Modified wordless bracelet

I have decided to make a modified version of the wordless bracelet, the typical wordless bracelet is made of macaroni beads and a leather type cord. Its hard to find the macaroni beads, I have tried looking for it in major stores and fabric shops but it was very limited. Then, one night, I saw this lady wearing a certain tribal bracelet and I noticed it was almost the same color as the wordless bracelet except that there was no white bead. So I have decided to modify the wordless bracelet and use the cute dark brown nylon thread and use the very cute bead  instead.  I had difficulty in locking the two ends so I decided to pay extra 50 pesos for the demo on how to make the lock, the guy was kind enough to tutor me on how to make loops for the lock and  was a fast learner and was excited enough to try the craft at home. The first tries were not that durable coz the first bracelets lost the lock, so from there I have learned my mistakes and improved my craft to make more quality wordless bracelets.

Materilas for the wordless bracelet:

small tribal beads
  red
  black
  yellow
 white
green

lighter
dark brown nylon thread #16

courtesy of www.missionsresources.com

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Pandesal and arroz caldo

Pandesal is a common part of the breakfast meal paired with scrambled egg or the common panawsaw sa cape sa umaga, its and extra treat when its served hot. I love the smell of freshly baked pandesal, reminds me of papa bringing pandesal or monay for us when we were still kids. Pandesal reminds me of papa, the smell and thought of pandesal brings back the time when papa was around, making me miss my papa.The arroz caldo on the other is  not the common treat, childhood memories of arroz caldo is associated with being sick, mother would prepare yummy arroz caldo, it was something special, it reminds me of a mother's pampering, a mother's care. Its the complete meal.

After sendong, I now have a whole new  meaning of pandesal and arroz caldo. Pandesal is the partner of the arroz caldo for feeding the evacuees in sendong evacuation centers. Its the complete meal for the kids, for the mothers and fathers who have new hopes and new vision for the future. As the start anew they face the new life with the hope in Jesus their savior. Their hearts have been touched by the Lord and have made them receptive and making them realize to cling unto that someone who can give them rest in these times and can strengthen them each passing day. I felt shame of my selfishness, shame with my self centeredness and shame with how I spent my time. I felt guilty with the concerns I have for myself, myself and myself. God opened my eyes to many truths, and Im not closing them now, Im trying to open it to I can see that I play a role to play in the great harvest. Time where we can invest in other people's lives, with eternal bearing.

Apart from the hunger for food, I saw in the faces of the children and even the young and the old, the once young and the young at heart, I saw their hunger for listening ears and hearts, am I ready for that? Am i willing? DO I have time?

This saturday is over and many saturdays will come to more pandesals and arroz caldos to share' I hope we can all take part in pandesal and arroz caldo filled days.

arroz caldo inside the caldero

pandesal

loving his arroz caldo

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Google rank increased to 2

Im just elated and blessed today after I opened my email and the the spice up your blog ingormed that pr rankings have been increased. I checked mine and To my surprise my ranking increased another notch higher. Thank you google, I dont know whats the basis but im extremely happy. Hope next month it will increase another notch higher.

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Im one of the fools

Got this from my classmate Lolit from facebook... cant help but share it here...

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My first night run: Run for a home

It was a rainy saturday afternoon, I had a good rest since I had no work. I woke up late in the morning, washed my clothes and then watch a few chapters of the Dong Yi korean drama, enough to give me the strength to run for a home for sendong victims. It was not one of the regular runs that I had, this time it was not that grand, not so many runners were there. Just a few and I also saw a group of volunteers who also joined the night run, it was a run for a home, proceeds of the said run would be allocated for sendong victims. It was a run for a cause. It was also the first time that I met and had picture taking with coach Rio, I never had any idea about famous runners and all, but I heard he had humble beginnings and was also kind enough to smile with us and also graced the said event.

It was a run worth remembering, the area near SM city cdo was conducive to the night run since it was cozy and more of residential setting which also matched the people who participated in the run since there were just a few hundred runners it was enough for all of us. I loved the breeze and the night, it was also different coz we had picture taking from any spot. Wahehehehe, it was not a serious one for me. Just real fun. After the run we feasted on hawaian pizza which Xandi promised after the run. After that he said see on the next run.

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