Halo

I just love the melody of Beyonce Knowles' Halo. Lyrics follow:

Halo

Remember those walls I built

Well baby they're tumbling down

And they didn't even put up a fight

They didn't even make a sound

I found a way to let you in

But I never really had a doubt

Standing in the light of your halo

I got my angel now

It's like I've been awakened

Every rule I had you breakin'

It's the risk that I'm takin'

I ain't never gonna shut you out

Everywhere I'm looking now

I'm surrounded by your embrace

Baby I can see your halo

You know you're my saving grace

You're everything I need and more

It's written all over your face

Baby I can feel your halo

Pray it won't fade away

I can feel your halo (halo) halo

I can see your halo (halo) halo

I can feel your halo (halo) halo

I can see your halo (halo) halo

Woah...

Hit me like a ray of sun

Burning through my darkest night

You're the only one that I want

Think I'm addicted to your light

I swore I'd never fall again

But this don't even feel like falling

Gravity can't forget

To pull me back to the ground again

Feels like I've been awakened

Every rule I had you breakin'

The risk that I'm takin'

I'm never gonna shut you out

Everywhere I'm looking now

I'm surrounded by your embrace

Baby I can see your halo

You know you're my saving grace

You're everything I need and more

It's written all over your face

Baby I can feel your halo

Pray it won't fade away

I can feel your halo (halo) halo

I can see your halo (halo) halo

I can feel your halo (halo) halo

I can see your halo (halo) halo

I can feel your halo (halo) halo

Dare to Believe

I was out for quite a while, wasn’t able to check my mails, wasn’t able to check and make blogs, wasn’t able to check who visited my sites. It is only now that I check on all my sites and better still, I am able to make and post this blog.

It’s been more than a month that I was in absolute vacation and peacefully on rest. Do you know what happened to me? Well, I’d met some problems. I prefer to say that I was in to a certain trouble that I didn’t do at all. A neighbor of mine, who happens to be the mistress of a certain lawyer here in Tagum, accused me that I am a prank texter who keeps on texting them, namely: the mistress, the lawyer and lawyer’s wife. She (mistress) said that I am destroying their relationship thru text messages; that I have leaked their relationship to the lawyer’s wife, and so on and so forth. Everything seems complicated but to sum it up, the mistress threat me severely. She said that she liked me to be beheaded by some killer from Cotabato. She said numerous upsetting words. She and her family laughed at me every time I go out of my door. All those hurting words and actions they did shattered me a lot, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Despite all those bad words and actions, I did nothing that may complicate the problem. I did not react; I did not say anything against them. You may say that I am too lenient to these people, but I simply believe that God will give justice to the oppressed. I prayed from the bottom of my heart that God will always guide and protect me from my evil neighbor.

As January 2009 set in, I was completely confident for I believe that God is with me. But something has happen that I never expected to occur. My evil neighbor used Black Magic to attack me. Gibarang ko sa akong silingan (my neighbor cursed me using black spirit). In the middle of my deep sleep, I always woke up every 12 midnight. Then I felt my half body (left side) numbed from my head down to my toe finger. In the morning, I can hardly stand up, I hardly walk. My whole body is aching all over most specially my left side and my back part. I could feel my throat was stabbed by needles and it’s always dry. My neck was like pierced by big needle as with my spinal column bone. My left palm and sole was like nailed painfully. My belly increases to about 1 to 2 inches. I’d been suffering this for almost a month. But thanks to my other neighbor who happens to be my good friend. She looked for a “tambalan” (somebody who is gifted to heal pains out from black magic). My friend brought me to Asuncion for the “tambalan”. I had three sessions and successfully complied the sessions. The tambalan confirmed that somebody cursed me. No one else put the curse on me except that naughty mistress because she kept on saying loudly that “hay patay, patay gyud” (that I will be dead).

Now, I can say that what is written in the Bible is true. Evil spirit is now prevalently use by most people. Simple things get complicated because of pride and suspicion. There are many things which are written in the Bible that is eventually happening today.

Living in this world really is wonderful and colorful and full of challenges. Life is full of ups and downs. We live with all sorts of people, big and small, good and bad, rich and poor. But some do like to brag, to step on others right, and turning others down. How about you, will you be happy looking to some people suffering because of your actions?

Xylitol : Natural Sweetener

One day, I prepared coffee for myself and for my father. I always love to have a sweeter taste, so I put enough sugar in to my cup. I stared at my father and thought if I am going to put sugar in to his cup since he is diabetic. Hmmm, I preferred not to add sugar, thus, he had to bear with the bitter taste of the coffee.

Because my father is diabetic, I surfed over the net to look for some natural sweetener that my father can use. Then, I found this new site about Emerald Forrest and its natural sweetener. Said company produce a natural sweetener called xylitol. This xylitol is a naturally occurring sweetener which is derived from plant sources. Emerald Forest uses corn cobs to extract xylitol.

Furthermore, there are some great benefits if we are going to use this natural sweetener. It is good for our teeth because xylitol is a sugar alcohol, which means that it cannot be metabolized by bacteria in the mouth, thus, preventing dental caries.

More importantly, xylitol is safe for people with diabetes, just like my father. In the glycemic index, the refined sugar scores 100 whereas xylitol scores 7. Therefore, diabetics can safely use xylitol without worrying about any increase in their blood sugar level.

Finally, I am quite excited to start my online shopping now. Are you interested too? For more information, you can visit their web site and start shopping online immediately.

World Wide Web Friendship Award

I would like to throw a warm "thank you" to my net friend Chelle for sharing this World Wide Web Friendship Award. I'm glad having you as friend over the net through blogging.

Now, I am passing this award to my other friends, viz: emz, wellawells, dominique, ailecgee.

Flat Belly Diet

Last month, I applied to blog about Flat Belly Diet, so applied and filled up their application form online. Luckily, I was chosen, from thousands of applicants worldwide, to blog about FBD. Prevention/Yovia LLC will be sending me the book Flat Belly Diet for free, thus, I have to follow the diet and blog the development of my weight and everything about my total experiences for about 32 days. Hmmm, watch out for my future blogs at Prevention soon when I receive the book. Feel free to visit http://www.flatbellydiet.prevention.com

PacMan: The Ultimate Winner

Manny Pacquiao made another history by beating the Golden Boy in the Boxing world, Oscar de la Hoya. Filipinos salute Manny for bringing another honor to the country, Philippines.. I don't have to say any further except Congratulations Manny! We are proud of you...

photo credit: hbo

I Am Grateful

Jacky gave me this tag. Thank you!... These are the things that I am grateful of:

1. ....for having a new friend Joan Todavia.. She's a fighter. Her attitude as a fighter gives me the energy I need to face the ups and downs of life fearlessly.

2 ....for having a wonderful and supporting parents.. They're always with me for bitterness and sweetness flavors of life.

3. ....for having a supportive sister...I can lean on her always, anytime...

4. ....for having jolly nieces... They are fun to be with.

5. ....for having a wacky buddy... He made me smile :-)

I am passing this on to : onlinetours, Azlina, Bestfriends

HOW THIS WORKS:
1. Re-post the picture on your blog and pls. acknowledge where it came from. Kindly leave a comment on this post so I would know you've posted it.
2. Write down 5 things you are grateful for and the 5 bloggers you are tagging.
3. You may copy this or write your own quote regarding gratitude:

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." - Jeremiah 29:11