tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67803524066653295412024-03-05T17:59:41.329-08:00Beauty and MadnessMaking peace with life's imperfection. Reflections on mostly what's happy & beautiful.. the whole enchilada. graccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857039811089844902noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780352406665329541.post-19437292921685038362013-11-20T10:31:00.001-08:002014-06-05T10:46:31.662-07:00When words stub<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Strong words are two edged sword. It either makes you or breaks you. Despite the psychological-behavior-conscious-observer that I am, there are times when patience and resilience seem too evasive in my own understanding. No one gets to be spared I guess, we after all are human. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">But how do you help yourself to bounce back when words hurt you? No one-way to do it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Lucky to have access to some relationship gurus, I have tried some that works well for me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I would like to share this at this time, because in this week alone I heard from 3 friends hurting for different reasons. As for me, it helps liberate my inner feelings as always. As I write this, it helps me fight a personal struggle too. Forgiving and committing to be healed when you're hurting is not an easy task but it shows that a conscious change in perspective would help, and that benefit is mostly yours/ours. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">1. <strong>ASK YOURSELF WHY </strong>- hidden beyond our visual 'self' or the personality that others see, is our ego. That part which explains why we got affected by certain situations. Most often, it has triggered, violated or pounded something that you value. Understanding why will point you to specific areas in your life where the hurt have huge impact. Now, is this something you need to act upon? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong>2. FORGIVE &</strong> <strong>FORGET</strong> - Forgive the person. Forget the situation. It may be hard to get your mind off the painful words, but making yourself a slave of the memory won't allow you to forgive the person. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong>3. WRITE A LETTER </strong>- I find 'writing' a liberating emotional exercise. It frees you from your own self imposed emotional slavery. Write a lengthy letter pouring everything you have felt or are still feeling. Then, burn it. It will surprise you how dumping your feelings in a piece of paper would lift the heaviness in your heart. Then, do # 2. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong>4.</strong> <strong>CONSCIOUSLY, STAY HEALED </strong>- Not that you avoid the feeling of momentary anger or resentment when the memory comes back. You have all the right to feel the "feeling". It is not wrong. Acknowledge the feeling but drive them out right away. It's one thing I learned from "The Secret". Only let the positive settle in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">At the end of the day, what we feel is our life's choice. I am not implying it would be easy, but I am cheerfully hoping it's worth the try. Fight the stub and choose to 'un-stub". Borrowing from Francis Kong, "forgiveness and healing are one". Read his blog here <a href="http://franciskong.com/bite-size-wisdom/forgiveness-and-healing/" target="_blank">http://franciskong.com/bite-size-wisdom/forgiveness-and-healing/</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Taught and raised by the Scholastican congregation - putting
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AND DO IT yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">While some opinions MAY be right and inadequacies are apparent, l</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ambasting</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and playing "coach"
won't save the Visayas </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">from their
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Must be my age and hormones. Suddenly the turning of this year seemed more pivotal than all other new years I have welcomed in the past. Plus the moving to another continent, starting careers once again, the gaining and losing... made me I guess a little more reflective than I have ever been. But I realized ... I am actually enjoying them! And so, as hopefully as I can be.. I have these new things to be excited about this year. I don't know what to call it. Goals? Resolutions? Realizations? or are they just pure wishful thinking!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">With much prayers and with little help of my crossed fingers, I hope I'll make 2013 as meaningful as it can be. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">1. <strong>One new challenge, a year at a time.</strong> To do something new each year, a new thing or activity I haven't done in the past. And this year, my big challenge is: *Tada! To BUILD. Yup, as in gumawa, lumikha, bumoo, magkutingting ng kung ano ano! And since my husband is an architect and a craftsman himself, I think I will be propped up in this department. Hintayin nga lang ang summer and spring for the those little carpentry works. :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">2. <strong>It will be a year of many new!</strong> Creativity is my game. Learn new skills. Explore. Try activities I haven't done before. I started by reading craft books. I'm getting giddy looking at the quaint designs! Well this is quite tied up to my no. 1 above. I also want to design, sew and draw. (cause until now, drawing a person would still mean drawing 1 circle and 5 sticks together)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">3. <strong>Focus on things that I have. Nurture the present</strong>. While I have tons of things listed in my wishlist, I'll try to focus on things that God has already given me and be enormously grateful for gifts I most often take for granted. I am trying to practice a sunshiney heart that beats gratitude...especially for the things I did not control but was put together wonderfully for me. Like where I was born, to whom I was born and how I was raised. I am also grateful to the people I have met and the places I have called home even for a short period of time. (San Mateo,California, Las Pinas, Paranaque, Quezon City, Richmond & Surrey, BC)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I appreciate the things I now recognize as talents but used to take for granted, like my (just the right amount) english proficiency, ability to write (business or just plain blogging), public speaking (despite how nerve wracking it always has been). Heck, for someone who struggled to start all over again in a very tight-rigid-requiring-a-canadian-experience-workforce, these.. afforded me my job. I now sincerely thank Philippines' mandatory academic curriculum in English and my English teachers from Elementary to High School for seriously imposing Filipino children to learn english from an early age. Knowing how to communicate in english, became my ticket to start again. (and I'm not kidding!