A Very Special Gift..

Eversince, distance was never a hindrance to us in our relationship...well that's what others do believe... Yes, it's true!! mahirap nga pero wala rin namang mahirap kung gusto natin gawing mas simple.. My husband is in Saudi, yet manage to make that miles closer..

Before my birthday, sinasabi na yan ng asawa ko that he have a surprise for me...Well, i Got so excited kasi naman mahilig talaga yan magsurprise even b4 nung nasa saudi ako..

My bday came at talagang excited akong talaga..e sino ba naman ang hinde db?? lahat ata tayo maeexcite pa may surprises..e kulang nalang pati clue pipigain talaga malaman lang kung ano yun db?

Its was supposed to be in the morning e dahil ata sa masamang panahon kaya na delay...

Late in the afternoon, may dumating na isang mahabang box.. when I opened it, teary eyed na ako when I saw a Dozen of Lilac with Pink Roses, a Ferrero rocher chocolates and a bearhugs and a very touching note..

So touching talaga dahil kahit nasa malayo siya, nagawa pa rin niyang maghanap ng way to make me happy...to surprise me..

Ako naman kasi, d ako mahirap pasayahin...lagi naman niya ako binibigyan ng flowers nung sa saudi kame, pero eto iba kasi dsepite the distance e nagawa pa rin niya yun..sweet ng asawa ko di ba?

kahit papano napawi yung lungkot ko dahil malayo siya...

I feel so loved...thank u papa!! I love u so much..

FOUR GIFTS FOR A LIFETIME LOVE

When Carlos & I exchange rings on our wedding day, we know what promise they will symbolize.

As we put the ring on each other’s fingers, We know that by giving to each other the Four Gifts of Love we will be able to have the most of our married life…

The gift of Care

I promise to meet the most important emotional needs of my husband…

Carlos & I try to become experts at meeting each other’s emotional needs because by doing so we have made an effort to learn what to do to make each other happy and contented. We are each others greatest source not just of Happiness but of Joy until now, and that we will continue throughout our lives together.

My loving husband and I care for each other so much.

The Gift of Protection

I promise to avoid being the cause of your unhappiness.

After we are got married, we did our best to become expert at meeting each other’s important Emotional Needs. We became the cause of each other’s Happiness. But unless we do something to prevent it, then it can become the cause of each other’s greatest unhappiness. That is why the Gift of Protection is so important to us.

We sometimes get angry, disrespectful, demanding and annoying and sometimes dishonest, these are all normal human traits.. But if we promise to avoid the cause of our partner’s unhappiness, we will do whatever it takes to overcome these destructive tendencies for each other’s Protection.

By eliminating such things, we will not only be protecting our partner, we will also be preserving our partners love for us.

Almost everything we do will affect each other. So it’s important to know what that effect will be. By making mutual acceptable choices and decisions, we will be able to create a lifestyle that both of us will enjoy.

Neither of us wants to hurt each other. Yet, if you’re not careful, you can become the greatest cause of each other’s unhappiness. And if you do not make a special effort to Protect each other that can be a great problem.

The Gift of Honesty

I promise to be honest with Him for life.

Our promise to be honest requires us to be honest about our feelings, our personal history, or current activities and experiences and future plans.. It is Completely Honesty..

It won’t be easy for us to keep our promise to be honest. Honesty is an unpopular value these days, and most couples have not made this commitment to each other.

Honesty will not only bring us closer to each other emotionally, it will also prevent the creation of destructive habits that are kept secret from each other.

Over the years I am so proud to say that I always been so open and honest to my husband, and there is nothing that he doesn’t know.

The Gift of Time

I promise to take time to give my undivided attention

Time is also a basic requirement for marriage. Time for undivided attention is the necessary ingredients for everything that’s important in our marriage.

The lack of private time together will become a great cause of unhappiness, but then my husband and I promise each other the Gift of Time, and that we will not let anything or anyone steal from us those precious hours together.

Marriage is not just A Contract, not just a simple ceremony to bind two hearts to be one.

Marriage for me & Carlos is " A Covenant "

Bopis! oh, I love it!!

Bopis (bópiz in Spanish) is a spicy Filipino dish made out of pork lungs and heart sautéed in tomatoes, chilies and onions.

Bopis is a uniquely Filipino dish traditionally prepared from assorted pig parts. These assorted parts are usually the heart, kidneys, lungs, and intestines. The liver and brain, along with the ears and the face is reserved for use in cooking sisig.



Like most traditional recipes, there is no definite recipe for Bopis. But there are certain ingredients that is basic, namely garlic, onions, soy sauce and sugar. For some reason, a lot of Filipino dishes have sugar in them. A green chili pepper is also commonly used as garnish.




Estimated cooking time: 1 hour 30 minutes




Bopis Ingredients:

1 kg. pork heart
1 kg. pork lung
1 whole garlic
1 large onion
I red bell pepper
3 siling labuyo (hot pepper) (optional)
1/2 cup vinegar
1 pack amatto (atsuete)
1 tsp. black ground pepper
2 tsp. cooking oil
Salt or patis for taste



Bopis Cooking Instructions:

• 
  · Rinse pork heart and lung and boil on low to medium heat for approximately 30 to 45 minutes and until tender (poke the heart with a fork or a knife - if the fork or knife no longer stick inside the meat, the meat is tender)
  
  · Chop pork heart and lung into cubes
  Prepare other ingredients:- Garlic - minced- Onion - cubed- Bell pepper - cubed
  On a wok or frying pan, heat cooking oil and place garlic until brown, onion and cubed pork heart



• Add salt or patis to taste
  
• Add amatto or atsuete and sautee
  
• Pour vinegar and let simmer for 10 to 15 minutes (do not stir)
  Lower heat to low and let boil until vinegar is cooked (you can tell when vinegar is cooked by tasting the sauce. If it tastes like vinegar is still a bit strong, it’s not cooked yet)
  
• Add bell pepper and siling labuyo (hot pepper — optional
  
  

My Japanese Pancake!!

One of my favorite snack is JAPANESE PANCAKE... hmmmm.. sarap!!! di ako magsasawa dyan no? lalu na at may cheese pa ito..naku...

Matagal ko na gustong matuto magluto niyan since favorite ko nga!!! well, luckily nakuha ko na!! konting tiyaga...

Oh I love it.. well, pinatikim ko pa sa iba ha..para makuha lang ang mga violent reactions nila.. so far naman violent talaga!!! hahaha kasi nagustuhan nila at tama daw ang lasa..hehehe.. nakatsamba ata ako..

So now, I don't need to buy one kasi magluluto na ako ng marami... eh syempre para naman di ako mabitin sa kain..hehehe

Sobrang happy talaga ako,,, as in!!!

Thank you!!!

Invading Saudi Arabia!!!

My husband CARLOS gave me the chance to travel not just somewhere here in the Philippines but Saudi Arabia...yes...yes..yes.. You got it right!! As in Saudi lang naman..

Well siguro when we hear the word Saudi, naku ano ano na ang pumapasok sa utak natin di ba? I mean The country and its culture is totally different from ours here in the Philippines..

Talaga palang di lahat ng trips or travel ay puro saya at excitement lang…Well, mine is different kasi andun yung takot, at yung sobrang kaba.

My husband got me a visit visa to be with him in saudi arabia..I thought of it a hundred times before saying yes..well, for just 1 reason, its saudi and im afraid to travel alone..its my ist time.

But with those hundred times of thingking, then i finally decided to go and said to myself its the chance that i must never take for granted knowing that i’ll be staying there with my husband..

Hay naku, manila pa lang ang dami ng hassle..sa DFA naku naabutan pa ako ng bagyo, holidays ewan ko ba ang daming hassle..almost a month bago irelease ang pinapa-authenticate na marriage n birth certificate na kailangan naman talaga sa Saudia embassy..iyak ng iyak lang ako kasi ayoko talaga ng manila..hehehe..siguro im not used to the pollution,traffic and crowded areas.

