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It was only last 2005 when I created my first social networking site. I enjoyed it to the time that I always was logged in. Yet nothing was new, I just uploaded pictures, watched pictures of my friends and reconnect with some other friends that I missed. For three years, I was always having it updated. And then on 2008, an officemate of mine invited me to create an account to today’s hot networking site. I created mine, but at first, I was not enjoying it as much as I enjoyed the first one, with the first one, I can personalized my theme, however, with this new one, I haven’t, it was just plain blue and white. It took me a long time before I appreciated it, perhaps some Social Media Agency needs to promote it, until one day, I finally was enjoying using it. Up until now, it was fun seeing your old friends whom you’ve haven’t found for years, see their shoutouts hear the latest news and pictures. It was also memorable to me because from this site, I found my one and only

I can say, I enjoy both, F_F, got what I mean? They’re both aiming to keep connected with friends and families. We just need to be cautious and wary posting something on it, other people abuse the sites, that is the bad side of it that we must be wary of.

Stay connected!

Till then,

Finally, after years of togetherness, the love of Patrick Santillan (a high school friend) and Karen Paña was finally binded by a marriage on July 24, 2010 at Villa Escudero Tiaong, Quezon. All the important persons were around to witness how the couple vouched with each other, TILL DEATH DO US PART and exchanged the I DO. Finally…

The long wait was over, the groom entered with his parents waited for his bride in front of the altar. Primary sponsors, flower girls, ring and bible bearers, best man, maid of honor, secondary sponsors and the bridesmaids who were in violet combined with pink waistbands gowns, followed by the bride’s parents, entered too. Karen’s parents waited for her to enter, and then finally, stepping down from the calesa, the bride entered the church as the singer sang “How Did You Know” and as confetti showered upon as she entered, she might have been feeling as if she was walking in the cloud.  

Everyone’s eyes were staring at here, she was the prettiest (she should be, it was her moment, their moment hehehe). That was it, the bride’s hands finally handed to the groom, expressing “Hey you’ll be mine forever” The wedding ceremony has began, officiating priest was from Lusacan Tiaong, Quezon (sana naalala ko name nya no, but I do recognized him). The ceremony lasted for an hour. The newly wed was greeted by the fireworks outside the church afterward! Bonga!

We were fetched by a ride driven by carabaos going to the reception hall.

Bear, the symbol of the couple’s love, from the love story narrated by Martin, bear was the first gift given by Patrick to Karen and every morning, karen was always surprised to see bear in her table, when they were still in Hoya - this was the unforgettable company for them because their story began here. After the love story sharing, we were regaled by the Villa Escudero’s cultural presentation - Pandango sa Ilaw and Banga. All the other traditional wedding part followed including the bouquet and garter throwing.

Villa Escudero’s cultural presentaion - Pandango sa Ilaw

Villa Escudero’s cultural presentaion  - Banga

The most awaited to be served, dinner by buffet. Surfeit! After this, another traditional part was done, the couple danced at the middle of the reception and everyone pinned any amount, this will be the first hanapbuhay the couple will save.

And the gathering has ended, we left the couple at—-i wish I looked at my watch. The wedding that gone through an expensive efforts and presentation, the venue, the food the photographer and videographer, the fireworks, and all that. They say it’s the wedding of the year. Indeed! They both deserved it!

Congrats to the newly wed couple, may your marriage life will be forever, and I am sure it will be!

Till then,

Panic, anxious, worried, these are some of the feelings I bet an individual who is about to leave the 30’s age and become 40. When this happens be sure to buy gifts for a 40th birthday of a friend. Anything will do, it’s the thought that counts. Yet, still since your friend will be turning 40 and will face a new chapter of his life, better yet, find something valuable and worth keeping. Gifts can be found every where, just learn how to scrutinize them.

I had given gifts for two most important persons in my life, my father and mother,.When they turned 40, I was attending my college classes then, the gift I bestowed them gifts were costless, it can never be brought every where, they were made personally by my hands, heart, and mind, that’s how they are important to me. You can do the same too, be creative and every thing will turn just fine.

Till then,

I see families spending their time along the highway, under the bridge and along the overpass, I also see falimies sleeping in a cart, or using a cart as their shelter . Where are their homes? Sad but true, that our country still belongs to a third world country - the poor ones, and the things I have mentioned are but a few situations and problems we long to solve. Many leaders have gone through this, yet remains unsolved. Hmmmm, I was just thinking, will the newly elected President be able to finally solve this? (wondering)

We are lucky to be sheltered under our homes, no matter what materials it was built. We really can feel that home is where the heart is, especially when there is love, harmony and unity within. We don’t need to acquire rustic furniture to call our house a home, the mere people living and spending time together. I am proud that I have a home to sleep with, to spend time with and to share laughs with.

