Hong Kong Holiday

Just sharing random photos i've taken during our Hong Kong Holiday..

Princess Bride

Your Love Life is Like The Princess Bride

"Since the invention of the kiss, there have only been five kisses that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one left them all behind." For you, love is like a fairy tale - albeit a fairly twisted one. You believe romance is all about loyalty, fate, and a good big of goofy fun. Your love style: Idealistic yet quirky Your Hollywood Ending Will Be: Perfectly romantic

What Movie Is Your Love Life Like?

Pizza and Pasta

Me and my son ate out again of course without hubby again haayyyyy....
Anyways, what can i do? We work in a Restaurant and there's no such thing as a weekend off, only if requested. This time we had Pizza and Pasta, now can't help but missing some Pizza Restaurant back home, i will name names can't help it hehehe! Don Henricos and Sbarro mis yah :)

Yakiniku

We (me and my son) went out for a Dinner last night, Sadly hubby was working so he was not able to come (sigh). I was looking for this kind of Restaurant here in Aus for quite a while, Luckily one of my co-worker referred this Resto. I've tried Yakiniku once and i really liked it! Yakiniku, Meaning grilled meat and is a Japanese term, cooking bite-sized meat and vegetables over flame of wood charcoals, most common sauce is made of Japanese soy sauce mixed with sake, mirin, sugar, garlic and sesame. Garlic-and-shallot or miso-based dips are sometimes used, and sometimes yakiniku is eaten seasoned only with salt.

Seventeen Signs That You Love Someone. :)

Seventeen Signs That You Love Someone. :)


S e v e n t e e n :
You look at their profiles constantly.
S i x t e e n :
When you're on the phone/text with them late at night and they hang up/stop replying, you still miss them even when it was just two minutes ago.
F i f t e e n :
You read their texts and IMs over and over again.
F o u r t e e n :
You walk really slow when you're with them.
T h i r t e e n :
You feel shy feel great whenever they're around.
E l e v e n :
When you think about them, your heart beats faster but slower at the same time.
T e n :
You smile when you hear their voice.
N i n e :
When you look at them, you can't see the other people around you; you just see him/her.
E i g h t :
You start listening to slow songs while thinking about them.
S e v e n :
They're all you think about.
S i x :
You get high just from their scent.
F i v e :
You realize you're always smiling when you're looking at them.
F o u r :
You would do anything for them, just to see them.
T h r e e :
While reading this, there was one person on your mind this whole time.
T w o :
You were so busy thinking about that person, you didn't notice number twelve was missing.
One :
You just scrolled up to check & are now silently laughing at yourself.

First Day of 2009

We went to this Theme Park located in the City this morning expecting to see something extra ordinary, Unfortunately i just got disappointed cause there's nothing unusual, All the rides u can see are just the same as what we have in the Philippines. Anyways, even though, we enjoyed the day cause we've spent the day us three together, i think that's the most important thing.

Have a Wonderful and Blessed Year everyone :)

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Girly Comments & Graphics




Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Everybody! Hope the Year wrapped up with all our Hopes and Dreams achieved and open up a Peaceful Year with more Blessings to come :)

My New Basket

I got this for xmas, as i've said in my first post i'm getting a new one for myself this xmas.. now it's mine :)

To God

TO: God.com
Dear Lord,

Every single evening
As I'm lying here in bed,
This tiny little Prayer
Keeps running through my head:

God bless all my family
Wherever they may be,
Keep them warm
and safe from harm
For they're so close to me.

And God, there is one more thing
I wish that you could do;
Hope you
don't
mind me asking,
Please bless my computer too..

Now I know that it's unusual
To Bless a motherboard,
But listen just a second
While I explain it to you, Lord.

You see, that little metal box
Holds more than odds and ends;
Inside
those small compartments
Rest so many of my friends.

I know so much about them
By the kindness that they give,
And this little scrap of metal
Takes me in to where they live.

By faith is how I know them
Much the same as you.
We share in what
life brings
us
And from that our friendships grew.

Please take an extra minute
From your duties up above,
To bless those in my address book
That's filled with so much love.

Wherever else this prayer may reach
To each and every friend,


Bless each e-mail inbox
And each person who hits 'send'..

When you update your Heavenly list
On your own Great CD-ROM,
Bless everyone who says this prayer
Sent up to GOD.com

Amen

You're My Friend Tag!

