Just Around Us

It's my father's birthday today and even if he's not with us anymore we still want to remember him on his birthday. It's been 11 years since God has taken him to rest his body and even if it took me a long while to recover from his death I thank God that now I can hold my tears from falling when the topic is him. Know why it took me so long? I'm his favorite as what they always say because I look like him and my traits are almost same as him also.

My Mom always tells others that I took many of his talents lol! Well I've got his photographic mind, his flair for writing - he's the speech writer of our town mayor in his time, his administrative skills in office and many other things that my family knew. Some that I got from him are the small simple ways, mannerisms, the way he walks and his temper sometimes! Being a Sagittarian also just like him, and as I've said his looks particularly the eyes and lips.

Well, this will take me so many sentences and paragraphs to describe him and how I missed simple things about him but the most important thing is we really missed him in the house. Now we’re happy that God sent us a small thing to be happy because my youngest, my son Joshua resembles him so much. It reminds us of him and we thank God that now we feel he's just around the corner watching us all..

Read more...

Financial Freedom Awaits

Through this entire economic crisis in our country people tend to use credit cards and apply for loans so they can survive their own financial struggle. Little did they know that the more they depend on credits the more they’re unable to manage their money wisely? Temptations will be there for people who will not be able to control their desire to spend beyond their capacity. The only solution if the debts became higher than their earnings are debt consolidation companies that helps people manage their finances and consolidate their multiple debts into one.

And there’s also good news that there are companies who provided loans through different government programs with the objective of helping people pay their multiple loans. The government debt consolidation loans are great solution in consolidating various loans into one single loan. Even students benefit from this loan and the interest rate is very low.

Aside from debt consolidation a person with too much debt can also file for bankruptcy. But one must also know how does bankruptcy work because your property can be of danger. You’ll have to sell some of your property to pay off debts and will be in a payment program depending on the amount of your debt. Financial freedom awaits those who are ready to take the challenge of financial advice on managing your finances wisely. After all it’s nice to free of debt again

Read more...

:Wordless Wednesday-Paintings (Musicians)

Happy Wordless Wednesday though I'm not all wordless today (as always lol!!) This painting was taken inside the conference room in our office. I always stare at this painting everyday because I love paintings of all kinds. Guess I'll share this with you guys! I'll have another entry of paintings in My Crossroads.

Visit more WW entries -> here.

Wordless Wednesday

Read more...

Shot On The Spot

I find this tag exciting because you really have to post a recent picture of yours not necessarily the prettiest but the one that's shot on the spot. The moment I saw this tag I really got so excited. This photo was taken by my daughter Gen while we're hurrying to the car on our way to our sunday fellowship in Cubao.

I just went to one side of our living room and say cheese lol! I'm always the one who shots but this time I'm the one who pose for a shot. I asked Gen to be firm and good in taking my shot coz I usually don't look good in pictures lol! excuses :-)

This tag by the way came from Cecil, a blogger friend dear to me and my sis Redge. She tagged us both. Anyway this is really nice and I want to pass this to my blogger friends JennyL, Yen, Emzkie, Tere, Darlene, JennyR, Ivy, Lainy, Nita and new friend Fat.

Here's the rules:

1. Take a picture of yourself right now! (the moment you read this tag)
2. Don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair, just take a picture.
3. Post that picture without editing.
4. Post these instructions with your picture.
5. Tag 10 people to do this. And don't forget to leave them a message about the tag.

Read more...

Save Energy!

Due to road widening in our place our electric meter’s glass cover was accidentally broken during the demolition of commercial space near our house. It was our meter many years back and we’re so glad that it’s a mechanical meter not the new digital meter being imposed by the current provider of electricity. When Meralco knew about this they replaced our old broken meter with their new digital meter.

This changing of meter alarmed us because I’ve heard stories of sudden increase of meter reading due to new digital meters. True enough our usage or watts consumed has increased by 20% and when we requested for a mechanical meter they said that they will phase that kind of meter so they will not be able to grant our request. As there’s no point in arguing with them we just thought of solutions on how we can minimize our consumption so I look for energy efficient lights and appliances that will help us save energy and money.

Read more...

:Today's Flowers #18

This poinsettia was given by Leah, our tenant for so many years and has grown closer to us especially to my Mom. Our tenants know that my Mom loves plants and flowers so when they see nice plants and flowers they love to bring them to my Mom.

Poinsettia was commonly known as the Christmas flower with fiddle-shaped leaves and terminal right red flowers in clusters. They have a variety of pink flowers too! If eaten these flowers can sometimes cause vomiting and diarrhea.

See more of Today's Flower entries here.

Read more...

Easier and Cost-Effective Payment System

In keeping with the latest high technology level people have been using credit and debit cards for their purchases rather than cash. It’s safer to bring card than cash and sometimes if you run out of cash you’ll never worry because you can have your purchase through credit cards. Payment is also easier as there are many electronic payment centers available 24/7 to help you do your payments quick and easy, no need to wait in line for your turn to pay. I have observed that most of the people now especially those who are employed in companies have one or two credit cards and have been taking advantage of electronic payment just like me. I usually do my payments there, very convenient.

Now it’s even more convenient and user-friendly with Prodigy Payment Systems, a company which provides not just one but several forms of electronic payment processing solutions to small and medium-sized retail business customers. They’ve been in this business for 70 years the reason why you can trust them to have the best solutions for all payment transactions.

