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All Treats, No Tricks... Halloween 2018

2018-11-06T10:32:00.000+08:00

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HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR !

2018-02-17T14:38:00.001+08:00

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The Bund, The Symbol of Shanghai, China

2018-02-06T00:30:00.001+08:00

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Live Conversation With Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson

2017-04-08T23:46:00.000+08:00

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson !

2017-02-12T11:47:00.002+08:00

The Awesome Nuvali Magical Field of Lights

2017-01-08T11:55:00.000+08:00

Jackie Evancho's Someday at Christmas : Holidays & Hits Show

2016-11-27T20:37:00.004+08:00

Source : Jackie Evancho's Best

Jackie Evancho doing the sound check. Amazing and enchanting voice !

It's that time of year... 🎶🎶🎤🎄🎅 #Christmasmusic #holidayandhits #soundcheck

A video posted by Jackie Evancho (@officialjackieevancho) on Nov 26, 2016 at 2:15pm PST

The Creepy House On Bakersfield Street (LBA Trick Or Treat) ~ October 29, 2016

2016-11-01T18:01:00.000+08:00

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— Elvierose Mesiona (@Elvie_Mesiona) October 31, 2016

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A Look At Somerset Alabang Manila

2016-10-09T00:13:00.002+08:00

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Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson Earned His Title Shot at UFC 205

2016-09-18T22:20:00.001+08:00

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A Great Team Building At Shercon Resort & Ecology Park

2016-09-12T22:06:00.002+08:00

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Art Speak

2016-07-10T07:54:00.000+08:00

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The National Shrine of Padre Pio, Batangas

2016-07-06T19:36:00.001+08:00

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Dalton Rapattoni - Hopelessly Devoted to You | Live! with Kelly and Mich...

2016-04-13T23:27:00.000+08:00

Dalton Rapattoni, American Idol Finalist Season 15 performed on "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" with a beautiful rendition of "Hopelessly Devoted To You." That was amazing ! Bravo to you Dalton !

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A Heavenly Park in Batangas...The Marian Orchard

2016-04-03T07:14:00.001+08:00

THE MARIAN ORCHARD

Located in Brgy. Malabanan, Balete, Batangas, the Marian Orchard is a 5-hectare Catholic-themed park/complex inspired by the religious shrines of Italy and other European countries. The place was founded by Larry Katigbak who hails from a poor family in Quezon. Ka Larry studied and finished accountancy while working in a textile manufacturing factory and was able to have a great career selling encyclopedia which gave him wealth and allowed him to travel overseas. Having received so much blessings in life, he initially built a plant sactuary for his love of plants. Inspired by his travels abroad, later on the place became the Maria Orchard fueled by his fervent love of God and devotion to Mama Mary. His ultimate goal was to help the church bring Christ to the people and the people to Christ.

The Sacred Heart Tower... A replica of Brazil's Christ, the Redeemer statue found in the Sugarloaf Mountain in the harbor of Rio de Janeiro

The small chapel

The Marian Orchard is a venue for reflection and meditation and a frequently visited site during Holy Week

A tranquil and peaceful place for prayer and soul searching

The Risen Christ

The crucifixion of Christ

Padre Pio and the Station of the Cross behind it

Jesus, The Healer

Inside the small chapel

The Angel fountain surrounded by flowering plants and trees

The Meditation Garden

Apostle's Plaza leading to the Chapel of Our Lady of Mediatrix

"Pomarium Mariae" (Marian Orchard) Facade

The Lord is my Shepherd garden

St. Joseph

The bricked road with beautiful flowers going to Our Lady of Mediatrix Chapel. At the center of the road is a wishing well.

Our Lady of Mediatrix

To continuously care for the Marian Orchard, Larry was able to establish a partnership with First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities of Tanauan City, Batangas which gave way to the formation of the Marian Orchard Faith Association. The group tasked to take care of the Marian Orchard facilities and amenities with the goal to make the Orchard profitable to support missionary works.

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Christ is Risen... Have a Wonderful Easter !

