BoringYetGraceful

The significant event happened to me is my elbow pain. It shows the sign of aging and I need to take care of myself. And I also need to look for someone out there that will take care of me (and me to her), kung sino man ang willing jan huwag na magpa-tumpik-tumpik pa, umarangkada na, hala bira. Fiesta lang ang peg?

Nakakatawa lang ang katotohanan maski in Christian singles in Pinoy context, sa sobrang taas ng standard, lampas pa ata ng langit ang bahagdan para pumasa. Well, everyone is praying for it. Malay mo bukas tangayin mo or ka, nya na, bukas. Will you marry her/him? Not me, kasi nautusan lang ako. Hmmm..if you ever like me sorry to say I'm sub-standard in worldly standard.

All I can say is I'm grateful for everything for what God is given this month. Maski dito sa blog na ito kahit walang traffic at walang sense yung topic, minsan, atleast nariyan ka at binabasa ito. Thanks! Mabuhay ka!

Minsan sa sobrang hirap ng buhay ngayon, mas okay na yung mag-isa at wala kang problema, pero iba din yung may kasama ka eh, yung sakit sa ulo ba?, pero alam mo na kampante ka sa kanya. Yung iba ang bilis ng proseso, pustahan bukas sinagot ka na, kasal agad, wag mo ako kunin na ninong ha sa baby nyo.

Sa kabilang kamay naman, mabagal ang usad, yung bang nawala na sa kalendaryo yung edad mo, pumuti na yung pwedeng pumuti unless otherwise kalbo at ako syempre, ibang ang balat natin, crispy dark charcoal black... ayun wala pa din anyari, pero enjoy the season daw, ano to anime lang? Multi season. Lahat filler episode, pero canon naman sa main story na someday someone will come. Parang pastor Sur lang. Jejeje.

Ala una na, tapusin ko na tong kalokohan na ito, minsan ang hirap din maging tahimik kasi, alam mo yun, ano ba? Wala ka bang alam? Basta yun na yun. Salamat.

Ps. Heart react means ayaw kang kausapin (sori naman, ginisang ampalaya sa itlog na may kamatis na ako e)

I hope all is well and may God bless you all.

I'm still thinking what goals for this year. Automatically one of them is reading the Bible and the Christian books I've bought from the previous years.

Add the balik alindog program na lagi na lang nakaka-cancel, last year I got sick during the weeks I exercise. Ending I'm eating more to recover.

Did I confess? Not yet. Alam ko naman na sagot. Sanay na ako, but I'll try and pray for it, whatever God's plan is.

Have a blessed year 2023 ahead.

Written in Taglish

I thought I cancelled the subscription. The due was 24th, I checked the site and it's up and running with the Pro features. GG lang, at P500 din yung kaltas sa debit card. Di bale na lang, sulitin ko na lang hangga't may natitira pang oras ngayong 2022.

Ano ba ang mga pinagbago? Siguro para sakin, I gained weight. All the busyness at work engulfed me, nilamon ako ng trabaho ever since 2020. On the other hand we're trying or by the grace and mercy of God, ibinabalik natin muli yung apoy ng nakalipas, when it comes to faith not romance. God is always faithful, the only issue is us, humans.

I'll talk a little about a layunin for 2023. Siguro balik alindog at balik kay Lord, at siguro love life?

Though I'm eyeing someones (plural). Ang problema lang, hindi ko alam saan ako lulugar, hindi ako marupok (sunog lang), siguro pessimistic lang talaga sa bagay na yun (romance) and then part of me thinking I hope someone, a person, break that barrier parang sound barrier. Yung bang pag nag crash siya sakin, totoo ba ito or nanaginip ka lang?, akala mo siya ako?, maitim po ako ha baka maputi siya. Ayoko lang madisappoint ka (kasi ako sanay na) at alam mo na, di sapat ang kaskas papaya.

Alam ko yung mga bagay na kaya kong gawin once tumawid ako ng bakod papunta kung sino man siya (but not that line, OMG, ililibing ko na sarili ko). Ate andito na me, carrying all those red flags, ano suko na? sa pusali na ba ako? doon ka na kay kuya lodi (by the way this is Christian romantic relationship context ha)

On the other side of the bakod, they are waiting for there Boaz. On this side of the bakod, I'm waiting for a Rebekah. Baka naligaw lang kasi Lalamove ginamit instead Angkas, pambihirang Waze yan.

Siguro aamin na lang ako by January para masaya kahit DM na lang, di magkita sa personal eh.

Uhm, _____-san daisuki-desu!

Tapos rejected.

Boom wasak ang 2023.

P.S. My cheesy line would be: If I ever find right in your eyes, would it be possible that I get involve in your life and also in your heart? basta yun na yun, if ever hindi rin naman yung sagot. Uwian na.

P.S.S. Spammer pala ko ng love letter nung HS, sa isip-isip ko lang. At least kasal na siya. Gusto ko na tumalon sa tulay. Londo bridge para sosyal, ipon muna ko pamasahe.

