One crack chance for success
The Philippine basketball team is on the move for another attempt to enter the Olympics in London 2012. With the PBA already choosing Yeng Guiao as the new coach to lead the team, a great motivator and will surely make his players improve on every aspect of the court, the Philiipine team has a huge chance. Their first stop is the Southeast Asian Basketball (SEABA) Championship in May 2009 and afterwards, the August FIBA-Asia Championship in Guangzhou, China.
The latter is the qualifier for the 2010 World Championship in Istanbul, Turkey, which is the ultimate goal.
Its going to be a rough road ahead of the team. Realistic but difficult as Guiao expressed.
You might wonder who the players around the PBA were selected so these are the warriors that Guiao picked.
Kelly Williams Sta. Lucia Realty
Willie Miller and Sonny Thoss Alaska
Kerby Raymundo and James Yap of Purefoods
Mick Pennisi of San Miguel
Ryan Reyes of Sta. Lucia
Jayjay Helterbrand of Ginebra
Ranidel de Ocampo and Arwind Santos of Air21
Asi Taulava of Coca-Cola
Gabe Norwood of Rain or Shine,
Cyrus Baguio of Red Bull
Jared Dillinger of Talk ‘N Text.
Well, goodluck to our new philipppine basketball team. I hope things will improve in terms of the result and we can go on and welcome london!
The Answer
Allen Iverson the 2001 NBA mvp awardee and former sixers that was dealt to nuggets a few years back to help the denver nuggets surpass its 1st round playoff struggle ended yesterday as “The Answer” was traded to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Chauncey Billups and Antonio Mcdyess. This was a shocking trade scenario as no one ever expected this and there were no rumors roaming around before this trade. I was really shocked then, it was like the biggest scoop that every sports reporters can get. This move will eventually improve both teams especially the nuggets as they were searching for a legit all star point guard (billups) that can really delivered the goods to carmelo, jr smith and company. Iverson was never a point guard but he helped the nuggets in scoring and claim a playoff berth last season. In contrary, the Detroit Pistons will surely be a contender once again in the addition of Iverson. His scoring presence along with Prince and Hamilton will be a dynamic force in offense. This was the first blockbuster trade this season and I expect more of this on the upcoming months. Iverson will play his first game as a pistons on thursday Nov 5 against the undefeated Toronto Raptors.
G-12 Movement
The G12 vision, also referred to as Groups of 12 or Government of 12, is a controversial strategy for church cell groups and church growth. It is based on the idea that each person should mentor and raise up twelve disciples in the Christian faith, and subsequently each disciple is to mentor 12 other disciples.
The idea of the G12 is to reach out and disciple every member and to hold every member accountable to Christ’s teachings. The main leader would disciple 12 people, they would instate Christian values, teachings, prayer and ministry on a weekly basis until their disciples were ready to lead their own groups. Each disciple would find 12 new disciples and repeat the same process until there were 144. In both theory and example this process leads the church to grow exponentially, without losing accountability of Christian values due to the eventual size of the church.
It is based on the methodology used by Jesus to begin his ministry. Following his 40 day temptation in the desert, the first act of Jesus in his ministry was to form a group of 12 disciples (Mark 3:14). Additionally, in the book of Acts the first action taken by the 11 remaining disciples (considering Judas Iscariot’s betrayal) was to re-establish a group of 12. Seeing fit not to leave it at 11, or allow 13, but rather to cast lots, which fell on Matthias, to fulfill the 12 (Acts 1:26). It was only after they re-established the group/government of 12 for the church that the day of Pentecost came (the moment when the disciples were all filled with the Holy Spirit)
This number 12 is considered significant as representing Government.
The Encounter God Weekend
This event eventually changed my perception in life and I consider this as a moment of awakening for me. Living in the presence of God was as hard as I ever could imagine until this event came. I would never replace any great experience like this one. Well, you might be curious on the things that I am sharing with so let’s get started and discover what “Encounter God Weekend” is all about…
These are weekend retreats, usually set away from the city in a conference centre. Encounters generally last three days where there is basic Christian teaching on holiness, prayer, fellowship with God, forgiving, tithing, speaking life, walking in the Spirit, demonic liberation (which is also called casting out the enemy or deliverance), healing the sick, winning souls for Christ, having patience and bearing fruit. One of the main points for these “encounters” is for the believer to have a genuine repentance and revelation of what the cross is all about. Also in these encounters there is extensive prayer and use of common symbolic acts to define the end of the old and beginning of the new.