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">4. <strong>Start creating and documenting memories</strong>. Pictures, family/couple traditions. As much as I love taking pictures and collecting keepsakes, I am guilty of plainly relying collections from friends and families. Especially with the advent of "tagging" in social networks, I became a notorious "tagged" dependent. :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I realize though that these memories will never ever come back and just like time, should never be wasted. I realized I wanted to keep something for whoever is in my/our future to see. How beautiful life is from different points in time. I have passed by a couple of years undocumented, but it sure isn't too late to start now. To infinity and beyond! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">5. <strong>Prioritize to do things that makes me happy! Life is too short to worry</strong>. I am now 33 and those numbers breezed through without me noticing it. When I was young, I thought that people who are on their 20s are already old (ergo should be matured) and those on their 30s are toooooooo old (and again ergo should be overly matured!) ! :) I, together with many others I guess got too engrossed on living what adults ought to be and I am guilty of being too serious planning and acting it all out. I know I have my silly, unguarded and carefree times.. but I guess making room for more and choosing to spend majority of my time to things that would genuinely make me happy will allow me to be more receptive of life's offerings. Having been allowed the opportunity to recalibrate (by way of migration), I'll try to carefully choose to do things that will make my time more worthwhile simply because I love doing it. :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Cheers to 2013 a</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">nd for things that have not yet been, but still can be. :) </span>graccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857039811089844902noreply@blogger.com0Canada37.09024 -95.712891000000013-36.376117 99.052733999999987 90 69.521483999999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780352406665329541.post-3148091190854978562013-01-04T22:14:00.001-08:002013-01-04T22:14:57.740-08:00Our Happy Preppy New Year!<br />
To maximize positive baby vibes this coming year...<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My inclination to the color of femininity only came about when I turned 30. Quite late for a girl/woman who by default chooses pink to be part of her wardrobe and other kikay personal effects. Not me though, ah-uh. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">But now, yep! I have come to love the color PINK. In fact, I incessantly junked to have a pink laptop. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yup, I got it! </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Much to my hubby's dismay.<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> (Now, you'll never see Dennis use my laptop when we're in a coffee shop!)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Before this pinky-patootsie craze, my first love was the color, BLUE. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And for total of 8 years now, I am continuously thanking my then BROKEN ROAD, for God blessed it and led me to you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Many articles have already been written regarding the untimely demise of Sec. Jesse Robredo. I am one with the Filipino nation, in this grief and mourning. How we have lost a man of honor, valor, integrity and justice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">However, I would like to speak from the terms where my pang(s) of sadness strike the most. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">That, as of a daughter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">A daughter who fears "that" inevitable eternal separation. I couldn't even fathom saying it. That's how fearful I am of that occurence. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Imagining Sec. Jesse with his wife and daughters is a sight that fills me with awe and reverence. I believe in what I have read and heard that he was always a <em>present</em> father. How he put his family as a priority and how he wouldn't miss doing the role of a father despite any other circumstance. Kumain ulit kahit busog dahil sa napakaraming engagements as a Mayor, umuwi every weekend sa Naga kahit kailangang bumalik agad kinabukasan sa Maynila, gagawin parin para sa pamilya. Truly, this is what fatherhood is about. And I believe these and many other more, endeared him to his wife and his daughters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Sec. Jesse loved his family first, and with so much love he received back, he was able to extend his sincere love by way of his public service. Yet, it remains, love begins at home. His family is his priority - his wife, his daughters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I am fortunate to be fathered by someone who is tenderhearted and whose love and devotion to our little 3 piece family is unarguable. So, analogous to the circumstance, I am mostly saddened by Sec. Jesse's passing because I know now there are daughters who lost a good man as a father. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I remember how I have adored seeing my father do ALL things that I thought only people with super powers can do. Fathers have the knack to fix everything, including beheaded barbie dolls. Aika, Trisha and Jillian surely had their own super hero moments with Sec. Jesse. Every little girl does, I suppose. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I could only imagine the grief, but I know I wouldn't be able to get hold of the real insurmountable pain his daughters are feeling right now for losing what to them is their good 'ol Daddy Jesse. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">For Sec. Jesse's daughters who are very fortunate for their father's love. I sincerely hope that amidst this biggest trial, they'll find hope and peace in the consolation that their father is up in heaven, in the arms of his creator. I am sure that in each of our father's hearts, the bind of parenthood stays beyond the physical world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I write this with no claim of authority nor ascendancy. I clearly don't have the mastery nor the slightest right. I don't mean to influence what to feel nor what to do. I simply would just like to pose a modest hope that for father and daughters whose love has an undying force, heaven isn't too far away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Sec. Jesse, I honor you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Aika, Janine and Jillian, my heart is with you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">God bless your family. May you have peace of mind and heart. </span>graccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857039811089844902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780352406665329541.post-77003537141266504192012-08-17T22:28:00.001-07:002012-08-18T21:02:28.552-07:00Ang Pag-ibig<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I am not an easy music lover, but whenever I hear few piece that outwardly tickled my fancy and had quite a stab on things I believe in.. I go gaga and the tune directly heads in to my miniscule list of repertoire!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Sometime ago, I heard a rave from a friend picking this song as funky yet reflective. A fun analogy of LOVE, of how it is true and how it is not. A contemporary interpretation of love, (<em><span style="color: #990000;"><strong>Pag-ibig</strong></span></em> to us Filipinos) as depicted from the verses of the bible at <span style="color: #990000;"><em><strong>1 Corinthians 13: 4-7</strong></em></span><span style="color: black;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">... And this added to my still budding playlist. They're about 15 now. :) <span style="font-size: xx-small;">teehee!</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">But what I'm most happy about is that <strong>though we may not be always on the same page, I'm thankful that we are reading the same book</strong>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">A country famous for being organized, everything you do in Japan comes with strict instructions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I did followed the instructions...while laughing my heart out! Hahaha! And of couse I wouldn't pass the chance to take a photo of it to remind me how fun it was to pee in Japan. :)</span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Remembering a fun filled trip from Japan for day 7. Check!</span><br />graccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857039811089844902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780352406665329541.post-69823577293338892552012-08-03T22:40:00.001-07:002012-08-07T16:17:41.338-07:00Day 6: Books<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Migrating made me choose. It was hard!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Limited to only 46 kgs, I was left with no option but to bring just few of my precious books. That was really sad, I wish I could have brought them all! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">My dependable reads are pedestaled on top of my bedside lamp. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Men are from Mars. Women are from Venus.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">John Maxwell's Leadership Collection.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Praying through Life's Problems.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">NINA GARCIA fashion series.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Don't Sweat the Small Stuff.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Art of Non-Conformity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Had previous post on recommended <a href="http://btyandmadness.blogspot.ca/2011/11/bookworming-meron-bang-word-na-ganun.html" target="_blank">self-help</a> books here. Some of my quick fixes are here too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Oh I miss my books, hope to see all of you here soon! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Kuha ko kayo ng visa, wait for Mohma! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Day 6 in the company of good books. Check! </span>graccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857039811089844902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780352406665329541.post-36727568036007984972012-08-01T18:37:00.001-07:002012-08-01T18:39:57.222-07:00Day 5: Morning Sky<br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">There's always a breath of inspiration and healing peace within my heart whenever I look above a morning sky. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">With the lovely smell of morning mists, the brightness of each morning resonates HOPE for the coming of a new day. :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We had a lovely morning today in Surrey! </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Hope you had yours too wherever you are! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Day 5 with a golden morning sky. Check. </span>graccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857039811089844902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780352406665329541.post-12794483585606574212012-07-26T16:35:00.001-07:002012-07-26T19:58:03.863-07:00Day 4: Leaves<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Leaves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The LEAVE as defined in my CAREER BIBLE. By virtue of responsibility, this came to be my top of mind recall of the word LEAVE. :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Not that it is a problem, I strongly believe that the science of managing Human Capital is the thing I do best. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Now, here's my real entry for day 4. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">With some little rays from mother sunshine, this showcase my day 4 subject. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Can't help but sing...</span><br />
