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Monday, April 19, 2010

Fireflies visited Boni Ave...The 12th Tour of the Fireflies movement


It was Sunday the 18th day of April.Under-- over-- side-by-side,whew! I dunno where the heat of the sun came from, it is scorchinlgy felt every time of that day. I went to buy bigas (is rice)in the market for our lunch. We ran out of bigas, so I went there to buy. When I was about to cross the street to go home, I was being prevented by the moment. A moment I rarely come across with. The kalsada (boni highway) was full of bikers. I mean a lot of them with their bikes passing thru us, from all ages: men and women, kids and oldies.Outrageous! Looking at them ,they came a long way route: tired and overcoming for one goal-- to call everyone to imitate them and realize the consideration of their shout. Their efforts overwhelmed me and the event that took place. First thing in mind is that, Oh yeah! The all time issue about global warming again. Nevertheless, It's not that it's nothing to me, In fact I would love too, to join them if had earlier notice and if was invited, and then....Of course If I had a bike. However it would be easier if everyone could join and do ride it as forever with good understand by heart. They were thousands of them  that I can't wait to make the last one cycling biker pass thru me..Oh yes! My patience call me to cut the way and pass thru as fast as I can do it. However as I looked at it. I read the signs on their jersey..Saying "12th tour of the fireflies.." In my mind I wonder, Where on earth they found that name for their movement...Fireflies?,bike?,tour? Sounds pretty cool!...I love fireflies..They look amazing at night..They are like fairies flying all around, like tinker bell and friends. However, I just don't get the perfect idea for the event's name, since fireflies can bee seen just in the dark of the night with their glowing bodies. It didn't pass into my mind, and I keep on thinking about it. Maybe because I am interested and wanting to meddle to believe on their objective and principle.I search on the net about it when I got home and determined I was right. It's a climate change call to change.Having a clean air and sustainable communities as their goal.Pretty nice...
Imagine if instead of using cars, we would use bikes going to work or school, go errands or just something about anything that needs transportation. It is a good idea. And then I laugh about the imagination of limitless..How about the larger need to transport; like industrial or deliveries of large trades.. Can they still fit into bikes?..A ten wheeler bike!!!..Hehehhe..Just joking..I think, they will be exempted as far as reality is concerned..
The point is --CHANGE,"ADJUST.".. If it requires to go biking to save our lives and the earth.. Right now,now na..we have to act on it. With one mind and agreement in harmony it will give a lot of change than ignoring it and hoping to live for comforts longer enough as our imagination. Because sooner or later it will affect us drastically. The inconvenience of our wrong thinking about living in comfort--a slefish comfort for each one, doing our own ways to save our personal lives and not thinking the good of the whole. Perhaps God would prolong our extinction if we make efforts and sacrifice for this. I go for this.. Anyone can realize. If it matters to us the need for change, and if we look forward--the consequences of every action we made in the past, and the very thing that we are making at present. We would probably make ourselves be counted for this movement, and be responsible for taking responsibility on this.Allow ourselves to agree not to disagree.This is for us, for humanity. Everyone is involved. Even the cute animals who can't fight and survive for themselves. We are accounted to them..

I Want to be a firefly like them.. Even with no bike at this time I'm with them by heart.
By this time I can do long walking  if needed, instead of riding cars or buses.



