Thankful Thursday # 4

Today is a blessed day for me, a day when my mother show me the world. A very special day for me to celebrate. And I am thankful to my Creator and Saviour for all His blessings.

My thanksgiving lists:

1. I am very thankful to God for another life, another year, and another blessing … a day to celebrate! Today is my birthday! Yehey!
2. I am thankful for my family especially my loving hubby, and my 2 great sons
3. For my family in the Phil. that the Lord blessed
4. For friends who always supporting and praying for us too
5. For friends in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and other countries
6. For my friends online who also gave comments, thank you so much, I really appreciate it. It’s wonderful to know that we can connect through.
7. For our work, students, and friends around the place
8. For a trip to Phuket today. This is for the first time that we can go and visit the place. Many place are telling us that the place is nice. Thank you Lord for giving us a chance to enjoy the beauty of nature!!!

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On a Trip

We are excited to go on a trip tomorrow until Sunday. We will be away for a couple of days and spent sometime in a place we haven’t been before. It’s quite exciting because we had heard this place from our students and told us of it’s beauty. So that’s why I’m excited!

Going to another place is quite amusing and a lot of times we’re amazed of God’s creation. I will be sharing of our experience when we’re back.

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Cris Birthday Bash Contest – Win Fabulous Prizes

Wonderful Things In Life

Birthdays are something that we treasure. I believe everyone in this world will always give preparations, with expectations on what will happen on his or her birthday, and of course will never forget their birthdays.

Today as I checked my blog I saw this kind of contest. I’m glad that many are celebrating birthdays in March and that includes myself. I will be celebrating my birthday on Thursday.

Anyway, momgen of “Wonderful Things in Life” hosted this contest. Her son Cris will celebrate his 3rd birthday on March 31 so she decided to have this contest. I agree to what others have said about her that she is the “Contest Queen.” Yes, she has been hosting a lot of contests on line. You can check her blog.

I love the month of March. And I joined contests in this month too. Thanks for all the hosts.

Here’s how to join: (The Rules of the Contest)

1. The blog should be at least 2 months old and updated.
2. The post should be original not copied from the host momgen. Be creative.
3. She has the authority to change or modify the contest prizes or any of the procedures of the contest.

Mechanics of the Contest:

1. Blog about this contest with the sponsors links. – (required) 5 points
2. Subscribe from her blog. Only one email per person (required) 4 points
3. Put the contest banner in your sidebar – (required) 2 points

Wonderful Things In Life

Wonderful Things In Life

4. Put your location with your comment to the contest – (required) 2 points

To submit the entries:

* Blog Entry:
* Subscribe email:
* Banner:
* Location + comment:
* Subscribe to the store/s:(write the email add you use)
* Digg: (username)
* Technorati: (username)
* Stumbleupon: (username)
* Followed: (write the link whom you follow)
* Total Points:

Here are the fabulous prizes!!! You will really love it!

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* 4000 EC – My Online Adventures
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* 500 EC plus 125×125 ad space for 1 month – Thoughts & Beyond
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* 1500 EC – Twinkletoe Writing Space
* 1000 EC – Blessings and Beyond
* 125 x 125 widget ad – Dancing in Midlife Tune
* 125×125 Ads space for 1month – Pinkista.info
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* website review – Health Is Wealth
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* 1000 EC – Moolah Musings
* 1000 EC – ILUV Contests
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* 1000 EC – Micah Izabel
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* 500 Ec – SUPERNOVA and SWEETPAIN
* 125X125 ad space for 2 months – Hot in Singapore
* 125×125 ad space for 1 month – Survivor: The Reality Of My Life
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* 1000 EC – Eastcoastlife
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* Blog makeover – The Designers Blog
* $5 – Life Marriage And Kids

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* 1000 EC – Johann David
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* 1000 EC – Kusinera sa Amerika
* 1000 EC – Words of Love
* 1000 EC – My Library
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* 1000 EC – MB Designs
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* 1000 EC – Rosa Love’s
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* 125×125 banner ads for 1 month – Joyouz Journal and Designs
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* 500 EC – ANGELS IN MY LIFE
* 500 EC – My Online Diary
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* 1 month 125×125 ad space – My Home
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* 1 pair of scarf & crochet hat – MB Online Express – US only
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* 1 hanes longsleeve – My Life’s Adventure
* 3 pcs. of miniture basket – Health Is Wealth

Check it out and you will be amazed. Come and join now. Blessings to you all!

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Yummy Sunday # 5

Last Sunday I shared some pictures taken when we made “Ratna” – one of my favorites and delicious Thai food. Here are the ingredients:

1. carrots – cut into small pieces
2. cauliflower – cut it smaller (any style you want)
3. pechay leaves – cut in smaller size
4. noodles – bigger size mixed with black sauce
then fry with garlic for 3 minutes and set aside
5. ingredients to make a soup
– water (3 cups) if many add more water
– flour mixed with water
– knor chicken cubes
– light soy sauce
– chicken fellet( I suggest the shredded one )
– soybean sauce
– salt to taste

Prepare vinegar with chilli in a small bowl to make a sauce and it makes more delicious.

