Water Must Be Accessible to All School!

By: Jan Irvin D. Kis-ing

Teacher I

Colalo Elementary School

Mankayan, Benguet – Din danum et Biyag, siya di katagoan ya managtago endatako. (Water is Life, for it nurtures us by making us healthy and supports our livelihood) This dictum is always found on Cordilleran chants and stories. It outlines how the Cordilleran survived for centuries in these majestic mountains.

 Colalo Elementary School resonate this Cordilleran Aphorism by establishing its water management program that implemented Php 133,838.00 for ensuring a continuous supply of water that was successfully completed last January 12, 2016. The amount is used in the purchase of six (6) kilometers of hosepipe and labor.

 The fund is a part of the gain of the Search for Little Mr. and Miss Colalo 2015. 

As most Cordilleran community, Brgy Colalo gets its household and agricultural water supply in creeks and rivers.  As pristine as it get  or as polluted as it is, this water sources keeps the agricultural industry growing and evolving, but it also supplies the growing household and other industries resulting to depletion of water supply. On situations like this, schools are left behind with less than a drop of water.

A school with scarce water supply is faced with many challenges like health, hygiene and sanitation issues, non-implementation of Dep.Ed programs like the promotion of oral health and hand washing, gulayan sa paaralan, school re-greening activities, among others. Water shortage in the school also hampers academic undertakings such as cooking, gardening, and experimenting.

At the moment, the school is producing fresh and organic vegetables and establishes a fruit tree nursery that will be used for tree planting activities during rainy season. Learners can now enjoy their EPP activities like cooking and food processing and science experiments. Further, the clean comfort rooms and the vivid implementation of the hand-washing and tooth brushing activities draws attention from health workers. The school water supply supplements the depleted Brgy water source by sharing its overflow to the community.  All of this is due to the steady supply of water in the school without thinking of the water bill. 

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Jan Irvin has been teaching at Colalo Elementary School and has worked a lot in developing the school's library through his initiative they are able to build a library from a scratch. The Project Mountain Alphabet has helped them in some ways in support to a teachers initiative to make his school better and to have a better learning experience of his student..

Here's the story.

It all Started with a Giraffe.

Building a Library From the Kindness of Strangers

My Fair Share of Descrimination

There are millions in the planet who are in many way descriminated in any forms. Some got fired because they are transexual, others because of their origin, race, culture and a lot more. I too had a fair share of being descriminated in the work place.

So here's the story: I applied in one of the BPO company here at Cavite. I went on with the process from examination to final interview. Everything went well. Knowing that I have Rheumatic Heart Disease I disclose it awaiting for them to tell me to get a doctors clearance or a fit to work in case i get hired.

I learned on that same day that I made it and I was so happy as it was already my third month of being unemployed. The lady who is assisting me and was very helpful gave me a ton of list of all the documents that I need to provide.

In the days after nearing my training date, I went back and I learned that she wasnt there and that I have to wait for the other 2 guys to help me with my concern. I waited for more than 3 hours in the waiting area. Then finally, the lady who has been helping me came and got my papers and told me that I have one full month to furnish the rest.

I already spent my money furnishing the documents needed, but again I am still happy because at last I am going to start working again and I will start from the bottom and planned to climb up the ladder.

Then the dreaded day came, 26 hours before my supposed first day of training I recieved a text message coming from the recruiters team. I am already expecting it I told myself they may be wanting me to get a doctors fit to work since I have this Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD). So I went to meet them.

I was endorsed to the clinic and I told the doctor there that I have RHD and I declared it. I also told the doctor that during my physical/medical exam I also declared it. So the doctor said she will endorse me to HR for the final decision.

An HR personnel asked me and handed me a TERMINATION PAPER stating that I violated their rule and that I am a risk to the company and to the employee. So in my defense I told the HR personnel that I had been working graveyard for the past 10 years and I havent encountered any problem at all. I told her that I can get a fit to work from my cardiologist as well if it is necessary.

She went out the room and then after few minutes she came and told me that they are not pushing through my application since they cant hire me because I AM SICK. She also told me they have even an instance where a normal person, who is not sick, just collapsed and died.

I am disheartened. I am also concern because this is discrimination in the work place. There is no equality. So I said my Thank You's for accomodating me shake her hand and left the office with a heavy heart. In my mind does this mean that we are not allowed to work in this company because simply we are sick?

