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Thank You Lord, for blessing me and my family! Thank You Lord, for my kids. They are both healthy and normal. Bonus pa maganda at pogi tapos matatalino, thank You Lord! Thank You Lord, for my husband. Thank You, for a healthy and happy marriage. 💛 Thank You Lord, maayos na ang BP ko and di na ako nahihighblood, payat at sexy tapos makinis at maganda pa. Above all, Thank You Lord kasi healthy kaming apat nila Kent, Kera at Caire. Di kami mabilis magkasakit at wala kaming sakit. Thank You Lord, for always protecting us!

Thank You Lord, for my promotion! Finally where I’ve been aiming to be. Thank You Lord, para sa mas mataas na sweldo na double ng dati kong sweldo nung RF-F palang ako. Hihi. Literally rose from the ranks in EWB. Thank You Lord, for providing for us all the way. Ang smooth ng bayad sa bills. At kapag may gusto kaming bilhin, nabibili namin. Thank You Lord, for Kent’s stable job and sa mataas niyang sahod na triple ng sahod ko per month. Hahaha. Thank You Lord, sa maganda at maayos na working environment and for blessing us both good people to work with. Thank You Lord, I’m still in Toyota Team under Sir Joey and Sir Guy with the rest for our team.

Thank You Lord, for our 3rd car. Finally nakabagong (latest) model na rin, tapos Toyota na sa wakas! Hahah. Thank You Lord, ganda ng kotse at napaka smooth ng takbo, walang problema sa makina at ang kinis ng itsura bagong bago talaga. Thank You Lord, kasi yung bayad namin sa kotse is parang bill ko lang sa plan ko sa Globe para sa iphone namin ni Kent. Hahaha. Thank You Lord, kasi wala na akong utang sa credit card fully paid siya and would stay that way. Thank You din Lord, for my savings account na lumalaki na paunti unti. Thank You Lord, insured na din kami both ni Kent sa Prulife for Kera and Caire’s secured future with college funds pa sila kasi may investments both yung insurance. Thank You Lord, every month nababayaran namin ng maayos ang mga dapat bayaran hahah

Thank You Lord, for our humble apartment na malapit lang din sa school ng mga bata at malapit din sa Greenfields. Ganda dito, tahimik at maayos ang mga kapitbahay namin, magandang village and very accessible din sa TSJ and TFV bilis ko lang makarating sa dealers ko. Malapit din sa SMF. Thank You Lord, for blessing us mga needs namin for the apartment like aircons, ref, magandang washing machine and stove sufficient for our cooking needs. Thank You Lord, sa mga furnitures ganda ng sala set and dining sa murang halaga classy na. Thank You Lord, 2br muna sa ngayon. Next years na yung 3br kapag nakabili na kami sariling bahay. Hehe. Thank You Lord, ang ganda din ng cr, automatic yung init at lamig sa tubig tapos may bidet hahah

Thank You Lord, for Your abundant blessings every year nakakapag-travel kaming family together. Thank You Lord, for our trips in Bohol, Cebu, Davao, El Nido, Baguio, Caramoan, Calaguas. Lalo na po sa mga trips namin to Korea and Japan! Sarap sa Disneyland, nagenjoy talaga mga bata. Thank You Lord, sa mga susunod pang travel. Thank You Lord, for giving light sa pagpunta namin sa Canada. Malapit na kami magkaron ng pathway na suitable for us as a family, konting ipon nalang. Thank You Lord, we can go to Canada together and venture for a better life there soon. Nawa’y dun na magtapos ng college ang mga bata at doon na din sila lumaki. Thank You Lord for keeping us together. Thank You Lord!

Thank You Lord, for making all of these possible. Walang impossible! The best ka Lord!! Thank You so much!!

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My favorite Bible verses.

PHILIPPIANS ‪4:13‬

 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me

MARK ‪9:23‬

All things are possible for those who believe

MATTHEW ‪23:12‬

For he who humbles himself shall be exalted. And he who exalts himself shall be humbled. 

PSALM 28:7

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and He helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise Him.

PSALM 23:1-6

1 

The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

2 

    He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,

3 

    he refreshes my soul.
He guides me along the right paths
    for his name’s sake.

4 

Even though I walk
    through the darkest valley,[a]
I will fear no evil,
    for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

5 

You prepare a table before me
    in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
    my cup overflows.

