We're going to Baler!

This week-end we’re going on a family vacation. I’ve been longing for this ever since hubby came home. When hubby’s working overseas, we have never had any vacation for two years since I was focused on taking care of our daughter. But now that he’s here and he has plenty of time, he said he will make sure that we will enjoy every minute of it because two or three months from now he will be working far from us again.

Anyway, I wish we could have a vacation on any of the Karisma Hotels’ resort. I’ve heard that the white-sand beaches on the Mexican Riviera Maya and the accommodations are all breathtaking, a place which we can call really heavenly. But anyway, Baler has it’s own beauty. It can’t be compared to El Dorado Royale Resort but I’m sure we’ll enjoy our stay there even for just two days.

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The truth about ear cleaning....

Okay...so I’ve searched the net about ear cleaning and I found out (just like what the doctor told me) that we really should never used ear swab (inserted) to clean our ears. According to one site that I stumbled upon, you could easily puncture the eardrum when you use cotton swab to clean the ears. Earwax or cerumem is nature's protection for the ear canal, and there's usually no reason to try to get it out of your ear or to child's ears either. Cerumem comes out on its own eventually, and sticking a cotton swab in there is likely to push it in farther.

What we should do instead is simply clean the outer part of your ears or your toddler's ears with a cotton swab moistened with oil or peroxide, or a washcloth moistened with warm water.

God is really amazing. He even created some parts of our body to clean itself and protect us from harm! Wow…

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Never use cotton swab again...

That's what I told my daughter. She accidentally scathes her ear canal with a cotton swab last Saturday night, that's why. I didn't know that she's already cleaning her ears. I only knew it then when I heard her cry so loud which gave me a scare. She was in our room when it happened. I immediately checked on her ears and sure enough, the cotton swab showed blood. Worried that she hit her eardrums, I check on her both ears several times if she can still hear me. Thank God she does.

The next day we went to the doctor at Clinica Manila and the doctor said that she wounded her ear canal. She gave us prescription for her ears which we bought immediately. We really thank God that the wound was far from the eardrum.

God is really there always, to protect her.

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My wedding...a reminisce.

It’s been four years. Next month, we’ll be celebrating our fourth wedding anniversary. Time flies really fast. I can still remember how happy and excited I was when my husband proposed and how happy and excited I was as well during those months of preparation for our wedding. I was a very hands-on bride then. Making sure that everything will be done the way I want it. I’ve made D-I-Y items which I considered “labours of love”. And the internet has been my constant companion for all the things that I want to know even to my search for unique wedding favors. I’ve even signed up to various online wedding sites. And who would neglect The Knot.com? It’s one of the best wedding sites that I frequent during those times.

Haay…it’s a joy reminiscing those times. I wish I could be wed over and over again. Lol!

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Helping out again...

That's what we're doing right now. We're trying to help my brother in law find a new job. He’s been jobless for a year now and I really feel for him and his family. My sister has been the sole earner since he lost his job and it’s really hard for them. We’re now trying to help him look for a job but unfortunately only finance jobs are on the classified ads lately. I hope he can find a job soon…

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Word of The Day: Daedal

Daedal \DEE-duhl\, adjective:

1. Complex or ingenious in form or function; intricate.
2. Skillful; artistic; ingenious.
3. Rich; adorned with many things.

Examples:

Most Web-site designers realize that large image maps and daedal layouts are to be avoided, and the leading World Wide Web designers have reacted to users' objections to highly graphical, slow sites by using uncluttered, easy-to-use layouts.
-- "Fixing Web-site usability", InfoWorld, December 15, 1997

He gathered toward the end of his life a very extensive collection of illustrated books and illuminated manuscripts, and took heightened pleasure in their daedal patterns as his own strength declined.
-- Florence S. Boos, preface to The Collected Letters of William Morris

I sang of the dancing stars,
I sang of the daedal earth,
And of heaven, and the giant wars,
And love, and death, and birth.
-- Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Hymn Of Pan"

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Should I Shift?

I’m checking my mails right now and guess what? I’ve got offers for jobs in programming. I’m not an IT graduate but I do have a little knowledge about computers. But programming? I wish.

