A Rain of Tags and Awards

Have You Ever?

Ria tagged me with this fun meme. It lets you get to know the person who tagged you more, and you get to share something about yourself as well.

1. Have you ever been on TV?
Yes, I believe so. I was a student activist in college and participated in a lot of rallies that were covered on the evening news. I don't believe I'm telegenic, though. ^^

2. Have you ever sung in public?
A couple of times, during parties and videoke stints. Guts! Guts! :P

3. Have you ever dyed your hair blond?
Nah. I wouldn't dare in this lifetime. Lol

4. Have you ever eaten frogs' legs?
Yes, when I was still a kid. Interesting, because it tastes like chicken meat. ( I can almost hear Chestene saying "Ewwwww! Gross!")

5. Have you ever received a present that you really hated?
No. I love receiving all kinds of gifts. For me, it's always the thought that counts.

6. Have you ever walked into a lamp post? Not yet!

7. Have you ever cooked a meal by yourself for more than 15 people?
Whenever I cook, the dish usually feeds around that much. Except when they get a second serving, which usually happens. ;P

8. Have you ever fallen or stumbled in front of others?
I can't remember, but maybe when I was still a kid.

9. Have you ever done volunteer work?
When I was in college, I taught orphans and abused children under the care of the Tertiary Capuchin Sisters.

I'd like to know more about you Hailey, Nedekcir and Sheila. :)

The Gift of Friendship

That are tended with great care,

By those who work unselfishly

To make the place more fair.

And, like the garden blossoms,

Friendship’s flower grows more sweet

When watched and tended carefully

By those we know and meet.

And, if the seed of friendship

Is planted deep and true

And watched with understanding,

Friendship’s flower will bloom for you.

Thank you for being one of my good friends in the blogosphere, Cherry. I love this award! :) I'd like to pass this on to all my friends in the blogroll.

The Smile Award

I received this award from TopCat Creations. Thank you for thinking of me! :)

The qualifications to receive this award are:

A. Display a cheerful attitude.
B. Love one another.
C. Make mistakes.
D. Learn from others.
E. Be a positive contributor to the blog world.
F. Love life.
G. Love kids.

The Rules:

1. Please link back!
2. Post the rules
3. Choose 5 people to give it to
4. Recipients must fill the characteristics above
5. Create a post to share this
6. Thank the winners

Sorry if I'll break Rule #3 for this tag. I have to give this award to the one who always makes me smile online. Thanks, you deserve it! :-D

The Lemonade Award

My friends from The Matthias Chronicles, Anything goes, and Everything has a Reason gave me this very refreshing award. Thank you guys!

The rules of this award for recipients:

1.Put the logo on your blog or post.
2. Nominate at least 10 blogs which show great Attitude and/or Gratitude!
3.Be sure to link to your nominees within your post..
4.Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
5. Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award.

I would like to serve the same refreshing lemonade to the following bloggers: Shawie, Jade, Ris, Ruby, Sasha, Joan Joyce, Entrepgirl, Liza and Cherry.

I Love your Blog Award

Thank you Ronnie for passing this heart-warming award to my blog. I feel honored to be part of your list! :)

Here are the rules for passing on the award:

1. Put the logo on your blog
2. Add a link to the person who awarded you
3. Nominate at least seven other blogs
4. Add links to those blogs on your blog
5. Leave a message for your nominee on their blog

Here are some of the blogs that I love reading:

HRM Business Practices and Notes, The Spitting Vessel, Tales of a Pinay Single Mom, Practical Tips for Young Urban Professionals, Mammadawg, YUPN, Matthias Chronicles and I Love/Hate America.

Super Blogger!

Liza thinks I'm a super blogger! Thanks Liz!

I think all of you deserve this award as well. So please grab the badge and spread the love! :) Have a great Sunday, everyone!

Two Awards from Ria

I know I'm a delinquent 'tagee' and have a long list of pending tags from my blogger friends, but the problem is I lost it! I always try to jot it down as soon as I receive one, but now I can't remember where I placed the list. :( I should have made a soft copy instead, huh?