Hey, it's December and this is the 25th chapter, and I don't know if this would be my last post here as I already cancel my subscription. I still have few days left though, I just lost some motivation and gain some weight. I don't know the reason. I'll search for it if I find some time.

Man, I didn't hit 100 chapters as planned. The 500 pesos per month is heavy, it hurts and I don't write everyday. Ayawan na...

Thank you for the hard work. See you next time. Sayonara. Goodbye.

This is not about falling in love, this is about when a man fall in sin or he is already in sin, and he knew it, he decided it and choose to do it even the call is not to. For a Christian this is serious issue, if the reader is not yet in Christ, please bear with me. I'm just an ordinary guy living the Christian faith and sharing how I walk in this narrow path only few chose.

There's only one solution, run back to Him, the one full of love and grace. Christ already overcome those things at the cross. There are times Believers became Christ-amnesiac and forgot everything He did and forcefully grab the wheel when Jesus already takes the wheel. Then what will happen? Crash! Boom! All those cherish years gone.

One thing about a man that falls down is he is restless due to the heaviness of sin, it will not give him such rest. Only Jesus can give such rest, His yoke is easy and His burden is light. He is the gentle and humble savior that saves all who believe in Him yet everyone is questioning Him. But are those who questioned Him really have such rest that they wont be troubled about eternity?

There are two kinds of person who are heavy laden. These two man returned to Christ is different ways. The one, opened his eyes and believe and the other one, God closed his eyes in order for him to see.

The first dude is one of the criminals who are crucified along with Jesus.

“And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our crimes; but this man has done nothing wrong.” And he was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!” And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.” — Luke 23:41-43

I think this conversation between the guy and Jesus is so sweet. The criminal said “remember me” (by the way the guy's life in on the line as he is also impaled in the cross) Then Jesus answers (cause He is the answer Himself) “today, you will be with me” Such words already give you rest.

The second guy is the man formerly known as Saul, also known as Paul afterwards.

and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” And He said, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting, but get up and enter the city, and it will be told to you what you must do.” — Acts 9:4-6

The criminals story is suddenly sweet but worth cherishing. Paul's story is sweet too, but this sweet rest in his soul that Jesus gave became a channel to more souls that needed rest during his time.

Different stories but it's the same thing and the same end, it ends both dudes in Christ.

The man in the world today is totally depraved and heavily laden yet he doesn't care, the man already embraced his own truth and put aside the absolute truth that the Bible only can give. It's such a blessing that man is so wise, he can make rockets still land vertically and have enough wealth for the next generation to come but...

“For what does it benefit a person to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? — Mark 8:36

When a man fall down and get stuck and weary...only Christ is the solution to lift him up. Self help books, money, power, knowledge and fame will help but it's not enough...

“Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. “For My yoke is comfortable, and My burden is light.” — Matthew 11:28-30

Did you know there was no rain before, and the first ever rain is it destroyed humanity because of it heinous sin. Only a family of a certain man survived because they made an arc. After that event, a rainbow in the sky was shown as a promise that humanity will never be destroyed again in that way.

Okay, it depends if you agree with me or not, it's up to you but you can read the Bible.

Living in a tropical country, we only lived in two seasons: dry season and rainy season. You can also make it to four seasons, so that you'll have reference for four season countries.

Winter: cold dry season Spring: hot dry season (summer here) Summer: hot rainy season Fall: cold rainy season

I just made up the list above, commonly rainy season starts end of May till around September. During the “ber” months, typhoon is much worse whether it hits the north or south. Recently typhoons almost scope the whole country.

Sunny days reflects happy and cheerful moments in life, it's synonymous to summer. People go to the beach and burn their skin, swim to be chase by some sharks if there's any, but fried sharksfin is good.

What if the sun is above but there's nothing to be happy and cheerful about?, its like the whole world is upon your shoulder, and your name wasn't Jude. Would you wish for a rain and play some sad blues music or some sawi playlist.

Paalam, patawad. Narating na ba natin ang dulo. May dulo pala ang langit. Ikaw ang pinakamagandang pagkakamali ko.

Above are some local heartbroken songs.

On the other hand, being grateful is a good countermeasure if the sun is above but it feels like raining. Tomodachi, chingu, sadiq, my friend don't lose hope. There's hope in Christ, that thing I am sure.

I'm used to traveling long bus ride back when I was a kid during summer vacations. Back then it was cutting trip (3 bus ride), but through the years, the transportation here improved somehow and now its only one bus ride point to point.

Most people suggest traveling is fun. If you're a Filipino, it would be pain in the pocket unless you have a silver spoon in your tongue or you're really eager to do it. Me, I'm not. Google maps is fine.

Life is a journey even if you stay years in a one place. Embrace the boringness of life and be a minimalist, and spark some joy. Looks easy but for the majority who run back and forth in the rat race it is not.

Once we done everything under the sun, it is only death for sure but would there be life after death? My stand as a Christian is: there is. World travel is nice but our life journey won't end here on earth and eternity awaits...

And it's start with Jesus.

Everyone of us have the same 24 hours and yet some ask for more, especially for those who are chasing their dead lines and everything in between in regards of life.

