If there is one dream that I have that I know will just remain a dream forever is that I want to find a cure for cancer, or any life-threatening disease that is claiming the lives of so many people right now. Thank goodness there are other people dreaming of the same thing who are capable of making it come true. They are doing biomedical research to find cure to so many medical problems which are life-threatening in nature. They belong to organizations who dedicate their resources to funding these researches. Without them, I think we’d still be living in ice ages, not even close to finding cure tuberculosis.

I would like to think they are close to finding a cure for cancer.

When I was younger, I used to dream of collecting angel figurines. Like the photo above. I love angels. I feel like there’s one guiding us every step of the way and the figurine is a perfect representation of the angel I have in mind. A friend in college gave me two angel figurines. I know my mom stored most of our things because we were supposed to move. I think it’s in one of the boxes left unopened upstairs.

I no longer dream of collecting angel figurines. I still love angels but I have outgrown that desire for clutter. I think I will get single one for my room soon. Not now but soon when I already have the money to buy a Lladro.

No matter how far wrong you’ve gone, you can always turn around.

There is so much truth in this statement. I once committed a very big mistake. I suffered because of it. It even haunted me for years! But maybe the One Above saw how much I have repented. He saw how much I wanted for my life to change. And that I suffered enough.

I was able to turn my life around. It was not easy but I managed to do it because I WANT TO. It’s all in me. I wanted change in my life and I was able to do it.

You can turn your life around. You just have to want it for it to happen.

Renzo used to be an alcoholic. He turned to alcohol when he got so depressed with the way his life turned out. He lost his long-time girlfriend. He lost his job. When depression set in, he turned to alcohol as an escape.

Before anybody else could intervene, he himself acknowledged his problem. He sought professional help and attended therapy sessions to address his depression. When his medical doctors and therapists gave him the all-clear, he went home happy and a changed man. He is back to work. He is now doing fine and when he is a bit lonely, he goes online and plays Online Craps. He actually met some pretty decent people because of his occasional leisure. He doesn’t play every day but at least once or twice a month. He told his shrink about it and he approves. He knows he needs some diversion from all the difficulties of every day life and since he isn’t harming anybody else with his playing online, then he is fine doing it. Sometimes, he plays Slots Online. It is a no-brainer game and he loves it.

I like the fact that Renzo is well-grounded now. He knows that he is vulnerable because he once succumbed to depression. He knows he could go back and suffer from depression again and it will be back to square one for him. So he sees a medical professional from time to time. He still attends a support group. He actually now gives inspiration to a lot of the people he’s met who suffered the same fate as his. I think acknowledgment is the key. Awareness. If you acknowledge the problem, then you are open to trying out the various solutions given to you. And the healing and change will start from there.

Just be sure to leave some room for fun after the healing, okay?

Locals call it CPA, short for chicken pork adobo, a well-known Filipino dish. It is a combination of chicken and pork cooked in soy sauce and garlic. I love CPA with hard-boiled eggs! My dad cooks the best adobo this side of the city. I must say that when it is the dish of the day at home, we really eat a lot!

Since I saw this photo online, I have been craving for it. I will ask my dad if he can cook CPA tomorrow. Hopefully, this craving will be gone after

I really admire persons working to give us the news on what is happening around the world. The country is already wrapping up the counting for the national elections. I am sure the people involved in the counting as well as those who are vigilantly protecting the integrity of the counting results were able to get a few hours of sleep in the past few days. I hope they are taking their vitamins to supplement the lack of sleep. I really admire them for the work they’ve put in.

Some of my friends have volunteered, too. I haven’t talked to them yet but they are sure to be tired and exhausted by now. I hope the work they’ve put in will not be put to waste.

When people say that your best asset is your eyes, you will surely do everything in your power for it to stay that way. People are attracted to the beauty and depth of your eyes. If it is threatened by wrinkles, just get an eye wrinkle remover and use it.

Our neighbor has beautiful deep set eyes. And she knows it. She uses her eyes to attract men. You can see it in her whenever a man she fancies walks by her. You can just imagine how much she takes care of her eyes. She will do everything to keep it her best asset. I just know it!

She wants to show a curvier form when she wears her wedding gown. She is dieting for herself, for her happiness. She wants to become more confident when she’s inside the bedroom with her love. She is also preparing her body for a possible pregnancy now that they both decided they are ready to face a family life.

