The Doomed Chain Letters!

Punyemas namang mga tao at walang magawa sa buhay, panay ang browse sa internet at check ng email nila, and most of the rubbish they got sya pang pinu-forward! Katulad na lang ng mga natanggap kong forwarded messages today, puro mga walang kwenta, at meron pang mga threats katulad na lang ng bad lucks, death in the family, sickness in the family, etc. etc. etc.

I have received so many emails like this, so they called chain letters. Even before the internet world nuong ako ay nasa elementary pa lang, nakakatanggap na ako ng mga ganito, and I am proud to say, that anything like this, has got to stop on me. I have never forwarded it to anyone. Ano ako, messenger? Tanga? at tagahawak ng tadhana? I refuse to take the responsibility. PERIOD! FULL STOP! Once it reaches me, it will never be passed again. I am so sorry for those of you, stupid people, who got my email address, and uses it for something like this, you can not tell me nor dictate me what to send or who to email.

Ako'y nababanas kapag ako ay nakakatanggap ng mga ganitong uri ng kalokohan. Para bang sinasabi ng mga walang kwentang messages na ito, na ang kapalaran ko ay nasusulat sa isang email lang. For all I believe, from the moment I was created, no one BUT GOD ALONE holds my future. So why would I forward so many copies to my friends and contacts, and bother them, or perhaps even send them a threat? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Of course nungka! I am a responsible keeper of my contacts and addresses, kaya I do not send them such garbage and nonsense stuff.

And should I say, wala pa namang nangyayaring masama sa akin at sa aking mga loveones, afterall those years na nakakatanggap ako ng mga ganito. And I am more than 100% sure na wala talagang effect ang mga ganitong kalokohan. Katulad ng sinabi ko kanina, ang Maykapal lang ang may hawak ng ating kinabukasan, kaya Siya lang din ang nakakaalam ng tadhana ng bawat isa. Kung nagkataon at may nangyaring di kanais-nais sa akin o sa aking mga mahal, hinding-hindi ko iisipin na dahil ito sa walang kwentang mensahe ng isang walang kwentang email na ipinorward ng isang walang kwentang tao sa akin! Ang aking pananampalataya sa Panginoon ang siyang magbabantay sa akin at sa aking kasambahay sa araw at gabi.

Eto ang aking diskorso sa mga ganitong bagay; kung ikaw ay nakatanggap ng ganitong chain mails, ipo-forward mo ba? Bakit? Para matanggap mo ang biyaya at makaiwas sa sakuna at malas na kakambal ng sulat na iyon? Hindi mo ba naisip na kapag ipinorward mo ang mail na yun, ikaw na ang pinanggalingan ng "CURSE" of that email? Why, because you send it because of your selfish thoughts. Hindi mo ba alam na kapag nagsalita ka ng curse to anyone, it brings curse to that someone, and if you say blessings to anyone, that someone would be blessed. So why all these emails have curse at the end of it? Hindi ba pwedeng blessing lang or kaya kung talagang meron kang mensahe na warning, warning lang at wala ng etseboretse at kalokohang ganito, in fact all these nonsense emails that I got, I just trash it and forget about it, because I just viewed it as a curse in total, kaya di ko na siya pino-forward, bakit pa ako mandadamay ng mga nananahimik ng mga tao sa contacts ko, di ba? If I am doomed, let it just be me, no one else. But as I said, I have a great faith in GOD, and I always rebuke this kind of mails.

Kung minsan tuloy, naiisip ko, sana magakaroon naman ng kaunting talino ang mga taong nagpapadala ng mga ganitong klaseng emails, wala na ba kayong magawang mas may kabuluhan pa kaysa magforward at magforward ng mga ganito. Kung ako sa inyo at eto lang pinagkakaabalahan nyo sa internet at email services nyo, better shut your computer off and do something more worthwhile, nakatipid ka pa ng kuryente at oras mo.

Ang Tagal Na

Ang tagal tagal ko na ring di nakapagpost dito. Sa hirap ng buhay, araw-araw kailangang kumayod, hindi lang according to my schedule, kundi maniobrahin ang sariling rota, at baka pwede pang isingit ang nicely paid overtimes such as night shifts, weekend shifts, and some shifts with unsocial hours. Huh, buhay ng nurse dito sa abroad. Kayod dito, at doon, trabaho ng early shift 7-3 pahinga hanggang alas otso ng gabi tapos pasok sa overtime night shift 10pm to 8 AM, at kung medyo malakas pa tuhod at sinuwerte, uuwi lang para matulog, at babalik ulit for the late shift, 3pm to 10 pm. Otherwise, pag di kaya, phone in sick.

Well, di ko sinasabi na madalas akong mag off sick. Honest akong tao no? Kapag ako nagkasakit, talagang may sakit. Hindi katulad ng kakilala ko, dati ko siyang friend, ngayon hindi na....eh aba, binibilang sa sarili nya ang kanyang sick times, at masama ang loob nya kapag sa isang buwan ay di siya nakakapag off sick....sayang naman daw at entitled naman daw tayo to paid sick leave. Oo nga naman, bakit ka magpapakahirap magtrabaho, kung pwede ka naman magshopping somewhere far para di ka makita... Nag enjoy ka na, bayad ka pa... Ano yun????? Prosti!

