Let's Do the Countdown

I've done this tag na on my other blog pero with the indulgence of my friend, Kat, gawin ko nga uli. :D

Participants: Me and Mine | Creative in Me | For the LOVE of Food | Little Peanut | Pea in a Pod | Mommy Talks | Aggie Shoots. Aggie Scraps | All Kinds of Me Stuff | The Salad Caper | Winding Creek Circle | Fun.Fierce.Fab | Ozzy’s Mom | Me,Myself+2 | Blogsilog | Cherry’s Comfort Zone | DigiScrapz: Captured Memories | Thinking Out Loud | Buzzy Me | Wishing and Hoping | Blog Portfolio |Amaxingly Mel Because Life is a Blessing | Your Blog

Ten movies you’d watch over and over:
+ Same answer: Next question please! :D

Nine people you enjoy the company of:
+Same pa din - family, friends, relatives, colleagues, online kachikahan, my in-law.

Eight things you’re wearing:
+ pants, shorts, shirts, blouses, earrings, undies, shoes, slippers

Seven things on your mind:
+ deadlines, meetings, my health, my hubby's travels, my girl's schooling, this.

Six objects you touch every day:
+ mouse, keyboard, telephone, mobile phone, keys, glass

Five things you do everyday:
+ pray, sleep, eat, read, kiss

Four things that you see when you turn your head to the right:
+ my pants, my blouses, my jacket, our printer

Three of your favorite things that are red color:
+ Aha, this time I have answers na: my lipsticks, my pen and Photo Freedom Book

Two people who have influenced your life the most:
+ my parents and my Husband

One person who has been nice to you today:
+ My Husband

Feel free to snag this if you like!

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Food Choices

Here is a tag from Alpha and Ate Jen.

1. Chicken sa McDo, Jollibee, or KFC?
:: I don't know. But the H is a sucker for KFC and the kiddo naman is for Chicken Joy of Jollibee.
2. Pepsi, Coke, or rootbeer?
:: Coke forever.
3. Greenwich, Pizza Hut, or Yellow Cab?
:: Either.
4. Adobo, sinigang, or nilaga?
:: All of the above.
5. Beef, pork, or chicken?
:: Pork. Haha!
6. Starbucks, Coffee bean and tea leaf, or Gloria Jean’s?
:: Starbucks!
7. Cornflakes, Honey Stars, or Milo cereal?
:: I don't like cereals pero sige, cornflakes na lang. On top of my halo-halo ha. Yum!
8. Goldilocks or Red Ribbon?
:: Both
9. Tokyo Tokyo, Teriyaki Boy or Rai Rai Ken?
:: None.
10. Take Out or Dine In?
:: Both

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Her Tita Jen

I am so sorry for being out of the blogging loop in the past days. Work has zapped my energies and the little that I have left at the end of the day is spent eating and prepping the girl for sleep. I am grateful for our very reliable and caring caregiver who is not only good with taking care of the girl and keeping her amused but also cooks so well! She prepares our viand for supper at lunch time so I just cook rice once I get home. She arrives around 6:30 in the morning and accompanies the girl once we leave for work. At noon time she prepares her for school, feeds her and brings her to school. And then she goes home to her 4-month old baby. She came just in time and I sooo prayed for her. She is a living proof that prayers work. ;) She loves the little kid to bits, she likes playing with her and even indulges her with ice cream and apples! The little one follows her like a shadow and even offers to help her in some of her tasks. She has been with us a little less than a month now and thanks to her, my life has become easier and my waist, a little bigger. :D

Anyways, here is a recent photo of the little girl with her beloved Tita Jen:
Thank you, Jen, for everything. And I hope that you will stay with us for a looong time. :)

Credits:
Frame by Michelle Coleman

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One Word Tag

Here's another tag and it's from one of my beautiful friends, Wanda. :)

Here’s the game: you have to answer the question with ONE WORD only and then you have to tag 4 people.

