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Marikina’s Craftmanship and Everything Else 2008-03-13 10:17:30 Today, I went on an in-city tour of Marikina. I have lived in Marikina all my life — was born, educated, and married here. But in reality, I really haven’t visited all the lovely and momentous places in the city.
Today I overdid it. I’m spent and tired but I’m happy. In a few days, I [...] Read more:Everything
Marikenya’s Movie and Romance Time 2008-03-12 08:56:37 Yesterday, my husband and I decided to spend a lot of time watching movies in DVD. It was really fun — bonding moment for us and enjoying the wonderful movies.
Our selections were the best of the gangsters movies with scenes in Las Vegas. Las Vegas hotels and casinos belongs in my dream, courtesy of [...] Read more:Romance
Tips on How To Live a Peaceful Life 2008-03-11 04:13:29 I have written in the past about credit cards and how those “plastics” ruined my life and my peace of mind. Aside from credit cards, there is also another hitch in having a peaceful life — getting Unsecured Personal Loans.
Getting Unsecured Personal Loans are indeed helpful (try going to AfsLoansOnline.com for fast and reliable [...] Read more:Peaceful
For Parents of Teenage Marikeños 2008-03-10 08:54:51 A few days ago,I have written an article about teenagers of today and their tendency to rebel and experiment. For a parent like me and a tita of four teens, I would surely want my nephews and nieces, as well as my son when he grows up, to be drug-free teens.
However, if you are [...] Read more:Parents
Filipinas, Careers, and Motherhood 2008-03-10 03:10:12 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
Unemployment, Poverty, Dreams — these are some of the reasons why Filipinas today are found in the different countries in the [...] Read more:Motherhood
Parents: Stop, Look and Read 2008-03-08 09:32:37 Much as I hate to think about it, the world is not too safe today especially for young people. I fear that youngsters these days, especially those in their teens, are too rebellious and too experimental.
My son is only five but I have 2 nephews and 2 nieces who are in this stage. One of [...] Read more:Parents
I hope We Can Insure West 2008-03-05 07:26:37 West is our first family car. He’s a beat-up ‘83 Ford Laser. While some lauded us for buying him a couple of years back in a really low price, some friends scolded us and said West would be too expensive to maintain.
West has done great service for us but he was also a pain in [...] Read more:Insure
The Walkable Streets and Sidewalks of Marikina 2008-03-04 21:51:15 When we go to a town or a city, our first impression of that place would come from the kind of road, streets, and sidewalks we see. It’s like creating an instant impression on a person based on her/his physical appearance.
For a city like Marikina, the walkable streets and sidewalks has made the city [...] Read more:Sidewalks
Sad Truths About Health and Death 2008-03-04 01:03:09 I was in a blogging hiatus last week, right after my Marikenya got her PR3. Among the painful reasons was my friend and my kumare (the godmother of my son) died of cancer. It was a really hurting moment for all of us who loved her dearly.
Cancer or most popular as the “big C” [...] Read more:Health
Will My Blog Make Me Rich? 2008-03-03 19:13:33 What was the significance of Page Rank or PR for bloggers? Is was defined by most web dictionaries as Google’s ranking software that calculates the relevance of a webpage to the search keywords entered. For most bloggers though, PR means money. The higher the PR of a blog, the better the opportunity for monetizing it.
The [...]
Palaspas and Marikeños 2008-03-15 10:41:01 Majority of Marikeños or townpeople of Marikina are catholics so it’s not a wonder why churches in the city are jampacked during Palm Sundays or Domingo de Ramos of every year. Palm Sunday is the beginning of the Holy week in the Philipines where catholics bring palm leaves or palaspas in churches. Priests bless these [...]
Summer Dreams and More 2008-03-15 10:13:13 I was watching earlier the TV magazine show Jessica Soho’s Report with their special on summer vacation places and ideas. I was suddenly looking forward to a nice summer vacation or more likely… dreaming of a “dream vacation.”
In my 31 years on earth, I am not embarrassed to admit I haven’t been on a plane [...] Read more:Summer
, Dreams
Fun at the Pan de Americana Marikina’s Hidden Haven for Diners 2008-03-15 00:39:57 Dining is considered special for Filipinos for two reason — we love to eat and it has been our custom to dine together as a family. In our house, dinner time is considered the best meal of the day because it’s the time when we are all together since the adults work during daytime. I [...] Read more:Hidden
, Haven
Men and Cars 2008-03-14 09:53:03 We just watched the movie Bad Boy II, for the nth time actually. I enjoyed it as usual because of the antics of hunky Will Smith and funny Martin Lawrence while my husband was focused on Will’s Ferrari. He even grimaced each time the chic ferrari fender flares would hit during car chases.
It was [...]
The Technology Side of Everything 2008-03-13 23:54:04 When I started blogging, I was just a multiply, friendster blog and blogpost small time user. Now, I have actually made progress by having my own domain and web hosting. Of course, there’s a price for upgrading but fortunately, my site’s revenue was able to make up for those costs.
Use of technology is quite pricey [...] Read more:Technology
, Everything
Humor in Marikina Public Market 2008-03-13 23:28:48 It was a busy and tiring week for me and going to the market with my husband was actually a breather. More so because the public market of Marikina is like stepping into an “unairconditioned” grocery because it’s really comfortable to shop there. The whole of the market zone is roofed, the stalls are organized [...] Read more:Humor
, Public
, Market
Pacquiao Did It Again! 2008-03-16 10:55:30 Filipinos have another reason to be happy. The whole nation once again forgot about the ZTE scandal and all other natural, political and economical crisis and controversies and went on a “Pacquiao Holiday.”
Of all the holidays in the country, I figure this one is the best. Whenever there’s a Manny Pacquiao’s fight, crime rate is [...] Read more:Again
Another Summer Dream 2008-03-16 09:54:24 Just this morning, I visited the blog of a good friend The Islander and was amazed at the photos of his travel in a local beach in Surigao. I again thought of my summer dreams for this year.
Among these summer fancies is spending family holidays in Greece. Since I have watched movies with setting in [...] Read more:Summer
, Dream
To Party Or Not To Party? Tips 101 for a Successful Children’s Party 2008-03-19 11:38:47 My son will soon be turning seven and according to Filipino custom, once a child turns seven, the celebration should be big time. It’s like having a grand debut party for an eighteen year old lass.
What I wasn’t aware of was that my husband has been thinking about the 7-year-old party for our son [...] Read more:Party
, Children
Cher and My Memory Lane 2008-03-18 20:34:47 I grew up singing old songs that my father and my Titos used to hum for me. Even in my college years, I would buy song magazines containing lyrics of my old time favorites which I would ask my friends to play in their guitar while I sing along.
Among the best songs I loved [...] Read more:Memory
Marikina Celebrates Christianity, A Holy Week Special 2008-03-18 20:14:38 Holy Week is celebrated in Marikina by virtue of a Marikina Christian Festival. Not surprisingly because majority of Marikina comprises of Christians. So for those who wanted to have their unique consecrated experiences this semana santa, here are the activities you may want to see and participate in:
Marikina Christian Festival Schedule of Activities
March 19, City [...] Read more:Christianity
, Special
Blogging Tips 101 2008-03-18 19:05:31 Most bloggers with self-hosted blogs started by using Free Blog services. I started blogging three years back with friendster, multiply, then blogger. It was only late last year that I decided to have my own domain and hosting.
Using free blog services was so much fun because you don’t worry about the cost so you’re [...] Read more:Blogging
Are You a Gadget or Techno Addict? 2008-03-22 09:15:30 Are you such a technology freak? How many gadgets do you have at home? How fancy are you with your techno or electronic stuff? Are you very techy or just love techy stuff?
I just realized while cleaning my computer keyboard that I have become a little techno crazy, compared to what I was and what [...] Read more:Gadget
, Techno
Marikenya is Back from Hiatus 2008-03-22 08:51:20 Marikenya was on a hiatus for the last two days because my family spent our holy week in my good friend’s house in San Mateo who is also the godmother of my only son. For the last two days, we were really living it up, as in vacationing and having fun.
My husband really enjoyed the [...] Read more:Hiatus
It’s Tag Awards Day! 2008-03-21 02:39:37 It’s been a while since I last posted tags and memes but today, I’ll be posting awards I received from blogger friends.
First Award: SEXIEST BODY AWARD
(May I just note that this was given to me, I did not asked for it. I know it sounded or looked incredulous. Oh well, it’s among the reasons [...] Read more:Awards
Visiting Sariaya, The Vigan of the East 2008-03-20 16:55:51 I just went on a seminar-cultural tour of Sariaya Quezon. We were with a research team from University of the Philippines who were making an Interdisciplinary Research on an Alternative Model Towards a community-Based Sustainable Tourism. It was my first time to be in Sariaya and it turned out to be a very interesting tour. [...]
The Scorching Heat of the Summer. Tips for Beating the Summer Heat. 2008-03-24 10:21:30 Since the last few days, the heat of the summer has been bothering me big time. I wanted to run home to my friend’s house in Sta. Barbara in San Mateo where my family and I spent our holy week. The weather in that part of Rizal which is actually close to Marikina is not [...] Read more:Summer
A Prayer for Her 2008-03-26 23:13:34 Last night, I attended a dinner together with my husband and my son. The dinner was hosted by my husband’s high school batch mate. During the dinner, my husband asked about the update on the health status of another friend who was in Dubai and was diagnosed of having Cancer. We thought she would [...] Read more:Prayer
One Proud Mama 2008-03-26 21:12:46 Yesterday was my lucky day. I just went on a long problematic and stressful month, this time, I’m up on the heavens.
I am one big proud momma. My son just made me so proud I slept last night with a big happy grin. Our unico hijo just graduated from Nursery and to our delight, [...] Read more:Proud
Everything Online 2008-03-25 02:35:06 These days, almost everything may be found in the world wide web. I started selling online a couple of years back and I was astounded that almost everything can be sold and bought in the net. You may buy you groceries or even even prescription drugs like mircette or alesse online, really hassle-free.
I remember [...] Read more:Everything
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