NEW BLOGSKIN FOR MY BLOG

Just found a site that gives you different looks on your blog...thanks to a newfound pal in the net..Renz.
I just dont know if this look...gives a diffrent meaning or something fit in to my theme....
Can't find another site that indeed provides a templates that you need....this new skin is like close to my theme....
If you dont like it guys..just hit me up or give me your religious reaction...or if you can recommend a site please do so..I need to change the look of my blog.
Too bad for me, I dont know anything about this HTML thing..or design some template...anyhow...somebody out there might pity on me and possibly make one for me free of charge...
PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR COMMENT ABOUT THIS NEW SKIN OF MY BLOG

AN OPPRESIVELY HOT LENTEN

I don't celebrate nor believe on Lenten...my church had clearly explained the doctrinal views that this kind of celebration or let say belief is not Biblically based but a custom being practice by most of the inhabitants in this world.The Holy Scripture evidently tells us that one way of cleansing and repenting our sins is not by way of following the pagans do which hurting ourselves physically but the holistic preaching of Christ.
Those who observe it are not mainly to be knowledgeable about the holy writings unless their church would proclaim reverently what exactly the Bible has to say.The Bible clearly says " Our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit:, yet, some have seriously injured themselves by beating thru the traditional wiper.Well, that is their convictions or customary just as what the Spaniards had introduced to us that fallaciously swayed most of the Filipinos.
So much for that, I went home this lenten in Olongapo to spend a much needed vacation with my kins.There is no great substitute on a relish holiday period with your common proginator.That is true, which you can laugh and do all things with gusto.Everytime I get the chance to go home, childhood recollections mellifluously brings back the motion pictures of the yesteryears.Oftentimes, my feet induce me to places I used to hang-out to.I simply called them landmarks of memories.
It is nice to look back the trails that you had just left during your childhood days...refreshing back is most likely what we usually do to satisfy our missingness back then.
I can't truly understand why we have this kind of emotions of flashing back the haapy bygone specially during solitude moment.....
Well,I guess these are the usual feelings of a man trying to tract back of his/her childhood good days....it is also a worth sharing to your children and grandchild if ever times permit.

THE PHILIPPINE BLOG AWARDS 2007

THE PHILIPPINE BLOG AWARDS - 2007

Just this April fool month....many events happened....aside from the excruciating Summer break,here comes the lenten season,vacation for the beach bums and of course the controversial The Philippine Blog Awards.
This award was comprised of great bloggers and blogging critics in the country.Certainly they browsed and keep on browsing searching for good Filipino bloggers.
Deserving winners was extremely good and prolific writers...believe me.I am simply or was simply impressed of their entries aside from the content wise but the design as well.I hate to be sounded like hypocrite but I also dream of that somehow my blog would get noticed....by those organizers...
Well,its just a dream of a humble poor blogger's like me..who wouldn't like to be noticed and name best blogger?
Would like to extend my congratulations to the nominated bloggers whom I frequently love to see and read their blogs such as: Ferdz , My Tukayo: Eric,and to the winners as well like; Bryanboy
People, you got to see their blogs and I swear to high heavens....you'll love to view the moment you visit their blogs and surely you'll learn something from them.
If you want to see those winners simply click this The Philippine Blog Awards 2007
You can eventually got some tips how to improve your blogs and be part of the PBA..not the basketball thing, huh!
Got this pics of the PBA......enjoy and have fun this Summer heat vacation:

Design by Liz



Foto courtesy of Kuya Chris Haravata

EMPYREAN.2007

April 1 was the most memorable event for the batch 2006-07 of the Adventist University of the Philippine graduates.
Well, as you all know I was one of the batch of 2007 who just tearfully graduated..last 1 of April.
Empyrean..was the batch theme.It was a good friend of mine Luis Mafnas theologian graduate who came up with the idea of EMPYREAN.Being completely astounded, I thought it was just letters that are put together to make it EMPYREAN.That stirred up my curiosity to look for the definition.Engagely preoccupied for the evening graduation, my desire to search for the meaning had passed into oblivion till it was patiently described by Neil our batch artist.
The EMPYREAN define to be "Cut out from a finer canvass, tailored for success. or a Heavenly sublime." what a satisfactory theme and the meaning of a word.
Before the graduation nite, was our last banquet in the school as mere students.Everyone was on their Imeldific wardrobe or suits. I wore the floral sleeve doubled with a chinese coat to make it gallantry and stateliness. Gee, the food served was not that tasty as we're expected to be.
On the graduation itself was simply pompo, because its practically held at the soccer field.In the graduation day,Four o'clock in the afternoon in Filipino time was the start of the program.It was still hot and the area was brightly decorated with the excruciating sun rays.Sweatier as we were with our toga on and newly purchased clothes for the occasion was slightly wet.I could not fully imagine the feelings, it was mixed emotions.The feeling was like you we're in the cloud 9 being taken up high blissfully because of the hardships and painstakingly plight we have had as we tried to flash back those happy school days.
Honestly, that graduation day was a lonely part for me as well....no cameras taken to serve as my memorabilia (that's how poor I am)no money, no new clothes,no food preparation,no parents attended...within the graduation week were full with solitude and lonesome as I describe it...I dont have any single shot that I could simply present to my parent and to my kind benefactors as as living proof that I have succeeded at last.
I tried to look around during the grandeur night if somebody who had just gracefully cry and so I could secretly go with it too....I wanted to cry that graduation coz of the indescribable feeling..though...its my second course but then God did not forsaken me within those 3 years in AUP
Group of cousins and a kind Aunt who made it to attend my graduation were among of the thousands of people who came by at the graduation day..After all, I still shout for joy the heavenly happiness I felt to the Lord for being with me and to the rest of my batch who have had survived and made it to the finish line.
Lord......my dear Father...a million thanks to you.......you already knew how I ecstatic I was and you have seen my heart dancing piously praising your holy Name.Sorry guys...I have no pictures to post for this entry....I have no cameras.....poor me.
Secondly, thanks to my benefactors who extended their hands monetarily just helping me to study and the never ending prayers.....thank you though I have not seen some of you personally but from the bottom of my heart....thank you and thank you.
To parents,love you very much...and I knew that you are proud of me....thanks for kneeling always begging to the Lord for my future security.
Fourth, to my friends in school and outside school..for the warm palships...love you guys and I won't certainly forget you.
My Small group...1000 Missionary Student Ministry AUP chapter......thank you always and miss you guys..keep on serving the Lord till He comes.
My Professors....in the College of Education, English Dept., COllege of Theology...for the spiritual nourishment you made in order for me to grow matured enough to face this lonely world.I promised with the assistance of God , I will be a good teacher.
Of course, My Father in heaven..who is always there,guiding me,protecting me,loving me....what else can I say.....such a perfect Father.Lord, love you very much with all my heart and soul and strength.I won't be here in this beautiful world of yours without your magnificient plan of letting me to live and see the beauty of your holiness thru your creations.I may not be that good son of yours but I always wrestling and striving to be one......forgive me....and I LOVE YOU.
Haaayyyy, these are the words that I need to express cordially.....good thing that the idea of having blog is a big of help to write down all your innermost thought.

Wanna know the EMPYREAN Creed ? herewith is the motto and our creed;

EMPYREAN CREED
by Jackson Daguio

We came...
With empty cup in one handAnd dreams clutched at the other.

Like a little tot tittering at its first steps
We entered a world divine yet unknown.....

He blessed.....

With His heart that guided us unwaveringly

As that of a mother and a father yoked into one

All poured forth for a dear son,

We defied the goliaths and the Dragons of our vision!
thus....

We conquered..
With our feeble brains we conquered!
With our frail conquering might we conquered!

NO more fetters for ignorance hath passed!
But glorious ight hath conquered with His pierced feet and hands!

Empyrean!
We are with Him noblest of all
Empyrean!
We shall be with Him forevermore!

