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Happy Baby Sitter

2020-08-02T15:10:00.001+08:00

Been busy and on vacation for a long time :)

Now I try to post our first video .. just for fun and trying :)

Happy Mothers Day

2017-05-14T15:22:00.001+08:00

Happy Mothers Day to all mums, mommy , nanay, inay, around the world. Be happy coz it's your day <3

.photo credit to the owner

Happy Mother's Day!!!

2016-05-08T17:35:00.003+08:00

Mothers hold their child's hand for a moment and their heart for a lifetime.

Happy Mother's Day to all Mothers Worldwide!

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Bird's Nest Discovered in Backyard Chinese Bamboo Shrub

2016-05-08T16:19:00.001+08:00

This morning as I clean our backyard, I discovered this cute bird's nest. So happy to see that these little eggs waiting to be hatched.

Yung ibang mga ibon sa matataas na puno nagpupugad. Yung bisita kong ibon, nasa shrub in pot :) Wishing it well, I hope can that cats do not discover the nest till hatched.

Happy mother's day mother birdie!!!

List of nationwide holidays for 2016

2016-04-10T06:05:00.002+08:00

The following were declared by virtue of Proclamation No. 1105, s. 2015, unless otherwise specified:

~~January 1, 2016, Friday – New Year’s Day (Regular holiday)~~

~~January 2, 2016, Saturday – Additional special non-working day~~

~~February 8, 2016, Monday – Chinese New Year (Special non-working day)~~

~~February 25, 2016 – EDSA People Power Revolution (Special non-working day by virtue of~~ Proclamation No. 1071, s. 2015)

~~March 24, 2016 – Maundy Thursday (Regular holiday)~~

~~March 25, 2016 – Good Friday (Regular holiday)~~

~~March 26, 2016 – Black Saturday (Special non-working day)~~

~~April 9, 2016, Saturday – Araw ng Kagitingan (Regular holiday)~~

~~May 1, 2016, Sunday – Labor Day (Regular holiday)~~

~~June 12, 2016, Sunday – Independence Day (Regular holiday)~~

August 21, 2016, Sunday – Ninoy Aquino Day (Special non-working day)

August 29, 2016, Monday – National Heroes Day (Regular holiday)

October 31, 2016, Monday – Additional special non-working day

November 1, 2016, Tuesday – All Saints Day (Special non-working day)

November 30, 2016, Wednesday – Bonifacio Day (Regular holiday)

December 24, 2016, Saturday – Additional special non-working day

December 25, 2016, Sunday – Christmas Day (Regular holiday)

December 30, 2016, Friday – Rizal Day (Regular holiday)

December 31, 2016, Saturday – Additional special non-working day

credit to source: http://www.gov.ph/2015/08/26/nationwide-holidays-2016/

How to remove DU Battery / DU Speed Booster Android Apps

2016-04-09T05:39:00.002+08:00

My android phone was previously ok. No spams, no unnecessary software running. I also don’t know why recently I noticed that there are some notifications popping out and it is quite annoying. It could be that my 4-yo boy accidentally clicked on ads while watching videos using my phone.

These apps namely DU Battery Booster, 9apps, 4shareapps, wifi masterkey, I think they are somehow rooted to my phone system because even I uninstall it, I’m unable to do. Or I may say that I can successfully install it but it keeps on re-install by themselves. I can’t do anything to delete it. Well, I am not much on the techy side, but I can follow instructions.

Next step – I searched google of course on how to delete those apps that I consider malwares. I just don’t need it. It keeps asking to install one apps and earn points by installing another apps. However, I can’t find any instructions on how to delete it :)

I explored on my phone folders and managed to delete it. It’s not easy and I don’t know if what worked on my phone will work on yours. However, there’s no harm in trying :). I repeat, I am not techy at all but I just want to share info, who knows can help others too.

How to delete du booster / du battery / speed booster apps:

On your File Manager, choose where that apps been rooted. Either on your memory card or phone storage. Mine was in memory card. Try using search bar. Type: dianxin, after finding that dianxin folder, you can delete it. Search again if any dianxin file is there and delete.

At first, I don’t know what this dianxin file is all about. I just noticed that everytime I delete/uninstall the apps, it comeback and installing by itself. I can’t do anything. I accidentally discovered about dianxin that it is the same name that I saw from DU Battery / DU Booster / Speed Booster/ etc all about that DU. I decided to deleted that dianxin folder and I think I managed to delete DU Speed Booster.

You might also experience some other apps that were installed automatically on your android phone. I think that this DU Speed Booster has brothers or sisters. You also can delete it. I managed to delete on my phone and clean now :). I hope that it also works for you.

How to delete 9app, 4share, wifi-masterkey apps:

I personally don’t like additional apps because I think it’s not useful to me. I am just a simple user, not a massive one. Therefore I rather find a way on how to delete unnecessary apps.

From the settings>apps>4shareapps>uninstall.

From the settings>apps>9appsPro>uninstall.

From the settings>apps>wifi-masterkey>uninstall.

May come different on your phone but try to analyze by yourself.

On your File Manager, choose where that apps been rooted. Either on your memory card or phone storage. Mine was in memory card. Try using search bar. Type apk. You can delete the folders showing like Download Provider, Wifi-MasterKey Overseas, 4shareapps, 9appsPro. This is deleting from roots.

I just can’t explain much on the technical side, but now my android phone is clean.

My conclusion is that whenever you allowed these apps to be installed on your phone, it will be there forever unless you manage to delete from the roots. I’ve done factory reset three times before I discover deletion because it is a rooted apps stayed on my memory card. Maybe changing to new memory card will also help after resetting to factory default, but in my case, I have no extra budget for new one.

Hope this helps :)

My First IG - Give Away #simplyhomebasedmomgiveaway #simplyhomebasedmomraceto1k

2015-11-08T00:16:00.001+08:00

First, I want to apologize for the delay of announcing the lucky winner on my give away contest via Instagram. I was sick that I have to pause blogging and posting :( at the moment. I am so happy that I am now back!!!. I am pretty sure that @coldlipz will be surprised.

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Kidney Stones - Not a Simple Problem but Can Lead to a More Serious Condition

2015-11-07T08:20:00.000+08:00

I am Jocee, I am a mother of three kids. I work as a Virtual Assistant, freelancer and part-timer only so that I can take care of my kids. We live a simple life and everything goes ok so far, until last month when I suffered from fever on July 14, 2015. As I thought it's a simple fever that needs a paracetamol, good rest, and more water. On the third day (July 16th), I decided to go to hospital for check-up and laboratory. The result was not good as the doctor wanted me to be admitted that same day due to UTI (Urinary Tract Infection). I refused to be confined, I asked for prescribed medicine instead because I am thinking far about my kids, who to take care of them if me and my husband will be tied in the hospital? That is the normal reaction and thinking of all mothers, I know. The Doctor agreed but given me 48 hours only to observe. After 48 hours and I still have the fever, then I will be confined. I went home with my medicines (paracetamol and anti-bacterial). It didn't went well because my fever didn't subside as the temperature reaches 40.0, with very chilling feeling because of high infection on my urine. I vomit several times and suffered from diarrhea too. At that point, I have no choice but to be confined (July 17th) as I might be dehydrated. The paracetamol effect last for 2 hours only which should be at least 4 hours taking interval.

At the hospital day 1 - all laboratories done for urine, stool and blood. Had Ultrasound, ECG and Chest-Xray too. I was thinking by that time, why should I have to do all these? I just have fever... When all the results came out, it's like a bomb! I never imagined that I am sick or will be sick. The UTI is not an ordinary infection due to hygiene. According to my ultrasound, I have kidney stone which causes the severe infection. I have to undergo CT Scan and referred to a new Doctor (Urologist). Other complications that seen during my confinement: pneumonia, low potassium, amoebiasis, gall stone, and accidentally seen fatty liver.

July 19th, I had my CT Stonogram and the result is another bomb because it's not just a kidney stone. The reason why I have fever is due to severe infection. The infection is due to my left kidney shuts down functioning and now swollen. There is 0.8 cm uretic stone blocked or stacked in my ureter :(. The stone should be removed asap to save my left kidney, and the recommended procedure is thru Extra Corporeal Shock Wave (ESWL) or Lithotripsy - a procedure that uses shock waves to break up stones in the kidney, bladder, or ureter (tube that carries urine from your kidneys to your bladder).

