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Ash Wednesday...

What is Ash Wednesday?

***In the Western Christian calendar, Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and occurs forty-six days before Easter. Lent is nevertheless considered forty days long, because each Sunday of the year is considered a "little Easter" and thus Sundays are not counted as days of penance. It falls on different dates from year to year, according to the date of Easter; it can occur as early as February 4 or as late as March 10. Ash Wednesday can fall on Leap Day only during a leap year for which April 15 is Easter Sunday. The next time Ash Wednesday will fall on Leap Day will be in 2096, the first such year since the 1582 adoption of the Gregorian Calendar.

At Masses and services of worship on this day, worshippers are blessed with ashes by the celebrating priest or minister. The priest or minister marks the forehead of each participant with black ashes, in the shape of a cross, which the worshipper traditionally retains until washing it off after sundown. In many Christian churches, the minister of ashes may also be a layperson or non-clergyman. The symbolism echoes the ancient Near Eastern tradition of throwing ash over one's head signifying repentance before God (as related in the Bible). The priest or minister offers the worshipper an instruction while applying the ashes.

taken from this URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday
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Its February 21, 2007 here, wednesday and our ash wednesday. We have our mass held at covered area. People/ Catholics were all gathered for the said mass. And there is also other mass for non-catholic people. Twinks, message me up in Yahoo and wanted to go to attend the mass with me. So I waited her in the office and then we headed straight to the court...

"Remember, man, that you are dust
And unto dust you shall return."

That's how we do our sacrifices here, we don't eat meat not until after the Holy Week. I was just thinking, if we need to sacrifice somethings, we don't need contract right? We don't need something to put on but the willingness to do it without any contract. Crossing an ash on your forehead is kinda contract for me. Show's that you don't have to eat meat and that will forbid you to eat meat. Even if we don't need to put ash on our forehead we can still do sacrifices for God. Call me whatever you wanted to Call me but that's how I understand it. That's how we test ourselves, if we'll really be tempted or not. That's shows how strong our faith for God, maybe I don't understand it really. But I'm sure there is a full reason of all of this...

New haircut

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Last 17th of February I decided to have a new haircut, I went to the saloon after work last Saturday, since I wanted to cut my hair before Chinese New Year... No connection, but they [old tradition] that its a good luck if you'll have a new look or a new haircut after the Chinese New Year... I still have a long hair, but its not like before that I was looked like a mermaid, and my co-employee were teasing me as a mermaid, which I also liked to hear them teasing me that way..hehehehe...

I am addicted

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I might sound ???? and you can call me ??? but I'm inlove with my template jud. After months that I haven't change my template here, I decided to look for a new one for a new year too. I have chosen these one and now all I wanted to do is to look at it all the time...hahahaha... As if I am addicted into this template and obviously??? I am..hehehehe..

I'm in a good mood today, I have talked to Jeff and made him smile and YESSSSS!!!! I did made him smile...

Valetine's Day... but I'm so sad

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I have the saddest Valentines Day this 2007. Because of what happened to Jeff's sister. I tried many times not to think of what happened and instead think the other good side and of what planned for them. But I just can't, I have lots of questions in my head, questions that I dont know what's the right answer and a very satisfied answer. I tried to smile, but I couldn't hide what and how do I really feel about that tragedy.

Twinks texted me, and we planned before that we'll be dating during Valentines Day since our partners were living far from us. Inspite that I dont like to be sad and wanted to shift my sadness into something, she invited me to watch movie. We did watched 'The Messenger' its a suspense, horror movie. It caught my attention and help me forget what I've been thinking and focused into it. I got scared and keep babbling to twinks if we can go home and will not finished the movie. After that, I got fine for awhile, but still it keeps coming back what happened inside my head. I can't eat very well, I am not in the mood for everything, I've just so lonely and sad because I know someone outhere needs me alot, and I just couldn't help and comfort him.

Tragic happened in Utah, Salt Lake City

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Read the after incident news here

My boyfriend Jeff, was very worried last February 12, 2007, his worried about that news and he know that his sister were in Utah, we were chatting with allen. And his been trying to reach his sister, calling her for many times but there was no response. He left a text message to call him so he would not worried too much. We thought that she's sleeping already that's why she did not answered the phone. And unexpectedly in the morning [there] Jeff called me crying informing me that his sister Teresa Ellis, 29 was been shooted and died. As if everything were really down at me that night. I don't know what to do to help and comfort Jeff and his family. I wish I am there to help him, to comfort him, I could not do anything but to sit here and pray. Why do things happened to those good people? The answer is: because the good people are the only ones who can handle it.

