on car racing and wii games

Every time we'll bring Hyzyd to his favorite play station at Skippy's Wonderland, his favorite game to play is car racing : Burnout 3: Takedown-the new king of arcade racers. Because of him, I also got addicted with this game that I can't help playing and enjoying taking down cars. I'm sure that if we got our own home video game console, one of the wii games that we'll choose has something to do with car racing.

But before we'll join the bandwagon of family playing Wii, will somebody enlighten me what benefits could we get from playing Wii games aside from having fun?

Weegols and Benefits of Gourmet Barbecue Sauce

If you happen to visit Butuan City, don't miss dining at Weegol's Grill Haus where you get the chance of experiencing the way true-blooded Filipino way of eating-  using one’s bare hand to feed himself. This is a normal thing to see and do when you go to this place. Just look around! As such, this native restaurant allows diners to have a pleasant all-Filipino dining experience. They even give you the option of having your meals prepared and placed on banana leaves instead of plates. You would also see that they have the usual condiments to add flavor to a meal according to your preferences.

photos not mine

Located in Montilla Boulevard, their specialty is grilled chicken. I wonder what Gourmet BBQ Sauce they used that makes their grilled chicken exceptional-temptingly tasty! By the way, did you know that gourmet barbecue sauce is extremely healthy and powerful sources natural antioxidants? Researchers explain that these foods that are extremely rich in antioxidants play a very significant and nutritionally essential role in preventing such dangerous maladies as heart disease, cancer and several neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and various inflammations and degenerative ailments closely associated with cutaneous maladies and the accelerated aging of the skin.  How cool is that! Now, I'm not guilty of pigging out there in Weegols...LOL!

photo from googles.com

With rates below US$10, you can choose among the usual favorites of diners like the Kinilaw, Pancit Canton, Calamari, Seskabichi and Lumpiang Shanghai. My favorites are the Calamari, Chicken BBQ and Chicken Inasal.

Birthdate Trivia

Girls Talk hosted by my ever-creative Marce Kaye has fun digging history about the girls' birthday. I don't want to miss the fun, so here's few interesting things that happen on the 25th of April:

April 25 is the 115th day of the year (116th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 250 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events:

• 1981 – More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of a nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Japan.
• 1982 – Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai peninsula per the Camp David Accords.
• 1983 – American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
• 1983 – Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.
• 1986 – Mswati III is crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II.
• 1988 – In Israel, John Demjanuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II.
• 2003 – The Human Genome Project comes to an end two and a half years earlier than expected.
• 2005 – The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.
• 2005 – Bulgaria and Romania sign accession treaties to join the European Union.
• 2005 – 107 die in Amagasaki rail crash in Japan.
• 2007 – Boris Yeltsin's funeral – the first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.
• 2011 – At least 300 people killed in deadliest tornado outbreak in the Southern United States since the 1974 Super Outbreak.

Majority of the events that happened on my birthdate is depressing-so many deaths! Hope my birthday is not as depressing as those events:(

Births:

• 1214 – King Louis IX of France (d. 1270)
• 1228 – King Conrad IV of Germany (d. 1254)
• 1284 – King Edward II of England (d. 1327)
• 1775 – Charlotte of Spain, Spanish Infanta and queen of Portugal (d. 1830)
• 1776 – Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (d. 1857)
• 1843 – Alice of the United Kingdom, Grand Duchess of Hesse (d. 1878)
• 1849 – Felix Klein, German mathematician (d. 1925)
• 1850 – Luise Adolpha Le Beau, German composer (d. 1927)
• 1874 – Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1937)
• 1897 – Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (d. 1965)
• 1900 – Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
• 1940 – Al Pacino, American actor
• 1941 – Bertrand Tavernier, French director, screenwriter and actor
• 1941 – Princess Muna al-Hussein, of Jordan
• 1969 – Renée Zellweger, American actress
• 1970 – Jason Lee, American actor
• 1970 – Jason Wiles, American actor
•  1987 – Jay Park, b-boy & musician, part of Art of Movement 
• 1996 – Allisyn Ashley Arm, American child actress

It's inspiring to note that great and legendary people shared my birthdate-Kings, Princess, Nobel Prize Laureate, composers, mathematician and artists! Wishing here that I could share with their fame and wealth...LOL!

Here are some Interesting Facts About My Life (according to PokeMyBirthday.com)

1. Your lucky days are Saturday (Conceivement date, Your parents decided to not to have an abortion, You were born) and Sunday (Your first cell is built, Your mother suspects she is pregnant, Your heart beat for the first time).
2. You are exactly 30 years 11 weeks 4 days 15 minutes 21 seconds old.
3. You will receive your next birthday gift in 41 weeks 4 days 22 hours 44 minutes 39 seconds later
4. If your hair were never cut since 25.April.1981, it would be 4.401 m. today.
5. If your nails were never cut since 25.April.1981, they would be 1.092 m. today.
6. An apple tree seeded on 25.April.1981, bore 2,682.198 kg. apple till today. Its contribution to economy is $10,702.0 and it fed 4,500 people. We hope that in your life you, as a human being, achieved more than that poor apple tree. 

Why would my life be compared to that poor apple tree?..he..he....

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Bank on Yourself

Are you happy with your current financial status? Honestly, I'm not...not yet. I don't have yet plenty to spare for spontaneous treats and occasional emergencies. I have so many desires in my heart for my family's sake and the welfare of others. Isn't it great to be financially blessed and extend the blessings to others? After reading this “As a man thinks (believes) in his heart (mind), so is he.” (Proverbs 23:7) it dawned to me that if you think negative thoughts… you will have a negative life overall… and if you think positive thoughts, you will have a positive life. I think positive. I try to get in the right mindset about our finances and business pursuits and BELIEVE in ourselves that one of these days we'll be wealthy! Presently, we don’t have the “right ingredients” to become financial successful and wealthy but it doesn’t mean we can’t become wealthy, does it?

I don't need 4-year business degree or a M.B.A. to start a multi-million dollar business? If I'll ask college dropouts Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft) or Steve Jobs (founder of Apple)… I'm sure they'll tell me otherwise!

To start with my way to be wealthy, let me write down few simple goals to manage our money efficiently and to  keep myself accountable:

1. Put aside money for tithe (if you’re not religious you could put aside money for charity) in an envelope each month.

2. Properly pay myself at the start of each month (let me say a Sanity Allowance for me), and then use only that money for the weeks coming.

3. Save at least 10% of our income.

4.  All passive income through my blog must be transferred straight to my savings card rather than straight to my wallet ( to avoid increase in spending power).

5. Review spending fortnightly, see if I’m spending under what I earn, review where to cut back if needed (I already record my expenses).
6. Schedule a monthly review to see how it’s working and what needs to change.

Furthermore, we need to invest our savings to something worthwhile. A friend was considering buying into "Infinite Banking" or "Bank on Yourself", which is a sort of whole life insurance policy that allows you to borrow on your own money once you're fully vested. I think it's a really cool deal! Why borrow from a bank when you could borrow from yourself, paying yourself interest rather than the bank? Bank on Yourself is the best way to invest money, if your goal is to safely grow and protect your hard-earned money and have a secure retirement you can predict and count on.

Have you heard about this savings method? If so, would you mind sharing your thoughts about Bank on Yourself. I would love to know how this method can be used to accomplish a wide range of financial goals.