ελπίδα, πίστη, αγάπη - lessons

Society Issues

noreply@blogspirit.com (JenShinrai) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:37:00 +0800

Society, wherever you may be, is corrupted. But it doesn't always have to be the government who should be blamed.

I just finished reading F. Sionil Jose's Ermita. Such a poignant novel! I'd like to quote the author himself when his novel has been translated into Korean. “This novel is more of a metaphor about the prostitution of Filipinos and the decay of our society. The story has a universal theme because all over the world many people are prostitutes without knowing it." I have bookmarked some quotes in the novel but I haven't posted them online. Not yet.

Another society issue that perturbs me, though it has done so before, is the injustice to the natives of the land, be it here in the Philippines or abroad. I just finished watching the nineteenth episode of CSI: NY season 5. It upsets me everytime I hear or know that natives have been deprived of their rights.

I appreciate how CSI: NY features issues in the society. There was another episode where they featured an issue about an e-waste dumpsite in China. I can't remember the name of the place but it was definitely loathesome. This is a link in National Geographic's website. It has no connection with the CSI: NY episode.

As for present issues, I cannot elaborate each of those that I know. I quite have a short memory. But there's this thing about a Guantanamo prison in Cuba. I don't really have any idea about this issue, but I will do my research. Having watched Prison Break changed my way of thinking towards inmates. Guilty or not, it is not right to throw any prejudice to any of them. NGC will feature it tomorrow, 05 April 2009. I can't wait to watch it.

We live in a rotten world but that doesn't justify any negligence to these issues, as well as to those I have not mentioned. And before I forget, Darfur is still in malady.

I never worry about action, but only inaction. Churchill 101.

Wanted: Political Leaders

noreply@blogspirit.com (JenShinrai) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:45:00 +0800

POLITICS according to The New York Times:

(used with a sing. verb)
1. The art or science of government or governing, especially the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs.
2. Political science.

"Art or science of governing" Hmm.. It seems (bloody obvious) that the world is running out of good political leaders.

For less than a year, Japan had 2 Prime Ministers who resigned from office. They were Abe Shinzo and Fukuda Yasuo, respectively. What happened to Japan? Well, it's happening everywhere in the world.

Recession is pandemic. I've heard the U.S. of A owes People's Republic of China a big debt. You might want to check the following:
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And let's not go farther. No need to bother crossing the Great Ocean when we have our own country. The Pearl of the Orient is still in big debt. I wonder how much every Filipino owes.

As for overseas policies, Pres. GW Bush is still unable to have his desire to help make a Palestinian State. I'm actually glad he's failing with that. Curse is him who will divide the land of the Jews. That makes the son of a former president fortunate. And I hope U.S. State Secretary Condoleezza Rice will not enter the picture.

I think I should watch out for world leaders now and look for the one who is equipped with charisma, knowledge, wit, wealth and power to rule and please the world. Not that I will join his crowd.

Music:

Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

Fight the Moonlight

noreply@blogspirit.com (JenShinrai) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:45:00 +0800

I woke up today contemplating about my sleep's dreams. I had 3 dreams in one sleep. Maybe I had more but these three dreams have one common denominator. I will not speak about them much here, but I have them posted in my new blog about dreams: Simulare di Sogni

Life is full of surprises but most often and most of the time, the one that surprises me is myself. I believe I have mentioned this already before. I was supposed to make a post in one of my blogs but something caught my attention. I wanted to check it, but I couldn't. I think I can't. Spell trouble.

s-o-m-a-t-i-z-a-t-i-o-n

I am feeling dizzy and I'd say that that something which caught my attention had to do with this. I've had this "attacks" before. I hate such state in my life. I have to fight this feeling.

What these dreams revealed to me when I was contemplating about it was the possible fact that my subconscious still holds the memories strong in my system. And I have to be prepared of whatever may come. Read: I have to be sure to the decision/s that I will make.

I think I am being warned.

Some stuff from VMars S3 Ep12

noreply@blogspirit.com (JenShinrai) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:05:00 +0800

You've become soft, Mars.

