Merry Christmas!

Ow Christmas is coming up! I hope everyone is having a grand time! Last year my sister spent her Christmas with the future in-laws and she mentioned that there was this huge Christmas tree that had this song playing on the background:

For unto us, a child is born
Unto us, a Son is given
Unto us, a Son is given
Unto us, a child is born
A child is born
A child is born
Unto us, a child is born
Unto us, a child is born

For unto us, a child is born
And the government shall be upon His shoulder
And his name shall be called Wonderful
And his name shall be called Counselor
The king of kings
The everlasting Father
The Prince of Peace

 

 

If you've been part of a choir or if you're familiar with Christmas carols and cantatas, you probably started humming or sang as you read the lyrics:)

 

Christmas is about Jesus, not the gifts or anything. Let's remember that:)

God bless and Merry Christmas!

from a Christmas get together with my high school batch mates

Slumbook

It's almost 4 in the morning and I'm wondering if I'll end up having 3 hours of sleep or 12 because of some pills I took to get rid of my stiff neck and colds.

As I got home late from watching my brother in law play the saxophone at the CCP (also hanged out with my sister and the principal dancers of Ballet Philippines), my housemate hands me this slumbook which I haven't encountered one (unless you consider the more individual version of it such as "the book about me") since elementary. Though the questions of this slumbook are simple, it brings out a lot of thoughts on what one should/can share to another even if that person is really close.

How personal can one be to another? Well, I suppose it depends on how comfortable you are with the person you're opening up to. We have our biases on who we wish to share our deepest darkest secrets to.: be it to a select few or to the whole public. This makes me wonder about how open my life should be to others. Then again, I remember the verse Luke 8:17 where "For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open."

How open can or should I be with this slumbook? I'll try to be as open as I should. The questionsn of the book are funny and some (or a few) are serious. Answering some of the questions no matter how simple and fun they are can get a person like me over thinking on the history of my answers. Yes I know, the past is past. There are things though I'd rather forget, but those were life learned lessons. I may learn more about myself in the process!

There goes the Simbang Gabi bells tolling. I'll answer this when I get up. Good night and good morning everyone:)

Back Portraits (2)

I only made two pieces today. You can view the others here. Happy viewing:)

20.32x25.4cm

20.32x25.4cm