Proud Bisdak sa ABRIL: Letrang A "ANAK"

Mga bisayang daku nako nga higala ug mga bisita, malipayon nako nga ipasundayag ninyo nga niapil ako sa usa ka grupo nga tukma sa akong pagka tawo. Proud ko nga tawgon ug mailhan nga bisaya. Tungog kay ang mga Bisaya gwapo, gwapa ug puno sa talento!! Wohoo!! Tinuod baya na. So kamo ug wapa mo kaapil diari, tuploka lang ng gamay ng logo diha sa taas ani nga artikulo para maka adto mo sa maong website.

Time pa, niapil diay ko sa usa ka pasundayag o kontest didto , ang tema mga Letra sa bulan sa ABRIL. Ang ako gipili ang letrang A. Ang ako tema Anak. Mao kini ako mga rason nganong letrang A ug ANAK ako napili nga tema. A- tungod kay kini ang pinakauna nga letra sa Alpabetong Pilipino, bisaya ug bisang pa sa englis. ANAK - tungog kay ang anak ang pinaka importante nga regalo nga madawat sa usa ka inahan nga sama kanako gikan sa Labawng Makagagahom. Mao ni ako hulagway para sa tema. (dili ko maayo sa pagkuha mga hulagway, pero mao ni isa sa pinakaganahan nako kay tam-is ug lunsay kaayo ang pahiyom dinhi sa akong anak. Hulagway ug timaan sa tumang kalipay.

akong anak

Mommy Moments: My Kids in Costumes!

Mommy Moments theme for the week is Kids in Costume. Look at the photos here that I have posted, my boys way back then and my girl just last year during Halloween.


How about you? Do you have captured mommy moments like these? It's your turn to share. Just come and visit here and share your precious mommy moments.

Long Holiday and my Easter Presents

It's quite a long Holiday!!! Yay!! So, what keeps you busy? Yesterday we just stayed the whole day at home. It is such a good time to rest. We just slept and slept. Oh how I love long holidays. We are planning to go to some pool nearby and take a dip at it is so hot today. But we'll just see if we really go over there later.

Anyway, I'm busy browsing over Posy Lane again to check on their cool items. I am looking for some gifts that I could give to my officemates when I come back to work this Monday. I need to give some simple yet special personalized Easter presents. I've been thinking that maybe I still should get the nam's bits cookies that I gave to my aunt. Do you remember that? The one I blogged the other day or two days past. I think I'll just grab 2 oz cello bag sized Nam bits. It's not that pricey as a 2 oz bag would only cost me $3 each. See? I get to give personalized chocolate chip cookies at a very affordable price. I just love Posy Lane. It's actually my favorite online shop. They just almost everything cool and cute giftable items around. You might try them too.

So moving on, next week we will be attending a National Church blending conference somewhere over the city at the top of the mountains. I have reserved our accomodation already. We are all excited. My sister's family is coming with us and my cousin also. There will be 7 adults of us and 2 kids. I will post some pics soon as soon as we get back. Happy Easter!!! God bless us all.

Word of the Cross

A lot of people today as part of the religious tradition are commemorating the work of Christ on the cross. Malls, offices, public establishments are all closed in the observance of the Holy week. Plays and shows typifying the crucifixion and death of our Lord has been portrayed as part of the yearly religious tradition. I see people do some sacrifices particularly this time of year by hurting themselves, by religious chanting and fasting in remembrance of the Lord's death. But do we really know the true meaning of the death of Christ? Is this the way the Lord wants us to remember His great act of Love?

Let me share something about the effectiveness of the death of Christ and His ultimate love by being hanged on the cross. The death of Christ is not merely an act which we should remember and celebrate at a certain period of the year. This must be diligently lived day by day. When the Lord Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross, not only did He die for the sinners, opening a living way for sinners to obtain eternal life and to come to God, He also died with the sinners on the cross. If the effectiveness of the cross were merely in the aspect of substitution so that sinners would have eternal life and be saved from perdition, God's way of salvation would not be complete. Therefore, in His salvation the Lord Jesus had to accomplish both aspects: to save man from the punishment of sin and also to save man from the power of sin. When the Lord Jesus died for the sinners on the cross, He delivered man from the punishment of sin—the eternal fire of hell. When the Lord Jesus died with the sinners on the cross, He delivered man from the power of sin—the old man is dead, and he is no longer a slave of sin. We are human and descendants of Adam thus we inherit sin and that lives within us. In a matter of how we think, how we speak or even through what we see, we sin for sin lives within. This is now where the effectiveness of Christ death applies.

