My friend from Canada went home for a visit and she invited me to stay with her in a hotel in Manila. We have not seen each other for the last three years and even though we always keep in touch through email and chatting, it is still always nice to catch up personally. So we decided to have one whole day to ourselves and just enjoy the luxury living in a hotel and I was really impressed by the tv lift of the room, with just a touch of a button a sleek plasma TV arises from the bed. I would like to have that in my room. We spend the whole day talking and enjoying each other’s company.

There is something I really want to have this Christmas and I told myself that I will save up my blogging money for a new laptop and last week I was able to accumulate my earnings to buy the laptop that I really want. I used to be an impulsive buyer, sometimes I still am but when it comes to buying gadgets I really like to take my time and check for the best gadget suited for my needs and would fit right to my budget. I looked everywhere, check the specs and have price comparison of the laptop that I intend to buy. After a thorough thinking over, I finally came up with a decision to buy the one that I want and need and best of all, the one that I can actually afford to pay. My new laptop will be delivered in a week time and I am very excited. I feel proud too that I was able to save for it and control the urge to shop for anything else just to have this laptop, truly a dream come true this holiday season.

Have you ever wondered where the road will lead you? I think its a line from a song that seems familiar to me but I’m not really sure if I actually know it. Yesterday, I was already feeling sick and I felt bad because somehow I knew my bad mood triggered another lupus flare. I prayed to God to give me something to hope for, something that will make me wake up in the morning and feel the beauty of being alive despite my illness.

I love my life, God has blessed me with so much and I almost got everything that I wanted and yet, I still feel empty, like I am lost or something. I have always known that life is a journey and it is made up of choices that ought to reflect into how we live. I sometimes wonder where my road will lead, I sometimes feel like I’m running in circles and I am totally lost. It seems my life has a journey of its own and it does not include the happy road… and that is the only road I would like to be in.

Don’t you just hate those ads that suddenly pop up while you’re surfing? It’s a nuisance and sometimes I fear that these popup ads are also spywares in disguise and we must really do something to stop it. It’s a good thing that we can now be protected against this by installing an effective popup blocker so that you can continuously surf your favorite websites without the annoyance of those popup ads.

A lot of people struggle to live and stay in a budget, but there are situations that suddenly require us to have the money right away. This is such a heavy burden to carry and we can only do so much. We’re probably seeking ways to assist us with emergency situations like this, maybe you’re thinking of asking your family members or even friends for money but this I find this one very degrading and shameful, maybe you can sell or pawn some of your valuables like jewelries but you will just end up on the losing end because you will settle for a lower value than what it’s worth and maybe you’ll just pay up more with the interest. But there is one thing that you can do that is guaranteed to give you fast cash right away. Payday loans, and you can obtain it securely and you can simply apply online. You don’t have to worry about credit check and it is confidential too. Applying for cash advance is so easy, you won’t even need to fill up forms or send fax and it’s completely online. Once you get approved, the money is directly deposited into your checking or savings account via electronic on that same day. It’s fast and easy, now you don’t have to wait for your next payday just to fill in the gap of your monthly expense. Financial burden is very stressful and you really need an assistance to help you get through it.

It’s funny when we look back and realize that most things that we do today are the things that we learn from kindergarten.

• share everything
• play fair
• don’t hit people
• put things back where you found them
• don’t create a mess
• don’t take things that aren’t yours
• say sorry when you hurt somebody
• always flush
• warm cookies and cold milk are good for you
• always wash your hands before and after eating
• live a balanced life ~ learn, play, enjoy, sing, dance
• beware of strangers
• and most of all when you go out in the real world, make sure someone’s holding your hand…

