E is for Eminent Eight

Here's the Lucky Chinese tag called Eminent Eight from Marce K, Marce Seiko and Marce Kikamz, that requires me to answer eight times eight questions and tag eight friends:

8 TV Shows We Like to Watch:
1. Jolly Widows
2. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
3. America's Next Top Model
4. The Amazing Race
5. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
6. Parental Control
7. Get Gorgeous
8. Saving babies

8 Favorite Places to Eat & Drink:
1. Sizzler
2. Swensens
3. Pizza Hut
4. Santa Fe's Steak House
5. Omie Bakeshop
6. Hachiban Ramen restaurant
7. Sky Buffet at 33rd floor of Lee Gardens Hotel
8. Dim sum restaurant

8 Things I Look Forward To:
1. vacation to Philippines
2. celebrating birthdays and holidays in special and romantic ways
3. talking with Hyzyd
4. pursue my masteral study
5. having my own laptop
6. seeing my old friends back in the Philippines
7. meeting the Marce Club in person
8. be the person God wants me to be

8 Things that Happened Yesterday:
1. enjoyed my class with my pre-school learners
2. went to Diana mall to buy Hyzyd's diaper and fabric conditioner
3. hubby fetched me at school earlier than usual
4. took out order from Pizza Hut
5. bought new charger for hubby's phone
6. watched Sherlock Holmes
7. blogged
8. folded clothes

8 Things I Love about Winter:
No winter! But I'll just imagine...
1. I love to try on the Winter fashion: Scarves, jackets and funky tights.
2. By having a cold, dormant season, I think we'll be forced to take a break and our weekends become ours again!he..he..
3. It would be nice to just sit in your nice, warm house and watching the snow fall and blow around outside. It would be such a cozy and safe feeling.
4. I think classes will be suspended because of snow..he..he...so I just love the idea of spending quality time together relaxing,
5. drinking hot chocolate,
6. watching DVDs
7. and taking turns shoveling the driveway.
8. A big pot of chili or chicken noodle soup makes a perfect finishing touch.


8 Things I Am Passionate about:
1. Writing/blogging
2. teaching
3. education
4. learning something new without wasting time in gossiping.
5. family's welfare
6. cooking / food
7. my image before God, impression on others
8. home decoration and cleanliness

8 Words/Phrases I Often Use:
1. Ching-ah (really?)
2. May aw ( I don't want to?)
3. Chai may (isn't it?)
4. Daaaaaad! daddyyyyy!!!!
5. No, Hyzyd
6. I dunno
7. I love you!
8. OK?

8 Things I Learnt from the Past:
1. Children provide a lifetime blessing, not as a responsibility, an expense or an accident but blessing.
2. I wasn't put on earth to be remembered. I'm put here to prepare for eternity.
3. Life on earth is a test and trust.
4. There's power in a praying wife.
5. The best way for a woman to be a good mother is to get to know the Heavenly Father and learn to imitate him
6. Let go and let God
7. parents don't need to be in bondage to their baby's sleep needs. A routine allows infants to establish healthy sleep patterns and to be put down in the crib awake.
8. praying as a couple holds a storehouse of blessings for marriage

8 Blog Friends We Want to Tag:
1. Gagay
2. Sarah
3. Phebie
4. Hazel
5. Meryl
6. Rose
7. Shydub
8. Czacza

Christmas tag for you

Willa, the Smart Mommy shared to me this Christmas tag. Thanks for this. I wanna share this to all my friends in my blog roll.


A
A Glimpse of a Widow's Heart by Laurencita
All About Elizabeth by Beth
All About My Life by Rosemarie
Amazing Grace by Grace
Anything Under the Sun by Dj Tammy
Ask Ms. Recipe
A Teacher's Portfolio by Rache
A Voice Within Me by Nona
A Walk to Remember by Grace

B
Blog Fusion by Shydub
Bogie in Wonderland by Bogie

C
Cathara


D
Dashing Smiles by Carlota
Delineating Des by Hazel


E
Embrace Life by Nuts
Embracing Motherhood by Nona
Etcetera Etcetera by Rose
Everything and Everywhereby Ate Litlit


F
Femikey Designs by Fe
Forgetful Princess by Tammy


G
Gigie's Planet by Gigie
Genuine Cuisine by Litlit
Gossip Mom by Pehpot

G
His Unfailing Love by Sarah
Home Buddies by Fedhz
Honie's Confession by Gelene/Honie

