i believe

I BELIEVE in GOD.I believe PRAYER works.I believe memories are treasures that are worth far more than gold.I believe the vows of marriage should be taken SERIOUSLY.I believe practice makes perfect( or at least will help).I believe in keeping a secret.I believe children need lots of hugs and kisses.I believe each day can be my BEST day ever-or my WORST day ever.I belive that painful life lessons are rarely forgotten.I believe I will be a better daughter in my next life.I believe it is IMPOSSIBLE to fool GOD.I believe GOOD character is MORE important than tons of talent.I believe religion is a matter of FAITH, NOT magic.I believe in LOVE at FIRST SIGHT.I believe I should READ more.I believe older people DESERVE my respect.I believe JEAlOUSY is a real WASTE of time.I believe experience is a GREAT teacher.I believe past is really the past.I believe every one can improve and has potential.I believe good cookware does make life easier.I belive TRUST is the BASIS of al friendships.I believe children are a GODSEND.I believe mothers-in-law are either good news or bad news.I believe strawberries is the best berries.I believe snobs are insecure and a bit afraid of life.I believe the mind and body can work together to fight disease, but thank GOD there are lots of good doctors.I believe, one of life's great joys is holding a baby.I believe the secret of life is having a kind and generous heart.I believe CHEATING is WRONG.I believe in reaching for the stars.I believe my husband and my daughters are the most BEAUTIFUL and most TREASURED gifts from GOD.xoxo

Rhobyn

whose eyes are twinkling deep
whose tongue is dumb
feet rub ofttimes
and fingers wave to say bye-bye..

lovely kid isn’t she?
dashing for something and anything
walking and running till she drop down
so, cathch her if you can.

an angelic face manna from heaven
peaches and cream cheeks and wispy lips
sweet little one who’s unfailingly smiling
that’s my niece, my darling rhobyn.
tita here and winking ;)

what a day!

October 28.
yesterday.
brunch at 99 steak haus.
back to bed for a nap.
laundry haus at 6pm.
web-searching.
voltaire arrives at 7:30pm.
swimming at 8th floor .
cold water,dive,jump and snaps.
dinner at danny’s grill.
delicious!
jays and friends joined us.
also te cielo and kuya king.
meet up with anion friends.
live bands.
beer.
pulutan.
laughters.
kwentuhan.
seious talks at starbuck.
caramel frap n strawberry cream.
3am.
net
sleep.
zzzzzzzzz.

Listen to HIM

GOD says:

1. QUIT WORRYING:
Life has dealt you a blow and all you do is sit
and worry. Have you forgotten that I am here
to take all your burdens and carry them for you?
Or do you just enjoy fretting over every little
thing that comes your way?

2. PUT IT ON THE LIST:
Something needs done or taken care of. Put it
on the list. No, not your list. Put it on MY
to-do-list. Let ME be the one to take care
of the problem. I can't help you until you turn
it over to Me. And although My to-do-list
is long, I am after all... God. I can take care
of anything you put into My hands. In fact,
if the truth were ever really known, I take
care of a lot of things for you that you never
even realize.

3. TRUST ME:
Once you've given your burdens to Me,
quit trying to take them back. Trust in
Me. Have the faith that I will take care of
all your needs, your problems and your trials.
Problems with the kids? Put them on My list.
Problem with finances? Put it on My list.
Problems with your emotional roller coaster?
For My sake, put it on My list. I want to
help you. All you have to do is ask.

4. LEAVE IT ALONE:
Don't wake up one morning and say,
"Well, I'm feeling much stronger now, I think
I can handle it from here." Why do you think
you are feeling stronger now? It's simple.
You gave Me your burdens and I'm taking
care of them. I also renew your strength
and cover you in my peace. Don't you
know that if I give you these problems back,
you will be right back where you started?
Leave them with Me and forget about
them. Just let Me do my job.

5. TALK TO ME:
I want you to forget a lot of things.
Forget what was making you crazy.
Forget the worry and the fretting because
you know I'm in control. But there's one
thing I pray you never forget. Please, don't
forget to talk to Me - OFTEN! I love YOU!
I want to hear your voice. I want you to
include Me in on the things going on in your life.
I want to hear you talk about your friends
and family. Prayer is simply you having
a conversation with Me. I want to be your
dearest friend.