Laying aside the old self-rejecting old ways of thinking, acting, feeling,. Renewing believer’s mind with God’s truth-understanding the truth of what Christ has accomplished for them and that that gives them a new capacity to live for Him. Putting on the new self-in thought, words, actions, values, and relationships. The main purpose of these encounters is for the believer to have an actual encounter with God face to face. For him or her to give themselves completely to God, the result: to have a Christ-centered self-confidence, Joy, Courage, Peace, and a desire to know Christ.
The next encounter will be on January 2009 and will be conducted by the “Christ the healer” church located at the 4th floor of Madayaw Inn, Trading blvd. Feel free to leave a message for some questions regarding this event.
NS
Well, its thursday and nothing’s much going on today. Everything’s on the normal routine, doing my regular tasks and thinking what to do for tomorrow. A bit excited also because tomorrow’s friday, last day of work and thinking of something on where to spend our night time. When I was about to make my report for today, I had this SHOCKING message from my one of our superiors. I was somehow thinking about this thing since I had my client interview yesterday but I never expected that this would come so fast! I don’t know if I’m excited or surprised or amazed on something like this but I know, I got nervous when I read this message but also flattered at the same time. Flattered because after only a brief interview by the client, they immediately gave me an opportunity. Nervous, because of this one heck of a reason:
Tone Dj: Jam
Jam Derpo: thon
Tone Dj: Your hired already
Tone Dj: but you will move to NS effective november 20, 2008
Jam Derpo: whoa that’s great!
Jam Derpo: cge ok lng
Tone Dj: that’s on monday
Tone Dj: alright
Jam Derpo: october?
Tone Dj: october diay
Jam Derpo: aw
Tone Dj: sorry
Jam Derpo: hala ka dha..
Jam Derpo: hehe
Jam Derpo: cge
Jam Derpo: thnx
Yeah you read that clearly! Night Shift na ko! I Immediately reported it on my closed friends and guess what, they had this very similar reaction.. every one of them said (waaaaahhhhhhh!!!) Mga amew juds!
Well, I hope I can cope up with the new environment and the new personalities that I will encounter. I don’t know how long will I stay in this graveyard shift but Im surely gonna miss the day life. Goodluck sakin and to the new world ahead. See you guys when I see you! *winks*
Survivor Philippines
The Survivor Philippines held in thailand, coincedently one of the castaway’s out there is a friend of ours back in paranaque. I was really shocked when I saw him in national TV, I never thought he would make it this far. Its Marlon but we call him bloony in our place. That’s his nickname in kenko.
Well, that was one of the reason why I follow the show. Everytime I watch the show, I still don’t know what to think on why and how did he luckily chosen as one of the castaways. Knowing marlon, he is a very talkative person. . . He likes to talk about everything under the sun kahit hindi na kme mkarelate.. Pra ngang baliw tingin namen d2 minsan eh. Pro brod, ansarap magluto ng pulutan neto. Special talaga kya lng kuripot to e! kaya nga minsan tinataguan namen to pag tumatagay kme hehe. We also had some stupid memories of this guy. hehe! Kung ano yung pinapakita nya na attitude sa show, yun tlaga sya. Walang tinatago yan kya maraming galit sa kanya hehe. Well anyways, good luck nlang sakanya. Long Live TGP!
Season’s Greeting
Hi everyone! Its been a long, long time since I posted here. Maybe about 6 months ago. The reason was I had to use a different blog site because I was not really satisfied with the features here before. I was a begginer then so its possible that I dont know how to use those widgets hehe! But its a different story now, I just want everyhting to be simple and yet appealing to the eyes of my visitors. In accordance to this, I also updated the environment in this blog site unlike before it was kinda dark and it seems like a strange one. I somehow adapt the design relevant to the most awaited christmas season. I guess…
Its a good thing that I did’nt deleted this site.. Actually I almost in some instances. I also forgot my login access here so I had to guess which email address that I used here and you know what, it took me almost an hour to redeem my username and password. Well, nothing’s so interesting here, I just want to welcome everyone and also myself here. Thanks for reading and have a great day.
Inside Out
A thousand times I've failed Still your mercy remains And should I stumble again Still I'm caught in your grace Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame In my heart, in my soul, Lord I give you control Consume me from the inside out Lord Let justice and praise become my embrace To love You from the inside out Your will above all else, my purpose remains The art of losing myself in bringing you praise Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame In my heart, in my soul, Lord I give you control Consume me from the inside out Lord Let justice and praise become my embrace To love You from the inside out Chorus 2x Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame And the cry of my heart is to bring You praise From the inside out Lord, my soul cries out
