marife's boredom

Thanks a lot marife. you got me bored enough to do this!

------------------GENERAL INFO------------------
Starting Time: 3:36pm
Name on Birth Certificate: Joy***** **n Enri***z?
Nicknames: Joy. Joyousness. Yoj. Skitz. Idiot… the list goes on really.
Starsign: Pisces.
School: Ex-Nagle-ite. Currently at the bludgiest uni out - Macquarie.
Location: In my room, at my desk.
Email Address: look at the top of this page.
Hair Colour: black. I was gonna dye it red. what do you guys think?
Shoe size: 7 or 8.
Brothers/Sisters: four sisters. a lot of "brothers"…
You live with: my dad, my mom (is currently in Canberra though), Annabelle, Rina and Roanne.
------------------HAVE YOU EVER------------------
Missed school bcoz it was raining: Hailing more like…
Put a body part on fire for amusement: Uh,… no - but I do like to mangle my toes.
Been in a car accident: yeah; I was seven and cried a lot.
Been hurt emotionally: who hasn't been hurt emotionally?!
Kept a secret from everyone: yeah - plenty. But generally, I'd say I'm a pretty open person. *
Had an imaginary friend: all my friends are imaginary. ;op Hahaha… no serzly; I had a few when I was in primary school. and one called MD.
Cried during a Movie: yeah heaps! I'm a romantic by heart - it's scary.
Ever thought an animated character was hot: Oh for sure - Dimitri from Anastascia. (shhh! Don't tell anyone!)
Been on stage: Yeah. One of my favourite moments in Philippines was singing a praise song in front 10,000 Catholics at Araneta Coleseum.
Been sarcastic: What does sarcastic mean?! ;o)

------------------FAVORITES------------------
Shampoo: Oooh… Herbal Essence. or Pantene Pro V Extra Straight… hahaha.
Soap: Nutrimetics Melon & Cucumber Body WAsh
Fav colour/shade: blue… purple… pink… red… orange… yellow… green… - ok ok. I love all colours of the rainbow! But a blue sky will cheer me up any time!
White or Red roses: pink baby roses or red long-stemmed. (*hint hint*)
Summer/Winter: Summer all the way!! Can't wait to go beaching… swimming and shave my legs… I mean… (just joking!)
Cartoon Characters: Dori from Finding Nemo… Stitch (I reak havoc like that little alien) … Care Bears and Gummi Bears… Gadget from Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers… and Gi (Captain Planet)
Drink: h20 my friend… all the way. ooh! And the Ice Fusions from the LIQUID bar at my uni Food Court… talk about addictive.
Movie: Disney Flicks… Life is Beautiful, American Beauty, American History X, *
Ice Cream: HOME Ice-cream… *drooling* and Nuts About Chocolate.
Subject: you mean at uni? I don't like my subjects at uni… hahaha… Nah jks lang. In HS I loved English, History and Religion… at uni I liked News & Current Affairs and Multimedia Production & Theory…
Animal: Rabbits, pandas and Labradors.
Person: Jesus Christ!!
Girls name: Keila. Sky, Rei,
Boys name: Joshua…
Chick Movie Star: eeek! I dunno…
Guy Movie star: Guy's a movie star?
TV show: The classic Simpsons episodes… Dawson's Creek (old school)… and the original Power Rangers series.
---------------RIGHT NOW------------------
Wearing: old grey Mickey Mouse tshirt and black shorts.
What color underpants: lol.. light purple. (shh)
I'm feeling: like I should seriously be doing my AHIST essay instead of this survey - but Marife, you suckered me into it!
Eating: chocolate crème biscuits, m&ms and krispy crème donuts… (ok - so I'm in holiday mode! someone get me rope and drag me back to uni!)
Drinking: water from a Mount Franklin bottle
Thinking about: oooh… lots of stuff. SPY stuff, the song "ADDICTED" and the people whose photos are on my wall (i.e. my household, my fams, the youth)
Talking to: gerry on MSN.

---------------IN THE LAST 24 HRS------------------

Cried: when I yawned. But that's it. I'm HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY!!
Met someone new: yeah! Sean - came to pizza night last night and he's 12 and funny. And… the guy who was playing "Taylor" on guitar… oh man I'm sorry I told you I was bad at names!!
Cleaned your room: Tidied my room… not clean. It will never be clean.
Drove a car: Yeah. took Phil, Raf, Gerry and Nez home last night

---------------DO YOU BELIEVE IN------------------
Yourself: Yes. Coz Jesus lives in me!!!
Santa Claus: St Nicholas is real - and his story is so cool. But Jean (sister) always leaves us Santa presents on Christmas day.
Tooth Fairy: you know I got $4.35 for my fang?
Ghosts: I believe in spirits that are troubled and lost… and Fr Warren's ghost stories after the ALIVE festival didn't ease my mind either.
Angels: Yes!! My Guardian angel takes care of me!
UFO's/intelligent life in space: I reckon they're humans from the future who've come back to see what we were like in history.

