabel can be...to find one like her,one might just as lucky as a lotto winner.Along the time i have known her...she's way so advance in her chronological age.She has so much wisdom in her that kept her resilient and strong.Funny whilst being so young she often times acts as my counselor.She listens,she points out things i may have missed seeing...and always have such level minded approach.She's a rare find indeed!We share secrets that i could never share to anyone at all.She had proven herself trustworthy and reliable and for me to find someone like her is a blessing.What i found in her is something unique and genuine;our Faith has made this friendship lasting.That understanding and sharing of the love we have for our Great Creator.I'm proud to be one of her well chosen circle of friends.Annabel would always be my adopted eldest child.(hehehe...ok lang ann?)Happy birthday to you my dearest friend.You will always be a one in a million!i wish you plenty of happiness and love to live,share,and give.I find joy of knowing that you are becoming the person that you wanted to be...its a journey,i know but i see you as one great wonderful nanay to abe and gorgeously beautiful wife to rene.You are one cherished friend i could never live without.

Here's the top ten reasons why we're friends:


1.We love God. Sharing our thoughts,our struggles to become worthy christian will always be our top subject to talk about.
2.We love poems.Im an avid fan of hers:ann you are the best poet ever!
3.We love singing!we like to dig deep to the meanings of the lyrics.(sentimentalist,as in)
4.We are an avid fan of Fr. Niall o'Brien.
5.We are deep thinkers.Well i think so,because noone had been putting up with my profoundness except her.
6.We value the importance of family and friends.
7.We complement each other.She looks up to me like im her mothergoose,i look up to her as my counselor and advisor.She's my wise owl.
8.She has the best ability to play and use words and phrases...very talented poet,which i wish i could be one day.
9.Sometimes..ann and i are bunch of worry warts too.There would be a time that i would whinge over my worries and she would put up with my whinings and vice versa.
10.well....i guess the best reason most of all is that God made ann and i friends!He paved the way for it to be possible.

Reminiscin' our past:

Back in our SFC days...particularly that faithful stormy weather we brave through just to attend and support the baptism in sum-ag parish church.It was signal no.3 and yet we were adamant to go.I remember while the speaker was tackling his talk on repentance and faith...it had been almost eery to its effect because of the maddening sound of the wind and the gushing of the rain.All power was out,so they had lighted some candles but in dismay it was all blown off by the strong wind blowing through the church.Even the participants were scattered and few had remained sitted in the pews..holding a strong grip of thier umbrella.What was so impressive was the attitude of the speaker..he kept on standing and moved on with his topic,undaunted as if with the whole scenario.Come hail or storm as they say,the show must go on.
Well,here's the bit that had remained in my memory:
As the storm had calmed down and as well the baptism had been succesfully undertaken..We head home...as any SFC knows that God will always provide...He had provided for us (me,ann n meow)Brothers who had offered us a ride home to Bata.As we were heading home,passing through devastation...trees and power posts were all lying down the ground some blocking the road.We got down to the corner block in sawmill...we held each others hands and walked blindedly through the darkness.It was total darkness...could not see even a spark of light.Silly as we were...we walked on while singing "God will make a way".To our surprise we got home...not that everything was alright from there.NO!Mommy was so upset at me leaving home and taking my kid sis with me in such a bad climate.Mommy had a go at me for almost 2 weeks after the storm.Anabel had seen and heard mommy gone mad at me at least seen the ugly side of my life,I suppose.But i live and learn from that experience.Ann was there with me and meow.I think we all have learned from it.For me it was that understanding and knowing that we can rely on God on any type of circumstance we are in.He will be our light to guide our path when we cant see a thing.And i have a friend and a sister to hold my hand when i get scared of the uncertainties.

