Election 2008: Issues, issues everywhere ... Will They Help The World?

This convo is for U.S. citizens.
The election of the next U.S. President is a few weeks away. U.S. voters are battling with many issues. Let's talk about the issues.

U.S. Presidential Politics ... OMG!

McCain and Obama clashed over taxes, war and the economy in the first of three debates. The financial crisis shifted the initial focus from foreign to domestic issues.

CHILD WELFARE EC CONTEST AT SEEK NO MORE

Come and join this contest and campaign regarding the filipino children's welfare. Help us in spreading the rights of every filipino children.

HOW TO ENTER

Entering is simple. Earn points by completing certain tasks. The more entries collected, the better chance of spreading the word about the Filipino children and also of winning some Entrecard Credits! So, if you complete a lot of things as opposed to doing just one, your chances of winning will be greatly increased.

Just make sure to keep track of how many points you have earned and post a comment HERE to inform the organizers about your efforts.

It is also important that all relevant words, phrases and blog titles are linked back to the original source. Well, everything you can link to anyway.

DURATION

The contest will run for a month, 25 September 2008 until 25 October 2008. At the end of the 30 days, entries will be tallied and raffle draws will be made using a random system. Winners will be announced on 30 October 2008.

SPONSORS

This contest would have not been possible if not for the generous offers coming from the following sponsors:

1. Seek No More = 8,000 EC credits + 125x125 ad space for a month
2. PolitEkon = 2,500 EC credits + 125x125 ad space for a month
3. Pinay Wife Speaks = 2,500 EC Credits + 125x125 ad space for month
4. Proud Mommy = 1,500 EC credits + 125x125 ad space for a month
5. Momma Wannabe = 1,000 EC credits + 125x125 ad space for a month
6. E-Pamilya = 1,000 EC credits + 125x125 ad space for a month
7. The Pinay Blogger = 1,000 EC credits + 125x125 ad space for a month
8. Trader’s Hub = 1,000 EC credits
9. Swirling Thoughts = 1000 EC credits
10. A Grateful Heart = 1,000 EC credits
11. Pinay in States = 500 EC credits + 125x125 ad space for a month

MECHANICS

1 Entry - Subscribe via email to any one of the 11 sponsors listed above, which means each contestant can subscribe to all 11 sponsors and earn 11 entries.

10 Entries – Write a post about the contest and its intention of asking the government to implement the Phil. Plan of Action for Children (must include links to all the hosts/sponsors OR just use this original text)

4 Entries – post the 125x125 avatar shown below, which links back to the Seek No More blog for the duration of the contest. You can just copy the codes shown right below the avatar.

10 Entries - be the TOP commentator of at least one of the sponsoring blogs for the duration of the contest. Even if a contestant topped the comments section of two or more sponsoring blogs, that person is only entitled to 10 entries.

PRIZES

First Prize – 10,000 EC credits plus an ad space in Proud Mommy, Pinay in States, E-Pamilya, Seek No More, Momma Wannabe for a month

Second Prize – 5,000 EC credits plus an ad space in Pinay Wife Speaks, Pinay Blogger and PolitEkon for a month

Third Prize – 3,000 EC credits

Consolation Prizes – 15 blogs will receive 200 EC credits each

This means there will be 18 winners!

That is not all. The first 15 contestants who signs up will automatically received 75 EC credits!

However, consider the EC credits as just icing on the cake. The important thing is that, win or lose, the contestants and participants were able to help spread the word about the need to adopt and implement effective policies that promote child welfare in the Philippines and maybe in the rest of the world too.

Why wedding ring should be put on the fourth finger??

Why wedding ring should be put on the fourth finger??

Thumb represents parents
Second finger represents brothers & sisters
Center finger represents own self
Fourth finger represents your partner
Last finger represents your children
Really interesting

Why wedding ring should be put on the fourth finger??
Pls read the following, you may not believe that really god made this a miracle (this is from a Chinese excerpt) but still interesting!

Firstly, join your palms as shown in photo below, center finger bend and put together back to back
Secondly, let the rest of the 4 fingers touch tips to tip
Game begins, follow the instructions below for all the 5 fingers but only 1 pair can split.




Try to open your thumb, the thumb represents parents, it can be opened because all human being do go thru sickness and death. Whoever may be, our parents will leave us one day.

Please close up your thumb, Then open your second finger, this finger represents brothers and sisters, they do have their own family which is the reason that they will leave us too. Now close up your second finger,
Open up your little finger, this represents your children. Sooner or later they too will leave us for they got they own living to live nevertheless, close up your little finger,
Try to open your fourth finger in which we put our wedding ring; you will be surprised to find that it cannot be opened at all. Because it represents husband and wife, this whole life you will be attached to each other

Real love will stick together ever and forever. . . ..........