Thanks to my Sis Ner for this Friendship Tag.

This is a "FRIENDSHIP OFFERING" with someone whom you know, would like to know and would like to be friend with.



The mechanics of this is to copy and paste the image in your blog, link back the person who tag you and share or spread this friendship badge to 7 or more bloggers that you knew or think you are friends with.

Been very lazy blogging lately,maybe because of tiredness. But because of this Tag from one of my Favorite Sister here in the blogosphere,i needed to find time (parang napilitan ba hehehe,joke lang). Kidding aside, I am really so touched and happy that i do really have friends here though we don't know each other personally, You're my Friend and I am your Friend period hehehe! Now I'm passing this on to you guys though we doesn't know each other personally, We know in our hearts we are Friends,naks! Kaycee, Enday, Fab, Lechelle, Vicy, Mariz and Ner Tagging u back coz you're one of them! :)

Start Again

Let me share again some of the new ones that i just bought yesterday, just want to start collecting candles again as i used to do when i was in the Phils and promised to share again when the decorating thingy is completely done :)

Flower Power!

These are some of the New Thingies inside my Space, as promised to my Sister Kaycee that i'll be posting all of the changes inside my New Pad (not all, Bedroom not included, Private hehehe!), here they are:

Street Performer

We came across this guy yesterday morning, we went to the city to accompany my Son for a Job Interview. Probably the colorful costume caught my attention and he is a bit different from the usual Street Performer who most of the times are just playing Musical Instruments. At first I felt sorry for the Guy coz he needs to stand there the whole day just to perform and earn some money and after that realized that they can make double of what i'm earning and besides even his friend wouldn't recognize him, just so sad to realize that in any part of this world there is crisis.

Tagged

Business Mars and Momhoodmoments Tagged me, Thank You!

Some RULES:

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RULES:
1. Add your blog/s to the list. Feel free to add all your other blogs. It’s okey if you only post this questions in one blog as long as you answer them.
2. Get back to ME and I’ll add your blogs to the master’s list HERE {Note that you are not ALLOWED to change this links and make sure to leave the exact URL.}
3. Copy from Start to End.
4. Tag as many friends online you know. But you don’t need to be tag in order to join.

Who played along:

1. Music of my Heart 2. Me and Mine 3. Creative in Me 4. For the LOVE of Food 5. Little Peanut 6. Pea in a Pod 7. It’s Where the HEART Is 8. Around the World 9.My Colorful World 10.Random Thoughts 11.My Wonderful Life 12. Momhood Moments 13. Business Mars 14. Emcee 15. YOUR BLOG/ HERE

Questions and Answers:

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says: Beecroft South,St Peters,cnr Orchard & Murray Farm Rds......172 K5
2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first? My Mobile Phone
3. What is the last thing you watched on TV? Two and a half men
4. WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what time it is: 10:00AM
5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time? 10:22AM
6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear? Washing Machine,Buzzing! hehehe!
7. When did you last step outside? what were you doing? This morning,drove my son to work.
8. Before you came to this website, what did you look at? Friendster
9. What are you wearing? Sleepwear
10. Did you dream last night? I can't remember.
11. When did you last laugh? Just a while ago.
12. What is on the walls of the room you are in? Nothing
13. Seen anything weird lately? None so far
14. What do you think of this quiz? Fun! :)
15. What is the last movie you saw? Notting Hill(just love to watch it over and over)
16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first? A Mansion! hehehe!
17. Tell me something about you that I don’t know: I love to eat!
18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do? I would like everyone to have the same color so there's no more discrimination.
19. Do you like to dance? Yes
20. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her? a boy? If my first baby were a girl, I would name her Alexandra Marie.
21. Would you ever consider living abroad? Working, Yes but living, just have no choice but stay here but for sure retiring would be home(Philippines).

Now I'm passing this on to anyone who wants to grab it, feel free! :)

Way Back Into Love

I'm not promoting the Film coz it has been showned already nor the Song has any connection to my present lovelife, just can't help but love the Song after watching the Film. :)




[Verse 1]

(Drew Barrymore)

I've been living with a shadow overhead,

I've been sleeping with a cloud above my bed,

I've been lonely for so long,

Trapped in the past,

I just can't seem to move on!



(Hugh Grant)


I've been hiding all my hopes and dreams away,

Just in case I ever need them again someday,

I've been setting aside time,

To clear a little space in the corners of my mind!



