I'm Finding The Truth In Here...

Is it true that during PACMAN Manny Pacquiao's fight last Sunday,







the Philippines had 0% record occurrence of crime nationally?

We're neighbors with Gabby Concepcion!

Dili ni 'steer' pre!

woke up in the morning, made a cup of coffee and went out to the front lawn towards our 'Bali hut' to enjoy the coffee (robust and stimulating) courtesy of my ex-boss who's from Italy last week. Guess who I saw when I turned my sight at the left side?

I saw Gabbie Concepcion outside our house.



puchax! hindi naman ako nataranta or ano ba?! Gabby Concepcion just smilin' at me and asking me to buy this whitening shit...

hindi nga sya umiitim kahit na nakababad na sya sa ilalim ng araw -- syets! epektib talaga! hahahahaha...

ito oh... para closer view! zoomed at 300%

thanks for Lucida...you made Gabby's day! hahahaha...

ONE WORD (tells it all)

evolved.
brought to the light.
brought to life.
heading somewhere.
going nowhere.
directed&drifted.

lifted.

still...


cornered by
a streak of light.

spaced&


FROZEN.


- Juan Gadi 06/28/08 127AM

Proud To Be One...

This was sent via text message by my good friend, Dan Torre whom just recently flew for Chicago...Thanks for this text bro, it clearly placed everything in perspective! Good luck nalang sa imong nursing career dira! all the best!

"When I say I'm a Christian, I'm not shouting
I'm clean living...

I'm whispering, "I was lost, now I'm found."

When I say I'm a Christian, I'm not bragging of success...

but, I'm admitting I have failed and
need God to clean my mess...

When I say I'm a Christian,
I'm not holier than anyone...

but, a sinner who repented & received God's grace...peace!"

Humbled...

To give everyone a prologue on how I’ve met my fiancé. Let me sum it all for you.

Rica and me met two years ago during Razorback’s concert in Damosa Gateway. I guess that was around Octoberfest of 2006. During that time, she was busy with her cousin and cousin-in-law organizing their Night Hunt on the succeeding week and, I was asking her magazine to be one of our sponsors on our upcoming Ultimate Frisbee Benefit Event. It was such a great night to forget – uhmmmm…. not really that romantic but definitely, I FLIRTED with her (both intoxicated on a humid October Davao night…thanks to Aris Japitaña of GSM) coz apparently she told me she was Mexican (hmmm…fetish! Hehehehe…) and a great fan of Cecile’s lug lug (not knowing a week after we were MEANT to meet again through her cousin, Eliza Magno who is apparently a good friend of mine and Cecile’s are my aunts’ bakeshop – so, our first date was in Cecile’s Malvar branch three weeks after). And to top it all of, our first meeting happened to be photographed and printed on Roger Layson’s article at the Daily Mirror in 4R (what do you think now?) hehehehe…was it all coincidence? Hmmm…I don’t think so…coz I don’t believe on that.

Honestly, looking back at it, kinikilig pa rin ako! Hehehe…

From that day on, our relationship budded to something deeper and perfectly brewed. We’ve been living together for more than a year now and good thing though; everyday was always a new day for us! “We’ve learned the art of complimenting each other”. On our first year anniversary was the time I gave Rica a 'promise ring'.

There are a lot of romantically spine-chilling ways I can think of on how to formally propose to Rica. With her audacious, strong and “hard as a rock” persona – within her is a soft and genuine heart that is worth feeling affection for. She basically described herself like that – someone who looks tough yet mushy within (reminds me of M&Ms though). In a recent survey in the US, over 80% of women (and men) who were proposed to said that the proposal was "less romantic" than they had hoped for.

Though I must admit I am a hopeless romantic. I pictured out my proposal to Rica as something you watch in chick flicks and just sweeps the girl off her feet. Only focusing on the girl and no one else. Something that would leave everyone teary eyed and just dumb founded and a very comforting sigh and heartfelt contentment. I originally intend to do it with “the works and shit I know of you know”, with flare that makes it amazingly special and a lot of vanity! (A rock and a rain of flower petals) But, I must say last Sunday caught me off guard. There are just things you don’t have control. And I should learn to accept it. I must say what happened last Sunday includes us in the 80%. It wasn’t really quite I was expecting to happen or planned initially BUT IT MUST BE DONE.

Our formal engagement announcement was a HUMBLING EXPERIENCE for me.

