my so called BEAUTIFUL LIFE...

lihok para sa pag-bag-o

2009-08-02T13:24:00.000+08:00

sige lang kog bagotgot ug reklamo sa kahimtang nato karon pero wala nako huna-huna-a kun naa ba koy gibuhat aron mabag-o kini.

i just realized na di ta angay magpaka-buta, bungol na lang hantud sa hantud. kun gusto nato bag-ohon ang angay bag-o-hon, dapat mulihok ta ug makiglambigit. di na angay maghulat pa ta na mugrabe pa. samtang naa pa tay mahimo karon, himuon na. di na ugma ug sa sunod na mga adlaw pa.

kun kita magkahi-usa ug makigbisog karon pa lang, posible pa nato na mabag-o ang sitwasyon. di ta angay mawad-an ug paglaum.

lihok para sa pag-bag-o, NOW NA?!

new blogspot

2009-07-15T16:40:00.001+08:00

try to visit my new blogspot
meemyselfmyat-opinyon.blogspot.com

duka bay escapade

2009-06-02T17:59:00.004+08:00

we had our family bonding last saturday. the last summer escapade with cousins. we really had fun, place was so tempting. no one can resist the clear water and the white sand. we had our own version of snorkeling and we rode on the clear boat, seeing the coral reefs and fishes was so refreshing and we realized that we should take care of our environment especially or beaches. it was far from our city but our time was worthy. unwining makes us relax with our busy schedules and time to bond with the kids. there were crying moments, remembering the past particularly the hardships and pain we had. we're looking forward to our next bonding time.

bea&michael wedding day

2009-06-02T17:44:00.003+08:00

Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day.
Barbara De Angelis

wedding organizer

2009-06-02T16:45:00.004+08:00

my first cousin bea, texted me asking for my help for her wedding day. we were surprised for she didn't inform us that her wedding day is already happening in just two weeks. OMG?! i was really pressured for she has lots of demands.

then i remembered my wedding day, i was a little bit lucky for we hired an organizer but still we we were not fully satisfied w/his services. if only i could turn back the time, i'd rather had a simple and solemn wedding. only close families and friends are invited. ours was a little bit annoying especially in the reception area, so many gate crashers.

being an wedding organizer is not an easy task particularly if you're still a beginner but it was a fun. now, i'm planning to become one (hehehehehehehehe). i think i'll be in my best?!

we visited various boutiques for her wedding gowns, printing shops for her invitations and giveaways. churches for her church decorations but one thing i really didnt like was their reception. it was a little bit hassle for us because they decided to have their reception at my lola's hauz. well, it was their wedding, not mine. but still it turned out well.

Boys Over Flowers

2009-05-28T18:05:00.004+08:00

i'm always watching this and i'm crazy about it especially
Lee Min Ho. scenes make me giggle like a teenage girl. hahahahahahaha.

proud to be PINOY...

2009-05-28T17:08:00.004+08:00

NOTE TO GOD by CHARICE PEMPENGCO is my favorite song right now. Her voice is very powerful, this song is really intended for her. she made OPRAH cry with a standing ovation from americans. i've watched her performances when she was a contestant in Sang Linggo Napo Sila way back. i'm an avid fan since then and i didn't expect that she will become an international star. dreams do really come true. congrats to her. and again, i'm proud to be PINOY...

Note To God

2009-05-21T17:57:00.000+08:00

"Note To God"

If I wrote a note to God
I would speak whats in my soul
I'd ask for all the hate to be swept away,
For love to overflow
If I wrote a note to God
I'd pour my heart out on each page
I'd ask for war to end
For peace to mend this world
I'd say, I'd say, I'd say

Give us the strength to make it through
Help us find love cause love is over due
And it looks like we haven't got a clue
Need some help from you
Grant us the faith to carry on
Give us hope when it seems all hope is gone
Cause it seems like so much is goin wrong
On this road we're on

If I wrote a note to God
I would say what on my mind
I'd ask for wisdom to let compassion rule this world
Until these times
If I wrote a note to God
I'd say please help us find our way
End all the bitterness, put some tenderness in our hearts
And I'd say, I'd say, I'd say

Give us the strength to make it through
Help us find love cause love is over due
And it looks like we haven't got a clue
Need some help from you
Grant us the faith to carry on
Give us hope when it seems all hope is gone
Cause it seems like so much is goin wrong
On this road we're on

No, no no no
We can't do this on our own
So

Give us the strength to make it through
Help us find love cause love is over due
And it looks like we haven't got a clue
Need some help from you
Grant us the faith to carry on
Give us hope when it seems all hope is gone
Cause it seems like so much is goin wrong
On this road we're on

If I wrote a note to God

boiler operator

2009-05-18T18:13:00.003+08:00

we're very curious about being a boiler operator so we googled it. and this is what we got:

Operates automatically fired boilers to generate steam that supplies heat or power for buildings or industrial processes: Lights gas- or oil-fed burners, using torch. Starts pulverizer and stoker to grind and feed coal into furnace of boiler. Observes pressure, temperature, and draft meters on panel to verify specified operation of automatic combustion control systems, feed water regulators, stoker, pulverizer, and burners. Turns valves and adjusts controls to set specified fuel feed, draft openings, water level, and steam pressure of boiler. Observes boiler and auxiliary units to detect malfunctions and makes repairs, such as changing burners and tightening pipes and fittings. May test and treat boiler feed water, using specified chemicals. May maintain log of meter and gauge readings and record data, such as water test results and quantity of fuel consumed. May be designated according to fuel burned, type of boilers, or class of license required.

What is dangerous about this job?

-Boilers work at a high heat adjacent to pressurized vessels which put their operators at a risk of burns and explosions.
-Burning of fuel used in boilers may lead to fires, carbon monoxide poisoning, etc.
-Boiler operators come into contact with various substances used in boilers (fuel, water additives, etc.) which may lead to eye
and skin disorders.
-Boiler operators work in a noisy, hot and humid environment that may cause tiredness and general ill-feeling.

hubby will really have a hard time but i know he can make it... AJA da?! for our future.

finally...

2009-05-18T18:02:00.004+08:00

we've been waiting for this since January. we just receive a good news that hubby will be leaving next week for Manila for his medical check-up. at last, he'll have a good job as a boiler operator. we both know that this will be a new life for our family but we're hoping that everything we'll be alright. sacrificing for our family is a very hard task, being away from the kids is not easy. for sure, he'll be crying out loud for his first few weeks but i do believe that he can adjust especially with the technology now.

FINALLY...

2009-05-05T18:23:00.002+08:00

It's a privilege to be a mother. Motherhood is the greatest blessing any woman can be blessed with. Motherhood is a symbol of love, kindness and forgiveness. A mother's touch is the first human touch in a child's life. A mother's heart is filled with a never-exhausting love for her children. She lives and dies for them.

A mother is the most beautiful woman in the child's eyes. It is a mother's love, pure and unadulterated, which nourishes a child and helps him to see and understand the cruel and the harsh world where he is destined to spend the rest of his life. Only a mother knows how it feels to be a mother.

Mothers shoulder a huge responsibility of instilling the good and the bad in her child's heart. Being a mother is tough. A mother's every action and word is under the deepest scrutiny and therefore she is always over cautious of her conduct.

A Mother's Love
by Carol Matthews

A Mother loves right from the start.
She holds her baby close to her heart.
The bond that grows will never falter.
Her love is so strong it will never alter.

A Mother gives never ending love.
She never feels that she has given enough.
For you she will always do her best.
Constantly working, there's no time to rest.

A Mother is there when things go wrong.
A hug and a kiss to help us along.
Always there when we need her near.
Gently wipes our eyes when we shed a tear.

So on this day shower your Mother with Love.
Gifts and presents are nice but that is not enough.
Give your Mother a day to have some peace of mind.
Be gentle, be good, be helpful, be kind.

a tribute for my mom...

2009-05-05T18:11:00.003+08:00

Mom,
I look at you
and see a walking miracle.
Your unfailing love without limit,
your ability to soothe my every hurt,
the way you are on duty, unselfishly,
every hour, every day,
makes me so grateful
that I am yours, and you are mine.

With open arms and open heart,
with enduring patience and inner strength,
you gave so much for me,
sometimes at your expense.

You are my teacher,
my comforter, my encourager,
appreciating all, forgiving all.

Sometimes I took you for granted,
Mom,
but I don’t now, and I never will again.
I know that everything I am today
relates to you and your loving care.

I gaze in wonder
as I watch you being you—
my miracle, my mother.

i love you so much mom.

war of the worlds...

2009-05-05T17:38:00.008+08:00

this was the scene last sunday at cogon mkt atrium. it was for free, live and no adverstisements. it was sponsored by CDOC government officials.

before the fight somebody offered us a deal that if HATTON stand still until round 5, he wins with a pot money of 7,000.00 but we didn't take it for we were doubtful. sayang?!

everyone was very attentive and shouting when HATTON was knocked down by PACQUIAO. it was a mismatch and not a good one. we were really expecting that it will be a nice one but we were disappointed by HATTON's performance. he was strong but very aggressive and he has no trick compared to our MANNY.

MANNY is not a good in english but very smart when it comes to his fights. we're very proud to be PINOY because of you MANNY.

congratulations.

latests movies...

2009-04-30T16:08:00.005+08:00

me and hubby love cars and drag race too.

SCARY. makadumdum jud dayon kos among balay
kay nay gapanitsit sa among taas.

pssst... pssst... pssst...

busy right now...

2009-04-30T15:54:00.004+08:00

i'm very busy right now. i'm managing 3 businesses right now + taking care of kidz and our home + free education from ALS-DEPED (culinary and cosmetology) + 2 months F & B tesda training.

i'm one of Pres. Gloria Scholars curretly enrolled in Food and Beverage Services at VIPC (Vineyard International Polytechnic College), located at Mabulay Street CDOC. at first, i'm not comfortable with my classmates but i was able to cope up with them especially when we had our table skirting and cooking. we had enough time to bond with each other. i'll share our pictures later.

that is why i don't have enough time for movies, kapamilya teleserye and internet.

yummy...

2009-04-30T15:31:00.005+08:00

it taste so good and i'm always craving for it.

it was raining yesterday and i had this.

this or that...

