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Friday, February 5th 2010

10:24 AM

TGIF!!!

January's gone.  Every TGIF is a week that moves us forward through time.

I happened to unearth one of the photos I like. Been attending the Mini Cooper Rally (benefit for the widows of slain CHP -- California Highway Patrol) every summer for 4 years now...Time flies so fast.  A few more months and we're gonna be rollin' again!!! Summer.....Weeeeheeee!!!!

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Friday, February 5th 2010

6:10 AM

Free Two-Day Shipping for a Kindle this Valentine's!!!


Do you want to give something healthier than chocolates this Valentine's Day...

Here's the good news!!!

If you're one of those who haven't yet discovered the joys of Kindling... Now is the chance to get it! You can purchase a Kindle or give it for Valentine’s Day with FREE Two-Day Shipping!!!! That of course is if you decide quick, and place your order from 11:00 am PST on February 3 to 9:00 am PST on February 11 for delivery on or before February 13. Here, I'll make it easy for you by placing the links here for your convenience. Here's the Kindle DX (if you like your reader big!):

 

And here's the Kindle like mine (if you like it small and handy):

 

What do you know. The price even went down to $221.78 as of today. I got mine for $ 249. and the first time I lusted for it back in early '09, it was $299. Good deal isn't it. Plus the free 2-day shipping (don't forget to select Two-Day Shipping when you check out -- offer valid for Continental U.S.)? Not bad at all. DON'T FORGET!!! If you're giving the Kindle as a gift, be sure to check the box labeled “show gifting options” before you proceed to checkout so you can add a custom gift note and send the Kindle unregistered. There! All spelled out for you. I hope this post helps. I hope you're not one of those riding the iPad hype too. The Kindle has 1-week straight worth of battery power, and it utilizes e-ink technology -- so it's almost like print on paper. You get way less eye strain than a backlit reader. Take it from a "Kindler" like me who had a chance to compare... AND YEAH, WE'RE HELPING SAVE SOME TREES TOO!

 

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Tuesday, February 2nd 2010

6:47 AM

A REASON, A SEASON, A LIFETIME

My heart was still reveling in the joyous moment of finding Eve and Caroline on Facebook when another pleasant surprise came escorted by a soft digital beep on my phone which I’m now slowly getting used to. You see, I just recently downloaded the Yahoo messenger app on my iPhone for the sole purpose of being able to chat with my mom whose online presence continues to spread as her newly found internet skills develop. It has been about 4 years since I practically stopped chatting with people, abandoning a used to be over-used account that now lay dormant for years. I was hesitant at first but went ahead anyway. The messenger pulled up an old list of chatmates and usernames of old friends (oh, flood of memories…do little reminders from a certain point in your life do that to you too?) I wanted to see how that app worked and so I clicked on an old acquaintance whose name had the only yellow online dot at that time.

LONGSTORYSHORT,

I was at a Chinese store buying dimsum for our weekend trip downsouth to visit my stepdaughter and her mom, stepdad and lil sis (I always look forward to seeing the entire fam), when I got a response on my YM. MERVIN. 

MERV… Aaah, life!

It brought a smile to my face. An old friend. You know, like one of those people who become significant for a VERY “short” period of time in your life — short, because you mutually don’t really have that much to hold on to in order for things to stay as is.  The kind of person who is suddenly there, and also suddenly not there but parting doesn’t really weigh you down and you don’t cling to it as if you want to live the moments over and over. Instead, you tuck it in a compartment in your heart labeled “Happy Memory” (or “Growth” whichever applies) and you don’t care if it remains sealed forever, and you don’t even remember it unless triggered by reminder. Yes, that’s the kind of person I’m talking about…the one who visits and leaves a mark — oftentimes a big change— in your life. But then you both find yourselves saying, “Bye, see you when I see you. Maybe, maybe not. Have a good life.” You’re grateful, and really really mean well.

Remember that cliche? People come into our lives for a Reason, or a Season, or a Lifetime. Merv helped me my find myself during a tumultuous time when I was an unhappy prisoner of a 6-year dragging, stagnant and fruitless relationship — and didn’t even know it [REASON]. (One time, sitting across me on the table, he even picked up two pencils and showed me a very animated point — see I can’t even remember the details!) But eversince then, I knew I have recollected myself, realizing that my happiness should depend on no one, and moving on with my life armed with the strength that I found and needed exactly. That didn’t lead to me finding the perfect answers right away. It was a mistake after another [SEASONS]. But at least I moved. His words? Or his presence?  I just needed that one person to pull me out of the rut and make me do the leap of faith. Wherever it was going to take me.

And now almost a decade later, here we are. He barraged me with questions: How are you??? Where are you? What do you do now? My first answer, “Very happily married.” And he said the same thing. Happily married with two very cute babies. He proudly sent me a link to his family photos, and I also proudly sent him mine.

But tomorrow is another day. I don’t find the need to keep in touch. (The purpose was successful — my iPhone YM app works! Yippy for me!) And I’m sure he won’t either. We’ll go on with our own lives again, that’s for sure. Happy and busy with our own good lives, destinies, and the two very special people we chose for our own LIFETIME. His spouse and mine!

