Tell me about you

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One of the greatest pleasures of blogging is getting to know you through your comments and blog entries. I’d love to meet all of you, so I’m asking you to tell me about yourself.

You see, I’m curious. I want to know if the people who find this blog are mostly males or females…

1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s?

2. What do you do with your life? Are you a blogger too? Or a bereaved family member?

3. How did you find this blog?

4.How often do you come to visit?

5.What topics interest you the most?

If you humor me and tell me all about you, I promise to do these things:

1) I’ll visit your blog. If you have one, that is. And, if you leave the link when you comment here.

2) I’ll leave a comment or two in your blog. Maybe more, if you convert me as a regular reader.

3) I’ll tell you at least ONE thing that I like about you/your blog. I might even write all about you!

Even if you leave comments here and there , you can always tell me something about yourself that you’d like me to know – maybe something surprising, something you’re proud of, or something you think is cool about you. I look forward to knowing more about YOU.

(I got this idea from from Shai Coggin and Cottontimer.)

Lastly, please sign my map so I know what part of the world you are coming from.



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  • Angela

    Hi! I’m Angela and found your site while “googling” some infos on falling hair. My 14 year old daughter is having an unusual falling hair. I brought her to the dermatologist yesterday and hopefully the shampoo and minodixil she prescribed will do it.

    I, too, uses virgin oil for her hair. She has a thick, black and straight long hair so it really makes her hair more beautiful. That’s why her losing hair right now is freaking me out big time. Anyway, I have been using virgin oil for almost 3 years now and as I always say will be using it perhaps for the rest of my life. Two things I have found effective and safe and permanently found in my house are virgin oil and fern-c.

    I’m sorry about your son. I hope you somehow feel okay now and accepted the loss of him.

    God bless you.

    Angela

  • Larry

    Noemi, I am a 42 yr old construction manager. I was able to know your site thru the PHil. Daily Inquirer. Our family is presently grieving the death of my 5-year old son last april 22, 2007. I could very well relate to your blog and I could feel evey word and picture. I have not yet told my wife about your blog cause it will definitely bring back memories of our own little boy.

    Your louiejo and our POI’s (petname of Abram Paul) destiny has a lot of paralellism. Both died during a family outing, our Poi died in a fall accident in Cavinti, Laguna. Both died after the Holyweek. Both inquired about God, your son about St. John, while Poi talked about Sto. nino while on the way to Laguna. He even mimicked the crucified Jesus before leaving the house….

    Ohh! couldn’t continue any further, I will just make kwento in another forum.. am feeling sad again.

  • http://ibanaginthecity.blogspot.com lotusflower

    Hello,

    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s? I am in my 50’s
    2. What do you do with your life? Are you a blogger too? Or a bereaved family member? I am a blogger too. I am still in the healing process. Healing from the many physical pains resulting from my illnesses, and emotional pains too :-( I am mostly alone at home since my illness which my doctor discovered in 2003. (All the members of my family work). I had to resign from the stressful IT work environment. I used to drown myself with watching chefs at work on a cable channel. Later, I found out that blogging was something I could learn and do. Ultimately it became a venue to let go of my frustrations, depression, loneliness, etc.  Blogging gave me a renewed sense of self-confidence.
    You can find me at here ,here , here and here
    3. How did you find this blog? Through a link: http://macalua.com
    4.How often do you come to visit? This is my first time and I think it wouldn’t be my last.
    5.What topics interest you the most? Health and wellness, Life Enhancing Strategies, Parenting

    By the way, I am sorry about your boy. I guess, God works in many mysterious ways. God Bless.

    Thanks for this opportunity and I hope you can stop by my blog/s.

    Cheers!

  • http://www.friendster.com/quielsystems quiel

    Just click my name Miss Noemi and you will see my friendster profile. I just hope we could be friends Miss Noemi because I find you very interesting and sensible and I like friends that are very much like that, maybe thats the reason why they call me “suplado” and “mayabang”. They just dont understand me because I really hate senseless conversations and talks that i will not learn anything from. I love discovering revolutionary business ideas and fiddling accounting theories to find out accounting systems that would suit a particular SME. I guess I am a rebel in some way because I dont believe being just a mere salaried employee would take me elsewhere where I could grow professionally but to deviate from stereotypes and do my own “diskarte” and work without a stupid boss that I know is intellectually inferior than me. I hate not doing things my own way. ITS GONNA BE DONE MY WAY OR NO WAY AT ALL.

  • http://www.9monthsandafter.com darlyn

    hi im darlyn a writer, single and working mom… my daughter is 11 months old as of now… i was curious by your write ups and your story… im glad you recover now, dont worry God is taking good care of your son.. i am connected with Anne and Mary of http://www.9monthsandafter.com, they are concern on how to transform labor pain into pleasure but they are still looking on how to help expectant mother, during and after pregnancy… i had my blogspot too http://wwwdarlyngemwords.blogspot.com/ just visit if your interested… God bless you and more power.

  • http://forumfinder.net Breezie

    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s? I will be 61 in June.

    2. What do you do with your life? Are you a blogger too? Or a bereaved family member?
    Retired school bus driver who turned to blogging just this year. I am married to Dave now for 27 years and we have a 24 year old son named Matt. We also share our home with 2 cats, Salem and Snowball, as well as a spoiled dog named Bear.

    3. How did you find this blog? via Entrecard

    4.How often do you come to visit? This is my 3rd time so far.

