Thankful Thursday

I'm glad I can be a part of this site Thankful Thursday. And this is my first time to write a post. Thanks for providing me an avenue to be connected and to write something of what I'm thankful of, to my Savior.

I'm thankful to God for the following:
1. For our great and awesome creator who had been so patient in molding my life and use it to the fullest.
2. For our family back home (Bacolod City, Phil.)
3. For our church and friends in Bacolod who had been helping us in our growth in knowing the Lord more.
4. For the good health and strength renewed each day that God has provided
5. For my great boys and hubby who had been my joys and with tears sometimes if my boys will misbehave
6. For my friends links....thank you for letting me know you more through blogging.
7. For our friends here in Thailand whom we met and we'll be meeting soon.
This is for all of you...

Graphics for Thank You Comments

Graphics for Thank You Comments

My crystal designs

I love making bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces made of swarovski crystals. Making designs for me at first was quite hard but when I learned how to make designs then I discovered a lot more.
Here are some:

Homeschooling

Our sons (Em2 and AJ)
Homeschooling is an amazing thing that happened to some kids anywhere. A school that spend more time at home with the supervision of parents. Others would say that it's good but not for some especially if the parents had a hard time doing it.

For us here in another country, we have no choice! International Schools are quite expensive. So we choose to get the homeschooling program for our amazing sons because it came from our own beloved country and we have undergone a training before our kids started the program.

Em2, the eldest who's 13, wasn't excited at all because for him homeschooling is boring and no classmates around only the mother. Maybe he's bored of looking at his mom always...

Anyway, they had started and everything was fine, except that they started late 'coz they love to sleep due to heavy rain since last night until early morning. AJ loved to learn but I was amazed when AJ was crying and was telling me "I don't want to write anymore, then I knew when I checked the clock that it was already 1 pm. So I told them to rest for a while so that I can prepare their lunch.

Then we resume at 2 pm, AJ had finished his activity first before Em2, of course, Em2 is learning more this time and more time to spend. Today is rest day so they can play and do other stuff.

Our City - Bacolod

This is our new airport...

BACOLOD - city of smiles; Home of the world-famous MassKara Festival; a city where A TOURIST is a FRIEND

Bacolod city is the capital and center of trade, education, transport and medical, communication and many other services of the Province of Negros Occidental.

Some basic facts
barangays 61
Population 450,000 (approx.)
Land Area 16,171 hectares
Only 55 minutes by air and 18 hours by boat from Manila
This city of smiling and friendly Bacolenos has retained her provincial ambiance yet has the conveniences of a highly urbanized metropolis traffic which is tolerable; with world-wide connections through major communications cable; where quality of life is high; is generally peaceful; where energy and water supply is adequate; is attractive for her heritage and lifestyle and where investments potentials are unlimited.
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Bacolod is known as the city of smile. It is a small island found in the Visayas region called Negros Island. It is near to known places like Cebu, Iloilo, Guimaras, Dumaguete and Boracay (though Boracay is a bit far). But it's in the surrounding regions that Bacolod can be found.

During the month of October we usually celebrate the "Masskara Festival" where many people especially the tourists visit and take a look. And where you cound find different masskaras with different shapes and designs. According to many, people living in Bacolod are still showing their best smile even though they are carrying a lot of loads like problems and difficulties that life may bring. That's why we call it Masskara Festival.

Negros is separated from 2 provinces namely; Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental. And Bacolod is part of Negros Occidental. Around Negros Occidental, different towns have different festivals, you name it we have it! Every festival differs from each other with a unique representation of the activity, where many visitors and tourists like to visit. That's the island where we live... want to visit?

If you have some future plans, just visit http://www.bacolodcity.gov.ph/. Enjoy and have fun

New Hobby

Discovering my skills are the things I enjoy most. When I was a teacher in the Phil. I discovered my skill in cross stitching. I enjoy doing it. Then later we went to Thailand then I learned how to make bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces made of crystals. And I'm still doing it if I have time.

These past months, I was attached to make blog. My friends encouraged me to join in blogging. Now, it's my new hobby. I like writing essay or something real that happens to me, to my friends or families, for me that make sense.

Now I continue blogging and enjoying every bit of it. Writing makes me feel good. Thanks for this avenue.