The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know. 3But the man who loves God is known by God. - 1 Cor. 8:2-3
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obedience is better than sacrifice and to obey what God commands is loving Him.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Monday, June 08, 2009
wisdom and foolishness
5For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.
26Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29so that no one may boast before him. 30It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."
Romans 1:5, 26-31
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some people's impression about Christians or those who depend on God are weak. they say that Christians have Jesus as their tourniquet just to go through life day by day. personally, i sometimes feel the same way when i look at the brothers and sisters in our own church and it makes me feel sad to have thoughts that i'm with people who are weaklings, losers, poor, etc. after reading this scripture in romans, i felt humbled and asked myself who am i to think that i'm better than the brothers and sisters in our church? i won't be where i am today if not for the help, support, encouragement and Guidance that God and the church has given me. to this, i will boast of the foolishness of God for it is wiser than man's wisdom.
26Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29so that no one may boast before him. 30It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."
Romans 1:5, 26-31
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some people's impression about Christians or those who depend on God are weak. they say that Christians have Jesus as their tourniquet just to go through life day by day. personally, i sometimes feel the same way when i look at the brothers and sisters in our own church and it makes me feel sad to have thoughts that i'm with people who are weaklings, losers, poor, etc. after reading this scripture in romans, i felt humbled and asked myself who am i to think that i'm better than the brothers and sisters in our church? i won't be where i am today if not for the help, support, encouragement and Guidance that God and the church has given me. to this, i will boast of the foolishness of God for it is wiser than man's wisdom.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
reconciled by death and saved by life
9Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! 10For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! 11Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. -romans 5:9-11
God reconciled with us through the death of His Son and saved us through His Son's ressurection.
This is twice the love that God gives to all of us to turn and repent from our sinful lives.
God reconciled with us through the death of His Son and saved us through His Son's ressurection.
This is twice the love that God gives to all of us to turn and repent from our sinful lives.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
adversity from difficult people
it is true that difficult people are like sandpaper..they may scratch you and hurt you but eventually you end up smooth and the sandpaper worn out.
Monday, April 13, 2009
studying, pondering, missing
i'm caught up with three things right now: work, life, home
work:
i've so much to learn, OSGi, Parlay and Parlay X, and CORBA.
i have plans of developing a web application for managing agile projects that would use OSGi for dynamic module management, Spring for DI, and an MVC framework (not decided yet on using Struts2, ICEFaces, or Wicket). anyway, i have created an initial skeleton for the project and i'm using maven for project and build management. hoping and praying to get this done this year! so help me God.
life:
i try and do my best to live a balanced life, and playing this game
in the kind of career that i have ain't easy. it always cross my mind,
what can i do to make an impact to other people using the gift and
the blessings that comes with it. i am always slumped in my small little
desk in a corporate world having a project that is using bleeding edge
technology that nobody cares about, or at least outside of the industry
that i'm into. there's so much more to life than these things, are you
feelin' me??? oh well.
home:
i miss home, we should be heading back on the 18th of this month but
we got extended for a week (i'm in ireland btw). at least it's just
for a week, i dreaded it would be for a month or more whew! i miss my wife, i miss our dates, i miss having lunch with the family, i miss summer
outings (heading off to boracay this time!), i miss playing nintendo wii with my wife, i miss hanging out with my true friends, i miss my pamangkings,
i miss bragging with my bro and sisters. i'm glad there's God.. he always
reminds me that i'm not alone and He's there watching, listening, guiding me. thank you God for blessing me with a wonderful family, although not
perfect, but we do our best not to be a disfunctional one.
work:
i've so much to learn, OSGi, Parlay and Parlay X, and CORBA.
i have plans of developing a web application for managing agile projects that would use OSGi for dynamic module management, Spring for DI, and an MVC framework (not decided yet on using Struts2, ICEFaces, or Wicket). anyway, i have created an initial skeleton for the project and i'm using maven for project and build management. hoping and praying to get this done this year! so help me God.
life:
i try and do my best to live a balanced life, and playing this game
in the kind of career that i have ain't easy. it always cross my mind,
what can i do to make an impact to other people using the gift and
the blessings that comes with it. i am always slumped in my small little
desk in a corporate world having a project that is using bleeding edge
technology that nobody cares about, or at least outside of the industry
that i'm into. there's so much more to life than these things, are you
feelin' me??? oh well.
