Hay naku... forwarded e-mail messages... paulit ulit na lang ang pagsend pero patuloy pa ring binabasa nang mga tao... hehe!

Anyway... To start my 1st -ber entry for 2006... my fave email pieces...

1. The Poem

I knelt to pray but not for long,
I had too much to do.
I had to hurry and get to work
For bills would soon be due.
So I knelt and said a hurried prayer,
And jumped up off my knees. 
My Christian duty was now done 
My soul could rest at ease.
All day long I had no time 
To spread a word of cheer.
No time to speak of Christ to friends, 
They'd laugh at me I'd fear. 
No time, no time, too much to do, 
That was my constant cry,
No time to give to souls in need 
But at last the time, the time to die. 
I went before the Lord,
I came,
I stood with downcast eyes.
For in his hands God held a book;
It was the book of life. 
God looked into his book and said 
"Your name I cannot find. 
I once was going to write it down... 
But never found the time"

** Wala lang... Ilang beses ko na syang  nabasa pero sobrang di pa rin ako nagsasawa... Medyo scary din kasi sya if ever mangyari... basta...

2. A Pastor's story

There once was a man named George Thomas, pastor in a small New England town. One Easter Sunday morning he came to the Church carrying a rusty, bent, old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit. Eyebrows were raised and, as if in response, Pastor Thomas began to speak... "I was walking through town yesterday when I saw a young boy coming toward me swinging this bird cage. On the bottom of the cage were three little wild birds, shivering with cold and fright. I stopped the lad and asked, "What you got there, son?" "! Just some old birds," came the reply. 
 
"What are you gonna do with them?" I asked. 
"Take 'em home and have fun with 'em," he answered. "I'm gonna tease 'em and pull out their feathers to make 'em fight. I'm gonna have a real good time." "But you'll get tired of those birds sooner or later. What will you do?" 
"Oh, I got some cats," said the little boy. "They like birds. I'll take 'em to them." 
 
The pastor was silent for a moment. "How much do you want for those birds, son?" 
"Huh?? !!! Why, you don't want them birds, mister. They're just plain old field birds. They don't sing. They ain't even pretty!" 
"How much?" the pastor asked again. 

The boy sized up the pastor as if he were crazy and said, "?" 
The pastor reached in his pocket and took out a ten dollar bill. He placed it in the boy's hand. In a flash, the boy was gone. 
The pastor picked up the cage and gently carried it to the end of the alley where there was a tree and a grassy spot Setting the cage down, he opened the door, and by softly tapping the bars persuaded the birds out, setting them free 
Well, that explained the empty bird cage on the pulpit, and then the pastor began to tell this story. 

One day Satan and Jesus were having a conversation. Satan had just come from the Garden of Eden, and he was gloating and boasting.

"Yes, sir, I just caught the world full of people down there. Set me a trap, used bait I knew they couldn't resist. Got 'em all!"
"What are you going to do with them?" Jesus asked. 
Satan replied, "Oh, I'm gonna have fun! I'm gonna teach them how to marry and divorce each other, how to hate and abuse each other, how to drink and smoke and curse. I'm gonna teach them how to invent guns and bombs and kill each other. I'm really gonna have fun!"
"And what will you do when you get done with them?" Jesus asked. "Oh, I'll kill 'em," Satan glared proudly. "How much do you want for them?" Jesus asked 
"Oh, you don't want those people. They ain't no good. Why, you'll take them and they'll just hate you. They'll spit on you, curse you and kill you. You don't want those people!!" 
"How much?" He asked again. 
Satan looked at Jesus and sneered, "All your blood, tears and your life." 
Jesus said, "DONE!" 
Then He paid the price. 

The pastor picked up the cage he opened the door and he walked from the pulpit. 

** Hehe... Ala lang... Naalala ko lang yung movie na "Passion of Christ"...  I just feel blessed with this story...

3. LIHAM NG ISANG TATAY
 
Anak,
 
Medyo mabagal akong magsulat ngayon dahil alam kong mabagal ka ring magbasa. Nandito na kami sa Estados Unidos para bantayan ang bagong biling bahay ng kapatid mo.Pero hindi ko maibigay sa iyo ang address dahil dinala ng dating nakatira ang address para daw hindi na sila magpalit ng address.
 
