tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56468709979314337912024-03-13T16:03:49.338-07:00One Day at a TimeOne Day at a Timehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826404423243622552noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646870997931433791.post-4531743929064159062011-03-09T17:15:00.000-08:002011-03-09T19:23:52.211-08:00Slim is In!Definitely not the biggest loser in Asia! I'm talking about THE MR. SLIM, world's richest according to <a href="http://www.forbes.com/profile/carlos-slim-helu">Forbes </a>. And with $74 billion net wealth, <a href="http://www.forbes.com/profile/carlos-slim-helu">Carlos Slim Helu's </a> 2nd straight year as world's #1 has solidified Asia's (especially China) burgeoning quest to dominate the world economy. I believe in the years to come, there will be a more or less equitable distribution of the world's wealth . As Steve Forbes , head editor of the biz mag noted, <a href="http://business.inquirer.net/money/breakingnews/view/20110310-324507/Slim-still-worlds-richest-Asia-boomsForbes">"There are literally millions of people around the world who have the opportunity to be creative"</a>. So extract those creative juices and start your centavo to the million NOW! Take it one day at a time :-)<br />
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<em>"Our premise is and has always been that we leave with nothing; that we can only do things while we are alive and that businessmen are creators of the wealth they temporarily manage." - <a href="http://www.carlosslim.com/desde_ing.html">#10 Principle, Grupo Carso's Top Ten. </a> (A beautiful statement of faithful stewardship!)</em><em><br />
</em>One Day at a Timehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826404423243622552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646870997931433791.post-21872215762749061152011-03-02T22:17:00.000-08:002011-03-03T02:28:58.444-08:00Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!Almost missed it on a dot! But it ain't so when there's cat in the hat!<br />
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Sounds familiar? the rhymes and riddles, i love it so...but it isn't a line from Dr. Seuss' books. It is an attempt to make one, actually! Oh how I love Dr. Seuss! And what a more fitting way to celebrate his 107th anniversary than to write about the works of the man, <a href="http://www.catinthehat.org/history.htm">Theodor Seuss Geisel?</a><br />
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As long as i can remember, I always drool over Dr. Seuss books the way I did in my teens for the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew series. Its simplicity and not-so-dramatic pictures have taken me into some distant lands not known of. Being a mom now, I love that my 2 kids also love Dr. Seuss' books. Thanks to Booksale, we can always raid the store and still leave not penniless. When Dana and Boj started reading at 4 and 5yo, never did a night pass by without leafing through <a href="http://seuss.wikia.com/wiki/The_Cat_in_the_Hat_(book)">"The Cat in the Hat" </a><br />
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And sometimes i would complain (guiltily!) because there as sooo many pages and we keep on reading the book every night! When it was Boj's turn, I suggested the " Foot Book" would be better - go figure why :-) and it also comes handy for a<a href="http://www.k-state.edu/smartbooks/Lesson027.html"> Math activity</a> <br />
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</div>English and Math, well even cakes now have the cat and the fish too (<a href="http://www.sarahdope.com/wordpress/2009/01/04/dr-seuss-cakes/">check this out -</a> lovely designs for Dr. Seuss' themed cakes)! And who could ever forget the Grinch and Horton that heard Who?<br />
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So here's a toast to a generation of readers! And along with it comes a prayer that, may our tribe greatly increase! One Day at a Timehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826404423243622552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646870997931433791.post-30836583883897699942011-02-17T19:17:00.000-08:002011-02-17T19:17:00.162-08:00The Real Thing<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">I was pleasantly surprised by the new Coke litro-sized bottle. Well, most likely<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>not new at all, but just saw it when we feasted over lechon baka for lunch (!) in the office a few days ago. Coke brings a lot of good old memories in a personal way . never fond of the soda but just the thought of how THE company has been an instrument in raising a family of 13 children speaks a lot of goodwill (even up to now , a cousin is also working for the company). My lolo Paking, of my mother side , to me was the ultimate salesman. I can recall, from my mom, how his sales exploits brought him to various places in <place w:st="on">Mindanao</place>, and yes, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a child - two or more, were born in one of those. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From him I learned the value of treasuring family ties – going out on weekends, treating us, the grandchildren with hot bowls of oatmeal, and if<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we could’ve have played back then, he must’ve challenged us with a chess game or scrabble and crossword puzzle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A hopeless romantic, so poetic with words, it’s not a wonder the offspring came to more than a dozen! From my lola Inday , the meticulous homemaker who gave up her nursing career to keep house, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I learned that a lipstick a day, keeps your man at bay! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kiddin’ aside, lola Inday always has this regal bearing from the way she dons her daily wardrobe (aka duster dress ) , to the fine lines of her eyebrow makeup all the way to how the lips are painted from pink to red … it was a pure bliss watching her while growing up. How I just wished she’s more of an adventurer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Up to now she’s so much comfortable in her own nest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, if the Coke’s “everyday happiness” ad was coined long time ago,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>my mom’s family would be a poster hit. The bottle would always take it’s rightful place in the dining table!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">So staring back again at the bottle – </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq8kJOPF9om7pEeqAVIXrGhxx6CQRui-vxE4peNqLV0Jz09gq6WGd5o0TspF7TZI93U3oFIqmuwW0d2IxHRaa8sAqzy8LXZ377BY15_C1HqhUPub9jLU5uFpkIpBiOsEPpYctcZCv_R1w/s1600/coke+bottle.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq8kJOPF9om7pEeqAVIXrGhxx6CQRui-vxE4peNqLV0Jz09gq6WGd5o0TspF7TZI93U3oFIqmuwW0d2IxHRaa8sAqzy8LXZ377BY15_C1HqhUPub9jLU5uFpkIpBiOsEPpYctcZCv_R1w/s320/coke+bottle.bmp" width="108" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">with it's iconic, vintage design, brings me down to memory lane .. that Coke is it no matter what. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even recent news show that the <a href="http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20110216-320550/Was-Cokes-secret-recipe-revealed-by-US-radio-show">well-guarded “secret” recipe is out,</a> no one really cares. Even if it takes a new form to keep up with the ever-changing times (<a href="http://www.minimallyminimal.com/minimally-minimal/2010/3/15/eco-coke-bottle-design.html">check this out, this young genius’ proposal is really cool</a>), the taste buds still signal the same old feeling that goes to the brain. That truly, more than the soda,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the dozen ads and claims to be the world’s #1 , they really do not matter . What matters to me are the memories brought about by this stately bottle that has been a centerpiece for generations (at least in our home)– shared with laughters and tears, great news and not so great ones, etc etc … Coke truly celebrates the “real thing”! </span></div>One Day at a Timehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826404423243622552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646870997931433791.post-16145823812326714462011-02-16T18:01:00.001-08:002011-02-16T18:21:16.302-08:00I AM BACK!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Whew! I AM BACK! Seemed like my time machine zoomed from a not-so-distant planet and back to yet another space, the blogsphere! I need not rattle off what happened to my 2010. It was a truly great, marvelous, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious year!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now into the end of 1Q of 2011, I verily put a smile on my face – yes, it is a conscious act – and say, thank you my Lord, we’ve crossed our <a href="http://victoryfort.org/a/pdf/PrayerAndFasting2011Manual.pdf">own Jordan river,</a> and now, we as a family, are out to break the walls (not of <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Jericho</place></city>!) and subdue the giants that come our way! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">February or beyond, I’m wishing everyone <span style="color: red;">love, love, love!</span></div>One Day at a Timehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826404423243622552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646870997931433791.post-24766259483369951732010-10-11T20:03:00.000-07:002010-10-11T21:53:40.802-07:00AMAZING Episode on Amazing Race!<div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I haven’t seen much of TV shows lately, not that I am complaining, I am actually not just</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">a TV buff, except for those <a href="http://www.toofab.com/2010/09/22/charice-on-glee-season-2-episode-1-listen-video/">“Gleeful” moments ( wiith capital letters, CHARICE on it</a> )</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and Amazing Races (and some other in-betweens)!</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Eversince our 5 yr-old Boj entered pre-school last June, it seemed that my body ached for the bed the moment I get into the bedroom (well, it is our “haven” so it should serve its main purpose!).</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Anyway, last night was an exception. Wasn’t able to watch this season’s</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race/">Amazing Race</a> from the start but last night’s episode 3 brought me tears (again! – the last was <a href="http://www.tvworthwatching.com/contributors/2010/10/glee-god-bill-brioux.shtml">Glee’s“Spiritual” episode</a> especially when Kurt sang “ I Wanna Hold your Hand” for his father, Burt).</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Awesomely set in </span></span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ghana</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">, I believe those innocent African children taught the racers valuable lessons, not just in Geography, but more importantly on these 2 Big LIFE words – humility and simplicity. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I love how the singing duo, <a href="http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b204981__i_The_Amazing_Race__i___Goodbye__Poor_African_Children__See_You_at_the_Next_Ivy_League_Mixer_.html">Jonathan and Connor</a> made it first to the pitstop. Unlocking the codes seemed so easy as hitting a crescendo! But here comes the cheesy part – 58 yr-old dad Michael, almost giving up on what could be one of the easiest childhood games that I remember ( rolling a used bicycle tire or rim using a stick – so simple!</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">so fun! Was thinking Dana and Boj can try it on a weekend). The encouragement from his son, Kevin was remarkable. Truly, a young man with a big heart.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next thing I knew, I was already in tears. Picture this, a Father saying to his son he would like to travel with him, bring him to many places as he can… but could no longer do so...because he gave up. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">They say some goods things never last, I say GRACE comes in. It turned out that the 17</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> season’s 3rd leg was a non-elimination round! I wanted to shout for joy! Michael and Kevin breathed life to a centuries-old teaching “ Whoever is the first will be the last, and whoever is the last will be the first”.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/michael-wu-and-kevin-wu-avoid-the-amazing-race-elimination-11615.php"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To me, they were # 1!</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></a></div>One Day at a Timehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826404423243622552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646870997931433791.post-55691717745057896532010-09-15T18:16:00.000-07:002010-09-15T18:16:42.421-07:0030 Years and a Home<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After checking my emails and rummaging through paperworks, I am currently in a state of a 10-minute self-declared “pause” from work with a mug of Monk’s blend coffee on one hand. I recalled what went on earlier this week and I remembered how this person, who in his retirement years, I suspect ( but whose energy is that of a 50 yr old) talked so enthusiastically and passionately about his recent trip overseas to visit his son and his family. The thrill of hearing about places and imagining sights you’ve never been</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">is always a big wow to me!</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Anyway, to cut a not so long story ( as I do not have the luxury of time to listen for even half of an hour , although I wished to!) , at the end of</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">the talk, I was led into checking what’s in store in Bakersfield, California.</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yes, the city’s<a href="http://www.ci.bakersfield.ca.us/"> website</a> impressed me, their calendar marked different activities for people from all walks of life , and the list can go on and on… <strong>BUT </strong>, this one article impressed me a lot, a whole <strong>LOT </strong>more than what the city can offer or just how great the community is. It just <strong>defined a simple, single cell – a nutshell of that community.</strong> It speaks about what <strong>commitment </strong>is all about, how a house cannot be defined solely as an investment but more importantly, how we can make it a home.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Like that one from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t-bpP2sL_U">a too familiar song</a>? It’s okay, you can belt it out all day!</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Read on <a href="http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x649814906/VALERIE-SCHULTZ-We-may-not-look-it-but-30-years-in-were-like-newlyweds">…( thanks Valerie Schultz! you rock!)</a></span> !</span></div>One Day at a Timehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826404423243622552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646870997931433791.post-71738477234896530922010-09-08T22:08:00.000-07:002010-09-08T22:08:14.716-07:00Are You a Good Boss?<div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I am on for hectic weeks! I am embracing it as the energy keeps me on my toes, day in and out. My mind right now is playing how to manage my time – it is a cliché, never mind – still the same – being a working mom always keeps me on a juggling mode. But who cares? <span style="font-size: large;">M-O-M </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">is certainly one of the noblest professions on earth! </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I love every single minute of being a mother!</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Anyway, back to my 8-5 office work mode,</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I stumbled upon this interesting article from the McKinsey Quarterly that we ( employees, cum bosses or under a boss, or trying to be a boss! Hahaha! ) can learn , 2 things even more, not 1. </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", "Courier", monospace;"><a href="https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Governance/Leadership/Why_good_bosses_tune_in_to_their_people_2656"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>“Why good bosses tune in to their people”</strong></span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", "Courier", monospace;"><a href="https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Governance/Leadership/Why_good_bosses_tune_in_to_their_people_2656"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">(click this link for the full article</span></strong></a></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", "Courier", monospace;"><a href="https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Governance/Leadership/Why_good_bosses_tune_in_to_their_people_2656"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>) </strong></span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">defined the “romance of leadership” in a workplace. </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On the topic, </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Taking Control</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">( in a subtle way </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, that is ), it listed “taking the blame”. I found it amusing when suddenly I remembered P-Noy owning up and taking responsibility of the recent government fiasco in the way the crisis </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">( you know the details…) was handled. It got mixed reactions, but take it anyway. That single act of the President alone was humbling…</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>How to bolster performance? </strong></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The article suggested that making small gestures will surely go a long way.