home:
i miss home, we should be heading back on the 18th of this month but
we got extended for a week (i'm in ireland btw). at least it's just
for a week, i dreaded it would be for a month or more whew! i miss my wife, i miss our dates, i miss having lunch with the family, i miss summer
outings (heading off to boracay this time!), i miss playing nintendo wii with my wife, i miss hanging out with my true friends, i miss my pamangkings,
i miss bragging with my bro and sisters. i'm glad there's God.. he always
reminds me that i'm not alone and He's there watching, listening, guiding me. thank you God for blessing me with a wonderful family, although not
perfect, but we do our best not to be a disfunctional one.
tv or the net?
don't have much time to watch television recently, i think because it consumes a lot of time in one day when you get hooked to it and you don't get to watch what really interests you. i prefer watching videos, screencasts, and presentations on the net on my terms, my time, when i want, randomly or on what really interests me as of the moment. i'm loving www.ted.com right now =) sharing some of the video presentations to friends and family.. done venting, back to my quest on OSGi and JMX.
Sunday, March 08, 2009
R.I.P Man from Manila
out of the many people who felt deep sorrow for the death of Francis Magalona, it wouldn't be equalled by the people who are close to him most... his family.
life is indeed short.
life is indeed short.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Highly Valuable and Detestable
"What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight"
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"No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."
The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. He said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight.
Luke 16:13-15
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"No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."
The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. He said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight.
Luke 16:13-15
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
nostalgia
jamming sessions like this reminds me of my good old college days... i suddenly missed my guitar!
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008
Employment Status
Hi Edwin,
I hope you are doing well.
Attached is your regular appointment paper and a summary of our benefits for your reference.
Since you are now officially a regular employee, you will be able to enjoy the following benefits:
(a) Health / Medical Insurance
(b) Eye Care Benefits (RCG IT)
(c) Group Life Insurance / Personal Accident
(d) Meal and Transportation Allowance
(e) Rice Subsidy
(g) Timebank
To start you medical enrollment process, please email me details of your dependent: (for single employees, you can enroll 1 parent below 64 years old; for married employees, you can enroll your legal spouse and kids up to 4 below 21 years old))
a. complete name (first name, middle name and surname)
b. date of birth
c. relationship
d. gender
Please take note that there will be an employee share of Php 150.00 /month/dependent.
Do not hesitate to email me if you have questions po.
Thanks so much.
Ena :o)
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dear God,
being an ungrateful employee that i am, one who's always complaining how some projects get so complicated when it should've been designed simpler, i just find myself unworthy of all the material blessing you pour down on me right now. being able to experience working in the US and being able to save ample amount of money, i felt i've been more focused in my work and ambitions instead of doing what truly pleases you... all i can say is i'm sorry, please forgive me and lead me to follow what your will is for my life.
love,
edwin
I hope you are doing well.
Attached is your regular appointment paper and a summary of our benefits for your reference.
Since you are now officially a regular employee, you will be able to enjoy the following benefits:
(a) Health / Medical Insurance
(b) Eye Care Benefits (RCG IT)
(c) Group Life Insurance / Personal Accident
(d) Meal and Transportation Allowance
(e) Rice Subsidy
(g) Timebank
To start you medical enrollment process, please email me details of your dependent: (for single employees, you can enroll 1 parent below 64 years old; for married employees, you can enroll your legal spouse and kids up to 4 below 21 years old))
a. complete name (first name, middle name and surname)
b. date of birth
c. relationship
d. gender
Please take note that there will be an employee share of Php 150.00 /month/dependent.
Do not hesitate to email me if you have questions po.
Thanks so much.
Ena :o)
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dear God,
being an ungrateful employee that i am, one who's always complaining how some projects get so complicated when it should've been designed simpler, i just find myself unworthy of all the material blessing you pour down on me right now. being able to experience working in the US and being able to save ample amount of money, i felt i've been more focused in my work and ambitions instead of doing what truly pleases you... all i can say is i'm sorry, please forgive me and lead me to follow what your will is for my life.
love,
edwin
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
a day at gelncoe beach (or lake rather)
we went for a swim last sunday afternoon at a manmade beach along michigan lake. 'twas a nice day, lots of sunshine. what i loved most about the place is that since it's a lake, the water didn't taste salty =)
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
will it blend???
seems like people are going crazier nowadays.. i found this site of a guy who blends all sorts of stuff he can put in his blender... wow?!?!
www.willitblend.com
click at your own risk ;-)
www.willitblend.com
click at your own risk ;-)
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
a new post... (finally!)
free time yey! i decided to blog while waiting for my laundry to finish.
we're spending our first night at our new apartment and there's no internet connection for now and so out of boredom, i decided to update my blog offline and have it posted tomorrow.
wow! it's been ages since i posted something here... for everyone's information i've been just a little bit busy with my personal and professional life. to summarize this chapter of my life, i'll have it listed down in bullets:
* got married at 31 on january 26 this year and 'twas also our 3rd year anniversary that day.
