My 10th Photo

Sheez, it's been a long time since I post a tag here and now I'm posting my first for this year. I got his tag from Jona :)

Here are the RULES:

1. Look through your photo archives for the chosen blog and pull out the tenth photo you posted.

2.Tell us a little about it.

3.Tag five more players.

4.Let the fun begin!

Here's the tenth photo I posted on this blog. I begin blogging when I was preparing for my wedding so the very first batch of photos I posted here were all about my wedding. It was one of the happiest moment of my life.

Now, I tag you: Toni, Milet, Chris, Jacque, and Vannie

"Spread The Linky Love"

Thanks Mommy Van for this :)

The Rules:

-Try to make a post just like this one and mention this process.

-From the list of blog sites below remove the number 1 and move the rest in the list 1 step higher (i. e number 2 becomes number 1, and so on). Add your blog name in the 5th position. Don’t forget to copy the links. (Here’s my list-my site added in the end)

1.Simple Happy Life
2.Sweet Nothings
3.FickleMinded
4.Ozzy's Mom
5.Mhay

List five of your friend’s blogsite here with the link and inform them of this post and ask them to do the same. And here’s my five list of fellow blogger who could use some

1. Lilet of My One Desire
2. Kitts of Marriage, Think Twice
3. Toni of Our Growing Family
4. Chris of Mommy Journey
5. Jona of A Time to Weep, and A Time To Laugh

8 Things

A tag from Mye..here's to start the month of July. Thanks Mye!

8 Things I'm looking Forward To:

♥ Our trip to Baler, Aurora this weekend
♥ House transfer (hopefully soon)
♥ Getting my Driver's license
♥ My birthday!
♥ Gifts from hubby (should be two)
♥ Baby #2
♥ Our anniversary celebration
♥ A ministry trip to Aklan

8 Things I Did Yesterday:

♥ Went to work
♥ Update my To-do list at work and worked on it.
♥ Search for some songs for the boss.
♥ Ate blueberry cheesecake from coffee bean
♥ Buy some ingredients from the market
♥ Buy vitamins for the little girl
♥ Watched my favorite teleserye
♥ Blog

8 Things I Wish I Could Do:

♥ Asian tour with my family
♥ Splurge using my paypal money
♥ Do animation using photoshop
♥ Set up another blog and religiously update it
♥ Be a WAHM..or..
♥ Shift career
♥ Earn bigger than what I'm earning now
♥ Play a musical instrument

8 TV Shows I Watch:

♥ Asap 09
♥ TV patrol news
♥ Bud Brothers
♥ Tayong Dalawa
♥ HBO
♥ Etc
♥ AXN TV Series
♥ Discovery Channel

8 People I Tag:
Don't have eight so I'll just tag four :)

♥ Lilet
♥ Jona
♥ Nette
♥ Kitts

Purse Talk

This tag is from cute Mye :)

1. Post a picture of whatever bag you are carrying as of late. No, you can't go into your closet and pull out your favorite purse! We want to know what you carried today or the last time you left the house.
2. List how much it cost. And this is not to judge. This is for entertainment purposes only. So spill it. And if there is a story to go along with how you obtained it, we'd love to hear it.
3. Tag some chicks. And link back to this post so people know why the heck you're showing everyone your bag.

Okay, this is the bag that my monito gave me last Christmas during our "kris-kringle". It's a Jovanni Bag which actual costs was P1,200. but we got it at half the price. My monito was so generous. Our gifts should only cost P200 but he insisted he'll give this to me. I'm so touched.

Anyway, I use this bag twice a week to match my Tuesday and Thursday uniforms. What's inside? My kikay kit, of course, my wallet, my eye glasses, a hand sanitizer, and a note pad with pen.

I'm now passing this tag to Vannie, Jona, Lilet, Jannese and Milet.

I Am A Mother; I Am A Wife

Thank for this tag Vannie :)

Rules PLEASE:

1. Link with the person who tagged you.
2. Copy above images.
3. Post this on any or all of your Blog/s.
4. Answer the two-part questionnaire following these Rules. (Feel free to elaborate your answers. For questions 8 - 14, post only the one (1) which you believe best describes your choice.)
5. Share this with at least seven (7) friends on your Blog Roll.
6. Come back to Living A' La Mode (DO NOT CHANGE THIS LINK PLEASE.) and leave the URL of your Post in order for you/your Blog to be added to the Master List.
7. Have fun!

