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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Ask and You Will Receive


Kagaya ng nasabi ko na, sobrang lamig sa Saudi. Sa sobrang lamig, nanigas ang mga daliri ko na di makapagtype. Ibinubuntun ko sa lamig ang dahilan, 
pero baka ito na yung sinasabi nilang rayuma. 
Translation: Muskhila. (problem)

Anyway, I was talking to a British friend the other day. He was talking about how his experiences as a British Airforce, and now a teacher in a flying school here in Saudi.
"If you want to earn money you have to start working, and saving. 
If you want to be healthy, you have to stop eating junk foods and start eating right foods,
If you want to progress in anything you're stuck into, you have to stop dreaming or wishing or whining and start with a resolution that all things are progressing, and there's no end to everything. The things that matters are the things that lasts. So if you been asking for a long time, and haven't receive the right answer, perhaps its time to examine if the one we're asking is the one that we really need and matters."

I think he was right.
You know, I've been asking a long list of what I want and wanted to be for a very long time.
Genie wish tawag nila dito, sincere prayer naman term ko dito.
(Genie wish, they call it, sincere prayer is my term for this.)

Gusto ko maging gwapo, well, sabi ng misis ko waffu na ko, pero di lang wafu, gusto ko din maging macho pa! Actually, matsu naman ako, matsunurin kay Mrs. Thoughtskoto, at sa anak ko, at sa boss ko na walang alam kundi magutos na gawin yan, gawin mo to! 
Sigh, arabo!
Anyway,
sa sobrang daming trials and challenges na pinagdaanan ko mula bata pa ako, naapektuhan tuloy growth ko, yung mga laman at buto, dahil isang kain isang tuka kami, ayan naging epekto, 
maliit na mga hita, maliit na mga braso't kamay, at mahabang leeg pero malaking ulo, imagine niyo na lang ano itsura ko. haha

In the end, kahit waffu ka man or di masyado, kukulubot din naman mga balat natin. Yung fair skin at beautiful face nagfafade. Pero merong mga bagay na naglalast ng panghabambuhay. Yung mabait and may ginintuang puso, a handsome heart that is loving and kind. 
Kahit di man ako ganun kagwapo, basta mabait at matsu (matsunurin) at may good health, 
khaliwali 
(nevermind)
na yung iba, happy na ako.
Miya miya jhamila, kater kuayes hada
(This is awesome, very fine with me)


Si Malakas at si Maganda, naalala ko nung elementary ako, at binabasa ang epiko na yan.

Any guy would want to marry a pretty woman. Now theres a lot of definitions of what is pretty and what is beauty. Truly it is in the eyes of a beholder. But there are beauties beyond what we can see with the natural eye. And perhaps for all the things I've asked, this is the sweetest and most satisfying answer that I got. I've been asking this since I was young and started falling in love.
I asked that the woman I am going to spend my whole life and eternity with will be a pretty woman to my eyes and will keep herself beautiful inside and out.

Naisip ko lang I think yung isang reason na iniiwan ng mga magagandang lalaki ang kanilang mga asawa dahil seguro hindi na ito nagpapaganda, laspag na sa wikang kanto. Seguro di na nga nakakapagsuklay, sepilyo or deodorant dahil sa busy na masyado. 

Naisip ko rin, kaya naman seguro nalaspag na ang misis ng ibang mga kabayang waffu, eh si kabayan ba naman makasama niya sa ilang taong pagseserbisyo, paglalaba, pagluluto, pagaalaga ng mga bata, pangungulit, at katakot takot na problema sa bayaran dito, bayaran duon, at sa utang kay Don Juan nung nagsabong at natalo, at nung nagpainum ng sampung kahang alak sa buong bario. 

Paano pa siya makakapanood ng  "Oprah" or "Kay Susan tayo"?
teka, parang lumabo, pakialam ko ba sa buhay ng ibang mga kababayan ko...


 Parang lahat yata ng hiling ko pamagat ng kanta. Napansin niyo rin yata.
Sabi ko sa boss ko nung humihiling ako ng salary increase.

"Show me a Filipino who came here in Saudi not to earn good money? The sacrifices and the endurance we have here as we patiently do our job is because we want to earn for our families back home. If you cannot take care of your good men, then how can they take care of their families? If their families are not taken care of, how can they work effectively and efficiently?"

Tumatagaktak ang pawis ko nung nagkaroon kami ng confrontation nung time na yun that should have lead to my resignation. 

Pero mukhang effective, dalawang tiglilimandaang mukha ni Haring Abdullah kada buwan ang idinagdag sa sahod ko. 
haha.

Ngayon nagbabalak na naman ako. Pambihira, 15 riyals lang ang limang kilong bigas nung panahon na yun, 25 riyals na ngayon!