Though I am disheartened by the turn of events. Though I pity those people who are willing to work for this company even though they recieve a little less compared to working in Metro Manila. I just realized that this is not the culture of the company I want to work with. I am for equality and I am for fairness. I am sharing my experience because I wanted to let everyone know that being treated unequal is a blessing from God. When you knock into someones house and they closed their door to you it simply means you have to leave. Say a little prayer so that God will touch their heart before you finally take your first step.

It is what it is. We are living in the world full of injustice and biasness. But if we stick on the Golden Rule to Love Everyone including your enemy can make a difference in making this world a better place to breath in.

Love Wins no matter what. My experience has thought me to be more humble despite being under fire. Despite circumstances we still should stand and pick up where we have left and move forward. I encourage everyone who was descriminated to stand up and pray those who descriminated you so that God will touch their lives and their hearts to be more compasionate. People who are sick should also be given the equal opportunity to work. The opportunity for them to earn something so that they can buy their medicine and help feed their family as well. Above all, I encourage everyone who are mistreated to humble down and be more forgiving. This is what this whole situation has thought me.

Be Awesome, March

In general, February is an awesome month. I have done so many things personally and spiritualy. I have out grown my childish spiritual battle and had a beautiful and awesome in my One2One journey. I have learned a lot making me I suppose a better person from yesterday.

Here comes my friend MARCH and I am excited to spend the whole month trying to figure out what more could I do to become a better person. What more could I submit to the Lord, my Savior and Creator not only to become a better Christian but also to become a better person in general.

Just a few days ago, I woke up suddenly feeling empty, feeling sorry about the things I don't even know, I felt emptiness and definitely I felt the worst feeling. All I wanted was to sleep and sleep and sleep. I never did anything in the morning but simply to just sleep.

In the afternoon just after lunch, I checked my phone and decided to send an sms message to Rojohn my church leader who is conducting my One2One. He sent me a message of encouragement together with a bible verse which reads: "11 For I know what I have planned for you,' says the Lord. 'I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope. 12 When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers. 13 When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul. Jeremiah 29:11-13" 

As I am pondering on the message I recieved from Rojohn my messenger pop up and a friend from Italy sent me a message aside from greeting me a good morning he also sent me a bible verse: "Instead of living in the shadows of yesterday, walk in the light of today and the hope of tomorrow. Phippians 3:13-14 forgetting those things which are behind.... I press toward the goal. Morning"

As I was reading these message and trying to grasp the message and internalize it I suddenly doze off to sleep. I had this feeling that started Janaury of last year. I felt so bad and so empty that I dont know where it is coming from. I ask myself, am again geering towards mild depression. I flashed back from what have I done for the past week, then I realized I rarely eat, I rarely go out of the house, I always shutoff my house so people cant see me, I practically did not nothing and I didnt even notice it.

Whatever this is I told myself, it should stop, so the next morning, I dressed up and went running. As I was running, I remembered I might be in a spiritual battle. I maybe am being tested how far I could go with my spiritual devotion. I maybe am being placed in a situation wherein my spiritual quest will be tested deliberately. After realizing all these I stopped in the middle of the road and prayed and ask God for guidance.

After jogging, I finally got home ate my breakfast and visited my garden. I felt better that morning. Then I remembered, it is Thursday and it is the first Thursday of the month which means its Worship Night at 7:00 PM. I checked my wallet and found out that I only have Php30.00 left. I felt bad because I cant go to church. I felt bad because I cant celebrate and worship God with my churchmates. So I just continued watering my plant and weeding out.

Out of nowhere my best buddy at my previous employer sent me a message asking me to send her a message too. So which I did. After a few exchanges later that noon, she said that she has sent me a Php1000.

I am supper thankful because I thought I cant go to the worship night and I didnt event mention her that I only have Php30 in my wallet.

I am so thankful, because despite all the things going around, I have friends who share their food to me, I have friends who cheers me up when I am down, I have friends who truly understand me. I am Thankful because God is blessing me in so many ways despite the fact that I am a sinner and I have God who has loved me even though some despise me and consider me arrogant without knowing me.

Now, I know I am in a spiritual battle. Now I know it is clear that I am being tested and rediculed by the devil to not hold on to God's promise. Despite all these, I know I am holding on to my Faith that Jesus Christ is walking with me as I go through all the hurdles of life.

A Beautiful Wedding of My Friend

Wedding is the most extravagant, time consuming and yet the most beautiful celebration a couple will be celebrating. It is a celebration of two people loving and caring each other. It is a public announcement of their unending and unparalleled love for each other.

