I always remind my nieces and nephews to make good in their studies as it will bring them to many places. Their parents also are working hard so that they can study in a private schools and that they should not waste this precious opportunity.

Though they may have heard lots of advices from their parents about studying and all, I just wish they can squeeze in their minds all the beautiful advices that they are giving because it is for their own good. Some are in college while others are in their elementary grades. I wish they will be like my cousins as well who are engineering and architecture graduates. One has even mastered cad drawing and is very useful in his works. I wish all students will have the enthusiasm to work hard, if not they are just wasting their time.

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My family and I went to the wake of my second cousin last night and we are all stunned to hear about his death because it was really unexpected as he has no lingering illness whatsoever. He was just invited to attend a fiesta in a province by his co-workers and after having lunch, his friends saw him in deep breath and would not respond so they immediately took him at the hospital.

He was later on diagnosed suffered a heart attack where a never going to his brain erupted. Awww such a deadly disease and traitor because we never know when the attack will happen. It’s a deep loss for his family because he recently loss his daughter too and now he is gone as well. His wife is in overseas and we think that she will not make it to the funeral of her husband. Such a pain!

Now, all of us are thinking about our own health and I was laughing because my older brothe rasked me this morning to check on his blood pressure. I even teased him that he already needs to cheap health insurance for himself. Anyway, life is too short.. really..

my niece and nephews playing outside with water during a hot summer day

When we were kids, my sister and I would usually play chinese garter, piko, paper dolls, bahay-bahayan and more. You’d also see us often especially during summer vacations at the tree top where we make a makeshift “house” where we can stay to have a chat or even have a snack.

A day at the grass field where we can run and play . Wow I can still picture those beautiful days in my mind and oh boy we were so carefree and happy that time.

These days, you can see most of the kids just playing computer games, dress up games for girls, playstations, wii and other non-physical games. Though it can help stimulate their minds, it’s also important for them to have physical activities. Let them play in your backyard, get dirty and explore new things that they can’t normally encounter in front of the computer. In this way, they can discover new things, be active and learn to appreciate what it is like to play outside.

What about you what’s your fave games when you where kids?

I woke up very late this morning at around 930 am because I stayed up very late till 4am from working online. Had my breakfast at 10 am and lunch at 1 pm. Still feeling groggy and my body out of synch, I decided to take a short nap after lunch. I was able to take a dose of sleep for about 30 mins. eventhough I was hoping I can take about even an hour.

That short nap was still good because I feel kinda refreshed and my mind working as well. I had snack at about 3pm eating spaghetti, a chocolate cracker and a bottle of coke. Yay, I was so full by then and I think I had dyspepsia afterwards. It’s really hard when I had this especially when I ate too much. I better get those ellipticals in the house so that I can shed those extra fats in my belly right now. Gees.. I am feeling bloated up to now, blame it on my overeating.

Don’t you just hate sometimes when someone knocks on your door only to find out that it is a sales agent of products and other services? Though it may seem bad to shoo them away, you need to do it especially if you’re not interested. These days, insurance companies don’t have to knock on doors anymore as they obtain most of their prospects or clients through a life insurance lead on the Internet who are searching for insurances.

Sad to say but I do hold a grudge at times especially if a person who commits a serious fault to me. I know it’s not a good thing to do but that’s just me!

I took this Do You Hold a Grudge? quiz and here is the result: You Sometimes Hold a Grudge

You aren’t exactly vengeful, but you’re not going to forget when someone wrongs you. And while you’ll forgive the small things, you don’t hand out too many second chances to people who really screw up.

I just learned from my bestfriend RACE yesterday that her daughter and my Godchild Ruth is celebrating her birthday today and she’s 12 years already. Time surely flies so fast and now she’s almost a teen and she needs to be guarded from would be suitors..lol.

I am wishing her all the love, happiness and success in the world. I know her parents love her so much. I wish I can give her a lavish gift today like a tour in Hongkong Disneyland or Sea World in Florida and for sure it’ll be fun to stay in one of those orlando hotels but i can’t afford that right now. Maybe if I’ll win the big jackpot in lotto then I’ll treat her and her family.

Oh wow, it’s already past midnight but I’m still wide away. I had a late dinner at 9:30 pm and ate my fruit salad dessert at around 11pm. Maybe that’s the reason why I am not sleepy yet. I also had time to watch shows on TV and i took advantage of it because it is seldom this late, except for the days where i need to finish important works.

I could be in deep slumber now but here I am still looking for cheapest flights to Hongkong and I am scouring lowfares.com for their packages. It’ll be holiday in no time and I know most of us are on vacation. It’ll be very east to find cheap flights at their website as they have an easy to use search box where you can input your flight details to get the best deal.

If you are contemplating of having a vacation anywhere in the world, start by reading travel information to gain more insights about the places that you want to explore.

How are you all today? Yesterday I am the cook and had fun doing it. I didn’t go out shopping as well but just accompanied my niece to a couturier and after that I had the laziest afternoon and evening afterwards. It’s weekend so I have the right to laze around like most of you do, right? I was hoping that I could do a bit cleaning in the house but I started to watch TV and I was unstoppable.

It’s a brand new week today, it’s gloomy and raining today but I sure hope that will not dampen my enthusiasm for having a great and productive day. I know it’ll be another busy week for me with all my online and offline works. I still have to look into those bathrooms fixture that I saw at betterbathrooms.com and I’ve been thinking that it’ll be a perfect place to get idea and purchase items needed for the bathroom renovation that I’ve been thinking for a while now. I sure hope there will come a time where I can see a new bathroom and living room in our house. I was watching all those reality shows where they head over to a house to clean it and do a great make over. It’s always in my mind that it’ll be an awesome opportunity to be in those kind of shows.

I came across this weekly blog carnival to share some of our frustrations and thought I’d share mine so I can get it off my chest.

I know I have posted this on my other blog but hey I want talk about this again and again . Like I once said I have a missing blouse and a swarovski bracelet and nobody among my family and relatives will ever admit that they got it maybe for fear that I will be furiously mad. But hey come on those things will not come out of my room w/o  no one borrowing it.

Yesterday, I also found out that my plastic water container was broken and of course no one wants to admit that they accidentally dropped it. Yay!

Anyway.. I still can replace all of them but the thing is that we should sometimes learn to accept faults, right?