--------------FRIENDS AND LIFE------------------
Do you have a soul mate?: yes. His name is Jesus.
Do you have a girlfriend?: plenty of friends who are girls - does that count?
Do you like anyone?: oh man… if you only knew who my crush(es) are!! hahahaha…
Who have u known the longest of your friends: Angela. Known her since yr 1 at ST Pat's Primary. And Jesus -he knew me before I was born.
Who's the loudest: Hmm… Gerry or Gemma.
The shyest: I'd have to say.. Edwin is one of them. But even he's breaking out of his shell!
Who's the weirdest: Me! Define weird? Coz all my friends are weird!
Who has seen you cry: lots of people. I think Fr Warren was the one who saw me cry the most of recently…
When have you cried the most: oohh… that's a tough one. I'd say the post break-up phase was the worst.
What is the best feeling in the world?: when I realise that I've played a part in bringing someone closer to God… because then I can really say that I've loved and been loved.. and truly - LOVE is the best feeling in the world.
Worst Feeling: (hey Marife I read your answers to this and I totally agree)… the worst feeling is when you know the best and right-est decision is the one that's gonna hurt you the most.

-----------------ABOUT GUYS FOR GIRLS TO FILL OUT---------------

Boxers or briefs: Boxers. be free! Hahaha… (sorry… just joking)
Long or short hair: I'd say… short.
Six pack or muscular arms: oohh… I'm an "arms" type of gal…
Good or bad guy: umz in between? bad guy turned good. rarrr…
Suprises or no suprises: surprises! where's the excitement without surprising people being surprised?!
Hat or No Hat: naturale please.
Ears pierced or not: NO PIERCINGS!! yuk…
Stubble or neatly shaved: clean and shaved, fresh and smelling yummy.
Rugged or sporty: rugged is rarrr, but sporty is hot. So how about rugged but plays a lot of sport? hahaha…
Accent or not: eh? what type of stupid question is that?!
Shy or Outgoing: I like a mystery, but I also like someone who can INITIATE things. So… a humble leader.
Perfect date: Eeek! (oh hey, this brings back memories from ALIVE festival.) Ok - to re-use what I got from Nez, Peni, Aron and Rey: a morning picnic, followed by a cruise around the city, a movie or live show, and ending with a coffee at night in a candle-lit place in the city somewhere…. awwww… you guys are soo sweet!

--------ABOUT GIRLS FOR GUYS TO FILL OUT --------------

I'm gonna pretend I'm a guy and fill this out anyway…

Regular underwear or thong: regular undies
Painted nails or not: painted toe nails
Bra or sports bra: bra. no lace.
Cute n' mysterious or wild n' crazy: wild and crazy - because they're mysterious too
Dressy or casual : casual
Dark or blonde hair: dark hair
Dark or light eyes: nice eyes
Hat or no hat: that's a stupid question
Good or bad girl: good girl
Intelligent or average: as long as they can hold a good, stimulating and intellectual conversation
Hair up or down: messy bed hai
Jewelry or none: stuff that matches
Tall or short: nice legs
Curly or straight: straight
Pants or dress: dress - pretty spring ones!!
Tan or fair: tan
Freckles or none: doesn't matter
Accent or Not: that's just stupid
Shy or outgoing: outgoing

-----------------FOR EVERYONE TO FILL OUT-----------------

Silver or gold: silver

Diamond or pearl: diamonds! *

Sunset or sunrise: both. sunrise at ALPADi in Philippines, Sunset from Boracay beach or Notting Hill

Have you ever gone skinny dipping: Sh…. don't tell anyone!

Do you sleep with stuffed animals: yes - she's a squashed rabbit whose name is Swiftheart and I've had her for 12 years. she wears the Claire Catholic College tie ;o)

Have you ever broken/sprained/fractured a bone: sprained heaps of stuff - both ankles and wrist. I used to be left handed til I sprained my wrist.

Do you have any piercings?: my ears. and I take full advantage of accessorising.

Rain, sun or snow? sun!! with a sun shower… for rainbows. :o)

How is the weather right now?: cloud cover (ewww) but humid and muggy. yuck,.

Do u like cookies? freshly baked - or Subway double-chocolate.

What makes you happy?: God, my family finally getting along, hanging with good friends, SPY people, and listening to well-played live music.

What's the stupidest thing u have ever done?: trusting people without trusting God first.

