Thursday, January 29, 2009

A text message would never be the same again....

Couple years ago I was so bored, I entered in MIRC chat room just parking then. A young lady sent me a private message she was 17 years young. We just had a chit chat sharing any ideas and question and answers. She shared her yahoo messenger and added her in my list. After that little time we talked everything has been forgotten.

Years gone by early 2008, when I opened my email I received an invitation to friendster it came from Ashley Fernandez. I just added her quick and send her my gratitude for the invitation and asked her yahoo messenger again. What I did was to send her an offline messages. We were able to talk again in ym and often times we communicated only thru offline messages then I ask her cellphone number. When I had the opportunity to text her I send her some quotes. She tells me what is doing, doing their assignments and projects and hanging out with her friends.

My phone beeped, that was November 5, 2008 and the message was and I quote “Kuya I am leaving for New York Next Month” I thought it was just a joke text because I used to received some jokes like that. I asked her for what reason? She told me that she is going to have her medication, Leukemia Stage 4 Cancer. That moment it seems my world was crushed down knowing a young woman who is very lively but beneath that manifestation she has been suffering tremendously.

I asked her if I could make a call, but she is in the hospital and not allowed to have phone calls. I am so bothered for her, so I just text her if she do believe that Jesus Christ is her Great Doctor, Mighty Physician and Powerful Healer; and asked her if she will accept Jesus Christ as her personal savior her Lord and Master. She replied “with all my heart I will accept Him”. I just send a prayer request all throughout the Philippines for her healing. After that I never received any text from her she left for New York.

One night when I opened my friendster account and it struck me in her account was that “goodbye Manhattan, New York and Farewell”. It was her cousin who posted on that shout out, she rested peacefully with the Lord December 8, 2008.

I just can’t hold back the tears that falls from my eyes, ASHLEY FERNANDEZ (21 years old) that I met had been part of my life’s journey. Although I am so sad of her lost, for me she is victorious in her life with the Lord. Because she surrender her life to God in spite of all the pain that she been through.

Ashley, you are so precious in the Lords heart, God be with you till we meet again.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Blog or Consequence

You probably heard about the news lately about 4 students who were suspended due to their fearless blog against their principal. While the media was debating and taking their sides, I was looking for the blogs to see it myself.

Here goes the blogsites of the 4 suspended students:


and more banters on this one:

Many issues have evolved regarding this incident. But I want to zero-in to these two:
Respect and Free Speech

Are the young people today losing their values that they just easily mock someone in authority? (or in the other hand, Are those in authority abusing their designated powers?) 
Is free speech such a right that no one should ever penalize someone for speaking out loud?

What do you think? Comments below.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Welcome to the New Home of Youthoughts

You read it right. This is now our new home of our online fellowship. And this will be an official site once I secure our own domain. Basically, the goal of this site remains the same. But we have significant changes. As you noticed, we are now a blog site. Meaning, this site needs authors. This site needs you. 

I'll be sending invitations on how to become a contributor to this site thru email. Since I don't have the email addresses of the regular posters of the previous Youthoughts, just notify me immediately if you want post your thoughts here. You'll need to sign in with a Google Account to confirm the invitation and start posting to this blog.

Rules

As of now, I can only think of 4 rules (in posting entries and comments):

1. Post in English, only. Non-English posts will be considered as spam (sorry, I have to if I really have to). But you may post a few dialects but italicised it.

2. Do not use unnecessary punctuations and spaces. Please, some of us start our sentences in lowercase and end up with a lot of periods, commas, or combinations like this ...,.!!?..<_._>

3. This is not a Friendster bulletin, so please don't post unrelated surveys or papansin-type posts.

4. If you want to post pictures in your article, please align it properly and use just the right size. 

I just want this site to look simple and easy to read. 

Also as you look at the right column, there are Google Ads. Please DO click them once in awhile. We need its revenue to support the maintenance of this site. 

Meantime, welcome to the Beta stage of our new journey. Hopefully this time, we can cater to the most needs of the young people today. Enjoy your stay.

Be patient.

Your online kuya,
ANDOi