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My Heart Aches
Thursday, July 31, 2008 @ 1:45 AM

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I don't know why I'm having this heart ache. If your thinking about love or what, your wrong. I'm having pain on my chest and at the same time trouble breathing. I feel my heart is beating fast and when the beating is fast, im catching my breath. I'm worried cause right now I'm at my work (graveyard) and don't want my patient to worry at me. Gosh, what is this feeling? Do i need to see a doctor to find it out? Am I having a stroke?... Thats all the question popping out of my mind. The reason why stroke that one i think of is... almost all of my uncle (mom side of the family)who died from stroke and i think its in the family.
But now I'm trying to relax myself and not panic. If ever something happen to me like any sickness or whatever, i wish not in time when im on duty of my job.

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I saw dead people
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 @ 2:40 AM


As a Filipina who understand Tagalog language (Philippines) and raised there almost half of my life, I watch Philippine News everyday. We Filipino Channel at home to keep track on what happening in the country. Ever since I was a child, the news is always the same. Corruption, politics, rally's and most of all "dead people". Yes, dead people...For example..."One man dead of an accident across EDSA highway...Family murdered by a mad drug addict... A lady hang herself, dead... A celebrity died.... Shout out between burglars and police, 2 dead.... See!!! How bloody happening back there.Damn this news, always the same. All the good news I watched is about Manny Pacquiao who won. Is this the only shocking news that country can give. I don't wanna judge or anything about their reporting. It just my opinion is...I wanna stop watching Philippine News because of it. But!!! I cannot do that..its still my homeland. Well, maybe Im still gonna continue watching TV Patrol, 24 oras and Saksi (PI News). I don't have a choice. I just gonna change channel for a while when the dead news is broadcasting. image by ~LaDanseuse

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your cresit card network
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 @ 7:24 AM

after bad credit card debt Assuming this is in England or Wales, you have 14 days to respond to the claim (summons). Assuming that you do not dispute the debt then you should acknowledge the summons on the forms sent by the Court. You will need to complete the admission form together with an offer to make monthly payments (based on your ability to pay). This should be sent back to the creditor or whoever is representing them. They can accept the offer in which case you will have a CCJ but an agreed way of paying it off. If they dont the court will decide based on your ability to pay (you have to complete an Income and expenditure form with the summons stuff). It doesnt hurt to speak with the creditor so they accept the offer.

The situation is much more murky if you ignore the claim form, send it back late or the creditor tries to get the full amount back and doesnt want instalments. In my expereince it is rare that the claim will be withdrawn unless payment is made in full owing to the costs of starting the claim, in the first place


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cash advance
@ 7:21 AM

how do you start cash advance business? Think which one you want as there is so many kind. One is fast cash go to the branch and ask for the owners phone number or ask for the manager and tell hin/she that you are interested to open one fast cash business and how to go about it. I think its $75,000 to start one but check it out with one of the store owners or go to score. And to get your license is like all other business. Start with I.R.S. for you E.I.N. number then your city license, the recorders office then B.B.B. and the advertisement and open a business account.


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mortgage!
@ 7:18 AM

florida mortgage? There might be quite a few things to look at in this particular situation. I personally have bought many foreclosures. However, in your situation it sounds as though the house is not quite foreclosed on yet, but perhaps in a state of default. If this is the case you might be trying to attempt a short sale with the mortgage company. You could start at the counties recorders office in your area, but my recommendation to you, if you are really interested in this house, is to contact a title company in your area and have them prepare a profile report on the desired property. This report will give you a good starting point with lenders info and surrounding homeowner’s info. (Sometimes these title companies might have a website with free access to it, I use Chicago title).

However, the real important question you need to find an answer to is, why this house is going into foreclosure. If the house was just bought within the past year, it might have been that it was over paid for (this happened a lot in many areas). If the owner fell behind on payments and couldn't refinance, why were they not able to (if appraisal didn't support loan amount payoff). If the answers to these questions are that their is more owed than what it is worth, then wait till the lender takes it back at auction, and put a considerable offer on it then. (You would be surprised how low you can purchase bank owned homes that are on the market (70%-75% below market value)).


