12 posts tagged “happiness”
December is a busy month yet it seems like everything just comes so smoothly during this particular month.....Like every Filipino would get excited about the coming celebrations it offers and everyone learns to offer a gift with one another.....although my real wish for us would be to become humble like what Jesus had shown us from the time of His birth and until now....We should be humble enough in asking blessings from God and in giving what we have to others....We should be thankful to all the gifts God has given us....Be thankful on what we have now and do not ask for too much....and share to others the blessings He has given us....
This afternoon we went out to eat and sang with my co-workers....Well they were soo crazy and doing lots of things to distract one another....When it's my turn to sing I know they would make fun of me as well....but I was so engrossed with the song I'm singing(don't really have a nice voice) that I didn't mind whatever crazy things they did to distract me...haha blame it on the music....Well it was like I was the only one singing on that room^^....and they gave up on teasing me coz they just can't destroy my concentration^^....I don't know music really makes me forget whatever problems I have during the day....I just love the one who discovered music even though I don't sing so well^_~
Saturday is bonding time.....It's so nice to belong to a big family coz when you get together it's always like a reunion already....And what else could make the day complete....Of course the kids.....Oh the kids are noisy...but it's just ok coz they usually are high pitched ^^.....but they surely make our day and our home brighter.....
We've had lots of bday celebrations last April and this month of May....and as always those who get so excited are those little kids we have at home.....So during my Mom's bday we decided to buy balloons so that the kids will have something to spend their time with when the celebration gets to fit in with the old folks....Although my Mom gets her share of "fights" when those kids become "irritable" or noisy already, she was so happy to have the kids around on her bday coz the very first people who greeted her and gave her simple tokens were the kids^^.....My niece Ella even bought a simple hairpin and 3 pieces of snow beer(menthol candy^^) for her grandma....Those little things really mean so much to us.....
Nevertheless we manage to celebrate those special occasions with our love ones....I guess families should be like this always....whether it's just a simple Saturday like this we should always find quality time with our love ones....even a simple meal and celebration will do....
What a day it has been!.....I was so touched with the kids during our graduation.....and hats off too to our parents for the caring, nurturing they've given to the kids.....Even Ronald was there who shed tears of joy (the one that I had mentioned in my blog with so many problems).....He has been suffering from the negligence of his parents towards him....yet he decided on his own to join our graduation day....after suffering from an operation and a suicide attempt....I don't understand how parents could neglect their own blood and couldn't see the promise of hope in their children's eyes....He could be cured only if the parents had been more responsible....Though on a positive note I witnessed how some parents support their children despite the poverty they are experiencing......We should find ways to help our children in our own humble ways.....Even the least of our brothers have the potential to become great someday.....
I would also like to thank all my students for this school year.....We've shared so many happy moments together.....and thank you also for bearing with me^^ coz at times some lessons get so boring already....including me^^.....So thank you especially to Nneka who cried this morning.....this girl is just an average student yet she is just so adorable....and Myek by the way she is my buddy's pupil yet she is so "sipsip" to me^^.....Thank you also to Strawberry, the most humble of all , to John Paul, Christian, and Alexes for they just kept silent when I had lost my temper on them and got a share of my "Will you shut up or else" look^^.....To Karla ,Eduardo,Michaela who wouldn't leave the room unless things are in proper order.....To Vangelyn (who sings for me always and is soo sweet).....To all those who were soft spoken and shy.....I do understand you as well^^.....and you are in my heart always^^.....This past school year has been a blessing and I thank God for it^^
I'm a little bit sad T_T...I don't know why?.... Maybe because I miss this someone a lot^^....but I'm trying to be happy....It's good that there are lots of things to do in school....and at home....
It helps to have a blog I guess so we can express our true feelings ^^....I knew also that sometimes it's better just to keep quiet, to be alone for a while....and it also helps us understand ourselves more....or maybe do other things besides blogging which matter most in this world....and spend quality time with our selves and our loved ones.....
