Its 4AM and 4 hours to go before the SMEMCO anniversary celebration. Feeling a little rested and little better after last night's bout with stomach pains, I woke up with so much optimism and excitement in my heart. I still don't have the welcome remarks prepared for the program later so here I am in front of my brother's laptop thinking of how to start my speech.
well I better begin in 5...4...3...2...1
I love Sundays. Sundays are always special. Today February 5, 2012 is an extra special Sunday because we are celebrating our SMEMCO's 14th anniversary. It is a little extra special because today is also ate Bing Sagaray's birthday.
My regular Sunday would never be complete without this habit which I recently started after I heard it from Mr. Bayogos. Every Sunday morning, I would always make sure that I won't miss the talk of Bo Sanchez on TV. I missed today's episode since I am here celebrating this special Sunday with you and because of that I might as well share with you a message from Bo a few episodes ago.
It says : THE GREATER YOU BECOME, THE MORE HUMBLE YOU SHOULD BE. TO BE HUMBLE, YOU SHOULD THINK OF OTHER PEOPLE AS GREATER THAN YOU ARE.
I would like to share this beautiful message with you because this is the greatest lesson SMEMCO has taught me over the years. To be humble means to be always be of service to others even if sometimes it is an additional load of work on your part. To be humble is to keep your feet on the ground and not let your position intimidate other people. To be humble is to smile and be accommodating despite difficult situations and in front of difficult people. To be humble is to be patient and understanding of other people's problems which are oftentimes financial. To be humble is not uttering hurting words to others and to make things a little less complicated for them. Humility is not owning and doing everything on your own but to delegate tasks because others can do things better and never fail to acknowledge their efforts and be generous with appreciation. Humility is listening to others and learning from their wisdom. SMEMCO has truly shaped and helped me become a better person. It has taught me things I would never ever learn from books, seminars or masteral studies. It has taught me valuable lessons in life that is why my heart is always for SMEMCO.
SMEMCO started from humble beginnings initiated by the people who saw its potential and now 14 years later, our cooperative has grown bigger, has faced a lot of changes and challenges, and has evolved into 8.3M net worth cooperative from 100 thousand starting capital. As we grow bigger and greater, SMEMCO will always remain humble and will never stop learning from other people and from institutions. It will continue to seek guidance, be open to present realities in life and will never close its doors to opportunities. It will stay strong for more years because of its greatest foundation--- you, your passion and love for this cooperative.
My welcome remarks is getting longer so I would like to end this by thanking all of you for being there during my journey as a Chairperson of SMEMCO. Thank you to the BOD- Ate Dors, Sir Luis, Ate Sonia, Ate Anabel, Ate Narlina and Oliver. To the officers –ate celia, syensi inday and Suzanne. And to our staff Jeff and Elvie. It was a little less difficult ride for me because you were there to guide and support me. And to all of you, mga igsoon sa kooperatiba, daghang salamat. Please do not give up on SMEMCO.
Welcome to this celebration and enjoy this beautiful Sunday!
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
another step
Its the last day of my birthday month and I'm looking forward to that royal blue wedding that I have been dreaming of and waiting for with much excitement and love. I long for that day that I will be wearing my blue pair of shoes with my wedding gown as I walk down the aisle to the man I love.
It has always been my prayer ever since Kit and I started planning for this wedding that God will be there sending angels to guide us in every step we take before that special day. My morning prayer will always be offering all our plans to the Lord and let him sort out whatever is best for the two of us. I pray that whatever we plan and decide it will be His desire for us.
God has been so good. He has been sending angels and miracles to make everything so easy and smooth. Yesterday, I met Florence, my brother's good friend and talked about preps for the wedding. She was amazing and so kind helping me out with details I have missed and taken for granted because of ignorance. This is my first wedding so how should I know? LOL :) Anyway, her suggestions were really helpful and I was bursting with so much gladness when she promised to arrange the church and reception venues and fill it with so much royal blue and silver :)
I am so grateful to God for my brother. Out of his generosity and love for his sistah, he promised to pay for the arrangements. He will not be there to share with me this joy of being wed and to help me with tiny details on that day. But he made it sure that before he leaves for his next trip, everything will be ready and his friends will be there to help. He is the best! That why I love him so much!
