tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72487544420292316792024-03-14T13:02:23.988+08:00MY LIFELife as it is to me...
When I grow old I want to write about my life,,, and here is where it starts.FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-75660755856341923022010-02-08T23:00:00.003+08:002010-02-08T23:21:20.621+08:00Biggest Loser<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I joined the Biggest Loser challenge which started last January 11, here are the mechanincs:</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:35.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 35.75pt"><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Wingdings;color:red;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;">Php1,100 Joiners Fee <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l5 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-Courier New"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:red;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;">Php1,000 goes to the Biggest Loser Winner<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l5 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-Courier New"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:red;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;">Php 100 will be used to purchase the official weighing scale<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:35.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 35.75pt"><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Wingdings;color:red;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;">11-week program (<b>11 January to 31 March 2010</b>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:35.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 35.75pt"><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Wingdings;color:red;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;">Winner: Highest % of total body weight lost <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:35.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 35.75pt"><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Wingdings;color:red;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;">Percentage of body weight lost<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><u><span style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;">Beginning Weight – Current Weight <o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;"> Beginning Weight<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:35.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 35.75pt"><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Wingdings;color:red;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;">Winner takes all, in case of ties, equally split the prize<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:35.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 35.75pt"><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Wingdings;color:red;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;">Weigh-in:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l5 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-Courier New"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:red;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;">All participants MUST weigh-in weekly<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l5 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-Courier New"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:red;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><b><span style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;">Initial weigh-in</span></b><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;"> is on <b>11 January 2010 </b>after the flag ceremony<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l5 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-Courier New"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:red;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><b><span style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;">Weekly weigh-in</span></b><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;">: Mondays after the flag ceremony<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l5 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-Courier New"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:red;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><b><span style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;">Outfit:</span></b><span style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;"> GSIS Monday uniform without the blazer<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:35.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 35.75pt"><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Wingdings;color:red;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;">Penalties:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l5 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-Courier New"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:red;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;">Php500 for refusal to weigh-in<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l5 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-Courier New"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:red;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;">Php200 for those who gained weight per week<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l5 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-Courier New"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:red;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;">Php100 for those who maintains current weight per week<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l5 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-Courier New"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:red;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;">Php1,000 for those who will drop-out<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l5 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-Courier New"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:red;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;">If the participant loses 10% of body weight, penalty will be limited to refusal and weight-gain penalties</span><span style="Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:red;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:35.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 35.75pt"><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Wingdings;color:red;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;">Official weighing scale will be kept during the week<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;font-family:Arial;color:red;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">My initial weight was 178.4 lbs. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">During the first week I lost 5.2 lbs, and then another 1.6 lbs the next. But the following week, Feb. 1, I gained 2 lbs!!! Huhuhu…<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Today I weighed 173 lbs, a loss of 0.6 lbs from last week and a total of 5.4 lbs loss from the beginning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I have to lose weight of at least 10% of my initial weight, which means I have to lose at least 17.8 lbs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I only have 8 weeks to go… What must I do????<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Ok, so I have not been really serious about this matter, especially with my exercise.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I’ve only been doing at least one brisk walking and at most three brisk walking a week. So it does not really do me any good.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I have to make a diet and exercise plan and stick to it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I will also try the “Three Day Diet” and see if it will work.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Well, so much of wanting to Lose Weight!!! Hehehe,,<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Wish me Luck!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Here it is:</b><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">EXERCISE:</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b>ü</b></span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b>Three to four times of 30 minutes brisk walking/jog a week. (Treadmill)<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b>ü</b></span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b>Three 20 minutes stationary bike a week.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b>ü</b></span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b>Jumping Rope (100x) & Basic Stretching/ Exercise in the morning<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b> </b></span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b>ü</b></span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b>When the Aero Dancing begins on Feb. 16…. 2 times a week (Tues & Thurs)<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b>ü</b></span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b>30-45 mins brisk walking/jog on Saturday or Sunday.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b>ü</b></span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b>Jumping Rope (100x) & Basic Stretching/ Exercise in the morning<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">FOOD/DIET:</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">ü</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">No rice diet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">ü</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Drink plenty of water.