YOU ARE NEEDED...

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May the Lord touch your heart to help baby Jeff Andrei Las Pinas live longer and better.

Here are several ways you can help:

1. Pray for Jeff Andrei Las Pinas and his family – they need this everyday

2. Spread the word and ask more people to help. Inform me if you will repost this in your blog or write a note and please ask them to email blogforacause@yahoo.com.

3. Extend financial assistance – any amount will do. Please leave a comment and email me at blogforacause@yahoo.com then I’ll give you the details on how you can send the money.

SHARE YOUR BLESSINGs. Always remember that we are blessed to be a channel of blessing to many.

“He who gives to the poor, lends to the Lord and HE will reward him for what he has done”. – Proverbs 19:17

“He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses.” - Proverbs 28:27

God Bless you as you become an instrument of blessing...

Bacolod Chicken Inasal Salad

Goodnews to all Bacolod Chicken Inasal and salad lovers!!! There's a wonderful way of mixing both worlds. Click my recipe HERE and do your own version. You'll definitely love it!

IN MY LIFE...

Last night I had a date with my mom and dad. We watched a Star Cinema movie entitled IN MY LIFE which stars the Star For All Seasons Ms. Vilma Santos, her son Luis Manzano and a versatile actor John Lloyd Cruz and is directed by Olivia Lamasan, who also directed the movies Got 2 Believe in Magic and Milan. You may watch the full trailer of this abs-cbn movie IN MY LIFE here.

Among the characters, it was Shirley who made me laugh and cry as I can see in her my mother and myself (as a mother too). There was a part in the movie where Ms. Vilma Santos, Shirley, told about how there were times she wanted to give up but she didn’t because she had to be strong for her children. There I saw my mom… I believe many times in the past there were days she was just too tired, but she didn’t retire from motherhood – no one can. She smiled eventhough sometimes I knew her heart was breaking. I saw myself too… During my hepatitis days in China, I was supposed to do nothing for a month – do nothing but stay in bed to rest. But I had to take care of my son, who at that time was only over 2 years old. I had to bathe him, cook for him, cuddle and play with him. Those days I told myself, “I can rest from being a teacher (as I was employed as an English teacher when we were in China) but not as a wife and a mother.” So instead of saying goodbye to hepatitis A after a month, it took me 3 months. Oh well… But that’s also the beauty of motherhood, once you’re in, there’s no going out so the only choice we have mothers is FIGHT and GO ON!

How about you? Who are you in the movie IN MY LIFE? Who made you shed a 100 teardrops – Ms. Vilma Santos, Luis Manzano, John Lloyd Cruz or others?

INSPIRING EXCELLENCE

Several days ago I was updating my facebook account and looking through some of my friends updates. I came across one of my friend's notes. Francis Kong, a famous writer and speaker in our country, has this blog entitle INSPIRING EXCELLENCE. I read some of his posts and it's indeed inspiring so I thought of sharing it with you. It's a blessing to read a piece that helps you come up higher rather than pull you down... Do share his site with your friends and I truly hope it'll inspire you too :o)

Here are some thoughts I borrowed from his writing:

Depression is a killer and if you don’t have a personal toolbox that contains depression busters then you may just add one more problem to the many you already have...Remember this: If you do not want to hit bottom-stop digging the hole.- 12 Ways to Fight Depression

Somebody says, this is the recorded message in one of the answering machines he heard:
Hi! This is John. If you are the telephone company I already sent the money. If you are my parents please send me more money. If you are my friends you owe me money but if you are a female… don’t worry… I’ve got lots of money!”... Technology may have made us more efficient yet it has isolated us from human interaction as well. - The Human Touch

A person is truly great when he is not envious of his rival’s success. And don’t forget, stop envying the man who has everything. That man probably has ulcers too. - Everybody Loves A Winner… Or Do They Really?

NICE BLOG TOOL

Hi there. My friend Irish sent me a wonderful website and I want to share it with you! It's a nice tool that we can use for our blogs, facebook or friendster accounts. It's a simple but artistic way of greeting our family and friends this season. So go check out http://www.imagechef.com/ic/blender/ this link and enjoy the things you see there, for FREE!

