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Cloudburst

July 31, 2008

This was what I saw yesterday outside my window’s office a waterspout, 

this rarely happens in our area. 

 

 

 

     

      
 

 

 

it was even featured in sunstar site today link here: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/
    

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Reminds me

July 28, 2008

A phrase that  keeps nagging in my head, I was on my way for work, when I felt a sudden feeling that I can’t explain. Then I realize I miss God, maybe because I failed to visit Him in His house yesterday (Sunday). When I was about to enter our office I saw the red gumamelas… lots of it.  Once more the phrase in my head, it keeps on recurring. I can’t remember where did I got it and what are the exact words, but am sure it was on my high school days when I learned about it. I remember St. Francis of Assisi, oh yes St. Francis he loves animals and environment may be I acquired it from one of our lessons with regards to his life. Am sure this is not the exact words but I hope it is close enough to the intended meaning of it;

God

Let the flowers

Blooms

For He knows

You will pass

on the 

Same path

 

 

I tried to search it thru the net but this is the only thing that close to what I mean that I found http://home.earthlink.net/~susan926/letter.htm.

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Online shops

July 26, 2008

I was looking for the novel Twilight by Stephenie Meyer for I hadn’t found it in any local bookshops, out of eagerness to get a copy I decided to check it out on e-bay. It was my first time experience on checking an item and not only I found the book that am looking for I discovered also the different shops /online stores selling almost everything, they are  trading from second hands to brand new stuffs. It was really convenient some of the books that I was looking for a long time they were right there cheaper than the ordinary price! Imagine my surprise and I was really thrilled. From then on, I checked every stores/shops online for what’s new, and anything that might interest me or catch my eye.  

 

I would not blame peeps who were addicted on online shopping, because of its convenience. The first time that I purchased I was having some doubts, you know like…What if after I send the payment she/he would not send the items that I purchased? What if she/he dutifully send the items but was lost by the carrier?

 

It was then that I learned that before purchasing anything, it is a must to check first the site, if she/he has  lots of positive  feedback/reviews from previous buyer then she/he is a trustworthy seller.

 Here are some of the things that I bought online.

 

 

       A baby tee I really love this, found in istorya.net 

 

 Wew, like this so much custo-barcelona bag, from istorya.net

Sexy sexy from luckydollstore.multiply.com

first and last item from ebay for now hehehe

punk yet girly shirt from istorya.net  

 

 

Online shops you might get interested into;

www.luckydollstore.multiply.com

www.laicha.multiply.com

www.fashionslave.multiply.com

www.hubsandbuns.multiply.com

www.pinkbelter.multiply.com

www.mycupoftee.multiply.com 

www.chicsassy.multiply.com

www.cheapee.multiply.com

www.heartblusher.multiply.com

www.gandalykme.multiply.com

www.beautybytes.multiply.com

www.bluestripes.multiply.com 

www.thegoodstuff.multiply.com

www.chixclothes.multiply.com

www.looove4fashion.multiply.com

www.fuddyduddy123.multiply.com 

www.pinkescee.multiply.com

www.landicious.multiply.com

www.fabfinds.multiply.com

www.pinkytoes.multiply.com

www.stellar01.multiply.com

www.mseerie.multiply.com

www.tannedswimwear.multiply.com

www.duerr.multiply.com

www.gooodbuys.multiply.com

www.mylittledress.multiply.com

   

Have a nice day shopping, I should earn something for advertising their sites, hehehe kidding.

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ukay-ukay , dig it!

July 23, 2008

Okay, you are disgusted and might be the type of person who cannot even imagine wearing second hand clothes (except if it’s came from your older sister/brother), you are thinking that the previous owner might have dreadful disease or worst dead. But for me, I don’t have any problem with that. I and my officemates sometimes go to Mandaue just to have ukay-ukay. I don’t know, sometimes I found it more enjoyable than shopping in malls, because there’s the sense of adventure you never know what you get or find.

