My Blog Prayer Brigade

January 27, 2009 by shenmue7754  
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I copied this from bluepanjeet’s blog even if I wasn’t tagged. I want to share my prayer too because I too hope, pray and wish so hard that one day our country’s leaders would precede accordingly:

 

Heavenly Father,

You are the Fountain of our lives forever and ever!

We humbly ask for Your Holy Spirit to be our guide in choosing the right leader for our country.

Let Your Holy Spirit be our wisdom in our tainted minds

Be our hope in this cynical society that this country still deserves a great leader who will choose selflesness amongst selfishness

Be our strength amidst the fragile recollection of our history

Be our light so we may see crystal clear the leader You will to lead your people.

In Jesus Christ our savior we humbly surrender, Amen!

Mama Mary, embrace us with your veil of love and prayers!

 

Copy these rules including the logo above and paste in on your blog as is:

1. Write a short, sincere and meaningful prayer, (in your own words and according to the customs of your religious affiliation) about asking God in guiding our country and fellowmen in choosing the right candidate to vote for in the coming 2010 Philippine Presidential Elections. It can be in your own vernacular, and can be short and long as you please. Remember, the goal of the prayer is not only for Peaceful Election but most of all “for the guidance of choosing the right Presidential candidate to vote in the election

2, Publish the prayer for everyone to Read in your blog.

3. Go to the Blog Prayer Brigade Main Page which is located here in Bluepanjeet’s blog, and get one of the badges or banners for the brigade. Place the badge or banner in your Sidebar until the 2010 Presidential Elections commence.

4. Make an oath by filling the blank below with your handle/or name

I, _____________________(name) support the cause of the Blog Prayer Brigade for the election of the Future President of the Republic of the Philippines and I do solemnly promise to recite the prayer, which I wrote, in my own convenient time and regularly as possible until the 2010 Presidential Election commences. Let it be written, let it be done.

5. Tag at least 7 Pinoy bloggers you know who haven’t done this before so that the prayer will spread wherever there is a pinoy blogger present.

6. Keep you promise of praying for the Presidential Election so that God may guide us in choosing the right leader for our country.

7. in January 2010, we will gather all the names and prayers of each participants and publish all their prayers in one Blog. We will also feature in the blog the most beautiful prayer ever composed in this project.

I am tagging:

 eNocH

Melskiens (my brother, Rev. Fr. Hernan, told me about this Carmelite Seminarian’s blog he met and knew from his CPE in Makati Med years ago.)

Light

Kat Carneo

Ida/… (Yellow Ida!)

Elinia

Kuya Rommel

blog-a-bog!

January 26, 2009 by shenmue7754  
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I will ask Kaiser to arrange and design the other blog sooner since it has been useless for a couple of months already.

Last year, I won another domain so it will be my second own. This honeyreyesdotcom was my birthday gift for myself last May 2008 hehehe.

This domain I won (potsofhoney.com) will expire after two years while this one will expire this May 2009.

I wanted to give it to another blogger or to a new blogger but the problem is who would like to use potsofhoney.com as a url?

So I guess I will have to use it as a personal blog.

Once potsofhoney.com is ready to use, I will transfer all of my personal entries from my FIRST BLOG up to the entries here at wordpress.

I will leave the others not categorized as ‘The Diary’ here in honeyreyesdotcom.

However, I need someone to do it for me since I am so busy and I definitely cannot.

It is just a matter of copy and paste thingy.

If you think you need to earn something extra please email me. Please just be sure to edit the dates too on when they were originally posted. I do not know if it is too much to ask to also post the comments hehehe.

All the comments from my previous wordpress account were not transferred here together with the other entries.

Email me and I am sure we can negotiate a fair deal about it after Kaiser will have it all prepared for us.

So what exactly is the job? Well, when everything is ready, just copy and paste the entries from blogdrive from the 1st to the last with the exact dates they were posted. Copy and paste the comments too.

Then I will give the id and password from my wordpress account (not this one) to copy some things from there too mostly comments which I want to be in exact dates also.

Then all of the entries under ‘the diary’ category here too with the dates and comments.

Ma-trabaho ba? Di naman ata hehehe.

I choose Kaiser because I promised him I will ask his help again even before I knew and met other people who can do it too.

As far as I am concerned I am glad of his works.

Yet, I am itching to transfer to another house for my personal blogs so this would be something just for entertainment, people and places, etc.

So why potsofhoney?  Po.O.H which means POts Of Honey. Forgive me, I am not a Pooh fan since he does not wear any underwear and I am not sure if he’s a he or a she then I do not like his voice too. I simply like Pooh since he simply likes honey and that’s all.

Also, please do not be misled. Pooh’s name definitely is not an acronym of pots of honey.