I

Isaac Story by Bernadeth
Istarblog.com by Rosa


J
Jeng Speaks
Juliana's Lair
Just About Anything by Kikamz

K
Kalei DINES Scope by Ate Dines
Kizuna by Clarissa


L
Laine's Abode by Laine
Lalaine's World by Lalaine
Love's Haven by Phebie Ann
Little Miss Hannah



M
Make or Break by Pehpot
Me, Myself and Jes by Jes
Memoirs by emc
Mi Mundo del Amor by Sweet_Shelo
Mom from Manila
Momgen's Design
Mommy Diaries by Che-Che
Mom's Special Diary by Jacris
Mom's Ups and Downs by Rossel
Mom Writes for a Cause by Yami
Mumsters Degree by Yaying
My Blogbook Rj's Mama
My Kawaii Princess by Mommy Bambie
My Life in Holland by Faye
My Life's Perception & Inspiration by Dhemz
My Life, My Thoughts by Neren
My Little Angel by Jes
My Simple Randomness by Dana
My Web-blog Designs by Carlota


N
Niko's Blog
NOOB by Pehpot


O
...of being a Medical Student by Gagay
One at a Time- A Busy Mom's Life by Babette
Our Adventures Together by Mommy Jennie
Our Belle Flower by Dines
Our Family Story by Janet

P
Pensive Thoughts by Tetcha
Pieces of Me by Laiza
Pinay Mommy Online
Pink Precious by Rosa
Places, People, Events, Good Food and My Life by Meryl
Princess Ishi's Diary by Jes

Q

R
Random WAHM Thoughts by Kaye
Rose's Obstacles and Glories

S
Seiko's Diary
Shortybear's Place by Denise
Simply Happy Life by Shydub
Smart Mommy by Willa
Stay at Home Mom Online by Rosa
Straight from the Heart by Mommy Elvz
Sweet Nothings by Enchie


T
Tales from a Pinay Survivor Mom by Mariel
Tales of a Teacher's Life by Teacher Jenny
Tasty Exploration by Genebei Faith
The Fashion Explorer by Genefaith
The Mommy Journey by Chris
There is a Time for Everything by Mimi
Trust, Loyalty, Bliss by Beth
Twinkie Calls by


U


V
Venturing the Land of Smiles and Beyond by Jennie

W
Walking Newspaper by Gagay
Wonderful Things in Life by Gengen

X

Y
Yam's Files


Z

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year!

Five things I love

I want to thank Kaye for this award. She gave it to me before we went to Bangkok...he..he..Try to visit Kaye's site and you'll be captured by her interesting thoughts as a WAHM just as she captured my attention.

This award tags along a question on what are the 5 things that I love. Well, I love :

1. holiday family bonding around the TV
2. the spaghetti made by my father (it's his birthday today!)
3. my toddler and my father celebrating their birthdays together (I'm kinda busy right now...visitors are coming:>)
4. my hubby bringing cookies for me
5. my friends here in blogosphere visiting me now and then and leaving nice messages. I'll visit you soon as long as I'm done with my chores...LOL!

I'm passing this tag to Seiko, Kikamz, Shelo, Sarah and Jacris.

I'm Tagged! You're "IT"!

Because of "computer breakdown", I just learned today that Typhoon Ondoy hit Philippines last September 26, 2009. Metro Manila and nearby areas were flooded which resulted in the loss of many lives and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people. I just hope that all my friends in blogosphere who's in Manila are safe. Thank God that Pehpot is well and fine.. I read her latest post today. How about Fehdz and Kaye?. Hope you're all fine girls.

By the way, I think our computer is OK now after my bro checked it ...sorry I dunno how to explain the problem of our computer using the technical terms...he..he..Just so glad it's fine now and I could post pending tags like this one:

I'm tagged by Sweet_Shelo and I had lots of fun doing it.. Thanks sis..

Fun tag goes like this:

Do you think you're hot?

...I rather stay "cold"...LOL! I'm not really concerned with how "hot" I am. Other people's ideas of what's sexy don't concern me. And women who told me these things are usually more attractive and confident than those who praise themselves and accept that they're "hot". ..*wink*

Please, upload your favorite picture


Why do you love this picture?
-I love my baby's smile. It's the first time he flashed his smile to us as sweet as this when he's barely 4 months old. Whenever I'm tired and bored, I just look at it and it helps unburden the load of the day.

