I survived, barely.

The flu hit me like a ton of bricks a couple of weeks ago. I'm such a weakling! I always, ALWAYS get sick during the winter. It never fails! I need to take better care of myself. It's my own fault, I admit. I do not sleep early. For me, "early" would be 1am. Don't know why. I promised myself that I was going to work on sleeping early for 2009. So far, I have not been successful. Please pray for discipline on my part. I need it.

The flu's long gone, but now I'm coughing. It doesn't help that I feel a draft coming through the window around the early hours of the morning. Thank God for the electric blanket that April got me for Christmas. It has helped me these past few days.

Prayer requests:

1. For our church, Olive Christian Church. We need a revival, BIG TIME. Pray that each member realizes that the Lord's work is serious business and not just a weekend activity that's optional or attended to whenever one's personal calendar allows it.

2. My prayer life. I have to admit, my prayer life could be so much better. I don't spend as much time in prayer as I would want to.

3. My health. For me to take better care of myself.

4. My mom's health. She's been doing well so far. Lots of 'maintenance'. Praise God, her gout hasn't been bothering her!

5. God's leading in my life. I would like to have more of a clear direction in where He wants me to be, and what He wants me to do at this point. Would a move be a possibility?

6. In Harmony and Papuri. God has been refining us. And I know that there's a reason why we've been on hiatus for a while. We all have issues. I pray that we get things right, individually. We need to put God as top priority. We've been focusing on so many things, that we've lost focus on Him. It's hard to minister to people, when you're not willing to work on your personal relationship with God. I understand that God accepts us for who we are. But He also wants us to become the kind of people He's called us to be.

I'd appreciate the prayers! :)

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Well, the day is coming to an end, I hope that everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day. I survived it, being single and all. I actually had to work for a little bit today. Almost had a situation to which I had to do damage control. Praise God, things went really smoothly.

After work, I had the urge to drive around, go to L.A. or something, but I decided to just do a bit of grocery shopping and then head home. I ended up watching the NBA All-Star festivities on TV while eating some of the leftover pork sinigang my mom made for me for my birthday.

Thus, ends my Valentine's day festivities. I'm gonna hit the sack. Have to get up early for church tomorrow. Good night!

Birthday fun-day at the Magic Kingdom.

So, I just celebrated another birthday. No fancy celebration for me this year, not even a dinner or anything. I just wanted to do one thing, go to Disneyland! As you may know, Disneyland has this special deal where you can get in to one of their parks for free on your birthday. So, that's what I decided to do. I haven't been to the Magic Kingdom since 2006, so I thought I would take advantage of this special deal they have and go for my birthday to see what's new since the last time I was there.

I was joined by my niece, Nevaeh, my friend Vanessa (who took a half-day), my friend Gidget and her husband and son. We rode most of the "thrill" rides they had, except for Indiana Jones because Nevaeh wasn't tall enough to ride it. I was a bit apprehensive in having her ride the "thrill" rides with me for fear that she might get scared. But Nevaeh's a trooper, she loved every single ride we rode on! She especially loved Space Mountain! I love it! I had so much fun, and the fact that I got to spend it with my little niece, just made it even more special.

My Grammy commentary.

First, let me get this out of the way... I HEART COLDPLAY! I've always liked their music, but after being featured on the show "60 Minutes" tonight, right before the Grammy telecast, I am now a bigger fan. "Viva La Vida" is such an awesome tune! I'm glad it won 'Song of the Year' even if it meant that Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" didn't win. :(

U2 rocked my socks off!

Whitney looked good and healthy. Still a little cooky, but it's good to see her doing well. When's the new album coming out?

Was it just me or did they have the weirdest on-stage collaborations tonight? The Jonas Brothers with Stevie Wonder? Cringe-worthy. Don't get me wrong, those Jo' Bros are talented kids, I'm still waiting for Joe Jonas' voice to fully grow out of puberty into full, grown-man voice, but I would've waited 10 more years for them to take the stage with Stevie Wonder.

I have beef with the Grammy producers. Why in the world were Boyz II Men relegated to mere back-up singers, and Justin Timberlake got to share the spotlight with Al Green?! Umm... something's wrong there. Apparently, that performance was pulled together last-minute because Chris Brown and Rihanna were no-shows, but still.

Two-words: Kanye's hair.

Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus' duet - surprisingly cute.

John Mayer won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance over Jason Mraz. I love both guys, but this caused me to raise my eyebrows. And I thought Jason was going to perform, "I'm Yours". :(

will.i.am's quip: "congratulations to Obama." Have some respect, man. He is the President of the United States, please address him accordingly. He ain't your best friend. Just because you campaigned and voted for him, doesn't mean you have the right to address him however you want to.

Overall, it wasn't the best Grammys I've seen. I missed those days when they would televise performances from other genres besides the mainstream stuff, like classical, jazz and gospel.

Girls just wanna have fun! :)

I spent the whole day today with 4 of my good girl friends, Ate Joy, Ate Gidget, Ate Gayle and Vanessa. We started the day early and met up at Mimi's Cafe in Cerritos for breakfast, despite the fact that the rain was pouring! Thank God the rain let up for the rest of the day! After breakfast, we headed over to South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, sat around and had some Starbucks, then walked around and did some window shopping. I did come away with a couple of items, one I purchased for myself, and the other item, was purchased for me by my friends as an early birthday present! That was quite unexpected but I really appreciate their generosity and thoughtfulness. I'm truly grateful to them! We ended the evening at Gerry's Grill and had some Filipino food for dinner. Yum-o!

I praise God for friendships. There are so many things that are fleeting and dispensible in this world, friendships, especially with fellow believers, shouldn't be taken for granted!

Looks like I'm gonna be turning early tonight! Yes, 10:44 p.m. IS early for me. G'nite!