I did hear from someone that we can call any structure as a home, whether it be a corrugated box, a cart, built under the bridge or along the high way, a home depends on the person or families living therein. I must say, it depends upon how perceive a home. Yours is a home too!

Till then,

I was told a story by inay when I spent my weekend at home in Tiaong, Quezon last Sunday, a story about how cheap the cost of living was during their young age. A single centavo was worth hundred during that yore time. I was thinking then how fast really the time passes, look at us now, a single centavo has no value anymore, what can you buy with that amount nowadays, nothing right? You cannot even make your basket full of goods with just P500 at hand, a big difference, everything seems so expensive nowadays, in this 20th century, how much more in the coming years? Can we do something to shun and even stop this fast economic changes?

Sometimes, you get dizzy and headache thinking where to get money when in dire need, tuition fees, monthly bills, housing or car monthly amortization, credit card bills and monthly due for loans. Let’s all face it, we do experience times where all expenses are coming simultaneously that you even do not know how to settle those obligations. Wheow, sigh, shrug and pray that you will be able to surpass those. I’ve been through this many times and thankfully, I managed to take them smoothly and responsibly.

We can do something to responsibly face our liabilities, just explore and think of positive ways that will help you take these. There are many ways around, try to widen your outlook, visualize your conjecture and materialize them! We are responsible for all the things happening to us

AJA!

Till then,

Yes I have mentioned that a home does not necessarily mean to be big, what important is the harmony and love within. But, I suggest that since it is a place where we spend most of our time, might as well have some attractive, beautiful and inexpensive furnitures. You might want to consider San Diego furniture stores and choose among the variety of home furnitures they are offering, not only that your home will be a very great place to take respite with, but also an excellent place where you can bring and invite friends on some occasion. One of the furnitures that needs to be selected critically is the leather couch San Diego, you of course want that anyone who sits in there will feel very comfortable and at home. 

Aside from a comfortable and soft sofa or couch, to complete the feeling of being at home, you would need to have some entertainment whether you want to unwind and relax, or just do some rest, I suggest that choose also a nice and tv stand San Diego. Complete the set, feel at home, comfortable feeling, a great place really to spent time resting and unwinding.

Again, it does not matter if you have a big or small home nor you have few and limited furnitures, it’s waht you feel inside your heart.

Till then,

No place could ever replace a home, this is why we need to make a house a home. It has a difference according to my teacer, a house is not a home. A home according to H.L. Mencken is not a mere transient shelter, its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it. A house is a structure but a home is the people who live in the house and make it safe and pleasant place to be. Home is where the heart is - as we often hear. 

Anyone of us can make a house a home, especially if done with San Diego Bedspreads those rooms to make it more comforable to sleep with and spend time resting with, San Diego Window Shades are also to consider, make it cooler and cozier, no place will be felt as good as a home if surrounded by beautiful and cozy windows. Furthermore, I know you want to create an excellent impression even at the very entrance of your doorstep, might as well use san diego granite and you will never be ashamed.

These pictures are just some suggestions, yet, we can have a home in any way we can, no matter how it looks, no matter how big or small that is, so long as the persons living inside have harmony, respect, love and unity in each other, then that is what we finally call home.

It starts in our ownselves, if we treat each other as one and as a family, if we are living in a box, it is still consider a home. Remember, a house is just a structure, no heart is in it. I want to always spend my time n a home rather in a house

We can always make a difference, if you are presently living in a house, you can easily make it a home, just live with a heart

Till then,

My tatay, the eldest of eleven siblings, he who was not able to finish high school because he wanted to help lolo earning a living, responsible kuya and tatay. He also is a kind brother to his siblings, man of few words to them.  A loving husband and father to all of us. He is very kind, he never spanked nor berated me, except when I made fun of him, I pulled the chair when he was about to sit, hehehe , he fell on the ground, he twisted my ear, that was the first and final time he got mad of me.

When I was a kid, he always wanted me to accompany him in fiesta and some occasion, as a child, sige go, and he always went home drank, I was always there to guide him. My father, simpleng Fernado Poe movie suffices him, I love the way he laughs, I love him watching comedy shows because he really laughed out loud, that was why I bought Mr. Bean hahaha, because I want to hear his laughters.

My father sent and fetched me in kanto of our barangay riding in his bicycle when I was studying in college. He woke up early that time. There was even one time when my father fetched me using his bicycle and I was riding, I was already working then, one of my friends saw it and told me that he is so sweet.

He still strives hard for my family, I help them of course, but they also wanted to earn through themselves, tatay is a vendor, selling butse and pilipit riding his bike. He never gets tired rising up early helping inay preparing the paninda.

