Fostering Cooperation
Keeping Open to the World
by Dr. Jesus Estanislao
Forge unity with neighbors
not at the expense of all others
nor to the exclusion of the broader good.
Good regionalism remains open
to every opportunity to contribute
to the welfare of the human family.
The whole world is our charge
We cannot shirk our responsibility
as citizens of the international community.
~~~
My refelection written on June 22, 2002
No man is an island. We cannot live alone nor can we do anything on our own. Every thing is interconnected. What we do now can affect the people around us in one way or another.
Politically speaking, the president cannot do everything on her own. Even if she will be given the chance to be a president all her life she cannot accomplish every single task and implement every single project without the help of those people below her. That is why she has her vice president, secretaries, undersecretaries and many other assistants below her.
In a corporate setting a simple work can prove to be very crucial in the overall result of a certain plan or output.
Let no man compare two jobs and say that one is bigger than the other because at the end of the day no matter how big or “small” your work is when we scrutinize the end product, it will not be what it is suppose to be if you did not do your work well.
Always remember that a good worker not only think in a microscopic view but also look and work in a macroscopic perspective, thinking not only of himself but the effect of his existence to the world. And that in the end there are no triangles where there are people at the top and people below but only circles where everybody is equal and important.
Thank you! :)
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Hey me! wake up!
I'm so slow.
And so lazy.
I still have to finish 2 assignments for school and 3 reports for work.
All due on friday :(
Sana matapos na else
I'm a dead duck..
~~~
I attended the first session of the 12-part Christian Life Program last sunday.
Unfortunately I'm still not sure if it is really for me or if I'm really for it..
Show me.
~~~
I'm expecting some changes again - soon.
Strenghten and guide me.
~~~
Tired pa rin computer ko.
Ayaw pa rin magwork.
I literally had to beg my officemates to allow me to use their computers.
Waaa!
Sana naman maayos na.
More than a week na akong ganito.
*hikbi*
And so lazy.
I still have to finish 2 assignments for school and 3 reports for work.
All due on friday :(
Sana matapos na else
I'm a dead duck..
~~~
I attended the first session of the 12-part Christian Life Program last sunday.
Unfortunately I'm still not sure if it is really for me or if I'm really for it..
Show me.
~~~
I'm expecting some changes again - soon.
Strenghten and guide me.
~~~
Tired pa rin computer ko.
Ayaw pa rin magwork.
I literally had to beg my officemates to allow me to use their computers.
Waaa!
Sana naman maayos na.
More than a week na akong ganito.
*hikbi*
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Somebody To Love
Anne HathawayOST Ella Enchanted
Can anybody find be somebody to love?
Each morning I get up I die a little
Can't barely stand on my feet.
Take a look in the mirror
And I, see what you're doing to me.
I've spent all my years believing in you,
but I just can't get no relief.
Won't somebody, somebody,
can anybody find me, somebody to love.
Got no feel I got no rhythm
I just keep losing my beat
I'm okay I'm alright
It shows that there's no defeat
I just gotta get out of this prison cell
One day I'm gonna be free
Lord somebody
Somebody
Can anybody find me somebody to love
(She works hard) Everyday
I try and I try and I try
But everybody wants to put me down
They say I'm going crazy
They say I got a lot of wonder in my brain
Got no common sense
I've got nobody left to believe
(Find her somebody to love x6)
(Can anybody find me)
Somebody To Love
(Find me somebody to love x5)
Monday, September 12, 2005
Forgive THEN forget
I went to Ateneo last Saturday with my parents because they had to meet someone there. Since saling-kit lang ako and was not included in their meeting, I had 2 whole hours for my self. The night before this trip I made an appointment with Him. Sabi ko usap kami. I need to talk with Him. Not to Him but with Him. I need to know that He is there, listening. Kung pwede nga lang I need Him to answer me, in anyway possible, basta lang marerecognize ng ultra-small-sized brain ko.