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debt debt
@ 7:11 AM

payoff your debt! It may not be necessary, even harmful. First get your credit score(s) - there are now two "flavors." Then calculate your debt to income ratio and your budget - how much are you spending each month out of your income. If you have not been saving any money, that is not good.

Check the market you want to buy the house in. Are the prices something you can afford? Is the interest rate you are likely to qualify for going to make for an affordable monthly payment? How much of a down payment can you make?

Avoid the no-down-payment people and the interest-only for a year or more people. If possible deal with a local bank that keeps the mortgages in-house. debt help nodebttoday.com


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A.J. "Bazooka" Banal first time loses on boxing
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 8:02 PM


Yup, he loses on boxing. Me and my husband is waiting for the moment to watch A.J. "Bazooka" Banal in boxing. We even thinking his the next Manny Pacquiao because of his talent in boxing. But after the match with Rafael Concepcion of Panama, we are very disappointed, not with Banal but the decision is not right. The 3 Filipino boxer before his fight all won. image by philboxing.com

For further reading : Mukamo

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Saturday, July 26, 2008 @ 5:16 AM



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fence installation?
Thursday, July 24, 2008 @ 9:31 PM

my friend ask me if the fence installation include posts, gates and lattice? i think there is a misundertanding here...I work up proposals for a fence company everyday. They DO NOT include anything you do not propose to pay for. They will spell out all included. Normally all gates are purchased seperatelly. Lattice is a cosmetic add on. Read the agreement before you sign. All posts, are a requirement for the fence, so yes they will be included.


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travel insurance vs. health insurance?
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 @ 9:27 PM

travel insurance vs. health insurance?
my insight about this is one major thing that your health insurance won't cover though is problems with the airline/flight. For example, one trip from Melbourne - Gold Coast couldn't take off because of flooding on the Gold Coast. All that the airline could offer was a flight 2 days later or a credit. My travel insurance picked up the difference (about $350 extra) to change to a different airline and fly into Brisbane later that day.

Other things to consider, if you get sick while you're away or even before you are due to go and you can't fly on the day you have booked, if you don't give 24 hours notice you won't be able to change your date on discounted tickets and you then have to forfeit your ticket and buy a new one for when you are well enough. travel insurance would cover this.

Mind you, there are many people out there who don't take insurance for domestic trips, I guess it comes down to whether you have to money to cover it if something goes wrong....if your'e planning to get a travel insurance now this site can help you a lot..visit worldtravelcenter.com


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Poem #1: Crying
@ 12:00 AM


photo by !helenicous
Poem by goodkittygonebad
Again I cry
myself to sleep.
My heart of tears
is much to deep.

I guess your heart
just does not see.
The pain and hurt
that you cause me.

Your squeezing my heart
love can not breath.
into it so
it just will freeze.

The cold and lonely
know only how I feel.
Yet they don't care
feelings gone; heart of steel.

So now I lay
me down to sleep.
I pray the Lord
my soul to keep.

Crying, sorrow
so much dread.
I just wish
I could be dead.

{this is also what I feel now. thats why i wanna share the poem. I'm really crying at this moment}

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What is happening to me?
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 @ 8:19 PM


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This is outrageous....I can't believe I'm behind with my blogs...gosh..I don't like this feeling. I like blogging and posting here everyday but this past few days I am getting lazy to post and to think what am I goin' to write. I wanna scream out loud because my head is spinning. I have problems with my husband and it's affecting me so much. We've been married for 4 years but still theres some things he can't change. Why some guys don't accept the fact that I'm not cheating on him. Why is he accusing me? It never enter my mind to cheat on him...never!!!

