tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89460305572699477952024-02-07T13:20:52.168+08:00musingsWhat we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens. - Benjamin Disraelipreihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729674203120383226noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946030557269947795.post-91703155262738596202016-11-06T14:07:00.000+08:002016-11-06T14:07:48.260+08:00Notes to KeepWhat would you do to keep it all in place?<br />
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If you were given questions that asks what you feel at that moment in time it is advisable that you keep it to yourself. Because years later it might just come back and bite you in the behind.<br />
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Unless those notes were but safe answers and it woud not matter at all if you would try to read it back all over again. The you in the present would never be same as the you that you are now. And that is good. Keep moving forward. Do not freeze yourself in a moment of time as time does not freeze you. It is you alone who can decide if you want to be frozen in time.</div>
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Better safe than sorry I guess. That is one personality of writers that you will meet by reading blogs these days. In the day where digital writers were a dime a dozen. Finding the inspirational writer that you can follow and read everyday is a gem.</div>
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But there is website that you can follow and read everyday that is so helpful it can save lives.</div>
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preihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729674203120383226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946030557269947795.post-26254337427235577012014-01-10T06:32:00.000+08:002014-01-10T06:40:07.817+08:00Moving OnIf you want to move on and forget, you need to realize you need help from these sources: your family, friends and the ever helpful thing called time.<br />
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Like the sunrise that shines ever so slowly over the horizon, so is getting over problems and challenges. Believe in yourself that you can move on and try to forget the hurt and pain. Learn from your experience and replace each bad memory with a better and more cheerful one.<br />
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We are given each day a chance to start anew. It will always depend on us on how we are able to jump start each day. And it is a blessing if you can surround yourself with positive people that will cheer you up, boost your morale and make you smile.<br />
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And when the day ends, we are blessed. Thankful and at peace.preihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729674203120383226noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946030557269947795.post-65524183127131661832014-01-07T22:35:00.000+08:002014-01-07T22:40:28.558+08:002013 Year in ReviewMy Musings<br />
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From the word Muse, and if we get the meaning of this in the Meriam Webster dictionary, it goes like this:<br />
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muse\ˈmyüz\<br />
intransitive verb<br />
1 : to become absorbed in thought; especially : to turn something over in the mind meditatively and often inconclusively<br />
2 archaic : wonder, marvel<br />
transitive verb<br />
: to think or say reflectively<br />
synonyms see ponder<br />
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To clarify, these posts are all about my reflections, meditations and thoughts that run through my mind. And looking back at 2013, I became so busy in making it more productive, exciting and generally, I got my wish and aspirations. Just think, its about 9 months ago since my last blog. And here I am again, writing away.. and remembering to activate this blog for a year in review.<br />
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I guess my facebook account can generally summarize my life more accurately. I AM STUMPED! Yes, basically I have a lot to share, and I am basically challenged to give you my year in review. Hahahaha I have to laugh or else I would cry buckets.<br />
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Lets see... hmmm I guess, you could say, my 2013 year started with a lot of promises. January started with a bang. I asked for an early vacation leave and spent the early part of the year and early weeks of February going around Hong Kong. Somewhere in these posts you can go through those posts I guess. The most memorable reflections I had then was, I love my family, I appreciate what God gave me and I am thankful that I am enjoying my life as a single lady with a lot less worries than other people in the world.<br />
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Then came the biggest surprise. Mom immediately was hospitalized a few hours after I have arrived home. After a few days, we went home from the hospital. She really disliked staying from hospitals, even preferring to pretend she was okay physically.<br />
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I did not expect that this was just the start of a challenging and heartbreaking journey that I would face for the year 2013. Mom didn't make it after two more hospitalizations. The succeeding months after February, next is June, and October were months that I have spent in a hospital with Mom. In between months were days and weeks that I remember with bittersweet memories. The simple joys of having Mom around, being with her. To the point where I even disregarded invitations to join celebrations. I even asked for days of leave of absences, knowing I need to take care of her.<br />