On the phone or in person: in person over a nice Oreo Bash

Who will respond to this email fastest?: bored people.

Who won't respond? Edwin - He's a lazy ass.

Finishing time: 4:01 pm

----------------ADDED QUESTIONS-------------------------

What is your favourite childhood memory? Playing in the back garden and making up entirely crazy worlds in my head, then writing stories about my adventures.

Give me an example of why God is so good? He woke me up this morning and gave me the best people to spend my life with.

unending flow of info

I'm sitting in the comp labs, not knowing what to feel.
After receiving my first HD last sem for my media essay on the Port Arthur Massacre in the mid 90s, I shudder to think how emotionally involved I got when I read story after story about a gunman who heartlessly slaughtered innocent people in a small, innocent town.

And here I am, trying to find information online about the Columbine School Massacre of 1999, and the school siege in Beslan, and my heart cries out with complete confusion and fury.

Page after page is printed, window after window is opened. Unending flows of information - about the human race and its ability to murder, slaughter and inflict pain on its own kind.

Where are we in all of this? Where are the Christians who are supposed to be setting the example of people with the right values.

Tomorrow we remember the anniversary of the September 11 attacks in America.

Day after day, the conflict grow. Moment after moment, more blood is shed.

And the irony of it all? Yesterdays IHS reading: "do good to those who hate yoiu... pray for those who mistreat you... give to everyone who asks of you and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back... love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is so kind to the ungrateful and wicked... Be merciful... stop judging... stop condemning... Forgive and you will be forgiven..." [Luke 6:27-37]

I pray, Lord... that I will never blame the pain in this world on any one person... but I am certain that I will not forgive myself if I don't do something to change how we are.

emotional traffic

If you're not pissed off with the state of the world, then you're just not paying attention"

[kasey chambers]

I was reading over the talk outline for "Bringing God's High to the Schools" and one question raised is: why bring God to the high schools?
Under that question, there is a comment about the Columbine Massacre in 1999 - a result of what happens when God is taken away from schools.

Being young is something that we, as youth, should embrace with true joy and excitement. True - we all go through emotional stuff-ups, trials, assessment season and close-to-fatal fights with family and friends. But truly, teenagehood and adolescence is the time to be vibrant, energetic and full of God's unending HIGH.

Sadly, events like the attack in Middle School 1. in Beslan last week, or the Columbine Massacre in '99, or the September 11 attacks in '01 are enough to put any young person off from celebration.

For many of us, it's easy to push away the problem and pretend that it doesn't affect us or that we're useless in changing the way the world is.

But this is exactly that type of attitude the breeds today's terrorists, suicidal youth and abusive parents. Indifference, ignorance and the active decision to sit back and let the world do the work for us are all attitudes that taint the reputation of humanity.

There is no excuse to let a day go by when we don't show that we care enough to loveour neighbours . Considering the number of homeless, derilict, poverty-stricken and abused people out in the world, it amazes me that we, as humans, are still able to find an excuse to be completely apathetic. In an era where the "world becomes smaller" through technology, multimedia, niche markets, and instant communication, it is a mystery why we still are unable to communicate a solution to our species' unending conflict.

I wonder what it is that people are waiting for.

In response to the question "Why bring God to the high schools?" is simple. In a world where there is murder, conflict, pain, hurt, abuse, racisim, sexism, fear, anger, intolerance, impatience and sin... it is clear that we're in dire need of the peace that God offers us through Jesus.

He said it pretty clearly: "I came to bring you life to the full"...
Bring it on Jesus Christ.

The young people of this world need it desperately.

september rain

After an interesting conversation with my Dad the other day, I've learnt something new:

Talk is cheap - so never make promises.

And I do mean never.

eh?

 


Happy Fathers DAy ya'll...

Here's my two brothers *ahem* cooking dinner in my kitchen tons. That is just some funny stuff.

Cooking Lesson #1 - must teach Edwin how to cut potatoes for corned beef.

Cooking Lesson #2 - let Nereus wash dishes.

when the chips are down

The letters "C" and "F"

Feelings... can be FUN... sometimes they even drive ya to doing things you wouldn't normally do... ;o)
Funny that huh... funny funny feelings ...
So anyway. I was on the phone with an old friend tons, talking about relationships and what not. And lately this Spring weather (the SUNNY part of it anyway) reminds me of high school and high school CRUSHES... ah yes - those tingly feelings when the guy/gal you're totally into walks into the room and suddenly everything is ALIVE...and then there's the daydreaming, the love letters, the waking up in the morns to an sms that you can't stop thinking about all day, the late night convos everyday etc etc... *as if you don't know what I'm talking about!!*

