TOP 20 Endorsers of 2011 (Philippines)

In August edition of YES! Magazine, it reveals list of Top 20 endorsers in the Philippines . I believe , they based it from advertising and marketing practitioner's insights . They first released it in 2008 , this also includes celebrity endorser's earnings from 2010 to early 2011. 
Below is the list of the Philippines' Top 20 endorsers .

1. Kris Aquino (ABS-CBN)
2. John LLoyd Cruz (ABS-CBN)
3. Sharon Cuneta (ABS-CBN)
4. Piolo Pascual (ABS-CBN)
5. Carmina Villaroel and Zoren Legaspi (GMA-7)

6. Marian Rivera (GMA-7)
7. Kim Chiu (ABS-CBN)
8. Robin Padilla (ABS-CBN)
9. sarah geronimo (ABS-CBN)
10. Judy Ann Santos (ABS-CBN)

11. Vic Sotto (GMA-7)

12. Anne Curtis (ABS-CBN)

13. Angel Locsin (ABS-CBN)
14. Boy Abunda (ABS-CBN)
15. KC Concepcion (ABS-CBN)

16. Ryan Agoncillo (GMA-7)
17. Dingdong Dantes (GMA-7)
18. Gerald Anderson and Bea Alonzo (ABS-CBN)
19. Jericho Rosales and Michael V (ABS-CBN)(GMA-7)
20. Ai-Ai Delas Alas and Derek Ramsey (ABS-CBN)

Source: http://kakulay.blog.com

Just one day ...to thank HIM :)

" Today don't beg, don't ask, just thank God in silence for all the 
blessings in your life " - Paolo Coehlo
I so love this post and it made realized what GRATITUDE means. So often , when i pray, it takes me a while to pray for my needs- favors, provisions,healing ,etc, but so little time i give to gratify Him.I forgot ,if not for the blessings of life ,i wouldn't be here praying at all. So often ,I complain about the delays in my requests,but i forgot to think of all the surprisingly-wonderful things that happened to me- a very-touching text from a good friend, randomly picking "forgotten-money" from a pocket when you need it, waking up in the morning having the feeling that "today's gonna be great day ". 







God knows my needs,my wants , my desires and most of all... He knows when to give them. I just wish that i can always remind myself that the blessings are overwhelming that i should spend at least one WHOLE DAY , just to thank HIM , NO requesting, no begging etc. Just one day ... to thank HIM. 

What Is a FRIEND?

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.  ~Douglas Pagels

Friends are those rare people who ask how you are and then wait for the answer.  ~Author Unknown

A good friend is cheaper than therapy.  ~Author Unknown

If I had to sum up Friendship in one word, it would be Comfort.  ~Terri Guillemets

True friends stab you in the front.  ~Oscar Wilde

The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.  ~Elisabeth Foley

But oh! the blessing it is to have a friend to whom one can speak fearlessly on any subject; with whom one's deepest as well as one's most foolish thoughts come out simply and safely.  Oh, the comfort - the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person - having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.  ~Dinah Craik, A Life for a Life, 1859

Noneness

My life's not perfect neither am i , i have my fairshare of ups and downs , i have been a good fellow to my friends but enemy to some who don't know me well. I have done so many things in the past , that may have hurt some people i love and  people i know. But i also tried my very best to be the best person i am. I've just wanted to live my life the best way i know how. And yes... despite of all the downs... i'm just starting to realize that i have never been this contented in life until now.

RaIN

i love rainy day
it offers me a lot of things
laid-back day
laid-back mood
laid back me :)

Mark Harris' in Manila

 We watched Mark Harris' concert last Sunday after our Sunday service.
It was such a great experience, the moment was very overwhelming . Been blessed to be one of those people to feel what i felt , it was indescribable.

My tears were keep falling down my cheeks that I had to hide my face. :)

It was such a blessed moment and I was so lucky to be part of it and i can say .. it made our Father's Day Celebration complete!


 (Too bad wasn't able to upload some of the videos I took :(    )

" life is short... live life to the fullest "

I couldn't believe what I saw on the news. A one-year old child, hit by a stray bullet while sleeping in the middle of the night.

May narinig daw na ingay sa bubong yung mother ng bata . Di pinansin ng mag-asawa , kala nila wala lang , then the mother saw a hole sa ceiling nila and the father saw his one-year old son, na naliligo sa sarili nyang dugo. 