* we had our honeymoon @ bohol
* i left headstrong and moved to rcg.
* my wife donna got pregnant but unfortunately, it wasn't meant to be
* i got an on shore assignment here in chicago IL
* moved to a new apartment for the third time and hopefully it's final
i had some of realizations during my engagement with donna. i realized that getting married is not just something you do, it something that you really have to plan for and execute as scheduled. not to mention you have to be concious of the budget set for the wedding. it was a test of patience and determination as well. a lot of times you'll be faced to come up with decisions regarding every minor detail of the wedding and you'll really find yourself stressed out in the end.
ok, nose bleed nako sa english break muna...
masarap na mahirap pag nasa abroad ka. masarap kasi madali kumita ng pera, mahirap kasi malayo ka sa asawa, pamilya, at mga kaibigan.
with regards to work, i'm learning a lot of new stuffs: struts2, spring, maven2, web services, and portlets. i'm lovin' opensource!
time to vent, bakit ang ibang tao masyadong determinadong yumaman at masyadong materialistic? di ko alam, pero ako ayoko ng ganung ugali tsk tsk... we need to be grateful and content of what God has blessed us with.
antok nako, tapos na yung nilalabhan ko... good night folks and God bless!
p.s.
pics to follow... =)
we're spending our first night at our new apartment and there's no internet connection for now and so out of boredom, i decided to update my blog offline and have it posted tomorrow.
wow! it's been ages since i posted something here... for everyone's information i've been just a little bit busy with my personal and professional life. to summarize this chapter of my life, i'll have it listed down in bullets:
* got married at 31 on january 26 this year and 'twas also our 3rd year anniversary that day.
* we had our honeymoon @ bohol
* i left headstrong and moved to rcg.
* my wife donna got pregnant but unfortunately, it wasn't meant to be
* i got an on shore assignment here in chicago IL
* moved to a new apartment for the third time and hopefully it's final
i had some of realizations during my engagement with donna. i realized that getting married is not just something you do, it something that you really have to plan for and execute as scheduled. not to mention you have to be concious of the budget set for the wedding. it was a test of patience and determination as well. a lot of times you'll be faced to come up with decisions regarding every minor detail of the wedding and you'll really find yourself stressed out in the end.
ok, nose bleed nako sa english break muna...
masarap na mahirap pag nasa abroad ka. masarap kasi madali kumita ng pera, mahirap kasi malayo ka sa asawa, pamilya, at mga kaibigan.
with regards to work, i'm learning a lot of new stuffs: struts2, spring, maven2, web services, and portlets. i'm lovin' opensource!
time to vent, bakit ang ibang tao masyadong determinadong yumaman at masyadong materialistic? di ko alam, pero ako ayoko ng ganung ugali tsk tsk... we need to be grateful and content of what God has blessed us with.
antok nako, tapos na yung nilalabhan ko... good night folks and God bless!
p.s.
pics to follow... =)
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
my twin's friendster account???
was surfing the net today, when i googled for my brother's name and i was surprised to find out that he had a friendster account (i didn't expect him to have one, it's not his trip). out of curiosity, i clicked on the link...
Friendster - erwin quita
Friendster: erwin quita; location: Philippines, PH;
www.friendster.com/30145247 -Mga katulad na webpage
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ang pogeh!!! hehehe =P just to clarify, that's not really my twin bro, i don't know him either. just so happen he had the same name as that of my twin bro. i like the background sound of his profile page though... whoooaaa amber is the color of your energy lalala =P
Friendster - erwin quita
Friendster: erwin quita; location: Philippines, PH;
www.friendster.com/30145247 -
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ang pogeh!!! hehehe =P just to clarify, that's not really my twin bro, i don't know him either. just so happen he had the same name as that of my twin bro. i like the background sound of his profile page though... whoooaaa amber is the color of your energy lalala =P
Sunday, September 02, 2007
long and overdue posts
a bad dream 8.7.2007-06:16am
i just woke up from a bad dream. i found out that my fiance was seeing someone and was unfaithful to me. the dream was so real that i woke up so angry and i wanted to burst out in tears. the feeling was horrible, painful like you want to gouge your heart out just to get rid of the pain. i'll try to recall the details and write down what happened, here it goes... we just finished having lunch with my twin brother erwin when donna and i had an argument about something. we were quarelling out loud until i got mad and walked out of the house. i was outside for like 30 minutes and then i got back to the house. my fiance wasn't there, only my twin brother waited for me. he talked to me and said that i should have listened to what my fiance was saying to me earlier and that sometimes i should be humble to listen to her suggestions. i realized that i was wrong and i wanted to apologize to my fiance immediately. she wasn't inside the house when i looked for her so i went outside eager to apologize only to find out that she was making out with her cousin just near our house. i was shocked for a moment, i just couldn't believe what i saw in front of me. i suddenly felt like cold water was poured down my whole body. and then questions rushed in my mind WHY??? WHY IS THIS HAPPENING??? WHAT ARE YOU DOING??? and then it came out and i shouted the words. then my fiance's cousin ran, and i chased him. i was so angry i wanted to beat him up. he was getting farther so i shouted that he's a wimp and a sissy. he got provoked and ran back towards me. we fought, i got hurt, and then i woke up from my horrible dream. i felt sooooo bad and sooooo angry when i woke up and felt like crying at the same time. i still felt bad even though i realized that it was just a dream. i decided to write it down so i won't forget about the details and share it to my fiance. have to take a shower now and go to work.
a poem 8.12.2007
right now i want you to know
you are deeply cared for
at times we're silent
you know i won't forget
when it's hard to keep in touch
and quality times aren't much
i know you'd understand
our love would forever stand
if an apology is needed,
a need for us to be bonded
wrote a poem for our love's sake
i'm sorry for my mistakes
a promotion 8.9.2007
Dear Kits,
We are pleased to inform you of your promotion to Consultant (C) effective July 1, 2007. With your promotion and your APPR rating of EE (exceeds expectation), your new monthly salary will amount to PHPXX,XXX, subject to taxes.
sweet! =)
thank you God for the blessings!
i just woke up from a bad dream. i found out that my fiance was seeing someone and was unfaithful to me. the dream was so real that i woke up so angry and i wanted to burst out in tears. the feeling was horrible, painful like you want to gouge your heart out just to get rid of the pain. i'll try to recall the details and write down what happened, here it goes... we just finished having lunch with my twin brother erwin when donna and i had an argument about something. we were quarelling out loud until i got mad and walked out of the house. i was outside for like 30 minutes and then i got back to the house. my fiance wasn't there, only my twin brother waited for me. he talked to me and said that i should have listened to what my fiance was saying to me earlier and that sometimes i should be humble to listen to her suggestions. i realized that i was wrong and i wanted to apologize to my fiance immediately. she wasn't inside the house when i looked for her so i went outside eager to apologize only to find out that she was making out with her cousin just near our house. i was shocked for a moment, i just couldn't believe what i saw in front of me. i suddenly felt like cold water was poured down my whole body. and then questions rushed in my mind WHY??? WHY IS THIS HAPPENING??? WHAT ARE YOU DOING??? and then it came out and i shouted the words. then my fiance's cousin ran, and i chased him. i was so angry i wanted to beat him up. he was getting farther so i shouted that he's a wimp and a sissy. he got provoked and ran back towards me. we fought, i got hurt, and then i woke up from my horrible dream. i felt sooooo bad and sooooo angry when i woke up and felt like crying at the same time. i still felt bad even though i realized that it was just a dream. i decided to write it down so i won't forget about the details and share it to my fiance. have to take a shower now and go to work.
a poem 8.12.2007
right now i want you to know
you are deeply cared for
at times we're silent
you know i won't forget
when it's hard to keep in touch
and quality times aren't much
i know you'd understand
our love would forever stand
if an apology is needed,
a need for us to be bonded
wrote a poem for our love's sake
i'm sorry for my mistakes
a promotion 8.9.2007
Dear Kits,
We are pleased to inform you of your promotion to Consultant (C) effective July 1, 2007. With your promotion and your APPR rating of EE (exceeds expectation), your new monthly salary will amount to PHPXX,XXX, subject to taxes.
sweet! =)
thank you God for the blessings!
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