Our old man is truly worthless, irreparable, unchangeable, incorrigible, and incurable. The way God deals with the old man is to crucify him. God wants to give us something new. The old man has to die. God's words charge us to wash away all of our sins in the precious blood of the Lord Jesus. "The blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin." "Who loves us and has loosed us from our sins by His blood." The sins here refer to the acts of sins committed by a person outwardly. The Bible never tells us that the old man within is to be washed. God's word never says that the old man should be washed. The old man needs to be crucified. This is the word of the Bible. God wants the old man to die, but He caused the Lord Jesus to die on the cross instead. By doing so, He brought all the sinners along with the Lord onto the cross. First there is a substituting death, then a participating death. This is the clear word of the Bible. Jesus Christ is the One who "died on behalf of all; therefore all died."

This point should be emphasized and should not be glossed over easily. When the Lord Jesus died, our old man died together with Him and died in Him. This is the effectiveness of the death of Christ. By His death everything old was terminated on the cross. He terminated the law of the commandments and generated the law of life which is He Himself as the life within us. His death germinated the new creation. By His death, the resurrection life has been displayed and that He became the life giving Spirit which gives life to our deadened spirit. The enemy would be always there to tempt as he did with Adam and Eve, yet by the power of God's death we will be able to withstand the subtle attack of Satan.

Therefore, daily and hourly, consciously or unconsciously, no matter what we do, we should always stand on the foundation of the cross and should reckon our old man as dead. This is the real way to remember the death of Christ. It should be a pattern of our living. To remember the cross is to die daily with our old man and have Christ as our life and living. Here is the secret to overcoming sin and the devil. Sin and the devil are related to each other. If sin cannot be our king, spontaneously the devil will not have any ground in our hearts. What is then a way for the old man to die? There is no other way but by the cross. We have to read two passages of Scripture to understand the relationship between the cross and the self.

"I have been crucified with Christ" (Gal. 2:20).

"If anyone wants to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me" (Luke 9:23).

The above article deals with questions of the spiritual life. May the reader not consider this as a kind of theory. One should compare his spiritual experience with the words here. If he does this, he will understand these words. We are all babes in Christ. May the Lord guide us step by step. If we do not have the experience of the death of the self, it is better to say we do not have it. But we must never take the self life as the spiritual life. May God bless us.

Heart for the Heart Talk with Dr. Devi Shetty

A chat with Dr.Devi Shetty , Narayana Hrudayalaya
( Heart Specialist) Bangalore was arranged by WIPRO for its employees .

The transcript of the chat is given below. Useful for everyone who cares for the heart.




Qn: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his heart ?

Ans:
1. Diet - Less of carbohydrate, more of protein, less oil
2. Exercise - Half an hour's walk, at least five days a week; avoid lifts and avoid sitting for a longtime
3. Quit smoking
4. Control weight
5. Control blood pressure and sugar

Qn: Is eating non-veg food (fish) good for the heart?

Ans: No

Qn: It's still a grave shock to hear that some apparently healthy person
gets a cardiac arrest. How do we understand it in perspective?

Ans: This is called silent attack; that is why we recommend everyone past the age of 30 to undergo routine health checkups.

Qn: Are heart diseases hereditary?

Ans: Yes

Qn: What are the ways in which the heart is stressed? What practices do you suggest to de-stress?

Ans: Change your attitude towards life. Do not look for perfection in everything in life.

Qn: Is walking better than jogging or is more intensive exercise required to keep a healthy heart?

Ans: Walking is better than jogging since jogging leads to early fatigue and injury to joints .

