Purple Hunt Tour ♥

I was recently introduced to the newest Yahoo craze for Purple lovers, the Purple Hunt Tour, by my friend and I immediately got myself the Purple Ticket. This purple ticket claims to be the key to start off the hunt and win myself some cool purple-glazed gadgets. So, armed with the purple ticket, my friends (who I forced to register to this event, hehe) and I made our way to Market Market, where the first of the Purple Hunt Tour took place. :D

Since pictures paint a thousand words, let these tell the tale of what the Purple Hunt Tour offers purple lovers like meself (obviously :D) . . . and how joyous (yes, joyous, not happy) I felt surrounded by purple everything! :D

Stuff I got from the Purple Hunt Tour

Project Purple Graffiti Wall

I want this purple shirt! This freebie is only available to those who hold the ticket (?) they got from buying Chalk magazine. Of course, being a fan of purple, I decided to buy Chalk but alas, all bookstores had no more stock of the mag! Huhu! :(

We "purplized' oursleves. ^_^V

I dunno why but this horrible-sounding chicken seems to be a star on the event.

The Ultimate Prize - a "purplized" Honda Jazz
I wanted to look like I won that prize but it just doesn't show that. Blame it on my terrible acting. Haha!

Reincarnation

The topic of reincarnation has always been known to rouse a good, intellectual, and spiritual argument between people with different beliefs on the matter. On my part, I've never really taken much thought into it and so I don't have a stand on what side to bet on - to become a believer or not. Buddhism believes on Karma, that "Every time a person acts there is some quality of intention at the base of the mind and it is that quality rather than the outward appearance of the action that determines the effect." (Wikipedia) And the effect of that innermost intention manifests not in this life, but in the afterlife you'll have, thus, they also believe in Rebirth.

So, days ago, I wasn't that much of a believer in the possibility of reincarnation until my Mum told me of this reincarnation story she saw in YouTube. Watch these three videos of two stories of children who remember well who they were in their past life.

James remembers being a war plane pilot during the World War II





I have been so amazed by this because the boy remembers details of his life as a pilot, which is clearly unexplainable given that at his 3 years of age, he hadn't been exposed to war planes and world wars, or anything related to these.

A boy remembers being his own Grandpa (at 2:30 in the video)



This story definitely gave me the goosebumps especially when he mentioned his sister (when he was still his Grandpa) turned into a fish - all because the sister was murdered and thrown into a bay. This fact was something the family doesn't freely talk about because of her tragic ending, how can the little boy know about it?

Famous Gossip Girl character Blair Waldorf said that Karma is a bitch, something which I now believe is truer than true, after hearing the story of one of Jaime Licauco's clients. His client had a business partner, who had fled with a huge amount of their business' money, which caused him many sleepless nights and no peace of mind for a long time. He couldn't fathom why his business partner could afford to do such inhumane thing to him and so approached Jaime Licauco with the hope he could heal him and finally let go of the grudge. Through the regression session Licauco made him go through, they found out that his business partner was his best friend in their past life, whom he had terribly wronged. In their past life, he stole his best friend's wife, ruining his family and thus, their friendship. His best friend held this grudge until their current lifetime and so subconsciously avenged himself against him. So, Karma's a bitch, ain't it?

Until science proves the "science" behind these stories, I'll now continue to believe that reincarnation is a fact and that who we are, is the result of what we have done in our past life. It's easier to believe in what faith tells us - that there is a spiritual play in our lives for this to happen - than to crack my brains out trying to figure out something which proves to be unexplainable at the moment.

Hurt? Broken? Rise again.

I cry when I'm hurt.

I complain when I suffer.

I may seem to have lost my path, but I never give up seeking to get myself back.

I fall, and sometimes even fall hard, but I make sure to stand up gracefully. And when I do, I walk with poise and confidence again.

I look ahead with much hope, ready to conquer and prove my priceless worth.

When I've gained enough strength to move on from painful experiences, I don't look back and regret. And when I've moved on, there's no turning back.

You'll have no one to meet when you decide to return, that's when you'll realize my worth. But too bad I've walked on ahead and you're left to think what could have, should have, and would have been.

As I said, I fall, but I stand up again, gracefully.

I hurt. I can be broken. But I rise again. Because I am a woman, and because I am me.

Recession Blues

What I've disregarded in the past has come back to haunt me - to make me realize the gravity of the situation.

I've shrugged the US recession off as something which I think I won't be affected with, and which I can live through.

Even when my fellow officemates got laid off work, I just felt sympathy, not empathy, something I shamefully admit. I haven't grasped the very meaning of recession and how serious its consequences are to those who've been slapped by it.

Until now...

Accounts of how life in the US is now lived have been shared, together with the painful admittance that relatives can no longer lend a helping hand, even if they so willingly want to. Left without a choice, others have even let go of the hope they've held on to the lands of opportunities and just chose to go back - with the new hope that they could start anew with the bread they've earned through years of odd jobs and hard work.

These things made me think back a second, sent a jolt of lightning my way to awaken me from my happy-go-lucky slumber, and made me come to a realization. It is only this time that I've come to fully understand what others meant of uncertainty in life. Truly, it is more true now that it has ever been.

Depressing as though it may be, the only thing I have against all these is my optimism. I cannot afford to feel otherwise as it will only make things worse for me and for those who've felt the blow of recession the most. I am a The Secret believer and if there's one thing that it taught me, it is that I attract everything I always think of, and that unfortunately includes the ill feelings within me and the things I endlessly rant about.

I must put an end to this. I must go back to practicing that best new year's resolution I've come up with - Stop or lessen whining and just do what I must and be optimistic. Life indeed gets better with that thinking in heart.

So amidst all these crises and global recession, I can't help but feel that change is just around the corner waiting to be found. With all these happening right now, there's no way to go but up, and there's no path to take but the path to a better place...

I bid farewell to this post with a message to one of the most powerful men in the world - US President Barack Obama:

What the others cannot do, that's what you must do...

What the last administration failed to do, that's what you must succeed on...

For the betterment of your country...

And of the whole world.

USAP Marketing Presents The Macalooweez - 2peat Champs!

We won again! Second time in a row, baby! Yeah! Hahah! All hard work and practicing till almost midnight paid off! The Macalooweez has once again earned the right to be called champions! As I said, "We are The Macalooweez and we defend what we deserve!" With our dance presentation themed The Macalooweez take it to the streetz, we definitely rocked the dance floor! Also, with the judges being dance authorities themselves, we sure made an impression of how dancing in a dance competition should be like! We not just bagged ourselves a whooping P30,000 we also got the much-anticipated prize of one more year of bragging rights! Hahahah! Kidding! We're just really happy we did it with flying colors as the result. We all hope the USAP Marketing peeps are proud of us. We proved ourselves worthy of the investment, right? :D Thanks again for all your support! And thanks to the Kupy for the Macalooweez logo! :D

And now, give it up for the USAP Dance Competition 2007 and 2008 Champion!! Enjoy! *drum rolls*

USAP Marketing Christmas Presentation (Champion - December 2007)

USAP Marketing Dance Presentation - The Macalooweez (Champion - December 2008)