BoringYetGraceful

Pasko Na!

Half of the month already passed and here I am writing in the middle of the night while listening to some K-pop song.

I think I'm in a life transition right now as new interests comes in and I can feel the inflation due the price hikes in the supermarket but let's talk about in another day.

Last month was my mom 70th birthday and it was both stressful and also grateful but the latter covers everything. Another event is I met that someone twice, that someone was on my mom's birthday. I think it was a small celebration in a certain way. Man, I can't stop smiling while writing this one.

That's everything for the month of September. Thank you. Please subscribe and hit the bell button. Support me at Tiktok even though I don't have an account.

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As I said interest are changing and lately my ship are sailing towards the Berry Pass, please forgive if you don't get it. I'm more into Formula One lately but I'm not rooting for any driver, the cars was cool but don't expect me to learn to drive.

Another one is getting interested into Japanese Citypop!

I can't stop the loneliness! Plastic love! Chinese Restaurant! Sparkle! Stay with me!

That triggered me to get interested to audiophile, and was able to check my father vinyl record player that is older than me. Its not working sadly, and repair or buying a new one is maharlika funds.

Then it gets me to interested in in-ears monitors, as of writing I bought some even I just had my Samsung Galaxy Buds2 and Sony WH-CH520.

I'm still reading Gentle and Lowly. Man, I need to check my course. Thankful, that someone, drives me well. Thank you!

Tulog din ng maaga ne?

Written in Tagalog-English

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Its been a while again, its half a month since I last written here, and here am I trying my best to express myself in words. Recently, I'm silently asking for support, pasensya naman sa QR code ng Gcash ne? Though I know no one will support me in this nano sized endeavor of mine. Ano ba nga naman itong content ko kundi hangin parang kabag lang. I don't expect anything, that's given in life. Minsan need din maging cosmic kill joy ne?

Something Worthwhile

Praying hard and hoping against hope that in every sunset there will a Dawn of a new day! God's mercy is new every morning! Then you will need to timpla some coffee kasi umaga na e, umagang umaga nag-aadik sa caffeine.

Loyalty True Orange

I'm a loyal Samsung fan since 2016, that's why I am not an Apple fan, though I like the design pero minsan hindi mo ma-explain bakit ayaw mo.

2009, the days of MP3 players still exist during that era, then there was a time in my life, I have borrowed an iPod, nakagamit ako yung large at small. The virgin me on how it works, tried to install iTunes in my Win-XP powered PC, why I can't put a song from the PC to the device. Disappointed. Apple left a bitter taste on me kahit gaano pa ka-glamorous yan. Pero okay yung Garage-band.

2011, fallen in-love with my classmate's Galaxy S2. 2013, nakahawak din ng Android phone, tapos na yung text-call-flashlight na Nokia phone, nag My Phone din ako, then fast forward, 2016 nakagamit din ng Galaxy J5. Muntik ko ng patulan yung Home Credit makahawak ng S7-Edge dati. Pero thank God, for the patience, dami ko pa utang noon.

Sensya na, napa kwento na walang kwenta.

Wait Me Up When September Ends

Nito lang may Canadian vlogger na naging Pinoy na, ako kaya kailan magiging Canadian citizen? Every Filipino dream is to get out of this country unless otherwise you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth then you are in good hands in this archipelago that the main land China dreams to conquer soon.

Four season countries September marks the end of summer, here it's the stormy season. Lahat ata ng malalakas ng bagyo nataon sa buwan na ito. Memorable yung milenyo kasi nasira yung phone ko nun, napagalitan pa ako, pambihira, ikaw ba naman sumugod sa flash flood. Siguro hanggang dito muna. Salamat.

I wanted to write something about Bible reading, and I posted something in Instagram Threads pero spoiler pa lang yun. Check it out if you have some time.

I know madami ng tip and tricks regarding it, and as well , ton of books about it and yet the bride ain't able to read her bridegroom's letter. Why? Due to the information age, distractions are everywhere. Even while you're sleeping, someone will surely distract you even if it's a dream or a nightmare.

Before it's too late, here we go...

1. Read, even if it doesn't make sense. Gaano ka ba kauhaw sa Diyos? If you can't read, listen, watch, view it as something you like, grabe sa dami ng resources today sa Bible. Walang dahilan para tamarin ka magbasa, isipin mo na lang yung mga buhay ng mga unang Christian who lay down their lives for God's Word. Yung iba na bbq while breathing, tapos ikaw mabilad lang sa araw, ouchy Sun burn na me.

2. Once verse at a time. If you're umay in reading long stuff, why not consume 1 verse at a time. Be a consumer of His Word, be consumed by Him. I think this was me during my elementary and high school days. I read random Bible verses kung ano lang mabuklat ko. Minsan yung Tagalog Bible pa na may drawing, ang cute kasi. If masyadong epic yung mga mahahabang chapter, try 1st John, or Proverbs in a month, utay utayin mo yung Psalms.