6 

Surely your goodness and love will follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
    forever.

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Always be grateful

“A famous writer was in his study room. He picked up his pen and started writing:

**Last year, I had a surgery and my gallbladder was removed. I had to stay stuck to the bed due to this surgery for a long time.

**The same year I reached the age of 60 years and had to give up my favourite job in the Publishing company in which I had spent 30 years of my life

**The same year I experienced the sorrow of the death of my father.

**And in the same year my son failed in his medical exams because he had a car accident. He had to stay in bed at hospital with the cast on for several days. The destruction of car was another loss.

At the end he wrote: Alas! It was such bad year!!

When the writer's wife entered the room, she found her husband looking sad lost in his thoughts. From behind his back she read what was written on the paper, left the room silently and came back with another paper which she placed on the side of her husband's writing.

The husband found the following written on the paper:

**Last year I finally got rid of my gall bladder due to which I had spent years in pain.

**I turned 60 with sound health and got retired from my job. Now I can utilize my time to write something better with more focus and peace.

**The same year my father, at the age of 95, without depending on anyone or without any critical condition met his Creator.

**The same year, God blessed my son with a new life. My car was destroyed but my son stayed alive without getting any disability.

At the end she wrote: Last year was an immense blessing of God and it passed well!!

See!! The same incidents but different viewpoints.

*Moral:* In our daily lives we must see that it's not happiness that makes us grateful but gratefulness that makes us happy.

There is always, always, always something to be thankful for!!

Your current position is somebody's future expectation.

Your life now is somebody's prayer request.

Don't let the devil point at you that somebody is doing better than you. It is a strategy for ingratitude.

Anything you celebrate multiplies, anything you despise diminishes.

Appreciation is the vehicle for acceleration.

Gratitude is the lift to great altitude.

To see what God will do, you must acknowledge what God has done.”

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Be humble and kind.

Don Jaime and Doña Bea Zobel De Ayala patiently wait in line to be vaccinated in North Forbes, Makati City today. They were offered to go ahead but Don Jaime refused to skip the line saying, "No, we're all Filipinos." They got sinovac because they know there is no moderna vaccine arriving anytime soon.

This reminds me of their son, Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala or JAZA, who owns the hotel we were having a meeting at sometime in 2014, and perhaps more than half the city the hotel is built on. Yet at lunchtime, he patiently waited in line at the buffet, when he could have had the whole crew of Fairmont Hotel wait, serve and attend to him if he so pleased. That is a true humble, decent and mannered family right here.

🌻 The kindness you give isn't always the same thing you get in return. Sometimes, it's more; sometimes, it's less. Worst, sometimes you get none at all. But remember, God said, "The one who willingly gives is always more blessed than the one who receives.”

🌻 Never get tired of doing little things for others. Sometimes those little things occupy the biggest part of their hearts.

🌻 NEVER STOP BEING A KIND PERSON BECAUSE OF UNKIND PEOPLE.

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Black and yellow 🖤💛🖤💛

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Had my hair done after 2 years! 🥰

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Pajama party 🥰

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#TeamDucs forever grateful

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Lately, while on Enhanced Community Quarantine, I’ve learned how to groom myself. Nakakaproud din eh. Hahah. Dati kasi nagpupunta pa ako sa malls to get my kili kili waxed, para magpathread ng eyebrows and upper lip, and brazillian wax too. Ngayon, with the covid pandemic going on, ayoko muna magpunta sa malls (even after the ECQ has been lifted) to get my self care routine done.

So I know how to trim and shape my brows now, not perfect but we’ll get there. Nagbubunot nalang ako sa upper lip constantly to tame them. I have this cold wax that I can use sa kili kili ko on my own (mas better lang with the help of the husband 😉). And I can shave my legs flawlessly. I can also do myself a mani pedi impeccably. Ergo, for right now (while we all should abstain crowds and mass gatherings) I will mot go to the mall to get my shit done because I know how to do them just fine.

Ang bukod tanging kailangan ko lang ipagawa sa salon ay ang pagrebond and pagkulay ng hair ko. Which I can do naman, kasi once a year lang naman ako magparebond. Speaking of my hair, I’ve been contemplating lately kung anong maganda gawin. I want to change my hair, because I feel like the world changed in a snap and there’s this new me that I cultivated while we’re on quarantine. And dahil I just recently went through a lot of changes in my body because of giving birth to my bunso. Hindi agad nakabalik ang katawan ko sa dati, siguro kasi 30s na ako as compared to when I gave birth to my firstborn na early 20s palang ako. Anyway, so there’s this new and improved me that I want to showcase and a new hairdo will highlight it.

