Motivation | Passion | Adventure

                I like horror movies, I love the thrill of getting scared especially when the story would play in your mind, as if there is someone beside you when you are alone. But what scares me the most, not the ghost or the unknown element around us, but the monthly bills inside the envelope, or a phone call from the credit card collection company.                 I have done some research and found out some of that many people have gone through debt traps just like me, hence, the moment that they’ve discovered that they need to do something. There are many solutions out there that can resolve the debt problem, here are some: Plan – Before your pay day, plan where your money goes. List down all your bills and allocate your earnings to the things you need ex: Savings, food, transportation allowance, insurance, amortization etc...

Last weekend, we attended the CFC - Singles for Christ international Conference (SFC-ICon). I attended SFC Icon almost every year since I joined this catholic charismatic community on 2010. But this ICon is the best one I’ve attended so far.  The talk about “Losing Joy” have struck me. After I have been into challenges lately, it made me realize that it is our emotions that we put into actions that robs our joy.  Temptations and Sins -  Falling into sins takes us away from God’s graces. There were times that I felt temptations especially when I am stressed or sad.  I am addicted to over indulgence (too much eating) and over spending. I always tell myself when I am stressed out that I am entitled to eat whatever I want and shop, buy things I want. And yes I don’t use my own money, I use credit cards. And when I realize that I don’t have much money to pay my debts, it added to my stress to the point that I feel miserable and I don’t have means ...

Last night I had a chance to attend a praise night by our Catholic community CFC- Singles for Christ. There are few members of our community who shared and testified how their battles they had to go through  One girl testified about her painful experience while serving the Lord. She was a faithful servant, she serves as a member of music ministry and she always say yes to all the service.  http://www.joycejevans.com/archives/16 But her faithfulness to the Lord was tested when their family face some trials. Her mom got sick and eventually died after 8 years of battling with kidney disease. She was also fired 3 times and had to file a case against her employer. To top it off, her dad who was working abroad had an accident. She was helpless, and like most of us, question God and his will.  Since she was left with nothing plus a 6 digits debt. She just prayed to the Lord and surrendered everything to him. She let “God be God”  F...

Every new year you hear people making a list of their new years resolutions. It may be going to the gym, or eating healthy, or maybe saving up money, or doing good at work to get promoted.  To be honest, I haven’t done any New Years resolutions for my self ever. This is for the sole reason than I’m not going to follow it anyway. But if you want something to be changed in your life you have to do something. By the definition of the word “Resolution” - It’s a firm decision to do or not to do something.  I just wanted to share to you the resolutions I made for this year.  1. To keep on chasing my passion - I always knew that I am passionate about teaching. I always thought that teaching can only be done in schools, but I can also apply my passion in teaching with my colleagues at work or my friends or by blogging.  2. Exercising - this is probably one of the most difficult thing to do. I need to spend 30 minutes to and hour of walking in the first qua...

My Blog entry today might raised some eyebrows or might arise some disagreements to some of my dear readers (as if I have hahaha). Because I have to convince you that failure is good.  We always hear from people that “failure is NOT an option” and our minds are programmed to avoid failures.  Why are we scared to fail? Danger ahead - our brain is designed to react to “danger” how? By feeling scared. Most of us are scared to go to dark places because we might get robbed or we might see ghost, most of us are scared of dogs because we don’t want to get bitten. I myself is scared of travelling by boat, because what if the boat will sink? I am not a good swimmer. We feel the danger if our lives are at stake, ofcourse who wants to get hurt? Or die? Sometimes the fear or failure can equate to our feeling of “danger”. We feel don’t feel right when failure is coming hence, we do necessary things to avoid it. Most of the time we stay on the “safe side” just to avoid it....

2017 has been a tough year, but it was heck of an advenuture. I am writing this entry on the 1st day of 2018 and currently enjoying the cold December breeze reminding me that you just survived a tough 365 days of 2017, and this year, this is a time for you to get up my mat and walk! Fail repeatedly - I can still remember the first time I learned how to bike. I fell several times, had bruises and wounds before I had my first 5 pedals balancing on my own. Although the experience was darn painful, I learned how to ride a bike. 2017 I experienced failures (like what I shared in my other post), before i used to deny it and blame it to someone else, but that attitude would only give me another failure. Not realizing my own mistakes would just give me more misery and will not get me out of my suffering. Failing repeatedly means you should face your mistakes and make solutions to correct it. If you fail on your first attempt, try again, if it doesn’t work, then try and look for altern...