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Sunday Poem and Photograph: Hello July

Hello July! You surprised me with your coming. Did June say goodbye? I didn't even notice it left. Please tell August to knock before entering So I can welcome it with a smile.   By: Balut Manila on waking up on a cold July morning in 2012

Versatile Blogger Award

I was innocently blog hopping when I came across this post from Joanne's Blog and I was really surprise finding my name among the list of awardees (as in surprise!) My very first blog award! Tadaaah! This award has three rules (that you should follow or your blogs will be forever doomed) Note: Words in parenthesis are baseless facts The Rules: Thank the blogger who gave you this award.  Don’t forget to link his/her blog. Post seven random things about you. Give the award to 15 other bloggers you love and let them know you gave them this award. Note: Joanne violated Rule # 3 by not informing me about the tag and she tagged eight people only.  Therefore she needs to comply to a punishment which is to post 100 more random things about herself (wider evil grin) So here we go… 1. Thank you very much Joanne for this award.  I almost burst into tears upon knowing that while I’m stressing with my very first give away you are doing evil things against me

Sunday Song and Photograph: Happy Together

♫ Imagine me and you, I do I think about you day and night, it's only right To think about the girl you love and hold her tight So happy together If I should call you up, invest a dime And you say you belong to me and ease my mind Imagine how the world could be, so very fine So happy together I can't see me lovin' nobody but you For all my life When you're with me, baby the skies'll be blue For all my life Me and you and you and me No matter how they toss the dice, it has to be The only one for me is you, and you for me So happy together ♫ photo taken April 2012 during our Vicita Iglesia HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to us! __ years and still counting! Anybody care for some fun again and guess how many years that we’re “happy together?  Clue: it was five years after the movie “Happy Together” (starring Patrick Dempsey and Helen Slater) is shown with this song as the movie sound track also.  This song became one of our “anthem”. (yay we’re o

Attending A Media Launch From a Blogger's Perspective

Registration In-charge: Good morning Ma’am, from what publication please? Me: I’m a blogger Registration In-charge: Oh great! can I have your name please? And my name is printed on a name badge along with my blog's title!  I look around and I’m wearing the same name badge worn by members of the media. Then I was ushered to sit among the professional reporters from leading Philippine newspapers and tabloids. From Manila Bulletin, Philippine Star, Remate, name it and they are all there.  I’m elated, really elated! my "media" badge :) Media launch is not new to me. Having worked in a corporate job with affiliates in the entertainment industry for years, media launch and other media-related functions has been a part of my job.  But not as guest or attendee but as part of the organizing team.  I am one among the people working behind to make such functions possible and successful.  Through my blogs also, I am able to get to be invited on trade fairs, shows and

Sunday Lyrics and Photograph: Dance with my Father

If I could get another chance   Another walk   Another dance with him   I'd play a song that would never ever end   How I'd love love love   To dance with my father again My daughter and hubby dancing together during her 7th Birthday in her Tinker Bell inspired kiddie party.  My hubby and daughter are not fans of formal dancing but they obviously look like having fun while dancing. The boys at the background waiting for their turn added to the cuteness of this scene and takes away the sadness from the lyrics of this song. Happy Father’s Day to all you great fathers in the world!

From Rizal Park to Boracay to Bohol - It’s More Fun in the Philippines!

Independence Day is a national holiday in the Philippines that means no work for our "nine-to-five" tax paying heroes.  My BFF is one of them (and I used to be one also) so I had the chance to have bonding time with her on a weekday holiday! We went to the Mall of Asia (MOA) to register for the 36th Milo Marathon Manila Eliminations .  As usual, MOA never fails to entertain and amused me.  With my countless visits to MOA, be it a quick stop, mall strolling or jogging, I always find something interesting and exciting each visit. This time the mall is bustling in the aura of the 114th year Philippine Independence Day celebration. As we passed along one of the arcades, we chanced upon these two huge dioramas cum photo wall themed in two best tourist-attracting descriptions.  They are posted in Spanish era designed lamp posts (also a diorama).  Here’s sharing the subject of these diorama scenes and some quick shots. Time Travel, More Fun in the Philippines Travel bac

Inside The Home of General Emilio Aguinaldo–An Independence Day 2012 Special Post

The Proclamation In the presence of a huge crowd, independence was proclaimed on June 12, 1898 between four and five in the afternoon in Cavite at the ancestral home of General Emilio Aguinaldo some 30 kilometers South of Manila. Source: Wikipedia As the Philippines celebrate its 114th Independence Day, let me give you a short tour INSIDE the house where the historical proclamation happened.  Here’s sharing some photos I took when I had the chance to visit the ancestral home of General Emilio Aguinaldo. The Bowling Alley. The first bowling alley built in this town. The bedrooms of the Aguinaldo daughters.  The first room nearest to the stair is for Cristina Aguinaldo Suntay The middle bedroom is for Maria Aguinalso Poblete The largest of the three bedroom is for Carmen Aguinaldo Melencio They are located in the family wing.  As was the fashion in the early 20th Centrury, furnishings and accessories were a mixture of European, Chinese and Filipino

Sunday Quote and Photograph: Summer is Gone

Soon t’will be a memory, these lazy days so hot and free Mother nature has the rule, and kids are soon back in school. Summer dust that winds did blow, hasten Autumn’s amber glow… Summer’s gone… where did it go… Source: Polyvore.com Location: Guimaras Island

Winners! 10 Sunglasses from Firmoo Optical Store for Giveaway

Congratulations to these ten (10) lucky winners from my fist ever giveaway!  Each of them will receive a pair of sunglasses of their choice from this selection from Firmoo.com . I’m posting here a screenshot of the Rafflecopter result. I’ve already sent notices to your respective email addresses that you encoded in the Rafflecopter.  So for those who are not yet responding I need to hear from you ASAP.  If there’s one thing that I wish to see in the coming days in your blogs is a photo of you wearing your prizes – that would be an awesome sight! I would also like to thank all those who joined and supported my first ever giveaway.  Anything that is FIRST IS EXCITING BUT STRESSFUL.  Thank God I am gifted with the kindest batch of participants and the most awesome bunch of blogger friends.  All of you helped me ease out from this first hosting.  If I could just make everybody win. Allow me to especially mention and thank these blogger friends: Gracie – I know that joining giv