Our visitors in rainy days

Keep holding on to be safe!
The red millipede in it's crawling position.
I don't know what creature is this until my daughter told me that it's a millipede and it crawls anywhere, feeling free.
It stretched out to crawl faster. As if it senses danger.

And this is what they look like whenever there's danger around and touch by an enemy. Observant as I am, makes me notice that millipede are always around during rainy season and they hibernate in a cool places. I've seen two of each kind, black and red in our premises. But I can't see the purpose of them, being here.

Rags for sale!!!

My 21 year old sewing machine. It's still helping me save time making my recycled scrap fabric into a pieces of rags. Making rags has been my past time and my husband, too.
Rags in different colors.
Ready for trimming.
Rags ready for sale.

It's Sunday!

Seldom you see them all in the house on a Sunday. But today their bonded, viewing their favorite TV show while waiting for lunch.

Just like our beautiful Philippines

The Baguio's Botanical Garden in Baguio City.
The Picnic Groove in Tagaytay City
Taal Volcano in Batangas
A Glamorous Beaches of Puerto Gallera in Occidental Mindoro
Masskara Festival in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental

The Magellan Cross in Cebu City
Luneta Park in the City of Manila
Corregidor in the Province of Bataan
The Amazing Chocolate Hills in the Province of Bohol
The Unbelievable Attraction of the Cathedral Cave in Palawan
The Beautiful Beaches of Boracay in the Province of Antique
The Famous Banaue Rice Terraces in Mountain Province
The Well Known Bamboo Organ in Las Piñas City
Ati-atihan in Iloilo City

The Manila Memorial Park Cemetery


The pictures above are just some of so many tourist spots and traditions practiced here in the Philippines. We need to maintain their beauty and such practice of our native land,so we can pass it on from generation to generation with pride, to let them see how beautiful his or her country is. We need to take good care of these beautiful spots being a Filipino. May be as you read my blog you will be confused why did I include the Manila Memorial Park Cemetery? Just like those beautiful scenery in our country that we have to take good care of, I can't exactly use the words to appreciate how lovely and generous the hearts of two political icons lying in this cemetery. Yes, I am referring to the late Ninoy and Cory Aquino. The father and the mother of the Philippine Democracy.They really have a heart of a true Filipino; brave,loving and sympathetic. We have to take good care of the legacy they give and was left to us. Just like the beautiful Philippines, I pray that the freedom they died for the Filipino people will stay and be forever. Thanks to you Ninoy and Cory Aquino! Filipinos will really miss you.

It runs in the Blood.

My son, Michael applied for a job. He was very confident that he will pass all the requirements including his personal documents. He went through several interviews and physical examinations.The last day he went to the company to have his last physical examination,he went home frustrated because he failed the eyesight test. And there, he discovered that he is suffering of color blindness.
Actually, I wasn't surprise to know about the news. His case reminds me of my father who is also a colorblind, himself. So, to understand a bit more about the kind of his eye defect, I told my son to open the computer to make a research. And we came to know the following facts. That color blindness or color vision deficiency, as it is called, is the inability to distinguish colors or shades. It is a defect, in the retina or the nerves of the eyes. It's a non curable eye defect. Males are always the victim and their mother is always the carrier of the defective gene. Some types of color blindness is hereditary and some are not. In my son's case, I think that this is a hereditary type,since; my sister's son is also a color blind. So it is in my understanding that me and my younger sister are both carriers. After we finished researching, the next day I brought him to an ophthalmologist as advised by the company. The doctor gave him a certificate that says, he is physically fit to work but of the job that would not require color discrimination. And after that visit,we both confirmed that he is indeed a color blind. He went back again to the company to submit the certification and sorry to say, he was not hired because of his eye defect. So as not to discourage him, I explained to him that being color blind should not stop him of what he wants to be. Just be patient to apply for the jobs that doesn't required the use of colors so much. And I also told him that there's a lot more to thank for, on your life. Always count the blessings not the problems. And while I am typing this blog, Michael left this afternoon to get the schedule of his orientation for the new job he is applying for.

For Life

This is a story of my neighbor, both husband and wife. They really know how to invest their income. The husband, who is 72 years of age is a retired bank appraiser; the wife is 66 years old, is a retired dentist. I like the way they brought up their three kids. All of them are degree holders and graduates of decent school here in Metro Manila. The only girl and the oldest boy are now in the United States. The second child is now in Australia. I admire their thriftiness. They lived a simple life just to invest for the education of their children.
Besides giving good education to their siblings, it made me surprise to know that they still have a lot of investments. One thing more I know about this spouses is that they manage each others money. They have each others own investment. The husband owns hectares of land both rice and sugarcane fields. He also owns commercial and residential buildings. The wife owns a lot of accounts in different local banks.
As of now the wife is here in Manila, living alone in their old house; waiting until the old house will be sold so she can choose whether she will go to the United States to visit her daughter and grandchildren or go home to the province. At the same time the husband is now in the province, attending the rentals of his investments. But the thing I discover about the spouses is that they don’t have so much time spent for each other since their younger years until now. Because they both had their own concerns to do. But in spite of the fact they do care for each other.
May be you might ask, Why and how did I know these facts about the spouses, I happened to be one of their agents of their old house. And the wife being the landlady of my mother for five years, trustfully told me this story. After talking to the wife that time , I conclude that both of them know how to invest wisely for life.

Menopause

Menopause, the most uncomfortable period, I feel today. And my family never knows this. Do I need to explain to them how difficult is it? And why do I feel this way? Why am I experiencing a lot of discomforts because of this?
Hot flashes, head aches, a bloody menstruation, boredom, nervousness are such of so many disturbances I felt and I tried to overcome the feeling and I hope that I can surpass this without other side effects. Menopause at the age of 47, somehow familiar to me and I know that it’s a part of a woman’s life.
Why do I need to feel this way? Why do some of my friends, pass this feeling without experiencing the way I feel? Is it my resistance or the people that I go with that affected me so much of my menopausal? I admit, I’d been hospitalized twice of this and as always I was almost near death. Thank God I’m still alive! And I thank God that, I’ve seen some other woman who had experienced menopause when I was still a little girl. I even know a mother of my classmate during my elementary days that she really lost her mind because of her menopause. May be it happened to her because she don’t know the signs and there’s no one to talk to. I have to be strong. I need to control my feeling to overcome this stage. I hope someday, that everything I feel today will just be a very interesting story for my two daughters. But I pray that they will pass through this lighter than mine. I pray that this feeling will not last long. I want to visit my obstetrician, because I know she will help me a lot. But on the other side, I still need to learn how to cope myself to conquer this stage.