Summer Get Together At Villa Rubi Rosa

Had some fun last week as we gathered together and traveled to Laguna to spent the day on one of the resorts there. This time we chose Villa Rubi Rosa in Brgy. Pansol in Calamba, Laguna. We always hire private pool resort because we don't want strangers swimming with us :-) Anyway we're a big group so it's really advisable to hire one resort just for us.

Everyone had fun, the elders and the kids alike. I stayed in the kitchen in the morning and after we cooked everything - beef mechado and tilapia we (fellow cooks) dived in the pool after lunch. Josh was so happy having me with him on the other pool because he just stayed in the kids' pool in the morning. The adults acted like kids as they played volleyball, badminton and many other games in the pool.

All kids never seem to get enough of the water, they just appear whenever they're hungry and then they'll go back again in the pool. Josh was the perfect example as you can see in the picture that his eyes are reddish due to prolonged stay in the water. He also learned how to dive this time the reason why he told me when we got home that it's the best swimming he ever had. Funny! He always says that to me when he's happy!

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:WW - Water Splash!

Summer fun! Josh is enjoying the water here despite the splashes of water everywhere! Kids were so excited in this outing that after we enter the resort they just showered and dived in immediately. My kids were no exemption!

We had a great time at Villa Ruby Rosa Resort in Barangay Pansol, Calamba, Laguna together with our church friends. We're around 60 persons who celebrated the holiday dayoff in one of the spring resort capital in the Philippines my mom's provincial hometown Laguna.

View the lonely fallen coconut amidst the stones in a beach in My Crossroads.

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Wordless Wednesday

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Credit Card Processing

Every business enthusiast are trying to think of unique and perfect way how to make their chosen field of business work the way they want it. Starting up your own business can be a tasking one and you need to have a lot of perseverance, hard work, public relations, marketing strategy and smart finance approach. These factors can be the major ones in planning your own business coupled with your heart’s desire to really succeed in it.

In my observation in order to have a successful business you have to do a feasibility studies first so you’ll know the advantages and disadvantages, then you can start a personal survey on what type of business or service will definitely hit the market. Starting and running a business of your own is not a bed of roses.

To sum up all these factors and must have in order to have a successful business the owner should really be informed of many things and must be aware of what it takes to really succeed on whatever type you want to put up. In many businesses, stores and supermarkets today I’ve observed that they accept credit cards as an added attraction to consumers.

It’s been a remarkable study that a store or merchant accepting credit card payments have more sales than those accepting cash only. That’s why it’s advisable for businessmen to have an account for credit card processing and you can have it at merchantacceptance.com where they offer one account for credit card processing, paypal and google checkout, the convenience of not having multiple accounts. Signing up is easy and quick and you’ll be assured of a good credit card processing services. Go to their site and see their valuable services offered to merchants. By the way terminals and online payment gateway are free so there’s nothing to worry about the cost.

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13 Years of Being Married!

Another year has passed and we’ve come a long way from where we first began. We’ve shared many things along the way not only happiness but also sadness, not only success but failures, not only courage but fear and through all the challenges in life we also shared our faith in Jesus. We made it the center of our relationship and every time we felt like giving up it’s the hand of God who always brings us up. How wonderful God’s love is!

Through all the 13 years of having lived as husband and wife I came to know the person that I love dearly. His love holds us together despite many odds and circumstances. Everyday I thanked God that He has given me Ed for my partner in life, not only as husband and father to our kids but also a friend as well. He may not always hear it from me but I love him so much.

Remembering our story and good times together first as friends until we finally took our vows always gives me a smile on my heart and I’ll never be tired of sharing it.

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Josh and His Golf

My Josh was very persistent in getting his golf toy and when he reached home he likes to play it all the time. Actually the reason why he wants it is that he’s been playing golf games in my mobile and when he has the chance to play on our PC. I’m strict on my kids when it comes to playing games on the PC. I command the time they should be using and playing online games to discipline them and to prevent game addiction.

