Survivor Mactan

Sunset in Bogo

Why is it that everytime I commit myself to follow what God wants me to do, something always happen to drive me away from that committment?

I just committed to live straight for the Lord, to go back to my passion, to come back to the heart of worship, to live fully for God; suddently, temptations just flew around like hell!!!

These temptations doesn't looked like any temptations at all. In a way, following these thoughts are gratifying and in a way "alright". And if you explore it, it may look logical and justifiable.:)

This is one of the things that I could say, is not a walk in the park.

The Lord rescued me (still); the Bible says, the Lord "will provide a way out" when we encountered these things.

He surely knows my limits and He knows at what point will I breakdown.

I got out from it unscratched. Thanks to the protection of the Lord.:)

Update from Josiah's life

whaaa!! i just came back from the province. i spent my long(?) vacation there and frankly, i didn't felt relax.:) I can't say i need more time to rest but I just felt like reporting back to work tomorrow.:)

i just browse through my friendster and i found a couple that i think are sweet to each other-Ali and Aiko. Just looking at them made me smile always. I'm not always a romantic guy that's why my gf sometimes complain to me about it. Most of the time, I'm more on functional that aesthetics. Anyway, i found this couple with deep devotion to each other and I could say we seldom see couple like them. To Aiks and Ali, best wishes. :)

i also found heart evangelista's friendster. I'm not sure if that's really her.hehehehehe... im not a fan but she's really pretty, just like my one and only girlfriend, Joyce. :)

ahmmm.. i got some pics from the province. i'll post some of them sometime.

as always.. i have new plans for myself and for my friends.:) as usual my plans need money..
anyway.. ill take things easy since the Bible says, "The steps of the righteous are ordered by the Lord." I'm pretty sure God is ordering things up for me right now as I am typing this post; that's why i have these desires. :)

I remember a pastor say something like this, "If we want to soar on wings like an eagle,we must quit thinking like a chicken - get rid of the chicken mentality." Hehehe.. sad to say we think like chicken sometimes.:(

another techno

my friend asked me how to turn-off filter key.
The Activation:
Filter key option gets activated by pressing right shift key for about 8 seconds.
A window will pop-out telling you about activating the filter key. Click OK to go on and cancel to cancel. But this must be another Microsoft bug since clicking cancel will not actually cancel the activation of this option.

Another way to activate it is to go to Control Panel->Accessibility Option, ont the Keyboard Tab check use filter keys.

But do you really want to do that?

The Effect:
What will happen after the activation is that, every time you click on a window (or a page) everyhting gets highlighted. More weird things will happen but I didn't explore its effect on my PC since it was not my intention to really activate it.

The Cure:
Hold the two shift keys at the same time. No window will pop-out but the filter key option gets disabled.

More info:
http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/mtarchive/002052.html

"College - so much time, so little money.
Worklife - little money but with little time."

"Save romance after office hours."

"Loving someone is already a prize in itself. It is not a means to be loved back."

"Small dreams doesn't need God."

"Defeat does not happen when one falls down. It happens whe one refuses to get up."

romance and group hug

"Romance!" and "group hug!"

Romance - A mysterious or fascinating quality or appeal, as of something adventurous, heroic, or strangely beautiful.
- A strong, sometimes short-lived attachment, fascination, or enthusiasm for something.

Romance reminds me of a feeling of blood rushing from veins to veins. I simply call this feeling - "the rush". Reminds me of a song that says," it came over me in a rush and I realized that I love you so much that sometimes I cry and I can't tel you why... why I feel what I feel inside.."
You really can't describe that mixed feeling of turmoil and excitement. The RUSh, as I call it, not only causes a sense of blood rush but also causes a decision-rush. You know, when you have this on the rush feeling of excitement, you also feel the need to do rush-decisions. One person told me that when you are in a hightened emotion don't make a decision. Some people took the risk of rushing and they got burned; some got away with it unscratch. But still, most of the rush-decisions made on rush-moments are stupid.

Group hug - an action made as an expression of celebrating triumph.

We just love seeing basketball players jumping and hugging after winning a championship.
We just love football players running and hugging after every goal made. Simply a basic but rich expression of celebration. Psychologist tells us that man has his/her own "private sphere". This is a space that surounds us that we "unconsciously" call our own. We just don't let anybody intrude our private spheres. That will explain why we just don't get physically close with anybody. Group hug simply breaks "private spheres". Somehow, people celebrating and group hugging lay down their defenses and share a sense of oneness with other people. I would say a hug (in its purest form) is a sign of acceptance and celebration. We hug our brothers in faith to tell them they are loved and accepted and we celebrate their presence.

-jo

moment of weakness

huh... after a century of silence, I'm back to the bloggie world.
My Pastor once said something like this, "If you don't have anything good something to say, keep quite." And I think I am doing it; I am silent.
I have a choice: I can choose to enumerate all my frustrations and justify my actions with a lot of words and explain why I am a freakin victim... yadahyadahyadah or I could keep my mouth shut and meditate on other things.