Master List:

1. Tet of A Sweet Taste of Life
2. Cee of Living A' La Mode
3. Dez of My Life in this Wonderful World
4. Vanniedosa of Life With Style
5. Mhay of Married and Happy About It

Parenting Style

1. Do you exercise full or minimal control over your child's / children's behavior?
~I exercise full control over my child's behavior.
2. Do you expect your child / children to obey 100% or let her / him / them do what pleases her / him / them?
~I don't expect her to obey me a 100% now, but hopefully when she gets older she would.
3. Do you welcome discussion or you simply set rules?
~I welcome discussion. I often talk to my daughter, explain to her why I need to spank her or why what she wants is not good for her. I also give her choices. And these works well with us.
4. Do you reprimand?
~Yes, of course.
5. Do you use spanking for punishment?
~Yes but not all the time. Sometimes I let her face the wall.
6. Do you use some kind of a reward System for motivation?
~Sometimes.
7. Do you enjoy being a Parent?
~Yup. Very much!
8. Are you a hands-on Parent or do you have a full-time Nanny?
~I have a full-time nanny who takes care of her everyday when I'm at work. When Im at home specially during weekends, I see to it that I give all of my time to her.
9. At what age would you let your child make simple decisions for himself / herself?
~I let her make simple decisions now.
10.Do you and your Husband have the same Parenting Style?
~I think I'm more strict than my husband.

Wife Style

7. How long have you been married?
~3 years and 8 months
8. How do you feel about being a Wife?
~I love it.
9. What has been your typical sleeping attire since you got married?
~ Pajamas, mostly cotton sleep wears
10. How do you show how appreciative you are of your Husband?
~By being affectionate and vocally appreciative.
11. What do you do when your Husband annoys you?
~Keep quiet for quite some time until he say sorry.
12. You are buying or planning to buy your first house as Husband and Wife ....
~We already did and we both like it.
13. How does your house look like at the end of the day when Hubby gets home?
~Very well kept
14. How do you feel about running a household?
~Exciting and Challenging
15. What is the sweetest gift you have given your Husband so far?
~Hmmm....a surprise birthday party last 2007... a month before he left for Riyadh.


Passing this to Heidi, Nette, Jona, Kitts, Lilet, Toni, and Yette


Also posted it here and here.

My Birthday Wishes

I was tag by Mye...

The Rules

1. Make a list of what you want for your Birthday.
2. The list should be 10 numbers.
3. Include the image of this Award on your Post.
4. Give it to 10 Friends of yours.

Though my birthday is still 4 months away, here are my wishes..

1. Good health for my whole family
2. More time with my family and my ministry
3. A more challenging and high paying job (?)
4. Travel (local or foreign )
5. A new car (?)
6. More online work
   
7. More savings
   
8. More fund for the extension of our new house.
9. New job for hubby
   
10. A new baby (:D)

That's it. Passing this to Nette, Kitts, and Heidi

Cute Blogger Award.

I got this award from cute Mye :) Thanks for this sis!

The Rules:
1. Each blogger must post these rules.

2. Each blogger starts with ten random facts/habits about themselves.

3. Bloggers that are tagged need to write ten facts about themselves. You need to choose ten people to tag and list their names.

Ten Random Facts About Me:

1. Masungit daw na mabait. hahaha! Kala lang nila masungit pero mabait lang talaga.

2. I love french fries dipped in sundae.

3. I love cooking. I can remake the dish I ate for the first time by only tasting it.

4. I never wore mini skirt in my whole life.

5. I love music.

6. I love make up and I know how to use it properly so I can do my own make up when I attend special occassions.

7. I am working in Ortigas.

8. I love taking pictures..my subject: My daughter.

9. The frst site that I open everyday is my email.

10. I am a worship leader in our church.

I don't think I can passed this to ten people so I'll just let Lilet, Jona, Nice, Kitts and Toni do this tag.

I am Fabulous!

Vannie's statement which is now my statement because I was given an award for it! Thanks Vannie :)

The Rules for the Tag are:

1. You need to list 5 Addictions that you have.
2. You have to pass this Tag to five (5) or more people with fabulous Blogs.

My Five Addictions:

1. Internet - I'm not calling it a day if I'm not able to go online. That includes blogging, watching TV shows online, emails etc.
2. Dresses & Shoes - I think all girls love this too, right?
3. I love Betty La Fea - I wouldn't want to miss an episode. Buti na lang there are sites where I can view episodes I missed.
4. Music - I cannot work without music.
5. Writing on my journal (daily) - the is where I write everything. How I feel, my thoughts, the events of the day and my daughter's milestones.