2016-03-27T21:32:00.002+08:00

May this Easter Sunday inspire you to new hope, happiness, prosperity and abundance, all received through God’s divine grace... HAVE A BLESSED HAPPY EASTER !

This is our Project Easter Eggs hand-painted by myself and my step mom

The basket of easter eggs and goodies for the children

Easter is a good time to enjoy all of your many meaningful blessings and
a wonderful day to celebrate all Christ has done for us.

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A Maleficent Halloween ! ...LBA Trick Or Treat 2015

2015-11-01T01:07:00.001+08:00

A Maleficent Halloween !!!

It's another trick or treat event at our village, Laguna Bel-Air I last October 24, 2015 and this year, my step mom and I decided to do a Maleficent Theme.

Maleficent Theme
The front center portion of our house with the maleficent inspired display

Maleficent
A powerful fairy who lives in Moors, a magical forest realm bordering a corrupt human kingdom

Diaval

Diaval, Maleficent's closest advisor is actually a raven that transforms from bird to a man and back again at Maleficent's whim. We have an owl at home and we just made use of it in replacement for a raven. Maleficent sends Diaval out on missions to collect information about Stefan and his kingdom.

Princess Aurora, the Sleeping Beauty
Awakening from her enchanted sleep

Thistlewit

There are actually three pixies in the film but we only managed to make two (2) pixies due to time constraint. The pixies are Knotgrass, Thistlewit and Flittle who went to the christening of Princess Aurora and grant her magical gifts. They took care of Aurora until her 16th birthday.

Flittle
Flittle wished Princess Aurora that every day of her life would be filled with happiness

On the left side are the wicked witches

The Wicked Witches

A scary man with bulging eyes

Our Gate
"Enter If You Dare ! "

The White Lady

The Last Section .... Soul Takers and Demon

The Soul Takers

The Demon

The Haunted House Gate

The Face of Death

The Skull

Pumpkin and Skulls

Chloe, one of our dogs is guarding the candies

TRICK OR TREAT !
“Give me a treat or I'll play a trick on you”

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Detox Juice Recipe

2015-06-14T16:38:00.000+08:00

A healthy juicing recipe that will nourish your body and get rid of toxins

1 Medium cucumber

2 Ribs celery

1 Slice lemon

1 Inch young ginger root


Cucumber

Cucumber is known as "superfood," one of the best foods for your body's overall health. It is 95 percent water, keeping the body hydrated while helping the body eliminate toxin.

Celery

Celery is nutritional powerhouse ~ loaded with potassium, folic acid, magnesium, calcium, iron, phosphorus and essential amino acids. It is rich in vitamin C, it lowers cholesterol, prevents cancer, manages pain from arthritis, helps weight loss attempts, detoxifies the body, reduces high blood pressure, and promotes overall health.


Ginger

Ginger is full of antioxidants that help to kick-start your metabolism and eliminate toxins. It's also one of nature's natural decongestants.

Lemon

Known for its therapeutic property, lemon helps to strengthen your immune system, cleanse your stomach, and it is considered a blood purifier. The health benefits of lemon include its use as a treatment of indigestion, constipation, throat infections, dental problems, and fever, internal bleeding, burns, rheumatism, respiratory disorders, obesity, cholera and high blood pressure, while it also benefits hair and skin care.

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A Blessed Happy Easter !

2015-04-05T14:42:00.003+08:00

Colorful Home-Made Easter Eggs

Resurrection Sunday popularly known as EASTER SUNDAY is the greatest feast in the Christian calendar. It is the day of rejoicing that comes at the end of the forty (40) days of prayer, fasting and penance called Lent. It is the celebration of Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead which highlights God's enduring promise of a new and eternal life and salvation.

Yesterday, my step mom and I prepared some easter eggs for the children in our neighborhood. We enjoyed decorating the eggs and finished at around 1:30 AM. We added some other treats for the children.

Other treats for the children - chocolates and biscuits

The Easter Eggs and goodies in beautiful laces and embroidered linens

Here are two of our dogs - Cupid and Twinkle. Cupid (left) seems to tell me the eggs are delicious. See her tongue out.

