if time is God...

then...

we would all have our guardian angels on our wrists telling us He's always there with us all the time.

we would always be reminded of our 'waking hours' in those alarm clocks we put beside our beds every night, telling us He will always be there when we need Him.

He would be the bundy clock in the office so we would not be late, like we don't want to be late to hear the priest's sermon at a mass.

we would have all the our altars at home, called the clock, to remind us that He is at home, all the time.

that alarm sound on our mobile phones or computers would be His way of reminding us it's about time to look at Him and say 'thank you for reminding me.'

telling our age would not be a problem; it would only say how long we have been living with God.

that Big Ben in London (or the one in Manila's City Hall) would be the Londoner's (or Manileno's) patron saint.

that timer on your iPod (or Media Player) would tell you how long each Gospel song is.

that timer on Mr. Treadmill would be your guide to see those 'footprints in the sand.'

that even though we have our different names for our God (be it rolex, boucheron, patek, etcetera), we will always be telling the same Time.

that even though we live on different time zones, there is always 12 midnight and 12 noon on our watches and clocks.



(just a thought, just a thought...)


...and if Time exists, so does Space...

they cannot be separated.

duality. balance. yin-yang.

es esta de aqui (it's this one here)

in this life, we have to remember two things:

1) we get what we want/need
2) we don't get what we want/need

and both of them has to happen every once in a while.

and both of them happens to everyone. as in everyone in the world.

the only difference is how we take them to ourselves.

we accept things as they are, yes, that's good.

we don't accept things at first, but we learn sooner or later, that's also good.

but only a few people manage to see how beautiful life is when you don't have everything what you want/need.

it keeps your feet on the ground... and makes you bring more than what you have.

you can love more, because not everyone can love that much.

you can dream more, because not everyone can have everything in the world.

you can hope and pray for more, because there are only a few ways to achieve what we want.

and from these things, we become better persons...

'mild' jolt from Jostein and Darwin

(note: this is the message i sent my friend darwin this morning)

choi,

thanks for that wonderful sharing about relating with parents. i have just finished a book last night from one of my favorite authors, Jostein Gaarder. the book is called The Orange Girl, which is about a dead dad's letter to his son (Georg) he made 11 years ago, a few days before the dad died.

the story tells of the love story of the dad and the Orange Girl, which happened to be Georg's Mom.

at the end of the story, Georg advises to get to know our parents more--specifically, their lives before they got married, and more importantly, how they got together.

i got teary-eyed with a lot of things Georg told me about relating with our parents, and i have realized there is not enough time to know a lot of people, and our parents, sometimes, are the least probable people we wanted to get to know.

thanks for that reminder, shall i say, a 'mild' jolt.

we pray for your aunt's wellness, if not faster recovery.

there's another very important thing the book taught me:

"there's a very special name for things that we don't expect to happen, they just do. this is called hope."

all in due time, God will put things into place.

have a great day!

top picks

i am not running out of sensible blogs. im just so into digging music here and there and i just thought 'why not vandalize my fab shrine with my current album picks?'

who knows, you might actually find these interesting that you'll start your limewire engine running!

(in no particular order):

1) Dreamgirls Soundtrack - Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose, Jamie Foxx, Eddir Murphy, Keith Robinson, Sharon Leal

2) How to Save a Life - The Fray

3) 30 Seconds to Mars - 30 Seconds to Mars

4) A Beautiful Lie - 30 Seconds to Mars

5) A Fever You Can't Sweat - Panic! at the Disco

6) Bleach Soundtrack - Orange Range, Asterisk, Yui, Ichirin no Hana, Rie Fu

7) Armani Exchange - Mixed by Peter Rauhofen

8) Art of War - Bone Thugs 'n Harmony

9) At Worst: The Best of Culture Club - Boy George and the Culture Club

10) B-Day - Beyonce Knowles

11) Blueprints for the Black Market - Anberlin

12) Continuum - John Mayer

13) St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley

14) CrazySexyCool - TLC

15) Dante's Cove Soundtrack - Composed by Eric Allaman

16) Latter Days Soundtrack - Nitta Whitaker, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Rebecca Jordan, Bobby Joyner

17) Demon Days - Gorillaz

18) Destiny Fulfilled - Destiny's Child

19) The Duchess - Fergie

20) Final Straw - Snow Patrol

21) Grey's Anatomy Soundtrack - Psapp, Snow Patrol, The Cardigans, Lisa Loeb, Merrick, Coldplay, Faders, Ivy, Joe Purdy, Joshua Radin, Landon Pigg, Sylvie Lewis

22) Undiscovered - James Morrison

23) The Beack Soundtrack - All Saints, Orbit, Richard Ashcroft, Asian Dub Foundation, Sugar Ray, Leftfield

24) Honey Soundtrack - Shawn Desman, Jada Kiss, Yolanda Adams, Tweet, Aaliyah

25) In My Own Words - Ne-Yo

26) Loose - Nelly Furtado

27) November's Chopin - Jay Chou

28) Spiceworld - Spice Girls

29) Supermodel of the World - RuPaul

30) Tattoo Colour - Tattoo Colour

you say: 'how could he possibly listen to all those songs?'

time management, baby. multitasking. binging.

go get some life!

get a life. hear music.

if you think you are right, then there must be something wrong along the way...

you may never notice how things can go wrong until a patch of dirt has lined your french pedicure, if there's such a thing. and earth and dirt on your feet are as easy as brushing your teeth.

but was a there a time that you thought you might have been wrong somewhere while everything is going on just fine?

maybe im just tired or gloomy or feel-so-incapable or dormantly-participating or just-always-waiting-for-the-right-time-not-taking-any-risks type of person. the last one could be a potential danger, eh?

calculated risks are not just daring moves but a channel to assess your strengths and the lengths that you can go.

and knowing that you are not alone traversing the less-travelled, or shall we say, the un-carpeted floors, it will be a more gratifying experience well when you reached the podium and share your journey's lessons to everyone.

and E! is a small alley near Champs-Ellysees with lots of trees, beautiful lights, but muddy brick road.

don't we all love irony?