Pero hanga din ako sa ibang kababayan na todo kayod, para lang may maipadala sa Pinas sa mga mahal sa buhay, pero kung minsan parang umaabuso din mga loveones diyan sa Pinas. Porke may nag-aabrud sa pamilya, feeling e may gripo na sila ng pera... na kapag may gusto e bukas lang ng bukas, kung minsan pa nga pinababayaan pang tumatagas lang. Aba eh, sa totoo lang, kung mayroon lang opurtunidad dyan sa PI na katulad dito sa abrud, hinding-hindi ako mag-iisip na dumayo dito, no? OO nga't malaki ang palitan ng pera dito kapag naipadala diyan, pero naman, di ibig sabihin e lahat ng sinasahod namin e kailangan i-convert nyo at saka nyo iisipin na wow,.... almost quarter of a million pesos pala ang kinikita namin in a month. Kung ako ang titingin sa figure, talagang mapapalaway ako... pero di ba namin kailangan magbayad ng bahay, tax, kumain, at magdamit dito? Nakausap ko nga ang aking magulang minsan, at ikinukumpara ang padala ko sa kanila (peace tayo pang, example lang ito. alam ko mababasa mo rin ito) kaysa sa kapitbahay na nag-aabrud din. Bakit daw nakapagpatayo na sila ng mansyon, at bongga ang buhay ng mga loveones doon, samantalang ako, bihira ang padala, at ni isang improvement sa amin ay wala akong ginawang project, well, liban sa pagpapaaral sa kapatid. Ako ay nag-isip, ang aking sahod at gastos dito, pag may natira, tama lang pambili ng saplot. Imagine, sa isang taon dito, ilang beses mag-bago ng weather, at siyempre, ibagay mo ang gamit sa kumportable ka.... alangan naman magjacket ka ng pang winter, eh spring na o kaya autum palang, o kaya mag summer clothes ka sa pagkaginawginaw na paligid, aba eh, di lang katawan mo ang magkakasakit, pati utak mo na rin ay mababaliw, lalung lalo na sa kalungkutan.... natural gagawa ka ng paraan para makausap mo sila hala sige, kuha ka ng cellphone, telephone, at internet para lang may means of communication ka.... dagdag gastos, at kahit anong pag-iisip ang gawin ko at pag dagdag bawas sa maths ang kalkulahin ko, wala pa rin.... Unless I will do something else, katulad ng ginagawa ng iba riyan, nagpuputa! Pasensiya na di ko masikmura ang bagay na iyan. Conservative ako ano? Kaya kahit hirap ang buhay, angat ang noo ko. Wala akong itinatagong baho.
Maiba ako, kapag ang mga pinoy ang nag-aabrud, meron kaming tinatawag na PDOS o pre departure orientation seminar kung saan, ino-orient kami kung ano ang aming mga aasahang kalagayan, rights, at kung anu-ano pa. Sana, meron din seminar ang mga pamilyang naiwan para ipaalam sa kanila ang dapat gawin kapag meron silang taga-abrud. Nang sa gayon, e di winawaldas ang pinadadala sa kanila. Masuwerte ako at ang aking mga mahal ay may malawak na pag-unawa. Di katulad ng kaibigan ko, ayun nangutang ng nangutang ang magulang niya, at eto siyang naging tagapagbayad at guarantor. Para bang isinanla siya porke nasa abrud ang mokong. Hayun, kayud sa araw, luha sa gabi. tsk. tsk. tsk!

"Work like you don't need money; Love like you've never been hurt and Dance like no one's watching..." ?

