Being a YEAST

      There are more than enough references as regards to anger or anger management.  In fact there are almost 46 million pages in google when you type "anger management". In spite of available resources to read and listening to people who are in authority to discuss the subject,  we are still hoping that we will live in a world minus anger.        How can we be spared for being a person with rage. The wisest man who ever lived wrote in Proverbs: Proverbs 22:24 Don’t befriend angry people or associate with hot-tempered people,                  25 or you will learn to be like them and  endanger your soul.      It is a little bit strong, yet who can argue with the Bible? This is God's word being described in the book of Hebrews.       Hebrews 4:12  For  the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the s...

      The king of fruit is available all year round in Davao City, but pronounced fruiting season comes two times in a year. Falling of fruits starts at March and end in May and the second wave August to October. During this season, the air will be filled with a strong scent of the Durian fruit.      As I passed by the streets of Davao, I was amazed to see fruits on the streets. I mean not on the usual fruit stand  but literally everywhere. Durian in a bukag (basket) This trike is full! Not of passengers but the king of fruits.       Since it is the beginning of season, prices are still high. Premium varieties are 100 PhP per kilo and native varieties at 90 PhP per kilo. As compared to 20 - 40 PhP per kilo.      On my next blog, I will share tips on how enjoy you first Durian experience.      See you.

I said hi, I got a smile and we instantly had a bond.  I tickled him in the ears and immediately he climbed at the table wiillingly to pose for a photograph. Checking if I am a genuine friend.  . Lets start! Are you my boss? I'm bored. I'm Hungry! I bet you can't do this. Wacky!!!!

Fourteen years ago When I said I do, with no conditions. Till death do we part. Fourteen years and counting I'm still excited, Waking up with you every morning. Fourteen years ago, When God put a stamp of approval. And stood a the most important witness. Fourteen years and counting, That I will cherish you,  Till my last breath. Fourteen years ago, I vowed to make you happy, No matter what it takes. Fourteen years and counting, I swear, ther is fire burning, When I hold your hands. Fourteen years strong, Thank God,  For adding another year.

This morning, while my 6 years old son is eating, I joined him at the breakfast table to have morning talks. Our conversation started like this: Yohanne: Daddy when you were upstairs what are you doing? Me: I am worshipping God in my guitar. Yohanne: Why Daddy? Me: Because I am a musician at church, I need to have my own time to worship God with my instrument.  How about you? Do you want also to worship God with what instrument? Yohanne:  Yes Daddy, I want to play guitar with you in church. Me:  I thought you like drums.  If you have your drums you need to practice, ok? Yohanne: Yeah, I will watch the DVD. (He was referring to this:  Me: If you listen to music, you need to listen to the drum part.  I opened the video on YouTube for us to listen to "This is Amazing Grace by Paul Wickham" Below is the YouTube link. https://youtu.be/XFRjr_x-yxU On the bridge of the song, the lyrics is this: "Worthy is the Lamb who ...

   Who can resist the scent of a rice field?      Not me, I grew up in the farm, my parents are hardworking farmers.  We were trained to work in the farm as young as we were able to swing a sickle or carry a bundle of tobacco leaves. In our place in Piddig, Ilocos Norte, it is a usual practice that sons and daughters of farmers help in the farm.  We we're not paid by the hour, but the benefit of being compensated compared to the training on how to persevere, is more than money could offer.  The psychological Impact, when your sweat drips due to heavy toil in the farm totally differs rather than, that on the gym.  My parents exposed us to that kind of training for us siblings appreciate the value of hard work, perseverance and patience.  When hard toil comes we are already forged physically and emotionally tempered to withstand lfe's challenges.      I find comfort sitting beside the irrigation canal, watching emerald waves...

     I had my checkup at the Doctors clinic today, the clinical clerk check my BP and it is 120/80.  It is now my 8th year free from Hypertension. Praise and Glory to the Lord our Healer.       I was diagnosed of Hypertension on the summer of 2006.  What made it worse is I already have Left Ventricular Hyperthropy (LVH) in common language term, I have a heart enlargement due to an overworked heart.  This too was confirmed through 2D Echo.  I was under medication with Telmisartan (Pritor) 40mg.  That was my past clinical history. Now I have a brand new heart.       For me it was a struggle between faith and knowledge. I was trained from a U.S. company to sell cardiovascular drugs.  For 7 years I communicate to doctors, benefits of taking hypertensive drugs.  How can I forget Hypertension is a lifelong disease.  Once you have it the tendency of reversing it, is impossible.  Doctors management is...

