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A forwarded email that I want to share…

Never borrow from the future. If you worry about what may happen tomorrow and it doesn’t happen, you have worried in vain. Even if it does happen, you have to worry twice.

1. Pray for PEACE everyday and let it begin with YOU

2. Go to bed on time and get up on time so you can start the day unrushed.

3. Say No to projects that won’t fit into your schedule, or will compromise your mental health.

4. Delegate tasks to capable others.

5. Simplify and unclutter your life.

6. Less is more. (Although one is often not enough, two are often too many.)

7. Allow extra time to do things and to get to places.

8. Pace yourself. Spread out big changes and difficult projects over time; don’t lump the hard things all together.

9. Separate worries from concerns and take one day at a time.

10. If current situations cause you pain, anxieties and concerns, pray over these and pay attention to what God is trying to tell you and have you do; and then rid your life of whatever it is that causes your pain, anxieties and concerns. But if you can’t do anything about a situation, forget it and trust that you’re exactly where you were meant to be at this point in time of your life.

11. Live within your budget — don’t use credit cards for ordinary purchases.

12. Have backups — an extra car key in your wallet, a house key buried in the garden, extra stamps, etc.

13. KMS (Keep Mouth Shut). This single piece of advice can prevent an enormous amount of trouble.

14. Do something for the Kid in You everyday.

15. Carry a Bible with you to read while waiting in line.

16. Get enough rest.

17. Eat right.

18. Get organized so everything has its place.

19. Listen to a tape while driving that can help improve your quality of life.

20. Write down thoughts and inspirations.

21. Every day, find time to be alone.

22. Having problems? Talk to God on the spot. Try to nip small problems in the bud. Don’t wait until it’s time to go to bed to try and pray.

23. Make friends with Godly people.

24. Keep a folder of favorite scriptures on hand.

25. Remember that the shortest bridge between despair and hope is often a good ‘Thank you Jesus.’

26. Laugh and then Laugh some more!

27. Take your work seriously, but not yourself at all.

28. Develop a forgiving attitude (most people are doing the best they can).

29. Be kind to unkind people (they probably need it the most).

30. Sit on your ego.

31. Talk less, Listen more and Slow down.

32. Remind yourself that you are not the general manager of the universe.

33. Every night before bed, think of one thing you should be grateful for that you’ve never been grateful for before. GOD HAS A WAY OF TURNING THINGS AROUND FOR YOU.

“If God be for us, who will go against us?”

(Romans 8:31)

Thanks for the tag MM!

Your Birthdate: September 1

You are a natural born leader, even if those leadership talents haven’t been developed yet. You have the power and self confidence to succeed in life, and your power grows daily. Besides power, you also have a great deal of creativity that enables you to innovate instead of fail. You are a visionary, seeing the big picture instead of all of the trivial little details. Your strength: Your supreme genius Your weakness: Your inappropriate sensitivity Your power color: Gold Your power symbol: Star Your power month: January

It is indeed a happy weekend for us since there are so many things to look forward to! As I’ve posted a couple of days ago we are going to be busy bees this weekend! We will attend a party today and a boys night out for Hubby. Tomorrow is another day to look forward to since we are having a reunion!

Happy Weekend everyone!

Yey! And Saturday means cleaning time! We usually do the cleaning of the house on Saturdays. Of course on daily basis we do air cleaners on rooms and common areas such as living rooms and dining rooms. But on Saturday we usually clean the family room and guest rooms. It’s just too consuming so scheduling is a must when it comes to cleaning of the house.

Hubby just confirmed that the flowers that I ordered for him arrived a couple of hours ago in his office. Yes, you read it right, for HIM. I know, not the typical gift for men or guys. But honestly I’m at a loss for gifts to give already. LOL! Last Christmas I gave him PSP, on our anniversary this year I gave him a facial scrub and the trip. Now, I couldn’t think of something that is not too expensive but sweet.

So there.

I ordered a bouquet of red roses for my ever loving and supportive Hubby! You deserve it Hon. You really do!

We also ordered one for my Mom and guess what time she got it? She got it at 5:30 in the morning! Talk about good service ha!

My sister and I were talking earlier and I was asking her, what’s with red roses? And I answered my own question. I guess because red is LOVE.

