It's so cold here in the desert!

As in! max temperature lately is at 16 deg and bumababa ng hanggang 6 kapag madaling araw. di na kami nag e-aircon sa flat, pero i still almost freeze at night. medyo nakakatamad nga maligo kasi malamig pa rin kahit tanghali. although may heater naman, malamig pa rin paglabas mo ng banyo.

so heniweys, i still don't have job and time is ticking away! yung ine-expect ko na job as sales exec sa isang advertising agency is quite, uhh..., malabo. i mean they want to hire me pero not now. basta malabo and josh advised me not to take their offer na. so kanina na-depress ako kasi i was expecting to have a job today. kaya i bought my first chocolate kanina. i bought malthesers for 2 dirhams. hehe... tomorrow i'm planning to transfer to another house, pero not sure pa talaga kasi kulang ang money ko. hintay pa ko ng divine intervention.

friday dec 24: i went to church! i found a protestant church through the net. it's called holy trinity church. called them up and asked for service timings. i went there for the 9:30am service. turns out, the church is actually a compound for all protestant denominations. pero merong isang main church talaga which is ecumenical, yun yung 9:30 service. it was weird kasi di ako sanay sa anglican type. very close to catholic yung service, and i didn't like it that much. i was supposed to go to josh's place but hindi niya sinasagot yung call ko so hindi ko alam kung pano pumunta sa house nila. while waiting, i browsed the lists of other churches there and guess what! merong vcf don! yey! it was at 10:30, sobrang eksakto ang timing ko so i attended their service muna. it was so great! full-packed ang big auditorium, standing room na nga siya actually. and most ng attendees ay pinoy! the message was so inspiring. they also gave away copies of more than a carpenter by josh mcdowell to all! it was a great xmas gift. they have youth on fire din which i might attend in the following weeks. i think this is the answer to my prayer for a home church.

i spent my xmas with the valdehueza family (actually more like the valdehueza clan) and their friends. daming tao sa kanila! daming friends. sarap ng food na niluto ni tita myrn (yihee... close...) na mama ni josh. i unexpectedly spent 40 dhs for the exchange gift. i bought a towel na sobrang last minute buy. si tita myrn yung nakakuha ng gift ko. i received a panasonic flat iron from lola naman ni josh. it was great kasi 1st time ko na mag-noche buena. we never do it at home. basically because, wala naman talagang marunong magluto samin and we prefer to sleep than eat at 12mn. di nga kasi kami food-lovers sa family.

i spent the next day watching dvds of art films na pinagbibibili ni josh and babysitting his cute cousins while naglilinis ang mommy nila. sinamahan ko rin siya sa driving school niya kasi na-shy akong maiwan sa bahay nila kasama ng buong family niya. next time na siguro.

i'm looking forward to new year. sana lang iinvite ako ulit. pero ok lang din kung hindi. medyo nakakahiya na rin na every weekend nasa kanila ako at nakikikain ng food nila. hehe... sana lang din makahanap na ako ng work before ako mag-1month dito. medyo nafu-frustrate na ako actually. pero i'm holding on to the Lord's promise.

happy new year peeps! may you all have a bountiful and blessed year ahead of you and that you may grow more in spiritual aspect. Love you all!