BIG BLEAU

BLEAU SCREEN

2009-03-16T16:37:00.000-07:00

With all our focus on a new SPIDER-MAN movie, have we actually miss that it has already been made- here's SPIDER-MAN 4?

BLEAU SCREEN

2009-03-16T16:22:00.000-07:00

EMPIRE'S First Look:
Olga Kurylenko in Centurion

What are you looking at? Do I have something on my face?

BLEAU WATERS

2009-03-12T14:09:00.000-07:00

ISAIAH 12:1-6
Songs of Praise

Have you tried worshipping God with a heavy heart? It's next to impossible. How can you worship Him when your heart and head is troubled? How can you sing praises to him if your thoughts are somewhere else?

Stop, relax and then breathe,focus your thought to what is important, then pray. Ask the Lord to help you worship Him. Whatever problem you are experiencing bring it to the Lord, put your faith in Him and believe that everything will turn out according to His wonderful plan. You have to know that your God is bigger than any problem that you will encounter. Ask also for forgiveness if you believe that your relationship is strained because of a fault that you have done, ask it sincerely and He will accept it and forget about it.

There is nothing better in this world than being able to worship the Lord with all your heart, body and spirit. We are designed to worship Him and to praise Him.

Isaiah 12:1-6
1 You will say in that day: "I will give thanks to you, O LORD, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, that you might comfort me.
2 "Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation."
3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
4 And you will say in that day: "Give thanks to the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted.
5 "Sing praises to the LORD, for he has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the earth.
6 Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel."

BLEAUWORLDS

2009-03-11T14:28:00.000-07:00

So when Tony Stark is away who lives in his house?

A bunch of homeless guys...

... well actually the guy in bleau is Jon Favreau, the Director(the other guy might really be homless) and this is the first pic from the set of IRON MAN II

BLEAU WATERS

2009-03-11T13:46:00.000-07:00

ISAIAH 11:1-16

The Branch From Jesse

Let us be optimistic, be hopeful that something good will come out of our pains today. I've done my fair share of faults in my life, and I'm thinking because of those wrong things I've done I might be suffering now the consequences, but what I need is only to endure it because God will not give me something I can not bear. Because as the addage saysthere's a rainbow after the storm (Noah could attest to that).

Do not live in your past "glory days" -It is not bad to look at the past for inspiration, to look back for fond memories but living in it is not helpful, it prevents us in looking forward, in striving to have a better future. Past achievements inspires us, past mistakes educates us, these are tools for us to use in moving ahead. We have to believe that the future has something greater to offer.

The Lord always has wonderful plans for our lives, all we have to do is claim it, and place our trust in Him. Even though at times it seems that we are stuck in a corner but have faith that our God do miracles. Have faith on His love for us, and that he will never leave us nor forsake us. Let us be thankful for whatever happens to us or whatever situation we find ourselves in, because from the start God has already foreseen it.

Isaiah 11:1-16

1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.

2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.

3 And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear,

4 but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.

5 Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.

6 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them.

7 The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

8 The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.

9 They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.

10 In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples--of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.

11 In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.

12 He will raise a signal for the nations and will assemble the banished of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

13 The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart, and those who harass Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.

14 But they shall swoop down on the shoulder of the Philistines in the west, and together they shall plunder the people of the east. They shall put out their hand against Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites shall obey them.

15 And the LORD will utterly destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt, and will wave his hand over the River with his scorching breath, and strike it into seven channels, and he will lead people across in sandals.

16 And there will be a highway from Assyria for the remnant that remains of his people, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.

BLEAUGRIN

2009-03-10T22:05:00.000-07:00

Have you found yourself at times sitting on a chair, with a blank stare in your face, and you can't remember how you get there and what you were suppose to do... Yup! you have a bad case of blogger's block, you don't have any idea what to write in your new post. That's me right now.

BLEAUS VUES

2009-03-10T17:29:00.001-07:00

HAHAHA! HAHA! HAHA! Finally did this expandable post thingie tnx to the [Blog Doctor].

BLEAU WATERS

2009-03-10T13:15:00.000-07:00

ISAIAH 10:20-34

The Remnant of Israel

It is usually at those times in the lowest ebbs of our lives do we call upon the Lord. When we have exhausted all the means we know, all the resources we had, only during this time is when we ask for God's help. God should not be our last resort, He should be a part of our every action and of our every decision.

That's why I admire this cousin of mine, that in every aspect and facet of his life he includes the Lord. When he watches TV, when he shoot every ball in the basket, when he feeds the dog, when he start and ends a conversation, God is a part of it all. I don't think its overdoing it, if my God is Omnipotent(all powerful), then I don't think He'd mind if I include him in everything I do. There's no such thing as trivial to Him. It's better to stay always in His presence, than to be there only when you have problems.

Isaiah 10:20-34

20 In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean on him who struck them, but will lean on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

21 A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.

22 For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.

23 For the Lord GOD of hosts will make a full end, as decreed, in the midst of all the earth.

24 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: "O my people, who dwell in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrians when they strike with the rod and lift up their staff against you as the Egyptians did.

25 For in a very little while my fury will come to an end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction.

26 And the LORD of hosts will wield against them a whip, as when he struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. And his staff will be over the sea, and he will lift it as he did in Egypt.

27 And in that day his burden will depart from your shoulder, and his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat."

28 He has come to Aiath; he has passed through Migron; at Michmash he stores his baggage;

29 they have crossed over the pass; at Geba they lodge for the night; Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul has fled.

30 Cry aloud, O daughter of Gallim! Give attention, O Laishah! O poor Anathoth!

31 Madmenah is in flight; the inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.

32 This very day he will halt at Nob; he will shake his fist at the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

33 Behold, the Lord GOD of hosts will lop the boughs with terrifying power; the great in height will be hewn down, and the lofty will be brought low.

34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an axe, and Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One.

BLEAUWORLDS

2009-03-10T02:07:00.000-07:00

How many of these Superheroes can you name?

[click picture to enlarge]

BLEAULINES

2009-03-10T01:59:00.000-07:00

"Life is about constant change... much like how you manage your bleaug!"

BLEAUGRIN

2009-03-09T23:50:00.001-07:00

TRUE STORY

I was busy in our upcoming recognition program, I was typing in the names of the awardees on the ribbon. Then I happened across something serendipitous (I hope there is such a word), one of the awards was MOST WELL-GROOMED and the actual family name I wrote in there is SUPERFICIAL.... (Mmm... Whoah! channeling Keanu's Bill if he were in the Matrix)

THE ARTS

2009-03-09T20:11:00.001-07:00

INFORMATION

2009-03-09T20:08:00.000-07:00

ENTERTAINMENT

2009-03-09T20:07:00.000-07:00

WRITE UPS

2009-03-09T20:06:00.000-07:00

BLEAU SCREEN

2009-03-09T19:34:00.000-07:00

New pic of

JAKE GYLENHAAL

as Prince Dastan the titular Prince of Persia in the new Disney Flick based on that popular video game franchise.

Movies based on video games never had a good track record in hollywood so could this be the one that breaks that streak. Considering this is produced by Bruckheimer, here's hoping that this is the new "Pirates".

Jake: WHAT! This was based on a video game... the producers did not told me that.

Tsk... tsk... PRINCE OF PRESSURE

2009-03-09T14:35:00.000-07:00

BLEAU WATERS

ISAIAH 9:8-21, 10:1-4

The Lord's Anger Against Israel

I'm thinking of a moment in my life when I felt God was angry with me. I can't really think of such a moment, I've never really seen my God as an angry God, He was always

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BLEAU TUBE

WOLBERINE

This is funny watch it! or else snikt! snikt!

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BLEAULINES

2009-03-09T14:32:00.000-07:00

"Life is all about trial and error... just like blogging"

BLEAU WATERS

2009-03-09T13:18:00.000-07:00

ISAIAH 10:5-19

God's Judgement on Assyria

Has God struck you down because of your pride? I am not sure if pride itself is wrong? Maybe it's like everything else, too much of it is bad for you but a little of it might just be ok. Because having no pride at all, will cause you no self-esteem, you become a rag doll that everyone would kick around. Maybe your pride comes in knowing that you are a servant of the Lord. The problem with pride is the more you succeed the more you account it in your own capabilities and forget that it is God who had provided you with those abilities. We have to remember that without God we are nothing.

So check our hearts often, I know it's nice to hear when people praise you but learn to keep your head straight and acknowledge that it is through God you were able to do what you are able to do.

Isaiah 10:5-19

5 Ah, Assyria, the rod of my anger; the staff in their hands is my fury!

6 Against a godless nation I send him, and against the people of my wrath I command him, to take spoil and seize plunder, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

7 But he does not so intend, and his heart does not so think; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few;

8 for he says: "Are not my commanders all kings?

9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?

10 As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols, whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and her idols as I have done to Samaria and her images?"