It was a shocking news. I know , this is not the first time, na nangyari ito, pero sa isang taong gulang na natutulog lang... I cant put into words kung ano ang naramdaman ko. As a mother, I know how painful it is to be in the mother's situation. 

This made me realize how short life is here on earth. I know its passe to say " life is short, live life to the fullest ".

Ilang beses na nating narinig ito at ilang beses na rin nating sinabi ito sa sarili naten at maaaring sa ibang tao rin . 

But do we really know how short our lives are ? How fast the clock is tickling? Are we really living our lives to the fullest? How can we say we are?

No one can really answer the last two questions except ourselves, coz we have different definitions on " living life to the fullest " . 

Naalala ko tuloy yung prayer ng anak ko pag matutulog na kame. 

Thank you Lord for the world so sweet 

Thank you Lord for the bird that sings

Thank you Lord for the food we eat 

Thank you Lord for everything. Amen .

Nung first time kong marinig to , parang wala lang, was just a common "baby prayer" .  Pero lately , " narinig " ko na sya. The very essence of the prayer. BE GRATEFUL coz we are still here on earth...moving, feeling, sensing, laughing , living and blessed . 

And yes..... " life is short... live life to the fullest " 

Happy Father's day!!! Need I say more?

Happy Father's day!!!


Bigla lang akong nacurious kung saan, kailan at pano nagkaroon ng Father's Day celebration . 
Ayon sa wikipedia.com , Father's Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. It is celebrated on the third Sunday of June in many countries and on other days elsewhere. It complements Mother's Day, the celebration honoring mothers.


Nagsimula daw ang actual father's day celebration noong  July 5, 1908 sa Fairmont, West Virginia. Ito ay inoorganize ni  Mrs. Grace Golden Clayton upang icelebrate ang mga 210 father's na namatay sa  Monongah Mining disaster noong 1907. Pinili nya ang 3rd sunday of June, dahil  itop ang pinakamalapit na date sa birthday ng kanyang amang namatay ... and the rest is history.


Imagine, nagmula sa pag-alala sa mga namatay, pero ngayun, sine-celebrate ng mga buhay.
So , i guess, malinaw ang mensahe ng Father's Day . It's about life and the celebration of life. 


I've lost my father when he was 44, it was a sudden death, so unexpected. 
Loosing a father is " pain " . Pero sa katulad ko na hindi nagkaroon ng "alomost-perfect" relationship sa isang ama, hindi lang sya pain .. kundi isa rin syang regret. 
Kaya sana habang buhay sila, damdamin sana natin ang presensya nila at habang buhay tayo , iparamdam din naman naten sa kanila ang ating presensya para maramdaman naten ang totoong Selebrasyon ng mga Ama. 


Happy Father's Day!!! Need I say more?

Praise God everywhere in the Philippines

I have come across an article sa CNN.com titled My Faith: How saying a blessing changed my secular family's meals  , its about , saying grace before meal.Yung writer ay nagkwento tungkol sa kanyang  3-year old daughter who taught her the idea of saying the blessing bago sila kumain. Ang gustong iemphasize ng writer dito is , kung magpapasalamat ka sa mga grasyang natatanggap mo ,it doesnt have to mention GOD .Pwedeng mo daw pasalamatan ang mga magsasakang nagtanim at umani ng mga gulay at bigas na nasa hapag-kainan naten,  ang mga tindera na nagtitinda ng mga pagkaing binibili naten , ang mga driver ng trucks na nagbibyahe ng mga kalakal na binibili natin . Wow! seriousy ? May , mga tao pala talagang ganito ang way of thinking. Pero mas lalo akong naging interesado sa mga komento ng mga nagbasa ng article nato. I was so SHOCKED . Shocked na totoo palang may mga taong hindi naniniwala sa Diyos or yung mga atheists , mga taong naniniwalang walang Diyos or yung mga agnostics , mga taong hindi naniniwala sa relihiyon or may ibang paniniwala.
I remember, there was even  a comment na , pang-momolestya daw when you ask a student to pray in a public school, and sa US daw accordnig connectgroup lider namen, you cant worship in a public place or else , madedemanda ka, now i can say it's true pala talaga.
Ngayun ko narerealize ang palaging sinasabe ni  Pstr. David Sumrall, na we are so lucky to be living in this country, where we can praise and worship God anywhere. The first time i heard him saying that, napaisip ako na , pwede naman talagang iworship si God anywhere, but now i realize i was wrong nang mabasa ko ang mga comments sa article na to.
Now, what i'm trying to say is , Pastor Sumrall is right. I should be thankful living in a third-world-country whose God is first class. Na may Diyos na , pwede mong sambahin at purihin , kahit san , kahit kailan.

