• Spend at least 30 mins. time alone with God everyday.
• Practice my prayer language everyday.
• Write an entry in my spiritual journal everyday.
• Win souls for Jesus every chance I get. :)
• Whenever I start to feel the urge to think/say something bad about a person, think of Phil. 4:8 and Eph. 4:29.
• Finish reading a book before starting another one.
• Book-buying is limited to 1 every 3 months; that’s 4 books in one year. And that’s only when it’s necessary. It doesn’t mean I have to buy a book every 3 months. There’s a difference! :)
• Stop spending so much time alone in my room. Start mingling and building relationships with the family!
• Make at least one meaningful conversation...

• get to go to Cebu for the National Convention of the Assemblies of God
• (x) laptop - fully paid
• (x) at least 20K in savings
• Lawrence's cool & high paying job
• Kimmie's nursing career kicks off
• mom & dad in excellent health
• (x) Abby in Ateneo for summer
• additional teachers for Sunday School
• (x)finished discipleship material by May 2009
• digital camera OR (preferably) DSLR
• new leading re: career path
• speaking engagements outside church
• (x) new Keyboard trainees / apprentice for Praise Team (actively involved and with commitment)
• (x) Saisaki outing w/ VBX + Carrie (and anyone who wishes to join us ü)
• vacation w/ family
• (x) vacation trip w/ friends

• I'm allergic to crabs and shrimps and pain medication.
• I was valedictorian in Kinder 2 ("move on, zarah, move on!" ü).
• I was able to finish reading a book in 3 hours, complete with notes! (Holy Discontent by Bill Hybels)
• I don't like listening to the radio.
• I like constructing lesson plans and developing teaching materials.
• My throat was accidentally shot with an airgun when I was in elementary.
• I go crazy over school supplies (paper, notebooks, clips, pens, post its - POST ITS are my personal favorite, after notebooks. ü)
• My mood swings are so quick and intense that at one time, I even thought of myself as slightly having Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde syndrome (but praise God because He's helping me get over this; now, I have bet...

Meet Zarah/Shobe/Budong - isang masayahing bata. May pagka-mahiyain (kuno) pero pag hindi nakatingin ang magulang, maloko rin. Nang-aaway ng katulong, nang-aaway ng kalaro. Pilyang bata talaga.

• Holy Week retreats w/ churchmates. Mega bonding time w/ fellow Sunday schoolers.
• Love-hate relationship w/ my playmates: shouting "TA*!!!" at the top of my voice to my frenemy An-an who lives just across our building. We'll have a showdown at who shouts the T word the loudest, taking our places at our respective "territories" (our building's balcony vs. theirs). After the said showdown, we'll be friends again, raiding her mom's makeup kit, playing taguan and habulan. Then someone will get hurt in the process and the showdown will start once again.
• Storytime w/ my mom & dad. For no apparent reason, the story of The Swineherd (Han...

• Age: 24
• Location: Manila, Philippines
• Status: Single
• Citizenship: Filipino

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• Preschool - Highschool: Hope Christian High School (Batch 2002)
• College: University of Santo Tomas (Batch 2006)
  • Degree: Bachelor of Arts, major in Communication Arts
• Others: Assemblies of God School of Ministry (ongoing)
  • Diploma in Christian Ministries

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• Current job/s:

Spiritual Life / Ministry

• A clear message from God regarding a major part of my life, leading me closer to His call for me.
• Children’s Department will have more new teachers.
• Children will have an increase in Sunday attendance in all levels.
• Junior’s coregroup cell will be a fully established, up and running cellgroup.
• At least 2 apprentices for Junior’s cell.
• At least 3 EPHODers in the Junior’s cell.
• Speaking engagement/s outside church.

Work

• Salary Increase
• Promotion
• Writing projects.

Relationships

• finding an unexpected (and obviously long-forgotten) stash of money
  • just when i'm almost broke
  • just when i'm already broke
  • just when i'm craving for some sushi (hello sushiyum!) / pizza (hello yellowcab!)/ coffee (hello starbucks!)
• receiving unexpected gifts, especially from people you didn't expect to receive from
• abruptly waking up in the morning, thinking i'm already late for something then realizing i dont have to go anywhere that day.
• the feel of menthol seeping into my pores and onto my aching muscles (thanks to omega painkiller, efficascent oil, and salonpas)
• reading the notes my friends and i passed around during our high school chinese cl...