12 When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes.

13 For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding; I remove the boundaries of peoples, and plunder their treasures; like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.

14 My hand has found like a nest the wealth of the peoples; and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken, so I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved a wing or opened the mouth or chirped."

15 Shall the axe boast over him who hews with it, or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield him who lifts it, or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!

16 Therefore the Lord GOD of hosts will send wasting sickness among his stout warriors, and under his glory a burning will be kindled, like the burning of fire.

17 The light of Israel will become a fire, and his Holy One a flame, and it will burn and devour his thorns and briers in one day.

18 The glory of his forest and of his fruitful land the LORD will destroy, both soul and body, and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.

19 The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write them down.

BLEAUTTERS

2009-03-09T05:45:00.000-07:00

From CNN HEROES

CAVITE CITY, Philippines (CNN) -- At 16, Rhandolf Fajardo reflects on his former life as a gang member.Efren Peñaflorida's Dynamic Teen Company offers Filipino youth an alternative to gangs through education."My gang mates were the most influential thing in my life," says Fajardo, who joined a gang when he was in sixth grade. "We were pressured to join."He's not alone. In the Philippines, teenage membership in urban gangs has surged to an estimated 130,000 in the past 10 years, according to the Preda Foundation, a local human rights charity."I thought I'd get stuck in that situation and that my life would never improve," recalls Fajardo. "I would probably be in jail right now, most likely a drug addict -- if I hadn't met Efren."Efren Peñaflorida, 28, also was bullied by gangsin high school. Today, he offers Filipino youth an alternative to gang membership through education.

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ABOUT EFREN'S DYNAMIC TEEN COMPANY

Dynamic Teen Company (DTC) is a group of concerned young people with a mission of making a small yet significant difference in other people’s lives, particularly the small children in slum areas who have no access to education, basic hygiene and sometimes, even love from their families. The group was founded in August 1997 by four teenagers from Cavite National High School. The initial group made up of around 20 members started as a friendship club which aimed to divert the attention of students from joining violent gangs and notorious fraternities that were thriving on the campus. Their major platform then was to cater youth awareness projects, talent and self development activities, and community services. Today, the group holds different activities to address these issues.

BLEAUBERRY

2009-03-09T01:23:00.000-07:00

ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING BLEAU

A BLEAU padlock (I told you anything BLEAU...)

A BLEAU sign

(I can't shake the feeling that there's something wrong...

but at the same time the notice seems to be appropriate)

BLEAU Vandalism

(and would you believe that's a guard house...

really a vandalism on a guard house... sheesh?!?!?)

Well not really BLEAU but I just wanted to take a picture of Iloilo's famous BELFRY

(Which some pronounce like something of a piniritong kampana)

To check the correct pronunciation you can check it [here]

K till next time! same BLEAU time same BLEAU channel!

BLEAU ICONS

2009-03-09T00:13:00.000-07:00

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BLEAU & GEULD

2009-03-08T23:57:00.000-07:00

A DECENT PROPOSAL

Have you received any emails that says you've won ridiculously large amount of money. There are times that I wish they were true, sadly no luck. I've replied to some of them, but they always ask that I send them some money first before they could release my prize. I ask if they could send my prize ahead then gladly pay them half of my winning money... crickets... no reply.

I'm thinking what if I could make those true, just randomly giving out money thru the internet, will somebody believe me? I'm not saying that I'm doing it now because that would just be ridiculous on my part, because I can not give what I do not have. Though someday I might, if this earning online does pay-off, I might just give back to the community who made it happen. I'm not saying that I'll give off millions, again that would just be ridiculous, but a $100 now and then wouldn't hurt right. Everywhere there is a Western Union, all I need is your name and location then you can receive it, no need to look for me again, no need to contact me again, that's it. Just post your name and contact information in any of my post's comment box, then who knows I might make good this proposition. No promises yet... I have to earn first before I could share any blessings.

-A Wouldbe Online Samaritan

BLEAUMERS

2009-03-08T20:18:00.000-07:00

[Received from my email]

Binhi sang Pagtuo

March 9, 2009

Dear Centralians and Friends,

Greetings from the Chaplain’s Office!

Our reflection for this week comes from Nehemiah 2:11-20.

This is the story of Nehemiah who traveled from Persia to Jerusalem with the mission to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

“Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates have been burned with fire.” This was the situation of Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity.

Before Nehemiah started his work, he inspected and experienced first hand the situation of Jerusalem. While others were sleeping, he went around investigating the needed repairs. He also prayed and listened to God.

If we survey our national situation now, we can also find that we are in crisis. Morgan Stanley, a respected financial institution reported that the money lost in graft and corruption in the Philippines from 1965 to 2001 amounts to $204 billion or about P12 trillion. Last 2004, Teodoro Benigno reported that we lose P230 billion each year to government graft and corruption. Transparency International reported that we are the 3rd most corrupt country in Asia and number 11 in the world on 2004. Last January 2005, we got a higher rating. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Standard and Poor agency reported that the Philippines was the number 2 most corrupt country in the whole world, second only to Bangladesh. With that kind of development, Philippine Inquirer reported that our country became the number 1 most corrupt country last 2007. A week ago, Sen. Jovito Salonga recently filed an impeachment case against the head of the ombudsman office.

Nehemiah explained to the people the situation, and then inspired them to do their part. He organized the people and gave them hope. An acrostic of HOPE developed by Nestor Bunda says, “Help Organize People Everywhere.” Like Nehemiah, it is our duty to make the people aware on what is happening around us, and what kind of reforms is needed.

The people that worked with Nehemiah were not particularly gifted for construction work. There were no architects, engineers, or city planners. Those involved were the high priest and priests, goldsmiths and perfume-makers, rulers and their daughters, temple servants and merchants. God gave them success, and the walls of Jerusalem were rebuilt.

The message of Nehemiah for us is: “Let us rise up and build.” Are you willing to join in the effort of rebuilding our nation?

May God continually bless us all.

Sincerely,

Pastor Francis Neil G. Jalando-on

BLEAU WATERS

2009-03-08T13:42:00.000-07:00

ISAIAH 9:8-21, 10:1-4

The Lord's Anger Against Israel

I'm thinking of a moment in my life when I felt God was angry with me. I can't really think of such a moment, I've never really seen my God as an angry God, He was always compassionate, He was a friend, and the nearest to anger I think that He'd feel about me I guess was disappointed. And in this time of disapppointment I would feel His presence far from me. Though the truth will be, me far from Him and not the other way around.

I perceived Him as a God who teach us lessons, when all things seems to go wrong, It's just God getting our attention letting us know that we could ask help from Him. When we are feeling(like me right now with this stubborn cold) It's just Him letting us know that we could come to Him and ask for healing and strength(I guess that's Him being jealous, He always wants our attention - the more we forget the stronger the volume of His voice). So, in every moment and aspect of our lives we should consider God, ask for His guidance because of all this He knows, and again He has wonderful plans for us. All we really need is to trust in Him.

Isaiah 9:8-10:4

8 The Lord has sent a word against Jacob, and it will fall on Israel;

9 and all the people will know, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:

10 "The bricks have fallen, but we will build with dressed stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place."

11 But the LORD raises the adversaries of Rezin against him, and stirs up his enemies.

12 The Syrians on the east and the Philistines on the west devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.

13 The people did not turn to him who struck them, nor inquire of the LORD of hosts.

14 So the LORD cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed in one day--

15 the elder and honored man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail;

16 for those who guide this people have been leading them astray, and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.

17 Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over their young men, and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is godless and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.

18 For wickedness burns like a fire; it consumes briers and thorns; it kindles the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.

19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts the land is scorched, and the people are like fuel for the fire; no one spares another.

20 They slice meat on the right, but are still hungry, and they devour on the left, but are not satisfied; each devours the flesh of his own arm,

21 Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim devours Manasseh; together they are against Judah. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.

1 Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression,

2 to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

3 What will you do on the day of punishment, in the ruin that will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?

4 Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.

BLEAU WATERS

2009-03-07T12:45:00.000-08:00

ISAIAH 9:1-7

To Us a Child Is Born

This is a message about hope. Hope that something good will happen, to something that has been devastated. Out of the ashes or the ruins a bright future. Hope is very important, it is what keeps us going, it is what prevents us from giving in to all this pains and hardships that this world has to offer. We have to believe that there is a wonderful plan for us. That though we could not see it, that though our problems right now tends to cloud our vision and crashes our spirit we must not forget that Jesus is with us. That out of a devastated nation he was born, much like where we are right now. It means that all is not lost, that there will always be hope, hold on to it and never lose sight of it.

Isaiah 9:1-7

1 But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined.

3 You have multiplied the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil.

4 For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.

5 For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.

6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.

BLEAUTUBE

2009-03-06T20:45:00.001-08:00

WOLBERINE

This is funny watch it! or else snikt! snikt!

