booringg.....yawn

I have to admit that the niche I have chosen for this blog here lacks the "flava" and coolah that characterize personal blogs. Ho-hum--I get sleepy myself talking about almost the same thing----communication---day in and day out. But this is the path I have chosen this blog to follow---it's a blog about all aspects of communication---there are different areas there, right?

And about the title "Everydaywear"----please don't take it literally and start looking for clothes or garments. This is the story. This blog is my first blog. I wanted it to be the catch-all of everyday happenings in my life---a sort of personal journey. I wanted it to contain a record of the most mundane events in life. However, just lately, I have heard about making niches and so I have created other blogs to contain different items about life. I have decided to make this a blog on anything having to do with COMMUNICATION. For my personal gripes, I have Offbeatmom, for any money concerns I got Speak4money, for party ideas there's Coolkidsparty, and for other sites I got Clix4pay and finally for pet concerns I got Petloverscafe---a total of 6 blogs. Just recently I became a member of Helium and had written 11 articles. Need a life? But this is my life! Need I ask for more? Oh, I've done that and seen them all. When one reaches a certain age, one can choose to sit on a rocking chair to knit, crochet, or read a nice book. I have chosen to have some online presence and so far am not regretting it.

Life? This is it.

this girl knows her stuff

Curiousity and interest led me to this girl's blog and site which I got from Mylot community and from then on, I got hooked. I am impressed and lucky to get her links here as part of my list of resources. Her blog, http://www.beasavvywriter.blogspot.com contains very spontaneous and useful guides to becoming savvy writers. I got tickled brown reading her article on how to handle rejection letters---yeah, you can do service to the environment because there is such a thing as fruitful recycling and the blog handled this with a large dose of humor that one can't escape a good laugh. I am surely going to go back in order to read everything she got in there because this lady knows how to handle the language with such ease and smoothness, especially when read aloud, her articles just feel like ice cream to the mouth---nice and smooth.

I may be easy to impress, but there is no doubt about it--Ashley is doing an impressive job in that blog---lay-out, good; language, very good; variety of content, worth a daily visit.

Wait---Ashley has come up with a new site you don't wanna miss. I was there and I saw the great promise of http://www.bellevere.net. The first page gives an appropriate welcome with this phrase "beautiful soul, key to a gorgeous life". With this catch phrase, who wouldn't be enticed to stay and discover its hidden treasures? This site showcases the secrets to real Beauty, Love, Dieting, Fitness, REcipes and everything you need to have a beautiful life. It is a great site owned by one so intelligent and gifted.

Ashley knows what she is talking about as evidenced by her works. Links to both her sites are found in all my four blogs so anytime I want to give myself a break from the monotony of everything, I just make a visit to Ashley's blog and site.

Two thumbs up for this young lady!

The photo above features the front page of Ashley's latest website.

coping with blackout

This one is tough. Coping with a scheduled power blackout from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. is hard to do. Anytime now this computer is going to go off, the fans will stop moving, the refrigerator will stop whining and the television will be mute. What do you do when everything seems to die around you? I have listed ways based on observation on how people cope with power loss:

1. The whole family hits the beach to enjoy the natural breeze from the sea.

2.One entire big family rushes to Bethel Guest House, one of the best hotels in the city, to have lunch and stay there until 5:00 to enjoy the coolness of the generator-run aircon.

3. Some would go malling, eat there and wait the whole time until everything is back to normal. Malls or big stores usually have their own generators so there should be no problem about dealing with the summer heat.

4. Stay home and make the most of it. Open all windows and doors to let the natural air in, find a good book to read.

5. General cleaning. Turn this blackout into an opportunity for you to clean your house. Make your house spot-free when power comes around.

6. If you are a student, do your school work outside. Bring a small table and a chair outside and do your work under a shady tree if there is any around.

7. Do your other house chores like marketing, cooking, setting the table.

8. Others would like to just simply lie in bed and sleep the day away.

If there are other more profitable ways of dealing with power loss, kindly leave them under comments.

