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Got this from Mike Jacinto's site, hehehe, trip lang, hehehe, walang kokontra, kanya-kanyang trip to! Hehehehe!
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My Idea of Heaven by Leigh Nash...
I happen to hear this song at my sister’s multiply site. I thought this song is nice, i like listening to it.... then i asked myself, what could be my idea of heaven? I thought of writing something about my idea of heaven....
My life has never been so perfect, it actually had so many bumps, ups and downs....but then, i reached this point where simple things and even the simplest ones really make me happy. Maybe it comes with age...haha or maybe it’s a different level of maturity i guess, still comes with age!
I am happy. Happy with what i have, a family that’s uber supportive, who cares and loves us, a husband that i love and loves me so much, and of course, i am going to be a mom soon. Isn’t that exciting? I am gonna be a mom to a baby boy. Now that’s cooler! (as you know, he will be the first boy in our family---except for my dad, of course) hahaha exciting!
Quite different. I don’t really know how i feel now. I’m on my 18th week and still have a long way to go. But one thought had crossed my mind when the doctor told us that it’s going to be a boy...that is...how do i take care of a baby boy?
Is it different from taking good care of a girl? I don’t know. Funny as it may sound but, i really don’t know how, they say i’ll know when he’s already here, mother’s instinct, that’s what they call it. I helped in taking good care of my youngest sister chinny, i was 10 then when she was born. I would dance her to sleep, in front of an electric fan, hahaha i just thought she falls asleep right away if i do that! and of course not to forget my one and only pamangkin, Geri. I helped in taking good care of her too. I was with her almost everyday when she was growing up. And i loved it. I love being with her, playing with her, watching tv with her and doing just everything with her. When she left the country 2 years ago, i cried so much, hahaha i was like a mom to her, i thought. 
I missed her so much and would want to talk to her as often as possible. And now, i am here with her, at least near her. I can just see her anytime i want, i just have to visit her at their condo. Happiness. I couldn’t say No to her whenever she requests me to visit her. Hay...my baby Geri, she’s five now and have grown so fast. She’s such a smart, pretty and wonderful kid. I just adore her...
And now, i’m going to have a son. I’m excited at the same time scared. Hahaha this is for real, this time it’s mine. Hehehe i’m looking forward to a fantastic time with him, see him grow up and learn. I want to take good care of him as much as i can. I will be his fan, friend and mommy at the same time. We’re going to be a Family soon. So much love to give him. 
Oh well, i just can’t wait to see him grow up into a nice fine man like his father...
MY heaven... this is my heaven. With my one true and greatest love. I couldn’t ask for more because i am lucky. I feel i am and i know i am. Being with someone who cares for me and who loves me more than I think he would and he could. Simple things like massaging my feet (even if he also wants one, and i don’t want to do it coz i’m too lazy...he just lets me sleep)
, he puts baby oil on my feet before i go to a shower after having a long walk, either because we went out or because we jogged (he learned it from his mom, so I won’t get varicose veins—which by the way i already have even before he did this to me),
he puts oil on my growing tummy, he cooks breakfast for me—his famous omelette---by the way, tastes really good, he washes the dishes after dinner (it’s his toka since we don’t have a maid yet) even after a whole day’s work. He mops the floor. 
He likes to play with all his gadgets even before going to bed, but if i ask him to lie down beside me so i can sleep, he would do it, no if’s, no but’s, happily he will oblige. We pray together as a couple, he leads the prayer every night. We can talk about just anything and everything we want. No secrets. We watch tv together. We eat together all the time. He hugs me almost every minute (with exaggeration, of course!). he makes me laugh, even if his jokes are all corny. hahaha he always holds my hand, even when we’re asleep. He is sensitive about my feelings. He makes “amo” right away whenever we have petty quarrels. I feel safe when he’s around. He makes me feel beautiful. He is superb. He is a perfect gentleman. A wonderful husband for me. A great person.
Now, what’s heaven, i think, depends on how a person views his life. If one chooses to be happy, and see only the beautiful things in his life, then it’s not hard to see heaven.. “in heaven love is everywhere”----THIS IS WHERE I AM NOW!
“I never thought I'd get here
I was so far away
I didn't believe in love
Thought it was just a game people play
Everything changed when I met you
I touched your hand
You took my heart
And you led me to a better place
Just the two of us in the dark
This is my idea of Heaven lying here with you
This is my idea of Heaven nothing else I'd rather do
I never thought you'd get here
Why'd you make me wait?
But when I looked into your eyes
I recognized you were my fate
I'd been living in a lonely shell
With no windows to the world
How in God's name did you find
the lone star's loneliest girl?
This is my idea of Heaven lying here with you
This is my idea of Heaven nothing else I'd rather do
To feel you heart beating
To feel our lips meeting
This is my idea of Heaven ooooo
In Heaven love is everywhere
There is no pain there are no tears
In Heaven love lasts forever
It doesn't disappear
This is my idea of Heaven lying here with you
This is my idea of Heaven nothing else I'd rather do
To feel you heart beating
To feel our lips meeting
This is my idea of Heaven ooooo
This is my idea of Heaven lying here with you”
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Hi friends! My sister just opened her online store, http://serendipitystore.multiply.com.
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Decided to repost this very good article about life, and how sadly we take it for granted...
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“Dead at 47,” The Philippine Star, Monday, August 6, 2007 by Cito Beltran
The news about death when heard from a child is so crippling. Perhaps it’s their innocence, the sound of helplessness or maybe because as adults we want to shield children from ever realizing how painful death can be for those left behind.
Death often reminded me of “our” future appointment during my godless days. I would realize his unwelcome impatience after surviving a handful of “accidents” or unappreciated display of anger and violence from cretins.
But last week as I went to pick up my daughter she blurted out that her schoolmate had to go home very early because her father died that morning.
He was dead at age 47. Some think he was younger. It was his second heart attack in about two months but this time it was massive and it was fatal.
My first reaction was to think of the poor little girl, her pain, her loss.
The principal who was much younger than me had the painful task of explaining death to a grade 3 student. Half the time they were all just crying. In the company of a child that has just lost a parent no one can be exempted from tears.
For me, this “untimely” death was an unnecessary reminder of the consequences of being a parent much later in life. You want to be there for all her important life events; her first word, her first tooth, first crush, graduations, her debut, her marriage and if God would be so kind maybe her first birthing.
But having a six-year old at 51 is like stretching everything so thin and to the limit. You never know when things will snap. You just hope you manage to hold on.
My friend who is 66 probably has it worse. He has a 7-year old daughter and several companies to run. I try to tell him to spend more time with his family because the titles and the dollars will give cold comfort to a young woman who grows up without a father. No mall can sell her memories. No business will ever give him back time as dividends for the life time he gave away to his companies.
They send flowers, Mass cards, and the Mandatory death benefits and profit shares. They never pay extra for time taken from family, and you never get compensated for work related damage such as strokes and heart attacks. You have medical benefits so that the company does not have to pay a huge sum for the illness they gave you. Companies are not kind just smart.
But this is not all about death. It’s really about how the next generation seem to be killing themselves in spite of the fact that they’re suppose to be a lot smarter, a lot more health conscious and better informed.
My friend Willie and I come from the “Fat is great” upbringing. Early in our lives we were taught that a great meal was measured in volume and quantity. Good food was one that made you younger because it would kill you from fat content.
What we lacked in wisdom we made up for by regularly refueling our brains with edible and combustible alcohol. Our sense of risk and adventure were marked by a generational talent of knowledge and acquisition of pharmacological wonders. But now we know better, we only do the fat when the wife is not looking! The other bad habits God took care of!
So how come we’ve managed to outlive some of the “smarter generation”? Why are the 47ners and below kicking the bucket in spite of better diet, more exercise and the absence of alcohol and drug abuse.
For a generation that is so familiar with the word “Chill” it is disturbing to discover that these guys don’t pay much value to the concept of R&R otherwise known as Rest and Relaxation. No, it’s not Rest & Recreation nor is it Rest and Procreation. The word is Relaxation.
The 47ners have been made to believe that “Time is money” and “Communication is opportunity while lack of communication is Risk.” They so embrace the idea of being on-line 24/7 in spite of the fact that most of them are never even on time. They are OCs (Obsessive/Compulsive) operating on CPA (Constant Partial Attention).
There is an apparent confusion of definitions. The 47ners mistake Intensity for Passion, Provision for Parenting, Recreation for Relaxation, Drive for Commitment, Tenure for Loyalty.
My cousin who is fast approaching this generation has held more jobs at senior management level than the number of countries I have visited. In his mind he actually thinks that makes him super smart, exceptionally skilled and highly desirable for head hunters. I simply call him a candle lit on both ends and doing a good job of burning out.
His generation does not seem to comprehend the notion of a decade in the same company. It’s usually the 4 or 7 year itch that leads them to seek “New Challenges” rather than “making an impact” or “creating a “legacy”.
They are achievers, constantly exposed to the stress on new environments and new challenges. They live by the highest and often most expensive expectations and declarations of society. Because of this, they have mortgages, car loans, educational plans that demand compensation packages you would have to be willing to kill for or die for.
Society places such a pressure for women to be married and to have children but in the competing market place, those who manage to have both, end up having a partner more than a spouse. Their parents or their yayas become witness to their children’s firsts: first word, first walk, and first tooth while the real parents become their children’s second option.
Rather than die trying to be successful, we ought to think about what Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote on success:
How do you measure success?
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; To find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a redeemed social condition, or a job well done; To know even one life has breathed because you lived - this is to succeed.
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Hi everyone!
clockwise (from upper left): chocolate lollipops (small), chocolate lollipops (medium), chocolate flowers (big box), chocolate flowers (medium box), heart-shaped plastic cases, chocolates in box, heart-shaped boxes, bag-type boxes
middle: assorted chocolates in square plastic cases
Labels: Business, Chocolates, Valentines
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posted by Echo at 5:59 PM
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I live my life in the simplest way possible but I have to endure high expectations of other people, that's why I am a very, very competitive individual! Very competitive indeed! By the way, I'm a TUTOR for ACCOUNTING!
