happiness in a short letter

i finally found the time to write a short note to my sponsor child at WORLD VISION a couple of weeks back via e-mail (yeah, i so hate doing the snail mail thing) and was pleasantly surprised to receive a letter a few days ago. the letter read :

dear mr. jay santos,

masayang araw sa inyo. ako po si isang grade 3 pupil. masayang mag-aaral at gusto kong makatapos sa pag-aaral. malapit lang ang school sa amin. maglalakad ako araw araw. bilang panganay na anak, ako ay tumutulong sa gawin sa bahay at nag-aalaga sa aking mga kapatid. kadalasan naming pagkain ay gulay at isda. paborito kong laro ay basketball. ako ay masaya at may sponsor na. salamat po sa inyong tulong. maraming salamat po.

your sponsored child,

reading my sponsored child's letter reminded me how blessed i am to be living this carefree, comfortable life. honestly, there is a sense of fulfillment for being able to contribute back to society no matter how small or insignificant it seems.

if you have PHp 600 a month to spare, i encourage you to sponsor a child.

see here for details: Sponsor a Child through World Vision

we can make a difference!

iTouch

i've been trying to decide which gadget would be perfect to store my photo collection and the best i've come across was apple's iphone. now with me probably never going the iphone way, i was looking at the iTouch instead. i was really happy when a good (and one of my oldest) friends decided to give me one as a present. thanks dale! we've been friends a long time and you know you are one of my oldest, dearest and most treasured friends.

so far, i'm quite happy playing around with my 32GB iTouch! yay!