Heart issue

A college friend sent this thru email. So true. Make a difference today.

"If you have a heart that cares for your native land, you will find a way to make a difference even if you are far away. And perhaps, on the other hand, if you do not have the heart, you will not make a difference even if you stay."

Bienvenido F. Nebres, S.J.

Give ME time to READ!!!!!!!!!

I'm rushing to finish the book "The End of Poverty" . A mandate on how we can end poverty in our lifetime.

Buy it here:

The End of Poverty -
Jeffrey Sachs - Penguin Group (USA)

and here

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)

Go BONO! You can get involved! ONE Campaign>>

and here: MakePovertyHistory.org

The Power of the Human Spirit by Dr. Josette T. Biyo

Stumbled on this article which I've heard from a few circles way back. Congratulations Dr. Biyo! Read on...

Peace & Quietness

This is a promise I claimed today.

Peace & Quietness
"The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever." Isaiah 32:17

Lord, I wish for a Toyota Fortuner birthday gift.

Lord, my birthday is fast approaching. I wish for a Toyota Fortuner birthday gift :)

well, why not? Nice!


More pix here. Watch your drool...

WOW! THE Official Field Manual for the End of the World!

This made my day... Hahahahahaha...
POCKET GUIDE TO THE APOCALYPSE: THE OFFICIAL FIELD MANUAL FOR THE END OF THE WORLD

Truly a humorous look at our culture’s ongoing love affair with the “End Times”.


I'm buying a copy now :)

Details:
Publication date: March 29, 2005
RETAIL: $9.99
FORMAT: 5”x 7” Soft Cover Trade Paper; 1 72 pages
CATEGORY: General Interest, General Topic, Humor
ISBN: 0-9760357-1-5
Publisher: http://www.relevantbooks.com

Date movie "Hitch"

Watching "'Hitch'! Great date movie! Go watch it... Happy Birthday, Hunny!  

The best beach in the world is in Boracay! Had a great time. Wish you were there :)  

Brian 'Head' Welch Explains Why He Left Korn

A real Dad stands up against the crowd for his daughter. Cool!

www.mtv.com/news/articles/1497484/20050225/korn.jhtml?headlines=true

...and he is a christian. Double cool!

Having a Grand time at T(n)MC

Having a grand time at The New Medical City. Carissa was hospitalized for some asthma & vomitting (not at the same time). Still as bubbly as ever. Get well soon, my l'il angel.

Mom is laughing hard while taking this picture :) 

God "ding-donged" me

I had a fresh encounter with God today.

Five thirty AM was a far cry from my usual wake up time. I was probably still in 7th heaven by then quickly eclipsing to the 8th. But for some weird reason I was wide awake.

But being the sluggard as I am, I snuggled again beside my wife and our pillows and tried to catch some more Zzzz (as if I lacked it, a real bum in action).

I was successful in getting sleep (again) as I caught myself in between the waking & sleeping state. I believe lucid is the word for it.

Then I heard a doorbell. Now our doorbell ring is a LOUD "ding-dong" that wakes even our neighbors up. I swear I heard one because as an instinct I got up our bed and headed for the window to see who it was. While struggling to get up I was grumbling, "Who could be knocking at this un-holy hour?" "Don't they know people sleep!" I said.

To my amazement, no one was there.

And the time that lapsed from hearing the doorbell & peeping at the window was less than 2 seconds since our bed was just beside it.

"Ok. Who's playing jokes here?"

Then I got it. God "ding-donged" me. You lazy "dingaling" get up there and spend time with me (God).

I figured out God was waking me up. I was wide awake, remember? Then I forced myself to doze off again. Then God had to kick my butt to get me out of bed. Really dense, huh?

That morning I spent a great time with God. I missed those times. My word that morning was to "Seek". "Seek God more."

I read Psalm 25-28.

Psalm 27:4
One thing I ask of the LORD , this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the
house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the
LORD and to seek him in his temple.

