The Next Big Thing! :)

Last Friday, March 4, 2011 Classes were suspended because there were no professors so Jen and I decided to finish our experiment since we are going to defend it the next Monday which is technically earlier today. Haha! After the experiment, I have decided to ask Dave to come in with me to church so Dave and I decided to attend Victory U-Belt's Youth Series Service. The theme is called The Next Big Thing.

The service started with singing of Praises with the band and the whole youth in Victory. Ryan Tan is the pastor that night and that night’s preaching is about Embracing God’s Will. He used the Dumb Advices we are getting from friends to further discuss this topic.

Ryan Tan said that everything is being prepared by God in advance; all you have to do is to obey in order to experience it. (God’s will)

3 Dumb Advices

Academic Advice

1.    It’s better to cheat than to repeat.

2.    Bakit ka pa mag- aaral kung babagsak ka din naman?

3.    It’s not what you know, it’s WHO you know.

4.    Lahat tayo makakagraduate hindi lang sabay sabay.

Relational Advice (Friends, family, bf or gf)

1.    Papagalitan ka narin lang sulitin mo na.

2.    Follow your heart.

3.    Don’t worry girl, magbbreak din yan!

4.    If you love someone set her free but only God can make a tree.

Ryan Tan’s dumb advice- experience is the last one. He experienced it during Grade school, high school and college.

Grade school: Pasmado- Every morning he believed that he had to pee on his hands.

High School: He wanted to grow taller- His friend said that stretching is the solution and he has to sleep like a corpse.

College: Single- Habang single pa gawin na ang lahat para walan regrets. And so he smoked, get drunk, did drugs etc. He had hurt many people and did not see God’s will for him.

What is God’s will? God’s will, can sometimes complicate our lives, he said. Like Mary’s pregnancy. It is God’s will that she will get pregnant and many people will get mad and might stoned her to death. Joseph might hate him but after all, she is blessed with a precious and miraculous son.

Ryan Tan after leaving his vices found and believed that God's will for him is for him to be a pastor. It complicated his relationship with his parents because his parents want him to be a professional. They think that his studies will be wasted if he will become a pastor. But now, every time he will preach in their province, his parents are so proud to tell everyone that he is their son.

God reveals his will to us individually. Young people think that God's will is boring. It may not look good at the beginning, just embrace it and you'll find it's real meaning.

3 reasons why we have to embrace God's will.

1.     God knows the future. It's like a 3D movie. When you're not wearing the 3D glasses, you won't be able to see the movie clear. That's us people, we can only see what's in front of us and God is the one wearing the 3D glasses. He can see beyond what our naked eyes could see.

2.    God knows what’s best for us. Like how gadgets change model so fast, you’ll never know if it’s really the best until another new and better version comes. But God, he knows what’s best.

3.    God is merciful. He is merciful that he died for you. Obeying and embracing His will is all that you can do and offer. Offer your all. We are sinners with a core that’s why we need God’s mercy. If you do not have an idea of God’s mercy You cannot embrace God’s will.

And the service ended with a prayer.

How to become Mr. and Ms. Right instead of looking for them.

A while ago, I was listening to the past preaching/services in Victory UBelt. Thank God there are audios/ podcast posted in Victory UBelt's site. I've always wanted to attend praise and worship services there but it doesn't fit my schedule as a student. For everyone's information, I am a Catholic but I love attending Born Again Christian's services but that doesn't mean that I am a bad Catholic, I just love hearing life lessons from ordinary people but I am not leaving the Catholic Church until I got married, and that is, if I'm gonna marry Dave. :p But don't get me wrong, changing my Religion won't change any my belief that God is the reason for everything. I would still praise the same God though some rituals are going to change. So going back to what I am suppose to blog, the first one that I have listened to was the service last February 25 which tackled about: "How to become Mr. and Ms. Right instead of looking for them." 

"It wasn't us looking for it, it was God bringing two people together the same way God brought Eve to Adam"- Dennis Sy

Mr. Dennis Sy, a married man talked to the boys while his wife talked to the girls. He discussed the preparation a man needs in order to enter a relationship and of course marriage. This preparation is called, the "Leadership Preparation" Man should prepare himself to lead. He should be a man who can stand on his own, knowing what he needs to do and being certain in what he wants. As he goes on with his lecture he mentioned the "Peter Pan Syndrome" they are the boys who can't change, those men who has beards and mustache but still unsure with their lives, no priorities and no goals in life. He also mentioned that if you have a boyfriend who asks their parents for money just to date you, then give yourself a favor, break-up with that guy because that kind of guy is not ready to lead. Mr. Dennis Sy has given 4 ways on how to prepare. "If you're a man here, at wala ka naman balak pakasalan yan.. 'Wag ka nang text ng text! Kasi ang mga babae, pag tinext mo ng sweet, kahit gaano ka kapangit 'di niya iisipin yun.. They would sigh, and giggle. Ang babae, hindi yan tumitingin sa panlabas na anyo."

Man should prepare himself to be a cultivator. Man should learn how to cultivate."Itanim mo, patabain, palaguin, pagandahin." Men should help women to grow, it shouldn't be the other way around. 

