day dreaming

Once in the dream of a night I stood

Lone in the light of a magical wood,

Soul-deep in visions that poppy-like sprang;

And spirits of Truth were the birds that sang,

And spirits of Love were the stars that glowed,

And spirits of Peace were the streams that flowed

In that magical wood in the land of sleep.

• read favorite Manga on-line, the latest chapter of Alice Academy
• Sleep
• net surfing
• read some school notes
• read some last sem notes!!! T.T

I'm that bored!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All I did was day dreaming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

busy house

01-22-2009

- i didn't have school so decided to hit the saloon for a major hair repair. My hair has been a mess for a long time.-

my hair was a no no that really needed to be tied up or ironed or else I'll look like a bush!

-i reached saloon, so excited but my favorite stylist, LOvely, was not there. She-he have an emergency and needed to go back to his-her province in somewhere south of the country. First I was so hesitated but I decided to have a service from other stylist. They said that Lovely will be back after a week. Obviously, my hair cannot wait another week of suffering. So I accepted the service from Caesar. I want my hair to be cellophane. But to my disappointment, I didn't like the colour Caesar used in my hair. He used dark brown, which obviously doesn't' look much obvious! 0.o I love my red wine colored hair that Lovely always use when I made her cellophane my hair.-

my hair that LOvely managed for some 9 months ago

hair managed by Caesar. see? the color is gone. But shiny! -.^

01-23-2009

It was already dawn when I was startled by call from my cousin Roxy. She called just to informed that they will come in our house by day together with her mom and dad. But they will go first to Tita Vicenta's house in San Rafael before coming to ours. So I waited until my mom woke up and tell her that they will come. Goodness! I felt so sleepy when the sun will ready to shine. I was overwhelmed by insomnia for two days and two nights. whoo! I slept for incredible 5 hours! STILL NOT ENOUGH! ugh!

Afternoon when the expected guests came. My Ninong, Ate Roxy's dad went straight to San Roque for some change oil, Ninang, Ate Roxy's mom, together with Tita Vicenta, Ate Aileen, Jaja, Ghim and Andrei stayed in our house. Ate Roxy who called me didn't show up, because she was still sleeping. They had some merienda. My aunts and mom had some chit-chats. Me and Ate Aileen looked after the three little kiddos! I became a nanny for hours.

Outside our house there is a nipa hut. My cousin Sheila invited our schoolmates in college to come and have some drinks. Well, the freshy of PT got seriously drunk! Some of the invited were RadTech and mostly Nursing students.

It was already 5 in the afternoon when our visitors went home. After they gone. My friends that were invited by Shiela went in our house. They watched T.V and accidentally slipped that they still have class. So even drunk they head back to school. Sheila, for no reason, went again to school. Coming back home crying, looking for my mom, telling her that she is needed to come to school tomorrow with Sheila to clear some issues. I was surprised seeing Sheila crying, accompanied by our schoolmates. because she was suspected by 2nd yr students about the "leakage issue" on the Health eco. examination. The whole circle were inside our house. I didn't know all their names. But I can't wait to to tell Brenda that JAson was in our house! whoohoo! Brenda will be so jealous knowing that her crush was in the house of her deary friend! =.=

that's all for now!

I need to sleep more. I need my energy for P.E class tomorrow!

what a day!

I woke up early, because my sister was too noisy early in the morning. She heads off to her school. I ate breakfast with mom. Then I watched T.v for an hours before realising that within 5 hours, I have to take two major exams both in afternoon. It took me almost only an hour to read the lectures in health economics. READ not Study. I was watching T.V. The papers were in front of me, already reading it, but my mind was so high on cloud nine! My focus was out of reach. So, I stopped, and continue watching T.V =.=. I also didn't bother about the exam in Computer. I don't know. maybe just because I was so lazy.

