Ladies what will it take for a man to take you to bed?

Bunch of flowers, chocolates, nice dinner, expensive gifts, flattering words?”

The answer is simple!   Not less than 2 words not even 3. I love you isn’t enough, it should be I DO. If he can’t back it up with a ring don’t even say yes. WHY?

Because you are worth waiting for.

During our recent High School reunion, we missed the presence of Jimmy L and Sandy S. both very popular figure in our campus.  A startling news circulated among the group that the duo are in hot water because the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is running after them and a  tax evasion case was already filed against them.   They are business partners of a  big cargo forwarding and export-import company and apparently they are also “partners” in crime.  The BIR is determined to send tax evaders to jail that has been cheating the government, resulting to massive revenue losses.   Unfair to us who religiously pay our taxes which a law abiding citizen of the country ought to be.  And really it disheartened us knowing there are a lot of  people who are tax cheaters and our friends happened to be among them.

Why do we have to pay taxes?  Paying taxes are what lets our country be as healthy as is and it help fund the government.   Simply put, because it is the LAW!   And if you don’t want to pay, then go to other countries where taxes law is  non-existent.  Since we are law abiding citizens, we see to it that we pay our taxes on time and in the event that we failed to do so, we avail of income tax extension form that would help us get extra time to finish filing our taxes minus the hassles and guilt.

Only if we could only get hold of the two,  they have to hear the good news that there are available Tax Preparation Software that will guide them through all the way to a guaranteed maximum refund and companies such as Turbo tax is a sure help for personal and business taxes.

So, what they did was an unacceptable act and we their batchmates are hunting them too!

Good morning everyone although it is not so good morning for me!   A very close friend succumbed to heart attack just last night and it was only early morning today that I’ve learned about it.  I can only offer prayers for the repose of her soul and her untimely demise definitely is a sore loss for the family.  Technology connected me to her only daughter Sarah because it is physically impossible for me to go to her mother’s wake.  I wanted so much to give the little girl a hug and  know she being a strong willed and a brave girl would find comfort with the thought that her mom was safely home to her Creator.  No more pain.. no more sufferings.. There is peace.. goodbye my friend…

Oh well.. life has to go on.   Good morning everyone!

Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes!  I always find that plus sized woman are beautiful and my idol in that category is my cousin Libby who is a  full bodied woman and her size  does not deter her for wearing fashionable and stylish clothes.  She is a smart dresser and knowledgeable on how to choose the right type, cut, color, fabric and  length to compliment her body type.   That is why, I believe her when she said that she loves herself more and is enjoying her “curvaceous” figure.  I hope that Libby has not totally given up hope that one day she will lose weight but because I haven’t seen on her any effort to lose a few pounds, I thinks she is already resigned to the fact that she will be heavy all her life.  I’ve seen how she struggled with her weight from a very young age to date and as we grow up together I’ve been her loyal and patient shopping buddy and  I shared in all her shopping woes.  Every time we shop for a dress, her insecurity about her weight discourages us to shop around because of the startling fact that the maternity section will be our final destination.  So you see,   there is no use for us to go for long walks and hop for one shop to the other, because we have realized that we were just wasting time to find big sizes .  Lol… those were the days!

But in this modern time,  full figured women will no longer worry because they rest with the thought that the market is teeming with stores of plus size clothing for women.   My cousin Libby swears that since she order her dresses online, there are no more nightmarish experiences when it comes to shopping for her size and dressing up with chic and fashionable dresses.

Excitedly, she announced that she is going to be a plus sized bride soon to a man who finds her very sexy inside and out.   Indeed, my cousin is fat and proud!

My daughter celebrated her 20th birthday and I was glad that she lived and enjoyed her teenage years in a fun but legal means.   How blessed are we to have a child who did not give us much  problems while she was growing up.  And so today,as she celebrate her 20th birthday, I felt relieved that she has gone past her teenage years..  though I know she is a responsible girl, but sometimes we can’t help worry because peer pressures are one factor that can influence even the most behaved child.