2009-04-30T14:30:00.004+08:00

Coke or Pepsi?
pepsi

Regular pool or heated pool?
regular

Hot tea or ice tea?
ice tea

Sunflower or daisy?
daisy

Red rose or pink rose?
red rose

Salt or pepper?
salt

Red or Green Apple?
red apple

Red or Blue?
blue

Christmas or Thanksgiving?
christmas

Pink or Green?
green

Hamburger or Hotdogs?
hamburger

Music or Movies?
movies

Heaven or hell?
heaven

Comedy or horror?
horror

AOL or AIM?
aol

IPod or MP3?
ipod

Purse or backpack?
purse

Myspace or Facebook?
facebook

Paris or England?
paris

Milky Way or Snickers?
milky way

Vanilla or Chocoloate?
chocolate

Phone or Internet?
internet

Steak or Shrimp?
ahrimp

Outdoors or Indoors
outdoors

summer plan...

2009-04-08T15:58:00.002+08:00

i'm planning to enrol in a gym class this summer. i always wanted to slim down, i gained a lot of weight when i gave birth to our 3 litol cute boys. i haven't slim down since then. when i was still single i look like the woman here in the picture. hehehehehe. not exactly but i was really skinny before.

i really have to lose some fats especially in my stomach part. hopefully will look like her. sexy hotta mama??!!

i will really do my best to achieve it. go!go!go!go!

plurk...

2009-04-08T15:43:00.004+08:00

i'm really enjoying this right now. it was introduced to me a month ago by my friend cathy. a little info about it by the website itself:

What is Plurk?

Noun. plurk (plüer-kh) - A really snazzy site that allows you to showcase the events that make up your life in deliciously digestible chunks. Low in fat, 5 calories per serving, yet chock full of goodness.

Verb. plurk (plüer-kh) - To chronicle the events of your always on, action-packed, storybook, semi-charmed kinda life.

so what are you waiting for. join us, enjoy and have fun????!!!!

back to work....

2009-03-27T16:19:00.006+08:00

November 2008, we decided to stop our business due mismanaging. we just stayed at home and rested. until my aunt arrived and asked for our help. she wanted a business for she was a bit tired of her work abroad. she wanted to stay for a while here in the Philippines. she invested and i'm in-charge.

my work is not that easy. i have to wake up as early as 2 am to pay for the product (malasugi) in bulua fish landing area. at first, i really had a hard time adjusting but i was able to manage it for it was my work before. i have to do all the calculations and check everything. i also have my own business (my delivery-XAVIER SPORTS), I've been supplying their veggies, fruits, sea foods, fishes for almost 4 years. i have to assist my laborer at cogon mkt til 12 noon. i just have 1-4pm as my resting period, time for my family and during Monday, i have a culinary class and Saturday, a cosmetology class sponsored by DEPED. and i think this June, i'll start my food and beverage class at Vineyard Polytechnic College. another opportunity of learning supported by President Arroyo. I've passed the Tesda exam 3 weeks ago, it is a test whether i am qualified for the scholarship or not. right now, i'm enjoying the breaks the BRO is offering me.

everybody knows that i'm the only one who's working. my hubby is just staying at home, watching our kidz or playing basketball. that's why we're really asking BRO to grant our request. my hubby is waiting for a call for Saudi. we know that BRO will help us in HIS time and will. we do trust and have faith in HIM.

Yes, it would be hard for us living and working separately but this is a very good opportuniy for all of us especially for our kids. we have plans for a brighter future and we need to sacrifice so we can achieve it. there are really times that things don't go the way we want to but BRO has good reasons for letting everything happen. BRO said, just believe and it will happen?! again in HIS time and will...

exhausted?!

2009-03-17T15:02:00.003+08:00

i'm so tired to blog right now. there are so many things in my mind that i wanted to share but too lazy to write.

hay?! i'm exhausted and will always be... i think i need a vacation.

new business venture

2009-03-12T14:25:00.003+08:00

this is our new business venture. we started this three weeks ago. this is a corpo between meemyselfmyat and my aunt. we're buying this stuff (pants, shorts, pedals, blouses and now new addition are bags) in a wholesale price from the taiwanese-chinese community in cogon mkt. then we're selling it to the tideras-tinderos of cogon mkt particularly in the fish section area. they're paying it daily for a month because it would be easier for them then to pay it fully. at first i was really doubtful if this would click, fortunately, it did. it made me realize that clothes is absolutely a basic need next to food(of course). even though we're having global crisis, still, we have a budget for apparels.

sepsis

2009-03-10T15:39:00.002+08:00

i'm so curios about sepsis. i've encountered this word several times already. 1st was when Mariana Bridi da Costa, a brazilian model whose feet and hands were amputated before she died. 2nd was when our own King of Rap passed away last week. so i decided to gather more informations to understand everything. and this is what i got:

according to http://www.emedicinehealth.com

Sepsis is a condition in which the body is fighting a severe infection that has spread via the bloodstream. If a patient becomes "septic," they will likely be in a state of low blood pressure termed "shock." This condition can develop either as a result of the body's own defense system or from toxic substances made by the infecting agent (such as a bacteria, virus, or fungus).

People at risk for sepsis

* People whose immune systems (the body's defense against microbes) are not functioning well because of an illness (such as cancer or AIDS) or because of medical treatments (such as chemotherapy for cancer or steroids for a number of medical conditions) that weaken the immune system are more prone to develop sepsis. It is important to remember that even healthy people can suffer from sepsis.

* Because their immune systems are not completely developed, very young babies may get sepsis if they become infected and are not treated in a timely manner. Often, if they develop signs of an infection such as fever, infants have to receive antibiotics and be admitted to the hospital. Sepsis in the very young is often more difficult to diagnose because the typical signs of sepsis (fever, change in behavior) may not be present or may be more difficult to ascertain.

* The elderly population, especially those with other medical illnesses such as diabetes, may be at increased risk as well.

The number of people dying from sepsis has almost doubled in the past 20 years. This is most likely due to the increased number of patients who suffer from sepsis.

* There has been a large increase in sepsis because doctors have started treating cancer patients and organ transplant patients, among others, with strong medications that weaken the immune system.

* Also, because of our aging population, the number of elderly people with weak immune systems has grown.

* Finally, because of the increased and often inappropriate use of antibiotics to treat illnesses caused by viruses and not bacteria, many strains of bacteria have become resistant to antibiotics, making the treatment of sepsis more difficult in some cases.

topiary (flower arrangement)

2009-03-10T14:37:00.005+08:00

Materials Used:

Flowers of your own choice
Angels breath
Foliage
Vase
¾ meter and ½ meter stick
Cutter
Floral foam

Procedure:
1. Assemble the pot or vase that you’re going to use and insert the stick make sure that it is stable or can support the weight of the flowers.
2. Soak floral foam for 30 minutes and form it into round and attached it above the stick.
3. Cut all flowers for 2 inches with diagonal ends.
4. Insert it in the floral foam starting at the center make a ring form first.
5. Then followed by the upper side of the floral foam forming a dome shape.
6. Add accessories and foliage.
Topiary is good for wedding decorations.
Tall arrangements such as topiary are also used in buffet tables in which you want your arrangement be seen by the guest.

this is our own version of topiary flower arrangement. we had this before the cooking session. we had table skirting too but i i think i can't share it, for i don't have the procedures and don't have any pictures during that session. it was quite interesting, we had a hard time skirting the long table at school. we were really sweating. too bad, time was very short to learn everything.

first cooking session

2009-03-10T12:39:00.008+08:00

(to lazy to copy the recipe from the blackboard)
FRUITY FISH

FISH BALL STARTERTS

Servings: Makes 30 fish ball starters.

INGREDIENTS

400 g White fish fillets

750 ml Water
2-Jan Medium onion, finely chopped
15 cloves Garlic, chopped
25 g Chopped spring onions
60 g Flour
2 Eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Freshly ground ground pepper
250 ml oil

METHOD

· Clean fish fillets well, making sure to remove any remaining fish bones.

· Put the water in a pot and bring to the boil. Drop the fillets into the water and let cook for about 5 minutes or until flesh is slightly firm, but not flaky.

· Remove fillets from water.

· Mash the fillets and mix with onions, garlic, spring onions, flour and eggs.

· Season with salt and pepper and mix thoroughly to form a smooth batter.

· Shape the batter into small balls.

· Heat the oil in a wok. Place the balls in one by one, making sure each ball is completely submerged in the oil for even cooking. You may have to cook the balls in batches.

· Cook until fish balls are lightly browned.

· Remove from heat and drain on paper towels.

· Skewer 2 fish balls onto each toothpick, if desired.

· Serve with Sweet and Sour Sauce.

it was good and i'm planning to have it at home for my kids. i'm sure my family will love it, if only i have enough time to cook. another one we had was FRUITY FISH but i can't share the recipe yet beacuse i don't have it. i was so lazy to copy when our teacher posted it (hehehehehe)

RIP our idol...

2009-03-08T17:27:00.003+08:00

Good men must die, but death can not kill their names. (PROVERBS)

the king of rap will always stay in our hearts and his legacy will live.

Kaleidoscope World

So many faces, so many races
Different voices, different choices
Some are mad, while others laugh
Some live alone with no better half
Others grieve while others curse
And others mourn behind a big black hearse
Some are pure and some half-bred
Some are sober and some are wasted
Some are rich because of fate and
Some are poor with no food on their plate
Some stand out while others blend
Some are fat and stout while some are thin
Some are friends and some are foes
Some have some while some have most

Every color and every hue
Is represented by me and you
Take a slide in the slope
Take a look in the kaleidoscope
Spinnin' round, make it twirl
In this kaleidoscope world

Some are great and some are few
Others lie while some tell the truth
Some say poems and some do sing
Others sing through their guitar strings
Some know it all while some act dumb
Let the bassline strum to the bang of the drum
Some can swim while some will sink
And some will find their minds and think
Others walk while others run
You can't talk peace and have a gun
Some are hurt and start to cry
Don't ask me how don't ask me why
Some are friends and some are foes
Some have some while some have most

Every color and every hue
Is represented by me and you
Take a slide in the slope
Take a look in the kaleidoscope
Spinnin' round, make it twirl
In this kaleidoscope world

my passion

2009-03-08T15:55:00.006+08:00

bags. shoes. flipflops. dvds. and now, i'm crazy about dresses. most of this things are given by relatives snd friends. if you want to hand out, feel free to contact me (hehehehehehehe?!).

combo meal ala meemyselfmyat

2009-03-05T10:51:00.002+08:00

coffee. scrambled eggs with ham and cheese. hotdogs. toasted bread.

usually i do not eat breakfast but then i realize that it is very essential beacuse it is the 1st meal. we need it to gain more energy so we can work through out the day. i just discover this combo meal a month ago and since i was very busy i do not have enough time to cook.

i miss my fave breakfast combo meal?!

update of everything?!

