I am a woman.
I have the right to live a full life.
I have the right to say no.
I have the right to decide on when to have a family and how many children I would have.
I believe in God.
I believe in the Catholic faith.
I believe in prevention, not abortion.
I believe the state should have the responsibility to control population in order to curb increasing poverty in the country.
I believe that state and church should work together to educate and inform Filipinos about natural family planning.
I believe in responsible parenthood.
I support the RH Bill.
--Wondermom A.
P.S.
For more information on laws, legistation and Filipino women, please go to the Philippine Commission on Women's website. http://www.ncrfw.gov.ph/index.php/laws-legislation-filipino-women.
For the whole text of RH Bill 5043, please click the link below:
http://2010presidentiables.wordpress.com/reproductive-health-bill-5043/text-of-rh-bill-no-5043/
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
Cry and the whole world cries with you!
What is it about a child crying that makes an adult go berseck and lose control? I'm no master at patience and understanding when the situation is like this. My eldest daughter cries a lot. She cries when she's not the center of attention,she cries when we are at home, she cries when her younger sister taunts her.
Last night, while hubby and I are eating dinner, she made that ghastly loud piercing cry, which really broke my hubby's patient demeanor. I intervened because I took pity already. The main reason of her crying episode, which she barely able to mutter is that ali (her sister) "kurot me". Hay. Is this sibling rivalry already? I had to also reprimand my other daughter because its not good to hurt people. Im sad to say that even if I read a lot of parenting books about smart parenting, what to expect the toddler years, etc. my hubby and I are always caught off guard. I really get angry at times, much to my dismay. I find comfort in knowing that these too shall pass. Wishing that we come out better, wiser, and closer in faith and love!
Have you been in this situation before? What did you do?
--Wondermom A.
Last night, while hubby and I are eating dinner, she made that ghastly loud piercing cry, which really broke my hubby's patient demeanor. I intervened because I took pity already. The main reason of her crying episode, which she barely able to mutter is that ali (her sister) "kurot me". Hay. Is this sibling rivalry already? I had to also reprimand my other daughter because its not good to hurt people. Im sad to say that even if I read a lot of parenting books about smart parenting, what to expect the toddler years, etc. my hubby and I are always caught off guard. I really get angry at times, much to my dismay. I find comfort in knowing that these too shall pass. Wishing that we come out better, wiser, and closer in faith and love!
Have you been in this situation before? What did you do?
--Wondermom A.
BookWorm Update: Eat Pray Love
I bought the book "Eat Pray Love" because I got interested in watching the movie soon starred by Julia Roberts. I'm a Julia Roberts fan that's why : )
It narrates Elizabeth Gilbert's travel from Italy to India to Indonesia, from nourishing her body in Italy to rejuvenating her spirit and her faith in God in India to finding love, stability and happiness in Indonesia. Actually, i'm still in the Pray part, but I already have a lot of quotable quotes that I love. I wish also that someday I can travel to my favorite countries to experience and find fulfillment just by being there. Now, it seems a bit difficult to do that because Im a mother of two toddlers, and it seems like everybody needs me to be home-based. But someday I know I'll have my time. It will be the ultimate wondermom journey. Hey! maybe I'll write about a book about it : )
Hmmmm...what will be my three countries?
Maybe Spain to Eat, Israel to Pray and Canada to Love...SEC dont forget about me : )
Sharing with you some of Elizabeth Gilbert's words that touched me somehow...
EAT
...same thing which has helped generations of Sicilians hold their dignity has helped me begin to recover mine, namely, the idea that the appreciation of pleasure can be an anchor of one's humanity...to come here to Sicily to understand Italy...
...But is it such a bad thing to live like this for just a little while? Just for a few months of one's life, is it so awful to travel through time with no greater ambition than to find the next lovely meal? Or to learn how to speak a language for no higher purpose that it pleases your ear to hear it? Or to nap in a garden, in a patch of sunlight, in the middle of the day, right next to your favorite fountain? And then to do it again the next day?...
PRAY
...The search of God is a reversal of the normal, mundane worldly order. In search of God, you revert from what attracts you and swim toward that which is difficult. You abandon your comforting and familiar habits with the hope (the mere hope!) that something greater will be offered you in return for what you've given up...
...Devotion is diligence without assurance. Faith is a way of saying "Yes, I pre-accept the terms of the universe and I embrace in advance what I am presently incapable of understanding". There's a reason we refer to "leaps of faith"-- because the decision to consent to any notion of divinity is a mighty jump from the rational to the unknowable...Faith is belief in what you cannot see or prove or touch. Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark...
...Instructions For Freedom
1. Life's metaphors are God's instructions.
2. You have just climbed up and above the roof. There is nothing between you and the Infinite.
Now, let go.
3. The day is ending. Its time for something that was beautiful to turn into something else that
is beautiful. Now, let go.
4. Your wish for resolution was a prayer. Your being here is God's response. Let go, and watch
the stars come out - on the outside and on the inside.
