Blogger Buddy Award!!!

I receive this award from Grace of "My World My Family My Inspiration"...Thank you so much for this award I really appreciate it....


There is no rules for this award and you can pass it to anyone you like.....To all my friends here in blogsphere...If you have time kindly grab this award for this is for all of us....

Have a nice to all my readers and keep on smiling, fill our life with happiness and trust me, it will lessen our worries.......:)

Infections we can Outsmart!!!

I have read this article from Men's Health and it caught my attention about infections that we can outsmart, this can kinds of infections can simply acquire from our everyday surroundings and its really helpful to know this things...

....Infections....

1. Botulism - Botulinum bactereia are 10 times more lethal than rattle snake and thrive in low oxygen, low acid environment like a can of food pierced by dent or a container of leftovers sitting out at room temperature. So scan your cans and keep leftovers in a fridge set colder than 4 centigrade. Enough toxin to kill a person can grow in as few as three days above the temperature, "says Morton Satin, MSC the author of Food Alert.

2. Tetanus - Given that Closridum tetani can be transmitted by a simple splinter of insect bite, your best defense is to be up to date on your vaccination - except 53 percent of people aren't, according to the US centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If you're due to a 10 year booster or don't know if you're due see your G.P ASAP. Then stow your immunizaton record somewhere safe, like with your passport.

3. Methicillin - resistant Staphylococcus aureus - You want MRSA to remain on the outside looking in, which is why experts keep preaching proper hand hygiene and woud treatment. But also you need to sanitize your sorroundings. "High-touch areas in your home and work space should be disinfected twice a week, "says Chuck Gerba, PhD, a professor of environmental microbiology at the University of Arizona. Debug your world by swiping surfaces with a disinfecting wipe.

4. Meningitis - This potentially fatal brain infections comes in two varieties, viral and bacterial. And while you can't do much to avoid viral meningitis, a vaccine confers immunity from 80 percent of the bacterial culprits. If you're planning to spend extended time in close quarters with a large froup (like, say, on the world's meningitis hot spots (check www.cdc.gov/travel), ask your doctor for the best.

by: Denny Watkins
Men's Health

This is very informative article from which we can learn how we can prevent this kinds of infection and stay healthy at all times.

The Unborn 2009 - Movie!!!

The first Unborn film was release in 1991 and another one release in 2003 and the third version was this year 2009. I have not watched the first two version. I watch the one released this year and as per my opinion the movie was good.

It was a bit scary and suspense, the evil the possesses the one who died and wish to be reborn, thinking of that alone is scary, there are only few scenes that I don't like, the scene where she hears voices calling her in the bathroom.

The reason for the unborn was explained by an old lady who happen to fought the same evil and have herself locked in an institution and her mother died fighting the same evil and depending her.

The good moral about the movie is that evil wont win as long as there is good in ourselves and fight for what is right.

The movie is still worth watching and I am hoping to get a copy of the first two version.

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Check out your favorite celebrities if they have twitter and maybe you can tweet then and hoping to tweet you back heheheheh.. You can check their recent activities using tweeter and hoping that they update it most of the time to keep their fan posted...

Friendship and BEst Blogger Award!!!

I have receive a new award and this time it was from Grace, thank you so much for this award, I really appreciate this and honored that I am included as one of your best blogger for this year...hahahhaha....



Rules:
1. Take your award here
2. Put the logo on your post
3. Link the person who awarded you
4. Nominate at least 7 other blogs
5. Add links to those blogs on yours
6. Leave a messages for your nominees on their blog

Now as a part of the rules for this award, I am now passing this to some of my best friends here in blogsphere....

I am passing this to Rose, Clarissa, Leslie, Momi She, Cecile, Momi Rhea, Sera Melinda and Gorgeous of Eve.....and to all my other friends, kindly take the liberty of grabbing this....thank you so much and have a nice day to everyone...keep on smiling!....

1st payment from CIAO...Awesome!!!!

