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I already planned out my holiday but it seems some things won't happened as planned. I was texted by this special person and I can't say no. It was my mom. I don't know why I cannot say no to my mom. Maybe I do not want to be scolded or face her disappointments that is why I could not say no. Though there some silent objections, no matter what I obediently follows. My mom is in her late sixties already and at this point of time I promised to myself that no matter what my mom will asked from me as long I could be able to do so, I will willingly gave it to her. It is also my prayer that she will always be in good health.

One year had already pass since the time that my husband and I decided to acquire a house and lot. We already finished paying the equity and now we are waiting for Pag-ibig to award it to us. Acquiring a house and lot is a big decision. Entering into this needs to consider our financial capacity. I admit paying the equity for ten months was not easy. A huge amount from our salaries goes to it. Good thing we already surpass it and hopefully the monthly installment to Pag-ibig would be lower and quite manageable. Pag-ibig already called in our office yesterday inquiring about my financial capacity. I hope and pray that they will approved my housing loan so that things would run smoothly so that in few months time we could now live in our own house. Right now we are living in my mother's house since my mother and my other siblings are living in the province. Although no one is forcing us to acquire our own house but I know that I would feel more contented, fulfilled and secured if the...

Well celebrated occasions are mostly spent with family, friends or loved ones. In this year's birthday, I never missed the chance to celebrate it with my loved ones. Even though they are in the province and I am in the city, I really find time to go home and celebrate it there. My family and my husband's family celebrated it with me. It was a happy occasion to gather them all. Indeed it was a happy birthday for me.

Today marks the first day of September. It would also mean that Christmas is approaching wherein Christmas songs would now be starting to play in the radio and Christmas decors would be displayed again. Aside from Christmas, this month also I will be turning twenty seven and my husband and I would now be ten years since our status became in a relationship. Well, September has a lot of things to offer to me but I just wish for a good health for me and my family, more blessing and spiritual growth. So here comes September and I know it would pass by faster than we know it. 

My vacation leaves are not monetized so I better use it. I filed for a two-day leave just enough for me to take a rest so as my work would not be affected. I have not planned much for this vacation. I just went home to the province to spend some time with my husband and my family. I've got a chance to visit my father's tomb before his birthday and death anniversary. I also been able to attend a Sunday service in my home church. I also never miss the chance to have a  whole body "hilot" or massage. It is a way to correct the position of the ovary. I also been able to visit our neighboring towns despite the bomb threats but it was ok. Though I did not spend my vacation on a beach or any tourist destinations, I am happy to spend it with my husband and my family in a simple way. I was able to take a rest and been able to relax my eyes and mind from work. Looking forward for my next vacation. ;)

I was so happy that finally my aunt and my mother settled already their differences and made peace with each other. It was years of conflict and misunderstanding that put a division between them as sisters. Even the division of their inheritance was brought to court in order for their inheritance to be legally divided. I know as time pass by, my mother misses her older sister and longed for the time that they will be ok. The right time came and happened fitted for the occasion, our family reunion. We thought that the moment will not happened, but at the end of the reunion when we are about to separate ways to go home, my mom and her sister talk. It went nicely and my mom even got teary eyed upon talking to her sister. It is an answered prayer and I thank The Lord for it. I hope this will be the start of a new beginning of having a peaceful and united family and could not anymore be divided by conflict and misunderstanding.

Happy Mother's Day. Though I was not a mother yet, I felt being one today. The youth department of our church prepared a program for mothers. I was touch by the children's thoughtfulness for though I was not their mom they prepared something for me. I received a flower, cards, and chocolates. Though they were  my husband's nieces they treated us as their second parents. I was touched by their thoughtfulness. Hopefully in God's perfect time I could have children as thoughtful like them. Happy Mother's Day to all mothers out there especially to my mamang. I love you Mang!

It was such a happy day. A day worth reminiscing. A day for a family that lives harmoniously. Indeed my expectations for this family reunion was highly met. The food, program,games, shirts, parade and the people who were there made the event so great. I am happy to be part of it.

      I am excited. I will be attending family reunions for the rest of the week. It would be a good chance to be able to met my relatives. I don't remember anymore when was the last time I attended a family reunion. I could not anymore remember when was it. Maybe if I am required to write an essay about it, I will let someone to write an essay for me because I could not remember anymore the feeling or the happenings on it. I am happy for I was able to apply for leave just for this occasion. It is a good time for me to use my available leave credits to relax and bond with my family. I will be attending the reunion of my grandmother's family on my father side. It would be the first time that we will gather together as a family on my grandma's side. Honestly, I do not know much about my grandma's family that I am so eager to meet them. Maybe only five persons have I known as my relatives being related to my grandmother's side. After my grandma's family reunion, ...

      Few days ago I had a weird dream. In my dreams, one of my teeth broke into half. I feared this dream because some people says that if you have dreamed that your teeth was removed it means someone is going to die. I dreamed of this before back when I was in college. My mollar tooth was removed in my dreams. Few days after I received a sad news that my grandma died. When I dreamed things like this I make it a point to write an essay , a blog post, or just wrote it down in a piece of paper to remember it. I also prayed for the safety of my loved ones. Three days had already passed since I dreamed of it and with God's guidance no sad news came up. There had only been a minor accident happened with our neighbor while he is crossing the street. He had some bruises but he is ok now. 