Buti nalang my friend in high school, Jingle and Irene was there to save me..well kahit na 1 day gimik lang un but i had fun..So much Fun. thanks friend!!!

finally, september 9, 2007…naku nasa airport na ako..buti nalang naging mabait naman sa akin ang panahon…ok ang lahat..ok sa immigation kahit mahaba pila..di nadelay ang flight.. pero andun pa rin kaba ko..kasi nga syempre, kaw ba naman,MAG-ISA…( Grrrrrrrr)

While inside the plane..pinilit ko nalang matulog kasi 9hrs ang biyahe…(sakit na ng puwet ko nyan) =(

peroooooooooo, patay tayo, umalog ang plane..di naman ako natakot, nainis lang kasi muntikan ba naman na mabuhusan ang hawak kong isang tasa ng tea..grrrr!! at heto pa, humingi nalang ako ng med kasi nahilo bigla ang lola mo!! ( e sino ba naman ang hinde di ba?

We arrived at Dammam Airport around 4:30pm…sa imigration medyo mahigpit pero ok lang…bigyan mo lang ng cute smle ang arabo, fights na!! makakadaan ka na..after that, ayun na! my husband was there waiting for me patiently at the waiting area.. at last nakarating na rin ako..nakasama ko na siya..nakalimutan ko lahat ng stress when i was in manila…

Una medyo nag aadjust pa ako sa time and sa culture..lalu na kailangan naka- Abaya ka pag lumalabas.But then, nakapag adjust naman ako agad..kailangan eh.

Teka, baka nagtataka kayo e september 2007 pa ako dumating dun,ngaun ko lang naisulat ito..simple lang, ngayon ko lang gusto ishare ito..tinatamad ako…

bwhahahahah!!! i'll be writing more about my experiences in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia... part 2 na yon..

My Thoughts!!!

Namimiss ko na yung pagsusulat..it’s been years na d ako nagsusulat..

Well, in my High School and college years, I wrote so many essays with different topics.. mga poems and even tried to write short stories.. Eto pa nakakatawa, nung High School uso kasi sa section naming yung magbasa di lang pocket books kundi novel talaga..as in novel ha..makapal na book..that time ako I tried writing stories na parang pocketbook ang dating. Well, naghahangad kasi na makasulat ng maganda story, nainspire lang ako at naenganyo sa mga nababasa ko..Difficult and needs lot of courage and inspiration talaga kasi utak ang nagwowork..kaso lang 7 chapters pa lang nasusulat ko eh etong mga kaklase ko tanong ng tanong na sa story, at e2 pa, pati mga susunod naa kabanata tinatanong na!!! hahaha!! Pano kaya yun?? Ako naman to my excitement eh nagkukwento rin…It’s about bestfriends kasi na nainlove..pero namatay yung lalake.. My classmates questioned me so much..bat ko raw pinatay ang character naa yun..buhayin ko daw..hello!!! ok ka lang??? Eh yun nga ang twist ng storya, tapos bubuhayin ko.. hahaha.. tsaka teka lang!!! Ako ang nagsusulat ah.. diskarte ko dapat di ba? Sa huli, dko na natapos..graduating na kasi at na busy na..

College Days, I was so inspired with our Humanities subject.. So I wrote I begun writing again. This time I was trapped on poems and essays.. Where one of which the Title was A Love in an Open Hand.. and a lot more.. I was able to write if I was not mistaken about more than 20 to 30 poems.. Dami di ba?? Inspired lang kasi talaga.. Coz I believe na kahit na anong pilit natin pag di natin feel at pag walang inspiration talagang we can never compose a nice poem..minsan siguro mauumpisahan pa pero di natatapos.. Hindi sa ayaw tapusin kundi di magawang tapusin.. Lalu na ako?? Naku, pag inspired ako, hawakan ko lang ang ballpen, dirediretso na yan.. walang preno yan..at ako man nashoshock pano ko nagagawa yun.. Sa isang oras minsan nakakagawa ako ng isang poem..or should I say Sonnet.. 14 stanzas with rhymes pa yan ha..

Now, I’m here!! Writing Again??? Hmmmmm..

Pero with our laptop na!!! asenso kumbaga!!! Hindi na Ballpen..hehehe..Astig!!

Well, inspired nanaman eh. All out support kasi si hubby ko sa lahat ng mga hilig ko..

Thanks Papa!! I love you so much!!

Pero siguro ngayon, its more of the other side of me na.. mga kwentong ng life and experiences ko at ng buhay may asawa.. At di na ako magsusulat mag isa ngayon.. My husband will also share thoughts with me.. mas ok di ba?? yan ang talagang support!! I will try to write something that will inspire others at mga bagay na makabuluhan.. Nah!! Malalim yun!!!

