i am happy and blessed

my life is blessed with amazing people and great things. i am thankful for having a family and friends i can count on in all my life strides and most of all wakes me up in times i have to. I thank god for everyday, for everything that happens to me. 2017 gives me a lot of options and happiness too. the year teaches me to be responsible for what i am doing. i used to ask his blessings but at the same time i do remember that i should act responsibly, that is, i should study carefully anything before deciding. since i do not trust mere luck but responsible and enlightened decisions. i traveled a lot this year, run a hundred miles too. i get to know more people, learn a lot of things and love myself more. prayer and constant discernment with god enables me to have a clear mind and strong heart. it sharpen my capacities for deciding and for taking risks. i spend my life praying for miracles and thank him for what i have and i really work hard until i get all the things i wanted and wished for.

2018 is a fresh start. i wish for good health, clean lungs, happy toes, a good heart and a clear mind and still see the best in all people i have to met. i will always keep my faith and trust in you.

wishing everyone a happy new year. let us all grow big and may we always be blessed with all good incredible things. i love you 😇

because its christmas

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Christmas is my favorite holiday because I get to see family, the cold weather is spectacular, and I love giving and receiving gifts.  My favorite holiday is Christmas. Traditionally celebrated at home, Christmas is thought to be a family holiday. However nowadays the habits and ideas of people have changed very much and Christmas becomes more of the global holiday when it is appropriate to meet with many friends and go out for the round the night crazy celebration. Every person finds his own most favorite things about Christmas.  The best thing about Christmas is that special feeling in the air that is giving every person happiness and hope for the better future in the next year. 

One of the most popular and most recognized holidays throughout the world is Christmas. For most, Christmas is a time of giving and togetherness. It is a time to spend with family and friends. And for some, it is a time of great stress and deep pockets. We remember it as the day Jesus Christ, our lord and savior was born.

 As a child, I remember just before the last day of school I gave out presents to my teacher and a few of my friends. I always hope they like what I get them. When school is over the Christmas holiday begins. When growing up I viewed Christmas as a time of giving, but later realized that Christmas is a Christian holiday celebrated by most people all over the world.

 Everyone in my family is mostly joyful and in festive spirit. Our house is decorated inside and out with decorations of the season. Although Jesus is the reason for the season most houses are decorated with Santa Claus as the theme.

Because I like giving the presents to the people I like Christmas a lot. To me giving a present brings even more satisfaction and happiness than receiving it. The most exciting moment is when the person opens your present and you can see a sparkle of joy and pleasure in his eyes. The celebration of Christmas is a special moment itself.

 During the Christmas celebration season people are usually more friendly and gentle to each other, they try to leave every sorrow and offense behind, in the year that is passing by. I think this approach is a decent exercise for not only it makes a person feel good mentally but also many people feel better even physically. When there is joy in the air, the organism wants to celebrate along with the mind. The renewal of the things is felt all around. I have loved the celebration of Christmas since the very childhood

 We hold our hands in prayer celebrating together with Jesus and the whole Christian world! Only then it is right time to say - Merry Christmas to You!

 Joyful Christmas-tree decorations and sparkling lightings, underneath boxes with presents, magic odours and Christmas cuisine tastes – all make up a magical celebration atmosphere indulging children and adults within the wonders of a Christmas night.

 Joyful Christmas-tree decorations and sparkling lightings, underneath boxes with presents, magic odours and Christmas cuisine tastes – all make up a magical celebration atmosphere indulging children and adults within the wonders of a Christmas night.

 On Christmas night all wishes come true and so the celebration is special. Main meals and desserts taste as never again during a year-time, houses are carefully decorated with a special attitude from each member of a family

  I enjoy the unique atmosphere of the holiday. The feeling that is present in the air at those days cannot be compared to anything else.

 As Santa brings the presents to the small children, the grown ups enjoy exchanging the presents with each other.

The feeling of Holy joy and happiness arises every living thing to do good and kind things. During these days every person somehow goes back to the childhood.

 Joyful and spiritual Christmas time is a period of family unification and so each of our family member expresses a particular attitude to our own relatives.

I‘ve finally figured out the similarities between how I view Christmas as a child and how I view Christmas as an adult. The similarities are being with family and friends, gathering to eat dinner at the formal dining room and the reason why Christmas is celebrated.

Christmas time is genuinely unforgettable and unique impression everyone senses at the depth of a heart. The occasion brings us an all-hearted spiritual unification with Christ and so every single soul is willing to celebrate.

today is my favorite day

happy birthday jesus. i love love you!

nine mornings.... and i made it 😝

though its hard to wake up that early in this rainy cold days i made it through my nine mornings of mesa de gallo. its impossible i know but i made it!  i just hope and pray that all our wishes and hopes come true this christmas day. have a merry christmas guys.

shaun!

life is full of magic shaun. all things are beautiful, people are good and all place are cool. we will make sure that you will grow up believing that santa claus is real and that there are fairies in the tree. happy birthday chakoykoy mi 💖

me and panda

panda: i am channeling my inner snowman mode right now...i mean this season of joy. and i love love it.....

fah lalalalalalala! 🐼🐼🐼

🐒 me: 😨 im lossing my brain with you panda!

ps to borjack, arvin, kap and jay:

this is to acknowledge RN11. your station and mine are now clear 😭

happy birthday lao!

happy birthday brother! getting older is real 😝 stay healthy! bakal kitang cake 😲 

happy birthday mama iyang

Happy Birthday to our dearst big sister, banker, consultant, Doctor wakwak, adviser, miguilito and sanmig buddy Ate Iyang! We wish you all the best! More blessings and good health l! We love you always!

