March 2009 Archive

Why my wife is AWSUM

March 31st, 2009

Dinner 20090331

Yum yum yum!

Tsk tsk, how very wrong of me! I have been having great dinners for more than 4months and this is the only time I’m blogging about it? Marco FAIL.

Oh man, I tell you, I really love coming home to a warm, home-cooked meal! It’s also Nutritionally Balanced and made with lots of TLC! Now this, my single guy friends, is why you should get married!

Luv ya hunny! Happy 7th month-sary!

Community and the Filipino, and Music

March 31st, 2009

Did you know that there are some places in the Philippines where there does not exist a word that translates as MUSIC?

Some tribal groups don’t have a name for it, because it is not something which is separate from daily social activity. Music is something they DO, not really something they perform while an audience merely watches. It’s not something you have to buy, or dress up for, line up for or purchase tickets for. It’s interactive, it’s a community activity and everyone can participate.

via Community and the Filipino, and Music | Ria Villena-Osorio.

Hm, Interesting. Reminds me of the movie “Australia”.

i sing you to me
I sing you to me O_O

And also Ephesians 5:19

I wonder what life would be like if people would casually just break into song (and dance, if you wish)…

…. I just LOLed in my head. Hahahaha.

I think it would be fun : )

Baby Megaman! (Megababy?)

March 30th, 2009

*pew pew pew*

baby megaman (megababy?)

via There Will Be No Animated Gifs In This Blog.: Baby Megaman!.

100-day countdown to July 2009 JLPT

March 27th, 2009

Today – March 27, 2009 – marks the start of my 100day countdown to this year’s July 2009 JLPT exam. Woohoo. I am so stoked with this particular exam because – 今回は絶対負けない!I can’t (afford to) fail again! Taking, and failing, the same level THREE times is just… sad!

So July 5 2009 is the date, and here’s how I’m preparing for it

I realized that to nail Level 2 all I really need to focus on is my Vocabulary. Kan-freakin-Ji. There’s a LOT of them. According to the guys who make the JLPT exam, by Level 2  one should have a mastery of 1000 kanjis and 6000 words (!).

That’s a lot of words. Think about it this way: If I’m starting from Zero, I need to learn and memorize 48 words PER DAY non-stop all the way till exam day. This way I have an 80% chance the words I memorized will come out on the exam. Thankfully, because I’m not starting from zero, I don’t have to learn 48 new words per day… only 40 words per day.

O_O

This should cover the Vocabulary Part of the test. Add this to the Listening Part, which is usually my strong point, this should be enough to pull up my points in the Grammar and Reading Part.

No wait, maybe not.

Hmm. Grammar, grammar. How do I study grammar.

really loving CCF’s revamped website!

March 26th, 2009

i’m really loving CCF’s revamped website! the layout is clean, easy to navigate, it’s regularly updated, and the articles/posts are top-notch!

here’s an excerpt from today’s post: Integrity

A few good men. That’s what we call people with integrity. Men of principle, honor, and courage. All the above stories are true, and all of them are Christians. None of them can take any credit for what they did. Only by God’s grace, and only the power of the Holy Spirit, were these men and women able to hurdle their own individual tests and trials with integrity.

via Christ’s Commission Fellowship » Blog Archive » Integrity.

i’m so blessed to be part of this church!

Guitar Hero Ministry Mentality

March 26th, 2009

If my generation isn’t careful, we may fall into a Guitar Hero mentality toward ministry:

Everybody wants to be a rock star, but no one wants to learn the chords.

via Pastor Steven Furtick » Guitar Hero Ministry Mentality.