When was the last time you ate pizza?
-September 5, during the baby shower which I hosted

What was the latest song you've heard?
- Friend of God by Michael Gungor

What are you doing while working on this game?
-blogging!?!

What is your favorite nickname?
-Faith (only few friends call me this name and my Values Education teacher in high school)

What kind of person are you?
- introvert but a very friendly soul

What is your favorite song?
- Who am I? by Casting Crowns

What is your favorite food?
-Thai and Japanese food

What is the most stressful thing to you?
-making worksheets for 3 year-old Thai children...Choosing the "easiest of the easiest" worksheet can be stressful, you know:(

Mention the 3 must-have items on your purse.
-wallet, cellphone and mirror

What is your favorite color/s?
- pink, powder blue

What is your not full-filled-yet dream?
-building our own house, finishing PhD in Education

What is your favorite city to stay?
-Hatyai City...he..he..visit me here and you'll know why...If only I could get a permanent residence ...whew...maybe soon....

I wanna tag Kaye,Seiko, Meryl and Hazel

How Old is Old?

Have you once asked yourself "How old is old?" . I haven't pondered upon this question before until Tetcha of Pensive Thoughts and Yami of Mom Writes for a Cause gave me this tag, which is actually a contest sponsored by Cathara Main.

The question reminds me of my dear father. I knew that if I'll jokingly tell him that he's old now...he would simply remind me that he's not old, he's simply getting older...he..he..

Old means that you have given up. I know a lot of young people who are "old". They veg out on couches watching TV all the time or playing computer games instead of reading a good book. They look exhausted and drawn only from entertaining themselves nearly to death. Too bad...tsk..tsk...

Getting older on the other hand, means discovering more of life. It means refusing to retire in the mind. George Burns, when turning 92 said: "Don't retire, because you don't enjoy anything when you're retired. Fall in love with what you're going to do for living."

How old is old then? It is ageless- it can't be measured by age but by the condition of how you view your life. You're OLD if you give up in this life , retire in the mind and stopped discovering more of life.

I refused to be old, yet I accept that I become more creative in getting older.

OLD is always young until the NEW arrives. Old never becomes old because it is only born when the new one comes. OLD also is the present name of the past therefore it's always born everyday.

Share to us what you think about this topic at Cathara Main.

Here are the rules:

1. Blog about ‘How old is old?’

It should be at least 50 words. You could write it in any way you want. Ex., 65, it’s when most people retire and blah blah… or when an individual is already sexually active etc, etc. There are no rules as to how daring you want your answers to be. :)

2. Your post must contain a link back to this post.

3. Tag at least 5 people and let them know about it.

4. Subscribe to Cathara’s feeds or if you got a blog roll, exchange links with her.

5. Let Cathara know that you entered this contest by leaving a link to your post on her comment box.


I love to hear what my witty friends, Kaye, Hazel, Pehpot, Seiko, and Chubskulit, Rose have in mind for this question: How old is old?

The Power of a Praying Wife

The trials and pressures of modern life can make the prospect of a fulfilled, meaningful marriage seem impossible. In The Power of a Praying Wife, popular Christian author and speaker Stormie Omartian pinpoints common marital struggles and reveals the miraculous way that disciplined prayer can alleviate heartache and sustain unity. According to Omartian, a marriage's success depends upon "laying down all claim to power in and of yourself, and relying on God's power to transform you, your husband, your circumstances, and your marriage." Omartian attributes the success of her own 25-year marriage to dedicated prayer for every area--however specific--of her husband's life; from his finances and his work to his integrity and his temptations. Each chapter offers insight into areas that are especially important to men, followed by "power tools" (inspiring, topical Scripture) to guide one's prayer life and transform a woman's mind with regard to her husband. This practical read will encourage women to trust God to change their spouse, and undoubtedly refocus one's perspective on God's power rather than one's own personal predicament. --Jill Heatherly

I've been reading this book since I got married. Though I finished reading it, I can't help reading over and over again for I'm blessed of what the author shares on how I as a wife can develop a deeper relationship with my husband by praying for him. This book is packed with practical advice on praying for specific areas, including decision–making, fears, spiritual strength, and sexuality, this book helps women discover the fulfilling marriage God intended.