I wish I can advance my knowledge on computers and take crash course on IT and programming. Maybe I can land on a much better job…don’t you think?

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Unconscious Mutterings: Week 335

1. Guest :: List
   


2. Impact :: Result


3. Unplanned ::Improptu


4. Tactic :: Style


5. Delayed :: Late


6. Bombastic :: Large
   


7. Comfort :: Relief


8. Trumpet :: Sound


9. Joe :: Man


10. Budget :: Money

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Environment-Friendly Bags

Everywhere I shop, I see promotional tote bags that were being offered to buyers. They are usually made of materials that are environment friendly. Some stores offered it free with certain amount of purchase while others were sold at reasonable prices. This is their way of contributing to save our environment. One particular store has even launched a promo wherein buyers have to bring their own shopping bags, one day every week.

I hope there will come a time when plastics bags will no longer be used in stores and that every stores will adopt the idea of an environment-friendly bags for their customers.

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I'm Happy!

...Finally, our car is in good running condition now. Thanks to hubby's patience and enthusiasm to have the car fixed. It's also being registered and hopefully tomorrow we'll have the registration sticker. It's convenient when you have your own car specially when you want to go out of town, which what we are planning to do on the weekend.

We'll go to Baler! Hopefully the car won't fail us..*wink*

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Our Dad.

My husband’s out since morning. He was busy fixing the car and he’s now in the auto mechanic to monitor their progress. That car was his baby. You will seldom see him watching basketball or DVDs on TV. Let alone playing a PSP or an XBox. He’s not that kind of person. When he has spare time, he will look for something he can fix in the house. He’s the typical responsible dad. That’s why I’m so thankful that he’s here and the thought of him leaving us again for work saddens me. But I know he needs to work. Haaay…..I’m just writing my thoughts.

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First Day at School

Her first formal class at school....here's my pre-schooler wearing her uniform and enjoying her first day of class.

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Getting Rid of Belly Fats...

I am not fat. I don’t gain weight easily. But the bulging tummy bothers me. I know what you’re thinking now, he he...No, I’m not pregnant. Not yet (hopefully next month I’ll know, lol!). I just noticed lately that I’m gaining belly fats. So I’m determined now to do some sit-ups. I was reading some fat burner reviews online and was almost tempted to try one. But came to my senses again and decided, no, I’ll get rid of this fats the natural way. So good luck to me :).

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Friday Fill-Ins #130

Graphic courtesy of Tonya!

And...here we go!

1. She had a great voice.

2. I believe God is by my side, always.

3. I know this: Michael Jackson's death will bring himcloser to the people's heart despite his bizarre life lately.

4. "Be still...and know that I am God."

5. These words apply to me: wife, mother, woman, sister, daughter, friend.

6. This morning, the sun was shining.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to fulfilling ministry duties, tomorrow my plans include shop for the little girl's school bag and Sunday, I want to watch Transformers with hubby!

More fill-ins here.

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Ouch!

I’ve got a small cut on my finger last night when I was covering few more books of the little girl. I used the box cutter to cut the plastic cover while watching TV. Yeah…my fault. I was not focused that’s why it slipped and gave me a small wound. I should have used the scissors. I was cramming ...then there goes the announcement of suspension of classes. Geez.

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Word of The Day: Nimiety

Nimiety \nih-MY-uh-tee\, noun:

The state of being too much; excess.

Examples:

What a nimiety of . . . riches have we here! I am quite undone.

-- James J. Kilpatrick, "Buckley: The Right Word", National Review, December 23, 1996

Just as daily life contains all the comforts of what one owns, there is also a natural shedding or forgetting and a natural dulling, otherwise one becomes burdened with a sense of nimiety, a sense (as Kenneth Clark put it in his autobiography) of the "too-muchness" of life.

-- Nicholas Poburko, "Poetry Past And Present: F. T. Prince's Walks in Rome", Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature, January 1, 1999

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My Pre-Schooler

Yesterday was the little girl's first day of school. We enrolled her to school where she had her trial class although she's one week late. We're glad that there's still a slot for her so she was accepted.