Yessum... that's right. *CRUSH* Feelings are the best feelings. That's my theory anyway...
But then after talking to this ol' buddy of mine, I realised that *feelings* just aren't enough. It was one of short "epiphanies" trying to talk this guy through some guy-girl cofuffle.
And feelings are cool... they're a blessing. But good relationships - even good friendships can't last if they're just based on feelings. Coz feelings - they come and go. We can be angry one day, but not the next. We can be sad one day, but not a week after. You can be happy for a moment, but chances are it'll rain on your parade in about 2 seconds...
Feelings - whether they're feelings of affection, fondness, anger, lust, romance, eagerness... (i could go on forevs but u already get the jist) - are made to be temporary.
Not to say that they're bad - because I'll always think that fresh *CRUSH* feelings are one of the coolest blessings God could bless for humans...but todays conversation made my realise that *feelings* start it all off... but *commitment* keeps it going.

I can only hope that when it comes down to crunch time... that I'll be as committed as I say I'll be. And to be totally honest... I'm absolutely terrified that one day.. those people that I love so much won't stick around when the chips are down... Coz serzly - I'm a sucker for my friends man.

*CRUSH* feelings are sweet, but i fall in love with my friends. in high school i fell in love with my filo chiks, my entire grade and even some teachers; in YFC i fell in love with Hills, with my famz, and now - even more so - with my High School household...

I just hope the commitment that comes with the tingly feelings is there!

inspired by GEz

Serzly Gez... ur a funnee girl. if u ever read my e-journal [which u better not, coz then ill have to kill u] - then u'd freak at how common our minds might be.

Here's an example.

Ancient History tutorial paper due, ALIVE festival,
Blacktown YFC camp and visiting tomorrow,
Candy and cookie stash in my room, **crushes** Capitalism
Dancing (*in the moonlight!*) Daydreaming
Eddoes, eating, egg-tomato-cheese omelettes
FRiEnds, freaking out over uni crap... Federal Election
God, Gerz, Gothika (coz we watched it yesters)and gummi bears, Gawad Kalinga
Haircuts and how i should cut mine, Harry
Ian, inspirations, inSPYr'd (youth newsletter), ICOM report that I'm supposed to do today
Jesus, Jons, being Joyful, jokes that I don't understand, jokes that no-one else understands
Krispy Kreme donuts,Killing Heidi
Lip gloss, lemon on pansit (my lunch) and Luuurv...
Menstrual issues, marriage
Nez-factor, Nathan, next week
Over-analysing certain people in my life
Peanut M&Ms, period pain,
Qantas flights and going to Germany or YGAT
Riann, Rina, Roanne, Reading my ICOM articles
Sitting on my butt not doing a thing all day, social issues, singing
Tomorrow, Tax returns,
Uni homework and assessments, umbrellas and filos using them
Venting to my pillow,
Wet weather sux, writing,
Xylophones,X-ray vision (for the guys in my uni) *ahem*
You, yummy stuff, yelling
Zebras without stripes...Zandro in America

I love you Gerry!!

the first of funny stories

Hey Gerry! So you've inspired me to write myself a little BLOG of my own. Oh no... here we go: starting to post up nonsense coz that's what I'm best at writing... ay? (anyone who knows me well enough should know that!)

Ok.. so here's the first of my little stories that I plan to put up here.
Today I had a funny little experience with my parents and a stranger. We were parked outside Centrelink in Blacktown this afternoon, and a derelict came wandering by asking if he could use my mobile. *First impression?* "Is he gonna run off with my Nokia??" I realised it's kinda sad that the majority of us don't trust people much ay?

I had to check my attitude and the little voice inside me said - hey, give this guy a chance.
And so my Dad's in the front seat of our Nissan telling my (in Tagalog, mind you) not to talk to this bloke coz he's probably gonna rip me off, steal something or bash me... but I kept right on asking him why he needs to borrow my phone. And after telling me his story I realised that if he was telling the truth, I should be helping him out.

I mean... at the moment I'm in the midst of writing up the 2nd edition of "inSPYr'd" and the theme for September is FAITH IN ACTION. Who am I to publish a youth newsletter about putting our faith in action, if I can't lend a helping hand to someone in need?!

So I remembered this passage.... when Jesus said 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me;' and *BOOM!* there I knew it. I can't let me fears of people abusing my love stop me from loving!
Coz we do it to Jesus all the time... but He loves us anyway.
So I guess the point of my first of the funny stories... is that we need to learn to trust that when we do something out of love, God is with us.

Next time someone on the street asks my for help, I know not to brush them away. Because they've got Jesus in their heart too - and, like all of God's people - they need to be loved.

*Cheers all and have a lovely week!

"...35For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.' 37"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?' 40"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me...'"

[Matthew 25: 25-40]