Becoming Anti-Social

Starting today, I will be taking my hiatus from the social networking sites and blogosphere. 

I promise to make up the 14 write-ups when I get back on March 11, 2012. My 60th day report on THE CHALLENGE (of losing weight in 90 days!) will be moved on March 12, 2012. I am excited to see your results too! :)

I simply need to focus on what's important and it's coming up in two week's time!

This will be my FIRST TIME to ever do this, be away from the networking sites to just FOCUS.

But then again, I have always been wondering what my life would be without FACEBOOK. So, might as well take advantage of this time. I will be writing about this experience for sure!

For the meantime, please feel FREE to browse around and see what you missed in the 73 posts I have so far, in my 365 day project! 

A new page has been posted, I hope you noticed. ABOUT. In this page, I have written my blogging history and sites I've created and maintained through the years. Please check it out!:)

I am also happy to share that I now have my own custom domain at Blogger!!!! Yay!:)

It's up and running and waiting for you to uncover! I hope you will!

Here it is, my very own http://pinoyteacherstories.com no longer http://pinoyteacherstories.blogspot.com

Thank YOU for taking the time to come back and read some more!

I hope to see YOU again in two weeks!

Missing this already! :(

NAMASTE. 

-day 74-

Happy Thoughts!

"Get out, get out, get out even more, Gemma! 
Because there are people you've yet to meet, laughs you've yet to share, 
stories you've yet to live, and riches you've yet to tap into, 
that will not find you under any other circumstances." -  
This message came from TUT.

Who is TUT? What is TUT? Click this link to find out!:)

 

Everyday, I'd receive messages in my email, for FREE! and it's like an energy booster! 

Let me share you some...

The trick to blending work and play, Gemma, lies not in what you do, but in how you view what you do.

See work as play and see play as important - super, very.

Super, very important -
    The Universe

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With great responsibility, Gemma, comes great power.

The more you accept of the first - for your happiness, unhappiness, and all else - the more you are given of the latter.

Sounds like a deal,
    The Universe 

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At all times and in all places, Gemma, always be the first to smile.

Beat you,
    The Universe

REAL Happy Thoughts!

 

Get yours too! :)

NAMASTE.

-day 73-

Facing Me

 

My heart is leading me to reach new heights once more.

Do something new.
Do something different.
Do something wild.
Do something risky.
and Just Do It!

And I will.

No more excuses.

Time to face my fears.
Time to face my threats.
Time to face the challenges.
Time to explore.
Time to leap.
Time to face my reality.

God be my guide.

NAMASTE.

-day 72-
*shortened version World of Thoughts|April 15, 2011.
Photo:
El Morro National Park
New Mexico, USA

Gem Answers # 8

http://gemwritinggems.wordpress.com/

C a T c H  m y  T h O u G h T s !

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears. -Michel de Montaigne

PurpleDr...

Am I discounting his feelings?

My husband worries a lot about things that probably not going to happen. (Chicken Little & the sky falling) For example today I told him we had new neighbors and they had a 13 yo boy and he responded with "that is peeping tom age" I responded like I usually do with head nods. He says that I am discounting his feelings because I think he is over reacting...he thinks he is taking care of his family. Do you think I am being rude? And what do I say to try to express myself w/out making him feel like he does not matter?

 

Gems

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker

Best if you can make him relate or share to you what he fears.
An open and honest communication would make him express his feelings toward certain issues.
We may just be seeing the tip of an iceberg, but deep within lies so much more...

Asker's Rating:

Asker's Comment:

Everyone had great answers & made it hard to decide the best. UR answers really help put things N2 perspective. THANKS!!

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NAMASTE.

-day 71-

Dear Majoy,

I remember feeling the fear just thinking that I may one day find myself without someone who will be there with me for life. Becoming single forever. Living alone. On my own. The fear, as I now analyzed was coming from wrong perceptions, and my own concept of single blessedness.

Shalom, The Goddess!

I met her when we were applying in Manila, Philippines.