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All these I have kept bottled up. Preferring to remember the joys and not the pain. But I needed to share, to remember that Mom wanted, always, all these time, for me to move on, take care of myself, my brothers, my sisters... I know she wanted me to look forward to a new beginning. Always keeping faith. Holding on to our dreams that we made together. The love that she has shown me will never fade away.<br />
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There were those times that she was recovering, or pretending to be okay for me? That I have made a trip to Malaysia and Singapore. I have purchased the tickets in advance, so many months in advance that I was even wondering If it will push through. But Mom was very supportive, and she said, pursue your dreams. GO.<br />
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After she passed away, Typhoon Yolanda came. The super typhoon could not compare to the pain of losing your loved one. It was like living at the end of the world. Flying objects, very strong winds, walking home and fighting against the wind. Food, shelter, clothing, and clean water became scarce in Estancia, Iloilo but we SURVIVED YOLANDA.<br />
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But the pain of losing Mom was greater, there will always be moments where you just need to let go, cry your heart out. Only faith in God and His promises for a better future makes me strong. Concentrating on work, having fun with family & friends, and most importantly preaching the Good News (<a href="http://www.jw.org/" target="_blank">www.jw.org</a>) are my major sources of help that distracts me.<br />
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Going to Boracay for a holiday last December helps too. And that was my 2013 year in review.preihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729674203120383226noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946030557269947795.post-42441141619509791982013-03-19T22:00:00.001+08:002013-03-19T22:00:56.206+08:00Love LetterTo my 1,000th viewer,<br />
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This is my personal letter for you. Since you are mostly my 1,000th viewer, I will gladly take my hat's off to you and give you the recognition that you deserve. Yes, you... my readers are the best there is in this side of the world. Ah, the grandeur of being in your presence is the most awesome and heartwarming experience ever to be felt in my entire life.<br />
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{LOL} Kidding aside, the feeling of just being able to write anything under the sun and feel that you're sharing instantly in seconds to an audience of one, two, three, hundreds or even thousands of readers, and to anticipate that it will be read is a nothing but a pipe dream so many years ago. The advent of the world wide web (WWW) was nothing short of a miracle for some. <br />
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I do remember researching a topic in college about the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web" target="_blank">WWW</a> and memorizing its history and how it affected the mainstream media, technology, environment and such... It was a good topic that even after all these years I still remember learning about it.<br />
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I really felt that today, and tonight of all days, this the chance that I will get to pour my heart out again and reach out to a fellow reader. <br />
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This blog started out as a little diary of sorts, a simple and public way of sharing a part of myself that I am always developing. I might not be able to stop and get to know each and every person I see but through all these little blogs, I can keep sharing, remembering- that what I have right now is to be appreciated and what sort of person I'll be in a future is anyone's guess.. a future where anything is possible.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">On this first time, I successfully answered the Immigration Officer why I wanted to go to Hong Kong for a visit to my relatives and stay there only for a short visit and not to find work. My brother met me and picked me up at the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) to go to Shatin located in New Territories, Hong Kong to stay in their apartment with my sister-in-law and nephew. The highlight of my visit was visiting Central Park, Kowloon Park, Ocean Park & The Victoria Peak. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">I am still amazed that I was able to brave riding the roller coaster and survived in Ocean Park. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Quite fitting for tonight. What started as an exchange for weather report in facebook- lead me into blogging about converting Fahrenheit into Celsius. How weird is that? Now I want to remember that to compute for fahrenheit, you have to multiply the x celsius to 9/5 or 1.8 after multipying you add 32. And the reverse works for celsius, which is subtracting 32 first and multiplying the x fahrenheit to 5/9</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I googled the spelling and I got <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit" target="_blank">Fahrenheit</a> (not the Taiwanese boyband) and <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Celcius" target="_blank">Celcius</a> (dont mistake this for a rapper album) correctly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If I were reading this outloud, I can almost hear one of my co-worker telling me: "Whatever" in a tone that clearly shouts "I dont care." Funny that word is becoming a joke to hear around.</span><br />
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I came across an article one day advising the readers making a diary of one's blessings- people, events, things that you are thankful for each and everyday. So by the time another year has passed you can get to look back for a whole year knowing you have a lot to be thankful for.<br />
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I intended to do just that but, as all my good intentions, some push through as successive and continuous cycle, and some just come in small doses and others just do a forgettable stop.<br />