I'll try to trace your tags and memes through Technorati, but it would be nice if you could leave your links to this post. *wink*

Anyways, Ria gave me 2 beautiful awards that I would like to share with you:

BEAUTIFUL MOM AWARD

MOTHER

This is a truly BEAUTIFUL piece.
Please read this at a slow pace,
digesting every word and in leisure...
Do not hurry....this is a treasure...

For those lucky to still be blessed with your Mom,
this is beautiful.
For those of us who aren't,
this is even more beautiful.
For those who are moms,
you'll love this.

The young mother set her foot
on the path of life.
'Is this the long way?' she asked.
And the guide said: 'Yes,
and the way is hard
And you will be old before
you reach the end of it..
But the end will be better
than the beginning.'

But the young mother was happy,
and she would not believe
that anything could be better
than these years.
So she played with her children,
and gathered flowers for them along the way,
and bathed them in the clear streams;
and the sun shone on them,
and the young Mother cried,
'Nothing will ever be lovelier than this.'

Then the night came,
and the storm, and the path was dark,

and the children shook with fear and cold,
and the mother drew them close
and covered them with her mantle,
and the children said,
'Mother, we are not afraid,
for you are near, and no harm can come.'

And the morning came,
and there was a hill ahead,
and the children climbed and grew weary,
and the mother was weary.
But at all times she said to the children,
'A little patience and we are there.'
So the children climbed,
and when they reached the top they said,
'Mother, we would not have done it without you.'

And the mother, when she lay down at night
looked up at the stars and said,
'This is a better day than the last,
for my children have learned fortitude
in the face of hardness.
Yesterday I gave them courage.
Today, I've given them strength.'

And the next day came strange clouds
which darkened the earth,
clouds of war and hate and evil,
and the children groped and stumbled,
and the mother said: '
Look up. Lift your eyes to the light.'
And the children looked and saw
above the clouds an everlasting glory,
and it guided them beyond the darkness.
And that night the Mother said,
'This is the best day of all,
for I have shown my children God.'

And the days went on,
and the weeks and the months and the years,
and the mother grew old
and she was little and bent.
But her children were tall and strong,
and walked with courage.
And when the way was rough,
they lifted her, for she was as light as a feather;
and at last they came to a hill,
and beyond they could see a shining road
and golden gates flung wide.
And mother said,
'I have reached the end of my journey.
And now I know the end
is better than the beginning,
for my children can walk alone,
and their children after them.'

And the children said,
'You will always walk with us, Mother,
even when you have gone through the gates.'
And they stood and watched her
as she went on alone,
and the gates closed after her.
And they said:
'We cannot see her but she is with us still.
A Mother like ours is more than a memory.
She is a living presence.......'

Your Mother is always with you....
She's the whisper of the leaves
as you walk down the street;
she's the smell of bleach
in your freshly laundered socks;
she's the cool hand on your brow
when you're not well.
Your Mother lives inside your laughter.
And she's crystallized in every tear drop.
She's the place you came from,
your first home;
and she's the map you follow
with every step you take.
She's your first love and your first heartbreak,
and nothing on earth can separate you.

Not time, not space... not even death!

Beautiful Mom Award started by Posh Post.

MARIE ANTOINETTE AWARD

This second award came from Ria's Fashop. Thanks a lot for the awards, girl! :)

Here are the rules for the award:

1. Please put the logo on your blog.
2. Place a link to the person from whom you received the award.
3. Nominate at least 7 or more blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on your blog.
5. Leave a message on their blogs to tell them.

I would like to pass both awards to my beautiful mommy friends: Girlie, Wena, Cielo, Manilenya, Gizelle, Ruby and Yums.

Tags and Award Sunday

This tag came from Ria. Thanks, girl! I haven't been doing tags for a while and they're piling up really good, so I decided to unload a couple of them today. :)

7 Random Facts About Me:

1. Whenever I go to one of my favorite malls, my trip is never complete without eating spicy Jamaican beef pie and Takoyaki (Japanese octopus/squid and veggie balls) in the food court.