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">ü</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Replace rice with vegetable salad or wheat bread.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">ü</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">No red meat (pork & beef)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Breakfast:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:1.25in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">·</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Office – coffee and sky flakes<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:1.25in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">·</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">House – coffee and 1 pc wheat</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">bread<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Lunch:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">·</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Office</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">10am – vegetable or wheat bread & chicken or fish<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">·</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">House - vegetable or wheat bread & chicken or fish<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Snack:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">·</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Office 3pm – wheat bread sandwich<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">·</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">House – wheat bread and boiled egg/oatmeal<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Dinner:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo7"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">·</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Office 7pm – oatmeal/wheat bread sandwich<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">·</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">House – HERBALIFE SHAKE or OATMEAL ONLY</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-46930073091550956362010-02-07T15:28:00.000+08:002010-02-07T15:28:43.334+08:00Through the Years<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/S25rqmbf_oI/AAAAAAAAAjA/9VzSV_2fVhg/s1600-h/Old+Fotos.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/S25rqmbf_oI/AAAAAAAAAjA/9VzSV_2fVhg/s320/Old+Fotos.jpg" /></a><br />Early pictures of my family...<br />How happy to reminisce....<br />Najel and I got home earlier from the South Feast.<br />Have a happy week ahead my friends!!!</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-47710346781383234922010-02-03T05:48:00.004+08:002010-02-03T06:52:07.261+08:00Final Decision<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/S2iqIZx7dcI/AAAAAAAAAi4/Qmke3v_JCPw/s1600-h/DSCI0085.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/S2iqIZx7dcI/AAAAAAAAAi4/Qmke3v_JCPw/s320/DSCI0085.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433780011758482882" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The other night I talked with Obet,,,</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Well, I decided not to transfer... because of all the true reasons.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I talked with my boss, Sir Jun, and he said that it is really better to stay.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">So stay I will....</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I was supposed to talk to Sir Jun, heart to heart, but he was busy..</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I wanted to tell him of some of my innermost feelings at work.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Like, I have been doing my job for the past ten years and it hurts (sometimes) that my efforts doesn't get recognized. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I mean, imagine no promotion for more than ten years.... huhuhu</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Some of my friends are way up now. And I believe that i've worked the same as they did or are doing. I'm just not as outgoing as they are. And not having money to spend on treats for people when needed.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I don't have a hold with any top executives. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I was just a walk-in applicant in November of 1997... </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">took the exams in March 1998... </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">interviewed in July of the same year.... </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">was told that they got someone else in September the same year... </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">So I thought I would not be hired anymore. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">But then in May of 1999 I got a call from the office that I have a signed appointment as a permanent employee dated April 1999.. WOW! </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I was so surprised and so thankful that after work I went straight to Church and cried my heart out for having such an unexpected gift....</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">After having been employed, transferred and promoted to and from one private company to another, it was finally time to settle down with one good office.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Well, I guess my satisfaction in life is really not in work but in my family.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I may not have promotions or recognitions at work but my family is my world.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Leanne is graduating in college on March, Nikko and Jan are in college and Najel is in grade 3 and doing very good in school just like her ate.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Sarah (out scholar) will also be graduating this March with a course in education.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Another scholar, Jona will be in second year college this June.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I don't know if another scholar will be in first year in June, he's Eugine, Obet's cousin whose mother died so he was not able to continue his studies. He will take the college entrance exam this February.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Nikko got a high score in his National College Assessment Examination (NCAE), with a recommendation to pursue courses in Business or Art. The results showed that he is Enterprising first and Artistic second.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I am really very proud of my children. They are not perfect, but they try to be because of their love for me.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Well, my life goes on and so does yours....</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-90749898547364663182010-02-02T00:19:00.000+08:002010-02-02T00:21:18.727+08:00CROSSROADS<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">I am at a crossroads...</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">I need to decide ASAP.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">I am applying to be transferred to Bicol branch and my application is still pending.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">I am having second thoughts the past weeks.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Worried that if I leave my children with their papa, they might rebel.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Worried that my finances will not meet my necessities (as it is already right now).</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Not sure if I will be happy living alone for a while without my children.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Worried that this would cause further damage to the family relationship.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Leanne is graduating in college, will be taking the board exam in July and will apply for work afterwards.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">As her Mom, I know it is my responsibility to be there for her. To guide her in her decisions. I can't just leave her behind after graduation.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Jan2 is in college and Nikko will also start college in June, I can't just leave them when it is me who keeps tab of their school necessities.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Najel is in grade three....</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">And right now, I am happy with my friends here at the office... That's important to me. Because I will not be able to overcome all the problems at home when I don't have caring and understanding friends on hand.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Hay,,,, I think it is not yet time to move on to Bicol.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Why do I want to move to Bicol???</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Firstly, because I am getting tired of life in the city. I want a slower life. Less travel time to and from the office.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Second, I want to establish our retirement house in Bicol.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Third, I want to get away from Obet for a while. From his "kasungitan"...