Celebrate joy!

Happy New Year everyone! How did you spend yours? Just wanted to share this photo quote to welcome 2015:

So many people have been posting their year on Facebook so I will be posting... my Year from Google :P lol! Maiba naman daw! haha! But yes, 2014 was more of a settling-down year from me. If 2013 was all about adjusting to major changes in my life, 2014 was saying that I've settled in already and I just want to enjoy the moment where God has placed me. No major changes this year! I just want to gather as much courage, build relationships and gain as much strength for what I feel like I am now ready to take on in 2015.... Odba. Seriously though, that's what 2015 feels like -- bolder, braver and bigger steps ahead!  More than hoping that 2014 has been good to you, I hope that you were able to see more of God this year -- good and not-so-good moments included -- and learned to enjoy just being in His presence... Because if you're able to find joy in that, then you have it ALL already. :) 2014 escapades - just click away!

Merry Christmas! :) I hope you all had a great time celebrating this festive season with your loved ones!   Here is a photo of us in Greenhills after our Christmas dinner! Spot how sexy Santa is!!! Can someone please give this old fella a burger or something?! :P

My sister just asked me, "Chubby, how does it feel like to be a bum?" To which I answered, "it feels nice. "  Grabe naman, 1 day palang, bum na??! Lol! But I say that with as much honesty because it does feel goooood :P Right now, I'm doing a mini project as a late wedding present for a dear friend and I am thinking about a series I just started following this month. A series about zombies has never surprised me as much as Walking Dead.

I'll be off work for the rest of the month (yaaaay!) and I'm excited to just sit in coffee shops, with my notebook on hand, or to plop a pillow on the bed and catch up on my reading list... Excited for the quiet stillness that the next several days would bring. There are still merry making days and huling-hirit parties but there will also be quiet times in which I could t just soak in everything and I know that it will do my soul well :) With all the busyness that this season brings, just taking a few moments to take everything in will do you good too :)

Christmas is such a beautiful time of the year because not only are the streets decked with lights and festive decorations, but it's the season where a walk becomes a leisurely treat for us residing here in Manila because of the unusually cool weather. :) ...and it is when the air becomes extra chilly that we can finally pile ourselves with knitwear, scarves and wear those nude-suede ankle boots we bought on sale last year without having to sweat like crazy. Lol! That's just how it rolls here in a tropical country. :) A beach is nice, don't get me wrong...I love the beach! Pero minsan diba feel mo lang magscarf and boots??! Aminin :P So for 2 months at least, we can finally incorporate these fashionably-fit-for-winter pieces in our outfits! Hooray! Since the options have expanded for us sun-loving locals once Ber months roll in, here are some outfits you may want to don. These are basic pieces with a twist fitting for the cool weather:

What makes your Christmas merry? To answer that question for 11 days, as a way of counting down the days til Christmas ( yes! 11 days nalang! ) -- that's my last project for the year :)

There are films that seem to get better as you watch them time and again... like this one right here. I have been so excited to watch this film when it first came out and I remembered saying that it was just "nice" as soon as we left the theaters. Good thing that my sister has this in her hard drive so I watched it again the other day and had greater appreciation for it :)

Being quick to anger is probably one of the most unattractive traits someone can have. Someone recently told me that I may just be heading towards that direction: "mabilis uminit ang ulo" were the words. The urge to blurt out reasons and say that I do not were probably symptoms of this ugly habit so I just kept quiet and mulled the words over.

Whenever I hear this song, I think about Peter and what must be going through his mind when Jesus told him to walk on the water to go to him...  My prayer: Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders / Let me walk upon the waters /  Wherever You would call me / Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander /  And my faith will be made stronger / In the presence of my Savior