Honestly, I had two major exams that I successfully went through! (thank God!) First, the Computer exam about MS excel, I was absent in all the meetings of this topic. So, as a not so surprisingly for my self, I took the exam with no lectures at all. The first part was identification, I got only one mistake, and the rest of the answers were all from what I've understand from Ms Word (good thing both are interrelated) ^.^. The second part was the practical part. Bu#@!&*t! I did it manually! Dumb me! there was a shortcut! That's why my Prof was laughing at me all the time he passed by me.

-then first exam was finished, we hung out at school cafeteria-

-I ate late lunch- (tnx to the staff who heated up the meal only for me 0.0)

-my cousin Sheila went down when she saw me eating, she also had exam in chemistry without lunch-

-the green mango vendor passed by, I bought four pieces, for me, Sheila and for Claire and Ate Raquel-

-Ian started to notice the viand I'm eating, he was eating a lollipop, took him sometime to ask me to have a taste to the beefsteak. I gave him, but I think he still needs more, he just too shy.

iancyrleclaire

it's a beefsteak

yup! i made them to heat it up!

ahh

-after long time, when the rice was almost empty and there were still alot of viand-

can I have a taste of it?

oh sure...

it's salty

of course!

it was made of soy sauce

try it with the fish sauce

hahaha

0.o

Then he had a new lollipop, and start to ask Claire to treat him for a piece of sandwich. of course Claire just ignored him because she thought he was just joking. Then Ian started to take off my wallet, I grab it from him, I also just ignored him. Then he started to tell us that we should just lend him money. also... we ignore him, we also took it as a joke.

christineianclairecyrle

yas!(my other name) ian took your wallet

look and grab the wallet off of him

laughs

-------

you three could lend me 10 pesos each

ignore

ignore

ignore

still sucking the lollipop

notice that no more candy

notice that the stick was torn in half by chewing it

Claire treat me for a slice of gardenia

i don't have money

owws?

i really don't have money

lend me money, even 20 pesos only

lends money

bought gardenia

eat right away, went off, looking out for lalin

may be he was really hungry

maybe!

-after ian left, the three of us decided to study for the next exam which was Health Economics. ian came back. Arvhie came by, also to study.-
-I gave Kua Rodell the photocopy of our report for the next meeting. -
-Kevin came, to study also-

kevincyrlecharlesDEAN

what are we going to test?

whole chapter one

may I borrow your copy?

lends copy

-a little longer-

why don't you make cheat?

can i? ;)

of course! almost our classmates know what are the answers to the exam

ehh?

there was a leakage from the the first section, if you don't cheat them, you'll be cheated.

ok ok ok. can i have a piece of paper?

here

-charles came-

let's cheat ^.^

sure! ;D

0.0???

jot down

jot down

just looking

kevin our course is BS E.T

:)

huh? 0.o??? what E.T?

Extra Terrestrial! -_-

laughs

why?

because every time the Dean calls a meeting for PT, we were always excluded

looks to kevin O.o

laughs

jot down

jot down

bored

-the dean of PT came-

stones O.O

smiles

nice! you are studying hard

hides kodiks

hey cristine! study hard.

hey claire!

kevin. cyrle. ignored!

-Lalin came-

-nothing much-

-talks to dean-

bides farewell to lalin, christine, and clare

ignores kevin and cyrle o.O

grins :)

grins :)

told you!

hahah

-we didn't know that lalin already took the exam at the library-

LalinCyrle

i'm going home

huh? how about the exam?

I already took it at the library just now

so that's why your missing...

yes!

why didn't you tell us?

I was just at the lib doing research and dr. Lucido was there so I took the exam

ahh

Study! it was really difficult

GOD!

right!

ok ok ok

-took off-

-but before she really evaporates, whispered gossip to me that was really bothersome-

but now its OK-

-from cafeteria we saw dr. Lucido going to our room, immediately decided to follow him. He was obviously in bad mood. It concerned about the "cheating/leakage" incident from the first section which is said to be passed on our section.