Another step accomplished before the wedding in July. Thank you Lord for this blessing :)The pair of shoes destined for me is just there waiting and I better start searching.
It has always been my prayer ever since Kit and I started planning for this wedding that God will be there sending angels to guide us in every step we take before that special day. My morning prayer will always be offering all our plans to the Lord and let him sort out whatever is best for the two of us. I pray that whatever we plan and decide it will be His desire for us.
God has been so good. He has been sending angels and miracles to make everything so easy and smooth. Yesterday, I met Florence, my brother's good friend and talked about preps for the wedding. She was amazing and so kind helping me out with details I have missed and taken for granted because of ignorance. This is my first wedding so how should I know? LOL :) Anyway, her suggestions were really helpful and I was bursting with so much gladness when she promised to arrange the church and reception venues and fill it with so much royal blue and silver :)
I am so grateful to God for my brother. Out of his generosity and love for his sistah, he promised to pay for the arrangements. He will not be there to share with me this joy of being wed and to help me with tiny details on that day. But he made it sure that before he leaves for his next trip, everything will be ready and his friends will be there to help. He is the best! That why I love him so much!
Another step accomplished before the wedding in July. Thank you Lord for this blessing :)The pair of shoes destined for me is just there waiting and I better start searching.
Friday, November 25, 2011
of blessings and wedges
Thank you Lord for everything. This week is really overflowing with blessings.
I passed the first oral defense for my thesis because of YOU Lord. I could not make it without you. Everything went smoothly that Wednesday afternoon because you were there in that room through the words I have spoken. You were there as I looked in the eyes of my panelists who at first glance...you feel like you are about to be eaten alive. But they were gentle...and kind and whose comments are formative and helpful. Like a father's words to his child.
I was standing for the whole two hours wearing my brown strapped wedge feeling not even a single hint of leg pain. It was like wearing Jesus' sandals on my feet while walking in an endless road. It was the longest two hour journey of my life. When they gave the verdict that I passed after final deliberation, it was like finding a bus stop at the end of the road after the nonstop walking..where I was able to have a big sigh of relief. God, you were there in that journey never leaving me until I reached my destination.
Today, I received the Holy Spirit through confirmation. Wearing my red wedges with a flesh colored dress, I was sealed by the gift of the Holy spirit and it was one of the memorable occasions of my life with Kuya Gil as my ninong. My pair of wedges was flaming in red as I received this gift for the second time. Thank you for this one special moment Lord. Now I'm ready for the sacrament of Matrimony with a new pair of blue wedges perhaps? :)
I look forward to more blessings to come in wedges. I will continue to be grateful LORD and will always remain humble.... for you are the source of all these. Thank you Lord!
I passed the first oral defense for my thesis because of YOU Lord. I could not make it without you. Everything went smoothly that Wednesday afternoon because you were there in that room through the words I have spoken. You were there as I looked in the eyes of my panelists who at first glance...you feel like you are about to be eaten alive. But they were gentle...and kind and whose comments are formative and helpful. Like a father's words to his child.
I was standing for the whole two hours wearing my brown strapped wedge feeling not even a single hint of leg pain. It was like wearing Jesus' sandals on my feet while walking in an endless road. It was the longest two hour journey of my life. When they gave the verdict that I passed after final deliberation, it was like finding a bus stop at the end of the road after the nonstop walking..where I was able to have a big sigh of relief. God, you were there in that journey never leaving me until I reached my destination.
Today, I received the Holy Spirit through confirmation. Wearing my red wedges with a flesh colored dress, I was sealed by the gift of the Holy spirit and it was one of the memorable occasions of my life with Kuya Gil as my ninong. My pair of wedges was flaming in red as I received this gift for the second time. Thank you for this one special moment Lord. Now I'm ready for the sacrament of Matrimony with a new pair of blue wedges perhaps? :)
I look forward to more blessings to come in wedges. I will continue to be grateful LORD and will always remain humble.... for you are the source of all these. Thank you Lord!
