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Friday, May 15, 2009

Mother's Day Moments & Qoutes



The Philippines joins the family of nations this MAY 10, 2009 in paying tribute to the blessedness of motherhood on Mother’s Day, honoring mothers for keeping their children the focus of their lives, walking with them through their storms, and being there for them as they face the world in their growing years.

Flowers, chocolate bars, and handmade love notes will stream into ancestral homes of mothers and grandmothers today, which will serve as another festive occasion for family reunions.

In addition to dozens of roses and chocolate bars, popular luxury items such as ladies’ handbags and bottles of perfume are in the long shopping list of children everywhere, young and old, throwing economic caution to the wind as the world salutes “Mother’s Day.”

Here are some quotes for mothers like my mom.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY MAMA!!!

A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. ~Tenneva Jordan


Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn,
Hundreds of bees in the purple clover,
Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn,
But only one mother the wide world over.
~George Cooper


Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love. ~Mildred B. Vermont


The sweetest sounds to mortals given
Are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven.
~William Goldsmith Brown


A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after. ~Peter De Vries


If the whole world were put into one scale, and my mother in the other, the whole world would kick the beam. ~Lord Langdale (Henry Bickersteth)


All mothers are working mothers. ~Author Unknown


It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge. ~Phyllis Diller


The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~Rajneesh


Woman in the home has not yet lost her dignity, in spite of Mother's Day, with its offensive implication that our love needs an annual nudging, like our enthusiasm for the battle of Bunker Hill. ~John Erskine


A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother. ~Author Unknown


Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly. ~Ambrose Bierce


Women's Liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's the men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one's likely to do anything about that. ~Golda Meir


All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his. ~Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895


When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. ~Sophia Loren, Women and Beauty


Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. ~Aristotle


Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. ~Marion C. Garretty, quoted in A Little Spoonful of Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul


Mother - that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries. ~T. DeWitt Talmage


A man's work is from sun to sun, but a mother's work is never done. ~Author Unknown


A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb


The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes


God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb


Motherhood is priced
Of God, at price no man may dare
To lessen or misunderstand.
~Helen Hunt Jackson


Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother. ~Oprah Winfrey


You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back. ~William D. Tammeus


Now that... my kids are grown, I understand how much work and love it takes to raise and to keep a family together. The example of your strength, devotion, and patience is now rippling through the generations. Thank you! ~Forest Houtenschil


My mom is a neverending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune. ~Graycie Harmon

Sunday, April 12, 2009

JESUS IS RISEN! HAPPY EASTER!!! :)



Jesus is the LORD OF LIGHT! ALLELUIA!
Jesus us RISEN! ALLELUIA!



Today, my family and I went at San Pedro Cathedral early this morning to celebrate the Easter Sunday or so what we called the "SUGAT" or the meeting of the Risen Christ and Mary.

The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances.

Easter is the time for holidays, festivals and a time for giving chocolate Easter eggs. But Easter means much more....

Easter is the oldest and the most important Christian Festival, the celebration of the death and coming to life again of Jesus Christ. For Christians, the dawn of Easter Sunday with its message of new life is the high point of the Christian year.

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What is the Easter story ?

Easter is the story of Jesus' last days in Jerusalem before his death.The Easter story includes Maundy Thursday (the Last supper leading to the Eucharist), Good Friday (the day on which Jesus was crucified) and Easter Day (the day on which Jesus came back to life).

It is a sad story because Jesus was killed. But the story has a very happy ending, because Jesus came back to life and visited his friends and followers once more. He did not die at all, but went back up to Heaven to be with God, his father.




Jesus is alive! Alleluia! The Paschal Mystery of our Lord Jesus Christ comes to fruition today with the celebration of His Resurrection. The glory of God is shown in the Resurrection of Jesus on the third day after His crucifixion on Mount Calvary.

Our mourning has been turned into rejoicing. The darkness has been conquered by the light. The scars on his body have been turned into stars of victory over sin and death. This is the greatest feast in Christianity – Jesus lives on and will forever reign in our hearts!
The resurrection should be seen in the context of the life and ministry of Jesus. The disciples believed that through the resurrection, God had vindicated Jesus. God favored his Son for being faithful to his mission of proclaiming the Good News to all.

We prepared for this great season for 40 days with prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. All these were intended to break us from our worldly attachments and focus on the most important things in our life – things that will nourish our relationship with the Lord and with one another. Unless we let go of our selfish desires, we will never experience the tremendous power of God over us.

We will only share in the Easter joy if we truly respond to his offer of life and love. Like Jesus, we shall be glorified if we become faithful to the mission God has entrusted to each one of us – a mission of bringing the Good News to all.


In a world filled with darkness, we are called to bring the Good News of hope to our society today. Easter is a celebration of hope. We are a people of the Resurrection. As we follow in the footsteps of Jesus, we are called to be strong and not anymore be defeated by humanity’s selfishness and greed. We must breathe life into our seemingly hopeless world. We are also called to enhance and nurture all of creation so as to serve the needs of all.

May the Easter joy prod us to live a life pleasing to God.



Easter is not a time for groping through dusty, musty tomes or tombs to disprove spontaneous generation or even to prove life eternal. It is a day to fan the ashes of dead hope, a day to banish doubts and seek the slopes where the sun is rising, to revel in the faith which transports us out of ourselves and the dead past into the vast and inviting unknown.

