Next month, will be my baby’s 2nd birthday. We both have the same birthday. She turns 2 and I turn 23. Perfect, right? It makes me think how time flies. I was never able to spend so much time with her as much as I wanted to. I am always busy. My work eats up my time and energy and how I wish it could be different. But for now, we have no choice. I have to do this for her own sake. It’s like it was just yesterday when I was carrying her in my womb, and who kows few years from now, she is already a lady. She could already be busy at school, excelling in class perhaps. She could be talking to me someday telling me that she already has a boyfriend or she could be asking me on whats the best diet pill around. And I could be recommending her an all time reliable diet pill, phentermine . I wish I could stop time and just be with her. I really wish. And I want to see to it that we are close enough and that I get to spend lots of time with her as much as possible.

He’s back. A hero for our millenium. And not a moment too soon, because during the five years (much longer in movie-fan years!) Superman sought his home planet, things changed on his adopted planet. Nations moved on without him. Lois Lane now has a son, a fiance and a Pulitzer for “Why the World Doesn’t Need Superman.” and Lex Luthor has a plan that will destroy millions - no, billions - of lives.

Filmmaker Bryan Singer (X-men, X2) gives the world the Superman it needs, honoring the legend everyone loves while taking it in a powerfyl new direction. Brandon Routh proves a perfect choice to wear the hero’s cape, leading a top cast that cinludes Kate Bosworth as Lois and Kevin Spacey as Lex. And the thrills - from a sky-grapple with a tumbling jumbo jet to a continent - convulsing showdown - redefine Wow. “I’m always around, ” Superman tells lois. You’ll be glad he is.

Synopsis: Carl Allen has stumbled acrodd a way to shake free of post-divorce blues and a dead-end job, working on a custom software or anything boring: embrace life and say yes to everything. Take a bungee plunge? yes. Grab the first flight to anywhere? Yes. Win your dream girl? Yes. Crack up fans with a feel good, laugh-loaded romp? Yes! Working every funny bone in his nimble body and every muscle in his hilariously mobile face, Jim Carrey plays Carl in a Yescapade about opening up to life’s possibilities - espcially when those possibilities include romance with an intriguing, free-spirited musician (Zooey Deschanel). From the director of Bring It On and The Break Up comes an invitation to discover the comedy power of yes.

I watched Best Friends Forever last night in VCD with my mom at home. I just rented the CD at video city and boy, I did not regret every bit of it. It really surprised me in that, it delivered what I never expected.

Sad to say, but I don’t like most of the comedies which are local, cause they have a tendency to be OA. But, this movie is different. I thought its just oe of them, but its really great. I was surprised that Ai-ai did a great job this time, and her acting was just real and moderate unlike in other movies where she really have to over react.

The story of Sharon’s life here as Honey, is that she is a wife who became suspicious of her husband, and finally when she proved that her man has an affair with another woman, she tried to improve herself and her physical look by enrolling in a gym. She became suspicious cause her husband is no longer having sex with her, and he no longer kisses her every time he goes off for work. Even for their anniversary, her husband has forgotten it, cause earlier that day he spent it with his mistress Ai-ai De Las Alas. The good thing is that Ai-a is also just a victim and she doesn’t know that she is a mistress and her boyfriend has a wife and family .

So, Sharon became motivated to become fit and to return to her previous slim body and appealing body. She enrolled herself in a gym where she gets to be closer with Ai-ai, the dance instructor who has a friendly and nice attitude. Ai-ai is also a single mother, who raises a child Empress Schuck. The two becomes best friends, and Sharon would always confide to Ai-ai about her problem with her wife. Ai-ai teaches Sharon all the tricks and tips for Sharon to win her man back, while Sharon also gives tips to Ai-ai to win her boyfriend more.

What they didn’t know is that, both of them are loving the same man. And their friendship is more than put to test when they boh realized this fact.

In the end, John Estrada decided to ask for forgivess to Sharon for all his faults and decided to live a better life with his family and just forget about his mistress leaving her broken hearted behind. Sharon was more than willing enough to accept him after they separated for some time, when she noticed that John was sincere on his repentance.

But, John Estrada was suddenly hit by a car, and so the ending is that Sharon and Ai-ai are back as best friends again.

JUST SOME THOUGHTS:

These are some things I realized, wondered and learned about the movie

1. Women should really make it a priority to take care of themselves. Often, we let our responsiblities take over, and we think that since we already have a husband, we don’t need to impress anyone, just like when we were courting. We make our marriage a license to become dishiveled and looked less appealing than we used it. We don’t take baths at home sometimes, we don’t groom ourselves, wear perfume to make sure we are fragrant all the time specially with our husbands, and we don’t dress up and impress him.

