The Crescent Moon and The Planet Venus

Yesterday was a very special day for me and my husband. We celebrated our 6th Wedding Anniversary. I cooked and served special lunch for my family and we sang our hearts out (videoke) the whole afternoon. Because of the super hot weather, we decided to go to church at night.

While driving on our way to church, we saw something magnificent in the sky. Something I've never seen before. My son was the one who noticed it. He exclaimed, "Mommy, look at the moon and the star!"

We all looked up and saw what he was referring to -- the crescent moon and above it was a "star". I only found out this morning that that star was the planet Venus.

A rare alignment: the smile of a crescent moon and the planet Venus above it on a Sunday night as seen from Manila.

I can't help but think: Did they appear because it's our wedding anniversary?! Haha. Wow, we must be really special!

Anyway, I ate too much over dinner at Shakey's last night. I read somewhere that some food can help us burn fat. Now how true is that? Foods to burn fat?! Awww...no way!

Bookworm

I love books.

Whenever I go to the mall, I always find time to visit National Bookstore. It's where I usually purchase my favorite books. Of course, I never fail to first check what's on their cardboard display since it contains the latest best-selling books. The recent ones I purchased were written by the well-known parenting author Harold J. Sala entitled Raising Godly Kids (I'm reading this now and loving it!!! Every parent should have this book!) and Today Counts which I gave to my boss as a farewell present when he left the company.

I love reading Christian books because they inspire me to become the person that God wants me to be.

4 Years And Still Counting...

OMG, I totally forgot! This blog turned FOUR in January this year. Yep, I've been blogging for over four years now. Ang tagal na pala. Salamat sa mga walang sawang nagbabasa ng blogs ko at sa lahat ng bloggers na naging kaibigan ko! And thank God, I never had an enemy in this blogosphere (Ay meron palang isa! yung fan or relative ata ni Janina San Miguel. Haha. Nag-react sa blog entry ko. Read it here.) Naging mabait at helpful kayong lahat sa akin. And I hope nasuklian ko rin ang lahat ng kabutihan nyo sa paraang alam ko. I owe a debt of gratitude to each and every one of you. Maraming salamat po from the bottom of my heart.

I see myself blogging for the rest of my life. Iba talaga itong hobby na ito! The best! :-)

Cheers,
Honney

One day...

Greggy and his daddy went jogging early this morning while I was here at home struggling to finish my pending blog assignments. *sigh*

I guess the only thing that keeps me going is the HOPE that one day, I will have all the time in the world with my family. And I will move heaven and earth to make that happen... :-(

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A Year Older

I have just turned 26 today. And I am in no position to ask God for more than what I have. I have been blessed with a happy family -- a loving husband and a baby that any parent would love to have. That's more than enough.

The same time last year I was given a chance to have a second life. I survived three major operations when I gave birth to our son. It was a VERY complicated delivery. A delivery that could've taken my life...

But God has his way of showing us how powerful he is even when we least expect it. I don't know if I deserve it --maybe not. But I will forever be thankful for the second chance that he had given me. A week before my 25th birthday, I received the most precious gift of all --my Greggy. It was the day when I really felt that God exist in my life. Thank you, Lord!

I don't know what else to say...If you have read the story of my delivery here before, you'll know exactly what I mean.

Have a blessed day everyone! And thank you for the greetings!

Nine Weird Things About You

I was tagged by Mindy so I'm posting my answers here. And if you guys have the time, please do the same thing. List down the nine weird things about you. You may post your answers on your blog but I would really appreciate it if you can also copy your answers on my comment box so I can read them easily.

So to start off, here are the NINE weird things about me:

1. I never eat rice when it's hot. I let it cool down for a few minutes first. And the weirdest thing is, I prefer "bahaw" over newly cooked rice.

2. Sometimes I just cry over hypothetical things that I imagine while walking on the road or taking a taxi or wherever I am and whatever I'm doing.

3. Just like Mindy, I also love talking to myself --in English. LOL. There was actually one instance where a former officemate saw me talking to myself while strolling around the mall. She called my name and when I looked at her, she had this weird expression on her face as if saying "Honney, have you gone crazy?". My gosh, I was so embarassed! I actually felt my cheeks burned in shame.

4. I love bananas. But I don't like eating the fresh ones. Gusto ko yung overriped! Hahaha. As in yung almost rotten na sa sobrang lambot. Yeah, I love it. It's so sweet.

5. I hate watching DVDs with subtitles on. Coz I always end up reading the subtitles instead of listening to the characters' dialogues. Hahaha. I'm not that good at listening. (Sssshhh...)

6. I can eat a full-meal in 10 minutes. That's why I prefer eating alone in the office. No chit-chats whatsoever or else I would lose my appetite. I hate people who talk too much while eating.


7. I can' t sleep without my three pillows. I love hugging them more than my husband. (sorry, sweetie! LOL).

8. My favorite fruit (ever!) is Mango. And everytime we have some at home, I always bring one with me inside the bedroom and smell it until I fall asleep. I just love the way it smells. (*sniff, sniff*). And when I get tired of sniffing the hell out of it, that's the time that I will eat it. Weird, weird, weird! Hahahaha!

