Archive for August, 2009

ok, so this is going to be the very first advertorial i’m doing in Godspotted, but unsurprisingly, it’s not too much of a stretch to spot God here too…

I’m talking about the Northern Adventure Race is a Point to Point Race with Checkpoints. (Manila – Baguio – San Fernando, La Union – Dagupan – Subic)

The goal is to reach the Finish Line with the least time and within the limits of the law. A minimum time from point to point shall be set by Race Director using a theoretical computation between distance and maximum speed limits.

Every minute under theoretical time will mean incurring a penalty of plus 5 minutes.

(I find this race cool and different because instead of racing to set the least time to get to one point to another, a time has already been set, and you must comply to it. Not to beat it, but to do your darndest to meet it, or at least come close. I got a bit confused on the rule that states that you get a penalty if you’re ahead of the time! This requires a different kind of precision driving, and if you’re up for the challenge, this will be awesome.

Kinda like God’s laws and standards, huh? We don’t make the call, the standards have been set. I think this is a lot harder than going out there and setting the standards ourselves.)

Anyway, here are the Mechanics:

- Interested participants can fill up Registration Form at www.m150unleashed.multiply.com
- Email separately soft copies of the following requirements to m150unleashed@gmail.com (a) 2×2 individual photos of Team Members, (b) scanned valid license of appointed driver and co-driver, (c) pic of car to be used for the Race, (d) scanned car registration. If Team doesn’t own car, submit authorization from registered owner.
- Attend the Aug 29 Project Launch in Greenhills Shopping Complex, 9pm. Bring car and photocopies of required documents.
- No Registration Fee for the first 50 Cars who will be approved to join.
- After 50 Cars, Registration Fee of P1000 will be imposed. Reg Fees shall be made part of the Grand Prize
- To determine if you are part of the first 50 Cars with no Registration Fee, an email will be sent back to you confirming your Registration Number. A slot will be reserved for you pending final confirmation on August 29 during the Launch Celebration.

Hotlines: (632) 707.9859 / (632) 393.0288
Cell: (63) 9193292013 / (63) 9228808805
Email : m150unleashed@gmail.com

Godspeed guys. I wanna join this race too. I love to drive!

“I am choosing.”

I always tell myself that, especially these days. Feeling trapped is really a bad way to go. There is always a choice, and if you’re fortunate enough, it’s between two good choices. I’ve been learning, since I was a teenager, that choices lead to future choices, and it’s always better to look at least two choices ahead because I wouldn’t want to be led somewhere where I would have to eventually have to choose between two paths I don’t like.

These days I am choosing to always protect, always trust, always hope, always persevere.

I am choosing to stay.

“Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have made.”

- Wayne Dyer

So… yeah, I’ve been pretty delinquent about Truth Thursdays lately… actually, I haven’t been consistent with it all year. So, in keeping with the trend, I’m posting a Truth Thursday in the wee hours of a Monday morning.

Let’s start with the prompt:

I AM CHOOSING.

I can’t believe I haven’t posted this before… I suppose its time is really now, right when I’m learning how it is to live intentionally, to be conscious of the choices that I have in my hand, and the choices that I eventually make. I am learning how to stop saying “I have/had no choice,” because there’s always a choice– whether or not I like my options is another thing altogether.

But yeah, what are you choosing right now, in this path that you’re on? What were the choices that got you here?

Remember, you don’t have to directly answer the question, you could just be “inspired” by it. but better if you do directly address the prompt/question. remember the mechanics:

1. Every Thursday, i will post a question or a prompt on this blog and participants will write something that answers the question or was inspired by it. (or post pictures or artworks!)
2. Participants who wrote something for that Thursday must leave a link on the comment box of that day’s prompt to let people know that they have posted.
3. TRUTH THURSDAY must be on the Title of your entry, followed by the question (so people will know).
4. This does not have to be emo– although these things tend to be a bit on the emo side, but TRUTH THURSDAYS are meant to be a fun way to bond through blog, and to get people writing and posting something meaningful and real. (disclaimer: this isn’t to say that you’re not doing so already!)
5. No pressure. Just be inspired and post something!
6. Be TRUTHFUL!

Everything is permissible”—but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible”—but not everything is constructive.

- 1 Corinthians 10: 23

Today I watched an end of an era… on TV.

Today I wore my boots and a long sleeved blouse and jeans into a rainy day.

Today I loved a cute little doggie too much and scared him.

Today I got a sculpture of a full-bodied woman.

Today I pushed my body to its painful limits.

Today I remembered that my mom, at my age now, was already taking care of two daughters, while I’m living in the city taking care of myself.

Today I walked with the wind on my back and my hair on my ice cream cone.

Today I, with my sisters in faith, celebrated being a woman, wondered at stories and the Author of it all.

Today, I give thanks for this life. For this time in history.

Today, just like on any other day, I wonder if I’m meant to do big things, and if so– what are they and how am I going to do them?

Today, I will do the small things that I have to do and give thanks.

Teach us to number our days aright,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Psalm 90:12

“Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.”
Romans 13:1

“Unity is a rare thing in our country; we have it now; and adding to the feelings of grief is the wistful realization that it took the passing of Cory to reunite a divided nation.”
- Inquirer editorial, August 2, 2009

“Our existence deforms the universe, that’s responsibility.”
-Delirium of the Endless

I got the news of Cory’s death from Manu. I was having my lunch last Saturday in KFC. I worked in ABS CBN, a network that pretty much owes its existence to her, but I didn’t get the news from any of my colleagues. Maybe they thought everyone should’ve known by then– including me, who didn’t have a TV or radio at our flat. The world changed, and I got the news late.

For all my opinions about how she was as an administrator, God put Cory Aquino in power. A housewife, a mother, a widow, she changed the political landscape of our country. She was a remarkable woman.

As I watch the TV coverage of the cortege of Cory traveling down EDSA, of the outpouring of emotion and love from the people out there on the streets, I just have to say this:

I love my country. I love being a Filipino everyday (which is not the same as being proud to be one every day). I often despair about the state of our politics, government, and society. I often wonder what it would be like if we all work together for the good of our country, to sacrifice, to have a vision for the Philippines, to have hope for our country and our people. Will we find out in this lifetime? I hope that it would happen nonetheless, someday, in the near future.

For now, thank you, Lord, for the life of Cory Aquino.