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In the end, bosses are faced with a litmus test – </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">posing a question, </span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> “ What does it feel like to work for me?” The writer , <a href="http://bobsutton.typepad.com/">Robert Stutton</a> further commented , “ If your people answered this question honestly, would they say that you know the impact your words and deeds have on them—or that you are living in a fool’s paradise?”</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Time to wake up , Bosses!</span></div>One Day at a Timehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826404423243622552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646870997931433791.post-8492754943169628962010-09-04T05:48:00.000-07:002010-09-04T05:48:25.327-07:00Lifegroup at Gazebo over Kiwi Swirl Yogurt atbp<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Finally, the heavy traffic allowed me to pass by several blocks and finally put Avy to stop in a nearby building to my ultimate destination last night -</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/39321_142849319077271_136374813058055_325743_885356_n.jpg" style="color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold;">Kiwi Swirl Yogurt ( beside Gazebo) at Velez St., CDO.</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Not that I go crazy over the yogurt mania that colegialas (because I'm way past to be one!) love, nor was I looking for that coziness of the former Gazebo (though partly true :-( ). When we stepped in, I was met with a mixed atmosphere - but still happy with what I see - tables filled up w/ chatting students, while i suspect, the parents are, well, just in a nearby table over cups of coffee and some "old" gazebo delicacies (KJ!). Me and Dana especially love their Spaghetti Bolognese, paired with Ice Tea. Yes, I was a bit disappointed w/ its sauce not so red as I can remember, but , who cares, it still tasted the same w/ that Old Italian kick.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I look forward to the next Fridays - not only to taste the newest swirl in town, or savor the pasta, taste the tea or sip the brew , but more importantly, to feed my soul and to let my cup overflow for others.. I just love Fridays! Victory Lifegroup meet-ups happen here!</span>One Day at a Timehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826404423243622552noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646870997931433791.post-63596994782418000022010-09-01T22:04:00.000-07:002010-09-01T22:04:45.772-07:00Tawa-tawa and Dengue<span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">At first, I found it hard to read it as it is spelled with a 'u' instead of 'w' as what is common here in the southern part of the Philippines. The once lowly </span><a href="http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/food/food/view/20100902-289991/Taua-taua-tea-helps-increase--ones-platelet-count"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">tawa-tawa</span></a><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"> (scientific name :</span><a href="http://www.stuartxchange.org/GatasGatas.html"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">euphorbia hierta</span></a><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">) has taken it's royal seat with the country's ongoing fight against </span><a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/dengue_fever/article.htm"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">dengue</span></a><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"> . The Philippine Daily Inquirer has it on front page, with </span><a href="http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100902-290043/DoH-says-dengue-now-under-control"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">DOH claiming that dengue is now under control</span></a><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"> . This is good news, but then , as we learned in kindergarten, an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">Stay healthy, wealthy and wise! ( need we add more?:-</span>)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bon appetit!</span></span>One Day at a Timehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826404423243622552noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646870997931433791.post-85702789562165948692010-08-31T23:43:00.000-07:002010-08-31T23:43:32.099-07:00Just a Day at a Time!<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">Hi! Thanks for dropping by my site. I may not be able to blog daily but life, in all it’s craziness, comedy, romanticism, surprises etc, etc , should be taken as it is – just a day at a time! The past has gone, something new has begun!</span></div><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">Casual talks, an inside scoop, wifey tales,</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">motherhood drama, friends’ banter, divine appointments and revelations, day-job and after 5 lives, and so many other what have yous …you might just get it when you chanced by this site.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">Enjoy and celebrate life!</span></div>One Day at a Timehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826404423243622552noreply@blogger.com0