ACV

At dahil nga sakitin ako, im starting to get conscious ... or should i say ...health-conscious ...really?
I've tried so may different herbal supplements, gadgets etc. Well, siguro at some point, nakatulong sila, kaya lang problema saken, madali akong mainip, at walang akong consistency. Papalit-palit. Pero infairness, nag-improve naman talaga ang immune system ko from taking those supplements. 
Pero recently, my husband introduced to me another " alternative medecine/supplement " , ang Apple Cider Vinegar or ACV.

 Pero hindi rin naman ako naniwala agad , although , matagal ko nang naririnig na ang ACV ay magandang alternative med , lalo na sa acid reflux , which I incidentally have. So , i contacted my bestfriend google and we did my research. Then I have discovered the wonders of ACV :) . I've checked several websites , like about.com, at lahat ng sites na nagpublish ng article about ACV , ay may common denominator. ITS GOOD FOR THE HEALTH. Marami syang mga benefits at ilan dito ang mga ff :

• nakakatulong sa mga diabetics - kase according to about.com , at iko-quote ko na lang " 
  in a 2007 study published inDiabetes Care, researchers found that type 2 diabetes patients who consumed two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar at bedtime showed favorable changes in blood sugar levels the following morning
• Sa cholesterol naman - again i qoute "
  Published in the British Journal of Nutrition, a 2006 study found that rats fed acetic acid for 19 days had a significant reduction in total cholesterol and triglyceride levels" 
• Weight Loss - eto ang favorite part ko sa lahat ng nalaman ko, sa article na nabasa ko "
  There is limited scientific support for the claim that apple cider vinegar can promote weight loss. However, one small study (published in Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry in 2009) found that obese people who consumed acetic acid daily for 12 weeks experienced significant decreases in body weight, abdominal fat, waist circumference, and triglycerides. In tests on mice, another 2009 study (published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry) found that acetic acid may help prevent the buildup of body fat and certain liver fats.

O diba, napakagandang mga revelations. Ilan lang yan sa mga benefits na nabasa ko about ACV. Di nga lang kagandahan ang lasa, but WHO CARES! Tingnan mo na lang ang mga benefits, and never mind the taste. 

the weather today :)

today.. im soo loving the weather because....

it's so inviting ...

so relaxing ....

soothing ...

  good mood...

happy...

sarap magkape..... :)

;'(

He's not supposed to see me crying.... And I'm not supposed to let him see me crying :'(

But we both did and it broke my heart.
I wish I could turn back the time... But I can't.
But I won't let it happen again.
he has to see me as...if not strongest woman on earth.
But at least strong enough to fight for him.

Existence

Sometimes I feel as if I don't exist
I want to be treated as important as everybody is
Am I that bad?
I don't think so

Flaws? I have lots of those
And I don't deny the fact that I always fall short
I'm just human you know?
But I know I can't always use that as a passport

But where the problem lies?
Until now I really don't know why
I feel like this, as if I don't exist

...Or may I really don't.... RIP †

down ☹

I'm feeling down again
But I know this is just temporary
And I want the soonest end
To feel that I'm just like an ordinary

This is one of those moments that I hate
Coz I'm forgetting how I'm blessed
Everyday I pray not to encounter this
Coz its really taking out all the bliss

Noone really knows about this
Only myself that is so selfish
I opted to keep this to myself
Thinking its not a big deal and soon it'll end

down ☹

I'm feeling down again
But I know this is just temporary
And I want the soonest end
To feel that I'm just like an ordinary

This is one of those moments that I hate
Coz I'm forgetting how I'm blessed
Everyday I pray not to encounter this
Coz its really taking out all the bliss

Noone really knows about this
Only myself that is so selfish
I opted to keep this to myself
Thinking its not a big deal and soon it'll end

penitensya

April 17, Palm Sunday, eto ang start ng Holy Week , at eto rin ang umpisa ng sarili kong " penitensya". I was at the office ng makaramdam akong ng pananakit sa abdomen ko na abot sa likod, at konting short of breathing. Hindi ko na kinakaya, kaya I rushed myself to the ER... and that was the beginning of the story.

ER

First day, Palm Sunday . Emergency room , MANILA EAST MEDICAL CENTER , was given pain relievers via IV.

April 18th, Antipolo Doctors Hospital , Antipolo City .