Thanks God that my brothers, sisters and a good friend shared money that I was able to do the ESWL on August 3, 2015 which cost around P50,000. I am very lucky to have a good doctor and not a greedy one. He charged me lesser although I have no PhilHealth accreditation. After the shock wave procedure, the most important thing to be observed is that I should not have fever. According to the doctor, having fever will be dangerous as it will be a sign of more serious infection. The shock wave procedure takes me 3 hours @11:00 am to 2:00 pm. One hour for self-preparation, one hour for the procedure itself, and another hour for recovery. It's done in out-patient mode and no confinement was required. I then went home and supposed to have the full rest and recovery at home.

At home: Few hours after, I suffered again on dramatic chilling that my body feels so painful :(. My husband monitors my temperature as he is aware that I should not have fever. However, around 7:00 pm on August 3, I started to have fever 37.5. Whooh! The doctor said that if I have fever @ 38 degrees, I have to be re-admitted in the hospital. Oh no! I am so much afraid because of the hospital bills and really empty pocket :(. At 12:00 mid night, my temperature goes 39.4 that resulted again to super chilling. My body feels no pain but the chilling makes me so weak. It is the sign of infection. The next day, the doctor instructed my husband to bring me to hospital due to severe blood infection or Sepsis (the presence in tissues of harmful bacteria and their toxins, typically through infection).

Why did I have sepsis after the shock wave procedure?

In the beginning, I don't really understand what's going on. All I know, I am healthy and well. I eat nutritious foods, drinking more water and oppps - not really having exercise (doing house hold chores is my form of exercise). Even the doctor has no idea about since when that 0.8 cm stone was there. That causes inflammation of my left kidney. After the shock wave, the stone in my left ureter was broken, and that broken stone has different kinds of strong and harmful bacteria that resulted to sepsis. The given antibiotics to me was Meropenem which is very expensive per vial. For only 3 days of confinement, my hospital bill went up to 45k and I still have take home 6 vials meropenem that needs to be injected in the next 2 days, 3x a day. According to the doctor, only 3-10% of his patients suffers like my condition among his patients. Thanks God, I still survived. I get by little by little through the help of my friends.

To be continued :) . . .

Text Scam na Naman! Remember these Numbers 09263707804 and 09269121256

2015-05-11T08:27:00.000+08:00

Ang akala ko ay nahuli na yung mastermind ng text scamming. Now I believe na marami talaga sila. Either individual or sindikato, iisa pa rin ang kanilang modus, ang manloko ng kapwa! Yesterday, as we celebrate the Mothers' Day, my husband cell phone got this message. This kind of text or sms is sounding so real! What if nagkataon na hiindi kami magkasama? What if I was the one who received the text? To all who read this post, you can save these two cell phone numbers 09263707804 and 09269121256 to avoid them from scamming you! These scammers are those who wanted to have the easy money. Di man lang nila naisip na kahit maliit na halaga lang ay malaking kawalan na sa mga kawawang biktima.

Happy Mothers Day!

2015-05-10T14:58:00.001+08:00

Happy Mothers Day to All Moms in the World

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Traditional and Popular Lomi ng Batangas

2015-03-17T12:14:00.001+08:00

Here's my very own version of the traditional Loming Batangas

These recipe follows my own version. Each of us has different style of cooking, therefore, the instructions must not be strictly followed. Just a simplpe combination of ingredients and you'll get the best tasting lomi for the family!