I spent the first hour inside the Church of Gesu - I so miss the place. I’ve been there siguro less than 10 times lang when I was still studying there. Mejo out of the way kasi sa mga classrooms ko. The place was so quiet and so simple. There were only two prominent things inside the chapel, the Jesus on the Cross image in front and the holy water fountain at the back.
Inside the chapel, I talked, I complained, I justified my thoughts and deeds, even my emotions. When I finished with the talking/complaining (to my amazement, not a single lightning hit me), I just sat there. Then I received a text from Omlet, it says: tell God all that’s in your heart, as one unloads one’s heart to a dear friend. No problem since I was already doing that at that particular moment.
On the same text message was this: He who can’t forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass. Now herewith lies the problem.
I once considered my self as a forgiving person, now I think forgetful is a much more appropriate term to be used because I easily forget things. Lately, I realized that with this attitude I haven’t forgiven at all, I was just putting everything inside hoping that they would stay there without bursting open. So, that’s why I’ve been so restless. I don’t deal with them, I bury them. I realized that forgetting should not come before forgiving. It should come after the forgiveness took place.
Anyway, part of my supplication was for Him to help me let go and move on. He told me last Saturday that in order to do the things I was asking, I must forgive - him and myself - first, then everything else will follow.
My response upon realizing this was: “Hay Lord, ang hirap naman po…” followed by a very deep sigh. *sigh*
When I opened my bible, it opened to Mark 16:6-20.
14 Afterward He appeared to the Eleven as they reclined. And He reproached their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.
Another cut and He gave me Mark 8:11-12.
11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
I ended my stay there with another prayer. This time, I asked Him to lead the way and hold my hand.
~~~
However, my story did not end there. Yesterday, I attended the mass and the reading came from Matthew 18: 21 – 35. And that's right. It's still all about forgiving.
21 Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?" 22 Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.
Aba! pag hindi pa naman tumatak sa isip ko ito ewan ko na :)
~~~
Ate Baby’s pregnant :) Natutuwa naman me promise! :) Another baby on the way! Yay!
Hay… ako na lang natitira *argh!* Lagot.
I spent the first hour inside the Church of Gesu - I so miss the place. I’ve been there siguro less than 10 times lang when I was still studying there. Mejo out of the way kasi sa mga classrooms ko. The place was so quiet and so simple. There were only two prominent things inside the chapel, the Jesus on the Cross image in front and the holy water fountain at the back.
Inside the chapel, I talked, I complained, I justified my thoughts and deeds, even my emotions. When I finished with the talking/complaining (to my amazement, not a single lightning hit me), I just sat there. Then I received a text from Omlet, it says: tell God all that’s in your heart, as one unloads one’s heart to a dear friend. No problem since I was already doing that at that particular moment.
On the same text message was this: He who can’t forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass. Now herewith lies the problem.
I once considered my self as a forgiving person, now I think forgetful is a much more appropriate term to be used because I easily forget things. Lately, I realized that with this attitude I haven’t forgiven at all, I was just putting everything inside hoping that they would stay there without bursting open. So, that’s why I’ve been so restless. I don’t deal with them, I bury them. I realized that forgetting should not come before forgiving. It should come after the forgiveness took place.
Anyway, part of my supplication was for Him to help me let go and move on. He told me last Saturday that in order to do the things I was asking, I must forgive - him and myself - first, then everything else will follow.
My response upon realizing this was: “Hay Lord, ang hirap naman po…” followed by a very deep sigh. *sigh*
When I opened my bible, it opened to Mark 16:6-20.
14 Afterward He appeared to the Eleven as they reclined. And He reproached their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.
Another cut and He gave me Mark 8:11-12.
11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
I ended my stay there with another prayer. This time, I asked Him to lead the way and hold my hand.
~~~
However, my story did not end there. Yesterday, I attended the mass and the reading came from Matthew 18: 21 – 35. And that's right. It's still all about forgiving.
21 Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?" 22 Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.
Aba! pag hindi pa naman tumatak sa isip ko ito ewan ko na :)
~~~
Ate Baby’s pregnant :) Natutuwa naman me promise! :) Another baby on the way! Yay!
Hay… ako na lang natitira *argh!* Lagot.