</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">I am 38 years old come </span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1265041249_0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Feb. 11</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">I think it would be very selfish of me if I will insist on transferring to Bicol.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">I will only be thinking of my own happiness, without considering my children's feelings.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Well, it's just sometimes I think it's about time to give myself a break...</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">But then, I think the time is not yet right to leave them on their own. They don't have the wings to fly yet at this time. I would only jeopardize their future.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">The house is still unfinished, I want to build a room or two rooms for rent for additional income to pay for the bills.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Okay here's the deal. If my loan with Chinatrust will be approved, then it means I am not meant to transfer to Bicol. Because that money is meant for the construction of the </span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1265041249_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">room for rent</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">I also have to talk with Obet and the kids (separately)about this again, hear out what they have to say.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Friends, what do you have to say? I need your advice please....</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Without parents,,, it is really hard... hmph</span></span></span></p></span>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-32166819155221435252010-01-24T15:21:00.002+08:002010-01-24T15:24:36.200+08:00The FeastSecond this year to attend the South Feast,,,<div>First time with Leanne, Najel & Eugine (Obet's cousin) where he won a CD of the feast songs.</div><div><br /></div><div>This time with Agnes, Roy's partner and Najel to the children's ministry.</div><div><br /></div><div>Bro Arun's talk was sooooo inspiring as usual...</div><div>It's about turning back from bad habits or addictions.</div><div>Starting a Brand New Me!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, I would like to write more but hubby is having hawk's eyes because the internet just got connected.... hehehehe</div><div><br /></div><div>Next time I will write more, I have this itching to write more....</div><div>Miss you all my friends!!!!</div>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-36184635492968976122009-12-20T09:28:00.001+08:002009-12-20T09:28:43.452+08:00Almost Christmas<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Christmas is almost here!!!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">I can feel it in the air...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">During my morning walk I saw the fogs which during other seasons we don't have the opportunity to see...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">I miss my blogger friends, I very rarely have to time to drop my entrecards now.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">I hope next year I would have more time so I could visit them more often.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Have been busy for the past days because of Christmas parties at the office.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Some parties/dinner dates with friends.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">And have been watching my diet too,, hehehe</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">On Monday we have a party, sort of a reunion with our old officemates (HFAD) people.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">I know it will be a blast!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Will try to post some pictures here...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">So sad because my camera got broken last month, huhuhuhuhuhuuuuuu</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">I plan to buy a new one next week or maybe a new mobile phone with a good camera.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">No news yet with my Tito Tom,,,,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">well hopefully next week,,,,</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">MARRY CHRISTMAS!!!!</span></span></span></div>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-47184928472362419762009-12-05T13:39:00.004+08:002009-12-05T13:59:40.774+08:00Life Goes On<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/Sxn1sotIL4I/AAAAAAAAAiI/zgUy6Lg3Yl0/s1600-h/Baguio.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/Sxn1sotIL4I/AAAAAAAAAiI/zgUy6Lg3Yl0/s320/Baguio.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411626574452109186" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br />I talked to my Tito Tom yesterday, actually he's my biological father.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Actually, Obet and I have been talking about putting up a business.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">And my Dad I think, will be able to help us.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">I don't want to elaborate right now, as it is still under negotiation. But I am soooo very much hoping that it will push thru.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">I am sorry for CA2020, but if this will turn out good then I would have to give up CA2020.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">As no man can serve two masters at the same time....</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I miss my Mama,,,</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In this picture is Mama with my sister Glo and Ate Liza.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Ate Liza was my Ma's personal secretary for sooo long... I think since she started the company.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I want to dedicate this new journey of my life to my Mama.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I know this is what she wants, which I just realized so much later.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But I hope she will help me pray for the realization of this dream.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">With my family I know this dream will come true.</span></span></span></div>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-28317014656782481832009-11-29T16:19:00.003+08:002009-11-29T16:22:32.728+08:00On to Module 4<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I attended the Module 3 last week, Coach Cy was my facilitator.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">And it was great,,,,,,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Now I understand....</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I want to share here one of my assignments for Module 4 which I will attend tomorrow at 3pm Shangrila Mall, Olivers Super Sandwich.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">101 Reasons Why I want to Join the Core Team:</span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">1. To be Financially literate<br />2. To be Financially Free<br />3. To meet inspiring people<br />4. To be a businesswoman<br />5. To be surrounded with positive thinking people<br />6. To be transparent<br />7. To be open-minded to opportunities<br />8. To be strong-willed<br />9. To think positive at all times<br />10. To teach other people to be financially literate<br />11. To help my family and friends<br />12. To help other people<br />13. To empower those people who knows what they want but are afraid to take the first step<br />14. To overcome my fears<br />15. To take action of my plans<br />16. To get out of the rat race<br />17. To be systematic<br />18. To learn how to earn money<br />19. To spread love<br />20. To have a mentor who will guide me along the way<br />21. To have my dream lifestyle<br />22. To have, and not want and not have<br />23. To overcome the “what ifs”<br />24. To transform thoughts into results<br />25. Not to work to make someone else rich<br />26. To be rich, in every aspect<br />27. To be a generous giver<br />28. To be an excellent receiver<br />29. To be an excellent money manager<br />30. To create several passive income<br />31. To add value to other peoples’ lives<br />32. To enjoy my life<br />33. To apply the money jars forever<br />34. To continue learning<br />35. To have a meaningful life<br />36. To value commitment<br />37. To recondition my mind about money<br />38. To remove the cobwebs (doubts) in my mind<br />39. To widen my horizon<br />40. To hear more success stories<br />41. To develop self-confidence<br />42. To develop my interpersonal skills<br />43. To inspire others<br />44. To create a better me<br />45. To change the course of my life<br />46. To learn time management<br />47. To have a clear and concrete goal<br />48. To learn to systematize<br />49. To learn how to invest<br />50. To learn to overcome my fear of failure<br />51. To know how to make wise decisions<br />52. To be strong<br />53. To develop leadership skills<br />54. To have courage to do what I want to do<br />55. To finish what I started, or rather continue<br />56. To become wealthy<br />57. To know what business will work for me<br />58. To be free<br />59. To show the world I can<br />60. To show myself I can<br />61. To pay it forward, my