1. Where is your cell phone? REFRIGERATOR (Not inside ha, on top of it. ;))
2. Your significant other? WESLEY
3. Your hair? STRAIGHT
4. Your mother? GOOD
5. Your father? SUPER
6. Your favorite thing? COMB
7. Your dream last night? NONE
8. Your favorite drink? WATER
9. Your dream/goal? CONTENTMENT
10. The room you’re in? BEDROOM
11. Your hobby? DIGISCRAP
12. Your fear? DEATH
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? SOMEWHRE
14. What you’re not? DARING
15. Muffins? CHEESE
16. One of your wish list items? DSLR
17. Where you grew up? PHILIPPINES
18. The last thing you did? EAT
19. What are you wearing? SHORTS
20. Favorite gadget? LAPTOP
21. Your pets? DAUGHTER :p
22. Your computer? COMPAQ
23. Your mood? SLEEPY
24. Missing someone? OFFICEMATES
25. Your car? NONE
26. Something you’re not wearing? WATCH
27. Favorite store? GROCERY
28. Like someone? HUBBY
29. Your favorite color? PINK
30. When is the last time you laughed? TODAY
31. Last time you cried? YESTERDAY

Tagging Yen, Chikai, Mai and Buge.

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Questions of the Week 23

Here's my QOTW 23. Thanks, Yen!

1. List your 2 fave site or blog/s and link us up! Tell us why!
- Aside from my blogs, Google is a favorite because it helps me find almost anything and everything I need to find online and Yahoo Mail.

2. List two bad habits that you have. Now tell me which one you would be willing to give up first.
- I am a procrastinator and lazy. Do I have to give up one? :)

3. What spice or seasoning is your favorite? Which one can you add to anything and make it taste better?
- Soy sauce is a favorite and catsup too!

4. What is your birthstone? Do you like it? Or you want to change it?
- Turquoise. Hmmm... OK lang.

5. Do you know what’s your name means? What?
- Yeah, from Susan (my mother's name) which means lily.

6. What color polish do you most often wear? Or do you wear one?
- Nope, no color polish for me.

7. Think about this for a second - When you fasten your pants do you button first of zip first?
- Button then zip.

8. Which do you prefer, someone snoring right next to you on a plane or a baby crying right next to you on a plane too?
- Wow. This is tough. Can I say none of the above? But if I really have to choose, it's a crying baby.

9. Which would you prefer, made to eat bugs or drink sour milk? Why?
- Eeeew! None.

10. Which is worse, your roommate eating all the food or wearing your clothes?
- Wearing my clothes. I can always eat outside. :)

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The Magical Lamp of Luck

* Start Copy Here*

1. Add your site(s) to the list once you have received the Magic Lamp of Luck.

2. Pass on the Magic Lamp of Luck to as many people as you like. After all, everyone needs some good luck!

3. Leave a comment HERE once you’ve passed on the Magic Lamp of Luck. Once the Genie King and Genie Princess have visited your site to make sure your links are complete and proper, you will then be added to the Master List.