Qn: You have done so much for the poor and needy. What has inspired you to do so?

Ans: Mother Theresa , who was my patient.

Qn: Can people with low blood pressure suffer heart diseases?

Ans: Extremely rare

Qn: Does cholesterol accumulates right from an early age
(I'm currently only 22) or do you have to worry about it only after you are above 30 years of age?

Ans: Cholesterol accumulates from childhood.

Qn: How do irregular eating habits affect the heart ?

Ans: You tend to eat junk food when the habits are irregular and your body's enzyme release for digestion gets confused.

Qn: How can I control cholesterol content without using medicines?

Ans: Control diet, walk and eat walnut.

Qn: Can yoga prevent heart ailments?

Ans: Yoga helps.

Qn: Which is the best and worst food for the heart?

Ans: Fruits and vegetables are the best and the worst is oil.

Qn: Which oil is better - groundnut, sunflower, olive?

Ans: All oils are bad .

Qn: What is the routine checkup one should go through? Is there any specific test?

Ans: Routine blood test to ensure sugar, cholesterol is ok. Check BP, Treadmill test after an echo.

Qn: What are the first aid steps to be taken on a heart attack?

Ans: Help the person into a sleeping position , place an aspirin tablet under the tongue with a sorbitrate tablet if available, and rush him to a coronary care unit since the maximum casualty takes place within the first hour.

Qn: How do you differentiate between pain caused by a heart attack and that caused due to gastric trouble?

Ans: Extremely difficult without ECG.

Qn: What is the main cause of a steep increase in heart problems amongst youngsters? I see people of about 30-40 yrs of age having heart attacks and serious heart problems.

Ans: Increased awareness has increased incidents. Also, edentary lifestyles, smoking, junk food, lack of exercise in a country where people are genetically three times more vulnerable for heart attacks than Europeans and Americans.

Qn: Is it possible for a person to have BP outside the normal range of 120/80 and yet be perfectly healthy?

Ans: Yes.

Qn: Marriages within close relatives can lead to heart problems for the child. Is it true?

Ans : Yes, co-sanguinity leads to congenital abnormalities and you may not have a software engineer as a child

Qn: Many of us have an irregular daily routine and many a times we have to stay late nights in office. Does this affect our heart ? What precautions would you recommend?

Ans : When you are young, nature protects you against all these irregularities. However, as you grow older, respect the biological clock.

Qn: Will taking anti-hypertensive drugs cause some other complications (short / long term)?

Ans : Yes, most drugs have some side effects. However, modern anti-hypertensive drugs are extremely safe.

Qn: Will consuming more coffee/tea lead to heart attacks?

Ans : No.

Qn: Are asthma patients more prone to heart disease?

Ans : No.

Qn: How would you define junk food?

Ans : Fried food like Kentucky , McDonalds , samosas, and e ven masala dosas.

Qn: You mentioned that Indians are three times more vulnerable. What is the reason for this, as Europeans and Americans also eat a lot of junk food?

Ans: Every race is vulnerable to some disease and unfortunately, Indians are vulnerable for the most expensive disease.

Qn: Does consuming bananas help reduce hypertension?

Ans : No.

Qn: Can a person help himself during a heart attack (Because we see a lot of forwarded emails on this)?

Ans : Yes. Lie down comfortably and put an aspirin tablet of any description under the tongue and ask someone to take you to the nearest coronary care unit without any delay and do not wait for the ambulance since most of the time, the ambulance does not turn up.

Qn: Do, in any way, low white blood cells and low hemoglobin count lead to heart problems?

Ans : No. But it is ideal to have normal hemoglobin level to increase your exercise capacity.

Qn: Sometimes, due to the hectic schedule we are not able to exercise. So, does walking while doing daily chores at home or climbing the stairs in the house, work as a substitute for exercise?

Ans : Certainly. Avoid sitting continuously for more than half an hour and even the act of getting out of the chair and going to another chair and sitting helps a lot.

Qn: Is there a relation between heart problems and blood sugar?