A good reminder of God's Love.Every Sunday afternoon, after the morning service at the church, the Pastor and his eleven year old son would go out into their town and hand out Gospel Tracts. This particular Sunday afternoon, as it came time for the Pastor and his son to go to the streets with their tracts, it was very cold outside, as well as pouring down rain. Theboy bundled up in his warmest and driest clothes and said, "OK, dad, I'm ready." His Pastor dad asked, "Ready for what?""Dad, it's time we gather our tracts together and go out." Dad responds, "Son, it's very cold outside and it's pouring down rain." The boy gives his dad a surprised look, asking, "But Dad, aren't people still goingto Hell, even though it's raining?"Dad answers, "Son, I am not going out in this weather." Despondently, the boy asks, "Dad, can I go? Please?" His father hesitated for a moment then said, "Son, you can go. Here are the tracts, be careful son.""ThanksDad!"And with that, he was off and out into the rain. his eleven year old boy walked the streets of the town going door to door and handing everybody he met in the street a Gospel Tract. After two hours of walking in the rain, he was soaking, bone-chilled wet and down to his VERY LAST TRACT. He stopped on a corner and looked for someone to hand a tract to, but the streets were totally deserted. Then he turned toward the first home he saw and started up the sidewalk to the front door and rang the door bell. He rang the bell, but nobody answered. He rang it again and again, but still no one answered. He waited but still no answer. Finally, this eleven year old trooper turned to leave, but something stopped him. Again, he turned to the door and rang the bell and knocked loudly on the door with his fist. He waited, something holding him there on the front porch! He rang again and this time the door slowly opened. Standing in the doorway was a very sad-looking elderly lady. She softly asked, "What can I do for you, son?" With radiant eyes and a smile that lit up her world, this little boy said, "Ma'am, I'm sorry if I disturbed you, but I just want to tell you that *JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU* and I came to give you my very last Gospel Tract which will tell you all about JESUS and His great LOVE." With that, he handed her his last tract and turned to leave. She called to him as he departed. "Thank you, son! And God Bless You!"Well, the following Sunday morning in church Pastor Dad was in the pulpit. As the service began, he asked, "Does anybody have any testimony or want to say anything?" Slowly, in the back row of the church, an elderly lady stood to her feet. As she began to speak, a look of glorious radiance came from her face, "No one in this church knows me. I've never been here before. You see, before last Sunday I was not a Christian. My husband passed on some time ago, leaving me totally alone in this world. Last Sunday, being a particularly cold and rainy day, it was even more so in my heart that I came to the end of the line where I no longer had any hope or will to live. So I took a rope and a chair and ascended the stairway into the attic of my home. I fastened the rope securely to a rafter in the roof, then stood on the chair and fastened the other end of the rope around my neck. Standing on that chair, so lonely and brokenhearted I was about to leap off, when suddenly the loud ringing of my doorbell downstairs startled me. I thought, "I'll wait a minute, and whoever it is will go away." I waited and waited, but the ringing doorbell seemed to get louder and more insistent, and then the person ringing also started knocking loudly. I thought to myself again, "Who on earth could this be? Nobody ever rings my bell or comes to see me." I loosened the rope from my neck and started for the front door, all the while the bell rang louder and louder. When I opened the door and looked I could hardly believe my eyes, for there on my front porch was the most radiant and angelic little boy I had ever seen in my life. His SMILE, oh, I could never describe it to you! The words that came from his mouth caused my heart that had long been dead, TO LEAP TO LIFE as he exclaimed with a cherub-like voice, "Ma'am, I just came to tell you that JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU." Then he gave me this Gospel Tract that I now hold in my hand. As the little angel disappeared back out into the cold and rain, I closed my door and read slowly every word of this Gospel Tract. Then I went up tomy attic to get my rope and chair. I wouldn't be needing them any more. You see---I am now a Happy Child of the KING. Since the address of your church was on the back of this Gospel Tract, I have come here to personally say THANK YOU to God's little angel who came just in the nick of time and by so doing, spared my soul from an eternity in hell." There was not a dry eye in the church. And as shouts of praise and honor to THE KING resounded off the very rafters of the building, Pastor Dad descended from the pulpit to the front pew where the little angel was seated. He took his son in his arms and sobbed uncontrollably. Probably no church has had a more glorious moment, and probably this universe has never seen a Papa that was more filled with love & honor for his son... Except for One. Our Father also allowed His Son to go out into a cold and dark world. He received His Son back with joy unspeakable, and as all of heaven shouted praises and honor to The King, the Father sat His beloved Son on a throne far above all principality and power and every name that is named. Blessed are your eyes for reading this message.Don't let this message die, read it again and pass it to others. Heaven is for His people! Remember,God's message CAN make the difference in the life of someone close to you. Please share this wonderful message... "Faith is the affirmation and the act that bids eternal truth be present fact." ColeridgeJust 3 Words Three things in life that, once gone, never come back - 1. Time2. Words3. OpportunityThree things in life that can destroy a person -1. Anger2. Pride3. UnforgivenessThree things in life that you should never lose-1. Hope2. Peace3. HonestyThree things in life that are most valuable -1. Love2. Family & Friends3. KindnessThree things in life that are never certain -1. Fortune 2. Success 3. DreamsThree things that make a person -1. Commitment2. Sincerity3. Hard workThree things that are truly constant -Father - Son - Holy SpiritI ask the Lord to bless you, as I pray for you today; to guide you and protect you, as you go along your way. God's love is always with you, God's promises are true. And when you give God all your cares, you know God will see you through.

Ang Aking Munting Pangarap!

Simula pa noong ako'y bata

simpleng buhay ang siyang aking hangad

Di ako mahilig sa luho,

at di rin nais magpagarbo!

Ngayong ako ay edad trenta,

Naghahanap buhay na at may pamilya

Buhay na aking nais sana

Ay di pa rin natatamasa

Simpleng bahay ang aking gusto,
Malamig, at sa paligid ay puro puno

May kaunting gulayan

At makulay na hardin

Ngunit nasaan ako ngayon

Nandito sa ibang bansa

Walang ginawa kundi kumayod

Bilang ang oras ng tulog

Gayundin ang panahon sa pamilya

Kaya sa tuwing ako ay nakakakita

Ng larawan ng isang bahay kubo

Di ko mapigilan ang mahalina

Sana naman ako ay makauwi sa Pinas

At itayo at tuparin

Ang aking mumunting Pangarap.