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Wednesday, January 27th 2010

10:22 AM

MY PARENTS

I’m happy to receive an emailed scan of the Lifestyle page from the Philippine Daily Inquirer. It’s a pleasant surprise to see my parents’ photos from a benefit. And an uncle, an auntie and some cousins there. I’m just happy to see them. Or am I grateful that they have some worthwhile activities to distract them from the unspeakable sadness brought about by us children being too far away? I hate it when an acerbic thought like that bursts my bubble, especially since my heart is always at two places at one time and my body can’t physically fulfill it. If it is only feasible, I’ll do so in a heartbeat. Everyday. So meanwhile, let me rest in the thought that I’m happy and thankful to see my folks in the papers. Although nothing beats being physically there FOR them as they grow older. (Uh-oh, here it comes again!!!)

Okay, I’ll stop right now and just bask in the moment….the “kewlness” of it. =)

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Wednesday, January 27th 2010

10:17 AM

Karma

-- written in my Gratitude Journal --

Karma. It’s such a strong truth (aren’t all truths strong?) that I believe in. Not exactly in the line of punishment or retribution but simply as an “extended expression or consequence of natural acts.” From what I picked up in Wikipedia: “Karma means deed or act and more broadly names the universal principle of cause and effect, action and reaction that governs all life.

What goes around comes around.

But why am I putting this in my gratitude journal? Am I thankful for the recent news about how some people (who caused us pain) faced their own karma lately? Is this me having the last laugh after all the mental anguish we’ve gone through? Is it seeing what I knew was definitely coming? The climax to the movie that I said at one point I wanted to enjoy with a bucket of buttered popcorn? The proverbial part where the evil-doer is humbled?

NO. I’m just thankful to be reminded of this truth that keeps my soul in check.

But I must admit that I have mixed feelings about it. I’m not a hypocrite to deny that it feels nice (I’m only human), but then my heart also feels a little sorry. Besides, nothing is officially over for as long as the wheel of life keeps turning. Sometimes we’re up there, sometimes we take an unforeseen vertical drop to the abyss.

God’s Hand touches us and moves us back to the right path when we get derailed — IN SO MANY MYSTERIOUS WAYS! Sometimes it hurts, but it is imperative. I’ve seen it happen at one point in my life and I’ve paid my dues. If you’re a New Age believer, it is the universe’s way of purifying and perfecting you. But, hey, it’s the same thing, don’t you think? Just a different language. God has a way of teaching us lessons. He has a way of balancing life. He will keep our feet on the ground each time we need it and He will teach us how to be humble, how to love, share and understand, how to stand up for peace, how to work harder in order to achieve or own something…and how not to be slothful nor greedy when you have it.

I’ll be afraid for those who will seek not to be fair and those who will do others wrong because one day, the proverbial lesson that’s bound to come…will come in a gruesome package. It’s a fact of life. We get what we deserve. Even pencils get sharpened when they’re dull.

And the epic challenge is…that rule definitely applies to me.

Boy, ain’t that scary? 

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Lord Jesus, teach me to be generous;
teach me to serve you as you deserve,
to give and not to count the cost,
to fight and not to heed the wounds,
to toil and not to seek for rest,
to labor and not to seek reward,
except that of knowing that I do your will.

-St. Ignatius of Loyola

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Monday, January 25th 2010

10:15 AM

My Thursday Skies

This is my new addition to Dandelion Fields.

 

It's been storming around here the past week... Roaring skies!

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Friday, January 22nd 2010

2:11 PM

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Thursday, January 21st 2010

8:19 AM

Drool Alert

 

I wish!

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Saturday, January 9th 2010

8:16 PM

"Leopard"

  • Currently Reading: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
  • Menu Board: Wifey Special Pork Sinigang
  • Yesterday's sunset... It's an egg!

I know that the mysterious color game which pervaded women's Facebook profiles recently has raised a lot of issues. There was a message being passed around women's inboxes to post the color of their bra on the profile sans any explanation, raising the curiousity of the male population and the rest of the clueless.

The sexual innuendo was apparent, but it is actually meant to raise breast cancer awareness, so they say.

What's my take on this?

I hear Machiavelli whispering to me. "THE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS."

Really?

That is, if you didn't miss the point of it all and have conscientiously launched thyself on a routinary self-check while you were at it. After all, it is what the game was supposed to remind us all as soon as the message hit our inboxes. If only there was an extra line on the message enjoining us to a worldwide self-exam project. I hope you didn't miss the point.

Early detection is the key, so please do your homework if you haven't yet. This is one of the causes that I feel so strongly about, regardless of the kind of publicity gimmick it takes.  It's a long story.

But now you know what I was wearing two days ago. And that I did my homework.

Have you?

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Thursday, January 7th 2010

2:10 PM

Santa's Belated Present

The UPS truck is my new Ice Cream truck! A friend of mine calls it the Brown Santa Sleigh...

and look what it brought me today!!!

 

I'm so happy I finally got a Kindle! You have no idea how much this means to me! I feel like a little kid!

You can get your own ice cream too, here's the link:

 

Here's to hour upon hour of eternal reading!!!

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