Now, a dear friend Seiko tag me with what is dubbed as the "Book tag" with the following rules:

1. Collect the book that you have most handy

2. Turn to page 161

3. Find the 5th complete sentence

4. Cite the sentence on your blog

5. Pass it on to 5 other victims (Oops! bloggers)

Page 161, 5th sentence says "Don't stand by and watch your husband be manipulated by his emotions". Can I include 6th sentence to finish the thought? Here is it "Freedom may just be a prayer away". There you go.

Here are my victims...LOL!
1.Hazel
2.Laine
3. Rose
4. Shy
5. Kikamz

Getting To Know Each Other

Thanks to Chris of Mommy Journey for this tag!

To do this, Create a New Blog Post, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your title as "Getting to Know Each Other!", then tagged as many people as you like :) Don't forget to leave a message to those you have tagged so that they will know :)

1. What time did you get up this morning? 5:30AM

2. How do you like your steak? well done

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Casino Royale (2 years ago..he..he..)

4. What is your favorite TV show? None...I couldn't understand Thai TV show...LOL!

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Philippines

6. What did you have for breakfast? Thai porridge "Jok"

7. What is your favorite cuisine? Japanese

8. What foods do you dislike? with coconut milk

9. Favorite place to eat? Sizzler

10. Favorite dressing? Thousand islands

11. What kind of vehicle do you drive? I don't have a car. I'll tell you when I purchase one..he..he..

12. What are your favorite clothes? jeans and blouse

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Chiang Mai...I want to see the sunflower garden and ride on an elephant...LOL!

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? 1/2 full

15. Where would you want to retire? in place where you breath fresh air, far from the city and a place where I could have my own garden

16. Favorite time of day? night time

17. Where were you born? San Francisco, Agusan del Sur

18. What is your favorite sport to watch? tennis

19. Who do you think will not tag you back? I will not tag someone who'll not tag me back..he..he..

20. Person you expect to tag you back first? Seiko , Phebie and Hazel

21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? all the bloggers in my bloglist

22. Bird watcher? yeah with baby..he..he..

23. Are you a morning person or a night person? night person

24. Do you have any pets? nope

25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? Hyzyd knew to respond with our request like we want him to smile beautifully, be strong and doing "wai"

26. What did you want to be when you were little? medical doctor

27. What is your best childhood memory? our father asked his "men" before to build a "toy house" for us and when it was delivered and placed in our front yard we wanted to sleep in there rather than in our bedroom...LOL!

28. Are you a cat or dog person? neither of the two

29. Are you married? Yes

30. Always wear your seat belt? I would if I'm in the car

31. Been in a car accident? let's just say motorcycle accident-YES!

32. Any pet peeves? people who drink directly out of the milk/orange juice container, when I genuinely ask someone what's wrong (when there obviously is something wrong) and they respond half-heartedly, "hmmm? oh nothing...", people who clear their throats in a disgusting way, Caps Lock in text or in email, when PEOPLE SHOUT

33. Favorite Pizza Toppings? ham, bacon, Italian sausage

34. Favorite Flower? Orchids

35. Favorite ice cream? mango

36. Favorite fast food restaurant? Hachiban Ramen

37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? I didn't take a test yet

38. From whom did you get your last email? Motherhood Maternity

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Grocery

40. Do anything spontaneous lately? checking tons of worksheets!

41. Like your job? being a teacher is such a rewarding profession

42. Broccoli? Love it!

43. What was your favorite vacation? the first time I got home from Thailand

44. Last person you went out to dinner with? hubby dear

45. What are you listening to right now? conversation between my bro and hubby..he..he..

46. What is your favorite color? pink, lavender too!

47. How many tattoos do you have? none

48. How many are you tagging for this quiz? five people

49. What time did you finish this quiz? 6:31 am

50. Coffee drinker? nope

I am tagging Sis Nonz, Mommy Gigie, Seiko, Phebie and Hazel.

Increase your Link Tag

I got tagged by Kikamz (what a unique name!) of Just About Anything. It claims to increase back links. I surely need one. Thanks so much Kikamz for tagging me along.

1. Try to make a post just like this one and mention this process.


2. From the list of blog sites below remove the number 1 and move the rest in the list 1 step higher (i. e number 2 becomes number 1, and so on). Add your blog name in the 5th position. Don't forget to copy the links. (Here's my list-my site added in the end)
   
   
   
   1. Home of good ideas
   2. Make or Break
   3. The Mommy Journey
   4. Just About Anything
   5. Her and History
3. List at most five of your friends blog site here with link and inform them of this post and ask them to do the same. Here's my list:
   Love's Haven
   Delineating Des
   My Life's Perception and Inspiration
   Places, People, Events, Good Food and My Life
   Pieces of Me
   
   
   

A glimpse of my better half

Yaying of Mumsters Degree gave me this tag to feature my dearest better half.