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It would be a treat for me knowing some days would just make me smile and forget all my worries. And now, let me do virtual memory recall. Traipsing back to those memorable times. What would my memory bank show me?<br />
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I always get a good belly laugh when I arrive home. There will always be some funny notes and memorable experiences that will tickle my funny bone. Be it the situation around me, my Mom or my brother or some other things. With these things, small and big, gives me a surefire way of appreciating what I have, and a sort of imaginary release of pent up stress.<br />
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Physically making me stop before reaching our house, in front of our doorway will be the appearance of one or two dogs doing one or all of these things barking, smelling, licking, running, dancing, jumping, sitting- basically doing a small raucous around me. <br />
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Its always a treat when I find that our house is clean and everything is in order. In this instance, I can get out after an hour or so (Mom and me catching up on latest 'chika' or events that have happened or will happen around us) and go to our Aunt's house. On other days, I get to pick up a broomstick, a mop and other cleaning materials and start cleaning away- still this is a surefire way to forget everything and just clean and be fit. When bedtime comes and my head hits my soft bed, I get to sleep so fitfully. And when I wake up, we get to have a family study, preach in the field ministry, go to the Kingdom Hall and catch up with brothers and sisters.<br />
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On worse days, when you wake up, you realize you're not so fit anymore. You get all the aches and pain and a big bonus of sneezing and runny nose (having allergic rhinitis does this almost regularly). And miss out on going out the house.<br />
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Time, as they say when you lose it, you'll never get it back. Well, when Monday beckons me, I start to think that time is something I cannot control. I have to get back again to my other life.<br />
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Breaking the Cycle <br />
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This puts me into a cycle where I am losing days, months, even years of my life to something worthless and not worth living for? No! I don't want to regret a single day that I have spent on this lifetime. So vacation, here I come! Time to create new exciting and unique memories.<br />
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Have more grit and determination! This is the time that we should do something with our life and that starts now!!!<br />
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That jackfruit when I got home that we picked from our own backyard was juicy and yummy. I wish I could share it with you.<br />
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You can expect me reading on a book or an ebook on the early hours of the 31st of December 2012 as this was my annual thing to do. I may not remember all the stories I have read all these years but as an avid book reader, you will feel satisfaction knowing you are losing yourself to a different world. Escape to reality? A form of escapism? Yes, in a way, reading a book is the most simple and one of the cheapest way to entertain ourselves. </div>
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I was also watching the 2012 news year end special last night and got caught up reminiscing what has been my experiences in the year of 2012. A lot of firsts, excitement, drama, comedy, adventure and even thriller. And I wanted to write this blog and read about this next year and would like to remind myself that even if I had regrets, at the end of the year, I am satisfied that on this day, I am with my family, my mom and brother... just lazing around the house, talking and spending the day with each other.</div>
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What would I tell my future self? To be more determined, more active... and open to possibilities. Give more and be happy. Always do things right. Strengthen you spiritual goals. Hold on to you faith and you will never regret anything that will happen.</div>
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<br />preihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729674203120383226noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946030557269947795.post-25580580000998036552012-10-09T21:31:00.001+08:002013-01-22T22:48:12.906+08:00Fire in Iloilo ProvinceEstancia, October 9, 2012<br />
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Since February, I have been assigned in this corner of the world. I postponed writing about my new station since I wanted to make sure that I will give an in depth or realistic view of how it feels living in this side of the island. But to be honest to my self, I have been waiting, hoping, dreaming and even wishing for the right inspiration to strike me.<br />
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It happened last night. The fire that broke out in the old public market was just like an alarm clock that woke my reverie. About a block of business establishments all burnt down in just a few hours. About an estimated 50 million pesos was lost. In related stories, two houses in Iloilo City was also burnt, with a life lost.<br />
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Life truly is passing. Material things burn, get lost or fade away. We need to catch every breath, every drop of experience. Write it down somewhere to remember each emotion that was touched. How we experience each sweat, felt all the emotions that gave rise to tears or at times smiles.<br />
