slumbook question

"jill, wats ur latest hobby nowadays?"

> not that much of a pc addict anymore. hurray!

> exercise:
=> tennis - not that much coz of sched concerns
- i still prefer badminton
=> basketball - played just once - but we're gonna play again
- i suck! haha..
=> walking - just whenever time permits me to - i'm lovin' it! ;)

> singing - sfc songs, rock, admu (jesuit) songs, rock, opm, rock,,,,, - rock?! yes, rock!! disturbed, nickelback, audioslave, trapt, staind, crossfade, creed, saliva, breaking benjamin, and the list goes on and on, and on, and on...

> playing with hook =)

> a bit of tv/dvd - i rarely watch, but lately i've been craving for action movies - batman begins, mummy 1&2, i robot, face/off - just about anything available at home.

>> not my hobby: scary movies/things - so why am i going to knott's scary halloween haunt (theme park) tomorrow??? waaah!!! hehe..

just do it!

my sister (ate ja) joined the Long Beach Marathon last October 16. it's for the Gawad Kalinga cause (check out gawadkalinga.org). she finished the 26.2 miles, with me and my other sister (june) walking with her during her last 8 miles. we were stationed at mile 18, us cheerers (complete with pom poms, chants and choreographed steps), and the sfc music ministry. haha, can you imagine me doing all that? even if i love walking, 8 miles is still a lot without proper training and warm up. and the last time i cheered like that was 2nd yr high school! haha.. our day started at 8am and ended at around 6pm since we ate yummy burgers (fuddruckers) before going home. fun, fun fun! i wanna do the marathon next year. =)

listening to the silent song

there are times when i sense that everything around me is too loud. or that everyone is always rushing ahead. our generation feasts on the abundance of the activities that one can do, with or without companions needed. it becomes automatic for us to be caught up with the latest trend in technology – 1gb space for email, mobile phones with cameras & mp3 players, ipod nano, sony psp, etc. a lot of times, we jump from one thing to the next, without considering if we really need (or even want) to do those things. there’s not a moment of silence to be appreciated since if we are not engaged in constant conversation (mind you, this is not necessarily communication), we busy ourselves with the television, the radio, the road (gimiks), or the computer. i admit i also let myself go with the flow of all the things i mentioned above. But i feel so different, in the sense that i am more accustomed to spending a lot of quiet moments (usually alone), and doing things slowly but surely.

no new posts for a while? yeah. i’ve been taking some moments of “silence,” trying to rid myself of the unnecessary activities so that i could listen and understand THE voice. i’m even shutting my brain off. i don’t want to think anymore and analyze about what’s happening, or what’s going to happen. i just want to live one day at a time. i need to quiet down so that i may see Him more clearly, follow Him more nearly, and love Him more dearly.

so no trivial entries for now. unless i can't help it. =) the little mindless stories that i post are actually part of what i want to share to all those who read my blog. but right now, i need to focus on listening.

live to be real

i think i'll follow the voice that calls within

sorry if i keep on typing these curious one liners.. will elaborate when i find out more about them ok =)
* phrases from ralph marston & johnny go

here's a sporty bit

just wanted to share: i now have tennis buddies! =) it's a bit hard to switch from badminton to tennis (use of the arm instead of wrist), but i'm still enjoying it. good thing here, we don't have to pay for the court, unlike the P100 i usually spend for a night of badminton. we're scheduled to play once a week, and we're not stopping till we learn to play a decent game. =) i mentioned jogging and pancakes before... hehe, that was just a one time thing coz the SFC schedule didn't fit with it.