Love,
Lade Haide Lao and Ada Ponce

happy birthday daddy

from the funniest joke to the most serious problem, from the warmest hugs to the sweetest laughs. we can share with you just about anything. you are the epitome of wisdom and knowledge, the personification of patience. you are life’s pristine view. happy seventy-fourth daddy ben, our "lodi"! were so blessed to have you. thank you for loving me and Lao. we love you po daddy!

happy birthday kim

happy birthday Kim. i am happy because you always make us proud in your academics and that of your spiritual life. you always have compassion for others. and you are always happy being with the community. stay always close to jesus. i wish you goodluck in your upcoming upcat. god bless you kim. la'de, tito lao and i love you very much.

happy birthday to me

my current status is too "bangag" for all the blessings i received. thank you jesus and ina for giving me everything i wished and for keeping me and my family healthy and safe. forgive me for the days i wasted doing nothing, for the chances i failed to take, and for the opportunities i missed because i was dang sleeping and its hard to stay still and focused. but i asked you to blessed me more and help me in the days ahead and please dont make me sick. life is a bit strange lately and bad days strikes too. but i learned that if i surround myself with people i want to be with, i will made it through and i did. to all my friends i thank you for being there or somewhere up there for me. annoying you when youre crazy busy is cool and thank you for being good and for being good to me. lets keep that way forever. thank you po for all the kind words, birthday wishes and happy greetings for me. god bless you too and i love love you.

with mayor jesse

A very simple and unassuming man, mayor jess wasn’t one to hog the limelight, but was known to be a quiet and conscientious worker who earned the respect of those around him through the honorable life he lived.

Tsinelas, shorts and a simple t-shirt...

This was the favorite get-up of the late Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo. When mayor jesse died, he was among the country's highest ranking officials.

He is remembered as the young mayor who helped shaped Naga into the city that it is today, the first former local chief executive appointed to the powerful Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service in 2000, and a champion of good governance at the local level.

Mayor Jesse served as Naga’s Mayor for a total of 19 years and as Secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) for two years. His governance style and his achievements gained him international recognition, and upon his passing in 2012, the admiration of a grieving nation.

Mayor Jesse is remembered for his leadership style. He was consistently vocal about transparency and accountability. In addition, he was most distinctively known for “Tsinelas Leadership” which tells of his sincerity and humility as a leader. It can originate from his attitude as the type of leader who would walk the streets of his city in slippers and would show up to help during times of disaster, cleaning debris and even in helping with trafficking the roads. He was also known for his decisive management style, his moral authority, and his innovativeness. He was a leader easily respected by the people because he believed and lived out the value of leadership by example. He was able to encourage people participation through the way he communicated and listened as a leader. Through his leadership, he brought about more opportunities to those he led, improved the level of efficiency of the people, and significantly rose the rates of progress of the community.

The Museo ni Jesse Robredo opened in Naga City, just in time for his fifth death anniversary. This museum can be describe as a governance and teaching museum as it showcases the kind of governance Jesse displayed as a local chief executive of Naga for two decades. It pays tribute to the exemplary life and legacy of good governance of the long-time local executive. 

The museum has four galleries filled with Jesse's photos, personal itemss clothes and shoes he wore when he was alive, awards, letters, informative displays and interactive features.

Entrance to the museum is free. It is open from Tuesdays to Sundays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

It is located at Naga Civic Center, J. Miranda Avenue cor. Taal Avenue, Naga City, Bicol.

santa's deer and me

Deer live where there is plenty of food, water and prime bedding areas. That is because they do not like to travel out of their own area.

Deers are always part of my imaginary world. They are commonly pet for nymphs in the alter dimension. 

Ecstatified with this childhood hymn I dreamed someday to see them in raw. And today we  take a tour to the foothill part of Mt.Isarog in Ocampo Camarines Sur. To where the deers are. kept, love and feed.

No, they do not only exist in Christmas songs and yes, Rudolph may be the most famous one but there is a herd of them in the town of Ocampo in Camarines Sur. In the foothills of Mount Isarog is a 5-hectare deer farm owned by the Province of Camsur. It started in 1996 with just about 60 heads but has to date grown it to 700.

As they are not domesticated animals, they move around large open spaces like prairies with nearby grassland, thick weeds and abundant herbs as their habitat. Guests in the farm are allowed to interact up close with them and can feed the deer with weeds.

They are pretty to look at as they wander around the vast grassland. Some are prancing and leaping from fallen tree branches while those in a herd walk so sexy as they feed on twigs and herbs. Wave your bunch of weeds they would happily race to you and get surrounded by lovely antlers. Local farm boys also help in collecting grass for their food.

Locally breeded, they’re are sold for their meat. Their fur skin for leather goods, their horns for ornament and medicinal usage as well. 

They are friendly to people, feeding them will give you an opportunity to take selfie with these new found friends so the best time to visit the place is at 3 PM onwards.

Here, one is allowed to get close and personal with several species of deer and it makes for a truly unique experience being with these shy, gentle creatures.

Situated about four kilometers up in Mt. Isarog, this five-hectare farm is considered as the Deer Farm of the country.

The farm was stocked entirely with Australian species such as blackbuck antelope, fallow deer, chital deer, red deer, and elk.

Owned by the Camarines Sur government, it was started late in 1996 with only 60 heads of five species from Australia.

Today, the number had increased to over 700 heads. Its goal is to make the province a supplier of deer meat (venison) which is a delicacy in restaurants while the hides can be used as materials for bags, belts, and other goods. The antlers can be extracted for medicinal value.