brought back to life...

as the holy week ends, we pause to reflect on the lenten season and see if we have done what we have come to done, and accomplished the goals we set at the beginning of lent. hopefully you guys have accomplished your own goals.

today is easter sunday. it is interesting to reflect and realize that about 2000 years ago today, jesus christ resurrected from the dead and fulfilled his mission on earth. he saved us from sin, and restored us to life. call it the filipino tradition, but we filipinos were accustomed to various events before this very sunday to pray to God and join in his pain and suffering. we usually go to the holy week activities that are there every year for us to take part in this holy experience. but i've noticed that in the past few years, more and more people disregard the activities of holy week, and instead party until the night ends. even if they are catholics, they forget what God has done for us, dying on the cross and being put to all those miserable and painful experiences. i just hope that we continue to respect and honor this week and not act as wild people during this period.

anyway, i spent this tuesday and wednesday just hanging out in front of the computer chatting and surfing the net. i'd like to give my thank you(s) to samga and isaw for keeping me sane during those 2 hours of harry potter madness. hahaha. at least you guys kept me out of the neopets scene for a while. thank you once again for that enlightening conversation. i learnt a lot concerning hp hehe. thursday, we had our annual bisita iglesia, where we went to different churches. this time; however, we toured the laguna churches instead of the usual tour of manila. it was a great experience going around laguna to find churches we had never seen before. amazingly, they have a lot of beautiful architectural churches as well, built at the time of the spanish regime. i didn't realize that they had those churches until i saw them. anyway, we got to 7 churches while passing through calamba, los banos, pagsanjan, paete, and antipolo, among other places. we practically went around the entire laguna de bay going from the expressway to antipolo then back. it was again a magnificent experience, getting to travel and praying at the same time. we even got to stop over in caliraya, in the village where we have a lot in. we ate there for lunch. it was nice seeing caliraya again for the first time in over a year. i visited a whole bunch of places and that made me extremely happy. friday, my cousins were here and we just stayed at home during the day. we watched some movies like the passion of the christ and the greatest story ever told. we were to watch a lot more but then we ran out of time. it was good re-watching these flicks for they make you remember God's experiences in His life. yesterday, we went to tagaytay with my cousins and grandparents in the morning to have lunch in dencio's. it was great even if there was traffic, because the weather was cold and it was windy. it felt good to be experiencing the cool breeze as it hits you. it made us, especially our grandparents, savour the moment. then we bought some flowers and fruits along the way. we decided to go to town that day too, so we could do everything we needed to do that day and just attend mass today, easter sunday. we did just that, and we even got to watch miss congeniality 2. it was a nice movie. finally, we ate in tempura for dinner and then we went home.

easter sunday. i still remember before when we were still living in alabang, we used to go every year to the country club or to the place near tlc and participate in the easter egg hunt in those places early in the morning. we woke up at 5 and got to those easter egg hunts as soon as possible. it's fun remembering and reminiscing those moments in life where you were still a kid and you could do anything you wanted to enjoy yourself. hehe. it makes me miss being a kid, and doing those all over again. but again, as a teen, we get to do different kinds of things now. we could participate in many more activities that are worthwhile, so everything is not over. we just have to move on and do everything we can today so we wouldn't regret anything we didn't do now in the future.

these past days have indeed brought me back to life from my summer boredom. i have been to a lot of places and i have been able to pray and join in the ceremonies. i thank God for everything He has done for us, and of course, for not letting me be bored all the time at home, rotting as the days go by.

next week, starting tomorrow, we'll be back to summer-as-usual. only, this time, it would be better. i would get to move outside the house and go to town tomorrow, go to francis' house on tuesday, go badminton-ing on wednesday, and have a party from friday until saturday. activities at last. well anyway, that's it i guess, take care everyone. i hope you had a nice holy week.