4. To ensure everyone receives equal link benefit, please UPDATE your list regularly!

1-Mariuca 2-First Time Dad 3-Mariuca's Perfume Gallery 4-Emila's Illustrated Blog 5-The Other Side of Emila 6-My Sweet Escape 7-Bay Head Blog 8-Roxiticus Desperate Housewives 9-LadyJava's Lounge 10-Petty Ramblings of a Petty Queen 11-The Real Deal 12-Pinay Mommy Online 13-Perpustakaan 14-LadyJava Life's Pages 15-Make Money Online 16-Cat Tales 17-LadyJava's Food Paradise 18-Being Woman 19-Spicybug 20-Biz-N-Honey 21-Aeirin's Collections 22-Sasha Says 23-Project Heavy Traffic 24-Picture Clusters 25-My Wanderings 26-Maiylah's Snippets 27-Moments of Colours 28-Life Quest 29-BigMoneyList 30-The Best Parts 31-Morphed 32-Buhay Pinoy 33-Galatayo 34-Blogging Tips 35-Apples Of The Eyes 36-My Own Utopia 37-Sasha's Corner 38-Under One Roof 39-Say Cheese 40-A Great Pleasure 41-A Life in Bloom 42-Because Life is a Blessing 43-Digiscraptology 44-Xixi 45-Ode to Adrienne 46-CrankyDave 47-Simple Life 48-Dew Drops 49-The Journey 50-Mastering Your PC 51-Day Break 52-A Little Girl Talk 53-Mom Knows Everything 54-Day to Day 55-1 of a Kind Wis 56-It's a woman's world! 57-Breather 58-Photo Hook 59-Letterbox 60-Asian Mutt International 61-Dream Doe Philosophy 62-MommyAlehs Up-Close And Personal 63-Livin' the Life! 64-Restnrileks 65-English Corner 66-English Grammar 67-Bodybuilding & Fitness 68-Everything you need 69-One Stop Games 70-Blockbluster Movie Trailers 71-Bodybuilding & Human Growth Hormone 72-World of Tennis 73-Men's Health & Tips 74-Internet Marketing Strategy & Tips 75-Latest Technology 76-Tentang Binaraga 77-Berita Seputar Selebriti 78-Panduan Kesehatan 79-Insurance For You 80-Crissy's Zone 81-Crissy's Library 82-Crissy's Haven 83-sHeNzEe's wOrLd 84-Voice Of The Spirit 85-Best Cuisine Recipes 86-Stand My Ground 87-SeeNRead 88-This Is A Miracle 89-I AM KCAT 90-Traipsey Turvey 91-GBeX & DOm 92-Spun By A Seanachie 93-ISL Family 94-D' Cooking Mudra 95-'Story' the Great 96-UmmiRosma 97-Munirah Abd 98-Atie 99-Hit-or-Miss 100-Twisted Sister 101-Laketrees Artist 102-Blessed Sanctuary 103-Comedy Plus 104-Blogging By Sandee 105-Living Life to the Fullest 106-Speech-Less 107-Happy Life 108-My Discoveries 109-Strangely Out Of Place 110-Rooms of My Heart 111-The Paper Vision 112-Luxurious Retreats 113-Reef 114-Weekend Snapshot 115-Blessie's Finds 116-Confessions of An Army Wife 117-My Pooch Life 118-Five Martini Lunch 119-TIPS FROM THE TRAILER 120-PoeARTica 121-STAY AT HOME MOM 122-Rantings of a Woman 123-Sjtl's Weblog 124-Turn-u-Off 125-My World in My Own Word 126-Shawie 127-A New Saga 128-Janeth Vicy's Life Journey 129-Simple Reveries 130-Berry Blog 131-Touts4u 132-My So Called Life 133-La Vida es Hermosa 134-Speedcat Hollydale Page 135-mangosteenskin 136-Choc Mint Girl 137-Of Colors And Styles 138-Pinaymama's Diary 139-My Life's Rollercoaster Ride 140-My Life...My Journey! 141-Bonoriau 142-Jenny and Belle 143-Read My Mind 144-A Sweet Taste Of Life 145-Shopping Blog 146-Precious Moments 147-Feydakin 148-Hot Shit Form Here 149-A Mother's Simple Thoughts 150-Daily Ramblings Rendezvous 151-Miss Moneypenny's Comical Posts Undercover 152-My Precious Niche 153-Fun|Fierce|Fabulous 154-Colorful World of Shiela 155-Me,myself+2 156-Ozzy's Mom 157-Let's talk about MJ 158-Great people make us feel we can become great 159-A Family Man 160-Just the way it is... 161-In Depth 162-Attitude, the ULTIMATE POWER 163-Are You Grateful? 164-Complain Complain Complain 165-My Little Black Pot 166-Notes By Marvic 167-Aku Pelukis 168-Jiwasintetik 169-Foster Me Up 170-Life: Thoughts & Inspirations 171-The Callalily Space 172-Mommyhood and Me 173-Bits and Pieces 174-La Place de Cherie 175-Through The Rain 176-Blogfixes 177-New England Lighthouse Treasures 178-Chez Francine 179-Tsinay 180-Hailey's Domain 181-Hailey's Beats and Bits 182-My So-Called Life 183-PinayWAHM 184-Rusin Roundup 185-Sweet Temptation 186-Lynn's Chic Spot 187-Kai Kriye 188-LiLo n StiTcH 189-Lights and Shade 190-Easycrafts 191-Ideasmoney 192-My creations 193-Sukanya-hobbiesandcrafts 194-My Kraft 195-Adam: @geNda | iNsPiRaSi 196-The Working Mom 197-My Touch Of Heaven 198-Her Name is N.O.Y. 199-Fida Abbott 200-Hesitant Wife's Blog 201-Blogging For Fun 202-Paint Your Life 203-Spicybugz World 204-Colin From Life 205-Ramblings of The Phat 206-AngelBaby from Your Caring Angels 207-Creative Saga 208-Indian Khana 209-Me and My Kitchen 210-Mom's Recipies 211-Mom's Cooking 212-Cooking Station 213-Simple Indian Food 214-Rekha's Kitchen 215-SuperNova & SweetPain 216-My Sweet Haven 217-scrapbook newbie 218-Miyyah@Kertas 219-funfliffy 220-AyangLina 221-A Room of Crazy Scrapper 222-srikars kitchen 223-Purva's Daawat 224-Recipe Center 225-Veg Inspirations 226-Little Mermaid 227-Meendum Santhipoom 228-Ranji's kitchen corner 229-En Vittu Virundhu 230-What's on the menu? 231-Dancing in Midlife Tune 232-Meme Me 233-Tasty treats 234-Mummy Diaries 235-notyet100hub 236-Jujubs Creative Corner 237-Crafts and Cooking 238-As Long As I Can Dream 239-A Walk To Remember 240-Empty Streets 241-The time has come 242-Momhood Moments 243-Life is too short to be ordinary 244-Mistress of Spices 245-From the Kitchen 246-Bhawana 247-Easy Cooking 248-Vegetarian Medley 249-Homecooked 250- The Painted Veil 251-Natural Remedies at Home 252-Vaidehi 253-Send Chocolate 254-From Cribs to Car Keys 255-Essence of Andhra 256-Tongue Ticklers 257-Mints 258-Mumblings 259-YOU Next!

