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We're ready!

♫ all our bags are packed, we're ready to go...♫

Yes, we are ready to evacuate anytime soon! We're not paranoid, we're just playing safe... safe from possible damage that Yolanda will bring.

No, we're not moving out again... we're just temporarily going to somewhere where we have an assurance of safety and sense of security.

If you are considering buying toys for Christmas, avoid purchasing it from unregistered stores. The Department of Trade and Industry reported that there are lots of stalls in the market right now who are selling toys that has been known to have higher lead content.

Lead poisoning is fatal and usually it is caused by lead-based paint. We should be careful in selecting a toy for our kids. We should not leave them alone while playing because kids as they are, they tend to swallow smaller parts of the toys.

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We should practice safety measures at home, especially if there are kids. Yes it is true that every kid loves playing with their toys, we should not deprive them with that. However, we should not also allow them to harm themselves with the toys that we are giving them.

Remember, an ounce of prevention is better than a pounds of cure.

Be safe everyone.

I am in the music mood right now and I just want to share to you this awesome comedy band that my hubby have introduced to me: The Axis of Awesome which is composed of three members, Jordan, Benny and Lee. These awesome trio makes a wave in the music industry. For you to understand what I really mean, check this out:

What can you say? Aren't they awesome indeed?

This was the verse that our Minister shared to us during his Sunday preaching. His message was so timely for those individuals who have overly sensitive attitude, like me. It is not really difficult to be at peace with anyone and everyone as long as they too wanted to be at peace with anyone else. If you have that type of patience that can endure hostility, I would like to know how you were able to do it. Because for me, it's hard to maintain a harmonious relationship with any individual who keeps on bugging you and testing your patience to the limit.

But still, I keep on asking God that He will grant me a heart that knows how to control any situation and a wisdom to ignore those people who keeps on bugging me.

All Souls Day, more or less 10AM, as we were heading back to Cagayan de Oro from Davao, we met an accident, a vehicular accident to be exact. The van where we were in toppled down, leaving us all 10-12 passengers in great shock! (Who wouldn't?). But I was the one who was severely wounded. we were brought to the hospital after the nearest clinic gave us a first aid. The good thing there was that we were all alive. There's only two of us who were really confined at the hospital for almost a week, me and my best friend.

Eight years have passed. Now I am already a Mom of two beautiful kids. That accident didn't left any trace at all except for memories. I was just have a chat with my best friend who was in Taiwan right now. Like any other situation/circumstances we've been through, both of us just laugh at the memories that we both shared eight years ago.