Shirley Bassey Fanatico

       Guys, have you ever wondered why the old songs are better than the songs we hear now, somehow? In my personal opinion, such is due to the fact that the singers in the past put more emotion and sensitivity in the songs they create. Thus  they are called classic - famous  then and still  famous  now.

       Late this afternoon after the last group who defended their thesis were done, i went to buy a birthday cake for  my niece who turned 4. After having dinner i drove home and found a package waiting for me  right after i have opened the front gate. The "not so smart" post man, who i guess is well versed already that i get packages few times a month, just left the package there or better said "threw in the package" while i was out. I said " threw in the package" for 2 reasons: one - my front gate is locked; and two- my front steel fence is high and he can't just jump over , lay the package on the paved alley to the main door  and then jump over to get out of my property, huh. weird ...Nevertheless, my closest suspicion was he just threw it in without even a bit of tact. I also have a japanese spitz who would roam around my lot and would bite into anything it would come across with. Good thing, he did not touch the package. A star for you stupidoo ( that is the name of my dog).

     The sight of the package made me wonder, who would have sent me such. I was talking to my husband few days earlier that the amazon ( the site we use to order stuff from) would be able to deliver the Cds he bought by March 25. To my surpise, i saw the Amazon logo on the box and hurriedly grabbed it to open. It were indeed the Shirley Bassey CDs.. How i love to listen to her songs. Yes, they are  oldie, as in certified old songs but as i have said they are full of emotion. The intensity of the voice and the weight of the message revealed in every song just leave me in total awe.  I am just as happy to have few of the best CDs she came up with.  I was young then when i started singing her songs, i would listen to battery operated radio and i would memorize the lyrics, until i get familair, then very familair after some time.

       Now i am singing, not as good as Shirley though, but emotionally and sincerely as if i am singing to the man i love  who is just in front of me. When i become a mother, i would sing these same old songs to my kids to tuck them to sleep.. i just wish they will have a good night afterwards..hahaha..."Diamonds are forever, forever, forever.."

      To Shirley, thanks for all the songs you made, songs you sang and song you gave meaning to. It has been my pleasure to be one of those who found comfort in your songs..

      

Cheers to the raise!

       It has been two week since my husband got  promoted and until  now i still feel the excitement and happiness it brought as well a some uncertainties. I am definitely proud of him for the promoion which is of course ver much deserved by him. He has been working very hard and i am flattered that he was noticed. I remember those nights that his call would come late or worse not come at all due to a lot of work he has to do  and bunch of reports to make.

       Happiness is always the feeling when there is some nice things  happen - and it always calls for a celebration, eh! Yes, i celebrated his success in my heart and meekly thanked the Lord for another blessing.

       But now we are talking about the unsure R&R ( which was originally set for March 20). He said he is not sure if he can get that date because he was transfered to the international camp in Baghdad along with his promotion and that he has to somehow get himself very familiar with the new base. Yes, i understand that pretty well, i just can't contain my excitement to see him gain be it this march  20 or a little later.  

       Although it is uncertain when it comes to date - its absolutely certain that we will have this much needed R&R very soon and i will just be here..........waiting.

       Cheers to life and to success!

For Future Investment

       Less than a week ago, a friend of mine told me of some residential lots for sale in a subdivision located in Klinan 5, Barangay Mabuhay. What made me very interested and eager to get one was the price which is very affordable. This is how affordable it is  - 42 thousand pesos for every 120 square meters of lot. Add 15 thousand pesos for the processng of title. Put a 5 thousand deposit, sign the contract to sell, take the payment receipt and wholah!!!- you are off to go and start your monthly amortization the month after for 3 year....yes, you heard me right, for three years, isn;t that very easy and affordable? I thought so too.  The 15 thousand processing fee was equally distributed into ten months which is added to your monthy amortization, so expect that your due for the first ten months will be a little higher - but sure its okey.  Interest for the capital is only 6 percent per annum and whever you have fully paid before the three years term - you can always be charged only with the applicable interest. Sounds just fair, eh!

