A Blessed Holy Week

Happy Easter everyone! But I hope when you think of easter, you won't imagine the bunnies and the eggs. Easter is the topmost element of our faith as Christians; for Jesus Christ has resurrected to fulfill what has been written in the scriptures. Let me now share to you what are the activities that kept me busy during the Lenten Season.

Maundy Thursday is still a regular working day here at Singapore. So instead of having my Visita Iglesia on a thursday night like what my family and I used to do back in the Philippines; Clars and I had our Visita Iglesia on Good Friday. We had completed seven churches and ended our journey with a station of the cross followed by the Good Friday mass.

Church 1: Church of the Holy Trinity

Church 2: Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour

Church 3: Church of Our Lady Queen of Peace

Church 4: Church of Our Lady of Lourdes

Church 5: St. Joseph's Church

Church 6: Church of Sts. Peter and Paul

Church 7: Cathedral of the Good Shepherd

The homily is a good one for me. The celebrant does not want us to focus on Jesus' sufferings; but rather on His great love for mankind. Indeed, Jesus taught us how to love...

‎"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command." ~ John 15:13-14

At night, I watched (for the nth time) 'The Passion of the Christ'. I can't stop my tears while watching. It is somewhat a continuation of the pondering on how much LOVE Jesus have for all of us that He undergone such passion just to save us all.

Today, Easter Sunday, Clars and I attended the Holy Mass. The celebrant then shares to us that by dying, Jesus had destroyed our death. And by rising, He restored our life. He also imparted to us that we should not be afraid to talk about death, and that we all should be ready. For death simply means that we all will be reunited with God in heaven. Hence, I am praying, that like Jesus while He was being scourged at the pillar, I could also tell God that 'My heart is ready.'

And lastly, I wanted to share this video forwarded to me by my angel. It is a good song. While I'm Waiting (to be reunited with God), I will serve Him.

Counting Down the Days

I started at 100. Now I’m down to 35. Thirty five more days to go and I’ll be with my family. I know I’ve been talking about this countdown so very often. Forgive me, but that’s what I am really looking forward to. If only I can pull the days to come forward, I will. But for now, I’ll be patiently waiting.

My ideas are overwhelming as on how to spend the days following my arrival. I would really want to celebrate the occasions that I missed one day at a time. So I guess I’ll start it by celebrating my birthday, ha ha. I would pig out with all the Filipino dishes that I’ve been craving – dinuguan, menudo, to mention a few.

Apart from the celebrations, of course I have to deal with the responsibilities that I left behind. One of which is building of our dream house where I will spend the rest of my life with my angel. We both know that it could be hard to dream big. But every big dream could become a reality by beginning with small single steps. If it’s God’s will, our goals will be within our reach. We already had the house plan duly signed by licensed engineers. Oh, remembering the process of having that house plan. We really look into details. Laminate Floor or tiles, sliding doors or not, windows, stairs orientation, and everything else. My angel and I look closely into it.

Okay, enough. That just makes me miss home so much. I have to park now and enjoy myself by watching a movie. Scheduled for today is Season of the Witch. Nicolas Cage, that is. See yah!

Business Card Giveaway From Prinly

One of the many things that I’ve been missing back home are the number of blogger events that I can attend to. It is real fun to get acquainted to the faces behind each blog that I am reading. Also, it is a chance for me to see in person the celebrities many are looking up to. When I get back, I hope I could attend such event once more.

Anyhow, one important note that I can share to my co-bloggers is being prepared. Isn’t it that we all want to advertise our blogs and make our web presence known to almost everyone? Well, a blogger friend once advised that when you attend such events, don’t leave yourself empty-handed. Be sure that you’ll be bringing with you your business cards that include your blog URL. But stubborn me, I always forgot to bring one. Okay, honestly, I don’t have one.

I tried designing my own blogger card from Prinly. Does this look good?

If I hand over you such, would you go and read my blog?

There are a variety of business card category templates to choose from. I’m sure there’s one that’ll suit your blog’s niche. And here’s good news for you. Right when I come back to Manila (May 27 to be exact), I will be giving away 3 sets of 500 business cards to 3 lucky winners courtesy of Prinly. All you have to do is:

1. Follow Prinly and MinnieRunner on twitter
2. Tweet the following (or anything similar, you may also tweet about the 50% promo code):

Win one of the 3 sets of 500 business cards (shipping included) from @minnie_madz blog courtesy of @prinly http://ht.ly/4A8Ya.

Additional points will be given to bloggers who will link back to Prinly. When you do, simply leave a comment on this post and I'll count your entry in.

That’s it. Non-bloggers are welcome to join as long as you wanted to win business cards that could be single or double sided, printed on thick 16pt card stock, and have a Glossy UV finish, a Matte Finish, or can come uncoated. The more tweets you send, the more chance of winning. Winner will be chosen via Random.org. Contest is open to US and Canadian residents only.

For those who are not eligible to join, don’t you worry. You can avail a 50% discount upon ordering business cards from Prinly using “contest565” as coupon code.

We are all winners after all right? So I guess it is just fitting to say, Congratulations!