There’s always a reason to celebrate every new month, but I always consider March as a more special month for me. :)
I won’t deny it: I love celebrating birthdays, especially mine. I’m not the type of person who hides her birthday or even her age. I don’t care about the age — it’s just a number.What I care about is celebrating a year that has passed and dreaming of the possibilities that the coming year has in store. It’s a time to look back and be thankful and look forward and be excited.
Also known as:Because I’m a sucker for dates, and leap year comes every four years.
So today is a date that comes only every four years, and because like what I said there ^, I can’t let this day pass without a blog post. Yeah, I’m shallow like that.
But anyway, leap day! This calls for a leaping picture, or a jump shot:
Taken at Bohol Beach Club, photo c/o Billy
Corny. But anyway, I obviously owe a few more entries to this, and I’m finding time to work on it soon, especially now that I am back on normal day shift. I’ll find time soon, I promise.
On another note, I have major (major) updates regarding the things I wrote in this post: I have a word and a pretty okay draft of my five year plan! :) So exciting to finally get moving on that, but it’s also very hard to really live the word I chose, especially during times that I feel anything but that word.
Lent also started last week, and it’s been very interesting so far. I’d post about what I gave up and what I decided to do. It’s challenging, but I’d like to believe there’s growth somewhere there. Especially in blurting out random nonsense online. Suffice to say that this is also stretching me to be a nicer person, and it all connects to my word for the year again. Hm, it goes full cycle — I love it.
There’s really no point in this post, except to post for the sake of posting. Four years ago, I was too busy during leap day because our team hosted an event for work. This year, I’m just at work. Doing nothing really spectacular (except maybe trying — and sometimes/often failing — to be a nicer person), except facilitating a planning later tonight. I guess this is one of the times when choosing to have an ordinary day is already special enough.
So I hope you have an extraordinary February 29, and may it make you look forward to the next leap day. :) As for me, I’m just thankful that there’s an extra day in this year for me to feel and thank God for His grace. :)
And with that, I leave you with another jump shot:
Photo taken at Alabat Island, Quezon
P.S. OMG it’s March tomorrow! Hello, favorite month! :)
It was during a sort-of impromptu meet-up with my Europe friends that it all happened. We were talking about possible missions for 2012 when we started talking about the upcoming SFC International Conference (ICON). It was about two weeks to the conference but I have long accepted that I wouldn’t be going. For one thing, I couldn’t take a leave from work. Another, I already had an event lined up for that week.
So we were talking about mission trips, right? Then they told me, “You have to be at the ICON if you want to go on a mission.”
“For real?” I asked, worried.
“Yes! You can’t go to a mission trip if you don’t go there!”
Truth be told, I didn’t really believe it. However, they were all very insistent (and I mean everyone at the table, even the ones who were still in YFC). Even if I can’t file a leave they said I can fly in on Saturday. Whatever argument I give, they have something to say back.
And I really, really wanted to go to a mission trip. Especially if it’s in Europe for this year. So if I want that, I have to go to the ICON, right?
So I finally said yes. Within a few hours, I got to register at the last minute (thanks to my two chapter heads present at the meet-up) and in less than 48 hours, I had my flight booked. At first, I didn’t even know if I would be able to afford it, especially since this was sort of an impulse trip. But like what my friend Dodge said, if the impulse was Spirit led, God will take care of it.
And take care of it He did. If you must know, I found cheap airfare and I actually spent a lot less than what I expected in the entire trip.
But let’s not get ahead.
So there. Before that week ended, it was sure: I will be attending my first SFC International Conference this year.