Do you have products in mind that you wish to share your experiences to the world and earn an extra income about it. I have joined CIAO.com late February and I have written some reviews and opinion about products that I have tried and have known.

Guess what with CIAO, I was able to learned a lot of products that is there to offer in the market, the advantages and disadvantages that you can learn from various users around the globe, I am delighted reading their reviews, opinion and experiences about a certain product that CIAO members have encountered and it is really educational and very informative.

Aside from the things that I have learned, I am getting a clear understanding of which should I get, I was able to gather enough information from the reviews that I have read from my co-member in CIAO.

When I first joined CIAO the consumer community where shopping experts meets to share my opinions and reviews, I did not expect to earn a lot but I was so happy that I was able earn as much as I expected, I am very grateful about the outcome.

If you are interested to be a part of CIAO you can go ahead and sign up using the banner below, simply click it and as a proof of everything that I have mentioned above, kindly check the proof of payment that I have received from them..

Thank you for reading....just remember to follow the guidelines for your own benefit..

SpitzTunes -- Boyle-n' Over!

Here is one survey that you can answer freely, it's about some music that we dearly love, a classic one, give your opinion about Adam Lambert, one of the most favorite contestant of American Idol.

So many Awards!!!

I have received this numerous awards from Rose of Etcetera Etcetera. Thank you so much for this awards, I really appreciate them, it's good to know that I have a friend like you here who always remember me. ?If you have time kindly visit her website and I assure you that you will learn a lot from her articles and post.

It's made specially for all the blogs spreading kawaii-ness!!

Kawaii-ness is all about loving all things kawaii, being kawaii ourself and definitely being able to add kawaii-ness in everything, its all in our creativity!!
- Good.Girl

The simple rules that go with it are:
1. Put the logo on his/her kawaii blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate all the blogs that you think deserve this award (*kawaii of course!*).
4. Put the links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of those you’ve nominated!

Be a proud member of the International Bloggers Community!

Rules:
1. Link the person who tagged you.
2. Copy the image above, the rules and the questionnaire in this post.
3. Post this in one or all of your blogs.
4. Answer the four question following these Rules.
5. Recruit at least seven (7) friends on your Blog Roll by sharing this with them.
6. Come back to BLoGGiSTa iNFo CoRNer (PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THIS LINK) at http://bloggistame.blogspot.com and leave the URL of your Post in order for you/your Blog to be added to the Master List.
7. Have Fun!!

Questions & Your Answers:
1. The person who tagged you: Rose

2. His/her site's title and url: Etcetera Etcetera- http://www.mycountryroads.com

3. Date when you were tagged: April 15, 2009
4. Persons you tagged - everyone in my list and all my readers who is willing to grab it.

I Love your Blog Award


The Blogger Award

The rules are so easy:

1. Place the logo / banner on your blog.
2. Add a link to the blog who gave the award.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Add links to the blogs that you have nominated.
5. Let them know by leaving a message (shout) on their blogs

I am sharing all of this awards to all my friends here in blogsphere , Momi She, Momi Rhea, Zhey, Leslie, Grapes, Eve, Melinda, Haven, Dadi James, Cindy, Patricia, Dee, Sassy, Joops, Grace, Wilben, and if I have forgotten some, I apologize, Kindly grab this awards...

Have a nice day to everyone and keep on smiling...

Good Valuable Items for my Baby!!!

Since our Baby Nathan is coming of age and his daily needs changes every now and then, you won't even notice that he is getting bigger and bigger each and the way he deal with things changes too, he is more curious now to almost all the stuff around the house and you need to pay more attention to him, because we don't want him to get hurt.

He is one year and nine months old now and during this age we have notice that he wanted to explore a lot of things, he is trying to learn and check everything that he sees like seeing everything for the first time, this is good but sometimes if you are not looking and might caught off guard and get hurt.