    5.What topics interest you the most? Family life and pets.

  • http://zakishymn.blogspot.com Alain Yap

    I will be 40 in two year’s time. Graduated from UP Manila as a Nurse – worked with a US funded NGO as community nurse in urban relocation sites North of Metro Manila all the way to Bulacan and Nueva Ecija. That was my first job where I met my wife. Worked there for 15 years in a variety of posts. Wife and I both retired abruptly after first daughter was diagnosed with CAH. Hands-on parents for almost 3 years already. Founding member of CAHSAPI. Worked sparingly as Internet researcher and web content writer and is now dreadfully close to being axed as a dumb Marketing researcher for a tech startup. But happy, nonetheless since my kid is doing fine despite burden of her condition.

    Loves to read about anything, would go to great lengths researching using web. Loved surfing the net. Considers greatest web achievement – able to establish connection and friendship with a fave Brit 80s band whose music was the soundtrack of my youth. Expecting to meet more kind and compassionate people who need avenues to be able to share and practice love.

    Just found your site via j rocas. Am honored to be able to share in your life through this site. Hope I can also inspire people like you in my own different way.

    Best.
    alain

    Happy New Year di po.

  • http://www.marikenya.com mhel

    Hi sis! Thanks for dropping by my site and your comment. I’m very glad to know ur site, I can really relate with your experiences about losing your son, I lost mine too about 3 yrs ago and I still get teary-eyed whenever I think of him, like now…

    Now, about me…

    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s? Im actually turning 31 this January. :)

    2. What do you do with your life? Are you a blogger too? Or a bereaved family member? (Here’s my description in my Technorati) Marikenya by profession is an educator. By course, she was a writer, a journalist. By habit, she’s a voracious reader and a shopper. By choice, she’s a mother and a wife. By chance, she just turned into a blogger, and not just an ordinary blogger, but a buff!

    3. How did you find this blog? A lot of channels actually… through Jen’s Blog, through the comment you posted in my site and through Entrecard. :) I’m glad I did.

    4.How often do you come to visit? From now on, it will be whenever I can which means it will be pretty often.

    5.What topics interest you the most? Being a mom, the top thing I would be interested about are your posts on motherhood. As I’ve said in my intro, I’m also a mom who lost a child just like you and I feel comfort in your blog.

    This is actually the first time I talked of Marvic, my baby who I lost. You gave me the strength to talk about him. Thank you. Maybe one of these days, I would be writing about him too in my blog. :)

  • http://manilenya.com manilenya

    HI, ms noemi :) I am in my 30′s, currently working as a caregiver in Canada and yes a blogger too.
    I found your blog in Pinoyblog.com. I am not usual reader, but I do love to come by and read and learn and share what I am going to learn in your blog. But I can’t promise I’ll do that regularly lol! I spent my time online, usually to chat with my sister back home in the Phils and my mom and another sister in Singapore. hehehe I am telling you my life now eh!

  • http://aboutmyrecovery.com Noemi

    @Mhel- I am sorry for your loss and glad that you found my site. This Entrecard is so useful. Look how I found you. I have been twice to your blog. I hope you will find comfort here. It’s therapeutic to tell your story of your baby.

    @Manilenya- Of course online priority is always family. Isn’t it great we have all this technology within our reach. I am interested in your blog and hope to read more .

  • http://www.espalieronline.com ingrid

    Hi, I’m in my early 30′s…I’m a furniture exporter and at the same time I am working on my shoe business…a new pet project of mine..I came across your blog through google’s search engine..looking for tips on how to proceed with a new blog I have started for my brand Espalier over at wordpress.com.

    I decided to comment on your blog not only because its very informative but because like you, I am a survivor too…I have lost quite a lot of people in my life..my parent in particular…my grandparents..EVEN my Godparents!! I was so shaken by the tragedies that happened one after another and yet by the grace of God..thankfully for that…I am still STANDING.

    One can never totally recover after losing a loved one. The pain never ceases to make its presence felt. Its like a wound that will never heal. No matter what happens in life..those of us who has lost a loved one will never be the same again. I like reading blogs about people like who after all the trials and tribulations that life and death has dealt me with has remained firm in their faith…in the belief that there is a God..and everything happens for a reason.

    Indeed, the pain will always be there…but with our faith we will be able to see through the light and understand the how’s and the why’s of life’s journeys..we may not have the answers now…we may not get what we want now…but in God’s time we will come to understand what our role is in this cycle we call life.

    Thank you for sharing your life’s experiece with all of us.

  • http://brown-pinay.blogspot.com/ cielo

    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s? mid 30s

    2. What do you do with your life? Are you a blogger too? Or a bereaved family member? Im a working mom, asawa ng OFW, a blogger by the name of Brown Pinay (http://brown-pinay.blogspot.com/)

    3. How did you find this blog? Thru the “Yan ang Filipina” movement

    4.How often do you come to visit? regularly or whenever i have my time with the internet.

    5.What topics interest you the most? family and relationship

    ====
    Hi Ms, Noemi,
    You are one of my idols and role model in this blogging world. Thanks for the inspiration and for sharing your life so that others may learn.

    You’ll be seeing more of me here.

    Its me,
    cielo (aka Brown Pinay)

  • http://insensitivebitch.blogspot.com koni

    I’m 30 years old, Female. I am a lawyer. Yes I am blogger since 2001..and yes, I’m also a bereaved family member. We lost Nanay last year 2 days before my 30th birthday.

