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The One Who Will Open The Door

This post is dedicated to my one and only princess…

I saw this story a few weeks ago in Facebook and I just can’t help but smile every time I remember this story or every time my little princess proves that it is indeed real.. read on:

A couple made a deal the night of their Marriage to NOT open the door of their room to anybody who comes knocking in the morning for any reason!
In the morning the parents of the husband came & knocked on the door, the husband & the wife were looking at each other & as they agreed before, they didn’t open the door.
After a while the parents of the bride came knocking at the door to check on them, the couple were looking at each other, then the bride dropped a tear & started crying she said: “I cannot keep them knocking & not open the door, I miss them already”The husband didn’t say anything & he let her open the door for her parents.
Years & years passed & the couple had 5 children, the first ones were boys & the 5th was a little girl, when she was born the father was extremely happy that Almighty blessed him with her, & he threw a Huge Party for her in Grand style, people were so amazed with his joy & his happiness that they asked him, why are you so happy with her more than you were before with her older brothers?
He answered simply: “She is the one who will open the door for me” Baby girls are the comfort of the eyes of their father!They hold the key to their mother’s hearts!Daughters are really unique.They care for their parents even after they are married.
Its rightly said, “A son is a son till he gets a Wife, a daughter is a daughter all her Life!”

Sweet no?

With my four kids, I noticed that it is her that is more thoughtful. When she sees me in pain, she’d rush to my side and massage my head. When I am angry, she’d kiss and hug me and would ask me to smile and stop getting mad. She’d give me water even if I don’t ask for it.. she’s always there to comfort me and make me feel alright.. even with her kuyas, she is thoughtful like that..

Oh my, she really is our angel. I am so glad (that’s an understatement) she came in to our family. And yes, until now, I sill cry whenever I remember how lucky I am for having a pretty, wonderful, loving and thoughtful princess.. which is every night .

Chasing Pavements

Thursday already? ang bilis talaga ng araw!

This got to be my most productive week since the year started. That’s in terms of chores and blogging ha.

Of course the house was a mess, as usual, but the thing is, I was able to finish my laundry and folded the clothes neatly. Although I still need to iron a few clothes, folding is what consumes most of my time. And that is one thing I cannot trust even to my mom. My OCD is not forgiving with untidy folded clothes (dapat mall like ang pagkaka tiklop no). There was 5 or 6 baskets of clothes to be folded and today there’s only one left..kaunting kaunti na lang at matatapos din! I had to finish that before I do out laundry this weekend.. weeh time management!

In terms of blogging, I updated a few blogs and now I’m off to doing some of my tasks..in one day I wrote 20+ articles for 3 blogs.. sabaw na sabaw utak ko that day! And I learned that I should take more photos.. everything should be treated unusual, even things you will not need such as toggle clamps.. lamang blogs din yan, specially if you need to write so many blog posts.. you will need all the topics you can get.

Aside from updating some of my blogs, I already updated the security features… back up and tweak Better WP Security.. changed passwords and log in details.. but I still can’t understand the plug in..I’ll have to ask my geek about it and will share it with you once I understand all the terms there. Nakakapraning lang with the plug in, I got notifications na ang daming log in attempts sa blogs ko.. parang mas maganda pa na hindi ko alam hahaha pero with all the attacks going right and left, it pays to be secured.

And with my productivity, the one who suffered the most is Adele.. yan ang aking national anthem the whole time I was writing articles.. Chasing Pavements.. in fairness, feel na feel ko talaga na I was chasing pavements.. and hopefully it will lead me to something 🙂

Getting Ready For Run United 2013

I was bitten by the Holiday bug! Oh yes, tamad mode since the Holiday started and I thought I’d be better after the Holidays, I was wrong.. the mojo is still in vacation mode! That’s in terms of writing and working out (obvious ba, wala masyadong updates sa blog hehe). Good thing, I did not earned that much pounds during the break.. pero un lang I did not earned that much money din wahaha..

Now, it’s running season again! Run United registration is open.. waahh time to move na talaga! But it’s quite hard to get back to working out.. specially that I feel like I am busier that I was last year. I find it hard to squeeze working out to my schedule.. but I need to! by hook or by crook! And last week I found a good way to work out while doing some errands.. ang sagot sa problema ay PANDESAL! err not pandesal abs but buying pandesal every morning.

The pandesal store (it’s not a bakery, pandesal lang talaga tinda nya at sa umaga lang sya bukas) is 200-300 meters away from us. It will take about 5-10 minutes or more to buy pandesal (lalo pag mahaba ang pila).. one time, the kids are running late but I still need to buy their pandesal baon.. so I got my rubber shoes and run towards the store.. I was home in less than 5 minutes! whew! And that moment, my friends, is a moment of discovery! I can do that everyday! I can run to and from the pandesal store.. 2 birds in one stone! may pandesal na ang mga anak ko, naka pag work out pa ako! Ayayay!

RU is quite challenging this year eh.. the shortest distance is 5k.. no more 3K. Unilab Active Health and RunRio are now focusing on longer distance because runners are progressing rapidly, they noticed that longer distance races get filled faster. Sabi nga ni Coach Rio, “This is in line with our plan to be part of the growth and journey of Filipino runners. It just goes to prove that the local running community is more mature, that is why we also launched the Run United Philippine Marathon (RUPM) last year. Filipino runners have leveled up.”

No worries mommies, they retained the 500m dash for the kids. For adults, the race categories for 2013 Run United 1 include 5km, 10km and 21km; for Run United 2 (10km, 21km, and 32km); and for Run United Philippine Marathon (10km, 21km and 42km).

Here’s the complete Run United 2013 race schedules: