This is how it was started:


I joined Minute Maid's Pump up Your Blog Contest. The mechanic was so easy that it was some sort of fill-in-the blanks with the right adjectives. There are two ways to win, pump up your blog with their backgrounds or join the blog contests and post some comments with your fellow contestants. I chose the latter. I used to join so many contests via blog and so far, I won twice already out of so many contests lol!


Anyway, to make the story short, I was so surprised when my co-blogger Kayce congratulated me on my fb wall for winning one month supply of Minute Maid being the Best Commenter! Wow, I was really flabbergasted!

See my reply? I was really surprised then.

So hurriedly, i check the Minute Maid wall, since I am a fan of them to verify the blessings:

and so it was confirmed...

I tried to browse my winning comment and realized that indeed it pays to be honest with everything you said:

A comment for Grace Marquez' blog

I patiently wait for my Minute Maid supply to arrive, though it took quite a while but the long wait is over.


Yes, indeed. After a long wait, my one-month supply of Minute Maid has finally arrived. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to personally received it since I gave my home address (where I seldom go home :)

Mom, are you trying to count 1 up to 12?

It was my mother who received the package, a door-to-door delivery from Air21 yesterday afternoon.

The package contains one case of 1L Minute Maid x 12 bottles.

Thank you Coca-cola, see the date this pic was taken?

And so, since I do not go home regularly, I asked my Mom to bring me some, and yes I got it! Though she brought only two and gave the other one to her colleague it's still okay. I will let them enjoy the healthy goodness of Minute Maid at home.

Weee.... finally, my thirst for pulpy orange juice will be quenched! A bottle of Minute Maid a day, help keeps the cough and cold away!

want some?

Aloha!

Here I am again while bloghopping, I stumbled upon the blog of this Saturday meme, SATURDAY 9, hosted by Samantha. The mechanics are so simple, just answer her nine questions and you're in. Of course don't forget to link with her after answering all of these...

As for this week, the theme is You Were Meant For Me. This is one of my favorite songs by Jewel.

Saturday 9: You Were Meant For Me

1. Have you ever felt that you were “made” for someone or some purpose?

- ABSOLUTELY YES! WE ARE HERE FOR A REASON- THAT IS THE INEVITABLE TRUTH ☺

2. What do you do when you have a problem that you can't do anything about it?

- I LEAVE IT ALL TO OUR OMNIPOTENT, OMNIPRESENT AND OMNISCIENT GOD. IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO FACE IT THAN THIS?

3. If marijuana were to be legalized, do you think it should be taxed?

- IF MARIJUANA WILL BE LEGALIZED THEN PERHAPS IT'S NOT ONLY TAXED THAT SHOULD BE IMPOSED, THOSE WHO MADE IT LEGAL SHOULD BE PENALIZED. IMAGINE THE YOUNGER GENERATION WHO WILL SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES.

4. What is one thing you should never do on a first date?

- ALLOWING THE MAN TO TOUCH YOU NOR KISS YOU.

5. If someone (at gunpoint) forced you to receive a portrait tattoo of someone, who would it be?

- MY HUGGYBEAR OF COURSE! ♥

6. Is tomorrow going to be a good day?

- I AM POSITIVE. EVERYDAY IS A DAY WE SHOULD ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO.

7. Anything fabulous happen to you last night?

- NOPE.

8. For a few years in a row, you receive a nice tax refund: do you make an adjustment with your payroll deduction so they’ll take less, or do you leave it that way so that you can continue to receive the big check every spring?

-WHATEVER IS RIGHT, THAT'S THE THING THAT I SHOULD DO. PERSONALLY, I DO NOT GET A TAX REFUND BUT I PAY MY TAX REGULARLY SINCE IT IS DEDUCTED ON OUR PAYROLL.

