Surprises and Realizations

Dad arrived in Manila early this morning. It was such a surprise considering he told us he'll go home next week. So there. I woke up earlier than usual, ate my breakfast and read the newspaper and there he came out of the room.

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By August, I'm celebrating 5 years of service in the Church. It's such a surpise, considering that up till now, I still get jitters as soon as I go up to the lectern. It's a nice feeling to be able to serve and dedicate my time to proclaim the Good News, no matter how cliche it sounded.

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By the end of this week, I've officially finished two projects! Both of them Japan projects. I've learned a lot from my mentors, teammates and clients. It would be nice to get more experience and exposure, though.

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The Dark Knight is the latest movie I watched. After a hiatus from watching in the big screen, it's a nice movie but personally, I prefer Ironman. And like Ironman, I watched it twice! Heath Ledger's take on the Joker was more psychotic, disturbing. Like Krusty on steriods, booze and heroin. He was still funny on most parts.

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I spent the weekend in bed.. and what a glorious place to be! I watched movies, dvds, surfed the net. All in all, it was laid-back, steady and slow. My kind of weekend from a week of work! I watched this movie in Star, Perfume. It's the story of Jean Baptiste Grenouille, a man with extraordinary olfactory senses, who vowed to capture the greatest scent. It was sick and twisted in the end because he had to kill 13 girls to capture their essence and create the perfect perfume.

The ending was gruesome and wicked. Just before he was to be beheaded, he wore that perfume (said to be the ultimate pheromone) and caused all the people present to engage in a massive orgy. It was based from novel by Patrick Sunkirk, a German novelist. I'm thinking of looking it up on Powerbooks or Fully Booked.

It's a movie to watch as it had veteran actors like Dustin Hoffman and Alan Rickman (one of my faves!). Ben Whishaw was Jean Baptiste and his acting was quite notable.

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Spent a lot of money this month on books. The passion has been ignited again! Mom is frustrated with me... where to put all my books?? My library of a room is now turning into a warehouse of all kinds of books.

Anti-murphy's Law

Dad called this evening to tell us very good news. It was very good news. Good news indeed.

Everyday, I tell myself that the bad things that happen to me are nothing if you count the blessings that you get. Why bother and let yourself down with negativity? I say that if bad things happen to you, good things will come your way. A life of smiles and positive thinking beats an attitude of always looking out for Murphy's law. Of course it's not a bad idea to take note of all the bad things that can happen to you but let's face it, the more you search for Murphy, the more it will hunt you down.

We had this dream that we thought was about to come true. It came crashing down on us and of course we were depressed. But we didn't let it get the best of us and just move on and do the best you can with what you have. And true enough, hard work always trumps luck.

One cannot help but realize that life doesn't always work out the way you want it to be. Sometimes the life you think is ideal never was bliss in the first place. The path to true happiness comes with pain and hardships. It is then when you can truly savor your accomplishments and blessings!