    I was browsing and found you..

    This is my first time to visit and read your blogs.. I’d probably visit everyday since that is part of my morning routine. ^^ I’m interested in Life, Love, family , relationship, career.. travel and good times.

    I miss my Nanay so much.. and nothing can ever compare to pain caused by losing someone so irreplaceable.

  • Maricor Precilla

    Hi. I just spent an hour browsing through your blog site. If I wasn’t at work, i’d definitely stay longer. Anyway, I am sure coming back to read more of your insights.

  • jennifer garcia

    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s? I’m 35

    2. What do you do with your life? Are you a blogger too? Or a bereaved family member? i’m a full-time mom, gave up my job a year ago to take care of my second son (i lost my first son two days after he was born in 2003)

    3. How did you find this blog? i was actually searching for info on david archuleta (we’re a big fan) when i found this

    4.How often do you come to visit? this is my first time

    5.What topics interest you the most? about your loss and the recovery .
    i have experienced losing a child and the pain is just too much that for while i was too angry with so many people, with so many things. when my second son came, it was like i came back to life.

  • http://www.joeymd.com Joey

    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s? I’m in my late thirties.

    2. What do you do with your life? Are you a blogger too? Or a bereaved family member?

    I’m a doctor, specifically an ophthalmologist. I’m also quite new to blogging.

    I lost quite a few family members throughout this decade.
    First, my father died of cancer in 2000 after more than a year of struggling with the disease. This was closely followed by the deaths of my maternal grandmother and my paternal grandfather in 2001. An uncle died 2002 at the height of the bird flue scare so we weren’t able to visit him in Hong Kong.

    The last incident was the most devastating for my family, both for the suddenness and the great tragedy itself. My uncle, my mom’s brother, brought his family to Thailand for a vacation in December 2004, just a month after my wedding. They were there when a big tsunami struck. Only the cremains of my uncle and my 2 cousins came back with my widowed aunt. My uncle was 44 and my cousins were 13 and 10.

    I still dream about them till now.

    3. How did you find this blog?

    I’m not really sure :D . I was bloghopping and noticed this blog on one of my friends’ blog and clicked…so here I was. Which friend, I’m not too sure!

    4.How often do you come to visit?

    I’ve just found this a few days ago, but I’ve been here quite a few times already!

    5.What topics interest you the most?

    I’m quite a voracious reader and I’m generally interested in what other people have to say so a variety of topics interest me.

    But since I’m quite a novice blogger, I’m also on the lookout for topics on improving my blog. :)

  • http://none Lorraine M.

    Hi – found your site in a search link and am really enjoying it. I have been sober/clean since 1982 and am looking to move to the Philipines because I really want to a) live where I can better afford to, b) travel in Asia, and c) be able to speak English more than not and get food I like easily. Here are my answers to your questions:

    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s? – I’m 55 and a now-single woman in recovery living right now in both Canada (where I am from) and the US.

    2. What do you do with your life? Are you a blogger too? Or a bereaved family member? – I travel a lot, sail a lot, try to help out whenever and wherever I am, research online often, love to watch online documentaries, read a ton of books, like music, am beginning to date again (which is very weird after 18+ years married), sponsor quite a few women by phone and online. I am not blogger and don’t have a website. I have lost family members and loved ones to drugs and alcohol as well.

    3. How did you find this blog? – internet search while looking for AA and expatriate sites in the Philipines.

    4.How often do you come to visit? – This summer will be my first visit, and I’ll be checking out the Philipines to see if I can move there.

    5.What topics interest you the most? – Anything to do with recovery, people’s histories and stories, good links…

    That’s it for now. Thanks for the blog. My best to you and yours, Lorraine

  • http://balutpress.com/zhey/ Hazel Chua

    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s? – 30′s

    2. What do you do with your life? Are you a blogger too? Or a bereaved family member? – blogger, homemaker, wife, work at home

    3. How did you find this blog?- bloghopping/through pinoyblogero

    4.How often do you come to visit? – ahhh, first time, what a shame, i should bloghop more often… but i resolve to visit regularly from now on… :)

    5.What topics interest you the most? – Christianity, woman empowerment, homemaking… basically just anything about making this world a better place. :)

    Hazel Chua’s last blog post..Me on Grace Talk Soup?

  • http://www.friendster.com/ryanlovelean leona dolino

    hi noemi..I’m leona dolino..i found this site thru google. I was looking for some suggestions on how to cope up after a death of a child. Honestly, I’m having difficulties coping up. I just lost my child last march 26, 2008. I lost my only daughter because of sepsis. It was very traumatic for us because we’ve seen her suffer so much in the hospital. We stayed their for a couple of weeks…still hoping Lean, my duaghter, will be able to survive. But she left us so soon. My husband and I were really hurt. I can’t explain what’s inside my heart knowing Lean will never be awake again. If I only knew she will be leaving us that early I should have stopped the time from running. I missed my daughter so much. I want to hug and kiss her again. I wanna sing her favorite song again because she really liked it. She always smiles at me everytime I sing that song. I know I’ll be missing her forever. She will be forever loved by us. On june 25, her third birthday, for sure I will cry hard on that day. Actually i’m looking forward to that day beacuse I have so many plans for her big day. But now she can’t be with us. My heart breaks everytime I remember Lean’s birthday. How I wish she will celebrate her 3rd birthday with us. How I wish I could hug and kiss her again on her birthday. God..I’m crying again….Please help me what to do…..Thanks…God bless you!!!

