Love……God’s gift to Human Kind

Many people in this vast world have fallen in love to their opposite sex. Others, maybe to their similar sex. Hehehe (curvy gyud!)! Love is a very normal and natural way to interact with society. It is the most essential part of a person, making him or her strong in facing challenges in his or her life. But others make it a habit, that because of loving somebody you get to be bad, weak or hopeless in life. But in someway, there will always be an answer from God, he would lift us up and give us strength to achieve our goals.
Let’s take for example this boy, Johnny, a very bright, smart, intelligent and talented person. You could really say he is a perfect guy. But there’s just one small problem, he isn’t handsome enough to impress the girls.
One day, he was walking to school, he met this very beautiful young lady about his age. She was tall, pretty, intelligent, smart, in other words, a girl any man would ask for. She was in fact Johnny’s new schoolmate.
This girl was a transferee, from the other school in the eastern coast, their family moved in the western coast because of some family affairs. Her name was, Emily.
Johnny was so delighted that Emily was their new schoolmate, but Johnny had one small incy, wincy, tiny problem, she wasn’t at his section. This made Johnny so desperate to cope with her and to get to know her better in any way. And in any way indeed.
Johnny kept sending secret letters to Emily, putting it in her locker every after class. Then, Emily would read the letter and would be so happy every time she finishes reading it (Johnny was so good at letters). Johnny would watch her in the canteen area, sitting at a table far from her. What he didn’t know, somebody was also watching him, Larry.
Larry was a bully in the school. He would treat the students there like vermin; he would throw them outside their rooms and punch them afterwards. He had a much feared group called, THE POKEMONS (actually all his group members were pokemon enthusiasts and were also hardcore bullies). Larry was the leader of this group. But despite the fact that he was a bully and all, he was still the all time campus crush and all the teacher’s favorite, they say because he was “handsome”
All the students at their school knew that Larry had a stone heart, meaning he didn’t have the capability to love. But they were wrong; Larry was actually secretly in love with Emily, the new girl. And what’s worse? He already knew Johnny was also secretly in love with Emily and he also knew Johnny was the one sending love letters to Emily! This was a problem Johnny should have known.
And guess what Larry did? He pretended that he was the one who was keeping on sending letters to Emily. This made Emily fall for the wicked boy and eventually became a couple.
But what happened to Johnny? I’ll answer that question!
After knowing the real situation, that he was never going to have a chance with Emily, his grades went down. He was miserable all the time, and he always became sick and tired. Then, his mother got so worried. She says, Johnny wouldn’t eat anything and would lock himself up always in his room.
But Johnny still didn’t stop writing letters to Emily, at that point, somehow he got strong. He stood up opened his door and went to the……………..Bathroom!
Johnny’s mother was shocked at the sudden pull out of Johnny from his room. After a couple of hours, Johnny went out of the bathroom….”AAAAAHHHHH!”, her mother shouted. Johnny was so darn handsome as if an angel was standing in front of Mrs. Wood, Johnny’s mom. “What did you do to your face child?, there’s no more pimples, and oil from your face!, your hair its so nicely fixed,” her mother asked. He just said nothing and then, he flashed her mother a big….SMILE!
The next morning, he rushed out of the house quickly and went to school. In riding the bus, he was luckily joined by no other than….Emily!
Emily didn’t recognize Johnny because of his new look. Suddenly, their eyes met, and Emily blushed, for there was a very handsome boy staring at her! When they reached school, Johnny was just behind Emily following her like a tail. Suddenly, almost all the students were watching Johnny. At first, they didn’t recognize him. Then, a girl approached him and asked him who he was, Johnny just answered his name, and there were lots of hissing sounds that surrounded the campus.
By lunch break, everybody went into the cafeteria to eat, as usual, Larry was always sticking to Emily like Velcro. Suddenly, Johnny unusually got 2 tables, connected it and stood on the table. He then, started singing a song which Emily said, ”why is that song very familiar to me?” Then, Johnny just answered, “’cause you’ve heard it through, MY LETTERS!”
After that, Johnny explained everything to Emily in a form of a song. Then, Emily dumped Larry for doing such shameless thing! Larry got expelled afterwards because of a confidential reason. And finally, Johnny became good again in his grades and guess what Emily and Johnny were then a couple and Johnny became the very new CAMPUS CRUSH! God works in unexpected ways. He may give you luck or punish you. So, to all the broken hearted out there and are so hopeless with love, try on reflecting on this story and maybe, who knows, you could win a heart the next day.