6. HAVE FAITH:
I see a lot of things from up here that you
can't see from where you are. Have faith in
Me that I know what I'm doing. Trust Me;
you wouldn't want the view from My eyes.
I will continue to care for you, watch over you,
and meet your needs. You only have to trust Me.
Although I have a much bigger task than you,
it seems as if you have so much trouble just
doing your simple part. How hard can trust be?

7. SHARE:
You were taught to share when you were
only two years old. When did you forget?
That rule still applies. Share with those who are
less fortunate than you. Share your joy with
those who need encouragement. Share your
laughter with those who haven't heard any in
such a long time. Share your tears with those
who have forgotten how to cry. Share your faith
with those who have none.

8. BE PATIENT:
I managed to fix it so in just one lifetime
you could have so many diverse experiences.
You grow from a child to an adult, have children,
change jobs many times, learn many trades,
travel to so many places, meet thousands
of people, and experience so much. How can
you be so impatient then when it takes Me
a little longer than you expect to handle
something on My to-do-list? Trust in My
timing, for My timing is perfect. Just
because I created the entire universe in
only six days, everyone thinks I should
always rush, rush, rush.

9. BE KIND:
Be kind to others, for I love them just
as much as I love you. They may not dress
like you, or talk like you, or live the same way
you do, but I still love you all. Please try
to get along, for My sake. I created each
of you different in some way. It would be
too boring if you were all identical.
Please, know I love each of your differences.!

10. LOVE YOURSELF:
As much as I love you, how can you not
love yourself? You were created by me for
one reason only -- to be loved, and to love
in return. I am a God of Love. Love Me.
Love your neighbors. But also love yourself.
It makes My heart ache when I see you
so angry with yourself when things go
wrong. You are very precious to me.
Don't ever forget......

"Cast your cares unto the Lord, and He will sustain you...
He will never let the righteous fall.

hassle-free!

Stress Management

A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, "how heavy is this glass of water?

Answers called out ranged from 8oz. to 20oz.

The lecturer replied,

"The absolute weight doesn't matter.

It depends on how long you try to hold it.

"If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem.

If I hold it for an hour,

I'll have an ache in my right arm.

If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance.

"In each case, it's the same weight,
but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. "

He continued,

"And that's the way it is with stress management.

If we carry our burdens all the time,

sooner or later,

as the burden becomes increasingly heavy,

we won't be able to carry on. "

"As with the glass of water,

you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again.

When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the burden. "

"So, before you return home tonight,

put the burden of work down.

Don't carry it home.

You can pick it up tomorrow.



Whatever burdens you're carrying now,

let them down for a moment if you can. "

"Relax; pick them up later after you've rested.

Life is short.

Enjoy it!


And then he shared some ways of dealing with the burdens of life:

* Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.

* Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.

* Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

* Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be recalled by their Maker.

* If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

* If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.

* It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.

* Never buy a car you can't push.

* Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won't have a leg to stand on.

* Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.

* Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.

* The second mouse gets the cheese.

* When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

* Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.

* You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.

* Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once

* We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull, Some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box.

" A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
HAVE AN AWESOME DAY! =)

eric's boozeness

someone texted me lastnight asking me to join them at pier one. who would that be? oh well, it was my cuz eric..i forgot it was his birthday..my bad!

anyway, mon and i only jammed with them for just an hour because we needed to rush home early for rhobs medicine and of course for our baby potpot.we missed every seconds that we are distant from each other..that baby!!! we love you!

who were present that night? oh yeah, it was jana,paw,fate,mon,ric,paul,jays,eric's high school buds and ofcourse,yours truly :) i had fun even just for the short time i was with my housemates and my beautiful girls...i missed chilling out with them..i missed our asaran and kulitan.hehe

cuz eric, i know that your happy now with you love of your life,jana beabe!!!wink* study hard and minimize your time playing computer games,ok?hehe


happy booze daycuz! more birthdays and blessing to come!!!!

cuz sarah is always here you no matter what happens.

love you. one big hug*

traffic-jam

wassup,Manila?!!!