For the toppings, it can be as simple as no toppings at all. It depends on your budget :)

Recipe: Loming Batangas

Ingredients

1 kilo batangas miki or any noodles that is available at the market. Remember that the authenticity of taste of Loming Batangas comes from the miki itself.
1 medium onion, minced - or 2 pcs to make it tastier
5 tablespoons cassava flour diluted in cold water
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
10 cups pork stack.
1 piece raw egg, beaten
1 pork cube
1/8 teaspoon of pepper

Toppings Options:

1/4 lb pig’s liver, sliced
2 tablespoons onion leeks or scallions, chopped (optional)
1 cup chicharon (pork cracklings or pork rinds), pounded
2 tablespoons cooking oil
2 to 3 pieces hard boiled eggs (optional)
1/4 kg cooked Kikiam (quekiam), sliced
1/4 kg pork, sliced into thin strips
6 to 8 pieces cooked meatballs
1/4 lb ham, chopped
hard boiled quail eggs
calamansi and siling labuyo (optional)

Cooking Procedure

Cook the toppings separately. For the pork, cook until the color turns medium brown. For the pork liver, bring it to medium cook only. Ham and meatballs are pre-cooked , therefore it will require a shorter time of cooking. Set aside all of the cooked toppings. Btw, hodtdogs can be a toppings too. I make it as a replacement or additional toppings. My kids love it.
Heat a bigger cooking pan and sauté the onion
Add the pork stack and bring to boil.
Put the miki noodles and add condiments (soy sauce, pork cube, pepper).
Add the beaten egg.
Add the cassava flour diluted in water and stir well. Cook until the sauce thickens.
Finished cooking!
Transfer to a serving bowl and add the toppings with chicharon.
Serve hot. Share and enjoy!

Number of servings (yield): 4-5 pax

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Huggies Trial Pack - FREE SAMPLE ...Thank you!!!

2015-03-14T07:39:00.005+08:00

Got this sometime last month from LBC - - - a package from Huggies Philippines.

Thank you!!!

My baby used it and it's good quality. He stayed dry over the night with no leakage. It's easy to wear because it's pull up and I can easily change his diapers even he is sleeping.

To all who wish to receive your own free sample, visit and like their page or follow this link:

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Gardening: Planting Pechay in Pots

2015-03-13T18:13:00.001+08:00

I mentioned on my blog earlier, that you also can consider gardening as another source of income. If you have an extra space at your backyard, planting fast-growing crops will generate food for the family or even make some bucks for selling well-grown vegetables, or seedlings, ornaments. It’s quite long process but if you start today, you have something to harvest tomorrow.

For me, I don't do it for business. Gardening is my hobby to connect with earth :) If ever I got stressed out or head ache attacks, I do the gardening. I don't know, but I find the task relaxing. I actually do not have a big garden. I maximized the small space that I have by putting the elevated rack. I used bamboo material for my rack because it's readily available on my backyard. No need to buy new materials, you can use whatever material is available in your area. ' I plant seeds in pots, or recycled empty containers. It's easy and fun from the seeding step especially the harvesting period.

These are my very own pechay plants in pots!

Harvest time!!!

I just cut the stems para mapapakinabangan pa ang puno ng mas matagal.

Only one month, we have continues supply of green leafy vegetable. I don't spray pesticide, let it grow organic. More healthy and more vitamins you can give to the whole family. In the Philippines, we have lots of dish that we can put pechay. We have nilagang baboy or baka, ginataang fish of any kind, or even pure pechahy for ginisa. My kids love it! Try nyo rin mga mommies. Ang isang taling pechay which is 2-3 stalks costs 5-7 pesos. Each meal we consume about 10 stalks therefore it's 20 pesos savings.

After I harvest the older leaves, it will continue grow and I can continue harvesting weekly if I want. Lucky for moms who have big place to make a vegetable garden. Yun din ang wish ko, but for now, I enjoy gardening in pots :)

The Love of a Mother

2015-01-23T08:50:00.001+08:00

Credit to the photo owner

No language can express the power, and beauty, and heroism, and majesty of a mother’s love. When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. Be a good mom on your own way, some mothers are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together. Salute to all loving moms :)

Congrats Manny Pacquiao for winning another battle. Filipinos are proud of you!!!

2014-11-23T14:34:00.002+08:00

Congrats Manny Pacquiao for winning another battle. Filipinos are proud of you!!!

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Manny Pacquiao vs. Chris Algieri - Free Live Stream

2014-11-23T13:52:00.000+08:00

Good luck Manny! We are proud of you. Manalo-Matalo Saludo kami sa'yo. Can't wait for the local network, we are watching live here :) ENJOY!!!