Last January, a friend of mine had her moment of her life. Rica marries his knight of shining armor. Looking at her wedding pictures, she is stunningly beautiful. Everything is magnificent, the church decoration made her the most beautiful walking down the aisles. The flowers adorned and captivated her elegant wedding gown. She perfectly glows as she walks the red carpet.

The reception is stunningly beautiful too. Everything was laid out, the details are perfectly well planned. The lights made a statement and created a story of the whole event.

However, the preparation is long and tedious and definitely drains your strength. To plan for your wedding here are some tips to have your wedding as elegant as Rica’s wedding day.

1.       Plan and set your date a year in advance. It will give you the whole year to plan and prepare for the big day! It will give you an ample amount of time to buy everything. If you still don’t have the exact date and time make sure that you at least have as to what time or season of the year you want to get marry or even just the month.

2.       Know your Budget. After setting up the date of your wedding the next best thing to do of course is to know your budget. Start first with the budget that both of you have. Do not expect for your siblings and your parents to shell out some money for your wedding day. It is always advisable to at least make sure both (couples) have a savings in place that you can start working on. How much are you both willing to spend for the church decorations, dress, giveaways, venue, and other stuff that you want to have in your wedding day.

3.       Hire your Wedding Planner. If you can afford a wedding planner, it will be a perfect idea. Remember though that a wedding planner will only be there to supervise and plan with you as you go along the whole process of preparation. They will only execute your idea and your plan. You should be the one telling them how your wedding would look like. If a wedding planner insists on his or her designs and idea FIRE YOUR WEDDING PLANNER.

4.       Create a calendar of activities. You should list down all the things that you need to do in getting married. That is why you need a wedding a planner since they will be the one to help you figure out all the things that you need to accomplish. You should work with the wedding planner from the very beginning to lay down your calendar of activities. Here are some of the things you shouldn’t miss: Wedding attire for the whole entourage (fitting, buying, making final adjustment nearer the event), Getting all the documents needed, attending all seminars needed, floral designs, food tasting, scouting for reception, and the list goes.

It’s the preparation that makes your wedding as beautiful as it could be. The planning and sorting out of ideas can make a great deal at the day of your wedding day.

Going back to my friend’s wedding, I felt too bad that I didn’t make it to the celebration. I am dying to see how gorgeous she will be in her wedding gown adorned by the firmness of her Knight and Shinning Armor Gerry. So I ended up stalking on her facebook posts of her wedding day as people are tagging her on the photos they took on her wedding day.

With of course Rica's permission here are some of her photos.

J Events made Rica's wedding design into reality. 

"A wedding planner who listens to a client and making their dream wedding to reality is the best wedding planner!"

Angels Among Us

I was walkin home from school

On a cold winter day

Took a short cut through the woods

And I lost my way

It was getting late, and I was scared and alone

We all want to make sure we get the job done and we want to finish it the quickest possible way. We do it because we either wanted to impress our boss, our parents or even the people around us. We do short cuts most of the time.

Learning knew things and personalizing it and making some brave action to go against the norm to make our life easier is truly commendable. At work most of the time, I am always encourage in finding new ways to make my life easier, better and of course ensuring that by the end of the day though I have taken shortcuts I still produce the same quality.

However, in life, taking shortcuts are not always the best solution. We still of course need to be undergo everything that we need to do to ensure we gather enough knowledge to finish it right.

We commit mistakes almost everyday. Wrong decisions, wrong people to trust to, wrong plans and just like in the song Angels Among Us we get really scared. We feel alone, we feel neglected, we feel unloved.

Then a kind old man took my hand and led me home

Just like in the song, there will always be someone to stand up beside us. Walk with us and cry with every sorrow we undergo. This is life, it is full of mystery and surprises. We pray earnestly and ask for anything and everything. I believe that God listens and answers our prayer not for what we ask but for what we need.

God send someone to be with us. God send someone to help us go through the challenges. God take away things we actually don’t need. Just like in the song, someone will come and take our hand and will lead us home.

Mama couldn’t see him

But he was standing there

And I knew in my heart

He was the answer to my prayer

I always believe God transforms in many other forms to be with us to guide us. The only thing we need to do is to have that faith in us guiding us despite the turbulence of our life. We might not be seeing HIM nor feeling him. The only communication we have with HIM is simply through prayer. I guess that’s life and that’s faith.