Damn we’re stuck in a traffic jam here at epana.What’s new anyway? Konting ulan lang baha na!Grr. Do something people! Do something! It just rained for 10 minutes but what the hell,BUMAHA NA! tsk.

okidokie.relax sarah..take a deep breath ;)

gloomy sky.
musika trip inside our leathered vios.
wiper wipes raindrops in the windshield.
cars move slowly.
again, rain getting strong and stronger..
passengers start walking and running under the rain.

why are we here at espana anyway?!

we’re meeting ric and planned to send our gift to ces at florida then ric will be treating us at an eat-all-you-can resto at timog.. damn! bad timing,isn’t it?:(

alright... karding just hopped in..tramway,here we come!!!

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at this momment in time, we all got full..ayos!

:)

seven years young old

Days flyi hurriedly..

7 years ago, year 2001, when i was just cuddling a baby named frances vita..And 4 days ago, the baby speedily turned 7.

Darling vita, forgive us that we weren’t together on your momentous twenty-four hours. Dad and I felt really bad.Many things happened to you and all we wanted was your fast recovery. Ading also just came out from the hospital that we could not even leave her alone with the yaya. I know you had a wonderful birthday , together with mama & papa and your friends..I know Jollibee cheered you up ,am i right?:)

Remembering our plans on your 7th birthday?
PLAN A: if youll gonna celebrate you birthday in tugue we planned to whoop it up at las palmas and it would be a hawaiian swimming party with face painting, nice, yum and simple cake with your dearests.

PLAN B: You will fly to manila with dad.Attend ading rhobyn’s 1st birthday..And a simple celebration with daddy,mommy and ading pot.

PLAN C: either of plan A or plan B you’ll still get your most awaiting gift, a pink two-wheeler bicycle from dad :)


Yesterday, i went to trinoma and buy lotsa gifts just for you. I got headache roaming around the big mall.hahaha hope you’ll gonna like ma presence my honey.. I bought you a pink jumper, navy blue dora denim pants, lotsa colorful accessories, blouses barbie slippers and a gold sandals boxed together in a baby pink rustans wrapper.

Baby, belated happy birthday.. I terribly missing you..

Simple wishes from mommy:

good health.
hapiness always.
that we will be together forever.
and your fast recovery.

we love you baby girl.


Hugs and kisses from me dad & ading pot!

zara

Oh no! I cant sleep..After i lullabyed my little girl, fall asleep and nebulized her,still, my huge eyes are wide open. The kids slept early, rhobyn at 6pm and pot at 8pm..They got tired playing.

What’s bothering me anyway? is it the bag at trinoma?

Whuuuaatt????!!?!

Alright, This morning I went to trinoma just to deposit all the payments of bags i ordered and snapped up for frances gifts that had been free wrapped @ rustans. I also bought a pink huge bag for moi..It is a little bit expensive that’s made my pockets dry..ugh..And again, when I checked Zara boutique bags, my eyes cant get away to the black tote bag..It was really beautiful..I really love it though it was pricey..6000bucks?!>! OMG! Where the hell could i get that amount just for a bag? But,I thought of my husband maybe he wanted to buy it for me someday in december..How about considering as a X’mas gift for me, my honey? :) Please?=)



Okidokie, I’ll be waiting for my zara bag.ahem! Plus the Technomarine watch,right daddy?

My hero.Thank you in advanced. kiss*

i wish.

fingers crossed

At nightfall, little sarah feels uneasy, sleepless. Rubbing her itchy eyes with her tiny hands, sobbing and blurting out, running nose,burning and sweating and me at her side, just praying for her fast recovery.

Tears roll over my cheeks.Curiosity behind my mind.Blaming and guilty.feeling sane and insane. anwering the same Q's..the why and WHY’s..

While looking at my ellise on hours of darkness, I started talking to God. Sharing and whispering my thoughts. Pricking up my ears and still Hoping. Asking extra strength from HIM , a spirit to take in hand all the predicaments. And light for the gloomy sunless day..

now..

I thank you almighty Father for our talks.
I am ashamed of my wickedness , ergo i beg your forgiveness.

I love you.

your child,
sarah

bro's birthday bash!

