To God Be the Glory, I made it to work despite of my being sleepy head. I slept late last night watching my soap opera. Did you hear the thunder and saw the lightning?

Our girl woke up because of the loud roaring thunder. Glad that my DearPie put her back to bed while I finished up with my entertainment on TV.

I only had 4 hours of sleep. Right now, my coffee is brewing in the pot. Hopefully, as soon as I ingested caffeine in my system, my body will feel better, alive, alert and kicking.

I hanged out with friendship yesterday afternoon and had some dried fish, fried fish, rice noodles, pork soup and the staple food rice. Thank you, Friendship Lerio for the food. Before I forgot, I would like to tell you...you have a very cozy, beautiful and full of ambiance abode. Great neighborhood too! God bless your new home!

Today, I'm on another mission. It's way out in Brighton. Hmmm... not that far, I guess but I've never been to Adams County Courthouse. Hopefully, everything works out with God's help. I didn't promise to be there on time since I'm working until 1:00 PM.  I'm just one of the onlookers supposedly during the hearing session.

Sometimes we feel and experience those challenges in life...take it! It's part of growing up and it makes us more strong and mature to face those challenges in the future.

Life must move on, pray without ceasing and there's nothing impossible with HIM!

I went to work yesterday at 2:30 PM in the preschool. I worked for 4 hours watching the kids ages 3-6 year old watching the "Rainforest" movie.

What's good about working on Friday, it's movie day and right after the kids woke up and ate their afternoon snacks, they all settle down to watch the movie while waiting for their parents to pick them up.

Since it's the summer time, we don't have that many kids. Some are on vacations and some are with teens babysitting them. It's cheaper that way having someone babysit the kids than putting them in a daycare.

So, by 6:00 PM, all the kids were being picked up early. The three of us, as usual went out and eat. We went to a Vietnamese Restaurant inside the China Town and I think the name is "Saigon".

I am a soup lovers and ordered my well done beef soup with tendons and brisket. I shared my food with my  girl.

Ate Caroline, did the same thing and for Mrs. Claus, she ordered the regular Chinese menu.

After filling up our hungry tummy, we headed out to Viet Hoa Supermarket for our Filipino food. I like this Asian store, indeed!

It was past 9:00 PM when we arrived home. Angelina was soundlessly sleeping in our car.

While I was driving coming home, Hubby called and remind me to be careful and be watchful in my driving since it's Friday. According to him, there's a lot of crazy people driving on Friday in the highways. Of course drunk drivers too because it's FLY DAY!

Hubby was right, I was following someone in I-25 and he was just driving like crazy as if he owned all lanes.

With God's protections and guidance, we made it home safe and sound. Thank you, Jesus as always for the traveling mercy.

I grabbed this photo from a friend during her daughter's birthday.

I would say, whoever took the picture of my child did a great job. Thank you!

If Filipino ka, sabihin mo!

Our family were having a great time watching the movie Otso-Otso in Cinema1 Globe last night.
I've heard and like to sing the song Otso-Otso but never watch the movie not until last night when they showed in TFC.

If I recall, t'was back in 2004 when we had our last visit to my country Philippines. I've heard that the movie Otso-otso was  a great hit in the movie industry during that time. All my nephews and nieces were dancing the Otso-otso steps and loving the musicto the fullest. I even took a video of Caycay and Coycoy where they're so cute of their kimbot-kimbot effect.

Anyway, DearPie was laughing and giggling the funny side of the movie. Even if he has a hard time understanding our Filipino dialect but action speaks louder than words...wink!

Angelina and I were having a great time dancing with Bong and Agbayani with the Otso-otso moves. We had Ma, Pa and Hubby as our audience.
When the movie was over, we still managed to dance via Otso-otso CD that my younger sister gave to me last 2004. Aside from Otso-otso was the Spaghetti song too.

Did I overdo with my workout? I think so...

Why? I already had my Zumba aerobic exercise earlier during the day plus we danced to the maxed,  I can tell, I'm burning lots and lots of calories. Sounds good to me!

 Got to go and drop off Angelina to her class. She's sitting next to me at work right now.

Happy Wednesday!

The men in my life that makes my world colorful. To you, Pa...thank you for being my father and a grandpa for Angelina and to you DearPie, thank you for being my husband and a father to our one and only girl Angelina. God Bless! The inseparable father and daughter bonding no matter what! Great is thy faithfullness oh Lord for all these wonderful people around me. An art that they made at school for Dads...something that makes their Dad smile and laught with all the works to be done coupons. At Hawaiian Barbecue for our Pre-Father's Day dinner to avoid the crowd on Sunday. To be honest, the restaurant is just like any to go or fast food restaurant. A friend told us about this place. No regrets, at least I know what it is look like.

