Another Storm is Brewing

It's beginning to rain again. I heard there's another storm heading our way. Oh my, not again!

The streets of our village are still littered with uprooted trees and other debris. There's too much mess lying around that the maintenance crew simply couldn't keep up. With the tedious task of tidying up the streets, here comes another storm looming in the air. I hope it will change its mind and head off to another place.

Embracing Harmony

It somehow poisons my spirit whenever I get angry or frustrated on someone. Conflicts with other people is always a heavy burden and does nothing good for our inner being.

I learned that it is always good to embrace harmony. Having a good relationship with the people around you makes you a better individual. A discord-free life gives you a sense of peace and brighter outlook in life. In fact, when you are at peace with yourself and everyone around you, it reflects on your face. You tend to look better when you embrace harmony because smiling comes easy. Harmony gives a person a natural high.

I try to live in harmony but I'm not perfect. There are times when I lose my temper. I try my very best to control my temper because I don't like getting angry. It makes me feel terribly bad at the end of the day.

Whenever I have a misunderstanding with someone, I make it a point not to sleep over it. As much as possible, I want to settle it before going to sleep. I find that I sleep better when I don't have a heavy heart.

Special Bond

I just had a nice chat with my best friend, Lyonnel. It's amazing how we often find ourselves thinking of each other at the same time. It's like we have a special bond ... a connection that keeps our thoughts somehow synchronized. It's quite fascinating.



This is one of my favorite gifts from Lyonnel. He gave it to me for Christmas. I just couldn't remember the year. She's very beautiful. I named her Leah, a name very similar to my best friend's nickname, Lye.

I'm sure I'll have a peaceful sleep tonight.

Junior Super Heroes

Yohan had a great time with his second cousins last Saturday. We went to Paranaque to attend Laarni's baby shower. Sadly, I wasn't able to take pictures of the baby shower because I wasn't able to charge the batteries. The power failure was to blame. ha! ha! The baby shower was a success despite the heat and lack of proper lighting. Aileen and I prepared some fun games and everyone joined with gusto.

Here is a photo of Yohan and his cousins mimicking their favorite super heroes. Aileen and I reminisced how we used to play make believe when we were little. Oh, how I miss those days when all I thought of was playing.

Monday Madness

1. From amanda f:
What do you do when somebody complements you?
I always smile and say thank you. Compliments always have its way of brightening my whole day.

2. From shelly:
What color are your eyes?
Black

3. From kia:
What do you like most about yourself?
I don't easily make friends but when I do, it's usually for keeps. I believe in long term friendships.

4. From julie:
How do you spend Christmas?
We always spend Christmas with family. We have a big family and everyone is present during Christmas. Everyone helps in preparing the Christmas feast and we exchange gifts. Christmas is always filled with laughter and merry songs.

5. From wide imagination:
When do you normally blog? Day or night?
I normally blog in the late evening until early morning. It's when we son is asleep and I have more free time to blog hop.

6. From rach:
What song can you relate to your personal life? Share a line or two of that song.
I realized that a line or two is not enough so I'm sharing a couple of lines of my favorite song. The title of the song is Beautiful Days by our local singer Kyla.

I see beautiful days with you
I feel beautiful ways of loving you
Youve touched my heart so deeply
And I cant thank God enough
For all the beautiful days with you
I feel beautiful ways of loving you
Everything is just so wonderful
Every little thing is just so beautiful
When I spend it with you

The song describes how I feel for my husband and my son. I always have beautiful days when I'm with them. I'm thankful to God for having them in my life.

7. From sherle:
What is your favorite color for a sleeping environment?
I prefer pastel colors like light blue, light pink and lavender because they are cool to the eyes.

Topless Sandals

Jules' uncle who happens to be a pilot agreed to buy me a pair of Topless Sandals when he goes to Tokyo this month.


I love flipflops. But this one is rather unique. It has no straps but they stick to your feet like second skin. It comes with lovely toe beads. There are many great designs to choose from, a foot jewelry as you may call it. Curious? Check out the Topless Sandals website for a detailed description.

A Sunday Meme: Let's Eat!

Here are my answers to Toni's meme:

1. Favorite Comfort Food
Blueberry Cheesecake from Becky's Kitchen

2. Favorite Breakfast Meal
Sunny side-up egg, bacon, hash browns, toast with butter and jam. Tsk! Tsk! Fattening.

3. Favorite Lunch Meal
Kare-kare with bagoong.

4. Favorite Dinner Meal
Jules' Salpicao.

5. Favorite Dessert
Blueberry Cheesecake

6. Favorite Cake
Blueberry Cheesecake from Becky's Kitchen and Carrot Cake from Sugar House.

7. Favorite Pasta
Carbonarra

8. Favorite Dish That Others Find Weird
Hmmm ... I can't think of any right now.

9. Favorite Fruits That You Haven’t Eaten In A While
Strawberries

10. Favorite Junkfood
Lay's Sour Cream and Onion Potato Chips

11. Favorite TV Show Related to Food (Cooking show, Travel show with food, etc.)
Jaime Oliver, How 'Bout My Place

12. Favorite Pastries
Cream Puffs

13. Favorite Way to Eat Potatoes
I love making them into potato salad.

14. Favorite Ice Cream
Pistachio flavor.

15. Favorite Alcoholic Drink When You Really Really Really Want to Party
I always have frozen margarita or bailey's.

16. Favorite Bar Chow
Sisig.

17. Favorite Chicken Dish
Chicken ala King.

18. Favorite Place to Eat with Your Sweetheart or Your Best Friend (Choose 1)
Antonio's with my husband.

19. Favorite Place to Eat with your Family
We love eating snacks and dessert at the TV room.

20. Fill in the blanks: I wish I could eat ____ in/at _____ with ______.
I wish I could eat ebi tempura and california maki at Zen with my best friend, Lyonnel. I miss the place and I miss having great conversations with him.

Panic in the Air

It seems that after the typhoon, people went into a panic mode.

A day after the storm, I had to go to the grocery to buy milk and distilled water for Yohan. I was shocked when I saw the long queue's on all cashier lanes. I noticed that people seemed to be hoarding food and drinks. Many customers were also buying stacks of candles for the extended power failure.

Since there was no electricity, most houses had no water as well. The grocery was running out of bottled water. I was supposed to buy 3-4 large bottles of distilled water but was told that they sold out the large bottles that morning. Grocery staff attest that customers waited for them near the storage area to request for boxes of bottled water. The staff didn't have time to put the bottled water on the shelves because the water was sold out in a span of minutes. Instant noodles were also being sold like hotcakes.

There was even a shortage of gas in our area. Two gasoline stations were badly hit by the flood and had to be temporarily closed. As a result, there were several long lines at the only open gasoline station in the immediate area. Unfortunately a large truck infont of us was buying diesel by the drum. We had no choice but to wait for the driver to fill up 3 large container drums with diesel. Many of the cars were getting full tank of gas. I could almost smell the panic in the air.

Amidst the power failure, banks were offline and credit cards were temporarily not honored. Bummer!