Lingkod Ng Panginoon

Lingkod Ng Panginoon (LNP) is a Catholic lay organization composed of single professionals. It's main mission is to bring Christ to the workplace. 

My first touch with the organization was when Ma'am Che invited me along to a talent showcase of sorts. Actually, she had invited all the single guys in the office but I was the only one interested enough to go with her. 

That first encounter with the group was utterly forgettable. I met a few familiar faces in college and that was it. You could say I wasn't into LNP then because I didn't need it. Yet.

Ice Creaman

If you're walking down Rizal Street, you may have come across this restaurant/ice cream shop. It's directly across Merco Bolton and right beside Mandarin Tea Garden.

I discovered Ice Creaman last 2010. Like many others before me, I was curious if they offered rice meals on top of their desserts. Because I was already fed up with Jollibee, Taps, Merco, Mandarin, and the various fried chicken eateries or burger bars in the vicinity, I tried Ice Creaman. 

I never looked back since.

Getting Old

I'm getting old. This thought occurred to me this morning when I looked back at the things I did before that I couldn't do now. 

Last night, I vowed to wake up early to resume jogging. This morning, I woke up at the right time but went back to sleep immediately. Waking up early was now an impossible task.

I've stated before that I don't drink unless I'm invited. Now, I try to avoid situations that require social drinking. I don't welcome karaoke nights anymore either because they impinge on my sleep (and I don't sing). 

One classmate told me that this cliche is always true: that you always pay for the sins of your youth.  

In other words, whatever you do to your body now will exact its price once you're older. Even though he's still in his early thirties, he's already falling prey to various maladies from his previous vices. So he definitely knows what he's talking about.

Getting old then, at least for now, is not exactly seeing the wrinkles in your face or the spots on your skin. It's first accepting the limitations of one's body and mitigating the damage by cutting off the activities that one once enjoyed. It means letting go of youth's frivolities and turning oneself to other more healthy and meaningful forms of entertainment. 

Bente Sais

Gandang lalake. 

I so love myself. 

Renovations

Some things I intend to do with the house before 2015. Since I'm no longer paying rent, I might as well compensate my parents for accommodating me:

Do A Canal Makeover
Dredge canal, cover canal with concrete slabs, transfer soil to depressed parts of the home lot, landscape frontage

Polgas At Garapata
Have a new doghouse built, have a veterinarian do a hard-core clean-up of the dogs' fleas and ticks ( I believe they have services like these)

Second Floor
Replace the rotting wooden floor planks on the second floor

Ceiling
Replace the ceiling on the ground floor

First Floor
Put tiles on the floor (subject to the homeowners' approval, of course)