-Weevil

Watching the 12th episode of Veronica Mars season 3 had made me shed tears. Yeah, I got emotional. I got carried away. But I somehow find it comforting. And I don't mind.

. . .

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

- Romans 3:23

That's a fact. We're all human and born into this miserable world, inheriting the sins of the first man created.

If you're gonna dig enough, you're gonna find out that everyone's a sinner.
~Logan Echolls

Forgiveness. They said "Forgive and forget" but it's easier said than done. And even if you have decided to forgive, sometimes the memories won't just go away. Worse, they are there to stay.

Try to be forgiving. Anger will tear you down.

It'll make you less of a person that you want to be.

And it will tear apart your soul.
~Bonnie's Father

I have comments for VM S3 Ep12 but I'd rather keep them to myself. I think I'll just leave a message.

My sins were so big and wicked, but God forgave them all. He showed me mercy. How could I not do the same to others? It's not easy, I know. But justice must be served. And justice only comes from the LORD.

Music:

Paramore - Another Day

Our God is an awesome God!

noreply@blogspirit.com (JenShinrai) — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:35:00 +0800

I'm not in the mood to write, since I usually write long, about the recent events I've been through. All I could say is AWESOME!

05-08 April 2007 || Tayabas, Quezon
Our 2007 Young Friends Camp was so wonderful. I believe everyone's been blessed. And I pray that God was pleased. I believe God was.

We had our usual sessions. Each one has implanted at least one lesson to me. But the one that hit me bull's eye, through the Holy Spirit, was the Family Relationship. On the day we had the session about relationships, the Holy Spirit worked in me as if I was being shaken. There was nothing I could do but follow Him. And the healing started..

God spoke to me during the camp. Not just once, but at least thrice. One of the messages I had was when I had dinner after I talked to Ate Faye. I was looking at my plate filled with food. There was only a little space left to move the food. But being raised to empty one's plate, I was obliged to.

Little by little, I devoured the food in my plate. Sorry for the word. Well, I was really able to finish my meal. Okay, here was the message: Malaki man o maliit 'yan, kayang-kaya 'yan ni God (Big or small, God is able to work in it).

One of the things I love about this camp is the feeling of closeness between campers. We're brothers and sisters and Christ, but you can't always expect everyone to be so close. This camp was quite different. The fellowship we had was just wonderful (and I know God will continue to work in us). And to think how the Holy Spirit worked, it was double wonderful.

Another message I had, which was really personal, that I want to share is this:
It was our last night in the camp. Stuff, stuff, stuff... I talked to God and so is everyone. I told Him I want to know Him more, that I want Him to speak to me. Then God told me that I'm quite a practical person, who does not depend/based things on feelings. I have the Bible; God will speak to me through it (but God also speaks to me through situations, things, and whatever way He wants). And the most exciting message I got was God is excited to reveal Himself to me. And I believe He's also excited to reveal Himself to you. Yes, to you.

I am a new creation in Christ!

Life is more exciting with Christ in my life. And it's really nice to know that God is also working in other people.

My fears are gone. God will never leave me nor forsake me. The Lord has given me the peace that surpasses all understanding. God's mercy is new every morning. And His grace, which I don't deserve, is so amazing. No words are good enough to express how grateful I am. And with God's eternal and unconditional love, I can keep going in this world. God was absolutely right when He said, "Apart from me, you are nothing." (John 15:5)

Father in heaven, I will go on loving You.

Your love is deep
Your love is high
Your love is long
Your love is wide

Your love is deeper than my view of grace
Higher than this worldly place
Longer than this road I travel
Wider than the gap you fill

Who can separate us?
Who can separate us from Your love?
Nothing can separate us.
Nothing can separate us from Your love.

I wrote that out of memory. =D

09-11 April 2007 || Taytay, Rizal
I visited my mother. I told her what happened and by God's grace, our relationship was genuinely restored. There was complete reconciliation through the Holy Spirit.

God is really awesome. The glory, honour, and praises belong to God forever and ever. Amen.