Ans: Yes. A strong relationship since diabetics are more vulnerable to heart attacks than non-diabetics.

Qn: What are the things one needs to take care of after a heart operation?

Ans : Diet, exercise, drugs on time , Control cholesterol, BP, weight.

Qn: Are people working on night shifts more vulnerable to heart disease when compared to day shift workers?

Ans : No.

Qn: What are the modern anti-hypertensive drugs?

Ans : There are hundreds of drugs and your doctor will chose the right combination for your problem, but my suggestion is to avoid the drugs and go for natural ways of controlling blood pressure by walk, diet to
reduce weight and changing attitudes towards lifestyles.

Qn: Does dispirin or similar headache pills increase the risk of heart attacks?

Ans : No.

Qn: Why is the rate of heart attacks more in men than in women?

Ans : Nature protects women till the age of 45.

Qn: How can one keep the heart in a good condition?

Ans : Eat a healthy diet, avoid junk food, exercise every day, do not smoke and, go for health checkups if you are past the age of 30 ( once in six months recommended)...

My Ink Stamps and a Gift sealed with Love

Hey there! I am worn-out tonight as I have just been home from staying overtime at the office. This morning till afternoon was the big day when I invaded my new cubicle. My energy drained by going back and forth to get my things and organized them into my new place. Whew!

While I was doing that, I realized that my personalized ink stamps are a commodity on my own desk. It did not came to me that I have a lot of them camping over my supply box. I just love those psa essentials ink stamps. Those save my energy and time and help me a lot with stamping documents needed for the shipments of US Military members worldwide. The stamps are essentially handy when it comes to high volume of document requirements that I have to write the same data again and again. Thanks to Posy Lane again for doing the favor to me. Actually they make ink stamps at your own choice of personalized design. My company patronized their service as our logo look good on the stamp and the embosser. Need one too? You can choose at the designs they do below. Click on the photo to be directed to their site and see the variety of choices.


And oh by the way, I will be sending Nam's Bits Chocolate chip cookies to my Aunt Tessie. I hope she would love it. I will give it to her as Easter present. It's the perfect gift I bet. The cookies are just perfect. It has a longer shelf-life and it won't cause me a fortune. I took a photo of the cookie in it's classy jar.

See ? The cookies are just lovely in it. It's sealed with my love.

100 Truths about Shelo

Wow, this is absolutely long but I love it.. This is from Lynn.. Thanks for the tag girl!!