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
barefoot
I was staring blankly at my computer with thoughts wandering nowhere and too tired of thinking when suddenly I felt the need to remove my shoes to release that something inside me that I can't explain.
I love the feel of my feet on the cold floor and the cooling sensation it brings to my legs. Sitting here alone in this corner of this unlit room, removing my shoes was like stepping into an enchanted world...a place where I can be myself...barefoot...relaxed...dancing like a princess...singing and shouting to my heart's content...undaunted by the time and demands of the real world I came from.
Barefoot means freedom. It's 2 days more to go before the semestral break that have been dying to have. I felt so choked up by the people around here...the things demanded from me and the thesis i have to finish by this week. Last night, without hesitations, I went straight from the meeting to Quirino Ave. to look for that new small hotel around the area. The time I stepped inside the cozy lobby of Midori Inn, I felt that it was home for me. After 15 minutes inside, I just booked myself with a one night stay this saturday and left the inn with a feeling of freedom.
I want to be away from home....I want to be alone and be able to finish the thesis that I have to complete. I need this time alone to be with myself...to look back and think about my future.
I need this like my tired and restless feet needing the comforts of the tiled floor.
I love the feel of my feet on the cold floor and the cooling sensation it brings to my legs. Sitting here alone in this corner of this unlit room, removing my shoes was like stepping into an enchanted world...a place where I can be myself...barefoot...relaxed...dancing like a princess...singing and shouting to my heart's content...undaunted by the time and demands of the real world I came from.
Barefoot means freedom. It's 2 days more to go before the semestral break that have been dying to have. I felt so choked up by the people around here...the things demanded from me and the thesis i have to finish by this week. Last night, without hesitations, I went straight from the meeting to Quirino Ave. to look for that new small hotel around the area. The time I stepped inside the cozy lobby of Midori Inn, I felt that it was home for me. After 15 minutes inside, I just booked myself with a one night stay this saturday and left the inn with a feeling of freedom.
I want to be away from home....I want to be alone and be able to finish the thesis that I have to complete. I need this time alone to be with myself...to look back and think about my future.
I need this like my tired and restless feet needing the comforts of the tiled floor.
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010
treasures in a box
With a few days more left before I finally delete (temporarily of course!) the vacation mode in my current status, an urgent need for a formal school shoes prompted me this morning to open the dusty shoe boxes in my room. These boxes, carefully kept on top of my closet are the homes of the most precious possessions and sacred things in my life- my shoes.
As soon as I set my eyes on these once lovely pairs that graced my tiny feet in many places and occasions I have been … I instantly felt a painful shot of guilt in my heart realizing that I have taken for granted things in my whirlwind life which are sacred and indispensably special.
What made the feeling even stronger was the realization that came from a new colleague of mine whose huge feat mirrored what I had dreamt to have and accomplish in the past- a lifelong dream I have totally taken for granted like my shoes in the box.
Writing was one of my earliest passions which came to life during essay writing contests in elementary to journalism in high school. Dreams were born out of this simple passion for creatively designing a Monalisa of written words. Some of those dreams were achieved, some were not even close to reality but some are still secretly hiding in the shoe boxes of heart’s desires. I have triumphed over qualifying to a national writing contest, mourned over not getting a creative writing course in college but still never stopped dreaming of having a published article in a national newspaper.
Writing is just like any other shoes in the box. You have to polish and clean it to restore and magnify the beauty it adds to your walking…you have to hold it dear to your heart to always continue to feed you with simple pleasures and joy….and you have to use and wear it to boost the glory it brings to your life.
Shoes, books and writing are my life’s passions….my treasures in the box. Its time to bring them out to shine!
As soon as I set my eyes on these once lovely pairs that graced my tiny feet in many places and occasions I have been … I instantly felt a painful shot of guilt in my heart realizing that I have taken for granted things in my whirlwind life which are sacred and indispensably special.
What made the feeling even stronger was the realization that came from a new colleague of mine whose huge feat mirrored what I had dreamt to have and accomplish in the past- a lifelong dream I have totally taken for granted like my shoes in the box.
