If God is For us (Who Can be against us?) – DeGarmo & Key

Posted by Jay on July 13, 2011 No comment

I receive this encouraging video from another admin.  Hope you like it too…



If God is For us (Who Can be against us?) – DeGarmo & Key
If you’re weary, don’t lose hope in fighting the good fight
Just remember, God is with you through the darkest night
In the heat of battle keep your head up high
God is marching with us. He’s always at our side

If God is for us, who can be against us ?
No power on earth can take his love away
If God is for us, who can be against us ?
We can live in victory today

When you worry, when you feel like the world is caving in
He is stronger than our weakness, faithful to the end
Like the Master taught us, there’s life beyond the cross
Even though we’re weary, our battle won’t be lost

If God is for us, who can be against us ?
No power on earth can take his love away
If God is for us, who can be against us ?
We can live in victory today

Zdi’s 10th Bday at Qabana Resort

Posted by Jay on June 23, 2011 No comment


Happy B-day Zdi!

Seems to be lonely here, or scared? He’s on top of the slide… lol

My second son celebrated his 10th birthday last June 4,I was only able to find the time to blog and post the pics today :D .

So we went swimming again which is their all time favorite thing to do for celebrations.

We went Qabana Resort along Governor’s Drive in Dasmarinas Cavite. A few minutes away from Pala-Pala intersection. The place is easy to find because its just beside the high-way.

Entrance:
Php 130.00 adult
Php 90.00 – kids below 4 feet
Tables w/o umbrella – Php 100.00; w/ umbrella – Php 150.00
Cottages – Php 500.00
Parking – Free

What I like here is that it is very accessible.  We went there commuting only by jeep.  I also like the fact that I dont need to bring any food, just buy foods there, save me the hassle of cooking and carrying a lot of stuff.  Plus the entrance fee is affordable :) .

The tables, cottages and stage

I also like the kiddie pool with the mushroom umbrella painted with disney characters.  My 4 year old loves it there, he’s not afraid to be by himself (of course he is being watched all the time), he sits, walks and swims by himself without being scared, unlike in some places we went too, where he always wants to be carried or someone holding him.

They have QTV’s, rooms to stay, a hall, 2 pools, for kids and an adult pool (4 ft) with a slide.  They also have a small stage.

The rooms

The hall

They also have a mini restaurant there where you can order food (of course lol), mini bar too.

The minibar and food counter

Outside the resort, just beside it you can find 2 restaurants, food is easy to find here, so it’s ok if you dont bring any to save time and hassle. Just go there and buy cooked food.

Magdaragat (a place with many seafood restaurants) is also near it.

We would definitely go back here again, since my kids love swimming, we can just go here anytime we like.  No worries on food preparation.  We’ll just buy food there, there’s a sari-sari store also beside the place.  Can go there by jeep or by bus if commuting.

Oh.. and night swimming is also allowed here.  Has a WI-FI also.  I recommend this place.

Qabana Rating – 4 stars.

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Kichiro’s 4th Bday at Veninna Resort

Posted by Jay on May 22, 2011 1 comment

Time flies so fast, it seems like it was just days ago when I posted Kro’s 3rd bday, now he’s a year older.

Happy birthday Kichiro!

getting cold here :D

Our celebration was just a simple one, no parties not even a cake, we went for a swimming instead, this is his first bday without the other one close to him. So we had to make it happy for him. We went to Veninna Resort, located in Amadeo, Cavite.

Veninna used to be one of our favorite places to go for a swimming, because I like the way how they did the place with one huge pool, 2 small pools and the other small one with a slide, when we got there those 2 pools were already closed, so we used the huge one, they made another one though, for kids, but its not something you can call great.

Entrance adult/kids – Php 100.00
Cottage – Php 500.00 up

Try to haggle for the price … lol.. you may get a discount, I did ^_^.

I was disappointed when we got there, it’s not the same as it used to be. Before it was well taken care of, now it’s not just the same anymore. My daughter mentioned she heard that this place has a new owner, so that is why.

One of the things I like here is there are lots of trees, flowers, there was even a place here where they have butterflies aviary(?), now there’s no more.  Still lots of trees and flowers though.