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Filipinos do have the capacity to see the fun of things even when they are in a dire situation. Take for example last night, the Filipino sense of humor was prevalent. A woman who was picking up lost things who accidentally sat on a tomato ketchup was laughed on albeit it was done for a second. Time comes that we are on a rut or bored, we can easily pull out these emotions by just reading articles like this all over again. This work for me anyways. To experience a jumble of emotions so intense I was thankful this fire in my locality did not sacrifice a human life but material things that can be recovered all over again with help from the government, private citizens, and hard labor from the victims.<br />
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The bible says, you cannot add a cubit to your life worrying what you cannot control. Certainly, I cannot control what is happening around me. But what I can control that night was my reaction. Looking at the billowing clouds of smoke and embers flying from the distant old public market, my emotions was running high. Heart beating fast. Different emotions running through me, foremost fear and concern for the people around.<br />
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I was safely located about two blocks away from the fire. Added to my safety: I was on the rooftop of a two story building with a firewall. Deciding that I am safer looking only at the event, not participating in anything hazardous. I waited. About an agonizing hour passed, I can still see billowing smoke that look like an atomic bomb, forming a mushroom like form. My curiosity won, I walked to the location of the fire. Thankfully, fire trucks was already there. Firemen from nearby towns helping this small little town battle a fire that have destroyed the livelihood of small businessmen, over and over gain. I have learned that this is the fourth consecutive times this have happened.<br />
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The culprit? It was rumored to be the small 'carinderia' or food stall that started the fire. This is not the official investigation result but only the majority consensus of the people that gathered last night to watch the firemen battle the fire that razed down an old public market. <br />
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I pray that this will not be happening again. For life goes on. As of today, I can still see people cleaning up the debris. A few have started rebuilding their stalls and opening their stores again. But for some this is the breaking point where they cannot go on. On the flip side, they can easily find a helping hand in the form of the politicians. With elections already looming ahead in the coming months, these politicians can lend a helping hand. Whether their intentions are pure or not. Their help is badly needed. I just hope that the victims will be identified rightly and not to be abused.<br />
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Peace out.preihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729674203120383226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946030557269947795.post-31940614057748353052012-08-10T19:26:00.001+08:002012-10-09T21:50:36.807+08:00Blast from the Past<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjn-DQ1sWfkqgITisSgNejv2rqV6ocKPmRnR-PkcpSfObZedWKxQ9GCy1JXz5_-Fa7jK-6hu6qkvUnupinPBiMjbuqjNTtmz_NCww5zt_2o9BtkxryRxb5Yrr15NattspgM_Zrzt7TEjlI/s1600/spring-wish-list.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjn-DQ1sWfkqgITisSgNejv2rqV6ocKPmRnR-PkcpSfObZedWKxQ9GCy1JXz5_-Fa7jK-6hu6qkvUnupinPBiMjbuqjNTtmz_NCww5zt_2o9BtkxryRxb5Yrr15NattspgM_Zrzt7TEjlI/s320/spring-wish-list.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't help but look back at the past when inevitably, a person or but a distant memory passes by. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Regrets are part of our lives. Living our life to the fullest so that we can escape having regrets later in life might seem like a pipe dream. But for others, they are living their life without regrets. They might encounter stumbling blocks, but they are fully aware on how to overcome these obstacles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> After all these events, Filipinos who are showing their inner strength, maintain their sense of fun, adventure and romance.</span><br />
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Hernelie Ruazol and Ram Ocampo didn't realize that their vow "for better
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but exited to a deluge. "I only wished to have a simple wedding but we
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Remember those times when having an ice cream just made your day? Hold on to those memories because there will come a time where you would like to scream your head off but you are not at the right place nor at the right time.<br />
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Too much freedom can corrupt. And being too nice? A lot of people will just abuse you and use you. I know that, and I hope that people will realize I have limits too. Time will come that my limits will be reached and I hope I can retain grace in my actions and control over my emotions. <br />
Lashing out to hurt back and be as cruel as the people around you is not a solution. You are merely their pawn, playing with their stupid games. <br />
Being an adult meant giving up foolishness. Concentrating on maintaining your temper takes patience and a lot of practice. Grace under fire. Walking out is a temporary solution. You are given the opportunity to prevent your mouth from speaking abusive words that can tear apart relationships and friendships.<br />
Even after all this pep talk, I still wish I could scream. I scream: Ice cream!<br />
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Feeling homesick today. Most probably because of the rainy season. Dark clouds, lightning and thunder, flash floods... these became a norm for us during rainy season.