How to cook:

1. Boil the water, then add chicken, carrots, cauliflower and
let it keep boiling (maybe around 2 minutes)
2. Then add pechay leaves and mixed
3. Add the fried noodles then put all the remaining ingredients
4. Then add salt to taste … and that’s it!

According to my Thai friends, Thai food is easy to prepare and easy to cook too.
Hope you enjoy cooking Thai food.

Don’t forget the sauce. It’s really delicious.

The Sauce

Let me know if you have tried it. Blessings to you all. Have a blessed Sunday!

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Free Blog Makeover is what I had been longing for

For a newbie like me, this sounds great. Today, when I visited a friend’s blog Genebei I saw this Lady Java site. When I saw the deadline, I didn’t give time to think twice because the next day, on the 26th is my birthday. And March is my favorite month too.

Joining contest is fun and you will win prizes at stake. Thanks for Lady Java, our birthday falls on the same month and I love this month of March so I decided to join. Free Makeover for my blog is amazing. Hope I will win, lol! Not too serious – whatever is given I will receive it wholeheartedly.

If you want to join this Blog Makeover Giveaway, just visit this site Lady Java

The rule is made simple by the writer herself.

1. Tell her about her birthdate
2. Answer this: How many years she had been married?
3. Put that information in a blog entry and also tell her why do you want and deserve this blog makeover.
4. Link to her entry in your blog entry and leave her the url of your post.

The last day of this contest falls on 25th of March. The significance of this date is that she just celebrated her birthday last March 9, and will be celebrating her
9th year Wedding Anniversary on the 25th of this month too. That’s why she made this Free Blog Makeover giveaway!

Blessings to you Lady Java. May you enjoy your life’s journey with blessings from on high.

By the way, the winner will be notified on April 1. This contest is only open for bloggers hosted by Blogger dot com.

Lady Java creations are great too. Check it out!

LadyJava Creations

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Thankful Thursday # 3

I am always thankful to my Faithful Saviour and Master. He has been there all the way for us as a family and my family back home. He has been our dwelling place and the source of everything. Thank you Lord for being there always.

I would like to share some of the things He has done this week.

1. For our visa extension – it’s first time for us to apply here in Hatyai – last Thursday I had already thank God for it. However, the immigration officer gave us hard times. Many papers were being asked especially for my family – they had asked all the papers to be translated to Thai. Within me, there was crying moments between me and the Lord. It’s not so easy to translate it within just a couple of days. And besides, nobody would like to accept it with a limited time to translate. However, God has His own way and He makes no mistakes! My thought was different from His! And that’s my God and thank Him for that!

We went back last Monday to the immigiration office and they approved although they saw some corrections in the translation. It’s good I had brought with me the original copy. But we still need to be back after our passport renewal this summer but everything was okay. Thank you for all the prayers!

2. For the renewed strength He has given us – we had our English Camp last week until this week and last Monday, the team went to another province to teach English in the afternoon after our English Camp in the morning. The same persons involved in this activity. Everybody were in a hurry but Praise God for protection and strength.

3. For this month is a month of birthdays in my family circle: my brother-in-law just celebrated his birthday yesterday, my cousin will celebrate her birthday on the 26th, the same with mine, my niece Dawna Gaylle who was miraculously healed by Leukemia last Oct. 2008 will also be celebrating her 14th birthday on the 24th.
You will be blessed indeed if you will read the whole story here.

Thank you so much for this Thankful Thursday site

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How to Make a Badge Button for Blog?

For a couple of months I was wondering on how to make a badge where friends could easily connect with me. I checked many sites before but I don’t know how? Then few weeks ago I saw a new badge from friend. I was longing to have one too but because of my limited time, it takes time for me to make a new one.

Once in a while I have to check from my friend’s blog at His-Her Story who also a newbie like me. I tried a lot of times before but I failed. So I stop trying and wait for the right time for me to make one and besides my schedule won’t allow me.

Weeks past, then I tried clicking again and found out this badge. I was so excited to have my own badge with the help of my friend’s site then I’ve found this Zakkalife which is helpful and easy without knowing anything about HTML. I’ve found this site through my friend Genebei. Friends are really a treasure. And it’s nice to have one! Thank you for the help.

Then I also found this site at Comment Box Colors. Where you can select the button of your choice and do a little of editing. You really find it enjoyable and resourceful.

I’m so excited to post my badge.

This is the original badge, I chose this because my favorite color is green. It looks like this.

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This is the result of my trying moments few months ago, lol!

His Unfailing Love

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