PinaySpy.blogspot.com will stop continuing but will now merge with my other blog My Daily Wish. As of now the old posts are still there until I get indexed by google. Google is still ignoring my blog because my domain is quite new. I will backup the pages of that site then I will request deletion of all the posts from the Google webmaster tools. This actually worked for my other blog that Google actually removed the pages within 48 hours! I wanted to do this to make sure I do not get duplicate posts which might penalize the site later on. I know there are other more sophisticated ways but the old site has relatively few posts to worry about anyways. After then I will bring over the posts here.

“Anything is possible to those who believe”

This blog will be a combination of personal, photo blog, news and even a tech blog. I wanted to save some time and effort on maintaining blogs plus I get the bonus of a full-featured and highly customizable platform.

From now on, I am going to include header graphics in my postings. To start with, postings that are in the “My Daily Wish” category will have the same header. In the future I will also include graphics for my major categories.

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I received the following e-mail while watching the video above and somehow this brought me to tears.. maybe I’m just too sentimental now ..

I also read about the story of Arnel Pineda’s incredible story.
Here’s another video that tells the story. It is indeed encouraging to hear and see another person’s wish came true inspite of the odds.

Believe it and you shall be blessed.

The problem with many of us is that we don’t believe
that God will open a window and pour out blessings
that we won’t have room to receive them. I dare anyone
to try God. He is true to His word. God cannot lie and
His promises are sure.

Three things will happen to you this coming week:

(1) You will find favour with someone you don’t
expect;

(2) You will be too relevant to be ignored;

(3) You will encounter God and you will never remain
the same again.

My prayer for you today:

The eyes beholding this message shall not behold evil,
the hands that will send this message to others shall
not labor in vain, the mouth saying Amen to this
prayer shall laugh forever. Remain in God’s love as
you send this prayer to everybody on your list. Have
a
lovely journey of life! Trust in the Lord with all
your heart and He will never fail you because He is
AWESOME!
If you truly need a blessing, continue reading this
email:

Heavenly Father, most Gracious and Loving God, I pray
to you that you abundantly bless my family and me. I
know that you recognize, that a family is more than
just a mother, father, sister, brother, husband and
wife, but all who believe and trust in you. Father, I
send up a prayer request for blessings for not only
the person who sent this to me, but for me and all
that I have forwarded this message on to. And that the
power of joined prayer by those who believe and trust
in you is more powerful than anything. I thank you in
advance for your blessings.

Father God, deliver the person reading this right now
from debt and debt’s burdens. Release your Godly
wisdom that I may be a good steward over all that You
have given me Father, for I
know how wonderful and
mighty you are and how if we just obey you and walk In
your word and have the faith of a mustard seed that
you will pour out blessings. I thank you now Lord for
the recent blessings I have received and for the
blessings yet to come because I know you are not done
with me yet.

In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen

TAKE 60 SECONDS and send this on quickly and within
hours, you will have caused a multitude of people to
pray to God for each other.

Then sit back and watch the power of God work in your
life for doing the thing that you know He loves.

Remain Blessed!!!

Don’t stop believing.

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I think this blog should not only include just my wishes but I want to share others’ as well. Recently I received this e-mail from my aunt and here she described her own dreams as well. (The following e-mail has been edited to protect her privacy and the people she mentioned):

” I recently enrolled in a course Introduction to Viticulture. It is something interesting to me, having to do with grape growing and possibly in the future go to winemaking so I can use my food technology background.

I might even get a manual job picking grapes or looking after grape vines or seedlings in the future. Who knows? Life is full of surprises; It is an adventure, really!

I am happy for you that some of your ‘dreams’ come to reality too. I also notice the Filipino trait of helping others specially our family and relatives. I think that is not only Filipino but universal. But sadly in some affluent societies like Australia, the idea of helping family or relatives in terms of time and money is not as prevalent. I know of Filipino family members who are ‘heroes’ in their own right, like some of our countrymen working abroad just to have money for their family at home to make both ends meet, to send their children to school and be educated so that they can live a ‘better’ life for themselves and their children. It is very touching to see it myself ( as I have seen and met some of them in Belfast) and learn of those stories from elsewhere. My niece used to tell me what she saw in Dubai, the first time she was there, and she can not help but say that those Filipinos, Indians, Pakistanis and other Asians working there, away from their families are sacrificing a lot to the point of being ‘heroes’ to their families.

I also experienced it with my parents, they literally ‘made night into day’ to have us educated and I think their dreams for their children have materialized in the sense that we, their children live in a ‘better’ circumstances, materially, than they. I can not speak for their social life as they also had a ‘life’ so to speak!

One of my dreams nowadays is to teach my grandchildren Tagalog so that they can pick up Filipinos talking our language wherever, and that they would feel joy in having a conscious identity of their Filipino heritage, a legacy I dream of leaving them. At present, I have told my son and daughter in law that when my granddaughter and I are on our own, I will only talk to her in Tagalog so that she can pick up some Pilipino words! What do you think of that dream?

I dream also of getting a paid job sometime in the future, after all these trips, and even at my age. One of these days, I dream of landing in a job that I will truly enjoy, probably only part-time, so it is not that stressful compared to other jobs I had. We can always dream, can’t we?

I read somewhere, that happiness can also be a decision; so we can decide to be happy whatever our material circumstances are, and count our blessings, without comparing ourselves with others. Life is also a personal philosophy and a choice and decision, ‘ika nga’. Whatever that means to other people, but its meaning is very clear to me, as I dream of ‘that’ choices and decisions all the time!”

I wish that my aunt’s dreams will come true as well.

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Would it be nice to have some quiet time reflecting somewhere in France, Spain or Italy in some convent or retreat house. And yes some of them charge a nominal fee between 15 to 30 euros and some even for free!
Here are some links I found:
Order of Saint Benedict (OSB)
Santo Espiritu del Monte
List of Retreat Houses and Convents in Spain

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Today is my sister’s 39th birthday. I wish her good health and may she find more free time to enjoy life and have the rest she deserves.
May her family be blessed with happiness in the years to come.

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At this moment, I am thinking that since I will be attending a conference in the UK for 3 days I suddenly thought about prolonging the trip by buying BritRail FlexPass
and travel all the way to Inverness. I found out from the Britrail site that a 4-day Flexpass anywhere in UK and Scotland costs around 203 Euros (4 days), 294 Euros (8 days).

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