photo: 10/365 - snail!

dear papa

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I opted to keep silent about my real feel coz I am just too shy to express to you what I feel. But maybe today is the right time to open up and say what I really want to say.

Today let me tell you how much I miss you. I may not there to see you more often and to celebrate every occasion with you, but deep in my heart, I really wish to be there with you.

Life is never an easy journey for me and my family that made me more invisible for you but I know you really understand my situation.

I am so thankful to have you as my father. Everything you’ve done made me a better person.
Papa, thank you too for all the love and concern that you have for me and my family.

And I dedicate this poem to you:

A Dad is a person
who is loving and kind,
And often he knows
what you have on your mind.
He's someone who listens,
suggests, and defends.
A dad can be one
of your very best friends!
He's proud of your triumphs,
but when things go wrong,
A dad can be patient
and helpful and strong
In all that you do,
a dad's love plays a part.
There's always a place for him
deep in your heart.
And each year that passes,
you're even more glad,
More grateful and proud
just to call him your dad!
Thank you, Dad...
for listening and caring,
for giving and sharing,
but, especially, for just being you!
Happy Father's Day

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*****
To my beloved husband
and to all the fathers out there,
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY! Enjoy your day

photo: 9/365 - swimming pool at oasis hotel

Just a quick note!

Hello everyone! :)

I'm very busy & demoralized at the same time but I wanted to post a quick note because I really-really miss you guys.

I still have constant challenges to get through each day and your prayer is very much appreciated.It continues to be a difficult journey for me, but I know someday soon this will all pass. Sabi nga ni Santino, may bukas pa!

Anyway, our contract will end on the 30th of June and we still don’t know what will happen next. But for the rest of June and until the next boss come, we are all very busy.

By next week, I will be out of the office to attend a workshop and a writeshop. And the week after next, I will also be out of the office for a closed door session with our trainor so we can submit our output on or before June 30.

For the meantime, let me share to you some of the pictures I took at the MMLDC in Antipolo City last May 25-26 during our 2-day workshop there.

to our room

our beds

at the pond

at the pool side

at the grotto

going to the rainforest (na wala namang rain. hehehe)

to the aviary (up next)

That's it for now! I'll drop by at your site as soon as I can.

Happy Thursday to all.

photo: 8/365

May 2010: Inspirational Quotes!

While I am still struggling with all my problems here and still not ready to talk about it, let me share to you my collection of inspirational quotes for the month of May.

Here they are:

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.
~Ella Wheeler Wilcox~

There is more to us than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps for the rest of our lives we will be unwilling to settle for less.
~Kurt Hahn~

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.
~Willie Nelson~

The impersonal hand of government can never replace the
helping hand of a neighbor.
~Hubert H. Humphrey~

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
~Jawaharial Nehru~

When a child is born, so are grandmothers.
~Judith Levy~

After a day's walk everything has twice its usual value.
~George Macauley Trevelyan~

If you laugh - you change; and when you change - the world changes.
~Shilpa Shah~

What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.
~Mother Theresa~

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
~Dalai Lama~

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one
that is waiting for us.
~Joseph Campbell~

Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a
way to live.
~Jackie Windspear~

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.
~Charlotte Bronte~

The best portion of a good man's life is his little,
nameless unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
~William Wordsworth~

Kindness in words creates confidence.Kindness in thinking creates
profundity.Kindness in giving creates love.
~Lao Tsu~

God could not be everywhere, so He created mothers.
~Jewish
Proverb~

All major religions carry basically the same message. That is love,
compassion, and forgiveness. The important thing is they should be part of our
daily lives.
~Dalai Lama~

Our cities and places are no longer ours. Our lives are zoned like we're a resource to be managed...I wanted to live in a world that was an expression of who we are.
~Mark Lakeman~

Change your language and you change your thoughts.
~Karl Albrecht~

Joy and happiness are the indicators of balance in a human machine.
~Walter Russell~

You must trust and believe in people, or life becomes impossible.
~Anton Chekhov~

If we do not lay ourselves at the service of mankind, whom should we
serve?
~John Adams~

It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
~Edmund Hillary~

In order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.
~Adora Svitak~

Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come most alive,
because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
~Howard Thurman~

There must be a reason why some people can afford to live
well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I
see people throwing away things we could use.
~Mother Theresa~

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which
you must see the world.
~George Bernard Shaw~

Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
~Unknown~

The best sermons are lived, not preached.
~Unknown~

Remember, there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act
creates a ripple with no logical end.
~Scott Adams~

"It's like the more money we come across / the more problems we see."
~Christopher George Latore Wallace (a.k.a The Notorious B.I.G.)~

I miss you all guys.

MAY THE ALMIGHTY GOD BLESS US ALL!