Her celebration is a simple get together with family minus us her parents because we are working overseas.  However, we see to it that they are not only well provided for (allowances, cellphone loads), we lavish them the love and care they need despite the long distance.   The wonder of technology keep us always in touch with each other.

I was touched with a crying picture of her before the fondant cake. Is that an act or she was really sad? Perhaps she is sad because we are far or maybe because it is already goodbye to teenage life.  Well, it will take a while before the reality sink in and for her to realize that she is no longer a teenager and she is now going to face  the complicated world of adult.   But once she found her place in the world of mature ones, she may not wish to go back to teenage years full of challenges.

emotional b-day celebrant?

I stayed late the other night anxiously waiting for the announcement of winners during the Miss Universe 2011 coronation night held in Sao Paulo, Brazil.   I had to hang on till the end because our very own Shamcey Supsup, Miss Philippines made it to the Top 10.   She was our best bet in the pageant because she has the beauty and a good head on her shoulder having graduated Cum Laude in the University of the Philippines, Diliman with a degree in Architecture.  She embodied the true spirit of the Filipino people and she represented our country well.    Although, she only won as Miss Universe 3rd runner-up, still in our eyes and heart she is a WINNER!   It was Leila Lopes, Miss Angola who bagged the coveted Miss Universe 2011 title and she deserves it.   Indeed, “black is beautiful”!

our country’s bet-Ms. Shamcey Supsup

Not long after the pageant, a  friend tagged me an amusing pic and it blew away my sleepiness!  I wonder who cleverly did the editing of the pic which can easily deceive those who don’t know how to spot the difference.   I hope it was only done for kicks and not created by one sore loser who can’t accept that his/her bet to the pageant did not win the prestigious title.   Check the picture below and you will have a good laugh as well.

Mommy D- Ms. Ultra Universe 2011 ?

the newly crowned Miss Universe 2011

Yes, it was a clever handiwork of someone whom I believe knew Photoshop well.   Mommy D is the mother of  our world boxing champion , Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and she is also a “beauty”  in her own right.    Inside or outside?  Whatever… all I knew is that I was very much amused!

Oh dear, the rest of the  ”ber” months are coming because September just came 2 days ago.  I don’t know why I suddenly experienced this panic attack and thoughts came into my mind to stock up early with gifts because when December comes, people will be rushing again for things to buy and long queues will be a nightmare.

But late last night, deep in my thought, I realized that it is more practical to give personalized Christmas gifts.   Well, I believe I can come up with exciting gifts by using my creativity and imagination.  Actually, I’ve started to create personalized photobooks and some had already been given away as birthday gifts and it was heartwarming to see how their faces lit up when they opened up my gifts.

Christmas is a Filipino tradition of gift giving and sharing of love and blessings with family and friends.  So as not to be overwhelmed with photobooks to finish, I will start asap.  I will make it a point that time, love and patience will be put into every book I’ve worked on which will definitely give a lasting impression on the recipients that they are very special.   For indeed they are!

I am getting excited already.. September is the beginning to countdown to Christmas!  And I am counting now….

yes, I made these photobooks…

Last night, much that I wanted to hit the comforts of my bed earlier, but a call from a friend Jessa made me stayed up late because of her endless stories of a not so close friend of ours named Sheryl.     Yay.. again?  It  was one of those girls chit-chats and Jessa pointed out how Sheryl irked her no end.  I really don’t want to get involved with these kinds of petty issues because it only drive us to sin against her.  We can’t help but talk about Sheryl and her Louis Vuitton bag!   Apparently, based on stories, she is all over the place prominently displaying her LV bag and all of her pics in Facebook showed her carrying her “one and only” bag.   It was noticed that she seemed not to own another bag and that is the same bag she repeatedly carries with her in all occasions,  meaning, be in the mall, partying, at the beach, in a local shop, out of town trips, everywhere….  The ladies tongues keep wagging asking that “Isn’t it that there should be a bag for a particular place like at the beach.. a straw bag or trendy plastic carry bags would be best and for out of towns, colorful bags hand carried or back packs?”