I just made it up.

gung héi fáat chōi

January 26, 2009 by shenmue7754  
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It was not on my plan to witness it. I was on my way to church when I saw the parade. Unfortunately, I missed the dragon dance. If only I knew I would have brought a camera. I took this video only from a mobile phone.

The parade video

How to…

January 15, 2009 by shenmue7754  
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turn off a guy in a minute:

Tell the guy…

A.) If you hear  any rumors about me killing my exboyfriend, I want you to know that it ain’t all true. I did not push him down the stairs, that isn’t really true. I hit his head hard with a hammer and he fell down the stairs, that’s the truth… But I’m a new person now, I am on a therapy and I am less violent now.

B.) If you really love me, I want you to do something for me. I want you to come with me on my next therapy session with my psychiatrist. Help me convince her that I am not insane. She believes I need to be locked up in the psychiatric ward but I know she’s wrong.

C.) Can I borrow money from you? If I do not pay this particular woman US$10,000, she makes sure I end up in jail for estafa…

D.) Can you keep a secret? I see dead people… I can see the dead greatgrand aunt of your second ex girlfriend’s neighbor. She wants you to dig her bones under the tree in your backyard as an evidence that she was axed by her dead husband…

NB: Though there are no evidences that any of this works but you can try :)

Just an aftermath of my boring life.

This is Home

January 14, 2009 by shenmue7754  
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I miss this place all the time. It is where I can just sit and do nothing and think nothing but just feel His Presence… If only I live near this place I would visit this very often everyday.

 

How To Create a Healthy, Adult Relationship With Mom and Dad

January 11, 2009 by shenmue7754  
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Healthy relationship
 
By Maud Purcell, LCSW, CEAP
 
The problem is as old as time. It’s the stuff of which Greek myths, novels and screen plays are made. I’m referring to the love/hate relationship between parents and their adult daughters. Our Mistake: We continue to insist that our parents meet our emotional needs, while granting us our independence. Their Mistake: They unwittingly attempt to preserve the same relationship they had with us when we were little girls, yet can’t understand why we don’t just “grow up”!
The Good News: In the vast majority of cases, parent/adult daughter relationships can be greatly improved, and here’s how:
Step I: Get Your Own House in Order
·      Acknowledge that you are different from your parents and that it is OK.
·      If you haven’t already done so, begin to separate emotionally from your parents. Take the risk of defining yourself, and stop trying to win their approval.
·      Accept that your parents aren’t perfect (and neither are you).
·      Take responsibility for who you are today. Acknowledge what was troublesome about your growing up experience, accept it, and move on.
·      Realize that your parents are a product of their own growing up and life experiences.
·      Know that as an adult you are entitled to your own choices, opinions and decisions, even if they turn out to be mistakes. How else can you learn?
·      Understand that today you have the power to influence your relationship with your parents, even though you’re still “the kid.”
Step II: Avoid the Same Old Traps: Do Something Different
·      Stop trying to change your parents. Instead, think about how you can change your behavior so as to create better interactions with them.
·      Although you can’t change Mom and Dad, you can establish limits with them. You can let them know if they have overstepped your boundaries. Be clear about what is acceptable or unacceptable when they are dealing with you in the future.
·      Avoid old, toxic topics that are never resolved, and which only bring you pain.
·      Gently remind your parents that you are an adult now, capable of making your own decisions — and sometimes those decisions may be wrong.
·      Develop and enjoy interests and activities together, where you can participate as equals.
·      When issues come between you, treat them as problems external to you both, not as character flaws or as a battle to be won.
·      Do not expect Mom and Dad to do things for you, such as pick up your dry-cleaning or take care of the kids. This is part of the old parent/child relationship.
·      Refrain from asking for their advice unless you really want it.
·      Notice and acknowledge the good things they have done, and continue to do for you. Thank them for these things.
·      Even if relations are strained, try to remain in contact, if only through notes, e-mail or voicemail.
And If the Best-Laid Plans Don’t Work
In rare cases even these steps won’t be enough. The pain you experience as a result of continued contact with your parents may be greater than any benefit you receive. In such instances it is OK to say enough is enough. No relationship is worth sacrificing your personal sense of well-being.
Ultimately it is to your advantage to work on developing a healthy relationship with your parents. Upbeat interactions with Mom and Dad can add a wonderful dimension to your life. And at the end of the day, it is rewarding to feel good about the kind of daughter you’ve been.

Week-endz

January 10, 2009 by shenmue7754  
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I am quite sad because a lot of my regular students’ class sessions have ended. Though there are more new students coming, I have already built friendship with most of them :(

I still continue to communicate with most of them through emails and chats in Skype, others were fortunate that their companies renewed their registration at the language center.

I was seriously sad and worried when I checked last night that Mr. Cherblanc was absent for two consecutive classes (with another teacher) during the holidays. He was never absent so I checked on the two previous comments and I was glad I did.