2009-03-03T16:58:00.004+08:00

i've been very busy for the past few dayz... i don't have enough time to check my fs, multiply, facebook especially my wealth in fashion wars (hehehehehehe). i don't have ay entry for almost a month and i miss my fave bloggers mainly cathapulan but i can't open it. damn?! then i remember that she did informed me that she changed her url but i can't get the exact one so i texted her (thank you gang?! may gani nagreply dayon ka). i also adore paulahlah's blogspot. she was one of my close friends in gradeschool and highschool.

i need an update of everything...

May Bukas Pa...

2009-02-06T11:38:00.004+08:00

naay bagong teleserye na among gakabuangan karon. kailangan humana mig panihapon pati akong tanan trabaho sa balay paghuman sa tv patrol world kay aron makakita jud mi ug MAY BUKAS PA. pati mga kids gaatang kang santino labi na kang BRO.

taga-episode, naa juy sitwasyon na gapanglimbawot jud akong balahibo. i'm not really a teleserye addict, i'd rather sleep but this time it really caught my attention. there is something in this serye that i cant get rid of it.?!

10 sex facts

2009-02-03T14:03:00.000+08:00

1. Sex is a beauty treatment. Scientific tests find that when women make love they produce amounts of the hormone estrogen, which makes hair shine and skin smooth.

2. Gentle, relaxed lovemaking reduces your chances of suffering dermatitis, skin rashes and blemishes. The sweat produced cleanses the pores and makes your skin glow.

3. Lovemaking can burn up those calories you piled on during that romantic dinner.

4. Sex is one of the safest sports you can take up. It stretches ! and tones up just about every muscle in the body. It's more enjoyable than swimming 20 laps, and you don't need special sneakers!

5. Sex is an instant cure for mild depression. It releases endorphins into the bloodstream, producing a sense of euphoria and leaving you with a feeling of well-being.

6. The more sex you have, the more you will be offered. The sexually active body gives off greater quantities of chemicals called pheromones. These subtle sex perfumes drive the opposite sex crazy!

7 . Sex is the safest tranquilizer in the world. IT IS 10 TIMES MORE EFFECTIVE THAN VALIUM.

8. Kissing each day will keep the dentist away. Kissing encourages saliva to wash food from the teeth and lowers the level of the acid that causes decay, preventing plaque build-up.

9. Sex actually relieves headaches. A lovemaking session can release the tension that restricts blood vessels in the brain.

10. A lot of lovemaking can unblock a stuffy nose. Sex is a natural antihistamine. It can help combat asthma and hay fever.

movie marathon

2009-01-31T13:48:00.004+08:00

i've been staying at home for a week na siguro. gatinapulan man gud ko, wa koy gana muadto ug magtrabaho sa merkado. atiman ra kos mga bata, manlimpyo-magpakaon-magligo-magpatulog. kinda boring but i'm enjoying it.

anyway, i had a movie marathon yesterday. i'm a movie addict, mao nang daghan kaayo kog dvd. usahay balik-balikon ra nakog tan-aw. mao ni akong gitan-aw:

BABYLON AD ( Vin Diesel )
libog?!

MAMMA MIA ( Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan )
nindot?! i am a dancing queen?! permi jud ko makasayaw taga lantaw nako ani?! hehehehehehe. ug akong hubby lingaw kaayo pud. ABBA will definitely stay in our hearts.

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA ( Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway )
gwapa jud kaayo si anne ug ganahan kaayo kos mga sanina dinhi. strepp? " boss from hell " but with a heart.

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sayo niuli akong hubby karon gikan sa merkado and he bought another dvd entitled AUSTRALIA.

i really thought it's a boring movie plus i'm not an avid fan of nicole kidman though i like hugh jackman (mr wolverine). but it wasn't, i find it as a heart-warming film.

some scenes made me cry especially when NULLAH said " i'm no white, i'm no black. i'm half-half, i do not belong to anyone. "

Synopsis from rottentomatoes.com:

MOULIN ROUGE's Baz Luhrman and Nicole Kidman reteam for this epic that pays homage to their homeland. In AUSTRALIA, Lady Sarah Ashley (Kidman) is a prim and proper Englishwoman who journeys to... MOULIN ROUGE's Baz Luhrman and Nicole Kidman reteam for this epic that pays homage to their homeland. In AUSTRALIA, Lady Sarah Ashley (Kidman) is a prim and proper Englishwoman who journeys to Australia in the years before World War II reached the country's shores. She is determined to have her estranged husband sell his cattle ranch to a monopoly-craving businessman named King Carney (Bryan Brown), but when she arrives, Lord Ashley is dead, and her plan to sell the ranch changes when she sees an employee named Fletcher (David Wenham) cheating her husband's business and mistreating a young boy named Nullah (Brandon Walters) because he is of mixed race. Urged on by both pride and a sense of justice, Lady Ashley wants to drive her herd of cattle to Darwin so she can sell them to the troops, but she'll require the help of an independent cowboy (fellow Aussie Hugh Jackman) to get them there. AUSTRALIA changes genres almost as much as Kidman's character changes from fantastic costume to fantastic costume (courtesy of Luhrman's wife and collaborator, Catherine Martin). The film begins as a fish-out-of-water comedy, then changes into a Western, then morphs into a romance, and it finishes as a World War II drama. But in this genre-bending epic, there's something for everyone, especially for fans of Jackman. The actor has rarely looked better, and there's plenty of opportunity for him to show that he can be an action star as well as a romantic lead in the mold of the Golden Age stars. The film itself harks back to classic Hollywood, at times resembling essentials such as GONE WITH THE WIND and THE AFRICAN QUEEN. And fans of THE WIZARD OF OZ will enjoy seeing how the beloved film works its way into AUSTRALIA's plot and score.

you should watch it?!

in god's time and will...

2009-01-29T12:01:00.003+08:00

i'm really disappointed. i was really expecting na makadayon na akong hubby sa saudi by january pero hantod karon wala pa japoy signal. maningpalad intawon kay nagka-pait na mi dinhi.
our business is not doing good right now. kun sauna makapalit ug makakaon pa mi sa among mga gusto, karon di na pwede. very tight budget. maayo man tung naa mi lain kuhaan ug income kaysa magsalig lang sa negosyo.
kun ako papilion between work and business, i'd rather work?! dili sayon mag manage ug negosyo oi labi na karon na nag crisis ang kalibutan, apektado tang tanan.
siguro wala pa ug di pa para sa akong hubby but we're really hoping ang crossing our fingers na madayon jud. in god's time and will....
i'm still very thankful kay maski lisod kaayo mi karon, we can still provide the basic needs of our children.
i know god has good reasons for letting everything happen and god is good all the time...

sad story...

2009-01-29T08:47:00.000+08:00

CNN NEWS reported:

" LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- It was described as one of the most grisly scenes Los Angeles police had ever encountered: the bodies of five small children and their parents, all shot to death, in two upstairs rooms of the family's home.

"The reaction on their faces was not a pretty sight," neighbor Jasmine Gomez told CNN. "There was an officer who came out of the house throwing up."

But even more incomprehensible to some was the story that emerged after the bodies were found Tuesday: A father who, after he and his wife were fired from their jobs, killed all six family members before turning the gun on himself.

In a letter faxed to Los Angeles television station KABC before his suicide, Ervin Antonio Lupoe blamed his former employer for the deaths, detailing his grievance against Kaiser Permanente's West Los Angeles Medical Center, where he and his wife Ana had worked as technicians.

Lupoe, 40, claimed the couple was being investigated for "misrepresentation of our employment to an outside agency for the benefit to ourselves's [sic], childcare." He said the initial interview was held on December 19, and when he reported for work on December 23, "I was told by my administrator ... that 'You should not even have bothered to come to work today. You should have blown your brains out.'"

"Oh lord, my God," the letter concludes. "Is there no hope for a widow's son?"

Kaiser Permanente said in a statement Tuesday night that while the company is "saddened by the despair in Mr. Lupoe's letter faxed to the media ... we are confident that no one told him to take his own life or the lives of his family."

The Lupoes' employment was terminated over a week ago "after an internal investigation," the company said.

"While we may never fully understand why today's senseless deaths occurred, everyone who worked with the Lupoes is shocked and terribly saddened by the tragedy," said the statement. "It never should have happened."

Lupoe wrote in the fax, "after a horrendous ordeal, my wife felt it better to end our lives; and why leave our children in someone else's hands ... we have no job and 5 children under 8 years with no place to go. So here we are."

Ana Elizabeth Lupoe was 38, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office. The children were identified as 8-year-old Brittney Nicole; 5-year-old twins Jaszmin Lissette and Jassely Lisbeth; and 2-year-old twins Christian De Shawn and Benjamin Ryan.

Lupoe and the girls were found in what appeared to be an upstairs bonus room, police said Wednesday. Ana Lupoe and the boys were found in the master bedroom.

Police believe Lupoe also called KABC and threatened suicide, prompting the station to notify police. At about the same time KABC contacted police, Lupoe called 911 and reported returning home and finding his family dead, authorities said."

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/feature?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=6627537

very sad story?! kalooy sa mag-asawa, wala na nakahuna-huna ug solusyon sa ilang problema, nawad-an na ug paglaum. kalooy sa mga bata, inosente ug walang kamuang-muang, nadamay.

togsh-togsh?!

