Perfect Foods for Weight Watchers

After I’ve cooked a 6-kilo pork hamonado recipe for our weekend church service DH told me that it’s delicious and perfect in his taste. I got a ‘wow’ from my family too so to pay them back for praising my menu I promised them a repeat performance today so they can feast on it. Actually it’s a simple recipe only but you have to be cautious of the blending of taste. From my ingredients of pineapple, brown sugar and cheese you’ll know that it’s a combination of salty, sweet and sour. Well the final taste of pork hamonado is really good though the rolled one is much better.

Anyway with this viand it’s hard to stick on your diet meal plan as it contains sugar and cheese plus the fact that it’s pork. If I’ll do it often I guess I will be searching for the most effective weight loss pills because I’ll surely be gaining pounds from eating this kind of food. Now I have a resolution that after this day I’ll have my own meal for a week and I’ll stick to veggies and fruits just like the past month. I’ve proven these foods to be the perfect meals for weight loss. I’ll do it not only to be slimmer but to be healthy as well. I know I’m not getting younger and I should really watch what I eat to prevent being overweight and to avoid getting sick.

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:TC - High or Low - Ferris Wheel from Below

Thursday Challenge

for fun and learningHigh

Low

Got a pretty shot here from below where Josh and I were both staring at the towering ferris wheel in enchanted kingdom, one of the best amusement parks in our place. We didn't ride in one of those stomach fluttering seats, we're contented enough to watch from where we stand. I'm afraid of heights and I wouldn't trust myself with my lil boy with me lol!

The second one is a shot from the top of the five-storey building (I was in the fourth floor inside or rented room for the church). It's actually my first time there last year and I just wanted a scene from top to show it to my other church mates who were not there with us when we visited it first. It's between 8-9pm then last August 2009. The weather is humid and after the shot it rained a bit.

For more 'high or low' themed photos click here!

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Our Crowning Glory

I’ve seen my former high school classmates in our recent 50th alumni homecoming and it was so good attending events like that. You’ll get to see your old friends, maybe your first crush and of course some of your not-so-nice classmates which turns out very friendly after several years. Well for us it’s been 25 years after high school and we prided ourselves that we made it to arrange ourselves a pretty good silver anniversary last December.

Anyway some of the girls didn’t change much except for added weight like me especially those who has given birth too many kids. Some others you will not easily recognize and few men especially from other older batches started to have thinning hair. Maybe they’re not too cautious of their hair because I know that there are many available treatments for hair loss like procerin which is an all-natural treatment for male hair loss. I reckon some people are not comfortable with consulting their problem to doctors because of many personal reasons. If only they knew that some treatment need not be bought with a prescription so it only goes that it’s safe for common usage of men for their hair loss problem. Some says that it’s not important to be so vain in maintaining your hair but to me hair is a crowning glory of a person and it’s a protection of our head as well. Don’t you think so?

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Super Mom Sked

Got too much schedule for today. First we’re the host of our weekly bible study so I got to cook for 50-60 people. Well I’ve already ordered 6 kilos of meat and did my grocery for the ingredients. I’ve cooked pork hamonado, a favorite here in our house and also our specialty. I just did the unrolled hamonado with mouth watering pineapple sauce made thick with cheese, pineapple tidbits, sliced bread and cornstarch. I’m finished at lunchtime and my judges (my kids and Mom) rated my menu with flying colors lol!

Next, I got to run for the 3pm meeting in Ruth’s school with the graduation committee. Ms. President asked me to preside the meeting because she’s caught up in traffic. The meeting was finished at 4:30pm and I went home with my two girls to rush again to submit my weekend meme entry before arranging everything needed for the church bible study dinner. Lastly, when everything was checked and completed I finally went to see DH half on my way to the church. We went back home before 12 and I finally finished my very hectic schedule. More again tomorrow!

Image from glitter-graphics.com

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A Life Worthy to Live For

People have their own weaknesses and strengths and we should be able to identify it on ourselves in order to cope up with life’s daily challenges. Handling life’s difficulties always depend on the person’s capabilities to deal with it. We have our own ways of managing our problems. Some seek refuge by turning to God and asking for His spiritual guidance through prayers. Many survive from the help of family, relatives and friends but few keep their problems inside and turn to drugs or alcohol to forget their anxieties. They don’t want others to take pity on them and believe that with the help of drugs they will forget the bad things that happened in their lives.