My dream home

This is fuller's cottage in maldon,victoria.Such a pretty little town.Absolutely beautiful country town.I was impressed by the fact that the buildings that were built since 19th century are still standing and are actually being used.Maldon is located approximately 140km,or one and a half hours from melbourne.
In this cottage is where we have stayed overnight for a weekend get away,willy's birthday treat.We took a steam train ride.willy and niall of course had fun on the train ride.The day we stayed over,we spent the day at the fireplace...we had marshmallow and watch the view from the window as the crackling of the firewood gets to drown away the quiet serene atmosphere.Hayyy...this is what happiness are made of.

missing my sisters

Just yesterday,i had met up with our family friend (actually its shiela's bestfriend way back in high school)she had just arrived friday and upon seeing her i felt this nudge in my heart...how i wish sheila and caroline can come here as well.Kristine handed me the parcel that shiela took effort of buying for her beloved niece,maeve and nephew niall.But what had almost brought me to tears were the photos and the card sheila had sent.hayyy.sigh,sigh.hidlaw gd ko sa ila.
Just to show how one card had almost made me cry like a river here's what it said:

For my Sister

The world that we grew up in now seems a little small,
but it was big in laughter,love,and sharing.
We didn't have a lot of things that you'd call luxuries,but we were rich
in character and caring.
Looking back,i'm grateful for the way we were raised and how our close-knit
family saw us through.
It gave us the foundation that we built on through the years,
and i'm lucky to have shared it all with you.

Thank you gid and we love you Manang!
inday shiela

happy birthday to my willy d pooh

Here's a birthday blog for my one and only Pooh bear:

H-appy birthday dearest pooh
U had been such a great blessing to my life,an angel
Sent from heaven,my God's Gift (sfc's tag-GG)
Believe it or not,you had been the answer to my prayers
After we got married,Blessings poured on us as we've got
Niall and Maeve,two bubbly and energetic kids
Do know most of all,that I love you,really,really.

with all my love,
Tigger

july 15-21,World Youth Day,Sydney 2008

"YOU WILL RECIEVE THE POWER WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS COME UPON YOU;AND YOU WILL BE MY WITNESSES"(ACTS 1:18)WYD08 theme
BENEDICTO!!!went the chants of the different pilgrims from around the world walking towards the pilgrim venue site.Our own pilgrim group stayed in a caravan park and booked ourselves to a self contained cabin with ensuite,in a town a bit away from the city central of Sydney.
From Day one ,as we travel 14 hrs. by bus to Sydney,it was filled with excitement because while travelling we get to brush shoulders with other pilgrims from different nationality;Germans,Italians,Americans etc. when get to stop at a petrol stations,or highway fastfood shops.We go wave our flag (hehehe,no not phil. flag but Aussie flag since i was with aussies from Geelong,and yelled Aussie,aussie,aussie!OI!OI!OI!As expected they went waving thier flag to us.What was amazing is that almost 200 big buses were on the same road we were taking.I think all the pilgrims were hosted by Melbourne,for about a week...for the celebration of Days in the Dioceses throughout Australia n New Zealand.DID08 is a celebration leading up to World Youth Day in Sydney.Days in the Dioceses had program of events and activities,taking in tourist,spiritual,cultural,musical and life-changing experiences.It was an awesome feeling for me to know that i'm multiplied a hundred times as a catholic faithful...that in this particular occasion i'm not so controlled by what other "non-believer" would think of me.Most often times if ever i'll show some signs of my devotion,they misunderstood me of being "too imposing" of my faith.I was elated for the fact that there are hundreds and thousands of people like me in different sorts of culture and background gather together in prayer and worship and be one in sharing our catholic faith.To know the reign of God's love is already in our midst,i was teary eyed...walking with other pilgrims,hearing and seeing them chanting of jubilant praise and worship songs.It was such a victorious gathering for God!

tickets for the fairies concert -$60.maeve n niall spinnin around and dance- priceless

Its such a mystery what parents would do for thier kids...for me and willy, making our kids happy is more important than anything else.I know money doesnt come around like rain..but we do try our best to at least grant little wishes from our lil'bubbly maeve.Willy had been so sweet to surprise us one day and got us tickets to the concert, inspite of been hard up yet he had been so thoughtful to sacrifice some money for it.It was kinda exciting though hard to keep it a secret,i hadnt told maeve until we were actually there in the concert.And my goodness,was she so surprise and over the moon!I packed her Fairy costumes:wand,glitters,the works!My heart plumped up to see her so happy.With all the excitement of the day...when we got home,maeve was so exhausted that she had fallen asleep on her little couch.Ahhh,priceless indeed!