Thank You for my New Toy :o)

Yahooo!!! Just bought a new basketball! Hehehe! Can't wait to try it tomorrow! :o) :o) :o)
Thank You for making me feel like a kid again :o)

Thank You for a Terrific Valentine's Day :o)

This year, I spent Valentine's day with my ABL teammates. We had a game versus Ateneo Law that day. After practicing a bit in the afternoon and grabbing a drive thru at McDo for a quick bite (thank you She for the treat! :o) ) we headed to Makati for our match. The game started with three 3-pointers from our opponent which caught us off guard. It took some time before we finally sank our first 2 points courtesy of She :o) Ateneo Law led all throughout the first half of the game, but we managed to tie by the third quarter and overtake them in the fourth. She was on fire that day, with lots of terrific shots and plenty of rebounds and steals. I think more than half of our team's score that day was hers! Hehehe. Way to go superstar She! :o) Nikki and Em did a great job too in the center especially in the fourth quarter. Actually, the whole team did an awesome job, ending the game with an impressive come-from-behind victory :o) Even if our opponent started strong, our team finished stronger. I'm really proud of my teammates! Way to go girls! :o)



After the game, some of us headed to Recipes to celebrate (the others had dates of their own that night, hehehe). It took a while before we were seated (couples were everywhere) but the gising-gising and general's chicken were worth the wait :o) The dinner was pleasant and fun. It was nice to spend time with my new friends outside the court. We finished at about 10 pm. Thank you Em for the yummy treat! :o) Thank you She and Marcy for being so kind to drive me all the way home even though it was out of the way :o)

Thank You for letting me appreciate love, in whatever form it may be. :o)

Thank You for Songs of Praise :o)

This afternoon I chanced upon this video clip from Sister Act 2 of their performance of "Joyful Joyful" in YouTube. I really felt good after listening to it (especially since I haven't been feeling too good today) so now I'm sharing it with everyone. Here are the lyrics and the link to the video :o) (thank You for lyricsdownload.com, and of course, for the talented authors and artists who created this wonderful wonderful song)

Joyful, Joyful
Lord, we adore Thee
God of glory
Lord of love
Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee
Hail Thee as the sun above
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness
Drive the dark of doubt away
Giver of immortal gladness
Fill us with the light
Fill us with the light
Oh, fill us with the light of day......

Joyful, Joyful
Lord, we adore Thee
God of glory
Lord of love
Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee
Hail Thee as the sun above
Melt the clouds of sin, sin and sadness
Drive the dark of doubt away
Drive it away
Giver of immortal gladness
Fill us
Fill us with the light of day
Light of day!

(Check the rhyme)
Joyful, Joyful
Lord we adore Thee
An' in my life
I put none before Thee
Cuz since I was a youngster
I came to know
That you was the only way to go
[switch rapper]
So I had to grow an' come to an understandin'
That I'm down with the King so now I'm demandin'
That you tell me who you down with, see
Cuz all I know is that I'm down with G-O-D
You down with G-O-D?
(Yeah, you know me)
You down with G-O-D?
(Yeah, you know me)
You down with G-O-D?
(Yeah, you know me)
Who's down with G-O-D?
(Everybody)

Come and join the chorus
The mighty, mighty chorus
Which the morning stars begun
The Father of love is reigning over us

Right away

What have you done for Him lately?
Ooh, ooh, ooh yeah
What have you done for Him lately?

He watches over everything
So we sing

Joyful, Joyful
Lord, we adore Thee
God of glory
Lord of love
Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee
Hail Thee as the sun above
Melt the clouds of sin, sin and sadness
Drive the dark of doubt away
Drive it away
Giver of immortal gladness (won't you)
Fill us (Fill us with the light of day, Lord, fill us)
Fill us (oh we need You, yes we do, fill us)
Fill us (yeah..., oh, oh yeah)
Fill us (with the light of day, Lord)
....
( We need you, come right away,
we need you, need you today, we need you,
I'm here to say fill us, fill us, fill us, fill us...)

Fill us with the light of day (oh, yeah)
Light of day!

Watch Joyful Joyful Video Sister Act 2

Thank You for Your love that gives us reason to be truly JOYFUL :o)