Hey, guyz--new poll...

So we had resolved the issue on Britney's comeback or not. Time to take up a more serious concern which involves the entire human race---the issue on violence perpetrated or done by children as young as 9,10 to 17 killing and beating homeless people in the US and around the world. In fact over the past few months we have read news of 15-year-olds killing their own mothers. Why? Is it the lack or absence of discipline at home and in school that some of our children are behaving like monsters? Are we over-protecting our children needlessly from adult intervention that tries to correct misbehavior through discipline? Are our laws over-shielding our children so much so that we are actually encouraging violence among them who we are trying to protect by using the law against anyone who tries to intervene through punishment and discipline for misbehavior? In short are we letting our children grow up to become violent adults by abusing the law? All these questions can be answered if you join the poll where you only need to click for your answer. You are also welcome to leave your opinion if you desire.

Sunday morning rant

It's one lazy Sunday morning, the internet is crawling, I'd been staring at the monitor for what seems like ages before I get to the page and right now I am feeling drowsy. I'd been wanting to accomplish much at www.Mylot.com/?ref=funny52f, an online discussion community that pays, but the slowness of the internet makes it impossible. I had walked the dogs for about 20 minutes and now ready to tackle my online task with full concentration since Dewey, my granddaughter is still asleep and there is no class, nothing to worry today except that the internet does not seem to cooperate. I mean, talk about how the internet can easily blow an otherwise perfect day into another lousy Sunday... Come on...

let people hear how good you are

Whether you like it or not, whenever you are given the task to be the MC or host of a certain program you must have to put tons of enthusiasm to it. Get excited about it even if it is only a small affair and no talent fee is involved. Look at it as an opportunity to grow, to learn more about the craft, and to let people know how good you are at hosting. Having enthusiasm, excitement, love, or passion for the task at hand will pay off in the future as your skill will spread by word of mouth and people will be wanting you to host their shows or programs. Since you are only a beginner, the rule is to never say "no" to any invitation to host unless it is in conflict with a really important engagement you had earlier scheduled. Welcome any public speaking opportunity that comes your way and you're on the road to being a successful toastmaster.

birthday

I've never been much of a noise-maker when it comes to celebrating my own birthday but yesterday, April 23, I just felt like making a little celebration. My family and I and a couple of friends packed some lunch and headed to Dream Park, a resort with two swimming pools and a beach nearby, nice shady areas where you could comfortably dine with your family. We ate lunch the first thing because we started from the house at around 12:30. After the meal, Dewey, friends Jessa Mae and Chula started to enjoy the water in the kiddie pool, while Love and Anthony took the plunge an hour later. Mark forgot to bring some swimming trunks so he missed the swimming part. I was ready with my attires but did not feel like touching the water, so......All in all, I think Dewey is going to have a little sunburn again but I hope not much. It was a nice birthday celebration---something I never had in years!

the fool down the road

A few days before the Virginia Tech massacre happened killing 33 people all caused by one Korean gunman, I walked my dogs one morning. The instant I stepped out of our gate, the sight of a man in tattered clothes bringing something like a bat instantly put me in panic mode. There was no way that I could make my dogs go back in because we had just stepped out of our gates. Undecided of what to do as the insane person was heading towards our direction, I entered a neighboring gate which was open, hoping that he would just pass by. But no, the fool followed us inside. There was no one around and this man had started talking to himself while his loose pants were about to fall and his dirty "thing" was hanging. Ugh! How disgusting can my morning get! I thought fast while he was busy conversing with "people" in his head, I started to dash out of the area with my dogs. I decided to go back home but my dogs didn't want to go in yet and I knew that forcing them to get inside while they had not been walked for at least 30 minutes would make my fierce dog very angry and would even bite me if I force him to do something he did not like to do. The fool followed us again and stood maybe 3-4 meters away from my dogs while I was giving instructions to my helper to lock the gates. I was afraid to go in yet because the insane man might follow and go inside the house where my granddaughter was still asleep. I shouted at the fool not to go near the dogs for he will be bitten if he did that, but he just muttered something like "let them bite, let them bite". In order to banish him from the vicinity, I started to run again, this time towards another direction, towards a place where there were security guards. There are two places near our house where security guards are posted 24 hours---one is at Royal Suite and the other place is at Ang Tay Golf Range. True enough, the man stopped following us. But holy cow, I've reached this age and had read many books but I realized that I didn't know how to deal with an insane person, that dealing with situations like this is not gained by experience nor from books. If a man who is loaded with guns and ammunition suddenly appears in one class while the teacher is in the middle of his lecture, what should the teacher do? How about the students? What is the best thing to do here?

Dumaguete is most peaceful city in P.I.

The President of the Philippines (GMA) has recently named the city where I live, Dumaguete City, as the most peaceful city in the country. Kudos to the Dumaguetenos and keep it up! This alone is one good reason why tourists should make Dumaguete a "must visit" city when they come to the Philippines.

blog about your passion

When my son told me to concentrate on blogging about my passion, I thought about that. What is or what constitutes my passion? It seems like I have a lot. You can say that I am a multi-faceted woman who loves to do many things like dance, sing, write, act, teach, laugh, make others laugh, etc. Just what is that one thing that I really love to do? First, I would like to cross out the things that I dislike to do----I dislike making grades (shhh....this is one task that really sucks), then I hate all sorts of household chores (I am officially lazy,LOL). I do not like travelling because taking the plane or boat keeps me gritting my teeth the whole time, I hate feeling sleepy when I want to accomplish more of my online activities. After I have crossed out those I hate to do, I am back to my passion. Yes! My passion! What is it? Anyone who can make a guess? I would love to hear from you.

informative, fun reading

A fellow Mylot user has shared the link to his blog which is http://blacktom.blogspot.com

or what he calls "Tom's corner" which contains informative and helpful scientific breakthroughs that will surely be of interest to you. It is a different sort of blog because the author talks about his subjects like any pro does. His latest blog about clothes that help you dodge any untoward incidents is quite interesting. Then how about milk as substitute for cigarettes? Yes, the blogger discusses the possibilities or options a smoker may employ to quit smoking. So if it is information you want, you get it on this blog.

and now the winner(s) is/are.....

First, let me congratulate those who joined the first ever guessing game contest held on this blog. You did great! If you take a quick look at the photo, you would indeed be made to believe that those were newly-born puppies. A closer look would make you see that they are just too tiny to be puppies. Elk Hawk gave the most correct answer---baby mice or pinkies while enchanting poetess made the first one to come close to the answer with her "baby rats". Soooo....without further ado, our big winners are none other than.....(drum rolls)....Elk Hawk and Enchanting Poetess! The prizes will be mailed to their respective addresses. a big round of applause for our two big winners! (applause)

Heroes' Day

April 9 in the Philippines is a red-letter day because it is the national celebration of Heroes' Day or "Araw Ng Kagitingan." Filipinos remember the struggles of past heroes who had shed blood for the country.

happy, happy Easter!

Have a super enjoyable Easter celebration! Are you into egg-hunting, egg-designing, egg-coloring, egg-catching, or egg-eating? Whatever, always remember that Easter Sunday is a joyful commemoration of Christ's resurrection from the dead.

What are these?

The first one to leave the correct answer will get a cool prize---a bag! Yes, be the first one to give the correct answer and you will be the winner. However, if the first few answers are not right, then we just have to keep on waiting for the first one to give the exact answer.

