Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Released. Rose. Refreshed.

60 Earth Hour? You must be asking. However, you may have seen this on advertisement and even on Facebook. Let me brief you on this event. On the 28th of March, 830pm - 930pm, we would be needed to switch off our light. OH NO! Internet? Wait, Chill, it is for a greater cause. I think that the people that came up with this is so awesome!
You are not alone!
With 35 countries around the world participating as official flagship cities and over 400 cities also supporting, Earth Hour 2008 was a major success, celebrated on all seven continents. Iconic landmarks all around the world turned off their non-essential lighting for Earth Hour which included the Empire State Building (New York City), Sears Tower (Chicago), Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco), Bank of America Plaza (Atlanta), Sydney Opera House (Sydney, Australia), Wat Arun Buddhist Temple (Bangkok, Thailand), the Colosseum (Rome, Italy), Royal Castle (Stockholm, Sweden), London's City Hall (England), Space Needle (Seattle), the CN Tower (Toronto, Canada) and SM Mall of Asia & The Giant Globe (Manila, Philippines). Why not YOU?

Okay. There was my global environment awareness tickering. haha. Anyways, I just got back from Singapore. Clean roads, clean building, organized construction and most of all GREEN everywhere. Well, 7 of us went down to First World City, Singapore. Well, at first we expected it to be relax and it being more fun, but God bring surprises, it was exhausting, tiring I could say. With all this tiredness, hyperness and looneyness seems to sip through and somehow we realize we are doing something "abnormal" and it was fun! never forgot a single bit. Life is awesome. One awesome story or illustration I would want to share with you guys that I heard and have been painted on my memories permanently.
He talked about worship to Our Lord. He pictured the Lord with a long purple robe, like a bribe with the back of the dress extending and our hearts as the door to the church. When we worship Him, we have to open the door to Him, allowing Him to enter (thats what we all do) but we somehow shut the door before the whole entire robe could enter the hall and it was caught. So yea, when the next time we are worship Him, do it all the way, don't let Him get "caught". haha.

He found himself able to hear from a high being. Amazed and trilled, he shared his thought. He said, "It's not what we are, but who we are." He illustrated the day as a tiring Monday, getting up early, moody, tired and most of all back to school. In school, lights shine brightly, eyes grow heavier, some how his foot step across the hall seems to slack more and more. However, he manage to get to his seat and not fall half way. Through out his work, he tried to keep awake, and not say I'm tired. He kept saying, "Darn, I'm tired, should have not come to school." Suddenly, a voice told him, wasn't a big shout out or a big advertisement board flashed in front of him, but a voice, saying, "This is a day the Lord has made, cherish it, for you not know tmrw may come. If you tell yourself to be happy and hyped up for school, you'll be all what you say." He gazed around, looking for the source of the voice, in a split second, guilt rush through his conscience and well, no point crying over spilled milk.

Cherish Your Day, One Life.

God bless. Greater things ahead.

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