Jessa would not stop blabbering… that Sheryl’s LV is not the “real thing”.. not authentic…and yet she displays it as if it is or maybe she is not aware that it is only a cheap imitation.  Apparently she bought it from her Hong Kong trip last month and the other fashion conscious ladies in our circle would swear that her LV is fake and that genuine bags cost thousand of dollars.

Lol.. the ladies would say that maybe Sheryl thought that they will drool with envy  but doesn’t she knows that they can’t be deceived even there is LV monogram…just because it has an LV monogram doesn’t mean that it is..  They don’t like Sheryl.. obviously!

Of course, I can’t relate because I don’t have any plan or means to buy one so I don’t bother to

found this pic on the web showing the difference of both bags

browse on how on to spot a fake LV.   However, on second thought, best to have hints or tips  so that if someone would be parading before me with an LV and would try to belittle my bag, I can just raise my eyebrows.  Oh dear, I think I have unconsciously learned that from the ladies…

BTW… my bag is also LV…. Local Vag…. yay!

Mom warned us not to swim last night…. And why?  It was raining hard and she said we might get wet in the rain if we go ahead with our planned swimming.   But of course, it is  one of those running joke and so still our hard headedness prevailed and we swam anyway only to find out that we were only the lone souls braved enough to swim that night amidst the heavy downpour. But who cares?   We were prepared for that.. so we thought but admittedly it was really cold though we submerged ourselves in the pool up to our neck line and only our heads showing so as we won’t be able to feel the extremely cold weather .. harsh wind blowing and intermittent rainfall…

enjoying the rainy swimming night?

took us about 45 minutes stay in the pool because it was getting really chilly and we’ve noticed that one by one, our companion headed to the shower room to rinse.   Alright.. since we had satisfied our swimming mode, we had to follow others who were dashing out of the changing room to the condo unit.

got you guys on cam.. those who dashed out of the pool

The swimming mode turned into eating mood because we felt we were very hungry after getting out of the pool.  At least we had experienced how it was to be getting wet in the rain while swimming.. (*wink)

It was one rainy swimming night to remember… Promise..

I wasn’t surprised at all when our colleague was promoted 2 level higher than most of us who were about 5-6 years senior in service than her.  She was a budding junior IT specialist , new university graduate  but armed not only with charm but considerable stock knowledge and fresh ideas.  Undoubtedly, she is bright, very much opinionated and ambitious that somehow, some senior ladies in the department oftentimes resent her presence and brushed aside her inputs.  For some reason, one officemate would always consider her a “threat” and labeling her as someone who is  ”pulling too many strings”and using good connections to facilitate her early rise to Supervisory position.

While it is true that this very ambitious stance of her is getting the ire of some, but my personal views changed after a chanced one to one talk with her.  Aside from her family life, she also recounted how she struggled past through her university studies and how she strives hard  to get Online Courses and pursue her long dream of becoming a good web page designer.  She persevered studying while working because she has a goal…. She bravely admitted that her projected toughness was due to  the hardships she had in life and this inspired her no end to work her way up.  She also recounted that upon learning of a supervisory position in our IT department would be vacated soon,  she divulged that she started mapping up her career path by taking online degree program in web designs to elevate her level of educational attainment.   And true enough, she best qualified and was hired for the position not long after she finished her program.

I felt the sincerity in her voice when she said she felt sorry for her colleagues for thinking otherwise because of her recent promotion.  She would like to reach out to those colleagues who alienated from her to also go for their dreams of promotion ( if they have any).  Well, she added that should they want to further their  studies, it is always possible with on line degree programs offering various courses of choice and like her, she availed the assistance of Federal Student Aid College Finder http://studentaid2.ed.gov/gotocollege/collegefinder/advanced_find.asp.

Her parting word was… “once they have finished the program, it might work wonders for them too!”    Whoa!  That was quite an intriguing one!

There goes my highly opinionated friend..err supervisor!