birthday surprise 2012

This has been long overdue, but nevertheless I would like to share to all how I celebrated my birthday last March 2012. It was a time where I was dealing with things that have made me wonder what life has in store for me. Difficult time it is, but with the Grace of God I have surpassed another challenging chapter of my life

Patients in Tanzania

Going back to my birthday celebration, one day my friend and colleague Maria shared to me that our friend Pamela will be going to Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania a country in East Africa. It was not just for pleasure but she has unselfishly volunteered to serve in one of the orphanage where children has AIDS. They have decided to pitch in financially to buy stuffs that would be of benefit to those kids such as medicines, educational materials and toys. From there, I emailed my friends and told them that I was not going to celebrate my birthday but instead I will donate the money that I was supposed to use to treat them in some fancy restaurant.  Of course my friends did not object on that!

cooking in the old fashioned way

Making Banana BEER!!!

100+ woman weaving floor mats to sleep on 

It’s always a great feeling to share and help people who are less fortunate especially on my birthday. I usually do it on Christmas time though. 

I thought my birthday would be quiet, I was very touched when my friends surprised me in my office, brought me cake, flowers, gifts and food that we happily shared. It’s really great to have friends who take time and effort to remember you on your special day and make you extra special. I like surprising my friends on their birthday but I hate to be surprised, but on this instance, I loved every moment of it! My friends are like my family and I thank God for giving me such great friends!

GREAT FRIENDS! (not complete though ... ) 

Share with all your heart and according to your will! Sharing is not only on special occasions, it is not only in the form of money or material things, it is also sharing your time, effort and care to others. 

Thanks Pamela for the photos! :) 

BIG TIME - BIG LOVE

Girl On Fire on 2013

It maybe late to write my first blog for the year 2013 though, it may be a cliché but it is better to be late than never! 

Thank God for the year 2012 and thank God it is OVER! Last year has brought so many laughter, tears, excitement, opportunities and a lot of learning. Every new year we have our resolutions, that is most of the time to be better from the previous year. But I guess we don't have to wait for another year to change, we can always change any time we want to. However, we should change because we feel that we need to, not because others says so. 

They say when you grow old, you get wiser, and at my age I still learn a lot from life. Learning is a never ending process and it does not mean that we only learn from school. It is through our experiences and from other people around us that we learn the best and "not so best" things in life. It's not about numbers, formulas, grammar, but it is about how you live towards being a good person. I am gonna share to you what I need to change from year 2012, which I admit have known it for years but I am just too stubborn to really accept the fact that I am being too much of it and that I have allowed it to somehow make my world crazy. 

I have came to realize that I am the type of person, who, I may say have too much of what I call the 3 A's. Analyze, Assume and Anticipate. In most of the situation that I am in, I Analyze every detail of it, unfortunately I could not get help from Google or Wikipedia and that makes me go ballistic! Then comes next, Assuming. I would like everything to be clear, if it's a NO it's a NO, if it's a YES and it's a YES. There are No maybe's - No if's. If I don't get a clear answer to what I have analyzed I tend to assume, I give answers to my own questions, I tend to miss out the  "read between the lines." Maybe because I am a frank person, who says loud and clear of what's on my mind and what I actually feel. Too sad not everyone can speak their mind and heart. So, Assuming too much can sometimes get me in trouble. And because I over analyze and assume, this leads to, most of the time Anticipate of what's going to happen next and in most cases, things happens not what I expected it to be. Which leads to disappointment. 

Now I am in the process of weighing and seeing things in different perspectives and accepting that whatever happens, it has always a purpose and it is God's plan. We only get an exact answer in Math, of course when we solve it correctly! ^_^ Most importantly, everything too much can be harmful. 

I am a girl on fire, will keep both feet on the ground, with heads up high because I have a Great God who is greater than my obstacles in life and who has great plans for me. 

    

change for growth! 

BIG TIME - BIG LOVE

It's Christmas All Over the World

We are given each day to be a better person ... 
Sometimes people are brought into our lives to be an instrument for us to appreciate the beauty of life ... 

Trials are given to strengthen not only our emotional being but most especially our Faith in Him ... 

Let us repent, forgive and have a clean heart ... 
For our Savior will be born ... 

All my life

I've tried to do what's right

First star I see tonight

Make my wish come true

Why can't we

Join hands around one tree

Let live and let it be 

Make Christmas last forever 

When Santa's flyin' in his magic sleigh

Goes all around the world in just a day,

From the North pole to the Southern tip,

He makes his trip with love to give away. 

Hear him say ... 

It' Christmas all over the world tonigt, 

It's Christmas all over the world 

All my life,

I've learned if I was good 

Did everything I should

My dreams would all come true. 

I can see

A special time with me

Join hands around one tree

Make Christmas last forever

Spread LOVE this Christmas! 

BIG TIME - BIG LOVE