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Updates

2009-07-12T11:32:00.000-07:00

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Last Week

2009-06-29T07:49:00.000-07:00

Last week today, we visited our cousin on a 3-hour round trip from our home. It was lots of fun. The kids really love it there.

My baby tried his hands at billiards.

He spents hours at this pool table. I think he's ready to play for real after that.

Origin - Spirits of the Past

2009-06-23T23:53:00.000-07:00

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

2009-06-23T23:48:00.000-07:00

I wasn't too wild about New Moon, the book. However, they've re-written this movie, and I hope Edward appears a whole lot more on film than he did on the book. So, I'm almost giddy with excitement to find out what they did with this book.

A Lot of Things Has Come to Fall

2009-06-13T07:55:00.000-07:00

Or, a windstorm and a thunderstom came and a lot of thigs fall. I think there might have been a tornado or two.

Unmanned

2009-05-24T09:28:00.000-07:00

Charlie Brown is now Charlene (birthdate: Jan 29, 2009). He didn't have sex-change operation, but he's neutered now. He still humps any leg he can hug. His doctor promised that it would go away in time. He's still got residual hormones for a week or two.

I took him running for two miles today. If Charlie goes running with me every day the whole summer, I bet I'd be in better shape by Fall. We'll have to see.

Painted

2009-05-16T00:02:00.000-07:00

Here's my daughter painting her face away. I let her because she has to practice sometime, and now seems like a good time.

TECHNORATI TAG: photo hunt

This Morning

2009-05-13T09:20:00.000-07:00

I took a picture of my newly opened rose...

And then, I took a picture of me! It's so much easier going fat than going thin. That's for sure!

Scan and Scan and Scan

2009-05-11T23:32:00.000-07:00

I'm very fortunate that I did not have my old albums right here. I wouldn't get anything done. I finally made my scanner work, and it works very well. I think I need to clean up the scanner bed a little, but here's what I found so far! This was the first time I chopped my hair short. I was pregnant with my second child here.

Here I was, 2 months pregnant with my first child. The hair...oh, the hair! I went overboard with the curls. This was the last time my waistline was within whispering distance of 20 inches.

There's Always Somewhere to Go

2009-05-10T22:42:00.000-07:00

This is why we love Six Flags. There's always somewhere to go. We have season pass, and we never get bored. Why? It's probably because we only make it out there once a week, and only for less than two hours. We have short packets of free time, and that's where we spend it with the kids.

My boys prefer bumper cars. Is it because they're boys?

Free Cell Game #878

2009-05-07T19:02:00.000-07:00

Click on the picture to enlarge.

I don't feel like doing anything...except clean my floors and kitchen. And play backgammon and free cell.

I'm stumped on this one. I played it twice and it dead-ended. Place this free cell and let me know how long it took you to finish it or how many tries it took you.

Mellow Yellow Monday #16| Today's Flowers 37| Emerald Sunday 24

2009-04-26T17:11:00.000-07:00

Yossi kept asking me what I would do if a banana grows in my house. I couldn't quite figure out what he meant. I didn't get it until we went outside my front door and he pointed out to me that we have a banana growing right now.

When I saw this yellow thingy, I'm wondering if this is a dead flower, or it's going to be a yellow flower. Time will tell, I guess.

TECHNORATI TAG: mellow yellow Monday, today's flowers, Emerald Sunday

LP 54: Gusali (Building)

2009-04-23T04:32:00.000-07:00

Centennial Building in San Francisco

A theater in DFW.

More LP here.

TECHNORATI TAG: Litratong Pinoy

Purple Hunt

2009-04-18T00:06:00.000-07:00

TECHNORATI TAG: photo hunt

A Flower, A Bug and A Cow

2009-04-11T09:00:00.000-07:00

Didyou see the yellow ladybug?

I saw this while driving home. It's hard to take a picture in twillight in a moving car.

I'm trying to see how many meme I can fit in a post. What do you think?