Monday around 2am , was admitted at Antipolo Doctors rm 217  under Dr.  Manalo ... and the rest was history....

this is not my actual ultrasound results ( nasearch ko lang to sa goole from  madisonradiologists.com )

Was given the usual  GERD medication, kase based sa symptoms and sa medical history ko and since hindi matanggal ang pain, I underwent several lab tests , sa  pancreas and liver , and all the tests were okay . So , inultrasound ako, and doon na nakita na meron akong Bile Duct Stones or Choledocholithiasis . Nung marinig ko sa attending physician ko na ieendorse nya ko sa surgeon , nanlumo ako at nablangko na isip ko . To make the story short, inoperahan ako , under Dr, Sandejas from The Medical City  through Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedure on Wednesay . Nagresearch ako sa Youtube ng ERCP procedure and i found several videos  including this ERCP PROCEDURE , and good thing hindi ako nakapanood ng ganito before . The operation went well by God's grace. Supposed to be discharged on Friday, but i suddenly felt an extreme pain sa right abdomen ko, it was rated 10 from scale of 1-10 . Sabe ny doktor , maaring napwersa , kase kumilos ako ng kumilos , dahil masyado akong naging kampante, porke wala kong hiwa. Buti naman hindi na umulit and pain at nakalabas ako ng Sabado de Gloria at nasa bahay ako ng Linggo ng Pagkabuhay . 

penitensya

another song i like

 Adrienne Pierce Laundry and Dishes 

Another song by Adrienne Pierce.

Lyrics:
I lost my phone
Lost my coffee cup
Make things disappear
Then I make things up
I lost you, then I lost my way
And I make it difficult for you to say the things you want to say

I am right, right in the eye, of the storm, and I am wondering why

I've been watching, oh I I've been watching you
There are so many, so many secrets Ive been keeping too

Open the coffin, there's nothing inside
There are fake stars shining in the sky
And when I wake up I find I am still dreaming
In the bathtub, the salmon are teeming

Maybe I need to see something grow
See black soil, green shoots
Maybe I need to touch down
I need heavier boots

I have been watching, oh I I've been watching you
There are so many, so many secrets Ive been..

Father and Son

Another moments that im soo happy to capture.  Love seeing them like this, it gives me soo much joy. Alam kong  hindi ako maiintindihan ng iba coz there were just ordinary shots, but actually, it wasnt the picture , but yung  moments nila, yung just between the two of them . yung sila lang ang nagkakaintindihan. And i leave it like that. 

Thank you Moosegear!

Finally! nareceive na namen ang prizes ni Matthugh from Moosegear Apparel na  matagal nya ng inaabangan . Eto yung sa photocontest na sinalihan ni Matt last March. It was delivered through LBC. The prizes consist of 2 shirts , one long pants and one short pants , and they cost 2,000 in total. Tuwang-tuwa si Matthugh, and he even tried them all as soon as we opened the plastic. It was really a fun and great experience for him.And I'm really happy to give him this kind of experience. Thank God for the blessings . ",) 

bicycle

Isa sa mga moments ni matt na masarap panoorin. Kita ko kung gaano sya kapursigidong matutong magbisikleta. Naalala ko tuloy nung bata pa ko. nung nag-aaral akong mag-bike, kaibahan lang , wala akong nanay na kaasing-OA ko . We even watched a youtube video on " how to ride a bike " Hahahaha! Naiinis tuloy saken si  matt , kase ang ingay ko daw habang tinuturuan ko sya sa labas ng bahay .  But i cant really help it,  I'm sooo excited as he is. ",) .

An experience ...

from moosegrear photo contest

Last march 2011, napagtripan kong isali ang anak ko sa  Moosegear Pick of the Month March 2011  .  I submitted several photos middle of march na, and when i checked some entries , yung iba , nasa 1000+ likes na , but i still joined, kase binasa ko yung mechanics , there will  be judges to judge the photos,so hindi lang magbebase sa votes,  although , 40% ay manggagaling din sa mga " likes ". Anyway, yung "trip-trip" lang , naging "career" , i started posting the campaign sa mga walls ng mga close friends ko sa FB and even yung hindi ko mga close ",) . i even sent PM's (hahaha naiimagine ko sarili ko) . And mas lalo akong nagpursigi , kase one morning, when i checked mg FB account, may son, Matthugh, saw me viewing the moosegear photo album and he asked me.." mommy ilan na yung bumoto saken? " . I was surprised kase, hindi ko akalain na pati sya, nagmomonitor pala. Voting eneded in march 31st , i know mommies would undertand me when i say, kinabahan ako,  kase i was hoping na mapili si Matt. April 4, winners were announced.