I also like the huge pool here, where there’s a place for little ones like mine, they can walk and just do about anything without adults worrying too much that they’ll get drowned, but of course they still need to be watched, so you just sit there where there’s shade and watch little ones play, swim and just have fun.

The water they use for the pools came from the mountains, spring water they say, its cold really cold… Good for swimming on very hot days.  But as you can see the water is color green, maybe they need to add more chlorine here, smells chlorine though.

So the bday went well, Kro enjoyed swimming and so does my other 2 kids. I just bought lunch, not too much food since it was just the four of us.  They played till almost 5.00 pm.

To view more pics click HERE.

Veninna Rating – 1 star.

Help is On the Way

Posted by Jay on May 11, 2011 1 comment

Someone shared this in my profilein anothersite… Although I am hearingimpaired, I’ve readthe comments and all are sayingmusic is very good.  I’ve searched for the lyrics, and in this times, it is a very much needed.



Help Is On The Way Lyrics by Michael W. Smith
VERSE 1
People say that time will heal
But you know, they just don’t feel what you feel
Times are hard but God is so good
He’s never failed you, and He said He never would

He see’s your tears
He fights your fears

CHORUS
Hold on, help is on the way
He said he’d never leave you or forsake you
Stay strong
Help is on the way
He’d said he’d help you
Just reach out and take his hand

VERSE 2
He knows your heart, He lifts your head
He’s always close enough to hear every word you said
When you’re weak, He said He’s so much more
His arm is long enough to reach you where you are

He see’s your tears
He fights your fears

CHORUS 2x

Help is on the way 10x

Who is Anthony De Croud?

Posted by Jay on April 28, 2011 No comment

So… I got this Chinese Proverb in my email, a powerpoint attachment from a good friend, and knowing myself not to open anything right away especially those attachments with .pps extension, I decided to just let this one have a go since the one who sent is, is a respectable friend of mine who I know wont send any emails with malicious attachments.

I viewed it in google docs, but did not download it yet, just viewed. It was a Chinese proverb, a goodluck chain letter :D . I read through the end, and got sooo curious with it, I searched on Anthony de Croud since he was the so called author/originator of this chain letter that brought goodluck to many, mind you not just so so good luck but fortunes some even worth millions of dollars… :D . Who doesn’t one money, heck even thousands of dollars would be really good for me these days… lol.

If you google search Anthony de Croud, you’ll find 44,000 results.. not bad eh. So he’s popular, and this chain letter of his has circulated the world 8 times… *whistles… I wonder how many people got goodluck and badluck, since breaking this chain letter will bring bad luck to the receiver… I think I will do a research on this one, to cut off idle time… lol.

Anthony de Croud from letter I received is a missionary from South Africa… and searching more, here’s what I found…

- he had a partner Pearlas Sandborn (in sending this letter)
- this letter started in the Netherlands
- the letter started circulating in the 20th century…
- the letter is circulating in different languages – German, Chinese, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, Romanian, Italian, Slovenian, Albanian, there’s even a portugist version but one receiver said it’s full of spelling and grammatical errors lol (this made me think Anthony de Croud is a linguist :D ), maybe there’s a whole lot more out there, I haven’t receive one yet in my language.
- sadly Anthony de Croud doesn’t have a pic, that would really be more interesting then.

Well in this high-tech age, he did not have his own website yet… He could’ve asked some people to post comments there as a testimony of the goodluck they received from forwarding his Chinese Proverb chain letter to 20 people.And that wouldreally make it even more interesting. He could post his missionary going ons and those who have received goodluck may donate to it… since if it wasn’t for his chain letter they would not have received good fortunes, some millions of dollars others hundreds of thousands of dollars, :D .

Here’s the copy of his Chinese Proverb. (It told me to send 20, heck, that’s a whole lot of emails to spam, lol.. so I decided to just post it and who knows more than 20 may read this post at least that’ll bring me goodluck then (?)and add 1 more page to Anthony De Croud’s popularity… rofl.

ABOUT MONEY

WITH MONEY YOU CAN

BUY A HOUSE, BUT NOT A HOME.

WITH MONEY YOU CAN

BUY A CLOCK, BUT NOT TIME.

