PH 255: Self Portrait

 

It's seldom that I post my pic here, it's always my kids.  I'm always behind the camera following my kids and taking snapshots of them.  This was taken during our December camp meeting in Prayer Garden in Antipolo.  The exact spot is where they saw a big man at the top of the tree  smoking cigar so when my sister and I decided to take each other solo pics I told the invisible (during daytime) man that we're just there to take picture of their beautiful place.  Scary? Not so. Just always remember to say peace and mutter a prayer when you're in new place especially on serene and silent places like this one.

Visit other 'portrait' themed photos, just click at the badge.

Read more...

Accessories for the Girls

My cousin friend dropped by the house and asked about how we’re doing. We haven’t seen each other for two months and we’ve talked about lots of things. She also has two daughters like me and we shared experiences on how we’re coping up with their first years of adolescence period. Having growing up girls is not that easy as you’re balancing things up with them. You can’t be too hard or too soft on them as they will be either dependent or rebellious. 

Anyway we also noted that we’ll be visiting our favorite accessory store again when we’re not so busy to buy nice little keepsakes for our girls like the bella bracelet I’ve seen online just now. Every time I see nice things for girls I always think of my own and promised myself that I would set one day for our date alone. It would be nice to bond with just the three of us Ruth, Gen and me.

Read more...

Direct Booking Holidays

 

Many of my friends are having their summer vacation as early as now to avoid the rush in booking and travel. Most of them bring their toddler kids with them and taking advantage of their young age when they have free privileges on travel and accommodations. And because they’re not schooling yet they don’t have to wait for the summer break to start their planned vacation. They’ve booked flights several months ago via super seat sale of the domestic airline and reserved for holiday cottages two months ago. 

 

Well for us we only plan for provincial vacation where we’ll visit my Mom’s hometown and we’ll go to beach from there which is only a town away. Just thinking of our trip makes me long to see our close relatives in the town where my Mom grew as a child and where we live until I’m seven. My husband had our car repaired and it’s now ready for all our summer activities. I saw my SIL had her vacation also in Mexico and stayed in a beachfront hotel. You’ll get excited when you see her pictures in the resort and it’s obvious that she enjoyed every bit of her vacation. I suddenly remembered browsing through holiday rental villas in Furteventura where you could booked directly with the owner. 

Booking directly gives you plenty of benefits and privileges like personal service where the owner can give you the history of the place and the best areas to go to. It’s also more affordable as you can hire villas for your family at lesser price cutting the cost for agent’s fees. It’s pure enjoyment and relaxation with flexible accommodations you’ll have to arrange with the owners like asking few privileges of having internet connection, having visitors on your vacation or some other favours. You can dine in or out whenever you like. This is a vacation that will cater to all your needs and wishes.

Read more...

:Today's Flowers#133 - Orchids

These are my MIL's orchids in Montalban which are just among their blooms in the beautiful garden they have.  My BIL takes care of the garden; he planted all the plants and flowers and had some landscaping too.  He has a green thumb in planting and every time we visit them we always takes some of their blooms to our home because my Mom loves gardening too. I even joked and asked them if we could  just bring plenty of pots there so they can include the pots when they do some gardening and we can just take them home lol! The latest we brought home last week was sunflower and a couple of fern-like plants.

For more beautiful flowers around the world click the badge above!

Read more...

Getting Away from Unhealthy Habits

I’ve heard it many times but now I guess I believe the saying that old habits are hard to break. I’m talking about some vices that people seems to ignore because they got used to it. Getting used to some things doesn’t mean you’re licensed to continue doing it. I’m talking about getting used to smoking cigars like camacho triple maduro

because at some point in your life you’ll suffer from the consequences of using things that would harm your body. If health is at risk people should sacrifice their usage of things that would drive them to harmful diseases. I’m glad that I would never have to worry about this in our own home as we all want a healthy lifestyle.

Read more...

Friday Fill-Ins 2011-8

And...here we go!

1. Ooooh, I love holidays, make me sleep a little more.

2. I hate people throwing their litters on the street , I can't stand it!

3. How the heck did I end up with so many household chores today? That's me joking myself, of course I was at my little boy's Family Day yesterday - from morning 'til afternoon.

4. Beach is one of my favorite places to visit.

5. I'm not a perfectionist, I'm not!

6. When I prepare meals and desserts for my family it has to be good because I want them to feel my love through my cooking.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to relaxing with hubby and kids, tomorrow my plans include finishing my tasks  and Sunday, I want to remember everything I need to bring on my godchildren's birthday!

Read more...

Projects in Electronics

We dropped by MIL’s house yesterday from church to bring her home and to get DH wood housing for his amplifier project. DH brother worked on that housing last month but it turned out to be so big that it can’t be transported on public vehicle. We decided to pick the housing yesterday because our car can accommodate that and we’ll be able to bring the kids also. DH is now at the last month of his first year second semester in Electronics and they’re now doing amplifiers and home speakers for their final project for the semester. 

I remember when I was taking up Computer Engineering our project in Electronics’ subject is only AM radios and billboards. Now as my husband is taking his progress in school I notice that they’re more advanced than we were few years ago. Technology has also affected education curriculum in a way that even the most basic projects are more innovated and modern than the past decades.

Read more...

:Today's Flowers#132: Star-Like Blooms

 Click the image to enlarge

I found these star-like white blooms at the abandoned park in Montalban.  Actually it's not an abandoned park but the place is not well kept and grasses are growing wildly.  These flowers shines out in the dark with its white petals gleaming beautifully against the dark environment.  We were there to see the mountains closely and the husband showed me where the Wawa dam is.  If many would recall it's where most of the water of the big flood caused by Ondoy came from. 

Happy Monday! It's late but I really want to get back joining in this meme! To see more lovely flower entries for today's flowers click the badge above. 

Read more...

The Value of Having Beautiful Catalogs

My friend requested me to browse her shoes and bag catalog for possible sales on me. I really want to order but I’m having second thoughts because when I want to buy shoes I want to test it on my feet. That way I will know if it’s comfortable or too hard on my feet. I’ll be able to see also if it suits me. About the bag that’s easier for me because as long as I know the material, color, size and style I could order immediately. I realized that pictures of the products should really be beautiful enough to capture the interest of the buyers. 

So that’s exactly why companies involved in selling products chose quality catalog printing site to do the brochures and catalogs for them because it will determine the volume of their sales marketing. People get hooked on glossy and full-color catalogs more than the plain ones. It’s actually expected to gain more sales because just looking at the pages of attractive catalog makes you wish for those advertised products.

Read more...

Good Performance in School

I'm happy to see my kids' school class cards because all of them got very good grades, the 2 younger kids made it to top 5. My little boy's teacher talked to me about his outstanding performance and she said she would recommend him for the pilot section. He didn't study there in preparatory school so when he enrolled last June he was considered a transfer and cannot be included in the pilot class. Last July he was picked together with other 2 classmates to be transferred but I talked to the teacher that we would prefer it that he stays with his current class because he had made friends already and he’ll be adjusting again.

The transfer didn’t happen even for the other two but the teacher told me last distribution of cards that if he’ll be consistent he’ll be in the cream or pilot section next year. Anyway pilot section or not I’m happy with the school policy and quality teaching so I’m not that particular with sections. For Josh it’s a challenge again if he’ll be in the pilot because he wants to have a medal again just like in his three years in preparatory school. He’s really competitive just like Ate Gen.

Read more...