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2014-09-15T13:20:00.000+08:00

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2014-09-15T11:39:00.002+08:00

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Huggies Dance-Off Contest Winner

2014-09-12T17:59:00.002+08:00

My son received a gift, a surprise gift. It's not yet his birthday but it seems his lucky day. My brother won in this Huggies Dance-Off Contest being one of the Top Voters. It's unexpected to win among thousands who participated and eyeing to be a winner :).

Thanks to HuggiesPH and Huggies Dance-Off Team for the prize of 6-months supply of diapers. Congratulations to Randy Abaja, the real winner, who has a big heart to offer the prizes to his nephew, instead of converting into cash.

This is another proof that Huggies Promo is legit. Delivered door to door via courier.

Thanks Huggies for sharing and congratulations to all winners!

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2014-09-08T11:12:00.001+08:00

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Recycled Rolled Magazine Valance

2014-08-25T20:57:00.001+08:00

There are old magazines in our rack that have no use at all. Instead of throwing it, why not do some recycled crafts out of that. You can make a curtain, a photo frame design, valance, and a lot more crafty items that you would love. Here is a very easy project as your reference :)

Materials: Old Magazines, paper glue, string, old beads or old buttons that you can use as a stopper and design.

Stay-at-home Moms Deserve a Day-Off

2014-08-25T11:10:00.001+08:00

Moms, we have many tasks at home and it's non-stop and never ending but it's also important that you give yourself a time to rest. Relax and re-charge for the next-day chores.

Text Scams and The Fake Promises - Do not Fall to be Their Next Victim!

2014-08-22T01:32:00.000+08:00

I recently received several text scams about winning from a certain raffle draws, being given rebates as a loyal subscriber, and a lot more different stories. I normally delete the messages and don't bother myself to reply. I just ignore and delete it. I am thinking how do these people do these acts of scamming innocent mobile users? Oh, well maybe really a sort of their money-generating tactics is to make people believe about their best promise. However, it's quite alarming because almost daily, I am receiving different text for my globe and smart postpaid. My question is, how do these scammers get a list of postpaid subscribers? I know that it's a targeted text because I never received the same texts at my prepaid globe and smart extra SIMs.

How to deal with them? I think the only way is to IGNORE. Do not dare to answer or text-back, you will definitely hear new story like how-to-claim the prize, how to get the surprise gift, how to activate the codes, and the like. People must be clever enough to handle these never-ending text-scams. Well, this is just a lower version of email spam. People should be aware and learn. However, there are still lot of fellow Filipinos fall victimized :(...

If the text come a suspicious sender, check it out. Text promos require you to register using a special given number given by the Telecom Service Provider. It's a special 3-4 numbers, and not a regular 11-digit number (e.g.. 2366, 357, 2477, etc.) Of course, if its a promo, you should be fully aware of it, right? So if a text comes in and says, “Congrats, your mobile number won P1M”, don’t get too excited especially if you didn’t join any contest via text. Just if in case you really joined a certain promo and waiting for the result, there's a notification thru phone call and a registered is mail being sent to the home address. NOT thru TEXT.

Do not believe that the texter is an Attorney or a true lawyer in practice. It's a traditional way of introducing a higher personality to quickly penetrate and deal with the agenda. However, reality wise, an Attorney always have a Secretary to deal with people, so as the Directors of certain organizations, don't believe that you are so special to be contacted personally by higher personalities. This is not to make you feel down-graded but just a mere fact.

Don’t be a victim and know a scam texts when you receive one. Report the number which appeared on their text messages to the service provider. Block the numbers, delete the message right away. Be clever. be more wise than the predators! Don't let your hard-earned money be wasted.

Loom Bands

2014-07-03T14:48:00.000+08:00

To support my kids enthusiasm about these loom bands, here I've got their raw materials for them to explore their creativity over the weekends. Love to look at them making their own sets. Their plan, make more and sell some to their classmates. Not bad plan, they are my kiddiepreneur!

LIFE is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

2014-06-21T20:37:00.000+08:00