God comes in many forms. The little things we have and the tiny tidbits of life during struggling times are those simple things that comes along away. We may simply ignore it but this are gift from God to let us know he is there, that he is walking with us to take the burden away or to ease our self from the pains we feel.

Oh, I believe there are Angels Among Us,

Sent down to us from somewhere up above.

They come to you and me in our darkest hours

To show us how to live

To teach us how to give

To guide us with a light of love.

This made this song somehow something extra special to me. It reminds me of that little something to let me know that God is there with me all the time and all throughout the journey in this what we call life. It is a reminder that there’s that special someone out there watching over us.

When life held troubled times

And had me down on my knees

There’s always been someone

To come along and comfort me

A kind word from a stranger

To lend a helping hand

A phone call from a friend

Just to say I understand

Now ain’t it kind of funny

At the dark end of the road

Someone light the way with just a single ray of hope.

So to encourage people out there who felt that no one is with them all along. That the world seems so rude and so unforgiving. That the people we look up to seems so distant and curse and telling you that you are nothing just remember that there’s always someone who will come along and comfort you. That someone is a gift from God and touched by God to be with you.

They wear so many faces,

Show up in the strangest places

And grace us with their mercies in our time of need.

Sometimes the always come along in our most unexpected way. But every night when you felt alone, look back from the day I am sure there’s always that someone smiled or texted you or send you a message and somehow even for just a minute you smiled, you were at ease. That someone could be a friend or a guard from a mall or a sales lady in a boutique or even a stranger in the street.

To guide us with a light of love

Reflection on Faith

In my personal view faith stands on something we believe in. Somehow this is what pushes us to do better, to do well and to be a better person. I have faith in God as my Lord and Savior as my redeemer and my only way towards salvation.

Despite circumstances, Faith is the only thing that keeps me going. My recent story will just be the same old story of everyone else. My life story is so ordinary that everyone may be experiencing and or has experienced in one way or the other.

Just recently, I lost everything that I have been working for the past decades or so. I planned everything according to my will and everything was running smoothly. Until one day, someone came in and started breaking every foundation that I have built. Masked with friendly gestures then turned into a personified monster from the underworld. I was caught off guard. Then every foundation started to break so easily. These people came like a strongest magnitude of an earthquake. Then left me with almost nothing.

The career that I had been holding on has gone astray and I became a dog without a master. Then I realized, after all these long journey that I had been doing there was one thing I forgot. The FAITH to my creator was set aside. It was this missing link I suppose that when a quake has come the foundation I built gets shattered that easy.

That was my missing link. That was the most important part that I had missed. The self-centeredness has consumed me. Anger has changed my attitude. I used to be so positive and vibrant and because of that anger from within me it has changed me to become meaner each day. God has a way of making us realize the things we miss.

One Sunday when I went to church, the pastor started talking about Faith not just a Faith but an audacious faith. He was talking about the story of Zelophehad’s daughter. It made me realize that their story is amazing displaying the faith they had for God.

Here’s their story as I narrate it with my personal experience and thoughts.

Long time ago in the Old Testament, where the culture is strongly patriarchal Zelophehad died along the way on their journey to the promise land. Zelophehad died without no son. So all his belongings including a land will be given not to his daughters but to his brothers living his daughter without any means of livelihood.

Zelophehad’s daughter, Mahlah, Noah, Milcah and Tirzah knew they had inheritance they knew they have a good God. These ladies, hold on to GOD’s promise. They also knew they don’t have a voice because in Hebrew in the olden times, inheritance are to be given to the sons from their deceased father. They knew that if they will make a stand they would have to stand before Moses, Eleazar the priest and chiefs of the congregation.

Because Zelophehad’s daughter had an audacious faith towards GOD, they would make a stand and appeal in their hearts to give them the inheritance they should receive from their deceased father Zelophehad.

I then realized, I didn’t had faith from GOD that he can do all things. I knew God can move mountains but merely knowing is definitely useless if you don’t have the faith that GOD indeed can move mountains for us. Knowledge is just a tool for us to survive, for us to use it to become a better servant to our creator. It shouldn’t be the definition of what we can do but rather it is a definition that GOD gave us knowledge to function better according to his will. All we need to do is have faith. It is that FAITH that we have in our heart that will guide us through the decisions we make or the words we utter.

With Zelophehad’s daughter and their argument, Moses asks God to make the decision.