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What can we do to erase these bad vives and bring back the spring in our steps?<br />
Letting your imagination run away to far and distant places can become an entertaining distraction. It will lift your mood and put a grin to your face. Other people that can see you will also start to smile also as you can affect them positively. <br />
Like a boomerang, smiles when you give them automatically returns. The most charming smile are those given from the heart, because it reaches to your eyes and emits a good vive. The eyes are truly a window to your soul. <br />
Another way to put a smile to your face is by looking at your face on a mirror. Don't place that mirror away until such time that you are satisfied in knowing you are presenting a face that can light up a room with your enchanting smile.<br />
Your favorite song can also lift your mood and make you sing or even dance to the tune. Remember that dance beat? Play it out loud.<br />
Regardless of what mood your in if you're truly interested to change it for the better, then you will be successful. Its all in your mindset.<br />
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preihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729674203120383226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946030557269947795.post-25878406643987172572012-07-27T12:44:00.001+08:002013-01-22T22:45:51.236+08:00Free reading materialsI have been an avid reader of novels since high school. I have rented, borrowed and bought books or ebooks for the sheer pleasure in reading.<br />
Lately I have discovered free ebooks in the internet. For someone who loves to read, I felt happy knowing I would have a variety of materials to choose from and its all for free!<br />
One website that I am thankful is Amazon. This site is so amazing! I thought at first that everything here has a price attached to it. Imagine my surprise when I sorted these books from low to high cost and voila! The price for some of the ebooks are free.<br />
I am now enjoying my free stories via Kindle. Download this free app to your PC, laptop or CP and you are all set to use your library.<br />
I was alarmed at first to know I cannot delete my kindle books inside my kindle library but there is a solution. Manage your accounts at your Amazon website and click on the upper right side corner of your kindle ebook. You will then find that your library is free of unwanted epubs that you do not like or ebooks that you already finished reading.<br />
Check out their site and you will find not just books but also a lot of wonderful finds.<br />
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preihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729674203120383226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946030557269947795.post-86088472995956613352012-07-17T19:43:00.001+08:002013-01-22T22:46:59.347+08:00Daydreaming<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Getting up early in the morning is always a challenge for me. I just feel that I will always need that extra minutes of sleep before going to work. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That blog made me realize that I liked the feel of artistic freedom. To write what's in your mind, share any of your thoughts without the fear of an editor slashing everything away just because its not perfect. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Later on I may need help doing a more structured way to present, package and publish a very resourceful, knowledgeable blog. But for now, let me dream that I can someday make my own <a href="http://fantasyseries.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">novel</a>.</span></div>
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preihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729674203120383226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946030557269947795.post-41688240015123684412012-07-13T15:39:00.002+08:002013-01-22T22:44:31.123+08:00Prea, Brazil<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It just tickles my funny bones when I found out my name is a place in <a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Brazil" target="_blank">Brazil</a> with breathtaking views.</span><br />
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<br />preihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729674203120383226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946030557269947795.post-23256113732024718912012-07-12T22:20:00.000+08:002014-01-30T01:19:15.233+08:00Lemonade<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If drama in your life is giving you lemons, you make a lemonade. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Check out these local </span><a href="http://www.filipinofoodrecipes.net/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Filipino delicacies</a><span style="background-color: white;">. But if you want to make your own, there are still </span><a href="http://www.dataentryjobs.us/99330.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">other</a><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://recipes.kaboose.com/lunch-recipes.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">lunch ideas</a><span style="background-color: white;"> you can choose from.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When the weekend starts, we are thankful that even if we look at the clock that states its 8:30 a.m., we don't feel the need to scramble frantically to prepare our things for <a href="http://www.dataentryjobs.us/99330.html" target="_blank">work</a> that starts at eight. But as we take a sip of that invigorating coffee or tea, our to do list for the weekend slowly but surely reminds us that we should not be wasting time and move on to more important things.