It’s a damp Sunday morning here with the sun trying to push through into some grey clouds. The leaves of one of the garden trees which is shaped like a baby hat are deathly still, not a sound from the nearby neighbors, just the birds chirping and freely flying and playing from one spot to another with sporadic landing on the bermuda grass. My mom’s row of forget-me-nots looking sleepy for a moment but eventually came alive when the touch of sunlight begins to caress the garden.   

It’s a lovely morning!!  I’m wanting to play the piano – a good way to recondition my hands after a weeklong stress  - but I would also enjoy writing my thoughts then would surely stand up from a chair later with a cheerful and light attitude.  So, obviously I chose to write and blog for now because later, I know I can fill the room with soulful music from my lover, the Piano.

It really is a good way to start the week. I’ve got a lot of bustling around to do in the coming days and this kind of rest is all I need to pump up my energy. Let’s see,… there’s a graduation party at San Isidro today afternoon, a mini dental convention at the Lake Side Hotel in the middle of the week and a baby birthday party at Club Yolanda on weekend. I’m really not a partygoer but I just can’t turn down close friends invitations. Ohkey!!! That reminds me to get up and shop for some graduation gifts and baby gifts! Dang!!! All of a sudden I’m running out of time!

Thoughts unloading incomplete, haywire not healed.  Wow!! I wish there’s  ATM machine dispensing gifts instead of money! I hate going to the mall on a Sunday!! I’m so hooked to online shopping nowadays but it takes a day or two to deliver. I need a gift today!  Baby gifts can wait but not the gift for someone else’s graduation party!  I’d better start running!       

It was only five nights ago when it happened. Honey riding a bus, called me on the phone and said he was already few miles away from the Star Toll Gate exit so I immediately called up our driver who just gassed up Mama’s car that time, instructed him to drive straight to the usual rendezvous where he normally picks up hubby. The second call hubby made - he said "hurry up, come and help us here, we just had an accident with a truck!" In between huge steps – panic stricken - while rushing into my own car, I said - "WHAT?!!!! Anyone hurt?" Luckily, NONE got hurt and in an instant, that already pacified my panic.

When my mother and I arrived at the accident site, about ten meters from the rendezvous, we saw the I10 sandwiched by a truck and a jeepney. That little poor thing….. Present were several policemen investigating, assisting and driving away the curious onlookers. Everybody in the area was calm giving the authorities time to finish their investigation. Everybody I guess, was also thankful that nobody got hurt and that the accident happened just as soon as the truck driver made a right turn from the diversion road. The damages on the right side of the car are minimal, on the left – it sure looks everything will have to be replaced anew.

The authorities lead us straight to the police station where they revealed that the accident was caused by the truck driver. The owner of the truck sent somebody on his behalf. In no time we agreed that they will shoulder the participation pay and the rest will be covered by the comprehensive insurance. That’s it and then everybody went home.

The mishap happened on a Thursday night, Friday morning my mother called up Lipa Hyundai, one of our Trusted Dealers, and Von – our trusted agent at the drop of a hat gave his full assistance matter of factly, in getting our claims from the insurance company. It really makes a difference if one gets to purchase a vehicle from Trusted Dealers. When things like this happen, you can always rely on their word. They simply back you up!!

Honey is planning to purchase a bigger and more efficient SUV maybe sometime next year, and after what has transpired, we only see two Trusted Dealers in the area. So, the five options in our meenie-meenie-mie-ni-moe boils down to two!!

Visit Trusted Dealers at http://www.trusteddealers.co.uk/

Written by Fermin Washington

We just got moved in last weekend and I have to say I'm excited about starting our new life here. My husband and I just got married last month and this is the first time we have ever lived together so we are both really pumped about what this means for future. My husband just got a new job nearby which is why we moved here and I think both of us are excited about decorating the condo the way we want. We have spent a lot of time on our high speed internet service Oak Park connection looking up furniture stores nearby and all the great restaurants in our neighborhood and so far this place is really starting to feel like home. I really do enjoy that we get to create a life for ourselves together and it's not like one of us is moving inwith the other. That this makes it feel all the more like we are really husband and wife… I still can't believe we are finally married!

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February is just ending and here comes the heat!! While others think of changing wardrobes in their closet, I’m into buying shades for my eyes. The heat is on, on the street. And I need my specs to stay away from the glare!!

The mall offers a lot of good specs to choose from and there’s got to be a nice pair waiting for me. Well, my sunnies should be UV polarized. There’s really a very big difference between buying just an ordinary sunnies and buying UV polarized. UV polarized sunglasses block off the harmful rays of the sun and since it’s anti-glare, then wearing it prevents eye fatigue. It costs a little much than the ordinary but hey,.. it’s a good investment. Long term exposure to bright sunlight is one of the factors which may increase the risk of developing a cataract.

There’s one site I found on the internet which offers affordable eyeglasses and is running a promotion right now.

Yes!!! It’s a buy two take one at Zenni Optical. It’s the best deal ever!! @Zenni Optical try ons prove to be a lot of fun too! One can upload a photo and try on the frames to match and compare. There’s this $6.95 prescription eyeglasses plastic apple green frame I’m falling for ...... Here's the beauty...

… It’s really worth sharing guys!! Do visit the site and see for yourself!

Summer heat can bring a lot of fun but let us not forget to take good care of ourselves while having fun. Remember to apply sun screen lotion, hydrate and rehydrate by drinking lots of water, wear loose clothing and of course, don’t forget to grab your sunnies before you walk out that door!! Oh, and you might as well take that hat/umbrella!!  

Even if you’re dealt a bad hand in life,

With courage and faith, you can play it well.

- author Unknown

This is an unusually quiet Saturday afternoon for me today at work. But I'm loving it because it gives me time to write again my thoughts and decompress. Although there's some slight hoo-has every now and then, it's not something that can disturb the peace and make me lose the mood in blogging.
There's one nagging wish in my head though each time I walk in my clinic, - I really really do love to get a chance to make the clinic area a little much bigger, expand and renovate, get enough space for a personal desk where I can receive and educate my patients after the treatment or during consultation. For now, everything has to be wishful thinking because the adjacent space is still occupied. I’m not thinking of moving out of the building because it is HERE where my practice began. It is HERE where I garnered patients trust, accreditation from companies and referrals. And most of all, it is HERE where I met a very kind and considerate lessor in the entire City. So, for now, I have to share the desk with my secretary... For now..... I have to appreciate all the blessings I have and just be content with how the way things are.. . For now there’s waiting and wishing and yearning…

Maybe just the same amount of hanker as what my sister is going through, I reckon. Everybody in the family knows how she always wanted to go to Canada, rent Edmonton! Explore the country while earning money and adventure along the way. She loves cold places and that’s enough fuel for her to get the urge and search apartments in Edmonton as she searches her own destiny. They say Canada is open to all who are interested to move. Like those Edmonton houses for rent readily available for browsing on the net, WE THOUGHT jobs for foreign nurses will be exactly that easy and accessible. But, we were sooo wrong. Anyways, maybe it isn’t just the right time for my sister. No matter how hard she try, there’s kind of resistance. So for now, there’s got to be waiting and wishing and yearning….also for her.