The Eight Tag

Grabbed the Eight Tag from Dhemcy - My Life's Perception & Inspiration. Thank you Dhemz for posting this tag. When I visited Mary Anne's blog - Mary Anne's Musings, I noticed that she tagged me. I am sorry for the delay Anne. I am busy with my work.

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To
1. More work for the next 5 months
2. Spend wintertime in a warmer place, probably Hawaii again!
3. Cleaning the house
4. My Mother's Birthday
5. My Birthday!
6. Renew my passport in Chicago
7. Celebrate my 2-year anniversary here in USA
8. Celebrate our 2nd year wedding anniversary!

8 Things I Did Yesterday
1. Hip Hop Abs workout
2. Work and work
3. Played scrabble with friends
4. Watched Prison Break with my husband
5. Cleaned the cabin
6. Entertained guests
7. Sent my mother some messages
8. Chatted with friends

8 Things I Wish I Could Do
1. Go to nail salon for my nails and foot spa
2. Shop until I drop!
3. Plan my Birthday party (first ever!)
4. Road trip with my husband this summer (we can't!)
5. Go to school for another major
6. Go to Florida beaches this summer
7. Buy a new laptop
8. Blog hop!

8 Shows I Watch
1. Sex and the City (love it!)
2. The Unit
3. Amazing Race
4. Travel Channel
5. Food Network
6. 24
7. American Idol
8. Prison Break

The Sisterhood Award

I am not sure if I already posted this award. It has been a while and I don't want to go back to my older posts just to check on it. I told Dhemz - My Life's Perception and Inspiration that I am going to grab some of her tags and awards and like I said again and again, I was hooked and addicted to playing scrabble. Then, Cecile - Things That Matters Most tagged me and gave me this award.

Here are the rules:

1. Put the logo on your blog or post.

2. Nominate at least 10 blogs which show great Attitude and/or Gratitude!

3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.

4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.

5. Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award.

I am sharing this to all my sisters in the blogosphere! Thank you!

Right Now Tag

This tag has been waiting in my list to be published. I guess it's been 5 days now since Madz of The Pride of Hingotanan Bohol and Amy of Business Matters : Anything That Involves Around It. And here I am now doing the tag. Read on!

RULES: The answers to the questions below must be based on at this current moment.

1. Where is your cellphone? - I have no cellphone
   
2. Your hair - Long, Black and Silky
   
3. Your father - In God's hands
   
4. Your favorite thing - Playing Scrabble and watching Travel Channel
   
5. Your dream last night - I was in the beach!
   
6. Your favorite drink - Water and Nestea iced tea
   
7. Your dream goal - To travel together with my mom and sisters
   
8. The room you are in - Living room
   
9. Your fear - Loosing my eyesight, failure and rejection
   
10. Where do you want to be in 6 years - European tour or living a tropical life in Hawaii
    
11. Muffins - Peach and Apple
    
12. One of your wish list items - A new Dell or Sony Vaio laptop
    
13. Where you grew up - Zamboanga City, Philippines
    
14. The last thing you did - Watched Travel Channel (The Best of Hawaii)
    
15. What are you wearing - Jogging pants and shirt
    
16. Your TV - 42" Vizio HDTV
    
17. Your pets - None
    
18. Your computer- Toshiba Satellite A135-S4527
    
19. Your life - Exciting
    
20. Your mood - Happy and Excited
    
21. Missing someone - My mother and sisters
    
22. Your car - Nissan Versa 2007
    
23. Favorite store - Walmart and Macy's
    
24. Your summer - Will be working in a campground
    
25. Your favorite color - Blue and Pink
    
26. When was the last time you laughed - Few minutes ago
    
27. When was the last time you cried - It's been a while
    
28. Last person who emailed you - Fashion Stuff
    
29. Your favorite food - Adobo and Chopsuey
    
30. A place you would rather be right now - The Island of Hawaii

Kreativ Blogger Award

Since the weather is really bad today, I decided to just play scrabble all day with my friend. But before I will go and leave my blog for today, I grabbed an award from Dhemcy - My Life's Perception and Inspiration. The rules in this award is so simple. Name 7 things that you love then pass this onto 7 other bloggers. But since I am lazy to name 7 bloggers today, I will just pass this tag to all my friends here. Feel free to grab this tag and I really appreciate it. Thank you!

The 7 things I love the most:

• The husband!
• My mama and 2 sisters back home
• Traveling, road trips
  
• Shopping
• Computers and Internet
• Picture taking
• Watching TV and Movies

Perpetual Smiling Blogger Award

I grabbed this tag from Dhemcy - My Life's Perception and Inspiration. I have been wanting to grab this tag from other bloggers but I always forget and been lazy to do some post. So, here I am now.

