Happy Mothers’ Day!

I attended the VCF Saturday service this evening where Pastor J had a “Mothers Day Special” preaching. I’d like to share the Bible verses that he discussed with us.

Proverbs 31:10 - 12

“A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, not harm all the days of her life.”

Proverbs 31:15

“She gets up while it’s still dark; she provides food for her family and portions for her servant girls.”

Proverbs 31: 25, 26

“She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom and faithful instruction is on her tongue.”

Proverbs 31:28 - 31

“Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: “Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.” Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.”

Firefox’s Tabbed Browsing

I really find Mozilla Firefox’s tabbed browsing feature convenient and helpful.

Mozilla Firefox’s tabbed browsing provides convenience for me because I can launch several websites on a single window. I just have to open tabs for each site. I especially like the way Firefox put all the useful icons on its toolbars. All the commonly used icons are within my reach.

I mentioned that Firefox’s tabbed browsing is helpful for me. I’m the type of person who tends to forget a lot of things when I saw something (on the Net) that captures my fancy. With Firefox, I get to load all the sites that I intend to visit or work on several tabs. It’s like sticking Post Its on the pages of the books that I intend to read

Rates at Manila Ocean Park

UPDATE: I just saw this blog from the search results generated by Google when I typed in the keywords Ocean Park Manila: http://salikodngtabing.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/manila-ocean-park/. In that post, it says that the entrance fees for adults and children are Php400 and Php200 respectively. Let’s just verify these rates

Does anybody know the entrance rates and opening sched of the Manila Ocean Park (MOP)? My nephew and I just saw the news about MOP in Bandila and we got so excited that we can’t wait til we get to there. So, if anyone out there who have pertinent information about the Manila Ocean Park, please be kind enough to post them here so everybody can see.

Thanks

Appearing on Technorati

I was checking on my blog stats when I saw a referrer link from Technorati. I followed the link and saw this:

It find it cool to see my blog on Technorati albeit it was on rank 8,911,336 :D. I was just amazed at how Technorati can help you advertise your blog. Maybe it was where Spencer Fry of Carbonmade saw my post about their website.

Answered Prayer

One night, I asked God to turn me into an assertive human being - someone who speaks up for herself and for her rights. I prayed for this gift because I was the type who wouldn’t fight for what I want, was afraid to say NO, can’t tell people off, in short, a pushover.

The past few days proved that my prayer was answered. Last Monday (or Tuesday), I was able to tell the bus driver and his assistant off when they refused to drop me and the other passengers on the designated bus stop. I was so pissed when I got off the bus. At the same time, I was so proud of myself for asserting myself. It’s my first to do something like that. Another I-won’t-let-you-do-this-to-me moment occurred last Friday when a credit card company sent me a billing statement asking me to pay them a certain amount of money. I just got home from work when I saw its envelope  and I rushed quickly to my room to get my documents. I called up the company’s Customer Service hotline immediately. I haven’t used that card ever! Heck, it was never activated. In fact, it was still stuck on the letter that company sent to me. I complained to the rep that they can’t bill me for something that I haven’t used. Fortunately, the issue was settled before I hung up. The OLD ME would not have the courage to do that and would just pay up for what was reflected on the bill.

I was so thankful to God that finally, I now know how to speak my mind and not let anybody push me to do something that I don’t like.  You can pray for something like that, too

Show off

Last night, I have found a neat website where people can show off their work for free. The website is called Carbonmade.

I looked around and found that the site is user-friendly and that it has already thousands of artists and writers registered to it. You can sign-up up for free or you may choose to pay a fee for your account so as to include as many 50 of your projects, 500 high resolution images and 10 high quality videos. I choose to sign-up for free :). For that, I get to showcase 5 projects and 35 images.

Carbonmade is the best place for freelancers to show off their work to the world.  Get one now. You’ll find it pretty cool, too.

Ang Probinsyanong Intsik

As of this writing, a mass is being held at La Salle Greenhills in support of Jun Lozada, ang Probinsyanong Intsik. It must be really heart-warming to see a multitude of people gather together to strengthen and motivate someone who took the courage to stand up for what is right and risk his own safety and that of his family. Very few people are like him these days.

I salute Jun Lozada for coming out in the open to expose the wrongdoings of government officials who seek to get more for them rather than work for the welfare of the Filipinos. Mabuhay ang Probinsyanong Intsik!

Let us help Jun Lozada in whichever way we can. Let us also pray for the enlightenment of all people especially those who are working in the government.

SEO Finally!

I am so glad that I am finally doing SEO writing! Wooohooo!!!

I am researching everything about SEO and testing the free tools that I have found on the Internet. A colleague of mine was kind enough to share with me his newfound e-book about the field. I am applying what I’ve read and learned on my write-ups.

I know that I still have a lot to learn on SEO but I’m sure that it’s going to be fun

A Different Monday

I did something extraordinary today. This morning, I was finally able to give my tiny rosary to the lady pedicab driver. I have rode on her pedicab a lot of times and it’s hard to miss the broken rosary hanging inside her vehicle. From the first time I saw it, I said to myself that I will give her mine when I get the chance. My chance came when I hailed for a sidecar and it was her who took me. Luckily, I was the only passenger that she got on the way out and I happen to have the bag that contains the rosary. I handed my gift to her just before I got off. She smiled when she accepted my little gift. I can’t describe how I felt when I walked away. It’s something that this Manic Monday traffic can’t take away from me

I mentioned that what I did is extraordinary. It might mean nothing to others but that to me is very unusual (in a nice way). It is not like me to reach out to strangers but I’m happy that I did. I went out of my way to do something making this Monday an extraordinary day.

Why Am I Blogging?

Why does this blog exist? Simply because I want to develop the habit of writing on a more frequent, if not, on a daily basis. I want to force myself to jot down anything that (that to me is blog-worthy) comes to my mind until putting my thoughts into writing becomes a habit.