Grabbed this from Pinay Mommy Online. Thanks! This time, I am passing on the Magic Lamp of Luck to Yen, Alpha, Litzie, JennyL and Diane!

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Rain, Rain Go Away!

There is no class/ office today and as much as I loove holidays, I am not celebrating because it was caused by a flood that is being experienced by 75% of the city as of this morning. This is such a sad thing. We had a reach-out activity last Friday and I blogged about it here. We passed by one of the overflowing rivers and I saw the devastation the flood caused. I feel for the victims. Good thing our subdivision is not flooded YET. But what if things go worse? My parents' house was flooded some years ago and it was terrible. I can just imagine the majority of the people here have been going through. :(

Please include us in your prayers.

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Blog Experiment

Grabbed this from Alpha.

RULES:
1. Add your blog/s to the list. Feel free to add all your other blogs. It’s okay if you only post this questions in one blog as long as you answer them.
2. Get back to Me {YEN} and I’ll add your blogs to the master’s list here!
3. Tag as many friends online you know. But you don’t need to be tag in order to join.

QUESTIONS:
1. I posted this experiment at URL: http://becauselifeisablessing.com/.
2. I posted this on date (day, month, year): Thursday, July 3, 2008.
3. I posted this at time (24 hour time): 10:06 PM.
4. My posting location is (city, state, country): Cotabato City, PH.
5. My blog is hosted by: Blogger.
6. My age is: 29 yo.
7. My gender is: Female.
8. My occupations are: Full-time wife and mommy, school slave 8-9 hours a day, blogger by night.
9. I use the following RSS/Atom reader software: Feedburner.
10. I use the blog format to post to my blog: Blogger.
11. I have been blogging since (day, month, year): September 2005.
12. My web browser is: FF and IE.
13. My operating system is: Windows.