Anyway, we're supposed to join a Fathers' Day Picnic at Eldorado Springs but Hubby has this urgency to go to the bathroom all the time and told me to go ahead take our family without him. I was kind of sad leaving him alone on Father's Day. We all agreed to stay home and ate the food that we cooked for our picnic supposedly.  As I always say, for any occasions that don't have an impact to my Hubby, as quick as the lightning, I will be there to join the fun. Family first before others...my motto in life!

HERE'S A GREAT STORY TO TELL...A FATHER'S PROMISE

In 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened Armenia, killing over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. In the midst of utter devastation and chaos, a father left his wife securely at home and rushed to the school where his son was supposed to be, only to discover that the building was as flat as a pancake. After the traumatic initial shock, he remembered the prmise he made to his son: "No matter what, I'll always be there for you!" And tears began to fill his eyes. As he looked at the pile of debris that once was the school, it looked hopeless, but he kept remembering his commitment to his son.

HE began to concentrate on where he walked his son to class at school each morning. Remembering his son's classroom would be in the back right corner of the building, he rushed there and started digging through the rubble. As he was digging, other forlom parents arrived, clutching their hearts, saying: "My son!" "My daughter!" Other well meaning parents tried to pull him off what was left of the school saying: "It's too late!" "They're dead!" "You can't help!" "Go home!" "Come on face the reality, there's nothing you can do!" "You're just going to make things worse!" To each parent he responded with one line: "Are you going to help me now?" And then he proceeded to dig for his son, stone by stone. The fire chief showed up and tried to pull him off of the school's debris, saying, "Fires are breaking out, explosions are happening everywhere. You're in danger. Well take care of it. Go home." To which this loving, caring Armenian father asked, "Are you going to help me now?"

The police came and said, "You're angry, distraught and it's over. You're endangering others. Go home, we'll handle it!" To which he replied, "Are you going to help me now?" No one helped. Courageously, he proceeded alone because he needed to know himself: "Is my boy alive or is he dead?" he dug for eight hours...12 hours...24 hours...36 hours...then, in the 38th hour, he pulled back a boulder and heard his son's voice. He screamed his son's name, "ARMAND!" he heard back, "DAD!?! It's me, Dad! I told the other kids not to worry. I told 'em that if you were alive, you'd save me and when you saved me, they'd be saved. You promised, 'No matter what, I'll always be there for you!' You did it, Dad!..."What's going on in there? How is it?" the father asked. "There are 14 of us left out of 33 Dad. We're all scared, hungry, thirsty and thankful you're here. When the building collapsed, it made a wedge, like a triangle and it saved us." "Come on out, boy!" "No, Dad! Let the other kids out first, 'cause I know you'll get me! No matter what, I know you'll be there for me!"

HAPPY FATHERS' DAY 2009!!!!

We stayed until the Magic Kingdom was closed. The main highlight for that day was the Disney fireworks at 9:30 PM. It was packed with all the people all over the main street. We found a perfect spot for the three of us and just sit down on the ground with the rest of the people around us.

This video that I took is from my regular camera. My Handycam died on me after an all day strolling at Magic Kingdom.

Although it's not a perfect video but it gives you an idea on how your dreams come true to be a part of the Magic Kingdom with the amazing Castle that changes its color during the nights.

We're supposed to dine with Cinderella inside the Castle but to our dismayed, we have to make a reservation in order to join the dinner. In other words, it was already full and they don't take walk-in diners...ho! ho!

We end up eating in a hot dog place inside Disney. The three of us didn't mind eating whatever we can grab as long as our parasites were all feed...lolz!

Someday, somehow with hope and dreams, we all have to go back to FLorida and enjoy our enchanted visit at Disneyworld for the second time.

God willing, I can see my dream Castle again...

Have a blessed Saturday and enjoy!

Goodbye Teeny Tots and hello Tiny Tots program.

Our girl just barely turned 4 year old last June 3rd. She's moving one step and hopefully by nexy year, she will be officially in the Kindergarten class where all the regular classes begins.

Thank you, Lord for having Angelina in our life. She is a gift and we do our best to raise her in the Christian world where we belong. Lead us oh, Lord to raise her in the path of righteousness. We love you, Dear Lord and once again thank you so much for everything.

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How can we find true friendship in this often phony, temporary world? Friendship involves recognition or familiarity with another's personality. Friends often share likes and dislikes, interests, pursuits, and passion.