  • ofel soriano

    It is said that death is the only thing certain in this life… everyone of us is bound to take that leap to the other side…it is just a question of when. For those who have experienced the death of a loved one, they would know the void in one’s heart created by such loss. I have a friend who lost her daughter to cancer at the age of 20. I condoled with her and told her I know how it feels because I too have lost my baby daughter. She told me that my grief is nothing compared to hers because my baby died just a few hours after birth whereas she had nurtured her daughter for 20 years. I was hurt by that statement. Perhaps she did not mean to offend…perhaps she was just too hurt that she was not aware she was casting pain on others too. But as a mother, it was not fair for her to judge and gauge the measure of our respective losses by the length of time that we had our daughters in this life…Perhaps, in terms of memories, she would have a more difficult time adjusting to the loss because there are just too many memories that hold her back…but there is just no way of comparing her loss with mine… a loss is a loss, no matter how long or short a time we had the person in our life, just as there is no comparison to be made with respect to the pain felt by a mother who had lost her child… would either of us be able to tell the difference in the pain inflicted by a knife thrust in her heart and with that same knife thrust in my heart?

    My daughter Gabrielle Marie was born on October 2, the Feast of the Guardian Angels. She would have been 5 years old now….had she lived. I have waited so long to have a daughter (since my first born is a boy) and it took me and my husband almost six years to have another baby. So when I learned that I was going to have a baby girl, I just couldn’t contain my excitement. Even my son had been excited about having a baby sister. It had been a difficult pregnancy from the start but I wasn’t overly worried as my first pregnancy wasn’t an easy one either. I was supposed to give birth in the month of December but barely 7 months into my pregnancy, my blood pressure started to shoot up and I was brought to the hospital for monitoring of my blood pressure. Little did I know that it would be the start of the longest week in my life. Two days in the hospital and the doctors decided to deliver Gabrielle by C-section. At that point, I expressed my apprehension as I was thinking my baby may not yet be viable at that time. But according to the doctors, my life and the life of my baby would continue to be in danger if I continue with the pregnancy. By that time, they were having difficulty controlling my blood pressure. And so, praying for the best, I consented to the operation. I was awake the whole time and I even heard the faint cry of Gabrielle after they took her out of my tummy. And then silence. Later, in my room, I inquired how my baby was doing and I was told that she was fighting. The next day, I guess she didn’t have much strength to fight on and so sometime around 11:00 am I was told that my baby was dying. And I couldn’t go to her. I was stuck to my bed with the IV on my arm. And I have not yet even seen her face. The first time I got a glimpse of my baby was in the funeral home. My family said that perhaps it was for the best…that had Gabrielle survived, she would not have been a normal healthy baby because of the complications in my pregnancy. Would I have the heart then to see my daughter suffer? Was it selfish of me to want to hang on to her even at the thought that she could become a disabled child because of problems in her development… I started to ask why? Why did God allow me to get pregnant again only to take my baby so soon? My brother said that when things go wrong…we can’t help but ask why…but sometimes our role is not to ask why…but to ask how will God’s Glory shine in this. He said God has been merciful to spare me the pain of seeing my child suffer long that’s why He decided to take her back to His loving care…

    My doctor told me that Gabrielle offered her life for me… She said that had my baby not manifested signs of distress, they would not have taken her out prematurely. It was a risk they had to take if they have to save both of us… And after Gabrielle was delivered, my blood pressure suddenly stabilized. Unfortunately, my baby did not make it…she was too small…too underdeveloped to survive outside my womb…

    I know that she is happy in Heaven right now…I know that she was never meant to live the life of a mortal being…that she has always been considered by God as the answer to my prayer and that she is and will always be my Guardian Angel.

  • Terra

    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s? – early 20′s

    2. What do you do with your life? im a full time server and full time doting aunt!

    Are you a blogger too? i am now!

    3. How did you find this blog?- every sunday night on my way home from work i listen to Dawson McCallister Live and he mentioned the Wounded Bird Syndrome, so i looked it up and your page was the first to show up! ive read a few of your blogs and i am amazed at everything i have read!

    4.How often do you come to visit? – this is my first time! and now its being added to my favorites!

  • http://freestuffhereandnow.blogspot.com ging

    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s? 30s

    2. What do you do with your life?
    I am discovering my path. It’s been said that life begins at 40.
    Are you a blogger too? yes. i created a blog in apr 08. my blog is a semi-5Ws & 1H stuff.
    basically my interests and opinions about anything and everything.
    i am trying to put all in a basket, i guess. its a work and progress. be my 1st guest commenter?
    Or a bereaved family member? my father died when i was in college. he left for the states when i was 14.
    i never saw him thereafter. we talked briefly on the phone but i felt we never got to bond that well.
    my dog died and i felt that i am still grieving. up to now, i cant say yes to getting a new pet.

    3. How did you find this blog? i clicked on the ad from tanikalang ginto. i attended the 4th iblog summit. great talk by the way…

    4.How often do you come to visit? just now. i’m adding your site to the favorites list.