2009-01-24T16:40:00.001+08:00

early morning, bad trip na?! me nd my bana were having an argument about togsh-togsh. gusto man gud niya pero nibalibad ko. wala lang ko sa mood, i wanted to rest kay medyo everyday na. basta man gud sige medyo sakit ang tahi, kamo ka ha manganak halos every year beh. imagina niyo ang panapton na tastason tapos tahion na pud for 3 times. mga dagkong bata pa jud among mga anak pag-gawas so expected jud na taas pud. murag gakatastas every moment na magkontak mi mao nang usahay mubalibad jud ko. i have the right to say NO man pud oi but lisod kaayo pasabton akong bana oi. after our third baby nagsugod jud ni problema. sapoton dayon akong bana basta di madayon, issue kaayo sa iya ug dili ko. akong bana man gud athletic, jogging ug basketball, part na jud nas iyang kinabuhi so medyo active ug agressive jud siya. magsakit iyang buot basta di kapahungaw. hay?! kun kaya lang nako everyday, every hour-minute, ngano gung dili. i have other priorities baya pud, work-children-house-myself. unta masabtan sa akong maidlot na bana.

anyway, di ko anad expresssing myself sa mga friends lalo na sa uban tao. meemyselfmyat lang jud nakahibalo sa tanan. i just want something new, not only this year but unta hantod-hantod na that is why i am trying my best to open up nah kay pait kaayo ang maghilom lang. one of my weaknesses man gud kay maghilom lang. gusto nako wala-on na sa ako and i think this is a good start.

goodluck to me?!

by the way, i have an entry last week na naka draft pa. ill post it asap, im waiting for the pics pa.

i'm back for good... btw, i was out of coverage area kay medyo nabusy inyong amiga. expect a lot of new things?! bleh....

new year escapade

2009-01-06T15:21:00.006+08:00

we celebrated new year sa balay lang w/our children. kompleto silang tulo, tymingan nag-uli ang yaya ni anton ug walay lain mag-atiman niya. lisod lang jud kaayo ug sa amo siya kay wala siya naanad, sige rag hilak ug dili magpabutang. nabag-ohan lang guro siya sa amo, di muduol ug lain. gaaway na lang mis akong hubby kay di man siya kaagwanta ug bantay, sige ug bagotbot na iuli na lang ang bata, mura bitawg di niya anak. sakit na layo ang bata sa amo pero palangga man gud pud au siya didto ug maatiman pud siya ug au kay siya ra bata. i know na one of this dayz mabalik ra tu siya diri, in due time.
3am nanglarga mi padung aurora, zamboanga del norte. bisita mis lolo ug lola ni al. karon pa nako makita iya lolo kay di man galaag sa cdo. gahuot ka ha mis philcab kay dghan gamit na wala naplastar. halos kami tanan nikuyog except lang kang papa ug pamilya ni kenneth. wala man silay uli-uli gud, busy daw. may na lang pud kay huot na jud kaayo. sleepy kaayo pero lisod ug tulog kay way kaplastaran. ang mga bata akong giplastar ug au.
hadlok au ang dalan paubos, di pa jud sementado unya pita kaayo kay ulan-ulan. murag balod pag-agi namo. nerbyosa ka ha ko! pag-abot namo mga 8am, andam na pamahaw. naghilak ka ha ilang lolo kay taud-taud na sila wa nagkita ug karon ra niya makita iyang mga apo sa tuhod. daghan au mga kidz kay halos igoon sa ako mother outlook dadto nagpuyo. lingaw kaayo sila sa mga candies ug mga paboto na dala namo. happy faces?! human pamahaw nangaligo mis spring, naay silay mountain resort. bugnaw kaayo ang tubig, lingaw kaayo ang mga bata pero dali ra kaayo niundang kay gipangtugnaw. daghan na pud kaayo tao mga lunch time, may gani sayo-sayo mi. crowded kaayo ang place mao ng nag-uli na lang mi. nagboating mi sa river na sumpay sa dagat, ilang tawag balas. nangita mig alimango ug pasayan para sud-anon ug dalhon pauli. presko man gud kaayo diri ug siksik sa laman. medyo layo-layo pud ug naglisod mig pangita kay hurot-hurot adtong new year. on our way home dako kaayo ang dag-om sa kabukiran ug sa dihang duol na mi gadagan ang ulan padulong sa amo. medyo distansya ra ang dunggo-anan sa hauz nila ug nangabasa ka ha mi.
delicious kaayo among paanihapon alimango na tambok kaayo ug kinilaw na pasayan. lami kaayo ang kaon sa probinsiya kay presko, kinamot ug dungan pa jud tanan. busog kaayo?!
sleepy na kay kapoy sa biyahi. sayo gapangatulog ang mga tao dinhi, mga 7pm guro. sus, sa cdo mao pa na akong pag-uli gikan sa market. namalong pa jud ug suga, lisod ka ha ug katulog mga kidz namo pero wa man silay pakialam kay gipangkapoy siguro. mga 9pm kalit lang naghilak si andrei, ang special child. dugay kaayo nihilom tapos gapangurog, parehas sa nahitabo sauna. nangmata sila tanan kay di man jud matabang. mura siyag nakakita ug abat, basta di masabot. naa siyay gatan-awon ilalom sa lamisa dayon maghilak na pud dayon. dako ra ba kaayo ug tingog, makabulabog jud sa mga nangatulog. gihaplasan nako, wa epek man. akong pahawiran sa rosary beads, di siya muhawid. taud-taud pa jud ayha siya nihilom. nakatulog na lang balik ang uban tao, siya sige pa japon hilak. gikapoy na guro siya ug hilak, natulog ra pud ug balik. exactly 12.05 am, naghilak siya ug balik. this time gapanglimbawot na akong balahibo kay ako ra jud isa and nagmata para pahilimon siya. hadlok ka ha ang balay sa ilang lola kay karaan kaayo tapos medyo dulom and mga suga. feeling nako daghan gapuyo didto na dili ingon nato. dili man jud siya muhilom, akong gibuhat ako siyang gipahigda sa akong dughan tapos nag-ampo LORD pls pakatulga na akong anak, ipapahawa ang mga dautan na nag-alirong sa iya. ug nanghangyo ko sa mga nagsamok-samok sa iya kun naa man galing na muhawa na. pagkataud-taud, nihilom ra siya ug siya na mismo nihigda sa akong kilid. WIERD nu?
pagkabuntag, talk of the hauz siya. dugay kaayo namata kay nabilar. ako gusto pa unta matulog pero nangmata na akong mga kauban ug nag-andam kay manlakaw na mi padung kapatagan, lanao del norte. bisita sa mga relatives sa akong father outlook. wala mi nagsakay sa philcab kay basin di makatungas kay lisod kaayo ang dalan, pita pa jud. nagsakay na lang mig pasayro-an, may na lang ang mga bata dito gipaskay sa philcab, gaan ra man pud baya sila. ang mga pasayro gailog ug sakay kay aron makalingkod, ulahi ka ha mi duha ni nino mao nang wa mi kalingkod may gani na pay gentleman nabilin. nay lalaki nag-ofer ug seat, didto na lang siya sa taplod. nisabak ka ha si nino, bug-at kaayo ug itlog oi. over loaded kaayo, daghan pa jud karga na kopras mao na pagpatungas galisod jud. hadlok kaayo basin mutikalbong, pang-pang ra ba mao nanaog na lang jud mi kay kuyaw jud. bahalag magbaklay lagi mi oi ug may gani kay nakatungas ang philcab. thank god!
pag-abot namo sa kapatagan, kaon na sad. mubalik jud kog tambok ani. maglisod na ra ba dayon kog control basta masugdan. dali ra mi didto kay dag-om, hapit pa mi timoga kay nangaligo. labay mig mucas, daghan baligya sa daplin dalan seafoods ug 1 of our fave is amahong. gamos na brunay, slimy na parat. lami ipares da saging or camote.
TIMOGA, 1st time nako maligo. daghan kaayo nangaligo, crowded kaayo ang place. lingaw jud kaayo lalo na ang slides. it was not my 1st slide, dugay na kaayo akong last. murag HS pa ko,hehehehehehehehe. gusto lang ko, gusto gani unta ko magbalik-balik pero lisod kay daghan kaayo tao. samok?!
wa pud mi nagdugay kay basin magabii-an mis dalan. ulan, init sa dalan mao ng mura mig mga kalayb kay ang trapal naog-saka. nibuto pa bitaw ng among ligid may gani kay sa manticao na dapit ug walay kusog na trak nagsunod sa amo. we arrived cdo safely. thank you LORD!
kanus-a na sad ka ha ni masundan ug asa ka ha dapit?

biography

2009-01-06T10:23:00.000+08:00

Whats your name?
ANAMIE
Whats your nickname?
MEE,MYAT
Whats your birthdate?
08.08.1983
Whats you eye colour?
BROWN
Describe your hair?
SHORT, STRAIGHT AND BLACK
Whats your obsession?
BAGS, FLIPFLOPS, SHOES, VANITIES
Whats your habit?
SCRATCHING MY HAIR
Whats your fave colour?
GREEN
Tomboy/girly or both?
BOTH
Fave food?
SISIG
Do you have a bestie?
YES
Whats her name?
RENZI
Whats your fave place?
BEDROOM
Do you like anyone?
YES
What do you like about them?
GOODNESS IN THIER HEARTS
if there is anything else tell me if not say no?
I AM BEAUTIFUL
Did you enjoy writing about yourself?
KINDA

my ALPHABET

2009-01-05T14:51:00.000+08:00

ALCOHOL
-redhorse beer
BEVERAGE
-iced tea
CHOCOLATE
-hersheys
DISCIPLE
-john
EVENT
-christmas parties
FOOD
-sisig
GAME
-basketball
HABIT
-scratching my head
ICE CREAM
-quezo real
JOB dream job
-flight attendant
KNIGHT
-arthur
LIKES
-outgoing person
MUSIC
-rnb
NUMBER
-8
OBSESSION
-internet
PRESIDENT
-obama
QUOTE
-live life to the fullest
REPORTER
-ted failon
SONG
-if i were a boy
TALKSHOW
-ophrah
UNCLE
-totong
VEGETABLE
-cauliflower
WEATHER
-cloudy
X BF
-michael palapar
YEAR
-2008
ZIP CODE
-9000

only rose among the thorns

2009-01-04T16:19:00.013+08:00

ALKENN JOY ARCILLAS aka " jai " ; " sk chairwoman"
only girl sa ARCILLAS -- pampered and protected by kuyas and cousins. we're not that close but still i consider her as my little sister. i've witnessed her growing up years. very simple girl turned out to be a beautiful swan.

nahimo kaha kung maniniyot dinhi mao ng wa kos mga pictures. mao ng ako na lang gakuha sa akong kaugalingon. di na jud ko magmaniniyot---ever?!

baha

2009-01-04T12:55:00.001+08:00

gikan mis zamboanga del norte. adtong petsa 2 sa gabii mi niabot, cge na ug ulan-ulan adto padung namo ug uli. pagka petsa 3 sa buntag grabe ang baha sa cdo. wala ko nag expect na daghan jud ang naapektuhan. paglabay lang namo sa tulay abi nakog taas lang kaayo ang tubig. sus maryosep naanod man d ay tung restaurant sa cathedral dapit. wala pa ko kakita sa news pero daghan nakog nadung gan na istorya. nakita pud nako mga pictures sa internet, grabe man jud d ay kaayo. bago pa gani nahuman ang new year mao na dayon ni ang natagbo sa mga kagay-anon. omg?! god has good reasons for letting everything happen.