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Mary's nativity
Happy Birthday Mama Mary.
Thank you for saying:
"I am thehandmaid of the Lord; be it done unto me according to Your word" Luke 1:38
May I learn to say the same thing.
Monday, September 05, 2005
Huling senti (sana)
East West
Julia Fordham
It's been a whole year since your call
The one that started
I don't love you anymore
I thought I'd surely not survive
But here I am, I'm still alive, 365 days later
Going strong, holding on
trying to find a place where I belong
I've been east, I've been west
but I'm still not over you yet
I'm still not over you yet, no no
The weeks and months blend into one
A bleary haze, fall, winter
now spring has begun
Bringing fresh hope to my door
I'll be the girl I was before you took back
the precious gift you gave to me
Going strong, holding on
trying to find a place where I belong
I've been east, I've been west
but I'm still not over you yet
I'm still not over you yet, no no
And after all is said and done
and written up (written in the stars above)
The radio's singing songs of love
but not for us
Not for us
Going strong, holding on
trying to find a place where I belong
I've been east, I've been west
but I'm still not over you yet
I'm still not over you yet, no no
East west, east west, 365
here I am, I'm still alive
~~~
Eksaktong isang taon na simula ng ako’y iyong iwan. Nung simula, madaming tanong ang ating mga kakilala – mga kaibigan at kamag-anak – kung bakit daw tayo nagbreak? Sinsasabi ko dati, kasi may iba ka ng mahal, na may nililigawan ka nang bago. Yung office mate mo dun sa dati mong pinagtatrabahuhan. Galit ako sa inyong dalwa noon kasi alam ko na alam ninyo kung gaano kasakit ang iwan at lokohin (oo, lokohin at pagsinungalingan) ng taong mahal na mahal ninyo. Pero ginawa ninyo pa rin sa akin yon. Feeling ko ang sasma sama ninyong tao. Pero mahal pa rin kita noon. Galit man ako sa iyo, pakiramdam ko hinding hindi kita matitiis noon.
Habang lumilipas ang panahon, nalaman ko na hindi rin pala kayo nagkatuluyan. Humanga ako dun sa babae. Kahit papaano may delikadeza din naman pala siya. Naisip ko siguro kung sa ibang panahon at pagkakataon kami nagtagpo, maaring naging malapit kaming magkaibigan. Ngunit dahil nga sa maling panahon at pagkakataon, alam ko na kailan man ay hindi ay hindi mangyayari iyon.
Ilang beses akong nakiusap na mahalin mo ulit ako. Ilang beses ko ring dinusta ang pride ko para sa iyo dahil mahal na mahal kita. Pero ganun yata talaga pag hindi mo mahal ang isang tao, kahit pa gaanong pilit ang gawin mo, kapag wala nang natitirang damdamin wala na talaga. Sabi nga dun sa kanta ng APO, “tuyo na ang damdamin”.
Minsan nalulungkot pa rin ako, naluluha (hindi lang siguro minsan yun). Naiisip kita palagi - bago matulog, pagkagising, pag masaya ako, at lalong lalo na kapag malungkot. Pero unti unti ko na rin pinupulot ang pride ko, pakonti-konti hanggang sa mabuo. Kung kelan mabubuo, ndi ko pa alam.
Sabi ng iba kong kaibigan, hayaan mo magkakaroon ka rin ng closure. Sagot ko, san ba yun nabibili? Kahit siguro magkano, pipilitin kong makabili. Pero sa kasamaang palad walang makasagot kung saan yun nabibili.
Isang taon na ang nakakalipas. Isang taon ko na ring pinipilit ang puso kong maging bato. Pinagdadasal ko minsan na sana tubuan na ng makakapal na kalyo ang puso ko para ndi na masyado masaktan. Pero dahil sa likas ding matigas ang kanyang ulo, walang nangyayari, kaya yun, patuloy pa rin siyang dumudugo. Hindi ko nga alam kung ilang galong dugo na ang nawala, hindi ko na nabilang. Alam ko lang madami na. Isang taon na ang nakakalipas pero marami pa rin akong kinatatakutan. Isang taon na pero parang nung isang lingo lamang ng ako’y iyong iwan. Marami pa rin akong tanong. Sabihan ko man ng utak ko ang aking puso na huwag nang umasa at maghintay, walang nangyayari. Minsan nakikinig, mas malimit ang hindi.
