A FiReLiCiOuS WeEkEnD!

FiReLiCiOuS! Fire – flames, passionate and Licious – yummy, delectable…This best describes my weekend and I leave it up all to your imagination. Some things are better left unsaid. Thanks Baby! Your guess is as good as mine…

FiReLiCioUs Stalker on the loose! My significant other told me someone is claiming to be his wife. Indeed, she’s a wife… to another guy and got kids to take care of. What a pity! My heart goes out to her. One thing for sure, never…ever trust a man’s word! Poor thing…another sad story of unrequited love that would cost you boxes of tissues. WaKe Up and GeT a LiFe GuRL!

FiReLiCiOuS visit! As much as possible, I want to avoid hospital scenes but this weekend, I had to visit a very dear friend, the Ambassador, who just had an angioplasty. I lift my fervent prayers for his fast recovery.

Another weekend has passed…and looking forward to an equally FiReLiCiOuS WeEk!

KeEp ThE FiRe BuRnInG!

Whew! It’s been ages since I scribbled something in here…and I’m back!

Looking back in the year that was…I can simply smile with glee…Thanks for the 20/20 Excellence Award given by ABS-CBN…all the hard work gone unnoticed. Thanks for the great family…friends…and of course YoU -- who keeps the FIRE BuRnInG!

A BuRnInG PasSiOn keeps us going, no matter what we do, wherever we will be…that keeps us alive and kicking…

As I turned a year older last week…I stopped counting my age…What the heck! It’s nothing but just a number…In introspection, there’s so much to thank for. I’m young, free and happy! I’m not yet to press the panic button…not just yet…It’s worth the wait especially when you get a first class seat on the TGV – fast and easy! Zooommm! Just enjoy the journey and the panoramic scenery…savor the exhilarating side trips and don’t worry about the destination…you’ll surely get there!

A trip to Lourdes in France and Fatima in Portugal last February was invigorating not to mention the side trips we had in Amsterdam that teems with so much life at night; the dazzling Antwerp where everything sparkles; the majestic Grand Plaas in Brussels where you can simply stare in amazement; and of course, not to forget the eternally captivating Eiffel Tower where most lovers vowed their undying love for each other underneath and the breathaking stroll along Champ Elysees. Hopeless romantics! Well, we just have to MaXiMiZe IT!

The journey continues…and one great secret to a happy and successful journey – keep the flames aglow. PaSsIoN fires up everything…Always KeEp ThE FiRe BuRnInG in YoU!

HoLy SnApS!

A visit to these HoLy sites nourishes the SoUL...NeEd I SaY mOrE?

Off To ThE HoLy LaNd

So many things to do...so little time...I haven't packed my stuff yet for our trip to Jordan & Jerusalem tomorrow...

Travel light! That's what Ambassador Ricardo Endaya said. You read it right! I'm travelling with our Ambassador, Assistant Labor Attache Elmira Sto. Domingo, Resty and another embassy staff, Mr. Halim...

What should I bring for a four-day trip? We're leaving Kuwait Tuesday afternoon and be back here Saturday morning...Anyway, I still have the whole night and whole morning tomorrow to pack. Duh!

Good thing, my boss was kind enough to sign my leave form. He's such a kind and charming human being...that's what you call pure luck!

I'm really looking forward to this trip - a once in a lifetime pilgrimage...I'll be listing down tonight all my prayer petitions for my family and friends...The mere thought of it makes me feel so good!!!

On the side, we hope to visit Tel Aviv too, if we still have the time...Resty would love that! Too bad, Geoff, another member of the (defunct?) Thursday Club can't join us. Maybe next time, Geoff can make it to Fatima and Lourdes. Does the invitation still stand Amba?

HoLy LaNd HeRe We CoMe!

SeCrReT No MoRe!

What's the secret to unlimited happiness, love, health, and prosperity?

Some people have gone pandemonium over the new book of Rhonda Byrne's The Secret, including one of my close buddies in our Thursday Club. Hmmm, though not surprising because he is a bit superstitious who is fond of collecting stones and precious gems assigning each of them with a distinct power - power to heal, luck for love, abundance and all what you've been wishing for. Well, I must admit, I also keep some stones with me but it doesn't mean that I have to rely on them for my daily existence...The Secret offers the knowledge of how to create—intentionally and effortlessly—a joyful life. How could that be? You just spend time visualizing and daydreaming?

I'm an optimist but I don't wait things to happen. I have to do something to make them happen. Fine...fine...I also visualize goals that I want to achieve as The Secret revealed. If this really works...It's been ages now that I've been visualizing myself with a whistle-bait figure then how come I still end up shopping at Evans where I could find the size that best suits me?

There is really no secret to success. It's all at your disposal. You just need to focus on your goals and be determined to achieve them through patience, hardwork and lots of prayers.

After all, don't let those kaleidoscopic stones or any creepy-looking book rule your life.

LiFe iS wHaT yOu MaKe It!

EiD MuBaRaK!

Happy Eid!

It's now four days after the Eid...and everyone is back after the long Eid holiday...Everyone seems to be have the Eid hang-over...and that includes me!

Back to normalcy after the Ramadan...It's been a while since I've written something in here...and now I'm lost for words...

Anyway, I'll make up for the lost time...PrOmIsE!

BeTTeR DaYs ArE HeRe...

FaStInG or FaSt EaTinG?

Ramadan Kareem!

It's been four days now since the Ramadan started - the Holy Month of fasting and prayer for our Muslim brothers and sisters...

I'm starving...the office cafeteria is closed during Ramadan...But one good thing, office time is cut short from the usual 8-5 to 9-3...

Everyone seems so slow, sleepy and lazy in the office...Well, everyone seems to be waiting when the clock strikes 3...and off they go...

Shall I be fasting or fast eating this Ramadan? Make a guess...

I can't wait till I get home...Your guess is as good as MiNe!