       

       I went to the site and checked the place and this is how i will describe it.:

      - in higher elevation that you can over look part of the city

      - air or wind is good from the hillside

      - in the exact opposite direction is the magnificient Mount Matutum

      - what makes it very nice and ideal for investment is that it is close to the diversion road..

    - and take note development  and infrastructures by the local government in  few years will be in Mabuhay area..

       So i tought, why not invest in lots ? Anyway they don't get spoiled and they even apprecaite as years pass by. I can put there apartments in the future which i can rent out and so easy money - you will have monthly collection  wtihout so much hassle.

       I am just happy that when i relayed my idea to my husband, he was very supportive. So i wasted no time, though i spend a day inquiring at the responsible government offices for this matter and it turn out let say satisfactory ( that is because  they are still in the process of having the mother title subdivided). Then i went on to sign the "contrat to sell" and put my deposit.

       Hmmmmm, how i wish tomorrow is already the last month of the 3rd year - so i can say " Yes, I made it!" hahaha, just being silly - but there  is a good truth in it. Thanks for he news and thanks for all the provision that i have received.

       Enjoy the night.   :)

There's a reason for everything.......

  

      My husband's last R&R for 2009 started November 8 and lasted until December 5. We intended to be together to celebrate our 3rd year anniversary and his birthday which came 7 days after our anniversary. Months before his arrival, I have frequently been visiting my gyne for some check ups and preparations in  the hope that we can successfuly conceive this time. Just like any other couple, we desire to have a kid, or should i say kids. Yes, we are no different. In the past three years, I have been longing to have our firs baby  and evey time i get my period or pegtest indicates "negative", I would just lay in bed in frustration. A few days delay in your monthly visit makes you somehow excited and crazily anticipate that you are on your way. But period would still arrive. Negative, negative, negative. How frustrating, indeed.

       For this R&R, my hopes are high, he is staying for 28 days and I will be in my fertile period during his stay.  Then, I missed my period on the expected day, then on the next day, then on the next. I have been rejoicing silently, hoping and crossing my fingers that this is it. Until it startred - I had spots, I bled. Still not convinced, I took a quick pregnancy test and it was again, negative. I became weak, cried and thought of so many things. I was asking what was wrong. I have been sad for a couple of days or more.  My husband would always cheer me up saying, "it will happen in due time", and my simple reply would be, " I'm old, I'm 30, I'm old."

        But everything changed. After the car accident  I got involved with more than a week ago, I realized a lot of things. One is that maybe, JUST MAYBE, God did not allow me to get pregnant becuse i will be in the car crash. If i was pregnant that time,  I could have a miscarriage during the impact - I would lose my baby, and that would be a very terrible, terrible thing to happen.  And the ultimate reason - its not yet the right time. God is good, cause now i am still alive and can have many chances of getting pregnant. Everything happens for a reason. The "have not gotten pregnant" , the "accident", - they all happened for a reason. It was God's way to tell me that there is time for everything. This I learned.

       When we ask something in our prayers, God answers  - and his answer is either Yes, No or Wait. I know He will give us the desire of our hearts, I just have to wait. I just have to be patient, as the saying goes "patience is virtue".

Forgive and Forget

    

      How many among us still believe and follow the saying " Forgive and Forget "? Are you one of those who does? Well, it is the topic in today's sermon in church. Qestion is,  what is there to forgive and what is there to forget?

      As human being, its natural that we don't forgive easily. It takes time. Some people do it faster then the others, some would cling to it for a while and there are some that spend a century before they can forgive, some even take a lifetime. The principles of christianity dictate that we should forgive  not only those who had sinned against us, but also we should forgive ourselves. Yes, we are sinners and that is the reason why God is here to cleanse us.  We should forgive ourselves for all the sins we have done ( intentioanlly of unintentioanlly), for  all of our wrong actions and for all evil thoughts. And when we forgive - forgive honestly. Honest forgiving is the only way for us to go on  with our lives without being held up or tied up into some chain.