 I happened to sit beside them (she was with friends) for a few minutes 

and she just started to talk as if we knew each other! 

We saw each other again in New Orleans, and SHE started the conversation again! 

In my mind, I was like, "who is she?!!"

And then I got to know her.

She is Shalom. She calls herself, THE GODDESS.

She Speaks her mind.

She Highlights her life with laughter!

She Allows love and kindness to take over.

She Loves to spread happiness!

She Overwhelms me with her wisdom!

She Mesmerizes people with her beauty, charm and wittiness!

She is Shalom.

Here are her best SHALOMIDOM in my blog posts.

 

"Happiness is a choice and I choose it everyday and forever" on lessons learned

"if chance is the only thing we have and a choice that we have to take if it's written in the stars and the universe conspire who am I to deny my own destiny"  on Destiny: A matter of . . . ?

"you are what you feed in your mind" on Powerful Thoughts!

 "To give without condition;  to sacrifice without asking in return is to have a blessed heart" on Gem Answers #2

"My motto ever since do what ever makes you happy, be with someone who can make you smile , laugh as long as you breathe and love as long as you live" on Yes to Life!:)

"It's up to us if we will choose to be happy or sad everyday . Don't choose to be miserable, misery loves company that's why be with someone who can you make smile ^-^ and live each day with laughter and humor it's one of the best antidote for everything" on Act As If! 

SHALOM

Shalom, just wait and see... REAL love will find you!

Thank you for being part of my life!  

NAMASTE.

-day 69-

To thine own self be true!

OK.

Last January 8, 2012,I challenged myself to lose weight!

 Determined, inspired and committed, I was able to lose 9 lbs in a month.

See my results after a month (February 8, 2012) here.

I was still eating 3x a day, still with rice (just less), meat (chicken, pork, beef), fish and veggies. 

Fruits, nuts and pop corns during break times and I exercise!

The problem is, I need to keep up, I need to continue!!! 

I have 10 more pounds to lose and I am faltering!!!

All fattening foods just taste good!

Look at all these Filipino foods!... 

How can one resist eating these without RICE and more RICE!!!???

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How will I be able to control myself from eating and eating and eating??

The thinking part of me says "We live only once, enjoy!"

The emotional part of me says "Be happy! Life is meant for happiness! Food makes you happy!"

The spiritual part of me says "Those who won't work, won't eat. You work, you eat!

The physical part of me says "Love your body, who else will? Love your fats!!!"

Oh my!

Temptations justified.

Unless I decide and commit, I will always make excuses!

Not good.

NAMASTE.

-day 68-

Prayer #5

Father God, we praise, honor and glorify Your name.

We adore You, we worship You and we thank You.

AMEN.

atop El Morro National Park,

New Mexico, USA

-day 67-

The World and You

Andrew Matthew's FOLLOW YOUR HEART

   

You see people not as they are but as you are. 

Your experience of the world is actually you experiencing yourself. 

  

If you don't like what you are seeing, 

blaming the mirror doesn't help.

In a nutshell:

In fixing your life: WORKING ON YOURSELF WORKS, 

AND TRYING TO CHANGE THE WORLD DOESN'T.

Andrew Matthew's FOLLOW YOUR HEART

http://pinoyteacherstories.com/2012/02/part-of-plan.html

Check out PART OF THE PLAN 
post at PINOY TEACHER'S STORIES 
blog site.

Thanks for reading! :)

NAMASTE.

-day 66- 

Gem Answers # 7

I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy 

for the rest of your life. -Rita Rudner

http://gemwritinggems.wordpress.com/

C a T c H  m y  T h O u G h T s !

(I’m not a guru, I'm not an expert but here is my answer to the following question...)

 QUESTION

"What is it like being married?"

  ANSWER

The first two months were a bliss. After that, I don't know. LOL!

Well, it was mainly because, Dennis, needed to leave the country two months after tying the knot!

So, my marriage arrangement was different.

