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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Ogtong Cave



One of my very few pictures in Ogtong Cave (and the whole camp). I was the cameraman for the whole event so I don't have much pictures.:)
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Picture Pile



Same set of photos using picture pile..... courtesy of Piccasa 2.
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Before and After



My friend, Gay, showed me the picture in the left. That was taken during my first few months (around August of 2004) in LXK (Cebu). The other one was taken December 23, 2006.

The difference is a bit dramatic. :) So.. Praise God... He has been good and had blessed me of a sexier body almost 3 years ago. :)

I have to admit... I just realized I looked like a stick in my picture in the left. :)
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Fav Camp Pics




The pictures above are my fave... my friend Lot Mojal took these during Cruisers group early devotion. I like the color combination and the emotion they convey to the people who looks at it.



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Top Performance CAMP



That's me in blue sleeveless with my camp buddies. The camp was just amazing, it helped me re-align my goal. I began to look at my goal in a different way. I also began to see God bigger than before. I began to see God's plan for my life in a different light. I can say I have matured in a way that I became patient on things.

Two things I really appreciate in the camp: (aside from the sessions and food)
1. Coffee with C.E guys and Pastor Noel. - I learned a lot. The conversation turned out to be full packed of practical insights gained by my fellow C.E. buddies. We sort of integrate what we caught in the camp and reflected it on how we applied those principles in the camp. One person shared about the "sachet" and how it reflects to our lives. I now look at sachets differently. :D Pastor Noel also shared to us some insights.. I just wished we had more time talking.

2. Banana boat ride. - I was just excited to ride that thing. :D We fell down thrice- twice in the middle of the sea and once when we are about to stop the ride. We purposely turn the boat upside down while it is running. :) And to be there in the middle of the sea (floating) with sea water in your throat and nose is just so exciting. I mean, I don't experience those stuffs everyday. :)
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Monday, May 28, 2007
The CAT who JUMPS to a HOT stove



I've read a story of a cat who jumped to a hot stove, the cat got hurt and since then the cat never jumped to any hot stove again. But you know what, the cat won't jump to any cold stove either. Sa Bisaya pa, "natagam ang iring".

I heard stories like this happen in real life: a person gets disappointed with another person and that person would never take a step near that person. I believe that's where the quote, "ni anino nya any ayaw kunang makita!" came from.

I see this story come alive in my friends lives and before, in my life. I used to get easily disappointed and the normal stimulus to disappointments is to withdraw from whatever it is that causes pain. If we happen to touch a hot stove we quickly (without thinking) take away our hands off the hot stove. In the same way, I "withdraw" myself to pain. Or should I say I withdraw myself to things that I perceived as the one causing pain. Until I realized that doing that hinders me from growing and maturing as a person. Instead of using pain as a tool for growth, I began to make wrong associations to pain. And this caused me to go back from where I started - the rut. I call the whole process of pain and withdrawal (no learning) as the "rut race".

One person telling me, "Jo, I would not love again... it's too painful.. my last boyfriend.. blah blah blah.." And she just had all the reasons why she would never invest her heart to another person.

One author said that in business we need to "practice disappointment". And I believe we should practice "handling disappointment" in life too. One thing I know, we will always be disappointed. One author said it this way,"in one way or another, no matter how well you play the game there are really times that someone will drop the ball and you will lose the game". In a way, the author said, in one way or another no matter how well you do things one person will disappoint you. So when you get disappointed... all I can say is "welcome to life".

Our ability to handle disappointments in life determines in our maturity as a person. If you are like the cat who jumped to a hot stove... make sure you associate the "hotness" to pain rather than the stove to pain.
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Friday, May 25, 2007
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I got this article from a man I really admire. I want to make an article like this one but I just want to share this text and hopefully it will challenge us to stretch. I believe in my heart that as follower of the Lord Jesus Christ we need to stretch. Here is the article by Jim Rohn:

THE TWO CHOICES WE FACE
Each of us has two distinct choices to make about what we will do with our
lives. The first choice we can make is to be less than we have the capacity to
be. To earn less. To have less.

To read less and think less. To try less and discipline ourselves less. These
are the choices that lead to an empty life. These are the choices that, once
made, lead to a life of constant apprehension instead of a life of wondrous
anticipation.

And the second choice? To do it all! To become all that we can possibly be.
To read every book that we possibly can. To earn as much as we possibly can.
To give and share as much as we possibly can. To strive and produce and
accomplish as much as we possible can. All of us have the choice. To do or
not to do. To be or not to be. To be all or to be less or to be nothing at all.

Like the tree, it would be a worthy challenge for us all to stretch upward and
outward to the full measure of our capabilities. Why not do all that we can,
every moment that we can, the best that we can, for as long as we can.? Our
ultimate life objective should be to create as much as our talent and ability and
desire will permit. To settle for doing less than we could do is to fail in this
worthiest of undertakings.

Results are the best measurement of human process. Not conversation. Not
explanation. Not justification. Results! And is our results are less than our
potential suggests that they should be, then we must strive to become more
today than we were the day before. The greatest rewards are always reserved
for those who bring great value to themselves and the world around them as a
result of who and what they have become.

Jim Rohn
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