I am not saying that we or I was rushed to make a formal proposal to be witnessed by her family and her mom whom just had a short vacation in Davao. I am not saying I was or we were coerced but, with the limited resources I am enjoying now, vanity wasn’t my friend that night. I actually felt frustrated about it since, you guys know how “all out” and “galante” I am as a person, but what happened last Sunday just made me feel limited in proposing. I felt there should’ve been more I have done to make it more romantic. But, I can’t afford anything as of the moment. I believe that what makes the girl shut up are diamonds. Seriously, I must learn to accept and learn the value of being HUMBLED in what I have – and that is all LOVE. What my fiancé just said, “I feel that it was good to see that everyone that night was sincerely happy for us”. And it just lightens me up!

But, on that crazy day – it was all worth it. Nevertheless, now we both know that our friends and family sincerely RECOGNIZE our relationship, legitimately BLESSED by our parents and with certainty FOUNDED by the love we’re taking care of. The only missing thing is the blessing from the LORD. So, without further ado, I would like to announce as early as now and ask you guys to mark your schedules and prepare your beach wear on 2010. It’s going to be different this time. We will do everything our way.

It’s going to be one intimately rowdy beach wedding-partey yo!!! Cheers to all!

*This blog serves as your invitation! Hahahahaha…(cost cutting with the invitation printing expense)

ANTI-OFFICE WORK...

Today is May 1...
alas dos dos sa buntag...

sitting on this irritatingly comfortable ergonomic chair
hearing voices like desperately moaning dialogues to charm the unenchanted --

directing my neck to glance at a much preferred horizon
intoxicating with mushaboom's silly lullaby...
staring from this tinted window
flirting with a terrible sight of still street lights
positioned at a high rise and just zoning into my monitor with thoughts gushing...

duha ka oras nalang...atay! I'M OFFICIALLY DONE WITH TELEMARKETING!!!

can't wait...

The Sweetest Victory...

Let me share with you my story for today. It has been days when I was feeling LOST ever since I got back from Manila with my fiancé Rica a week ago. Not because I didn't had a blast in Manila or I didn't enjoyed the company, it's just that I felt not happy with my life in terms of accomplishments -- something is really missing in my life. I definitely felt that 'itch'! I personally felt that I'm existing without a purpose 'coz in nature, I am the one who make things happen but it seems that in my life, I am not in control. I've been crazily applying for jobs wherever and whatever it would take me. I felt stuck in Maslow's crazy ladder of Man's security needs--filling up the missing bits and pieces of this puzzle. In other words, I've gotten bored with my life doing nothing and I felt that I need to do something in my great deal with my personal security to further step on to the next ladder.

I had a lot of options to engage myself in. But, I felt that my job applications was going nowhere, out of focus and direction and God is just stretching my faith. He really taught me what patience is all about (Imagine of just working it all out for a license for 2 humbling years). Last night was one of the best nights I had with Rica. We really talked about a lot of things and diagnosed myself with mild depression related to my boredom manifestations. I saw her heart. I saw her intentions. She saw mine as well...I really felt bad to where my life was leading me -- all because I'm not doing anything professionally.

That was me last night.

I retook the local licensure examinations for 3 times already. Got stuck with all the scam, hardships and self exploration. And today, is the sweetest victory of all!!!! PRAISE GOD!!! Thanks thens...you were my guardian angel today! Good luck on your operation...we're all praying and hoping for the best!

***taken from our YM chat this afternoon
Athens Garrote: YO!
John Gadi: sup yo
Athens Garrote: 11775 GADI, JUAN MANUEL GUINOO
Athens Garrote: is that you???????
BUZZ!!!
John Gadi: yeap
John Gadi: nurse na ako?
Athens Garrote: congrats r
Athens Garrote: RN
John Gadi: thanks
Athens Garrote: hahahaha
Athens Garrote: oo sira
Athens Garrote: hahahahahahahaahhah
Athens Garrote: ngayon lang lumabas result
Athens Garrote: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/examresults/NURSE/20080221/NURSE__G.htm
John Gadi: thanks thens
John Gadi: PRAISE GOD
Athens Garrote: ay ako una nagsabi hahaha
John Gadi: kaw una nagsabi
John Gadi: thens! grabe! partey na!
Athens Garrote has signed out. (21/02/2008 3:38 PM)

So, my fellow friends -- kinsa pa BP dira? pwede na ko! hehehehe....

http://www.aldrinred.net/ --matsalam oyaak drin! That's God's glory bro! kuyaw noh?!!! hehehehe....