Please be specific with your answer. No "ors" please. I suggest that enchanting poetess will choose one of the two answers she left.

some turtles move faster than most people

Is it me or what? But I find people who move in slow motion most annoying. I have nothing of course against the aged or those who are sick or handicapped but I mean those who are supposed to be healthy but move like they are going to die any minute. I have seen this a lot in some workers who seem to be taking their sweet time regardless of the long queue of people waiting to be served while they chitchat a little, fix their hair a bit, pull their blouses down, answer the phone or a comment made by the next clerk, before finally attending to the customer who is at the mercy of her next move. I was standing next in line to this customer who was having a cartload of groceries to be punched while the cashier was taking her sweet time doing other stuff before finally starting her work. But as I watched her take....one....item.....at....a......time....ever.....so......slowly.......I felt like choking her to make her move normally. The way I looked at her she seemed like she was deliberately annoying us. No kidding, the lady cashier was moving in SLOW MOTION. I did not let this pass. I made a loud comment to the customer she was attending about how slow the service was. Of course the cashier heard this and this made her move faster with more focus on her work now. Another instance that raised my blood pressure was this helper who was opening the gate for me to get in and it took her years to do that and I was like, hey, have you not eaten anything? Which is impossible with the huge body she has. I told her can't she move faster than that? I am a lot older but I do not move that way. Just the mere opening of the gate took her years. I just don't get it.

protect yourself from identity theft

Identity theft is one of the problems that had come about in connection with people's use of electronic methods to transact business.

Take one online friend for instance who had been billed by a credit card company for purchases or huge withdrawals he did not make. He almost got jailed for this but upon thorough checking they found out that somebody had used his identity to get a card and transact business using this card with his name on it. Sounds impossible but it happened. A blog owned by a friend I met at Mylot gives us the information we need to prevent identity theft and such other online crimes like phishing, vishing, pharming, hacking, and the likes. http://www.blogchex.com/wendyswhimsy is worth your visit.You might not know it but you might be doing certain activities which might make you prone to any or all of these online anomalies. Get some helpful tips from a pro by clicking to the link which will directly lead you to her site.

Holy Week blues

Around Holy Week Christians start to prepare themselves for this weeklong spiritual journey involving some amount of physical pain and sacrifices, sorrow and repentance, and finally joyful celebration on Easter Sunday to mark the end of Holy Week at least for this year. There will be a lull everywhere, days are usually hotter, and there is this tinge of sadness hanging in the air anywhere you go because the streets are deserted except when there is the procession attended by all the faithful. Everything comes back to life on Easter Sunday and that's when everybody would want to rush to nearby beaches to celebrate the resurrection of Christ on Easter.

a sad story

Recollection of my own pet losses and the grief they had caused came rushing back when I read this news story about a childless couple in India who committed suicide by hanging themselves after the death of their pet dog of 13 years. This happened a few days ago, on March 29, in Hyderabad, India. The man is a ret.soldier C.N. Madanraj, 67 years old and his wife is Tarabai, 63. Before the incident, the couple first held a burial ceremony for their pet dog then after that proceeded to their room to hang themselves. You may read details of the story here http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0122606,21489917-912,00.html Go to News Archives dated April 2, scroll down and you get the news. It's a heart-rending piece of news knowing that this couple who had so much love to give wasn't blessed with a child and had to take in and care for a pet dog who, after 13 years of being the object of love and care by this couple, died perhaps of natural birth.

dog chase

I spent half of my morning today chasing our fierce Japanese Spitz that had gotten loose from his leash. It was exhilirating because he wasn't willing to get tied again. Pongping was running wild around the neighborhood and it was just plain insane to try to keep up with him so I just waited for the right opportunity. By the way, no one else in the house goes near this ferocious dog of ours except me. I am the only one who could feed, bathe, and tie him back into place so imagine me doing a dog chase early in the morning. I had to get him before he bites anyone. This dog has made it his business to bite anyone who goes near him (except me). So I was just totally worried trying to figure out ways to trap him. Finally, he entered a neighbor's open gate and I found my opportunity. Luckily, no one was around at that time so I followed him inside the neighbor's gate and closed it so he won't be able to go out. Whew! At last, I had trapped and strapped him back. But it was enough to call it a day. On my next blog entry I am going to explain the rationale behind the virtual pet on this blog. In the meantime, I'd like to have my bath.