Every Saturday, participants post photos based on a theme. The theme for this Saturday, May 31, 2008 is YOURSELF or PART OF YOU.

Here is a photo that I took a few months ago, while I was waiting for my husband and children to come pick me up from my “workplace” (hubby’s family home where I have a small room for my individual Enrichment/Tutorial sessions during Saturdays). Photo has been cropped of course, and this was the best there is among several attempts I made to take a good (for me at least) photo of my eye.

Kahlil Gibran wrote: “Our appearance, our words, our actions are never greater than ourselves. For the soul is our house, our eyes its windows, and our words its messengers.”

Have a great weekend everyone

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One of the most enjoyable projects for me when I was still studying in high school was when we were asked to write. Not that I consider myself a great writer, I wouldn’t even come close to being a good one. I fancied myself as a writer then, and even dreamed being a novelist. If only I was able to save my story drafts then but maybe the drafts I have written may seem silly now if I will read these. Now about writing projects, the kind of writing projects I enjoyed then were high school essay, or should I say essays, that made me give my all whenever I wrote, as if I am competing to win an award of sorts. Well, along the way, I did win some but the most coveted award I wanted was not meant to be.

Anyway, I thought in college, writing would be a breeze for me but I was mistaken. Writing a college essay was difficult because there was so much to do before the writing can actually take place. Research, research and more research are done before I came up with a decent piece. Back then, help from a custom writing service company would have been deeply appreciated. As I have struggled through my essays, who would have thought that there were more to come: college papers. To say that these were easy would be like saying climbing uphill is easy. Yes, that hard because back then, researching was very difficult since the internet was still not available when I was in college. Maybe it was but I didn’t probably didn’t know that it even existed.

Students are fortunate these days that they are able to get the help they need when they have to write essays and papers. They still get to do much more with the other requirements they have to pass. Still, I don’t regret not having any help for these research and writing projects I had to do because I have learned a lot.

Petz 3 PC Game is an old pc game. We have had this game for years but it is still running, on Windows 98 No kidding, that’s why we still have the program for this particular game.

My kids, all three of them love playing with their virtual pets: feeding, playing, bathing and even giving the pets some discipline. Of course, its not all fun when the puppies come. They love to invent names and write comments or short descriptions about the pets.

Through this game I have found out that Julian is a budding writer (pardon the grammar, he was only 6.5 years old when he wrote that). The photos below were taken late last year. I haven’t taken photos yet of his new written prose but I have read some and these were better than the ones below. Please read on:

This is about King, Julian’s alpha dog.

Tania’s dog, profiled by Julian.

Guess who did this profile below?

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I love plants and flowers but these seem to not love me back. Time and again I have always talked about not having the abilities to grow plants, especially flowering plants. Years ago, I have tried to grow orchids but these orchids just dried up on me. The after that I got my indoor plants that should thrive even without much tender loving care. Of course, these dried up too, even if I followed the proper instructions about its care. I have practically given up on having some beautiful flowers and plants indoors have it not been for the silk plants that we have in the living room, the peach-colored flowers and those yellow colored ones in the dining area. Faux plants used indoors are a great option to have around. Why? Faux trees, plants and flowers do not contain allergen that makes me have allergic reactions. The use of these decorative even if faux also decreases the likelihood of insects crawling, creeping and flying inside the house. Oh, not to mention that these do not have to be cared for and watered suit me fine. Now, I get to enjoy plants in the house without all the wasted efforts to keep these alive and well.

We have a plant that has flowers that bloom during the “cold” months from December - February. I do not know the name of this very tall plant. The flowers are nocturnal, meaning they only bloom at night. And when the flowers bloom, these have a sweet, haunting and fragrant smell that permeates the air. The children love the smell but I don’t. I have allergic reactions

Below is a photo of empty stalk of the flower. I took this photo as I went out the front door to go hear mass with my husband. These flowers should have been dried but I can still smell them at night and saw several high up the plant that still have blooms. Hmmm…I wonder why.

By the way, I am starting a weekly meme in my other blog, GreenBucks2. If you are interested, click here for the info. This is my entry for this week.

Thank you and I wish everyone passing by a great week!

The day was perfect. Of course, I was late because I have work but never mind. Wenchie asked us to join her climb up the steps. We agreed. After heaving and sighing, I have reached the top with the rest. And guess what can be seen? That photo below. It was worth the traipsing of the steps! (yeah, and my legs are a little stiff till now but its ok) .

Such a wonderful sight greeted us up the steps. And where is this place? At the La Mesa Eco Park.

Below are the kids, having a grand time, playing around, while the moms are exchanging snippets of wisdom and bales of laughter. Though my kids are not there, still I had to take photos because they all look so wonderful.

Standing: Cess’ son Troi, Lynn’s daughter Andrea, Chateau’s kids Patchy and Nate. Sitting on the log, Cookie’s younger daughter Adie, Chateau’s VGood and Cookie’s Gaby.

Everything was perfect, even with the bees hovering on the table. Let me say this again that being bloggers, we know a lot about each other even if we don’t see each other that much. Thank you, everyone for this gift of friendship beyond blogging.

Wenchie of The Sweet Life-Rowena, Feng, Cookie of ScroochChronicles, TeacherJulie, Lynn of The MomZone, Chateau of iMomOnLine, Lady Cess of One-Twentyone.

When the rain clouds came and dumped rains, we all trooped to Wenchie’s house to continue our gabbing session. The kids disappeared and bonded together in one of the rooms upstairs. Yeah, one of the 17 rooms in the house.

Cheers! And let’s do this again.