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Who has an installer for MGI Photo Suite? I thought I had it in my computer, but it turns out wala pala. Rar.
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♦ I had nachos for merienda kanina, pero ack, hindi naman okay yung lasa. I mean I didn't enjoy it. ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) closing_my_eyes naalala ko yung nagpunta tayo ng Altitude, tapos ang sarap ng nachos. Altitude ulit kahit para sa nachos lang!
Wala nang picture ng nachos eh,
kaya yung librang beer na lang from DJ-Daddy-ni-Gio. Hahahaha!
♦ Ang saya ng Fotopra kanina, ang kulit ng classmates ko. Hindi lang ako sanay na sina Jad and sina Pam quiet, kasi hindi naman talaga. Sa mga LIA-COM, sila naman yung okay kasama kasi friendly naman.Ü habang tumatagal nga, nagiging okay yung mga LIA-COM sakin eh. Kasi bakit mo nga naman kakaasaran yung mga taong walang ginagawa sayo? Eh ang point nga eh, wala nga silang ginagawa sayo. Naisip ko din yun kagabi nung kasama namin si Nikki, okay naman siya eh, mali yung first impression ko sa kanya. Pati sina Marie, yung seatmate ko sa Society. Okay din naman siya eh. Minsan naiisip ko ako ba yung gumagawa ng kulay sa pagkatao nila kaya hindi ko sila gusto? Kaya ngayon I try not to look at them differently.
♦ Ateneo-La Salle ulit on Sunday. It would be great if we win, pero baka naman sobrang ma-pressure yung team dahil sa level ng support na ibibigay ng school? Hindi yan, maybe that guy who writes for the newspaper is right, La Salle may be on its peak. After two seasons, parang gusto ko ulit manood ng game. Wala namang problema sa ticket, walang wala. (hahaha! Bakit kaya?!) Pag sinipag ako manonood ako sa Araneta.Ü
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[28 Jul 2004|11:12pm] |
DEFENDING DAYS
by Allan Roi Roño
Recently, Days With The Lord has once again come under attack
by certain people who; although expressing concern, only have
conjecture and hearsay as basis. This has happened many a time,
through the internet, through casual conversation, and through sheer
rumor. I often find myself on the defensive stance knowing full well
that there is really nothing to defend. The only way to truly defend
Days is to reveal it. Too bad I can't. Anything behind the so-
called "dark side of Days" must remain because that is the challenge
of Days, as was the challenge of Christ to Simon, Andrew, James, and
John on that fateful day. The challenge: Come and see. None of the
disciples knew what lay ahead but they spent the rest of their days
with the Lord anyway.
Days is a group of people who have come together for the
common purpose of bringing themselves and others closer to Christ,
to re-discover Kuya Jess as we like to say. Days is not a frat nor a
sorority, nor a cult as some people may think. Some of us even
hesitate to call it a religious organization. Originally it was
created as a response to a clamor, a pang so to speak for "something
more significant." And those young boys on a 1966 November weekend
more than thirty years ago came together to search for this
significance… and found just that.
The Dazers are just ordinary people who have decided to take
up the challenge of loving as Christ loved us. That's nothing new,
just something which a lot of us have challenged ourselves with
whether in the past or present. Here is where I wonder why people
say, "Dazer ka di ba," or "Dazer ka pa naman." It's really no
different from saying, "Kaka-retreat mo pa lang di ba?", or what
about "You're a Catholic aren't you?" or Christian, or Born Again,
or Buddhist, or Franciscan, or Jesuit, or Dominican, or Benedictine
for that matter, religion teacher, or priest, or nun, preacher and
what not. We're all in it for the same thing; to seek Christ. A
Theology teacher of mine back in college put it so nicely, and I
borrow his words: A Dazer is someone who realizes that he or she is a
sinner and yet a companion of Christ. They are still ordinary human
beings. They have not been given special powers of kindness and
patience. They are people who still make mistakes, and falter. They
can still get angry, get hurt and cry. Yes they may be noisy and even
brash at times even in prayer and work. But it doesn't mean that God
listens to them less. They are certainly not ineffective in bringing
people closer to Him. So they may seem irreverent by calling the Son
of God, Kuya Jess, or just Jess. So what? I ask many of you, how do
you call Jesus Christ… Jesus, right?! Tinagalog lang namin. All they
really have is a consciousness of that challenge that they took on
that significant Days night. It doesn't make them any different from
anybody else.