ImageChef.com

Wana Be on the Billboards?

This is soooo... amazing!

A friend from Bacolod, Patricia has something really nice posted in her facebook and I told her how much I wanted it too! She then gave me this website - PhotoFunia. It is just so amazing what you can do with your pictures! And it's sooo easy to do! Just visit PhotoFunia and you'll know what to do next!

Just see the photos below! Pictures do paint a thousand words don't they? :o)

Model: Cindy Joyce - a wonderful cousin-in-law that has become like a younger sister to me here in China... Happy Birthday - you're a lady now (according to your ahia Joey! hihi) and very pretty!

Model: Margaret - a loving aunt to EJ and extremely close to my heart... I miss you sis :o) We'll see each other soon... I really love this shot - so YOU - simple yet pretty!

Do let me know if you know other sites similar to this one... I really enjoy photo editing :o) Have fun!

Santa in China!!!

Last Saturday we went to Walmart (yep, we have it here in China) and we were so happy to find Santa dancing :o) So I immediately told my baby to hold Santa's hand... I remember last year Christmas decors weren't up not until almost the 20th of December and there was no moving St. Nick. But now it's earlier and with Santa dancing, EJ was so amazed...not to metion I was more amazed! hihi... Somehow China's beginning to relate to the Christmas celebration - in terms of the occasion that is, but not the reason for this season - which is Christ's birth. But someday, I'm sure they will understand the real reason for this season :o)

Merry Christmas to you :o) From China with love...

Looking for an Ecard?

I'd like to thank French Fancy for this website that she posted in her blog. Really cool! It's Jacquie Lawson's animated ecards all year round! You can become a member if you like but if not, you can still have a chance to send the cards to your friends! I really really like her collection... Visit this site, click on the card you like then click "Preview this Card".


Click on the picture and see what I'm talking about... It'll only take a few seconds to load and a few seconds to view so no hassles, click away!

In case the picture won't link, click here: Santa's Flight. I'm sure your kids will love these ecards :o) MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Got sites similar to this one? Do let me know so we can visit them... thanks!

MY BIRTHDAY BLOG :o)

Last Dec. 10, yours truly turned a year older - yep, I'm 31 :o) I cooked spaghetti and prepared ice box cake. Mu husband bought 2 small cakes (can u see them? too small huh!) with those teenie weenie candles too that says 31 (yes, that's how you're supposed to read those candles!) Imee bought the Sprite and the oranges... And oh, I'm wearing Cathy and Jon's gift - i love purple! Other stuffs on the table are just add ons to make it look "full" (wink)

They were singing HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU and it made me very excited so I clapped my hands and had that ALL OUT SMILES!

We had our family picture...Yes, this is our family here in China. We managed to stick together and be there for each other in good times and bad... Cindy girl, we miss you here!!! Don't worry, you'll have your share of treat this weekend :o)

My 2 loves gave me their kisses...i love this shot!

EJ and I blew my tiny candles...and off we ate all we can.

We ended the night with this "showing off my tummy" pose... Baby is 18 weeks so here's how we both look :o)


Before I end this blog, for the record, my day wasn't perfect... My husband came home at 9pm because he needed to stay at work to finish a deadline so the rest of us had to eat our partial dinner while waiting for him because we were all starving, EJ accidentally hit my cheekbone with his head (oh my it hurt and it made me weep like a child!!!) but in spite that, I made a choice not to allow anything to rob my joy. So we had those photos up there :o)

Life is simple... Birthdays need not be expensive nor perfect. As long as you have special people to celebrate it with, that for me is a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Heard of Santa Cops?

Here's an interesting post I read from poshpost:

"The Santa Cops of the Philippines...But aside from thwarting criminal activity, the Santa Cops also help people, such as helping this old lady cross the street. They also give out candies to children. And sometimes, those in complete Santa costume, take time out to have a picture taking with interested kids." Read More

Yes it is Christmas and the initiative sounds good but I wonder if the other parts of the World do let their cops wear this Santa costumes too... Or this is one of those moments we can say ONLY IN THE PHILIPPINES? If yes, is this something we can be proud of as Filipinos?