Spoken Poetry for my lola

"Ang Aking Mommy"
by Kim Morada

Gusto ko lang pakilala ang aking mommy na tapat.
Nagsilbing magulang ko ang aking lola
Dahil lumaki akong sa ina ay naulila.
Sa tuwing kelangan ko ng pagmamahal at aruga,
Siya ang laging nandiyan laging umuunawa.

Nais ko lang ipabatid sa salitang ito kung bakit siya ang laging nagpapaiyak sa akin ng husto.

Kinagisnan kong ang aking lola naging guro at nanay ko.
Lagi siyang gumagabay at nagsisilbing aking guro.
Marami akong natutunan lalo na sa english at grammar
Hindi lang yun, pati na rin sa magagandang asal.

Lola ko nagsilbi sa akin bilang nanay
Inaasikaso ako sa tuwing papasok ng paaralan
Ni lamok ayaw niya akong madapuan
Di naman ako matalino pero may naihahatid akong magandang grado.
Nakikita ko sa mga ngiti niya sa mga kwento ko tungkol sa aking mga grado.
at dahil diyan nagiging spoiled ako
Na ang premyo ay luho o minsan hinahalikan lang niya ako

Lola ko nagsilbi bilang aking ama.
Pinapagalitan ako kapag may nasabing masama.
Pinapangaralan ako kapag may nagawang di maganda
Di katulad ng iba na laging sinisigawan at pinapahiya.

Dumating ang isang araw,
Lola ko ay nanghihina
Sa dahilanang malabo ang mata dulot sa sakit niya.
Akoy laging nasa trabaho, si lola nag iisa sa kwarto.
binabantayan ng aking ama,
Umuuwi ako at sinisilip siya.
Lagi kong chinechek kung nakakain na siya,
kung nakainom na ba ito ng gamot
at kung nadapuan ba ito ng langgam.
Pero ako ay naiyak at nagdasal dahil
namimiss niya ang kanyang asawa na namatay na-- mahigit isang dekada.

Lagi na siyang nasa kama at bihira na lang kumain ng tama
Nahospital siya dahil nahimatay siyang bigla.

Itong salita ginawa ko para sa kanya
Para malaman niya kung gano ako kaswerte naging ina at tatay ko siya
Namimiss ko ang mga alaga at yakap niya
Na wala ni minsang makakapantay sa arugang binibigay niya

Sa tuwing nakikita ko ang ibang lola
na malambing at mahinahon magsalita
Naiiyak ako lagi dahil siya ang aking naalala

Mahal ko ang aking lola
Hindi ko lang naibigay ang marangyang buhay sa kanya
Pero nagpapasalamat ako sa buhay niyang
halos sa amin naibigay niya
Gusto ko pa sanang makasama siya at ibigay lahat ng gusto niya 
Kung nabuhay pa siya ng mahaba
Hanggang ngayon umiiyak pa rin akong bigla
Kapag naalala ko siya

Ang mahal kong lola

-Spoken poetry

Valentine's Day is Lupercalia?

What makes Valentine's Day?

Tungod si Valentine nagkasal sa mga sundalong inlove? or tungod sa love letter ni Saint Valentine sa isa ka jailer's daughter?

The earliest possible origin story of Valentine's Day is the pagan holiday Lupercalia. The holiday celebrates fertility. Men would strip naked and sacrifice a goat and dog.

How did Lupercalia become Valentine's day?

Lupercalia survived the initial rise of Christianity but was outlawed—as it was deemed “un-Christian”—at the end of the 5th century, when Pope Gelasius declared February 14 St. Valentine's Day. It was not until much later, however, that the day became definitively associated with love.

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FEAST OF LUPERCALIA:

*BLIND DATE - randomly choosing women to be coupled

*FERTILITY RITES

*Doing tradition, and rites and get ready for sex.

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Question: What do people need to celebrate this February 14?

                        FOR SEX?

Is it all about Lupercalia tradition or all about honoring what Valentine did for people in Romans?

-Is there a significance to celebrate?

-Do you know Valentine? If not, better know him. Google is free.