9. When was the last time you had butterflies in your stomach?

- DURING MY FIRST DAY OF CLASS (MY FIRST TIME TO TEACH). BUT OF COURSE I NEVER LET MY STUDENTS NOTICE IT (TOO OBVIOUSLY). I JUST PAUSED AND STARED AT THEM WHEN I GET LOST OF WHAT TO SAY LOL!

whew! that's all for today... 

Join with us!

Welcome back to Pink Friday hosted by Mommy Rubz!

The camera's lens is too narrow to fit us four on the screen lol! With me is my sister-in-law and her two lovely daughters.

Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder...

Pray without ceasing...
I am definitely struggling on this area...
I prayed but not as often as I should be.
Maybe this is the reason why I was always confronted with problems...
It is not because God did not love me...
He just want to show to me that in everything, He is in control.
He wants to remind me that apart from Him I am absolutely nothing!


Getting connected with Him isn't really that complicated...
As long as our motive is right, He will always listen...
Though sometimes we can feel the delay, but actually, it is NOT
Because God's time is definitely the RIGHT TIME.

Many are quite afraid to play with the rain... It is because of fear that the rain could be toxic as a result of the exploded nuclear plants in Fukushima Japan.

I received that threatening text message yesterday which goes like this:

BBC FLASHNEWS: Japan government confirms radiation leak at Fukushima nuclear plants. Asia countries should take necessary precautions. Remain indoors first 24hrs. Close doors & windows. Swab neck skin with betadine where thyroid area is, radiation hits thyroid first. Take extra precautions. Radiation may hit Phil at starting 4pm today. Pls send to your loved ones.

Threatening indeed. But I was not really alarmed. Before I received that text I was at the Administration building and when I came out from the building the rain poured and I have no umbrella so I just run to a nearby covered walk leading back to our office, then I read the message.

I made a further research to verify and I read about this:

 Although there has been two explosions in the Fukushima nuclear plant and a possible meltdown might occur, there has been no radiation leak yet that can reach other countries. In fact, only those inside the 12 mile radius from the plant are susceptible to current partial radiation leakage.

And for us Filipinos, be NOT afraid as the  Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) issued a statement saying that radiation levels in the Philippine environment are all normal.

The DOST-PNRI routinely undertakes daily radioactivity monitoring in the environment. Based on DOST-PNRI monitoring, there has been no increase in the levels of radioactivity since the time of the Fukushima event.
A plume trajectory study from the Fukushima site by the World Meteorological Organization based in Melbourne, Australia showed that the plume from the site of the incident will not pass the Philippine territory as of March 14, 2011.

Source: http://www.pnri.dost.gov.ph/index.php

I am pretty sure that this things will erase all those fears.

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Since I get involved in the Procurement Office, I became acquainted with all construction materials for our Infrastructure Projects. Materials like aluminum and metal cladding is quite expensive but the finished product is good to look at  especially on the facade of the buildings since it comes in varied colors.

So if you have already decided to make your own design of your building, consider cladding as part of the materials to be used.

Hello there! I'm back for Meet Me On Monday hosted by Java on Never Growing Old.


These are the questions of the week:

1.  Do you have a fireplace in your home?
2.  Can you drive a stick shift?
3.  How many computers are in your home?
4.  Are your taxes done yet?  Do you do them yourself?
5.  What is your favorite meal of the day?


Let's begin!


1.  Do you have a fireplace in your home?

- Unfortunately none. But I know someday, if God permits, I will be having my dream house with such a lovely fire place as above to be shared with my family.

2.  Can you drive a stick shift?

- Unfortunately, NO. I don't know how to drive at all even a bicycle :(

3. How many computers are in your home?

my PC behind me

Just ONE. A very old model, desktop type- purchased six years ago but still serviceable though quite a problem already. I am praying to own a new one, but this time, a portable one (laptop! would you care to donate? lol!)

4.  Are your taxes done yet?  Do you do them yourself?

-Updated! This is one thing that the government agency won't never ever forget. Every payroll, we are always deducted with this therefore the Bureau of Internal Revenue won't run after me for tax evasion lol!