5. With all your heart, ask for grace, and let go.
6. With all your heart, forgive him. FORGIVE. YOURSELF, and let him go.
7. Let your intention be freedom from useless suffering. Then, let go.
8. Watch the heat of day pass into the cool night. Let go.
9. When the karma of relationship is done, only love remains. It's safe. Let go.
10. When the past has passed from you at last, let go. Then climb down and begin the rest of
your life. With great joy...
I'll add my favorites on the Love section when I get there.
Have a nice day everyone!
---Wondermom A.
It narrates Elizabeth Gilbert's travel from Italy to India to Indonesia, from nourishing her body in Italy to rejuvenating her spirit and her faith in God in India to finding love, stability and happiness in Indonesia. Actually, i'm still in the Pray part, but I already have a lot of quotable quotes that I love. I wish also that someday I can travel to my favorite countries to experience and find fulfillment just by being there. Now, it seems a bit difficult to do that because Im a mother of two toddlers, and it seems like everybody needs me to be home-based. But someday I know I'll have my time. It will be the ultimate wondermom journey. Hey! maybe I'll write about a book about it : )
Hmmmm...what will be my three countries?
Maybe Spain to Eat, Israel to Pray and Canada to Love...SEC dont forget about me : )
Sharing with you some of Elizabeth Gilbert's words that touched me somehow...
EAT
...same thing which has helped generations of Sicilians hold their dignity has helped me begin to recover mine, namely, the idea that the appreciation of pleasure can be an anchor of one's humanity...to come here to Sicily to understand Italy...
...But is it such a bad thing to live like this for just a little while? Just for a few months of one's life, is it so awful to travel through time with no greater ambition than to find the next lovely meal? Or to learn how to speak a language for no higher purpose that it pleases your ear to hear it? Or to nap in a garden, in a patch of sunlight, in the middle of the day, right next to your favorite fountain? And then to do it again the next day?...
PRAY
...The search of God is a reversal of the normal, mundane worldly order. In search of God, you revert from what attracts you and swim toward that which is difficult. You abandon your comforting and familiar habits with the hope (the mere hope!) that something greater will be offered you in return for what you've given up...
...Devotion is diligence without assurance. Faith is a way of saying "Yes, I pre-accept the terms of the universe and I embrace in advance what I am presently incapable of understanding". There's a reason we refer to "leaps of faith"-- because the decision to consent to any notion of divinity is a mighty jump from the rational to the unknowable...Faith is belief in what you cannot see or prove or touch. Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark...
...Instructions For Freedom
1. Life's metaphors are God's instructions.
2. You have just climbed up and above the roof. There is nothing between you and the Infinite.
Now, let go.
3. The day is ending. Its time for something that was beautiful to turn into something else that
is beautiful. Now, let go.
4. Your wish for resolution was a prayer. Your being here is God's response. Let go, and watch
the stars come out - on the outside and on the inside.
5. With all your heart, ask for grace, and let go.
6. With all your heart, forgive him. FORGIVE. YOURSELF, and let him go.
7. Let your intention be freedom from useless suffering. Then, let go.
8. Watch the heat of day pass into the cool night. Let go.
9. When the karma of relationship is done, only love remains. It's safe. Let go.
10. When the past has passed from you at last, let go. Then climb down and begin the rest of
your life. With great joy...
I'll add my favorites on the Love section when I get there.
Have a nice day everyone!
---Wondermom A.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Pending
I have a lot of pending blogposts...beijing vacation, ocean adventure trip with the kids, quiapo walk itinerary...so much to say, so little time...I hope this weekend, I can post them already...and of course, the much awaited before and after pictures of my home, still a work in progress.
I hope all of you are doing great.
Good night!
--Wondermom A. (in iloilo, loving batchoy, biscocho house and free wifi in amigo)
I hope all of you are doing great.
Good night!
--Wondermom A. (in iloilo, loving batchoy, biscocho house and free wifi in amigo)
Monday, September 6, 2010
Bookworm Alert: Manila International Book Fair 2010
Calling out all you book worms out there...
Is your schedule free from September 15 to 19, 2010?
Why not head on to the 31st Manila International Book Fair, open from 10:00am to 8:00pm, at the SMX Convention Center, Pasay City.
It is one of the longest running book fairs not only in the Philippines, but in the Asian region as well.
What are we waiting for? See you all at MIBF for super cheap, best book buys! You can also get great discounts for school suppliers, materials and equipment.
Your kids will also enjoy the robotics demonstration and storytelling sponsored by the different publishing houses.
For schedule of events and other information, checkout their website http://www.manilabookfair.com/
--Wondermom A. (Knowledge is Power)
Is your schedule free from September 15 to 19, 2010?
Why not head on to the 31st Manila International Book Fair, open from 10:00am to 8:00pm, at the SMX Convention Center, Pasay City.
It is one of the longest running book fairs not only in the Philippines, but in the Asian region as well.
What are we waiting for? See you all at MIBF for super cheap, best book buys! You can also get great discounts for school suppliers, materials and equipment.
Your kids will also enjoy the robotics demonstration and storytelling sponsored by the different publishing houses.
For schedule of events and other information, checkout their website http://www.manilabookfair.com/
--Wondermom A. (Knowledge is Power)
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