She is asking the help of her friend who’s a gym trainer. She is also using the aid of alli. She will give it her best shot. This is for her happiness. And she will chase it until she catches up to it!

She is that determined.

To buy gold bullion. Now there’s an alternative to the traditional types of investment that we all know. Some people are not satisfied with the income that the traditional investments are giving them. So they are looking for a new way to increase their return on investments.

Buying gold bullion is one way of increasing your profit. With the way the dollar is behaving, investors can be assured that the value of gold will surely increase and investing in it will give the investor a higher rate of return.

If you are interested, go to US Gold Bureau. It is a web site dedicated to giving you the information you need about gold investment. Find them online at USGoldBureau.com now.

I am envious of the person who won the Branson vacation package raffled off by our favorite mall. Imagine, the winner had one ticket and her ticket was chosen. We had more than a dozen tickets and we didn’t win anything. Sigh.

Such is life my friends. If it isn’t meant for you, no matter what you do, it won’t happen, it won’t be given to you. But if it’s meant, even if you only have half a ticket, then you will win no matter what!

The little girls look so cute wearing their custom hats. They paraded along the street and people handed them money. And the money went to the local church. The little girls helped in their own little way and the people loved the efforts shown by their parents.

When my sisters and I were still young, we would participate in activities of the local church. We didn’t know that we were helping the church raise money. We were just having fun being active that time.

Our old neighbor is depressed. I heard him talking to my dad about his social security disability benefits that he hasn’t gotten to date. He’s been working to get it for this year for some expenses he needs to fund but nothing happened. I told my dad to tell our neighbor that there’s a provider who can help our neighbor. It’s Allsup, a leading nationwide provider of financial and healthcare related services to people with disabilities. People like our neighbor who’s been disabled from an injury he sustained at work years ago.

I do hope he’ll get the benefits he needs and deserves.

After three cups of those expensive designer coffee, Jenna is surely in bad need of fat burners. She loves those designer coffees. If I am not mistaken, she spends a chunk of her monthly income spending for it.

Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with loving designer coffee. I do drink some from time to time. But to spend so much on it when you know you have limited resources as well as it’s making you gain so much weight… now, there’s something wrong with that.

Roxy, my sister, is busy with her best friend’s wedding preparations. They just finished discussing the wedding programs with the other key people in-charge of the wedding.

The wedding is actually a group effort. Friends from way back their high school days are volunteering to take charge of certain aspects of the wedding and my sister’s best friend is very happy with this. The wedding is to take place this coming December and at the rate they’re going, I think the bride and groom will be very much prepared by September.

The acne treatment went well. I saw Justin the other week and he is looking oh, so good! I can already see the women in the office swooning when they get to see the new him. He took a 20-day vacation leave. He has a lot of VL accumulated over a period of two years. He ws advised by the human resources department to take it or it will be forfeited.

I know that Justin is set to go back to the office by Monday. I told him to call me up and tell me what his co-workers’ reactions will be.

My friend Amanda is all about natural diet supplements. She is a bit chubby, has always been that way. She is having a hard time losing all the excess weight in her body but with the supplements she’s taking, she can prevent adding so much more to that excess weight. If you can see her, you will say that it’s the same weight she has about two years ago, one year ago, one month ago, and yesterday!

I wish I have the same body. I don’t intend to be skinny. I just want to have a slimmer body. Much like my friend Amanda.

She looked at the mirror this morning and she saw dark circles under eyes. It was brought about by the sleepless nights. Her husband is with another woman and she is devastated! But this morning, while looking at those dark circles under her eyes, she realized that she’s becoming an ugly bitter woman because of what happened. She chose that path when she wallowed in self-pity.

But now she is choosing to move forward. She is choosing to take away her pain and deal with it head on. She realized that she has a very good career and that she has her family who supports her one hundred percent in every thing she does. And she realized that there are other fishes in the sea. All she has to do is pray for the right one to come along.

I was watching a reality show when I realized that the story I was watching was the same story as mine! Overweight, single at 30, too comfortable with her body. The woman in the show I was watching was advised to work out, take weight loss diet supplements and really lose weight.

Why?

She is very much prone to diabetes, stroke, and hypertension. Not to mention a host of complications brought about by high blood pressure and high cholesterol. That’s me! It was a wake up call of sorts. I was nervous and scared at the same time. I know that I need to do something about my weight or I could end up with a host of illnesses in a few years time.