The usual setting of exam, at least one seat apart from one another, I sat near Clare, Kevin behind me, Arvhie and Aceyork formed V shape with Kevin. Eye swear from me to Arvhie and Aceyork we looked like a pyramid. Christine sat behind Claire and on her right was Kimberly. In front of me was Carlos Chua, I preferred him to call Chua. Obviously, there was a bad aura coming out from Dr. Lucido. This exam was my-first-ever-Dictation-type-major-exam.

The Prof became a sinful priest with it's long sermon and foul words! Pity him. We can really notice that he cannot breath well. HIGH BLOOD! Then he noticed Kevin who silently sitting on his chair. You can just feel the tension in the air.

Dr.LucidoKevin

kevin let's see what are you going to answer in this exam when you were absent in all meetings of midterm

huh? What absent?

Your not here on deliberation day and also last meeting! I've checked the attendance!

-_____-

Are you insulting me and my subject?

-_____- HUh?

You attend other subject but not mine!

How can you say so??

I've known you from the C2 incident!

ah! ah!

Yes I really do! Thanks for that incident I noticed you!

mumbling words

noticed it

Why don't you drop My subject?!

OK!

then go!

-but kevin didn't get out, still seating, ready to tAKE THE TEST-

Finally, the exam started. instead of 100 items it was reduced to 60 items test and the essay part was removed, cannot really say if it is a punishment for the crime no one in our class committed, or a compensation because we were just dragged along in the leakage issue, because we ware the other section that would benefit from it. I can classify the exam as moderate. Some are tricky question. But not really good one. Because for the whole entire exam period, the Prof was not in good mood. For the very main reason, the culprit was sending text messages while the Prof facilitates the exam. that alone irritates him. He even send someone out to buy him water. He often goes out to breath air.

On the other hand, the action of the Prof benefited others. When he goes out, others went cheating. Even the notable "Clean" Dean's Lister's' goes cheating. Can't help it, as I said earlier, the questions are very tricky and each were ask only twice. If you are deaf, sorry. If you are idiot, what a loser. I gave Kevin answers, which he passed to Arvhie and Aceyork. (PYRAMID). Stupid Aceyork! He even dares to call my name out and rephrasing the answers and ask again and again directly at me, in which we were almost one and a half meter distance from one another. Chua asked me for some answers, I also got some from him, and also Claire to me and vice-versa. But most of my answers were mine.

During the exam, the Prof read out the text message of the culprit.

"Sir I'm really sorry. I feel so ashamed that because of me my classmates are suffering. Please do think about it. How about my classmate, How about us when the board exam is coming, How can we take it, how about our parents working hard for us"

When Prof read that, I don't know if I will give a damn or not. I was overwhelmed by the exams. My head aches, at the same time I want to SLAP and PUNCH that stupid culprit. But I'm not sure who he really was, but I'm so sure that the culprit is a HE. The way I interpret his text, he sincerely asking for forgiveness but I don't like the way he ask it, not because it was a text message, but because he dares to use the words our parents, working hard, how about us, how we able to get the board. I mean. WHY he didn't have a THOUGHT of those words, of those persons, when he was committing is crime???????????????????????

stupid! Stupid! tanga! putik! kainis!

The exam was finished for almost two hours. We checked it. All are passed, the way he graded it, even a single correct answer will mean 3, because it falls on below 30 -_-

CyrleKevinArvhie

me= currently in my big head behavior

-aceyork gone like a wind-

you guys must treat me

laughs

laughs

must! must! must! =.=

Arvhie sundae. Kevin burger. Aceyork *disappears* large fries

:) sure

:) ok, sundae's mine

yas thank you

thanks

MAY BAYD UN! 0.o

tin, me, and claire went out. The siomai vendor was there, surrounded by kevin, arvhie,lemuel and some guys

cyrlekevin

Cy!

what?!

waving twenty pesos in mid air

got the idea

come!

i don't like! thanks but maybe next time. I want to go home now. I don't like siomai! It's cheap! hahaha

*grins* thanks again!

ok

- the truth is, i also want siomai, but knowing kevin's side of stingyness, i have to decline, I'm with Claire and Christine, and he's going to treat only me. that wouldn't be fair-

home.

tired.

fall sleep without dinner

too tired to eat.

