Fun HARRY POTTER and Myself FACTS:

When I was 11 (the same age that Harry entered Hogwarts), I started collecting all stuff that has Harry Potter on it. From bookmarks to ballpens to slumbooks to diaries to rulers to erasers, everything! Wand at broomstick na nga lang ata kulang sa collections ko. :) Eto pa, from Grade VI to 4th Year, my notebooks were all Harry Potter! Every year, kailangan talaga may Harry Potter something ako for school. 

Siguro if I also entered Hogwarts, malamang graduating na rin ako ng Wizardry. :) This movie and I literally grew up together so feeling ko talaga kababata ko sila. I know in my heart part sila how I grew up and how I lived my life.

Ang sarap lang kasi balikan ng mga happy childhood memories kaya I started watching again all the Harry Potter movies and I’m on Chamber of Secrets pa lang. It’s been 10 years and looking back, it was a really fun transition from being a child to being a teen and being an adult now with Harry, Ron, and Hermione growing up also. Feeling ko nga magkakaklase talaga kami eh! :p 

And it really saddens me that July 15 is fast approaching :’(. So many lessons in life I’ve picked up from the movie and I will treasure them all.

Thank you for sharing your life with my childhood Harry, Ron, Hermione and most especially to you, Mrs. Joanne Kathleen Rowling.  ♡♥♡♥ :*)

See you on July 15! :)

ps: all photos from TUMBLR!! i love tumbLr :) it has all the funniest and the prettiest Harry Potter pictures! yayyyy! ♥

TRUE LOVE WAITS TESTIMONIAL


PS: This is inspirational. :)

(click on the logo for the source)

By: Leslie Vergara, TLW Admin Staff & Volunteer Specialist

I never thought that when I reach the age of 24, I would long for affection, love and security from a man.

I’ve been working for True Love Waits Philippines for almost 2 years and I thought I knew everything about True Love Waits. But there’s really a big difference between knowing and feeling it. When I entered the ministry, I was sure that I don’t want to be in a relationship until I’m ready for marriage and have lived a fulfilled single life—which would probably be when I am almost 30. At the beginning of this year, a friend asked me, “Why do you always say that you are not ready?” I answered, “Maybe because I’m still young. I want to do a lot of things, and I am not ready for the responsibility of being a wife and mother. Plus, I haven’t met the one yet.” Then my friend said, “Well, last year I thought I want to marry this girl, but we were both young and there are a lot of things that we have to consider. Then after praying and thinking about it, we broke up and God changed my heart. I don’t want to marry that girl.” Then he continued, “You’ll never know when God is gonna change your heart, and you have to be ready.” That statement stuck in my head and true enough, after two or three months, I felt ready to be in a relationship.

I even thought I was ready for marriage. The only problem was that no one was seriously pursuing me at the time. I told my trusted friends how I feel and most of them were shocked to hear me say that I am ready for a commitment and the possibility of marriage (I was getting ahead of myself). I cannot blame them since I have never been in a bf-gf relationship and always see me as the “Maria Clara” of the group. Just when I thought I was ready for a commitment, a lot of challenges came up. I lost focus on important things in my life and found myself always excited to watch romantic movies or anything that has “love story” in it. I sometimes found myself wondering what it would be like to have someone hold my hand, buy me flowers, or just have a guy who would take care and love me more than a friend.

There had been times when I felt pressured to initiate a conversation to a guy I like, and it really surprised me because it’s a total opposite of what I believe—that it’s a guy’s job to pursue and lead a relationship.

The greatest challenge I had during these times was neglecting to put God first in my life. I was so busy thinking about myself: what I want and how I would get it. I had forgotten about my First Love. I had forgotten that I first found my ultimate satisfaction in God two years ago when I completely surrendered my hopes and dreams to Him. It was like finding the greatest treasure you can ever find that gives you joy, satisfaction, and peace.

I am not proud to say that God was replaced in my priorities for a short time, but I am always grateful to say that He is always faithful, patient, kind and very understanding.  I was constantly reminded by people around me to keep my focus on God and continue my intimate relationship with Him.

He greatly used the TLW staff and resource materials we have in the office to constantly remind me that our ultimate goal as followers of Christ is to have an intimate relationship with Him and everything will just follow.

I thought I was ready for marriage. But God revealed to me that I still have a lot to learn: There is a time for everything under heaven (Ecclesiastes 3). I never realized how immature I was until God taught me through my struggles and challenges that love is not about yourself but about other people. I thought I knew a lot of things about love but God displayed aspects of love by disciplining me and showing me that I have yet to learn so many things. There’s a void in our hearts that longs for love but no one in this world can really fill and satisfy it except God, the Creator of Love.

Now I am certain that it is our relationship with God matters most because love from people comes and goes, but only God’s love never fails and would last for eternity.