    5.What topics interest you the most? self-help, films, internet, photography, dogs

    ging’s last blog post..Iron Man

  • http://www.mychildlossgrief.org Cherri

    Noemi you are a true inspiration to me! July 21st will be 5 years since I lost my only child, my son Chris was murdered at the young age of 19. Thank you for sharing your inspiring journey with us.

    Light & Peace

    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s?—>40s

    2. What do you do with your life? Are you a blogger too? Or a bereaved family member?—> Bereaved Mother of my only child

    3. How did you find this blog?—>Surfing the net

    4.How often do you come to visit?—> I plan to visit again :0)

    5.What topics interest you the most?—> Supporting bereaved parents, educating outsiders, art, digital photography, sculpture.

    Cherris last blog post..June Site Update

  • quiapo

    Life is never the same again, after such a loss. And it is so unexpected, so much against the order of life, that a child’s death precedes a parent’s time. One cannot ever “get over” such a loss, one can only make the best of what is left. Your son lives on in you and in those who knew him and love him. He is with you now, more than ever, in your work, in your relationships, and in every part of your life. It is almost as if you have a secret that separates you from the outside world.
    It is so nice of you to be interested in your readers, but I really dont have much to say. I am an expatriate Filipino who migrated to Australia 37 years ago. I have made a life here, but my attachment to “home” remains strong.
    I wish you all that is best and good in your journey.
    quiapo

  • http://xeniaym.blogspot.com xenia

    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s? –> I’m 33

    2. What do you do with your life? –> Work too much. (IT Industry)
    Are you a blogger too? –> Yes
    Or a bereaved family member?
    I lost my father to cancer 10 years ago.
    I have a 6 year old daughter.
    I’ve been fighting cancer the last 2 years. I’ve been dealing with the spectre of death for some time. Yes, I’m afraid to loose my family and not knowing what will happen to them if I happen to die any time soon (to me that’s in the next 10 years — that’s just too soon).

    3. How did you find this blog?
    I was searching on information on Arnel Pineda and his Journey.

    4.How often do you come to visit?
    This is my first time. I intend to be back though.

    5.What topics interest you the most?
    I am very much impressed on how you are so open. Especially on the way you have been dealing with your grief. Even how the grief has affected your marriage. The transformation is amazing. I love happy endings. I know it’s not ended yet but it’s a great journey.

    Yes, I do have a blog. I try to keep it light when I don’t really have any news about my health. Like many Filipinos, I’m a conummate optimist. I try to find the happy things in life. It’s very difficult for me to dwell on how hard my life is since I know it could be so much worse. I’m so blessed and very thankful for it. But then, am I covering up these struggles? Is that somehow festering somewhere in my psyche?

    Has it helped you to be so open? Honestly, I can care less about the comments of strangers. But what about comments from people you trust that are hurtful (even though it was not meant to be so)? I’m not sure I’m ready to handle that.

    Notice that it’s all been about me? Like I said, I’m a blogger. Fancied myself a writer for a while.

    Anyway, I hope for the best for you and your family. I’ll include you in my prayers and send you good vibes.

    xenias last blog post..PET Scan results (6/16/2008)

  • http://candyq.blogspot.com Candy

    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s? 30s

    2. What do you do with your life? Are you a blogger too? Or a bereaved family member? I’m taking 2 years off from being a nurse be a SAHM to our first child. Yes, I blog, too but it’s more for myself than anything else.

    3. How did you find this blog? I added you as a friend on Plurk and here I am checking out your blog. :o )

    4.How often do you come to visit? This is my first time but I’ll definitely be back.

    5.What topics interest you the most? Anything and everything!

    I read your son’s story. I admire your strength. All the best to you & your family.

    Candys last blog post..half-hearted

  • http://anneled.multiply.com Mary Anne Ledesma-Deduque

    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s?
    I am 45.

    2. What do you do with your life? Are you a blogger too? Or a bereaved family member?
    I worked in various schools and universities for some twenty years as high school teacher, SPED teacher, guidance counselor, college professor, administrative assistant to a university president. At 42, I got married. At 44, I had my first baby. At this point, I quit my job and have since become a stay-at-home Mom although my last boss still asks me to do minimal work for him.

    Began blogging only last week after I finally figured out how to.

    3. How did you find this blog?
    I do not remember now what I googled that led me to your blog. But I found it last year and then tagged it among my favorites. I have since checked this out very often. It has been among my inspirations to start one of my own.

    4.How often do you come to visit?
    Once weekly, at least.

    5.What topics interest you the most?
    Real-life stories – both the “big” ones and the daily occurences, motherhood, marriage, becoming one’s true self, women, deep friendship, spirituality, among others.

    Mary Anne Ledesma-Deduques last blog post..The Stirrings of My Heart

  • Marsarey

    1. Are you in your 20′s,30′s,40′s,50′s? I’m in my mid 40′s.
    2. What do you do with your life?Are you a blogger too?Or a bereaved family member? I work for a hospital somewhere in Manila. I yet have to learn how to blog. Can you help me? :) I got married at the age of 21 because I was pregnant. I carried my baby to full term but he died the day after he was born. I still grieve my loss.
    3. How did you find this blog? I saw you once on tv and since then I visit every now and then.
    4. How often do you come to visit? As I said, I visit every now and then, at work, mostly, during my rest time.
    5. What topics interest you the most? Mostly family stories, household tips, anything under the sun, actually.