Sunday, April 11, 2010

Loneliness to offer



Loneliness,Oh loneliness.. Why you come so quickly than expected?
A thinking that can be the culprit to much more something complicated. Ones have not attended seriously, will create more mess. It is possible to be lonely without even thinking of something to be lonely about. Idle mind could give room for ideas. Ideas that satisfy the nature self, a sinful self.
They said," It's bad to do wrong. And its bad too, not to do right." It's you in the middle that gives you loneliness because you can't decide. hai life..Very fragile.Two things can be the perfect result in deciding..If you decide to be good, do it 100%,otherwise be the worst, 100%. Usually it's easy to say than done. It's easy to build something in mind,but is good for the mind only.
I wonder why sometimes I don't have the courage to place myself in the position of gratefulness--100%..I always want something that I don't have, and forbids not to have. Satan prepares for this defeat in me, where he can find room for him to enter and feed me such thoughts.Rationalizing and playing with my soft, gullible heart; wanting me to consider his lies.
Why can't life be so gentle to what it wants and what it needs too?, a murmuring heart again...
There's always; self- control,patience, perseverance and endurance to call it a life to fulfill. This life to become serious about will totally stretch who you are. To be drained for who you are,plus what you want so to have room for filling of the good ones that you need.
'till, when?," my patience is whispering. "Just die for it,cuca..."someone's whispering inside. I said too..."easy for you to say," a wrestling again for the Holy Spirit and self.And Satan is just right about the corner inside me as I wrestle, waiting for my defeat. When I'm tired of it, will have, time to breath deep, realizing that I'm powerless on my own over sin. Nearly crushed and broken to find the need to look up and gaze where the Father is. There He is waiting again. It is always been me drifting. So run again,cuca. To where He is. Just run, and never look back.

It's worth offering. I won again. Because I chose to listen to the love Jesus have for me. I won because I don't do impulsive decision and remember the promises Jesus have for me. I won because Jesus made me win the battle way long before that I knew,I am God's child. Remembering the Holy Spirit inside that I keep provoking to wrestle.. I used my stubbornness as He used his gentleness to make me calm and made me come to think and remember what was planted in me to hold. It's the power and authority that comes from God. These valuable gifts that will make me win the battle over sin from Satan. It's hard than it gets; To die from cell to cell, But harder to think to live by your own efforts. I am limited. If loneliness can be the spark to make me confident to do what I wante, to ease it or to do something out of the feeling. I am totally wrong. I am not living for the feeling alone but living more for what I am created for.
To offer to God this loneliness  is wiser than to dwell on it. Loneliness is a feeling not the truth to hold for.

For the love of God. For His Love. For His pleasure. For His glory. Die hard, Jesus is worth dying for.

"Such a tiny offering compared to Calvary nevertheless we lay this at Your Feet...."





For me its's harder to do your way without the blessings of the Lord than to persevere to obey Him, even if it doesn't feel comfortable--- and expect the best that you can have out of His pleasure.
This is what I am holding to from Him...Out of obedience,the best is yet to come...


"For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ." 
2Corinthians 10:3-5


"The eternal God is a dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms; and He drove out the enemy from before you, and said, 'Destroy!'"

--Deuteronomy 33:27




Sunday, April 4, 2010

Quick Healthy Salmon Dish for Cathy




When someone came late for the feast, she can't have the celebration in full like she could just in time. As the host, we have to prepare again for a nice meal, equally or more amazingly. I do the honor by cooking a Salmon dish for Cathy. She's my sister's friend who came late for lunch.
She's cool! So it didn't matter how I spend effort for cooking. Absolutely! I am also excited to cook Salmon my way.So I had a slice of Salmon right from the fridge. Prepare it by sprinkling enough amount of Iodized salt.After that ,massaged a clove minced garlic and put chopped 6 leaves of basil on it , and sprinkled it with powdered black pepper to finish the marination .I imagined how it would taste when adding the ingridients one by one so not to overdo it.
In a Greasless Pan, I put butter, Just a little amount for a slice cooking. Had  low fire for that.And put the Marinated Salmon.a a!---I cooked it thru  low fire at first and when half cooked already, had it well done thru a medium fire. Approximately 10 to 12 minutes cooking.
Otherwise, if you want to try this dish your way,do either well done or half cooked. Just make sure that the meat is good to eat.
Your condiments for this is either lemon or whatever you want basta amazing.

Tada!ready to eat my friend...



















Let's name this dish--- uhmmmm... Cuca's Healthy Herb Salmon
Yey! huh! kakapagod magisip...

My Resurrection Sunday full Lunch




We cook, friends came, we ate, we were happy and grateful!...