 

 Dresses that are so stylish, items that you can find that are so much a like in malls but the quality is much nicer and in a very very low price. I remember my first ukay-ukay is a black shirt with blue whale design,it was bought by my mother and it became one of my fav shirt for it was made of cotton and it was very comfortable to wear.

Actually this very year that I started buying my own ukay-ukay clothes, we have a “suki” which is more like an ukay-ukay boutique all items are place in a nice racks with hangers and the place is air-conditioned, compared to the normal ukay-ukay stall in which the clothes are creased piled haggling is not allowed specially the sign in there door says NEW ARRIVAL.

 

Way back years ago mostly were too embarrassed to admit that they were wearing ukay-ukay. I recalled there was a commercial for laundry soap that made the famous quote “made in UK” referring that she bought her dress from ukay-ukay. In present, ukay-ukay gone far, I noticed even in bangketa, in cart, boutique, even here in the internet like multiply, istorya.net, and cebuclassifieds invaded  it.

 

 

A   cotton shirt got this from ukay-ukay!

Nice!

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FOOD you eat

July 19, 2008

Betty’s Bakeshop Lasagna (Php 60.00) 

I don’t know what got in to me and my officemate Didith we were became addict in eating lasagna, not just any lasagna but the lasagna in Betty’s Bakeshop! If there’s a time for us to visit BB we would. We tried different establishment looking and desiring to discover a better one but  to no avail we haven’t found. 

According to Kumareng Wikipedia Lasagna (singular, pronounced [laˈzaɲa] in Italian; plural lasagne pronounced [laˈzaɲe]) is both a form of pasta in sheets (sometimes rippled, though seldom so in Italy)…

Everywhere I go there’s a food! 

From simple bangketa(street side), to canteen to malls to splendid restaurant. In general we Filipinos love to eat, as for Cebuanos they can’t get enough of Barbecues (chicken, chicken feet, adidas,walkman(pig ears),betamax (chicken blood), IUD (not the contraception, it’s a chicken instestine! yes I know your imagination is working) and helmet (chicken’s head) funny even in food’s name we Pinoy are very creative. 

By the way, one of my favorite food street is Tempura and fish ball,  yum yum yum delisyoso, I simply can’t get enough of them.

 

 

 Lasagna in BB

 

There are some variety of Pinoys’  food that I posted years ago in here; http://www.geocities.com/rpmirc/interest.htm.

  Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.  ~Voltaire

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Hello Starshine!

July 18, 2008

 I really feel good this morning. There’s this words that automatically echoes in my head  good morning starshine, the earth says hello  (from the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). It is always useful to start your day with positive mindset. 

 

 FYI, “good morning starshine, the earth says hello” is also cited from the song Good Morning Starshine by Hair. The beginning of the song  is enough to brigthen the day;

Good morning starshine, the earth says hello You twinkle above us, we twinkle below Good morning starshine, you lead us along
My love and me
As we sing our
Early morning singing song

  

During rush hour. Try to stop and appreciate God’s creation.

 

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So far so good

July 17, 2008

No greater power than HIM 

 

I must say that this is a wonderful day for me. Sincerely, I always ask the Lord to guide me and my family in every decision that we have to decide. Last night I was praying in heartfelt manner  asking for guidance, to the extent that I was asking for a sign and I was really astonished that He did actually gave me that sign beyond my expectation this morning

 Him and Her

I had unexpected visitor this afternoon, a friend of one of my officemate actually, she was  thwarted over to the actions commited of her husband last night. Yes I can hear the song  Keep bleeding Keep, keep bleeding love keep bleeding.. Though she was really angry I can still feel that she loves her husband.

 In marital life I have my share of pain and sacrifices (of course my husband too)  but in my earnest thinking that’s  part of marriage life in order for both parties to learn and grow.

 First post 

 I been here and there in blog world I hope this would be my last blog that I would create. For now, have a nice day! 

 

 

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