Without much ado, here is it:

***
THE BETTER HALF

1. He's sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen?
- Sports channel-Boxing or else tennis

2. You're out to eat, what kind of dressing does he get on his salad?
- thousand island dressing at Sizzlers

3. What's one food he doesn’t like?
- food that has coconut milk

4. You go out to eat and have a drink, what does he order?
- Chaa Manao - a Thai term for Lemon Tea

5. What shirt size does he have?
- M to L

6. What shoe size does he have?
- 9-9.5

7. What is his favorite type of sandwich?
- A hamburger - he simply likes it 'coz it's a sandwich that consists of a cooked patty made of ground meat and is generally served with various garnish or condiments like ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, onion, relish, pickles, and cheese toppings, placed inside a sliced Hamburger bun, often baked specially for this purpose, or pieces of bread or toast. The meat patty is beef, unless otherwise noted

8. What would he eat everyday if he could?
- chopsuey

9. What is his favorite cereal?
- any cereal will do

10. What would he never wear?
- sleeveless

11. What is his favorite sports team?
- on what sports? Manchester United for football sports team

12. Who did he vote for?
- it's his private choice

13. Who is his best friend?
- definitely ME

14. What is something he does, but you wish he wouldn't do?
- I couldn't tell you..sorry

15. What is his heritage?
- proudly from a Filipino heritage

16. You bake him a cake, what kind of cake?
- bundt cake

17. Did he play sports in high school?
- Yes, Ping pong

18. What could he spend hours doing?
- Reading or watching online (Hajime no Ippo), Sudden Attack, lesson plan making, tending our orchids, solving the magic cubes, playing PSP

19. What is the unique talent that he has?
- landscaping , art-related endeavor

20. What's his type of coffee?
- White coffee: A black coffee with milk added.

Now I wanna tag the following wifeys:Sis Nonz of The Voice Within Me , Mommy Gigie of Gigie's Planet , Yami of Mom Writes for a Cause , Seiko of Seiko's Diary , Phebie of Love's Haven

Strictly ONE WORD!

It's hard to answer when you're only allowed to give ONE WORD for your answer. Anyway, Rules are rules..he..he...I've been tagged by Enchie of Sweet Nothings and Tetcha of Pensive Thoughts . Thank you girls for sharing this to me.

Rules:

USING ONLY ONE WORD! It’s not as easy as you might think! Copy and change the answers to suit you and pass it on. It’s really hard to use only one-word answers. Be sure to link the person who sent it to you!

1. Where is your cell phone? bed
2. Your hair? black
3. Your mother? prayerful
4. Your father? loving
5. Your favorite food? spaghetti
6. Your dream last night? house
7. Your favorite drink? yogurt
8. Your dream/goal? getaway
9. What room you are in? bedroom
10. Your hobby? blogging
11. Your fear? none
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Australia
13. Where were you last night? home
14. Something that you aren’t? Lazy
15. Muffins? chocolate
16. Wish list item? Disneyland
17. Where you grew up? Surigao
18. Last thing you did? teaching
19. What are you wearing? pajama
20. Your TV? LG
21. Your pets? none
22. Friends? generous
23. Your life? blessed
24. Your mood? so-so
25. Missing someone? family
26. Car? coming..he..he..
27. Something you’re not wearing? necklace
28. Your favorite store? 7/11 (is this a word?...LOL)
29. Your favorite color? pink
30. When is the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? forgotten
32. Who will resend this? myself
33. One place that I go to over and over? Tesco
34. One person who emails me regularly? dNeero
35. My favorite place to eat? Sizzler

Hope the following friends will enjoy doing this: DjTammy, Sarah, Pehpot, Chris and Seiko.

Down-to-earth and behave seductively?

...as the Personality Test describes me and here's the rest:

Your view on yourself:

You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:

You are not looking merely for a girl/boyfriend - you are looking for your life partner. Perhaps you should be more open-minded about who you spend time with. The person you are looking for might hide their charm under their exterior.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:

You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

The seriousness of your love:

You like to flirt and behave seductively. The opposite sex finds this very attractive, and that's why you'll always have admirers hanging off your arms. But how serious are you about choosing someone to be in a relationship with?