Participants (updated 7/5/08): 1. Me and Mine 2.Creative In Me 3.Little Peanut 4. Pea in a Pod 5. Sugar Magnolias 6. The Salad Caper 7. All Kinds of Me Stuff 8. Aggie Scraps. 9. Winding Creek Circle 10. Mommy Talks. 11. Fun | Fierce | Fabulous 12. Me, Myself + 2 13. Confessions of a Supermodel Wannabe 14. My Online World! 15. My Life in this Wonderful World! 16. My Precious Nice 17. Just Me.. Eds 18. Eds Mommy Life 19. Thea is BloggerHappy 20. Thea is BerryScrappy too 21. Swept Away 22. A Slice of Life. 23. Jenny Said So 24. This and That 254. Simply Jen 26. Dancing With Butterflies 27. Blessed Chic 28. Just Let Go 29. Twisted Angel 30. Pieces of Me 31.buhaymisis 32. kathycot.com 33. Krississippi 34. My Colorful World 35. My Wonderful Life 36. Sweet Temptation 37. My so-called Life 38. Lynn’s Chic Spot 39. In Seventh Heaven 40. Lindsay Talks 41. Fun Without Frills 42. MindBubbles 43. VanityKit 44. SomethingPurple 45. Stripe&Yellow 46. Em’s Detour 47. Jean’s Live it Up… 48. BLOGSILOG 49. Cherry’s Comfort Zone 50. DigiScrapz: Captured Memories 51. Thinking Out Loud 52. Buzzy Me 53. Wishing and Hoping 54. PRC Board Exam Results 55. Filipino Jobs Abroad 56. Jobs for Davao 57. We are Family 58. Momma Stuff 59. Pinay WAHM 60. Teacher’s Corner 61.My Simple Joys 62. Gagiers Striking Zone 63. Gagiers Amazing World 64. Caroland’s Breathtaking Adventure 65. My Life, My Fashion, My World 66. Kusina ni Gagiers 67. WilStop 68. Dare to Blog 69. Lets Travel Philippines 70. Life Realities 71. WebGeek Journal… 72. WebGeek Journal 73. Webline Help Desk 74. BlogHop 75. Simply Me 76. A Mothers Horizon 77. Crissy’s Zone 78. Crissy’s Haven 79. Sunny Side Up Foodie & Lifestyle 80. Almanac Queen 81. Alamak OiOi 82. Lost in Love 83. The Pit of Gadgetry! 84. My daily life Experience 85. My life is Peachy 86. My Simple Joys 87. Glamour-Vanity 88. Angelic-Mist 89. M.Glamour-Vanity 90. Just Blogging It 91. Text Messages 92. Nierva Dot Com 93. Thoughts and Beyond 94. Photos 95. Davao Life 96. Davao Food Trip 97. Journey in Life 98. Tere’s World 99. Blessings in Life 100. Julai’s Corner 101. It’s Leisure Time 102. Tidbits and more 103. Strong and Healthy Living 104. Bucks from Home 105. whenmomspeaks 106. Bloghop 107. My Daily Discourse 108. My Point Of View 109. coicoi’s World 110. Dave Lucas’ Notes 111. A Life in Bloom 112. Digiscraptology 113. Because Life is a Blessing 114. Deranged Insanity 115. Traipsey Turvey 116. PierrEzrah 117.Picture Clusters 118. Maiylah’s Snippets 119. My Wanderings … 120. Femikey Thoughts 121. A Handful of Surprises 122. My Paper Scraps 123. Digitally Diane 124. Somewhere Over the Rainbow 125. When Silence Speaks 126. Kitty’s haven 127. Life Quest 128. Pinay Mommy Online 129. Aeirin’s Collections 130. Biz N Honey 131. expressions and thoughts 132. Glamorous Slyph 133. Your BLOG

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3rd Day

... was spent attending two meetings and preparing for our community outreach tomorrow. We are going to roam around the city and ask for donations for the flood victims. A little sad trivia - 60% of the city where I live is flooded. This is sooo new. And sad. I saw the video footage on national news. Some of my friends live on some of the flooded areas. *sigh* So I will be turning in early tonight. I need to be in school tomorrow before 8 AM. I hope and pray that we're going to encourage more people to help. ;)

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QOTW 22

Here's Yen's Questions of the Week, 22nd edition.

1. When you have food cravings, is it usually for something sweet, salty, greasy, or creamy?
- Sweet and salty so it's usually chocolate and chips. That's what I call balanced diet. :)
2. Have you ever barf or fart in a public and blame it to someone else?
- Nope!
3. You’re stuck in an airport, what do you do?
- Read a book or a magazine.
4. You fall in line, where are you?
- At the grocery store.
5. Which of the following would your friends say you are? Shy, Clumsy,Pessimistic or Behind the times?
- Clumsy. :D
6. Can you play a musical instrument? What is it?
- Maracas? LOL!
7. How do you feel today?
- Tired. Harassed. Sleepy.
8. What movie have you watched the most?
- Do Barney and Dora DVDs count as movies??
9. If you could have any car in the world, what would it be?
- A limo.
10. What do you think about tattoos? Do you have any? Would you ever get any?
- It is a form of self-expression. And I don't have any because I have other ways to express my self. Hehe. Plus I have low tolerance to pain so no thanks!

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I AM GRATEFUL

I know I have been ranting about the difficulties I have been facing as a mother and wife and a full-time employee and wanting to do more with so little time and having no help at all. Yesterday, I was about to go insane for the nth time. I was tired and stressed and loaded with so many things to accomplish and suffering from a lingering headache. Almost throughout the day, I was praying for help. And I was wondering what's this *suffering* is all about. Where is God when I am facing domestic and work-related concerns?

The day was about to end (dinner was over, actually) when someone sent an SMS to me asking if we already found someone who will look after the girl in the mornings (since her class is in the afternoon) because someone that she knows is willing to apply. It was unexpected and they arrived last night. We talked and agreed. And today, she started working. And Therese like her! I like her too. We all like her! I have told her and I prayed that sana, she is the one we have been praying for. I am keeping my fingers crossed. :) Welcome, Jen!

So what is this suffering all about? To glorify God because He never leaves us. He provides. He loves us. :) And prayer truly works! Thank you, Lord! I am grateful. :)

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