learnings and earnings<br />62. To make others strong<br />63. To make my children financially literate<br />64. Not to procrastinate<br />65. Share the wealth<br />66. Be happy<br />67. Be focused<br />68. To understand<br />69. To be blessed and bless others<br />70. To get old in style<br />71. To use my time wisely<br />72. To be the best that I can be<br />73. To make things happen<br />74. To know these wonderful people I read on iloveabundance.com<br />75. To create abundance<br />76. To not be afraid when being challenged<br />77. Have a guaranteed life<br />78. To never surrender<br />79. To get inspired<br />80. To be prepared<br />81. To be financially independent 2-3 years from now<br />82. To be a millionaire or billionaire<br />83. To strengthen my faith<br />84. Not rely on luck<br />85. Get out of my job<br />86. Learn to consider things<br />87. Develop my talents<br />88. Be a mentor<br />89. To create employment to Filipinos<br />90. To hone my instinct<br />91. To share<br />92. To give hope<br />93. To be independent<br />94. To have my own office<br />95. To have more free time for my family<br />96. To help more people, send to school<br />97. To share the wealth course in the province (Bicol)<br />98. To be confident in having business partners<br />99. To be creative<br />100. To be a world class Filipino</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">101. To help create a First World Philippines!<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">November 27, 2009</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">If you want to learn more about what I am talking about you may go to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.ca2020.net">ca2020.net</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">That is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.ca2020.ning.com">Create Abundance 2020</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I have learned so much and I am still willing to learn more.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">And the ultimate reason is to share the knowledge.</span></span></div>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-27090920219423077472009-11-20T06:17:00.003+08:002009-11-20T06:28:03.698+08:00Tough Times<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/SwXF2RozZXI/AAAAAAAAAho/e7_CxyUfqsg/s1600/DSCI0270.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/SwXF2RozZXI/AAAAAAAAAho/e7_CxyUfqsg/s320/DSCI0270.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405944463966299506" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">My long hair days are over,,,,</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Well actually that was months ago. I have cut my hair real short now and for good...</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">I am getting old and my hair is getting thinner or lesser... hehehe</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Even before the Christmas seasons, tough times are still around the corner...</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Haayyyyy....</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Hopefully I will be able to find ways....</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">God always provides, we just do the looking and doing!</span><br /></span>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-45830786408450475762009-11-11T22:13:00.002+08:002009-11-11T22:24:24.003+08:00Create Abundance 2020<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Yesterday I attended the Module 2 of the Wealth Course at the Shangrila EDSA, Oliver's Super Sandwiches.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Caoch Japo was my coach for the module, and he was really good.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I was sooo enlightened!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I realized a lot of things about how money means to me and how I use it and the reasons behind.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">There are questions to be answered which uncovers a lot of realizations for me.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I truly recommend this Wealth Course for anyone who wants to be Financially Independent!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">You may visit their site at <a href="http://www.ca2020.net/">www.ca2020.net</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">There you will understand about the Wealth course and you can read blogs about financial literacy shared by different people.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I am already a part of the community so you can visit my profile at <a href="http://www.ca2020.net/profile/BeaCorrea">www.ca2020.net/profile/BeaCorrea</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I brought along with me my eldest daughter and an officemate for Module 1.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">And boy, were they glad I invited them!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">It is true that in school we were taught things so that after graduation we will be able to find employment...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">But they never teach us how to manage the money we will be earning.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Some are lucky to have the knowledge to save money, but later on they really don;t know how to utilize that money.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Some just simply live everyday enjoying what they are earning and not thinking of the "what ifs",,,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Had I known these things before (like before I got my first job), I would not have fallen into the pitfalls of spending too much and never caring about tomorrow.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Maybe as we grow older, we get tired and think of ways to earn and at the same time relax from the busy life we have.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">But wouldn't it be better if we start younger????</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">So that we wouldn't be running faster...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Well, I just hope people will realize how important Financial Literacy is.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I know for me, at my age, it's not too late to start.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Thank you to all the Coaches of CA2020!!!!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Well, maybe one day I will be a part of your team too...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Keep up the Good Work!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">God bless!!!</span></span>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-26300111264366163432009-11-11T06:23:00.000+08:002009-11-11T06:24:15.289+08:00Starting Over<p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">It's been sooooo long again.</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I just felt lazy the past weeks,,,,</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Lazy to blog and to click my entrecard...</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Why?</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I guess I was tired and especially Obet always making remarks about my internet time... hmph...</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Well, I guess you can never stop a writer forever.</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">So here I am again wanting to share my thoughts.</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Me and my friend are attending a seminar/training on <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257891345_0">money management</span> or <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257891345_1">financial literacy</span>.</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I think I should have done this earlier.</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">But then I am thankful that I finally am learning.</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">There are a lot to learn and it isn't easy to apply the learnings... hehehe</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">My target is to have multiple income streams so that I will be financially free. I really don't know where or how to start. I guess starting something is always the most difficult part.</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">But then afterwards, everything will follow.</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Just like my side businesses before,</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> The boneless bangus business,,,</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> The barbeque business,,,</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> The peanut butter and atsara business,,</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> The beauche business,,, (until now)</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I think I have to really decide what I want, something that will be for the long term.</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Something that I really want to do, </span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Something that I can delegate to other people so that it would continue earning for me even if I am not around to oversee it.</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I have to decide....</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Right now my plan is to buy a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257891345_2">food cart</span> that I would put up near the school.