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I see ‘em bloom..... for me and for you<br />
And I think to myself.... what a wonderful world.<br />
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I see skies of blue..... clouds of white<br />
Bright blessed days....dark sacred nights<br />
And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world.<br />
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The colors of a rainbow.....so pretty ..in the sky<br />
Are also on the faces.....of people ..going by<br />
I see friends shaking hands.....saying.. how do you do<br />
They're really saying......i love you.<br />
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I hear babies cry...... I watch them grow<br />
They'll learn much more.....than I'll never know<br />
And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Day 4 brought to an appreciation of a wonderful world. Check.</span>graccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857039811089844902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780352406665329541.post-1645601982769740102012-07-20T22:51:00.002-07:002012-07-20T22:56:51.425-07:00Day 3: Happiness<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">For people like us who are apart from family and living in a far away land...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Happiness tops when you see people you care most about,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And HAPPIEST when you see how happy they are seeing you too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;">A fresh skype call from my folks on this gloomy rainy day in Surrey</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have regular chats and skype dates with my first loves above. Thanks to Skype and unli-text, they just seem to be living right across the street!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">One good thing about this migration thing is that my folks learned to embrace technology! Hahaha! Dati hanggang cellphone na QWERTY lang, now Mommy tinkers inside FB and has added touch screen phone in her vocabulary! :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I have silly grins whenever I think about her that way. Make way, Lola Techie! My mom's coming yah-way! :) Hahaha!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">True happiness is in the simplest of things, and indeed are PRICELESS. </span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Day 3 photo challenge</span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">graced by 2 moving & talking happy people in a square box from across the seas.Check. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Isn't she so charming? She got bottomless versions of that, and I could post tons! I'd do that in a separate blog debuting her! We're very happy that while waiting for our own little one, this lovely little earthling gives us a joyful company. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">This little bug is fondly called Mumai. And her real name is Emma Paige. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">She is the bunso of our good friends, Allan & Lindsay Vergara. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Her smile captivates mushy people like me! </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Wouldn't you just want to hug and cuddle this kind of sugar bug?!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Day 2 photo challenge from sweet cheeky little Mumai. Check.</span>graccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857039811089844902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780352406665329541.post-75147195398547899222012-07-16T21:19:00.002-07:002012-07-16T22:19:13.694-07:00Day 1 Photo Challenge: Food (Crave..not Fave)<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Since I've been having dreams of Jollibee the past days, I decided to put my hallucinations to an end. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">This I did by making pinoy style spaghetti. The sweetest-ala-jollibee!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The closest I can be to the taste of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Day 1 photo challenge straight from the stove. Check.</span>graccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857039811089844902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780352406665329541.post-24376121803198516062012-07-16T15:33:00.004-07:002012-07-16T19:53:57.811-07:00Using my Right Side of the Brain for 30 days<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sharing pictures has gained worldwide dominion over most of Facebook pages, and to most of us these snapshots are somehow the fastest way of sharing experiences - beyond words and illustration. We take pictures of almost anything to share with family and friends. To us Filipinos, picture taking has evolved from merely documenting special occasions or "Kodakan", to a more informal day-to-day "Pichur...Pichur!" :) And now, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">picture taking has taken over our daily runabout with the convenience of our smart phones and digicams... taking pictures are now easy as counting from 1 to 3!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">But have you ever wondered why pictures somehow always appeal more than any other information exchange? Well, according to some studies, looking at pictures pushes someone to think beyond what they see. It is called <strong>Picture Thinking</strong>, some books coined it as visual-spatial thinking or learning. When we look at pictures, the processing of the images passes through our right side of the brain, which is the part that is emotional and creative. That is also why creative people are called "right brainers". These are the people who are intuitive, expressive, emotional, music lovers and are fund of colors. (Left brainers on the other hand are those very good in linguistics, analysis, numbers & reasoning). <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Personal note to self: I wonder where I fall? Parang wala.</span> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Hahaha!</span> In psych, this theory is based on what is known as the lateralization of brain functions. Where one part of the brain dominantly controls some specific function/s over the other. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And since I have been in a profession where 'creative AHAs' are mostly restrained and where creative writing were limited to developing company guidelines and preparing employee infraction memos, I'd like to wiggle my brain a bit and challenge myself to do the visual kind of creatives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">For 30 days, I'll try to defy the use of my right brain to post as a blog entry. (Or an excuse to do blogging rather easier?) I'll try to organize info and be creative through pictures simultaneously and candidly! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I am challenging myself to this 'one-word' photo challenge instruction. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Hmm, it seems really brain stimulating!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Am not a pro though, so my pictures wouldn't be 'Photography-mala-SLR' ang dating. :) Images taken really just for the fun of it at malaman if I have even a-little-itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie creativity in my brain! Hala, parang wala! Hahaha! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Ahmhexcited!! Hope you and I will have fun picture thinking!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">To follow will be my posting for Day 1. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Ok, Grace ..... Right Brain, Stare!!! (i love care bears!)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You'll never get to know somebody's worth until you've lost them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">He was just there each day, I pass by him every single day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I remember the many times his eyes searched mine while he waved his hands and invited me for lunch, patiently waiting each day at that same spot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And yet, I just deliberately ignored him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now I miss him terribly!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Panlasang Pilipino, At home sa Jollibee!</span></div>graccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857039811089844902noreply@blogger.com0Surrey, BC, Canada49.105897 -122.82795648.939578 -123.143813 49.272216 -122.512099tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780352406665329541.post-62009383163261345712012-06-15T08:36:00.000-07:002012-06-15T23:37:05.148-07:00Love by my Dad<strong>Love is a Verb</strong> <br />
by my Dad<br />
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For the times you held my tiny hands for support.... I love you Daddy. <br />
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For all the times your hands fixed my broken toy.... I love you Daddy. <br />
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For the times you supported my love for the color blue over the pinks.... I love you Daddy. <br />
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For the times you brought & fetched me to and from school.... I love you Daddy. <br />
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For the times your heart went meak when my grades weren't as par to expectations... I love you Daddy. <br />
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For the times you have patiently taught me how to drive... I love you Daddy. <br />
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For that first time you entrusted me with the car... I love you Daddy. <br />
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For the times you showed how proud you are of my simple accomplishments... I love you Daddy.<br />
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For the times I heard you say, "Anak ko yan!"... I love you Daddy. <br />
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For the times you were happier than me when I got my first promotion... I love you Daddy.<br />
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For the times you understood my silence in times of pain.... I love you Daddy. <br />
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For the times you explained how and why young love is difficult... I love you Daddy. <br />
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For the times your heart cried with me when my heart was bruised... I love you Daddy.<br />
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For all the times I came to you for comfort.... I love you Daddy.<br />
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For always being a present and active father... I love you Daddy. <br />
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For entrusting me to Dennis and for believing in our love... I love you Daddy. <br />
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Most of all Daddy, thank you for teaching me that <strong>LOVE is a verb.</strong> <br />
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That it is a thing of action with sincerity... I love you Dad.<br />
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On your special day, though we are apart, I'd like to say how proud I am to have been fathered by you.<br />
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<strong>Happy Father's Day Daddy Willie! </strong></div>
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<strong>i VERB you very much</strong>. </div>
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The song 'Leaving On A Jet Plane' is playing in my head.<br />
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Before we board the plane bound to this new territory where we are now, we had our last and final hurrah! <br />
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And we did it with our ever endearing and loving (whose funny bones seem to be compatible as much) couple buddies, the Vitugs or the Vs as I fondly call them! <br />
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This trip to Boracay was the best I had by far in this island. The weather was perfect and we were able to hop beautiful resorts, and by beautiful I mean the REAL top ones.. But mind you, it didn't cost us as much. This you can do if you have cost-savvy friends in tow, thanks to Mr. Champion. You know who you are. :)<br />
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It's nice to be reminded of the beauty of your native land especially before going to a place which also has something unique to offer.<br />