Camera-Critters #53 Flowers Today Emerald Sunday Mellow Yellow Monday

TECHNORATI TAG: mellow yellow, Emerald Sunday, camera critters, today's flowers

Camera-Critters #52 | Emerald Sunday 22 | PhotoHunt 156- Stripes | LP 52: Paboritong Litrato (Favorite Picture)

2009-04-04T07:04:00.000-07:00

We're driving through McDonald's window, when I saw this bird enjoying a moment by the flowerbed. Can you see it? Enlarge these pictures to see better.

I forgot what flower this is going to be, but I'm just really glad I haven't killed it yet. This happen to be my favorite picture right now. It looks like I'm going to get a blooming garden after all, and the promise of that is just making me giddy!

TECHNORATI TAG: camera critters, Emerald Sunday

Weekend Snapshot 82

2009-03-30T05:08:00.000-07:00

We went to Six Flags last Sunday. It was fun. The day was nice and cool and sunny.

TECHNORATI TAG: weekend snapshot

Emerald Sunday 21

2009-03-27T02:36:00.000-07:00

This looked green but it sort of came out blue. It's this telescope at Six Flags Over Texas.
My daughter after buying a few things at Target.

TECHNORATI TAG: Emerald Sunday

Skywatch Friday No. 37

2009-03-26T14:23:00.000-07:00

These are skies over Santa Rosa, California.

These are skies over DFW, Texas.

TECHNORATI TAG: skywatch Friday

Toy Hunt: Wings

2009-03-25T22:53:00.000-07:00

My son insist that this is his best airplane invention ever. So, it's my toy hunt for this week. It's an airplane made of lego complete with wings!

TECHNORATI TAG: toy hunt

LP 51: Sapatos (Shoes)

2009-03-25T20:57:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite Bongo boots, as modeled by my youngest baby in his favorite suit.

TECHNORATI TAG: litratong pinoy

Ruby Tuesday

2009-03-24T14:17:00.000-07:00

One of his bedtime rituals, but also a good chance for him to delay bedtime by stretching this activity to a half-hour event. Isn't he a darling though? He always keeps a monologue the whole time why he needs to be doing something on the way to brushing his teeth!

TECHNORATI TAG: Ruby Tuesday

Today's Flowers 32

2009-03-23T10:34:00.000-07:00

What do you call these flowers? I think they're weeds? But a weed is a weed if it's unwanted, and I wanted this one. Anybody have a clue what they're called?

TECHNORATI TAG: today's flower

It's The Little Things That Matter

2009-03-23T08:18:00.000-07:00

I received this as an e-mail, mass-forwarded. However, it's got good lessons, and why not post it here so I can read it again someday? Take time to read it, you might just get away with some food for thought.

When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I've got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes.

Suddenly I didn't know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the topic calmly.

She didn't seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why?
I avoided her question. This made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man! That night, we didn't talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer; she had lost my heart to Dew. I didn't love her anymore. I just pitied her!

With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my company.

She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. The woman who had spent ten years of her life with me had become a stranger. I felt sorry for her wasted time, resources and energy but I could not take back what I had said for I loved Dew so dearly. Finally she cried loudly in front of me, which was what I had expected to see. To me her cry was actually a kind of release. The idea of divorce which had obsessed me for several weeks seemed to be firmer and clearer now.

The next day, I came back home very late and found her writing something at the table. I didn't have supper but went straight to sleep and fell asleep very fast because I was tired after an eventful day with Dew.

When I woke up, she was still there at the table writing. I just did not care so I turned over and was asleep again.

In the morning she presented her divorce conditions: she didn't want anything from me, but needed a month's notice before the divorce.
She requested that in that one month we both struggle to live as normal a life as possible. Her reasons were simple: our son had his exams in a month's time and she didn't want to disrupt him with our broken marriage.

This was agreeable to me. But she had something more, she asked me to recall how I had carried her into out bridal room on our wedding day.