BLEAURT OUT

2009-03-06T18:33:00.000-08:00

GAMBIT PHOTOEDIT

(think of a caption)

Cue Michael Jackson music:

You know I'm bad... I'm bad...

mumble about something something...

who's bad?!

BLEAU & GEULD

2009-03-06T16:10:00.000-08:00

PINOY MONEY TALK CONTEST

[original post here]

PinoyMoneyTalk.com is celebrating its 4th Year this entire month of March!

To celebrate this momentous occasion, we are giving away a total of P8,000 cash to four lucky PMT members. The grand prize winner will get P4,000; the 2nd prize winner will get P2,000; while two random posters will get P1,000 each.

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BLEAU WATERS

2009-03-06T12:50:00.000-08:00

ISAIAH 8:11-22

Fear God

"Do not call conspiracy everything that these people call conspiracy, do not fear what they fear... "

Huh! I guess that sums it up, He does know how to talk to me and deliver a message. I have always been easily swayed, and had followed what the thoughts of the majority is. I have always been a follower of the popular choice, and avoided the undesirables. But now God is telling me this, do not call conspiracy everything that these people call conspiracy, do not fear what they fear. For someone who has a hard time forming his own opinion these statements will be difficult to follow.

God always put us in situations outside our comfort zone(hmmm... seems like he doesn't want us to be comfortable) because He wants us to trust in Him and put all our faith in Him. If we are comfortable, we forget who He is... so I guess it's okay for Him for us to be a little "pissed"(pardon the term but just honest opinion) at Him, irritated some times as long as we remember Him, because only in remembering Him could we ask help from Him.

Hence it's true that we don't need to fear whatever comes our way in this life from this world, and only fear God, who if you really think about it is the only one who really matters.

Isaiah 8:11-22

11 For the LORD spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:

12 "Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread.

13 But the LORD of hosts, him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

14 And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

15 And many shall stumble on it. They shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken."

16 Bind up the testimony; seal the teaching among my disciples.

17 I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.

18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

19 And when they say to you, "Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter," should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?

20 To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.

21 They will pass through the land, greatly distressed and hungry. And when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will speak contemptuously against their king and their God, and turn their faces upward.

22 And they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish. And they will be thrust into thick darkness.

BLEAUTUBE

2009-03-06T03:08:00.001-08:00

FRANCIS M.

1964 - 2009

He is... He was...

This was a song of my generation...

I just found the real name for my superhero, Tanod... KIKO!

Francis a tribute for you!

BLEAUPRINT

2009-03-05T22:59:00.000-08:00

FREE PHOTOEDITING

I'm thinking of doing some free photoediting... it will just depend if I have the time... and passion to do it hehehe.

If you're interested just post here your email address so that I could contact you. Also upload your picture and the picture you want me to edit it into, then send me the address of those files thru my email tnx.

And one more thing if I do edit your picture, that means you will allow me to post it here... bwahahaha that's non-negotiable. I guess that would be your payment. Sweet deal huh! I'll do all the work and you'll have a goodlooking picture (I guess).

Samples:

Ako ay may lobo...

Pareng Parker at Mareng Jane

Da nems... Bo... Jim Bo!

BULAGA!!!

BLUELAGA!!!

FEELING BLEAU

2009-03-05T21:40:00.000-08:00

Oooops! Cancel that last post, just checked in clickthecity.com and it's still not showing here. That's a bit of a relief (only a little bit because I know that somewhere else it is being played.... argh!) . I wannabe Dr. Manhattan and can be anywhere at once! (hmmm just not blue and bald... cancel that I'm okay with being Bleau I suppose and bald [well because I'm kind of bald] ) Come to think of it Dr. Manhattan does look like me.

FEELING BLEAU

2009-03-05T21:32:00.000-08:00

AAAAAAAHHHHH! This must be the most miserable day in my life... I'm stuck here in the office and knowing that somewhere out there Watchmen is being played in the cinemas.... This is so frustrating!!!! Usually I am the first one in line for this kind of movies, dadmammit! My wings have been clipped, I am now officially part of the system.... arrgh! Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

BLEAUWORLDS

2009-03-05T17:15:00.000-08:00

WOLVERINE's CREW

[Original Post from USATODAY]

WOLVERINE

Never... never... touch my hair!

SABRETOOTH

One word: manicure.

SILVER FOX

I'm hot.

GAMBIT

I'm cool.

DEADPOOL

I'm cooler!

KESTREL

Coolest?

BLEAU LINES

2009-03-05T16:44:00.000-08:00

"What if your bleaug has only 1 visitor... and it's from Australia, who might that be?"

BLEAU WATERS

2009-03-05T13:21:00.000-08:00

ISAIAH 8:1-10

Assyria, the Lord's instrument

Good morning Lord, I don't think I'll be making any sense today. I just really want to release what's in my mind. I have planned to write my thoughts yesterday but somehow I am not able to compose it, so today even though my thinking is a bit scattered I'll try. I was to write about how miserable I'm feeling, how difficult life is right now, that even how much I try to better my state It just feel like its getting worse, like I'm in quicksand the more I struggle to get free the deeper I get in.

I've always been careful with my words, chosen them carefully so not to offend those around me. Now I'm having problems because I feel that I am not being true to myself, and not know how to properly express my feelings. Often times it is more out of fear on how people will perceive me, I created this image of myself that I'm having a hard time to escape out.

Just this time I want to be honest with how I feel, I don't think there is really someone out there who keep tabs of what I right, so I guess this will be fine. What I'm going to write is true for this moment, but like everything else it could be swayed another time. Again this is to air out what I feel, hmmm... on second thought I rather not... I'm feeling better right now... it doesn't really matter anymore. That feeling is slowly diminishing... =)... it has been swayed.

About the reflection I had on the passage, mmm... I think you just have to have your own I'll post the verses below. [I wrote something funny here but it was deleted... isipin mo na lang na nakakatawa]. I just ended it with Immanuel - God with us. So whatever problems we face God is with us.

Isaiah 8:1-10

1 Then the LORD said to me, "Take a large tablet and write on it in common characters, 'Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz.'

2 And I will get reliable witnesses, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah, to attest for me."

3 And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the LORD said to me, "Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz;

4 for before the boy knows how to cry 'My father' or 'My mother,' the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria."

5 The LORD spoke to me again:

6 "Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah that flow gently, and rejoice over Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

7 therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks,

8 and it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, reaching even to the neck, and its outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel."

9 Be broken, you peoples, and be shattered; give ear, all you far countries; strap on your armor and be shattered; strap on your armor and be shattered.

10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; speak a word, but it will not stand, for God is with us.

BLEAU WATERS

2009-03-04T12:20:00.000-08:00

ISAIAH 7:1-25

The Sign of Immanuel

Well a lot of us is familiar with this story of Isaiah's prophecy of Jesus' birth, in his prophecy he said that the "virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel." we all know that that came true. That is the beginning of our salvation, the beginning of our new life.

I want to talk about another sign of Immanuel, its not biblical so you would not find this on the scriptures. I have an uncle who is a painter, and he is very good in doing it, and actually have travelled around the world to have his one-man shows. Recently he visited us here in Iloilo(to those unfamiliar where this is you could google it), we only had a short time to talk because he was a bit busy. In our short conversation what left a mark to me is his message about living life to the fullest, because in doing so you are actually praising the Lord. I admire, sorry for the term but I also envy him, because it seems that he is able to do what he aspires to do and in the process enjoy it as well. Life is not suppose to be about work, and work is not suppose to be miserable. I am still praying for my calling, I am still not sure if its staying here or I am bound for somewhere else, but it is my obligation to the Lord to live this life to the fullest. And about that other sign of Immanuel, it's Garibay, that is what my uncle signs in his painting, his family name (mine also) and my Uncle's name is Manny short for Immanuel.

Isaiah 7:1-25

1 In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah the king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not yet mount an attack against it.

2 When the house of David was told, "Syria is in league with Ephraim," the heart of Ahaz and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.

3 And the LORD said to Isaiah, "Go out to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-jashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer's Field.

4 And say to him, 'Be careful, be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and the son of Remaliah.

5 Because Syria, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying,

6 "Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and let us conquer it for ourselves, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,"

7 thus says the Lord GOD: "'It shall not stand, and it shall not come to pass.

8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. And within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered from being a people.

9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you are not firm in faith, you will not be firm at all.'"

10 Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz,

11 "Ask a sign of the LORD your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven."

12 But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, and I will not put the LORD to the test."

13 And he said, "Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also?

14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

15 He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.

16 For before the boy knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be deserted.

17 The LORD will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father's house such days as have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah--the king of Assyria."

18 In that day the LORD will whistle for the fly that is at the end of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

19 And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines, and in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes, and on all the pastures.

20 In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired beyond the River--with the king of Assyria--the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.

21 In that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep,

22 and because of the abundance of milk that they give, he will eat curds, for everyone who is left in the land will eat curds and honey.