3. Lastly, at wala na kong maisip. Run to Him before it's too late. YOLO, as they say, but have ever applied that term on spiritual matters? YOLO, travel more, sakay ng SpaceX papuntang Mars, sabay magpost sa X, here na me sa Mars mga guys riding the Tesla Mars Roover etc. Kaya ginamit ko na illustration doon sa Threads yung bleeding woman, kasi akala nya wala na pagasa pero meron pa. If I ever touch His (Jesus) robe then...if you don't know what happened. Read your Bible.

Are you like that about His Word?

Sometimes, being happy too much is bad for the brain, and looking forward to being happy is also bad because the probability of being sad is high, especially when you are not sure why you are happy or the reasons are just to vague and the shadows are much clearer that your expectations. It is better to jump off in a bridge, hit a jeepney byaheng crossing, and end everything in a comma.

The skeptic in me breathed a new mentality and came up with this new realization. FTGGGG, the means Forget The Girls, Give God the Glory.

How do I fall in love again romantically? Forget it, I think I'll stick with Jesus kahit na ganito siguro ako ne? Hindi ko alam. Frustration rises, and I know He is my comfort and the sweetest thing of all. Lilipas din ang ganda ng mga girls. Yung dating coke body magiging coke in can din.

I have memorable scenes crossing the roads of life.

1. San Fernando, Pampanga. 1998/1999. I was able to cross the 8 lane highway because the Jolibee there, when the middle barriers weren't installed yet, I was 8/9 y/o that time. Who cares getting hit by a speeding provincial bus?

2. Dasmariñas, Cavite. 2011. 21 y/o me, fighting with her, muntik na ako tamaan ng 16 wheeler truck. Don't ask why we're fighting, I don't expect to fight with one again.

3. Soon. Kaya lang may footbridge sa Oranbo e.

pakisama nyo na lang ako sa prayers nyo, kung may space pa ne? kung puno na, sa basura na lang po. —nml

The heavy rain is upon us. Electricity is cut-off and though the economy is progressing, as more jobs opened and the price of the daily needs are hiking, the environment is regressing. God said He won't send flooding anymore, the rainbow symbolized that covenant but we humans bring forth floods into ourselves. Such a tragic reality it is nowadays.

By the way whenever I write something here, consider everything as a mere draft yet it's already final. Sana kung may editor lang ako para tingnan itong gawa ko pero wala eh. I just write what comes to mind in a given moment. The title came up during my afternoon walk today. We're now in chapter 44, why not use SAF about it? You know the national issue during the Aquino administration pero I try to use it in such context na malapit sakin, kahit malayo siya. Ganun naman talaga diba?

We only send our affections for those people who we know that will return it, parang bumili ka lang ng Coke na family size dati diba? Merong deposit, kaya surely pagbalik mo nung bote sa tindahan, the deposit will be return to you but how about when affections aren't return at all? Hanap na lang ng iba ne? Hindi lang naman siya ang nag iisang tao dito sa mundo.

Grabe yung mga anonymous post sa BW Community, majority there is single yet look how they face the harsh and bitter world of getting into romantic relationship. Kinaliwa, kinanan, inalipusta, iniwan ng walang dahilan, sumama sa iba na hindi man lang nagpaalam... Sana merong BW community para sa mga married people naman. Hindi na cactus ipupukol nila sayo, dapat yung 39 lashes na parang yung scene sa Passion, tapos ipako patiwarik sa krus. For the sake na magtino lang. Grabe ang harsh ko na.

In my closing, choose people are worth your affections yung bang willing to be affected sa buhay mo lalo na sa darkest moment mo kahit maitim ka naman talaga, like me, nakikita lang pag ngumiti. Our affections are for the few who knows what we worth for, and Jesus know that. He knows you all in all.

We're already halfway of 2023 and my goal of 100 chapters seems a mere dream if I don't write anything. I don't even know if people are reading this. Yet, I'm grateful for those few pair of eyes who are able to read my nonsense. Thank you whomever you are.

Recently I'm on my way to getting to know someone, I know it'll be a tough journey again, whatever God plans to be on this aspect of my life. All I can say, I'm uncomfortable with it, do I really need to be in this again? Pwede bang doon na agad? But we're back to square one.

Back to square one. There's too much square to fill in. Some are happy to fill every square in their life and post it to social media. Some do their best to fill it in, some are blessed someone filled it for them. Every squre has their own story, maybe post it in an IG story and tell them, I'm squared, but only one square matters of all and few only have fill it in. Some aren't filled fully.