001. Real Name: Shelomi Rivera
002. Nickname(s): Shelo, sel, mie
003. Age: 30 (shet, secret sana, but cge nalang.. LOL)
004. Horoscope: Virgo
005. Male or Female: babae po, di ako bakla..
006. Elementary: Stella Maris College
007. Middle School: (dritso po highschool here)
008. High School: Aloran Trade High School
009. College School: University of the Philippines (Cebu Campus)
010. Hair color: Black as the night..
011. Long or Short: shortie
012. Loud or Quiet: Loud most of the time. They said I am not shelo if I am quite.. Ha ha
013. Sweats or Jeans: Jeans , always.
014. Phone or Camera: Phone.. Camera cannot receive text from my crush,, LOL..
015. Health Freak: Oh I should be , but I'm not.
016. Drink or Smoke: I don't drink and I don't smoke also. Clean living!
017. Do you have a crush on someone: sort of , but it's more like of a pangarap .. he he
018. Eat or Drink: we do both. Hello???
019. Piercings: ear pierce..
020. Tattoos: never in my lifetime.
021. Social or Anti-Social: man is a social animal and can't live being alone in his existence.
022. Righty or lefty: Righty
023. First piercing: Ears , when I was a baby.
024. First relationship: when I was 14 years old with Blair.
025. First Best Friend: Jesse Boy, he died already.
026. First Award: Kinder: Valedictorian.
027. First Kiss: Blair..
028. First Pet: Mawmaw: a cat
029. First Big Vacation: at our granny's house when I was a kid where we stayed for a month there with my cousins.
030. First Love at first sight: Actually , I dont believe in LAFS. , maybe it's what we call intense admiration. well, I have it with my husband. Kasi of all my past bfs , he was the only one whom I got attracted so immensely at my first glance of him. Nye he he.
031. First Big Birthday: my first bday, I guess. don't really remember.
032. First Surgery: when I gave birth to my frist child.
033. First sport you joined: Badminton
This or That
034. Orange or Apple juice: Orange Juice
035. Rock or Rap: i like Rap better
036. Country or Screamo: Oh Country is one of my fave music genre.
037. NSYNC or Backstreet boys: I like both their songs and beats.
038. Britney spears or Christina Aguilera: none.
039. Night or Day: Night as I dream during the night.
040. Sun or Moon: Both… both as sun give light during the day and moon lights our way during the night.
041. TV or Internet: Grabe , internet !!!
042. Playstation or xbox: Play station
043. Kiss or hug: Both. Hugging gives me warm comfort.
044. Iguana or turtle: neither..
045. Spider or bee: bee, as it is always busy.. Sounds like me..
046. Fall or spring: Spring is a sign of life.
047. Limewire or iTunes: duh.. don't use both.
048. Soccer or baseball: Baseball..
Currently
049. Eating: Banana Chips
050. Drinking: Iced Tea
051. Excitement level: normal.. I'm tired.
052. I’m about to: check my emails
053. Listening to: the buzz of the aircon.
054. Plan for today: take my daughter to the mall after the egg hunt here at the office.
055. Waiting for: him to send a note.
056. Energy Level: not excited over anything.
057. Thinking of someone: 105% as always. Is he thinking about me too?
058. Want kids?: have them already.
059. Want to get married?: already married.
060. When?: Last 2003.
061. How many kids do you want: 4
062. Any name on the mind: LJ
063. What did you want to be when you were little: a Lawyer.
064. Careers in mind: duh..
065. Mellow future or wild: Mellow
066. Something you would never try: bungee jumping.. haha and eating live worms
067. When do you want to die: shut up!!
068. Lips or Eyes: eyes as it mirrors ones soul.
069. Romantic or Funny?: both
070. Shorter or Taller?: Taller.
071. Protective or Caring?: Both
072. Romantic or Spontaneous?: Romantic
073. Nice Stomach or Nice Arms?: as long as it looks alright.
074. Sensitive or Loud?: Sensitive
075. Hook-up or Relationship?: Relationship
076. Trouble Maker or Hesitant?: grrr
077. Muscular or normal: normal.. hates those showing muscles
078. Kissed a stranger: no!
079. Broken a bone: yeah
080. Lost glasses or contacts: nope
081. Ran away from home: not a bit.
082. Held a gun/knife for self defense: yes before
83. Killed somebody: in my mind. ahaha
084. Broken some one’s heart: God, I'm sorry for what I have done in the past.
085. Had your heart broken: still breaking.
086. Been arrested: by him and jailed in his heart.
087. Cried when someone died: naman
088. Liked a friend more than a friend: grabe oh yes!!!

Do you believe in
089. Yourself: yes, but myself is not a good thing to believe.
090. Miracles: There can be miracles if you believe. Yes I do.
091. Love at first sight: ahh no.
092. Heaven: Heaven is by His side.
093. Santa Claus: no.
094. Tooth Fairy: no.
095. Kiss in the first date: yes. haha
096. Angels: absolutely.

Answer Truthfully
097. Is there 1 person you want to be with right now?: yes there is.
098. Are you seriously happy with where you’re in life now?: Happy but incomplete.
099. Do you believe in God?: My life and my everything.
100. Post as 100 truths and tag 10 people.

Tagging: Phebie, Bogie, Carlota, Laine, Femikey, Rose, Rosa, Anne, Tammy, Budiawan

Mommy Moments : Special Day

Mommy Moments' topic for the week is anything about Special Day. I have posted here some photos of my kids during moments I have considered special times of our life.