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I saw this testimony on the website of True Love Waits and I couldn't agree more. I think a lot of Christian singles out there felt exactly the same and I'm one of them.. There are times in my life when I'm letting myself be pressured to find and chase "the one" in a hurry because people around me kept on asking me about it and giving me their opinions where in fact it didn't help me at all.


Thankfully, I've been reading these kinds of testimonials lately which really strengthens my faith towards the promise of God that He knows what's best for me and that He already reserved a man just for me so I'll just have to be patient about everything. Right now, what I'm going to do is to focus more on bringing glory to His name because as a Christian, it is our ultimate goal and purpose in life - God's greater glory so His name will be exalted among the nations.


I love the message of this:

Finally! Some serious(?) blog post, my first for 2011. Yaaaay! :) I'm still under the holiDAZE spirit and my vacation that's why my brain's not functioning properly (hello, brain!) 6 days since the new year unfolds and one of my resolutions is to blog more often, here in blogspot and so I'm here, fulfilling my duty. Chozz. Though I'm still not in the mood for these stuff but I'll try really hard right now. :p

Now on to serious matter.. ~_^

I love January. I feel like it has the power to change you and have a fresh, new start. As what I've shared in my diary: parang may kakayahan ang bagong taon na baguhin ang anumang gusto mong baguhin sa buhay mo. So because everyone naman wants change in their lives, I'll share here my New Year's resolutionS. Napakarami nito because last year, I didn't make any so na-compile ng bonggang-bongga. ;) 

Hahaha! Ako na rin nagsabi it's SO impossible. Ang ambisyosa ko :))) BUT there's really no harm in TRYING. :) Actually nagagawa ko na yan ngayon yung 5 THINGS I AM GRATEFUL FOR. Everyday yan ha! :p

But what I really want to achieve is my complete attendance in Church every Sunday this whole year and the goal of having a closer relationship with the Lord. ♥ :*) Sana! *u*

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I'm gonna share also my 10-day vacation na masaya naman. :) One of the highlights of my holidays is CHREELCAFE being complete in New Year! Last year, I didn't spend my New Year there so di kami nabuo. Ngayon nga, kompleto kami kaya sobrang saya! :))

My vacation in pictures:

One of my favourite things that happened in my vacation is the chance to bond again with the kids (my pamangkins) which rarely happens that's why I embraced the moment with them. Masaya! :) Although I'm quite sad din kasi I never get the chance to see my grandparents :'(

This was Christmas day. Kaming tatlo lang nag-celebrate sa beach. It was fun naman kahit di kami complete. :)

We strolled around the town cuz it's our first since eternity. :p It was good because we get to see our past classmates and barkada's. :)

This was our Thanksgiving Celebration in Church. Family portrait! :)

Wala nang nakakilala sa akin, actually. Must be the hair? :p

This was New Year's eve! Ang saya, saya kasi I wished na sana ma-complete kami this New Year celebration and everyone was texting me kung ano plano but since it's late at night already, di na kami papayagan lumabas. Buti na lang parang nag-swakto lang din lahat. I initiated the meet-up and it was successful naman and sobrang exciting and exhilirating lang! Haha.. We joyride na kaming lima lang, gabing gabi na tapos sobrang dilim. Grabeng adventure. It was really one-of-a-kind-fun experience with them. Yaaaay! ♥ :)))

New Year's day mismo! Complete again. :) Ang saya kasi it was also the only opportunity na magkita-kita kaming magkakababayan. :) Holiday lang kasi ang only occassion na nagkikita-kita kaming magkaka-batch after how many years so we had a lot of FUN. Love, love! :)

The beach.

Wala lang. Na-trip ko lang pagpraktisan yung C3 ko. Chozz. Gosh, I want a lumix camera. Sana soooon... T_T

But... kayanin ko kayang maging photographer? Kahit hobby lang? Shy ako eh! :p Hihi! *u*

Anyway. Ayun na nga. My current theme song right now is: Ready to Love Again by Lady Antebellum. May story kasi yan kasama ng picture above. I'll share maybe later cuz I learned my lesson to keep quiet na lang muna.. ;) 

Asuuuus! Another chozzzz.. Hahahaha! :)))

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When vacation's finished, this welcomed me naman:

Ooooooh the cutest thing ever!!!!! I saw my first love for the very first time in my life!!!!! I'm so kilig. Hahaha! It was a really, really great show in the rain. What a way to welcome 2011, di baaa?!! Hihi! *u*

The fireworks at Gov. Baham's birthday.

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I like this photo affirming awesome 2011. :) Sana nga maging awesome ka talaga, 2011! I posted this in my facebook with a caption: another year, lots of new dreams ;)

Naaaaks! Why not di ba?! Go lang ng go! :*)

To end this extreme blog post, something to be thankful for from Our Daily Bread:

"What a comfort to know that God is always with us - we don't need to go through life alone."

Awww. ♥