Man is created for war. Do not defraud women, love them and fight for them, make them feel protected and secured. Man is created for battle and to battle not just physical battle but also spiritual battle. Women may be emotional, hormonal and yes men cannot understand women. Men should always pray for them and fight this spiritual battle to help their love grow spiritually. Total understanding is needed to establish a good relationship.

Men are teachers.Just like how God created Adam, placed him in a garden and instructed him not to eat the apple from the forbidden tree. The word of God directs every decision we make in our lives.

The second part is from Dennis' wife. "It is the Lord's plan that prevails." Being a woman, we are in a generation where we live in false hopes and dreams. The Disney Princesses era where all of us believe in "Happily ever after" We are taught to wait because the right one is going to come. And it stops with waiting. Until the right one comes but you haven't prepared for that time, and in the end there will be no happy ending.

Season of Passive waiting. You will wait for your prince, and when he comes, that's the end.

Active Preparation. You prepare yourself in all areas, heart, mind, body and soul.

You have 3 areas to prepare for in her preaching, HEART, MIND and SPIRIT.

Women are sometimes longing for something, there are questions running in our minds like "Am I loved? Am I beautiful? Am I accepted? etc." Every February or what we call the love month we can see in women's eyes the expressions and emotions. Some are happy and some are sad, some will even buy flowers for themselves and walk with a smile in their faces but when they got home, they'll cry. DENYING the real feelings because you have this desire, but hey! You don't have to deny these feelings because it is God who placed those desires in you but always remember that these desires should not consume you. And always remember that God wants to consume you. You have to fully understand God's love for you. Fill your mind with God's word. You belong to someone else. Somebody loves you enough to save you. Somebody loves you to buy you this very life.  Embrace your relationship with life. Your goal is to live for God. You will not settle for any less than the best that God has for you.  Guys, you have no right to treat them any less than the way God wants them to be treated. You protect them because they are worth protecting. Christ died for them.

Colorgenics

Got the idea of trying Colorgenics from Ginnil. I got the same results as her. :p

Name:	Jennifer Anne Reyes
Date:	Tuesday 15th 2011f February 2011 03:59:20 AM
Colorgenics Number:	5/4/0/7/1/6/3/2/

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You are in a state of constant expectation and want interesting and exciting things to happen to you. But in fact, you are a 'Walter Mitty' at times - a dreamer - over-imaginative and often given to fantasy or day-dreaming. There is nothing wrong in 'dreaming' - how boring life would be if one just followed the doctrines of everyday life - but one must not continue leading a life of continuous fantasy. You need to face reality in spite of all its possible shortcomings.

The way things are you are under considerable stress and you feel that there is little hope of matters righting themselves. Everyone about you seems to aggravate the problem even more. You feel that at this time you need to be alone and you are right - move back and give yourself a chance to breathe.

You are a rather inhibited sort of person. This could be the result of your upbringing or of your schooling, whatever. You are able to obtain satisfaction from various forms of physical or emotional activity but all in all you are inclined to be emotionally withdrawn. As a consequence of this you find it difficult to sustain any deep involvement.

You are feeling helpless. The fact that you are unable to control events that are going on around you is subjecting you to considerable stress. This can, if not relieved, cause muscle spasms or hypertension. It would seem that you are, for whatever the reason, being subjected to intolerable pressures. The complete environment would appear to be hostile. It would also seem that you are being driven against your will. You feel - and perhaps quite rightly so - that unreasonable demands are made of you but more to the point you feel as if you are powerless to control the situation or protect yourself in any way. At this time you feel utterly helpless.

Trying to cope with conditions which you think are beyond your capabilities has led to considerable anxiety and stress. You now feel that you are not capable of coping with this situation and indeed any situation which could arise from what you consider to be your personal inadequacy.

EPIC January ♥

January is soon to end but before it does, I would like to share some memories that are for keep. This is just the first month of the year but a lot of things had already occurred and a lot of bondings already happened. It is not a secret that Dave and I have this habit of watching movies together if we have time and money of course. This January we have watched 3 movies already. Dalaw, Ang Tanging Ina Mo and Gulliver's travel together with Ate Jec and Jen. This January I also had my cartilage piercing which I called the FF pierce because every FF has it. (FF is the name of our "barkada")

After Watching Ang Tanging Ina Mo :)

My cartilage pierce "FF pierce"

Dave and I also watched The Tourist in our house. Watching DVD is our usual bonding when he's here and after that we'll sleep. HAHA. This January, Dave and I had our big fight. So far, this is the hardest and longest fight we ever encountered and this is for us and our closest friends to keep. 