He is jealous with the manager of the apartment we just moved recently. He is a nice guy who really helps when something wrong with the apartment. I think his only doing his job taking care of the apartment. I don't know why my husband became jealous of this guy. I think, its because we are talking while he is fixing something in the apartment while my husband is there. The manager is asking me of something there and thats it. My husband don't talk much with anybody thats why I'm the one the manager ask for things and i think theres nothing wrong with that. After the manager leaves on that day he fixed something in the apartment, he begun asking things that maybe the manager have crush on me. I told him, what the hell is he thinking. His impossible....grrr!!! JEALOUSY...i hate it!!!

OK, the truth is, he get jealous easily. He don't like people look at me, he even don't want any friends of me to call me. Thats why for 4 years we are married I never called any friends that is close to the area. He even check on my cellphone. He don't TRUST me. I don't know why.

He told me before that all of his ex-girlfriends cheated on him. I think, his comparing me to the past and he can't face the fact that I'm his wife that he must trust because I'm the mother of his children and TRUST is very important to the family. This really hurting me a lot.

i don't know what to do!!! can anybody give me an advice? Please!!!

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Music Vidz of d' day: Strong
Monday, July 21, 2008 @ 9:27 PM

I've been listening to this song everytime i put my headphone to my ears. It's cute and i like the lyrics. Try to sing with it. Enjoy!

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compact flash
Sunday, July 20, 2008 @ 12:43 AM

compact flash is faster and less prone to physical damage from jarring/dropping and the like. Micro Drives,however,tend to be a lot larger in data capacity,but are extremely small mechanican devices with an inherent tendancy for failure(treat them VERY carefully)! :-)=
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 9:59 PM



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Filipinos in the Philippines are "Addicts"
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 10:29 PM


Oooopsss.... don't get the title wrong... What I mean is Filipinos in the Philippines are getting addicted in watching Asian dramas (me either). Before, "Marimar" (Mexican TV series) boom in the Philippines in 1994. Philippines translated it in Tagalog so the audience can understand it. After that, a lot of Spanish TV series aired on television.

Just 2003, ABS-CBN started a new Asian TV series titled "Meteor Garden". That is the first time Filipino watched an Asian drama that is translated in Tagalog. Filipinos love it, mostly those guys that is in the drama. They have a band name F4. F4 even visit Philippines to say hi to there fans and everybody got crazy. That's when Asian dramas started to come out.

Just recently, I'm watching the news about this two hot Asian guys visits Philippines, named Wu Chun and Calvin Chen. They are from the Taiwanese TV series "Romantic Princess". They are two of the leading actor of the drama. For my criteria, i think they are cute. I don't know why, maybe its the kilig (chill)factor when I see them smiling while Filipino reporter interviewing them. They said they don't have girlfriend yet because of their busy work. Now Filipino girls are now invaded with those cute Asian boys.

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Japanese Gameshows
Saturday, July 12, 2008 @ 9:19 PM

Yeah...I watch Japanese Game Shows on Youtube, because its very original and makes really laugh so hard. I like to watch anything in Youtube that is interesting. Who doesn't watch Youtube this days? Even babies knows Youtube.com . I wanna share this two vids that I just recently watched this afternoon. There is part 1 and 2 thats why I posted two videos. Japanese cold it "Gaki no Tukai", not really sure about the title but its really funny. Try it.
SILENT LIBRARY I



SILENT LIBRARY PART II

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Dneero #3
Friday, July 11, 2008 @ 12:07 AM



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Pink House
Thursday, July 10, 2008 @ 1:54 AM


What a cute pink house. It's like living in a fairytale book. Maybe if I live here a gonna feel like one of the cute character of books.