Well I have to prepare myself now and go to school....I need to administer a long test today to the kids....Well we all have our own tests in life everyday isn't it?...but in a different way^^
Can you imagine life without Christmas? As a Filipino here are some of the things we might miss....
1. Noche Buena.....sharing a decent meal or whatever we can afford with our families after attending a midnight mass at Christmas....
2. Simbang Gabi.....we usually have holy masses for nine days every night in preparation for Christmas....
3. Kris Kringle....sharing gifts with friends and family....
4. Christmas Carols....some civic organizations and young people visit and serenade homes with Christmas songs usually for a good cause.....
5. Pagmano sa Ninong at Ninang....Filipino tradition of receiving gifts from godparents....
6. Family reunions....the best time to be with our families.....
7. Lechon, queso de bola, bibingka, puto bumbong, kalamay and other finger foods abound...."busog talaga" to the max^^
8. Christmas lights, Christmas lanterns, Christmas trees could be found mostly in Filipino homes whether in rural or urban areas....almost anywhere.... on the streets, malls, etc....
9. Christmas shoppings, bargains are always available.....everyone is happy I guess^^.....
10. Lastly it's the best time to reconcile with family members and friends.....a time to humble ourselves.....
These are some of the wonderful things Christmas offer to us.....maybe some of them will be or might not be within our reach.....still I want Christmas to stay forever.....to be in our hearts always.....
This morning I had to review Ella my niece because of her exams for tomorrow.....She's in Grade two now and she is soooo "makulit".....Actually she wanted to play first before doing the review.....Since most of us are "oldies"^^ at home she can't find someone of her age to play with.....Oh she was crying and asked all of us her aunts to play with her the "hep hep hurrayyy!!!"....So in order for her not to cry anymore......we agreed^^.....Me, my sister Tess, her Dad, and my sister Nona played as if we were her playmates^^.....Actually a day before she was playing with the children of her mother's cousins....so she really had a good time with them so when she went home yesterday to us....she had no one of her age to play with T_T..(her cousins on our side were grown ups already).....Well I don't know why most of us have become old maids already^^though the youngest Lorna I think is getting married next year^^....Maybe we are too close as a family^^I think....So poor Ella^^.....I hope my other sisters should marry nowT_T.....so that Ella will have more cousins^^.....as for me I still don't know^^.....Well.....I just leave it up to the One up there^^
Here is a picture of Ella now at seven years old......
Oh my....what do we really need to make us happy?....Probably we knew already what could make us happy....but how come there are still so many lonely people in the world...
Yes....maybe a few of us knew but most of us don't .....We don't really seek for true happiness.....Why?.... because we are unnatural....We seek for artificial happiness, not those which are lasting.....That is why in the end we lose....how can you win when all you do is do whatever you want even if it isn't right....Yes....maybe you can deceive others but not yourself.....It is us who create our own unhappiness....by embracing those which are not pleasing to God....
So make ways to accept God's will....How can we be so stubborn....just because we are so secured.....Right now seek for true happiness.....Let's add more happy people in the world^^
Tomorrow we shall have classes again.....It's gonna be a busy day for us again....Actually it's our advanced holiday today....our National Heroes Day.....The whole family is here^^......It was a tiring day yet we always have fun together^^....
Saturdays and Sundays are busy days for us....even the entire weekdays....So everyday we all work and my Mother will be left home(she is able to walk well again...thank God^^) with my older sister, brother and my sister in law.....but in the evening it's gonna be like you are in the city^^....We are 7 girls and 2 boys in the family....I'm the 3rd youngest in the family....There are only three among us who are already married as of now.....OMG!^^.....The youngest I think will get married maybe next year^^.....I only have three nieces, one nephew....and one grandson.....One of my two brothers is away from home... He is in Riyadh with his wife....They have no kids yet after long years of marriage T_T.....We told them to adopt....maybe they'll do when they'll come back in the Phils. Now he is planning to be back in the Phils. coz they miss us already^^......So it's gonna be a big big reunion again next year I think!.....
Everyday is like a celebration.... I spend quality time I may say with my family....They are as loving^^ and funny as I am^^.....