T.T

true colors

i know...

i lied to you,

and i'm very sorry...

for those moments of unreality,

my dream lives on.

sorry for my selfishness

I've shown you my doubled face

because I'm afraid of the fact that you'll just ignore me.

I hide the truth for a single happiness eventhough inside I feel a thousand guilt for lying to you.

You don't know me, and you'll never will

'coz there is no way that you will pay attention to me.

the air is getting thin

and I want to stay for some time

too bad I can not live in my dreams

why don't you???

If you ever need a helping hand you'll find one at the end of your arm

=Saturday=

My day started as my cousin waken me up through my window looking for hair iron, which, unfortunately for her was with our other cousin's house. I took all my morning rituals. then off to school.
I reached school and the class was already started, that because the professor mixed the first section and my class for some little competition. Good thing, there was no late for that day.

We played basketball and my team sucks! I have two teammates who did their part with a mix of I-don't-know-who-my-teammates-are. I didn't shoot, the ball for me was too heavy to lift up and throw. So, for my part, I'd helped at defence and running down the latter. I nearly smacked the face of our opponent for she held the ball for so long, hugging it by all means! and I tried to get it from her that lead to the ball smacked her face! =.=

We ate our lunch. Had some chit-chat. Suddenly, we recieved a text message from Cristine. She couldn't get to school for some lame and obvious a lie excuse.

That text irritates me! For this shows how Tin don't care about studies much. She often got absents for different lame excuses which was hard to believe. She didn't even got better grades even if she was present. It's just some of her... I don't want to talk about it anymore. Just with the decision that me and all the PT2 will once try to make her realise we will no longer aid her until she help her own self.

Sorry Tin, it's for your own good.

i'll let go

-The harder you fight to hold on to specific assumptions,

the more likely there's gold in letting go of them.-

I'm currently learning "the letting go" theme in life.

I always practice this. I don't really hold on things that much.

But this time it's different.

I've got this feeling since elementary days.

No one, other than me, knows this crime of mine.

I bore it all through out the years.

Luckily, I was able to express it behind closed doors and insufferable mask.

The victim didn't able to learn who I am.

But I revealed the truth, still, behind the ghost of my adversities.

The feeling I felt,

I'm sure of it,

I will never feel it again.

For it will never be the same again.

During those times, I felt happy and at the same time, I also felt the scary feelings of endless worries.

Again, It took a year for me to be able to unleash this crime.

I swear I will never do it again.

Even though I know.

Behind this oath.

I will never be able to taste the sweet melody of the song I've always wanted.

To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else.

To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another.

To let go is not to enable, but allow learning from natural consequences.

To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands.

To let go is not to try to change or blame another, it's to make the most of myself.

To let go is not to care for, but to care about.

To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive.

To let go is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being.

To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their destinies.

To let go is not to be protective, it's to permit another to face reality.

To let go is not to deny, but to accept.

To let go is not to nag, scold or argue, but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.

To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires, but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it.

To let go is not to criticize or regulate anybody, but to try to become what I dream I can be.

To let go is not to regret the past, but to grow and live for the future.

To let go is to fear less and love more

The time to love is short

merry christmas

Merry Christmas!!!

our family had a Christmas party.

the planned: eat Noche buena at our Aunt's coz it was also her son's bday; have an xchange gifts and last enjoy!

ok ok ok ok ok

first was Noche Buena,

i ate the ever tradition sweet and spicy spaghetti and many sticks of bbq.

we had exchange gift worth 50 pesos for fun! but trust me, all the gifts cost double each. it is really the season of giving.

my monita is Tita Neng, she's also my godmother. so for this time, we exchange roles...

i gave her a wallet pouch, which cost a hundred plus but i got it for 27 pesos only... hahah... it was a discounted item on my mom's business... heheh

i got Aira as my "mini" Santa. she gave 5 different designed hankies...

