tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43155162773412098732012-02-01T06:04:18.424-08:00and missing the sound of rainAthinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08601809566948332273noreply@blogger.comBlogger611100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315516277341209873.post-752480957663850772010-04-04T22:09:00.001-07:002010-04-04T22:34:06.101-07:00

Chrysanthemums from Baguio my neighbor's Cactus flower flower among the grass Zinia I think

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I have known people close to God who has their own nickname or terms of endearment for him. Some call him My Lord, others Abba Father and some Papa God. Imagine my amusement when I read the author of The Shack book call God The Grand Interferer. All morning while contemplating what to post in my blog, I was imagining scenes in my mind – If I get the opportunity to meet with God and tell Him some

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My new hearing aid is BTE as my hearing loss is severe to profound already. I needed a powerful aid which is not available in ITE models. I wanted grey or blue color but there's none available. My son thinks the color flesh is so uncool. I promised him a magenta next time around.Last week I bought me a new hearing aid. It's Phonak from Switzerland. It's my fourth hearing aid since I was

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When assailed by physical sickness or infirmity Jesus Himself bore my sins in His own body on the tree, that I having died to sins, might live for righteousness – by whose wounds I was healed. See I Peter 2:24I have also prepared the following special proclamation, which combines truths from

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I recieved a notebook as a New Year gift from my eldest sis Teresa. It has thick cover, with big spirals and came with two stylus fine point pens, one with black and the other with blue astroglide ink or so the label climed. I wish I could show it off here but I forgot my usb cord in NZ so I cant transfer pics from my camera into my pc. Dang dang.The peculiar thing with me is that I treasure a

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My flight back to the Philippines is on the 27th, Saturday. I have some nice pics I can't wait to upload so I will try to upload and I hope this task will not take me forever.

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Hannah and her friends Esther and DarleneHannah turned eighteen last November 2 and this is the birthday dress I made for her. She chose the design and fabric which is linen ramie. In the Philippines the fabric is called 'gusot mayaman' meaning the crumpled look of the rich. :)

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I was quite late in catching the rainbow. It's almost fading but it's really lovely. My sister Luisa and I just had to sit and watch the ducks as thE zoo is closed already. We were not able to see the animals inside the zoo. Better luck next time.

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He has turned our mourning into dancingHe has changed our sorrows into joysA song of praise instead of sadnessFor our grief the oil of joy.That we might be trees of righteousnessThe planting of the LordThat He might be glorified.As far as I can remember, these are the lyrics of a song we used to sing at our summer youth camp. I love this song more than ever today.

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I made a heart shaped pillow for my niece's wedding. It's made of satin material with lace ruffles, florets with pearl in center and pink ribbon. If my heart could be as frilly as the satin heart I made, that would be coolness. But mine is a no frills heart. There is even a certain sadness in me heart. Nevertheless, I am a woman who is after God's heart of hearts.

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Jainey'sHannah'sHeidi's

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My eldest son Bird (Christian San Juan) was among the round 3 winners for hugocreate.http://hugocreate.com/en/winners.php

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It's been raining here for a week now. I wish I could curl up in bed and just read but there are so many things to do...

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I've just finished my niece Ezra's(yes niece not nephew)wedding gown. Next in line will be the bride's maid's gowns. Will bring the gowns to NZ in September.

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See what I've been telling everybody, Beti can dance. I caught the dance act on my cellfone video so it's very amateurish. Beti and Oe were playing with the remnants of cloths from my sewing then Beti thought she should dance. I remembered the pink dancing tights my niece Belle used when she was small and gave it to Beti. The next dance video will be better, with music even. Promise.