</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">A rolling food cart, selling fish balls, squid balls, kikiam, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257891345_3">chicken balls</span>... etc...</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">MegaBalls.... my own sauce. Sweet, Spicy, Sweet & Sour....</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Wish me luck please....</span></span></p>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-90188834066841762052009-10-29T21:56:00.002+08:002009-10-29T22:01:55.352+08:00All Souls' Day<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">It's been a while since I wrote something here...</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Been busy,,,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">with <a href="http://www.ca2020.net">Create Abundance 2020</a>, a great site to start learning money management and earning potentials;</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">with work at the office, task force and everything;</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">here at home with the kids, having fun singing... </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">with Najel who is sick right now, I think it's the flu...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Well, in a few days we remember our family who passed away and give a day to remember then and offer mass for their souls....</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">We're going to the province,,, hope to bring back pictures and stories.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Be safe always my friends,,,,</span></span></div>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-42455315937591658862009-10-01T10:56:00.004+08:002009-10-01T11:05:44.650+08:00The Lost Symbol<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/SsQbHgJX4fI/AAAAAAAAAhg/kkDk1--gaJY/s1600-h/cover_the_lost_symbol.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/SsQbHgJX4fI/AAAAAAAAAhg/kkDk1--gaJY/s400/cover_the_lost_symbol.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387460869944238578" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(71, 75, 78); line-height: 18px; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div style="text-align: center; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I already have an ebook </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(71, 75, 78); font-weight: normal; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">of Dan Brown's new book </span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); "><a href="http://ebooks-fourseasons72.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">THE LOST SYMBOL</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">.</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">You may order it at my </span><a href="http://ebooks-fourseasons72.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Ebooks Site</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> for only $5.00.</span></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">(Repeat buyers may avail of a discount! Of course my Blogger friends gets special discount too, just comment me here.)</span></span></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Here is a summary of the book:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In this stunning follow-up to the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown demonstrates once again why he is the world's most popular thriller writer. The Lost Symbol is a masterstroke of storytelling--a deadly race through a real-world labyrinth of codes, secrets, and unseen truths... all under the watchful eye of Brown's most terrifying villain to date. Set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., The Lost Symbol accelerates through a startling landscape toward an unthinkable finale.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As the story opens, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned unexpectedly to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S. Capitol Building. Within minutes of his arrival, however, the night takes a bizarre turn. A disturbing object--artfully encoded with five symbols--is discovered in the Capitol Building. Langdon recognizes the object as an ancient invitation... one meant to usher its recipient into a long-lost world of esoteric wisdom.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">When Langdon's beloved mentor, Peter Solomon--a prominent Mason and philanthropist--is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes his only hope of saving Peter is to accept this mystical invitation and follow wherever it leads him. Langdon is instantly plunged into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and never-before-seen locations--all of which seem to be dragging him toward a single, inconceivable truth.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As the world discovered in The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, Dan Brown's novels are brilliant tapestries of veiled histories, arcane symbols, and enigmatic codes. In this new novel, he again challenges readers with an intelligent, lightning-paced story that offers surprises at every turn. The Lost Symbol is exactly what Brown's fans have been waiting for... his most thrilling novel yet.</span></span></span></div></div></span>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-84208607802074682052009-09-30T05:34:00.003+08:002009-09-30T05:45:09.860+08:00Floods, Floods and more Floods<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The typhoon Ondoy brought so many tears to our fellow Filipinos.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); ">Today, when I went to the office I heard a lot of other stories of tragedy and survival, aside from those I have watched on the television.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">People who became heroes because of their bravery and courage.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I pray that this will not happen again to our country.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sometimes we think and ask why did this thing happen.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I believe that it is not God’s will, because our God is a loving God.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We should look at the root of the flood.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">What caused it?</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; text-indent: 0.5in; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">At the time…. Very heavy rains, the opening of the dams….</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; text-indent: 0.5in; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But before that…. Stuck-up drainage and stuck-up rivers because of the garbage of humans; old rivers and sea water turned into residential and commercial areas.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I think we should start by cleaning up our environment, then </span></span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254260221_0" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">planting trees</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> rather than building commercial shopping complex (we have enough of these shopping malls).</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We have to love our environment so that it will love us back too.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I read once an essay written by a Korean student now living here in the Philippines, telling about his views of our country. He was asked why, in his opinion, is the Philippines not progressing.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">His answer was very simple,</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; text-indent: 0.5in; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“It is because the Filipinos don’t Love the Philippines”</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And I think somehow this is true. We have forgotten to love our country.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We always complain of the corrupt government, the corrupt government officials and employees, the corrupt system.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But, we should ask ourselves, what are we doing to change our country for the better?</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Where will change begin if not with us?</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We should not let corruption eat us up, we should have this passion of change for a better </span></span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254260221_1" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Philippines</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> in us to flow and magnify not only in our household but in everything that we do.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">By simply not throwing out trash (even candy wrappers) on the streets or sidewalks is a start.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">If we want a clean household, we also should have a </span></span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254260221_2" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">clean environment</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> where our children, grandchildren, and the next generation of Filipinos will enjoy living in.