Wow, it's February once again. How time flies! I didn't make any posts here for the past few weeks already. I'm sorry for that. It's not easy to maintain six blogs. I wish I have some super powers to update all my blogs at the same time, lol!

The month of February marks the celebration of Panagbenga in Baguio City or in other words Flower Festival. Hubby and I are considering to go to Baguio to see the Panagbenga 2012. We were not able to go there last year because I was in the hospital. We were there the other year (2010) but then my auntie passed away so we didn't stay long.

The most memorable one we've seen was in 2009 and that was hubby's first time to witness Panagbenga. We just got here in my homeland from the US that time. I took hubby there in Baguio to see the festival. He got the chance to see the landscape contest, street dancing and float parade. We enjoyed it but the only drawback was the very thick crowd. Hubby don't like crowded places and he said next time we will just watch it on TV, lol! 

Here is the video that I took during the street dancing competition in 2009.

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I miss our church in Texas. My hubby was given the chance to preach there a few times. One Wednesday night in 2007, my hubby had the chance to preach in our church. Our pastor and his wife were in Ohio that time and he designated some people to preach while he was away. Fortunately my hubby is one of those he designated to preach. I was so excited to hear my hubby preach that night. It has been a while since the last time he preached. While he was up there in the pulpit I was busy praying for him. I prayed that God would give him heavenly wisdom to bring his message in the church. Our service went well and hubby delivered his message that God wanted him to preach. I praised and thanked God because it's a great honor and privilege for my hubby just to stand up there and preach the Word of God.

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It's Christmas time once again. This will be our 3rd Christmas since we came back here in my homeland. I already miss Texas and I can't help myself remembering our Christmas celebrations in our church there in 2007.

We had such a great time that night during the Ladies' Christmas party held in our Church. It was hosted by Ms. Marsha, our pastor's wife. She prepared mostly finger foods and some ladies brought some desserts. I was so hungry that I ate to my heart's delight. The foods were delicious. After we ate, we picked our gifts. By the way each lady had to bring a gift worth $10. Ms. Marsha let us draw lots and I got number 13. The lady who got number 1 was the first to pick a gift. Then she opens it and have to display it. If the next lady wanted the gift that Lady number 1 got then she can steal it and the first lady will have to pick another gift. It was really fun. The gift I got was a pair of candle holders. They were so cute and when I got home I displayed it in our coffee table. I was the only one who brought a camera so as usual I took some photos.

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Thanksgiving Day is fast approaching. It's the 3rd year that hubby and I will be spending it away from his family. I remember those past thanksgiving celebrations that we had in Texas and all I can tell is we had lots of foods. Stacy, Sherry and I cooked delicious and yummy meal. There were lots of leftovers too. One Thanksgiving Day celebration I remember was in 2006. It's good I saved the pics in my picasa album so here are the pics.

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Six years ago I was confined at the rehab hospital in Texas for recovery from stroke. I stayed there for a month and everyday I was trained by different physical therapists so I could regain my strength. I had male and female therapists and everyday they were wearing their medical uniforms. I remember the color of their uniforms were white, green, blue and maroon. I was wondering where do they buy their scrubs until I came across this site http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/. I think this is where most of my physical therapists before bought their medical scrubs. My physical therapist had helped me a lot and after a few months of working with them I gained back my strength. They really did a good job!

If only I'm still in contact with them I will recommend to them to check out those medical scrubs for sale from Bluesky Scrubs. The scrubs are chic, professional and comfortable and they are made in USA. These scrubs can't be found in the stores. It can only be bought online from the above website.

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It was my hubby's first time to attend the Panagbenga in Baguio in 2009. We just arrived from the US that time and I took hubby there to watch the Panagbenga meaning Flower Festival. It has been his dream to go and watch it since I've been telling him how nice and beautiful it was. I've been attending the past festivals before I went to the US. My siblings and I went up in Baguio every year just to witness the said event. Lots and lots of people flocked to Baguio every year to watch it. You will see people every where. I know hubby don't like the crowd but he endured it just to watch it for the first time. We went to Burnham Park where the Landscaping Contest was being shown. We had to pay P30 each for the entrance fee. It was high because it was the opening day. The next day we went again and it went down to P10 each. We took pictures of the landscape entries. They were so beautiful and each landscape entry was unique. The landscapers were so creative. The winners were announced on the last week of the festival and they chose 3 winners, 1st, 2nd and 3rd. I didn't know who won though. Here are the photos of the landscape entries. Which do you think won?

entry No. 1

entry No. 2

entry No. 3

entry No. 4
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entry No. 6

entry No. 7

entry No. 8

entry No. 9


entry No. 10

entry No. 11
entry No. 12
entry No. 13
entry No. 14

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One restaurant where hubby and I love to eat is at Cici's. It's too bad they don't have that kind of restaurant here in my homeland. I was looking at my files and I found those photos that we took when we went to eat at the said restaurant 4 years ago in Wichita Falls. Our friends Pastor Yanie and his wife Sis Modie went to our house and spent the night with us. They are good Christian friends and we really enjoyed their company. They invited us to Cici's Pizza and we met there those people from their church in Bowie. They all came up in Wichita Falls and had a Christmas celebration at Cici's Pizza. It is a buffet restaurant that serves different kinds of pizza pies. They also have vegetable salad. The East Side Baptist Church paid our meals and it was really a blessing. Hubby had the chance to talk to Pastor Jamie Reed, their church pastor. I was only able to eat 4 slices of different pizza flavors and I already got full. That's the most I can eat. My hubby had eaten a lot though. He loves pizza pies. It's been a while since we ate there and we miss the foods. When we go back there next year, we will surely go there and eat.

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