Your views on education

You may not like to study but you have many practical ideas. You listen to your own instincts and tend to follow your heart, so you will probably end up with an unusual job.

The right job for you:

You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.

How do you view success:

You are confident that you will be successful in your chosen career and nothing will stop you from trying.

What are you most afraid of:

You are concerned about your image and the way others see you. This means that you try very hard to be accepted by other people. It's time for you to believe in who you are, not what you wear.

Who is your true self:

You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.


Well, describing me like shown above makes me more careful and makes me pray hard to be the BEST God wants me to be.

I want to thank Chris for giving me the opportunity to see more of my personality.

The rules are simple:

1. Open this website: Personality Test

2. Take the Personality Quiz. (It's very short and easy really!)

3. Copy paste the result to your blog.

4. Tag as many friends you can and link to the friend who tagged you!

I would like to pass this onto: Phebie Ann, Seiko, Willa, Bogie, Meryl, Gigi, Sis Nonz, Laine, Hazel, Kaye,and Jacris.

I love to know more about you gals!

Friendship Chain

Wanna thank Chris of The Mommy Journey, Seiko of Seiko's Diary and Beth of Trust.Loyalty.Bliss for their friendship.

~~Begin Copy~~


This is the easy way and the fastest way to :1. Make your Authority Technorati explode. 2. Increase your Google Page Rank. 3. Get more traffic to your blog. 4. Makes more new friends.

Rules :
1. Start copy from “Begin Copy” until “End Copy” to your blog.
2. Put your own blog name and link.
3. Tag your friends as much as you can.

1. Picturing of Life 2. Juliana’s Site 3. Hazel-My Life, My Hope, My Future 4. Jeanne-The Callalily Space 5.My Family is my Life 6. The Simple Life of a Baghag 7.On A Wonderful Day Like Today 8.House Everything 9.The Creativity in Me 10.Travel and Photography 11.Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 12.You Are My Sunshine 13. Song to Remember 14. Super Blog 15. Philippine Tv Marathon 16.Simply Blue 17. Breaking the Boundaries 18. Top Five 19. A Simple Life 20. Simple Happy Life 21.Mom's Special Diary 22. The Mommy Journey 23. Seiko's Diary 24.Trust.Loyalty.Bliss 25. Her and History 26. You're next!

~~End Copy~~

I pass this to my new friends: Denden of My son, Our Life, Meryl of Places, People, Events, Good Food and My Life, Kaye of WAHMaholic, Rosa of Rosa Love's,and Clarissa of Kizuna

Thanks a lot!
Seiko

What's in No.8?

Number 8 is my fave number for the following reasons:

The meaning of the number "Eight" in the Bible is "New Beginnings"

• The eighth day was new after God rested.
  
• There are 7 days in a week and the 8th day is a new beginning.
  
• Christ rose on the 8th day which was a new beginning for the world.
  

In Hebrew the number eight is (Sh'moneh), from the root (Shah'meyn), "to make fat," "cover with fat," "to super-abound." As a participle it means "one who abounds in strength," etc. As a noun it is "superabundant fertility," "oil," etc. So that as a numeral it is the superabundant number.

Recently, I was tagged by my new friends, Beth and Che-Che about "some" 8 things in life. I enjoy doing this and I wanna thank you girls for remembering me.

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To
- Celebrates Hyzyd's first birthday
- See my first-born niece or nephew...so exciting!
- Buy a Toshiba Portege M800-E3315P
- Pay all our debts and be debt-free as long as I live..LOL!...
- Get the Prada Bag my hubby promised for me..he..he...
- Spend a weekend with my family in Phuket
- Visit my family in the Philippines next year
- Wear my fave Levis jeans with 24" waistline...he..he..

8 Things I Did Yesterday
- Fixed a healthy homemade meal for hyzyd
- Went to church and meet YWAMers
- Dropped EC using the EC generator
- Fixed a snack for hubby with mango shake
- Watched replay of Pacquiao's fight with Hatton
- blogged and join the Yummy Sunday meme
- did the marketing with Hubby
- sent SMS message to my mom using Chikka

8 Things I Wish I Could Do
- work at home and be with my baby 24/7
- sing like Celine Dion..he..he...
- process our visa for Australia
- enroll for Masteral studies
- play chess
- get rid of my trauma in driving motorbike
- throw a luxurious birthday for my mom
- manage my own boutique

8 Shows I Watch (with the influence of my bro and friends)
- Death Race (Jason Statham)
- You Change my Life (Sarah Geronimo and John Lloyd)
- Very Special Love (Sarah Geronimo and John Lloyd)
- America's Next Top Model
- Stylista
- Bedtime Stories (Brendan Fraser)
- Transporter 1,2 and 3 (Jason Statham)
- Rush Hour 1, 2 and 3 (Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker)

8 People I Tag (regardless if you have it already..he..he..)
- Phebie Ann
- Laine
- Enchie
- Meryl
- Gigie
- Shy
- Hazel
- Pinay Jade

Hope we all enjoy a superabundant life in HIM!