I and my sister is looking for something that will suite his daily activities, we want to look for some stuffs that is educational for him to enhance his brain. We want to get him something that is really appealing to kids at his age.

I have remembered Shopwiki, because when we are setting up his nursery room late last year I was able to get help from them for some baby's stuff that we need. It's a good thing that I have known this website, they have a large collection you can choose from, almost everything that our baby needs.

We are considering getting educational toys for him and books if possible because he loves looking at pictures, and I also want to get him a bike for his outdoor activity, I have also noticed that the selections they offer does not stop from furniture's, books, toys and games, they also have fine line of clothing for our babies, nice set of clothes for infants, nice pair of shoes for my Nathan, they also have great stuff for girls, since my nephew is getting bigger and bigger each day, apparel for toddler needs to be considered.

The way I see it, Shopwiki is one great website to shop online, aside from the great items that they have, the considerate price for what they offer, you can also choose the best item for your babies or child's need and you can also select what character you want for the product that you want for your kids, Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh etc.

EverytimeI look for something for my baby from feeding bottles to his activity work , I always check Shopwiki for they can really provide you information for what you need and where to get it, grreat shopping search engine that is always there to help and guide us.

Top 10 Fruits!!!

I am in search for best fruits for my mom since she was diagnose of having polycystic kidney stone when she had her CT scan last month, she has prohibited to eat different type of dishes especially salty and fatty ones.

I want to change her diet in some ways that she wont get mad at me and still appealing to her taste. She loves fruits so much, she never let our table without fruits, and this is what I found out that will help her health too.

According to USDA scientist the following top 10 fruits are rich in antioxidants, I am sharing this to everyone and best of health to all of us.

Blueberries rank the highest among all fruits while cranberries have the highest antioxidants for the fewest calories.

1. Blueberries - 13,427 total antioxidants per serving with 162 total antioxidants per calorie.

2. Cranberries - 8,983 total antioxidants per serving with 204 total antioxidants per calorie.

3. Blackberries - 7,701 total antioxidants per serving with 124 total antioxidants per calorie.

4. Raspberries - 6,058 total antioxidants per serving with 95 total antioxidants per calorie.

5. Strawberries - 5,938 total antioxidants per serving with 112 total antioxidants per calorie.

6. Apples - 5,900 total antioxidants per serving with 82 total antioxidants per calorie.

7. Cherries - 4,873 total antioxidants per serving with 54 total antioxidants per calorie.

8. Black plums - 4,844 total antioxidants per serving with 64 total antioxidants per calorie.

9. Avocados - 3,344 total antioxidants per serving with 12 total antioxidants per calorie.

10. Pears - 3,172 total antioxidants per serving with 33 total antioxidants per calorie.

Safety for Kids!

Our babies or kids is the most precious gift that we have received and we want to make sure that they are safe at all time and away from harm even if we are not around. It is true that we can keep an eye on them round the clock or 24 hours a day, there are instances that we need to something important but during this time we want to be sure of the safety while we are not looking.

Babies/kids loves to explore things specially around the house, they want to open doors, cabinets, watching TV as if they are kissing the screen, they might play with our gas stoves and get burns and any other things that can harm our children.

Our baby Nathan now is turning 2 this July and we are so worried for his safety around the house, he loves to play with doorknobs, cabinets, and I remember the last time I have visited them, I woke up from an afternoon nap that day hearing his cry because he hit his forehead playing the cabinet doors, we need to do something about this and luckily I was able to came across this baby proofing website the "kidsafe baby proofing and child safety products because I am really looking for a good cabinet lock and they have the best one that I can find.

I also surprise me that they also have this baby stairway gates, we have decided to move out from the previous apartment because we are afraid that our baby might fall from the stairs, if we only knew this good baby gates that they have we might reconsider staying there and get this baby gates instead, because our really main concern at that time is for Nathan's safety aside from the place will be a little bit closer from his moms workplace.

