Posted in confessions of a homebody on June 29, 2007 | No Comments »
i always feel like i have to hide my face while praying. i dunno why. my face, with my eyes closed, look scrunched up so i keep my head bowed sometimes (i think i only pray looking up when i’m singing), or i cover it with my hands, or if i’m alone in my room, i bury [...]
Posted in quenching the wanderlust, smalltown girl in the city, yellows on June 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
so there i was at 6:30 PM, monday– the sun setting behind the horizon, ailene waving me off– i showed my ticket to the guard who smiled and let me through, lugged my huge-ass suitcase on to the baggage x-ray machine and let the woman frisk me. i found the business class check-in counter, smiled [...]
Posted in quenching the wanderlust on June 26, 2007 | No Comments »
something nice happened on the way here. i wrote about it on the plane… but i don’t feel like posting it yet. maybe tomorrow.
this just to let you guys know i’m alive and well over in this side of the world.
Posted in confessions of a homebody, letters, quenching the wanderlust on June 24, 2007 | No Comments »
ok, so maybe not as shell-shocked as this (this was after a really long day that began in foggy tagaytay at 6:30 in the morning and ended at the Fort Strip at 10pm), but yeah. i have this headache right now that’s just keeping me from focusing on what i’m writing.
anyway, i just wanted to [...]
Posted in confessions of a homebody, letters, off the wire on June 23, 2007 | No Comments »
“I do know that when we’re alone, we sing.” (Ravi Zacharias)
i love to sing, but i’m not too thrilled whenever i have to sing in front of other people solo because my sisters and close friends (ailene, ida, matt, ian (AKA The Christian Bautista), josh, jordan) are way gifted for that sort of thing. i’m [...]
Posted in confessions of a homebody, off the wire, randoms on June 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Here’s the game: Gypsy sent me a set of questions which i will answer here in my blog. if you want me to ask you five of my own questions, leave a note in my comment box and i’ll get back to you.
1. You have a list of books you wish to read, what would [...]
Posted in confessions of a homebody, quenching the wanderlust on June 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
He’s always there for me, knows when i’m sad without even having to ask. i’ll miss our late-night talks and arguments, his little demands and moments of greatness.
yeah. i’ll miss The Cat. hold the cat lady and spinster jokes please. (portrait by my sis: littlephotographer.multiply.com)
i’m leaving on monday for my two-month sabbatical and i [...]
Posted in confessions of a homebody on June 19, 2007 | No Comments »
O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art.
Thou my best Thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.
(hymn attributed to Dallan Forgaill translated by Mary E. Byrne)
So, yeah… i have been praying to God for a vision ever since that day I just broke [...]
Posted in confessions of a homebody, randoms, smalltown girl in the city on June 18, 2007 | 3 Comments »
“Teach us to number our days aright,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12
well, it was not really crazy. more of interesting, at least for me. i can’t recall the last time i went out every night of the week. but seriously, i wouldn’t be able to remember everything that happened had i [...]
Posted in off the wire, randoms on June 18, 2007 | No Comments »
You scored as Isaac Mendez, 28 years old, wiry and handsome, Isaac is both a gifted painter, comic book artist, and a strung-out junkie, unable to get through the day without a fix. Isaac specializes in violent images of tragedy. He assumed it was simply his style, until one day he picked up the paper [...]