We might think that it shouldn’t be important anymore, but many marriages failed because of this sad truth : that we use marriage as a license to become ugly.

Men are still men. They are visual creatures, and if we don’t take care of ourselves, we risk ourselves of losing the love of the man we care so much. This is a reminder for myself and for every housewife out there who are thinking always of their family’s benefit but not for themselves. Let’s not forget to take care of ourselves well.

Note: John Estrada mentioned in the movie, when she saw a sexy dancing girl in a club, ” that’s a real woman! someone who takes care of herself well. not like my wife. she might be thinking I don’t care about it, but it really turns me off .”

So, let us stay pretty and even prettier. Let us stay groomed as much as possible, showing others how well we take good care of ourselves.

2. Why not make your husbands your best friends? It might be good for us to have friends outside our home or marriage, but I think it is healthier for us to have our husbands as best friends. There should be no one else who knows us more than our husbands. Most of the time, we risk our relationship with our husbands, when we still had to find other people to become our best friend. We should let him feel he is the number one, and not just someone else.

I’m not saying we shouldn’t have a friend outside our homes. That is not healthy. Of course, we should make friends, but don’t let that person be more than your spouse. Your priority should still be your family and loves ones.

Specially, you should remember to protect yourself from friendships with opposite sex. I mean, deep friendships. That is a no, no when you are married. You are risking yourself and your relationship with your husband.

Overall, the movie is a great laugh but full of lessons in it. I love BEST FRIENDS FOREVER !

Here are my favorite foods. I’m not a food lover, but these are foods that really entice me and it wont matter whether my appetite at that moment is good or bad, as long as I have these foods. I just love these foods, and I can eat them over and over again. I can hardly think of anything more to add, but surely, some will be coming in so I want to add them here probably in the future. I might be able to add 10 more, if lucky.  I think I need to venture foods more. Pizza is not on my list. I don’t know why, but I’m not so much of a pizza lover, whereas a lot of people are soooo addicted to it. This list is not from 1-10. All of them are equal, okay?

I love Jolly Hotdog. I love the cheese, and the way it combines to the taste of hotdog and ketchup.  I can’t get enough of this, and I like ordering this in Jollibee.

Spaghetti. Everyone’s fave? I guess so. Though, it is very common in occasions such as birthdays and fiestas, we never get tired eating it over and over again because it is just so delicious.

If Jolly Hotdog is my fave in Jollibee, of course I also have a favorite in Mcdonalds, and thats the Sundae Hot Fudge.  This is one of my favorite treat to myself, specially during hard days at work.

Cooked Banana. If you want a snack which is health, affordable and delicious all together, go for the delicious cooked banana. I love it when its so ripe and it taste so good. It taste very good when it is hot, though it could get stiff or less appealing when it is cold.

Santol. One of my ever favorite fruits, santol. Evey time it is in season, I don’t forget to buy this fruit. Outside malls and in dirty markets, I don’t forget to bring a baon of santol. I usually buy the big and the ripe ones. The seeds are very delicious. I could droll just looking at them right now.

Fried Rice. Whew, I love this, specially depending on how it is cooked. I love it cooked with corned beef, cheese, peas, egg, garlic and anything you could think of putting in here. I love fried rice, and it really improves my appetite.

I can’t resist cakes. Though, it woudn’t be good if you take a lot of it plus it gets too sweet that you can’t bare it, I love taking it in minimum every now and then. Every time our work cafeteria would sell this, I can’t resist but buy myself a slice of it.

Ice Cream. I love ice cream so much. I love to buy big gallons and store them in our ref. But, it becomes liquid when you store it and you already opened it. So, better to take it in small amounts. Buy only those you can finish up unless there are many of you who will it. My favorite flavor? Chocolate.

Fruit Salad. I love making fruit salads myself. I always make the canned ones or the ready made fiesta fruit combinations which you can buy in groceries and supermarkets. But, I just discovered that ripe fruits which are fresh is way much better than the commercialized ones. I haven’t tried making one yet, but my mom said so.

Mango Float. This is enjoyable and easy to make, but it just tastes so good. I love mango, but its best when combined with Graham biscuits and crackers, then add cream and it becomes heaven.

How about you, what are your favorites?

Hi guys. I hope you are all doing fine. As for me, I had a great day. Spend time at work, and glad that even if my sleep was very little, I was able to survive work again, as always. God gives me this strength. He is my source of strength, and my motivation to provide a good life for my family. I will never ever surrender.

Though, I know that If I want to stay long in my work, I really need to make lots of adjustments. I need for rest and free time for myself, and not just work, work, work and stress, stress, stress. That has been my routine. Even at home after work, i feel like I’m in a rush and wanting to do more and more and more. But, I need to stop this insanity. I really need to get more rest. So, I will be designating the entire time after work for my 5 days weekly work schedule, as my free time, my relaxation and rest time. I will take nap, sleep, enjoy whatever I want to do and just be free of any heavy thoughts about my goals.