WITH MONEY YOU CAN

BUY A BED, BUT NOT SLEEP.

WITH MONEY YOU CAN

BUY A BOOK, BUT NOT KNOWLEDGE.

WITH MONEY YOU CAN

SEE A DOCTOR, BUT NOT GOOD HEALTH.

WITH MONEY YOU CAN

BUY A POSITION, BUT NOT RESPECT.

WITH MONEY YOU CAN

BUY BLOOD, BUT NOT LIFE.

WITH MONEY YOU CAN

BUY SEX, BUT NOT LOVE.

THIS CHINESE PROVERB BRINGS LUCK.  IT ORIGINATED FROM THE NETHERLANDS.

THIS PROVERB HAS GONE AROUND THE WORLD 8 TIMES. NOW IT IS YOUR TURN TO HAVE GOOD LUCK ONCE YOU HAVE RECEIVED IT.

THIS IS NOT A JOKE

YOUR LUCK WILL ARRIVE BY MAIL OR VIA THE INTERNET

SEND A COPY TO THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED LUCK. DO NOT SEND  MONEY, BECAUSE YOU CANNOT BUY LUCK, AND DO NOT KEEP IT
FOR MORE THAN 4 DAYS.

ONE MAN, GOT HIS FIRST COPY OF THE PROVERB IN 1953 AND ASKED HIS SECRETARY TO MAKE HIM 20 COPIES.  NINE HOURS LATER HE WON $99 MILLION IN THE LOTTERY IN HIS COUNTRY.

AN EMPLOYEE OF HIS RECEIVED THE SAME CARD, BUT DID NOT FORWARD IT. A FEW DAYS LATER HE LOST HIS JOB. AFTER THAT, HE CHANGED HIS MIND, SENT IT, AND BECAME RICH.

IN 1967, ANOTHER MAN GOT THE PROVERB; HE LAUGHED ABOUT IT AND DISCARDED IT. A FEW DAYS LATER HIS SON GOT SICK. THE MAN LOOKED FOR THE NOTE, MADE 20 COPIES, AND SENT THEM. NINE DAYS LATER, HE GOT GOOD NEWS: HIS SON WAS SAFE AND SOUND.

THIS CARD HAS BEEN SENT BY
ANTHONY DE CROUD, A MISSIONARY IN SOUTH AFRICA.

BEFORE 96 HOURS PASS YOU BY, YOU SHOULD FORWARD THIS MESSAGE
TO 20 OTHER PEOPLE.

YOUR LUCK WILL COME WITHIN 4 DAYS FROM THE MOMENT YOU
RECEIVED THE MESSAGE.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE?

THIS CARD HAS JUST BEEN SENT TO YOU FOR GOOD LUCK.

NOW LUCK IS FINALLY AT YOUR DOOR.

SEND 20 COPIES TO ACQUAINTANCES, FRIENDS, AND FAMILY.

ONE DAY LATER YOU WILL GET GOOD NEWS OR A NICE SURPRISE.

I SENT THIS CARD EXPECTING IT TO GO AROUND THE WORLD.

SEND ONLY 20 COPIES AND EXPECT GOOD TIDINGS TO ARRIVE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

IMPORTANT:
DO NOT MODIFY THE TEXT THAT I SENT YOU. FORWARD IT EXACTLY THE WAY YOU GOT IT.

GOOD LUCK!

There goes…
It says do not modify the text, but I have done so while copying and pasting it here… lol

Want goodluck? :P

Our Easter Sunday

Posted by Jay on April 24, 2011 No comment

Went to church this morning with2 of my kids, eldest and youngest, my second child was at his aunt’s house (she took him with her without my permission), which made me a lil bit uneasy as I am teaching my kids now the habit of going to church regularly, and reading the Bible.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. ~Proverbs 22:6

Anyway, it’s not what this post is all about.

So we went to church, celebrating and remembering the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.A victoriousday where our Lord has defeated death.

At the church there were 2 big projectors and before the service started the music ministry sang a worship song and the passion of the Christ movie where played, the part where Jesus was nailed on the cross. Being deaf that I am, I did not know what song was being sung so my eyes was at the projector, I held back my tears and stopped watching, It crossed my mind, seeing my Lord’s blood all over his face and his body this is how He suffered just to save me, this is how much pain he endured so I can have eternal life with him. I remembered a friend told me once, during my worst trial, she said the pain I am feeling is not even 1/4th of what Jesus had… so true.