Mahirap pero susubukan ko ulit..magtatasa muna ako ng utak. Medyo sa tagal na di nagsusulat eh napurol na ata.. Hehehe..

Maybe at this point in my life na sa tagal na di nagsusulat eh naipon na mga dapat na isulat.. we’ll see… Ibang level na to!!

Hopefully, We can share Our thought at makakarelate kame sa iba..pero mga bagay lang na di makakasira sa iba..mga bagay lang na to our opinion..and base on our own experiences..

Mas inspiring yun and perhaps mas effective!!! ok ba??

Well then, sleepy na ako!!! Till next time!!!

My New Life with Him

When I was a child I always want a life that's full of adventure, surprises just like any child would ever wanted.. Wala lang...kala ko puro laro lang lahat..na pag natalo ka laro lang ulit na para bang walang nangyari..

As days gone by I realize that Life is not just adventures and surprises, because when we already started to understand love, felt love and be in love everything changes.. I begun to see life the other way around. Much more to that, when we already started to be hurt and feel the intense pain because of Love, we are never sure that we will still have the same views about life just the way we sees it to be. Masakit pala, pero ganun pa rin..

For so many times i've been hurt..kasi naman ako dati, when someone comes along, sige try ko kilalanin..kasi that's life nga di ba???

Different situations, different reason, different season yet whatever its difference may have been, one thing is for sure, the pain, the hurts, I stand and learned...dapat lang na matuto,dahil ako rin pala kawawa pag ganyan..

But then, over and over again, I did my best to move on and try to accept whatever reason for all of that.. di ko alam if there is a choice o sadyang kailangan talagang tanggapin lahat..mahihirapan nga lang talaga to do that...pero its Life..That's part of it!!! kontrahin man natin talagang ganyan eh.. Wala na tayong magagawa pa dun..haaaaaaay!!

When I reached college, di naman sa pagmamayabang, pero i have a few good relationship...yun nga lang ganun pa rin.. same ending ng storya..

Umabot na sa point na parang napagod na rin ako sa paulit ulit nalang na story na ganun.. Nauntog na siguro ako that time...That's when I started questioning about love and Life...I asked myself, Is there someone for me?? Someone to call my own.. may matino pa kaya at straight??

Hay!! meron pa kaya? ang hirap ng tanong na yan talaga..At that point sabi ko si Lord nalang bahala sa akin...Hindi rin naman ako yung tipong "Come what May.." siguro tiwala nalang talaga na may better plan si Lord for me...for my own better life...so I waited!

Well, to cut it short, may dumating nga!!! Ibang iba ito sa lahat!! basta iba..may magic kumbaga!!

Iba pala pag si Lord na ang Naghanap para sa atin.. I may say that it's "Nothing Compares" kasi di mo maexplain..Something that gives u a different and unique thrill.. May kilig nga tulad ng iba pero somehow etong kilig na ito may spark!!! talagang tagos!!! Hirap no?

Basta, ang ending, nagpakasal kame!!! now, Im Fulfilled and Contented!!!! At eto pa!

Iba pala Pag si Bro na ang nagregalo sa atin.. It will change our life completely!!! He will give you the best!!

Tiwala lang talaga pala ang sagot sa lahat!!! Wag ka lang pasaway...hehehe

My husband is the reason why up to now i still believe in the magic of Love..

Source of Joy

All I thought that in this Life, we can only have Happy moments, pleasures, excitements.. When I got married, all I thought my Life would still experience the same thing as before... but then as days go by, i realized it is never the same..I start to experience much intense and different kind of Joy..Very much fulfilling...A feeling that we can't explain how exactly it has change our life slowly...

Now I am enjoying the feeling, the changes that made me to become a better person and most importantly the feeling that made me first feel how it is to be contented with the Life that we have, TO BE WITH SOMEONE WE LOVE SO MUCH..

Through God's Grace,by Accepting what Life has to offer with an Open Hand, and believing that He knows What's best for us, I know this feeling will never end..

I am never afraid to continue my Journey because I am confident that My Husband Carlos is with me and God is with us always...