9. I think almost everyone enjoys watching Friends, but not me. I don't know why. I bought DVDs of it years ago and I only saw one episode, which I barely even finished. Is it because I lack sense of humor? Or is it simply because I am too conservative to appreciate the way Americans do comedy shows? Oh, well. Maybe I should try watching the rest of my DVDs at home before I completely say I don't like the show for good.

It's your turn, blogmates! Have a nice day!

Memory Failure

What a shame. My memory is failing at such an early age. It all started when I got pregnant. And now I'm still suffering from it. There have been countless times that I humiliated myself because of this. At first I thought It was really funny. But now? Oh man! It's killing me.

My wrist watch have been missing for weeks. I really don't know where it is. The only thing that I remember quite vividly was that I was wearing it the last time and all of a sudden it's gone. I have searched everywhere in the house but I couldn't find it anymore.

Just last week, I lost my necklace ( at least that's what I thought). I almost cried because I've had it for five years and I had just gotten it back from the pawnshop. I remember putting it in my pocket and then suddenly it's gone. I don't even remember what happened next. I'm not sure if I wore it or not. I thought I lost it at my grandma-in-law's house because that was the last place I went to. My husband helped me find it all over the house. And he did find it lying on the floor in the kitchen. Thank God he found it!

There's also a time when I thought I lost the 1,000 bucks I put in my pocket. I went home from work, changed clothes and then all of a sudden I remembered that I had money in my pocket so I grabbed my pants again and frantically searched for the one-thousand peso bill. But the pockets were empty! I almost cried because that's the only money that I had at the time. I swear, nanghinayang talaga ako at nainis sa katangahan ko. Ang sama ng loob ko.

Then a few minutes later, just when I had accepted it was gone and wasted, I saw the bill lying on top of my dresser. I was shocked! Because I don't even remember putting it there! Whoa. Shame on me! My husband gave me the I-really-think-I-should-take-you-to-the-doctor kind of look. He shook his head and said, "Grabe na yang pagka-ulyanin mo ha!". Then he joked, "Baka naman isang araw e magising ka na hindi mo na rin ako kilala tas tanungin mo ako kung sino ako?!".

I tried remembering what happened but I couldn't. I just came up to a conclusion that maybe I put the bill on my dresser before I took my pants off. And I totally forgot about it. Yeah, maybe that's what happened. Otherwise, how on earth will I find it there?

There are also times that I would forget things that I had just said. How pathetic. Then I would ask the person I was talking to, "Have I said that? Really?". Ngeek.

Anyway, I have quite a long list of instances where I had forgotten lots and lots of things. Somehow I'm blaming it on the Spinal and General Anaesthesia that the doctors used on me when I gave birth almost nine months ago.



WALA PA RING KURYENTE!

It's been a week since power supply went dead. And sad to say, it's still frickin' dead right this very moment! I'm losing my sanity. Water supply went back two days ago. Good enough.

We've been staying at my mom-in-law's house for a couple of days now. They have a generator so at least our condition is really not that bad compared to others.

Things that make me smile...

If you met me a couple of years back, you would think I was such a snob--but actually, I was not. I was just the serious kind of girl way back in highschool, the type that rarely smiles as what they said. But things change, and so does the way I live my life now and how I deal with heartaches, disappointments, aggravation and pain. I see things in a different way now...and I'm happy knowing that little by little, I'm becoming "the person" I have always wanted to be. Not close to being perfect, definitely. But at least I'm learning....

So, these are the things that make me smile/laugh:

1. Everytime my husband tells me I am the most beautiful woman--for him, that is. (hihihihi)
2. Each time I receive emails from my friends.
3. People who can make different facial expressions.
4. People who mispronounce "p" and "f", "v" and "b", etc.
5. Bad grammar
6. Sometimes I laugh at my own jokes, too! LOL.
7. I laugh at my mistakes.
8. I smile for every blessing I receive each day.
9. Funny celebrity stories
10. Each time I receive something from my friends/family/husband on special occassions.
11. Each time my husband surprises me even without any occassion at all.

Hmmm...whatelse? I can't think of anything anymore. I'll probably just update this blog when something pops up on my mind again. :-)

Pet Peeves

These are the things that make me GRrrRrr... :-(

1. Selfish and irresposible people.
2. Time, for me, is very important. So I get pissed off each time I have to wait longer than 15 minutes. But trust me, I'm trying to extend it till 30 minutes before I get totally pissed. LOL.
3. People who talk too much while eating.
4. Lazy people (as in couch potato!) and those who procrastinate especially at work.Ugh!
5. I'm kinda "masungit" and "tahimik" when I'm hungry.
6. I hate being accused of doing something I never did-- as in, major GGGRRRRR....talaga!
7. Messy environment
8. Goody-goody kind of person on the outside but a real devil on the inside. I mean, might as well show who you really are and I will accept you with open arms. Just don't pretend to be someone you're really not.
9. Promiscuous people.
10. Worms make me go nuts! That's my major fear--seeing/touching/stepping on them will definitely scare the hell out of me!