a request..

few days ago my husband asked me why i'm not blogging anymore..

"i'm always tired since we migrated here..." that was my answer. then he requested me if i can still try to continue to write at least once in a while.

maybe he misses my blogs and misses reading my thoughts.. he is a songwriter and a musical composer. maybe my blog gives him some inspiration...

husbands and wives talked mostly about things that's going on about everyday lives.. bills, budgeting, grocery list, future plans, meals for the day, car issues, work related events and mainly about our kids. and pillow talk in most nights when we still have the strength after the hard days work.. seldom now are those moments when we talked about our inner feelings, contemplations and some things we desire..

our minds nowadays were focused on how to keep up with life. but i guess he's right.. i should start blogging again..

blogging is not bragging. it's a talking cure for me. and readers are my analysts.. the ones who hear and digest whatever bothers me and whatever made me happy.

thanks hubby for bringing me back here..

It's October

and yes, the last entry I did was June...

i may not be writing as much as i want to, the thing is, i'm always here...

reading, contemplating and admiring those friends out there for sharing their thoughts. they got such inspiring and enlightening blogs.

i wish i could do more..

maybe soon.

after our next move..

yup, we're moving again.. ;)

to our new home.

i mean, to our veryyyy own home.

finally.

Lucky..

I guess I can really consider myself lucky..

Why?

Well, what about having an office with a view..?



The view always perks me up especially now that Mississauga is really having a good weather... The sun shining, the flowers blooming.. hmmn, what more can I ask for..?



pay raise ;-)

forgotten?

Nah, it hasn't been missed, actually it has been wonderfully celebrated, gracefully executed and lovingly shared with our love-ones, family members, friends and new-found friends..


It was such a magical day for me and my husband to finally met up in the altar and renew our vows after 25 years of being together as husband and wife..




Thank you Lord and Mama Mary for making our dream come true..







Officiated by Father Mardeo Reyes at the St. Catherine Of Sienna Parish Church, Mississauga, Ontario Canada, on March 21, 2010. Wonderful photo shots were a teamwork of talented husband and wife Raymond and Cristine Santos.

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!

finally..

Yeah, finally I'm beginning to get my grip to this new country we now call our home..

I just got back from the gym and shed 198 calories for a 30-min work-out in my favorite thread mill plus another 20 minutes in a row. I used to jog when we were in CHINA and i could reach over 3 miles jogging my trail along the neighborhood. I was not able to do it here when we first arrived. For many reasons such as getting a job, finding a home and now that everything is in place, i guess i gotta start with my old routine.. I am happy now that we are finally settled in the best home we could start with and finally having the jobs we highly hoped to have. God is so good.

Maraming Salamat Po.

biking around

i woke up quite late this morning. got nothing to do.. it's my day off so i decided to bike around bristol road and gone out to see the place. biking from bristol to its major intersection in hurontario gave me a break from it all.. such fun.. canada has offered us such clean and invigorating environment.

hubby has been transferred to a much better post, he's now gonna work from 7am to 3pm everyday which means there are more time seeing each other finally.. two sons shall work in their usual grave shifts and they're happy about it. they don't sleep at night though.

daughter is enrolled but we still has to wait for the principal's call to confirm her class schedule. she only has to take 4 subjects during the first semester and another four later before she graduate.

happy and relaxed.. nice, huh?

THANK YOU OUR DEAREST FRIENDS!!

Everdearest
DEBBY, DEANNA & MARSHALL, SHEILA, PATTY, JOANIE, JUDITH, RJ, JAMI, TAMMY, AMIE, SUPER GULAMAN, SHARI, PATTI CAKES, MIISSY, BLOGUSVOX, MIGHTY DACZ and MARGARET B.

Words don't really do justice to the THANKS we want to say to you all... We really felt FORTUNATE that we have met and known you all somehow..

Our dearest Debby of The Pink Bird House

Our dearest super sweet couple Deanna and Marshall of Timeless Things
Our dearest Patty of Crisfield Maryland
Our dearest JOANIE of Random Ramblings
Our dearest Judith of Judith's Quiet Moments
Our Dearest Doc RJ of Chhok-minders Quill
Our dearest JAMI of Cooke Creek Sheep
Our dearest TAMMY of Queensize Funny Bone
Our dearest AMIE of FAIRWAYS AND BUNKERS
Our dearest Super Gulaman
Our dearest SHARI of the Big Yellow Farmhouse
Our dearest PATTI of the Cottage in the Curve
Our dearest MISSY of Travelog
Our dearest Sandbox of the BLOGUSVOX
Our Dearest Mighty Dacz
Our dearest Margaret and ted of the French Bear


AND FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL GIFTS WE RECEIVED:
From our sweet children Liane, Barley, Baylon and Laila, for the love and thoughfulness they never failed to provide us..