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I am not a hypocrite, I also have a dream to live in another country where they say have a better community (lesser or no crimes); better old-age benefits like medical and pension pay; better paying jobs; better and free education for my children and grandchildren (would be); clean air to breathe… etc.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But I ask myself, wouldn’t it be better if we have all these in our country?</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; color:initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I dream that one day the Philippines will be a better place to live in because of the efforts of the Filipinos.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" color="initial" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- display: block; "><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></span></p></span>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-37649192921327915352009-09-27T12:13:00.004+08:002009-09-27T12:52:42.014+08:00Storm Ondoy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/Sr7udCTEUMI/AAAAAAAAAhY/37f8VmeGeFM/s1600-h/ondoy"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/Sr7udCTEUMI/AAAAAAAAAhY/37f8VmeGeFM/s400/ondoy" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386004386982154434" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">With the raging storm yesterday, I was feeling a bit nervous because of the heavy rains and the strong winds.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">But then when I saw the news today, I felt so blessed because we were spared from the floods that took the major parts of Manila.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">The power went off at about 10am yesterday, we prepared the house for anything that might happen. We bought extra candles, arranged the furnitures for possible roof damage... etc.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Well, let us just pray and help in the best way that we can for these people who are now experiencing the effects of the storm.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-2234760681737565722009-09-23T10:05:00.000+08:002009-09-23T10:05:00.096+08:00My Family<div style="text-align: justify;">Last Sunday we attended The Feast again at the Festival Mall.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Some of you may wonder what is this Feast, well it's like a Christian Fellowship but this one is Catholic. We sing songs of praises and listen to talks by our group leaders, there is also sharing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Najel is always asking me to go (this only on Sundays), because the past two Sundays were sooo rainy I told her we could not go. So yesterday we have no reason not to go because the sun is shining so bright! hehehe</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While i'm at the Feast with my eldest Leanne, she's at the <a href="http://fourseasons72.blogspot.com/2009/08/updates.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">Children's Ministry</span></a> where they tell bible stories to the kids and have other activities for them.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On the other side, my daughter Leanne just joined a band (singing). It's just a group of friends. But I had a talk with my hubby about this, actually it has been troubling me yesterday. I am not in favor of her joining this band.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">She's graduating in college next year, and I believe that this extra activity will take her concentration off her studies. (even if she says otherwise) Well, i'll have to talk to her about this.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My second child, Jan Michael will be enrolling next semester. He'll be taking up Bachelor of Science in Information Technology at the <a href="http://www.sti.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">STI Alabang</span></a>. he stopped school for a year because he was still unsure of what course to take. He's been busy with his band (he's a guitar player) and playing online games (earning too).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My third, Nikko is in fourth year high school. Well, he wants to take up BS Hotel and Restaurant Management. His options for schools are <a href="http://www.feu.edu.ph/">Far Eastern University</a> or <a href="http://www.dasma.dlsu.edu.ph/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Dela Salle University Dasmarinas, Cavite</span></a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Well, life as a mother is really exciting. Everyday is a learning experience.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-24971606540817514972009-09-20T07:03:00.003+08:002009-09-20T07:16:48.159+08:00My Daughter's Youtube Videos<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My daughter </span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzPSyacf4b0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Leanne</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> have been pestering me for the last weeks to help promote her Youtube page on my blog. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So here it is.... just click </span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzPSyacf4b0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">HERE</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Anyways, I have posted one of her video here at the upper portion of my blog.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So please try to visit her </span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzPSyacf4b0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Youtube</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> site and try to listen to some her videos there. Why do you know, maybe you will like her songs and craziness, hehehe. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">She have a lot of craziness there, comedies to make you laugh. It sure did me...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Well, I guess that's what children are for, to make us happy. She's my eldest daughter and will be graduating from Nursing next year, and soon will have her own career and everything.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But now she's just enjoying her life studying and having fun.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thank you guys ^,^ and if you have a Youtube account please rate her and also leave a comment.</span></span></div>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-48299757236154546662009-09-13T10:18:00.002+08:002009-09-13T10:56:27.956+08:00Photobucket<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I just opened an account with Photobucket. I am thinking of killing my Photo Blog and just stick with Photobucket.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">But as it is only very new, I have to study how it works to make my albums beautiful.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Also I changed the layout of my family fotos blog please tell me if it is okay. And I need your advice if I will keep my foto blog or the PhotoBucket.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Blogger friends, I would like to thank you all for always leaving comments to my blogs here. My life is happier with you guys!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">If you have a Facebook account, you can add me as a friend so we could get in touch and play some games together. Like the Mafia Wars and Farm Ville. Just click the Facebook button above. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I am happy with my life right now. I have learned so many things in the past months that made me realize that I have to be happy. I must not waste time worrying about problems that would eventually be solved (whether I like it or not).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-69834248499285488482009-09-09T22:58:00.000+08:002009-09-09T22:58:00.091+08:00A carrot, an egg and a cup of coffee<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">A carrot, an egg and a cup of coffee</span>...<br />You will never look at a<br />cup of coffee the same way again.<br /><br />A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and<br />how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was<br />going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting<br />and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one<br />arose.<br /><br />Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with<br />water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil.<br />In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs,<br />and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit<br />and boil, without saying a word.<br /><br />In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the<br />carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and<br />placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed<br />it in a bowl.<br /><br />Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me, what do you see?"<br /><br />"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.<br /><br />Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots.<br />She did and noted that they were soft.<br /><br />The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it.<br />After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg.<br /><br />Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The<br />daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then<br />asked, "What does it mean, mother?"