Live life, love it and be in love with it

I was watching TV the other morning and I heard one of the guest in Today's Show mentioned, "You have to be in love with life."

That utterance, struck me to a fold! It was one of the most meaningful quote I heard. I was able to say to myself that it is indeed true that you can just continue to live life but if you don't know the essence of life then it's probably meaningless.

I just thought that we need fire, passion to live. I realized that no matter how difficult these things are, I need not be weary and tired. I should love life, be in love with life like the way I had been in love a couple of times to some people that came into my life. In essense, you have to be passionate in life. It helps to make you whole and face life differently.

Sometimes when we are faced with challenges, we tend to forget about how to live. Also, we forget about life is good, life is beautiful. As I heard those words from the mouth of the person on the TV, I just actualized that I have been consumed with so much worries lately and I am forgetting to live like it's my last day in this world. I should come back soon to normal state!

P.S. I love you

Today, as I end another weekend, I got hooked up by watching DVD. I just finished watching the movie P.S. I love you which starred Hillary Swank and Gerard Butler. It was one of the movies I never had a chance to see in the big screen. I'm glad I rented one dvd copy at Blockbuster and spent time watching it.

It is a movie about love, life and the complexities that goes with it. It was sweet, warm and exciting at some point. It made me a bit reflective about things going on in my mind. It made me feel sad about the way Gerry, the lead male character died and all the while left his wife Holly alone. It was a good plot and a good story to stir all throughout the movie. It's about letting go and finding your own self after you have come to face death and its complexities.

There were things that run in my mind as I watched that movie. These things are:

- what if I die in the next 5-20 years, will I be celebrated?

- will I still find someone in my life that I can truly say my partner and friend

- how come I have never came across a certain situation with someone that I can say "This is the moment"

- if I get sick, will there be somebody to care of me 'til the end

- perhaps if I knew I'll die, I can prepare something like what the male lead character did before he died in that movie - he prepared some more surprises for his wife! that's really sweet! In my case, I guess I'll do the same for my friends and family.

If you're reading this, and you haven't watched that film that I just mentioned here. Then don't waste time and grab a copy. It will melt your heart, touch your soul and inspire you to like life, live life and depart and move on and let go.

P.S. I love you

On excitement, worries and moments - ALL SET!!!

These past few weeks had been equally colorful for me. I have been mostly busy with the editing of the videos that I prepared for my dad's birthday bash. YES! You are right. We, in the family, organized an event for him under my OCOC supervision and string Project Management skills. I think my Aunt Meynee is already pressured with all the instructions that I have been emailing her. Anyways, I am JUST EXCITED that finally now we are gonna execute our plan. As I write this, it's OCT 11 in Manila - this is the date that we chose to hold the event for my tatay. Over 80 invited guests - family, relatives, friends and my dad's former office mates in one event. I am a bit sad that I am far and away however I am also happy because this is IT. This is his moment that I pictured once that will happen for him. I MADE IT HAPPEN amids all the concerns that I have been experiencing lately. Bottomline, I thank God for letting me do this for my tatay. The excitement is mounting knowing that on the other side of the world there's a bunch of family friends and relatives now that are all moving together in one venue to celebrate and pay tribute to my dad.