     Forgetting, on the other hand, calls for a closure of something unpleasant and this requires the participation of the mind and the heart. We should only forget those things and events that would bring us bad memories, hatred, jealousy, envy, etc.  Keeping unpleasant things in our hearts and minds prevents us from moving forward with ease. Life is a journey that we should take, thus we should be moving forward in life. Would it not be a lot easier if we move forward without bringing a heavy luggage? Bring only happy memories - those are weightless and will not be a burden to you. But it does not stop here, we should be addicted to forgetting, in other words let us forget habitually -as in,  let us make forgetting a habit -  a darn good habit.

       Life is so short and so precius to be wasted. Let us live our lives to the fullest  and move forward faithfully. We can only do that when we learn to forgive and forget. But remember that when you forgive -  FORGIVE HONESTLY, and when you forget - FORGET HABITUALLY.

         Happy Sunday, everyone!

  

Sisters all the Time

People would think we are twins, but we are not. She was born 14 months ahead of me and has a bit bigger physique than i have. Aside from a little body difference, we have almost the same physical features that even our neighbors for more than 20 years find it hard to identify who is who. What makes people think we are twins - is our ability to speak, act and laugh like the other. Nothing can be wackier than me and her in a gimmick together.

Grace, my sister, lives in Makati City, but she came home to celebrate new year with us. We were surprised that she will spend 10 days with us, knowing that she hates the sunny weather and that she usually spend only 2 to 3 days with us in every vacation. I was happy she will be staying longer but little did we know that she has brought with her a sad news. Her doctor advised her for a second operation in her ovary due to ovarian cysts. I can remember in November 2008 when she was first operated. I flew to Manila to be with her in the hospital and to take care of her. I thought it was the end of her suffering, but it was not.

She came home sad, not knowing what to do, where to go and where to get the same amount of money she spent for her first operation. We talked, we discussed and somehow came up with something. Though its not gonna be easy, i am sure we can surpass this as family.

So i thought, spending quality time with her would help. We took a road trip to Koronadal City, bought fruits she likes so much along the road, went to the foot of Mount Matutum to visit the flower plantations, watched movies together, went shopping together and even renewed our driver's license together. We are that close. We had fun, we had double fun. She even told me she does not feel the pain now that we are together ( i hope she will not feel it, ever! )

Two days more and she will be off to Manila and we don't know when we will see each other again. To make the most of her stay, we went to get foot massage and facial cleaning. After some much needed pampering we checked the newest pizzeria in town. Pizza tasted great but what made it greater is the good-looking manager who seemed to be attracted to her. That nice looking guy came to our table several times ( which is not necessary at all) and asked a couple of questions, then another question and then another. I learned the following morning they exchanged friendly messages. I am just as happy that she does not think of her operation as much as when she is with us than when she is in Makati. But reality bites, i am certain that when she gets back to Makati she will be thinking of it again.

Although i feel sad, i am sure i was able to make the most of her stay. That i had made her happy is already an achievement. It is still 3 months until the second operation and many things will happen still in that length of time all i pray is a miracle for her so that she does not have to go through it again.

To a sister that i love so much - just be strong. I am just here.

The IGACOS Experience

Much as i had fun while i was in another place i had so much fun too when me and my loving husband took a 6- day vacation at Pearl Farm Resort, IGACOS ( commonly known as the Samal Island ). The place is at the back part of the island and i must say that it is so C-O-O-L there. I would encourage you to go and pay the place a visit, you will not regret it.

From the day we arrive, the marina crew, the ferry people and the island welcoming group were so warm and accommodating that worrying about your stuff is a strange word. They take care of everything. After arrival we took a tour of the place and its so amazing, food is great, service is very nice plus they have weekend activities which you will enjoy. Pictures of the place are uploaded in one of my albums in my friendster account, and you can check it to see for yourself.

One thing worth mentioning - - - -pretty, pretty beach.

Being a beach bum myself, in the scale of 1 - 10, i would rate the Place 9. Only nine because they did not allow us to wreck dive because we only have open water certification. They require a master diver certification for that. My husband was so disappointed cause he was excited to see a japanese ship wreck from WWII. I guess we will enroll for master diver certifcatoin sometime.

Have a great day guys!