     You are fourteen thousand nine hundred seventy four days old today. Wow that's lots of days in this world.  I can't even count it with my fingers, including my toes.  But that doesn't mean your are old.  It means you have more wisdom added to your hard drive.       To document this special day here is your picture taken by Yohanne.      What I am praying is the for you to live for another nineteen thousand more days.  That your prayers will be answered and may all your dreams come true.  May we grow old together and enjoy the grandchildren.      Happy Birthday and I Love You Very Much.             

   To those who appreciate the beauty in every sunset. This is not the best picture available.  While to others who will just consider it as the same sunset happening everyday, not your cup of tea for now. Sunset at Sumifru, Tibungco c2014                    Now consider it boring and unreasonable on why we chase sunsets or just simply fascinated  with the round sunny side up digging itself on the sea horizon or to the mountain ranges.  What benefits a person just simply amazed by the changing colors as it bids goodbye.       As a lover of the creator, His creation is rather perfect, until was broken. Our temporary home will always show us amazing sunsets, as long as it rotates in and  moves around the sun.      Industrial sunsets are rare encounters where, In spite of a very hectic work schedule.  Amidst tall cold storage buildings, I paused and capture th...

      This is just plain and simple observation, not back up by research and statistics.  It might be biased since it is just my opinion.        Every night as I am driving home, I am making it sure that I will not miss an audio broadcast  of GMA 7 and ABS-CBN 2 news from my preset radio, guess who is No. 1 in the memory?  News content are almost the same from both stations, it's 90% bad news and exaggerared controversies.           My observation, this has been the industry practice and it has never been changed through the years.  Is it because audience will prefer to watch news items with impact on imagination, rather than intellect? Stirring negative emotions rather than emphaty? I heard one speaker mentioned, that marketing is all about imagination.  If it can captivate emotion and imagination the tendency is a higher percentage of memory recall. Which will lead to loyalty in services, med...

There are special things we love do. Not for our own benefit but to someone we LOVE.  Here are my 13 things I love to do for/with you.  Why 13? Because we are celebrating 13 years of Love this month. 1.  Buy you flowers. 2.  Travel with you. 3.  Swimming on the beach with you. 4.  Praying for you. 5.  Worship with you. 6.  Watch movies with you. 7.  Star gazing with you. 8.  Chasing the sunset with you. 9.  Cooking your favorite dish. 10.  Playing games with you. 11.  Give you a massage. 12.  Buy your favorite fruit. 13.  Drink coffee with you. Happy 13 years!

      My travel today is not my regular business trip.  It is to pay respect to a very dear woman.  A woman who is never tired of doing good.  Good not to benefit herself, and family but for the community.  A woman who defines sacrifice by doing it, because her heart understands the plight of the communities who needs help.      I am talking about this person in this news item.  http://bulatlat.com/main/2014/09/09/development-worker-killed-in-abra-encounter/ Call all negative emotions to describe the impact of her loss is my present emotional state. Our last visit to Baguio with my family was last Holy Week 2014, I don't know by then, it  was our last fellowship together.  Whenever she knows we're going to the North she never fails to ask to drop by Baguio City. She never fails to ask how are the kids doing? But most specially to our angel. The moment she learned we're dropping by, She constantly coo...

There is nothing new under the sun. We can read that  in the book of Ecclesiastes.  Since we are mortal beings we will surely pass this earth in our lifetime. What makes it challenging, is we don't know WHEN?  Many of us are in denial of this timeframe. Others do not want to talk about this either.  But listen to what God is saying with regard to this topic.   "Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom." Psalm 90:12 NIV).   How to number our days?  According to World Health Organization (WHO) data, " 70 years was the average life expectancy at birth of the global population in 2012" . Numbering our days is simply subtracting 70 to your present age.  In my case I have 9,855 days or 328.5 months or 27 years EXPECTED remaining days.  What is the importance of knowing this? Imagine yourself in a doctors clinic and diagnosed of ALS. Why ALS? It is because of that viral ice bucket challenge? I used this example because being d...

