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
(17)YOUR BLOG HERE! :)

View the complete list of Quotes by bloggers around the world - HERE -

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! :)

St John's Anglican Cathedral, Parramatta

Let me share these photos i've taken while visiting St John's Cathedral this
afternoon. I don't know, I just enjoy looking at Old Churches.








Here's a little research about Anglicanism..

The term Anglican is used to describe a broad array of religious traditions which all trace their roots back to the creation of a distinctive English Church under the leadership of King Henry VIII during hte Protestant Reformation. The word Anglicanus is Latin for "English" and its use first appeared in John Jewel's Apology for the Anglican Church (1562).

Today the "Anglican Communion" is a worldwide fellowship of churches in many different countries which stem from the original Church of England. As a result, the regions where Anglican churches dominate corresponds largely with those regions that Britain has at one time dominated politically. All of these churches, organized and administered on a national level, are formally independent from one another. The Church of Ireland, the Church in Wales, and the Anglican Church in Australia are not in any way ruled by the Church of England. Technically, then, it would be incorrect to speak of "the" Anglican Church; instead, it would be more accurate to speak of "the Anglican Communion," all of the national churches around the world that consider themselves to be "in communion with" the Church of England.

The Archbishop of Canterbury may appear to fill a role similar to that of the pope in Roman Catholicism, but that is not accurate. Whereas Roman Catholic churches are required to follow directives which come from the pope and the Vatican, within the Anglican Communion individual churches follow the same practices based upon consensus. The Archbishop of Canterbury is thus a spiritual leader for Anglicans who must use persuasion to get others to agree, not commands.

Anglican Christianity is in many ways very close to Roman Catholic Christianity, having retained a number of basic medieval practices, an episcopal polity, and various theological beliefs. This is because the split between the English Church and the Roman Catholic Church was due not so much to theological disagreements, as was the case with other Reformation movements in Europe, but rather because of personal and political disagreements between King Henry VIII and Pope Clement VII. Thus, it is not surprising that so much of what characterized Roman Catholicism of the time has survived in Anglicanism today.

On the other hand, it decisively broke from Roman Catholicism in that it placed itself under the direct control of the English monarch rather than the pope. The strong similarities have led to many Anglican priests and bishops converting to Roman Catholicism over the years because they have felt more comfortable with Roman Catholic traditions. There have also been many attempts to increase the number of Catholic customs and practices within Anglicanism - for example the Oxford Movement during the early 19th century.

Anglicanism as we know it today was shaped to a large extent by the efforts of Queen Elizabeth I. She was faced with a difficult situation in that many members of the Anglican Church wanted to return to the fold of Roman Catholicism while others, heavily influenced by Protestant theologians, wanted to "purify" the Anglican Church of all Catholic influences (hence the name Puritans). Elizabeth was not in favor of either, wanting instead to continue supporting a distinctly English Church.

Her choice then was to find a "middle way," via media, that emphasized the use of The Book of Common Prayer as a unifying influence on all Anglican churches. The goal was to structure the Book with a combination of Biblical teachings, religious traditions, and even modern philosophical and religious ideas, in order to produce a relatively flexible theological context that remained true to Christian traditions while also being uniquely English. In effect, the Book was designed to be as vague as possible and include as much as possible in order to please as many people as possible. This, then, was what became known as the Elizabethan Settlement.

The Filipino Channel

Yes, my cable connection hasn't been fixed yet, hubbs did his best but the signal is really low huhuhu! Really, TFC (The Filipino Channel) is a BIG thing to me. Its helps me lessen my Homesickness and updates me with the latest News, Gossips, Trends, etc from the Philippines and makes me feel like i'm home! Tomorrow i'll try to call up Customer Service and ask for some advice and which best thing they could suggest just to get the connection back, sigh! Hope everything would turn out well tomorrow, Now i really need you all guys to wish me the BEST of LUCK!

Moving

Moving, really hard especially here because we don't have any relatives around to help us unlike in the Philippines. Hard in my case as i didn't hire any Moving Services, the only bulky thing we needed to bring in was the Washing Machine, good thing Pat is there and has a Pick up Truck. Yes thanks to Pat, Shaun and Dwight who voluntarily helped us! Now we need to spend all our savings buying new Furnitures and Appliances, because the one before was semi furnished. My big problem now is my Cable Connection(The Filipino Channel), God i can't live without it! In this new building, we're not allowed to nail or drill anything on the wall(inside and outside). We're not working today so hubbs promise to do his best to fix it(Hope it will,fingers crossed!). I'll keep you all posted, Wish me luck guys! :)