[Chorus]

(Both)

All I want to do is find a way back into love.

I can't make it through without a way back into love.


Oooooh.



[Verse 2]

(Drew Barrymore)

I've been watching but the stars refuse to shine,

I've been searching but i just don't see the signs,

I know that it's out there,

There's got to be something for my soul somewhere!



(Hugh Grant)


I've been looking for someone to shed some light,

Not somebody just to get me through the night,

I could use some direction,

And I'm open to your suggestions.



[Chorus]

(Both)

All I want to do is find a way back into love.

I can't make it through without a way back into love.


And if I open my heart again,

I guess I'm hoping you'll be there for me in the end!



[Middle-eight]

(Drew Barrymore)

There are moments when I don't know if it's real

Or if anybody feels the way I feel

I need inspiration

Not just another negotiation




[Chorus]

(Both)

All I want to do is find a way back into love,

I can't make it through without a way back into love,

And if I open my heart to you,

I'm hoping you'll show me what to do,

And if you help me to start again,

You know that I'll be there for you in the end!

I Feel Ok Tag

Thanks to Business Mars for this Tag!

Happiness - When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often
we look so long at the closed door that we do not see
the one that has been opened for us.
-Helen Keller


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Feel okay? Well you should be! You’ll definitely be okay if you’re going to be a part of this meme, be okay if you are about to have a chance to increase your Technorati and Google Pagerank!

1. Make others feel good: share your favorite, self made, or any quotes as you pass on this meme with the image below.
2. Make sure to come back – HERE - (ifeelokay.com) to get the master list and leave a comment that you’ve made yourself a part of this meme. This would ensure that you’ve been added to masters list.
3. Your favorites, self made, or any quotes that you shared are collected and will be linked back to your site as its source, this would give you much benefit. Put a category before your quote. (ex. Inspirational, happiness, love, sweet, time, motivational, friendship, and others), much better if you relate the quote on your blog. Ex. Fashion Blog - quotes about beauty; Personal Blog - quotes about success, life, inspirational and many more. It’s your choice.
4. Only one quote and category per blog please, make sure to tag as many bloggers possible. Please update your contributor's list more often. May we achieve thousands of quotes from different bloggers around the world. Let the fun begin. Be a part of a great collection of quotes from different bloggers around the world!!!

(1)BeautyTips
(2)EmjeiSays
(3)Techmobiz
(4)BlackNickel
(5)ifeelokay
(6)iAM-MAi
(7)NeuroPatch
(8)Express4Free
(9)Club101
(10)Earn4aLiving
(11)Solo-Flight
(12)My Touch of Heaven
(13)BigMoneyList
(14)Momhood Moments
(15)Business Mars
(16)Emceegees
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Now I'm tagging everyone in my blog roll :)

Does sports or energy drinks good for weight loss?

I was researching about Energy Drinks side effects and i accidentally bumped into this article and found out not only the side effects of Sports and Energy Drinks but Water that is the key to weight loss,keep on reading to find out why....

There is a plethora of drinks on the market seemingly available for any particular focus. With words like isotonic, electrolytic, taurine, aspartame-free and others, it's no surprise that people often make the wrong choice for their chosen exercise. There is no doubt that sports drinks are beneficial to certain people, but be wary as they do contain significant carbohydrates which if not utilised for exercise, will hinder weight loss. There is certainly a place for energy drinks but consumers must be aware of possible side effects that are all too often ignored. Sometimes water is the best answer, so here's why.

Unless you are an athlete, it is unlikely that you will require sports drinks every day. Athletes lose valuable body salts (sodium, potassium, etc.) during heavy, endurance based exercise and sports drinks help to rapidly replenish these salts, reducing recovery time. It is true that using sports drinks after occasional exercise (less than 4 times per week is occasional exercise) will aid recovery time. But if your exercise is for a program helping you lose weight, the sports drink will negate some of the good work you have just done. A typical sports drink might contain just under 200 Calories which is roughly equivalent to an 80kg person running for 15minutes! Check out our diet profile to see how this was calculated. This extra energy is no problem for athletes who are using all of these calories and do not need to lose weight, but if you are trying to drop a few kilos, it is better just to drink water. What little salt you do lose during moderate exercise will be regained at your next meal time.