The truth behind the so-called dark side of Days is that Days
With The Lord persists to this day from more than thirty-three years
ago; despite this so-called dark side. Truth is Days has spread all
over the country, into many schools, parishes and other communities.
It has even spanned the seas crossing over to the U.S. Truth is,
many of them have made a difference in the lives of other and more
importantly in their own. Truth is people still join Days despite
what they have heard. It is still an experience that one will never
forget, a decision one will never regret.
Now to the Dazers, you don't get away scot-free. Think. Why
do people say such things, even nasty things about Days and Dazers
alike? Could it be that they see something wrong? Could something be
amiss? Can they see that commitment you made? Are you living out
that commitment? Or could they be possible be seeing nothing more
than a power-tripping-pseudo-sorority girl out for revenge? Being a
Dazer also means making changes. Remember, we are the ones who had
Days, not them. You are the ones who have made changes in yourselves,
so you are the ones who must adjust. The have to see the good that
Days has done to you. You must enjoin people not by signing them up
unknowingly or by forcing them. They must want to join on their own
volition because they see that something good has happened to you
and that they want to try and take a similar step. And you must be
patient with them and more importantly yourselves. Quality change
takes time, and it takes a lot of time to change the essence of a
person.
To those who still do not understand, Days is not a miracle
cure. It is not a quick 180 degree turn about for the participant.
Rather, it's a slow pivot. Unfortunately we also cannot offer any
warranties that you can return the Dazer if he or she falters; or if
after a few days they revert back to their old ways. We can only
guarantee that a seed has been planted in their hearts, a good seed,
a goal, a direction towards Christ. The participant comes out of
Days with a brave, loyal, and loving heart. But please keep in mind
that even to the holiest of men and women, this is a most formidable
challenge.
Dazers, after that fateful, wonderful Saturday night, after
you had all quieted down, remember the line, "Now, you have no more
excuse not to love." So go now and truly spend the rest of your days
with the Lord.
Basta Ikaw Lord.
I'm a Dazer. Before I joined DWTL, I saw why some people say that members of this group are generally what Sir Roño said -- power-tripping-pseudo-sorority girls out for revenge because then, the girls who got the most challenges during Hell Week were the popular ones, or yung mga may kasalanan sa mga ibang Dazers na. The things I saw made me see na ang Simula na nga Sindakan, ay sindakan lalo na sa mga sikat o sa mga may atraso sa sikat. Kumbaga Hell Week/Sinadakan=it's payback time. Ang dating nga ng Days sa akin dati, para sa mga sikat, ni hindi ko nga naisip na para ang Days para kay Lord, kahit alam kong Days with the Lord sya. I joined DWTL not knowing what to expect. I knew I wanted to be in it because everybody was joining it. At least my friends are. I joined the bandwagon. I honestly did not know what was in store for me because of the secrecy that the organization keeps.
After my Days weekend I saw DWTL better. It wasn't so bad after all. The DWTL horror stories I've heard from others were not true. My Fourth Day is not at all smooth-sailing, but I'm okay. I'm living it the best way possible.
I haven't been staffing for the DWTL weekends for the longest time because of personal reasons. I would love to serve again, if only my personal issues are settled. I'd love to go listen to an HT talk, and go *kiss* the participants.
Sir Roño's line that said -- [Dazers] are still ordinary human beings. Indeed, they are. I have committed grave mistakes but I still believe that the Lord will forgive me. I must start seeing other people that way as well. I must start seeing Dazers as people, I must not expect a level of holiness from them, because I myself am not holy, not even close to being a religious person, yet I still consider myself a Dazer and a Catholic. I must start changing the way I see things, because I might be contributing to the problem that DWTL is going through by being selfish.
But the thing is, sometimes people who are looking at DWTL from the outside see that there are reasons to doubt the organization's goodness, kasi aminin natin na may mga tao nga na umaabuso sa pagiging isang Dazer. Diba? Eto yung realidad natin eh -- some people abuse their "Dazer-ness" but most Dazers don't. And really, it's the special cases that stick in people's minds, not the usual things.
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