We are guarding these easter eggs ! Don't Touch !

On this day, we give thanks to Jesus Christ for giving his believers the greatest gift of all. The gift of love, the gift of forgiveness and the gift of eternal life with Him in Heaven. May you and your family have a Happy Easter !

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Juicing For My Migraine

2015-03-22T00:03:00.001+08:00

I have been suffering from migraine since college and it is excruciating and disabling for hours and even for days. I have had migraine that last for three days and it is difficult especially when it strikes at work. It is a persistent throbbing in the temples or forehead. This type of headache cannot be terminated, it can only be relieved. I take pain relievers like advil or dolfenal to ease the pain. When my migraine attacked, I experienced impaired vision, tearing of the eye on the side where the pain is, numbness, nausea and vomiting. Sometimes, I would see sparkling lights and spreading blind spots in my vision. I hate lights and noises as it makes it worst.

Right now, I started juicing to control and hopefully get rid of this condition. This is the migraine juicing recipe that I used :

             * 2 Green Apples
             * 2 Carrots
             * 2 Ribs celery
             * A thumb-size ginger root

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Love is in Belair

2015-02-28T13:50:00.001+08:00

This is a late post but it is still the "Love Month." The members of the Laguna Belair Senior Citizens Association Inc. painted the village red and celebrated valentines day at the Laguna Belair I basketball court last February 14, 2015 with a light dinner and dance. The village's senior association has around 140 members.

It was a fun day for seniors because of the "love" food involved. Seniors love to get together to eat, socialize and have fun. They never need a reason to party, they just naturally love to live it up.

Love is in the air, and they are going to put their best foot forward to impress loved ones and friends. Seniors are ready for a cool and enjoyable party and activities.

The man in black is a dance instructor with one of the member of the association

Mama Zen dancing gracefully with a dance instructor. She is good at ballroom dancing.

The best seniors of the night

The seniors trying to catch up with the dance steps

Coincidentally, that day was also the 7th year wedding anniversary of my father and step mom.

Cupcakes with variety of flavors were served during the event. This was my gift to my parents on their wedding anniversary. I spent all day making those cupcakes.

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Our Home At Christmas

2014-12-08T14:05:00.001+08:00

Annually, our family starts installing our home Christmas decorations in November after the "All Souls Day." In the Philippines when the "ber" months begin (September), everyone feels that it is the start of the most wonderful time of the year ~ the Christmas Season. Radio stations start to play Christmas songs once in a while and local stores also begin to sell Christmas decorations.

Most of the Christmas decorations and ornaments you see in this blog were collected and purchased long time ago. We took care of these stuff and keep them secured over the years so they are all good as new. Some were made by my step mom and myself recently like Queen Elsa and Olaf and the Santa Claus and little santas.

THE CURTAINS AND COLORFUL LIVING ROOM DECORATIONS

CUTE CHRISTMAS TEDDY BEAR AND SNOW MAN

OUR SLIM AND TALL CHRISTMAS TREE

I bought this Christmas tree ten (10) years ago and it is still good as new. It is a tall and slim one which does not eat so much space at home.

THE CEILING AND WALL DECORS

The garland on the ceiling with ribbons were made by my step mom. The frames that you see were my cross stitch works a couple of years back with some hanging Christmas ornaments

CHRISTMAS ANGELS

These angels are eight years old but still in good shape. These are expensive nowadays.

THE CHRISTMAS SOCKS

Christmas socks on the door, on the cabinets, on the walls... Christmas socks everywhere !

THE CHRISTMAS JARS AND PLATES

ADORABLE SANTA CLAUS, WIND MILLS AND CLOWN

The Santa Claus and little Santas were made by my step mom. She only purchased the masks from a bargain store. The santa clothes were actually children's winter clothing from an Ukay-Ukay store which my mom bought in Zamboanga two years ago. She is fond of buying cheap stuff which she can use for our future decorating projects. The clown was from a garage sale in our village.