I Know the pics above are not that Special may be for you. But for me those are special in my own way.
Pic 1 is special for me as it was the first time that my eldest and Youngest celebrated b-days together.
My two boys are living in the province and they seldom see each other with the youngest.
Pic 2 is taken on a very special day for me. Seeing that photo of me and bebay would always remind me of that one sweet day.
Pic 3 is me with my second son. That was taken on a special day too as it was our Church's Children's fun day here in Manila. It was my boys first time to join here too.
and the Last Pic 4 was taken during a very special day. It was during the wedding of my cousin Phebie ,when my eldest son marched for the first time on a wedding aisle.

Wanna share Special Moments too? Share it with us here.!

Goodies for Me!

Hi everyone! As much as I want to blog all the time, my schedule isn't just cooperative. My time is just super tight. I can't even eat my lunch on time. Pretty true. Oh well, if this will keep me slim then I won't mind being busy at all. Ha ha.

This is just a short update I promise as I can't be long also. I have a lot of files to go over before the clock hits 5:30pm. To give myself a break, I just want to show you some goodies that I got for myself lately.

First cutie goody for me is my cute towel wrap . Remember the one I wrote about our nap rolls? Well, I got the perfect bath wrap towel that matches my hot pink nap mat. Oh Yes.. I swear it's the same design. I am totally overwhelmed and got very excited to go to camping. he he. The fabric is exceptionally soft and heavenly to touch. Actually you can check it for yourself at Posylane.com where you can see the most colorful and cutest gift on earth. LOL! You can get your own wrap and nap mat if you want. Look at the photo below. I have posted it so you could see.

My bath wrap towel
and my nap mat again and see how they perfectly match.
Perfect, right?

Another cute thingy I got is a cute bracelet from my friend. I'm sorry I did not have time to take photo of it. She made it herself as a token of friendship. It's made of jade and other stones. Isn't that sweet?

Last but not the least good thing that happens to me, someone from my dreamworld sent over a cute "Hi and Hello." I know I am over reacting. It's not something special. But who cares, it is still a goody for me. Little things can make me happy!

All About Me

No thoughts to blog today so I will blog about Me!!!

Hi My name is shelo. I call myself “sweetshelo” cause literally I am sweet. B-day falls every 17th day of September, and the year.. dont ask me cause I wont tell. haha (secret) .. Anyway, I’m under the zodiac sign VIRGO. I am passionate and I love dearly.

According to my sign: Here are my qualities..

“You’re more complex than others give you credit for. As a Mercury sign, your head rules your heart,(ssshh.. I can’t believe this cause I let my heart rule always over my head..) but this doesn’t mean you’re cold and unfeeling. (NOT OF COURSE.. I AM SUPER EMOTIONAL AND LOVING) On the contrary, your sensitivity is unmatched by any other sign except Pisces. (hMM, i WONDER WHO ARE THE PISCES.. ) It’s often unseen, however, because you tend to be quite shy and reserved. (what??? I AM BUBBLY AND REALLY NOT THAT TYPE, I TALK A LOT AND SMILES A LOT EVEN TO NEW FACES..) This explains why Virgos are so generous—you want deeply to be loved, so you demonstrate this by going out of your way to be of service to others. (this time YOU GOT IT RIGHT,.. HEHE)You care for them, you do favors for them, you find just the right gift, and above all you give them your loyalty.You believe that once you’ve found someone special, you should do your best to keep them.” (PERFECT!!!!)

hmmm.. some descriptions about zodiac really doesnt apply to all, I believe so..

Finally, I’m a perfectionist. When I tackle a project, I do it right, to the nth degree. I believe I have to be the best at it, so I study, I practice, I go the extra mile,I apply all my little advantages—smarts, hard work, and especially analysis—to get that edge. Once I’ve conquered it, I like to share it with people cause I have a big heart!! I care for a lot of people, but sometimes people just don’t care.. Doesn’t matter anyway.

However when it comes to love, I think I am not a wise thinker. I love deeply almost giving all leaving almost nothing for myself. I have been hurt a lot , wrecking my heart and soul. Yet, I must be this strong. I have been able to lift a heavy mule out of the deep well. I have battled the winds of trouble and was not moved by the billows of the waves.