Zel-Attitude: October 2005...anything goes...

Sunday, October 30, 2005

BCBP Las Piñas Chapter CLP 35


I first attended BCBP (Brotherhood of Christian Businessmen and Professionals) Tacloban City Chapter Breakfast Meeting sometime in November 2000 through the invitation of a good friend and supervisor of mine, Joy Cadano from Bayantel Tacloban Branch, then later attended and graduated the CLP (Christian Life Program) and became a regular BCBP Member of Tacloban City Chapter until I came back here in Manila last year. I attended the BCBP Las Piñas City Chapter Breakfast Meeting for the first time on January 8 of this year and became a regular and active member of the Music Minstry.

Right now, BCBP LP is on it's 3rd month of CLP 35, wherein I serve thru the Music Ministry. Last week was the Baptism of the Holy Spirit wherein I played the keyboard. I am very much blessed and grateful to serve and experince the baptism again. The event was well attended and it was a very solemn and highly spiritted one.

I am very much hopeful and prayerful that all of the CLP 35 participants will finish it up to the commitment day and eventually become regular BCBP LP Members and also serve through the various ministries where they are being called to. I pray too that this event will serve as a reminder to all of the old BCBp Members to serve again through these ministries.

"Indeed the harvest are many but the workers are few."

posted by Hezel @ 3:08 PM Comments: 0

Saturday, October 22, 2005

Proud To Be Pinoy!



Most of us know that our candidate won the recent Ms. International 2005 but what was most memorable about this event and which is worth sharing to the whole world was the way she answered a sarcastic and a seemingly negative question about the Filipinos. I just do hope that everyone of us Filipinos have this kind of attitude.

Here it goes:
"Mabuhay! Representing the democratic and freedom loving people of the pearl of the orient, I am PRECIOUS LARA QUIGAMAN, from the beautiful country of THE PHILIPPINES"

The Question:
"what do you say to the people of the world who have typecasted Filipinos as nannies?"

The Answer:
"I take no offense on being typecasted as a nanny. But i do take offense that the educated people of the world have somehow denigrated the true sense and meaning of what a nanny is. Let me tell you what she is. She is someone who gives more than she takes. She is someone you trust to look after the very people most precious to you - your child, the elderly, yourself. She is the one who has made a living out of caring and loving other people. So to those who have typecasted us as nannies, thank you. It is a testament to the loving and caring culture of the Filipino people; and for that, I am forever proud and grateful of my roots and culture."

Mabuhay ang Filipino!

posted by Hezel @ 10:14 PM Comments: 0

Friday, October 21, 2005

Be A Friend

After reading the things happening in here at blogosphere (Just click these links to find out:The Boundaries of Friendship, Ethel's Blog, Nao's Comments, To Nao Tuazon, My Dog & Me, I'm Not My Bestfriend's Chihuahua), I suddenly got discouraged and wondered if I'd just discontinue my not-so-mature hobby of blogging (3 months). But then again, my primary reason why I started blogging came to my memory (click here), so I thought why should I be bothered and influenced by those people? I shouldn't forget that there are also a bunch of no-nonsense bloggers out there who have been an inspiration to most of us, who have touched other people's lives by their posts and personal experiences and even their inner thoughts, feelings and ideas. Most of us have met each other through blog-hopping only, but I know we couldn't consider that as deep friendship but somehow, there are those who really leave a mark in our hearts which could equal (or almost) the feeling we have for our real friends and in fact some became even closer that even if they haven't met in person yet the could share things which we don't normally do with our tangible friends.

So all I can say to those concerned, try to be a friend, not an enemy, be cool, don't get too excited on biting someone without even thinking if you really do have reason to. Cast a bread, not a stone. Be angry but do not sin.

posted by Hezel @ 6:31 AM Comments: 0

Friday, October 14, 2005

Angels in Papua New Guinea

I couldn't help but post my friends' newsletter - Carreon Chronicles (click to read the newsletter), which I received yesterday from Tito Joey, the better half of my good friend-teacher back in college, Ma'am Ayee. They lived in the US for almost a decade with their 2 kids, Janine and Joseph, but they're in Papua New Guinea now and work for God as missionaries

Ma'am Ayee (and Ma'am Tess Mendoza - also my college teacher-friend) are two of those whom I consider God-sent, my angels here on earth. They were the few people back in college who taught me how to really read the Bible and introduced to me how God is like.

Early this morning, I dreamed that I was also with them in PNG working for God as a missionary. It was so vivid, so real-like, I could almost feel how it is like to become a missionary. A few months ago, I had the chance to talk to Fr. John Flynn - a missionary priest from Finland. We had talked about how one can become a missionary but he said everyone are missionaries in one way or another, in our daily lives, to our immediate families, friends, co-workers, neighbors and even to strangers we meet everyday. Doing good, showing kindness, lending our ears, extending our hands, making a difference in other people's lives...we're already doing missionary works. Well, of course, leaving home ang going to a strange land to serve other people is also another thing, which I think is really a very noble and not very easy thing to do but for those who consider God's people above self, wow!

For us who don't have a speacial calling...let's be missionaries too in every simple way we can to help make the world a better place to live in. After all, isn't that what's life is all about? (Read: Cast A Bread).

posted by Hezel @ 6:36 AM Comments: 0

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Tag! I'm It!

I was just wondering what's this "tag" thing all about when suddenly I got a mail from Berrymom. I have just been tagged. She told me that this is what I have to do...

1. Go into your archives.
2. Find your 23rd post.
3. Post the fifth sentence (or closest to it).
4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions.
5. Tag five other people to do the same thing.

But I don't have 23rd post here yet. Well, I do have 23rd post in my other blog - Hezel's Haven, but it has got only few lines so I decided to write the fifth line from that post entitled Cast A Bread. (Click here to read it). And since I don't have that much posts here yet, I chose my 5th post entitled Less Blogged ^.^. Here it goes...

"For my visitors and readers most especially of Hezel's Haven , which is my first and favorite blog, I would still try to update it as frequent as possible"

Now, Berrymom tells me that I have to tag 5 people, so here they are... (I'm sorry guys, but I have to do this.)

Simply Me, Aika
Nicole's Pink Box
My Story
Heartless Desires
Peaceful Selah

I hope I don't get tagged over and over again...I better hide. But where to? Haha!

posted by Hezel @ 9:26 AM Comments: 0

Monday, October 10, 2005

Can't Even Think Of A Title

Well, I'd like to thank Darlene for giving me an idea on what to post this week 'cuz like her, i just got so stuck with work, then again a lame excuse, that I got lesser and lesser time to update my 2 blogs and i run out of ideas. actually, i always run out of ideas lately, can't even focus, all i can think of is "rest and sleep". I barely have time to just even rest because aside from my two jobs, I am also taking up MA NURSING and i tutor keyboard and guitar playing. I am also an acive member of BCBP Music Ministry (busy body huh?). Well, I am just making up for the lost times when I was still stuck up with a very bad relationship.

O'ryt! Here's the test I decided to take too after reading Darlene's Blogpost entitled Another One of Those. If you got time, why don't you try it too and find out your heart's age.

You Are 24 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.

13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.

20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.

30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!

40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

posted by Hezel @ 8:22 PM Comments: 1

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Amazing, Huh?

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid - aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Uinervtisy of Cmabrigde , it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt!

posted by Hezel @ 8:11 PM Comments: 2