SM MALL OF ASIA - 3rd WORLD LARGEST MALL

Wow....as in Mabuhay to all of us Filipinos, because our very own shopping mall is the third of the 10 largest malls in the world.Well, those first and second is in main China, still partly Asia.
what happened to USA,Europe and other industrialized countries who officially claimed to be ahead of us?
This is greatly to prove to the world that Filipinos are mall rats,and I'm one of those who just love to chill out in malls.According to statistic, our malls here are bigger than those in US of A...sounds intriguing isn't it? Eight of the 10 largest malls is here in Asia early 2006 up to the present.
Meaning Philippines is not considered to be the third world country, aren't we? We have big shopping malls.The Asian shopping malls boom as in we are competing to the richer one.
I just wanna give you some updates people..this is according to American Studies at Eastern Connecticut State University Shopping Mall Studies

"World's Largest Shopping Malls Compared"

This table is compiled from data reported by various mall management companies on official web pages and in press releases. Data may not be consistent or entirely reliable. This is esepcially true of claimed gross leasable area (GLA), the criterion upon which the ranking is based. For further discussion, see The Largest Malls on this site.

1.Shopping Mall Year
Opened GLA*
Square feet
(Square meters)
Total Area Square feet
(Square meters) Stores Comments
South China Mall Dongguan, China
2005
7.1-million
(660,000)
9.6-million
(892,000)
1,500
The world's largest shopping mall in early 2006, but it may soon be eclipsed by at least two other Chinese malls.
Official site.

2.Jin Yuan
(Golden Resources Shopping Mall)
Beijing, China
2004
6.0-million
(560,000)
7.3-million
(680,000) 1,000+ Also known as the "Great Mall of China," this mega-mall has 6 floors and is located near the Fourth Ring Road, west of Beijing.

3.SM Mall of Asia
Pasay City, Philippines
2006
4.2-million
(386,000)

600
GLA uncertain. Official site.

4.West Edmonton Mall
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 1981 3.8-million
(350,000)
5.3-million
(570,000)
800 Largest shopping mall in North America; includes indoor wave pool, amusement areas, hotel, restaurants; 20,000 parking spaces. Official site.

4.SM Megamall
Mandaluyong City, Philippines
1991
3.6-million
(332,000)

550
5.GLA uncertain. Official site.
Berjaya Times Square
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

3.4-million
(320,000)
7.5-million
(700,,000)
1,000+
Includes 45 restaurants, a theme park, and 3D Digi IMAX theater. Official site.

6.Beijing Mall
Beijing, China
2005
3.4-million
(320,000)
4.7-million
(440,000)
600 Has 4 levels of shopping with interior residences; located near Fifth Ring Road, southeast of Beijing.

7.Zhengjia Plaza
(Grandview Mall)
Guangzhou, China
2005
3.0-million
(280,000)
4.5-million
(420,000)

Enclosed in a complex that includes a 48-story hotel and 30-story office building. Official site seems to have been removed in mid-September 2006.

8.SM City North Edsa
Quezon City, Philippines
1985
3.0-million
(275,000)


GLA uncertain. Official site.

9.King of Prussia Mall
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 1962 2,800,000
(260,000)

Created by connecting together three adjacent malls, managed by a single company. Official site.

10.South Coast Plaza
Costa Mesa, California, USA
1967
2.7-million
(250,000)


I could hardly believe it but its true.Statistic proved that we Asian are mall lovers.....especially the Filipinos.Eat your heart out if you aren't convince..or just browse the internet...kudos to us that's all I can say.




Golden Resources Shopping Mall, Beijing, currently the largest mall in the world. It opened in the fall of 2004.

