Through Rose-Colored Glasses: A Gratitude List (July 2012 / Part 1)

• July 1: Inspiring homily about trust and faith (The idea was something like this: A great need must feed on greater faith and only then will one experience big miracles.)
• Waking up thinking I overslept then knowing I have an hour more to sleep
• KFC's one-piece Hot and Crispy chicken meal (thigh part) and mushroom soup
• Thinking I only have this certain amount of money left in my wallet and finding that I actually have more tucked deep in its recesses
• That fresh feeling after I had my braces' rubber band changed 
• Classes get suspended on the very day I wasn't feeling well
• A hot bath on a cold, rainy day
• Waking up and feeling better (no more sneezing; tolerable headache)
• Waking up and feeling perfectly well (no more sneezing, no more headache)
• Singing out loud with my earphones on (because nobody's watching and it's a good alternative to videoke)
• July 5: Being able to follow today's lessons
• Laughing with friends about random little things
• Getting home just before the rain poured down
• A rice breakfast after quite a long time of having just bread or biscuits (Made me full and energetic!)
• A late night chat with a friend on Facebook even though it cost me a couple or more hours of sleep
• Almost four hours of random conversation (and laughter) with a friend and one of our school's marketing staff after class
• Receiving a compliment from a teacher outside class (Thank you for believing in me!)
• When the choir sings I Will Sing Forever after Mass (I don't know but it always, always lifts my spirits!)
• What a good night's sleep can do to my skin
• Crossing off things on my to-do list (especially after putting them off a bit longer than I should have)
• Relaxing (in every sense of the word) on a Sunday
• Feeling full and fit at the same time
• Laughing so hard over the silliest things
• Knowing there's so much to be thankful for
• That strong feeling of being quirkyalone I sometimes get
• A friend lent me two USBs full of movies and I had no idea what the titles were (I love the thrill; It's like getting a surprise gift!)
• Happiness so irrepressible I had to bite my lip to avoid smiling alone in public (Hehe.)
• Suppressing laughter in class because a friend silently told a corny but really funny joke
• Having two handsome tomcats; I enjoy just looking at them sometimes and watching them sleep
• My not-so-perfect, almost-always-messy hair :)