:Thursday Challenge - "Cloths"

"CLOTHS" (Colorful, Unusually, Fashionable, Komonos, Sari, Suits,...)

This is my entry for this week's theme 'Cloth'. These are Josh' schoolmates in St. Audry Learning Center wearing Philippine Kimona and Saya (skirt) on their dance carrying different tropical fruits. This dance is one of the many featured participation of each class in celebration for the yearly 'Linggo ng Wika' (Week of Filipino Language) where Philippine traditions, costume or cloths, dances and literature were presented. Don't they look pretty!

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Greatest Gift on Christmas

With the ending of this month it’s now less than two months before the holiday season and as early as now people are starting to prepare their gift list and for those who have enough money they also started on buying gifts. It’s easier to shop early than to rush on December where shopping really gets annoying sometimes as people seems to come from everywhere. I must remind myself not to do it on the last days before the season as it will surely give me headache.

Despite of the storm that hit the country you can see people starting to crowd malls, there’s no stopping even if the country has suffered a lot in its economy. Life must go on so after the storm there goes sunshine. Now you can smell the air of Christmas in our environment, weather starts to cool down, lights suddenly surrounded trees, shops and houses, children are thinking of what they will ask for a gift and people are planning what to do during holiday seasons.

Preparations are different for each families but one thing is the same they want their loved ones to feel special and very much loved so they also started to make or buy Christmas cards and send them out early to avoid delay on holidays. Even if we have emails and we can send text messages to our loved ones it’s still sentimental and sweet to receive christmas cards because it feels very personal. Now for the busy people you can order these cards online at ChristmasCardsUk.com which provides classic types and personalized cards which you can add some personal touches. They even have recycled Christmas cards which is a very good idea for me as purchasing this card will also help preserve our environment.

In view of all this festive preparation for Christmas just always remember that the greatest gift you can give to your loved ones is your love. Material things just follow our thoughts of showing our love but the sweetest things are caring and loving. Thus the true spirit of Christmas is love.

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:WW - Spiderman Loves Ice Cream!

Sneaking in the corner with spiderweb behind him

Finally got tired of hiding in the corner & sat at the bench

Did you know that Spiderman loves to eat ice cream? Of course he's also human and so is his imitator here - my son Josh who loves ice cream to the max! He's lucky that he can now eat ice cream after his sickness last week.

He sports Spiderman costume here in St. Audry's Costume/Halloween Party. He's very excited since Monday and when a friend brought me this costume we had it repaired and fitted to him in about two hours. He has other costume in his cabinet but he wants to wear a different one this year, we just lend the costume to other kids because nowadays it's very expensive to buy a new costume which you will only use for one day. Anyway Josh also uses his super heroes costume when he's playing.

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So Much Energy

I have to believe now that kids have so much energy to spend in a whole day activity. We were at Josh’ school activities for Halloween and I was so protective of him during the program always checking his back if he perspire because he couldn’t afford the perspiration to dry out on his back. The doctor seriously advised us that he should be monitored for one week to ensure full recovery from coughs and colds. I let him join the contest that he wants because he really prepared for that day. He’s not lucky though because he didn’t win but you can see in his eyes that he’s so happy even if he’s tired.

When we get back to the house he still plays with costume on. When I was about to go for our bible study he asked me if he can come with me and when I asked him if he’s strong enough he told me that he’ll sleep so he’ll get more energy. What can I say but yes to his pleadings, such a persuasive kid and he always gets the best of me. Before anything else I checked on Drew Estate to know what’s this thing is all about. I heard some people were talking about it and I’m just curious.

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What Does My Birth Month Means

Your Birth Month Says You're Gregarious

You love life and exude an outgoing, cheerful vibe.
Blessed with a great sense of humor, you can laugh at adversity.

Your soul reflects: Celebration, success, and wealth

Your gemstone: Blue Topaz

Your flower: Narcissus

Your colors: Indigo, green, and blue-green

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For Health Reasons

Do we really need to be slim and lightweight in order to keep up with the trends? Almost everyone is on the lookout for ways on how to be slimmer and lighter but I’m worried if they know the pros and cons of dieting. I’ve gained since I gave birth to my second child but really got so heavy when I delivered my third child 6 years ago. Since then no matter how I get into some diet plan I always get back to my weight after some months.

Now that I’m reading this alli review my findings seemed very objective as it really takes diet and exercise to get back into your old maiden form way back when you’re still single. If you’re going to ask me why I want to have a diet plan and shed excess pounds? I will honestly answer that it’s for health reasons, being beautiful is just a secondary thing.

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:Today's Flowers #63

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I missed this meme last week because of a very busy schedule and my son was sick that he wanted me to be by his side all the time. I picked this simple white blooms that we've toured around on Josh' educational tour in Bio-Research. This is only one of the many trees and plants in the big area of Bio-research which also includes mini zoo, butterfly farm, aquatic fishes, honey bee cultivation and many others.

Happy Monday! Visit more beautiful flowers at Today's Flower => here.

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Tired Eyes!

Last week was very busy for me as I’ve had a schedule up to my head. My youngest has fever, cough and colds so it’s difficult for him to breathe on the first night of his sickness, I have to stay awake just in case he needs me. When I looked at the mirror yesterday before going to church I noticed that my eyes looked very tired and has eye bags and anything but nice. I’m still asking my Mom if she know what I should do to freshen up my eyes. I know that for lines around the eyes it’s good to apply the best eye cream for wrinkles but in my case I heard putting cucumber on top of the closed eyes will do wonders. I’ll just wait and see.

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Fulfilling Sunday

My hands still feels slightly numb since Saturday night and I find it a little hard typing on my PC so I just finished what’s due and did some blog hopping before I rest. I had a nice and fulfilling day at the church with my church mates and every Sunday is a bonding time for my family as it’s the day that we’re all together going to church, having our lunch in our favorite fast food and just letting the day pass with no worries at all. We spend our Sundays in the church from morning up to evening with lunch breaks in between and we’re happy with the setup devoting the whole Sunday in fellowship service. We still have no car so we just hire cabs in going to church.

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Excited Over HK Trip

My friend Jen will visit and tour around Hongkong with siblings Joy and Beng who will be coming from Australia and Middle East. They will meet there and together they will visit Hongkong Disneyland and some beautiful places there especially the shopping stores there. Well she really loves shopping and I know she’ll be happy to roam around Hongkong with her sisters.

The day will actually fall exactly on my birthday so I’ll be missing her morning greetings and our dinner together. It’s either we have it earlier or wait until she arrives but I think by the time she’ll be here I’ll be in our camp meeting fellowship in Indang Cavite. We have a really tight schedule on the coming holidays and I forgot to ask her if she has an annual travel insurance ready for her travel. She was so excited by her visit which she booked very early last March that she forgot about the insurance. Excitement really makes someone forget about important documents sometimes...

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