posted by Jennie on Sep 26
It was last night when it dawned on me that today is going to be a year since Typhoon Ondoy. You will find my posts here and here about what happened to us and our family last year. I cannot help too but look back with utmost gratitude at God’s faithfulness to us. It is one of those times that God has affirmed that His grace is truly sufficient.
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9
Typhoon Ondoy taught us a lot of things. The very first being is for us not to ever rely on material things. Anything at all can just be washed away by whatever the Lord allows in His omniscience. He is God and we are not. Nothing in this world is permanent. Everything is on borrowed time, even our very lives. The Lord’s faithfulness during that time in our lives were sent through friends and loved ones who saw us through. Remembering God’s goodness to us through you overflows our hearts with gratitude.
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posted by Jennie on Sep 26
After the sweet night of bonding the night before at Mines View Park Hotel‘s Function Hall, we all were ready for a full day ahead. But first off, breakfast at Zenz Restaurant. I will be posting more of the feasting we did via our food blog soon.
The staff of Mines View Park Hotel are the most accommodating I have encountered as far as Baguio is concerned. From Sir Buddy, who, by the looks of it (I didn’t ask) might just be the head waiter of the hotel’s restaurant, who made sure that we have what we want, down to the servers, bell boys, receptionist, even the security officer. This for me is a biggie. If a hotel has the most modern of facilities but has crappy service, then the hotel devaluates itself in my head by my personal standards and it is most likely that I will not be seen in that place than otherwise.
the hubby and I at the hotel patio before we left for Strawberry Farm.
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posted by Jennie on Sep 26
The bloggers trip to Baguio courtesy of Mines View Park Hotel where the hubby and I just got back home from was fab! There is just no other local place that can beat Baguio. We love it to bits. This is probably why we find ourselves visiting every year since we fell in love with it. If you are from Manila and know how it’s like to live on an average of 30° Celsius on a regular day, then you will understand why.
We have been to Baguio and back a few times and we are definitely adding Mines View Park Hotel in our list of to stay places. It is conveniently located right along the stretch of Mines View Park.
Mines View Park Hotel’s Reception Area (far back) and Zenz Restaurant
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posted by Jennie on Sep 26
One of the disadvantages of working from home is the fact that I alone are responsible for whatever equipment I use for work. It has been a week now since my laptop died on me four times a day. This despite my getting a dedicate a small fan for it to quit overheating on me. This was very inconvenient because I lost a huge portion of my unsaved work when it happened the first time.
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posted by Jennie on Sep 21
When I got hold of the book Hot by Laura Smith last month, I found it fitting to have a couple of the girls that I disciple in church to read it ahead of me. For one, I requested this book from Navpress with the girls on my mind, to begin with. They handed it back to me in a week’s time. Both of them are done with the book already and one of them has posted a review in one of her blogs as well.
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posted by Jennie on Sep 20
My son and I got Spoiled! yesterday. When Mommy Earth emailed a few weeks back about having our kiddo model for clothes carried by Spoiled! Store, I was one giddy mom. There was no way I was to refuse that.
We arrived at Spoiled! The Baby and Me Store rather early. So the little guy got to try on a few sets of Motion Wear clothes.
choosing from the row of collections. Jed’s first choice was the green checkered long sleeves ala Woody
my little cowboy
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posted by Jennie on Sep 19
One of the many good things you get when you’re a shutterbug is stumbling upon photos that you have forgotten you have ever taken. Like this unedited shot for instance. Timestamp: March 1, 2010.
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posted by Jennie on Sep 19
My husband and I attended the ParenTin.tv Talk Series 3 last September 11, 2010 held at the Auditorium of the brand new St. Luke’s Global City. They had very interesting topics, which brought me to register. Our topics of interest were: Investing in Children’s Health and Relationship as Investment. But whoever organized that event has yet a lot to learn.
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posted by Jennie on Sep 19
Time flies so fast! It speeds through our very eyes. Look at what I found as I was leafing through my son’s album.
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posted by Jennie on Sep 17
D-Villa Residence or more commonly known around the city as Holiday Villa was our choice of hotel to stay in Kuala Lumpur. The hubby handed me over this task even as he cannot go around the internet looking over feedbacks and all. I gave him a list of a number of good hotels within our budget and that have good feedback from customers. We booked via Agoda.com. Thanks to Dani Salasalan for the reco! I definitely would not have been able to get the same rate I did if I booked straight with the hotel or via another third party booking company. And for that, I love Agoda! 
This is the view from our room. It may just be a itty bitty slice of the Petronas Twin Towers‘s majesty all right. But it looked no less gallant from where we were.
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posted by Jennie on Sep 16
When I booked our MLA-KL-MLA flight November last year, I did not have a clue how we were to transport ourselves to Pampanga where the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport is. It was a relief to learn that we can actually park and fly within the grounds of the airport for P90/day. A huge difference if one has to park and fly in Pasay, which I think charges more than P300.
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posted by Jennie on Sep 16
We have been in the ministry for some years now. And as much as we have put our lives into the ministry, there are still a lot of things to be done to spread the good news about the Lord. People are way too distracted by a lot of things. My heart and calling is towards discipling the ladies in our church. I have seen them grow into beautiful women for Christ through the years who are now influencing the generation after them with the same passion. While my husband has been every so passionate as he reaches out to the schools (students and teachers) of the city and Makati, even beyond, whenever he is given a chance.
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posted by Jennie on Sep 15
Heartburns have been common occurrences to me since late last month. The thing about relying on Google for pretty much every single information you might want to look into, is its tendency to give you a scare. Especially if it is health related. I would like to believe that I have well dropped my hypochondriac tendencies in college. Which was brought about a lumpectomy when I was 19 years old. Read the rest of this entry »
posted by Jennie on Sep 15
For those of you who do not yet now, I also have a beauty blog – KikayCorner.net. It has been screaming for a revamp for a while now. My online work as a virtual assistant has taken a great deal of my time, which explains the lack of updates. Read the rest of this entry »