Maganda ang lugar na ito at malayo sa Manila . Dalawang beses lang umulan sa linggong ito,tatlong araw noong una at apat na araw noong pangalawa.
 
Nakakainis lang ang mga paninda dito katulad nun nabili ko na shampoo dahil ayaw bumula. Nakasulat kasi "FOR DRY HAIR" kaya hindi ko binabasa ang buhok ko pag ginagamit ko. Mamaya ay ibabalik ko sa Walmart at magrereklamo ako.
 
Noong isang araw naman ay hindi ako makapasok sa bahay dahil ayaw bumukas ng padlock. Nakasulat kasi ay "YALE", eh aba namalat na ako sa kasisigaw ay hindi pa din bumubukas. Magrereklamo din ako sa nagbenta ng bahay, akala nila hindi ko alam na SIGAW ang tagalog ng "YALE", wise yata ito!
 
Mayroon nga pala akong nabili na magandang jacket at tiyak na
magugustuhan mo. Ipinadala ko na sa iyo sa "Federal Express" medyo mahal daw dahil mabigat ang mga butones kaya ang ginawa ko ay tinanggal ko na lang ang mga butones at inilagay ko na lang sa bulsa ng jacket. Ikabit mo na lang pag dating diyan.
 
Nagpadala rin ako ng tseke para sa mga nasalanta ng bagyo, hindi ko na pinirmahan dahil gusto ko na maging anonymous donor. Nakakahiya naman kung ipagkakalat ko pa.
 
Ang kapatid mo palang si Jhun ay may trabaho na dito, mayroon siyang 500 na tao sa ilalim niya. Nag-gugupit siya ngayon ng damo sa memorial park,  ang kita naman ay above minimum ang sahod.
 
Nakapanganak na rin pala ang ate baby mo, hindi ko pa alam kung babae o lalake kaya hindi ko pa masasabi na kung ikaw ay bagong uncle or  auntie.
 
Wala na akong masyadong balita. Sumulat ka na lang ng madalas.
 
 Love,
 fafah
 
 p.s. Maglalagay sana ako ng pera, kaya lang ay naisara ko na ang
 envelope. Next time na lang ha

** Haha... Ang corny ko.. Pero natutuwa at natatawa talaga ako every time I read this email... 
 
Enough of my fave e-mails...

Last August 30, 2006 I posted something about RJ Jimenez...  at medyo dumadami na rin ang mga taong nagtatanong kung sino siya? Paano ko sya nakilala? And stuffs like that... Kaya heto sasagutin ko na..

     Kuya Rj is a friend... Org. mate ko sya nung high school pareho kaming YFC (Youth for Christ) tas nameet ko sya sa mga gatherings namin... he is a telanted person... As in super talented... I don't know if you have watched him sing sa Myx noon.. pero ayun.. he sing Jason Mraz's "Remedy" and magaling talaga sya kumanta... Other than that he also plays the piano and the guitar... I don't know kung meron pa syang ibang instruments na tinutugtog pero nonetheless yung yung alam kong mga tinutugtog na... lagi syang kasama sa music ministry namin kasi nga yun ang forte nya...

     And super ok at super bait nya... Friendly na tao as in. I remember him playing his guitar all night nung minsang may youth camp kami... Walang tulugan yun... from 10 pm till morning andun lang kami kantahan, kwentuhan and others. Don't get me wrong we are not close friends. Super casual lang kami tipong "hi" and "hello" lang pag nagkasalubong pero so far super bait nya sa amin...

        Ever since I met kuya Rj he is very vocal na gusto nyang maging recording artist. Syempre gusto rin namin na matupad yun gaya nga nang sabi ko he is talented enough para matupad yun. Actually, a friend of mine gave me a copy of a cd na puro sya ang kumanta nung songs... I'll try to upload to upload a song from that c.d. para ipost sa ngayon pics na lang muna nya...

Ayan.. Cge till next post...

Ciao