Child's safety is every families concern, we need to assure ourselves that they will be kept away from harm, peace of mind knowing that we did all the necessary precautions for our baby, always remember that prevention is better than cure.

Thank you and have a nice day to all.

Summer Heat Remedy at Home!!!

I am so thankful that finally we were able to replace our old Condura air conditioning with a new one, it's the same brand since this particular brand is one of the most trusted air conditioning system here in the Philippines, manufactured by Concepcion.

I was able to get this 1HP with timer for a very reasonable price, this is one good remedy for summer heat at home, especially in my place wherein you can't stand the heat/temperature even early in the evening.

I really need this one since I work at night and I sleep during daytime, I really value my sleep, because I hate the feeling of being so sleepy at work and that is not good for me and for our company if you can't fully assist customers because you are sleepy, my job requires presence of mind at all time..

Thanks to my special someone who's miles away for helping to have this one for our home here...

The Truth And Nothing But!!!

I received this tag from Dee of Tales from the Mom Side, thank you so much for this...

It's a 100 question Truth Tag. Well, it's supposed to be numbered a hundred in all, but I notice some numbers are missing. I don't know what happened but here's the rest of them:

1. Name: Richard
2. Nickname: Doods or Chard
3. Age: 36
4. Zodiac sign: Aries
5. Gender: Male
6. Elementary: Sped
8. High School: OCNHS
9. College: AMA College
10. Hair Color: Brown
11. Long or Short: Neat
12. Loud or Quiet: Quiet
13. Jumpers or Jeans: Jeans
14. Phone or Camera: Phone
15. Health Freak: Very
16. Drink or Smoke: Smoke
17. Do you have a crush on someone? None as of now!
18. Eat or Drink: Eat
19. Piercing: Ear
20. Tattoos: None

FIRSTS

23. First piercing: High School
24. First best friend: Lito
25. First award: Best in Religion
26. First crush: Can't Recall
27. First pet: Gold Fish
28. First big vacation: Bacolod
30. First Big Birthday: 1st B-day as per my mom.

CURRENTLY

49. Eating: Nothing
50. Drinking: Nothing.
52. I'm about to: Have lunch
53. Listening to: Television
54. Plans for today: stay in front of the computer for 3hrs and go to sleep.
55. Waiting for: a call from someone who's miles away.

YOUR FUTURE

58. Want kids? Maybe
59. Want to get married? still hopeful
60. Careers in mind: nothing in particular

WHICH IS BETTER IN THE BOY/GIRL YOU LIKE

68. Lips or Eyes: Eyes

70. Shorter or Taller: dosen't matter
72. Romantic or Spontaneous: Both
73. Nice Stomach or Nice Arms: Both
74. Sensitive or Loud: Sensitive
75. Hook-up or Relationship: Relationship
76. Trouble Maker or Hesitant: Hesitant

HAVE YOU EVER

80. Lost glasses / contacts: Nope
81. Ran Away From Home: No
82. Held a gun/knife for self defense: No
83. Killed somebody: NO
84. Broke someone's heart: none that I recall
85. Been arrested: Jaywalking, heheheh
87. Cried when someone died: Next question, please.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN

89. Yourself: I should be
90. Miracles: Yes.
91. Love at first sight: Yes
92. Heaven: Yes
93. Santa Claus: still
94. Tooth Fairy: no
95. Kiss on the first date: depends

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY

97. Is there one person you want to be with right now: yes, miles away
98. Are you seriously happy with where you are in life: I guess
99. Do you believe in God: Yes.
100. Post as 100 truths and tag 10 people: Okay.

I'm passing this tag to Leslie, Rhea, Momi She, Dadi James, Zhey, Grapes, Rose, Grace, Haven and Gorgeous Ol' Eve.

Happy Easter Sunday!!!

Easter Sunday is widely celebrated around the globe, most people do Easter egg hunting on this day, but most people especially Christians go to church to pray and pay respect to Jesus Christ.

