specie called MA-ANN

i love you.....

how sweet it is to be loved by you..!

video? audio? books?

according to studies done, audio/video learning techniques for children is not advisable, unless supervised by parents. so according to them, not too much of barney...dora...blues clues...etc!

but experience wise, seeing my nieces and nephews grow, it really helped a lot, since their parents are out for work during weekdays. and my cousins were surprised how their kids can understand english and sing along with nursery songs!

as i have noticed with odyssey, her attention can easily be catched by moving scenes, be it movies, videoke (like what she's watching in the photo), or tv commercials. as well as with nice , soft sounds. she's actually into carpenters, blues, and few of bob marley's. maybe it runs in the blood, since all from her father's side are musically inclined.

not to argue tho, but i still believe barney and some other friends greatly help on child's development, especially now that the century we're into are technologically advanced, and shall i say....dependent? whatevet it may be, but i do thank those who have invented cds, dvds, vcds, and the players.....they made my life easier!

at night, instead of running after odyssey when she's in her walker, i would jut put the tv on and play her favorite nursery songs videoke, and alas! we'll just be lying in bed and sing along! ( and she dances, too! while i sing along, she would ask me to pull her up, then she would jump and jump! oh, that's how she dance actually...and we'll just both laugh and laugh!)

cool Bo Sanchez

to be honest, ive never been this "reflective" or however you may want to call it, before, but Bo, the cool preacher in blue jeans, encouraged me.
it started when my boss handed me papers he printed from bo's site. it's all about love within a family. i must say i really enjoyed reading the docs. at first, i thought, it was like other Christian articles, na mejo boring. but to my surprise, im wrong! it's cool. the doc talks about how a father should be, and that love in the family should start from him, and should just be replied by the mother and the kids.
he also wrote there that percentage wise, greater are for men to commit suicide, infidelity, and abuses. (sorry guys...the article was written by a family man, so don't worry...!)
recently, im having negative thoughts about my family life, excluding my baby...heheh.. the responsibilities, the husband, the relationship, and the life itself. but i felt better when i read the article, and i started praying .." God, lead my husband to this site...so he can read it as well....hehehhe...".
kidding aside, the article is really great, especially for guys...well better for family men.

i don't have a perfect family, so as bo, for sure. but then, imagine what love can do in this world? a lot! only if peple will be willing to show it off, and........take the challenge. for guys, its not losing one's masculinity or the macho image in simplest term, but showing off your that you're a real man. real man loves, real man cries, real man accepts challenges and defeats, and real man loves God. hmmm...sounds expert?! hahha!!

going gaga over the "REAL THING"!

here comes the night once again
i am feeling lonely
oh if only things got turn out like you planned

where could love be?
tell me why it is so hard to find somebody
who would stand by me and take the time to understand?
so we are again

i want the real thing or nothing at all
i need someone that i can be sure
who will catch me if i should fall
some one who'll be there when i call
and i know that it's the real thing

where is that moon?
who needs smile on this one more dreamer
let your beam come down and fill my empty wound

here comes the night
but if there's still a chance love would find me
i will be here crossing my fingers

or nothing at all
i need someone that i can be sure
who'll catch me if i should fall
someone who'll be there when i call
i know that it's the real thing

to hold me each night
someone to love me over and over
someone who'll be there when i call

i wanna know for sure that i can feel secure
knowing i found an everlasting love
once ive got that on under control
no i won't let go

i want the real thing or nothing at all
i need someone that i can be sure
who will catch me if i should fall
someone who'll be there when i call
it's got to be the real thing

got to be the real thing
im making the future right
someone who'll be there when i call
just got to be the real thing

by KALAPANA

grabe! promise! this song really is a favorite of mine. corny, but for reals, man! everytime i hear the song, i would stop and sing along.

it's really hard to find true people in this world we're into. be it a lover or friends. it harder tho when it comes to a relationships, since we can only say that the person we're with is the "real thing", when you got married, and had a very lasting and successful married life. but not so true for all, because there were others who got married with someone they love, but then marriage would fail, and at the end of the day, you'll know, he's not your "real thing". so hard to weigh things, but then loving means taking risks and chances, and being strong. so go ahead! take the challenge!

for friends, this is guess is true for all. sabi nga nila, in the world of showbusiness, you wouldn't know who your real friends are. there may be some who would be there during happy days, but nowhere on tearful days.

basta ako, i know i already got my "real thing", reason why despite all the troubles and problems, i can still manage to smile and laugh out loud. thanks, guys!

christmas n naman!

hay....it's Christmas Time once again.
and this Christmas is the memorable for me.
well, not because im going to give gifts (again.....!)
but, it's Odyssey's first!
im not actually the type who would bring her house to house,
like the old filipino practice during christmas. well, maybe i'm not
used to. my parents either didn't do that to us. like asking us to go here
and there for christmas presents. we would just normally stay at home,
and wait for people to come in.
im just so excited to see Odyssey enjoying watching kids coming in, and
this would be the first time she'll be with us for the Christmas eve mass.
for 3 years, homer and i attends Christmas eve mass in Antipolo. Funny coz
we're from two far places, me from taytay and him from fairview, but then
we meet on Dec 24, just to attend the grand coming celebration.
and this time, it's not just tita ma-ann and tito homer's name that will be written
in the gift cards, but now, it's "love, odyssey!".

for the 2nd time, im posting "im paranoid"! grrr!!!

hi there! o yeah! im paranoid again, and i don't know why!!!!
im starting to get crazy!
i always have this suspicious mind, that well....i always have!

this is not funny, i swear!!!!!!!