I just saw a picture of Manny Pacquiao and Jessica Sanchez together. It was taken last weekend before the controversial fight between the former and Timothy Bradley where Sanchez sang the national anthem.
These 2 are probably 2 of the most popular Filipinos in recent memory. Although I have yet to hear Sanchez to actually say she's indeed a half-Filipina. Anyway, both of them also kept a lot of international fans glued on the tube not so long ago. Unfortunately, both also kinda' fell short in bringing home the bacon. Yes, we Filipinos still consider them as winners but we cannot deny the fact that we were hoping and praying that they emerged as the crowned winners. Yes? In both 'bouts', 'kababayans' or fellow Filipinos felt short changed with the outcomes. In Jessica's case, she herself felt the winner deserved the title. That doesn't make her any less talented. If I may say so, she's way more talented as a singer. It's just that Phillip is more popular [to the fans who mattered the most] during the competition. Many [Filipinos] may not agree with me and that's okay. To each his own, right? Anyway, as I see it winning American Idol is not always a sure thing for success. Out of the past 10 winners, only 2 have careers now that can be classified successful [record sales]. The others are either still struggling to sell records while the others are almost gone into oblivion. If Jessica plays her cards right and with the guidance of a great management team, she can soar higher than any of these AI champs. Her voice is definitely something. So it ain't over till it's over.
The Manny Pacquiao - Timothy Bradley situation is far from over though. As a matter of fact, the WBO is now going to review the controversial result of the fight. According to the article, the Attorney General of Nevada might just do the same thing. I didn't watch the fight. I'm not a fan of the sport itself. I only read about and it's only because someone I know of is involve in the sport itself like Pacquiao. Since I didn't watch it myself, I cannot tell if Pacquiao won it or not or if something fishy happened. But if the boxing association itself is going out of its way to investigate it, then something must be going on.
What do I hope comes out of the investigation? I guess the truth. Hopefully, everyone will be able to accept whatever the association [and possibly the attorney general of NV] comes up with after their investigation. That's all.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
First Post in 2 Years!
Even I have that surprised look on my face when I realized what I'm doing!
So what gives?
I just thought I'd try and give this blog one more shot. I have some free time on my hands and maybe, just maybe, I can make this work.
There's plenty of things out there to talk about and I think this will be perfect place to talk about it. It's called 'WaHM talks' for a reason, you know.
That will be all for now. I'll try and post here as much as I can. Hopefully my next post will be within a couple of...ummmm....days? Yeah, definitely. Maybe.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Oil Spill/Leak Disaster
This is a picture I found online. At first glance, it can very well be a picture of a painting - oil painting, maybe? It's OIL alright but it's not a painting. It's a picture of the oil spill in the Gulf. It's now about a month and a half - 45 days to be exact - since the oil spill. Sadly, even after numerous tries to fix it, there seems to be no end to this disaster.
Here in the sunshine state, the people are bracing themselves because the oil is expected to reach the white beaches in the panhandle as early as tomorrow - Friday, 4th of June. Thousands of tar balls are on their way to mar some of the most beautiful beaches in the state. If and when that happens, they're saying that those beaches that will be affected will never be the same again. I hope not....
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Warning! Updating!
After weeks of not coming here, I am now doing what I should have done a week or so ago. But I wasn't able to... so I'm doing it now.
Nothing much has happened between now and the last time I posted here but I feel like I have a different perspective in life now. I went through what I'd like to call a 'roller coaster' ride in the last few weeks but all's good now. Without going into too much detail, I had some kind of a health scare about 3 weeks ago. I didn't take any chance and went to my doctor right away and he ordered some tests for me. The result? Good. Not superb since I still need to go for a follow in a few months but at least I can now breathe easily again.
Waiting for the doctor's call was nerve-wrecking. There was not a day that I didn't feel like crying or breaking down. But life had to go on so I tried very hard to keep my mind off it but with very little success. One minute I'd be laughing and being care-free, the next minute I'd be sulking and thinking of the what-ifs. All I could think about was our little one who is still very much dependent on Mommy. The husband is of course very supportive and was trying to be positive. But his face showed how worried he was. Pimples all over. I didn't know he'd be that affected with what was going on with me. I was wrong.
