Thursday, December 24, 2009

Anonymous Gift


I was heading to the marketplace this morning to buy something. I knew I had two five hundred peso bills in my pocket. As I was about to reach my destination which is three blocks from home, I checked my pocket and found out that I lost my money. I went back home and took another one thousand bill from my wallet.

I know it hurts when you lose something, especially money but i guess losing mine is a blessing to somebody else - the one who finds it. I do not know how to react at first, since it is my first time to lose one thousand pesos. Seeing those faces on the streets- happy smiles, sparkling laughters, and a few pokerfaces I cannot afford to sulk into despair just because of the money.

It is Christmas eve everyone deserves happiness. I am giving justice to my one thousand pesos - be a blessing to the one who finds you! Merry Christmas everyone! May you have abundance in the year ahead!

Monday, December 21, 2009

Holiday Prejudice


I was having a good time somewhere in my city yesterday when i passed by a establishment fully adorned with Christmas decor. I overheard a female teenager spoke about Christmas and Santa Claus. "Santa Claus is Satan," she said. She elaborated that when she was still small her father told her that Santa Claus is Satan because when you rearranged the word 'santa' it can be 'satan.' Some kids grew up a prejudice because their parents instilled in them dangerous and totally discriminating notions on certain things. Santa Claus is personified as someone who is generous, patient, hardworking, child-friendly character. In my place where tanned race dwells, a foreign looking dressed-up Santa, shaking hands, giving kids candies and saying HO-HO-HO is something little children love and respected by adults. How come this 'Santa Claus' is a satan? The world tries to build a community of kindness and unity but if this backward culture of prejudicism goes on and on, our efforts to bring peace on earth will tumble and crumble. For the teenager: may you live up to the name of what you claimed. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Of CATs and DOGs

My home is like a zoo menagerie - 3 dogs, 5 birds, 2 cats, several chickens and a handful of roosters, a turtle and 7 human beings.Of all the things present at home - which include all the furnitures and plants, i love my cats the most. I have one stripe grey tabby and a white (with orange spots) one. Both are nice and playful. Our dogs are playful too but most of the time i get a scratch or scrape on my skin when playing with  them. When one of my 2 cats got sick, he (they are both male) would sleep in my room. A sweet thing to do for a cat, letting his owners know he is not feeling well and seeks attention.
Spending 10 hours in my workplaces is too stressful but when i reach home and my cats brush their soft furs on me i feel relieved and relaxed. I do not know what they have on their fur but one thing is for sure - they are helping me a lot to decrease my stress. Of CATS and DOGS - cats are more to me!

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Blogging...

My ideas tend to explode everyday. There is no way i could contain them or keep them from vanishing away. A friend suggested it would be nicer to blog what i have in mind. So here it goes!