I'm very much sorry for the loss of Jeffrey Hedges, we are praying for Teresa's soul and for your family too. Even how hurt and painful things are, God have better plans for ALL of US. He have reasons why all of this happened to us. May Teresa Ellis be rest in peace...My whole family, and friends are extending our condolense to your family's loss.

First University Days

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They have celebrated their very first University Days last February 8-12, 2007. Students were totally busy with their own errands, some were players and others were just plain audience. The whole campus were too noisy and cheering for their own teams/divisions. They have socio-cultural show, personnel's night where they have chanced to see their own teachers and administrators see dancing, singing and acting. Everyone in the campus were totally smiling and happy...

February 12, 2007: My two working student did the wall climbing at the field, I treated them both to go wall climbing since they didn't tried it yet. So we went their and tried, they were having so much fun...and they actually like it...

I've WON two times

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Recently my sister in law [lyn-lyn] were joining 'las-to'. Its most filipino are joining it, its somewhat like similar to lottery. I've won twice now..and from php 5 you'll won like php 325. So in every day, I consumed php50 and sometimes I lose sometimes I win. Just a game that would lift up my heart because I have won some little bit of money. I know its pretty bad, but I find it a game for me...

Updates last January 2007

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I got busy lately here, I have a very special person who just visited me and came the way here to meet me personally and ... [dont want to mention] hehehehe..

Anyways:
Jan. 24, 2007: Jeffrey Hedges from New York State came all his way in General Santos City, Philippines to meet me for the very first time. Yes, he is my boyfriend, were we meet @ person.com website. We started to get friends, I'm there for him to share things with, until such time we both liked each other more and we both decided to make our relationship go deeper. We have bad times sometimes, but that is all part of the relationship, its not that easy to have a long distance relationship especially when you haven't meet yet. Moreover, I met him with wella and mistica with me at Davao Airport. I feel comfortable with him, his actually cute I admit that...hehehe..then we headed to take a hotel for us to stay, and joined wella and mistica for the itenirary for that day.We went to Gaisano Mall to buy some stuff, Crocodile park, and dinner at Jack Ridge.

Jan. 25, 2007: Island hopping, we were at wind and wave shop at 8am and waiting for my whole family there. They met for the very first time, Mom, Kuya, in-law, Friends and Aunties. Lots of fun, everyone is shy to each other at first, but when we stopped at one island for our kayaking, scuva diving, snorkling, everyone were laughing, smiling, excitement, and enjoyed.

Jan. 26-28, 2007: 3 days and 2 nights to climb. We were on the top of Mt. Matutum at Jan.27, 3pm.. I have a very unbelievable experience, with my Mahal with me of course, I was really nagging on my way up? and down...hahahaha..I was nagging and wishing that I did not joined the climbed, after all those stupidity that I have made there? I got proud of myself, because I got back down safe and sound and with Jeff with me too. He love that way, so much fun, chillin up there, the challenging branches, trailways and the unexpected trek..WOW...we also have a very good mountaineer who were there for us, makes everyone happy and they do also enjoyed it, even if they were with some foreigner with them to join the climb. All I can say, probably I'll try Mt. Parker next time, but with a preparation for it, maybe next year...hehehe..I have sweared I will never climb back to Mt. Matutum again..

Jan.29, 2007: We stayed at home in the whole morning, I have to gain my strenght back, we went to tropicana beach resort, had dinner at Twinkle's place and met Jeff with twinks family, had bowling and ended up at 12:00am.

Jan. 30, 2007: We went shopping for his souvenirs, at night we played badminton with twinks, played table tennis with my brothers, and had our despedida party. Its the very first time that Jeff actually sing a song, well, he wants to have duet with me, and we did sing 3 songs together, like he putted his right arm holding the microphone closer to my mouth, I was exerting effort there too because I wanna make sure that they [people in the house] would actually hear him sing and they heard it, I let him drink wine for awhile before force him to sing...hahahaha..that night was really great...

Jan. 31, 2007: We have to spend time together, he'll be leaving GenSan the last plane flight, he insisted me to go with him in Manila, and 2 hours before our flight we were all rushing, we were almost left to our flight. And Jeff were totally scared he can't be in Manila before his flight back to the U.S. I scared him but we actually did get there. My sister met Jeff there, we went to MAll of Asia, took some pictures, and went to the Bay Walk, at least it gives us 12 hours to spent time together before he actually have his flight back. At 7:50am he flew, tears were running down our eyes bidding bye for now, because we have to go on with our lives. I miss him badly, everyday that we were together gives me a hard time to recover, but I have to be strong, and he did the same thing too.

Feb. 2, 2007: My flight back to gensan and back to work on the next day...