But that's all water under the bridge now. Life's a lot sweeter now and I try not to ignore even the slightest thing that happens around me and in me. For now, I'm just thankful I'm alive...
Nothing much has happened between now and the last time I posted here but I feel like I have a different perspective in life now. I went through what I'd like to call a 'roller coaster' ride in the last few weeks but all's good now. Without going into too much detail, I had some kind of a health scare about 3 weeks ago. I didn't take any chance and went to my doctor right away and he ordered some tests for me. The result? Good. Not superb since I still need to go for a follow in a few months but at least I can now breathe easily again.
Waiting for the doctor's call was nerve-wrecking. There was not a day that I didn't feel like crying or breaking down. But life had to go on so I tried very hard to keep my mind off it but with very little success. One minute I'd be laughing and being care-free, the next minute I'd be sulking and thinking of the what-ifs. All I could think about was our little one who is still very much dependent on Mommy. The husband is of course very supportive and was trying to be positive. But his face showed how worried he was. Pimples all over. I didn't know he'd be that affected with what was going on with me. I was wrong.
But that's all water under the bridge now. Life's a lot sweeter now and I try not to ignore even the slightest thing that happens around me and in me. For now, I'm just thankful I'm alive...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Reasons
That's what I believe in. In more cases than one, THIS proverb has helped me get through some really difficult phase in my life. Most of the time, the 'REASON' comes years after...and sometimes, that's the only time I would realize why things happened the way they did.
Right now, I am in a situation where I'm trying to stay positive. Generally, life has been good to me. Yes, there are ups and downs like a 'roller coaster' but that's life. Even though I am not a fan of this 'thrill' ride, I have no choice but to accept that life is indeed like a roller coaster. I am hoping and praying that things will work out for the better...whatever that is!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Neglected but...
...not forgotten!
I can't remember how many times I tried to update this blog in the past several weeks but I always come up short. Sigh....
So what gives? Not quite sure, honestly. I know I am not THAT busy. I guess it's just my being lazy most of the time. Not a good thing since I have a responsibility to update this blog at least once a week or even once a month. I guess my blog's title of "Wahm Talks!" is not apt anymore. Maybe I should just change it to something more appropriate like 'Wahm Sleeps'?
Anyway, since it's been almost 2 months since the last time I updated this blog, I have a gazillion things to write about. Where to start? How about from the beginning, maybe?
April: Birthday! There is only ONE important event [for my family anyway] this month. It's the little one's birthday. Yep, my baby has turned another year older this month. Just like her other birthdays, we celebrated it as a family. I had a doctor's appointment on that day. Dad decided to take the day off and we spent it running errands. We were out most of the day but we had a great time because we rarely have the time to do that now. Aside from our day out, we also had the 'traditional' ice cream & cake and opening of gifts.
May: Mother's Day! The little one likes to celebrate in her own little way so anything on the calendar that's marked is worth celebrating to her and Mother's Day is definitely one of those 'celebrations'. Normally, she and Dad go out together to find me a gift. They've been doing that since she was around 4. Before that, Dad would get something and just asked her to give it to me. This year though, we did something different for this day. We went GO-CARTING! It was my first time to be on the 'wheels' of a go-cart. Hubby thinks it's the closest I can get to driving a real car. After the go-cart escapades, we decided to hit some balls...in the miniature golf they had in the amusement park. After golf, we let the little one play in the arcade for a few...then we headed home.
All in all, both events turned out pretty well. We diverted from the 'norm' [here] and it proved to be great fun. Maybe next year we can also think of doing something different to celebrate. In the meantime, the little one is waiting for the next 'event' which is Father's Day. I am hoping I can blog about that much earlier than I blogged the last 2 events.
I can't remember how many times I tried to update this blog in the past several weeks but I always come up short. Sigh....
So what gives? Not quite sure, honestly. I know I am not THAT busy. I guess it's just my being lazy most of the time. Not a good thing since I have a responsibility to update this blog at least once a week or even once a month. I guess my blog's title of "Wahm Talks!" is not apt anymore. Maybe I should just change it to something more appropriate like 'Wahm Sleeps'?
Anyway, since it's been almost 2 months since the last time I updated this blog, I have a gazillion things to write about. Where to start? How about from the beginning, maybe?