23 In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels of silver, will become briers and thorns.

24 With bow and arrows a man will come there, for all the land will be briers and thorns.

25 And as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear of briers and thorns, but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.

BLEAUWORLDS

2009-03-04T00:17:00.000-08:00

TEASER TRAILER

For the upcoming Green Lantern Animated Movie

Here's me just hoping that I'll be able to watch the movie... I still haven't watched Justice League New Frontier(which is part of the series of animated films by Warners and DC) because for some reason It hasn't reach our shores yet. I'm feeling that I'm in a desolate island.

Green Lantern: First Flight - Behind the Scenes

BLEAU WATERS

2009-03-03T12:40:00.000-08:00

ISAIAH 6:1-13

Isaiah's Commision

I'll call this passage as Isaiah's Vision and Mission, I have to wonder if the Seraphs that Isaiah saw were real or was it from a dream. What would your reaction be if you've seen such creatures, an entity with 3 pairs of wings, never seeing their face nor their feet which is covered by the 2 pairs of wings then flying with only one pair. Will you be scared or will you be at awe?

Isaiah's reaction was - woe... not Keanu's whoah!(which is something of an amazement) but woe, something that we talked about yesterday which is about grief and sadness. This is what Isaiah felt because he knew that he was not worthy to see such majestic beings, messengers of God. He knew of his shortcomings, he knew about his imperfections, the uncleaness of his lips and the uncleaness of the society he is in. He humbled himself because he no longer can hide all the wickedness in the presence of the Lord, and because he acknowledge this the Lord stripped away his sins and his guilt. Here's a simple truth that we often forget, because sometimes instead of asking for forgiveness for the sins we have committed, we tend to cover it up with another sin, and it will come to a point that our sins piles up a mountain high and we no longer know what to do. When humility would have cleansed it the first time around. Sins are heavy, they need to be heavy because if you can't feel the weight you will never be able to fall down in your knees to ask forgivess for them.

After Isaiah's cleansing was the call to service. When God called, Isaiah did not hesitate, he volunteered. Even if what God wanted Isaiah to tell the people was unpopular. This is I think what we would struggle in, please the people let them hear only what they want to hear or please God and tell the people what they need to hear. This should be an easy choice, God should always trump everything else...

Isaiah 6:1-13

1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple.

2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

3 And one called to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!"

4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.

5 And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!"

6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.

7 And he touched my mouth and said: "Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for."

8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me."

9 And he said, "Go, and say to this people: "'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.'

10 Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed."

11 Then I said, "How long, O Lord?" And he said: "Until cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without people, and the land is a desolate waste,

12 and the LORD removes people far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.

13 And though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump remains when it is felled." The holy seed is its stump.

BLEAULINES

2009-03-02T18:59:00.001-08:00

"When I grow up I'm going to invent the BLEAUg BLEAUg."

"What's a BLEAUg BLEAUg?"

"Just wait and see..."

BLEAULINES

2009-03-02T18:00:00.000-08:00

"When life is routine... [write what you think needs to be done next?]"

BLEAU WATERS

2009-03-02T12:47:00.000-08:00

ISAIAH 5:8-30

Woes and Judgements

Had to look up woe at the wiktionary just to be sure and it means grief, sorrow, misery, or heavy calamity - nice very uplifting huh? It just seems odd or might I say appropriate that what is stated above reflects what I am feeling right now [well maybe not heavy calamity but the other three sounds just about right]. I'm just not sure why I feel so depressed, I'm having this bad mood swings lately and this is me just being concerned. I guess that is why God is there to lend me a hand on these situations or pick me up when I'm facing down on the ground and barely able to stand up again.

God really does have His way in talking to us, when I started this devotional I was not able to understand or relate the passages to my life, to what I see around me, but lately it seems it's becoming clearer and the messages starts to hit home -Big Time. I may not have exactly done those things that the scripture have stated but it still feels like it was for me, these are the truths real to me and real to the world around me. What was relevant then is still relevant even until this day. The past few posts, the past few chapters stirs a lot of question about my life, how I should live it, how I should spend it, and the questions just keeps on pouring in and I don't have any answers... yet.

Isaiah 5:8-30

8 Woe to those who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is no more room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land.

9 The LORD of hosts has sworn in my hearing: "Surely many houses shall be desolate, large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.

10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah."

11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink, who tarry late into the evening as wine inflames them!

12 They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts, but they do not regard the deeds of the LORD, or see the work of his hands.

13 Therefore my people go into exile for lack of knowledge; their honored men go hungry, and their multitude is parched with thirst.

14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure, and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude will go down, her revelers and he who exults in her.

15 Man is humbled, and each one is brought low, and the eyes of the haughty are brought low.

16 But the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice, and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.

17 Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture, and nomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.

18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin as with cart ropes,

19 who say: "Let him be quick, let him speed his work that we may see it; let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near, and let it come, that we may know it!"

20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!

22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine, and valiant men in mixing strong drink,

23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!

24 Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root will be as rottenness, and their blossom go up like dust; for they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

25 Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people, and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them, and the mountains quaked; and their corpses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.

26 He will raise a signal for nations far away, and whistle for them from the ends of the earth; and behold, quickly, speedily they come!

27 None is weary, none stumbles, none slumbers or sleeps, not a waistband is loose, not a sandal strap broken;

28 their arrows are sharp, all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs seem like flint, and their wheels like the whirlwind.

29 Their roaring is like a lion, like young lions they roar; they growl and seize their prey; they carry it off, and none can rescue.

30 They will growl over it on that day, like the growling of the sea. And if one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress; and the light is darkened by its clouds.

FEELING BLEAU

2009-03-01T23:50:00.000-08:00

I am overwhelmed and I do not know what to do... I'm in a verge of a nervous breakdown. AAAAHHHHH..... AAAAHHHH.... AHHHHHH... mmm... not yet.

BLEAUPRINT

2009-03-01T22:07:00.000-08:00

ARTIST: ABIOGENESIS

SPECIALTY: ALIEN LIFE

The Shadow of the Sun by ~Abiogenisis on deviant ART

This guy's art is amazing, seeing some of his pieces its not hard to believe that life could exist in the vast cosmos. I'm not even sure if these are just from his imagination because its very detailed, I think he's actually friends with E.T. :).

To see more of his fantastic work visit his gallery - click [link]

BLEAUPRINT

2009-03-01T22:03:00.000-08:00

ARTIST: GAMMA KNIGHT

SPECIALTY: PINOY SUPERHEROES

LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD HEROES by ~gammaknight on deviant ART

An artist who I have a big respect for, someone who makes comic book matters. A person who inspires me not only in drawing but also in my heritage. A great pinoy artist and a hardworking one, a stalwart of the industry. A superhero in his own right and who I feel is a worthy succesor to Ravelo, he is the Winter Soldier to Mars' Captain America.

To visit his gallery click [link]

Mabuhay PINOY COMICS!

BLEAUPRINT

2009-03-01T21:58:00.001-08:00

ARTIST: YUMI

SPECIALTY: EWAN?!?!

A painting by my sister(Yuhum Garibay)

You know you're getting old when your younger sister paints like this and realize she's not that young anymore also..

BLEAUPRINT

2009-03-01T21:52:00.000-08:00

ARTIST: LORD MESA

Specialty: Supercuties

Lil Green Lantern Corp by ~lordmesa on deviant ART

Admit it you're smiling. Badass superheroes who could save the universe but can still remain cute and cuddly is Lord Mesa's specialty. I tried this style once but I'm light years away from the master. You're still smiling - yes they are that cute.

If you want to see more cuteness visit Lord Mesa's gallery, click [link]

BLEAUMERS

2009-03-01T18:43:00.000-08:00

RECEIVED THIS FROM MY EMAIL

just thought about sharing it with you.

[credit goes to the one who wrote it]

Binhi sang Pagtuo

March 2, 2009

Dear Centralians and Friends,

Greetings from the Chaplain’s Office!

Our reflection for this week comes from John 17 – the prayer of Jesus.

Christendom has already started celebrating the Lenten Season. Last February 25 was Ash Wednesday – it coincided with the commemoration of the People Power Revolution. 40 days after that will be Easter Sunday, and another 40 days will bring us to the Day of Pentecost.

What is the meaning of Lenten Season for us? We will reflect on this question in the light of the prayer of Jesus. Probably, this prayer was uttered by Jesus after the Last Supper. Jesus prayed aloud. This prayer was very memorable to the disciples – the reason why it was recorded by John in his Gospel account.

Three things to ponder:

First, Lenten Season reminds us that we are physically in this world, but our ways are not dictated by the systems of this world. Jesus prayed, “I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.”

Lenten Season is a time to repent. That’s why we can see a lot of penitents. May it be a time, not to dwell on rituals, but on the real meaning of the rituals – to repent from our worldly ways, and go back to the ways of Jesus. If the world always says, “what’s in there for me?”, a Christian asks, “how can I be of service?”

