I have grown apathetic to political goings-on in my country since after realizing that nothing and no one is bound to make good with his or her promise anyway. I guess you can say I got fed up and decided to just live life in my self-made bat cave and not care about things concerning the government. I tell you, it was, uhm, quite liberating too. For once, I didn't have to go to bed fuming mad at some politician accused of scamming the Filipino people. For once, I didn't have to bear the thought that I need to keep myself abreast with political news to know who deserves my vote, yep, I stopped voting, I really did. Is that a sin? I felt it was more sinful to cast my vote since I will only be adding up to the number of people seating an undeserving, corrupt, money-hungry, power-thirsty, nation-raping presidential wannabee. Oh, and yes, it felt good not to worry about where the tax I'm paying for whenever I eat at Jollibee or MacDonald's or buy a dress at Tubby goes. I didn't even have to think long and hard anymore about the 12% VAT I get charged for my coffee at Starbucks, ya know, on whether it goes straight to where it is supposed to or straight to the coffers of that midget-looking family. It felt good to be selfish. It felt darn liberating to be apathetic.

Anyway, so I woke up this morning and logged on to my Twitter and saw Manuel Quezon III's announcement (I'm apathetic yes but I follow MLQ3, don't ask me why) that Mar Roxas was on his way to Club Filipino to announce his VP bid. I was floored. But I was even more thrilled when I read from Roxas' tweet that he is running alongside NoyNoy. I don't know about you but I'm not too confident about Noy, especially with sister Kris yakking her head off like crazy ALL THE TIME, but Roxas, well, I have no doubt about this man at all and I certainly think him and Noy would be perfect - and I hope their tandem would really really shut Kris up for good, like could one of these two gentlemen please straighten her out? Or maybe Korina can nicely do that, yeah let's see about that...

Oh, I digress... Going back to Mar's candidacy and my apathetic view of the Philippine political scene... I think that's going to change a bit now. I think I'll be trooping down to the local COMELEC to get registered for this elections... I think I will go back to worrying about where the taxes I pay go... I think I will finally let myself out of my cave soon... I think I will be apathetic no more. Why? Because I think, the people of this country now has a chance.

May true change come indeed.

Eeeekkkkk! Seven months! I have not logged in here for seven months and I have ten subscribers? I apologize, dear Subscribers, because it looks like you subscribed to an irresponsible Posterous user who stomached neglecting you for seven months. Again, I apologize and with all that is currently happening around me, I hope that starting here on, I would be able to update my Posterous.

So, seven months... I could not contain all of those months in one posting but a lot has surely happened since, we moved to a new apartment, got three Persian/Himalayan cats for pets, lost and found new jobs, moved to a new church, started teaching in bible study groups and.... found out that I am a Jew/Hebrew. See, how can I write about all of those topics in one sitting?

In any case, you can follow my blog, just if you're curious, and find out how I found out about my heritage. The blog is Zoe Grapho.

See yah!

I'm thinking about creating a recipe blog where I could post my own food recipes and have them online-handy for future references. Well, the only thing that's kind of stopping me is the fact that I already have like, 4 blogs. I don't know if I can maintain another one. :(

My heart bleeds each time I'd see our pastor's zealousness alongside our church's deaden state. There is this great divide that clearly tells me how oddly the piece fits the puzzle.

There are these special unguarded moments that Warren and I share with him which reduces me to tears - his selflessness, his rock-firm stand for the truth, his immeasurable capability to love even those who have turned their backs on the faith in pursuance of selfish motives. I draw strength from this formidable man who is truly, unquestionably, unequivocally a true servant of our Lord Jesus Christ. I pray that our dear Father in Heaven will sustain him more and use him to his fullest potential for the advancement of the Gospel. I pray that our church will see just what kind of a jewel they have for having him as their leader, so that they will take care of him more and at least strive to help him meet his needs. I pray that they may see and follow his example, that they realize and come to share a common goal with him in service to the Lord.

I pray to live long enough to see the day when this great divide will finally be bridged. When there will be no more tears of heartache streaming down my cheeks but only tears of joy for the ending of longsuffering, for the knowledge that we now TRULY share with our brethren the joys and pains of living a life for Christ.

Haha! False alarm!

I thought I was preggers, there was a verrrry unusual seven-day delay in my otherwise verrrrry regular 28/29 day cycle. Oh well... I'm just glad that it didn't hit me like an avalanche this time, I took it in stride and I thank God for what He has done to prepare my heart for the negative.

Anyways, in other news....

I have a bike! So, does this mean I am going to finally take my weight loss "regimen" downright seriously? Hmmm... I ain't promising anyone anything, lol! But yeah, I'll try.

I think something is going on inside my body but I am not telling anyone yet until it is 100% confirmed.

Yep, definitely, something's up. Ssshhh...

Today, I officially start fulltime housewife duties... :)

After three weeks of trying to search for the answer, I finally found it this morning so I went right ahead and submitted my formal resignation... In two short paragraphs, I finished and hit send, then that sense of peace and relief washed over me. Sweet.

Hubby and I have been going back and forth with this issue. He wanted me to resign and just be a housewife. I wanted to earn my keep around the house. Besides, I've been so used to earning my "own" money that to release that from my system is somewhat unsettling for me.

Anyway, so I finally resigned and my boss replied telling me how sorry he is that I have to leave the company and that should I decide work again, I can always come back.  I turned over my duties to my replacement and then went right ahead and performed my wifely duties.

My first task as a fulltime housewife? Kiss my husband tenderly and thank him for everything that he is. :)

Then, off to cook lunch I went.

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