Pagkagising na pagkagising ko ng April 4th, nagopen agad ako ng FB , and went to Moosegear page to check for the winners, i saw a set of pictures , with photos and wala yung picture ni Matt, na-sad ako, sabe ko sa sarili ko  " ay hindi nanalo si Matt" , pero i noticed , the caption said consolation winners. bigla akong nabuhayan ng loob,  and i immediately scrolled my mouse down, and there i saw  the picture sa above. WOW! sobrang saya namen sa bahay! This really an experience that we will never forget! ",)

pesto pasta!

dpag badtrip, bad mood, stressed, depressed , having a bad day or even a bad-hair day, pag gustong mag-isa, pag malungkot, anxious at kung anu-ano pang nega.... isa sa mga bagay na sa akin ay nagpapasaya ay ang ...pesto pasta !!!

FACEBOOK

FACEBOOK (stylized facebook) is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc 

Phenomenal. This is one way to describe and naging success ng Facebook or kilala rin sa alias na FB. As of january 2011 more than half billion na ang subscribers ng social networking site na to, and, I admit isa ko sa mga yan. In fact, I access my FB sa pc at sa cp (hindi ako adik) . Marami na rin akong social networking sites na natry (Friendster, Multiply, myspace, twitter) pero sa FB lang talaga ko nagbabad ng ganito. Siguro kase , dahil na rin sa mga added features nito tulad ng mga games na sobrang patok. Diba mga cityville neighbors? Pero naisip ko lang bigla habang nasa shortbreak ako, sinu-sino nga ba ang mga mahihilig sa FB. Nagformulate ako ng teorya...
1) Chismosa ~ sila ang mga taong gusto tingnan , alamin and mga pangyayari sa mga taong, close nila, hindi nila masyadong close, at mga kinaiinisan nila. Sila yung mga gustong palaging updated sa mga events sa buhay ng ibang tao.
2) KSP ~ sila yung kulang sa pansin. Mga taong gustong patok ang mga shout outs or status updates. Sila ang mga taong masaya pag maraming likes and comments ang posts. At sad pag dedma and statusd update, kaya gagawa ng nakakawindang na post para mapansin.
3) Racketeers ~ sila ang sobrsang dame ng friends. Kakainggit sila minsan. Pero 3/4 ng mga to di nila kilala personally. They just needed to be friends with everybody kase nga sila ay mga RACKETEERS. The more contacts, the more the opportunities, the more rackets to come. Hahahaha
4) IN-ners ~ sila yung mga taong nagFB para IN.
5) Flaunters ~ sila yung taong flaunt everything kahit la ng wenta , still mega-post the pictures, bagong phone, laptop, shoes, bags, bagong kurtina, throw pillow, dust pan at kung anu-ano pa. Hahaha
6) MISSIONARIES~ sila naman ang mga taong kahanga-hanga dahil they're using FB in productive ways. Sila yung mga taong using FB to spread the word of God, or yung mga taong gumagawa ng page, to spread useful information from religion, mga alternative meds, latest gadgets and technologies.

Well , again, these are all opinions. Katuwaan lang. Whatever classification you fall into ... isa lang ang mensahe ko : BE RESPONSIBLE.  ",)

another...

Japan was struck by another 7.4 magnitude earthquake according to CNN

According to the new , this new quake was closer to the coast, than the previous one.

GOD bless the japanese. Let's pray for them .

S-M-I-L-E ", )

umaga na... and i'm still alive. another day to celebrate. ito ang mga moments na gusto ko, cool lang, lang hiccups. tama lang . kahit na marami pressures sa work , at sa bahay , hindi nila ko naoovercome.eto yung moment na dama mo talaga na masarap mabuhay, ang ganda ng lahat ng bahay sa paligid mo , hindi ka madaling mainis, haba ng pasensya mo , ganda ng outlook mo sa buhay. la kang negativity sa isip mo. nakakapag-isip ka ng maayos, at nakakapagtrabaho ka ng maayos. eto siguro ung isa sa mga benefits ng pagtanggap mo kay Kristo, yung totong pagyakap mo sa isang pagiging kristyano. kaya siguro sabe nga sa isang kanta .. ang buhay ng kristyano ay masayang tunay . cheers!!!!

intro

Nineteen-seventy six,...the day i was blessed with this life.
yes im soo blessed.