Opportunity and Change

Yan ang pangalan ng pangkat na dati kong hinawakan sa CWTS

Yan ang bilang ng mga lobong inihampas sa ulo ko

Yan din ang bilang na naka-saad sa lobo

Dahil yan ang bilang ng taong tinagal ko sa mundong ito
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    Ako’y nagtaka kahapon kung bakit nagkaroon ng Land Cruiser sa labas ng aming bahay. Isang pamilyar na mukha ang aking nasilayan sa bungad ng aming tahanan. Sa ilang sandali, ako’y pinapasok, ang ilaw ay bumukas, at sumalubong sakin ang halos dalawang dosenang tao na pinaghahampas ako ng mga lobo. Nahati ang hilera ng mga tao at aking nasilayan ang aking kasintahang naka-ngiti habang binabati ako ng maligayang kaarawan sa Nihonggo.
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Masaya ang kinalabasan ng aking ika-21 kaarawan, kahit na ako’y naggaling sa isang pagsusulit, nagpasa ng ulat, nag-ulat, at naulanan.
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Sa lahat ng bumati, nakalimot, naki-surprise, at kung anu-ano pa, salamat! ^_^

Nag-reunion kahapon dito sa bahay ang 1st sem batch ng apps ng SVCF noong year 2003.

• Bigla kong naalala yung unang big fellowship namin noon sa sunken garden.

• Ang mga nakapunta sa ay sina LA, Nessie, JB, Sarah, Feona, ate Jen, Hilda, at Pao. Humabol din si Frank.

• Bumaha ng ice cream, cake, rellenong bangus, at beef with vegetables.
• Narealize ko na accountable pa rin ako sa mga tao at dapat mas madalas kami nagkukumustahan
• Napaka buti ng Panginoon sa aming lahat, yun lamg ang masasabi ko

haay, the old days, nakakamiss pala…

I haven’t played and RPG for more than 1 hour total this semester.
I watch TV only once every two weeks.

Growing up sure is hard

The camp is fast approaching and we still don’t have an expositor

Let tomorrow worry about itself

God is my strength, I shall trust in no other

baw

<Now to continue what I aborted the other day>

SEVEN THINGS THAT SCARE YOU

1. Failed Leadership, Discipleship, and Missions Camp
2. Failed Subjects
3. Backsliding
4. …and leading others with me
5. A horribly painful and slow death
6. Further delay
7. God’s wrath

SEVEN THINGS YOU LIKE THE MOST

1. Sleep
2. Encouragement
3. Calculations
4. Gaming
5. Smiling
6. Preaching
7. Janna

SEVEN IMPORTANT THINGS IN YOUR ROOM

1. Bible
2. big bed
3. journal
4. mp3 player
5. pillows!
6. electric fan
7. keychains

SEVEN RANDOM FACTS ABOUT YOU

1. smiley
2. too honest
3. wakes up virtually the same time each day
4. pessimistic
5. people pleaser
6. chicharon eater
7. dependable

SEVEN THINGS YOU PLAN TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE

1. Lead more people to Christ
2. see snow
3. have a family
4. make a positive impact in society
5. find God’s place for me in world missions
6. share the gospel without shame
7. kick a cat

SEVEN THINGS YOU CAN DO

1. take nice pictures
2. cook most recipes right the first time
   
3. counsel other people
   
4. preach
5. analyze situations in advance
   
6. lead bible studies
   
7. make paper frogs
   

SEVEN THINGS YOU CAN’T DO

1. eat bony fish without choking
2. reach my toes while standing
3. sleep when i want to
   
4. sleep when i need to
5. share the gospel boldly
6. think positively for more than 30 minutes
   
7. renounce my faith in Christ
   

SEVEN THINGS THAT ATTRACT YOU TO THE OPPOSITE SEX

1. emotional maturity
2. good encourager
3. lighter than me
4. sensitive/discerning
5. thoughtful
6. passionate for God’s glory
7. physical beauty

SEVEN THINGS YOU SAY THE MOST

1. Ha?
2. ok
3. ano yun?
4. aaaaaagh!
5. haay…
6. hmm?
7. parang

SEVEN CELEBRITY CRUSHES

1. angel locsin
2. valerie concepcion
3. 
   
4. 
   
5. 
   
7. 
   

SEVEN PEOPLE YOU WANT TO SEE TAKE THIS TEST

1. frank
2. nathan
3. ezra
4. cha
5. ate rachel
6. jeremy
7. ate rhoda

      "Satan hindered us." 
              — 1&nbsp;Thessalonians 2:18

Since the first hour in which goodness came into conflict with evil, it
has never ceased to be true in spiritual experience, that Satan hinders
us. From all points of the compass, all along the line of battle, in
the vanguard and in the rear, at the dawn of day and in the midnight
hour, Satan hinders us. If we toil in the field, he seeks to break the
ploughshare; if we build the wall, he labours to cast down the stones;
if we would serve God in suffering or in conflict-everywhere Satan
hinders us. He hinders us when we are first coming to Jesus Christ.
Fierce conflicts we had with Satan when we first looked to the cross
and lived. Now that we are saved, he endeavours to hinder the
completeness of our personal
character. You may be congratulating
yourself, "I have hitherto walked consistently; no man can challenge my
integrity." Beware of boasting, for your virtue will yet be tried;
Satan will direct his engines against that very virtue for which you
are the most famous. If you have been hitherto a firm believer, your
faith will ere long be attacked; if you have been meek as Moses, expect
to be tempted to speak unadvisedly with your lips. The birds will peck
at your ripest fruit, and the wild boar will dash his tusks at your
choicest vines. Satan is sure to hinder us when we are earnest in
prayer. He checks our importunity, and weakens our faith in order that,
if possible, we may miss the blessing. Nor is Satan less vigilant in
obstructing Christian effort. There was never a revival of religion
without a revival of his opposition. As soon as Ezra and Nehemiah begin
to labour, Sanballat and Tobiah are stirred up to hinder them. What
then?
We are not alarmed because Satan hindereth us, for it is a proof
that we are on the Lord’s side, and are doing the Lord’s work, and in
his strength we shall win the victory, and triumph over our adversary.

