I didn’t go to school with Sophia again today even if I planned on going as I needed to run some errands at the mall. I woke up with an aching back that’s why.  I have got a lot on my mind right now you see.  For one, I am still clueless for what venue to consider for the joint celebration of Sophia’s 4th birthday and Baby Bullet’s Baptism Party this March. Wack Wack Gold and Country Club’s Banquet Hall is fully booked for all Saturdays and Sundays of March already. Honestly, after finding out that slots were already taken and paid at that, for some reason, I kind of lost interest planning for the party. Hay…

On to other things, would you know where I can buy a formal maternity dress or gown? I have a wedding to attend to in two weeks time and I am too lazy to look around for something to wear. Maybe you know of a specific store or mall I can go to?  Let me know.

I am craving for “Chicharon Bulaklak” for lunch as of writing this. Hay, I wonder where I can buy one!

Anyway, will leave you with this, Sophia’s “baon” for school which she herself packed and chose from the pantry.

I have always hated gambling. Why, you ask? Simply because I have personally witnessed how it can put a good man down. And by down I meant, in deep, deep debt. I could always not believe how other people can let gambling rule their life and how they don’t have control over this addicting vice. I have seen too much and my close uncle being the latest victim, I can’t help but get devastated. I feel for the family he has, his kids that doesn’t have a clue what is happening and his wife who is near to breaking down. As much as we, his relatives would want to help, the amount of money he needs is just beyond what we can spare. Good thing he still has little properties left he can make some money of to pay his mounting debts. And by today, I hope he has finally decided for Debt Consolidation for his much needed Debt Relief. To all of you who are not familiar with Debt Consolidation, it is the action of combining several loans or liabilities into one loan. Put another way, debt consolidation is the process of taking out a new loan to pay off a number of other debts. Most people who consolidate their debt are usually doing it to attain a lower interest rate, or the simplicity of a single loan. All my other uncles find that to Consolidate Debt is the best move my “fallen” uncle can do for now. I hope he gets through it and finally learn from his mistakes.

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1. favorite soap: Dove and Safeguard.
2. facial soap: Now that I’m pregnant, I only use Dove.
3. body soap: Milk Bath.
4. intimate soap: Lactacyd.
5. laundy soap: Tide.
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It always saddens me whenever a friend of mine is in trouble, marital trouble that is. In cases like such, no matter how I would want to help as a friend, sometimes its better to keep our distance as its a very sensitive matter. Its so hard to know when to step in and step back, don’t you agree? As my husband would tell me, the best thing I could do is to listen and just be there for my friend if she ever needs me. But to meddle with things, that I shouldn’t do according to him as I could get myself into a bigger mess. I can’t agree more.

But as a friend too, I couldn’t just watch someone I care for get hurt and live a life in misery. I would do everything and anything to help. It is inevitable that couples, at one point in their lives or relationship, go through trying times that will test them but at the end, all they need is a good Marriage Counselor to save and restore their marriage. I was hoping my friend and her husband recognized this but I was surprised to find out that they have been through it and it didn’t produce good results. So since both are not open to traditional Marriage Family Counseling as they had tried it several times already, I suggested they try Marriage Fitness by Mort Fertel’s How to Save your Marriage system this time as the last resort before they finally call it quits. I fervently hope it works for them. As a friend, this is all I can do.