King David for President in 2010!!!

So who is it gonna be for you?

The 2010 Presidential elections is just around the corner, and you can “practice” voting for your bet in this mock poll I created. Please do vote. Thanks!

Just a few months to go and we’ll elect a new President of the Philippines! My wife and I barely made the deadline for comelec registration by a couple of weeks. Now it’s time to decide who to vote for…hmmm…may mapagpilian kaya?

Honestly, it’s hard to pick who we’ll vote for. The more popular option nowadays is to go for Noynoy. No doubt about his sincerity and honesty, but is he cut for the job?  I mean, if the late President Cory hadn’t passed away, Noynoy wasn’t even considered in the running. Don’t get me wrong, I love Ninoy and Cory. I believe Ninoy would have been a great President, and I’m still awed by his speeches when I watch them in youtube. But Noynoy is not Ninoy, and isn’t Cory either.

Erap, well, although he shows decent marks in the surveys, he’s no longer an option, for me. Period.

Manny Villar, wow, the “mahirap” advocate. But I strongly disagree with his battlecry, “ang laki sa hirap lang ang mag-aahon sa atin mahihirap.” As if only those who lived in the slums have the golden heart to help. And coming from someone who had expensive aesthetic “procedures” at the same time carrying ducks, fish etc. Just doesn’t jive.

Gibo, in paper, seems to be the most “intelligent” choice. But then again, plagued by his alliance with the administration, how different would Gibo then be from GMA?

And there are the “other” aspirants…Gordon, Villanueva, and even BF, whose motivations and intent to lead the country may be admirable, but seem to lack enough “machinery” and “support” and thus their “win-ability” is in question.

How I wish there is someone in the running with the brilliance of Ferdinand Marcos, the passion, zeal and charisma of Ninoy, the simplicity and honesty of Cory, the idealism and faith of a true Christian on fire. Sad to say, among the hopefuls, there is no one who posses all traits. Some wannabees have some of the traits but lack the rest.

The Presidency is a position ordained by God. Who ever wins, by deduction, is ordained by God. We need to pray as a nation that God will ordain and raise up the President who is fully submitted and devoted to Him. We need a President who can unify the Philippines and take us to the promised land. We need a President who can slay down giants and at the same time can take care of the people like a shepherd. We need a President who can inspire the people into a frenzy. We need a President willing to accept his mistakes and make amends for such. We need a President after God’s own heart. We need a King David.

my son’s engaged???!!!

This is our eldest son, David. He’s now 7 yrs old and a grade 2 student. And he just told me and my wife that he’s “engaged” to one of his classmates.

When David was born, he truly brought immense joy to me and my wife. As 1st time parents then, we really enjoyed every bit of his cuteness. But time goes by so fast. After a couple of years, David was a “kuya”. And then, he began to go to school. And now he’s in the 2nd grade, he looks so big already.

As you can see, there’s no dispute he’s really good looking, just like his siblings…good trees produce good fruit…hehehe. So it’s no wonder that he gets a lot of “fans” from his girl classmates. When he was in grade 1, he had a classmates that called him up on the phone every afternoon. This year, he got elected class president by majority of his girl classmates, hehehe.

The other night, my wife and I were teasing our 2nd son, Daniel, with one of his girl classmates. David interrupted us by saying “mama, papa, ako talaga meron nang crush at meron din sya crush sa akin. Feeling nga namin mag-boyfriend-girlfriend na kami. Feeling talaga namin engaged na kami at magpapakasal…”

I looked at my wife, she looked back, our jaws dropped and eyes wide at amazement. WHERE IN THE WORLD DID DAVID EVER GET THESE THINGS!!!

Haaaaayayayay! The power of television. The effect of watching stairway to heaven. It was kind of amusing to hear David say these, much so that we know it wasn’t something serious. We wanted David to feel that we were open enough that he can tell us these things, so we couldn’t totally shut the topic down. Still we had to remind him to study well and that he was still too young to be thinking about this.

David is now young. But there will be a day, as time flies by too fast,  that he will be old enough to truly bring before us his wife-to-be. It may be 15, 20, 25 years from now, but that day will come.

We pray now that we cherish every single moment of childhood we have with our kids. It shall only pass us once. They can never be kids again. Once they hit adolescence, there’s no turning back, they are adults for the rest of their lives.

That’s why sometimes, we just allow them to roam around, jump around, scream, play and do what kids do, even though it tears the house down. And as much as we can, my wife and I engage them in pillow fights, wrestling, etc. etc. So to David’s “fiancee”, we have to call off the engagement. It’s not yet time for this. Now is the time to play, to enjoy, to study, to build up the love and security we have for our kids. Now is the time for them to be kids and to be treated as such. Now is the time to create the memories we’ll have in the future.

AVANAR’S VISION IS BORN!

i just dove into the world of blogging…i don’t know why but i guess i want to send my thoughts out into the world…

first off,  my blog’s name, AVANAR’S VISION is taken from the first syllable of my three (3) sons names minus the first letter…dAVid, dANiel, dARyl, hence AVANAR. This blog is supposed to be how i, my wife, and my children see the world through our eyes… how we would like it to be…and how God is moving in our lives!

“Where there is no vision, the people perish…” – Proverbs 29:18