it was really fun.

our grandfather received gifts from all of us with themed something funny.

my cousin sheila gave him "bilog", his favorite alcohol drink

my other cousins, ate nancy and rose anne gave him "pulutan" to complete the fun of bilog...

my sister and i gave him a miniture cat, for he adores cat more than us, his own grandchildren...

my grandad with bonnet and kanye west shades from jordan, kenken paul and bj

well, the party didn't last long. just right after the gifts are given, everyone just rush out leaving the place mess up with tethered gift wrappers. my cousins and i took some pictures of ourselves before we went back to our own places.

Then Tita Neng gave out her gifts to her nephews and nieces. I got two gifts from her, first one was a wallet, the same wallet she gave to others as her niece with coins and 100 bucks; the second one was the piggy bank i requested as her godchild.

When i went home, Brian, my cousin, gave me a a pouch bag as a gift from his mother, Tita Eva, for she is my godmother also.

my mom also gave away gifts. mostly are toys. each children got a set of toys. then, if you are her godchildren, you mostly got two gifts. either both toys or clothes and money or toy again!

then we slept at 2 a.m, wake up about 6:30 trying to get to the first mass of 7. but, we delayed, and delayed then we attend the last mass at 9:45 am!

at church, we were almost at the back but seated. not a good place. people behind us were so noisy! a lot of children were crying. but we still decide to finished it.

then got back home.

our cousin were waiting for us. Ate Aileen with her mom, Tita Vicenta, and her daughter, whom I loved to make it cry out loud, jaja.

My mom fed them, give them gifts and talked and talked and they decide to go home.

Tito Louie came, with his wife and two kids. but they didn't stay for so long, they still have places to go.

Rachel came in, she is my goddaughter. i gave her a pouch bag.

the actual plan of going out with my friend didn't work out. for the sake of having fun with his relatives, he got drunk, like my cousins, who drunk from the stroke of Christmas eve until the morning came.

then i just sleep. period.

end of my Christmas day.

reflections... (cont.)

Ö5th night December 19, 2008Ö

I'm with Geriz. This time, we we're much earlier and seated!!!!!

it was Fr. Odong this time.
the gospel was about Mother Mary receiving and accepting the news brought to her by Angel Gabriel...
the homily, was about saying Yes! Father explained what if Mary didn't say "yes" to Angel Gabriel then there is nothing...
so we have to learn to say "yes" on good things...

Ö6th night December 20, 2008Ö

me alone... Geriz went to Enchanted Kingdom!

It was Father Jason ( Geriz went to e.k because of her classmate's invitation, thus she really wanted Fr. Jason to be the priest, she missed this time)

the gospel was about Mary went to Elizabeth to care and help her in her pregnancy and delivery to her son John...

with this the homily proceed about the good characteristics of Mary that we should learn: being approachable, dependable and the last one i forgot T.T
well, Mary, showed this characteristics when she accepted God's Grace and went to Elizabeth to care for her cousin.

being approachable, i can say I'm approachable 0.o... hehehe... the problem is that every body's impression of me is that I'm Snobbish!!! which is I'm really not, I'm just quiet...

dependable??? yes I am, for sometimes. . . You can depend on me but if I noticed that you can do it alone, I won't help you. when you abused my helping hand, don't worry I'll finish the promised but there will be no next time...

so far for being an example of Mary... T.T

Ö7th night December 21, 2008Ö


i went with my cousin, planned to meet up with Geriz on the Church 'cos she is with her suitor a.k.a ex-boyfriend. but they were late, i chose to be with my cousins 'coz they were seating. but my cousin Rachel insisted that I should go to Geriz, for the main reason, there was no much space for all of us... but i did'nt go, i did not want to stand the whole mass.