My sisters and I prepared good food this Sunday to celebrate Jesus Lordship. One of which is the Kish Lasagna cooked by Tin. She said the recipe came from someone in ADB (Asian Development Bank), It just spread out and we had it for a try. It's somewhat like a veggie Lasagna, the base was broccoli, spinach and mushroom, in a white sauce with less cheese in it. This is absolutely a no meat dish that's why it's a veggie type of foody. The taste was good, but I still prefer to eat the Meaty Lasagna. More tasty and fun.
Mars grilled Salmon.This was what made me full. I am not a fish lover but tasting this fish from Canada is a so winner type for me. It doesn't have a total fish taste at all, instead a milky and a soft on the tongue. I just Imagined if it melted on my tongue like a good description tells it.more good than Blue Marlin fish.hehehhe. Dipping it in a soy sauce or lemon alone and you're done!
The bread, lets talk about the bread. I discovered a bread to buy at Rustans. It's a country bread. Brownish because I guess it's a wheat bread, perfect for: side dishing for pasta, or just for hot chocolate, or balsamic vinegar for appetizing. We just had it for Lasagna, had cheese ball sliced and a nice wine to accompany the taste. Pats cooked Kaldereta.It sounds like fiesta...hehehe. I don't eat much of a saucy dish especially meat so I just ate a lil' just to taste. But all is good!
Maybe you wonder what I prepared for the lunch?Of course, I did the most critical part here. I had it all on the table.Well, an excuse because I had headache at that time.I help a little but significantly.
 Cathy came late, Tin's friend. She brought a choco caramel cake ( she forgot the title name..)from Cookie Korner of Rustans Shang. The taste was enormous too!

To assess, all it relieved my monstrous hunger..I thought of a nice siesta after. Cathy came,she was late for my Salmon story telling taste.To recap to her, I just cooked a Salmon in a different way; Buttery herbish styled dish. Check out later as I tell how it happened. Well, for the taste It was so nice, she concluded. charge it to me.heheheh joke lang...Actually my sis suggested too on how to cook it.
A happy heart again: for the food, for the sisters and friends, and an opportunity for the amazing experience again from God. So Thankful for Him for spicing my Sunday. His saving grace that totally free me from shouting how grateful I am. Truly, God is good! I wonder if He visited us and ate with us at that time? Yeah! He did.


Thursday, April 1, 2010

Why Blog for Jesus?

Why not?

Penitence for others, gratefulness for me

Holy week is another moment to realize what Jesus have done for us way back thousand years ago. It is celebrated here in the Philippines. A season for religiosity especially for Roman Catholics. Having this realization it is evident that what happened in that glorious past of Jesus visit in the world have still strongly echoed in our present time through this season. For majority believers of Christ this is the time to appease our spirituality by examining our lives, our walk, and our direction in Him. For others just an opportunity to rest and be united with family. Whatever it may be, it is up to us on how to do it with the Lord, everything is permissible in our end. Having sacrificial effort for Christ like penitence is more on Physical offering. I appreciate it when one realize the need to repent and draw to God for reconciliation. And for me we are given privilege to do that every second of our lives, That's helpful. But as I find ways to realize how to feel the season, I came thinking sincerely on how I really view it, the sacrifice of Jesus for us. All I can see in my heart is the gratefulness that I feel for Him. That because of Him and what He has done for us has been totally the very reason why we have to be grateful. I just can't find any reason for penitential sacrifice that I should do to offer for what He has done, because It is already done by Jesus. Our sins was paid ones and for all right through the cross, where he offered Himself in behalf of us. Without Him doing that, we can't have this grace to have fellowship with God the Father, A holy and perfect God. And that we are still subject and livng under the law of his commandments.  That's why I am so grateful for Jesus for saving us and giving us this privilege to be with  God, Just through Him alone. Everyday we are to be grateful for that. Now as every one have their special ways to celebrate it, it's my opportunity to sensationalize the season to be more grateful and say it to Him in prayers. 2 thumbs up for Jesus! You're a major winner..Mwah!