When will I be working on my goals? That’s going to be right after my 5th day of work for the week, then up to the following 2 days of rest day. Ironic? Well, this is the time I don’t have work, so I can adjust my schedule and do the things I want to do by this time.

Today is my rest day. Why am I writing and ranting? Simply because I want to. I am a passionate writer, and I feel relaxed and restful everytime I set my thoughts to writing. I don’t want them to remain scrambled in my head, so I need an outlet for to burst, so I can let other thoughts come in.

By, the way, I wrote an article on my newest blog, about my achievement for last week. You might want to drop by.

MY ACHIEVEMENT FOR LAST WEEK.

Women need to be strong, both inside and out to effectively respond to the demands of family, career and social life. And because women generally have less bone mass than men, extra care and attention are musts.

If you want to be an empowered woman fulfilling every duty such as lifting motorcycle covers, coming to an 8 hour work daily, waking up early, maintaing your home, taking care of your kids and a lot more, with ease and confidence, you must see to it that you are at the top of your healthy with strong bones and muscles.

Our body needs calcium everyday for various functions like muscle contraction, blood clotting, and nerve function. If calcium is insufficient, the body takes the calcium it needs from our bones, resulting in thinner bones. That is why a calcium supplement is important.

Osteoporosis , a disease that results from low Bone Mineral Density, is associated with old age but can start developing much earlier in life. If not enough bone is formed while still young, the risk of Osteoporosis is higher.

The key to preventing Osteoporosis is to maximize our peak bone mass. Adequate calcium intake, sound nutrition and weight-bearing exercises such as jogging and hiking can help build stronger, denser bones.

Caltrate Plus is made with calcium carbonate. It also contains advanced Vitamin D3, to optimize calcium absorption and other minerals important for healthy bone formation.

*** A health and welness reminder from Watsons Pharmacy.

A regular monitoring of our daily expenses which are not part of the budget is my focus for this week. This is proving to be very helpful to me. There were a lot of times in the past, that it feels like one day you have so much money and after a week or two, you wonder where all the money go. I had been in that same path a lot of times.

So, to resolve this issue, and so I will have answers to my husband when he asked where I spent this and that, I resolve to regularly track daily expenses which are outside the daily budget that we have. I tend to be very forgetful, and as they say the weakest ink is better that the sharpest memory. Because of other things I need to attend to, I tend to forget what are those things I have purchased previously or if I remember, its not detailed.

So far, I have been religiously performing this routine every night before bed for five days. I still need more days until Wednesday, and I should block this goal as accomplished.

I have watched the movie “The Greatest Game Ever Played” few months ago, and it made me realize how important focus really is. You will see, that the main lead, who started to be an ordinary poor little boy has risen to become a very good golf player who won over the world renowned golf player during their time.

What I observed was that he was super focus on his desire to play golf. He is immersed on it everyday, we he observes adults playing it, while he was just carrying their golf clubs. In the evening, he would sleep late and his mother would catch him awake, playing golfs inside his small room, using a small can as the hole. He read golf books, and read them by heart. He adored that superstart golf player, who after few years, will be defeated by him.

Everything in his life, is all about golf. That’s how passionate he was. I also like the boy’s character. He was a very humble man. A really good boy and good looking. But before, I lost the main topic, what I really appreciate and admire about his character is his ability to focus. He hold on steadily to his dream, until it came true and manifested in his life despite his family specially his father’s disapproval.

After so many years of his father being mad at him for his interest in golf, since according to him, it couldn’t feed them, the scene that brought me to tears was when he was lifted by the people, and he was surrounded by thousands of people. People were applauding him, shouting his name, giving him money when he won, and he was shocked to find his father standing in one of the crowd, trying to reach him, with a look of a father who was so proud of his son, and handing him money too.

He was teary eyed, with a smiling face. Tears of happiness when he realized how proud his father was of him.

With my access to the internet, I sometimes feel overwhelmed with information overload. I feel like there are just so many things you can do on the internet alone, that it can take your real life out in the real world, without you noticing it.
Sometimes, i feel like there are a lot of wonderful and enticing ideas and things in the world, that I tend to get sidetracked by what I was doing and intending to do or to accomplish. So many distractions, thats its easy to get swayed. Focus is a very necessary thing nowadays. We really need to have the guts and the practicality to trim down enticing ideas and activities that are only align to our goals and real life aspirations.

I think, this is where a life dreams book comes in. If you  have a copy of your life dreams written down, read regularly, you wont get sidetracked. So, I am working on making one right now, and I am intending to make it a habit to read it every single day of my life.