It was Fr. Peter, felt sorry for Geriz, she was standing already, yet, it was not her favorite priest.

the Gospel was the same with the Saturday's Gospel, about Mary visiting Elizabeth.

the homily is about sharing. Christmas is the season of sharing. Fr. Peter, again, compared the Christmas between Philippines and Myanmar, and Christians and Buddhists. He told us that while still in Myanmar, they share gifts to their teachers and also to the Buddhist around them.

Ö8th night December 22, 2008Ö

I'm with Geriz, i think she's doing it alternately...

It was Fr. Miguel

the Gospel was about the days of Mary with Elizabeth

the homily was about being thankful. being Filipino, he said that we are thankful to everything. We are trained to be thankful while still young. When we give something to a child, it's parent will teached the child to always say "thank you", until it is a part of the daily conversation. also being thankful has a bad outcome. best example, politicians... When elections are near, they would try to show that they help, and to those they helped, as a gratitude, they are going to vote for them eventhough they are not the suitable winners. Filipinos will always find means of showing their gratitude to those who showed help to them.

Ö9th night December 23, 2008Ö

I completed it! banzai! it was my first time to complete the Simbang Gabi!!! -_-

for the last simbang gabi, it was Fr. Jason

the gospel was about the birthday of St. John the Baptist. it narrates the story of how Elizabeth and Zachariaz waited for a long time fir their child.

the homily was about the lessons Elizabeth and Zachrias gave to us.

the lesson of the value of waiting, not hating God for being downed on whole life, and for still believing in God.

Father Jason just emphasized that the new generation doesnt know how to wait because everything we have is instant. instant noodles, instant coffee and even instant gf/bf...

my patience rating was never stable. i can wait for nowbut tommorrow i won't, even it is faster than before.


i hoped i still learned from the homily and be able to use it for every one's good.
i was so glad to complete the mass!

my reflections...

The reflections I'm talking about is how we view our selves based on new lessons in life.



I remember during my highschool days, we wrote our reflection about the mass' homily of the previous Sunday mass for our Religion subject. (our school is a religious institution, see, they want to maintain the values of their students)



I don't know why? but I feel to write my reflections of my Simbang Gabi. Maybe because this might be my first time completing it (and I really hope so)

and here it is, from the first night until this 8th night! O.o (no absent! and one more ^-^)

Ö1st night December 15, 2008Ö

i'm with my cousins, reluctant to went at first, but convinced ^-^ ... the mass started at exactly 8 pm but we were late, good thing was that we did'nt miss the reading of the Good news... and we were standing!... we stand for almost an hour, we finished the mass...

the homily is about the teachings of the Christ, on how he guides the world and his people (that's how I understand the homily)

I think the Church wants to tell us to be also a guide to others, to be the others light by spreading the Good news (ofcourse what's within the Bible and not good gossip) ... Well, I've been a cathechist when i was 4th yr highschool, but now i hardly have time to attend sessions and to find schedules fitted to those public schools that we may serve. All i can do for now is to support my fellow cathechist who until now love to serve the Church...

Ö2nd night December 16, 2008Ö

I went with my old classmate Geriz whose house is just a 2 minutes away from mine. we walk, then we went early so that we can start from top and so that we have seats... but to our surprise, as early as 7:30 pm the church were already full so we ended standing again!

the homily is about the happiness Jesus is giving for the world and that is for a lifetime... the priest, Father Jason, specified that we should be happy for Jesus sacrifice for us...

Fr. Jason stated three things that we should avoid to attain happiness, and for those poeple who have it, they are not happy in their life...

1st is overspeeding: not the overspeeding on the roads (although it can cause accidents leading to unhappiness) but the overspeeding of ages... example are those kids who wants to grow older as fast as possible, they don't experience the happiness of being a careless kid. thus when they grow older they wish to be younger. i don't really wish to grow old... i'm still child, i love cartoons and still love toys... heheh

2nd is idleness: those poeple who does nothing but to sleep, coz when thet wake-up they feel sleepy again, so they don't do anything just nothing! and I admit that I'm this 2nd type T.T...