I have a relative whose long journey with drug addiction has led him to a life with no direction. He has forsaken his family and made his life miserable. Several years ago he has been sent to a treatment center like that of Michigan Drug Rehab and we all thought that he’ll change his ways after his 8-month treatment. He changed for a month or two but after that he returned to his vices because he has some friends which coaxed him into taking too much alcohol. We’ve always been aware that his friends are bad influence on him and that time they succeeded on making him addicted again but this time he became addicted to alcohol.

His immediate family is thinking if they will return him to a drug rehabilitation center to give him recovery program like what Michigan Drug Rehabilitation is doing on their patients but we found out that the cause of his addiction is dealing too much on his frustrations in life. That’s the common problem of people involved in addiction they pity themselves too much that they resort to drugs and alcohol just to forget their miserable life.

The result of my observation shows that some youth who find themselves hooked on drugs and alcohol are those who are seeking special attention from their parents and loved ones. They don’t think that what they’re doing is a problem because they’re having fun with it. The case aggravates because sometimes their families don’t want to let these things out in the open because of embarrassment for the family. But the truth is it’s them who can really help their children who are in the wrong side of the road. By letting them know that addiction is a problem they can very well ask them to let them undergo treatment on trusted rehabilitation center like Drug Rehab in Michigan who can give the proper counseling, behavioral therapies and medical treatment they badly needed. Helping our loved ones change their lives for the better will not only make their lives worthy to live for but happy and peaceful as well.

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My February Top Droppers

I'd like to give my thanks and appreciation to those who visits my blog regularly and drop their ECs even if this past few days I fail to visit their blogs. I'm just having some problems with my pc and sometimes it's hard to open volume of sites because my browser hangs or crash, kindly hang on until I fixed the problem.

Dropper	# of drops
Traders' Hub	30
Guitarbench.com	28
Laane Loves	27
Laane on the World	27
Pure Natural Diva	27
A Simple Life	21
Jean sQuared	20
Mommy's Little Corner	20
Wirez and Circuitz	20
Life's sweets and spices	19

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Readying Car for Next School Year

It’s another year again and next month we’ll have to deal with renewal of our car’s registration We’re thinking of how we’re going to have it registered with its current status. Anyway we still have two weeks to finalize our decision. We have our quotations now for the complete repair and it spells expenses. Although it’s still in repair status I’m searching for an affordable auto insurance quote so when the car returned to its normal running condition we’ll be ready with the processing of insurances and registration. How I wish the car will be ready for the next school year opening of classes as I’ll have three students on three different schools.

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:Friday Fill-ins #165

1. A cup of tea is enough to relax my moods and controls my cravings for sweet foods
2. Any comfortable place with nice people makes a place feel like home.
3. Everything has its beauty you just have to be aware of the minute details in order to appreciate them.
4. Don't you like the taste of strawberries? Me, I just love it
5. Art makes me feel fulfilled.
6. LOL I just noticed I forgot that the boss is there looking at me while I eat my snack, I should have given him some
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to attending our high school golden alumni in Cainta Catholic College, tomorrow my plans includedownloading our alumni pics and applying my blogs to one company and Sunday, I want to arrange our hosting for midweek bible study on March 3.

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Fully-Booked Schedule

I have plenty of scheduled activities tomorrow concerning the school of my kids. I have PTA Officers meeting and another meeting with graduation committee. Janet gave me the list of people to write letter to complete the necessary documents for the venue and the program. I have to make 3 letters for the administrative officer of the village we’re renting the venue from, another letter informing the Superintendent of our chosen venue for graduation and the last one for the high school principal where we will be hiring cadets for the graduation ceremony.

I have to remind myself that I also need to get some cardboard display quotation just in case we’ll need some. Janet and I are lucky to have each other always as a team because she’s the president of the graduation committee and I’m the secretary. As always I’ll have to do all documentations but its fine as long as I’m only in the background, I’m good at being an assistant.

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Tell Someone You Love Them

I once read an old story about two friends who lives far apart. They thought of visiting each other but the busy life they have prevented them from seeing each other for years. The promise that they will visit each other has been forsaken and never materialized until one day one of them learned that her friend has died already and because of that she will find the time now to visit the wake of her dearest friend. She never said that she loves her though she’d been planning to do that when they meet again. Upon seeing her friend lying dead in her funeral she regretted the time that has passed in their lives when they’ve been slaved by their work and busy schedule. So if you want to say ‘I love you” to your family and friends say it when there’s time, say it now! It’s always good to let them know you care!

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