Second, Lenten Season reminds us that we are sanctified by God through Jesus Christ. Jesus prayed, “And I give myself as a holy sacrifice for them so they can be made holy by your truth.”

We cannot afford to be lukewarm Christians – God will spit us out. Christ died for us. Why would Christ die for us if we are “good for nothing”? All of us are “good for something.” We must take our being a Christian very seriously.

Third, Lenten Season reminds us that it is imperative that we must be united. Jesus prayed, “I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one – as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.”

Have you ever pondered what you put in your bio-data in religion? I usually put “Baptist” in mine. Recently I started answering “Christianity.” Oftentimes, we prioritize our being a “Baptist” or a “Roman Catholic” than for our being a Christian.

We can remember the first century quarrel of Christians. Some of them say, “I am for Apollos,” “I am for Cephas,” and others “I am for Paul.” Is Christ’s body divided?

Our witness, our testimony is hindered because of our divisions. Let us remember that Jesus sincerely prayed for our unity.

May God continually bless us all!

Sincerely,

Pastor Francis Neil G. Jalando-on

BLEAUTUBE

2009-03-01T18:24:00.000-08:00

CEW YOUTUBE VIDEOS

Just visited YouTube and try to find some Elementary School videos and post it here.

Enjoy!

DEEPBLEAU

2009-03-01T18:11:00.000-08:00

MAGIC PEN

Fun game allows you to use the two hemisphere of your brain. Try it!

PLAY Magic Pen

Diggy Games

BLEAU WATERS

2009-03-01T12:53:00.000-08:00

ISAIAH5:1-7

The Song of the Vineyard

The passage started with something like a Disney musical - "I will sing for the one I love". Image of Snow White on the well singing to the forest animals comes to mind. But the similarity ends there, and what is striking to me is the question that comes afterward. The Lord have chosen fine land to plant his grapes but why does it bear bad fruit?

God has given us everything, He has provided us with what we needed, He protected us from any harm, sheltered us from the storms, He was always there, He never had forsaken us but why do we still depart from Him? Yes, at time it feels that He is so far away from us, it feels like we are fighting for this life alone, and having everything that we pursue turn to dust - is it a correct conclusion to say that in all these He was not there, or we have just trained ourselves to ignore His presence. When we succeed it is only "our" victory (like the Lord never existed) but when failure, trials and hardship comes God now exists as somebody we would blame.

Why does it have to be like that? Why do we still turn out bad when the one who created us is good. Why? I guess that is a question that all of us must answer for each of ourselves.

Isa 5:1-7

1 Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

2 He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; and he looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.

3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.

4 What more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes?

5 And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.

6 I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns shall grow up; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!

BLEAULINES

2009-03-01T08:52:00.000-08:00

"Some great ideas comes at night when you are about to sleep... now you know why I'm always tired."

FEELING BLEAU

2009-02-28T15:33:00.000-08:00

I might have to stop bleaugging for awhile, I have to finish a lot of things at work. Don't be sad, I know that there's 1 or 2 of you out there who reads my bleaug hehehe, but I'm hoping to continue to post my devotionals for 1 of you who happens to read about 2 or 3 sentences of it, then continue on to Wimbledon.com perhaps hehehe.

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Questions? e-mail me at sgaribay_cpu@yahoo.com

BLEAUGRIN

2009-02-28T15:06:00.001-08:00

TRUE STORY

Funny thing happened to me yesterday(well in my part it's funny), to those who's not in the know I'm a teacher and I have a wife who went back to school to study HRM(Hotel and Restaurant Management). This story happened yesterday before Em(my wife) and me watched Marley and Me[here's my review of that movie]. Though before we were in the cinema I was in school, in a computer literacy program, studying about micorsoft front page. I met a lot of new co-faculty from different departments in that program, and had some short conversations with some of them.

When the class was finished me and my wife(who was still wearing her uniform in her NSTP class) decided to watch a movie. As we were walking in the mall, we happened to pass by one of the new co-teachers I met. Of course he new that I'm a teacher, now he is seeing me holding hands with this girl who is in a school uniform, who he doesn't know is my wife. Poor guy he didn't know how to react, he barely acknowledge that he remembers me, when actually we just met an hour ago. It also doesn't help that my wife really looks like a college student. I don't know what went around in his mind, I could just imagine a school newsletter having a headline - TEACHER & STUDENT RELATIONSHIP ooooops!

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Questions? e-mail me at sgaribay_cpu@yahoo.com

BLEAU SCREEN

2009-02-28T14:24:00.000-08:00

MARLEY AND ME

REVIEW

I enjoyed watching this film as it reflects a lot of truths in our life. In a lot of scenes I just can't help to feel that the film was directly speaking to me, about the struggles we have at home and work. At times life tends to overwhelm us and when you think, nothing more can go wrong then enters Marley. We have these "Marley's" in our life, the things that complicates what is already complicated. I think that's why, when we fail to do something we blame it to the dog who ate our assignment, we blame it to "Marley".

Though Marley is only a catalyst like any problem it's neither good or evil, it is there to test your character, how you handle the situation, if you either give up or persevere. That's what I like about the characters in the movie, they are real people, they get angry if they need to, cranky if they have to, impatient at times, just like how you and me will feel in this situations. Marley does not do a Lassie and make everything good the moment he enters, in fact he tends to worsen it. But just like in life if you've learned to live with your problems, if you have accepted that it will be there, then you will know how to react, and you will know how to affect change.

The movie was never about happy endings, it was more about the journey, the struggles, the ups and downs of life, and the drama and the comedy of our situations.

Suggestion:

This is a good film to watch, just don't expect the usual Owen Wilson fare, but it is still a fun movie that at times tugs the heart strings. Marlene(Em my wife) and Me loved it, so I think married couples with like it and those who's planning to get married can pick up some few pointers. At the end of the movie you will say to yourself that you would also want a ...labradoodle

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BLEAU WATERS

2009-02-28T13:59:00.000-08:00

ISAIAH 4:2-6

The Branch of the Lord

I'm not sure if I got this right, but the impression I'm getting from the passage is about perseverance. Yesterday it was the Judgement of Judah and Israel and what will happen to them because of their frivolous ways. In the aftermath(nope it's not science) of the judgement there will be those who will be left behind in Jerusalem and they will be known as holy.

This is similar to the world we are living right now, where everything is about the instant gratification of one's self. What we want, we want right now! God will pass his judgement to us, and I don't think we could ask for an appeal. Temptation is around us... smiling, laughing, and tickling us to give in. Then there are those quotes that says that "the only way to get rid of temptation is to yield"... you have to ask yourself is it really the only way. Only is so absolute, and only the Sith talks in absolute, says the Jedi absolutely(must be a movie geek to relate). Kidding aside(behind or anywhere else) yielding is not the only option we have in temptation, there is always persevering. It is much more difficult but it is the one who builds more character.

Isa 4:2-6

2 In that day the branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel.

3 And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem,

4 when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.

5 Then the LORD will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be a canopy.

6 There will be a booth for shade by day from the heat, and for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.

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2009-02-27T17:50:00.000-08:00

Photoedit of a Wolverine Promo Pic

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This what I would have looked like if only I ate my veggies... =)

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BLEAU WATERS

2009-02-27T15:39:00.000-08:00

ISAIAH 3:1-26 & 4:1

Judgement on Jerusalem and Judah

breathe in.... breathe out... Good morning Lord(e-prayer, God has a great internet connection in heaven). I don't know how to start the reflection, I'll just make up things along the way. So, the passage I read was about the Judgement on Jerusalem and Judah. This was a time when the kingdom of Israel was strong and wealthy but have forgotten how to worship the Lord (sounds familiar). In our life when we succeed we tend to believe that it is from our own effort, it is thru our prowess and our knowledge that we have attained that goal. We stood proud of ourselves, we walk heads way up high, feet not touching the ground - the Untouchable. We are wrong in all accounts, the Untouchabel we are not. There will come a point that that pedestal with that single toothpick as its foundation will break, and we'll give a great impression of Humpty Dumpty - falling down and breaking. No past glory matters and you'll find people enjoying the sound of crackling shells under their shoes... crunch... crunch... crunch.

So, what does matter? What matters is a strong foundation, I remember a quote from Newton that goes like this - I can see further because I'm standing on giants, well there will be no one bigger than God, have Him as your foundation and you will indeed see further. And though at times you might fall, do not worry because He is there to catch you.

Isaiah 3:1-4:1

1 For behold, the Lord GOD of hosts is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and supply, all support of bread, and all support of water;

2 the mighty man and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder,

3 the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor and the skillful magician and the expert in charms.

4 And I will make boys their princes, and infants shall rule over them.

5 And the people will oppress one another, every one his fellow and every one his neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the despised to the honorable.