<br /><br />Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same<br />adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently.<br /><br />The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after<br />being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.<br /><br />The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had pr otected its<br />liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its<br />inside became hardened.<br /><br />The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in<br />the boiling water, they had changed the water.<br /><br />"Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on<br />your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a<br />coffee bean?"<br /><br />Think of this:<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> Which am I?</span><br /><br />Am I the <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">carrot</span> that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do<br />I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?<br /><br />Am I the<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> egg</span> that starts with a malleable heart, but changes<br />with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a<br />breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become<br />hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside<br />am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?<br /><br />Or am I like the <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">coffee bean</span>? The bean actually changes the hot<br />w ater, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water<br />gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">If you are like</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">change the situation around you.</span><br /><br />When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you<br />elevate yourself to another level?<br />How do you handle adversity?<br />Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?<br /><br />The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of<br />everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along<br />their way.<br />The brightest future will always be based on a<br />forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of<br />your past failures and heartaches.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:180%;">"It's easier to build a child than repair an adult."</span><br /><br />You might want to send this message to those people who mean<br />something to you (I JUST DID); to those who have touched your life<br />in one way or another; to those who make you smile when you really<br />need it; to those who make you see the brighter side of things<br />when you are really down; to those whose friendship you<br />appreciate; to those who are so meaningful in your life.<br /><br />If you don't send it, you will just miss out on the opportunity to<br />brighten someone's day with this message!<br /><br />May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to<br />make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope<br />to make you happy.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">I received this message through the email (Thank You!)</span><br /></div></div>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-24822995393407257602009-09-07T13:19:00.002+08:002009-09-07T22:12:42.537+08:00Twilight and New Moon<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/SqUTmVUozWI/AAAAAAAAAes/TJGrWP6zIvE/s1600-h/new+moon2.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1px; height: 1px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/SqUTmVUozWI/AAAAAAAAAes/TJGrWP6zIvE/s320/new+moon2.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378726879243586914" /></a><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/SqUTaCuVAAI/AAAAAAAAAec/6g-_audzdUA/s320/new+moon" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378726668092637186" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/SqUTZu13VBI/AAAAAAAAAeU/mbNoDUmRMGM/s1600-h/new+moon2.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1px; height: 1px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/SqUTZu13VBI/AAAAAAAAAeU/mbNoDUmRMGM/s320/new+moon2.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378726662755537938" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">With the upcoming movie sequel of <a href="http://www.twilightthemovie.com/">Twilight </a>comes <a href="http://www.twilightthemovie.com/">New Moon</a>!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">I can't wait to watch this movie, I am soooo in love with the movie Twilight and I know that New Moon will also be a blast. <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993300;">Jacob</span></b> has turned into a handsome werewolf and became really close with <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993300;">Bella </span></b>when <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">Edward</span></b> left her</span></span></div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/SqUTaWEdrvI/AAAAAAAAAek/WgKE0DMyPKo/s320/stewart.pattinson.100908.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 237px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378726673285754610" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">And because of this, I am feeling very happy and generous today.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">So i'm giving away <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">FREE EBOOKS</span></i></b> of the Twilight Sag</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">a...</span></span></div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/SqUUUqKi8WI/AAAAAAAAAe8/4oNWoCp9h3g/s200/twilight+book.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 85px; height: 127px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378727675112386914" /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/4958145/Twilight.pdf.html">TWILIGHT</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/SqUUURdwUaI/AAAAAAAAAe0/Ms2niWevkWY/s200/new+moon+book.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 104px; height: 139px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378727668482068898" /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/4958142/NewMoon.pdf.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">NEW MOON</span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">These are in PDF form, you might need to download here </span><a href="http://get.adobe.com/reader/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Adobe Reader</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Now, friends, if you want the other two books just leave a comment and I will be glad to give you the other two books for <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">FREE!!!</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#990000;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#990000;"><b>(I also have their audiobooks if you like....)</b></span></div>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-40410062532344856352009-09-05T22:41:00.000+08:002009-09-05T22:41:00.260+08:00MOONLIGHT<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I just fnished watching Season 1 of the TV Series Moonlight.</span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" > <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It was recommended by the store where I get my DVD's. And it was really worth it!</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />Alex O'Loughlin as <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Mick St. John</span> is sooooo handsome and very good.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/Sp6G5qi_48I/AAAAAAAAAds/46cH1q1Iqho/s1600-h/Alex+O%27Loughlin+as+Moonlight%27s+Mick+St+John+Wallpaper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/Sp6G5qi_48I/AAAAAAAAAds/46cH1q1Iqho/s320/Alex+O%27Loughlin+as+Moonlight%27s+Mick+St+John+Wallpaper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376883330358698946" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/Sp6G6CuElzI/AAAAAAAAAd0/u9XBg4cgdLo/s1600-h/mick.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/Sp6G6CuElzI/AAAAAAAAAd0/u9XBg4cgdLo/s320/mick.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376883336847595314" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The story is about vampires, similar to the <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.newmoonthemovie.com/worldoftwilight/">Twilight Saga</a>. Where vampires live in the modern world trying their best to blend in and not get noticed.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Mick is a p</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">rivate investigator and all of his cases involves vampires (of course,</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> hehehe).</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />There is this girl he saved from another vampire (his former wife, who, by the way was the one who changed him) about more than twenty (20) years ago who is now a TV Newscaster.<br />She is his current love (but he is still undecided if he will commit)</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/Sp6G6yO_naI/AAAAAAAAAeE/yjFHjDj31jo/s1600-h/Moonlight-tv-18.