I'll pass this to Toni, Milet, Mai, Kitts, and Jona.



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On the Spot

I was put on the spot by Vannie..

Sorry Van, I am not able to do this tag agad since I have no time to take a picture of my self...

And here it goes..my unedited picture...

Here are the rules:

1. Take a picture of yourself right Now! (The moment you read this tag)
2. Don’t change your clothes, don’t fix your hair, just take a picture.
3. Post that picture without editing.
4. Post these instructions with your picture.
5. Tag 10 people to do this. And don’t forget to leave them a message about the tag.

I'm tagging Lilet, Toni, Mai, Heidi, and Nette.

The Smile Stone Award

This cute award was given by Mye :) Thanks sis!

My reason for smiling...

1. A wonderful daughter...who always makes me smile
   
2. A loving and responsible husband..
3. Good and loving friends...
4. Blessings from this blog and I hope will continue before the year ends.
5. My life as a whole where God is always present.

There are also a lot of simple things which makes me smile.

Why are you smiling about Lilet, Toni, Jhona?

“Kreative” Blogger Award

I got this award from Toni :)

The rules are:

• The winner may put the logo on his or her blog.
• Put a link to the person you got the award from.
• Nominate five blogs.
• Put links to the blogs.
• Leave a message to the nominees.

I'm giving this award the following people who I think are all creative (writers and digiscrappers): Milette, Van, Kitts, Mai, and Eds

Right Age for School

A tag from Mommie Van :)

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RULES:
1. Add your blog to the list. If you’re keeping multiple blogs, it’ll be fine if you add them all up and just post your answers in one of those blogs.
2. IMPORTANT: kindly get back to me [MAICEL] so i will be able to visit your sites, read your answers and include you in the masterlist.
3. Please do copy from Start to End.
4. You may tag as many online friends as you please.

Copy this Participants List:
Simple Delights / Motherhood in a Nutshell / 3 for 100 / All About Me / Living A’La Mode / A Mother’s Journal / My Life, My Journey / Chismis Today / Techicardia / Small and Simple Things / My Notebook / Glossa~licious / A Great Pleasure/ Also Mommy / Both Sides Now / Life is What we Make it / When SAHMone Speaks / When Silence Speaks / Etc Atbp / Everything About Deye / Ozzy's Mom / Me,Myself+2 / Fun.Fierce. Fabulous/ Kidd Designs / Married and Happy About It / YOUR BLOG HERE

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Do you have kids? Yes, a daughter.

How old are they? 28 months.

What do you think is the ideal age for the kids to be sent to school? Normally kids start going to pre-school at the age of five. For me, it can be as early as four as long as the child already shows interest.

Would you consider sending your 3-year-old toddler to school? Of course.

Explain your reasons : My daughter even attended a play/music school at the age of 2 and I think it helped in her social development. As long as it's a play school it's okay for me. I believe children at 3 still needs to have some fun so serious classroom type school is a no-no yet for her.

I'd like to hear your answers, Lilet, Kitts and Toni. :)

Colorstrology

This is interesting :) thanks to Jannese for giving the link.

Here's what the colorstrology said about my birthday:

July 20: THERE is something about you that is special. When people are in your presence, you inspire them to be more that they think they can be. You have a quality in your make up that needs to continually needs to grow and evolve, or you begin to feel disconnected from your adventurous spirit. Your personal color resonates with the gentle and peaceful side of your nature. Wearing, meditating or surrounding yourself with Butterfly helps you enjoy every moment in each stage of life that you are experiencing.

What's inside your fridge?

Go this tag from Eds :)

Play along and show us what's inside your fridge!

Players: All things YUMMY | Mommyhood and Me | My Charmed Life | My Joys | Shangrila Journey | Sassy Finds | My Colorful World | Our Journey to Life | Live it Up |Eds Mommy Life | Married and Happy About It | YOUR BLOG

Nakakahiya ipakita and laman ng fridge namin kasi wala naman talagang laman lol! But here are some of the items we store in our fridge:

• Jaden's yakult, chuckie and jellyace
• Frozen Products: Meat, Chicken, Fish
• Veggies pero konti lang kasi mabilis masira
• Sometimes hotdogs, hams and corned beef pero not always bumibili
• Dressing, mayo, sandwich spread
  
• Jaden's medicines and vitamins
• Cubed ice, juice, iced tea, ice cream, and water.
  
• Left-over food
• Some ingredients like oyster sauce, terriyaki sauce etc.
  

What's inside your fridge Milette, Lilet and Kitts?