The square of eternity. It only needs a little room but people forget about it and let their life drowned on squares that doesn't last.

The Christian life is not hard, it's impossible.

How can the bride maintain her beauty while she waits for her bridegroom?

There goes the spiritual discipline enters. A balanced diet of prayer, reading/studying the Word, and fellowship. Those three are essential and also a form of worship.

I won't talk about the three. It's just a good reminder that my diet is not good as of writing.

How about you? Are you growing up in beauty for the Lord?

Ps. And we only grow by and through God's grace, sufficient and more than enough, and surely as He guide us, there is a fulness of joy. The impossible made possible.

He is smiling while staring at the screen of his new device. After a decade, the old device has a replacement. It is a refurbished device and much faster compare to the old one. Comparing them will make the old device a Jurassic model even it was bought before 2015.

The new device is cheap, like the guy who is typing in every key to make certain words became sentences. Then hoping that those sentences will reach people out there.

The old device was filled with memories, painful ones and good ones. If the person will choose between the two, the good ones are preferred. He will be grateful for the benefits that it had given from the past but it will not supersede the painful memories because they are the two sides of the same coin.

And hoping that this coin will be pick up by someone in the near future before everything that put a smile on that person leaves again.

After 4 years, I can ponytail my hair again. The only issue is that my face looks 7-11 siopao asado already, unlike before...thanks for pandemic hindi na ako cute. 🥺

I can say May is a recovery month after the hell of April, but let's see what June can tell. As a brother says, “sana tuloy tuloy na” kahit wala ng Eat Bulaga. Well, in the end, everything will pass away except Him, who created everything.

And the walk of faith isn't a 100-meter dash. It's a marathon in a road less traveled on. It's weird that people choose to take on that road. Have you ever question why Christians take that road? Embracing the Gospel of Christ.

Not the American version...hmmm. The Chinese, Indian, and North Korean, add some sweet nations in Asia, where Christ name is so sweet, death is just behind their doors.

Okay, it looks. I'm already lost, but I know I'm found. As I said, the walk of faith is an endurance, and May was filled with twists and turns. It looks boring per se, but it's graceful.

How the Lord works on each of us. His freaking mercy is new every morning. Great is Thy faithfulness.

Better than late than never, took me light years to decide since the very first of May. So when does the very first of May start by the way?

April was fine. Let's rate it a 6 out of 10, work takes a toll on me but I have no choice...okay I'm not Maroon 5 but my alma mater athletic team was called Mighty Maroons. Pataasan ng Utak, Pababaan ng tuition fee ika nga nila.

April is hot, I'm talking about the month and not a person. It also started to rain and the humidity is all over the place, if I'm humidity I'll feel out of place, and I will just go home and eat tutong then nilabayan with Nestle coffee in stick with some sugar. Childhood days OMG.

I was slightly overjoyed naman during the long weekend, and it was so fast. Nothing will compare when you're with your loved ones, twos and three. Ang kulit lang nung camp. I should write something about my exp about camps and retreats kaya lang tinamad na ako.

I'll repeat, ang kulit lang nung camp. When you're a single dude and all old gals pushing their agenda. Relationship, marriage, grandchild, tax, and bills.

The last few weeks are insane. Kasi mostly revolves around someone, and it isn't a girl. It's the finishing touches of the by-product of the work.

After 5 and so years. Faces come and go, all pre-pandemic engineers go sayonara adios paalam goodbye. The product was done.

Slightly happy cuz I'm the last touch of those products shown to the virgin eyes of the world. Imagine if those go crazy and go boom boom paw. Saan na ako pupulitin. Pipiliin mo pa rin ba ako kahit nalutang na sa kangkungan. I'm sure maghahanap ka pa ng bagoong alamang. Pero masarap din sawsawan yung bagoong isda na may suka, then kamatis sa nilagang kangkong. Nagutom naman daw ako bigla.

Things are much better than 2020 when it comes to peyt. Bought books to 6 some dust in my room but slowly I'm reading. Being grateful to God is not just the key to successful living, it's the key to being alive and living only for Him. Weren't called to be successful here on flat earth kasi were just pilgrims here, and earth is round. This ain't our world once you took the cross and follow, complain why the road was so freaking narrow but by His grace, joy is filled upon your heart lalo na pag dakilang reklamador ka pa. Salip naulan ng pagpapala, bumabagyo ng pagpapalo. Wala lang signal ng internet binato mo na yung pocket wifi, tapos nag DM ka pa sa network, at nag ala-Hulk na (in words). Galatians forgotten...sad yet still learning a lot.

April was fun on its own. Gusto ko ng nilagang kangkong at fried galunggong. Tapos bagoong alamang na mejo matamis plus sili at kamatis. Boom!

-nml