Looking for new layout for this blog

Hi Everyone! It is Wednesday here. I got very busy lately. I needed to take care of some things. So, I haven't visited this blog for a while. And I would like to change the template or layout of this blog. I have been looking for nice layouts or themes. However, I really want to avoid downloading some themes from the net as I don't to want to get any virus. You know, malware and trojans are drastically popular over the net nowadays. I want to be very careful. So far, I have a very good antivirus, Avast. But, you don't really know when this virus gonna hit your pc. I trust my antivirus. Why hassle? Anyhow, I am looking around for themes on the net - the themes where I can directly copy and paste the code here.

back from vacation

Hi everyone! I am back from vacation. We went to Oregon to visit my husband's family and friends. It was very nice there. The climate was cooler than I thought. I guess, I underestimated the weather forecast. We had a lot of fun. I took some pictures in which I'll post them later. We drove from San Diego to Oregon. It was great road trip. It was raining on the way there. I got scared while driving through the mountain range. We actually went to Boring, Oregon. It was not boring at all! Anyhoo, I really liked it there. The place is really green. We'd like to get a place there someday. I think I'd prefer to live in a cool place or I don't know. I've never tried it before. Ok, enough of blah, blah. More posts later... gotta go!

excited about our trip

I am excited about our trip to Oregon next week. We will be taking the road and it takes 18 hours to get there. It will be my longest trip ever! We are going to stay there for a week. We are going to visit my husband's family. We did not see his family for two years now, except his mom. My mom in-law visits us here every year. However, I am very excited to see the trees and beautiful mountains of Oregon. Oregon is one of the nicest place in the U.S. Oh, before I forget I have to make a list of things to bring and to do there.

Maroon 5

I haven't visited this blog for 2 weeks. Oh boy, I need to write some posts here. I got very busy. By the way, I am kinda excited to watch Maroon 5 and Counting Crows concert tonight here in San Diego. My husband got discount tickets from his friend at work. I can't wait to hear the song "This Love". I really like that song. I don't really know Counting Crows but I've probably heard some of their songs on the radio. Watch the video of Maroon 5 (below) that I embedded from youtube.

Vegetables salad

Do you like salad? The other day, I had vegetables salad on the other day. I loved it! I liked Soup Plantation, they have a huge salad bar. But you have to be picky when it comes to this situation. Here are many tips I got from Yahoo to get a healthy salad; less fat and calories:

• Go dark on greens
• Go bright on veggies: Next, add about 1 cup of the most colorful crudités - broccoli, carrots, cherry tomatoes, green and red peppers, beets, like that.
• Choose lean proteins: Aim for about ½ cup of these. Chickpeas and kidney beans are nifty sources of fat-free protein (6 grams each). Sliced hard-boiled eggs (8 grams) are another smart choice; just limit the yolk to limit the fat
• Sprinkle on extra flavor and crunch: Like cheese
• Dressing: Now swirl on about 1 tablespoon of heart-healthy olive oil, a splash of vinegar, a grating of pepper, and toss.

That's all enjoy your salad!!!

Miyasaki's animation

We have a collection of some of Miyasaki's animation here at home. One of the movies that I love most is the "Spirited Away". This is a family movie. If you have kids, I am sure your kids would love it. You can find this at Amazon.com. If you want to drive around, you can also find this at Best Buy. My husband really loves "My Neighbor Totoro" and I like it too. Hayao Miyasaki is the prominent director of many popular animated feature films. He is also the co-founder of Studio Ghibli, an animation studio and production company. Miyazaki's films have generally been financially successful, and this success has invited comparisons with American animator Walt Disney's. I also posted this topic in my other blog, My Time Zone. You can also check it out there.

long weekend

I had a long and a nice weekend. We went to the Parkway swimming pool last Saturday morning in Chula Vista. It was fun. I really liked the pool. It's clean and the temperature is controlled. We thought it's going to be cold because it was overcast or cloudy on that day. Then, we went to our friends' house in the afternoon. And we had some barbecue there. Of course, we had some veggie burgers. It was my first time to have a morningstar veggie burger because I always have a boca burger. It tasted good. You know something new. We stayed in their house until 11pm. We had such a nice talk. They are very good friends.