3rd is wrong priority in life: good example is that work over family, and you will wonder why your children or partner is not close to you... i don't feel this in my family even though my father work overseas... I understand my father, instead I'm the one who feels guilty that because of us he have to work abroad alone. T.T

Ö3rd night December 17, 2008Ö

on the third night... well, i don't understand the homily that much... you see, the priest that night is Fr. Peter, it's my first mass with him. he's from Myanmar, he doesn't speak well in Tagalog and even his English is slow... the mass proceed in Tagalog, and English on some parts...

the reading of the Gospel was in English, and it's about the bloodline of Jesus from Abraham...

the homily, well, i only understand that Fr. Peter was amazed that we have this tradition 'coz in his country there is no such thing... He just compared the Celebration of Christmas in the Philippines and Myanmar...

my mind was mostly on cloud nine, I don't understand him much...

Ö4th night December 18, 2008Ö

the 4th night. still no absent! happy! hahah

I went with my cousins, Geriz was shopping!

and it's Fr. Miguel, the new director of my highschool. it was also my first mass with him. I heard alot of him, my cousins told me that he was a some sort of notorious priest-director.

the Gospel this tym was about St. Joseph learned that Mary was pregnant....

the main reflection was about being straight. St. Joseph is an example of a man whose character is "straight", I mean, he's not the one who will take a flight on a problem... most of us, if we had a choice to escaped the problem, we escaped. I'm not much of this person, because I can't settle my own conflict with my aunt her children. if i'm straight then i should apologized and also to forgive them, but, instead of it.. i run away from them, I would rather take a longer path just not to face them...

failed again...

I'll continue my reflections on the next blog... ^-^

misa de gallo

Once again, for a long long time, I blog! haha... -_-

Philippines have the longest Christmas in the whole wide web! It actually starts with Misa de Gallo or Simbang Gabi mass at December 15 for night and December 16 for dawn and ends with Epiphany or the Feast of Three Kings at January 11.

Misa de Gallo consist of 9 nights of mass it is for the 9 months that Mother Mary bear Jesus in her womb. Its not actually at night. Because Misa de Gallo literally means roosters mass or mass at dawn. History says that the mass starts when the rooster starts it morning job before town people go to their work. It changed into night during the reign of Pres. Marcos, when he declared Marshall law and set a country wide curfew. At the end of his reign some church held the mass at dawn still having the night.

They said that if one completed the mass then one can wish at the end of the last night.

And I never able to complete it! I hope this time I'm able to complete the mass because when I started college, I seldomly attend the regular mass every Sunday...

Cnsider me as a sinner now T.T

--- hark the herald ---

Hark! The herald angels sing,

“Glory to the newborn King;

Peace on earth, and mercy mild,

God and sinners reconciled!”

Joyful, all ye nations rise,

Join the triumph of the skies;

With th’angelic host proclaim,

“Christ is born in Bethlehem!”

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Hark! the herald angels sing,

“Glory to the newborn King!”

Christ, by highest Heav’n adored;

Christ the everlasting Lord;

Late in time, behold Him come,

Offspring of a virgin’s womb.

Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;

Hail th’incarnate Deity,

Pleased with us in flesh to dwell,

Jesus our Emmanuel.

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Hail the heav’nly Prince of Peace!

Hail the Sun of Righteousness!

Light and life to all He brings,

Ris’n with healing in His wings.

Mild He lays His glory by,

Born that man no more may die.

Born to raise the sons of earth,

Born to give them second birth.

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Come, Desire of nations, come,

Fix in us Thy humble home;

Rise, the woman’s conqu’ring Seed,

Bruise in us the serpent’s head.

Now display Thy saving power,

Ruined nature now restore;

Now in mystic union join

Thine to ours, and ours to Thine.

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Adam’s likeness, Lord, efface,

Stamp Thine image in its place:

Second Adam from above,

Reinstate us in Thy love.

Let us Thee, though lost, regain,

Thee, the Life, the inner man:

O, to all Thyself impart,

Formed in each believing heart.

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