Ngayon, pag tinatanong nila ako, kung bakit tayo nag break, hindi ko na sila masagot ng maayos. Iba-iba na sagot ko. Minsan naiintindihan nila, minsan hindi. Pag hindi nila naiintindihan, ndi ko na kinukwento pa. Bihira lang ang nakakaintindi sa mga sagot ko. Dahil iilan lang sa mga kakilala ko ang naniniwala na loving is a choice you have to make everyday, every single day of your life.
Naiisip pa rin kita hindi lang minsan kundi lagi-lagi… at kung hihimay-himayin pa rin ang laman ng puso ko, palagay ko ay ikaw pa rin ang nasa bawat hibla nito. Hanggang sa muli. Sana sa susunod kong sulat sa iyo, kung hindi man ako buo sana ay puro kalyo na at ganap nang bato.
~~~
I'll Be OK
Amanda Marshall
It's time to let you go; it's time to say Goodbye
No more excuses; no more tears to cry
There's been so many changes; I was so confused
All along you were the one; all the time I never knew.
I want you to be happy; you're my best friend
But its so hard to let you go now; all that could have been
I'll always have the memories; she'll always have you
Fate has a way of changing; just when you don't want it to
Throw away the chains; Let love find a way
Till love comes again, I'll be OK!
Life passes so quickly, you've got to take the time
Or you'll miss what really matters, you'll miss all the signs
I've spent my life searching, for what was always there,
Sometimes it will be too late, sometimes it won't be fair.
Throw away the chains, Let love fly away
Till love comes again, I'll be OK!
I won't give up... I won't give in...
I can't re-create what just might have been,
I know that my heart will find love again
Now is the time to return....
Throw away the chains, Let love find a way
Till love comes again, I'll be OK!
Can't go on forever, baby; I can't go on forever, baby...
Can't go on forever, baby... yeah...
I'll be OK
Julia Fordham
It's been a whole year since your call
The one that started
I don't love you anymore
I thought I'd surely not survive
But here I am, I'm still alive, 365 days later
Going strong, holding on
trying to find a place where I belong
I've been east, I've been west
but I'm still not over you yet
I'm still not over you yet, no no
The weeks and months blend into one
A bleary haze, fall, winter
now spring has begun
Bringing fresh hope to my door
I'll be the girl I was before you took back
the precious gift you gave to me
Going strong, holding on
trying to find a place where I belong
I've been east, I've been west
but I'm still not over you yet
I'm still not over you yet, no no
And after all is said and done
and written up (written in the stars above)
The radio's singing songs of love
but not for us
Not for us
Going strong, holding on
trying to find a place where I belong
I've been east, I've been west
but I'm still not over you yet
I'm still not over you yet, no no
East west, east west, 365
here I am, I'm still alive
~~~
Eksaktong isang taon na simula ng ako’y iyong iwan. Nung simula, madaming tanong ang ating mga kakilala – mga kaibigan at kamag-anak – kung bakit daw tayo nagbreak? Sinsasabi ko dati, kasi may iba ka ng mahal, na may nililigawan ka nang bago. Yung office mate mo dun sa dati mong pinagtatrabahuhan. Galit ako sa inyong dalwa noon kasi alam ko na alam ninyo kung gaano kasakit ang iwan at lokohin (oo, lokohin at pagsinungalingan) ng taong mahal na mahal ninyo. Pero ginawa ninyo pa rin sa akin yon. Feeling ko ang sasma sama ninyong tao. Pero mahal pa rin kita noon. Galit man ako sa iyo, pakiramdam ko hinding hindi kita matitiis noon.