…The Life I Have…

Tik-tak-tik-tak, the clock went on. “Dodong” was dripping wet with perspiration. Suddenly, the doctor said, “It’s a boy.” Dodong went into the delivery room, and there I was held upside down, crying and blood covered my whole body. “Rarry” was born!
Hi! I am Gerardo Ray P. Abatol. Born on September 7, 1993, at the Perpetual Succor Hospital, Tuesday-10 pm (specific gyud na ha!). I’m just 13, cute and my best asset………being………SMALL! Well many say I’m small but TERRIBLE!
If you want to know me better, specifically and properly, here’s my PROFILE!

Name: Gerardo Ray P. Abatol
N-Name: Rarry, Rarrybut, Butan, Lucio, Rarrypotter, Rarrylicious, Gerry (as in Jerry)
Address: St. Therese Drive, A.S Fortuna St., Banilad, Mandaue City
Contact#: 345-3439, 0916168700
E-mail Add: rarriepotter@yahoo.com, rarrylicious_dep@yahoo.com
Country: Philippines!
Hometown: Cebu

…More/Other Information…
Favorites:
Food: Pizza
Color: Blue
Book: Harry Potter
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Movie: The Pink Panther
Director: Steven Spielberg
Singer: Leejee Moody Zamora
Actor: Daniel Radcliffe, AKO!
Actress: Leejee Moody Zamora
Band: MYMP
Word: Chuvalerns 2x!, r u dep?, ano ba?!
Motto: “A true hero isn’t measured by the size of his strength,
but by the strength of his heart” –Hercules (Disney)_

Crush: 125510 131515425

I am the 3rd child of Crisaldo C. Abatol, my father, and Cecilia M. Pangilinan-Abatol, my mother. I have 3 siblings and they are, Audrey Criscille P. Abatol, the eldest, Kenneth Gerrad P. Abatol, my elder brother, and Glycel Therese P. Abatol, my younger sister.
Let me tell you about the history of our names…..My sister’s 2nd name, Criscille, is the combination of Crisaldo, my father, and Cecille, my mother. The second name of my brother, Gerrad, is the combination of my grandfather’s name, Gerardo, and my father’s name, Conrad. My name comes from my grandfather, Gerardo E. Pangilinan. And my baby sister’s first name is the combination of my grandmother’s name, Glyceria, and my mother’s name Cecilia. And her second name comes from St. Therese w/c is our Patron Saint here in Banilad, Mandaue. What a HISTORY!

I would now like to tell you about our life then in the past.
My Father was previously a very successful businessman. So, we had a great life. Nice things and very great schools. We enrolled in school like Forum (which is a very expensive and good school), Maria Montessori Children’s House (MMCH) and many more. We could ask anything we wanted. We would go on outings anywhere. Go to Glico’s (twice a day!), go to Mindanao every summer (‘cause my grandmother lives there) and even go to Daan Bantayan Island wherein there’s a very big mansion of my Father’s best friend! We stayed there for a week!
My parents were hand-in-hand with the business. But suddenly, my Mother asked my Father to stop the business because she was so sick and tired of the people who were even the ones who get angry if my parents (specifically my mom) would collect money from these people’s “utangs”. Then and there, our whole world turned upside down. My Father got unemployed and we also got no money left at all.
Thanks to my grandfather (who was also running a chicken business) he let my Father help him at the “ihawan” or help him deliver the chickens to different stores/restaurants with a salary of Php300/day. Not a bad salary for a small family.
Then, the three of us, my brother and sister (at that time my baby sister wasn’t born yet) enrolled in this small but good school, LAHUG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL!
I think it was a blessing in disguise for our my parents to let go of their successful business, because if not, I wouldn’t be able to meet my friends that led me to influential attitudes that improved my life. I wouldn’t have met my favorite teachers in LES that led me to the better of my grades and academic achievements. And I wouldn’t be able to study in U.P because by then we would still be “rich” and I wouldn’t pass the income category or whatsoever that involves money!
So, thank you Lord for this blessing and may you still shower these “unexpected” blessings to our family and to other families here in the world!

