cosplay

According to Wikipedia, Cosplay is short for "costume play," which is a type of performance art whose participants outfit themselves, with often-elaborate costumes and accessories, as a specific character.

We were in SM Megamall earlier and there was a Cosplay event going on and we ran into a participant preparing his costume as Voltes V. We ended up watching that person complete his costume and I just can't help admiring how they manage to get these costumes and participate in events like this. There were so many participants wearing costumes from characters in different animes, but the Voltes V and the other robot (I forgot the name) were our favorites. Check it out:

searching made easy

We are starting our application for Canada as immigrants and are completing the required documents. I had no idea that it would be so difficult to get birth certificates from the NSO office. My mom also needed my dad's death certificate for the Social Security System and we had to wait in line, which was sooooo long and had to bear the scorching heat. My brother informed us that we can now get birth certificate or death certificate through the NSO Helpline Plus. It would be much more convenient, but then the price would be three or four times than that of getting it from their office.

I hope that our government will continue to improve their service with regard to getting documents. I now wonder how those living in the far away provinces get their important public records. In the U.S., there is a database available which you can use to recover death certificates no matter in which state you live in. It uses a direct data retrieval process and is easily accessible at a cheap price, without the hassles of going through long lines or hurting your pocket. We need something like this which will definitely make public records search a breeze and not a horrible experience for us.

i heart your blog

I got this award from Concon. Thanks for this award sis! This kind of award makes me feel appreciated and I hope it goes around, especially to us moms who are into blogging and sharing our wonderful experiences as a wife and/or mom. It just makes our day knowing that as "virtual sisses," we are supporting each other by taking the time to read our blog posts and what-have-yous that we put in our blogs. ; )

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The rules of the award are:
1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.

2. Link the person you received your award from.

3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.

4. Put links of those blogs on yours.

5. Leave a message on the blogs of those you have nominated.

Previous awardees: Mabelle, Prily, Ate Norma, I Love Philippines Too, Shenga, Nova, WebbieStuffs, Nancy, Webloglearner, Pinay Wahm, and My So Called Life, Let’s Spice Things Up, Beauty and Shop, Idealpinkrose, allin, kimchiland, Korean Food, The Paper Vision, Embrace Simplicity, Me and Mine, A Window To Our World, A Grateful Heart, Can of Thoughts, A Mother’s Stuff, http://housewifeatwork.blogspot.com/, MommaWannabe, Lourdes Mia, Praning’s Shoutout, When Silence Speaks, Etc Atbp, Aeirin’s Collections, Life is What we Make it, Underneath It All, Cellulitic Bliss, My Lavender Fields, Life.Love.us., jengspeaks, YOUR BLOG

Now I am sharing this award to all my fellow Pinay Bloggers ; )

stop annoying me

As a work-at-home mom, it is important for me to have a few hours of quiet time when I can concentrate on my work and focus on tasks at hand, so that I can then take care of my son Joaqui. Sometimes when I was in the middle of transcribing a STAT report, I was interrupted by three phone calls which were not important at all. One was a call center agent from a credit card company offering me a new credit card, the other was a wrong number and the third was a telemarketer from a home TV shopping network. I was really annoyed because I was hurrying to finish that report as it needs to be sent immediately to the doctor.

This has happened to me quite a number of times and even though we have a caller ID, I would still want to know what to expect from a certain number so that I would know if I should answer that call or not. I hope that there is a site where people can report phone numbers and provide comments on a certain number, so that I would know beforehand if it is just a sales call, a wrong number or a telemarketer. It would be a big help especially for busy work-at-home moms like me.

What Color Day Are You Having?

You Are Having a Yellow Day

Today is a pretty great day for you. How could it not be with your optimistic attitude? You are very inspired right now, and your creativity is at its peak. While you are on top of the world today, be careful. You may be more fragile than you think. As long as you don't let yourself get too worked up or over-stimulated, you'll be fine.

What Color Day Are You Having?

Krispy Kreme's irREESE'Stible offer

My favorite Reese’s peanut butter is now on a Krispy Kreme doughnut! I so love Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and I am so happy that Krispy Kreme came up with 3 variants:

NEW Reese’s Peanut Butter & Kreme - an irresistible Reese’s peanut butter mixed with creamy vanilla icing on a Krispy Kreme doughnut.

NEW Reese’s Peanut Butter & Chocolate - a perfect combination of Reese’s peanut butter, vanilla and rich chocolate on a Krispy Kreme doughnut

Reese’s Pieces & Kreme - a chocolate iced Krispy Kreme doughnut topped with crunchy Hershey’s Reese’s peanut butter candies drizzled with creamy caramel.

Got to have these all! Yummy!

Flowers from Popcornthoughts

Thanks Joanne for this tag!

The rules of the award are:
1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you've nominated.

I am giving these flowers to Jammy, Emz, Lani, Mel, Sheryll, Sujee and Eds.

budding friendships

Simone, Joaquin, Andie, Joaqui

I love this photo! I hope they become really good friends when they grow up, just like their moms. ; )

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Breast cancer remains a significant health concern for women throughout the world. It is the leading killer of women ages 35 to 54 worldwide and more than a million women develop breast cancer without knowing it and almost 500,000 die from it every year. The Philippines has the highest incidence rate of breast cancer in Asia and is today considered to have the 9th highest incidence rate in the world. Risks for breast cancer include a family history, atypical hyperplasia, delaying pregnancy until after the age 30 or never becoming pregnant, early menstruation (before age 12), late menopause (after age 55), current use or use in the last 10 years of oral contraceptives, and daily consumption of alcohol. Early detection of breast cancer, through monthly breast self-exam and particularly yearly mammography after age 40, offers the best chance for survival.

October is the Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Education is empowerment. Learn the ways on what tests you can do to determine your breast health.

ark of avilon zoo

After we went to Salcedo Saturday Market we headed off to Ark of Avilon Zoo in Tiendesitas. Joaqui got scared of the sheeps...but he enjoyed chasing after the chickens and looking at the fish tank. There were not a lot of people that day, to think it was Saturday and it was quite hot inside. Here are some pictures from Ark of Avilon.