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Touch Me Not

Thursday, April 12, 2012

My favorite past time is browsing online catalog. I can spend the whole afternoon looking for products to add to my wishlist. I have spent hours at overstock.com (will resume browsing after blogging) and saw these interesting products.

Nine Stars Auto-open Motion Sensor Infrared Trash Can Combo

Infrared motion sensor and a hands-free automatic opening lid make it so you don't have to touch the trash can to open it
Both are finger print-resistant and easy to clean and have hidden battery compartments
PhP 4,386

iTouchless 13-gallon Square Extra-wide Opening Trash Can

MX Model touchless trash can features a sensor-operated, extra-wide opening
Trash bin has an infrared sensor with a range of 6 inches
Kitchen accessory closes automatically three seconds after your hand moves away from the lid
PhP 5,347

iTouchless NX 16-gallon Stainless Steel Recycle Bin

This iTouchless recycle can has two separate, 8-gallon compartments with lids. The four built-in wheels help keep your kitchen area clutter-free.
Place your hand or debris within 6 inches of the top-mounted, infrared sensor and the lid opens
Powered by four D batteries or optional AC power adaptor
PhP 12,344

iTouchless Towel-Matic II Pearl White Paper Towel Dispenser

Add ease and intelligence to your kitchen with a pearl white paper towel dispenser. The Towel-Matic II automatic dispenser has an extended scanning panel that tightly grabs on to the towel.
Built-in optical scanner identifies the perforations on the paper towel and stops right at the perforated line
PhP 4,395

If I Could

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

There are women that become mothers
without effort,
without thought,
without patience or loss
and though they are good mothers and love their children,
I know that I will be better.

I will be better not because of genetics,
or money
or that I have read more books,

but because I have struggled and toiled.

I have longed and waited.
I have cried and prayed.
I have endured and planned over and over again.

Like most things in life,
the people who truly have appreciation
are those who have struggled to attain their dreams.

I will notice everything about my child.
I will take time to watch my child sleep, explore and discover.
I will marvel at this miracle every day for the rest of my life.

I will be happy when I wake in the middle of the night to the sound of my child,
knowing that I can comfort, hold and feed him.

and that I am not waking to take another temperature,
pop another pill,
take another shot
or cry tears of a broken dream.

My dream will be crying for me.

I count myself lucky in this sense;
that God has given me this insight,
this special vision with which I will look upon my child
that my friends will not see.

I will not be careless with my love.

I will be a better mother for all that I have endured.
I am a better wife,
a better aunt,
a better daughter,
friend and sister
because I have known pain.

I know disillusionment as I have been betrayed by my own body,
I have been tried by fire and hell many never face,
yet given time, I stood tall.

I have prevailed.
I have succeeded.
I have won.

So now, when others hurt around me,
I do not run from their pain in order to save myself discomfort.
I see it,
mourn it,
and join them in theirs.
I listen.

And even though I cannot make it better,
I can make it less lonely.

I have learned the immerse power of another hand holding tight to mine,
of other eyes that moisten as they learn to accept the harsh truth and when life is beyond hard.
I have learned a compassion that only comes with walking in those shoes.
I have learned to appreciate life.

Yes I will be a wonderful mother.

If I could.

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Holy Cow!

Monday, April 02, 2012

Me and hubby were at The Atrium of SM Megamall undecided where to eat lunch. He saw the menu of Holy Cow and everything seem mouthwatering. As we entered, we noticed the interior design of the ranch themed restaurant is very impressive. My husband told me it reminded him of his stay in Texas.

I browsed the menu and problem! -- it was very hard to choose. I want to try the burgers, then I want the steaks then I want the ribs then... aaarrrgghhh. It was already past one in the afternoon and we haven't eaten breakfast yet.

Okay, here's our first meal of the day.