Edsa Shangrila Hotel. 12am. In other words, midnight.

Ingress for the next company event (Ayala Information and Communications Technology Summit 2008)starts at 2am. Ganbatte kudasai yo!

The catch...

Event starts at 7am.







UTANG NA LOOB.

I hope YOU know that what I am writing right now takes every ounce of strength I have in my frail body... not to mention my frail will... I'm sick and tired of hearing people say PRAY for PEACE. What has this PRAYING done for the people of Mindanao? Nothing. More wars. More bullet holes. More misunderstanding. More deaths. Funny. Where's peace in that?

I got a text message from my mom earlier. She said that people were already running out of their homes and trying to go somewhere far away from Iligan. Soon, I think Iligan will be a virtual ghost town. I told my mom to stay inside the house instead because I think that's the surest way to get safe... for now. I am worried sick. I mean I am really, really worried sick. My family means everything to me and I really wouldn't know what to do if I lose them.

I don't know if its YOUR crazy idea of bringing peace in Mindanao but allowing blood-thirsty people roam around places like ILIGAN, the place I've always called HOME? YOU must be really out of YOUR mind. Some kind of mighty being YOU are. Honestly, YOU just want to play with the lives of this people.

But...

Because personally... I have always believed that there's something more powerful than what my pride demands. Pride is nothing compared to this other demand... The demand of LOVE. I am no believer...

But...

Because I love this people... I WILL PRAY. My love for them demands me to PRAY.

I don't pray a lot but I hope this will do.

I pray that YOU keep my family safe from harm's way.That also goes the same for all the people who I really care about but are in Iligan (and in Mindanao) right now. Please... I beg YOU... Keep them safe. I pray that whatever YOUR reason why these things are happening, good will come out of it... and eventually the peace everyone has longed for... the peace that everyone deserves.

Finally, I pray that YOU will be what these people NEED YOU to be... not WANT... but NEED...

It's not much, I know. But this is what I can do for now.

I surrender everything to YOU... whether I like it or not. And the only thing I can do right now is BELIEVE.