Happy April Fools’ Day & others!

Wow, today is already April 1. Ambilis ng panahon!

According to the wikipedia, April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day, although not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on April 1. The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, enemies, and neighbors, or sending them on fool's errand, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible. Traditionally, in some countries, the jokes only last until noon: like UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, someone who plays a trick after noon is called an "April Fool". Elsewhere, such as in Ireland, France, and the USA, the jokes last all day.
The origin of April Fools' Day is obscure. One likely theory is that the modern holiday was first celebrated soon after the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar; the term referred to someone still adhering to the Julian Calendar which it replaced. In many pre-Christian cultures May Day (May 1) was celebrated as the first day of summer, and signalled the start of the spring planting season. An April Fool was someone who did this prematurely. Another origin is that April 1 was counted the first day of the year in France. When King Charles IX changed that to January 1, some people stayed with April 1. Those who did were called "April Fools" and were taunted by their neighbors. In the eighteenth century the festival was often posited as going back to the times of Noah. An English newspaper article published on April 13th, 1789 said that the day had its origins when he sent the raven off too early, before the waters had receded. He did this on the first day of the Hebrew month that corresponds with April. A possible reference to April Fools' Day can be seen in the Canterbury Tales (ca 1400) in the Nun's Priest's tale, a tale of two fools: Chanticleer and the fox, which took place on March 32nd.

With that I just want to greet a Happy April Fools’ Day Everyone!

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On the other hand, how I wish its weekend again!

Yes, I know it is only Wednesday today but I am already looking forward for the weekend. I am still coping with the new environment and with my new routine. Our things are still scattered all over our new home. I even don’t know where to start. All our things are still in the box. I also having hard time thinking on where to find things I need even the next clothes to wear. I can’t take leave of absence again from work because I already incurred number of absences for the past few weeks. And I am still reserving some of my leave credits for the upcoming wedding of my younger brother this coming April 28. I’ll just spend the weekend and the holidays next week in sorting and organizing all those things. Wish me luck then. And hope to share some pictures of our new home maybe after holy week.

Another thing that needs of getting used to is waking up at 4 o’clock in the morning to give enough time to prepare and be able to catch up my 8 o’clock time in schedule at work. Medyo may kalayuan na kasi ang aming bagong bahay sa aking trabaho. Lalo na at wala naman din akong service. Good thing that my sister is the one left behind to look after K.A’s needs. So, medyo bawas na yong aking alalahanin sa buhay. Sistah, I owe you a lot. Thank you so much.

Lastly, I have to take over duties and responsibilities of my colleague who is on sick leave for about a week now. Although my boss requested someone to take over her assigned tasks, it seem that this person always out of her place and made me handle everything. *sigh*

And before I continue ranting, I think I better stop here now. Lol.

Thank you and updates!

Thank you so much for the prayers and all the positive vibes that you shared with me. They helped me a lot!

Thank you also to all the people who helped us in renovating our house and to those who trusted us by lending us some financial help.

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The house blessing was held yesterday. And we are moving in to our new home this coming weekend.

Again, thank you very much for all your support and prayers. I’ll have my regular updates soon.

just to let you know

…that I really miss you friends!

With all the pressures in my shoulders right now, I don’t know where to get enough inspiration to write. But I am not giving up. I just have to take things done one at a time. I’ll be back as soon as things around me are already in place.

Happy Weekend Everyone! May the Almighty God Bless Us!

random updates!

☼ Health. I am not feeling well. Migraine keeps on attacking me since Monday morning. But I still have to report to work. I am so stress. Problems/challenges still keep on coming into my life these days. Both personal and work related.

☼ WORK. I am busy catching up with my deadlines but it is still manageable.

☼HOME. I am also busy in monitoring the on-going construction work in our soon-to-be new home. We hired three (3) trusted workers/relatives from the province to do the work for us. The works is almost a month already and almost 90% na rin ang natapos nila. Medyo marami din silang inayos. They had findings na yong drainage medyo hindi pala maayos and other materials used eh hindi pala matibay so inayos pa nila yon. It’s just so funny also because I really can’t understand the terms they used. I don’t even have the courage to go to the hardware to buy the materials even if I had the list coz I don’t know what to say if the saleslady asks me anything. Good thing hubby is always to the rescue.

☼ MOTHERHOOD. K.A. is so madaldal and so makulit pero marunong na rin syang bumawi. Marunong syang maglambing. Kapag nakita na nyang medyo naiinis na ako, she hugs me and kisses me a lot. Kakaloko! But that makes me happy.

On the other hand, medyo pasaway lang ang kanyang nanny. Nakagalitan ko and she decided to leave us this coming Sunday. I’m a little bit sad because for sure K.A. will gonna miss her but I know it’s for the good of everybody. After all, hubby already told me last year to fire her for not performing her job well. Medyo nakiusap lang ako to let her stay and give her chance to change and para makatulong na rin kami sa kanya even in a small way. But this time, I gave up!

☼ THE INCIDENT. Good thing no one bothers me yet as of this time. So, maybe the girl just needed some help that time. Thanks God!