The Questions:

1. What is your name? Hazel
   
2. A four letter word: Heal
3. A boy’s name: Henry
4. A girl’s name: Heleina
5. An occupation: Heart Surgeon
   
6. A color: Harlequin
   
7. Something you wear: Halter Top
8. A type of food: Hamburger
   
9. Something found in the bathroom: Hamper
   
10. A place: Hungary
11. A reason for being late: Happy
    
12. Something you shout: Huh?!
13. A movie title: Hellboy
    
14. Something you drink: H2O
15. A musical group: H-Town
16. A street name: Harris Park
    
17. A type of car: Hybrid Car
    
18. A song title: Heaven
    
19. A verb: Hug

Top Five Women

I am on the list! I got tag by Grace - Lily of the Valley. This tag is called Top 5 Women. On the other hand, Amiable Amy tagged me too. Thanks girls! I have few women that I admire most and now you will know who's on my top five list. Read on!

Women found their voice in the 20th Century. No longer silent and passive, no longer confined to kitchens and bedrooms, women today are educators and athletes, politicians and activists, doctors and adventurers. Women entrepreneurs boldly lead in business. Women scientists make breakthrough discoveries. Women journalists and writers suggest new ways of examining issues and events.

Top 5 Women:

1. Oprah Winfrey

• She is an influential book critic, an Academy Award nominated actress and a magazine publisher. Her internationally-syndicated talk show - The Oprah Winfrey Show, has earned her multiple Emmy Awards and is the highest-rated talk show in the history of television. She has been ranked the richest African-American of the 20th century, the most philanthropic African-American of all time and was once the world's only black billionaire. She's also one of the most influential woman in the world.

2. Jennifer Aniston

• She may not be your typical kind of woman but I like her poise just after the break-up with her ex-husband. She became famous from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s for playing the role of Rachel Green in the popular U.S. sitcom Friends, a role for which she won an Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
  

3. J. K. Rowling

• She's a British author - best known as the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series, the idea for which was conceived whilst on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990. The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards and sold more than 400 million copies. Aside from writing the Potter novels, she's perhaps equally famous for her rags to riches life story, in which she progressed from living on welfare to multi-millionaire status within five years.

4. Martha Stewart

• She's an American business magnate, television host, author and magazine publisher. She is also the founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, she has gained success through a variety of business ventures, encompassing publishing, broadcasting and merchandising. I like her kitchenware collections, the recipes, home and decorating tips.
  

5. Diana, Princess of Wales

• An iconic presence on the world stage, she was noted for her sense of compassion, style, charisma, and high-profile charity work, as well as her difficult marriage to Prince Charles.

Marie Antoinette Award

This is a unique award I suppose, as this is different from the awards I got. Thanks to Grace - The Beauty Within for this award. Thanks for remembering me. You are such a sweet friend.

Queen Marie Antoinette was born on November 2, 1755 in Vienna, Austria. She was the youngest and most beautiful daughter of Francis Stephen I and Maria Theresa, Emperor and Empress of the Holy Roman Empire. Marie Antoinette was brought up believing her destiny was to become queen of France. She married the crown prince of France in 1770. Four years later she became queen when her husband was crowned King Louis XVI (House of Bourbon).

Hazel-ology

I got this from my Facebook account. Roche of Illustration of Passion tagged me at Facebook and I decided to bring it here.

FOOD-OLOGY
1. What is your salad dressing of choice? ::: Fat Free Poppyseed Dressing :::
2. What is your favorite sit-down restaurant? ::: Red Lobster and Perkins :::
3. What food could you eat for 2 weeks straight and not get sick of? ::: Fish and Shrimp :::
4. What are your pizza toppings of choice? ::: Pepperoni, Mushroom, Pineapple, Sausage and Ham :::
5. What do you like to put on your toast? ::: Strawberry Jam and Peanut Butter :::

TECHNOLOGY
1. How many television sets are in your house? :: We have 2 sets :::
2. What color cell phone do you have? ::: Black and Silver :::
3. Do you own a laptop? ::: Yes! :::
4. Do you own an ps3? ::: No! :::
5. What kind of cellphone do you have? ::: BlackBerry Pearl :::

BIOLOGY
1. Are you right-handed or left-handed? ::: Right-Handed :::
2. Have you ever had anything removed from your body? ::: None :::
3. Have you ever had any surgery? ::: No Surgery :::
4. How much do you weigh? ::: I weigh 130 pounds :::
5. How tall are you? ::: 5 feet and 2 inches :::

FAVORITE-OLOGY
1. Favorite season? ::: Springtime :::
2. Favorite holiday? ::: Christmas and New Year :::
3. Favorite day of the week? ::: Wednesday :::
4. Favorite month? ::: September :::
5. Favorite brand of chocolate? ::: M&M's, Ferrero and Tobleron :::

CURRENT-OLOGY
1. Currently missing someone? ::: Loved ones back home :::
2. Current mood? ::: Excited! :::
3. Currently listening to? ::: President Obama's Address to Congress :::
4. Currently watching? ::: President Obama's Address to Congress :::
5. Currently worrying about? ::: My weight! :::

I am tagging everyone from my list! Please feel free to grab the tag and I would be glad to know all your answers. Thank you for visiting!

