Renewed Faith

It’s Sunday today rest day for some but Church day for most of the people in the Philippines. And for such a long time it is only now that I refused to attend the typical Sunday Mass here in our local church.

Why do I have to do this? I’m still feeling quite guilty. Someone may take a retreat, a break occasionally but that is way different from my case. I’m gradually taking the initiative to wean myself from the Catholic Church as I’m into a period of transition to be a devoted Christian = someone who carries Christ not by name but as a way of living accepting Him as the Ultimate Savior.

 Yes, I served the church for such a long time as a lecturer/commentator but I find it hard to purely serve without those people looking up to me with their eyes sparkling with compliments.  As I pray to the Lord I ask Him to help me do my part with the purest of intentions but I still I find it difficult to just go with the flow and later I found the answer in silence. “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.” (Ephesians 2:8)

 I stepped down from my position and decided to just listen. There’s so much joy and appreciation in plain listening as it helps me delve deeper to myself and be one with the Holy Spirit. 

The year 2011 has lead me much into this awakening ... series of events, conversations and endless questioning that is pealing up the old me. It is yes a “Sin” to keep doing things you have proven wrong, finding this gift through the heavenly Wisdom sent by God our Father as it was written in the Bible “If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.” (Hebrews 10:26-27). 

My parents and relatives are still not aware of this as most of them are devoted Roman Catholics but I will still take stand to my renewed faith.  Some people may judge me and mock me for this decision but change of Faith is something that is personal, it is between me and my Creator. 

  

People change for the better I’m happy that Manny Pacquiao and I found the real God, the King of all Kings we will serve forever. All deserves second chances and whatever this world say I still find my hope in God carrying His promise..“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13)

5 Things Serious Techie People Should Stop Tweeting

Twitter was built, populated, and promoted by the tech community. That just makes it even more ironic that so many of us techies have terrible Twitter manners. We should know better.

Look technology friends, Twitter is a lovely thing, but when we tweet certain things we make our followers cringe and twitch towards the unfollow button. Do whatever you will, but after reading literally millions of tweets I think that if we cut out the following Tweets we would all be better off.

And of course, I am just as guilty as you are.

Tweeting Every Place You Go

You may think that it is interesting that you are at Whole Foods (because you have the spare coin, right?), but we don’t. The annoying thing is that many ‘must follow’ people in tech are some of the worst Foursquare-on-Twitter abusers.
I may have to follow you, but I hate your Foursquare spam. Tell me when you are at the White House, or the Playboy Mansion, not the carwash.

Vague Victory Tweets

Your “Epic win today, really stoked about the next three months” tweet, or your “big things afoot and I am smack dab in the middle of it” tweet add nothing to my day other than the fact that I wonder if you can’t write coherently.
Tell me what happened: “My startup just raised $1 million!” Or don’t: “My startup is drying up and is ready to blow away!”

Whiny Lame Complaints

“OMG they ran out of my favorite white wine on the plane.” Oh, they did? Perhaps they did not forecast your taste buds and alcoholism before you boarded. Here is a little pro-tip, drink something else and hush.
You are allowed to whine if you get legitimately screwed: “Someone just stole my backback that had all my computers in it.” If you are not sure, don’t tweet.

The New Apple Product You Just Purchased

I hate this: “Really happy with my new 35″ MacBook Air with 5500 Terabyte SSD, worth the change.” First of all, screw you for having more money than the rest of us. Two, no one cares.
If you work on an Etch-A-Sketch and get your stuff done, so be it. Also, nearly everyone uses Apple products anyways, so all you are saying is that you are a sheep with no hope of ever thinking independently. Get over it.

Retweeting People We All Follow

This is probably the most annoying thing that you can do. Let’s say person X is a big damn deal in tech and has a pile of followers. This person says something witty, and you retweet it. Guess what, now I have to read it twice.
Even worse, because they are so big, if I don’t follow them, it’s for a reason, so you are injecting crap into my stream that I have already opted out from. No thank you.
That about wraps it up. What are your big pet peeves?



-- Credits to my friend Alex Wilhelm