How can we recognize potential friendship? Signs include a mutual desire for companionship and perhaps a common bond of some kind. Beyond that, genuine friendship involves a shared sense of caring and concern, a desire to see one another grow and develop, and a hope for each other to succeed in all aspects of life. True friendship involves action: doing something for someone else while expecting nothing in return; sharing thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment or negative criticism.

Real friendship looks at the heart, not just the "packaging." Genuine friendship loves for love's sake, not just for what it can get in return. True friendship is both challenging and exciting. It risks, it overlooks faults, and it loves unconditionally, but it also involves being truthful, even though it may hurt. Genuine friendship, also called "agape" love, comes from the Lord. The Lord Jesus calls us His friends and He laid down His life for us (John 15).

God's Word tells us that a friend sticks closer than a brother, and that in order for one to be a friend, one must show themselves friendly (Proverbs 18:24). The question is: what type of friend do you desire to be?

Proverbs 18:19 in the New Living Translation says: "It's harder to make amends with an offended friend than to capture a fortified city. Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with iron bars." When we've offended a true friend - whether by breaking a trust or by speaking the truth with love - we risk losing that friendship. We must be careful not to break the trust. But when not speaking the truth will cause greater hurt in our friend's life, we must be willing to sacrifice our needs for those of our friend. That is true friendship.

We were in the playground around 4:40 PM with all the kids giggling and running around. Looking at the sky, seems like it's about to rain and it was getting dark.

All of a sudden, Mrs. Claus told us to bring all the kids inside and not just inside but in the basement.

Another Tornado warning, I guess according to the radio and parents were calling too.

I called home just to make sure that my parents are inside the house and not working on their little garden. It was my Hubby who answered and told me that they were all inside and no worries.

Past 5:00 PM, Mr. Sunshine was showing up again . You can never tell...

To God be the glory, everyone were safe from yesterday and no damage at all. We must have to be always prepare though (spiritually)  because we don't know when a certain  calamity  strikes our way.


Anyway, here's some facts and information about Tornado in Colorado

These information was from our Risk and Management Department of the City of Northglenn after last Sunday's attacked

Yesterday’s severe weather in Colorado including the Denver metro area is a reminder of how important it is for us to be informed and prepared should an event of this nature strike during working hours at either the Broomfield or Northglenn facilities. 

In our buildings as well as any building the first thing you should do is go directly to an enclosed, windowless area in the center of the building—AWAY FROM GLASS, corners , doors and outside walls.  In Broomfield, interior stairwells or the basement are usually good places to take shelter.  Stay off elevators or you could become trapped should power be lost.  If you are in a building such as Northglenn that has neither of these move away from any windows or glass. Avoid places with wide-span roofs such as auditoriums, cafeterias or large hallways.   The restrooms near the center of the building, the area under the work surface in your cube or under a desk or other large sturdy object are all areas that provide shelter. 

Remain in your location until the all clear has been given by the Emergency Response Team, Security or a member of the Facilities Department.  They will give you direction for evacuating the area if necessary. Always assist others requiring help. 


According to the Colorado Division of Emergency Management (Http://dola.colorado.gov/dem/public_information/tornado.htm) in the last decade, Colorado averaged around 60 tornados a year. However, this is quite variable from year to year. A record was reached in 1996, with a total of 98 tornados reported. In 1998, 38 tornados were reported. Increasing population, improved communications, and more trained spotters have all resulted in more reported tornados each decade since the 1960s.

In Colorado, the primary threat of tornado is east of the Continental Divide along the Front Range and foothill counties. On the eastern plains tornados occur every year, particularly during the spring and summer.

The severity of a tornado is based on wind speed and the amount of property damage incurred.

Colorado is ranked ninth in the country for number of tornados.
A tornado may be the most violent phenomenon found in nature. Winds can easily exceed 200 mph.
Colorado residents can expect an average of forty tornados every year.
The June 1990 Limon Tornado caused $12 million in damages.
Most tornados occur between May and July. The major threat of tornado is in the afternoon or early evening.
More than 75% of tornados occur between noon and seven p.m. tornados usually move from southwest to northeast.
Severe Weather

Severe weather can occur quickly and at any time with little or no notice.  It could be Thunderstorms, Tornados, Flooding or Winter Weather conditions.  A typical thunderstorm is 15 miles in diameter and lasts an average of 30 minutes.  Despite their small size, ALL thunderstorms are dangerous!  Of the 100,000 thunderstorms that occur each year in the Unites States, only 10 percent are classified as severe.

Severe weather is reported as either a “Watch” or a “Warning”. 

A “Watch” is described as:  A specific condition is possible in your area and you should remain alert for approaching storms.

A “Warning” is described as:  A specific condition is occurring in your area and you should take specific action to protect yourself and your property. 