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Books and More Books!

A book tag from Milette

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Do you read books to your child?

Does your child like to read books?

Do you like to buy new books or is second-hand ok?

Post a picture of your child’s bookshelf if you have one.

Drop a line in this blog if you receive this tag and do it.


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I love books and I love to read. When we had Jaden, I promised my self that I will read to her often so she'll like books too. It's not too early to start so even if she's still a month old hubby reads to her. Friends and relatives give her books as gifts during her 1st and 2nd birthday. Some of her books are brand new and some are second-hand-books.

Her dad reading her a book, she's just one week old ;)

These are all her books

She has books about Fairy Tales, Bibles and Bible Characters


Small (palm) books and animal shape books


Nursery Rhymes and others


Her first favorites are the Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, where she learned her first nursery rhyme (the book she's pointing at on the left) and Itsy Bitsy Spider (the yellow book) :)

Passing this to Toni and Kitts :)

Kids Ahoy Share-a-Book-Drive

Thanks for this Milette, let's help spread the word.

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You have done countless of tags and memes that somehow helped you increase your traffic. This time please join me in this tag, you will not only increase your traffic but you will be able to help put smiles on kids faces by spreading the word about Kids Ahoy Share-a-book-driveStart copy here

RULES:

1. Add your blog/s to the list. Feel free to add all your other blogs. It’s okey if you only post this in one blog as long as you answer them.

2. Get back to Me {architect} and I’ll add your blogs to the master’s list ! Note that you are not ALLOWED to change the link of the here.

3. Copy from Start to End.

4. Tag as many friends online you know. But you don’t need to be tag in order to join.

Dear family, friends, fellow reading advocates, parents and kid-lovers here and abroad!

Got CHILDREN'S Books? Want to share-a-book with Kids Ahoy? Want to give an early Christmas gift that many kids can enjoy and benefit from?

Visit our Amazon.com BookWishes list for ideas or ask us how you can help: (Philippines) kidsahoy@yahoo.com / 0920-9251891 / 4737896(US) 949-3407190Check out our blog post re Educators Top 100 Childrens Books: Whats your child's favorite book? http://kidsahoy.multiply.com/journal/item/97/

For the other MOMMIES out there who earns a lot mooolah on their blogging. You can donate by clicking on the amazon wishlist. Most books in the wishlist are priced less than $3. Or just send your kids pre-loved books. Leave a comment HERE so we can contact you how you can help.

I'm now asking Nice and Kitts to help spread the word.

My SCATTERGORIES starts with the letter "M"

Vannie passed this fun tag to me.

::::PLAYERS: Del / Carol / Eds / Vannie /Mhay/YOU!:::::

SCATTERGORIES…it’s harder than it looks! Erase my answers, enter yours, send it on to your friends. *Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following… *They have to be real places, names, things. Nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You CAN’T use your name for the boy/girl name question;

WHAT IS YOUR NAME - Mhay
4 LETTER WORD - More {time?!? :D}
VEHICLE - Mazda
TV Show - MTV asia
CITY- Melbourne

BOY NAME - Mark
OCCUPATION - Miner
SOMETHING YOU WEAR - Make-up
SOMETHING FOUND IN A BATHROOM - Mirror
REASON FOR BEING LATE - Migraine :D
SOMETHING YOU SHOUT - "My Gosh!"

Tagging Jhona, Janesse, Jean and Joy :)

Million Dollar Friend

Milette include me on her list for this award. She wrote:

Mhay, we share a lot of common things together since her daughter and mine have the same age. Also we are struggling to keep our lives normal inspite the fact that our husbands are far away from home.

I'm thankful for this sis. I am also glad to have known and met a friend in you. :)

Now I am giving this to :

Kitts - we also have things in common. I love reading her blog on how she raises her daughter as well. I learn some things just by reading her blog.

Lilet - She's an officemate and a friend. We seem to be at the same "wavelength".

Vannie - I learn a lot just by reading her blogs. I consider and treasure her as one of my blog friends.

Toni - She's also an officemate and friend to me. I was able to learn about w@w and n@w and BUB and how to make money blogging through her :D.

BFF Gold Card Award

I got this award from Milette :) Thanks a lot sis!

Now here is the rule for this award.
1. Only 5 people are allowed to receive this award
2. Four (4) of them are followers of your blog.
3. One has to be new to your blog and live in another part of the world.
4. You must link back to who ever gave you the award.

I'm giving this to Lilet, Toni, Kitts, and Nice...and to Joy Burlinson.