LORD pls let us understand and give us strength aron makayanana namo tanan na pagsulay na imong ihatag kanamo. gitugyan na namo ang tanan sa imo, ikaw na bahala sa among tanana. kini among gipangayo pinaagi sa imong bugtong anak na si HESUS. amen.

xmas...

2008-12-25T17:23:00.007+08:00

happy bday jesus.. as usual we celebrated it w/my in-laws. i enjoyed it! paboto diri-paboto didto. regalo diri-regalo didto. so happy that i completed simbang gabi (9 mornings), first time ka ha?! hehehehehehehe. was busy with my last minute shopping, kapoy au ning rush oi. our gifts were simple&affordable, we just wrapped them with old newspapers&magazines with xmas ribbons but it came from the bottom of our hypothalamus?1 hahahahahahahahahaha. it's better to give than to receive. merry xmas!!!!!

cio's bday

2008-12-20T19:55:00.007+08:00

this was dennis damarillo's 26th bday last dec. 17, 2008.

Why Women Need To Stop Watching Romantic Movies

2008-12-12T05:58:00.000+08:00

1. WE EXPECT OUR PRINCE CHARMING TO LOOK LIKE BRAD PITT

Okay, let’s start with the easy one first. In movies, women always usually fall for the handsome lead. Thus, causing women in real life to use that celebrity or character as a basis of comparision regarding their own relationships. As much as I would love to be taken by Boris Kodjoe, it’s most likely not going to happen.

2. MEN DO NOT SPEAK IN MONOLOGUES PROFESSING THEIR LOVE TO YOU

In almost every romantic comedy or drama I’ve seen, the male lead will usually profess his undying love to the female lead (usually after a huge fight or temporary breakup) in these long and lengthy speeches that make Hamlet’s soliloquies look short, and that also usually make most womens’ hearts melt. Movies like ‘Disturbia,‘ ‘Jerry Maguire,’ and ‘Chasing Amy’ are all notorious for this. This causes many women to get depressed, because usually the closest thing a woman gets to getting a man to profess their love to her is when he gives her(voluntarily) the last chicken wing off his plate.

3. BEING A CONSTANT BITCH WILL NOT MAKE THE GUY WANT YOU MORE

Tell me if this sounds familiar. Boy meets girl. Girl is repulsed by boy. Boy keeps hounding girl. Girl eventually caves in and falls for once repulsive boy. Movies like ‘One Fine Day,’ ‘Something New,’ ‘Six Days and Seven Nights‘ and many others have all had female leads that literally treat the men like sh*t, and yet the men STILL pursue the women after being constantly rejected by them. Girls, let me tell that although playing hard to get and having a little attitude may help you catch a guy, treating the object of your affection like sh*t will get you nothing more than a “angry booty call” out of him.

4. FIRST TIME SEX IS NEVER AS GOOD AS IT LOOKS ON FILM

In the obligatory sex scenes in romantic movies, we usually see two bodies mesh in a perfectly choreographed way and the woman always has the most intense orgasm. We usually forget the first time with someone usually involves awkward positions and “shortcomings.” (If you catch my drift)

5. DO NOT EXPECT GRAND GESTURES

A few years ago, I got mad at my long term boyfriend at the time because he hadn’t done anything romantic for me. (i.e. Grand f*cking Gestures) How I longed for him to serenade me off key like Jerry O’ Connell and Adam Sandler did for their ladies in ‘Scream 2′ ( yup..even horror films are guilty of this) and ‘The Wedding Singer.’ Or for him to even carry me out of my workplace like Richard Gere carried Debra Winger out of the factory in ‘An Officer and a Gentleman.’ I remember him being angry at me after that…because I hadn’t appreciated all the little things he had done that were so much more important. :(

6. HE WILL NOT CHASE YOU IN THE RAIN

In fact he probably won’t chase you period. How many movies have you seen where the couple onscreen get into a fight, and the woman runs away, and the man catches up with her and turns her around to give her a passionate kiss? (I’ve lost count after ‘The Notebook.’) Let me tell you, that hardly happens. The only passionate thing I’ve gotten when I storm off after a fight is the finger.

7. HE WILL NOT RUIN YOUR WEDDING

I remember years ago I went to a psychic and they had told me that the man I loved was going to stop my wedding in the future. It was then, I realized I was getting jipped. Every woman has probably daydreamed in their lifetime about the one true love of their life stopping their wedding (like they do in the movies) and driving off on their motorcycle, (never understood that) and living happily ever after. Honestly, if that fantasy were to happen, it wouldn’t go down like that. You would probably be surrounded by debt (due to the costs of the wedding you skipped out on) and probably living in some remote place due to the fact that your jilted groom has probably put a hit on you and your “one true love.” Isn’t it just romantic? (Now I really hope the psychic is going to be wrong!)

Although our relationships may not seem as glamourous as they do in the movies, women (or the women around me at least) need to realize a man does not need to wear a cape or ride a valiant steed to be our hero or knight in shining armor. Honestly, forget movies’ perception of men, and deal with men for how they are and not how you would like them to be. If men did the same thing women did when watching their action movies, they would expect us to have perfect hair and make-up 24/7, an incurable sexual desire, and no PMS.

source : http://themovieblog.com

TWILIGHT

2008-12-10T16:24:00.004+08:00

everbody's talking about it.....

The film adaptation is directed by Catherine Hardwicke, the production designer turned director responsible for Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown and The Nativity Story. The story follows Seventeen-year-old Isabella Swan (Kristen Stewart), who moves to the small town of Forks, Washington to live with her father, and finds herself drawn to a mysterious classmate named Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), who is revealed to be a one-hundred-year old vampire. He tries to push her away, but they soon fall in love. When the arrival of another coven of vampires puts Bella in danger, Edward and his family band together to save her before she is killed.

Bella Swan

Isabella “Bella” Marie is the daughter of Charlie Swan and Renee Dwyer. Charlie and Renee were married at a very young age, and Bella was born soon after. After some time they divorced and Bella moved to Phoenix, Arizona with her mother. Bella’s mother eventually married a baseball player named Phil, and this made Bella feel like she was holding her mother back from living a good life. So she decided to move back to Forks, Washington with her father. Once she gets to Forks she meets and falls deeply in love with the a boy named Edward Cullen. She soon finds out that Edwards and his family are vampires but decides to stay with him where they continue to fall deeper for each other. Bella seems to constantly attract problems and disasters wherever she goes, but Edward is always there to save her life. She asks Edward to make her a Vampire on numerous occasions but he always denies her.

Edward Cullen

Edward Anthony Masen Cullen is the human son of Elizabeth and Edward Masen born on June 20, 1901 and died in 1918. Edward suffered from the Spanish Influenza when he was 17 years old. The only one who could save him was a mysterious young doctor named Carlisle Cullen. The only way to keep Edward alive was to transform him into a vampire. Both of Edward’s parents had eventually died from the Influenza pandemic. He was reborn and currently lives in Forks, Washington with his adoptive vampire family. His new parents Esme and Carlisle, and siblings Alice Cullen, Emmett Cullen, Rosalie Hale and Jasper Hale. One day Edward fell deeply in love with a human girl named Bella Swan. In the beginning he was attracted to the unique smell of her blood. The eventual consequence was Edwards inner beast coming out which nearly destroyed him and also everything that he and his family had worked so hard to keep. Edward’s fascination for Bella, soon turns into deep love. Bella always seemed to be getting into a danger and Edward ends up saving her from being hit by a car and then from four strange men. After these events Edward eventually finds himself unable to stay away from her and begins showing her his vampire “powers” and introducing her to his family. Edward has the ability to hear people’s thoughts, but for some reason he can’t seem to hear Bella’s. He hates the fact that Bella wants to become a vampire, and always refuses to make her one when she asks.

Dr.Carlisle Cullen

Dr. Carlisle Cullen is a Vampire who is seen as a father figure to the Cullen family. He was born in the 1640’s and lead an attack on a group of Vampires. He crossed paths with one vampire and ended up getting bitten and turned into one himself. Carlisle hated being a vampire and tried to kill himself in many different ways and obviously failed every time. He became desperate and tried saving himself when he crossed paths with wild animals which he attacked. Carlisle discovered that he could survive off of animal blood instead of humans. Carlisle works in Forks hospital and no longer has a flavor for human blood. One day in the Early 1900s, he came across a teenager suffering from influenza and decided to save him because of his begging mother. So he stole him and turned him in to a vampire which started his Cullen family. Carlisle now married to Esme, and has five adopted children Edward, Alice, Rosalie, Emmett and Jasper.

Esme Cullen

Esme Cullen is Carlisle’s wife and was once a human as well. Carlisle turned her after she attempted to commit suicide due to her sons death from a lung infection. She is the second person Carlisle turned and is a very loving person. She accepts Bella right away and is grateful for her being there for Edward. She is the adoptive mother to Edward, Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett.

Rosalie Hale
Played By Nikki Reed

Rosalie Hale was born into a middle class family in 1915, she had two brothers and was the favorite of the three children. When she was 18 the Great Depression struck, but her father had a stable job at a bank. Rosalie was very lustful and longed for many material possessions and a rich fulfilled life. The richest people in the town she lived in were the Kings. Royce King owned the bank Roslaie’s father worked for. She began dating Royce II and was soon engaged to him. But something was missing, she began to want more from the relationship, like her friend Vera, who had a middle class husband but loved very much along with a child. One night she was on her way home from Vera’s she saw several drunken men. One turned out be Royce and he began showing her off to his friends, he ripped pins from her hair and the men joined in and proceeded to beat and then raped her. She was left to die when Carlisle found her, and chose to save her by changing her. Soon after she killed Royce and his pals without spilling a drop of blood. Two years later she saw Emmett being attacked by a bear and took him back to Carlisle. She begged him to save Emmett, who reminded her of Vera’s child. Soon after they were married. Rosalie and Emmett currently reside in Forks, Washington, but they often live away from the family as a married couple.

Emmett Cullen

Emmett McCarty was born in 1915 and died and reborn in 1935. He was turned by Carlisle after being discovered by his future wife Rosalie. He was attacked by a grizzly bear and was dying. He was adopted into the Cullen family and is now married to Rosalie Hale. Emmet is said to be very tall standing at 6′5”, muscular, very intimidating, and has curly brown hair.

