I was so glad that again my article for The Academic Tribune (TAT) is now due for publication (to be out next month). This was my second attempt and I am so happy that it won their approval again. I haven't got hold yet of my complimentary copy of the previous issue, I just saw it online. 


My next article was drafted by the time I got the text from their staff that the Board approved my first article (it was almost late at night). Then it so happened that few days from that, I had an encounter with someone of a higher rank from my workplace. It doesn't happened just once but many many times already (not with the same person of course). It's all about professionalism and the main issue was on how should "real" professionals behave among their fellow workers especially those who are at the bottom rank. It was just so devastating to think that it only took me less than an hour to complete the drafted article. It was really my prayer that such article will be approved and read by those kind of people.


It's so amusing to think that if you are in a certain situation which you can really relate, writing about it becomes easier. Why? Because you felt what you wrote. Your heart was into it. The ideas just overflow in your mind and before you notice it, you're already done.


So, that's it. I will keep you posted once it was already out for public reading. 
Ciao!

I used to believe that life is arbitrary. You'll never know what lies ahead of you and what to expect in the future. We may have the ability to plan ahead but we cannot have the full assurance of its realization.

Until now, I still believe on that thing. I have lots of plans in my head, most of it are concerning the welfare of my baby. But again I do not know what the future would bring to us and to our baby. All I could do now is to put all my trust to God praying that He will bless all our plans and may His will prevail. My baby grows fast and we love it. We are also moving to a new location hoping that this time it would be a better place for all of us. I am praying that our decision is right and everything will fall in accordance to God's will for us.

Would you care to pray for us as well?

Today, the people of the United States of America celebrates their Independence Day. I remember back in my Elementary years that July 4 was once declared as Philippines' Independence Day but reverted back to June 12 for some reasons. Well, it's not about the date, it's all about the thoughts and how people really understood it.

Talking about Independence, many people are still craving for it. They are craving for that what we call total independence, freedom from any slavery. Slavery takes many form. It not only literally refers to those low paying maidservants who were being enslaved by their masters. It could mean to any individual who were being slaved with their own shortcomings. Slavery to vices, bad attitude, bad reputations, jealousy and too many to mention them all. I, myself is a slave of negative thoughts, of being so pessimistic. I long for total freedom from it but somehow I need more time, more courage and more faith to overcome it. I know it's not only me who went through this ordeal. You too. Maybe you could relate with me. Whatever it is, let's fight our way to total freedom. WE CAN DO IT! With God's help, everything is possible.

Happy Independence Day!

♫ I'm broke but I'm happy, I'm poor but I'm kind... ☺♫

That's a line from the song "One Hand In My Pocket" by Alanis Morissette. There's a hint of irony in there so to speak. How could you be possibly happy when you are totally broke? How can you possibly be kind when you have nothing else to give? Well, you can really think of these when all you have in mind is money and all those other material things. 

But what will you do if you wake up one day and found out that everything you've got in your pocket is just one peso? Yes it is true that for times like this, you need to look up and seek for God's help. God sees and He knows. But you just cannot stay calm and wait for miracles that money will be poured right into your doorsteps. You need to do something. Honestly, you can't really help but get worried when all you have is yourself and your one peso coin. What if you have mouths to feed? You will surely get panic especially if you are the only one who can provide food on the table.

Situation like this is so hard to bear. Many said that it takes faith to overcome such ordeals. Faith that God will never ever leave us nor let us sleep with an empty stomach. But sometimes, prayer alone is not enough. We need to do something out of the wisdom that God has given us. After we pray, it is not wrong if we seek for help from those people whom we thought could really help us. We will know that God is working with our plan when the people whom we sought for help will willingly extend his/her hands and heart to us without any hesitation. 

We can still be happy even if we are penniless as long as we knew that there are people whom God has given to us who are willing to help us along the way. We can also be kind even if we thought we are poor by being good to others even if they seems acted otherwise for us. And with that, Alanis Morissette could be right with her line:

♫ I'm broke but I'm happy, I'm poor but I'm kind... ☺♫