My Fave Wedding Songs

My ever-loyal "tagger" Phebie Ann of Love's Haven has this unique tag for me this week. This tag is about Five Wedding Songs that I wanted to hear whenever I attend a wedding ceremony. I think this is just easy..he..he..

I will state here first the rules of the tag:

1. Choose five songs that fit the event of course, any artist and genre will do.

2. Tag other 5 bloggers.

3. Don't forget to let them know that you tagged them.

Here's my five wedding songs that I wanted to hear when I will attend my bro's wedding hopefully next year or else on my next wedding anniversary...*wink*..

1. Each for the Other, Both for the World (composed by my father)
2. Good Thing Going- Carolyn Arends
3. For You- Michael W. Smith
4. You've Got Me- Steven Curtis Chapman
5. Love of My Life- Jim Brickman (featuring Michael W. Smith)

If you noticed, I'm fond of Christian wedding songs. I love the lyrics!..so meaningful that touches my soul!

I am curious of what are the fave wedding songs of Pehpot, Ate Gigie, Jes, Mimi,and Ate Sarah

She loves my blog!

My friend here in blogsville Jes gives me three awards in a row! Wow!!! I feel so appreciated knowing that somebody loves my blog. My time and effort spent on blogging don't pass in vain. Thank you so much!

I love your blog award

Super Follower Award
(for being a stalker!?!..he..he..NO!!!..I'm one of her blog fans! Visit her site and you'll love her work! Check it out at Me, Myself and Jes)

The Blogger Awards
(This award makes me feel like a winner of an Oscars Award!)

I want to share this award to other bloggers that inspires me and that truly deserves this prestigious awards:

Denise, Janet, Lalaine, Phebie Ann, Femikey, Jeng, Twinkie, Hazel, and Shydub.

My Stick Figure Family

This tag is cool. I wanna thank Twinkie for sharing the fun with me.

Check out my family:

Make your Stick Figure Family at FreeFlashToys.com

I want to share the fun to other moms like: Femikey, Phebie, Jes and Sarah.

Another friendship award...

I wanna thank my sis (here in blogosphere) Mommy Phebie for this friendship award and at the same time a tag.


The rules are so easy:
1. Place the logo / banner on your blog.
2. Add a link to the blog who gave the award.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Add links to the blogs that you have nominated.
5. Let them know by leaving a message (shout) on their blogs.

Here are my seven of my closest friends online that I wanted to nominate:

Hazel of Delineating Des
Denise of Shorty Bear's Place
Mimi of There is a Time for Everything
Lalaine of Lalaine's World
Litlit of Genuine Cuisine
Janet of My Family Story
Gigie of Gigie's Planet

100 truths about me...

I got another tag from a new friend here in blogsville. I wanna thank Tetcha, for remembering me.

001. Name → Genebei Faith,
002. Nickname(s)→ Gengene (when I'm in elementary), Gene (in high school thru college), Faith (some of my Instructors called me this name), Jenny (to my Thai friends and students)
003. Age→20+
004. Zodiac sign → Taurus
005. Male or female → Female.
006. Elementary → Philippine Normal College (PNU now) Laboratory School, Badas Elementary School, Philippines
006. Middle school → Badas Elementary School
008. High School → Surigao del Norte College of Agriculture and Technology (New Secondary Education Curriculum), Philippines
009. College School → Surigao del Norte College of Agriculture and Technology (New Secondary Education Curriculum), Philippines
010. Hair color → Black
011. Long or short → Long
012. Loud or Quiet → Quiet
013. Jumpers or Jeans → Jeans
014. Phone or Camera → Phone
015. Health freak → Nope
016. Drink or Smoke? → I don’t drink nor smoke
017. Do you have a crush on someone? → No...I always have crush on my hubby...he..he..
018. Eat or Drink → Eat
019. Piercings → only on my Ears
020. Tattoos → None
021. Social or Anti-Social → What do you call someone who's not totally into "social" but not really "anti-social"?...
022. Righty or lefty→ Righty