I'm happy that I was able to buy all her things and prepare all her school supplies. I can't believe we already had a pre-schooler! This is going to be a challenge to us but I'm one excited mom :).

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Wow Wedding!

I was not able to attend the wedding of hubby’s cousin. But I visited their wedding website and I was so amazed on how hands-on she was during her wedding preparation. I never thought that she was also a member of the wedding community that I joined as well when I was preparing for my wedding. And I was right, she was a member and that explains what I saw. I admire how she and her fiancé worked as a team to really make their wedding a blast! They’ve got a lot of ideas and creativity that they joined together and resulted to a really wonderful wedding. Their invitation was unique. It was a pop-up non-traditional invitation with their caricature. Their arhae was a collection of rare coin from different countries. The motif were unique and very colorful. During the wedding there’s a photo booth were the guests can have their pictures taken as souvenir. The program was fun and the guests really enjoyed the event. I could go on and on about the details but to say it in one word, it would be…WOW!

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Unconscious Mutterings: Week 334

1. Divorce :: Marriage
   


2. Napkin :: Tissue


3. Camera :: Click


4. Leather :: Warm


5. Fractures :: Broken Bones
   


6. Flip out :: Pages


7. Coroner :: Medico Legal


8. Atomic :: Bomb


9. Liz :: John Lloyd
   


10. Leave :: Go
    

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It's been a while...

...and I'm just having a quick peek. Work has taken its toll on me lately. It stresses me. Some internet sites, including blog sites were blocked in the office. Well, I know it's good. It can help me concentrate more on work, but when I feel the stress of work, I don't have an outlet anymore....arrgh!

Anyway, I'm in the house now. Just had dinner. I feel bloated, lol! Why?? I had a sumptuous snack at Nathaniels Quezon Avenue. Had pancit bihon and siomai, and tasted the most delicious buko pandan juice (so far). Then had buko pandan again (frozen) at french baker. I love eating lately..sarap!!!

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Word of The Day: Surreal

Surreal (adj.) su'reeul

1. Characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
"the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature"


2. Resembling a dream
"as irrational and surreal as a dream"

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Unconscious Mutterings: Week 333

1. Nudity :: Skin


2. Domestic :: Chores


3. Burp :: Gas


4. Baby :: Joy


5. Dateline :: Rush


6. Retract :: Surrender


7. Suppose :: Believe


8. Surreal :: Impossible


9. Infidelity :: Unfaithfulness
   


10. Token ::Gift

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Accomplished

Today is an accomplished day. I never thought that I could prepare and cook dishes that I've never cooked before. Dishes that I only see my mother doing when I was young and thought that could be very hard for me to do.

For our snacks, I cooked "Biko" a Filipino delicacy made of glutinous rice, coconut milk and brown sugar. I topped it with latik and sprinkled crushed peanuts. The husband and the little lady said, "yummy!".

And for our dinner, I prepared "Kare-kare" (viand in peanut sauce) using Ox Tail. This is my first time to cook Kare-kare and even I was surprised that I was actually cooking it and not just eating. It's an accomplishment for me, hehe.

Now that the husband is here I'll continue cooking special recipes, because when he returns to work abroad it would be me and my daughter again. It means, back to simple dishes for two persons :)

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Word of The Day: Disport

Disport \dis-PORT\, intransitive verb:

1. To amuse oneself in light or lively manner; to frolic.
2. To divert or amuse.
3. To display.

Examples:

If you confine the kids' drinking to the college area, they will disport there and lessen the problem of the drunken car ride coming back from the out-of-town bar.

-- William F. Buckley Jr., "Let's Drink to It", National Review, February 27, 2001

I had to laugh, picturing Stuart and me in a red enamel tub, disporting ourselves among the suds.

-- Jacquelyn Mitchard, The Most Wanted

Few of the "carriage ladies and gentlemen" who disport themselves in Newport during the summer months, yachting and dancing through the short season, then flitting away to fresh fields and pastures new, realize that their daintily shod feet have been treading historic ground, or care to cast a thought back to the past.