I choose the latter and lift my concerns to the Lord. But you know what, I have found out that this action that seemed glorified is not a walk in the park. The thought of being frustrated keeps coming back and the words and actions of the people that pissed me off just tried to sink itself on my mind. Huh.. I have right here (pointing to my mind) a battle - the battle is in the mind.

So whose winning? That will be found out later.

I prayed to the Lord and prayed some more still it seems that my mind just continued to draw in those thoughts. Col 3:2

"What about me?"- this is one of the thoughts I really enjoyed hating.

huh? better? i dont think do..
Philippians 4:8

out of nowhere

an hour of mouse clicking...
an hour of keyboard typing...
still no words to share to the world...
not even words with no forms...
I'm at my drama moment again...
probably it's my time to reflect again...
probably I have something to settle with myself...
i felt my wings broke again...
i looked back and i see not a single footprint...
i looked forward and i cannot see a single light...
these are one of the moments when the jackals
will laugh their hearts out...
they will say "Just as I thought you will fail."
i can hear the jackals mocked me...
somehow I can say,"Thank you jackals."
I have heard their songs before...
before I decided to move on...
before I tasted my next level of success...
before I decided not to listen to these jackals.
I know what to do...
stop listening to the laughter of the jackals...
as for the what's next.. prov 3:5-6.

Yeah.. I know.. "why all these technos?" Interesting to say I don't have anything to write about
and I found these technical stuff really interesting.
Well, I have a lot of things to write in mind but I still can't pull them all together - yet.
Let me check.. my heartbeat is normal.. my mind is alright (as crazy as before).. my body is fine.. and my spirit is bit lower than two days ago but still above my usual. I just don't have anything to write yet that will concern life and spiritual stuffs.:)

Anyway... i'll probably write something later within this week.

http://malektips.com/subsite/dos.html

batch file

rem This batch file will traverse
rem the whole directory tree and set
rem the files to read-only mode.
rem
rem To remove read-only simply
rem change +R to -R.
FOR /R %%d IN (.) DO (
attrib +R /s "%%d"\*.*
)

I found an interesting article titled:
Diary of a Network Administrator: Julia Roberts and COM1 Folders

If your into techno stuff its fun and informative.
If you are interested you may read it here :http://www.phptr.com/articles/article.asp?p=31278

Microsoft explanation for folder rename (two posts below).

The vulnerability results because of a flaw in the way Windows 95 and 98 (including Windows 98 Second Edition) parse file path names. Device names such as COM1, CON or LPT1 are reserved words, and they can't be used as folder or file names. When parsing a reference to a path, Windows 95 and 98 check for the presence of a single DOS device name in the path. If one is found, the path is correctly treated as invalid and an error is returned. However, neither Windows 95 nor 98 check for multiple DOS device names. This is the source of the vulnerability.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/fq00-017.mspx

comment for post below from a guru friend

psst this is cool... But.. nuhh i don't think Bill Gates doesn't know it. Con is one of the reserved device names in his baby DOS. Along with it are: com1 till com9, lpt1 till lpt9, prn ,aux, nul and clock$.

microsoft bug

An Indian discovered that nobody can create a folder or file anywhere named as "con" or "CON". This is something pretty cool and unbelievable At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates, couldn't answer why this happened . Try it out yourself

Defeat does not happen when you fall down. It happens when you refuse to get up.

I am so tired of compromising
I am so tired of lukewarm living
So here I am with arms wide open
Lord here I am my heart wide open

Set me on fire
Set me on fire
Set me on fire
Set me on fire

Take this heart of mine
Place Your love inside
I want to go against the grain
I want to go against the grain

I've always love a home-run hitting song..

Excellence in your Workplace: Pictures with the speakers

Excellence in your Workplace's Home Run Hitters

Yesterday, I attended a seminar called "Excellence in your Workplace".
I decided to list down the things that hits right home.

Hit #1 - I still have a lot of things to learn. There is always something new to learn. I know my friend, Gerard always says this but this time, it got me right in my very core. My life will now be very open for the Lord to fill and teach.

Hit #2 - Remember to read your manual (the Bible) always. When things go wrong go back to your manual and consult your Maker. The first time I read this fact from PDL (Purpose Driven Life) it blow me away! This time the Lord brought me to remembrance the same feeling of being blown away.

Hit #3 - No amount of self-help book or training will ever change your life without being connected to the right source.

Hit #4 - Finish Well. Don't run the race alone.

Hit #5 - Stick with your passion. This brings in the question, what is my passion? My passion is always to worship God and bring glory to his name and passion #2 would be to be a Joseph (something that adds) to the lives of the people around me and help them find their God-given purpose. This is my mission statement.

Hit #6 - When dealing with critical people, we shouuld know ourselves better and don't allow yourself to be driven by that person's opinion of you or of other people.

Hit #7 - Let God run the show. In totality, the seminar focused on life's most important focus - God. People probably went there to find tips and clues on how to climb the ladder of succes well but they got something better - the Lord of the any ladder. Cito Beltran puts it this way, "You came here wanting chicken but it happened that we are serving steak for the same price."