Happy Hearts Day, everybody! Share some LOVE today!

After dinner on our second night in Puerto Princesa we realized that it was a Saturday! And if it’s a Saturday there must be a night out right? Asturias Hotel has it’s own bar there but we opted to go out and explore the city.

We went to Kinabuch. According to my sister Kinabuch, is the best known hang-out spot of Puerto Princesa. It offers grilled food, beer, and billiards. When we got there the place was so similar to Jerry’s Grill, but this one is bigger it has an open space if you’d like to feel the fresh air of Puerto Princesa. I loved this place.

Hubby had his usual drink of Cerveza Negra mixed with Pale Pilsen. If you haven’t tried this mix, you should one of these days! I had a drink (which I now forgot what it’s called) with vodka, sprite, and vanilla ice cream. It was too strong for me though (I’m not really a drinker). But it was good when I mixed it with lots and lots of ice. LOL!

Anyway, I think we were too tired that we got drunk easily so at around 12 midnight we called it a night and went back to the hotel.

Now for our third day in Palawan, our whole day was spent island hopping in Honda bay. Again we started early, the van was supposed to picked us up at 7:30AM but they were able to pick us at around 8AM already. Good thing the port on the way to Honda Bay was just near, around 15 minutes travel time.

We were able to get a bangka as soon as we got to the port. We rented some snorkeling shoes and gears just to make the trip worthwhile and also I heard that Palawan has the most wonderful corals!

First island stop is called the Pandan Island. It was called Pandan because of the trees that grew there. We snorkeled for a couple of minutes here and then our tour guide prepared our lunch. We purchased a big fish for lunch too! Mind you, Hubby and I were able to finish almost a kilo of fish for that meal. LOL! It was sooo fresh, I wanted to live there forever! We also met a couple of guys there who were also part of the tour.

Can you see a Pandan tree?

After a very sumptuous lunch we went back to the bangka and headed to the next island which is called Snake Island. Nope snakes weren’t present here but it was called a snake island because it shaped like a snake. We tried to do snorkeling again in this island and fishes here were wonderful! Although most of the fishes were small but they look amazing when they swam together.

There were not much trees in this island and that’s why it’s too hot I guess! After a couple of minutes of snorkeling and photo ops we then went to the third island stop which is called the Starfish Island. This is my favorite island I can say! The boatmen were able to get a looot of starfishes for us (but he immediately returned it afterwards) to take some pictures.

We also got some cute stones and shells from the shore for souvenir. It was around 3Pm that we went back to the bangka. Good thing the waves were not too huge. I was sooo tired that day that I fell asleep while we were in the bangka! I can’t even believe it!

Anyway, we were back at the hotel and we thought of having snacks. After we took a nap and then prepared for dinner. Yes, if you noticed we were eating all the time when we were there! I gained a lot of weight after this vacation and I swear that I’m losing those pounds hopefully before the summer begins.

After dinner, since it was our last night, we decided to have coffee at Itoy’s. This is their own version of their Starbucks.

Tired and Sleepy…Look at my Sunburned Arms!!!

It was good, a little cheaper than Starbucks of course. I got my drink at around p95 which is already the grande of Starbucks. I didn’t like my drink much but since Hubby liked it and I liked his drink more, we exchanged drinks. I realized that we always do this, I would like his drink or food more than what I ordered. I don’t know why though. LOL!

Well after the coffee and some reading in the cafe we went back to the hotel and again called it a night.

Coming up next…our last day at Puerto Princesa.

I had a very wonderful (and short) vacation with Hubby last weekend to the cleanest city of the Philippines! It was sort of a second honeymoon. LOL! Check these out and you might guess where we went…

Will get back to you with the stories and photos. (*wink*)

Thanks for dropping by everyone! Will also get back to you with your tags!

Well, this is it. My dream blog. I have always wanted to put up a travel blog but I just didn’t have the guts. Thanks to Joy for the help and Hubby for convincing me to finally take the leap. There are so many travel blogs that has inspired me to do this such as Anton’s Our Awesome Planet. I honor these guys for promoting the beauty of our country.

And now, I’m doing my part in my little space in the web. I just hope that in this way I can help people by giving out my opinion on how I see Manila as I explore it with Hubby, A and our future baby girl.