Gratitude Journal - 22 October 2013

It's 4:49 am as of this writing, and I've been up since around 3:30 am. But it's all good, since I slept early last night. Will also try to get more shut eye later in the day.

Gratitude List:

1. Creating the pasta dish from leftover bulalo meat, camote tops, chili, garlic and olive oil. I also poached an egg for the first time! It got overcooked a bit (the egg), but not too shabby for a first timer! :-)

2. Job Interview - I was scheduled for a 1pm interview yesterday, October 21. However, the interviewer called me up at 1:40 pm and asked if we can have it rescheduled at 9:30 am today, to which I agreed. I am grateful for this opportunity, and I hope it is the start of more things to come.

3. Got the contact number of the foundation from my friend BJ - I was asking for the name and contact number of the social worker who is involved at the Pque City Hall where my friend works. He (my friend) knows all about my plans for yoga teacher training, and how I want to offer free yoga training every week at The Haven, a center for abused, neglected women. What I got was the contact for a different foundation: instead of The Haven, I was given the number of Bahay Aruga. But that's okay - I can work my way from that point onwards. I am still thankful to be given a lead.

Gratitude Journal - 21 October 2013

After the whole Tumblr/Blogger mess with my yesterday's post, I've decided to turn off the IFTTT recipes first and focus on that at a later date. It's a good thing I logged in to Facebook yesterday, several hours after I wrote my entry. Otherwise, the endless cycle of re-posting from Blogger to Tumblr and vice-versa would have continued. Like FOREVER. On the other hand, that seemed like a good stress test opportunity of sorts. Hehehe.

Anyway, here is my gratitude journal for today.

1. Breakfast with Dad and Tito Apen at Jollibee - my Dad suddenly decided to eat out for breakfast, and as I was about to take the car out of the garage, we spotted my uncle, whom my Dad asked to join us. We didn't have a specific place in mind, and when we couldn't decide, we just ended up at Jollibee. I prefer McDonald's over Jollibee any day, but hey, I'm not complaining. Besides, only Jollibee has Palabok, which is what I ordered. :-)

2. Running in Nuvali - Dinah asked if I am free to join her, Marc-Antoine and Echo at Nuvali yesterday afternoon. Apparently, Marc was keen on trying out the wakeboarding. I said I would love to join if I can get to run. And she agreed to run with me. So, while Marc was wakeboarding for the first time, Echo, Dinah and I had a great time running (without any walking breaks, mind you) at Nuvali. What's funny was it was starting to get dark when we were running, and the street lights haven't switched on yet. Since Nuvali was so huge and empty, it was beginning to get a little creepy. We then saw another runner who was all alone, running in the opposite direction. We bumped into him again when we turned around and headed back to the wakeboarding area.

Gratitude Journal - 20 October 2013

Blessed Sunday morning! Today I am grateful for the following:

1. Running - yesterday I went to Filinvest in Alabang and ran for a little over an hour. This is another great running venue option for me - it's secluded, there are lots of hills, and very few cars pass through. This is at the Palms Country Club area all the way to the driving range and Manong's. I was aiming for non-stop running for an hour , and I'm so happy I did exactly that! I can check how much distance have I covered, but to be honest it doesn't really matter at this point.

2. Yoga - after running, I went back to Molito where I parked my car and went straight up to Gold's Gym. There, I practiced yoga for half an hour. Just the sun salutation, followed by a few other poses. I'm so happy that I'm beginning to be more consistent in practicing daily. I was able to practice thrice out of the last four days. Yoga really helps me in a lot of ways. Just breathe, and let go. Simple, isn't it?

Gratitude Journal - 19 October 2013

Effective today, I will write down AT LEAST five (5) things I am grateful for everyday. I am a firm believer of the fact that expressing gratitude is a key ingredient to happiness. In hindsight, I should've probably started this gratitude journal a long time ago. But no mater, the key thing is that I have started. For this first entry, I will include events/things that happened during the past several days. But moving forward, I would probably need to restrict it to the last 24 hours, since I am to do this daily.

So, here we go!

Things I am grateful for today:

1. Choir practice/birthday celebration last night - this was held at my sister's house. And she prepared carbonara, plus a barbecue glazed type pork. A choir mate brought cake, and even my sister baked yellow cake (the one you bake using an even toaster). Music, laughter, friendship, good food plus a shared faith make for a great night. :-)

Sample upload

As the official Blogger App is not yet available locally at the Play Store, I have no choice but to find a Blogger client. Here's a sample post from Bloggeroid. Initial comments: very simple interface, took little space to download, need HTML knowledge to edit and stylize the entry, and I can't find where I can add tags/labels. Overall, not bad for an ad-free app. :-)

posted from Bloggeroid

Updates

Wow. I haven't written anything here for the longest time. I feel I have done this blog a huge disservice. But since I am back to writing again, I will be providing updates more often. Can't wait! :-)