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Tomorrow will be a very busy day for me. My whole family along with my cousins and auntie will be be preparing for not only the Noche Buena, per se, but also for the 51st birthday celebration of my dear momskie.

Happy Birthday Mama!

I have been bloghopping for the past couple of days and most of the bloggers don’t feel the spirit of christmas which is contrary to me. Every year, I always look forward to December 24/25 but I can say that this year, my Christmas is very special compared with the past 20 Christmas’s I have celebrated.

This Christmas season 2005 is not just a celebration of the birth of Christ for me but also my thanksgiving celebration. For what? For everything - for every lessons I have learned, blessings I have received and pain I have gone through. Those things that I want to thank God can not be replaced by anything in this world, not even the over 6 million peso worth of prize Nene received in Pinoy Big Brother.

I have gone through many situations and obstacles that made me a better person. Every single day that I have lived in the year 2005 taught me something that really banged my head on the wall. Those experiences reminded me how much I am blessed compared with the unfortunate people. The mere fact that I am sitting in front of this *insert an appropriate adjective here* -computer, waiting for food to eat, blogging and texting is already a blessing. There are people out there who works 24/7 just to have something to eat or just to send their kids or theirselves to school. They have to shed sweat and blood to avail their basic needs. Even if it’s against their will, they go food-hunting on the garbage bins found along the streets to satisfy their stomach. Some people complain about not having airconditioned rooms, branded and fashionable clothes and shoes, and expensive hi-tech gadgets where in in reality, the fact that they have a house to live in is such a great blessing from God. There are a lot of homeless people - people whose clothes are worse than rags, people who doesn’t even know how to switch a television, people who are ignorant of a lot of things. Another set of people are those who complain of being alone. Have they looked around their surroundings? What is the sense of having family and friends? They are unconsciously taking the presence of their family and friends for granted. Have they seen those kids on streets and orphanage- kids who have been abandoned by their parents at a very early age? Why are there so many people on earth who don’t realize this simple things? Why do politicians keep on corrupting? Why… why…. why… *sigh*

When I have learned what’s happening in the reality, I felt so guilty. Because I am not embarrassed to admit that I WAS one of
those people. But thanks to those different people I have met in my duty days, they taught me how to value each and every lil thing that I have right now. They taught me to cherish every single moment as if I am not gonna live the next day. They taught me to accept every pain I’ll encounter because this will teach me how to fight. They taught me how to sing a harmonious song in times of misery. Last but not the least, they taught me how to look to a thing and see a beautiful creation in it in which people have thought it as the ugliest. I may not be the richest and prettiest person on earth… but I can say that I am so grateful that I have finally opened my eyes in the reality - the reality that showed me bright and clear colors in a dark and vague scenery.