She requested that everyday for the month's duration I carry her out of our bedroom to the front door ever morning. I thought she was going crazy. Just to make our last days together bearable I accepted her odd request.

I told Dew about my wife's divorce conditions.. . She laughed loudly and thought it was absurd. No matter what tricks she applies, she has to face the divorce, she said scornfully.

My wife and I hadn't had any body contact since my divorce intention was explicitly expressed. So when I carried her out on the first day, we both appeared clumsy. Our son clapped behind us, daddy is holding mummy in his arms. His words brought me a sense of pain. From the bedroom to the sitting room, then to the door, I walked over ten meters with her in my arms. She closed her eyes and said softly; don't tell our son about the divorce. I nodded, feeling somewhat upset. I put her down outside the door. She went to wait for the bus to work. I drove alone to the office.

On the second day, both of us acted much more easily. She leaned on my chest. I could smell the fragrance of her blouse. I realized that I hadn't looked at this woman carefully for a long time... I realized she was not young any more. There were fine wrinkles on her face, her hair was graying! Our marriage had taken its toll on her. For a minute I wondered what I had done to her.

On the fourth day, when I lifted her up, I felt a sense of intimacy returning. This was the woman who had given ten years of her life to me.

On the fifth and sixth day, I realized that our sense of intimacy was growing again. I didn't tell Dew about this. It became easier to carry her as the month slipped by. Perhaps the everyday workout made me stronger.

She was choosing what to wear one morning. She tried on quite a few dresses but could not find a suitable one. Then she sighed, all my dresses have grown bigger. I suddenly realized that she had grown so thin, that was the reason why I could carry her more easily..

Suddenly it hit me... she had buried so much pain and bitterness in her heart. Subconsciously I reached out and touched her head.

Our son came in at the moment and said, Dad, it's time to carry mum out. To him, seeing his father carrying his mother out had become an essential part of his life. My wife gestured to our son to come closer and hugged him tightly. I turned my face away because I was afraid I might change my mind at this last minute. I then held her in my arms, walking from the bedroom, through the sitting room, to the hallway. Her hand surrounded my neck softly and naturally. I held her body tightly; it was just like our wedding day.

But her much lighter weight made me sad. On the last day, when I held her in my arms I could hardly move a step. Our son had gone to school. I held her tightly and said, I hadn't noticed that our life lacked intimacy.

I drove to office.... jumped out of the car swiftly without locking the door. I was afraid any delay would make me change my mind... I walked upstairs. Dew opened the door and I said to her, Sorry, Dew, I do not want the divorce anymore.

She looked at me, astonished, and then touched my forehead. Do you have a fever? She said. I moved her hand off my head. Sorry, Dew, I said, I won't divorce.. My marriage life was boring probably because she and I didn't value the details of our lives, not because we didn't love each other any more. Now I realize that since I carried her into my home on our wedding day I am supposed to hold her until death do us apart.

Dew seemed to suddenly wake up. She gave me a loud slap and then slammed the door and burst into tears. I walked downstairs and drove away.

At the floral shop on the way, I ordered a bouquet of flowers for my wife. The salesgirl asked me what to write on the card. I smiled and wrote, I'll carry you out every morning until death do us apart.

That evening I arrived home, flowers in my hands, a smile on my face, I run up stairs, only to find my wife in the bed - dead.

The small details of your lives are what really matter in a relationship. It is not the mansion, the car, property, the money in the bank, blah..blah.. blah. These create an environment conducive for happiness but cannot give happiness in themselves. So find time to be your spouse's friend and do those little things for each other that build intimacy. Do have a real happy marriage!
If you don't share this, nothing will happen to you.

If you do, you just might save a marriage.

TECHNORATI TAG: marriage, relationship

White Astro Repair

2009-03-23T01:31:00.000-07:00

White Astro:
Last month: repair heater blower, plus headlights aligment: $90.00
Today: Ignition switch
$70.00 labor
190.00 parts

Green Van:
$50.00 driver side door

TECHNORATI TAG: astro repair