Lastnight, we celebrated my bro’s 25th birthday..

One year older and wiser!cheers!

Our loving mom cooked fried chicken, pork bbq, sotanghon guisado, spaghetti,baked tahong and prepared macaroni salad for dessert, all for his son. Plus mon and I brought home lots of sea foods.. calamares, crabs and shrimps sweet chili buttered, and grilled tuna belly.

We all got full. The food was great! Also Cousins were there..

GSm blue and softdrinks as chaser!
Boozed up.
Bended one’s elbow.
Made some noise.
crazy jokes & stories.
Laughed out loud.
ladies watched movies.
babies slept soundly.

It was fun. and I just hope the celebrant enjoyed it too.

a brief view of the birthday man:
oh,well,people describe him as tall dark and handsome and he’s dubbed “ daddy dong”.=) a serious person inside and out. softspoken. hates to adopt friends. good son to his folks though strict to his sibs.high-minded. loves his family so much!!!

One big hug for you my dear bro! I know you loathe me most of the time , but still, as your big sister, I will be there for you all the time!!! smile*



I love you! ❤

dampa sa paranaque

I am absolutely ravenous. seafoods,anyone?! yea,right this moment, my honey and i are here at dampa paranaque and looking forward for our food to be cooked and served. yum yum!

Prawns for Tempura.
Shrimps for sweet buttered shripms.
Crabs for sweet chili buttered crabs.
Tuna belly for grilled tuna bely.
and squid for calamares!!!

cant wait to chow!!!

additional rice and softdrinks,please?! wink*

for sure, our empty stomach will be satiated in a while. =)

i could smell it from here..gotta go!!

happy lunchdate to us, my honeypiepie!haha


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i’m back and sated or should i say gluttened? tsk.
too much ordered food.. we just gave the leftovers to the the food-preparer. enjoy!

ciao!

eight months

Guess who’s birthday this very day?! tsirit? haha alright, it’s little princess sarah’s. yipee! she’s celebrating her 8th month as a tot.

This morning, we went to the hospital,visited her pedia. We hEARd bad news from the result of her xray. The Md said that she might have a so called primary complex,a tuberculosis for children. I could not believe OF WHAT WE JUST FOUND OUT. And another injection for Primary Complex test.My strong baby didnt cry at all,yea,no tears excreted. neither screamed.Hindi kaya sya talaga nasaktan? My husband and I still hoping and praying to God for a good results..

No negative findings Lord,please?

Dispite that, I am glad that we immediately detected the problem. there is a cure. a 6 months madication for maintenance. now, less worries.

My baby, happy happy 8 months! you know how muchos daddy and mommy loves you. Sorry that mommy lost your new gray sweater awhile ago.Pero dbale dalawa naman yun kaya may isa ka pang bago :) You look beautiful my darling with your new sweater. Daddy took us out for lunch nga pala at sm jollibee baguio and he also bought you a maroon baby jacket and lotsa balloons! isn’t he the best dada in the world?

again,Happy birthday!!

i love you!

lotsa hugs and kisses for you.❤❤❤

officially mine

yey! I would like y’all to know that the D40x i am currently using for my photoshoots is now officially mine.cheers!!!

Now and again, a gazillion thank you’s to my husband . He payed and bought the mini thing for me. You just don’t know how much you completed my passion.

Daddy, ilove you with all my heart.
I am so lucky for having you in my life and for loving me that mucho!

i love you. i love you and i really do LOVE you!

passionate kiss***

day-to-day

Sun up. No duties. I stood up and water flashed into my face. I thought of cleaning my messy boxy place. And i just did. I picked up all the scatterd dirty clothes. Washed the dishes. Swept the floor. changed all the linens. Organized my things . And i also plucked my eyebrows.haha And i started to study again and after long hours of reviewing i bathed and dressed. Went to the gym. Had my lunch at 3pm. Do you want to know what i ate for luch? uh-uh, it was pancit, fried fish , omelet, and pinakbet plus a big sliced of watermelon and a cup of black gulaman with that of unbelievable sum of Php75 only. Isn’t it amazing? hehe

i went home straight, took a shower and now, im going to my desk and start reviewing. wink*