The new energy drinks out are exceptionally high in sugar (they border on being syrups) and hence contain huge amounts of energy; a problem for weight loss. Nonetheless, it has been shown that the caffeine and taurine in these drinks can help heavy weightlifters with a small energy burst for such things as weightlifting competitions. Because the osmolarity of these drinks is very high (osmolarity means the amount of water a substance absorbs from another), they actually dehydrate you. In addition, the caffeine in these energy drinks is a diuretic (which makes you want to pass urine more frequently), and this can be a dangerous combination for endurance athletes or regular people who do not drink enough water. Even the sugar free energy drinks contain stimuli in them that can adversely affect your nervous system in the short term for sensitive people. So our advice is to use these drinks very sparingly on special occasions!

So is good old water the answer? For most people, yes. And it does not even have to be bottled water either - tap water is fine. Plus, tap water is better for the environment, the fluoride in it promotes healthy teeth, and it's almost free! Nevertheless, try to always carry a bottle of water (that can be refilled) with you throughout the day to ensure that you remain hydrated. Hydration is the key to weight loss as it promotes a more rapid metabolism, which in turn helps you to burn energy more easily.

Moved In

As promised to my sis Kaycee and my kumareng Enday who has been so inip na coz i haven't been posting for quite a while.

Here are some of the Photos inside our new Pad..

The Rose

Grabbed from my Email this afternoon and thought the inspirational message from Rose's Story was worth passing on.

Here it goes..

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.

I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.

She said, 'Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?'

I laughed and enthusiastically responded, 'Of course you may!' and she gave me a giant squeeze.

'Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?' I asked.


She jokingly replied, 'I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids...'


'No seriously,' I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.

'I always
dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one!' she told me.

After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake.

We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this 'time machine' as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I'll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her
prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor.

Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone
and simply said, 'I'm sorry I'm so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I'll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.'

As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, 'We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing.

There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.

We have so many people walking around who are dead and don't even know it!

There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up.

If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am
eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight..

Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any
talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. Have no regrets.

The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.'

She concluded her speech by courageously singing 'The Rose.'

She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives. At the year' s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago.

One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.

Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it' s never too late to be all you can possibly be.

When you finish reading this, please send this
peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they'll really enjoy it!

These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.






REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL.   We make a Living by what we get, We make a Life by what we give.

God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage. If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

'Good friends are like stars.........You don't always see them, but you know they are always there.'

After reading the Story, I realized to give a go on my original plan which is going back to School this coming Semester. I've decided to do Baking and Pastry, since I and my Husband is already in this Business and doesn't have any background in Baking and Pastry, i think i should give it a go. At first i was undecided to do either Fashion Design, Interior Design, Architecture, Fine Arts and everything in this Field. Yes, i have an Artistic Blood(Wow!). Really that's where my Passion is, but practicality wise it is better to pursue what i've already started so i'll do Baking and Pastry, Period!

Rose's Story was very inspiring especially to us who's in our 30's and thinking of going back to school again. It is never really too late for everything and anything, and i don't want to have regrets for what i didn't do. I still want to continue on Dreaming, To live..

Window to your soul

Your Eyes Are The Window To Your Soul.... Or Your eyes are the mirror to your soul,
Eyes are very important to us, so we have to be careful to look after them. They show us our world and they show others how we are feeling. When we talk to other people, we notice what their eyes are saying as well as what they are saying with their mouths.

Can you think of times when you can tell by someone's eyes whether they are happy smiley face or sad sad face or angry angry face?
Some people look away when they are bored.

Some people do not look at the other person's eyes when they talk, because in some cultures it is thought to be rude.The main job that eyes do for us is to see.

Because eyes are so precious, we need to really take care of them.

Here are Some ways to look after your eyes:

* Turn on lights when it's getting dark (especially if you're reading).
* Wear sunglasses and hats on bright days.
* Keep sunscreen away from your eyes - it really stings if it runs into your eyes.
* Wear glasses if you need them.
* Don't wear other people's glasses.
* Your eyes get sore if you watch a computer or TV screen for too long, so do lots of different things in your spare time (you need exercise, and so do your eyes).
* Looking directly at the sun (or any really bright light, including lightning) can damage your eyes.
* Rubbing your eye if you get something in it can hurt your eye.
* Use the correct drops/medication for your eyes if you need them, and do not use ones that someone else has used.

So guys look after your Eyes! :)