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This rainy Saturday morning I watched Annie Hall. I'm afraid Woody's aura rubbed a bit on me.Umm... what? After the moonsoon rains, the flodding and devastation... it is no longer possible to cry me a river. Onion induced tears are more real than cat's tears or crocodile tears or monkey's tears. The pillow is more tender hearted

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Praise the Lord, Betina is six years old!Last Friday was Betina's birthday. She turned six. The four of them, Betina, Chloe and dad Bird and mum Chi went here yesterday and brought yema cake which I forgot to photograph. I cooked pancit bihon or fine Chinese rice noodles mixed with bits of carrots, cabbage, celery and chicken. I was able to catch Beti and Oe on video while they were

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It's only eight in the morning here. We should be at church as it is Sunday today but Mum decided against going because of typhoon Frank. It's typhoon signal # 2 here in Cavite. There was rain all night and wind is strong today. I woke up feeling cold, my knees particularly so I took a pair of pajamas and an extra shirt from the drawer and wore them to keep myself warm. It is very rarely that I

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Today's blessings are these orange flowers which reminded me of God's faithfulness which is new every morning.The profusion of tiny blooms are the dama de noche or the night blooming jasmine. Last night it bloomed and gave a heavy sweet scent even our neighbors can smell. It has a superstitious belief attached to it though. Old folks believe if there is a single lady living in the house, chances

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let us get out of bedand dance in our pajamas to the music of the approaching dawnallow me to rest my head on your chest and kindly caress my backuntil I fall asleep.Please carry me now back to bedgently lest I awaken againhold my hand and kiss it bend and whisper to my ear the words I long to hear.

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Today's birthday girl is moi. I'm fairly happy today. Two of my sisters, two old college friends, my three kids, two nieces-in-law, mum, and Betina and Chloe wished me a happy birthday. I cooked pasta in white sauce as it's a Filipino tradition to serve noodles or pasta for one's birthday for long life. Eldest son Bird brought ube {purple yam}flavored cake and daughter Christine brought ice cream

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Czarina Chloe, aka Oe is turning five tomorrow Sunday, June 8th. Happy birthday Oe, we-we-we! I luv yah.

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You will never know how happy I was when I discovered in my mail this morning that one fine Christian lady from Michigan had left a comment on my blog. God bless you, Ellen. :)Ellen was asking for the picture of my mum's finished crocheted curtains which she missed seeing at my January 15th post. I took new pics of them curtains specially for Ellen.

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I had a fun pictorial session with my two grandaughters Betina and Chloe. Here are the pics.

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Today is Mother's Day and I'm feeling blue. I think the old woman who lived in a shoe is more fortunate than I am today. My only daughter who's away in Camiguin did not send me a Mother's Day greeting. It's very unlike her. I miss the time when she's in Baguio, she brought home a bouquet of Egyptian mums for me on Mother's day. I remember how carefully she wrapped the flowers so it will stay

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Last week my siblings and I joined Mum on a 6 hour trip by car to Pangasinan, her birth place to sort out her land tax. We were glad to discover that Mum has some land we can inherit someday. Back when we were kids grandfather has shown us his lands. He said his land reaches beyond the coconut trees and the bamboos. Beyond the creek as far as the eyes could see. But now after almost forty years,

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North Luzon Expressway, 7 am Coastal road, La Union 10 am Kennon Road, Baguio 11 am Goodness, gracious me! I dont know how to shake this heaviness, this grey mood (not black), this certain sadness that I always call certain sadness. I tried to have a three day break and joined my siblings on their Baguio vacation. The eight hour trip made me more withdrawn and thoughout the trip I kept to

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I thought DeafRead was snobbing my blog. I was surprised to discover they have accomodated it already and have published a short post I have written. Silly me and thanks to DeafRead. I just dont know if I have to request them to publish a deafness related topic I may write everytime.Anyways it's summer here and uncomfortably hot. All we wanna do is go to the beach or to the mall where there's

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Last night I was able to wean myself of the computer at 11:30 but in bed I had to read myself to sleep. I stashed some Reader's Digest, and old issue of National Geographic, and the three books books I was currently reading under my abrasador. I read until 12:30 before I decided I'm sleepy already. So the next morning I woke up late at 9 am. I drank a glass of cold water, ate two bananas and one

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It's nine in the morning here and I'm blogging again. I've been to wikipedia and back and discovered I'm jazz ignorant. So jazz was brought to America by the African slaves and these were blues notes by black people. Can this be that after so much jazz they will end up black and blue?This is one of the realities of being deaf. Most deaf can't sing or dance as most of us are tone-deaf also. During

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I think DeafRead is snobbing my request that they pick a blogpost of me to feature in their site. Perhaps they think my blog is not about about deafness at all. It's more about the Lord, really.A few days ago my eldest sis shared with me half of the half kilo bag of Starbucks coffee a nice friend gave her. My sis knew I love Starbucks very much. And to think that a few years ago we nearly gave up

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I've been trying hard the past months to submit my blog to anywhere it can have more readers. Then I acidentally found DeafRead. I hope the human editors will see my post about my ALD.From tonight onwards, I will try to post more about my experiences, thoughts and feelings about my deafness. As some sites have advised- Don't be shy.