That’s it for tonight. I’ll pay you visit as soon as I can.

GOD BLESS EVERYONE!

meme: it's game time

Hi everyone! Let’s have fun here. I found this meme/game from Nenette over lifecandy. I had fun doing this and I want to share it with you.


The rule: Just do the following steps, and post your resulting sentence in the comments.


Here is mine:


"I danced with a fireman at the dinner table because I think I need some serious help."



Now, it’s your turn, go…



Step 1: Pick the month you were born:



January-------I kicked

February------I loved

March----------I karate chopped

April------------I licked

May------------I jumped on

June-----------I smelled

July------------I did the Macarena With

August--------I had lunch with

September----I danced with

October-------I sang to

November-----I yelled at

December-----I ran over



Step 2: Pick the day (number) you were born on:



1-------a birdbath

2-------a monster

3-------a phone

4-------a fork

5-------a snowman

6-------a gangster

7-------my mobile phone

8-------my dog

9-------my best friends' boyfriend

10------my neighbor

11------my science teacher

12------a banana

13------a fireman

14------a stuffed animal

15------a goat

16------a pickle

17------your mom

18------a spoon

19------a smurf

20------a baseball bat

21------a ninja

22------Chuck Norris

23------a noodle

24------a squirrel

25------a football player

26------my sister

27------my brother

28------an iPod

29------a surfer

30------a homeless guy

31------a llama



Step 3: What is the last number of the year you were born:



1--------- In my car

2 ---------On your car

3 --------In a hole

4 ---------Under your bed

5 ---------Riding a Motorcycle

6 ---------Sliding down a hill

7 ---------In an elevator

8----------At the dinner table

9 -------- In line at the bank

0 -------- in your bathroom



Step 4: Pick the color of shirt you are wearing:



White--------because I'm cool like that

Black---------because that's how I roll.

Pink----------because I'm NOT crazy.

Red----------because the voices told me to.

Blue----------because I'm sexy and I do what I want

Green--------because I think I need some serious help.

Purple--------because I'm AWESOME!

Gray---------because Big Bird said to and he's my leader.

Yellow--------because someone offered me 1,000,000 d ollars

Orange------because my family thinks I'm stupid anyway.

Brown---------because I can.

Other--------because I'm a Ninja!

None---------because I can't control myself!



Step 5: Now post the sentence in the comments!

Was she trying to deceit me or she really needs some help?

It was Monday afternoon when I felt hungry. I went to the nearest Jollibee outlet, ordered some burger meal. After I got my order, I sat down outside the store. I waited for an officemate to get her share. While waiting, I called hubby and texted an officemate afterward. Then, all of a sudden, a lady across my table approached me.

Lady: Miss pwede makitext?
Me: Ha??? In a mataray voice and with matching taas ng kilay. (mahirap ata magtiwala!)
Lady: Patext naman isa lang. Ulit pa ng babae.

That time, I noticed two policemen seated in front of my table. That made me feels a little bit safe.

Me: Sige, pero ako magtetext. Ano sasabihin ko?
Lady: Andito na ako sa Jollibee.
Me: anong number?
Lady: 0922 …..blah…blah ( she said the number)
Me: ano nga pala name mo?
Lady: Q….. (her name)

Then, I sent the message.

After a minute, the lady went away.
At the back of my mind, I asked myself raket kaya yon or talagang she needs some help lang.

And I went back to the office.

Later in the evening, I told hubby what happened.

H: Akala mo naisahan mo sya dahil hindi mo binigay ang cellphone mo? Kinuha lang nya lang number mo noh!
Me: Medyo napaisip. Oo nga noh! Di bale kapag ginulo nya ako eh di magpalit nalang ako ng sim.
H: Palagay ko nga. Magpalit ka na lang.
Me: Pero tingnan ko muna. Baka naman talagang nangangailangan lang ng tulong yon. Mukhang desente naman sya eh.
H: hmmm…..

And we went to sleep.

But until today, medyo palaisipan pa rin sa akin ang tunay na motibo ng babaeng iyon.

Did you already encountered such incident?

gratitude monday!

When we were children we were grateful

to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time.

Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

~G.K. Chesterton~

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As each day comes to us refreshed and anew,

so does my gratitude renew itself daily.

The breaking of the sun over the horizon

is my grateful heart dawning upon a blessed world.

~Adabella Radici~

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For each new morning with its light,

For rest and shelter of the night,

For health and food, for love and friends,

For everything Thy goodness sends.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

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Today, I am grateful for:

♠ a Monday morning that signals the beginning of another blessed week

♠ a hubby who kisses, hugs and loves me so much

♠ a pretty baby who called me mama, smiles, kisses and hugs me first thing after she wakes up

♠ a family who continues to support me in everything

♠ a job that allows me to do what I want

♠ an in-laws who help us and support us in all our endeavors

♠ friends who remind me how blessed I am.

♠ and these awards from a loveable online friend JavaQueen: Thank you so much sweetie. I would like to pass these awards to all my friends listed in my blogroll.

What are you grateful for today?