So sad to see christian events being marketed like a POWER BRAND. Convention announcements bearing the name of the Leader with no name of JESUS at all. In the New Testament, we can read a perfect example of an opportunity for Peter and John to SHINE. In Acts 3:12-26, instead of taking credits for themselves, they change the direction of the SPOTLIGHT to JESUS. Another is our reason in going to church. Which is better together or MEETING with the ONE TRUE KING? There is nothing wrong with HYPED MARKETING tag lines, what's wrong is sending a different focus apart from the true purpose of going to church. Acts 2 depicts the creation of the first Christian Church. Beginning in verse 17 to 36 Peter talked about JESUS alone, he did not talked about being a member of a group, or joining a boot camp for 3days. But Peter just simply pointed everyone to the Messiah our Saviour. Being in church alowed them to experience the goodness of God, seing miracles of healing, deliverance, ...

 Goodbye chair! I will not surely miss you, but will not forget you. White Multipurpose Chair You are like my BEST FRIEND who is always there, from day 1 to day 6. As if you heard when doctors declared "platelet today is 41, but always giving hope that it will go up soon because WBC is at 5.2".  Maybe you will not miss my anointed Pastor who is the visitor who purposely sat on you. For sure you remain stationary, when blood pressure dropped to 90/60. When there was a struggle for breathing, and ordered the XRay to be immediately done inside the room. (Note: it is not covered by HMO and it's not cheap). When the radiologist published results that there is a possible lung infection. Maybe if you have a brain, it can not process the outcome of someone having a dengue virus + nosocomial pneumonia  (hospital acquired pneumonia categorized as deadly). However God's wisdom is on the super cool Doctor, saying it is not a lung infection. The ordeal of low platel...

The Lord is good and has been proven long before by the nation Israel. He is the same yesterday,today and forever. Psalm 126:5-6 NLT Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. They weep as they go to plant their seed, but they sing as they return with the harvest. The idea of "Giving til it hurts" is not only a preachers jargon. But it is God's word of promises to us. That if we are faithful in our giving we will soon harvest with joy and singing. Now it is time to try, to give til you cry.  — at  Sammy Suites .

Prescriptions are not only for the physical body but also for  our soul. Remember we are tripartite, this means we have body, soul and spirit.  Our soul refers to our emotions, intellect and will. We should not neglect the condition of our soul.  Because our soul is like a mirror to our being.  Proverbs clearly points out specifics why  we need to read Proverbs once a day. Did you know that the book of Proverbs has 31 Chapters? Reading this book synchronized with the calendar, simply means you will be able to read this book 12 times in a year.  Below are reasons why we need to read God's. word. Proverbs 1:2-4 NLT Their purpose is to teach people wisdom and discipline, to help them understand the insights of the wise. Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives, to help them do what is right, just, and fair. These proverbs will give insight to the simple, knowledge and discernment to the young. It is comple...

Psalm 135:6 NIV The Lord does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths. If we have this knowledge and acknowledge His sovereignty in all His creation, we will limit our questions on why things happen. Out heart should always have the humility to acknowledge God in all His Power and Splendor. All Praises and Glory to God Almighty. posted from Bloggeroid

RedOrangeYellowGreenBlueIndigoViolet      I was walking one afternoon coming from a warehouse visit when this perfect rainbow was painted in the sky.  I will always associate this natural phenomena as God's way of keeping His promises.          In  Genesis 9:  12-13 The rainbow that I have put in the sky will be my sign to you and to every living creature on earth. It will remind you that I will keep this promise forever.   14 When I send clouds over the earth, and a rainbow appears in the sky,  15 I will remember my promise to you and to all other living creatures. Never again will I let floodwater's destroy all life.  16 When I see the rainbow in the sky, I will always remember the promise that I have made to every living creature.  17 The rainbow will be the sign of that solemn promise.       We often made lots of promises to everyone, it might be to a love one, a friend or ...

Y EARS OF L IFE: M ORE IN L OVE Efren Tagudan Salvador In a billion of faces, you are most special Seeing you in the morning makes me smile You make my heart beat, like a horse running a mile In my heart it burns like a fire. Life with you has a lot of meaning Being with you never made me boring. That even you don’t stop snoring I will still keep loving you and never ending. You will live in a million years Please lived it with the Lord with fear. For there is no better life I know Than to be with the one who created you. As for me your better half, I will make you my queen and will never stop. To commit to the love we shared,  twill age like rock. Where season's will just leave a mark. Our dreams and future will tell How Good our God is to dwell. That in His presence we swell Like living waters filling our well. I will Love you till the end. As I promised and it will not bend. Till death I will stay and will not fray ...