     Few days ago my husband personally delivered the product of their company from here in the city to our province. There had been funds allocated to it by the company but if only there had been a 3rd party logistics who will handle it, it would had been cheaper. What my husband did was so costly but I think he maybe did it for fun as well. Imagined how costly it had been. He borrowed his brother's Pajero and invited his uncle and a friend to accompany him in going to the city to get the product. Since his companion are not always in the city, we treated them to restaurants and let them taste the fruits and delicacies here. The next day they travel back to our province bringing with them the product and as they travel they dropped by to famous restaurants, fruit stands and native products along the way. Despite the expenses, it was okay because my husband had a great time. If you look at it in a business perspective, it would had been cheaper if it ...

       I was awoken by a phone call at five in the morning. It was my husband greeting me a Happy Anniversary!. I disagreed because we were married on the month of December not September. He reminded me that the date was the day I said yes to his proposal to be his girlfriend. That was nine years ago. Time flies really fast and we are married couple now. I hope there would be more happy years of being together. May God Bless us always

      It was a holiday and Asik-asik Falls had been the perfect destination we had in mind for a family bonding. I was able to know this place on the month of May but because of the hectic schedule, we were not able to visit it. After months of waiting, I finally reach this place. My brother-in-laws had been able to visit this place before and they accompany us to visit it back. Asik asik falls is located at Brgy, Dulao, Alamada, North Cotabato. It is a newly discovered nature attraction and I was so happy that it is located in our province. The view is so amazing and enchanting at the same time. I will surely visit it again. For more info  please visit my other blog. Just click the link . 

        After  months of staying in a boarding house, I am now returning home to my mother's house. Though it is quite far, I would be doing this to save money to paid off our house and lot. Paying my rent as well as the electricity and water in my mother's house is too much to shoulder. In order to minimize our expenses, we decided to stay in my mother's house. I think this is the most practical thing to do. Hopefully, in the coming months we will be staying in our own house.

         A great person passed away. She is a doctor, a mother, a wife, and a model public servant. She had been my aunt by marriage being the wife of my mother-in-law's brother. Though she had already been suffering from diabetes, it is still a pity that she died not by natural death but by an accident. She was with her family and they were on their way to her scheduled dialysis when they met an accident. A glass wounded her head and a bump to her head caused an internal bleeding. The doctors decided not to do an operation to her head because it would be useless. She had been to the hospital for days until her blood pressure already subsided. She left behind her husband, her son and daughter.           I know our whole town will surely miss her being our rural health unit doctor for several years already. She prefer to serve our town rather than grab better opportunities abroad or being in private hospitals that pay higher. She ...

         I had a blessed family day last Sunday . It was my first time to attend Sunday service at Tigatto church where my husband's uncle is the pastor. It was also a special Sunday because it was devoted  for families. A couple of families give testimonies and others dedicated a couple of songs to the Lord. I was touched, inspired and amazed by the different stories of each families. It was amazing to see in the children the combination of  the physical attributes of their parents. It was perfectly match and wonderfully combined. It is also very inspiring to see families attending Sunday Service. I really had a great time. Thank you Lord for that blessed family Sunday.

      Today is my mamang's birthday. My siblings and I called her Mamang which means mother in Ilonggo dialect. Eventhough today is her birthday, I wasn't been able to go home to the province to join the celebration. I am thankful that my mother understands my reason why I could not be able to come. I always pray and wish that she would always stay healthy, happy, safe and financially  stable. I couldn't help myself from crying the last time she got sick. Hope she will never got sick anymore. I know that even though I am now married, I would always be her baby. I love you always Mang. God Bless and Happy happy Birthday!

       Today is my father's birthday and five days ago was his 22nd death anniversary. My father died when I was about three years old. He died of heart failure because of his high blood pressure which is common in their family. So, I grew up entirely without a father. If there would be no pictures, I will not know his face, his body structure and entirely about him. I don't have memories with him because I'm still too young when I am with him. Still, I am lucky enough to have five brothers who had been with me as I grow up that had been my father figure. Lately, I become to realize how much is missing in my life. I don't know if things are messing up with me that some things I encounter lately is about fathers. It maybe in the Sunday service, in a video clip or in one of the events we attended. I have teary eyes when these things had been the topic. It only made things clear that I am still longing for him. Longing for a father's love which I do not have b...

Dinner at Kuya Ed Back of  David Jack's Ridge                 My mother's birthday will be on March 4. Since she went home to the province last Saturday, my husband and I treat her out last Friday. First, we had dinner at Kuya Eds at Magallanes St. It was an eat-all-you-can dinner at an affordable price that satisfied our hunger. Then, we went to Queensland at Matina Aplaya. It was my mother's first time to be there. She noticed the controversial David statue and the sharks which were grown there. After taking some pictures at Queensland, we proceeded to Jack's Ridge at Shrine hills Matina. My mother wants to go there to know if there had been changes at Jack's Ridge after several years had passed. Same as before, the colorful lights of the city is still beautiful to look at in Jack's Ridge. We didn't loom that long at Jack's Ridge because of the rain. I hope my mother had a wonderful advanced birth...

Time flies so fast, I barely notice that my niece is now one year old. It looks like few months ago when my sister conceived her. Since it was her first birthday, it was a bit special with a lot of food prepared for the party. We had lechon, fried chicken, afritada, cake,ice cream and a lot more. We also had balloons, party hats and giveaways for the children.My brothers were also present to attend our beloved niece’s birthday. My brother who was assigned in Surallah,South Cotabato go home just to attend the party. My mother, my elder brother and I went home from Davao to be present in the celebration.I hope Joy-joy would really appreciate it someday and that she would always be a good girl as she grow up.Happy Birthday Edrich Joy!!!