Jan 31

Out with the old template and in with the new. :) It’s been awhile I thought of changing my template but then I feel the load of work to do like saving the links of the stuff in the side bars. When I think of saving and arranging those links it feels like climbing up a high mountain. But tonight, while I was feeling bored, I decided to browse for a template that will suit this month and I started saving the links.

Now, 3 hours later – it’s up and some of the important links is also in place. :)

I chose red because it is the love month. :) It’s the season of love – hmmm I can smell lovely red roses and imagine the taste of yummylicious chocolates and endless decorations of reds in heart shapes or cupid shapes.
Happy Love Month to all of you.

image source: parentingleehansendotcom

Jan 31
Ripple Effect
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That’s a picture of a quiet river. (not my own) Throw a peeble on the water and you can see the ripple reaction.

I like to compare people to that river. Sometimes people just do things because others are doing it. They don’t take time to really understand things but they right away jump to conclusion because others are doing it. And it also happens to me at times – just like this paid blogging. Since I saw many are doing it I did join, too. hehehehe

Today morning, someone said to me that he want his name erased from the orders. I already heared some talks that A is better than B and B is better than C. So better — they would cancel their orders with A. I cannot hold them. If they want to back out fine but I them to bravely reason out why they would back out. Instead – the guy said answered, “coz they said so.” :D Poor guy. He wanted the thing so badly and yet he backed out because he saw others back out. I just wonder where was his backbone that moment.

It is a different thing when you change your mind for a thing because you want it and your change your mind because they said so or others wanted you, too. Am sure the latter can make you feel guilty. :)

Photo credit: welshlady of Flicker.

Jan 31
I was feeling drowsy a little while back because I took 2 pcs of antihistamine 4 gms each after breakfast. So at 8:30 I feel soooooo sleepy and i am fighting it off by drinking a lot of water. I know it was due to the meds. I am experiencing itchiness for some days now and it is the first time since the the last time I did the elimination diet to track what caused my allergy. Even before the doctor can diagnosed me properly, I know that I cannot tolerate toomuch protein that’s why my skin breaks into blisters when I had too much of it in my system.

Well, am so sleepy at work and I have so many things to do aside from blogging inbetweens, I said to myself that I should wake up. I can’t just go home now and sleep for 3 hours to wane off the meds effect. So what I did? I ate 5 pcs of those round M and Ms. My boss gave me a pack last october and until now I haven’t eaten it all yet. And in just 5 minutes I felt that the pressure of heaviness at the base of neck was pulled away. My hands seems lighter that my penmanship improved. And last but not the least, I find myself now keying in my words for this entry.

Thanks to M and Ms. Am sure it’s the chocolate and peanuts that made me feel better. I only had half cup of rice and a cup of green vegies plus 2 slices of papaya. so I think there’s no protein in it so it made me more sluggish.

Jan 31
WORLD RECORD LIST
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We challenge everyone to participate in this “Big Bang – World Record” Tag. Our goal is to exceed 1.000 links. Together let us try to reach the goal by following the simple rules This is real fun. Thanks to Juliana for letting me join the Big Bang wagon.

*Start Copy Here*

RULES:

1. You do not have to be tagged to play along. This game is simple and so are the rules.
Copy from *Start Copy Here* through *End Copy Here*

2. Add your site(s) to the list. Just be sure to post at each site you add.

3. Tag or don’t tag, your choice, however, the more tags you create the bigger the list will grow.

4. Let me know your blog’s name and url by leaving me a comment HERE. I will add you to the master list. (If you would like the scroll box code, leave me your email address and I will email it to you.)

5. Come back and copy the master list back to your site, often. This process will allow late-comers to get as much link benefit as the first ones in.

1-Attitude, the Ultimate Power 2-Juliana’s Site 3-Rusin Roundup 4-Grow Rich Along With Me 5-Comedy Plus 6-lynda’s loft 7-Amel’s Realm 8-MAX 9-Speedcat Hollydale 10-Mariuca

11-Complain Complain Complain 12-Mariuca’s Perfume Gallery 13-Life Is A Roller Coaster

14-Sugar Queen’s Dream 15-First Time Dad 16-Life 17-My Life 18-The Painted Veil

19-My Thoughts 20-DatCurious.com 21-Little Aussie Cynic 22-A Nice Place in the Sun

23-DatMoney.com 24- Dancing in Midlife Tune 25 – Life Is What We Make it 26 -

*End Copy Here*

I would like to pass this Big Bang tag to: Mitch, Annie, Jen, Jess, Yen, Raquel, Hailey, Juliana, Rachel, Era

