Kettlebell

I’ve been hearing about many ways on how my friends lost their unwanted pounds. Some have followed diet regimen, others resorted to diet pills but most of them either strictly followed some exercise procedures or enrolled in workout activities. They told me gym workouts are a lot better than depriving yourself of the food you want. Indulging in workout exercises eventually disciplines your eating habit too so for them it’s the most effective way of maintaining your body weight. I’ve found some testimonies online on the advantages of having some gym exercises and saw some uses Kettlebell to eliminate fat and to have good muscles. It only takes minutes on a 3-day schedule and you’ll be on your desired weight and built. Awesome!

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:Today's Flowers #39

Most people can recognize this flower in an instant, this is the neighborhood's Santan which can be seen on almost all places here in the Philippines.

Ixora coccinea or commonly called Santan was said and known to have many uses; the flowers can be used for dysentery and leucoorhea, its decoction can be a remedy for hypertension and menstrual problems. Leaves are very useful for sprains, boils and eczema, its'decoction is good for wounds and skin ulcers. Even the roots are very useful for diarrhea or mouthwash for sore throat. According to studies this flower is a good antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and helps to heal wounds.

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

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Childhood in the Province

I’ve always loved reminiscing my childhood in our hometown in Laguna. I could still remember the scent of the grass as my brother and I play different kind of jumping and tumbling games. The excitement and happiness of being able to climb and relax in the guava tree will never be forgotten by the years that gone by. All those years of staying in our province are the most precious ones and define most of my childhood days before we moved to my father’s town in Rizal.

The difference of living in rural and urban is that you’ll be surrounded with God’s wonderful creations when you’re in the province. You’ll see mountains, river, never ending fruit trees and animals too. You’ll experience riding on the back of the carabao or horse. Farmers are good riders, just don’t know if they’re using some equestrian apparel or equipment. For me my experience of horse riding is when my uncle put me and my brother on each side of the horse where he put a big basket for us to sit. I still smile when I remember those days.

Living near the city won’t allow such privileges but it has its own advantages as jobs are easier to find here. If you’re not into agricultural field you’ll have a hard time finding a niche there especially if your job is inclined into technology or business. I still prefer living in our place but I’m dreaming of establishing some small business in our hometown so I could be there even on weekends only. Wishes!

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What Is A Mother?

'Mother', strength and dignity are her clothing and she smiles at the future. She opens her mouth in wisdom and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue - from the book of proverbs.

I've received many inspiring and touching messages from my friends, single and mothers alike and I'd like to share some of them with you:

A Mom is Gods love in action. She looks with her heart and feels with her eyes. A Mom is the bank where her children deposit all their worries and hurt. A Mom is the cement that keeps herfamily together and her love lasts a lifetime.

A mother has strengths that's amazing.
She can handle trouble and carry heavy burdens.
She holds happiness and love.
She smiles when she feels like screaming.
She sings when she feels like crying.
Cries when she is happy and laugh when she is afraid.
Her love is UNCONDITIONAL!
That's what Mothers are!


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Jobs In Sales

Our company is into many telecommunications' small ventures like VOIP, value-added services and presently doing fine in selling monthly subscription of America Calls where the subscriber can call their loved ones here in the Philippines from USA. The service offers unlimited calling and many Filipinos in USA enjoys having it so they can talk to their families here without the fear of overcharged calls. We started with only 2 full time and one part-time customer service representatives but now this project opens a lot of jobs in sales, we hired more sales person to search and invite subscribers to try our products and services. It always brings me happiness when I saw unemployed people being given regular full-time jobs.

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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.

See more of WW entries -> here.

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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