Now Josh started again on his never ending questions and this time it’s about golf. I told him that there are golf training aids which can help those who are new to golf and when he grows older and taller he can choose for himself which training aids he wants. That satisfied him.

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:Today's Flowers #38

My entry today is like an orchid but actually it's a tree flowers, viewing my first shot you can see a big tree full of these beautiful blooms, I didn't asked the name of the flower tree because the staff of the villa was so busy with their clients. I'm just amazed that a tree can produce such beautiful orchid-like blooms and if it were my tree I wouldn't have shortage for flowers for my mother's vase :-). This shot was taken in Villa Dominga Forest Resort in Indang, Cavite. We'll be there in December again and promised myself to ask the people there what's the name of this tree.

For more beautiful flowers, view Today's Flower entries here.

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A Good Cleanser!

During my one-month vacation from my work I had the chance to watch what I'm eating. I see to it that I eat at least one or two kinds of fruits and vegetables. Because I'm on the side of having excess pounds and I don't have time to make a true diet food plan I started disciplining myself on my intake of fiber foods. I know it helps a lot to balance my cholesterol level so I choose pineapple which I learned contains proper nutrients to fight many diseases.

I heard many friends searching about colon cleanse and was informed that they have paid quite an amount of money to pay for it. It’s really good because it’s a way to cleanse and detoxify our digestive system. Just like my favorite pineapple fruit which can be used to cleanse digestive system and to prevent cancer-causing toxins to enter your body.

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April Top Droppers

I'm here once again displaying here the top droppers who have patiently visited this blog this April. I'd like to express my warmest thanks to all of you and will try to do the same if my time permits me to do regular visits. We all know that visitors and droppers help our blogs that's why I'm very happy for all your help. It inspires me to update my write ups and post more valuable entries and photos because you're there to read and view all of my posts.

Dropper	# of drops
Lainy's Musings	29
Our Journey to Forever	29
Whatever Comes To My Mind	28
Symphony of Love	26
Cinnamon Spice & Everything Nice	25
Isker's Blog	23
My Sweet Haven	22
Jean sQuared	22
Denford Magora's Zimbabwe Blog	21
Easy Bingo	21

I'd like to extend appreciation to Ms. Jenn of My Sweet Haven and to my dear friend Lainy of Our Journey to Forever and Lainy's Musings for making it again to my top droppers for both of my blogs, thanks to both of you!

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Life's Security

Life is beautiful and we just have to be aware of God’s beautiful creations to realize that we are truly blessed by Him. Blessings can come in many faces like as spiritual blessing is actually worth more than financial blessings. It’s just that people tend to see materials things easier than spiritual gifts from God. We should learn how to appreciate the more important things in life like having a loving family, healthy mind and body and loyal friends that surround you.

Waking up everyday is a blessing that many don’t realize. Life is very important to us, some people spent big amount of money to be sure they will be protected from many sickness that commonly infects people and others gets immunization so they can’t be infected. Most people I know search and compare life insurance and secure the best offer they can get to ensure that they will be insured for life. It’s actually favorable to their family who would benefit from the proceeds of their insurances. There are many sites that offer different packages for life insurance.

I chanced upon USA Life Insurance and came to know of their services and benefits. You can browse their site to be informed of their discount life insurance solutions and life insurance quotations. They also compare various life insurance rates to help people be aware of how much they will be spending on a good life insurance package. Even if you are a beginner they have life insurance primer for you. It’s very beneficial because information is very much welcome when you need to know about insurance and the many things involved to get your security.

There are more ways than any of these to have security in life but the real security is when you turn to God for life security because it’s not only life here that you are secured but the life after this world.

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:WW-Baby's Walk In The Sand

Kezia Ammiel was seen here trying to walk in the beautiful sand in Buenasuerte Beach located in the town of Nabas, Aklan province. She enjoyed the never ending sand playground around her. Maybe she's wondering why her place suddenly turned from the bustling city of Caloocan to the soft sand of the beautiful beach. She's so pretty and cute here don't you think?

View her bonding moments with her father at My Crossroads

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Wordless Wednesday

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