2. I always have around 4 pens and a notebook inside my bag. I just can't live without them.

3. I seldom delegate. I'd rather do things myself than have to redo somebody's work that I could have done right the first time.

4. I don't care about what others think of me. I don't lose sleep over other people's opinion of who I am.

5. I love my daughter to bits. I think this fact is quite obvious! lol

6. If given the chance, I'd rather be a stay-at-home working mom.

7. I am loyal, patient and persevering; but sometimes, to a fault.

Now, it's your turn to tell me something about yourself:
Hailey, CC, Shawie, Darlene and Camille. :)

The Love Blog's Award

This was awarded to me by Recheers of In The Life Of..."Mně". Thank you so much for this thoughtful gesture. I love it! :)


And I am giving this award to all my blogger friends who have been spreading the love all around the blogosphere! *hugs*

Mom’s Real Spa Treatment

Hailey shared with me this funny but true-to-life tag. Thanks! This tag really made me laugh. :D

Having Spa Treatments: Wheng | Yen | Shimumsy | Eds | Mitch | Hailey | KCee | add your blog where you posted this.

Eyebrow Threading and Microdermabrasion

Aromatherapy and Body Wrap

Blowout

Mommies who can avail of the Spa treatments by having this tag are: Wena, Cherry and Ria. Have fun, girls! :)

Of Awards and Tags

I haven't been doing tags for a while. Yeah, I know I'm a delinquent tag-ee. *sobs* Anyways, I'll try to post them in batches. I'll start with the older ones first, so please bear with me. :)

Tag of FOUR

Thanks Wena and Ria, for this fun tag! :)

RULE: What you are supposed to do… and please don’t spoil the fun… Click copy/paste, delete my answers, type in your answers and tag 4 people in your lists!

(A) Four places I go over and over: church, mall, Starbucks and bookstores

(B) Four people who e-mail me regularly: friends, relatives, co-workers and spammers!

(C) Four of my favorite places to eat? Friday's, Dad's, Yoshinoya, North Park

(D) Four places I’d rather be? In the arms of someone special ;-), Paris, Italy and Boracay

E) Four people I think will respond: Girlie, Yums, Lorelie and Mommy Ruby

(F) Four TV shows I could watch over and over: Sex and the City, Fear Factor, Project Runway and America's Next Supermodel

I'm now tagging the 4 ladies I have mentioned above. Have fun! :)

“SWEET Home Blogger Award”

for sharing, beauty, love and joy!

Thanks Entrepgirl and Wheng for this award!

Sweet Bloggers: 1.) Janeth Vicy’s Life Journey 2.) My Precious 3.) Just ME.. Eds 4.) Eds Mommy Life 5.)FunFierceFabulous 6.)Me,Myself+2 7.)Supermodel Wannabe 8.) My Life in this Wonderful World! 9.) My Online World! 10.) In Depth 11.) BaReFooTeD Me 12.)YourBlog

I want to pass this to these fab bloggers as well: Mars, Ria and Ruby.

BFF Gold Card

Thanks for this one-of-a-kind award, Liza and Hailey!

I want all of you to have this. You've all been really supportive since the day I started this blog. :) I have to name 5 friends though, based on the rule. But I heart you all! :)

Rules:

1. Only 5 people are allowed to receive this award.

2. 4 of them followers of your blog.

3. One has to be new to your blog and live in another part of the world.

4. You must link back to whoever gave you the award.

I'm sharing this gold card with Wena, Bhang, Gizelle, Cielo and Edna.

Please follow the 4 rules listed above. I will be very happy if we show some support to the recipients of this card by any of the following means: linking, commenting, subscribing, rating, or in any form as you wish.

My First Set of Awards

I got these cool awards from Mars and Weng. Thanks! I'm speechlees! :D





I'd like to pass these on to Iris, Lorelie, Dada, RedRogue,Gizelle, RedRuby, Bang, and Liza.