5.  What is your favorite meal of the day?

Well, it really depends on what is on the table lol!

So, that's my entry for this week...

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“The earthquake has caused major damage in broad areas in northern Japan,” Prime Minister Naoto Kan said at a news conference. (PhilStar)

What's next then? Japan, one of the Asia's progressive countries was not spared to the nature's wrath! I saluted how Japan gave emphasis to doing and making things based on what is standard. However, some of their affected architectural designs that were earthquake proof were now torn down into rubbles. So sad. 

A rampaging wall of water several meters high slams a coastal

community following a powerful earthquake in Natori, Miyagi

prefecture in Japan yesterday. Right photo shows giant fireballs

rising  from a burning oil refinery in Ichihara, Chiba prefecture.AP

Unlike the 9/11 Terrorist Attack in the land of milk and honey, this land of striking scenic beauty was shaken not with human factor but with nature.

This is a wake up call for all of us.

In the Science point of view, the Mother Earth is slowly deteriorating and very much vulnerable to natural destruction. 

But all of these occurrences were already predicted even before these were preconceived by any human minds in our generation.

This was already revealed in the Holy Bible, the very Word of our Almighty God, the Creator.

Matthew 24
(The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times) 

 ¹ Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings. ² “Do you see all these things?” he asked. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” ³ As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

I have read this passage many times before and many times also it shivers me even by just merely thinking about it... 

Indeed, the sign of the end of the age slowly revealed:

 ⁴ Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. ⁵ For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. ⁶ You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. ⁷Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. ⁸ All these are the beginning of birth pains.

Wars, famines, earthquakes? They are all happening now. And these are JUST THE BEGINNING. The crisis in the Middle East, the tsunami threat on Japan's neighboring countries and the shortage of food supplies that the world experiences right now have just started. Let us all be aware.

If we do not read His Word, we will have no idea about the truth. We could just simply blame it to the global climate change. Somehow, they are inter-related. As for me, the Science has just uncover what was written in the Bible thousands of years ago.

But all these things shall come to pass as we expectantly be waiting for the coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

As His Word says:

Romans 13:11
(The Day Is Near)
 ¹¹ And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

Let us keep ourselves alive, alert and awake with His Words.

This is me and my sister Jen. We are the frustrated backless beauties (er.. wanna-be?). This was taken four or five years ago... This was our favorite pastime when boredom strikes, we keep ourselves busy posing in front of the camera lol!

Batch 2002

I'm back! And today I am going to feature our graduation picture.

Yes, that was me with my classmates almost ten years ago...  I miss them so much. I don't have even an idea that this photo existed. Good thing Giljun (wearing white at the back) uploaded this on his facebook photos. I wonder where are these guys right now. We had our last reunion way back three or four years ago.

Ephesians 3:20-21 (New King James Version)

²⁰ Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, ²¹ to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Wow! I am so blessed with this Word! With the present situation that I have right now, this is the best passage that God would want to impress into my heart. I've been through a lot lately and doubts engulfed me. Last night's topic in our Lighthouse session is indeed a great reminder and I thanked Ate Mila so much for the enlightenment. I should cast away all my doubts. God is more than willing and able to do anything exceedingly, abundantly and even beyond what we could imagine because Our God is a great God! He can do something out of nothing. His plans are great! We just have to abide in Him.

Thank you so much Lord for Your Living Word. 

I claim victory!

I declare blessings in Jesus Mighty Name! Amen.

All things were created for a reason, no matter how big or small that thing would be. Some of us do not give much value of those smaller things. However, there are some people who gives emphasis to them like boxes and other recyclable materials. Boxes has so many uses. Some of us might consider boxes as something worthy to be thrown well we should think again. Boxes is very useful in organizing your things especially when you are moving out to another places and not to mention, when you are giving away gifts for any occasions. 

Making fun in front of the camera (and behind the computer monitor ;)