Tay, we love you, we wouldn’t be responsible citizens of this country if not with your guidance and and of inay. You always are our makulit and paulit ulit magkwento na tatay. You are sometimes silent, but I know that your heart is full of happiness, you know what I mean. I hope in my own little ways, I gave you much happiness. Thank you for taking care of us and providing us our needs as much as you can, to the extent that you did not go home and slept at your work just to feed us, working in a rice mill, peddling and most of all a carpenter. You are a very successful man for building a happy home. I love it

We love you tatay no one can be as loving as you, as caring as you, our humble and loving tatay in this world. You are one and only, the best in the whole world. We love you! Mwah much

If only I can turn back time, I will still do the same things I did before. Those had made me adamant and steadfast facing all the sacrifices life brought. I would still choose the family I have now, for me life is so fruitful and fair that it’s worth treasuring every minutes and seconds of your breathing. I live my life to the way I know is inspirational, not only witness by my family but also of all the people around me. They can vouch for that! I am blessed with loving family, and that I will never exchange for something, they are my inspiration, they are my strength.

Others complain about their lives, but for me, life will treat you the way how you treated it, if you live in an optimistic way, then life will do the same. Be positive, try to convert the negative into positive, we can always do that, we are the masters of our selves, we are the captain of our own boats. Might as well do the best for you and those people around you

Till then,

My bad, my roommates are here busy cleaning our room and yet here I am writing on my blog, uploading pictures in facebook and wheow… Sorry… They wash dishes, wipe ashes, and arrange door hangers. I really wish I could help you guys, it’ll be my turn next time, just need to finish what I am doing then go home in Quezon afterward. Few minutes left, I will be starting to pack my things and go home. I will be with my family again, and will spend my Monday celebrating my mother’s birthday, treat her on that day together with my father and brothers. Hope we can make you happy

Till then,

I love giving presents especially to my loved ones, I would repeatedly do it, no matter what, I love to see the smiles painted in their face as I hand them the gift.

It’s my mother’s birthday on June 07, good thing I found bulova watch, I might consider giving this to her as her watch does not function anymore, it needs new battery though! That day is very special for her and for us, and we should give her the best of the best because she is the best for us!

And to be fair, I’ll pair one for my father. They are both special and best for us anyway, they are worth these gifts. It’s that time that we express our love to our loved ones, give them the best present that they would treasure forever!

Till then,

OMG, dress down is over too, goodbye jeans, goodbye sneakers!! Welcome slacks, welcome corporate attire, welcome styletos.. Wait, I think we shall be on dress down again because it pisses us when we get wet due to rain .

As I was riding on a bus this morning, I was sleeping though, yet when I opened my eyes on some part of Alabang, I saw that it was raining very hard outside, but went back to sleep again jejeje.. I want to sleep and sleep and sleep while travelling, (sayang ang 2 hours kung manonood ka lang ng sasakyan habang daan). Approaching Manila, rain was gone. This just indicates that summer is over and let us all welcome the rain

Till then,

I was answering our HBO final exam when friends of my mother came in. Oh no, I was racking my head, concentrating on the exam when they arrived. This made me hard to think anymore, too bad They chatted too loud, laughed loud that I was really unable to answer the rest of the question, bad bad bad. Oh well. I noticed that one of inay’s friend used treatment for eczema, she used to have that, and now I noticed that hers was gone. Good for her!

As I was disturbed, I discontinued answering the questions until this time at 8pm, luckily, I was able to finish it, we have to answer and submit it on May 31st only. Good luck to all of us classmates, i can feel that we will pass

Till then,

My family is currently facing a test, a test if we still have the mettle to believe that we can. We cannot shun to think that we can’t make it, and yet, by believing in God and through the love we have, I still believe we can survive it. God will not give us everything to test our faith.

This post may seem vague and message cannot be determined right away, I chose not to tell it fully here, I chose just to express and believe that we can survive this test of life. We’ve gone through many, and   we can do it again now! Just don’t give my tito an eczema that will force us to give him an eczema treatment, kidding though

We can do and survive it! Yes we can!

Till then,

I was amused by my title weeee…. Perfectly blinded by blinds, this has nothing to do with disability or something, I am referring to window blinds. Timing issue, because I am personally looking for a perfect blinds that can be used at home, I have not installed any permanent window yet, like those window glasses and the like, and my cousin suggested that since we haven’t installed any yet and we are using bamboo instead covered by curtains, she suggested us to use blinds to perfectly cover the window opening. I am considering to use natural wood blinds just like what I normally see everywhere. However, why not try custom blinds online and feel relaxed roman shades it bring. I am considering buying those, apparently, I also need to consider the prize, when I inquired to one of the near stores, it costs more than P500.00, that’s a single unit, and we have how many windows?