The last comment mentioned that the teacher was able to speak to the wife and that the student was hospitalized. The student was supposed to have his last 4 classes minus the two absences. I felt it was the other teacher’s initiative to inform the language center about it so the other scheduled classes left for him would be cancelled so he can recredit his last sessions. If possible to recredit his previous two absences since it was not his fault he was not able to cancel the classes because he was sick.

Because the other teacher did not inform the center, the student missed two paid classes.

I am really concern about my students because I LOVE MY JOB VERY VERY MUCH. I emailed the center and told them about the student’s scheduled class with me. The center informed the student’s agent and then the situation was settled. The student is still recuperating so he cannot have his classes yet until February. That means he was very sick.

Mr. Cherblanc also regularly reads my posts here and was one of those who insisted I post my pictures.

He is like a father to me and is constantly very kind. He mentioned he would love to bring his family here in the Philippines so I can meet his wife and kids.

I wish the best health for him and for everyone.

For those who have already finished their contract with the center, bear with me if you still continue to recieve daily emails from me with your idiom, phrasal verbs, american slang, and tongue twister, etc for the day with their sample sentences.

I will get back with the ten words for the short story construction soon.

Some of the students offered to pay extra for these extra jobs I do outside our classes but I declined because again I am doing this not to earn more but because I LOVE MY JOB VERY MUCH.

It is so fulfilling to teach online especially to learn more about another country, culture, language and people.

What a great life!

God bless to me, my work, to my students. to all of the students, to the center and to everyone!

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January 10, 2009 by shenmue7754  
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4 Ways to Stay Healthy at Work

January 5, 2009 by shenmue7754  
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Cold & Flu Center

Viruses that infect the nose, throat, and lungs cause the flu and the common cold. These germs usually spread from one person to another when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Here are four ways to stop this cycle:

 
                             -  Cover your mouth and nose when you sneeze or cough. Use a tissue or cover your mouth with your hands. Then clean your hands, and do so every time you cough or sneeze.
 
                             -  Clean your hands often. For 15 to 20 seconds, rub your hands vigorously together and scrub all surfaces with soap and warm water. It is the soap, combined with the scrubbing action, that helps dislodge and remove germs. When soap and water are not available, alcohol-based disposable hand wipes or gel sanitizers may be used. If using a gel, rub it on your hands until they are dry.
                             -  Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth. Germs are often spread when a person touches a contaminated surface and then touches his or her eyes, nose, or mouth. Germs can live for up to two hours or more on surfaces such as doorknobs, desks, and tables.
                           -   Stay home when you are sick. Also, see a health care provider if necessary. Your employer may need a doctor’s note for an excused absence.

10 Things You Can Do Differently Today

January 3, 2009 by shenmue7754  
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from psychcentral
 
By John M. Grohol, Psy.D.
 
 
Every year at about this time, magazines, newspapers and websites (including ours!) publish their usual articles on how to keep your New Year’s resolutions. We all seem to forget that many people — perhaps even most of us — make such resolutions partly in jest, partly understanding that while our intentions are good, they are not meant to be hard and fast rules.
So this year, we thought we’d try and do something a little different. Instead of offering you 10 things you can do to help keep your resolutions, we’re going to share with you 10 things you can do differently today that will help change your life. None of these will blow your mind, but they will help make a positive impact.
1. Change your routine. Sometimes all we need in our lives is to alter something in our daily routines that hasn’t been working for a long time. We convince ourselves it would be too difficult to change, or that it would require something we don’t have. Making the commitment to change, however, often brings about insight — and resources — that we don’t always initially have.
 
2. Eat better. While not exactly a revolutionary suggestion, eating just a little better than you have in the past can have a significant impact in your life. We’re not saying do away with the fast food altogether or switch to eating nothing but bran flakes for the rest of your life. But make a commitment to everyday choices that are just a little healthier for you. For instance, opt for a smaller cheeseburger instead of the Big Mac. Eat two cookies instead of five. Eat one day at Subway instead of Burger King or McDonald’s. Don’t deny yourself the pleasures of eating, just try and make healthier decisions everyday when it comes to your food choices.
 
3. Have a real conversation. So much of our everyday activities are driven by things outside of our perceived control — going to school, work, or taking care of the kids. We seem to be pawns in a life not of our own making sometimes. One way to regain a little sense of control is to stop and have a real conversation with someone about something meaningful. Not every day. Not every conversation. Maybe just once a week, with a friend, a coworker, or your significant other. Talk about something important to you, something meaningful. You’d be surprised at having such regular, real conversations can help better ground you in your life and give it some meaning.
 