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Adobong "MANAK"
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 @ 11:58 AM


I seen this video lot of times. Its about a white dude who likes to cook adobong manok, so he made a video on how to cook the dish and he posted it in YouTube. It is informative and funny in a way. H speaks tagalog on the video, he even have tagalog words that is deep that even in tagalog dictionary or online cannot be found. I even thinking if he is half Filipino or he have a Pinay girlfriend or wife. As it turns out, Travis Kraft is 100% white… yup, a six-footer, blue-eyed, full-blooded American born in Iowa and raised in North Dakota who was a wrestler in high school, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications and Film from Eastern Michigan University, and is now a model/actor living in Hollywood, California.

More than that, Travis, who has visited the Philippines a couple of times and has done billboard work for Jockey and Rexona, is a lover of many things Pinoy – the food, the culture, the islands, the people, and, yes, for all of you women out there enjoying the single life, the girls.
So how did he get the idea for the You Tube video?

"I was in the Philippines meeting with an executive at GMA-7 when I saw a poster for their program, Mobile Kusina," Travis relates to the Asian Journal. "I told them I could be a guest at the program and they can ask me to cook an American delicacy since I am a trained cook. Nothing came out of it as the executive probably thought I was pulling her leg."

He continues: "Back in Los Angeles, I wanted to brush up on my filmmaking skills and on one Thanksgiving, I thought I’d do a cooking show in Filipino. I didn’t even know what I was going to cook that day. It just came to me. I shot the video myself, edited it in 30 minutes, and put it up on You Tube and a couple of other sites."

By his reckoning, the video has had more than a million views in total, including ones that have been taken down due to copyright infringement.
Still, he’s awed by the way people, particularly Pinoys, have taken to the video.

"I didn’t even tell anybody about the video," he reveals. "Somehow people began finding it and shared it with their friends. I never thought it would get to be this big thing."

Travis says most of the reaction to the video is positive, with some even containing marriage proposals. But he also gets the occasional negative hit where viewers think he’s disrespectful to Filipino culture or that he’s a racist.

"I am neither (racist nor disrespectful)," he proudly states. "I have always been fascinated with Far Eastern cultures since I was young. I went to Asia after graduation, and I stayed in the Philippines the longest. I have a lot of extended family in my adoptive mother’s country. I am genuinely impressed with Filipino culture and I hope I can promote Filipino culture to friends and other people."

And how did he learn to speak Filipino?

"I bought some language book tapes from Borders," he confesses. "I studied Tagalog for about six to seven months. When I was in the Philippines, I would go to places where people spoke the language so I would be forced to do so. I know I don’t have it down yet, and I have a funny accent, but it’s okay."

After the simple You Tube video, Travis’ next project Pinoy project is Salo Salo, a bigger budget DVD that is currently in postproduction and may become available by the end of July.

Travis promises that Salo Salo is funnier and is a unique take on an instructional cooking video. He is co-producing the video with Madley Katarungan, Manuel Santiago and Lance Keefer. His costars include Tim Javines, Christine Calacsan, Romeo Cristal, Yce Tan, Joyce Kao, Miki Hayashi and Aaron Robinson. The DVD is the first project of his company, Pool Boy Films.

"This is the first time that I am making use of my degree," the easygoing actor/model says. "I had worked on a Cheetah Girls video before for Disney, but in this project I wore so many hats. After this gets out, I will go back to making the smaller, You Tube-kind videos. And somewhere down the line, I’d like to shoot a movie and do some TV work."

For now, Travis is firmly planted in Los Angeles as he tries to keep his Hollywood career going. Currently, he is in meetings with a major studio for a movie role. His resume includes the commercial for FX’s Dirt starring Courteney Cox-Arquette, and a shoot with Lindsay Lohan for Harper’s Bazaar where he donned superhero costumes.

He’s also planning to go back to the Philippines (where he is actually known for his print and commercial work), and may visit Samar and Leyte, aside from the usual places he frequents. Travis says he misses the Philippines.

And what does he like the most about the Philippines?