Richest is not all material things anyway, and not just money. We can be rich with friends, and great families. We can be rich with knowledge and wisdom that will help us through the uncertain times of these last days. 
But the secret to financial riches is not the high salaries, 
it is in the money management and living within our means.
You might be earning 50,000 pesos a month and still be poor. 
Tadtad ka ng credit cards.
Kain dito kain duon, malling dito, malling duon.
butas ang bulsa
at pagkasahod
lahat pinadala sa pinas
walang savings na natira.
Si misis naman sa Pinas
hala bira!
Bili tayo nun, bili tayo nito
walang natira savings sa banko.
Again it is how we spend the money wisely and saving that leads to richness.
Sarap matulog na may savings, may security, 
may pinaglalaanan ng mga pangarap sa hinaharap.

So ask and yes you will receive it.

Pero ipagpatuloy ko yung sabi nung kaibigan kong British.

"You can keep on asking, but you won't receive it unless you work your part.
It's a partnership. He will do His part, and it has never failed, but you must do your own part. You cannot blame Him for who you are. You are the master of your destiny. He has laid out the plan and the map for you to follow. Don't take the shortcut. It will lead you nowhere."


Be who you are and what you are.
Appreciate and love the things most closest to your life.
and Live within your means.

photo is from godalone

©2008 THOUGHTSKOTO

11 comments:

RJ said...

Nakaka-inspire naman ang sinabi ng iyong British friend. Thanks for sharing. (,"0

yAnaH said...

im sorry but i beg to disagree on this one:
"Naisip ko lang I think yung isang reason na iniiwan ng mga magagandang lalaki ang kanilang mga asawa dahil seguro hindi na ito nagpapaganda, laspag na sa wikang kanto."

hindi lahat ng mga babaeng iniiwan ng mga asawa nila eh dahil sa losyang na sila. meron lang talagang mga lalaking sadyang tinatamaan ng kagaguhan (sorry for the word) at nagagawang mang-iwan when in fact, sila naman ang nagsimula ng lahat..

i asked for a loving husband and a lovely family...what did i get?
i got a pocketful of kunsumisyon, quite a handfull of wrinkles plus the fact that "he" left us...

kaya ngayon, i dont ask anything at all... nadala na ako.. being disappointed and hurt once is already enough...

napahaba... chureee... nacarried away

Ken said...

Salamat Doc RJ. Oo nga nakakainspire. Thanks for dropping by and commented.

Ken said...

Yanah, Thank you for the comment.sabi ko "naisip ko lang" now I know na mali din yung naisip ko kasi you experience it talaga.

Kahit guy ako, I admit meron talagang mga lalaki na ganun. In fact iniwan din ang nanay ko ng tatay ko 6 years old pa lang ako.

But its not over, right?

You won't give up because you failed once. Hope is constant. Somewhere out there, sometime, youll find the right one. The one that you're asking...

hehe, para na ba akong pari...

But hey thanks for dropping by!

Francesca said...

inspiring nga.
We can do it, if we use our brain as it should be.hehe.

Kasi there are some that couldnt figure out still what to do with their life, eh abot kamay na lang ang grasya.
Hay naku.

Ken said...

Salamat Francesca, okay palang anak mo ah. napadaan pala dito samin sa Middle East.

Thank you po sa pagcomment!

Nebz said...

Being satisfied is a virtue. Being contented is a gift from God. Sabi nga nung isang pastor, biblically raw we should live 'below' our means. I have yet to read these passages pero I tend to agree with the pastor.

If we wanted to be happy, let's do Sheryl Crow: It's not getting what you want; it's wanting what you've got.

Nga pala I tagged you. please read my ten quirks: http://isladenebz.blogspot.com/2009/01/ten-quirks.html

mightydacz said...

naks naman so inspiring btw congratz for using enta lengua to ur blog the more na gumaganda sya at nakakaalis basahin.

about ur post i love it.This is what my nanay and tatay taught to me sabi nila ang buhay daw ay pewdeng summarized sa PUSH and PULL lang.
P-Pray
U-until
S-something
H-happen

and

P-pray
U-until
L-lord
L-listen

habang ginagawa yan kailangan mag push and pull ka rin in short magbanat ng buto,magsunog ng kilay n short tulungan ang sarili.

kaya ako nag alsa balutan nag push and pull ko malita ko papunta sa kaharian ni kuya sa gitna ng buhanginan lol

Ken said...

Nebz, thanks for the tag. haha, binasa ko ng paulit ulit so i can understand what to do in the tag. I'll post a retagging... salamat ulit!

Live "below" our means ha. I think I like that also.

Ken said...

dacz almighty, musta na? salamat sau. Salamat sa dalaw. Salamat sa comment! Happy anniversary ulit! Magic 7!

Just because.... said...

Nice blogs.
Being content doesn't come easy but is worth while.
It's like being a traveler: When we traveler, we meet a lot of discomforts, we miss our own bed, home cooked food, our shower, our rest. But the thought that our travel is just temporary and soon be going HOME, makes the journey easy.
More power blogging.