6 For a man will take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying: "You have a cloak; you shall be our leader, and this heap of ruins shall be under your rule";

7 in that day he will speak out, saying: "I will not be a healer; in my house there is neither bread nor cloak; you shall not make me leader of the people."

8 For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the LORD, defying his glorious presence.

9 For the look on their faces bears witness against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves.

10 Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

11 Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.

12 My people--infants are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, your guides mislead you and they have swallowed up the course of your paths.

13 The LORD has taken his place to contend; he stands to judge peoples.

14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders and princes of his people: "It is you who have devoured the vineyard, the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

15 What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor?" declares the Lord GOD of hosts.

16 The LORD said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks, glancing wantonly with their eyes, mincing along as they go, tinkling with their feet,

17 therefore the Lord will strike with a scab the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will lay bare their secret parts.

18 In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets, the headbands, and the crescents;

19 the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarves;

20 the headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets;

21 the signet rings and nose rings;

22 the festal robes, the mantles, the cloaks, and the handbags;

23 the mirrors, the linen garments, the turbans, and the veils.

24 Instead of perfume there will be rottenness; and instead of a belt, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a skirt of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.

25 Your men shall fall by the sword and your mighty men in battle.

26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; empty, she shall sit on the ground.

1 And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach."

BLEAULINES

2009-02-27T08:16:00.000-08:00

"What you see as one line is actually a novel in HTML"

FLESH & BLEAUD

2009-02-27T01:49:00.000-08:00

SUPERHERO LIVE

Wolverine Promo Pics

Shake body body dancer... shake body body dancer (to those who didn't get it I guess you need to be a child of the 80's to relate.)

Ooh... so sexy... ooh so sexy ... oooh...oooh.... growl!

Oh... Macarena!!!

BLEAUBERRY

2009-02-27T01:38:00.000-08:00

ANYTHING BLEAU

BLEAU SKIES

I'm starting a photoblog about anything bleau. There's no rhyme nor reason on the photographs I'm taking as long as it is bleau.

BUBBLEAUS

2009-02-27T00:48:00.000-08:00

THOUGHTS IN PROSE

What’s with a certain smile?

T’was a cold dark night but there was a festive mood in the air.

People were laughing and having a good time.

And just out of the blue without a moments notice.

A smile peeked out from a face that triggered distant memories.

Memories so old it has already been forgotten.

The brain tried to reform the puzzle, to solve a mystery of a smile.

All night long a certain feeling lingered, not of sadness or pain

But in some deep sense a certain admiration.

In that festive mood air, in that one cold night,

A warmth felt in my being, a warmth tender and pure.

If that is all that it was, and no more will be added.

That is enough for a memory, a smile hopefully not to be forgotten

BUBBLEAUS

2009-02-27T00:47:00.000-08:00

THOUGHTS IN PROSE

Farewell ES0708

Seems like yesterday when we first met

Now we are bidding farewell

The hands of time surely flies fast

Farewell my friends, farewell

All the laughter and tears we shared

All those many moments we cared

All the joys, hurts, victories and pains

These are our songs, chorus… refrains…

The moment is near and fast approaching

When we my friends will be going

Though different directions do we fly

Just farewell my friends, no goodbye…

BLEAUD STAINED LETTERS

2009-02-27T00:45:00.000-08:00

SHORT STORY

4:19 mt

Definition of a Bad Day - Your name is Tomas you are out of work. You are poorer than the poorest guy you know. You are down to your last centavo, which unfortunately because of your clumsy hands fell into murky waters and you were not able to find it. Your wife is in labor, in your small hut because you cannot afford to bring her to the hospital. Then she gives birth to three hungry mouths on a rainy day. d

Definition of a Good Day – Many years passed, you are called Mang Tomas, a respectable person in the community. The three mouths you fed are now capable men of the society; a teacher, a policeman, and a government employee. They have not forgotten their Tatay Tomas, and every year on their birthday they come home to see you and join you in fishing.

Definition of a Good Timing – You are Tomas, you do not know what to do with the three babies you have. Your wife is exhausted in giving birth, you are new to this situation, you have no idea what to do, and you are wet because of the rain. Nothing else to do but surrender, you kneel down, and you pray. Then there was a knock on your broken down door, three missionaries you have helped some time ago passed by your house. You do not understand what they were saying because they came from parts of the world that you did not know even existed. But even without asking, they helped you. And the rain also stopped.

Definition of Good Friends – Some years passed, Tomas with the help of the missionaries learned how to read and write, and they also helped him buy a small fishing boat. This enabled him to support his wife and his three sons. The three missionaries are now in a different country but they do not forget to send Tomas a postcard or two from time to time.

Definition of a Good History – You look at your birthday cake, you are sharing it with two brothers. You look at your names – Audrigh, Mateos, and Ernes – you are sharing it with good people, friends of your father, the three missionaries.

Definition of a Good Birthday Gift – It’s the 19^th of April. You received a postcard from the good friends of your father. The picture was them with their families on a boat in Galilee, Israel. Written on the back were their happy birthday greetings and written on the upper right hand corner was a verse.

“Come, follow me,” “and I will make you fishers of men.”

Definition of Good Tradition – Every year in our birthday, we go out fishing with Tatay Tomas. It is our way to remember what our father had done for us. To remember our roots and to keep us humble. It is also our way to say thank you. And also every year we manage not only to catch fishes but also great stories. Like the time mt April (our first boat) tipped over, or the time a giant sunfish was caught in our net (we let if go of course) or the time we went swimming with a whaleshark, good memories.

Definition of a Bad Day that turned Good – I never got your name, but you missed your ferry to go to the nearby Island. You hired a small fishing boat so you can follow your friends, but of all the people you can hire, you hired Mang Jude the only fisherman, in fact the only person, I know who do not know how to swim. As if your day was not bad enough, during your trek the weather was fine and there was no sign of a storm so there was no risk of your boat toppling over, but somehow the worst case scenario happened when the wave of a powerboat hit you and turned you over. Mang Jude was no help as he was screaming for his life and holding on to his slowly sinking boat, I was waiting for you to rise above water when suddenly someone jumped over our boat and told us to go after them. He was explaining that you were not able to swim. I guess that makes you the second person I know who does not know how to swim. When we got to your position Tatay Tomas quickly swam over to Mang Jude. The other guy then jumped in the water to save you, both of you were gone for a good number of second. When you surfaced, you were out cold, and both Mateos and Ernes had to carry you in the boat. I extended my arm to lend a hand to other guy. He said thank you. I remembered the postcard and smiled – fishers of men.

BLEAUD STAINED LETTERS

2009-02-27T00:44:00.000-08:00

SHORT STORY

4:17 mt

Arrepentimiento St., Lot 17, he asked. With a street name like that it’s understandable that the mailman has a hard time finding the right location. Wrong house I said, I think that is on the other street. He thanked me, got on his bike and went on his way.

I was just leaving the house, my mom and stepdad have been gone for almost a week now, and there’s really no point for me to stay in the house. I was already closing the gate, but I could still hearNanang Inday telling me not to go, because my dad (stepdad!) would get angry. I did not listen to the housekeeper on Monday, did not listen on Tuesday, nor Wednesday or Thursday, then why would I start now. I shut the gate and left her still yapping.

I headed down street; I was headed for the kiosk on a nearby coffeeshop where I and the crew decided to meet. I crossed the street, did not bother to look if there were cars passing by.

Suddenly, Whoosh! A hair’s breadth, a millisecond early and I would have been a van’s roadkill. On that split second, at the side of that speeding rusty old van, a blurry image of a skull presented itself. Vision? Reflection? I thought and contemplated for a moment but it was not the time for thinking and contemplating. So I continued towards the coffeeshop.

When I arrived at the kiosk, I saw Zeb talking to a couple of guys. They already had a collection of empty beer bottles on their table. They were also smoking cigarettes, except for the other guy Zeb was talking to. I walked towards them but before I arrived the two guys excused themselves. Who were those guys I asked Zeb. Prospect customers he replied, while wearing a wry smile. I got something for you Zeb said, out of his pocket he produced a small bag and threw it my way. I caught it in midair. I did not bother checking what it contains. I already knew what it was, the usual stuff. Two hours had passed, two packets of cigar a couple of San Miguel’s, when others of our crew arrived. So, off we were to this new bar for a night of wild partying.

On the way towards Zeb’s pick-up truck, I caught a glimpse of the rusty old van. It was parked beside the dim-lighted rat-infested plaza. I excused myself for a minute from my crew to check out what would have been my slayer. As I have already noticed the paintjob was blue but the rust, weather and age has colored it red. Parts and some wiring that were not supposed to be exposed were sticking out. I was amazed that it was still road worthy or street legal in fact. I then went to the other side of the van were I saw the skull. There it was a painted on the side, a white cracked skull, a dislocated jaw with some teeth missing. Even without the eyes on its socket I had an ominous feeling that it was staring back at me.