I’m thinking of getting a bob because I had my hair long for the past 5 years na. I want something new naman. I also want to color my hair brown, tulad nung haircolor ko nung college because I also had my hair jet black 5 years na. I basically want my hair to look like the one I had nung college. Always short and brown, sometimes with bangs - because my last year in college was one of the best times of my life, isa siya sa mga years na gusto kong balikan at ulit ulitin if I could. Sana lang bumagay ulit yung ganung hair sa akin now na matanda na ako at mataba pa. Hahaha.

Anyway, I have recently just discovered a new skincare product and had been using it for a month na. I had to change my skincare product kasi pumangit skin ko after ko manganak. Hindi na kaya ng Pond’s ang post partum breakouts ng skin ko. I needed something na mas matapang. Besides, hindi na sufficient yung Pond’s at Kojiesan sa skin ko kasi nagfifield na din ako, need ko mas may protection from sun exposure (hindi na ako all day everyday sa office na hindi naaarawan). Come to think of it, nung MA pa ako hindi ako naaarawan kaya super puti ko at okay lang mahaba hair ko kasi malamig dun sa office hindi ako napapawisan. Pero ngayon ibang iba na kasi lagi na ako nasa arawan at naiinitan when going to and from TSJ and TFV tapos to BGC pa. So ayun nga, I’m loving my new skincare. Ganito pa naman yung gusto ko: yung iisang brand lang ang gamit ko sa lahat ng products for my skin. From facial wash, toner, day and night cream, sunscreen, bathsoap, lotion and deo. Feminine wash lang ayaw ko pa gamitin from Ryx kasi sensitive yung pempem ko, I don’t want to digress sa prescribed ng OB ko. But we’ll see one of these days. Hahah.

Here’s to self care, improved hair, latest skincare. Cheers to the new and improved mommy, self. You got this, Carla. 😊

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Last night, my daughter and I had a heart to heart conversation. About telling lies and their consequences, about telling the truth no matter what and how she can tell me anything and everything. And that I won’t get mad so long as she tells me the truth.

As a parent, it can be hard for me not to get mad. But I came to thinking that when I was a kid, my mother listened but she didn’t understand. My mom listened but she didn’t reply. I don’t want to be like my mom in this aspect. I want to be like my father, he’s both a friend and a parent to us. I want that balance, where my children can tell me anything. Where they can confide with me and I can give them advice, and they will listen. One where I don’t have to force the respect out of them. One where they can love me and trust me as their friend and as their parent. I want to be able to tell when they’re telling the truth or not. I want to be the first one the come to when they feel sad and the one to make them feel better when they do. I want to be their mom and their bestfriend too.

Note to self: listen first, before getting mad. Once mad, be sure to be reasonable and calm in talking to your children. Wag puro sigaw at pagalit, makinig at magsalita ng malumanay. 😊

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Journ

Albeit the fact that no one else uses and reads or even goes to Tumblr anymore, I updated m profile here. For few very good reasons. Mainly because I want to write again. I used to write on diaries and journals, then came blogs and social media. I forgot how writing was my therapy, stress reliever and confidant when I’m happy or sad. Second reason for clicking back to Tumblr is that no one else reads here anymore. It can be my personal space, where I can write what I want and people will not be able to access it, or they can. I can write whatever nonsense I want and won’t feel embarrassed. 

I’ve been thinking yesterday, about what would have happened if I continued my passion. If I had disobeyed my mother for telling me what was the better course to pursue. It has always been my passion, and my dream to become a writer. I got in to UST at once for BA Journalism major in Creative Writing and AB English major in Literature. But my mom told me I can’t enroll unless my course was BS Nursing. So I enrolled in FEU instead, to make it bearable because I had a lot of friends that went there. 

I can’t help but imagine what it could have been like if I had continued to pursue my dream. Would I have become a writer? I can only dream. 

...Hold that thought; my son is awake...

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My adorable son, Calix Kendric. 💙

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Updated my Tumblr today. Thinking of writing again. I almost forgot how I loved to write, about anything about everything all day almost everyday.