Don't dare to remain bare!

      Bare. 

 

      This word seem to be very negative sounding or full of unhappy emotions. If you would imagine a place like this, then maybe it’s an empty room with a single bed and only you inside. That could be, right? And it is exactly where I have come from. 

 

      It is a word which is synonymous to empty. I am in a very comfortable room; where almost everything that I need is there. A cup of coffee, a liter of cooking oil, a soft pillow, a beautiful table, and an all material thing-filled life. I am happy and content at that time. It seems like I don’t need to think about anything, and that I already have everything. Well, that is good. But when I met Grace, she made me realized that this isn’t all that I need. I don’t need a comfortable life, I need a meaningful life. She emptied me as she literally took “my place” and pushed me to a new house leaving all the things I generated behind. It was too distressing. It’s not even me at all. It took my privacy, it took my happiness. It almost took my life! I thought I would never want it; my mind is playing around and could not really decide. But Grace slap me of my face and told me everything of it was just my pride. Grace presented a new meaning of bare to me, and that is unblemished. She cleared a part of my life living on the comforts and illusions of my past. She stripped off something in me that thinks I could not stay long in this new life. Grace woke me up seeing the sun shine so bright, feeling the cold breeze in my face, and hearing the rooster to crow. And one morning she even prepared a hot chocolate and a sweet pudding on the table and this time not only me eating, but others beside. My waking up is more meaningful this season. I’ve got to clean my room, to wash my clothes, to market my food alone, to jog around and to see what’s more to life. It gave me a fresher breath.  My new life is no longer bare as it depicts having nothing and lonesome, it has just become unblemished this time. Because I am living a life that doesn’t please me alone, but also pleases Grace. Grace emptied me so I can be filled again, and this time it’s not just a material-thing life, but a Grace-filled life. And I am so thrilled to see what lies beyond the clean, clear white walls of my new room. Thanks for coming into my life even when I do not ask, thanks for your everyday availability, Grace.

I have come to the point in my life when it is really me and Jesus alone. Meaningful.

Who is Grace and why walk with Her?

Grace is my friend, and she is an amazing friend. 
Her coming into my life is something I would not trade
 from anybody else and to anybody else.
 Grace is someone I cannot live without.

Grace taught me a lot of things, to wash and iron my clothes,
 to comb my hair, to brush my teeth. 
She also taught me of wearing make-up and heels if needed, 
and just to be simple in my every day walk. 
Grace gave me that feeling to be beautiful, and to remain beautiful, 
to be someone who is confident of herself, whatever she wears, 
whoever she is with, and wherever she goes. 
Grace supported me in my physical walk in life.

But more than that, Grace is also interested with my heart. 
She allowed me to open my heart and search the broken pieces of it.
 She literally took off layers of layers of negativity in me. 
She constantly reminded me not only to be beautiful from the outside, 
but also in the inside. She looked at me beyond my miserable life.
 She asked me to release everything that is not good 
and acceptable in me, all my wrongs and my dark secrets. 
Only Grace able to know how am I before, my troubles, 
the pains I came across with, my excuses and my bloody sins.
 But despite of that all, Grace accepted me without hesitation. 
She kept me as her friend, and she treated me more than a real sister. 
She had me at my worst, but loved me best.
 She keeps no record of my wrongs; 
she is so kind and patient in me.
Sometimes even if I go back to my wrong doings, 
she still accepts me; she does not give up on me.
 She encourages me to rise and walk again with her. 
Grace is so understanding, so kind, so loving, 
so merciful, forgiving, accepting and she is so amazing.
 She is Jesus for me and Jesus in me. 
Without her I would not be able to live my life today. 
She is my constant companion, 
my friend, my sister, my peace maker, my adviser, 
my mother, my Savior, my Jesus Christ.
 And every day of my life, I would not just walk with the beauty Grace taught me, 
but also walk with the cleansing and forgiveness Grace gave me.

In my life, it is not me walking alone, 
but I am walking with Grace. 
And so this blog is named.
 To all my readers I hope you’ll find Grace here too.

I’m a Researcher, and I need Technology!

My boss will tell me you need to do a research on improving the efficiency of reproduction in water buffaloes, and what I am going to do is immediately sit on my desk, click google chrome and research. I will look for related topics, read, learn, and finally come up with my mind on what to do. That is information technology in my work, a search engine, a source of new learning.

 
Aside from that, technology also is a way of communication for us. This enables us to publish our works in the journals and newspapers and even on websites in the internet so as we can communicate our researches and findings to other people as well. Technology allows us to share what we know, and to learn from other scientists as well. We can communicate to the public the new trends, best practices, and other findings discovered. With the help of technology, our clientele which is the farmers, and even the students, local government units and administrators, and fellow researchers enables us to interact with one another. They could send us their questions and we could immediately reply or address on their needs. That is technology, communication technology in my work.

And above all else, there is this different kind of technology that we cannot live without, that is the equipment technology. Most of our researches require the use of equipment, and without those we cannot make any, and we cannot finish them easily. Every day we came across with microscopes, incubators, ovens, manipulators and everything that is being run by electricity. These stuffs allows us to develop new scientific inputs that will help us improve the water buffalo well being.

 
Overall, it is imperative for me as a researcher to have technology in my work, as it does not eases my activities, but also helps me deliver my tasks well. With technology, we can improve the general well being of water buffaloes, we can assist in the increase their population, we can improve their milk yield and we can help the lives of our buffalo farmers. With technology in my work, we can help intensify the livestock industry and so contribute to the overall economy of the country. So I may say technology is a kind support to me, to my work, and to the buffalo research and industry.