"Monday Rush: 5:45"

This morning is another rush hour for me. Another Monday morning and another Monday rush. Rush day because I woke up around 5:45 in the morning which I was supposed to wake up at 5:00 A.M. Fortunately I was able to catch up with the staff service. Thanks to the ever reliable king of the road drivers, I got to Highway at around 6:35. If you're wondering how I manage to get it all done in less than an hour, well I don't even know that I was that fast.

I just hope that Mondays shouldn't be that rushed again!


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"Overcoming Frustrations"

At last we were able to attend today's Church Activity that was after three Sundays of not coming to Church. That's thanks to GOD! Also this is one of the Sunday's that we were able to listen to the whole Message without any interruption from Maki. Why? Well let's just say that Maki was to tired to poke out his eyes and do his hyperactive thing. In short Maki fall asleep before we came to the Church. That's a good thing!

So, today's Message was about "Overcoming Frustrations". Sounds familiar and it's timely. It's somewhat hit me directly! Well, if you have read my previous post it's something like that. Anyway the whole thing focuses on people's frustrations. People do feel frustrated many times and you're not human if you don't get frustrated especially if you don't get those things that you wanted.

Frustration is not bad but what makes it bad is how you face or deal with it. If you get frustrated and you start blaming or cursing others then that's something that is not good. The best thing to deal with frustration is turn it to GOD. Just like the story of our Pastor about his mother.

They have a neighbor who happens to be a church goer and who owns a store. One day they run out of rice to cook for dinner. His father hasn't got their salary yet so they don't have anything for dinner. Our Pastor was instructed by his mother to borrow one kilograms of rice to their neighbor. This is their first time to borrow. So he did go there! And when he came back he got nothing because the owner don't want to lend some rice for them. So his mother got frustrated and just said to him to get contented with some bread and left over cooked rice. When our Pastor finished eating he went to his mother and saw that she was praying to GOD about her frustrations. On that night they heard sirens. Their neighbors store was on fire and everything was burned down to ashes and the mystery about it is that their neighbors store was the only one burned.

Frustrations do come to us in different types, different angle and different time but the good news about it is that GOD is always there for us.

To give a better picture about the frustrations and problems that we are facing. Here is an illustration about it. I only got this in an email from a friend. I just pray that this could help visualize GODs role in our life.

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"Preschooler Tantrums"

Hushing your preschooler while having tantrums sure is tiring. Yesterday was the most tiring tantrums Maki ever had. I think he cried for almost 30 minutes. He wanted to turn on and off the DVD Player which is not a toy for him play with. Thanks to his Lola Mommy she was able to make him calm and watch some movie.

That was the most worst tantrum he ever had. It's really hard to pacify him when he tantrums like that and it is also very tiring. Whew! Thanks to her Lola!



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"Australian Souvenirs"

After a long day at work I decided to relieve my stress in one of the amusement area in the mall. Capturing stuffed toys is one of my favorite machines to play at. Aside from it being a stress reliever it is also a cool present for my kid. That is if I can catch any of the toys lying inside the machine.

Gladly, I managed to catch one of the toys. The one I got is a tiger, a red cute little tiger. Too bad there’s no other toy to catch. If there would be any other toy I would really like Maki to have one of those kangaroo or the koala for his collection.

Aside from being cute these Koala and Kangaroos are commonly seen in Australia and the country is known for this kind of animals. I really don’t know why there’s a lot of kangaroos and koala in Australia but they are sure cute and lovely to look at. Maybe when I get to visit Australia I will get one of those Australia Souvenirs to take home and give it to Maki as a present. Especially the Koala and Kangaroo plush toys offered online for a cheaper prize. I bet Maki would love to play with those fluffy soft and cuddly plush toys.

So if I couldn't get it I'll just have to get it on Australiasouvenir.com. They offer a wide variety of toys and souvenirs from Australia.

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"Worst Day"

Today is another count for my worst day list. Adding up another bad experience in my life! I think this could be considered as one of those days that just suddenly came out of nothing then it grew to something tremendous that you couldn't easily bear.

If you have an old mouse that have a rolling ball underneath it, try to look at it? Did you noticed on the rollers the thick pile of dirt that most of the time causes your mouse to respond differently. Well, my situation as of today is like that. A piled up days that made me decide to push through a decision that I have been contemplating for the past few months. Maybe it's about time to make a very hard decision.

It's like sailing. Preparing for the voyage is not so easy because you'll have to make sure that all you need is well accounted. Pushing the boat offshore means tata or good bye because you'll never know when or if you'll ever be coming back. At first it may be subtle but as soon as the waves starts clashing and wind starts whooping your sail to different direction then you'll realize that it is hard to go offshore. You'll be missing the land. For sure it will be missed.

The trap has been and I'll just have to wait till they bit the bait.

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"Senior Care Services of Broward County Florida"

Most of the Senior citizens who came out of any hospital or health facilities don’t have anyone to take care of them. Most of their relatives are either in their work or in their house taking care of the children. In this manner there’s a company that provide services for the Senior Citizens or the Elders. It is called the Home Health Care Services Broward County Florida. They cater Senior Citizens in Florida who needs attention after their confinement in a health facility. Caring is what they do and their good at it. So if you’re living in Florida and you got some oldies who wants to be taken care of after their hospitalization this is the right company to look for.

"Monday...."

Due to body aches and tiring day yesterday, I woke up late this morning and I was really late at work. Add up the heavy traffic that we caught along EDSA plus we were slowed down by the highway patrol. Whew what a day!

Right now I'm having a hard time making a blog post about what we did yesterday. First, my head is aching. Second, I'm somewhat not in the mood to write ups or anything right now. So I might as well write about it later to get a good story about yesterday.

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"At Last Manila Ocean Park"

Thanks to the good weather, our family was able to go to Manila Ocean Park and had a very good time. Manila Ocean Park is worth visiting. Right now I'll just blog about this pursued plan. This was supposed to be done last Saturday but because of the weather we weren't able to pursue it. We end up strolling the mall. Anyway we had it pursued today and it was tiring but it was fun.

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"Holiday Family Out"

A Monday holiday and I was hoping that we could do our planned activity this morning. A day at the Manila Ocean's Park together with my family. I just hope that I'll be able to wake up early today!

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"Daddy Day Care : Brownout!"

Yesterday was supposed to be Daddy Day Care posting and we are supposed to have fun at the Manila Ocean's Park. We already had our plans for that day but because of some situation and the weather we were forced to cancel it and stayed in the house. And also because of some events that happened I wasn't able to post any blog post. To be exact with the events and situation here it is.

First is the weather, typhoon Santi hit land (specifically Manila) evening the other night. From night till dawn the rain hasn't stopped and there were also strong winds that caused the roofs to make clanking sound. So we thought that if the typhoon stopped in the morning and the weather is already okay will head to Manila Ocean's Park but if not, we'll just have to confide ourselves in the comfort of our house.

Second is the electricity, at around 5 AM (I think) the power just been turned off. I don't know the reason but since it was already raining and the typhoon already hit Manila I think that may have caused the power failure. So, we have nothing to do about that. Poor Maki no electric fan but thank God it was cold enough to keep us all asleep till morning.

Because there was no electricity Maki begun having tantrums. He wanted to watch a movie "Alvin and the Chipmunks" but because of the situation he can't watch any movies. Though we have told him that there was no electricity he still insisted and pushed the DVD player's buttons. He even checked the lights (maybe he wanted to really check if there were really no electricity.). Still not convinced he went to his Lolo (to my fathers place) and checked if they have electricity. Maki pointed to their DVD Player and pushed the "ON" button, when it did not opened he pointed the socket and asked his Lolo to plug the DVD Player (he already know if it is on or not). So when nothing came out, he begun crying. So just to keep him from crying Lolo carried him and went to buy "Lugaw" and bread. They went out still carrying the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" DVD.

The electricity went out the whole day making kids restless. So we decided to just go to the mall together with Maki's cousin Raphael and his Tita Felisa. We stroll around, play, eat, and buy some things that we need to buy. This is just to make the kids occupied and at least have some fun.

We stayed there until 7 PM (I think)and had our dinner at a fast food chain which Maki love to watch their show (I think it ended already for another season). Too bad we didn't know that the mall were having a costume party for the kids. Maki should have worn his Mushi King costume. Anyway we had our fun though we're so very tired keeping the kids.

Third is tired and exhausted, because of the day I was so tired to make a blog post. Being with Maki at the mall really is very tiring. Even Mommy is all hands up with Maki when it comes to Maki's hyper activity.

So that's it and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!



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