THE NATIVITY SCENE

Originally, our nativity scene was only just composed of figurines, no stable. We decided to build the stable from scrap materials and garlands this year.

BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS VILLAGE

A collection of my Christmas figurines over the years built into a cute Christmas Village

SNOW QUEEN ELSA AND OLAF

Crown Asia has the ice castle and Olaf from the movie "Frozen." We have Queen Elsa of Arendale plus Olaf. My step mom and I were very excited about this project and it turned out great ! Our neighbors especially the children are enjoying it every time they pass by our house. I bought the soundtrack of "Frozen" as well and play it alternately with Christmas songs. Sounds and lights were done by my father. I featured this Christmas display in one of my earlier blog.

OTHER CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS

The chandelier made by my mom.

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My Nativity Scene and Christmas Village

2014-12-08T14:01:00.000+08:00

THE NATIVITY SCENE

It has been our family tradition to put up a nativity scene at home every Christmas. It is a reminder of the birth of Jesus Christ, our redeemer. The above nativity set is already nine (9) years old and originally without a stable. It was only figurines so I decided to make a stable out of scrap woods and garlands this time.

Saint Francis of Assisi created the first nativity scene in 1223 with the intention to cultivate the worship of Christ, having been inspired by his recent visit to the Holy Land where he had been shown Jesus's traditional birthplace.

CHRISTMAS VILLAGE

MY CHRISTMAS VILLAGE

This year I decided to create my Christmas Village out of the figurines I have collected over the years.

Most of the lighted houses in this Christmas village were bought long time ago by my late mom who passed away in 2005. Those are my remembrance from her.

Most of the items here were on sale when I bought them. I was lucky !

Looks so cute !

Little snowmen with different expressions are adorable

The Christmas village and the nativity scene together

Behind the Christmas Village is a tall Santa Claus

This clown is cool and from a garage sale !

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A White Christmas with Queen Elsa and Olaf

2014-12-08T13:53:00.001+08:00

THE SNOW QUEEN, ELSA AND OLAF

I am dreaming of a white Christmas so our home Christmas decoration was inspired by the popular Disney Movie, "FROZEN" that kids and kids at heart love. We did not buy them... it is hard to look for a life size replica of Queen Elsa and Olaf in stores unless you ask someone to manufacture it for you. That will definitely be too expensive. My step mom and I made them from scratch. Our combined talents in arts and crafts, creativity and imagination turned out well and we made a beautiful and great Christmas decorations.

Queen Elsa of Arendale

Let me start with Queen Elsa, the body's brace to make it stand is made of used wood that we found in our yard. We stuffed the body with used paper which came from my sister's personal shipments. My sister was an expatriate in Malaysia and her contract ended already. She had to ship her personal belongings back and the items where packed/wrapped with lots of large brown paper to protect them before placing them in boxes. Elsa's arms are stuffed paper, too supported by wires and plastics.

Elsa's Dress

Her gown which many of our neighbors love is from an "Ukay-Ukay" store (used clothing store). It is actually a beautiful beaded and embroidered wedding gown with a built-in petticoat. We put white blouse underneath with a long embroidered sleeves accentuated by a light blue satin like cloth and a sheer white embroidered curtain. The white gloves were from my step mom.

Beads and Embroidery

Queen Elsa's Face

The face was a cut-out image of Elsa's face and we placed it on a styropor. The hair was combinations of long blond and brown wigs braided together and we put some bling-blings for the glittery effects.

Queen Elsa's Tiara

The tiara is from a kid's party and accessory section I found in a bargain store and it matches Elsa's dress.

OLAF

Queen Elsa's power created a living snow man named, Olaf. He has the ability to disassemble himself and he's funny with a wildest and impossible dream of living in summer.

What is Olaf made of ? I made it using a 5-gallon water container and adding cartons and stuffing it with paper until it becomes round in shape. I found a steel rod in our junk yard that fits the opening of the container to attach the head of Olaf. After completing the entire body, I wrapped it with a white raincoat which I got from a store for free when I bought some gift items for Christmas. This display is for outdoor so I need to make sure it is water proof. I completed it with a black plastic board for the eyes, brows and buttons and attached a carrot shaped styropor for the nose. Olaf's arms and hands are twigs from trees which I painted brown. The hair is made of black chenille wire tube stem which is used for arts and crafts.