FIRSTS:
023. First piercing → When I was 4 years old
024. First best friend → Joanna Paler, (high school)
025. First award → Most Neat and Clean (K1)
026. First crush → ..sorry..I forgot
027. First pet → ..sorry..I just don't like furry animals...no pet eversince
028. First big vacation → I think not yet...I usually have simple vacation-staying at home, strolling around malls
029. First kiss→ my hubby
030. First big birthday → when I'm 22 years old
031. First love at first sight? : Nope
032. First Surgery: Tooth..he..he..
033. First sport you joined: Basketball

This or That
034. Orange or Apple juice: Orange
035. Rock or Rap: None
036. Country or Screamo: Country
037. NSYNC or Backstreet boys: Backstreet Boys..but where are they now?
038. Britney spears or Christina Aguilera: Neither!
039. Night or Day: Both!
040. Sun or Moon: Sun
041. TV or Internet: Internet
042. Playstation or xbox: Playstation
043. Kiss or hug: Hug
044. Iguana or turtle: turtle
045. Spider or bee: Neither!
046. Fall or spring: Neither!it's not available here..LOL! Summer...
047. Limewire or iTunes: iTunes
048. Soccer or baseball: Neither! soccer is for men..he..he..


CURRENTLY:
049. Eating → just finished munching my pizza
050. Drinking → water
051. Excitement level→ huh????
052. I'm about to →go to sleep
053. Listening to → my neighbor's daughter playing piano
054. Plans for today → it's kinda late to plan for anything coz it's getting late...it's 10:25 pm..I'll go to sleep later on.
055. Waiting for → the time???...I'll sleep later on
056. Energy Level→ huh!?!
057. Thinking of someone: No! my hubby is the "someone"..i don't need to think about him coz he's always right beside me


YOUR FUTURE:
058. Want kids? → Yes
059. Want to get married? → I'm already married.
060. Careers in mind → teaching, running a boutique
061. How many kids do you want: 5..he..he..3 boys..2 girls
062. Any name on the mind: i'll juz ask my father, he named us all including Hyzyd..LOL!
063. What did you want to be when you were little: A doctor, teacher,and a JOURNALIST!
064. Careers in mind: besides teaching?...I'll take up PhD in Education first...
065. Mellow future or wild: Mellow future.
066. Something you would never try: Drugs
067. When do you want to die: ...I still want to see my son grow, get married, see my grandchildren...Lord, let me live my life to the fullest...in your WILL

WHICH IS BETTER IN THE BOY/GIRL YOU LIKE?
068. Lips or eyes → Eyes
069. Romantic or Funny→ Romantic
070. Shorter or taller - Taller
071. Protective or caring?- Caring
072. Romantic or spontaneous → Romantic
073. Nice stomach or nice arms → Nice arms
074. Sensitive or loud→ Sensitive
075. Hook-up or relationship → Relationship
076. Trouble maker or hesitant → Neither
077. Muscular or normal: Normal
078. Kissed a stranger: Nope!
079. ??? ( the "tagger" missed it..he..he..)

HAVE YOU EVER:
080. Lost glasses/contacts → No
081. Ran away from home → No
082. Held a gun/knife for self defense → Never
083. Killed somebody → Never
084. Broke someone's heart → Yes
085. Been arrested → Never
086. Had your heart broken → nope...
087. Cried when someone died → Yes
088. Liked a friend more than a friend: nope

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
089. Yourself → Yes
090. Miracles → Yes
091. Love at first sight → No
092. Heaven → Yes
093. Santa Claus → No
094. Tooth Fairy → No
095. Kiss on the first date → No

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
096. Angels: Yah!
097. Is there one person you want to be with right now → Yes. My son Hyzyd.
098. Are you seriously happy with where you are in life → Yes and still praying for a better life
099. Do you believe in God → Yes.
100. Post as 100 truths and tag 20 people→

Now I am tagging:

Mommy Elvz, Hazel, Gigie, Jes, Mommy Gen, Phebie Ann, Chris, Pinay Survivor Mom, Shydub, Mimi, Elizabeth, Jona, Twinkie, Litlit, Babeth, Sarah, Jos, Nonz, Pehpot, Femikey

Gagay