Writing was one of my earliest passions which came to life during essay writing contests in elementary to journalism in high school. Dreams were born out of this simple passion for creatively designing a Monalisa of written words. Some of those dreams were achieved, some were not even close to reality but some are still secretly hiding in the shoe boxes of heart’s desires. I have triumphed over qualifying to a national writing contest, mourned over not getting a creative writing course in college but still never stopped dreaming of having a published article in a national newspaper.
Writing is just like any other shoes in the box. You have to polish and clean it to restore and magnify the beauty it adds to your walking…you have to hold it dear to your heart to always continue to feed you with simple pleasures and joy….and you have to use and wear it to boost the glory it brings to your life.
Shoes, books and writing are my life’s passions….my treasures in the box. Its time to bring them out to shine!
Sunday, August 9, 2009
on shoes...flowers..and cory
the death of former president corazon aquino last aug. 1 has renewed the sense of patriotism in every filipino and stories about her life of service and simplicity has touched me and moved me into tears. the past days, everytime i turn on the tv or read the daily news on the paper about her passing, tears would stream into my eyes and can't help myself from getting emotional. (i am such a cry baby). the biggest regret that i have right now is not being able to experience the people power revolution in 1986...not being able to feel the love, the intensity aND passion for democracy...not being able to take part in cory's fight for our freedom. crying in those times would surely be worth it.
on a lighter note...it was revealed in the stories by people whom cory have touched about her penchant for flowers. most of her paintings given as gifts to her friends are flowers. i, too love to draw flowers..not just because they are the easiest thing to draw in this world but because of their beauty and the calmness and joy they bring. i love flowers...i love them on my notebook or on my dress... i love flowers in my classroom...and i love to be in a secret garden full of flowers!
last week, my brother brought the pair of shoes from carmille which she offered to sell to me super cheap. when he opened the paper bag and handed them to me...i gasped and hugged them in excitement. it was a thing of beauty even though the shoes are in different sizes (dont know how her mother got them hahaha) one is size 6 and the other 6 and 1/2....well it doesn't matter...people would not care and would never notice the size difference anyway :) wink wink! what made this shoes extra special is the flowery designs all over...very dainty and super nice nice nice! these American eagle flats with slingbacks are really perfect on a weekend day out.
a leader just like a pair of shoes is not hard to find. they are almost everywhere. most politicians come and go- some leave with good marks but most have left with a legacy of corruption and immorality. but a leader with passion, deep faith and sincerity just like cory aquino is like a rare pair of shoes that comes to you by destiny. She was God's gift to the Philippines for she gave us back our democracy and led our ailing nation with moral leadership. the filipinos are indeed destined to have tita cory as a president, in a very same way that i was fated to have this simple yet odd flowery shoes which i will forever cherish in my shoe memories. how i love serendipity!
on a lighter note...it was revealed in the stories by people whom cory have touched about her penchant for flowers. most of her paintings given as gifts to her friends are flowers. i, too love to draw flowers..not just because they are the easiest thing to draw in this world but because of their beauty and the calmness and joy they bring. i love flowers...i love them on my notebook or on my dress... i love flowers in my classroom...and i love to be in a secret garden full of flowers!
last week, my brother brought the pair of shoes from carmille which she offered to sell to me super cheap. when he opened the paper bag and handed them to me...i gasped and hugged them in excitement. it was a thing of beauty even though the shoes are in different sizes (dont know how her mother got them hahaha) one is size 6 and the other 6 and 1/2....well it doesn't matter...people would not care and would never notice the size difference anyway :) wink wink! what made this shoes extra special is the flowery designs all over...very dainty and super nice nice nice! these American eagle flats with slingbacks are really perfect on a weekend day out.
a leader just like a pair of shoes is not hard to find. they are almost everywhere. most politicians come and go- some leave with good marks but most have left with a legacy of corruption and immorality. but a leader with passion, deep faith and sincerity just like cory aquino is like a rare pair of shoes that comes to you by destiny. She was God's gift to the Philippines for she gave us back our democracy and led our ailing nation with moral leadership. the filipinos are indeed destined to have tita cory as a president, in a very same way that i was fated to have this simple yet odd flowery shoes which i will forever cherish in my shoe memories. how i love serendipity!
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