  • http://dealingwithautism-jackie.blogspot.com/ jackie

    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s? iam 38

    2. What do you do with your life? Are you a blogger too? Or a bereaved family member? yes, iam a blogger

    3. How did you find this blog? searching for a great blog, and i found yours

    4.How often do you come to visit? it’s my first time but you’ll be hearing from me alot

    5.What topics interest you the most? jobs for a stay home mom, and everything in your blog.

    as i have said on the other comment box, i have a daughter who has autism, her disorder has taken her away from me, although she’s living with us she’s not with us in so many ways, she cannot express herself well so she cannot engage on family talk, or laugh with us. iam married for almost 19 years, we have 2 boys and a girl

    jackies last blog post.."Wala"

  • Vitti Valenzuela

    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s? 30s

    2. What do you do with your life? I thank the Lord everyday, as in, for giving me Yaman, my 2-year old daughter. I earn a living out of writing and love it so much. I work in development consulting where I enjoy designing projects and sharing what I know about life and the world as a ‘Social Specialist’.

    Are you a blogger too? Yes, a new one since Dec 2007. It’s at http://www.vitti-blogs.blogspot.com. Come see it!

    Or a bereaved family member? Yes, I lost my dad to heart attack in 1994. But your blog touched me. Because above writing, I am a mom and I just can’t imagine, just can’t…losing my daughter. So your courage amazes and inspires me at the same time. Writing as healing is true.

    3. How did you find this blog? Link to MLQIII’s blog on SONA. got curious and what a reward for my curiosity!

    4.How often do you come to visit? i just saw your blog today but will definitely come back.

    5.What topics interest you the most? personal stories of hope, recovery and just simple happiness

  • http://www.mytaketwo.com Danny Mendiola

    Hi Noemi!

    I am 66. I’ve had a checkered life. I went to the seminary at 16, ordained a priest at 26 at a critical period in the Church brought about by Vatican II. After serving as missionary priest in turbulent Minddanao for 7 years, I left the priesthood. Sought a dispensation from Rome and got it in 6 months. Got married two years after and raised 4 children. Three are now grown-ups (two married). I have one loveable grandchild. My youngest is still in college. i am retired from private employment. After doing human resources and admin work, i did mostly refugee work with indochinese refugees in Palawan and Bataan as counselor and social services head.

    Today i am recovering from a quintuple bypass surgery, helping my wife with her business whenever I can, and doing my ministry as a pastoral counselor in our parish.

    I am keeping a blog since sept last year http://www.mytaketwo.com. I write mostly about religion, family, fathering and fathers. I lost two older brothers, one two weeks ago, another little more than a year ago. But my interest in grief is more in helping those in grief as a counselor. I want to start a “Good Grief Group” in our parish similar to what I got involved in in the States when I did my clinical pastoral education in Hawaii. I wrote a “Dear Carlo’ letter and published it in my blog last year. Carlo is the husband who lost his wife at the Glorietta incident. My other big interest these days, I just found out, is on fathering. I wrote my posts in June last month mostly on fathers and fathering. I wonder why there is no interest among Dads to group together on common interest to fathers.

    I found your blog after reading Quezon’s blog in the Inquirer regarding the recent SONA. I love your site! Nakakainggit! I am no tech savvy. My son and daughter set up my blog site. They do everything, I just write. It was meant to be a therapy for me upon coming back to Manila to recover from my heart surgery. I will surely come back to your site, Seems like I have a lot to learn from you.

    My interests are about life, relationships, grief, healing. Visit my site and you will find out more about me.

    Danny

    Danny Mendiolas last blog post..Father hunger and me

  • http://iresmaecolegado.blog.friendster.com/ Ires Mae Colegado

    Hello Ms. Noeme,

    I’ve heard the story about your son luijoe.. And this is my first time to read all the blogs you’ve written about the incident.. Am really sorry for that… I know it’s not easy to move on but good to know that you were able to trounce evrything that had happened… i cannot imagine how did you do that… It really made me cry… I am a 25 years old, single mom.. My son is already 4. I just got off from a failed relationship but here I am striving hard for my son..

    I really commend you for being so strong amidst everything… I cannot express the right word to console the grief you have had for I know the feeling how hard it is to have lost someone so dear to you… All am wishing for you and for your family is to find the JUSTICE that luijoe needs… Am praying for his soul… God knows everything… Just keep on praying… God bless you and your family…

    ires

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    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s? 20s

    2. What do you do with your life? Are you a blogger too? Or a bereaved family member? a blogger too… I am working as an accounting staff…

    3. How did you find this blog? Searched it from google…

    4.How often do you come to visit? This is my first time to visit this site and for sure this is not the last.. J

    5.What topics interest you the most? Family, relationships…

    Ires Mae Colegados last blog post..Listen… To the voice within my heart…

  • http://writtenbymys.blogspot.com Mys

    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s? 28.

    2. What do you do with your life? Are you a blogger too? Or a bereaved family member? Stay at home mom to 2 kids, blogging sometimes.

    3. How did you find this blog? I found it in the list of joanjoyce of pinoyentrecard users.

    4.How often do you come to visit?this is my first time, but I’ve subscribed.

    5.What topics interest you the most? family, blogging, philosophy.

    * YOU are inspiring.

    Myss last blog post..NEW OBSESSIONS – CONTESTS!! A DOMAIN NAME GIVEAWAY!