Jasper Hale

Jasper Whitlock also known as Jasper Hale to non-family was born in 1844. He was involved in the Civil War on the Confederate side at the age of 17, but he lied and said he was 20. He was quickly promoted to a Major and served during the 1st Battle of Galveston. While evacuating women and children he saw three women who turned out to be vampires (Nettie, Maria and Lucy). They decided that he would be a perfect member for their vampire army.

He was bitten and trained to kill other newborn vampires and found out the southern vampire world was at war, and were arguing over human hunting grounds. Jasper realized he had the ability to manipulate peoples emotions. The newborn vampires he created with Maria would have to be killed before becoming a year old, due to the fact that they wouldn’t be able to be used as soldiers. Maria always made Jasper do the killing which made him depressed. After a few years he came across a newborn that was strong, his name was Peter. Peters job was to help Jasper dispose of the other children. Peter came across a newborn named Charlotte, whom he fell in love with. Jasper was attached and couldn’t kill Peter so he let them go. One day Peter and Charlotte came back and told Jasper of the life they had, so Jasper went with them to live as nomads. But after feeding he would become depressed once again and eventually left. One day he crosses paths with a woman vampire named Alice Brandon. She told him of their future with the Cullens and he once again had hope. Now Jasper is married with Alice and lives with the Cullens in Forks. He still has trouble with the vegetarian diet his family has mostly because he fed whenever he wanted during the wars. He also has bite scars shaped like moons all over his body because of all the newborns biting him.

Alice Cullen

Alice Cullen was born Mary Alice Brandon and is the adoptive sister of Edward Cullen. She is a petite girl standing at 4′10, but has a very bubbly, witty personality and has short black hair. When Alice was changed she awoke not remembering anything about her human past. Later it is revealed that she was born around 1901 in Biloxi, Mississippi and was kept in an insane asylum because she had spontaneous premonitions. Alice was changed by an old vampire who worked in the asylum in order to protect her from a dangerous tracker vampire named James. After being changed her power of foresight became even stronger. She began having visions of a vampire named Jasper who was seeking a more meaningful existence. She finally meets Jasper at a diner, and she asked him to come with her. He was confused but realized she could be his chance for a better future. They began traveling and fell in love, in the 1950’s they found Carlisle due to her visions, and are now apart of the Cullen family.

i'm an avid fan...

2008-12-07T16:03:00.003+08:00

Barack Obama was raised by a single mother and his grandparents. They didn't have much money, but they taught him values from the Kansas heartland where they grew up. He took out loans to put himself through school. After college, he worked for Christian churches in Chicago, helping communities devastated when steel plants closed. Obama turned down lucrative job oﬀers after law school to return to Chicago, leading a successful voter registration drive. He joined a small law ﬁrm, taught constitutional law and, guided by his Christian faith, stayed active in his community. Obama and his wife Michelle are proud parents of two daughters, Sasha and Malia.

Early Years
Barack Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4th, 1961. His father, Barack Obama Sr., was born and raised in a small village in Kenya, where he grew up herding goats with his own father, who was a domestic servant to the British.

Barack's mother, Ann Dunham, grew up in small-town Kansas. Her father worked on oil rigs during the Depression, and then signed up for World War II after Pearl Harbor, where he marched across Europe in Patton's army. Her mother went to work on a bomber assembly line, and after the war, they studied on the G.I. Bill, bought a house through the Federal Housing Program, and moved west to Hawaii.

It was there, at the University of Hawaii, where Barack's parents met. His mother was a student there, and his father had won a scholarship that allowed him to leave Kenya and pursue his dreams in America.

Barack's father eventually returned to Kenya, and Barack grew up with his mother in Hawaii, and for a few years in Indonesia. Later, he moved to New York, where he graduated from Columbia University in 1983.

The College Years
Remembering the values of empathy and service that his mother taught him, Barack put law school and corporate life on hold after college and moved to Chicago in 1985, where he became a community organizer with a church-based group seeking to improve living conditions in poor neighborhoods plagued with crime and high unemployment.

The group had some success, but Barack had come to realize that in order to truly improve the lives of people in that community and other communities, it would take not just a change at the local level, but a change in our laws and in our politics.

He went on to earn his law degree from Harvard in 1991, where he became the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. Soon after, he returned to Chicago to practice as a civil rights lawyer and teach constitutional law. Finally, his advocacy work led him to run for the Illinois State Senate, where he served for eight years. In 2004, he became the third African American since Reconstruction to be elected to the U.S. Senate.

Political Career
It has been the rich and varied experiences of Barack Obama's life - growing up in different places with people who had differing ideas - that have animated his political journey. Amid the partisanship and bickering of today's public debate, he still believes in the ability to unite people around a politics of purpose - a politics that puts solving the challenges of everyday Americans ahead of partisan calculation and political gain.

In the Illinois State Senate, this meant working with both Democrats and Republicans to help working families get ahead by creating programs like the state Earned Income Tax Credit, which in three years provided over $100 million in tax cuts to families across the state. He also pushed through an expansion of early childhood education, and after a number of inmates on death row were found innocent, Senator Obama worked with law enforcement officials to require the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases.

In the U.S. Senate, he has focused on tackling the challenges of a globalized, 21st century world with fresh thinking and a politics that no longer settles for the lowest common denominator. His first law was passed with Republican Tom Coburn, a measure to rebuild trust in government by allowing every American to go online and see how and where every dime of their tax dollars is spent. He has also been the lead voice in championing ethics reform that would root out Jack Abramoff-style corruption in Congress.

As a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, Senator Obama has fought to help Illinois veterans get the disability pay they were promised, while working to prepare the VA for the return of the thousands of veterans who will need care after Iraq and Afghanistan. Recognizing the terrorist threat posed by weapons of mass destruction, he traveled to Russia with Republican Dick Lugar to begin a new generation of non-proliferation efforts designed to find and secure deadly weapons around the world. And knowing the threat we face to our economy and our security from America's addiction to oil, he's working to bring auto companies, unions, farmers, businesses and politicians of both parties together to promote the greater use of alternative fuels and higher fuel standards in our cars.

Whether it's the poverty exposed by Katrina, the genocide in Darfur, or the role of faith in our politics, Barack Obama continues to speak out on the issues that will define America in the 21st century. But above all his accomplishments and experiences, he is most proud and grateful for his family. His wife, Michelle, and his two daughters, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, live on Chicago's South Side.

barack obama.com

boyfriend jeans in 2009

2008-12-03T10:23:00.001+08:00

i super duper love it. well, i guess i have to open my closet and find a vintage pair so i can start wearing it. hehehehehehehehehe?!

photo funia

2008-11-22T12:33:00.001+08:00

SHIT happens.....

2008-11-18T15:57:00.003+08:00

hay, just arrived home and really tired. gikan ka ha mis DFA kay akong hubby na maidlot apply ug passport kay maningpalad sa laing nasod. maski ala pa nagcrisis ang kalibutan, grabe na ang crisis dinhis pilipinas labi na kay corupt kaayo ang mga opisyales na galingkod. deny to death pero klarex UY na kaayo maski unsaon ug salipod-salipod.
dugay au nakagawas akong hubby abi ba nakog ok na ang tanan, sus nisabit pa jud. kani lang tanga kaayo mag fill up ug mga forms, di wa na hinuon na mao ang iyang palce of birth sa voter's sffidavit. ambot kinsa pud ka ha ang suwat sa iyang form pag registration. dili man daw cya, pirma ra daw cya diritso. wala nag coincide iyang mga papeles, di nangita na pud mig attorney para magpahimo ug affidavit of discrepancy. may gani kay nakaila iyang iyaan na maidlot. dugay pajud au kay tymingan na nay mag-asawa nagpahimo ug mga kasulatan about sa suporta sa ilang mga anak.
nganong muabot pa man jud ug inganan nu? di ba masabot-sabotan na lang para sa mga bata lng gud? affected jud mga kidz kay kato lang ganing bata na gidala sa mama, di muduol sa iyang papa. daghan au nagdula sa akong huna-huna paggawas jud nila. sundalo man gud ang lalaki, bacn d ay nakasala pud tu cya-bacn naa nay lain pamilya sa lain lugar ug di cya gahatag suporta sa iyang pamilya diri. mirisi pud nya?! then i realized na kun ako pud tong iyang asawa i would do the sem thing. maniguro jud ko oi para sa kaugmaon sa akong mga anak.
enuf of it...
nihapit mis akong mother outlook kay aron pud makabalo cya pero wa namo cya nakita mao naglalis mi asa mi maniudto. gusto nya sa carenderia lng daw, akong gusto sa butcher's best. nidaog ka ha cya, so on our way to macajalar-dha btaw sa bag-ong dalan padung gusa nay nisirbato ug kalit na nibabag sa dalan. ay naku pulis patrol d ay. gipahunong mi sa daplin, imbes na u turn na akong hubby para muikyas na sad kay mao majud na iya laro basta pahunungon sa patrol mukalit lang jug sirit padagan. kapila na jud na cya nakaik-yas. this tym wa na jud madala kay wise kaayo ang police driver oi. nibabag jud cya ug SAPOL jud mi, dghan man gud mi violations oi?! no helmet, no driver's lic,no plate #, no side mirror. mao maski unsaon sayop jud namo mao ng paubos jud taman-taman. we all know na pwede ra jud na cla maistorya ug mahanyo para lng di ma-impound ang motor. ninaog ang police driver ug nakatilaw ug kasaba akong hubby kay action jud ug ikyas. gihangyo ug pila pero nibalibad cya " ayaw ana dong kay kami madaot sa imong kalaki. " wala ko nabalaka kay kapila nako naka encounter ana nga line but in the end lagay situation ra japon. gikuha ang plaka, rehistro, ug nagpasumangil pa ug suwat sa ngalan-address-plate #-mga violations sa intermidiate paper (take note sa papel na pangHS). dapat unta sa OR or unsa ba na ilang tawag ana sa ilang world. makasapot jud kay grabe jud ang paggamit sa ilang pangalan na PULIS patrol. abi kay naa sa katungdanan basta-basta na lng dayon. sa kadaghan nanlabay na parehas namo pero kami juy natymingan. SHIT?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gipasunod mi sa unahan ug di ta nahitabo ang sabot-sabot. in the end nakabayad mig 1,700 grabe jud na mga PULIS walang patawad labi na nabal-an ang line of business namo. YAWA jud????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sure jud ko mag-inum tu cla unya. sauna ra jud gakawala na akong mga respeto sa mga pulis. naa japoy incident last july na pulis japon among nabangga, in d end pildi japon mi. gaba-gabaan ra tu cla ug sigurado jud ko ana... galagot ko na nalingaw sa mga pulis. abi btaw nilag bugok na jud kaayo mi pero unsaon ta man magpaubos jud kay nakasala man jud mi. igsoon ra japon sa "customer is always ryt" dili jud ryt permi pero kailangan pailob jud.
nxt stop was our alma mater dear LdeCU main kay process sa TOR nya. kalibog sa kalibutan kay hi-tech na kunohay pero libog jud. nay prio # fr a machine then nay tv na dako sa center, didto nimo tan-awon unsa na # pero still libog para nako na 2st timer kay sa dihang ni-appear na akong # giingnan ka ha kos SA na wa pa daw cya niabot adto na #. holy COW?! how cum lugar na ni appear na ang # unya wala pa japon. ah... nagpataka lang tu cya ug tuplok, abi guro nya studyante pa ko kay iya ra kong giingadto ug sulti. haler.... dapat nag MAAM cya w/a smiling face para maski pangit cya,gwapa cya sa akong panan-aw. didto na lng unta cya na asign sa sulod kanang di btaw kailangan mangatubang sa mga tao. we cnt please everybody pero sa kind of work nya, she has to please everyone jud. ganiha gikasab-an japon tu cya sa isa ka edaran na babae, ambot ug ngano-wala nako naklaro ang kasaba kay naa koy gibuhat. gipasa-pasa pa ko nila ug nalinga pud ko pag-adto nakos pikas SA kay nglibog cya kay wala daw sulod TOR-alangan na akong huby wala na nakatiwas ug 1st sem. ambak-ambak lgi ug skol ug cors mao ng resulta. iya kong giingnan " unsaon ma ni oi na wala may sulod? " ako pay gipangutana nya, holy CARABAO?! imo ka ha ng trabaho gang. ako cya ingnan sagdi na lang na gang tutal for passport purposes ra man na, ang importante naay data na nka enroll cya diri w/a smiling face. im not d kind of woman na mangasaba sa daghang tao. im COOL?! hehehehehehehehehehehehehe
pero ug di na jud makaya sa akong hypothalamus, ay dha na jud mabungkag ang kalibutan....
SHIT happens all d tym in unxpected places?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gifted child o special one?

