Last Friday (20July2007) we experienced a terrible rainshower, coupled with thunder and lightning, that lasted for about a couple or so of hours. That is a normal occurrence here in the Philippines, so I continued with what I loved doing … blogging!

Together with blogging, I was also doing the laundry (hahaha, that’s multi-tasking!), so every now and then I had to stand up and check up on my clothes. G was watching tv.

Suddenly, lightning flashed outside, and I heard a frightening clap of thunder (or was that just thunder??!!) follow after that. I smelled something burning, too. I rushed upstairs to see if a house or post got hit by lightning, but all looked normal.

Anyway, when I looked at the monitor, I noticed that it was black … and my modem seemed unnatural with just two lights on. I assumed things will be normal after a few hours or so, so i continued with the laundry. but no ….

So, i was forced to use hubby’s computer to do the rest of my blogging while he checked out what was wrong with the computer i was using ….

Turned out the video card seemed to be busted … while the modem still wasn’t functioning. i finally called up PLDT on Sunday, and told them what happened. They just told me that someone will call me back. I waited … called again on Tuesday, since nobody called me back. Again, i was told that somebody will call.

Pity. What was funny (and irritating) was that i had to “recite” what happened again and again. Annoying?!! You betcha!

Now it’s already Wednesday (imagine … almost 5 days with no internet connection!!!!PLDT people, hello! hello! hello!), and still my modem (or is it my line??!!) isn’t working. Am using dial-up right now … and it is kind of slow. But … this is much better than nothing!

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Yesterday we were supposed to just buy G additional clothes for school, and so we did. But since we were at the mall already, and we happened to park the car right in front of the mall door (yeah, really really lucky!) we decided to watch a movie, too!

We were debating whether to watch Transformers, or Harry Potter … and the latter won.

Bought the tickets around 30mins before the show … and since we had nowhere to go, we decided to wait in front of the theater. While eating popcorn and drinking the soda. hahaha. Loved the buttery taste.

We were the first to go sit inside … felt real weird! Pretty soon people came and filled the chairs. Though it wasn’t that full. Plenty of chairs left, specially the lower sections.

The movie itself was great … loved the special effects. Was amazed how “older” HP looked compared to the previous HP movies. Not that cute anymore.

G didn’t fall asleep, but kept asking me about the movie while we were watching. He wanted to know what would happen next. hahaha, of course, i didn’t know! so he said,”ok, i’ll ask later.”

Interesting thing while watching: never knew some people bring pizza to eat inside … or burgers and fries. Oh well, nothing really weird … a sister once brought banana! But that was eons ago.

There was this really irritating movie watcher, who kept giggling behind us. Imitating Dolores Umbridge (Dolores Umbridge (In-Depth Analysis)), which really was annoying. I guess whoever was with her got annoyed, too, since after I heard a “ssshhhh!” it stopped.

All in all, i loved watching the movie. Though I wouldn’t watch it in the big screen again. Would much rather watch it here at home; where i can watch it again and again.

This is going to be my first contribution to friday faves …

Do chocolates count?

My fave ones are the dark chocolates … i really love cadbury’s gold dark chocolates. Even some of hershey’s too!

As long as it’s dark chocolate (with nuts, mint, or just plain, and the darker the better! lol) i got to have it! lol.

so sorry this post is a bit late, already … but better late than never, eh?

This is going to be the first time i join Thankful Thursday.

I am thankful …

1. … that my family is in good health.
2. … for the blessings we have received
3. … for the tiny inconveniences we’re experiencing, for this makes us more patient and understanding.
4. … for the roof over our heads
5. … for the freedom given to us, enabling us to make our own decisions
6. I am also thankful that I found this group.

The customer doesn’t expect everything will go right all the time; the big test is what you do when things go wrong.

Sir Colin Marshall

Thankful Thursday will be hosted today by Laurel Wreath.

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We Could Learn

A big black dog and a Calico cat
Got into a fuss and a horrible spat
The cat m-e-o-w-e-d and hissed like that
Such a loud noise in no time flat.

The dog growled and barked so loud
This drew a large and applauding crowd
These animals created a huge dust cloud
Then the cat strutted on and so proud.

The big dog rolled its dark brown eyes
Then looked around with great surprise
The cat returned to hopefully win a prize
Somehow, that appeared to not be wise.

The crowd noticed and applauded again
The dog turned to see…and then ran
The dog and cat seemed to have a plan
They touched noses…more peaceful than man.

They lay near one another in total peace
If man would do likewise…wars would cease
Oh, that love of mankind would increase
Every life would receive a new lease.

Man could and should learn a lesson or two
If they would just be careful what they do
Arguments would then be slight and only a few
Peace must begin first with me…and you.

Leona I. Miller

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Voicing out personal opinions online is one of the reasons why a weblog is made. Nowadays, the weblog has been shortened to blog. Quite convenient, in my opinion.

I recently came across this interesting news blog where Gaurav Bhola also contributes. First, I was impressed by the blog’s lay-out, making it look like a no-nonsense business blog. So appropriate, since that is exactly what this site is all about ~ a news and business blog that delivers. The frankness and variety of the topics together with a witty humor here and there helps keep the site interesting; too bad some of the pages aren’t filled yet.

So the next time you decide to do some serious blog reading, don’t forget to check out Gimmie the Scoop; a news blog different from the rest since they aren’t the type to shy away from controversy … in fact, they encourage it! Now that’s blogging!

1. The Misanthtropic: Name something (about humanity) you absolutely hate.
— What really irks me is the thoughtlessness of some individuals to take another person’s ideas and consider it their own …

2. The Meretricious: Expose something or someone that’s phony, fraudulent or bogus.
— Learned yesterday (yeah, just yesterday…) from a SIL that the SwissCash / Swiss Cash / Swiss Mutual Fund 1948 is a pyramid scam.

3. The Malcontent: Name something you’re unhappy with.
— I’m unhappy with my computer’s RAM (memory) … it’s only 512mb; used to be 1gb.

4. The Meritorious: Give someone credit for something and name it if you can.
— Have to thank my son for keeping my feet grounded, and always reminding me that not all things are governed by money.

5. The Mirror: See something good about yourself and name it.
— I like my eyes, even if i have astigmatism. lol.

6. The Make-Believe: Name something you wish for.
— I wish nobody has to die and leave us… but then, that’s really impossible. The earth would be soo full! just wishful thinking.

this has really been an interesting melee!

Isn’t it wonderful if you find something when in the first place you weren’t even looking for it?

G (my son) and I were just walking along, when we saw this nice weed flower. I am assuming it is a weed, since we just saw it along the side of the road. There were a few other nice-looking flowers there, too … again, i think they were weeds?!! We couldn’t find any garden nearby, but there were a few sporadically located houses further away.

We would have continued on, were it not for a pair of geese staring menacingly at us … hahaha.

We were chased once, when we used to live in the province. The school’s neighbor had a pair of geese and it was just our tough luck we were passing when the geese got out through the gate. Since then, we have been pretty careful.

Now, that is a weed flower, right?
Though i think it is true that any plant can be a weed (yeah, even roses??!! lol) as long as it’s located where it isn’t wanted.

Or something like that.

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