For you nanay...

"Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever... "

Love and light from the Philippines...

Took me some hours thinking if I should post this or not. But just to tell the whole world how sadly horrified everyone is about this tragedy that took the whole world again by surprise, here it is. My heart and everyone else I believe...really goes out to people who were innocently victimize in just one flick  before the finale end of the famous marathon. And as a mother I felt so heartshaken when in the news...a little child of age eight...unsure if it's a boy or a girl... gave his dad a kiss before the latter went on with his struggle to be at the finish line, then minutes later the bomb shook the vicinity where the child was. Unluckily he didn't make it. How could anyone imagine the horror it gave that fateful day where cheering and enthusiasm should be and not  those loud wailing and sirens of the ambulance were heard.

How can anyone harbor such great hate if these were made out of terrorism? Or was it an accident? No matter what comes up of the investigation...it already took some lives and have left big scars to all the victims' family and friends as well...

 I changed the video which appears less gruesome than what I posted earlier. . . to give respect for all the victims and their families.

Sakura 2013

"Today is God's gift, that's why we call it the present.” 

My bad, I am lazying...

my arrival

Forgive me if I am now lazying. The truth is I still feel so weak. I was rushed to the hospital the early morning of Feb 28, but due to a lot of reason, say the traffic and my doctor's sched...plus we found out that our car was in color coding that prohibit us to use it...so we hailed a taxi and it was already late afternoon when I was finally admited to 11th floor room 3110...The Medical City. So my complaint was the sharp pain coming from my lower spine. The doctors asked my pain rate and I told them it was between 9 and 10. They immediately inserted an IV with pain reliever after allergy skin test. It somehow eased the pain gradually after...but the thing was that I couldn't move much. All the time that I spent inside the hospital, I was crying coz it was only a few days away from my booked flight to Japan. I told my dilemma to my doctors...and they said it could be rebook...I said no please. One of the advised I got from them was to undergo MRI...to which I begged off...simply becoz I was so afraid of the machine itself. But when my daughter said so...I did comply. So I prepared myself...and so it was done and one thing I could say...it felt eerie inside as if I have been buried alive. I was given something to hold on to just in case I did panic one squeeze means terminating the whole procedure...wow, that's wasting a little fortune so I braved myself and so it went smoothly. It's done and I was happy coz I made it at last.

While at the hospital, I was made to do some  physical therapy exercises under Doctor Calma's care. I never walk, they ushered me via the use of hospital bed on the first day and later on with the wheel chair. God is soooo good to me that I still can walk...so grateful for this alone. The pain I had was so excrutiating and debilitating...but still now I can walk using my two feet. And I had to impress them that I was getting well...but the truth is it still hurts til now, a lesser pain though...so I have to take care of myself coz I know this is a serious matter. But sad to say that when I was at the NAIA for my flight last 16th of this month...I was made to carry my big luggage (with wheels) weighing about 23 kls, lifted it to the cart coz no one was with me except myself. O-M-G...it was sooo heavy for my spine...so sorry for myself.

And so now am here now with my daughter in Japan...resting most of the time. It feels like I am still in the hospital coz all I have to do is just rest, sleep and surf. The moment I got home I threw up a lot, oooppsss sorry. The ride up above was so bumpy during the last half of the flight...due to strong winds said the captain (hooray for Capt. Bobby Gonzalez and company, yes I remember the name, I have to coz I am so impress that, that big plane landed so smoothly, as if it wasn't that big a plane)...

I am looking forward to our first Sakura viewing for this year, next Saturday...I love cherry blossoms...it means new hope...and new beginning!

"Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another." - Napoleon Hill

Happy Valentine's to all 

L.U.L.L.

Leonore's Slidely from Leonore Aquino on Slide.ly.

Jump with joy!

Let's jump with joy... to welcome another year...2013

Welcoming 2013 and bidding 2012 with a big smile ; )

Year 2012 has been so good to me, us...and so am about to bid  2012 with a smile.

Thank you Lord for making our year a wonderful one. Hope this 2013 will gonna bring another good one.

For those who are still celebrating this special day...this is for you

(my son, Arvin - on guitar)
(Leana - vocals)