Jan 30
Since I started limitting my rice intake I now experience this hunger pains 30 minutes before lunch time. For 3 days now it happened and I have to suffer that pain 30 minutes or more because work has to end at 12 noon. Well I eat at exact 12 noon as we usually have breakfast at 7 am or 7:15 am. The book says, we should eat healthy and avoid between meals and drink tons of water. And the best time to eat meals is 5 hours after the last meal. Except of course the dinner and the breakfast the next day. But before i started my 1 cup per meal, I eat more than 1 cup and I could last until 3 pm for lunch. For now, no betweeen meals but just lots of water.
Ohhh enough of this post. Let me grab my lunch first and I will be back here.
Happy reading, friends!
Jan 29

January 29, 2008

I thank Marie for hosting this new weekly Meme. I hope more will join this meme. Oohhh i am sure am gonna love this meme. :)

My accomplishment this week is not really big but it means a lot to me and that is joining gym for a weightloss program.

I 10000% sure know that I should have done this thing last year yet before my weight has gone up to an unimaginable # compared to the 100 pounds I was 10 years ago. I have so many reasons why I didn’t care much about exercise and the couple reasons are: lazyness and lack the drive to do it. I always complain to exercise is boring when I do it alone — but now, I realized that no matter how boring, I should do it or else am gonna die early and if that happens (dying young now) I will surely leave a big hole of insecurity in the life of my daughter for having no dad since birth and no mom at the age of ten.

This accomplishment now is not yet BIG for me but for those who have seen me ballooned, they are happy and clapping their hands that I am into it and that they are wishing me all the best. They hope this will uplift my depressed personality so that I can go back to my desired weight.
Jan 29

Marie of Mommy Community has come up with a new meme called Tuesday Toot. The main idea of the meme is to “Toot our Own Horns” by talking about our own accomplishments. If we don’t have accomplishments for the week, then maybe we can talk of someone’s accomplishments. And of course this meme will be done every Tuesdays. You don’t have to wait anymore for any themes. You can make yourpost anytime on a Tuesday and drop your link at Marie’s blog.

Today is Tuesday so why not start now and drop your links HERE.

As a kick-off, Marie is giving away a prize gift for those who will join and drop comment at her blog. I think moms and dads and welcome here. I think even singles can also join. :)
Jan 28
The Hand
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One of my favorite songs in the Sabbath school when i was a kid is this:

Oh be careful little hand what you do
Oh be careful little hand what you do
For the Father up above
Is looking down with love
Oh be careful
little hand what you do.

Doesn’t that sound nice? I like it. You can sing the same tune with the following phrases:

…eyes what you see
…mouth what you say
…feet where you go

My thought is now focused on the hand. My hand. Our hands! Am sure by now as you read this, you also take time to notice your hand busy working on the keyboard of your pc’s. right? :)

Well, for me, having a career that really involves my hand, my hand is a very important and most precious part of me. My hands are not the ideal smooth ones. They are rough because I do household chores manually. There are no high-tech stuff to do our chores at home yet — so my hand is always my partner. Using my hand at work, encoding for more than 9 hours a day plus 3 hours online from home – i think I tire my hands too much. So for now, she has that greeny thinny web visible with the naked eye. Long before, I love the look of it, but now that am older, I wish I can spare sometime to rest my hands.

Our hands can do so many things. Good and bad. right? But am sure there are more goodies to be done by our hands than the bad ones. The following are some of the things are hands can do at work, at home, and anywhere, anytime of the day.

- fold in prayer
- prepare food
- water the plants
- harvest fruits
- care for our child
- encode or type
- sweep the floor
- wash the dishes
- dust the whole place (house/oifice/)
- play an instrument (piano/guitar/harp/violin…)
- play sports (basketball/volleyball/baseball/tennis/cricket…)
- build a house
- plant a tree
- operate on a patient
- assist a birthing mother


I know the list can go on and on. And am sure all of you will agree with me that our hands is one of the most important part of our body.

photo source

Jan 28

It’s my first day today in the gym. I stand 5′3″ and I weigh 80 kilos/ 176 pounds. :D I was having second thoughts on blogging about it (first time in a gym) because I might just back out later on, but I promised myself that I should be serious about this. I was weighing only 100-110 pounds 10 years ago. So if I can’t go back to that perfect 100 pounds, at least, God help me, to lose 30 pounds in half a year.