My Conversion Story

My Conversion Story

(Life Testimony)

I had been the kind of person who's reluctant to go to church every Sunday. I didn't like reading Bible because I always had a hard time understanding it. But one day, I was reading a certain chapter of the Bible and I was surprised by the life of Moses and how the law of God created; then I started to be thirsty from the Word. Praise God for leading people to  translate the Bible in different languages and dialects. I started reading the Bible in October 2006 and had this mission to know who He is.

I had this goal to start from the very first page down to Revelations.

One day, the Pastor visited me to encourage me to go to church so that they CAN pray for me. But I was  confused: He told me the reason why my prayers were not answered is that I am full of sins. So it led me to confusion and decided to know God more by studying the scriptures alone.

While reading Genesis to Malachi, my response was full of hatred. I hate to see people sinning, I hate to see them not get punished. It gave me hatred, vengeance, discrimination, and I  became irrational, close-minded, and easily angered. But when I started reading the New Testament, my heart was cut by the  words of Jesus. I was touched. I wept and remembered how  wicked I was. During those realizations, it was easy to change  gradually. So I made agreements with God: To let me live until I finish reading the Bible because I still have  questions need to be answered.

I have not yet finished reading the Bible, but questions have already been answered; it gave me peace of mind. I asked God to get my life and I will just serve Him in heaven to be His  angel.

I finished reading Revelations in July 2012. May 2012 was the start of Hope Life Group here in Davao. During those times, I felt that I belong in a family. There is life together with my  friends because every time we gather, we talk about Jesus and  the Good News.

It changed me a lot.

Psalm 46:1

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

2 Cor 5:17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: 

The old has gone, the new is here!

Date of Conversion: October 2006

Living a new Life(Born Again): July 2012

"I AM" - Jesus

Why we believe that Jesus is Lord?

Note how Jesus always cast out demons, cured the sick, and did miracles in His own name. Also, on several occasions Jesus deliberately said; "I AM".  

Think!  Take for example Jesus’ words in John 10:30, “I and the Father are one.” When we look at the Jews’ reaction to His statement, “We are not stoning you for any good work, They replied, but for blasphemy, because you, mere man, claim to be GOD.” (John 10:33). Now we see an actual claim. The Jews understood Jesus’ statement to be a claim to be God. In the following verses, Jesus never corrects the Jews by saying, “I did not claim to be God.” That indicates Jesus was truly saying He was God by declaring, “I and the Father are one” (John 10:30). 

HE EXISTED BEFORE ABRAHAM. John 8:58 is another example. Jesus declared, "I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am." Again, in response, the Jews take up stones in an attempt to stone Jesus (John 8:59). Why would the Jews want to stone Jesus if He hadn’t said something they believed to be blasphemous, namely, a claim to be God? John repeatedly tells us of the Lord's connection to "I Am".  See John: 4:26, 8:24, 13:13, and 13:19.

You call Me Teacher and Lord; and ye say well; for so I Am. John 13:13

THE WORD WAS GOD. John 1:1 Word was God

                                                John1:14 and the Word was made flesh

                                                Acts 20:28 God purchased the Church with His own blood.

To help you with this consider these paradoxes by early church father Gregory of Nazianzus (329-390 A.D.). Gregory used these to argue against Arianism.

"He was baptized as a man -- but He remitted sins as God...He was tempted as man, but he conquered as God...He hungered -- but He fed thousands...He was wearied, but He is the rest of them that are weary and heavy-laden. He was heavy with sleep, but He walked lightly over the sea...He pays tribute, but it is out of a fish; yea He is the king of those who demanded it...He prays, but he hears prayer. He weeps, but He causes tears to cease. He asks where Lazarus was laid, for He was man; but He raises Lazarus, for He was God. He is sold, and very cheap, for it is only for thirty pieces of silver; but He redeems the world, and that at a great price, for the price was His blood. As a sheep he is led to the slaughter, but He is the shepherd of Israel, and now of the whole world also...He is bruised and wounded, but He heals every disease and every infirmity. He is lifted up and nailed to the tree, but by the tree of life He restores us. He dies, but he gives life, and by His death He destroys death."

GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH. And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.( 1 Timothy 3:16)

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.  Isaiah 7:14 (written: 712 BC (Before Christ)

Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Matthew 1:23

For unto us a Child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder: and his name will be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.  Isaiah 9:6 (written: 712 BC (Before Christ)

SHOW US THE FATHER! Jesus replied,

"Don't you know me Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?" John 14:9

MY LORD AND MY GOD John 20:28

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Titus 2:13 

And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.  Revelation 19:16 

Revelation 19:11-14 - speaking of Yeshua/Jesus leading the Army of Heaven

11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. (Revelation 1:8)KJV

read all in www.Jesus-is-God.html

FEW YEARS AGO

My Ninang and Aunt Andang Marasigan.

Sexy baby. Well, I'm still in this room.

Tita Grace when she's 16.

So guess how old she is right now. :P

Oh, sitting at the balcony. Like a Kung Fu Kid perhaps. Lol

Me, 16 years old.
(Like a mickey mouse)
I ran because I'm camera shy type person and I make excuses whenever we have photo shoots.
I don't have pictures of myself in my Elementary and Highschool Year Book.
But I challenged myself this College to attend pictorials.
But I can say,
"I  WOULD RATHER NOT"
hahah

KTEXT OF ERICH(may 12, 2011)

ERICH: Hi, Kimm! Dear whoever reading this, you're beautiful and someone out there is crazy about you. SO SMILE. Life is too short to be unhappy. :)

I was so unhappy but got a KTEXt from Erich which made me smile. What she said is right! I was so out of mood to talk to anybody. That's why SUN SIM's OFF temporary.

I got a DUAL-SIM Phone. One GLOBE, the other is SUN. Before, my dual phone got BOTH globe in it. But when I bought sun, I was compelled to turn it on for my other sun contacts. But I was so depressed that time. I need to relax.  So I inserted my GLOBE sim , the sim exclusive only for Philippine artists, particular in ABS-CBN.

So I received texts from ERICH.. I admire her coz she is always sending KTEXT messages which could lift you up. That's why I like her. And she's from Davao also.

LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE UNHAPPY. SO be happy always.

MY FIELD

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

in AMA Computer College

DAVAO City

CS is more on programming!(C++, Java, Java Script, ASP, php etc.,)
CS is more on logic, algorithm, and arithmetic.
You can be a software engineer, programmer, web developer.
IT is more on networking and programs (graphics designs, Flash, web design etc,..).

IT overseeing the IT infrastructure for the ease of the user. I think that's why IT was born, programmer doesn't want to know different hardware, software and protocols to work together if it is not the purpose of what they program.

My First Choice was Computer Engineering because I thought of inventing that could manipulate hardware systems, that someday that I can instruct a robot through a computer, but it can only be possible if you are ECE student. I shifted to COMSCI from Computer Engineering because I prefer 4 year course.

For me being a Computer Scientist is hard, you debug failure systems, you should invent a 100% percent system. If not, your system will be considered as asshole. Salute Comscie!

The notebook

This is my notebook full of lettering. As you can read, you've seen the names of my friends I met everywhere. Even those strangers I met in the hospitals. I thought I lost their names but to my surprise I got them!  poor brain... I need to jot down their names and information just to not forget them...

hmm, the latest friend I met, but no pictures from her, her name is Azida Tale, a 9year old Badjao Tribe. I am amazed coz she is very very pretty. Sayang talaga ang beauty niya.

Arterio-venous Malformation(Hemangioma)

Diagnosed with it since birth.

Firm mass - when pressed feels soft and gel-like, can feel pulse or heartbeat, can cause pain. Lips, head and neck are common areas affected. Can also occur in the brain, brain stem or spinal cord. Angiography used to detect AVM. Treatment by skilled physician only. It is a combination of chemotherapy, embolization and surgical excision usually recommended. Occur 5 times more often in females. Involution can last 3 – 10 years. Some can be life threatening.

– It interferes with eating, breathing, seeing, hearing, speaking, cause strain on heart.

I don't know what people may call it. A curse, a karma, or whatever. But for me I will consider it as an inspiration that only God knows what's the best for me. I don't know maybe the reason behind. It is still a pleasure and a blessing, isn't it? :)