On Sunday, we had a potluck in the church. I brought pasta salad. My friend at the church asked me if I bought it from the deli. But I didn't buy it. I made it! I thought it would not turn out right. hahaha. I was glad that they liked it. Then after the church potluck, we went for a bike ride. I was doing good with my bicycle. I did not know how to ride a bicycle when I was still in the Philippines. It was my husband who taught me how to ride. I am so grateful about it. I still get intimidated when riding my bicycle every now and then. I already fell over twice. The first one was really bad. I hurt my left knee. But I am learning. That's all for the last weekend. It was really fun.

My other blog site

I just made a new blog site. It is called Viewpoint. It is synonymous to this blog "The Concept". It is the place where I can express my thoughts and feelings about anything. I am inviting my readers here to visit my other blog site. I hope you will learn and enjoy from my posts. Yet, I am not really sure with my layout or template that I am using there. My template is best displayed with Firefox. I might eventually change my template to best fit both in Firefox and Internet Explorer. To visit my other blog, just click on the highlighted word. Thanks.

It's Sunday!

It's Sunday, the Lord's day. I am really stuffed right now. I just had light ice cream. I wish I didn't eat a lot because for 1/2 cup is 120 calories. And I had more than a cup of ice cream (sigh!). Well, I am not really a calorie conscious person. But today, I just thought about eating too much ice cream was not really good to me. I don't even feel like doing anything except typing this post (haha).

I was very happy at the church today. We have a goal to invite at least 200 people or churchgoers to our church before Easter Day. My family and I go this small church in our community regularly. My husband is assigned as a drummer and he does the acoustic guitar sometimes too. I do the media and stuff like that. I was very happy to see new people went to our Baptist Church. At first, I was really nervous seeing those new people because I wanted to do my job well in regards to the recording of the whole activity today and most importantly the lyrics for the songs. I wanted to see to it that I would be able transmit the lyrics to the main screen so attendees could sing too. I did my best not for only for the people but for God. So I calmed down. There was a minor imperfection. But it is part of life. We always learn from our imperfections. Well, I am feeling better now. That’s all for now!

TGIF

Thank God It's Friday as people would say. Well, I am very glad it's Friday. I don't have to work on the weekend. It is so nice to think about it. I hope today is gonna be fine at work. I must admit I get grumpy at work sometimes but that's how it is (sometimes haha). Tomorrow, me and my husband are going to finish organizing our filing cabinet. And then I am going to finalize the things that I am going to bring to the Philippines. I am kinda excited about the trip but I will get more when I am on the plane. I gotta get ready to work now. Bye.

big favor

I was pretty exhausted when I got home from work a while ago. I was supposed to get off work at 1pm but my boss needed my help. So I stayed for another 3 hours. I was a bit frustrated because I was really looking forward to go home and clean our bathroom. Huh! That was not really challenging and surprising. But things didn't turn out the way I wanted to happen. Actually, it was really up to me if I want to stay or not but since my boss was very nice of giving me a big favor to take a 2-week off and one-week vacation. I thought about giving her a favor too. I was so grateful about it. I did not expect that the management would give me a total of 3-week off this coming weeks in which I am going to be out of the country. I am going to visit my parents and my folks in the Philippines.

But I expected God would help me. He really did. I believed God has mysteriously worked on this matter. He knows my desires and motives. If I was not given weeks off, I could have tendered my resignation by now. I was glad that it didn’t happen. Though, I wanted to look for another job. I am quite tired of having different schedules every week. I believed there is a good purpose behind this. I will just hold on to this situation and live with expectancy with God. The more we expect from God, the more we receive blessings.

Gratitude Post

It is Thursday, the last day of this month. Time runs so fast if you think of it. I feel tired today but I have to go to work. :-( I want to share some things that made me feel blest and happy. I got my extra money from Sponsoredreviews.I really want to thank them for giving me opportunities to earn extra money. I am happy to be working with you, guys. I would also like to express my gratitude to my very good friend, Belle. Without her, I wouldn't be doing this blog thing. She gave me the codes for arranging my link list. I was very happy about it, though, I still need it to get organized. By the way, I am so thankful to my husband. The pc that I am using right now, without it I won't be able to do this blog. hehe (I know this is kinda funny!) Above all, I want to thank God for His continuing love and guidance. All the things that I mentioned here are blessings from God. This is my gratitude post today. Have a good one everyone!