-- Eliot Gregory, Worldly Ways and Byways

. . .those dolphins and narwhals who disport themselves upon the edges of old maps.
-- Virginia Woolf, Night and Day

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WW: Butcher

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The benefit of being petite and fit!

We had free lunch yesterday courtesy of one of my colleagues who celebrated his birthday. Of course we had the all time favorite pancit bihon from Corrine’s, Chicken Barbecue, rice, and loafs of bread. And of course we haven’t forgotten his one request. We bought him a Red Ribbon Mango cake (with message and a candle to blow). We had a feast. All the “Quest for 120 Day Challenge” participants have forgotten, for the meantime, that they are on a strict diet, lol! As for me, I’m not deprived. I can eat what ever I want without worrying abut getting fat, or taking any fat loss pills. So yesterday, I ate everything I want, lol! Anyway, it’s free! That’s the best.

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Unconscious Mutterings: Week 332

1. Hockey ::Player


2. Twirling :: Top
   


3. Montreal :: Québec


4. Better ::Well


5. New ::Fresh


6. Rally :: Riot


7. Stanley :: Inventor


8. USB :: Flash Drive
   


9. Scouted ::Explored


10. Cough :: Bronchitis

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Funny English

Saw this a while ago while browsing the net. I find it funny. Really.

I only encountered such English when I was in grade school. Sad to say there are a lot of people out there who care less about their grammar. If you know a person who sounds like the writer here, tell him not to be ashamed. There is still hope. Read,read and read more. It will help in expanding our vocabulary and helps straighten twisted grammar.

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Don't you think?

My niece who just turned one last month seems to have speech anxiety. She can’t seem to wait to talk immediately. She’s babbling words and mimics every sound she hears. She’s so adorable when she do that. I remember my daughter when she was at her age. I was a very proud mom then whenever I hear her speak a new vocabulary. Haaaayy, I miss having a baby. Don’t you think it’s time for us to have a new baby now? hmmmm...

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Friday Fill-Ins #127

1. I want to go home early today.

2. My favorite thing for dinner lately has been beef stew.

3. Our neighbor's dog continuous to bark! bark! bark! incessantly.

4. A nice long walk on the beach with hubby is what comforts me when I feel depressed.

5. I want to hear some good news.

6. When all is said and done, there's nothing more that you can do about it.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to sleeping early, tomorrow my plans include general house cleaning and family bonding time and Sunday, I want to watch a movie with hubby!

More fill-ins here.

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Wishing...wishing

Next month is a very special month for me. It’s my birthday month and our anniversary month. July is a month of double celebration and I hope hubby will still be here with us until this month. It’s my 31st birthday and our 4th wedding anniversary so it’s really very special. I don’t have any idea what hubby’s cooking for those events but I’m wishing that he’ll give me something special. I’m not asking for any expensive gifts. A dozen red roses will be enough. But if he will think out of the box and give me a fashion jewelry from Holsted Jewelers, that will really wow me. ( Hubby, I do hope you’re reading this, lol! )

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My Thoughts Today in Bullet Points

• It’s raining incessantly.
  
• It’s wet and slippery everywhere.
  
• It’s the first week of the school year and yet, classes has been suspended since yesterday (why don’t we just changed the month of our school year, right?).
  
• I’ve received a text message that says, the Philippines is blessed to experience an earlier rainy season. Why? Study shows that Swine Flu Virus (H1N1-Influenza A) is acquired through air. Ecologist says that the best way to clean the air is by rain. So why does it rain in summer? Now we know. :D.
  
• Pag umuulan, masarap mag kape, mag lugaw, mag goto or champorado at masarap matulog sa gabi…. Haaayyy... ^_^
  

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What Color Should Your Blog or Journal Be?

I saw this on Mai's site and was encourage to try and see what my blog's color would be. And it goes:

Your Blog Should Be Blue

Your blog is a peaceful, calming force in the blogosphere. You tend to avoid conflict - you're more likely to share than rant. From your social causes to cute pet photos, your life is a (mostly) open book.

What Color Should Your Blog or Journal Be?

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