Music:
Lord of the Heavens

Lidocaine

noreply@blogspirit.com (JenShinrai) — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:50:00 +0800

Grace, Leizel, and moi went to Market! Market! after our duty in ER. We didn't plan it; it just happened as we had a free ride from Ate Policewoman.

While being there, we had a lot of chitchats about Lidocaine. I know it's a drug, but we're using it exclusively pertaining to a particular MD. I am actually quite surprised to find myself joining such conversation because I usually don't. Maybe I just find it amusing to tease Grace about Lidocaine.

We were also talking about Epinephrine. While doing so, we're associating every drug we could think of for Grace: Lorazepam, Diazepam, Dobutamine, Furosemide, and more. We've even mentioned Angiotensin and Renin. *lol*

I just hope we'd see Lidocaine again tomorrow. Leizel et moi would like to tease Grace. I remember this morning when Lidocaine passed behind us, Grace pinched me. She even hit me. Seems like it's me who's in need of Lidocaine.

Music:

Yuna Ito - Endless Story

nerd mode

noreply@blogspirit.com (JenShinrai) — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:40:00 +0800

The hecticness of March is piling up, bringing lots of stressors. But it's part of growing up. Life's like that. Today, I mean later at 5 PM, is my final exam in MSN-2. Bon chance! I've read some notes, reviewed some, and read some books. I hope it's good enough.

Tomorrow at one in the afternoon is our long exam in Pediatrics. Oh my Gackt. And on Monday is my duty in OsMak's ER. Naisu, desu ne.

It's really stressing, but I don't mean to make it sound horrible than the actual situation. It's just like that. I'll do fine. God will help me. ^___^

Bbashya, Shinrai!

Music:

OLIVIA inspi' REIRA [TRAPNEST] - Starless Night

1 Hour Late

noreply@blogspirit.com (JenShinrai) — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:55:00 +0800

We didn't have MSN-2 today, postponed and re-scheduled on Saturday. But we still don't know what time. I just hope it's in the afternoon so I can go to G4 tomorrow and meet Jeff. We're going to play DM. And I hope not so many people will be there. Well, there's still G2. Haha! Adik talaga. =p

I was an hour late in our Elementary Statistics. Thanks to our delicious ulam (got on round 2), the rare jeep, and of course-my stubbornness. ~_~

The lesson we had tonight was about frequency and the like. We had a seatwork and a quiz. It was funny. I really find it amusing in spite of the mistakes I made.

By the way, this is our last Stat meeting this year. But we have a proj to be passed on next year's first meeting. -_-

Music:
SM Town - Red Sun

Updated College Blog

noreply@blogspirit.com (JenShinrai) — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:07:37 +0800

I've visited our college's blog again. It was updated with pictures from our college facility. I just noticed how nice the pictures were taken. I wonder who took it. But I'd bet on Sir Dino. =p

I was just thinking if I should ask the webmaster to affiliate the forum I made. Of course I should. But the question is when. I'm not in the mood to write a letter right now. I still have my notes left in the dining table. Yeah, I'm reading my notes. Nag-aaral na ako! *lol*

I think I should get going now. Time to study again. Well, I am online because I was looking for a word I found in my notes but I couldn't understand what it means.

Music:
Ayumi Hamasaki - Daybreak

Mom Sabrina Explains to Baby Janine

noreply@blogspirit.com (JenShinrai) — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:25:00 +0800

I was watching A Wonderful Life yester night and there's this part where Sabrina explained to Janine why she had hair falls. The little girl has leukemia. As I reckoned her explaining I learned how important it is to explain complicated things to little kids in a way where they could understand it. It was really nice.

Seems like I've learned another therapeutic communication. It's not easy to converse in one, but I have to. I am a student-nurse and I have to put my patients at ease. I've got to be good in my profession. I will be like Jang Geum! ^_^

Music:
Michelle Tumes - Hold On

ελπίδα, πίστη, αγάπη - lessons

Society Issues

Wanted: Political Leaders

Fight the Moonlight

Some stuff from VMars S3 Ep12

Our God is an awesome God!

Lidocaine

*nerd mode*

1 Hour Late

Updated College Blog

Mom Sabrina Explains to Baby Janine

nerd mode