In real life, let’s be like Moses. When faced in a challenging situation we should sit back for a while and ask God’s guidance. We can never go wrong if it is the will of the Lord. Remember, the decision you make may somehow impact someone else’s life. Should Moses acted upon the Law of the Land then no matter what the Zelophehad sister would do will definitely

The story of the Zelophehad daughters and their faith is found in the bible in the book of Numbers Chapter 27 verses 1 to 7.

Each day as we pursue our daily task we are given decisions to make. It is always best to have that Faith burning just like the daughters of Zelophehad who always had their faith in them and in those desperate situation God stood with them. Their story is a biblical testament that with intense faith that we have for as long as we fuel it and keep it burning each day, then God will always be there too with us battling 90% of our battle.

The Sunset of Life

It was one cold afternoon of January when I decided to stroll. Just the normal activity I do since I lost my job. It is a perfect time for a realization of the things I have done. I am person who planned everything. I planned on everything from my life goals to career moves.

I remember that before entering my college life I also had a long walk at dawn planning from my biggest goal up to the steps that I need to do to achieve my lifetime goal. This was my beautiful sunrise. When the sun rises from the east it signals a beautiful day. The birds chirps excitedly. The kids are joyously preparing for their activities for the day. The flowers in the garden standing proud awaiting for the sun to finally rise to help them build the food they need. Sunrise signifies a beautiful day ahead. The sun smiles brightly from afar to the creation of this universe excited to fulfill their duties and tasks for the day ahead.

For me, the sunrise is the signal for a day to execute the plans for the day. I planned on the things I need to do on my college days to gain all the experience I needed to land on a professional job after college. My life’s blueprint was all laid up when I finally enrolled in college. I am able to execute all these plans perfectly and was able to reach all goals that I have.

Sunrise signifies a beginning of a journey to a beautiful day. No matter how we conjure the things around us the sun will always rise and the course of the matter will always come to life. No human can ever stop what is bound to happen. The only thing human can do is to decide which way to go. It is the call of nature. What is bound to happen will always happen no matter what.

It will not always be a beautiful sunny day when the sun rises. There will be days where there are storms stronger than the other. Storms that shatters someone else’s life. Storms that will blow everything that you will have. Or there will be days where the sun seems to come closer to us where there is extreme heat. The soils will crack, the plants will wither.

But after all this, the sun will always set in the west. As the sun continues to set the sky turns to different shades of orange. The rays of the sun adorns the blue sky with colors pleasing to the eye until it finally disappears and turns the sky into pitch black.

Sunset is a reminder for us that everything has an end. No matter what the situation is whether it a blizzard of bad lucks or a basketful of luck it will always have an end. It is also a reminder that it was such a fine perfect day.

Just in life, we meet different persona that stumbles our way.

There will be people who would come and shatter our life just like one of our stormy days. They will probably come and leave us with unrepairable damage in our life. There are those people who would come and leave us with penniless. There will be situation forcing us to become the person who we are not. Just like a storm, they will come unexpectedly more often than not they will come at your lowest point.

Sometimes amidst this staggering happenings in our life, someone will come to brighten up our days. Just like a sunrise. It energizes us to do the things we are ought to do. They will light up our life after we come out from the dark. There will be situation, the unexpected one that will come and give us the energy that we needed the most inspiring us to exceed the expectation on the things are destined to do.

Above all, there will be someone who will always be our sunset. The one who will always be there reminding us that everything shall pass and everything will come to an end. Just like the beautiful sunset with wide range of colors adorning the sky, that person will always be that someone who resets us to have that there will tomorrow waiting with the hopes of a better than that of today and yesterday. It is our sunset that reminds us that there will be hope of a better tomorrow.

That was the meaning of sunset for me. It is a reminder that no matter what there will always be an end of all the things that is happening. It gives us hope for a new tomorrow. So who is that person who will be the sunset of your life. That person who will remind you that everything shall come to an end.

Trusting People

I see the world as a place where everything is possible. A world full of love and injustice. I see it as a place for dreamers to fulfill the dreams they have been working on for years. A place where everyone will experience the beauty of living. A place so beautiful yet very dangerous. A place where everyone would grow their faith and experience the majestic miracles of what we call LIFE.

They say NO MAN IS AN ISLAND which is true. Everyone needs someone to grow and strive for whatever they are destined to be doing. We treat our neighbors as our friend, our comrade, our comforter, in short we see and treat them as our family because we know in times of trouble they will be our run to person when times get tough.