According to NOAA's National Weather Service Forecast Office (www.noaa.gov) the following watches and warnings occur when:

Tornado Watch: Means that conditions are favorable for tornadoes to develop. It is normally issued for 4 to 6 hours, and includes many counties. If you are in or near the tornado watch area, stay informed via NOAA Weather Radio, commercial radio or television. Keep your eye on the sky, and be prepared to take cover at short notice, as tornadoes can occur with little or no warning.

Tornado Warning: Means that a tornado has been sighted, or a developing tornado is reported by trained spotters or indicated on Doppler radar. A warning is typically issued for a small area for less than an hour. If a tornado warning is issued for your area...take cover immediately!

Severe Thunderstorm Watch: Means that conditions are favorable for thunderstorms to produce wind gusts to 58 mph or stronger or hail to 3/4 inch or larger in the watch area. These watches are issued for 4 to 6 hours at a time and for a number of counties. Stay informed, watch the sky, and take cover if a severe thunderstorm approaches you.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Means that a severe thunderstorm has been detected by radar, or by a trained spotter. Take cover if you are near the severe thunderstorm.

What to look for

Weather forecasting science is not perfect and some tornados do occur without warning.  There is no substituted to staying alert to the sky.  Besides the obvious visible tornado, here are some things to look and listen for:

Strong, persistent rotation in the cloud base.
Whirling dust or debris on the ground under a cloud base—Tornados sometimes have no funnel!
Hail or heavy rain followed by either dead calm or a fast, intense wind shift.
Day or night – Loud, continuous roar or rumble, which does not fade in a few seconds like thunder.
At night look for small, bright, blue-green to white flashes at ground level.  This means power lines are being snapped by very strong wind.  Watch for persistent lowering from the cloud base, illuminated or silhouetted by lightning.

Has someone told you to open your windows during a tornado? Or has someone told you that you don't have to worry about tornadoes because the place where you live is protected? These are two of the most common myths about tornadoes. Neither of them are true.

Fact or Fiction?  Here are a few myth busters about Tornados……..

When traveling by car seek shelter under an overpass.
(FALSE: The number one priority in tornado safety right now is to discourage people from seeking shelter under overpasses.  Wind currents are concentrated as they are squeezed under the overpasses and are increased in speed.  This increased speed with flying debris INCREASES the risk of injury or death. 
Mobile homes attract tornadoes.
(FALSE:  Mobile homes are not more likely to be hit, they are just more vulnerable to wind damage).
Cities/hills/rivers deflect or inhibit tornadoes.
(FALSE:  Tornadoes have been observed crossing the Appalachian Mts., 30 significant tornadoes have crossed the Mississippi river and major tornadoes have plowed right through Dallas, Kansas City, Omaha, etc. In August 1999 a tornado went right through downtown Salt Lake City
We should open windows if a tornado is approaching.
(FALSE:  STAY AWAY from all windows. It won't make any difference whether the windows are open or closed IF your home is struck by a tornado).
The southwest corner of the house is the safest location during a tornado.
(FALSE:  Always go to the lowest level and center of house during a warning.  A small interior room like a bathroom is structurally the strongest.  Cover your head!).
The "clash of the seasons" causes tornadoes.
(FALSE:  A temperature contrast is important, but circulation dynamics (shear), upper level support (jet stream) and high moisture content are more important than a temperature contrast).
Most tornadoes are the large size that you see on the evening news.
(FALSE:  Most tornadoes are small 50-100 feet wide, travel < 1 mile, last a few minutes.  The large F-4 and F-5 tornadoes combined represent less than 5% of all tornadoes).
Tornado damage is caused by rapid reduction in pressure (leave windows open as tornado approaches).
(FALSE:  Open windows will NOT equalize the air pressure if a tornado strikes.  Damage is caused by wind gusts and flying debris.  Dr. Ted Fujita showed that an open garage causes MORE damage to a house!)
Tornadic thunderstorms produce an above average amount of lightning and a larger than normal amount of hail compared to non-tornadic thunderstorms.
(TRUE:  Intense updrafts amplify charge separation and electrical build-up as well as increased lifting to freeze layers of supercooled water drops).
The movie "TWISTER" with Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton was based on the National Severe Storms Laboratory and University of Oklahoma storm chasers and was therefore, very factual.
(FALSE:  Hollywood produces fantasy.) 
Cars are safer than mobile homes during a tornado (with no other shelter available).
(TRUE..FALSE..WELL, MAYBE.  Both are deadly locations but cars might be marginally safer according to researchers.  However, the best advice is to abandon both for shelter!).