Living Up To the Family Name

Having been part of a very noble and disciplined family is a very big responsibility. You should follow what your family has done well and what they have strictly been following since your ancestors were ever born.
In other words you should “live up to the family name”.
Here is a simple story I wrote about a family, who never thought of losing success in life. Let us see what happens in this simple story I wrote entitled… “LIVING UP TO THE FAMILY NAME”.
Discipline, love and care for their relatives and their people is a family trait that the natives have remembered of a very influential family, the Makalates. They lived in a small but very proud town also named after them (it was named after their first governor, Hon. Andionicio Protenciano Perfecto Makalate Sr.).
The Makalates have reigned this beautiful town for already 5 centuries! They actually had the bloodline of Miguel Lopez de Legaspi, the successful colonizer and first Governor-general of the Philippines. Due to Spanish influence and blood, the Makalates have governed many different towns and many provinces. But by the time the Spaniards were thrown out of the Philippines, the Makalates were also destroyed and their reputation, devastated. But still, some remained and weren’t affected by the end of the Spanish regime (because of political reasons). And the last of the Makalates, which were one of the remaining family members, who remained only because of corruption, was the family of the present mayor of Makalate, Mayor Andionicio Protenciano Perfecto Makalate III. He had a very very beautiful wife, Madame Menesquieta Nepomucenang R. Makalate.
The town people usually call them, Mayor Andoy and Madame Nenang. The couple accepts what the town people calls them, but only these things. What do I mean by, “but only these things”. The couple were very cruel, they would scold the town people without any reason and accuse them with crimes they didn’t even dare do. The people were treated like vermin ! But actually, only the couple are like these. Their 7 sons and daughters were the other way around. They were very much like their ancestors, well disciplined, cares for other people and most of all loves one another.
Their family owned businesses, most of which involved restaurants and fast food outlets. And the most successful business of theirs, which is their main source of money and income is their very famous restaurant, Italianos de Legaspi.
One day, Mayor Andoy was driving up to their Italianos de Legaspi restaurant. When he reached there, he almost scolded all his people . He asked why the robbers stole all the money in the restaurant including all the valuable utensils and antiques (there was robbery the night before). In my opinion, why would he ask this question to his people when his people do not know what the robber was thinking when he robbed the restaurant. The mayor was so angry that he called for all the police in the town for the immediate search for the robber.
For four months the investigation went on. Mayor Andoy’s money were all used up just for one robbery, I mean, he just wasted his money for one crime?! Suddenly, all pf the Mayor’s money dried up, their restaurant was a wreck and their other businesses turned down to bankruptcy. Their family’s life went into total devastation. In one blink of an eye, all of the Makalate’s savings and possessions went into “sudden death”.
Then, Mayor Andoy was forced to resign because of the town people’s numerous protests about his forced search to all the town people’s houses without any search warrant and many other cruel things that the couple did to their people.
Their family went into serious poverty. All their belongings were confiscated by the government with a reason they did not know. In the end, Mang Andoy and Aling Nenang (former mayor and first lady) , left their sons and daughters to an orphanage, pretending they weren’t alive anymore so that they wouldn’t lose face to the people.
So you see, life could be so challenging. Everyday you face challenges you didn’t ever expect would happen…’til then……………………..BYE!