  • http://faorani.blogspot.com fao

    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s?
    -i’m 21 =D

    2. What do you do with your life? Are you a blogger too? Or a bereaved family member?
    -i’m an amateur blogger, a masscom student, with lots and lots of dreams =)

    3. How did you find this blog?
    -just learned about it now, i googled “how to promote blog” and found this =)

    4.How often do you come to visit?
    -well, i think i will try to visit this more often, its inspiring =)

    5.What topics interest you the most?
    -those that showed your emotions, and ideas about blogging as well… i’m a frustrated blogger,hehe.. hope you could check mine po though =D

    faos last blog post..DATING, READING, REBONDING

  • Marie Green

    Hello there! I’m a 34 year old mother of two.
    I’ve just given birth to my second child ( a baby girl!) last May 19. I’ve been married, got divorced and re married and I’m now currently living in Alabama, USA. At the moment I’m a stay at home mom, but I’m thinking of going back to work. My husband is in the Middle East, but will be coming home soon and hopefully will find a jod here.
    I’m not a blogger, but I’m interested in starting one myself, although I do not know how to.
    I found this blog while searching for articles about the “parol”. And I will most likely visit again.
    I’ve read the topic about the death of your son, and I find it very inspiringthe way you and your family have handled this very difficult time in your life. I dont know how you didi it. My son (my first born ) is not with me. He is with his father’s family, and tears me up not seeing him. So I can only imagine the pain that you’ve been thru. I pray that you and your family will find justice. I wish you peace and happiness in the coming Christmas season.

  • http://augustaffair.blogsome.com liezl

    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s? mid 30′s

    2. What do you do with your life? Are you a blogger too? Or a bereaved family member? I am blogger here and there, don’t really have that much time as I work in a Call center. Will soon buy my own domain as I intend to get serious about this. I am a bereaved family member as I lost the best father in the world to heart disease.

    3. How did you find this blog? a link from another blogger
    4.How often do you come to visit? This is my first visit.. Newly discovered and na ka relate ako.

    5.What topics interest you the most?
    LOve , LIfe , everything.

  • http://arimaraykd.blogspot.com/ marri

    Hi Noemi!
    I accidentally came upon your site and instantly
    get interested with your stories and I even posted an entry about it in my site.

    1. I just turned 40 last June

    2.I am a mommy blogger of two wonderful kids: Aya is 13 and KD is 9. Actually, I’m on the family way again and it will be my fourth pregnancy. My first was unfortunately a miscarriage. I’m happily married to my hubby who is a police officer.

    3. I learned about this blog by accident. I was searching for the meaning of flowers and I clicked your site and that was it.

    4.As soon as I learned about your site, I visited twice or more already and I ‘m sure I’ll be dropping by often.

    5.Topics about family, relationships, inspirational articles about life and nature, interesting people and places.

    I just hope you will find time to visit mine and tell me your views about it. You will definitely learn more about me through my posts and how happy I am to have my family as my real treasure in life.

    GOD bless you and your family!

    marris last blog post..heaven welcomes another angel

  • http://www.piejamarie.com Pie Jamarie

    hi noemi! believe it or not, I a great fan of yours, actually an instant fan the moment that I stumbled upon your blog. I regard this as a blessing because I am learning a lot from you, I haven’t read the entire entries but I always make sure that I read your blog from time to time, and not to mention that I bookmarked it. You write well from the heart. The entries about life experiences for the good and bad times are remarkable. I liked the entry when your husband did some grocery that amounted to P6,000 Oh how I wish that I can do my grocery ( i love doing my groceries in South Supermarket in Alabang) with that amount. Your story that was featured in Proudly Filipina was beautiful. You inspire me in such a way that even if we don’t know each other personally, I am learning from you because I highly regard learning and development as a important process in life (not jsut limited to career life)

    I have a blog, I actually went back to blogging but I feel I have so much to learn, yes I was an editor back in college but of course I need to learn more and I find reading and writing blog very helpful.I started blogging since 2004 but I did not do it consistently because of my work. I hope you can visit my blog at http://www.piejamarie.com. Part of the plan is for me to impart lessons learned in life not just limited to vanity things.

    I would love to meet you in person should there be a chance.

    I thank God because you’re one of my blessings.

    Thank you Noemi!

    Ciao,
    Pie

    ps

    Can I write about you in my blog?

    Pie Jamaries last blog post..Palawan Lot for Sale

  • http://www.piejamarie.com Pie Jamarie

    By the way , I am 29 years old. I was a former call center team leader and right now looking for a new work. I am a blogger since 2004 but not consistent and I came back to blogging this year. I love writing ever since I was a child. I’m from UST. I can barely remember how I chanced uppon your blog but one thing is for sure God led me to you.

    Your blog is remarkable, inspiring and beautiful. I visit as often as I can. Pinoy finds, shopping,bazaars and life experiences.

    Thank you.

    Pie
    http://www.piejamarie.com

    Pie Jamaries last blog post..Palawan Lot for Sale

  • http://aboutmyrecovery.com Noemi

    Hello Pie

    Thanks for the visit. I am sure I can also learn a lot from you. Just talk about what you know, the lessons learned and others will surely learn from you too. Sure you can write about me in your blog.

  • http://aboutmyrecovery.com Noemi

    I am sorry you lost your dad. I miss my dad so much. Though he might not be with us, he lives forever in our hearts and our memory.

  • http://www.stopthemamasboys.com Lulu Taylor

    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s?

    – I just turned 27.