"What I like about the Philippines is the people," he says, "not just the food, the places, and the hospitality. Also, it’s such a beautiful place. I like it that Filipinos are proud of their friendliness. You know, they will give the shirt off their backs… that’s the kind of people Filipinos are." AJ

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Heat Wave
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

Another heat wave is in here at Bay Area. I remember Philippines when the weather is like this. Take a look on our weather. (this is in degree Fahrenheit)



I took commute this afternoon and my skin is burning because of the sun. The air is so humid that made me sweaty. (eeww). Good thing I brought my spare of shirt cause I know I'm gonna be sweaty way to work. I don't like this kind of weather. I like summer but not heat wave.


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Chicken Tinola
Monday, July 7, 2008 @ 8:28 PM

Chicken Tinola is a Filipino dish, a stew concoction of chicken, young papaya, ginger, fish sauce and sili leaves. Here is a recipe from Pinoymix.com of one of my favorite staple favorites whenever the weather is cold. I wanna share it to you guys to all non-Filipino that doesn't know this dish. Try this and you never be sorry.

Ingredients:
1 whole small chicken (cute into parts or choice cuts of breast, thighs or wings)
2 1/2 cups young papaya or sayote
1/2 cup sili leaves
5 cups of water
2 tbsp. ginger (roughly chop)
1/2 head of garlic (minced)
1 medium onion (diced)
3 tbsp. oil
2 tbsp. fish sauce
pinch of salt and pepper



Photo by maegabriel

Procedure:

In a casserole, heat oil ans saute garlic, onion and ginger. Add the chicken and water, Bring to a boil and lower fire, let simmer until chicken is cooked. Pour fish sauce, salt and pepper to taste. Add in papaya or sayote, allow to cook. When ready to serve, put in sili leaves.

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future trading
@ 5:21 AM

Forex futures trading is a fluctuating (exciting) game, but these are some currency trades I'm watching right now:
- USD / JPY
- AUD / USD
- USD / CAD
- EUR / JPY
- GBP / JPY
- EUR / GBP

For some reason (call it a strategy if you want) I'm watching GBP / JPY. EUR / JPY too has seems to be showing some interesting movements.... but I don't want to give anyone any ideas. Mine your data, use the right tools, and work fast.

The futures market is about speed (and profit). Factor in historical currency trends and the nature of the global political landscape. That's the best strategy in forex futures trading.


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Buhlud.....Not Funny!!!
Thursday, July 3, 2008 @ 12:00 AM


I seen this video a lot of this and lovin' it, the more i watch it the more i want to look at it over and over again. This is one of my favorite video at Youtube. 6 million people have been watch it. I like video of kids, makes me laugh, smile and think of my kids when i record videos for my little princesses. Little kids express themselves that makes us parents funny for us.

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Eating while seating in Toilet Bowl
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @ 12:00 AM


I wanna try the food here on these Diners. Diners have their meals on toilet seats at a toilet-themed restaurant in Hangzhou in Zhejiang province June 29, 2008. The restaurant, which opened on June 1, features toilet seats as dining chairs and food served in miniature bathtubs and toilet bowls. Picture taken June 29, 2008.

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Hands-Free Cellphone....It's the Law
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @ 9:39 PM

Yup.....today is the day were all drivers of California must use "Hands-free Cellphone". This is the new law Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed which prohibits driver from using hand-held cellphones on California's roadways beginning July 1st, 2008 (today). Law enforcement officers will be able to pull drivers over for using handheld wireless phones. The fines are $20 for the first offense and $50 for subsequent convictions, regardless of age. Drivers are still allowed to make emergency phone calls without using a hands-free device.

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leaky faucet
@ 5:01 PM

leaky bathtub faucet? Typically all modern tub/shower mixing valves are built around a removable cartridge.They need to be removed and replaced with new.It can be difficult and lead to other more taxing, more expensive problems.Best to call in a professional plumber who will remove old, flush out the system and install new.If the valve body is severely corroded then the entire unit will need replaced.


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