Joanadette

Lying on my bed this early in the morning and thinking of my death. Seems pretty weird to have this kind of thinking isn't it? I've always have this inkling that I won't live up to a certain age (where we think the average human age should end). Another weird thought, right? But is it weird to think of death at this age? Is it weird to even think of your own death at all?  People think about death all the time for a lot of reasons. Some think about death as an escape from their current life. Some think of death as the next destination of their life. For me, I think of death as a ticking clock. Looking at how many years, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds left to live before I complete my work.  I think of death more often then not. But rarely as an escape from my life. Rarely?! Have I thought of escaping this life? Maybe. Once or twice. Could be from the stress of life that led me to think of death that way. But then again, I always end up not thinking about it eventua

Have you ever thanked God? For this life that He gave you on this earth? For the miracle of your birth, For being able to touch, smell, see, hear, walk and stand, For being able to do the things you never thought you can, For being able to wake up every single day, Or did you just hurried by without even stopping to pray? Have you ever thanked God? For the parents that you have at home, For the annoying siblings whom you think are troublesome, For the grandparents you hardly ever visit, For the relatives you don’t always meet, What about the friends which are so rare, Did you thank Him for all these people he has sent your way? Have you ever thanked God? For all the talents and abilities that you possess, Have you put them to good use or just let it all go to waste? He has given you more than you need in this life, Did you share it with your neighbours, friends, husband or even wife? Don’t compare but appreciate what you have and pray for those who have none, Who

Well, I think the chicken came before the egg. Why? Here is my theory. But in order for me to explain my theory, I will have to take you back to the beginning of time when God made the world. Yes, I’m going to be a little religious about this because it is the only way I can explain my theory. In the beginning, God made the world, with which He then filled with animals. He said, “Be fruitful. Multiply.” He commanded the animals to have offspring of their own. Meaning, they will have to ‘make’ their own babies and then either give birth or lay eggs. I suppose when He made all animals, the chicken was also one of them. So, the chicken must have come first before the egg. Where else would the egg have come from? Still not convinced? Look at it this way. Who came first? Man or baby? Who did God made first? He made man. A man named Adam and then He made Eve. He made humans in their adult form and then asked them to have babies of their own, which they did. They ‘made’ their ow

When people point out our mistakes, we usually feel insecure, hurt, angry and offended. We feel uncomfortable when we are faced with the truth and we usually react by pointing back the person's faults, we become defensive and we try to justify ourselves. It's quite natural actually. It's very human of us to react that way because we are made in God's image, meaning perfection. We are suppose to be perfect. However, in our fallen nature and world, we feel ashamed and hurt, feeling exposed when our pride has been torn down.  This is the cause of sin (our mistakes). Sin leaves us feeling ashamed, useless, hopeless, or in other cases, builds our ego higher because we don't want to admit our faults and we stick so strongly with our opinion. In another sense, to admit  our mistakes means to throw in the towel, to admit defeat, to lose face, to show weakness and also we feel embarrassed to do so. It's only with God's grace that we are able to be humble e

Have you ever eaten alone? If you have, how did it feel like? What were you experiencing or even thinking the whole time you were eating for one? Well, I had lunch for one last week and it was something different. I started out scanning for food to eat and thinking what I felt like eating that day. Surprisingly, I ended up with a big Cookie...or as I called it a 'Cookie Monster'. I found a place to seat and waited patiently for my cookie to be heated up by one of the workers at the counter. As I sat there, I started to ponder on things that were going on in my life. "Where am I at this moment? Am I happy? Do I feel lonely at this point? What's next in my life? Where's my destination?" So many life questions… Before I could answer myself, my cookie came. Yeay! My first thought was “Wow…it’s so big. Okay...where do I start?” I probably stared at the cookie for more than 30 seconds before I decided to halve it. That’s done. Now what? I slowly ate t

Sample 1 Picture 1 Hey guys, here are a few Watermarks that I have designed. Haha...okay...modified. All the designs were cut and some were stretched so it won't look like the original. (Except S3). Had a hard time trying to figure out how to modify that one.  The one in Sample 1 (S2) is the same one from my previous post. The one below it (S4) is actually a combination of 4 duplicates of the same pattern. It almost looks butterfly-like. I had a dilemma in choosing which watermark is the better one. It was between S1 and S4. How it comes out when placed in the picture (P2 and P4) is very clean, simple and the wordings are more visible (readable).  Hehe... I can use a couple of feedback or suggestions. Either that or you guys will see which of these designs will be used in my next post. =P