2008-11-18T10:48:00.002+08:00

woke up early to clean the mess of our kids. expected jud na ang mgs toys gakalat sa floor o d ka ha naglinya clang tanan. yes, i hav a gifted child (hehehehehe), btaw lahi ug talent among 2nd child. nakatug na lang ming tanan cya mata pa ug nagduwa, sukad pa jud na sauna when he was stil 8 months old. ingon pa nila na bacn daw nay friend o friends ba ka from other world. di cya comfy makighalo-bilo sa uban bata, naa cya iyang kaugalingon kalibutan. hilig cya magdula na cya lang in just one corner of our room. for the past few months, everytym jud na mumata mi matinga na lng mi na naglinya na tanan toys-as in, one line lng jud. dba kuyaw? d other nyt, nakuyawan ming duha sa akong huby sa dihang nimata cya alas 12am jung dako ug naghilaka na nanggahi. murag naposses btaw, d jud masabot iyand nawong. hadlok jud au ko ug sa dihang wala na koy lain mahuna-huna-an akong gipasul-ob sa akong rosary beads ug pagkataud-taud kalit lng nihilom ug natulog. gapanglimbawot jud akong balhibo. weird jud nu?!

gifted o special one?

luv of my LIFE

2008-11-09T16:39:00.009+08:00

" A N A M I E "

2008-11-09T16:14:00.002+08:00

What Anamie Means

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection.

You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.

You have the classic “Type A” personality.

You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.

You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.

You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.

You are confident, self assured, and capable. You are not easily intimidated.

You master any and all skills easily. You don't have to work hard for what you want.

You make your life out to be exactly how you want it. And you'll knock down anyone who gets in your way!

You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.

You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.

You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone.

You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together.

At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

this is really MEE...

SERENITY

2008-11-02T21:29:00.003+08:00

There is a longer version ( from Ireland)

" God take and receive my liberty,
my memory, my understanding and will,
All that I am and have He has given me

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference

Living one day at a time
Enjoying one moment at a time
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it

Trusting that He will make all things right
If I surrender to his will
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy in the next. AMEN "

Filed under: Fitness & Health, Lifestyle

How To Live an Exceptional, Superb, and Powerful Life

2008-11-02T21:22:00.000+08:00

Implement whatever you can.

1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.

2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to.

3. Buy a PVR/TIVO, tape your late night shows and get more sleep.

4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, “My purpose is to ___________ today.”

5. Live with the 3 E’s: Energy, Enthusiasm, Empathy.

6. Watch more movies, play more games and read more books than you did in 2006.

7. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, tai chi, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.

8. Spend more time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.

9. Dream more while you are awake.

10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less foods that are manufactured in plants.

11. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.

12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.

13. Clear your clutter from your house, your car, your desk, and let new and flowing energy into your life.

14. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class, but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.

16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.

17. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the energy vampires away.

18. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.

19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

20. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

21. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

22. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.

23. Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

24. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, and wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

27. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: “In five years, will this matter?”

28. Forgive everyone for everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

33. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.

34. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

35. The best is yet to come.

36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

37. Do the right thing!

38. Call your family often.

39. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: “I am thankful for __________. Today I accomplished _________.

40. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed. Enjoy the ride. Remember that this is not Disney World and you certainly don’t want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride.

(Source: Author unknown)

connected to my multiply

2008-10-27T13:49:00.003+08:00

photo slambook in my multiply.....

1. The age you'll be on your next birthday:
= 26
2. A place you'd like to travel to:
= palawan
3. Your favorite place:
= bedroom
4. Your favorite food:
= sisig
5. Your favorite animal:
= pig
6. Your favorite color:
= purple
7. First name of your significant other:
= al
8. Town in which you grew up in:
= cagayan de oro city
9. Your screen name:
= mee/myat
10. Your first job:
= secretary sa akong mother outlook
11. A bad habit you have:
= utot
12. Your worst fear:
= accidents; death
13. Your favorite object/s:
= pc
14. First name of past love:
= michael
15. Name of past pet:
= fernando
16. Your bestfriend's nickname:
= renzi
17. Your first name:
= anamie
18. Your middle name:
= galpo
19. Your surname:
= arcillas
20. Your college major:
= electronics and communications
= caregiver
= tourism-hrm

GRADE school...

2008-10-11T14:42:00.000+08:00

i completed my elementary at LdeCU, that was year 1990-1996. i remembered a lot of things when we had a small get together last september.

- magduwa sa patentero, chinese garter
- calling names (vacuum, wigs, pampilat)
- crushes
- stalker like wendel sardina (hehehehe)
- SALI party
- cleaners of the day
- manito/manita
- dok-dok (fruit salad sa RER)
- glee club (choir in our school)
- door bell gang (kinsay makalimot ani?!-maglumba ug panagan sa RER kay ang mga helpers sa dagkong balay magabri sa gate--abig naay bisita..hehehehehe)
- hapit mi maligsan ni kristine gamolo sa motor,natumba jud ang motor ( di man kabalo mutabok...hehehehe)
- nangaligo ug dagat ila anamae ridad ( di ko kalimot ni may-may na naligo way panty, wala man gud nagdala ug extra)
- mga group projects (muabot mis bulua gud tapos niapas akong mama kay dugay kauli)
- mga laagan au muabot sa bayabas (ila kim-labi na kay gwapo iya kuya)
- patsadahay ug classroom decorations
- bday celebrants (uso pa sauna ang cartolina-drawings ug greetings 4 d bday celebrants
- xmas and farewell parties
- fighting moments labi na c pao-pao mangaway jud na cya ni dauren bcoz of viben (sowe pao...hehehehehe)
- mga paduding moments labi na sa mga silver boys (hay...mga igat jud?!)
- loveteams kim-bruce, anamae-ember, ronald-cherrymae, viben-dauren-quennie, gale-emerald, yesa-ug ang walang kamatayan na pag-ibig ni wendel...hahahahahahaha LIMOT NA KOS UBAN
- class pictures (post nako diri 1 of these days)
- talented pips like patrick and meling
- cleaners of the day
- florante ayawon permi jud priest

ill try to remember sa uban, naa man gud koy memory gap. next trip HIGHSCHOOL dayzzz...

how happy am i NOW?

2008-10-06T14:16:00.000+08:00

You Are 60% Happy

You're definitely a happy person, even though you have your down moments.

You tend to get the most out of life, though there's always some more happiness to be squeezed.

How Happy Are You?

girls parts name

2008-10-06T14:11:00.000+08:00

Your Girl Parts Are Named:

The Cock Pit

Girl Parts Name Generator

touching LIFESTORY

2008-09-29T16:05:00.000+08:00

A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For
many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's
showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told
him that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited
signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the
morning of his graduation his father called him into his private
study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine
son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son
a beautiful wrapped gift box.

Curious, but somewhat disappointed the young man
opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible. Angrily,
he raised his voice at his father and said, "With all your money you
give me a Bible?" and stormed out of the house, leaving the holy
book.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in
business.
He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his
father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He
had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make
arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had
passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He
needed to come home immediately and take care things.
When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and
regret filled his heart.

He began to search his father's important papers and
saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With
tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he
read those words, a car key dropped from an envelope
taped behind the Bible.
It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the
sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation,
and the words...PAID IN FULL.

How many times do we miss God's blessings because they are not
packaged as we expected?

Parable Of The Pencil

2008-09-29T15:48:00.000+08:00

The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box.

"There are 5 things you need to know," he told the pencil, "Before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be."

"One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in Someone's hand."

"Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but you'll need it to become a better pencil."

"Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make."

"Four: The most important part of you will always be what's inside."

"And Five: On every surface you are used on, you must leave your mark. No matter what the condition, you must continue to write.

"The pencil understood and promised to remember, and went into the box with purpose in its heart.

Now replacing the place of the pencil with you.

Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best person you can be.

One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in God's hand. And allow other human beings to access you for the many gifts you possess.

Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, by going through various problems in life, but you'll need it to become a stronger person.

Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make.

Four: The most important part of you will always be what's on the inside.

And Five: On every surface you walk through, you must leave your mark. No matter what the situation, you must continue to do your duties.

Allow this parable on the pencil to encourage you to know that you are a special person and only you can fulfill the purpose to which you were born to accomplish.

Never allow yourself to get discouraged and think that your life is insignificant and cannot make a change.

Contentment Could Be Happiness

2008-09-29T14:42:00.000+08:00

Look back on your life and reflect on the number of times you said to yourself or to others that you "would be happy if you had this, or that, or would be happy if this happened, or that happened".

Examples could be, you are supposed to be happy when you earn a higher salary, or when you buy a new car, or when your health improves, or when you finally find your life partner, the list goes on.

Now, did those things, assuming they really did happen, really make you happier? If yes, how much, and for how long?

Chances are, many times, the happiness faded after some time, you began to take those things for granted, and you started to search for something new to make you happy.

The problem is, this could go on for your whole life, and you will never really be happy, because there are just too many things to attain in this world.

Perhaps, by being content with and appreciative of what you have right now, you would be a lot happier with life.

Contentment doesn't necessarily have to compromise ambition and the desire to improve. You can still seek to better your life. But if you become too obsessed with it, you could find yourself running around in circles, losing touch with the present and forgetting to be happy.

Sometimes, the source of happiness could just be contentment.

by: allinspiration.com

my favorite PDA scholar

2008-09-15T13:21:00.000+08:00

" Kahit hindi ako and nanalo para sa akin ako pa rin ang panalo.

Kahit simpleng tao pwedeng mangarap. "

words coming from BUGOY last night. YES, he's my favorite. He excites me w/his performances especially his dancing moves (hehehehehehe). Love him?!

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more of HIM.....

The Farmer’s Son

Full Name: JAY BOGAYAN
Age: 18
Birthdate: 01 January
Place of Birth: Camarines Sur
Height: 5’5”
Weight: 120 lbs.
Racial Descent: Filipino
Civil Status: Single
Occupation: Working student
Educ. Attainment: College undergraduate (2nd year)
Course: Food Service Institutional Management
School Attended: University de Sta. Isabel
Interests (other than singing): Sports (track and field, swimming), acting, dancing
Favorite Singers: Guy Sebastian, BoyzIIMen
Musical influences: Guy Sebastian
Discovering my voice: When I was in first year college and a working student, my friend would hear me singing while holding the mop. He encouraged me to join a singing contest in our school.
First song ever performed: Nasaan Ang Liwanag
Musical instruments I can play: Wala po
Musical instruments I’d like to learn: Guitar, piano
Greatest achievement: Being a Pinoy Dream Academy scholar
Biggest failure: When I lost my scholarships. Hindi ko alam kung saan ako kukuha ng pera pampaaral sa sarili.
Greatest Dream: To be a successful singer and chef!
Song of my life: Angels Brought Me Here
Quote Me: “I’d sing until my last breath… Kahit man lang sa kanta ko, mapangiti ko sila.”
Notes on Bugoy:
Bugoy only recently discovered that he had a stage-ready singing voice, and only accidentally.
Coming from an impoverished family in a far-flung area in Camarines Sur, the hard-working farmer’s son went into university with the dream of earning a degree. He payed his tuition through scholarships and earned his pocket money working as janitor, dish washer and other odd jobs.
It must have been a habit for Bugoy to sing while doing menial jobs. But back in the farm where only the cows and the birds could hear him, his voice went unappreciated. It took a friend, who heard him singing while cleaning with a mop, to make Bugoy realize that he could actually carry a tune. Winning school competitions soon emboldened him to dream some more and try out for PDA.
Look where he is now. Pursuing his dream of becoming a singer. Wherever this takes him, Bugoy will has packed enough prayers in his suitcase to see him through. And he has yet another dream… to meet someone he could fall in love with and call his girlfriend. “Para hindi na ako paghinalaang bading.”

why people will never be happy

2008-09-12T13:12:00.000+08:00

What is the one thing in common between all the people on the planet? We all have different religions, live in different parts of the world, like different things, have different educations, but we all want to be happy. No exceptions. There is not one person born in this world, who would stand up and declare “I want to feel miserable. I want to feel sorrow and pain. I want to be lonely and hated by others. I can’t stand the idea of being happy.”

All of our lives we spend searching for happiness and fulfilment. We all work hard and try to succeed, fail and try again. Now tell me how many people do you know, who are truly enjoying their life? Not that many? Why is it that we all try so hard, but so many of us fail?

The Main Reason Why 95% Of People Are Feeling Unhappy

I often hear people say “I’ll be happy when I get that promotion”, “I’ll be happy as soon as I get married”, “If I can only pay my credit card debts I’ll be happy”. What happens in reality is that we postpone our happiness for an uncertain period of time.

We truly believe that while we comfortably sit at home, watch TV and eat popcorn someone or something is going to come along, knock on our door and say “Hey, are you Mr. Watkins? Here, I made your boss give you a raise. Oh, and by the way, you won’t have to work any longer! Just stop by once a month and pick up your pay check.” Or “Hello Miss Smith, I happened to run into a Prince Charming on my way here, and he is dying to marry you”.

Sounds rather unrealistic, but a lot of us still wait for some miracle to fall on our head and make us happy. And until this happens we refuse to be happy.

Dear friend, the truth is if you aren’t happy now you most likely will NEVER be, no matter what happens. “But I don’t have a million dollars and/or a good spouse yet!!!” you will probably snort in indignation.

Believe me, even if you would posses all these things, you still wouldn’t be happy. You would enjoy it for a day or two; you would have a temporary sense of fulfilment. Remember when you were a little kid you were so happy to get a new toy for Christmas! Then you played with it for a week or so but after a while you got bored with it and wanted another toy. We are adults now, but it seems like we never learn. Material objects do not contain an iota of happiness (well maybe just an iota, but it’s still not enough to make a long time change :)).

Sure we all want better things for ourselves, we are selfish human beings after all and this is perfectly normal. We should never stop trying to improve our lives and our relationships. Wanting is natural in life, but the idea that we can’t be happy unless we satisfy a certain desire is not! We should not depend on certain circumstances and material possessions to be happy.

by Arina Nikitina
INSPIRATION by White Dove Books

P L S.....

2008-09-11T14:55:00.001+08:00

i'm not a good writer but i'm trying.... (hehehehehehe)

btaw i'm just here ug wala koy lingaw. suwat-suwat lang gud ug ganahan. gakalingaw lang kog basa sa mga blogs sa ko mga friendz from all over the world. they keep me updated w/their lives. i'm also here to learn and explore more so pls have a lot of patience w/my grammar and my entries?!

haler......i'm not that GOOD!

exhausted but happy

2008-08-31T16:52:00.000+08:00

hay... grabe kakapoy?! it's been a while huh.... daghan kog entries na d jud masulod-sulod nganhi. busy pud au kay naa koy bag-ong business venture karon. kapoy pero lingaw ug ganahan au ko kay makakwarta na pud ko (hehehehehehe) ug naa pud koy bag-ong gikabuangan karon.

ill tell u more in my next entry....

25th bday celebration

2008-08-11T17:04:00.000+08:00

SIMPLE...

wednesday. we went to carnaval w/the kidz. they really had fun and enjoyed every ride. ate at jollibee--they alwayz love it especially the fries and sundae.

thursday. i cooked seafoods, i had my friend milky. he loves seafoods very much especially crabs (and aligi jud) w/ sukang tuba and ahos. WOW.... very tasty?! ug ang makahubog na redhorse beer para tagbuon ang 08.08.08. T O S H !!!!!! ug nahubog jud ko.

friday. phone was ringing bye-bye by mariah, nagpusot-pusot mga greetings from family and friendz (as always). i just bought a cake from red ribbon and an ice cream from selecta. then plans for the night were all cancelled. y? it was raining... badshot au pero k lang kay i had a pre-bday celebration (playing safe) hehhehehhehehe.

i had a late celebration w/al's family. we all attended mass then had lunch. chika-chika w/greenwhich delivery (overloaded pizza), may untag yellow cab---sunod na lang (mahal ra au unya daghan au mi) hehehehehehehe.

very simple pero lingaw au.....

thank you so much...

happy birthday to MEE...

2008-08-07T16:59:00.000+08:00

8 hours to go and it's my day.... since birth i'm always using 8 as my very lucky number. and here it is -- triple 8 -- 08.08.08

unsa pang-anyoha....?

2008-08-05T10:54:00.000+08:00

oist... taud-taud na jud ko wala nakalabay diri. busy ang beuaty oi, 163 bantay bata ko. hehehhehe. hay naa man unta mi laptop na hinatag sa sis sa ako hubby pero perti pud kabati, bantog d ay gihatag kay saunang panahon ra man di ay tu. excited ra ba au ko mao nakapalit kog ahat ug prepaid smartbro, pag-ando pa d ay sus wa juy gamit kay perti kahinay. di kadaug ang laptop?! gasapoton ko mao permi bun-og ang laptop sa akong mga kamot. grrrrrrrr.... sayang-sayang lang.
lagot jud kog huna-huna pero unsaon ta man. hilig man lagi dawat ug mga donations, di tan-awa bati man d ay ug klase. ambot jud.....

natandog jud ko...

2008-07-23T15:51:00.000+08:00

nag-uwan diri karon sa cdo, muadto unta ko sa merkado, nihapit lang ko ky check kos email nako--basin email si bro don pero nasakpan kos ulan. surf na lang ko sa net ug nabangaan nako ni nga website http://parentswish.com/site01/big.html
grabe.... natarog jud ko sa akong giingkuran daw nakahilak. message was so loud and clear! thank you so much to the author.

pls do visit this website.

resulta sa sizzling sisig

2008-07-21T15:12:00.000+08:00

lami kaayo mukaon sa BUTCHER's BEST ug sizzling sisig (gatulo na akong laway) taud-taud na ko wa kakaon oi pero ryt now im suffering man gud sa arthritis..ambot ug arthritis ba jud ka ha ni. gahubag akong right ankle ug ngul-ngul jud au oi. 3 months na ni on & off. niadto nakos doctor last week ug naa nay tambal colchicine ug celebrex pero balik ko nxt week w/d results of my CBC & URIC ACID. nah oi ug arthritis man gani ni daghan bawal na foods.

OMG bawal na ang sizzling sisig sa butcher's best?!