Habang lumilipas ang panahon, nalaman ko na hindi rin pala kayo nagkatuluyan. Humanga ako dun sa babae. Kahit papaano may delikadeza din naman pala siya. Naisip ko siguro kung sa ibang panahon at pagkakataon kami nagtagpo, maaring naging malapit kaming magkaibigan. Ngunit dahil nga sa maling panahon at pagkakataon, alam ko na kailan man ay hindi ay hindi mangyayari iyon.
Ilang beses akong nakiusap na mahalin mo ulit ako. Ilang beses ko ring dinusta ang pride ko para sa iyo dahil mahal na mahal kita. Pero ganun yata talaga pag hindi mo mahal ang isang tao, kahit pa gaanong pilit ang gawin mo, kapag wala nang natitirang damdamin wala na talaga. Sabi nga dun sa kanta ng APO, “tuyo na ang damdamin”.
Minsan nalulungkot pa rin ako, naluluha (hindi lang siguro minsan yun). Naiisip kita palagi - bago matulog, pagkagising, pag masaya ako, at lalong lalo na kapag malungkot. Pero unti unti ko na rin pinupulot ang pride ko, pakonti-konti hanggang sa mabuo. Kung kelan mabubuo, ndi ko pa alam.
Sabi ng iba kong kaibigan, hayaan mo magkakaroon ka rin ng closure. Sagot ko, san ba yun nabibili? Kahit siguro magkano, pipilitin kong makabili. Pero sa kasamaang palad walang makasagot kung saan yun nabibili.
Isang taon na ang nakakalipas. Isang taon ko na ring pinipilit ang puso kong maging bato. Pinagdadasal ko minsan na sana tubuan na ng makakapal na kalyo ang puso ko para ndi na masyado masaktan. Pero dahil sa likas ding matigas ang kanyang ulo, walang nangyayari, kaya yun, patuloy pa rin siyang dumudugo. Hindi ko nga alam kung ilang galong dugo na ang nawala, hindi ko na nabilang. Alam ko lang madami na. Isang taon na ang nakakalipas pero marami pa rin akong kinatatakutan. Isang taon na pero parang nung isang lingo lamang ng ako’y iyong iwan. Marami pa rin akong tanong. Sabihan ko man ng utak ko ang aking puso na huwag nang umasa at maghintay, walang nangyayari. Minsan nakikinig, mas malimit ang hindi.
Ngayon, pag tinatanong nila ako, kung bakit tayo nag break, hindi ko na sila masagot ng maayos. Iba-iba na sagot ko. Minsan naiintindihan nila, minsan hindi. Pag hindi nila naiintindihan, ndi ko na kinukwento pa. Bihira lang ang nakakaintindi sa mga sagot ko. Dahil iilan lang sa mga kakilala ko ang naniniwala na loving is a choice you have to make everyday, every single day of your life.
Naiisip pa rin kita hindi lang minsan kundi lagi-lagi… at kung hihimay-himayin pa rin ang laman ng puso ko, palagay ko ay ikaw pa rin ang nasa bawat hibla nito. Hanggang sa muli. Sana sa susunod kong sulat sa iyo, kung hindi man ako buo sana ay puro kalyo na at ganap nang bato.
~~~
I'll Be OK
Amanda Marshall
It's time to let you go; it's time to say Goodbye
No more excuses; no more tears to cry
There's been so many changes; I was so confused
All along you were the one; all the time I never knew.
I want you to be happy; you're my best friend
But its so hard to let you go now; all that could have been
I'll always have the memories; she'll always have you
Fate has a way of changing; just when you don't want it to
Throw away the chains; Let love find a way
Till love comes again, I'll be OK!
Life passes so quickly, you've got to take the time
Or you'll miss what really matters, you'll miss all the signs
I've spent my life searching, for what was always there,
Sometimes it will be too late, sometimes it won't be fair.
Throw away the chains, Let love fly away
Till love comes again, I'll be OK!
I won't give up... I won't give in...
I can't re-create what just might have been,
I know that my heart will find love again
Now is the time to return....
Throw away the chains, Let love find a way
Till love comes again, I'll be OK!
Can't go on forever, baby; I can't go on forever, baby...
Can't go on forever, baby... yeah...
I'll be OK
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