6 Weird Things Tag

People can be weird sometimes. Just like anyone else, I have weird things to share too. I grabbed this tag from pretty Umma - Happy Moments, Happy Thoughts.

RULES: People who get tagged need to write a blog post of 6 weird things about them as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says "you are tagged" in their comments and tell them to read your blog.

1. I take my time to eat orange.

• It's not that I am picky with my food or any fruits that I eat. I just take my time to clean and pick the inner skin of the orange. I clean them first before eating them. It make take minutes or an hour before I can finish eating a one whole orange.
  

2. Liver spread sandwich.

• As you all know, I posted about the Chicken Livers with Onions and that I don't eat any pork, beef and chicken livers. But I have eaten liver spread sandwich once in my life and I thought it was bad but it was really delicious.

3. I love coffee.

• Some people are coffeeholic and some are not. I love coffee but I don't drink it everyday. I also crave for coffee sometimes. I love Starbucks!

4. I collect books/novels.

• I like collecting interesting novels. My favorite authors are John Grisham and Danielle Steele. After buying them, it will take me a long time before I will read them. All of my books are new. Recently, I purchased 3 of John Grisham's novels.
  

5. I love to sleep a lot.

• Yes, I am person who sleeps a lot. I can sleep more than 15 hours a day. I just love to sleep. I can be the laziest person I can be.
  

6. I am a sauce person.

• In all the food I eat, I usually have a sauce. According to my husband, I eat more sauces than my usual food. I just cannot eat with a dry food on my plate.

Now it is your turn! What are the 6 weird things about you? Let me know what are they. Enjoy!

Passionate Blogger Award

I want to thank Amiable Amy for tagging me. She's so sweet to give me this Passionate Blogger Award. I like the fact that Amy never fails to visit my blog site everyday. That makes her a passionate blogger! I also like the fact that she's passionate about helping people without expecting something in return. That's one great thing about you girl! Thank you for this tag! I would also like to thank Dhemcy - My Life's Perception and Inspiration for tagging me. Thank you girl!

The Rules:

1. Put the logo in your post
2. Write 5 things you are passionate about aside from blogging
3. Tag 5 people on your lists and let them know you tagged them.

5 Things I am passionate about aside from blogging

• I love to cook

• I take time shopping

• I love watching movies

• I love traveling

• I love making my love ones happy

I am tagging all my friends!

Treasured Friends Award

I want to give my sincerest gratitude to these two wonderful ladies, Dhemcy - My Life's Perception and Inspiration and Umma - Happy Moments, Happy Thoughts for this award. I am really glad that I met pretty and nice friends like you. Thank you very much! I am sharing this award to all my friends, old and new. Thank you for being nice to me.

"Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another."
-- Eustace Budgell

Pink Heart Tag

The Pink Heart - Listen to what my heart says. I got this tag from Madz - The Pride of Hingotanan Bohol. She's just one sweet and adorable woman I just met in the blogosphere. Thank you for this tag Madz! I really appreciate that you remember me.

Please spend time to scroll down and take time to read every line, and ask GOD what does He want to tell you.

The 10 Commandments are not a multiple choice.
Your mind is like a parachute. It functions only when open.

One thing you can give and still keep is your word.
You lie the loudest when you lie to yourself,
you lack the courage to start you have already finished.
One thing that you can't recycle is wasted time.
Ideas won't work unless YOU do.
The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.

The heaviest thing you can carry is a grudge.
Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
A sharp tongue can cut your own throat.

If you want your dreams to come true, you must not oversleep.
Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.
The best vitamin for making friends is B1.

The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime!
It is never too late to become what you might have been.

Life is too short to wake up with regrets.
So love the people who treat you right.
Forget about the one's who don't.
Believe everything happens for a reason.
If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands.
If it changes your life, let it.
Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.

Friends are like balloons, once you let them go, you might not get them back. Sometimes we get so busy with our own lives and problems, that we may not even notice that we've let them fly away. Sometimes we are so caught up in who's right and who's wrong that we forget what's right or wrong. Sometimes we just don't realize what real friendship means until it is too late. I don't want to let that happen, so I'm gonna tie you to my heart so I never lose you.

Noblesse Oblige Award

Wow! Got another award! What a great feeling! I felt honored to receive this award from Mary Anne's Musings. She's just one sweet girl who always give colors to my site. Thank you Anne! This blog is a manifestation of thoughts, feelings, passions, contemplation, argumentation, imagination that will stir my mortal frame. I write everything here! Dhemcy of My Life's Perception and Inspiration gave me this award too. Thank you Dhemz!