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flowers at church last Sunday we were at table no. 5 during our church's post valentine party I woke up this morning with a vague pain around my neck and left shoulder. The beginnings of a stiff neck perhaps which I promptly asked the Lord to heal. There was also a little headache when I opened my eyes around

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God is calling His church to align our hearts with Him once again. It's about grace not our efforts and religious activity. The Lord is calling us to depend on the totality of His work on the cross. It is complete and sufficient. He wants us to depend on His love, be filled with it and then minister it. - Pastor Terry SomervilleThis is an excerpt from an article written by Pastor Terry Somerville

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Our living room, also called sala. The furniture is made from narra, Philippine hardwood and fifty years old already. This was sold to us by two Chinese wood carpenters named Iking and Peping for a few hundred pesos. This is the curtain crocheted and finished by mum in record time - two months.

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The dawn watch a Korean pastor introduced to our church is supposed to end after forty days but our church took to dawn watching like duck to water and decided we want to dawn watch till forever. Arrrrgh!Anyways dawn watching was began by Jesus in the New Testament. It's not literally watching the early dawn and the sun rising but worshipping God and praying at church first thing in the morning,

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What have become of me posting a New Year blog on January 4th? I have been busy really. This is what I got by beginning the new year procrastinating. My Kiwi nieces are coming over tomorrow to join our family swiming party to be held at Covelandia.This morning I washed the linen so the Kiwi nieces will be satisfied when they lie down to sleep in our big bed. The linen are now smelling sweet. I

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I forgot to check the time and it's already 7 minutes before 11 pm. I intended to post something interesting tonight. But I have committed myself to attend dawn watch tomorrow at 430 am. S0 as soon as it's 11pm I have to log off so I can have a longer sleep. 5 minutes to go. Aside from dawn watch I also plan to attend a cell group although it ends around ten pm every Wednesday. The cell

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This lion's head carved from a giant rock is the landmark to motorists that they have finally reached Baguio.

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The Sunday before Christmas, le famille attended a Sunday worship at a church downtown being pastored by my brother in law. Bro in law led the worship singing and a visiting preacher preached the word of God for over an hour. I'm wearing my pocket talker but I did not try to use the extension cord so that I can position the mic near the speaker. We were just visitors in that church and I thought

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Le famille spent the hols in Baguio from Decemeber 22 to 26. We were 45 in all including the kids. Half of us rented a transient house for five thousand a night. The other half stayed in my sister's house in Baguio. Then each of the adults contributed 550 pesos for food. We had a party on Christmas eve, we exchanged gifts, had parlor games and sang Christmas songs. The kids were happy with the

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Mum's birthday cake Le familleIt's urgent I should blog before December ends. Mum's birthday bash was a big success. Her guests were so blessed by how well we tried to make Mum happy on her 80th birthday. My comic brother in law composed and recited a poem in praise of Mum. Then with the help of his

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One of my nieces, CarlaI promise to blog more often this month of December. I really haven't found the time yet to put links on my blog, invite friends, and join blog explosion so I can generate traffic to my blog.Anyways, I have already finished the party dresses of my nieces Nimai, Sara, Carla and Dianne and the dresses of my granddaughters Betina and

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It's two weeks to go before mum's 80th birthday and there are lots of things more to do. I have been waking up very early one week now. This morning I woke up at 4:30. Tossed in bed for one hour and decided to rise up a 5:30. I did some singing and praying to the Lord but I can't say it's quality time as my head was full of so many things. The design for the children's dresses, the walls I have

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Pesky mosquitoes are under the computer table biting my legs.My Chinese brother-in-law was confined to the hospital. He had dengue.I bought a delicious pomelo for 85. pesos.I am making party dresses for my nieces and grandaughters.I have to scrub and soap the walls of our house before mother's birthday on Novemeber 30.The motif for the birthday party is lavender but it isn't easy to stick to one