A mirror, a reflection an old man said. He was wearing a worn out jeans, and a torn out shirt he was in the same story state as his van was. I paid him no attention. I just kept on staring at the skull. I then took notice of what was written below on bold and red letters.

ZeeeeKRRInnNNGIIINNgggIINNGiiiiiiNNGG!!! Feedback from a microphone when held in front of the speakers, the sound disoriented me and caused some ringing in my ear. The old man has turned on his sound system. Test mic he said with a deep croaky voice, Test mic he repeated. He then looked at me, his eyes talking to mine signaling me to read once more what was written below the skull.

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

I whispered.

“REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS NEAR!!!”

He shouted.

The thundering of his voice momentarily pause all the activities nearby. But when the echoes have passed, life continued. And the shock was turned to numbness and his voice, his message, his sermon was drowned on the sounds of everyday life. A tap on my shoulder told me that it was time to go. I did not hear much of the message because there were still some ringing in my ears.

The kingdom of heaven might be near, but this other kingdom, this darker kingdom is already here. Boom boom boom the music played, boom boom boom the girls danced, boom boom boom the drunks fall down. Every night the same, and every time I wake up the same questions - how did I get here, where am I, oh! I’m home. I looked at my watch it’s already 2 minutes pass 4 quarter in the afternoon it’s time to go again. Just have enough time to take a quick bath and change my clothes. No time to eat I just grabbed a can of ice cold Colt. Nanang Inday was beside me and yapping all the time, telling me about Mom and Dad (Stepdad!) and about today. She yaps too much, I listen too little.

I didn’t have enough time to gather all my thoughts when I’m already out of our front door and opening our gate.

“Arrepentimiento St., Lot 17?” the mailman asked.

NEXT STREET, NEXT STREET SHEESH! I said. Deja vu, I felt like this has happened before. Then my cellphone vibrated, 1 message. C u at Kngdom Bar – Zeb. Placed back my cellphone in my pocket it’s not safe to have it exposed as I was walking down the street, a lot of pickpocketers andholdappers running around. I looked at my watch. It was still early, might as well get me some Arroz Caldo at Mang Pedro’s Arrozcaldohan. I don’t remember the last time I had decent a meal, so the warm rice soup was a welcome nourishment to my alcohol-abused body.

Mang Pedro turned on the television set. One Dead in Jail Brawl, that was the headline on the 7 o’clock news. Mang Pedro did not care much about the news so he changed channels. Advertisement of an ice cream, he changed the channel. Tom and Jerry running after each other, he changed the channel. Advertisement with a girl riding a white stallion, he paused for a while finished the advertisement then changed the channel. Man with weird make-up crashing his guitar on the drums, volume was increased and the controller for the TV was set down. The music was loud, the voice was howling, and I was enjoying – my kind of music. Chorus came, I joined in - Smoke, Drugs and whole lot of Vodka - story of my life.

I looked at my watch, it was time to go. I left my payment on the counter and I did not bother to wait for my change. Taxi seldom passes by our area so I decided to walk downhill to the main road.

Buscar…. Perdon…. Aceptacion… I was reading the street names that I happen to pass by. Did not know who named these streets but I know he is the mail service least liked guy. I still have some way to go before I reach the main road, luckily there was a taxi just leaving Salvacion St. I hailed it and it went towards my direction. I opened the door of the back seat and said to the driver you are a life saver. I was barely in, when I heard from a far a screeching sound. A rusty blue van, the driver was stepping on the brakes but it was not working. I saw the motion of his hand pulling the hand brake but the hand brake was stuck. The van was gaining momentum, and the only obstruction on the road was us. I never had a time to react, I was petrified, last memory I had – the kingdom is near.

Inject him with some pain relievers. Scream. We need to amputate the legs. Scream. He is reacting to the medication. More Scream. Doctor he is slipping into a coma. No more scream.

I do not know the science behind a coma. I am not sure why I am still conscious. I cannot see anything, my surrounding was dark, I cannot feel any part of my body. I was just a thought floating in a void. I tried to open my eyes, I cannot. I tried to move my arms and legs, I cannot. I tried to let them know that I am still here, I cannot. I tried to listen, there are times I can hear but other times it was just silence. Am I dead? Beep… beep… beep… beep… beep. My life support system doesn’t think so.

We should not have left him… That was my mom’s voice, it was soothing. Place the driver of the van here… That was the nurse telling the orderlies to put the patient on the next bed. Son… That was my stepdad (dad), he never finished the sentence. The taxi driver was dead on impact. That was the nurse again talking to another nurse.

AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

That was the delirium on the other bed.

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP. That was my heart stopping.

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2009-02-27T00:43:00.000-08:00

SHORT STORY

4:10 mt

“Away from me!”

she cried.

“Away from me!”

she cried again.

Bad dream. Bad memory. She was crying wearing mom’s necklace, her shirt was torn and there were some hints of blood on her clothes. She was 12 and she was young. She ran out of our small creaky shanty house, with feet and soul bare. She was scared, she was shivering, she was crying and she never looked back. That was the last time I saw her.

Bad dream. Bad memory. He was drunk. Again. Since mom died, since Kuya left there was not a day that he did not let the spirit of alcohol manipulated his mind. If only Kuya did not leave, he might have done something, but what can Kuya do he was also young.

The drunk was big, the drunk was strong, the drunk used to be our father but now he was just a drunk. Ate really did not have any chance. Innocence was lost from us very early. Innocence was gone, and on that night so was she. When she left, it rained shards of glass. There goes the bottle of gin, there goes the bottle of rhum, a cut in my cheek that caused a trickle of blood which is caused by a bottle of beer.

Amidst the mayhem a small hope was left, 4 years old with an inch long pencil with a used down eraser held in a tiny right hand. His head did not veer away from what he was drawing. Chaos surrounded him, but in his little sphere there was tranquility. But the serenity he had was about to be challenged. When all the bottles of liquor were gone, the drunk had nothing else to throw, so he set his eyes on the hope which his foul hands had not yet touched. Inch by inch the drunk moved closer, his eyes were focused on a little hope; my eyes were focused on bad memory.

Dream. Memory. A wooden baton collided with thick skull. Down came the man with his spirits. Handcuffs. Siren. Silence. Hope remained.

“Worship the Lord your God…”

Bad dream. Bad memory. A bottle of beer crashes on a young man’s head. The smell of a 14 year’s old blood mixed with a 40 year’s old booze - is never good.

“Worship this!” he said, as the drunk pointed to another bottle of beer. Kuya, with half of his face covered with his own blood, did not answer back; he just continued talking to mom as her strength slowly faded away.

“Mom, God is with you. You’ll be…”

Kuya never finished what he was saying when mom gave off her final breath. Me, my younger brother and Ate were crying. Kuya did not, the husband did not, but their reasons for not crying differ from each other. Then the shade that was our father stood up, went through his pockets, got some money, and handed it to Kuya.

“Buy me another bottle of beer.”

Kuya stood up. Walked out the door and never looked back.

Dream. Memory. Alone. Orphanage. Kuya was not around, Ate was nowhere and Hope is gone.

“… serve him only”

Present. Thought is of now. I was on my way to work, on a Sunday. I had the morning paper in my right hand, headline said “RIOT ON CITY JAIL, 1 DEAD”. I paused a while, when something caught my attention. On the sidewalk in front of an old church, big t-shirts with funny cartoons drawn on them: A camel entering an eye of a needle, a fisherman fishing for men and a waiter serving God. Somebody then approached me.

“I drew all of them” he said “Printed it on the t-shirt as well.”

I eyed one of the promo t-shirt which had the drawing of the waiter.

“I didn’t know they made it that big.”

“4X” he said “Wanna try?”

“Not my size…” I answered

“Those are just for promotions” he said “we do have some regular size”

He then went through their stocks, when somebody called him. A woman on her thirty’s with her daughter beside her, which I thought was her sister if I had not heard her call her mom. So he excused himself, saying he needs to bring something for the pastor, but encourage me to stay and look some more because I might find something.

I looked inside the church, the pastor’s clothes were wet they just had a baptism. The woman handed her a towel, and the person I was talking to awhile ago handed him a fresh pair of clothes. They were talking and they were laughing and they were happy. It’s great to see a family happy, I envied them. Looking at their faces, you’ll get a feeling that they haven’t gone into any hardships in their lives.

I looked at my watch. I was late. I need to hurry. In my rush I bumped the table and the guy’s sketchpad fell down. I picked it up and picked up a pencil, inch long. It triggered a memory. I then looked back in the church, I examined their faces. The pastor had a scar on the right part of his forehead. I looked at the woman, looked at her neck expecting a necklace. It was bare. I guess wishful thinking is just wishful thinking.

I turned my back and was ready to go, when I felt someone tap on my shoulder.

“Have you seen my uncle’s pencil?” she asked.