This Award is presented to bloggers who display consistency in any one or a combination of these conditions:

1. The Blogger manifests exemplary attitude, respecting the nuances that pervades amongst different cultures and beliefs.
2. The Blog contents inspire; strives to encourage and offers solutions.
3. There is a clear purpose at the Blog; one that fosters a better understanding on Social, Political, Economic, the Arts, Culture and Sciences and Beliefs.
4. The Blog is refreshing and creative.
5. The Blogger promotes friendship and positive thinking.

The Blogger who receives this award will need to perform the following steps:

1. Create a Post with a mention and link to the person who presented the Noblesse Oblige Award.
2. The Award Conditions must be displayed at the Post.
3. Write a short article about what the Blog has thus far achieved – preferably citing one or more older Post to support.
4. The Blogger must present the Noblesse Oblige Award in concurrence with the Award conditions.
5. The Blogger must display the Award at any location at the Blog.

I am presenting this award to all my special friends here. Grab this award because you deserve it! Happy blogging!

What's Your Word?

Your Word is "Think"

You see life as an amazing mix of
possibilities, ideas, and fascinations.

And sometimes you feel like
you don't have enough time to take it all in.

You love learning.
Whether you're in school or not,
you're probably immersed in several subjects right now.

When you're not learning, you're busy reflecting.
You think a lot about the people you know
and the things you've experienced.

What's Your Word?

The 4th Edition Tag

It's tag time once again! I got this tag from Dhemcy - My Life's Perception and Inspiration and Donabel - Memoirs of a Pinay in America. I am one lucky girl because I found nice friends around. Thank you girls for remembering me!

Here's what you need to do:

• Answer the following questions through Google pictures and you may add some text if needed.

1. Four (4) favorite things to munch on:

2. Four (4) favorite places I would like to go and why?

I want to see the colorful lights and experience the life in Las Vegas.

I want to see the Buckingham Palace and meet the Queen.

My husband always wanted to go and see the beauty of Australia.

No doubt, it is the most romantic place and I want to see the Eiffel tower.

3. Four (4) things that pop-out when you Google my name:

The color of my husband's eyes.

Unfortunately, the tree was named Witch Hazel. But I am not a witch. It is use for beauty products.

A small town in Kentucky, U.S.A.


A 1961-1966 fictional TV series who's a live-in maid.

Picture Meme

Yikes! A picture meme. A tag from Amor - Here, There, Whatever!. I don't know what will I do when I got this tag. As all of my photos are stored in CD's so I won't have a problem deleting them when the memory of my computer will be full.

Here are the rules:

1. Go to your Picture Folder on your computer or wherever you store your pictures.
2. Go to the 6th Folder and then pick the 6th Picture.
3. Post it on your blog and tell the story that goes with the picture.
4. Tag 5 other glorious people to do the same thing and leave a comment on their blog telling them about it.

Me and Melissa - the bride

The picture above was taken last December 14, 2006 during my friend's wedding and it was her groom who took this picture. Melissa and I were classmates in college on the same course (Business Management). We are also travel buddies. We have traveled from Luzon-Visayas-Mindanao. Our travel memories were unbelievable. We have traveled by plane, bus, boat, car, and MRT or LRT (the elevated train). I guess the only thing we haven't traveled by is the train. Since we don't have much railroad tracks back home.

She's been married for 2 years now and she will be celebrating her birthday on January 14. The good news about her right now is, she will be expecting a baby by the middle of the year. I miss her company and I am pretty sure that she misses mine too.

I am passing this Picture Meme to more than 5 people: Adin, Anne Bianca, Dhemcy, Donabel, Ivy, Joy-Anne, Lira, Richelle, Roche, Rowena, Sweetie Pie and Umma

Double Awards for this New Year

Awards for the New Year? Wow! What a day! I am so lucky to have this 2 awards given to me by Umma - Happy Moments, Happy Thoughts. She's the adorable woman I just met thru blogging. I love to visit her page often as it is full of information and cute pictures about her family. Who knows, maybe someday, I may know all about her and meet her in person. Umma, thank you for this beautiful tag. It really made my day.

The second picture is just adorable to see. I miss my mother and 2 sisters back home (Philippines). It has been 2 consecutive Christmas and New Year that I am away from them. This picture reminds me of how I wanted to be with them at this very moment.

Now, I am passing this two awards to all my sweet friends who have continued to support me and keep on visiting me here. I am happy that we are friends.

Adei, Adin, Anne Bianca, Chrissy, Claire, Donabel, Ivy, Janeth Vicy, Simply Jacy, Jenneth, Jerlalou, Noryfel, Roche, Rowena and Vannie