For a voracious or for an addicted reader the back log of “to read” compiled already against the time needed to read them can be a quite hurdle and I'm already hitting on it so loud.

Beginnings

Years ago I do randomly read books. You can count it on your fingers, some I'd finish, some doesn't but in the end I do forget them whether its non-fiction or fiction. One of my memorable read was the Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis, I sided loaded it in my Kobo Glo while reading in the hospital and able to finish it with tears in my eyes.

I also read some Makoto Shinkai's novel based from his animated movies from the past years, I just got curious if there's a difference between the movie and the novel.

Self-Help Me

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck is a good read, the writer put spicy words to pitch his message but all I can say it's just the same message overall like the other self-help or personal development authors.

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth. I already forgot but it's already in the word itself. Hard workers with better alignment in their goal can achieve things.

Knowing God and the Sweetness of Christ

Around 2019, I did a change of menu to Christian authors, was able to read some books of Ravi Zacharias, Paul David Tripp, Jerry Bridges, Timothy Keller, Max Lucado and many more. This was my start again to burn my kilay to some Christian authors which I also did back in highschool.

That continue when the pandemic was started by some people during 2020. I did pick up and read, Paul Washer, J. C. Ryle, J. I. Packer and Michael Horton. Some are heavy book, some are heavy booklets. When I say heavy because of their theological content. I loved Thomas Watson's All Things For Good but not able to finish it.

I'm Turning Japanese, Watashi-desuka?

Then half-way of 2020, the weeb was reborn. I don't regret it, it just fuel the fire for me to read more. The author change to a Japanese menu. Reki Kawahara, Nisioisin, Tappei Nagatsuki and a ton of JP light novel author. The current series I was able to finish is A Certain Magical Index that have 22 volumes. It was a 6-month read. Most of Japanese light novel are still on-going (50+ volumes), running since 2009. By the end 2021, I read 104 volumes for about of 30+ titles. As of writing I'm on a 50+ LN volumes read. It's a quite feat. Someone buy me those Banner of Truth multiple volumes!

The manga is not included here.

A Change of Seasoning with Multiple Flavors

As of writing, I'm reading some titles from those different flavors above but no self-help one, I'm thinking Atomic Habits would be good but I'll read it for another day as I want to plan things to read for next year. My interest to read classics and fantasy books (not light novels but novels) is getting high, but I would not touch the known ones that already had their box office in the motion picture media.

Any book recommendation?

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A Progress

Look at that! I'm now in the 20th chapter and I don't know if things still make sense ever since the genesis of this blog. I hope you did enjoy those love advise that made you cringe and ask what this guy is talking about better to seek help from doctors, whatever.

One thing I was thinking about while running this tiny world is the financial aspect. Should I continue or not? Am I being creative or not? I want to write continuously per day para naman masulit ko yung $9 pero mukhang di ko talaga kaya once my creative mind passed out in the gutter.

This would be the last time I'll use the #weblog title and doing a sub-title para mas epic sakin anong iisipin ko na title, pambihira. The long titles are inspired by some Japanese light novels series that have almost a paragraph title and it's already the plot of the series itself.

One good example is my favorite, since I picked it up last December 2020. The series titled “The Cursed Prince Wants To Marry The Immortal Witch – She Can't Lift My Curse So Now I Have One Year To Make Her Fall For Me?!”, also known as Unnamed Memory which is the real title. It has 6 volumes of novel, already read 5 of it and currently running 3 manga volumes. The weeb mode was turned-on, I'm sorry, gomenasai!...but it's worth checking if you're into fantasy romance, yung My Happy Marriage maganda din! The novel series is now adapted to manga, anime, and live-action drama! STOP

That would be enough for the day, but it's already midnight as of writing and it's raining. I hope for all those who read my stuff. I hope you well and have blessed day. Thanks!

The Weeb Inside?

Weeb means a derisive term for a non-Japanese person who is so obsessed with Japanese culture that they wish they were actually Japanese. Arigato Google-san.

History

I started watching anime during my childhood days, thanks to the local TV networks. Back then there was no Netflix, Bilibili, Funimation, Crunchyroll or Youtube but they landed here. Voltes V became part of the Filipino culture.

The latter years of my grades school was the peak of it's time, like Ghost Fighter and Flame of Recca...as well Pokemon too, pero hindi ako gaano na-addict doon. I also skip church when Let's and Go was aired during Sundays. The anime consumption ended when I graduated and entered high school.

I also used to draw a lot back then, it also stopped due to frustration of I can't draw what I see...and I shifted the interested in other things. I don't regret it.

Revival

2020 lockdowns triggered to watched again some shows instead of endless boring K-dramas which I also did from the past years. It all started with Haruhi Suzumiya and the rest is history. That year, I still read some good books, and the focus shifted to light novels and mangas. I also tried reading visual novels but it was not for me.

Different Paths

It's really a different path but part of it is my interest in the JP culture and I already decide not to study Japanese. I cannot find the joy and lately medyo nauumay na ako and searching for a new path that supposed to be I was there.

This is just a quick log.

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