A heartfelt appreciation from the insanely happy couple,
Bayani and Loida

greeting cards

I am sending greeting cards to all my friends whom I'd never met, yet touched my heart one way or another..

To Deanna of Timeless Things who showered me with awards and countless heart-warming comments.. She's the kind of friend I would like to have forever..


To Judith of Judith's Quiet Moments for the award and for the kind comments that never fails to touch me..


To Bonnie of One Designing Woman who had made my late mother's birthday more meaningful..


And to all my blog friends who are mothers, may I send you this..


Advanced Happy Valentines to all of you my sweet cyber friends..


and to Blogusvox of The Sandbox, Happy Birthday to you and your daughter.. May you have many more Birthdays to come.. He is the one who assists me with my technical deficiencies.. Thanks a lot.

a thank you note and a poem

May I offer this THANK YOU note to the two lovely women..


Deanna and Judith, your comments really means a lot to me and my family and may we send you this little flower of thanks and a poem to express how your friendship means to us..

A Friend Like You
by Merlyn Sprankling

A friend like you is hard to come by,
you’re so dear as you’re always there for me to say hi!
I thank you, as you made your full heart open,
and I pray that our friendship never be broken.
Two cords, they say, are better than one
you and I, and me and you, and it is done!

thanks deanna

for the uplifting balloons..
it really made my day..

caricatures

I was actually not in the mood for anything yesterday. Although I had accomplished vast amount of my workloads during the first half of the day, i became sleepy when the second half starts.. so what i did was logged on to my blog spot, post a bit of my thoughts then checked the feedjit live to see if there's something from the shenzhen blogter's list that could interest and wake me up..

It took several number of hits from the supposed shenzhen feedjit live blosgters list when i encountered the SandBox posted by blogusvox. I thought all bloggers from shenzhen lists were really from our area but i realized i was reading from someone who is in Saudi Arabia.. I took my time to read this one because of the caricature he embedded in his post 'Buhay Buhangin'.. It fascinates me because it is very true, noting that we used to be in that kind of situation more often than we anticipated..

Since his post has roused me from slumber, i decided to jot him a line.. he responded back and you know what? i'm glad i did.. I suddenly found the substance i needed to start my day right..(o 'yung 'humility' wag lilimutin, huh?) hehehe...

See you again blogusvox..

Another blogs that keeps my day brighter are those from Deanna and Judith..

Have a great day everyone..!

family

Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future. ~Gail Lumet Buckley

To commemorate Christmas, we thought that it is only right to introduce some of the sources of our joy and why 2L3Bs lives became much more meaningful.. and because it is Christmas, let this be the time to reunify the faces of our love ones composed of our families and extended families all over the world through this blog site.. they are far away yet just a click away, thanks to this modern gadgets, everything became possible.. so folks, here comes the reason why 2L3Bs always beam with smile in every step of their ways..
here is the photo of our family in the Philippines, this photo was taken in our home in Wawa, Baras with our papa's side of the family. The Llagas clan composed of my beautiful sister-in-laws, handsome brother-in-law, nieces and nephews and grandchildren too. Much as we are missing our family back home, we are equally missing our home in baras too especially our dining room where we usually shared bountiful feasts every time we get together.. How lovely it would be if we'll be there this Christmas and share with them the joy that this season brings..
please meet my brother Jong and his lovely family in his home in Marikina, Philippines
meet my side of the family, the Bernardo clan.. taken in the bernardo vacation home in wawa baras.. miss you inang edy, ate sorcia, ate dory and the rest of the clan who are not in this photo..
our family in paris france

our family in london.. we miss you ate fil, darwin & family, dennis, cynthia and their beautiful children



our extended families here in china
with our sweet and very talented norman..
our dearest jerome..
our family in vacouver canada
our family in toronto canada
with our lovely family taken in the threshold leading to our family rooms upstairs
with our grand baby girl Izzy taken in our living room
our dear bhane, che and her family in the phils
we miss this shot of our family taken in our foyer
our baby girl with our dearest Dondon taken in our garage..
our dearest Joyce and her family in the U.S.
here's our extended family composed of my dearest high school teacher, mentor and principal; my high school classmates now became our best and closests friends throughout the years. This was taken in our informal dining room in our home in Baras.
my papa's famous recording artists friends and our extended family back home in the Philippines
please meet our beloved Tio Doming and Tia Isang from our pa's side of the family.. We love you both..

The great gift of family life is to be intimately acquainted with people you might never even introduce yourself to, had life not done it for you. ~Kendall Hailey

Happy Christmas everyone..!
Let's enjoy the company of our loveones always...

What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life - to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories. ~George Eliot