I faced her and handed her the pencil, and at that moment where I let go of the pencil - I saw mom’s necklace.

Tomorrow. Good dreams. Good memories.

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2009-02-27T00:41:00.000-08:00

SHORT STORY

4:7 mt

Salvation. How can I be saved? Can I be saved? These questions were continually asked by my mind. I stepped out of the building, I looked back they were still gathered together. I did not wait for them to finish when I took off.

Salvation. Is it for me? Can it be for me? My mind won't stop asking me those questions. I am walking once more not knowing where I’m off too.

Salvation. Is it possible? When everything around me is a temptation. I walked towards a store, there in front people were drinking and offering me their liquor. It would have been easier for me to accept it, and spiral back down to that state of numbness, but something pushed me to say no. I walked away, but moments after I slammed into man, suspiciously wearing a coat on this hot summer's night. He looked at me, then conspicuously out of his pocket he produced some drugs, and he said for a certain amount I could be flying high with angels. I thought, was this the way for me to go to heaven? I already know what must be the right answer but a part of me still wanted to say yes. But my conscience won out and I have to say no, so I said no. He insisted but still I said no. Fortunately he went away because if he asked me the third time my answer might have been different.

I stood there for a minute, and then continued on walking, my heart still bothering it still feels heavy. Salvation in my mind. Temptations in my heart. Sex, lies and drugs everywhere: from the cover of magazines to the advertising billboards, from the voices in the radios to the shows on the television. Temptation everywhere. Nowhere to go. Salvation?

Salvation. What about salvation? Can God still save me? My feet led me to the ledge of a bridge. I looked down; the waters were murky, full of the muck that this city has to offer. If I jump, I may survive, but the diseases I'll get will kill me slowly. Still, slowly I easen my grip from the railing, It was the only thing that holding me back from following the laws of gravity.

Then my eyes wandered to the writing around me from the railing to the support beams. Amongst the literary profanity, I saw one wisdom.

”...Do not put... God to the test.”

Salvation. I do not know if the one who wrote that verse had it...

Me I'm going home that night. So, I hailed a taxi, went in.

"Lot 4, Blk 7, Salvacion St..."

BLEAUD STAINED LETTERS

2009-02-27T00:39:00.000-08:00

SHORT STORY

4:4 mt

...My body has been walking for hours devoid of thoughts, I wandered throughout the city all through the night, when I looked at my watch it was flashing 4:04. I looked around, I was in a small dark alley, the smell was musty and the air was cold. My feet had been here before, but my eyes had not.

Thoughts began coming back to my empty mind, thoughts that are saying that I have an empty stomach. I looked back and saw the neon glow of a 24 hours sign of a fastfood chain, I went through my pockets and produce enough money for a hamburger and a coke. As I was set to move towards the store, I felt someone tugged on my shirt. I turned around and saw a young child clothed in rags, face darkened by dust and grease, and wearing not a pair of decent slippers. He was pushing along a broken down cart, made up of whatever he was able to pick up on the street. The cart doubles as his house. What caught my eye is an old tattered church banner that serves as his roof on the occasional rain that this unfriendly city have.

“…Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.”

I looked at my money, I looked at the store and I looked at the child...

BLEAU WATERS

2009-02-26T12:45:00.000-08:00

DAILY DEVOTIONAL

Isaiah 2:6-22

The Day of the Lord

I think things are starting to make sense (well I think they are starting to make sense), the passage talks about the pride of men and how they turn away from God. Something which is as true today as it is in the time of Isaiah. Today men pride themselves with their knowledge forgetting to ask wisdom from God. They pride themselves in their money, which they think is the only wealth that matters. They pride themselves on their own skills forgetting that all of those came from God (when I say they that doesn't exclude me).

I have soared with my pride thinking that I'm in great heights but in truth I'm just barely off the grounds. I think my mom was right that God has to strike your knees (huh! sounds so brutal), so that you learn how to kneel. Learn how to ask help from God, learn that anything and everything comes from Him.

I have been struggling lately with my relationship with the Lord, with all the stress I'm experiencing (from home to school to everwhere else), because I tried to fix everything in my own capacity and forgot to ask Him who is always able to help.

I felt God has been silent to me for some time, not realizing that I was the one who is covering up his ears, I want to be back in His presence and declare in my life that in me everyday is A Day of our Lord.

My Prayer Requests: Wisdom and strength in my work(I'm also praying if I am really suppose to be there or I'm just staying because of the fear that I might not be able to take root somewhere else), good health for me and my family (especially to my wife who has been suffering from different ailments, from the migraines in her head to pains in her stomach I know that God can heal her - I ask that you keep her also in your prayers) and last of my prayer items is to be able to live life to the fullest, I know that life is a bit difficult right now with all the things that are happening in the world but God promised wonderful plans for us, I think something that we must all hold on to.

Isa 2:6-22

6 For you have rejected your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of things from the east and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.

7 Their land is filled with silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures; their land is filled with horses, and there is no end to their chariots.

8 Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made.

9 So man is humbled, and each one is brought low-- do not forgive them!

10 Enter into the rock and hide in the dust from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty.

11 The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

12 For the LORD of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up--and it shall be brought low;

13 against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up; and against all the oaks of Bashan;

14 against all the lofty mountains, and against all the uplifted hills;

15 against every high tower, and against every fortified wall;

16 against all the ships of Tarshish, and against all the beautiful craft.

17 And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled, and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low, and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

18 And the idols shall utterly pass away.

19 And people shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.

20 In that day mankind will cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats,

21 to enter the caverns of the rocks and the clefts of the cliffs, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.

22 Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he?

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PHOTOBLEAUG

2009-02-26T01:53:00.000-08:00

CHRISTIAN EMPHASIS WEEK

AJUY CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY

February 26, 2009

-Team HIYAS is the worship team of CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (but for some reason there are some High School students :) )

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Diin kita makadto man?

HA! HA! HA! sa Ajuy gali!

Aaaay! Exciting!

Santino... wag kang mag-alala... MAY BUKAS PA!

Hello... hello... mahina signal?!?!?

I have two hands... the left and the right... Yo!

MMMmmmmm....

Ang sarap ng hotdog...

Hehehe atleast ako may tinapay!

Hawak Kamay...

Waaa.... waaa... wala na load...

Waay na hotdog?

hrmm... hrmmmm... hrmmm

WAAY NA!!!

YIPEE!

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BLEAU WATERS

2009-02-25T12:41:00.000-08:00

DAILY DEVOTIONAL

Isaiah 2:1-5

The Mountain of the Lord

This is what Shalom son of Uriel saw concerning the bible passage he read (I patterned how Isaiah introduces himself hehehe)... So, what did I saw or what did I read about? In all honesty it kind of left me confused... I barely understood what the passage meant. The words used were easy enough to understand but what does it really mean? I'm not sure if it talked to me directly, I'm not sure if it has any application in my life.

The passaged talked about the Mountain of the Lord, was this an actual mountain? or was it metaphorical? I am no bible scholar nor I am good in history or historical geography. When was these last days that Isaiah talked about? Last days of what? Is he referring to the end of the world? Or the end of an era?

I have a lot of questions, and not much of an answer. Must I be concerned that I didn't have any epiphany and enlightenment as I read the passage? What was written was very nice and very hopeful. Something we need in these days of crisis. If that is the case then I might have been wrong, I might have picked up a few words that mattered, something to hold by - "Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the Lord."

Isa 2:1-5

1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

2 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it,

3 and many peoples shall come, and say: "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths." For out of Zion shall go the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

4 He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.

5 O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the LORD.

FLESH & BLEAUD

2009-02-24T18:40:00.000-08:00

SUPERHERO LIVE

Smallville's Zatanna

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Zee is played by Serinda Swan

Official wiki: Zatanna Zatara is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Murphy Anderson, Zatanna first appeared in Hawkman vol. 1 #4 (October-November 1964). She appeared in vol. 2 #4 of Hawkman again as she and Hawkwoman(Shayera Hol) had become close friends. [read more]

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BLEAUTTERS

2009-02-24T17:01:00.000-08:00

UPDATES FROM MY FAV SITES

02/25/09

AICN BLEAUtter

-Harry watched Watchmen(why oh why does someone else has all the luck), Script Review of Ratner's Conan(I think the review might be much better than the actual movie)

COMIC MANIA BLEAUtter

-Photos here, photos there photos everywhere from dragonball to transformers, from watchmen to smallville(I closed my eyes as I browse the page I don't want to see any spoilers), An interview with the Watchmen 2 of them. (I'll read it after I've watched the movie, again I'm avoiding spoilers)

EMPIREONLINE BLEAUtter

-Ooops another bunch of photos this time from Terminator Salvation, Cranks cranking it up with a new trailer

MTV MOVIESBLOG BLEAUtter

-Yup more photos this time for the Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman, John Malkovich Starrers the Muthan Chronicles