subtleoasis

No. Not in the elections, yet! :)

This is, so far, the biggest SURPRISE I have received in my life!

And it came with 100 bucks!

Before delving further into sharing the whole surprise experience I had about 1 minute ago, and its after shocks I still feeling up to this moment, I wish to express my gratitude to JM Tuazon and Br. Vince for they've inspired me to share my thoughts (and the thoughts of my sources) to the world through the Filipina Writing Project. And of course I'm grateful to Ma'm Janette, the Digital Filipino Club members, the judges and the sponsors: Barangay.ph, Kababayan.ph, MyUSMailbox.com, RegaloService.com, Acclaim Butterflies, and Chikka.com who thought of and made this project possible! Kudos to all of you!

It was a SURPRISE! A WONDERFUL SURPRISE, that is...

Almost deadline. I got an update (via RSS) from JM's blog which kindled my interest so much: Adobong Pinay. It led me to The Filipina Writing Project blog which took me to Br. Vince's blog entry (Filipina: Isa ring Ina (A Mother, Too)). After reading them, I was compelled to post my share.

Hope and change. My purpose really was to share my thoughts and the insights of the persons I've read and talked with with regards to the Filipina, and also to light a little candle before the dimming image of the Filipina and of the Filipinos as a whole. I've written the article about 3 months ago as a term paper. It was bound to accumulate dust and be forever kept in the archives after being read only by my professor and myself. But it will never happen! Thanks to The Filipina Writing Project, to JM Tuazon and Br. Vince. For the past days, visits to my blog increased from an average of nil a day to 3 per day. I'm already happy with this stat, knowing that there are 3 persons on a given day that were able to witness a new perspective on Filipina. But I still wish that more people would be able to be reached by my post. May it be a catalyst of change, a spark of hope.

Surprise! I posted the masterlist of the entries then blogged about my recent undertaking. After which I left the computer room to cast my vote and take some photos of the election proceeding and the altarina made by my brother seminarians for the nosegays in honor of the Immaculate Conception of Mary (BTW, today is the first day of the novena). When I sat again in-front of my laptop, TwitterFox popped-up with a reply from jmtuazon (the photo above). I was caught running after my breath... I can't believe it! And so, I asked JM where did he find the list. I clicked on the link and after reading through it I was speechless to the point of wanting to shout in great jubilation. This is the one of the greatest surprise in my life! Deo gratias and may God bless us all!

Labels: filipina, introspection, randomoasis

by Web Correspondent on Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 11:03 AM | Permalink