Using blinds will eke beauty to your home or in your office, let me talk about office first. I am amazed everytime I see homes with beautiful blinds, blending with the nice and attractive paint used. Home need not to be big, so long as it is clean and persons living therein are happy, like us. Ours is just simple, yet we love it and consider it as big as a mansion Happy living together.

Till then,

She’s always our baby, our inay. She who gave life to the three of us, she who takes care, nurtures and loves all of us without expecting anything in return. She who had gone through the tests of life since she was young, she who endured the pain, sacrifices and trials life brings. She who disciplined us, more disciplinarian than tatay is. Yes, we experienced her beating us, spanked us , pinched us, but we know the reason now, those were her ways of teaching us the right attitude, and we are what we are today because of her, I am proud to be her daughter, I am proud of my Inay!

Nay, thanks for the life you’ve given us, thanks for supporting all of us in our dreams, thanks for being a very good inay, thanks for always being there, not only for me but for everyone who you touch. You are so precious, can’t imagine life without you. We love you so much! Thanks for sacrificing your life, that we almost lost you when you gave birth to Leo, thanks for fighting!

We baby you, not only because it’s mother’s day, we baby you every day of our lives. We hope we somehow make your life comfortable now, we hope that the pain you’ve had already vanished. We love you so much!! Happy mother’s day!! Thank you so much!

Till then,

Relative to my prior post, if only my friend had an insurance and found the best life insurance quotes, it will somehow be helpful to him. He lost his life due to a motorcycle accident, he was the rider, the driver is struggling with his life, in the ICU and trying to live his life. I wish also he has the insurance to help him in this situation, unexpected situation.

Everyone of us needs this, for our security. You don’t want something bad happens, and this is the only weapon we could have, aside from living our lives well and living it up to the fullest.

Till then,

So live your life to the fullest, as if every day is the last. You never know when will your last day be. Express your love and gratitude to all the people around you.

It is but hard when you lose someone you love or someone who was part of your life. Especially when he left in an unexpected time and event. Memories are the only token left behind.

A townmate, classmate and a friend recently joined our Creator, he left his family and friends in an unexpected time. I was startled when I learned that he had a motorcycle accident and did not survive. Life is too short, he was so young. I am not sure though if he had fulfilled his mission here on earth or had lived his life to the fullest.

He’d been a good friend, our kababata, my classmate since kinder time until high school, had a teasing moments with lots of girls, naughty but friendly, he sometimes went into shaky and crooked lane, but I know he was able to take the straight path.

I saw him two weeks ago in the basketball league in our barangay, he was the player then. He was supposed to compete with my brother’s team. But unfortunately, he will never make it to the finals anymore

I was so sad, it is because we had fun times together with the rest of our batch and classmates. He always greeted me every time we bumped. I hope for the best, it’s hard for those people he left behind, but i know they will be able to cope up with it.

Wherever he is, we express our empathy and we will never forget you!

Till then

If you think recession brings no fortune then you are wrong. Sometimes, good fate, fortune and luck come during these times. Everyone tries to make the best ways to cope up with the crisis. With business, they are doing some promo and strategies while at the same time reaching out for the consumer or buyer.

One of these is the real estate service, and or real estate stimulus what comes to your mind when you first hear these words? It’s expensive and hard to acquire doesn’t it? Yet nowadays, it is somehow practical to look for best service. There is one I know, it offers an expanded tax credit to those first-time homebuyers or for those who have not owned in the last three years, amazing, they can receive up to an $8,000 tax credit. How is this? According to The National Association of Realtors News Release dated November 05, 2009, an estimated $22 billion has already been added to the general economy resulting from the bill and approximately 2M people will utilize the tax credit in 2009.

If I am that very destitute and find no ways other than the one I have mentioned above, I would grab the chance of taking this real estate, who knows?

Valentine’s is over, here comes graduation days. Many of the graduating students are excited to have their certificates. At last, the result of their four, five or ten years of toils is over, the time consumed for studying, the money spent for tuituion fees, books, projects and laboratories, out of town trips and educational trips were done, and here comes the reality, you graduates need to repay yourself and your parents, you need to practice what you’ve learned (for college graduates).

But wait, before trying to think and rack your mind as to what field you want, before making your feet tired of walking and looking for the best jobs, before spending lots of money printing your curriculum vitae and internet surfing, pamper yourself first, take a break, give yourself leadtime. It’s up to you how much you want it, how costly it will be. For the well-off, you may perhaps try La Jolla banquet rooms with your family or friends. You may even have a small salo-salo together after the ceremony and invite your closest classmates and friends. Me, I did it after the day of my graduation, I invited my friends, my housemates and classmates. It was fulffilling, I was happy because after four long years in college, I was able to graduate being a scholar and at the same time a working student, with the support of my parents and my lola.

Graduation is one of the memorable events in our lives, so make it as happy as possible, make it as fulfilling as possible, make it as treasurable ever!

Till then,