April: Birthday! There is only ONE important event [for my family anyway] this month. It's the little one's birthday. Yep, my baby has turned another year older this month. Just like her other birthdays, we celebrated it as a family. I had a doctor's appointment on that day. Dad decided to take the day off and we spent it running errands. We were out most of the day but we had a great time because we rarely have the time to do that now. Aside from our day out, we also had the 'traditional' ice cream & cake and opening of gifts.
May: Mother's Day! The little one likes to celebrate in her own little way so anything on the calendar that's marked is worth celebrating to her and Mother's Day is definitely one of those 'celebrations'. Normally, she and Dad go out together to find me a gift. They've been doing that since she was around 4. Before that, Dad would get something and just asked her to give it to me. This year though, we did something different for this day. We went GO-CARTING! It was my first time to be on the 'wheels' of a go-cart. Hubby thinks it's the closest I can get to driving a real car. After the go-cart escapades, we decided to hit some balls...in the miniature golf they had in the amusement park. After golf, we let the little one play in the arcade for a few...then we headed home.
All in all, both events turned out pretty well. We diverted from the 'norm' [here] and it proved to be great fun. Maybe next year we can also think of doing something different to celebrate. In the meantime, the little one is waiting for the next 'event' which is Father's Day. I am hoping I can blog about that much earlier than I blogged the last 2 events.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Spring Weather
... is the best!! To me anyway.
The weather was great the past several days prior to yesterday. It rained cats and dogs yesterday afternoon until early this morning that's why. BUT...that's only for half a day yesterday so all is good because today, it's GORGEOUS out there once again.
As I stated in my post before this one, I AM NOW TRYING to focus more on the good things more than the bad things. It's actually easier to do the opposite but why dampen your good spirit with one bad [weather] day amidst all the sunshiny days we've been having around here, right?
This weekend, the husband was also able to take a full day's off after months of working like a horse. He's been working 16-hour days [sometimes longer], 7 days a week so yesterday was very much welcome & needed. We took advantage of his day off by spending family time in one of the mini-golf course attractions not too far from where we live. It's our second time to do that and we all had a blast. The first time we did, I didn't participate. Kill-joy me, eh? But I'm a KJ no more because I joined in the putt-putt yesterday. Hep-hep-hurray! Hubby kept on saying: I really enjoyed that! Tee-hee...
Aside from the mini-golf 'tourney', we also did some mining where we collected 'jewels' [ semi-precious stones - from a bag of dirt] the old fashion way....shaking off the dirt in water to look for that oh-so precious stone. Evertime there's a colored stone, the little one would blurt out: We're rich! Umm..not quite baby. She really enjoyed the mining tremendously that we're now thinking of doing it for real...going to a real mine-site either the one in North Carolina or Arkansas. That would be FUN, FUN, FUN....so I'm crossing my fingers that we can do that one day.
The weather was great the past several days prior to yesterday. It rained cats and dogs yesterday afternoon until early this morning that's why. BUT...that's only for half a day yesterday so all is good because today, it's GORGEOUS out there once again.
As I stated in my post before this one, I AM NOW TRYING to focus more on the good things more than the bad things. It's actually easier to do the opposite but why dampen your good spirit with one bad [weather] day amidst all the sunshiny days we've been having around here, right?
This weekend, the husband was also able to take a full day's off after months of working like a horse. He's been working 16-hour days [sometimes longer], 7 days a week so yesterday was very much welcome & needed. We took advantage of his day off by spending family time in one of the mini-golf course attractions not too far from where we live. It's our second time to do that and we all had a blast. The first time we did, I didn't participate. Kill-joy me, eh? But I'm a KJ no more because I joined in the putt-putt yesterday. Hep-hep-hurray! Hubby kept on saying: I really enjoyed that! Tee-hee...
Aside from the mini-golf 'tourney', we also did some mining where we collected 'jewels' [ semi-precious stones - from a bag of dirt] the old fashion way....shaking off the dirt in water to look for that oh-so precious stone. Evertime there's a colored stone, the little one would blurt out: We're rich! Umm..not quite baby. She really enjoyed the mining tremendously that we're now thinking of doing it for real...going to a real mine-site either the one in North Carolina or Arkansas. That would be FUN, FUN, FUN....so I'm crossing my fingers that we can do that one day.
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