Every after nine months (Dennis' contract), I would be at the airport to pick him up and then after three months he would be away again.

For years, it was just in the honeymoon stage

and some reality stage.

That was our cycle.

We were never in the other deep stages until after almost eight years of being married.

What is it like being married? 

It's like a roller coaster;  

It's a kaleidoscope of colors including black, gray and white;

It could be heaven or hell, whichever you make of it;

It's being in two opposite poles, until you find your balance and a middle way;

It's experiencing LIFE in a different perspective;

 It's the vow.

NAMASTE.

-day 65-

Len, the Writer

Thursdays are for GREAT PEOPLE in my life!

WELCOME TO 

"YOU'RE GREAT" 

THURSDAYS!

Today, I am featuring my friend, Len. 

We crossed paths in 1999. We were both new members of  Tambuli Toastmasters, in Makati, Philippines then and our minds were just in sync.

She was the one who influenced me to blog in 2006 (via Friendster blogs) and up to now she's still convincing me to continue to work on my writing so I'll become a (serious) writer someday.

Here's Len.

When did you discover your love for writing?

I began writing stories when I was in high school. My first avid reader was my sister. I remember writing a comic book about twins who fell in love with the same boy. Sadly, I don't know anymore where the notebooks are.  I should have kept them somewhere safe.

Tell us about your blog, Len Lambert, the Writer... how is it different from Conversations with Self?

Conversations with Self was created sometime in 2007.  It began as a personal blog, some kind of an outlet for my creativity/writing. I've been thinking of creating another blog in 2010 when I started writing fiction but I wasn't sure then. Last month, Conversations with Self was critiqued by Laura Barnes, a marketing consultant, writer and now a critique partner. Her honest, constructive evaluation of my blog made me decide as I felt it was about time that I create a proper writer's platform, a writing blog. Hence, my new blog was born, http://lenlambert.blogspot.com/

Where do you get your motivation? your ideas?

If you meant writing ideas, it's from experience and imagination. My first novel, The Life of Jarryd Brown, is still on its first draft stage.  I have to go back to it at some point to re-write it. It's a fantasy middle grade novel. At present, I'm working on another novel which is more real to me.  I will talk about it when I'm ready.

Any tips for beginner bloggers?

I'm not an expert on this so I will give you links to the best writer bloggers I know.  Here are the best blogging tips I've read so far from my favourite authors:

Talli Roland - http://talliroland.blogspot.com/2010/07/ten-for-tuesday-of-blogs-and-bloggery.html

Jessica Bell - http://thealliterativeallomorph.blogspot.com/2011/07/dont-ever-write-anything-online-that.html

and my friend and another awesome author, Theresa Milstein, said the best things about bloggers on her post over at the lovely India Drummond's blog:  http://www.indiadrummond.com/2011/04/21/q-is-for-a-quality-community/

What is your definition of success?

Success, for me, is when one is finally content with what s/he's achieved. Personally, it's probably when my heart says I've finally "arrived".

What have you accomplished so far?

As a writer I'm still learning. I have a short story that's going to be included in Tiny Dancer anthology. I've also submitted a story for a book project, Real Women, Real Stories (formerly called Fascinating Females).  I hope to have many more short stories that will get published. Of course I'd also like to get my books published one day.

I graduated with a bachelor's degree in office administration and worked almost half of my life in an office/corporate environment. Becoming a writer has always been in the back of my mind but I never thought it would ever happen.

What are your future goals?

I'm happy to be a full-time mother and housewife at present. I've always worked but when I left my job to be a full-time mother to my son sometime ago, I never thought how fulfilling it would be to be looking after him each day.  My husband and I have become even closer.  But I'd like to achieve more and grow in my writing career.  That's my long-term goal, to get published one day and hopefully earn a living out of my writing.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Len Lambert

http://lenlambert.blogspot.com/

Thank you for being part of my life!  

Len!

NAMASTE.  

-day 64-

Return to Love

http://lovematterswednesday.blogspot.com

To be or not to be?

