my desktop wallpaper

Several friends at the office have already asked about my desktop wallpaper. Thanks to Nixon, who sent me the picture, I have the cast of GI Joe the Movie (coming out in 2009) on my screen. Oh boy, this is one excited boy. I practically grew up with GI Joe - the comic book and even the toy line. On some days, an average of once a month, I would gather with friends and do a GI Joe vs Cobra battle using toys - vehicles, figures - and sewing thread to make sure the shots were more or less accurate. Those games lasted the whole afternoon! Sometimes, for fun, we'd throw in a few Transformers with the Joes and Cobras.

Because GI Joe is a year away, right now I'm looking forward to the Prince Caspian movie. We're skipping Indiana Jones. But we have to watch Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe first. Hopefully this weekend. Then Prince Caspian next week.

I know some of you have watched Prince Caspian already. No spoilers please! Especially you, Glads! :)

wow, i'm checking out my blog!

I'm killing time while waiting for a text message from my wife. Last I visited (and wrote - ok, blogged) my blog was February...well. The disadvantages of not having your own pc? Or no time to blog? I actually have three 'articles' written in a notebook at home that I planned to transfer here, but that was months ago. I'm not even sure what those articles were about. But, yes, time flies fast when you don't have a watch with you. Or a pc.

Faith and life. Several days ago, our dog Hunter sprained his right hind leg. He slipped while chasing his rubber ball. But the dog does not know when to rest his leg so it still hurts. We try to get him to stay put, sit down, rub, rub, just so Hunter will not jump up and down on all three good legs and one bad one...but no, he has to jump anyway! Sometimes I really get frustrated with that dog, sometimes he's just so endearing. Ruth and I have gotten around to calling him our first baby. Sweet, hehe.

Ooops, I changed the title/header. Hmmm, guess I'll be explaining why, in a few months. :)

what's going on?

It took me a few minutes of trying out one title from another until finally I'm satisfied with this one. Notes on Faith & Life. Yup, it's so simple even I won't forget what my blog is about. Expect just that - posts about faith and how it intersects/interacts/interrupts with events & circumstances around me.

And, yes, I finally finished Philip Yancey's Rumors of Another World.

first weekend blah

It's the first weekend of February 2008. And though it's still cold early in the morning, it's starting to get hot during the day. Summer is around the corner, a few months away, but who knows if it will come early or late. Or it will rain early and we'll have a wet April and May. I'm just blabbering, I know. One of these days I will stretch my legs and run.

Hunter and Ruth

this is a video taken of one of our morning walks with hunter. enjoy :)

almost the end of this day

Whew. The day is almost over. All that's left is walk our dog, Hunter. We (sometimes Ruth, me or both of us) walk him every morning and evening. We made it Hunter's routine. But, oh great, how this is so hard to do when I get out of bed late and have to rush to the office. And when we get home very late, and the dog still wants his walk. Our fault, really.

But walks with Hunter are sometimes God-enlightening. Like every time Hunter tries to have his way, pulling on the leash and straining to get away - despite the danger he does not recognize. And I remember that sometimes I, too, try to get away from God - even if I don't see the danger God obviously sees. I pull away when He's leading me - "quiet waters and green pastures" all.

So I have that walk with Hunter. And let God teach me through a little, 5-month old, frisky, cute dog.

to the beat of different...uh..

It's past 7pm and I'm still here in the office. While I'm working at my station, the next-door department is celebrating the birthday of their manager with food and, what else, music. Hehe, I'm actually working with their music as my background! And I'm enjoying it! How we as Filipinos love music...you don't know the depth of it until you jam with the karaoke together with friends.