Psalm 27:8
My heart says of you, "Seek his face!" Your face, LORD, I will seek.

God gave already all of himself to us. If we want more of God we have to seek God. It's really our effort to chase God-- want more of God. But do you have
time? Do you have your priorities in check? That morning I did.

Thank you, God and Good morning!

Jars Of Clay Live in Manila!

Jars of Clay Philippine Tour

February 28, 2005 (Monday) Cebu City - (B.R.I.G.H.T Academy)

March 2, 2005 (Wednesday) Manila - Araneta Coliseum

check this out to get an idea how close you want to get--

http://www.aranetacoliseum.com/seating_charts.html
meet & greet pass, anyone?

Jars of Clay is coming to the Philippines!
posted by Jomar Hilario at worldchangers2010 list (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldchangers2010/)

Yup, the phenomenal alternative rock band (style is actually folk- rock, mostly easy listening) is definitely coming to Cebu on 28 February (B.R.I.G.H.T Academy) and on March 2 in Manila (Araneta Coliseum).

Listen to their latest Grammy Award-nominated hit SHOW YOU LOVE on NU107, JAM 88.3, RX93.1 and KLite103.5.

Ticket prices are:

MANILA - Araneta, March 2
PATRON A P2350
PATRON B P2050
PATRON C P1650
LOWER BOX P1450
UPPER BOX A SPECIAL P1250
UPPER BOX A P950
UPPER BOX B P500
General Admission - promo price

Available at the Araneta Ticketnet and at all Ticketnet outlets in SM Branches.You can also buy tickets from me, just email jomar.hilario@gmail.com

if you're in manila or laguna. If you do, I'll send you extra material to prepare you or your friends for the concert.

CEBU -B.R.I.G.H.T Academy. Feb 28
P800
P500
P250

In Cebu, you may go to Kaon Na Grill or Thirsty Outlets in Ayala Mall.

Are you ready to hear their other hits like Flood, Fly, Unforgetful You, No One Loves Me Like You and I Need You?

Watch out also for music videos and other features on MYX, Studio 23 and ABS-CBN!

This is the ULTIMATE PRE-SUMMER GIMMICK! You gotta be there. And your friends, too. So spread the word, guys!

Jars of Clay Show You Love in Cebu and in Manila is presented to you by FiSH Magazine.

Again, you can also buy tickets from me, if you're in laguna or manila just email jomar.hilario@gmail.com If you do, I'll send you extra material to prepare you or your friends for the concert.

for more inquiries:
shepherd's voice publishing 4167809/ 7269918
or text 0920 909 0755

 

A moment of silence to start the New Year 2005!

...a moment of silence for the victims of the Asian Tsunami Disaster.

Spending time w/ Teacher Mang

Spending the afternoon with my good friend, Mang!

I found out how to greet 'Merry Christmas' in Burmese!

Mwe ne daw myat!
literally means "The Royal birthday of Jesus"

Go to Myanmar and make a difference!

To all peoples in the world

Merry Christmas
Joyeux Noel
Feliz Navidad
Froehliche Weihnachten
Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
I'd Millad Said oua Sana Saida

May all of you have a meaningful Christmas!

More greetings here 3/4 of which I can't read ;)
http://www.santas.ws/languages.htm

An Interview with God (with a twist)

here's a rather amusing, non-blasphemous (IMHO) version of "An Interview with God".

Relevant magazine style and kinda on a careful edge (still) :d

Visit verbosity 2.1 - The Divine Interview.

Enjoy!

I was a hero today... to a life of a little fellow. A baby cat to be exact.

I was driving to work from our house when I saw the kitten in the middle of the road. It was still blind probably a few days old. It didn't move. It was just there crying, for help, I guess. To why it was there I have no clue.

Cars & trucks just passed it by. Boy, only a miracle saved the kitty from getting squished, squashed & flat on the pavement. A common sight around here. God bless their souls :)

So on with my story-- I pulled over about 20 meters from the sight. Still hesitating & waiting for someone to save the poor kitty.

