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Share your Faith

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On the way to Friedensau

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on being single

I guess, for a while I convinced myself that I could live single forever, that marriage never crossed my mind and commitment is a lie. Who wouldn’t when all around you, people are hurt, almost everyday news are about the dark side of love.But, in reality, when loneliness creeps in, I start to long for a companion. I wish someone would hold my hand when I cross the streets and walk me home. I hope…

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Timeline

We are all unique and beautifully created by our Creator who loves us unconditionally. And it took me sometime to accept the fact that we all have different timelines; not everyone get it at the same time.

A late night conversation with a cousin ended with a question, ‘Maglagot ka ug naay mag sigeg sulti, pag minyo na?’ (Do you get mad/annoyed when someone tells you to get married?) It took me a few seconds and sentences to answer a close-ended question. Maybe if I was asked a few years ago, in my mid-late twenties, I’d be really irritated. In fact, I got asked a few times. =) =) I guess, it was…

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Friendship Matters

(This was written in 2011 as a birthday gift for a friend. Found it in my Facebook Notes.)

“Have you ever been asked by a friend if you can be a best friend?”

Let me tell you a story I am so familiar with.

“There was this beautiful girl who studied in a place far from home.

She was looking for friends, true friends, to be with, thinking that they can fill in the gap of her old friends.

She met a…

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September 16th

One last date

September 16 reminds me of the birth of a man close to my heart.

February 14 reminds me of an extra special valentine day.

February 14, 2013, one special day, one last date.

On that day, I was not just happy I got to have a dinner with him, but, also, I share with him my happiness of finding love.

Apparently, it was one of the happiest and saddest moments of my life.

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Room Number 14

Holistically taught to serve mankind and the Giver of life.

We usually start our rounds at 7am. It is a Sunday, start of a new week and I am especially on high spirits because finally after a 7-day-duty, (I think for the first time), I get a three-day-off.

I wanted to start by checking the blood sugar levels since, there is quite a number to be checked and breakfast will be served in an…

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father's day

father’s day

There was a time when my father worked as a part time college instructor and on days with no class schedules, he would be a tricycle driver. I saw him struggling. My brother and I were high school students and my younger sister an elementary pupil. We were all studying in SDA schools. But, he said, we should all finish school (til secondary) in an Adventist institution, that was their promise to…

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six years ago today

six years ago today

Today will always remind me that life is temporary. We live in a borrowed time and no one knows when it lasts.

5:21pm (Philippine time). Six years ago, I witnessed a patient’s death, my first, in fact. I saw him breathed his last, beat that last heartbeat until ECG readings printed out a flat line. The family decided not to resuscitate, so for a few minutes there were tears, goodbyes. Amidst…

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Happy the Home

‘Happy the Home when God is there and love feels everywhere…’ I just started singing the first lines of the song when my eyes started to feel wet. Usually, we sang this as a family, but here I am tonight, alone and away from home.

‘And love feels every breast…’

Earlier today, I decided to tie up the curtain and allow natural light to penetrate my room. The dark clouds and the bald trees…

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Happy 25th Birthday CarlaJane

Happy 25th Birthday CarlaJane

from cute to pa-kyut. Haha

Initially, I decided I’d just be recycling my birthday greeting for you this year. But, it’s 2020, your 25th birthday, so, I thought it necessary to write a new one. haha

Six years ago, when I turned your age, the term ‘adulting’ became a reality. It was tough but I learned a lot and up to now, when I need some help, I go back to those times.

I remember you had

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in sickness and in health

in sickness and in health

She hugged him tight while tears ran down her cheeks.

A couple in their eighties; she experienced some symptoms of stroke while he suffers dementia.

It was a busy day, people come and go and no one noticed that he was missing, until she started looking for him.

So for three hours that he was gone, her world sank.

But when she heard the policeman’s report that he was found, her face…

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On Turning Thirty

Age is but a number, as they say. Indeed. But what does ageing three decades mean?

‘What have you achieved on the three decades of your life?’, someone asked.

Honestly, I don’t know.

But, whenever I remember patients who’d tell me, ‘What a lovely smile I have’, or when I hear words of appreciation and they say ‘You are a kind nurse.’ Or when some wonder, ‘What is it in the…

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it's my birthday

it’s my birthday

When I came to Germany, I knew, celebrating birthdays would be different; no cousins to help with the cooking and no friends to invite and pressure you to celebrate.So, I thought, maybe, travelling solo would be good. But, on my first year here, I experienced a downfall on my birth month. So I literally just lay myself in bed on my birthday. Luckily, my housemates, dragged me out of bed and we…

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Friendship Matters 2

Remember the story of the girl who was persistently asked by a guy to be his best friend? We’ll, I’m thinking of revisiting/updating their story.

So, years have passed since their graduation and board exam. They each took different paths, but their friendship continued. She took care of kids, while he guarded adults.

His past relationship in college didn’t work out, but after some time, he…

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dreams or faith

I just finished watching Jeramie Sanico’s testimony regarding her TNT stint. For her, to sing, especially on a really big competition is a dream. She had been to so many auditions, so many rejections, and this opportunity came; a dream come true, indeed.

I remember watching her performances live on TV before. I already knew she was a SDA, so I, too, prayed that she’d have five straight wins…

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Life’s like that Just when I’ve posed and smiled for the camera, this (photo on the right) happened…And this too, happens in real life.