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And as I make this post under the mango tree, I am grinning from ear to ear knowing I have the full day for fun and relaxation. I would be spending the rest of the day with family and friends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I woke up very early and as usual I did my routine. Part of that routine is to open up my Facebook account and check those notifications. If I just miss a day from checking those, all those tags my friends does to get my attention will forever be buried from the "close friends" list that I made. It seems that there will always be an eye catching status or just a feel-good video that we keep on posting for our satisfaction we hope that our close friends would appreciate or just glance over. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Exercise. Having daily exercises will take us far away from our computer for a certain period of time. The most easy and productive is doing household chores. Yes, doing household chores such as, cooking, cleaning and washing your clothes are considered exercises. It does not look like it, but you burn calories all throughout the day by doing these chores. And the overall effect? Everybody is happy. And you will feel justified eating that decadent doughnut or chocolate (in moderation) rewarding yourself that you have successfully stayed away from the computer all day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shopping. Yes, window shopping is good for your health and never hazardous for your financial status. Walking around the mall and looking (Just looking! You better leave your credit card at home.) at different products will grant you the healthy benefits of burning kilo calories each step of the way. And after a few hours, unknowingly you are already done with the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking back at what I have written months ago, I get to peek on my emotional and physical state of being. As this was published 7.5.2012, seven months have passed and on my timeline, a lot have happened in between those months. Local trips (Cebu). Budget defense (Bohol). Assemblies (Roxas City, Iloilo City & <a href="http://prea.hubpages.com/hub/Antique-Philippines" target="_blank">Antique</a>). New crushes. A trip abroad (Hong Kong : 2.6.13). Mom's trip to the hospital (2.15.13). I am thankful though that even through all that highs and lows, I get to thank each and every blessings, ignore negative vibes that I have. And hold on to my sanity, love of my family and friends and go on living. </span><br />
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preihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729674203120383226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946030557269947795.post-58684699326543668212012-07-04T18:47:00.000+08:002014-01-30T01:48:43.303+08:00Maruya<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Dreaming of waking up to an exotic island where they have these wonderful buffet of fruits? It is not only a dream but a reality when you will grab a chance to come to any Island in the Philippines.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And if you do come here, you would be then in fruit paradise. Grab the opportunity to choose any fruit to your hearts content. For me, I would recommend choosing between strawberries or bananas. I love them both! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bananas can be bought day in and out in our country. These unassuming shrub can be seen in almost every roadside that you pass by in the countryside- is a yummy treat for us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It can make you happy. Research shows that bananas are actually one of those food that has a lot of benefits. The ripe fruit eaten fresh are sweet and the texture can vary as bananas go in various size and shapes and colors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But to combine strawberries and bananas? Both would be an explosion of different flavors in your mouth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Step 1: Plant a banana (assuming you are in the Philippine countryside ) LOL</span><br />
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But now, since browsing oDesk job listings I came across a topic that will affect most web sites that uses SEO technique:<span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Penguin" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Google Penguin</a><span style="background-color: white;"> . This will definitely impact those </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">search engine rankings of websites who are being unethical in using</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyword_stuffing" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">keyword stuffing</a>. Now, who is much crazy- those guys abusing the net or these crazy penguins?</div>
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preihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729674203120383226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946030557269947795.post-14991259779312466922012-07-03T13:05:00.001+08:002013-02-22T09:36:28.868+08:00SEO<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On the second day on my quest to be a professional writer, I have learned the art of accepting a letdown on sending offers to be their online writer. The first one did not even bother to tell me I was not chosen.</span><br />
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Now, the facts. That employer was looking for a SEO. What is a SEO? At first glance you would think they are looking for a CEO, but no, SEO stands for <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization" target="_blank">Search Engine Optimization</a>. </b> </div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Simply put, he wants to direct traffic or readers to a certain website via blogs or articles. Since I am a newbie, I did not put SEO to my skills. Another lesson learned, If you want to be a successful writer in oDesk or in real life, you get to be creative using <a href="http://www.wordtracker.com/academy/link-building" target="_blank">links</a>. And how do you that? By <a href="http://www.dataentryjobs.us/Part-Time-Home-Jobs/online-jobs.php?id=99330&tid3=research" target="_blank">research</a> and </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">experience.</span><br />
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