Alas, a 10-wheeler dump truck was coming fast by the curb. I've finally come to my senses & alighted from the car. Running as fast as I can, commanded the truck to stop & got the meowing kitten just at the knick of time. Put her by the sidewalk, by a house with some garden plants and tucked her there. Without getting too attached, left the kitty, "you'll be safe here," I said.

Well, I didn't exactly felt like the man in the blue suit (God bless the man's soul) but at least give the kitten a fighting chance to live and make a difference.

A worldchanger kitty? Maybe.

.postscript

The last time I saved a cat was 2nd year college. I think it's about time...

"Fathers be good to your daughters. Daughters will
love like you do. Girls become lovers, who turn into
mothers. So, mothers be good to your daughters, too."
-- John Mayer from "Daughters", Heavier Things (2003)

"A man has no right to live until he has found something to die for."

Martin Luther King, Jr.

You are called to greatness...

"It is the Nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him." -John Steinbeck

Ephesians 3:20 says, "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us..."

Rice Broocks, in his book "Every Nation in Our Generation", shared that there are a lot of people in this world who have been blessed with great ability, but who will never see their full potential realized because they are uncoached.

Go worldchangers.

"I'll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross."

Woke up with this words on my *heart* today. Thank you, Lord.

This is an excerpt from the song "Here I Am To Worship" by Tim Hughes

So some of you got fascinated over the latest craze, "The Da Vinci Code".

You've probably heard stories of Jesus & Mary Magdalene making out & all sorts of eye-popping revelations. Well, sorry to pop your balloon. I've got some bad news for you.

IT'S FICTION!

And so are the dozen other claims (even with so-called historical proof) in the book. These conspiracy theorist need a good whacking on the head & the behind to lodge them back to their senses.

The Bible is solid truth. The Da Vinci code just got published yesterday. You are even historically older than that book, so get real.

Went to Shanghai, China last weekend. The city was awesome. Who could believe a predominantly agricultural region bloom a Manhattan-like mega-city in about 15years. Amazing!  

real song. It happens everyday...

Heaven by Live
Album: Birds of Pray

I don't need no one to tell me about heaven
I look at my daughter and I believe
I don't need no proof when it comes to God and truth
I can see the sun set and I perceive

Be brave to do things bigger than yourself. --Anonymous

I don't know who said this but I like it. Good day!

by the way, Carissa turned 2 last July 1. She is turning gorgeous each day.
Mwah!

My lovely Carissa! 

Check out Carissa's latest gallery 23 months. Isn't my Carissa a beauty?

Excerpts from Losers by Conrado De Quiros dated April 20, 2004 (20 days before the May 10 Philippine elections)

Kudos to Mr. De Quiros! You couldn't have said it any better than this.

"You do not vote for a candidate simply so that she or he will win, YOU VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE SO THAT THE COUNTRY WILL WIN."

"...when you vote you are not just voting for someone, you are voting for yourself. You are not just weighing a candidate's character, you are weighing your own."

"If you can't be true to yourself, you'll always be a loser."

Read the full article here.
http://www.inq7.net/opi/2004/apr/20/opi_csdequiros-1.htm

"When you vote for a righteous man, you are not wasting your vote. You are making a stand."

Here are those famous street paintings--

http://www.geocities.com/go0dspeed/streetpaintings

can we have more of these please...

Hey haven't blogged for a while. This is a shameless campaign ad--

Vote for Bro. Eddie Villanueva! Vote for righteous & just leadership for our beloved nation the Philippines.

Find out what he stand for:
www.broeddie.com
www.broeddie2004.com
www.bangonpilipinas.org

find 7 other people to vote for Bro. Eddie who each in turn will find 7 other people to do like wise and so on & so forth.

Personally, I have a strong feeling we can see the nation changed for the good. Bro. Eddie can win this election.

Happy Hearts Day to all!