As we sail on to our journey either going to work or simply dining in to a little or mini food stores we will be mingling with different people of different personality and walks of life. We chat, laugh and simply talks to them which may lead to something better and deeper relationship. Our simple HI and Hello's somehow creates a bridge to the people we first met until we ended up talking to them.

However, sometimes that simply HI and HELLO's may lead to catastrophic incident burning the bridges that was once created. The bridge that was built beautifully by simply bumping into those people we accidentally meet. These things happens simply because we are TRUSTING too much.

We are called HUMAN because we TRUST. However, because of that TRUST sometimes will lead us to our own distraction. Human by nature are loving and caring just exactly as describe in the old testament. As God has created Adam and Eve to be loving and caring to almost everything. We are created in the liking of God.

Trusting to people is definitely very human in nature. We trust people we meet because we don't see them as enemy but rather as a brethren in fellowship in our world full of unknown possibilities. For it is written in the scripture to LOVE each other. LOVE and TRUST goes together as husband and wife. For we cannot LOVE if we dont TRUST.

However, it is true that only few of those people we meet along the way really are worthy of our TRUST. Many are simply there to take advantage on your weakness. Sometimes even the people we invited to our table to dine and drink with us would leave us and take away the belongings we have. It is a hidden truth that those whom we considered to be our friend, or could be our ally in terms of raging conspicous human battle is actually a bomb that will explode to distroy or take away everything that we have.

It will never be easy to identify those who are unreal. Never trust a man who speaks foolishly nor should you invite a person in your house who are boastful. Above all, the most dangerous of them all, never TRUST a person who speaks flowering word. There are people who pretends to be a friend, concieve by good words and definitely a mask of a good man. These are the one's who will attack you visciously when you are in their trap.

The Voice Within

Have you ever experienced sitting down in the middle of a cold black night not thinking of anything maybe puffing a cigarette with a bottle of beer. Enjoying the melodious spund of the cricket, the baritone bark of your neighbor's dog, the high pitched sound of the cricket.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a question pops out of your mind. This could be a random question like why I failed my English subject? Or questions like why aren't you attending your Sunday Church service or why are you going to church? Questions you never imagined just popping out of your mind.

Psychologist may say, that it is your subconscious mind talking pastors may say it is God's way of reminding or talking to you.

Since this questions just pops out, more often than not they're left unanswered or even ignored.

It happened to me once, and I am left hanging asking myself if this are by products of my imaginations or this are questions buried under the realm of my subconscious self. Or was it really God's way of communicating to me.

Months has passed and then same questions has crossed my mind. Then came series of related questions started to flow in my mind.

I am amazed how brains works. I am not trying to ask question I am just puffing my cigarette then it coined serries of words formulating into questions I never imagined asking myself.

I came to realize somehow that it could be God's way of talking to its people through our mind in our most unexpected way. Could be His own way of guiding its people to His plan.

These questions, so simply and yet so powerful. I believe that this questions could lead the person to a total transformation or a rebirth of that person to new persona.

Then I asked myself, could this scientist and engineers gone through same situation where they were alone sitting at their porch enjoying their own coffee came across a simply question and transform them to the birth of Albert Einstien upto Steve Job and Bilm Gates?

A question they are willing to answer that totally changed them and become who they are destined to become or should I say a rebirth from their oldselves and become what God has planned them to be.

What about you? Did you ever experienced the same situation? Did you ever try to find out what is it for you? Did you believe it is God's voice talking to you through your brain?

I believe in God as my saviour and my creator and that he has His own way of talking to His children.

Share yours via the comment box.

Baking Soda for Skin care

There are countless benefits of baking soda to your skin. Amongst the most popular are natural deodorizer, exfoliant, pimple and acne remedy, removes blackheads amongst other. So this week I tried creating my homemade facial mask.

WHAT YOU NEED?

2 tablespoon of lemon juice
4 to 5 tablespoon of baking soda
1 tablespoon of sea salt or rock salt.

Procedure

Mix all ingredients until it becomes clay like in texture. Always make sure to do some skin test to check if your skin reacts. After 10 minutes and you havent felt a burning sensation or extreme itchiness then you can apply it on your face.

Aside from using lemon juice you can also use milk or honey or even distilled water.

Because there is other benifits of using baking soda you can also apply it on your arms, armpit, on your feet.

For face and neck you can wash it after 10 to 20 minutes.

For feet, sole, ankle or knee you can wrap it and leave it overnight. It leaves the skin softer.

Please note not to over use baking soda as it may damage your skin. Preferably twice a week or even once a week.

(PS I am using my phone to write an article)