Here’s the recap of the lessons on wealth and money so far:

Lesson #1 What am I seeing? 

 

http://gemsdaily.blogspot.com/2012/01/seeing-me.html

How comfortable are you with the idea of wealth, money, and becoming rich? How open are you to the idea of changing one’s money belief to attract what we really wanted and what we really deserved?

A lot of us just "unconsciously" don’t want money and wealth. We all have our own negative beliefs about money and can't seem to let go.

Unless, we can see it in our minds, it will be impossible to achieve it.

Lesson #2 What won’t I do? 

http://gemsdaily.blogspot.com/2012/01/outside-box.html

What are you unwilling to do to make your dreams come true?

Excuses, we are just so full of it. “To a person who wants, he will always have ways to do it, those who don’t, plenty of excuses.”

Lesson #3 Are you ready? 

http://gemsdaily.blogspot.com/2012/02/it-is-possible.html

Are you ready to attract wealth and money by simply being, becoming and knowing?

Mind you, this takes a lot of doing! To be, means to embrace all that is, to pay the price, to give, to let go, to take control, to know thy self, to be ready to accept changes, to take risks, to experiment and to give control.

When the student is ready, the teacher appears.

Are you ready to leap with me?

NAMASTE.

-day 62-

Yummy Treats :)

I wasn't able to resist eating all the sweets in the birthday celebrators' table last weekend. 

 

Since I don't want to restrict and torture myself from enjoying the food, I tasted, nope, ate everything and anything that was offered!

Do I feel bad (now) from eating it? No.

Even if I'm trying to adapt the "healthy eating lifestyle", it also wouldn't hurt to eat caloric, not too healthy and yummy treats once in a while. 

Beating myself up, feeling negative about it and being too "strict" are not the way to go. 

The one day, or one night of "falling off the wagon" won't stop me from reaching my goal, long term.

Is that good justification enough? LOL!

NAMASTE.

-day 61-

Prayer #4

Will you please join me in prayer today?

Father God, we praise, honor and glorify Your name.

We adore You and we worship You.

We thank You.

We thank You for all your blessings;

for giving us good health;

for keeping us safe;

for the food in the table;

for our jobs;

for our families and relatives who always support us;

for good friends who stand by us;

for helping us make the right decisions;

and for making our dreams come true.

In Jesus' Name.

Amen.

-day 60-

10,000 visitors!

http://gemwritinggems.wordpress.com/

 

C a T c H  m y  T h O u G h T s !

Admitting Error clears the Score, And proves you Wiser than before.
- Arthur Guiterman

 QUESTION

"Tell us about grammatical errors in writing.."

  ANSWER

Honestly, at times, I will just write and write and unfortunately, 

fail to be consistent with my grammatical tenses! 

For example, if my story covers the past, then, 

I have to make sure that ALL my verbs including my to-be verbs are ALL written in the past tense. *rules are rules, right?!

BUT sometimes I will really just publish a blog post 
without really going in-depth proofreading! 

After a while, I will read it again and EDIT mistakes.

Yeah, not a good practice at all!

RESOLUTION:Double check, double check, double check, prior to publishing!

… and THANKS to readers who are not very “Grammar-MUST-be-correct!” conscious for “simply” understanding  what I am talking about and hopefully still getting the message!

… for  my “Grammar-MUST-be-correct!” conscious readers, 

I am very open and will really appreciate comments or emails 

on errors and fixes –and I will definitely edit ASAP!!!

… for  those who don't care about grammatical tenses and perfect construction at ALL, yet still enjoy my posts...

Thank you!(*hugs!)

My Dailies (365 days project) will be two months old 

this Feb. 12, 2012 and at this time Feb. 10, 2012 11:32pm

My Dailies' got 10,000 page views!

AWESOME!!!

 I delight knowing that I am "hopefully" 

enlightening your path in my own way through my Daily Gems 
-with or without grammatical errors! :)

Thanks again for reading and following My Dailies!

NAMASTE.

-day 59-