A Biblical Portrait of Marriage

Last week, Cathy invited us to join the Tuesday bible study, A Biblical Portrait of Marriage by noted Christian author and speaker Bruce Wilkinson. It drew my interest. The study covers six part series on diverse topics such as sex to spirituality, from in-laws to God’s laws where Dr. Wilkinson addresses couples at every [...]

Filed under: Marriage, Spiritual

Chatting with Bayantel guys

I’m right now at the VOIP conference having a lunch break. Remember that entry I wrote about the Bayantel ad? I visited their Bayantel booth to check out their Sky Internet VOIP services. For their cheapest subscription fee of 499 pesos a month with a 2900 pesos installation fee, one can get clear voice [...]

Filed under: Asides, Business & Marketing

Letting out Anger

I am angry at this person. If I was working on my recovery program, I wouldn’t get angry. If I was a good Christian, I wouldn’t feel angry…. If I am really using the daily affirmations about how happy I am, I wouldn’t be angry. Those are the old messages that seduces us into not [...]

Filed under: Grief Education, Recovery Principles, Spiritual

VoIP Conference 2006

Just came from the First International VoIP Conference in the Philippines at the World Trade Center. The conference is timely because the House of Representatives just recently approved the VoIP deregulation bill on June 5, 2006. The Senate has yet to approve it. Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) is a transmission technology that uses the [...]

Filed under: Asides, Money & Investment, Online Culture

Vacation Ownership

Read Danvil Plans, Crown Regency, Nuskin and other Scams
“You have just won a FREE 4 days 3 night package for two including 2 children from Crown Regency Hotel.“, the caller congratulated me. I know there is always a catch to freebies. They got my name from a “raffle stub” that I dropped at the [...]

Filed under: Lifestyle, Money & Investment

Pinoy Entrepreneurship: Fil-Negosyo Expo 2006

I had a lot of time to kill before picking up my daughters at their dorm yesterday. I knew about the Fil Negosyo Expo 2006 at the 5th floor Megatrade Hall, SM Megamall starting on June 23 till July 2, 2006 . My curiosity got the better of me. What are the latest small business [...]

Filed under: Business & Marketing, Money & Investment

On College Tuition, Investment and Financial Responsibility

You have a stockholder’s meeting on June 29 at the Mandarin Hotel. I placed the invitation on my daughter’s tables.
Both girls suddenly got interested. “a whaat?“. I started to explain.
Remember the college funds that you invested a year ago?
We will probably be the youngest in there. They chorused.
Though Marielle’s college [...]

Filed under: Kids, Money & Investment

Menopausal Pregnancy

No I’m not pregnant. I thought I was. The past few weeks was so stressful. My husband worried over the state of my health. Imagine, if I had blogged “I’m 49 and I’m pregnant“. Would I cry or laugh if that happened? When I confided my fears [...]

Filed under: Parenting & Family, Women Issues

Blogger’s Rights

My daughter receives threats and insults from internet bullies every now and then because of her “bombastic” blog entries. I recall the times she was bullied on her entries about speaking english over tagalog, the jologs, the conyos and lastly, her roomie rants. Sometimes I attribute it to jealousy. [...]

Filed under: Bloggers