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Mr. Sunshine decided to flash his energy with all his might, allowing us to make the most of our 3 day trip. We seem to have ordered the perfect menu for a vacay: the cozy accomodations, prudent deals, hearty meals and the best company to boot! Celebrating happy friendships and marriages always indeed are fun and having Ron & Vinay, doubled the fun!<br />
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This was our last domestic trip before going to Canada, and it was good to bring good memories in our back packs. We are always looking forward to celebrations of love and one with the Vitugs are always well remembered.<br />
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Incidentally, Ron & Vinay celebrated their 1st year wedding anniversary a couple of weeks back, and though we weren't there to celebrate personally, I would like to let them know that they are well thought of and missed. The memories of our trips, by plane or not are checked-in, it's in our back packs. :) <br />
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We will see you soon Brad & Sis so we can share more of our lifetime's love. <br />
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We miss you!graccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857039811089844902noreply@blogger.com0Surrey, BC, Canada49.105897 -122.82795648.939578 -123.143813 49.272216 -122.512099tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780352406665329541.post-7518662674731894682011-12-07T06:46:00.011-08:002011-12-13T04:05:05.322-08:00My 32nd B-B-B celebration!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Wasn't back yet to blogging when I celebrated my 32nd birthday last August. So, I would like to turn back time and marvel once again on how I celebrated my natal day with some special people.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> <br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">This year, I together with my hubby and our couple friend, Ron & Vinay, went to one of the most sought resort in our local country, Bellaroca!</span><br />
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</tbody></table> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Bellaroca is an elephant island in the heart of Marinduque. It was called an elephant island because it visually looks like one on a side peripheral view. An illusion of an elephant's body dipped in water. And just like an elephant, this resort really had humongous offerings. Every bit of the 3 day stay was all worth it! Kulang ang 3 days! </span><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Bellaroca has the highest standard of service amongst all the boutique resorts I have been into by far. Hospitality, customer service, amenities and of course the breath taking view were all superb. Food comes in way too pricey though, literally pricey. But the 4 of us managed to sneek in some good food from our own baon. Buti nalang may dala kaming Transformer na Ref! haha! This is one memorable part, thanks to Ron!</span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Though this trip was deliberately planned to fall on my birthday, my hubby and his bestfriend Ron was still able to pull off a surprise. For one, my hubby isn't really fond of surprises, so this one also was a first. :) </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With the super maalagang Bellaroca staffs <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Infinity pool inside the Villa room</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Road way up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the Alfresco areas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Massage areas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lobby <br />
(At our back is a Koi pond)</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And that was my B(eautiful) 32nd B(irthday) at B(ellaroca).</span></div>graccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857039811089844902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780352406665329541.post-41808104840115091542011-11-29T05:48:00.002-08:002011-11-29T06:03:24.318-08:00A Happy Comeback<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Happy Return</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After almost 3 months of personal time, I returned to the familiar place and faces of my then daily life - my Abenson HR family. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And just like most homecomings, this one was a happy return. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Thanks to this wonderful team who showed me their understanding support. They who wished, hoped and prayed with me as I went through a personal endeavour and journey. With their presence, I continue to keep a strong faith that God is preparing me up for something greater and bigger. The cheerful smiles, generous hugs and sweet surprises made the comeback a lot easier and happier than I thought. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Thanks to these sweety-heads who work with me side by side each day - Ron, Jam, Kaye, Ena, Hang, Via, Jehna, Beng, Marrie, Sheryl, James, Ria, Kate, Tonnie, Boyet, Nevs, Corine, Connie, Eb, Glenda, Avic, Bryan, Joel, Ronald (+ a name of our new guy to follow). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I can't forget Ma'am Marian's motherly love for me of course. Siya talaga ang pangalawang Nanay ko. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I am all ready to hear the daily quirks, love-hate disagreements and even the noisy endless teasings! I realized that a "day" is still different without you guys. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">(I won't last a day without you?! haha)</span>graccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857039811089844902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780352406665329541.post-23151233887086460612011-11-23T23:41:00.006-08:002011-11-24T23:37:13.991-08:00Name Game<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfeAp8lNsFuz7eLur8J-g5LqoR278mDjcIAODXRk3zkQpIHlbK8OuKsEYraR1-pyqC1UKqZAVRzwpdpUzKQa4wB8PIE0kGYact4HI_65ESII9_43tx4QDTGY8cXAsLdAHY8W5mAITUmls/s1600/KR-The-Name-Game-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="150px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfeAp8lNsFuz7eLur8J-g5LqoR278mDjcIAODXRk3zkQpIHlbK8OuKsEYraR1-pyqC1UKqZAVRzwpdpUzKQa4wB8PIE0kGYact4HI_65ESII9_43tx4QDTGY8cXAsLdAHY8W5mAITUmls/s200/KR-The-Name-Game-1.jpg" width="200px" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Taking a stub on my name. Just for fun! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Come on everyba-deh!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ah say-ah let's play a geheym!</span><br />