Water Container for Olaf's body

Adding cartons and paper stuffing to the body and attaching a rod for the face of Olaf

Completed Olaf

SNOW EFFECTS ON BACKGROUND

There is no snow in the Philippines, you might be wondering what I used to create the snow effects on the display background. I used a silky fiber commonly used to stuff conventional pillows called kapok and it came from the Kapok or silk-cotton tree.

Kapok Cotton

After the ripe pods of the tree are harvested, the floss is removed by hand from the pods, dried, freed from seeds and dust. The lustrous, yellowish floss is light, fluffy, resilient, and resistant to water and decay. It is used as a stuffing, especially for life preservers, pillow, bedding, and upholstery, and for insulation against sound and heat.

Kapok Tree

Photo from http://www.metaefficient.com

On the right and left side of Queen Elsa and Olaf are cute little santas and Christmas windmills. The santas are hand made as well. The masks came from a bargain store.

THE CUTE LITTLE SANTAS AND CHRISTMAS WINDMILLS

Little Santa's cute face

THE FRONTAGE OF THE HOUSE

It's a snowy Christmas !

Watch out for my next blog, I will be posting my simple Christmas Village and our other Christmas home decorations...

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The Great Farm Race at Gratchi Farms Tagaytay

2014-11-30T08:23:00.001+08:00

Team building participants at the Gratchi Farms Tagaytay entrance

I was too busy and I was not able to post this soonest. About two months ago, I was given a task to look for a team building venue for a cross functional team building hosted by our Quality Assurance Department. It was a short notice and so I immediately browse the web for some team building venues and came up with some proposals. One of the venue I found is located in the cool breeze ,city of Tagaytay called "Gratchi's Getaway" which was the chosen venue for the team building.

A peaceful and refreshing place

Gratchi Farm is a 6-hectare natural landscape and a great venue for team building activities, conferences, seminars, educational tours, workshops, events or simply for relaxation. We availed of the day tour with the "Great Farm Race." It was a day full of action packed creative activities and physical challenges to encourage trust, camaraderie and team spirit. We were divided into two teams ~ Yellow Team and Red Team. The team must find a series of checkpoints within the resort, decipher clues and must successfully complete each task before they can proceed with the next to complete and win the farm race.

This cool nipa cottage is great for relaxation

The tent where we hold the lectures and indoor challenges

Go up and you will get a great view of Gratchi Farm

The Yellow Team

The Red Team

Facilitators from Playworks

Gratchi's Getaway Team Building Programs is facilitated by its resident team of facilitators from Playworks who are dedicated to creating a professional and high energy atmosphere in which participants get acquainted, work together and have fun covering topics like concise communication, collective problem solving, conflict resolution, efficient resource management, effective management under pressure and others.

Communication Combat Challenge by drawing

The Battle of the Bridges

The Great Farm Race started with a visit to Ms. Piggy's little house to get the next clue to move into the next challenge

THE MINI ZOO

There were other farm animals at Gratchi Tagaytay. It was a mini zoo.

THE LOW COURSES/OBSTACLE COURSE

The Monkey Bars
The ladies need a helping hand as we can't do the monkey bars by ourselves.

Tarzan Swing

Bamboo Balance Beam

Bamboo Wall Climb

Zigzag Logs

Belly/Military Crawl

One of the card for the next challenge was hidden in the pool, we are searching for it.

This thing is hard !

Bamboo Balance Beam

THE HIGH ROPES

FLAG MAKING AND CHEERING CHALLENGE

The winning Team - Yellow

The losing team went down the mudslide

GRATCHI GETAWAY TAGAYTAY FARM RESORT

Brgy. Cabangaan, Silang, Cavite

Tel. No. (632) 463-9603 / (0918) 586-3688

www.gratchi.com

info@gratchi.com

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