A friend

My friend, Gerelyn made this for me. I introduced her to the world of blog. I really liked this tag and wanted to post it here in my blog. It was very nice of her. It touched me.. huhuhu

V- Vivien, I'm so grateful to have you as my friend

I- Immeasurable love and help to me, you always bring

V- Very special, you are to me

I- In my heart, you will always be

E- Every time you need somebody

N- Never forget, here I am, whom you can lean on.

Welcome 2008

Happy New Year everyone! Goodbye 2007 and Welcome 2008!I was really looking forward to this new year for a new opportunities and blessings from God. I have some big plans and goals. Time runs fast. I could hardly believe, it is 2008 already. To everyone, may you have a wonderful and prosperous new year!!! cheers!!

2 days to Christmas day

It is 2 days to Christmas day. I am having a countdown to Christmas day, although, I am going to work on that day. It’s okay. There are some things that we can’t really control especially, our jobs because we need it. Haha. Today is Saturday. I have many things to do in my list. The house is pretty messy. Oh well, this is the life of a busy person. Despite my hectic and busy life, I can still manage to visit my Blog site. Apparently, I am really into this thing. Ok, I have to hurry now. My chores are waiting for me. I wish I owned a robot to do my chores here at home. Haha

december 1st

Today is the first day of December.This year 2007 is about to end. I could hardly believe that time runs fast. I am looking forward to next year. Christmas is in the air. The stores will be packed with people. Traditionally, Christmas is the season of giving and sharing. But for me, you don't have to wait until Christmas to share your blessings with other people or your loved ones.They panic and force themselves to spend a lot of money for this event and then later, they became broke. You can give anytime you want to as long as you have something to give to your loved ones or most especially, those who are needy. And the most important, we remember Christ on this season. It commemorates the birth of our savior Lord Jesus.

gratitude blog

I just started my extra small job today. It is a sort of a seasonal or Christmas job. It is a small internet business. I really enjoyed it a lot. I am learning new things. This would help me in the future, if I want to have an internet business or whatsoever. The people are very nice and very organized. Above all these things I mentioned, I was so thankful to God about this opportunity. I learn new things and at the same time, I earn an extra income. I have been wanting to have a sideline this Christmas season. God knows my desires. He is so giving and loving.

Saturday!

Today is Saturday. It reminds me of the song by Chicago. It goes like this, "Saturday in the park, I think it was the Fourth of July ". But today is not the fourth of July. haha Well, that song just crossed my mind. Yesterday, my hubby went to Best Buy to get a flat screen computer monitor early in the morning. Good thing he was able to get in the store and get the monitor right away. The monitor was a good deal. It was Black Friday here in the U.S.

Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving day, where it is the beginning of the Traditional Christmas shopping season. Most of the big stores were jammed and packed with bargain hunters. Can you believe it? Many people were waiting outside the stores for the Black Friday event since Wednesday night. They brought folding beds, sleeping bags, chairs, blankets or any thing that could make them comfortable while waiting until Black Friday. The stores opened at early in the morning like around 5 o'clock. People freaked out to buy ipods, laptops etc. which are more salable on Black Friday. I bet there were many shoplifters too. haha Heck, I don't want to fall in line and wait outside the store with chilly air. But it might be fun to some people.

venting...

Today is Tuesday and there are many things on mind. I can't wait for the weekend. I can't really enjoy this Thanksgiving holiday. I have to work. The management put me in the schedule. Well, there is nothing I can do with it. I am just an ordinary worker (sigh). Anyhow, I'm going make money on that day. That is the brighter side of it. haha And my good husband told me that he is going to make us dinner on Thanksgiving Day. That is something I am gladly looking forward to. hmmm Let us see what's going to happen. haha.

Skateworld

Yesterday, I had my first roller skate experience. I fell on the ground once. My husband taught me well, as usual, he is a good teacher. lol We went to Skateworld in Linda Vista. I had so much fun. At first, I was scared to do it. But later I got used to it. It was more fun than I thought. I got tired, though. I know it will take time before I could really enjoy it. haha The skate place is cool. I had never been to a skate place back in the Philippines. Well, I want to practice skating more in one of these days. Maybe this is my sports thing. It is not really a sports. But I mean to say, it could be my athletic thing or whatever you call it. Name it! haha My husband told me that I was doing good yesterday and it seemed like it was not my first time at all. haha