Easter Sunday is when Jesus Christ resurrected from the dead, we Filipinos have our own way for this aside from Easter egg hunting. We wake up early to go church, participate with the procession, many Filipinos believe that it was Virgin Mary who Jesus Christ meet after he rise from the dead, every catholic church do this every year, you light candle and witness how they met, this is a Filipino tradition and a lot of people is devoted to this event.

Happy Easter Sunday to all!!!

Good Fridy in the Philippines!

Quiapo Church, Manila - altar

Quaipo Church, Manila

Good Friday here in the Philippines is somehow different from other countries, because people here really observe this holy day. I still remember what my mother used to tell me when I was a kid that I can't a bath on this day to pay respect to Jesus Christ, because he died on this day, but that is not all....

They re group of artist doing Sinakulo, its an re-enactment of what had happen to Jesus Christ before he died from palm Sunday til he risen up from the dead. We also have what we called Moriones, its parade and the participants wear clothes similar to the soldiers during those time and who ever wear the best costume will win a price. Some people let themselves crucified on Good Friday, others do station of the cross. Most people go to church on foot, they will walk miles and go to Quipo Church in Manila, to Antipolo Church and the one in Fairview, I been there I just can't remember the name of the church, the station of the cross there is human size or bigger.

Other go to the mountains and to pray or got to Sacrifice Valley in Bataan, there is also procession that start in the afternoon conducted by the church, i still remember that in Olongapo there are 2 church that do this every year which are St. Joseph church and Columban church.

One thing that i can't bare to watch is people doing penitence (penetensya), what they do is they beat their back with wooden sticks, but before they do that they slice or incise they back with a razor blade multiple times, and they walk with their face covered by a cloth or t-shirt.

Some people go to the beach and other family stay at home after attending mass. They is a lot of ways to observe this holy day and it really up to us.

Me, I go to church, if I was not able to go out of town, I stay at home, watch telivision and go to work if needed, I belive in God, I respect him and he is the only who understands me better and I know that he will always be there when I needed him and I thank God for his blessings.

On this day "Good Friday", let us pray for him and for our sins...Bless us all...

Move to a New Building!!!

Last Monday the whole Vonage Welcome department for QC branch moved to a different building, since the other department is expanding and needed our stations for the incoming agents.

I was not happy to begin with, with this moving thing, i am very much at ease with my station and it is really my comfort zone in the office, but when we finally moved to this new building, It's was O.K., I have a new station, the only thing I have notice is the spacing from one station to the next.

After 3 days being on this new building, I get used to it, and everything turn out right and it's good.

I have not taken any photos of my new station because we are not allowed to take camera inside the production area, i really do apologize that I don't have a picture to post.

Bottom line is that, no matter where you are as long as you love what you do, the place or the environment is not a question as long as you are willing to do it and you are happy.

picture taken from the previous building (office/work station)...

Slumdog Millionaire...Movie!

I have read a lot of reviews about this Oscar winning movie, I was not able to say something about it until I have get a copy and watch it.

I was a very interesting film, two brothers grew up in a slum area, the younger is in love to his playmate since childhood, the three of them are together and joined group of gangsters who asked children to ask money in the street and gave it to their masters by the end of the day.

They taught some of the kids to sign and after this kid learn the song they will blind it, basically they will use this disability to asked money.

They only knew this when it his turn ( the one who wins the "Who wants to be a millionaire"), his elder brother have no choice and called his brother for this wrong doing, they fought the gang and escape but the girl was left behind.

They traveled so many places to live and earn a living, one day they decided to back and look for the girl, they were able to rescue her and the loder brother killed the gang leader and talk to the other gang group in the city, he joined them and sell the girl to their master and they got separated.

Now the boy is working in a call center, one agent need to leak and ask him to take his place for a sec, a call came in release it, he was so curious and check if he can find his brother on the directory, when he did he called him and they met afterward. His brother is still part of the gang and he follwed him one day and learned where she can find the girl and pretend that his a servant sent to this house.

