moving on…

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my love affair with books

i love books! i do, i simply love books! my cabinet is a mini library. i am happiest when i am in a bookstore… any bookstore! i’d go through the aisles, stopping every so often when a title catches my attention, then move on to the next aisle. i’d feel sad whenever i visit and then leave without a purchase, so what if i have a growing pile of unread books at the back of my cabinet… i have got to buy me a book!

looking back, i wonder when this love affair started. my parents weren’t so much into books, but they did love to read the newspaper, my dad even had an affinity with crossword puzzles. my fondness for books probably dates back when i was still a little girl and we barely had any books of our own. sure, we had the whole encyclopedia britannica set, but we didn’t have story books around. good thing i had an aunt who was a teacher, another aunt who is also a book-lover, plus four cousins of different ages… and rummaging through their bookcases satiated my need for books. back then, i remember being weeks before the start of classes, because first, i am sure we’d make that important trip to national bookstore in Cubao to buy our school supplies, and second, i know we will be getting a new set of books! so what if most of them will be hand me downs from either my sister or my cousins, they’re still books with new adventures and wondrous tales to tell. needless to say.. i’ve gone through most of them even before classes officially started.

now that i am a mom, i ponder how will i pass this love for books on to my daughter. i would love for her to reap the rewards of being a well-read individual. ( i was never able to put it to good use, i’m hoping she’ll fare better). at her age though, she only appreciates picture books, and these keep her interested only for a short while, but this will not stop me. i will keep on trying to introduce her to the immensely entertaining and informative world of books, at her own pace.

a house without books is like a house without windows.  no man has the right to bring up children without surrounding them with books. children learn to read being in the presence of books – Horace Mann

success

all you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, then success is sure – twain

we had to comfort ourselves after a bad movie

we watched ouija in blue wave marquinton. we decided to watch this movie because 

a) i have slowly but surely turned into a juday fan (hehehe… ever since watching KKK, i loved her!)

b) i also love iza calzado( she’s great in this movie, the only saving grace for me)  and

c) it’s a scary movie. (hubby and i just love scary movies!)

too bad the movie is such a disappointment!  sure the cinematograpy was ok, camiguin is beautiful… the musical score was so-so. the  most disappointing part of this movie is the fact that almost every scary part has been shown in other movies i’ve seen before. i already know when the ghost will appear and where they will appear. the crawling on walls, “the sadako walk”,  “emily rose pose”, the hiding under the blanket… almost everything! the music, which is supposed to help build up the suspense didn’t help at all. i wasn’t scared even a little bit…. blah blah blah… in other words.. for us, it wasn’t worth watching.

this was how we looked like when we got out of the movie house:

when we got out we were so disappointed with our movie, we had to comfort ourselves… so we went to timezone hehehe. we went in those videoke booths and let out all our pent up anger, and sang ala-piolo, sam, savage garden, britney, madonna, lea etc  as in mayanig-yanig ang booth! hehehe.

           

 

then by the time we were  done with our mini concer, we have already worked up an appetite and ate at hotshots…i ordered the kamikaze burger. 1/4lb patty with cheese and wasabi spread. hot and yummy! hunny had a burger deluxe plus a junior burger (medyo nabitin!)

     

 

well ok, the only good thing we got out of watching ouija is that it allowed hubby and me to spend a fun saturday night bonding and having quality time together… a very much appreciated break for the both of us!

ps: hubby read somewhere that ouija will have a sequel… uh,puh-leeez!

cutie little shoes

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little pink kikay shoes courtesy of her daddy… *wink*

we kept these ‘coz for the longest time they were too big for her, and when we did try it earlier, they fit!

my experience with healing priest, fr. suarez

yesterday, as part of the Development Bank of the Phil’s 60th anniversary, they held a special healing mass with the gifted filipino priest, fr. fernando suarez.  rivers of the living waters catholic community (ROLWCC), our  community went there to assist. i was assigned as a marshal on the 9th fl while hubby was assigned as a catcher during the healing itself.

we have attended fr. suarez’s healings a couple of times. he always starts with a mass, with a general healing after the homily. after the mass comes the individual healing. he touches each and everyone present for the healing. he is so blessed with the gift of healing that almost everyone he touches “rests in the spirit”.  my first experience with him was last year, in the megatrade hall of megamall. we arrived there at around 4pm for the 6pm mass but the line was already looooong! we were one of the lucky ones who were able to hear mass inside the hall, thousands stayed outside while still waiting in line, a line that snaked from mega b to mega a, and back again, a couple of times. we brought bea along so that her feeding problem may be healed. fr was able to heal us at around 1130pm! while we were waiting, i was praying really hard. i really want to experience how it is to rest in the spirit.  he healed hubby, who was carrying bea, first.  hubby was crying, and i was watching intently as fr suarez touched bea, and kissed her on her head, then touched hubby on the chest and then hubby fell. all of a sudden it was my turn. i wasn’t ready. i just closed my eyes and felt him touch my tummy(digestive problems?), then i suddenly felt a force pulling me from the back, a force so strong that i did fall! now no one pulled me ok, and believe me i’m really cynical about these things, but it’s real!  it was an overwhelming feeling! no lightning and thunderclaps. just a calming force, and as i lay there on the floor, i felt so peaceful.

after a couple of months, we attended again,this time in the mall of asia. hubby and i were holding hands as father pulled our heads together into a huddle and touched us (me, again on the tummy) and we both fell at the same time! the Lord’s power is amazing!

the third time was at our class chairman’s home at dasma mkti, we brought bea along again because this was only after a few days after she was discharged from the hospital. i whispered to father “she suffered from a subdural hematoma” to which he whispered back to me “ano yon?!” hehehe…how simple and human… i told him what it was and he touched bea’s head and mine, then we fell. we immediately claimed her healing that night, true enough, when we went to the neurosurgeon, he gave us the ok sign! praise God! =)

back to friday’s activity: hubby joined me in the 9th floor during the mass. i felt weird hearing mass by just listening over the PA system after the mass, hubby went back up to the penthouse where the healing was being held. as the healing started, the testimonials of instant healing also begun. one of the persons wo testified was prominent man greggy araneta. he said that he sufferred from an illness in his brain and the first effect on him was that he lost his sense of smell, that was ten years ago, but when fr suarez touched him, he testified that for the first time in 10 years, he is able to smell again!  grabe ang galing talga ni Lord!

Bea still has her feeding problems, but the fact that she is well and alive today (though underweight) is a miracle in itself. a baby who hasn’ t been drinking milk, her only source of nutrition, for more than a year has a very slim chance of surviving and thriving… and yet here she is… happily babbling and walking away even as i’m blogging! a miracle indeed! coping with bea’s condition  is definitely not easy, as i’ve blogged before, but with God’s grace, we are surviving…

here are some pics from that night:

 

 

  

     

 

video marathon

these last two weeks, we activated our membership in our local videoshop. why? cost-cutting… and so that we can stay home and spend time with our bea. so, what movies did we borrow?

• ghost rider (great effects, but i fell asleep towards the end)

• the departed (violent but wonderful movie!)

• 28 days later (great movie)

• transporter 2 (hubby’s fave, INCREDIBLE stunts)

• the jacket (ok story, slow pace)

• firewall (blah)

• santa santita (blah-blah)

• the last temptation (we didn’t finish this one, nakakailang, too much “humanity”)

i am now watching In Her Shoes, (cameron diaz, toni collette, shirley maclaine)… so far so good

if i have time, i’ll blog a review on these movies =)

i must admit, watching movies is our fave past time.. a great way to stay in an alternate universe…