http://www.tarits.com There is more to life than this. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:20:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have an ocean's worth swimming in my head right now. Some are as fierce as sharks in clamping onto my attention. Others are like little minnows that flit in and out of consciousness. Some are big, Jonah-style fishes that seem to loom over everything else. Here's a sample of my fishies: I wish I ... http://www.tarits.com/2008/06/29/if-wishes-were-fishes/ * A month ago, I had a scary encounter with a person wielding a very sharp knife. Well, I do owe that dentist for getting rid of my final impacted wisdom tooth... but only after over an hour of slicing, drilling and hammering at my jaw. Consolation: due to the stitches, ... http://www.tarits.com/2008/06/23/scary-things-and-other-updates-for-june-2008/    We had one of our semi-regular KC reunions in Makati last week in honor of a friend from Cagayan de Oro. As usual, the talk turned to memories of the camp, which led to another quotable quote from one of my kuyas: "Don't check my grammar, check your feelings!!!" This made me ... http://www.tarits.com/2008/06/19/dont-check-my-grammar-check-your-feelings/ Sometimes I like to wake up very early in the morning. I love the feel of thedawn chill and dewy grass, the sight of stabilo-bright sunrise and the rapid fire chirping of the birds. I crave the silence and listening to the slow build up of noise as the rest ... http://www.tarits.com/2008/06/13/truth-thursdays-on-a-saturday-sometimes-i/ When I was still chained to a computer 5 days a week, what made cubicle incarceration worthwhile is facing a blank Wordpress blog template and filling it up with my thoughts. Sometimes they come tumbling out by themselves in an outpouring of joy or angst or fear or gratitude. Often, ... http://www.tarits.com/2008/06/05/a-month%e2%80%99s-worth-of-truth-thursdays/ I'm in Tarlac for the next week or so...voluntary exile from the hustle and buste of city life. Here are the things I appreciated in the real world, post Kawayan Camp: 1. Seeing my grades in my first year in grad school... amazing. 2. Staying at our rooftop and being tossed about ... http://www.tarits.com/2008/05/17/5-beautiful-things-on-a-stormy-saturday/ I don't own a camera and I am totally clueless about documentation. I have ample cause to regret it when I look back at my recent spate of out of town trips and activities the past few months. So here's something that I hope I can learn within 2008: from http://bongkiko.blogspot.com/ SPEED video I ... http://www.tarits.com/2008/05/14/learning-new-things-for-2008-speed-video/ Kawayan Camp 2008 is over. How do I put a month's worth of memories into words?  Let me count instead the ways I encountered God in the ricefields of Negros. Each time I gazed at the starry sky or at a blazing sunset and marvel at their beauty. The only time I did a serious Spritual Retreat ... http://www.tarits.com/2008/05/11/knowing-you/  Half a month into Kawayan Camp, I am:  sunburned and evading bugs that bite  speaking English a lot... saken naassign yung Korean na camper e very well-fed and am among the few counselors NOT on a diet and still eating rice everything learning to understand (and speak?) Hiligaynon and Cebuano back to wearing a tubao and baggy ... http://www.tarits.com/2008/04/16/another-day-off-from-the-ricefields-of-negros/ It's my day off as a counselor for a one-month concentration camp, er, intensive leadership training camp here in Negros. This summer, I am simply overwhelmed with everything that happened the last 2 weeks of March... 9 days before I went to Bacolod: On my last day at work, overnight parteeh at my officemate's house with Team ... http://www.tarits.com/2008/04/06/overwhelmed-and-loving-it/