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It's ten in the evening here and I'm yawning already. All day my mind was full of lots of things blogworthy but all these thing are gone now. How I wish I had a laptop so I can blog in bed.I'm trying to change my sleeping and waking time and last night I was already in bed at ten quarter. I usually sleep around 12 midnight and I wake up at 6:30. I think I'm losing much sleep and I'm worried it

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It's raining outside and coffee tasted better this rainy morning. I have just arrived from the talipapa a block away from our house where I bought fish and veg for lunch and a heavy bunch (2 kgs) of bananas for breakfast.I have finished studying Lesson 9, days 1 and 2 of the Book of Exodus. For my morning prayer, I will do it before lunch. I suddenly remembered I should have bought a newspaper so

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Banana republic with mango as the national fruit. Coolness!

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Good morning from the Philippines, mi patria adorada. :)

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I can't think of anything blogworthy today as I cannot gather my scattered thoughts. I'm just trying to post so I can maintain my blog.Let's see. This morning I just said a simple prayer thanking God for the strength and health I have. Indeed His promise is true and great is His faithfulness that is new every morning. I also agreed with God that today will be a pleasant one and Mum will feel His

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Can't figure out why the blogger robots suspected my blog violated some terms whatever. But thanks anyway, I'm back.The bandera espanola Mum planted some weeks ago have flowers now and I took pictures of it with my cellphone camera. Unfortunately I can post it right away as I can't use the bluetooth yet.I was Mum's alalay this morning when she went to the beauty parlor to have her hair cut and

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One cool thing I've been doing lately is memorizing Bible verses. Here's one I have already memorized: The bolts of our gates will be iron and bronze and our strength will equal our days. There is no one like the God of Jeshurun who rides on the heavens to help us and on the clouds in His majesty. The eternal God is our refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive

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Shameless narcissism. Oh please, don't be so cruel. I just want to have some fun.1. My kids call me Meeeh, the way a little goat calls its own mother meeeh-meeeh!2. My favorite expression is "Ay anak!" At least that's better than Ate Nora's "Ay kabayo!"3. I recently purchased a pair of shoes called Miss Korea.4. I can't afford Jimmy Choo.5. I have a little bony growth on my forehead the size of a

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We are only whole to the extent that we are experiencing His love everyday.

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First things first, I wish to thank Blogger for this wonderful chance and space they allowed me to have so I can post my very own blog. Blogger, you're a star, thanky!Yesterday was Saturday again and it seems whenever my daughter and I arrange to meet so we can go to Precepts together, something happens. We agreed to meet this time at Chowking Taft corner Edsa. I arrived at Chowking ahead of her

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My grandaughter Betina was first honor in her Nursery class at Montessori Dasma. Her quizzes and exams were all perfect and Teacher Xe said Betina can dance well, too. Her mother told me that Betina's latest idol is Marimar. She really likes girls who can dance well. But I told Betina not to take Marimar seriously as she is a lady already. I don't like to see my grandaughter gyrating like a sexy

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My younger sis asked me to acompany her to her OB for pap smear test and she said while I'm already there I should get tested also. Doc got suspicious of my symptoms and examined my tum. She said I needed ultrasound exam. Ultrasound confirmed the doc's suspicion. It was uterine fibroid myoma, 8 cm. Yuck!Strange that I'm clueless about it except that a couple of years ago I began having heavy

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Precept Upon Precept is an inductive method of Bible study and the materials and trainors were from the US. I like this method as I am able to clearly understand the contents of the Bible. I have to admit I dont really understand the Book of Exodus or even, Genesis or Deuteronomy. For so many times I have attempted to read the Bible and some publishers of the Bible even offer a system of reading

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This afternoon I met with my daughter at Buendia MRT station so we can go to Makati Gospel Church together to attend a bible study class we have begun the other Saturday. The eleven Saturdays course is on the Book of Exodus. My daughter as usual was late. I waited for her at the foot of the Buendia MRT stairs near a line of vendors selling guava, sunglasses, candies, newspapers and ice cream.

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Hello every all! I'm glad to be here. I hope you will stop by to read and leave comments.

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