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/Sp6G6yO_naI/AAAAAAAAAeE/yjFHjDj31jo/s320/Moonlight-tv-18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376883349602147746" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />Anyways, what I like most here is that every episode has its own story but also it unfolds things related to the life of Mick and his friend <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Josef</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Kostan. </span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/Sp6G6rS70rI/AAAAAAAAAd8/KANJ-QZlM_c/s1600-h/josef+kostan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/Sp6G6rS70rI/AAAAAAAAAd8/KANJ-QZlM_c/s320/josef+kostan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376883347739628210" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />There is a sense of continuity after each episode but then a case is always solved in every one.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I highly recommend this TV series and I </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">can't wait for the next season </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">to be released!!!</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />Photo Sources: </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://moonlightfan.blogspot.com/">CLICK</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> and </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://moonlight-detective.com/">CLICK</a> </span>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-69061139427625693872009-09-02T22:30:00.002+08:002009-09-02T22:41:03.391+08:00Slow me down, Lord<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Slow me down, Lord.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ease the pounding of my heart with the quieting of my mind;</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Steady my hurried pace with a vision of the eternal reach of time;</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Give me, amid the confusion of the day, the calmness of the everlasting hills;</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Break the tension of my nerves and muscles with the soothing music of the singing streams that live in my memory.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Help me to know the magical, restoring power of sleep.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Teach me the art of taking minute vacations — of slowing down to look at a flower, to chat with a friend, to pat a dog, to read a few lines from a good book.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Slow me down, Lord, and inspire me to send my roots deep into the soil of life’s enduring values that I may grow toward the stars of my greater destiny.</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">This poem was shared to me by <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Joy Sosoban</span>, it came in my email together with the daily Gospel which i receive from the <a href="http://kerygmafamily.com/">Kerygma Family</a> everyday.</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Everyday I receive these wonderful sharing from the <a href="http://kerygmafamily.com/">Kerygma Family</a> and it inspires me and make me remember the Bible readings I once learned early on in my life.</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Actually, I want to study the Bible. I don't want to read it by myself. I have been watching <a href="http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=chito+tagle&init=quick#/BishopTagle?ref=ss">Father Chito Tagle</a> every Sunday morning on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=chito+tagle&init=quick#/BishopTagle?ref=ss">The Word Exposed</a> Channel 5 7am. He gives a very detailed explanation on the readings of the day. Well, I only hope he opens a Bible study course in the future.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">In this busy life of ours, it is important to find peace and silence in the little things that we are able to do.</span></span><br /></div><br /></div>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-22404101875598948002009-08-31T13:55:00.001+08:002009-08-31T13:55:00.283+08:00Nu Skin<div style="text-align: center; font-family: courier new; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />I was invited by my friend Mavic last August 26 to attend the <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.nuskin.com/corp/index.shtml">Nu Skin</a> orientation program.<br /><br />Well, it was what I had expected it to be, a business opportunity program.<br /><br />Just like the other business related things (MLM, Networking) it sells its products but one can also earn passive income if you have established a network of business partners.<br /><br />Well, at this point I am not yet sure if I want to join.<br />But I am really intrigued by their new product the<br /> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.nuskin.com/corp/product/customized/galvanic2_system.shtml">Galvanic Spa System</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/SpjFELAMjfI/AAAAAAAAAdk/l_eW0Y2XaiA/s1600-h/galvanic+spa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 85px; height: 85px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/SpjFELAMjfI/AAAAAAAAAdk/l_eW0Y2XaiA/s400/galvanic+spa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375262830730448370" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.nuskin.com/corp/product/customized/galvanic2_system.shtml">.</a><br /><br />It is a device that will make your skin look younger and fairer, and you will see the results with just the first use!!!<br /><br />I think a lot of middle aged and conscious women (and men) will be interested in this product.<br /><br />So I really want to try it.<br /><br />Aside from the fact that they have training programs that will enhance my selling abilities.<br /><br />I think i'll give it a try.<br /><br /></span></div>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-75313476292734570122009-08-29T13:21:00.003+08:002009-08-29T13:55:28.462+08:00Updates<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" >My youngest daughter and I started attending the Sunday Feast at the Festival Mall about a month ago.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" >She is one of the pioneer members of the Children Ministry and last August 16 they did an interpretative dance number.<br />Here are some pictures...</span><br /><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/SpjCFZ9IX0I/AAAAAAAAAdM/89NRDrOc47Q/s1600-h/DSCI0411.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/SpjCFZ9IX0I/AAAAAAAAAdM/89NRDrOc47Q/s320/DSCI0411.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375259553389109058" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/SpjCGXBIzeI/AAAAAAAAAdc/dX1QCVqJdwQ/s1600-h/DSCI0423.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/SpjCGXBIzeI/AAAAAAAAAdc/dX1QCVqJdwQ/s320/DSCI0423.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375259569780477410" border="0" />This is Kuya Toto in black shirt, he taught the kids. And looking over in yellow shirt is Brother Willie, the husband of Sister Cora who invited me to this Feast.</a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/SpjCF4d3PbI/AAAAAAAAAdU/-lg54Kh0nKQ/s1600-h/DSCI0418.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TrjwCM36aNc/SpjCF4d3PbI/AAAAAAAAAdU/-lg54Kh0nKQ/s320/DSCI0418.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375259561579462066" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" >Last Sunday we were not able to attend the Feast because me and hubby went to visit his Lola who is sick.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br />But I am so happy because Nikko have been coming with us and then last August 16 Leanne also came with us and she wants to join the Music Ministry (the ones who sings during the celebration).</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br />Well, what will really make me happy is when hubby will decide to come with us every Sunday. (prayer request)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" >Attending the Feast gives me the strength I need to go on with life. It's what gives me the reason will to go on with my life.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">For more pictures please</span> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://familyfotos-fourseasons72.blogspot.com/">CLICK HERE</a><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /><br /></span>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248754442029231679.post-90948735410374084932009-08-19T21:55:00.002+08:002009-08-19T22:02:41.361+08:00Gone for Sooooo LONG!<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's almost a month since my last post.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">A LOT of things, and I mean a LOT have happened since then.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">July was a very painful month for me, or so I thought.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">But then there is always the Rainbow after the rain. (It was a stormy month)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well, I am stronger now and I am proud of that.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Lord made me realize that I could overcome any trials that will come my way.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I will make more posts soon....</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm happy to be back...</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hello again to my blogger friends,</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">God Bless!!!</span><br /><br /></span>FourSeasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14501052958467797365noreply@blogger.com5