All that we’ve been through and what we are going to go through will never ever be compared to what Jesus has suffered for us.

Watching the part where the nail was being hammered, driven through his hands, I flinched, remembering how scared I am of needles, up to now I even shed tears when I get injection, how much more with that thick nail hammered through his hands, how painful could that be? I fought tears again, when I glanced at my left side, I saw the old lady beside me crying.

I felt too little in God’s grace, and humbled. God’s grace and love for humankind is so big and great, this is what Jesus did so we can have forgiveness for our sins.

And Jesus said…
… he that taketh not his cross and followeth after me is not worthy of me. ~Matthew 10:38

Jesus is alive! His death and resurrection is our hope that we will have eternal life with Him, that we can reach God the Father through Him.

That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. ~John 3:15

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Jesus Is Alive

Hallelujah Jesus is alive
Death has lost its victory
And the grave has been denied
Jesus lives forever
He’s alive, He’s alive

He’s the alpha and omega
the first and last is He
the course of sin is broken
and we are perfect liberty
the Lamb of god has risen
He’s alive, He’s alive

Hallelujah,Jesus is alive

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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ~John 3:16

Let’s Fall In Love Again (with Jesus)

Posted by Jay on April 18, 2011 2 comments

This was forwarded to me, although I cannot hear the music, the lyrics are good… By Cindy W.

Hope you like it.

Happy Easter!

GoDaddy CEO’s Elephant Hunting

Posted by Jay on March 31, 2011 No comment

I just finished watching a video of an elephant being shot and butchered – hunting for elephant…  warning this is very graphic, and disturbing.

I am soooo glad I dont have a GoDaddy.com account and have been a loyal Namecheap.com customer for all my domains.

Bob Parsons CEO of godaddy.com shot the elephant (in Zimbabwe), saying they are saving the farmers because these elephants are destroying some crops, gee.. Is that reason good enough?  And to make it worse he had his picture taken standing over the dead elephant holding the rifle he used to kill it, with a “smile” on his face.

This is really disturbing, I mean watching an elephant being shot, and people butchering it for meat.  I understand there are places on earth that really needs food to survive but to take a video of an elephant being butchered even if its not close-up is really brutal.

Where’s your heart people?  It’s not like elephants are the same with cows or pigs that people consume everyday.  It’s unnatural.  They are endangered species.

If they are what you call problem elephants, why not create another solution to the problem instead of killing them, it’s just wrong.  With all the money Bob Parson have, he can educate the farmers (i.e. hire agriculturists,  teachers, or whatever to teach and educate these poor Africans).  Raise/Breed goats, chickens, hogs, cows or other farm animals.. or whatever instead of killing an endangered specie.

For those with “sweet tooth”

Posted by Jay on December 20, 2010 No comment

An ice cream cake.

This one is just soooo… yummy. A birthday gift from a good friend, my 9 year old picked the flavor. There were so many to choose from, I wanted that Mango Madness, but kids’ favorite is “always” chocolate. I never regretted it since this one is just so good.

My 3 year old was the one who blew the candle.. yey! He’s the one at the center pic (cake mix pic) :D .

Chocolate cake inside, with mocha ice cream as filling.
Just thinking, maybe next time on one of my kids bday, instead of buying a separate cake and ice cream, I’ll buy an ice cream cake instead… hmm. We used to buy choco moist from Fortune baker, the price when compared, just a hundred pesos more for the ice cream cake, not bad.

Nothing fancy for my birthday except for this special cake.
This year has been a very tough one for me. I hope the next year to come would be a much better one.

Here's your share :)

Enjoy!!!

Adobong Sitaw (String Beans)

Posted by Jay on September 29, 2010 No comment

This is one of my favorite dish that I get NOT to eat all the time… lol.  That is because my kids don’t eat vegetables :D .  I tryto do this once in a month, one of the easiest dish that I can cook here.
If you want to know the recipe and procedure on how to cook this simple vegetable dish, you can check out my food blog, I have this featured there.