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<em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><span style="color: #0b5394;">1. YOUR NAME:</span></span></em><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> <strong>Mary Grace Mariano-Zulueta</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(first three letters of your name, plus izzle):</span></em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <strong>Marizzle , Graizzle - gangsta ba ito? parang disney name ata.</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">3. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: <span style="font-size: x-small;">(favorite color and fav animal):</span></span></em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><strong>Blue Terrier - haha! mukha naman akong stuff toy, di naman to detective!</strong></span></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><span style="color: #0b5394;">4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: <span style="font-size: x-small;">(middle name, current street name):</span></span></span></em><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span> <strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Mariano Hontiveros - WEH?!! tunog cast ng Mexican telenovela. wag nalang!</span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: <span style="font-size: x-small;">(first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name, first 3 letters of mom's maiden name):</span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><strong>Zulmaman - ok! parang generic name lang ng gamot!</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">6. SUPERHERO NAME: <span style="font-size: x-small;">(2nd favorite color, favorite drink):</span></span></em><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> <strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> White Mocha - super nga talaga ito, super drink! haha</span></strong></span></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">7. IRAQI NAME: <span style="font-size: x-small;">(2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last </span></span></span></em><i><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">name, any letter of your middle name, 2nd letter of your moms maiden name, </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">2nd letter of your dads middle name, 1st letter of a siblings first name):</span></em></span></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> <strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> Aliar – pwede na.</span></strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">8. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: <span style="font-size: x-small;">(father's middle name):</span></span></em><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br />
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</span></i><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Francisco</strong></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">9. GOTH NAME: <span style="font-size: x-small;">(3rd favorite color, and one of the name of your pet)</span></span></em><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Pink Butch</strong></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Hehe! Try nyo din, pangpatawa lang. :) </strong></span></span></span>graccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857039811089844902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780352406665329541.post-90868568053429602632011-11-22T03:03:00.005-08:002011-11-24T00:19:01.981-08:00Lootbag: Purrr...Paalll<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yesterday, I received a "Just-Because-Gift" from my girlfriend Pizza (yes, that's her name) and her hubby Jayson. No reason. No occassion. It's a <em>just</em> gift. Happiness!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">They decided to give me something they wish I'd grow to like..(like muna, pwede love after nalang?)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I missed buying one of the pink limited stocks last year and she even looked for one when she went to HK but we both weren't successful looking for one. I guess she remembered it and bought me this. Don't you just really love a dear girl friend? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Jay and Piz just celebrated their 32nd birthday this month, Happy Birthday to our dear-good-ol-couple-friend! Love you both! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Thanks for the no-reason-at-all gift! And I know that that's a suhol to love <strong>The Purr-Palll</strong>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">For all the surprise thingies I suddenly receive, I'll name my entries of gratitude as A LOOTBAG! So this goes as my 2nd gift inside my lootbag. :) </span>graccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857039811089844902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780352406665329541.post-22368713669532443612011-11-19T00:49:00.002-08:002011-11-22T08:09:51.976-08:00Lingering Scenes Saturdays (LSS)<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Saturdays being our "movie day" of the week, I'll turn to my favorite scenes from my favorite movies across time. I'll name this entry LSS. Just like how songs linger to my mind all day long. These are lines and scenes from my favorite movies. And since I do movie reruns on a saturday, I'll tag it Lingering Scenes Saturdays a.k.a. <em>LSS</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And so for my first entry:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><em>LSS#1 - The Notebook</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> Scene: When Duke (Senior Noah) was reading for Allie and their children came to visit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Duke (to his adult children): </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"Look, guys. That's my sweetheart in there. I'm not leaving her. This is my home now. Your mother is my home."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">How lovely and inspiring to witness how love can grow unconditionally, tested by time and even self-awareness. Having to love someone with all your heart despite trials and not being reciprocated back because of memory loss. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">What I learned? True love is self-less.</span>graccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857039811089844902noreply@blogger.com0