I wish i can post here my pre-obese picture and also my obese one. hahaha! Maybe later.

I know my the source of my weight problem. This is a real challenge for me because the root of the problem can’t really be avoided. I will just be stuck in this place for as long as I am needed so I hope this gym thing plus the thought of going back to school can promote hyper activity in me.

Someone in the blog world inspired me to earn while blogging. And now same someone inspired me to be serious on this program. Haii Jen, wish we are neighbors.

And for those friends out there who loves to gain weight/fats, wish I can share mine. hahahaha
Jan 27
Thanks to Zenni Optical $8 RX Eyeglasses!

I am now at the age where an eyeglasses is a must for productivity of work. I believe that even though my eyesight has not yet deteriorated in its 20/20 perfect sight, am now already in the age where my eyes needs an assistant or support especially when computer work is too much. So I found the answer at Zenni Optical. I think Zenni offers the best thing this time by offering an $8 Glasses with Case. Here’s my pick from the array of their affordable glasses:


I will pick these 2 with same grades so that I can have variations according to my work attire. Zenni Optical does offer a wide range of eyesglass categories and am sure you will find the one that fits for you. If you don’t like cheap prescription glasses, there are expensive ones too. They have simple as well as fashion styles too. But for those whose budget is so tight, Zenni Optical $8 Glasses is the answer for you.

It’s so easy to order. Just follow up the order steps and they will deliver direct to you.

Jan 27
Most of the hours today (daytime) was “ME TIME.” Dimple left home around 1 pm for some school activities so after she left I turned off the computer and then arranged the mess Dimple left in the living room. Then I had uninterrupted time to sorting and fixing personal stuff inside the bedroom. I just love “ME TIME” because I do things I like doing without any interruptions. Aside from that, I love the silence. When all you can hear is jsut the crunching of papers or the sound of the move of the chairs. At times I just love the atmosphere free from children’s noises of fights and teasings and mom’s shouts to shut up. :D

I got up at 7 am today and had the chance to cooked for breakfast. I prepared sauted (no oil) sayote with egg and also the stir fried stripped carrots. Mom loved the no oil one. Hehehehe. For lunch time I prepared eggplant salad with fresh tomatoes and some onions. We also had 1 big papaya for our dessert. This evening, I feel that the boiled vegetables was too bland to look at so I treated ourselves with a can of sardines mixed with lots of calamansi juice and salt. :) Even the cats enjoyed the sardines.
Jan 26
ABCD Link
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Thanks Juliana for tagging me.
Rule #1

Copy all the links below and replace a single link under the appropriate alphabet. If your domain name, or even the title of your blog, starts with an ” A,” you’d replace the link under that alphabet and put the replaced link at the bottom. Also, don’t forget to credit the tagger, or where you got the list from, at the end of the list with a full URL of the post so that a pingback gets generated.

1. A. acowboyswife.com
2. B. bloggingcents.com
3. C. caffeine-overload.com
4. D. delusionsofgrandeur.com
5. E. enjoyingtheride-jenn.blogspot.com
6. F. forumfinder.net
7. G. gotic-peach.net
8. H. happykeg.com
9. I. ipentimento.com
10. J. julianarw.blogspot.com
11. K. kabalyero.com
12. L. ladylike4.com
13. M. midlifedancing.blogspot.com

14. N. notjustmama.net
15. O. originalmx5.net
16. P. patrickdevivo.com
17. Q. qweddings.com
18. R. rantingsofawoman.blogspot.com
19. S. shirleysdelight.com
20. T. thinking-outloud.com
21. U. utada-online.net
22. V. valmg.com
23. W. wickedbabylon.com
24. X. xaviermedia.com
25. Y. yimto.com
26. Z. zbudapest.com

Replaced link: michaelpark.net

Previous tagger: julianarw.blogspot.com

Rule #2

You now have to “tag” at least five people and encourage them to participate so that this thing spreads like a virus. Remember, though, that not everyone’s into these kinds of things, so don’t be upset if they don’t participate. Just simply replace your tag. Remember to tag blogs only and no pornographic ones as we do want to keep the integrity as a blogging community. TIP: Tag your frequent EntreCard droppers via its messaging system.

So am tagging the following ~~~~Becki, Jenny, Babie, Sexymom, and Shang.

Rule #3

Just like any other “meme” out there, ask a question for your taggees to answer along with your own answer to your previous question. This is optional.

The question: What’ food for lunch today?

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