Eggs are a forbidden food during Lent, making them a welcome return to the menu on Easter Day.


Why do we give eggs at Easter?


Easter is a Christian festival. For Christians the custom of giving eggs at Easter celebrates new life. Christians remember that Jesus, after dying on the cross, rose from the dead. They believe that, through his resurrection, Jesus defeated death and sin and offers people the promise of eternal life if they follow his teachings.


What were the first Easter eggs like?

The first eggs given at Easter were birds eggs. These eggs were painted in bright colours to give them further meaning as a gift. We still paint bird eggs today but usually only chicken eggs.

Easter bunnyAn Anglo-Saxon legend - the Easter bunny and eggs

An Anglo-Saxon legend tells how the Saxon goddess Eostre found a wounded bird and transformed it into a hare, so that it could survive the Winter.


The hare found it could lay eggs, so it decorated these each Spring and left them as offering to the goddess.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

BABY CARE ON THE BEACH!!! WOW!!!





It’s a wonderful feeling when you take your baby to the beach for the very first time. The new sights, sounds and smells will excite your baby. The glees and the gurgles more than compensate for the pains you may have taken to prepare for your special outing.

Caring for your baby out on the beach requires packing items to protect, feed and keep her happy.


Some Safety Tips!

Exposed body parts such as the face, head or neck need to be protected with a broad-rimmed hat. Young children should not be exposed to direct sunlight, especially in the middle of the day between eleven AM and three PM. Their eyes also need to be protected from harmful UV rays with quality UVA/UVB sunglasses. They can enjoy playing while protected under a beach umbrella or while being wheeled around in a stroller and mounted sunshade. If you leave your infant in a pop-up tent, you need to constantly monitor the temperature. It can get very warm inside in a short period of time. Look for a tent with wide screen windows to let air circulate.

Useful Baby Gear For the Beach!

A twin baby stroller with ample sunshade is great for the beach. Just make sure that your stroller doesn’t have swivel front wheels. Such strollers don’t perform well on sand and tend to get stuck.



Some beaches contain facilities where you can rent beach gear. You should check this before packing your baby stroller. Beach strollers usually come with an umbrella attachment and have very large, wide wheels that move easily on sand.

Travel items to pack include baby foods and liquids, disposable feeding bottles and battery operated food warmers. Other items include a floppy hat with fabric ties, baby lotion, sunscreen, soap, washcloths, wet wipes, towels, diapers and toys. These can all go into your diaper bag.

A beach outing provides wholesome fun for the entire family. Nurturing your baby need not stop you from having fun at the beach. If you pack all the necessary items, you can enjoy a memorable experience that you’ll cherish forever.

Monday, January 26, 2009

kung hei fat choi!!!

happy chinese new year to all!!!

Monday, January 19, 2009

sinulog... pit senyor

my daddy is in cebu.. but we have just celebrated the feast of Sto. Nino here in davao through prayers...


The Sinulog festival is one of the grandest and most colorful festivals in the Philippines. The main festival is held each year on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City to honor the Santo Niño, or the child Jesus, who used to be the patron saint of the whole province of Cebu (since in the Catholic faith Jesus is not a saint, but God). It is essentially a dance ritual which remembers the Filipino people’s pagan past and their acceptance of Christianity.






pit senyor kang nanay kini.. pit senyor kang tatay kini...

pit senyor...senyor..senyor...

pit senyor..senyor..senyor...

sinulog musyagit og kusog... PIT SENYOR..PIT SENYOR!!!


tanan magsaulog...

pit senyor...senyor..senyor...

Sunday, January 11, 2009

HAPPY NEW YEAR







sayings and qoutes about giving gifts :)


You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. ~Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet


What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb


A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver. ~Thomas á Kempis


The only gift is a portion of thyself. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson


We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers. ~Seneca


We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays


But it is a cold, lifeless business when you go to the shops to buy something, which does not represent your life and talent, but a goldsmith's. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Gifts," Essays, Second Series, 1844


If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. ~George MacDonald


The manner of giving is worth more than the gift. ~Pierre Corneille, Le Menteur


Christmas is the season when you buy this year's gifts with next year's money. ~Author Unknown


A hug is a great gift - one size fits all, and it's easy to exchange. ~Author Unknown


If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken. ~Idries Shah


'Tis blessed to bestow, and yet,
Could we bestow the gifts we get,
And keep the ones we give away,
How happy were our Christmas day!
~Carolyn Wells


To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving. ~Max Beerbohm


Pleasure is spread through the earth
In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.
~William Wordsworth, 1806


What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God. ~Eleanor Powell


The Lord loveth a cheerful giver. He also accepteth from a grouch. ~Catherine Hall


The Christmas season has come to mean the period when the public plays Santa Claus to the merchants. ~John Andrew Holmes


May Peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through! ~Author Unknown




God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame. ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning


God waits to win back his own flowers as gifts from man's hands. ~Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, 1916


You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. ~Author Unknown


To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year. ~Elwyn Brooks White


Nothing's as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas. ~Kin Hubbard


I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson



God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?" ~William A. Ward


It isn't the size of the gift that matters, but the size of the heart that gives it. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994


Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. ~William A. Ward


Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons. ~Ruth Ann Schabacker


Change always comes bearing gifts. ~Price Pritchett



Love is, above all, the gift of oneself. ~Jean Anouilh


Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present. ~Babatunde Olatunji