I guess, my top favorite part from the book is... the IMPRINT story of the werewolves.
Jacob describes it as:
"It's so hard to describe. It's not like love at first sight, really. It's more like... gravity moves. When you see her, suddenly it's not the earth holding you here anymore. She does. And nothing matters more than her. And you would do anything for her, be anything for her.... You become whatever she needs you to be, whether that's a protector, or a lover, or a friend, or a brother." page 176
Imprinting,
as SAM on ---- > EMILY, his ex-girlfriend's second cousin (Leah)
as JARED on --- > KIM, a girl he'd sat next to in school everyday, and never looked at twice
as QUIL on --- > CLAIRE, the two-year old niece of Emily
as JACOB on --- > ??? - No, not on this book. and Yes, he will meet her finally in Breaking Dawn
A master asked his disciples:
‘Why do we shout in anger? Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?’
the disciples thought for a while, and one of them said
‘Because we lose our calm, we shout for that.’
‘But, why to shout when the other person is just next to you? ‘Isn’t it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you shout at a person when you’re angry?’
The disciples gave him some other answers but none satisfied the master.
Finally he explained:
‘When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other through that great distance.’
Then the master asked:
‘What happens when two people fall in love? They don’t shout at each other but talk softly, why? Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is very small…’
And he concluded:
‘When they love each other even more, what happens?
‘They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to each other in their love.
‘Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other and that’s all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.’
The walls, the stories, the history, the shrine, the park, the beach…. I believe every Ozamiznon has special memories of this place.
Entrance
My close friends and I used to go here every Sunday afternoon. Our bonding for loud laughters and secret sharings... laughters and more laughters......
the inside
Inside you see a mini museum, and old arsenal, and a ramp going to up the walltop.
walltop
I call this, fun-size Ozamiz version of China's Great Wall.... imo.
lighthouse and old canon
view from the top : cotta park
I also used to wake -up 5 in the morning then meet up with PAL pals and QSC gals for our morning jog around the cotta park......
Goodbye, My heart, my love, my fantasy, Been awhile, you don't quite seem to see. Assuming. Stubborn. Helpless. Invisible. Stop. Hopeless.......... Gone! GOOD-bye!
Since 2010, my brother and I have a birthday prayer song which we then present at church, any sunday of April. Prayed that I will be able to choose the right song, and God just answered it, at most 3 weeks before our birthday. Each song sung my prayer for that moment and that made it to be our birthday prayer song for the year.
Immediately, searched for the lyrics, chords, a hundred play-pause-rewind-play-pause-rewind-play's, a few chord inversions for easy, beginner-fingers playing..... a ten thousand practice-practice-practice, finally hit the keyboards, while my masunurin younger brother sings.
I'm listening to a new song from heaven
I'm wide awake, yet dreaming of You
Though I'm not alone
I'm desperate without You
I see your mercy
Lord You are holy
I want to be more like You
Teach me to live Your love
Help me to give Your love
Show me Your way
Lord I'll obey
Your word and live Your love
I stand in awe, grateful remembrance
Press towards the goal
For the prize I must win
I've got my eyes focused upon You
Show me Your beauty
Cause Lord it's your goodness that makes me more like You
Holy wind, blow fresh
Your fire anew
Come breathe on my soul
Let my heart be for You
I've witnessed the light
And the power of Your might
Teach me to live Your love
Help me to give Your love
Show me Your way
Lord I'll obey
Your word and live Your love
2011- BETTER THAN I by David Campbell (from Joseph, King of Dreams movie)
I thought I did what’s right
I thought I had the answers
I thought I chose the surest road
But that road brought me here
So I put up a fight
And told You how to help me
Now just when I have given up
The truth is coming clear
You know better than I
You know the way
I’ve let go the need to know why
For You know better than I
If this has been a test
I cannot see the reason
But maybe knowing I don’t know
Is part of getting through
I try to do what’s best
And faith has made it easy
To see the best thing I can do
Is put my trust in You
For You know better than I
You know the way
I’ve let go the need to know why
For You know better than I
I saw one cloud and thought it was a sky
I saw a bird and thought that I could follow
But it was You who taught that bird to fly
If I let You reach me, will You teach me
For You know better than I
You know the way
I’ve let go the need to know why
I’ll take what answers You supply
You know better than I
xoxoxoxoxox
Right now, I'm starting to pray for our birthday prayer song for this year. And maybe by this time, I'll be able to take a video of it.
January 6, 2012
thank you 2011. it was like a rollercoaster ride..but worth it!......it's the beginning of the year and I'm looking forward for a life full of hope, love and gratitude....
like everybody else, a laddle has also a new year resolution.... mine would be,