And as the Tres Jen's way of comforting one another, Jehn and I went to their house. For everyone's information Jehn's house is the best place to go to when you have a problem, why? because the house is so quiet where you can really reflect on your problems. HAHA and another thing, it is complete from the gadgets that will entertain you up to the food that will satisfy you ;) We played wii for hours until Tag asked us if we want to watch movie and it's her treat. We went to Gateway and watched Little Fockers which somehow made me forget my problem, it was an EPIC movie, I swear :) But after all the fun came the unexpected storm that almost killed me...Dave and I.............. (FAST FORWARD)

changed my wallpaper due to so much anger. :(

After all, we never let this problem end our relationship though it almost did. The sincerest apologies and personal talks are always the best solution because in those times you can really feel and see it in their eyes that they are really sorry. And who can resist a person who cries and gives you a warm hug. A warm hug from the only person you love. Plus a peace offering. That's how big the problem was that it made him bought expensive flowers.(expensive in the sense that there's no occasion for him to buy such)

FLOWERSSSS :">

And as usual, every third Sunday of January we have this parade of the Infant Jesus or the Sto. Niño with our family friends and this is Baby Gaddiel's first parade :)

Property of MOM ♥

During the parade :)

January is just a reminder that there's more to look forward to in the future. MORE CHALLENGES, MORE LOVE, MORE BONDING :>

Men and suicide

According to some research, men are more at risk of suicide. Why? because they are afraid to release all the bad vibes in their system. Most men don't cry and most men keep their problems within themselves which leads to too much depression and ending their lives.

Thank God I am a woman. I cry when I'm hurt, I open up my feelings to friends and release everything. But hey, why the hell men cannot understand? We women need our friends whenever we're down. That's how women roll. That's how we're feeling better most especially when we think men cannot understand us or we cannot fix it with our partners in a snap. We need some advice for us to grow, we need to be enlightened in order to have a good decision. I just hope men can understand that and don't use it in raising another issue. There's nothing wrong about sharing thoughts and problems with friends and no matter what we share and no matter what how they interpreted the situation it is still us who will decide. They can NEVER interfere. So why get mad when a woman asked for some help? 

AWESOME :>

"It is always nice waking up in the morning with the person you love ♥"

Last Wednesday, Dete had a long Manila flight and as usual we decided to visit her with Mama, Papa, Baby Gaddiel, Lui, Ate, Dave and I. Before going to the hotel, we ate first in Bacolod Chicken Inasal.

Banana Medley for dessert :)

After eating, we went straight to the hotel. Had a small chitchat with the family, dad had a massage and we went swimming. Mandarin Hotel has a very large pool and the freezing cold water can't stop us from swimming. I LOVE IT WHEN IT'S COLD :) Whenever my sister has a Manila flight, I always wanted to visit her in the hotel so that I can swim :> PLUS, sometimes she's giving us small amount and lots of clothes haha! :> Dave arrived and went straight to the pool area, took our photos because he can't swim in cold water. haha :) (more photos will be added when the SLR pics are uploaded) The crew allowed us to dive. YAY!!! I don't get it why diving is not allowed in Mandarin hotel when it's 10ft deep. :s Well

Lui and I

After swimming, we went back to the hotel room waited for them and ate pizza. Dete got 2 rooms, one is in 1222 and the other is 1217 which is her flightmate's room but she didn't stay in the hotel because she went home in Laguna so Dave, Lui and I stayed there the whole night. Before Mama and Papa left the hotel, Papa left us a story that he heard someone calling him inside room 1217 where we are going to stay so the night was just full of "takutan" that's why we ended up having our midnight snack and walked around Makati. :)

Starbucks :>

Makatiiii :)

Dave and I always wanted to sleep together. I don't know, we just like the feeling of sleeping together, waking up and seeing each other's face in the morning ♥

ROOM 1217 :)

First of January ♥

two ow wan wan :)

New year. New life. New memories :)

Yesterday we welcomed New Year praying the rosary with the whole family. We went out to watch people who were playing firecrackers and ate media noche. :)

For everyone's info, yesterday was Dave and I's 6th monthsary so we planned to meet up and spend the rest of the day together :) He fetched me at around 9:30 am, went straight to Hyatt Hotel to have a free breakfast. :) We ate cereals, omelet, different types of bread, four seasons juice etc. DEFINE FULL. :) After eating breakfast we went straight to the room (1635 and 1637) Dave and I watched the television and took a rest at rm. 1637 which is supposed to be checked- out that day but there were no bell boys came to clean the room. hehe :p After taking a rest we went to Rob Place with Ate Jec, Ate Anne and Maler to watch a movie. Dave and I watched Dalaw :) It was a good movie but Dave only wasted his ticket because he’s covering his eyes the whole movie. Next stop, SEX(Sinangag Express) then back to the Hotel and to our surprise, room 1637 was still open so we slept there until the bell boy rang the door bell. We transferred to room 1635 and had some chitchats with the girls again while waiting for Mamalou J Waited for Kuya Ty and went straight to Aristocrat for dinner (Kuya Ty’s treat) ;) BLOATED. It was a great way to start 2011 ;) Looking forward to lots of Family, friends, and lovers bonding ♥♥♥

With Dave, Ate Anne, Ate Jec, Maler, Mamalou and Daddy Nilo :)

Room 1637 ♥

ROBIN LONG SLEEVES :)

Dave's silhouette while taking a bath :))

xoxo