Morning & Evening is the classic devotional by 19th-century writer
and preacher Charles Spurgeon.

*Asian food expo pala ngayon.There’s always next year…

They say that time flies when you’re having fun.
I say time flies even when you’re not having fun.

It’s been three weeks since I became relatively unproductive due to my fear of getting physically worse. I praise God for all the rest He’s given me during the stormy rainy days. The downside, however, is that there are may things that I figure I should have finished but haven’t.

• This day will be over before I finish preparing for tomorrow’s long day
• It will be camp time in exactly two months, and we haven’t even started the curriculum
• this post will be over before the delivery arrives

haay buhay. buti pa sa maskman, may time-space warp….

F =K/S
where:
F = food intake, in kgs
K = food-sleep correlation coefficient hours/kilogram
S = Sleep, hours

I eat more when I sleep less.
With 2 hours of sleep:

Breakfast:
1 1/2 basong taho
Big breakfast with rice, kinamay
Hot choco

Lunch:
Lemon Chicken, rice
Lumpiang gulay
2 glasses iced tea

Dinner:
1 banana
1 plate of pancit
chicken, rice
12 choco chip cookies
50 grams chicharon
chocolate cake
2 glasses rc cola

baboyasis minus the sleep. buti na lang wala akong FN 15 kundi sasabunun ako ng prof… =p

There’s an old joke that goes:

"What would happen if you have a wooden car, with wooden wheels, wooden doors, and a wooden engine?"

"It wooden run"

(you can start laughing now…)

In the book of Ephesians, the apostle Paul tells us to "take up the shield of faith to extinguish the flaming arrows of the evil one." (Eph. 6: 16)

However, if the shield is made of wood, it will become a fuel for the flames rather than an  extinguisher.  I guess it’s time to upgrade my shield by  asking for a new one from the  Master Blacksmith.

I got this book from my ninang, and since I’m down with fever and am unable to sleep, I might as well spend my resting time reading:

"If you drop a cockroach in juice, people won’t drink the juice. Ask them why and they say ‘because cockroaches are disease carriers.’ So you say, ‘Okay, so we ‘ll use a sterilized cockroach.’ Makes no difference, they still won’t drink the juice.

Sixty pages into the book and enjoying it. It’s a very relevant book, especially for food tech students like me. Indeed, people are irrational when it comes to their preconditioned beliefs. When a substance is classified as either natural or artificial. It will not matter to a person whether there’s absolutely no difference in their chemical compositions, as long as one is labeled artificial or synthetic.

Same must be true about some of those who ‘believe’ in Christ or call themselves Christians. Any evidence will not matter to them as long as they have preconditioned beliefs.

*I do not seek to argue with anyone, rather I want all of us to see if the things we believe in are rational or logical rather than just blind faith. Whether it is in the subject of dieting,  or faith,  we must always be rational and critical  thinkers. We must always be humans , made in the image and likeness of God.

Nilalangaw na ‘tong blog ko ah. malagyan nga ng entries…

Welcome To Benj’s Twisted Dictionary With Commentary

FORMAL LABORATORY REPORTS (eyp-el-ar)- What i do most of the time. syn: buhay,  library research, borrowing books, typing with MS word, reading,  calculating with MS Excel

GRADUATE(fud-tek) - What I want to be in 2 1/2 years time or less.


GULLIBLE - Walang gullible sa dictionary.

//haha…// 

KAIROS (op-or-choo-ny-ty)- The term "kairos" is used in theology  to describe the qualitative form oftime  . In rhetoric kairos is "a passing instant when an opening appears which must be driven through with force if success is to be achieved." (en.wikipedia.org)

// that’s half the name of this blog, which defines its purpose: to encourage people to grab all opportune times for growth and change towards Christ-likeness//

PAPACY (da-di) - Pagiging ama.

//I hope to be a father someday. I am, however, alarmed by the fact that even Israel and Judah’s best and most righteous kings (David, Hezekiah and Josiah) had a hard time in raising their children. David’s son Amnon commited incestuous rape. Hezekiah’s son Manasseh was the longest ruling evil king in Judah. Jehoiachim, the Great Reformist King Josiah’s son, was described as "doing evil in the eyes of the LORD". Being a righteous king did not assure that their household was obedient to the LORD. Perhaps there were many factors, like their environment and personal choices. I have, however, seen some Christian families who have taught their children well, and I believe that it’s still possible to rear up children according to God’s directives and succeed//

PERPETUAL (aaaaaaa-gh) - the adjective that best describes my lack of sleep

STUCK KNOWLEDGE(?) - what becomes to what you learn from cramming, but only while you are taking the exam. syn: short term memory, "nasa-dulo-na-ng-dila-ko knowledge"

TARPAULIN DESIGN (tarp)- yung gagawin ko ngayon kasi nakakasawa na magtype ng FLR.

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