Christmas is just around the corner and everyday you can sense that it is fast approaching. Don’t you just love the holidays? I like the sparkling Christmas decorations all over, the parties where you can reunite with friends and families you never see, the children making their letters to Santa, the choir singing all the Christmas carols, the delicious food that my mom is gonna cook for our Noche Buena… these are just some of what I love about Christmas and what I love the most is the spirit of giving. Christmas for me is a time of sharing your blessings and time to give back to the less fortunate. The very essence of Christmas is that God gave His only Son, Jesus Christ to be our Savior and we should always look unto God and as Christians we should have a spirit of being able to give and share our blessings. Every year, my family and I go to an orphanage to give the children gifts and spend time with them. It always warms my heart to be with them and just their smile is enough to make me feel happy. These children have been abused, abandoned and some of them have parents in prison. My heart really goes out with them, that’s why I always try to organize fund raising events to help them and some cancer patients in a public hospital. Not everyone was blessed enough to afford the high cost of chemo therapy and it feels great to be able to help in my own little way. I know sometimes, I feel that my small contribution was insignificant but no amount is insignificant when it comes from your heart. That is why it amazes me that some ministries like the Angel Ministries that uses car donations to create children’s animations and anti-drug documentaries. How would you like to Donate a Car? They’ve got a lot of projects that are truly worth looking out, they are even giving Free Children’s DVDs… Interested? Why don’t you check them out and see for yourself. Remember that Christmas is a time of giving and what a better way to thank God for all the good things He has done is to take time to share our blessings.

My friends and I are looking for a gift to our college classmate’s bridal shower party this Saturday and we’re not really that close to her, we are having a hard time finding something appropriate to give her. My friend suggested that we should give her fine lingerie, after all it is something she can use on her honeymoon. Okay, I’m not really excited to go to another wedding at least I’m not a bridesmaid this time, being single can sometimes be a drag.

My mood is still not improving and I’m already feeling sick. I was warned from this, any emotional stress can trigger a lupus flare but I don’t really know how to control this. I am just feeling sad everyday, it’s like the weather right now, everything seems gloomy to me and I already gave up trying to uplift my mood. Somehow, I’m just waiting for God to give me some better days and start feeling happy again.

I spent the whole day alone at the mall yesterday, I did a little shopping for myself and I tried some new clothes. Ever since I got fat because of steroids, I don’t really like shopping for clothes but since the holiday is coming I need a lot of outfit to wear for different parties and I felt a little good about myself to find out that I lost 2 inches in my waist line and I slipped to 2 sizes. That’s really something…

After a tiring day of shopping, I went to a coffee shop and just took my time to observe the people around me. I’m hardly alone and I really treasure times where I can spend time on my own.

Just wanna share to you some snapshots from my birthday, just a month ago…

I think I know something to help me find my mood back, I need diamonds. No kidding, that will probably make me jump for joy. But if you’re giving me a diamond and it represent as engagement rings or wedding rings I’m quite sure you will make me feel so bad once again. Of course, I would want to wear an engagement and a wedding ring someday but I cannot see that in my near future my love life is terribly in a lot of mess right now and I can’t hear any wedding bells at all.

But still who can resist this? Oh, my its such a beauty, isn’t? If you are in the market of finding the best diamond jewelry for your loved-one jamesallen.com is just the finest place you are looking for.

This bad mood is really getting old. I don’t know what else to do to uplift my soul. I have every reason to rejoice and be happy but I’m not. I’m not usually like this and I have always been an optimist, always trying to look at the bright side. But I’m afraid it does not work with me this time. Even retail therapy cannot bring me into a good mood, so I am now convinced that this has something to do with my lupus illness and I just need to patiently wait on it to subside. There are so many things that I needed to do, that I needed to prepare for the upcoming Christmas celebration. As the events planner and organizer, I have a lot of things that needs to be done and I need to be in the mood for it. After all Christmas is all about happiness and I don’t want my sadness to reflect on the celebration.

My grandmother loves to collect coins, her collection includes vintage coins from the World War II and I just think that it so awesome. Part of her collection was silver and gold coins that are truly valuable. My grandma never really realized that her coin collections are worth a lot and she just put it in an antique cabinet. We all told her that she should keep it somewhere safe especially the gold coins because it is rare and highly valuable. It is better to keep it in a bank so that it could be preserved and probably be worth a lot more in the future. I wonder how much a gold bullion will be. Interesting right?