They try to run away but they got caught, Now he decided to join the contest because the girl watch it, and his only intention is to be seen by the girl on TV.

Luck is with him was able to answer all the question, he learned it from childhood, he was even accuse of cheating by the host and get police to investigate befor the final question on the second day and prove himself that he knew the answers and the question before the final question was given by the host and for some reason he doubted the host and gave different answer.

His brother also did what he could to to have his little brother and the girl bac together even it cost him his life. for the question, it is very common but for some reason he have no knowledge about it, all along he only knew the there are three musketeers but never learned the name of the third one because because he and his brother is the 2 of them. (when they are still a child, before they mother got killed). He tried phoning his brother for the last question but his brother gave the phone to the girl, sad to say the girl don't know the answer to that question too. When the line was cut and continue with the game, he gave Aramis as the answer and he consider it luck because he never knew the name of the third Musketeers until that moment....

HE won and met with girl...his brother died...


The story is very plain and simple but how they put all the scenery and the way of life of the characters makes the difference...The film is worth watching...overall its a good film, full of adventures....

Happy Birthday to Me!

Yesterday was birthday(April 4), this year it was different, I did not celebrate my birthday like i use to this year, the day went by as if like an ordinary day, I am still happy that a my family and friends still remember this day even I did not plan for anything on this date. I am so thankful for all the messages and the calls I have received.

The main reason why I did not celebrate it, is that my special someone is still miles away and aside from that most of my family and friends is at work and some already gone for the holidays. Normally I spent my birthday out of town of have dinner at home with my family and friends. This year I went to work and my office mates greeted me and that was enough.

I am happy for what had happen and even if there is no celebration this year, I am still remembered and greeted by my love ones and that alone is more than enough, being remembered by the people who I hardly see and talk to on this day makes me happy and grateful.

I thank God for keeping my family safe at all times, I thank my family for all the support and for loving me unconditionally, my special someone who's miles away for the undying love and support.

Basically I can't stress my feeling enough for the joy that I have felt knowing that a lot of persons loves me for who I am and that is the greatest gift that I have received not only on this date by in everyday of my life and that will always be cherish.

I don't wanna name names, they know who they are and again thank you and to our mighty creator, thank you so much for giving me the strength and determination to face everything that came into my life no matter what how good or bad it is...Dear God, thank you so much for your blessing and for always keeping my love ones safe at all times.

Oil's and Its Benefits!!!

One way to judge an oil is by it ratio of monounsaturated fat to saturated fat: the higher the better, says Lola O'Rourke, RD, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association. so before you fire up the stove, check out which is better.

Canola Oil (10:1) It has the lowest amount of saturated fat among common cooking oils but fewer heart-healthy monounsaturated fats. Canola is the top choice for sauteing or frying because it doesn't smoke at high temperatures and has a neutral taste. To fuel fat loss, try Enova oil. It's a special combination of canola oil and soybean oils that your body more likely to burn for energy than store a fat.






Olive Oil (5:1) It contains antioxidants and monounsaturated fats that helps keep your cholesterol low and your arteries clear. Unfortunately, olive oil has a relatively low smoke temperature, meaning it's not great for frying or high temperature cooking.














Peanut Oil (5:2) Peanut oil isn't overly high in saturated fat, and its great taste and elevated smoke temperature make it an excellent choice for cooking says O'Rourke.













Corn Oil (2:1) Versatile-but-bland corn oil is low in saturated fat but places fourth for overall health.


article from:
Men's Health





This is so helpful for each and everyone of us, to know what type of oils should we use for our cooking and the best way to keep ourselves healthy and away from illness. It's a simple information about the oil that we use for cooking and I consider it very helpful especially if we cook for middle age people because we need to take care of ourselves more.

Health is wealth, that's what my mother always say, and she always remind me and my sister to take care of ourselves because she wont be there all the time to watch over us...