    2. What do you do with your life? Are you a blogger too? Or a bereaved family member?

    – I’m a novelist of a book called: Stop the Mama’s Boys!

    3. How did you find this blog?

    – Google

    4.How often do you come to visit?

    – This is my first time

    5.What topics interest you the most?

    Mother/son relationships and ‘mother-in-laws’..

    I am from the United States…California.. We, in the states, definitely have our ‘mother/son’ issues…i’d love to compare and see just how much the ‘mother-in-law’ affects your marriages!
    Thanks for your time!

  • http://www.stopthemamasboys.com Lulu Taylor

    Hi….my name is Lulu Taylor and I just discovered your blog!
    I’m an author of a book called: Stop the Mama’s Boys!

    I found this blog thru google..and am from the United States…California..

    I would love to read about mother/son issues and mother-in-law issues in your country…It’s definitely an ‘issue’ here in the U.S. and I would love to learn if there are any similarities!

    Thanks!
    :)
    Lulu

  • http://www.homelife.blogsome.com Marnellie

    Hi!!

    I’m in my 20′s and if I remember it right, I came across your blog from annamanila. ANyway, it is a blessing to have visited your blog. Im a young mom of a pre-toddler whom I am currently homeschooling (informal). Im a homebased travel agent too and thank you for sharing DOT’s plans for 2009. What else shall I say? I am so touched by your story that I feel guilty being irritated with my son sometimes. You almost made me cry. Your story really inspired me to maximize my time with my son because they will only be a child once. I don’t want to miss this stage. Thank you for the inspiration. I also have another blog, my original blog:www.iamforeternity.blogspot.com which you might want to visit. I am also interested with your bloghosting business, but I might consider it later on as my business expands. Thanks and see you around. Have a blessed Christmas!

  • http://menardconnect.com/ Menard

    Hi Noemi,
    I’m in my early 30′s. I’m an IT project manager by profession and I’m a newbie blogger :) . I always see a lot of links to your site (the recent golf brawling issue is an example), and upon browsing Marghil’s site (macuha.com) I came up with your link and this is my first time to visit here. Topics of interest = techie stuffs, social issues, anything goes I guess.

    I’ll subscribe to your RSS Feed and read more of your previous posts. Kindly visit my blog if you have time.

    regards,
    Menard
    menardconnect.com

  • nene zabala

    success can be obtained through prayers and putting God first in your life. and starts humility to your home. values of being responsble family man is the very foundation of all business in life

  • http://wengzaballa.blogspot.com Rowena Zaballa

    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s?

    – early 30s

    2. What do you do with your life? Are you a blogger too? Or a bereaved family member?

    - I am a mother, a public servant, a student, and a blogger too.

    3. How did you find this blog?

    – I chanced upon this blog sometime in feb 2008, from a fellow mommy blogger’s blogroll. At that time, I have read the story of your beloved Angel Luijoe.

    Then, this morning I found it again thru Google, i am searching for a list of Filipino technopreneurs in relation to a team project in one of my grad school classes. Thanks for giving me added info. Actually, I already sent an information request to Vinta Systems (by Mr Valdez) hoping for a positive feedback and an interview appointment.

    4.How often do you come to visit?

    – This is fourth time, i think

    5.What topics interest you the most?

    Mother-children relationship, marriage, technology, blogging.

    Thank you and more power to your blog!

    Rowena Zaballas last blog post..I hate…

  • Zaldy D

    Hi Noemi,

    I am 50 years young, at the peak of wisdom and intelligence, as they say.

    I am a seeker, a Civil Engineer by profession and I attended UP Institute for Small Scale Industries, Sept – Dec. 1993 Manager’s Course. I am new to blogging and in-fact is learning from your site, Thank you very much.

    One midnight in February while watching Jun Lozada at ANC, I was touched by his seemingly impossible quest for a change! I had a guilty feeling for doing nothing so I surf the net for his site and there I stumbled upon yours, the rest is history.

    How often do I come visit? Well, from now on please permit me to scrutinize your blog.

    I am interested in Human Life and its drama, Very interested also in developing a website. You can visit me at http://www.earthrevelations.ning.com, Just a hobby.

    Thank you once again and More Power!

  • http://www.marvincruz.com marvin

    1. Are you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s? >>>> mid 20s

    2. What do you do with your life? Are you a blogger too? Or a bereaved family member? >>> I am a contact center agent, husband and a father, freelance computer technician, assistant pastor, blogger wannabe…

    3. How did you find this blog? can’t remember,,, from some other blog …

    4.How often do you come to visit? as soon as I receive a new RSS feed…

    5.What topics interest you the most? tech, current events, almost everything under the sun (yeah, mostly tech still, :) )

    I do have a blog.. as of the moment, it contains mostly of random stuff, I don’t even proofread my posts. though I am trying to learn more on blogging and planning in the future to do some serious stuff…

  • http://www.reymos.wordpress.com Reymos

    Hello, briefly not young not old as my life begins at the age 40 (3 yrs ago). Im a professional Pinoy living abroad temporarily… started by blogging few years ago… I found this site while browsing the google search using my name, university affiliation, etc. I do share my hobbies in travelling, photography and writing reviews, anything that is worth sharing online. i have several blogs – from academic life to poetry, musical, books, films, etc…

    All the best!

    Reymoss last blog post..Travel Tips…courtesy of Sony Vaio

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