With their Clear Advantage Secure Payment they offer the most advanced technology in payment system with special features such as more forms of payments accepting credit cards, smart cards,debit/ATM cards, checks and gift/loyalty cards, speed messaging which helps the merchants communicate with prodigy easier, extended memory, small footprint for smaller counter space, robust reporting and advanced receipt functions.

So if you want to avail their service go online now and contact their customer service which is always ready to answer your queries. You can apply online and be approved easy and quick. No need to worry as they have a sixty-day trial period. Call now at 1-800-641-0421 and start to have a cost-effective, convenient and state-of-the-art electronic payment system.

Read more...

The Spirit of BEAR-iuca

Got this from LadyJava's Lounge and thought of joining this one, anyway the truth is I like Mariuca's bear :-). If you want you can join also!

-START COPYING HERE-

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there lived a powerful Genie Princess named Mariuca who was known throughout the land as the friendliest, most popular blogger in the blogosphere kingdom. Adored and admired by international visitors and commentators from around the world, the Genie Princess travels the blogosphere on her magical flying carpet, always looking for ways to share her good fortune with others.

Over the past two years of blogging, Mariuca has met so many new people, from all walks of life and all over the world, each one bringing a little of their culture and lifestyle when they visit and comment on Mariuca’s two sites. So on her 2nd Blog Anniversary, Mariuca wanted to celebrate with all of her international blogosphere buddies by hosting a bear-naming contests at Wishing On A Falling Star and Mariuca’s Perfume Gallery and to pass her two lucky, cuddly teddy bears along to the winners who came up with the best names.

On the opposite side of the world, from the moment Roxy (the prolific Roxiticus Desperate Housewives blogger) and her sweet daughters London and Maddie saw the teddy in his personalized t-shirt and blue muffler at Wishing On A Falling Star, they knew that he needed to come to live with their family in Mendham, NJ. The three New Jersey girls named him immediately and burst into a wonderful song for BEAR-iuca:

BEAR-iuca, BEAR-iuca, amazing teddy cheer.
BEAR-iuca, BEAR-iuca, we’d love you to come live here!

Mariuca received 16 possible names for the Mariuca Teddy Bear, making it hard for the Genie Princess to choose just one…then Alakazam! A bolt of lightning delivered the perfect way to share BEAR-iuca’s good fortune to bloggers around the globe. While the soft, stuffed, cuddly BEAR-iuca is on his way to live with Roxy, London, Maddie and Rex in the Roxiticus Valley, the Spirit of BEAR-iuca is racing through the blogosphere to bring happiness, holiday cheer, and beary best wishes to everyone who welcomes him into their online home and passes along the BEAR-iuca good luck charm to ten friends.

Please play along with us by following a few important rules:

1. Add your site(s) to the list once you have received the Spirit of BEAR-iuca badge of teddy bear cheer.
2. Pass along the Spirit of BEAR-iuca and his cheery badge to as many people as you like.
3. Leave a comment HERE once you’ve passed on the Spirit of BEAR-iuca.
4. Once Roxy and the 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!

BEAR-iuca LOVES

1. Mariuca 2. Roxiticus Desperate Housewives 3. Mariuca’s Perfume Gallery 4. Roxy’s Best Of... 5. Bay Head Blog 6. Roxiticus Best Blogs 7. Emila's Illustrated Blog 8. Metz - Empty Streets 9. The Spirit of Blogging 10. Speedcat Hollydale Page 11. Snapshot 12. purplefrogcat 13. Turn-u-Off 14. Simple Life 15. A Little Girl Talk 16. Life in the Lapadula House 17. Spicybugz World 18. The Mom With Brownies 19. Our High School Homeschool 20. Our Five Dangerous Boys 21. The Big Dog 22. LadyJava's Lounge 23. Moments of My Life 24. Life is too short to be ordinary 25. A Great Pleasure 26. Time Goes By 27. Life According To Me 28. Laketrees 29. This is a miracle 30. Porcelain Doll 31. Moms...CheckNyo 32. Wonderful Things In Life 33. Sweet Nothings 34. Hot Shit Form Here 35. My Crossroads 36. YOU Next!

-END COPY-

Read more...

My Mom In-Law’s Birthday

It’s my Mom In-law’s birthday yesterday and she helped us host the bible study yesterday. She brought 7 whole chicken lechon, 5 dozens of steamed puto and 4 kilos spaghetti. I cooked more than a dozen of gelatin stuffed with pineapple and raisins. It was a kind of thanksgiving for all the blessings that came her way and especially for another year of happy and healthy life.

Since I went home from office to get the desserts from our house I almost ran out of time getting to the church. I was so busy with lots of activities that I forgot my digicam so I just used my mobile phone camera for some shots of her birthday. I’m glad that I didn’t forget our Pastor’s auto insurance that my sis Redge reminded me early morning yesterday. It’s very important and Pastor needs it immediately.

Read more...

:Wordless Wednesday - Missing The Province

I'm terribly missing the sceneries in the province - the quiet beauty of the mountain with clouds almost kissing the tips. The trees that's giving us fruits and shades and the simplicity of everything that spells nature. Happy Wordless to all! See my other entry!

Visit more WW entries -> here.

Wordless Wednesday

Read more...