MOLDER OF DREAMS : EDUCATION COMMITMENT SERVICE

It's been a while that I haven't posted anything but updating this blog, searching for good templates to blogskin and back to blogger templates again. Just don't know why I keep on changing the look of my blog.
Was it a sign of man's unsatisfaction? Perhap's it is but not a sign of greediness.I just practically love my blog to be attracted not just only within the content of my writings but the looks as well.
Looks is also a plus factor that allure diversification of readers' globally. At last, I settled into this template that met my criteria and somewhat close exactly to the theme of writing.
Last 15 of March was our Recognition and Commitment Programme.Sort of graduation from the College of Education.The theme was: Molder of Dreams.Invited speaker was genuinely honorable,yet, not considerably as eloquent one.I mean the messages she had delivered during the program was pleasantly with qualities.
Of course,the speaker easily struck what she wanted to say as I was trying to eavesdrop and open-eyed from the dull and drowsily occasion. Sorry, but that's what I honestly felt that time.Somewhat the flow of the program was arid but not totally barren(hehehehe).
After she had spoken,commitment song followed which we cordially tried to give justice to the song, based on the message given.We decidedly agreed to sing "Journey" by Lea Salonga, coincidentally was the song of my graduation back in my first course in College in Cebu.
Honest to goodness, the theme brought my mind into the core of recollection,asking myself " Was I molding the reverie of my students?, 'Am I a molder of dreams?. Again, uncontrollable tears secretly fell down as I tried to picture out the faces of my students in Sto. DOmingo. If I could just simply turn back time,surely I won't dare to terrorize my students.
All things worked rapidly as it is, for God has a purpose why He permitted it.Now, my mind opened to the reality, as my eyes, sees the error that I need to change.Someday, my internship in Sto. Domingo would cause me to remember the moment I practice my profession in the field.
I really had no planned to be present at the Commitment Service, because my cranium dictated me so, however, to my horror that my Dean would hold back my grades and intercept me to graduate, was then the threatened of my Dean.Well, fortuitously as it was, I received 2 medals repugnant to my expectations.The first one was, Professional Award-having the GPA of not less than 3.24, that's basically a deserving and meant for me, I mean that award was the fruit of my studies here in AUP, to the least, though, studious word is out in my vocabulary.Secondly, Most Effecient Intern.Wow, I mean Wow.I could not imagine enough why I bagged the award of Most Effecient Intern! Contrary to the criteria, I am practically way far from being the Most. I guess, my Dean reckoned my being on time in Sto. Domingo and I was able to survive though I am reluctant.Well, I had it already, so its no turning back of the award.
One that made me happy as well, was the present of my two students in II-B, though I'm not exactly the motif of their visit but then, their warmth greetings melted me to say sorry for being so stricture.That was the moment, that I had felt the essence of the program. Flashing of lights for picture taking, flooded around in Finster Hall.
Good thing that friends (like Amiel T.) around had the initiative of giving us the snapshot.Well, graduation day is almost at the gate. Pretty excited, somewhat mixed emotions! 'Am I going to cry? Don't know yet if my eyes would refuse to bring forth tears, let's just see and anticipate.
God Bless Me, because God made Me Me.

SIQUIJOR - THE MYSTIC ISLAND

SIQUIJOR - THE MYSTIC ISLAND One of the latest movies right now, tells about Siquijor. This is the island where I was born..the province of my great mother. I have not seen the movie but I used to see it in newspaper movie columns. As I was studying the picture of the movie...it's like proclaiming the island negatively about its witchcraft practices. The face of a man in the movie poster, annoyingly speaks how spooky and dreadfully scary Siquijor is. I think... it's not what the picture should have to be about the island.....I've grown up on the island too but I have never seen nor encounter a medium nor witch or what? The said movie is not promoting the beauty of the island but selfishly destroying the image of Siquijor. Honestly, I felt insulted and belittle base on the poster made by the Producer.....Haven't they asked nor study how safe and peaceful the place Siquijor is? It is honestly the best escapade place from the hustle-bustle of the polluted suburbans... 

I have these clippings taken from yehey.com, about the complaint of Cong.Fua against the movie: 

Will ‘Siquijor’ finally get to see the light? By: Ricky T. Gallardo | The Manila Times 13 March 2007 | 12:53 PM All is set for the nationwide screening of the controversial film Siquijor tomorrow unless an unexpected last-minute hitch comes along. Already given a high B rating from the Cinema Evaluation Board, the film’s showing is highly anticipated by the country’s movie buffs not just because they want to see on screen what they’ve always been hearing about this mystic island but because it gathers what is possibly the best creative team and the most credible new generation of actors in the Philippines today. The film has been in the can for several months now, it's showing delayed several times because of a hundred and one glitches. The most controversial of which was the complaint filed by Governor Orlando B. Fua Sr. of Siquijor, with the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board, to restrain the exhibition of the movie Siquijor: Mystic Island because it allegedly paints a negative image of the province. The people behind the movie have already formalized their reply and have sought the assistance of MTRCB Chairman Consolacion Laguardia. In response, Laguardia asked the producers to submit to MTRCB the answer print of Siquijor for review before it can act on the request. She also clarified that the board has no power to stop a film based on a party’s complaint and reiterated that the MTRCB merely classifies films according to age suitability. The film was given a PG-13 rating, without cuts.