Today marks my lolo's 80th birthday. It really is a significant day for my family and I to celebrate one of the most well-respected, loving, and important figures throughout my family tree. After still going strong all these years, as a family, we're glad to say that we appreciate everything our grandpa, father, relative, friend, or whatever else has contributed to our family.
Hearing so many stories from about my lolo from my mom, lola, and my uncles and aunties, my lolo has sacrificed alot to maintain the family he had while living in the Philippines while supporting many other relatives who relied alot on both my grandparents. My lolo, also along with my lola and mom, helped raise me throughout my childhood years. I still can recall alot of memories I had with my lolo when I was a young baby/child such as watching television late at night to him giving me baths to him always telling me stories of how he hustled his way through life to make enough earnings to support himself and others. I always respected my lolo no matter if he raised his voice at me or had to discipline me in a harsh way. I learned alot from my lolo and I always enjoyed his company as I continued to grow up.
It was a rough start of the year for my lolo this year but with all the support from my family and the prayers we were able to say, God was able to find a way to help my lolo stay strong and fight for his life. I thank God for giving our family another chance to be with my lolo and that we wish to continue having him with us for many more years. I've been blessed to have loving and supportive grandparents throughout much of my time growing up and both my lolo and lola will continue to inspire me with my future endeavors. I pray to God that he will keep my lolo strong and that he can continue to be healthy. Thank you for all you have done lolo bata. I love you.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Monday, August 20, 2007
Signing Off
As some of you may know, I've been itching to take a break from the social life for awhile. Last week excluding the day of the debut, was kind of a rough week for me. Some of you may have noticed that I didn't reply to any comments or messages on myspace or had little to say. It seems as if I want to hide back into my shell again and just have time for myself. Ever since my lola passed away, I haven't been much of the social person I was long ago. I know that life changing event happened over a year and half ago but who knows, maybe I'm having psychological problems.
Starting the first day of September all the way until the fall semester ends in December, I'll be away from everyone excluding the family. I'm in that mood again to take a break and just focus on the things I have and must do. Last time I took a lengthy break, I had a legitimate excuse. This time, I just feel the need to be by myself for a long period of time and try to focus on my life and my family. After all, it's not as if a lot of you people see me or hear from me in an everyday basis so I guess it should be okay for all of you if I could lay away for awhile.
The thing that I need to focus on is to make myself better, physically and mentally. Physically, I just haven't been up to par as the person I was a couple years back. I miss being that person who was much skinnier and healthier back then to the lazy person I have become as of right now. This past month, I've been doing alot of cardio, but I failed by quitting two weeks before school where I was able to regain a couple pounds back. It's coming to a time in my life where this might be the last time I'll have time to actually to work out. Next year, hopefully will be the big one for a chance, I'll apply to the nursing program and hopefully find a job as a nursing assitant to gain experience in that field of expertise. Plus, the older we get, the more our bodies become harder to lose and build. I want to try to make myself physically better so I could feel better about myself and to know that I can try to live the rest of my life being healthy hopefully. So with no job yet and just school, I'll try my best to regain back into my better form physically.
There are quite a few things I need to do to make myself better mentally. I'm usually the one to leave the problems in my life to myself and it will stay that way. For some reason, I feel better keeping personal things to myself rather than expressing them out. For most of my life, I've been that way. So alot of personal problems will be kept alone, unless needed to speak. Also, lately I haven't really been going the computer as much as I know it kills alot of my time. I've been getting bored with going on it lately and without spending as much time of the computer, I'm able to do other productive things. I'm gonna try to go back to reading books because that's one thing I've been lacking for the longest time, is an intellectual mind. School is most importantly one thing I must be successful in. This semester, I'm taking another science class and I will try my damn best to get that A. I let myself down last semester in A and P 2 by getting a B, which isn't that good especially being one of the main courses I needed to get an A to give myself an easier way into the nursing program.
Basically, like I've been telling everyone these past two years, just do you. I want all my friends to do well this fall semester and do what they do in their lives while I'll be doing me and trying to succeed with a coupld of goals I set myself for the next 4 months. So during this break of mine starting next month, I won't be making or answering any phone calls and no messages on myspace. However, I will leave a comment if you choose to do so first, but not living a significant amount of comments to where it ends up like a conversation. I'll only accept messages on myspace if their for emergency purposes. Other than that, I won't reply as I will try my best to stay away from the computer as much as possible throughout much of my days. I will not also be appearing on AIM during this break. As for my blog, I'll try to update whenever I can if something worthy is to be noted.
I got plenty of more things I want to do better in and hopefully this break will give me some time to calm myself down and focus a lot on my life. It's only for the positives I want to accomplish in my life.
Starting the first day of September all the way until the fall semester ends in December, I'll be away from everyone excluding the family. I'm in that mood again to take a break and just focus on the things I have and must do. Last time I took a lengthy break, I had a legitimate excuse. This time, I just feel the need to be by myself for a long period of time and try to focus on my life and my family. After all, it's not as if a lot of you people see me or hear from me in an everyday basis so I guess it should be okay for all of you if I could lay away for awhile.
The thing that I need to focus on is to make myself better, physically and mentally. Physically, I just haven't been up to par as the person I was a couple years back. I miss being that person who was much skinnier and healthier back then to the lazy person I have become as of right now. This past month, I've been doing alot of cardio, but I failed by quitting two weeks before school where I was able to regain a couple pounds back. It's coming to a time in my life where this might be the last time I'll have time to actually to work out. Next year, hopefully will be the big one for a chance, I'll apply to the nursing program and hopefully find a job as a nursing assitant to gain experience in that field of expertise. Plus, the older we get, the more our bodies become harder to lose and build. I want to try to make myself physically better so I could feel better about myself and to know that I can try to live the rest of my life being healthy hopefully. So with no job yet and just school, I'll try my best to regain back into my better form physically.
There are quite a few things I need to do to make myself better mentally. I'm usually the one to leave the problems in my life to myself and it will stay that way. For some reason, I feel better keeping personal things to myself rather than expressing them out. For most of my life, I've been that way. So alot of personal problems will be kept alone, unless needed to speak. Also, lately I haven't really been going the computer as much as I know it kills alot of my time. I've been getting bored with going on it lately and without spending as much time of the computer, I'm able to do other productive things. I'm gonna try to go back to reading books because that's one thing I've been lacking for the longest time, is an intellectual mind. School is most importantly one thing I must be successful in. This semester, I'm taking another science class and I will try my damn best to get that A. I let myself down last semester in A and P 2 by getting a B, which isn't that good especially being one of the main courses I needed to get an A to give myself an easier way into the nursing program.
Basically, like I've been telling everyone these past two years, just do you. I want all my friends to do well this fall semester and do what they do in their lives while I'll be doing me and trying to succeed with a coupld of goals I set myself for the next 4 months. So during this break of mine starting next month, I won't be making or answering any phone calls and no messages on myspace. However, I will leave a comment if you choose to do so first, but not living a significant amount of comments to where it ends up like a conversation. I'll only accept messages on myspace if their for emergency purposes. Other than that, I won't reply as I will try my best to stay away from the computer as much as possible throughout much of my days. I will not also be appearing on AIM during this break. As for my blog, I'll try to update whenever I can if something worthy is to be noted.
I got plenty of more things I want to do better in and hopefully this break will give me some time to calm myself down and focus a lot on my life. It's only for the positives I want to accomplish in my life.
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