4. De-clutter. Nearly everyone has a clutter problem. While some people seem to have magical abilities removing clutter from their lives, the rest of us seem to live in a constant state of mostly manageable clutter levels. And that’s fine. Nobody should attempt to be Mary Poppins if their lives more often are akin to a tornado’s passing through a town. But if you make a conscious effort to reduce the amount of clutter, that can help you feel more in control of your life. For instance, deal with junk mail the minute you pick it up (don’t keep stacking it until it resembles the leaning tower of Pisa!). Have your children put their own things away once a week. Ask your significant other to help out with de-cluttering your life just a little bit.
 
5. Exercise. Yeah, yeah, we all know we should exercise more (unless you’re already hitting the gym 5 times a week!), and we all vow we will. But did you know a simple 15 minute walk every day will help significantly improve your long-term health? You don’t need a gym membership to stay a little more fit than you are today. Sometimes people feel the only way they can do something is if they do it 110%. But the easier solution is to find that 15 minutes a day to do something simpler and more likely to happen.
 
6. Listen more. We all think we listen when others talk to us, and most of the time, we do. But in this fast-paced, multitasking world, we often don’t really listen when someone speaks to us. The closer the person is to us, the more we often don’t really listen to what they’re saying. You can’t just stop not listening, because it’s something most of us have inadvertently learned to do over the years. We pretend (even to ourselves) that we’re listening, but we’re actually doing something on the computer, watching TV, or reading an article or book. Be a little more aware of when you’re doing this, and stop yourself from doing it once in awhile. Listen. While you may think that what you’re doing is more important than what the other person is saying, you may also find that the other person’s words have meaning… If for no other reason than because they are coming from someone you care about.
 
7. Have some fun. Some of us are very good about having fun, and doing it regularly. But some of us, especially as we get older, forget to have fun. We think we’re having fun watching TV or playing a video game — and some of us really are — but many times we use these activities as stand-ins for actual pleasure. There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s just that you should also make room in your life for real fun too! While there’s a time and place for taking life seriously, there’s an equal time and place for forgetting your troubles for a few hours a week and really enjoying yourself.
 
8. Enjoy the journey. Many of us are so focused on getting to where we’re going or where we think we should be going that we forget that the journey is often just as important (and fun!). Life is a full-time, 100% learning experience. Even when we think we’re in the midst of the most mind-numbing, repetitive and boring experience, life is trying to teach us something. The problem is that a lot of the time we don’t realize this. We negate the experience, and in the process, we negate a part of our lives. Embrace the journey, even if it’s just once in awhile, and understand that everything is a part of living a full and meaningful life.
 
9. Read an entire article. The Internet has been a wonderful boon to our lives, opening up doors and breaking down barriers that have plagued our society in so many different areas. But in one area, it has dealt us a bit of a setback — reading skills. The Internet values the interconnections (or “surfing”) one makes back and forth, all over the world, from website to website. But it doesn’t value sitting there and reading a full-length article from start to finish. Whether you do it online or in a local newspaper or magazine, sit and read an entire article, from start to finish. It teaches us to value good writing (rather than what passes for writing on so much of the Internet), appreciate the nuances of a well-told story and a very good writer, and often challenges us to think outside of our comfort zone. Skimming articles – what most people do online – gives us the gist of the information with none of the nuance or character of careful reading.
 
10. Try another stress relief. Like all patterns of behavior, we often adopt behaviors over time without giving them much thought. If it comes naturally, it must be okay. How we deal with stress is one of those things that we learn by watching others in our life — on TV, our parents, and our friends. We learn to do positive things, such as exercise or writing in a journal, as well as negative stress relievers, such as drinking too much or bottling it up inside ourselves, letting it simmer. Look at how others around you deal with stress and pick just one different, positive way of dealing with stress and try it out. It may feel a little unnatural at first, but give it a week or two and you may find it is another helpful alternative to place in your stress relief arsenal.
And remember to live. Aren’t we doing that already? How can I do that differently? You know, so many of us spend our lives in “quiet desperation.” That is, we live from day to day without giving much thought to our lives’ meaning. We yearn to do something more, something different, but most of us never spend much effort to achieving that. But you can take little steps, instead of giant strides, to live a life that has more meaning to you. What that meaning is, only you can decide. But instead of putting off getting to that meaning, you can make a start — today — toward it.
 
Perhaps you’d like to be in a different career, so start thinking about the careers that interest you. Perhaps you’d like to be in a new relationship, so start thinking about what qualities you truly appreciate in another person. Perhaps you’d like to be a better parent, so start finding little ways you can improve your parenting skills. Perhaps you’d like to write a poem or book, so start writing — it doesn’t have to have form or function, just desire.
Sometimes the greatest challenge we face in changing something about our lives is the actual act of doing. We put up barriers within ourselves to stop ourselves from even trying to do something different, because we believe we will fail, it is too difficult to change, or it will take too long. We never even start.
 
So don’t start today. Don’t start tomorrow. But start just one of these things within the next month, and you’ll find that you will succeed if you only try.