Pearls.... Oh Pearls....

I oh so love pearls! I usually splurge on these pearl things before. I really don't know what's with akoya pearl necklace that I love. I find them so elegant.... yup! when I wear my favorite and most loved pearl necklace which my sister bought in Dubai, I felt so elegant. Even when I am in my most casual clothes, I felt so special.

Now that I just gave birth a couple of months back, I cannot do my usual hunting and shopping for authentic pearls anymore. It's a good thing that somebody introduced me to this site that sells freshwater pearl necklace. I know that shopping online has so many risk but with this site all their pearls are guaranteed 100% authentic and genuine. The have a wide array of akoya saltwater pearls and fresh water pearls. I also learned that their pearl jewelries are carefully handpicked and hand knotted. I browsed their gallery of jewelries and trust me.... you'll be amaze at how beautiful their bracelets, earrings and necklaces are. I really can't wait to buy one of their black pearl necklace that I spotted while browsing their jewelry catalog. They sell at a very reasonable price and prices are guaranteed to be the lowest you can find online.
I also found out that they are offering a 5% discount just by joining the discount club , and mind you, this discount club is free to join, cool huh!? and one more good news for their buyers .... they are offering free shipping worldwide.

No question about the quality of the item that you are paying for because as they say " WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU PAY". If in any case or reasons that you are not satisfied with the items that you purchased (which I know you'll love!) they will be giving back your money, no questions asked or whatsoever.

Got to go now and I think that it is much better to visit the site yourself to learn more by asking their pearl expert for free. Happy shopping everyone!!

My Little Boy Turns 8 Months

My Liam just turned 8 months today. Just wanna share with you his latest pics. I'm so happy seeing this little boy grows. May he will always be healthy and strong. I love every little things about this boy and I am so thankful that God has blessed our family with this little bundle of joy

There's no doubt about it.... he really looks like me! hehe!

Run for the Impressions!

A Visual Talking "Run for the Impressions!" bonus ... $1,000 total ... we want you to be one of the lucky ones!!

Windy Alternative

One of the fastest growing segments of the power sector, wind generation capacity is expected to more than double between 2006 and 2011 worldwide

Weekly Fest: Crying Peeps

Week 15 at PMC: CRYING PEEPS

Above photo was taken September 2007. My daughter Symone was rushed in the hospital for having an on and off fever for 5 consecutive days. As a mother I was so worried and scared that my daughter might be caught with Dengue. The doctors were asking for her blood, urine and stool samples to rule out dengue. Since it's my daughter's first time to have her blood extracted, she was crying her heart out. No words were enough to comfort her. This event was one of those things that I don't want to happen again. Finally, hubby bought her her favorite french fries at Mcdo and that's the only time she stopped crying. If we only knew that french fries were enough to pacify her fears we could have bought one earlier... hehehe! Anyway, my sister ella was with us in the hospital, she was at Symone's side during these times and I'm so thankful to her for loving her niece very much.

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Our Lazy Sunday

I've been always looking forward for Sunday.... why? because my family is complete here in the house every Sunday. Hubby doesn't have work so he gets to spend more time with the kids. I, on the other hand got more time with my laptop. Usually every Sunday hubby and I together with the kids goes to the mall to stroll then after wards have our dinner somewhere but today is different. We spent our afternoon sleeping. Yep... the 4 of us slept till 6pm. It's a good thing that hubby and I went to church earlier than usual. I really don't know what happened to us. When we woke up, we decided not to have our usual dine out anymore but instead hubby asked me to cook for dinner.

It's almost midnight and the kids are all sleeping. It is just now that I'm doing my blog stuffs. I don't know if I can still finish my 300 ec drops....

Have a great week ahead fellow bloggers!

Your Eyes, Your Mind ... Primetime TV - Fall 2008

Settle in, fire it up, enjoy ... Primetime TV (8 -10PM) ... do you watch shows during that time, do you record some and watch others, do you record 'em? it's Primetime because advertisers not only want our eyeballs, but they want our minds ... our minds are there for them to imprint their messages upon ... our minds guide our purchases ... do you feel used, or is it OK for them to pay us by giving us the TV show?

September Contest at GAJE MASTER BLOGGING

I found this site a couple of days ago and found out that they'll be having a month long contest this September. You could win up to $50 cash. There are 2 ways of earning $25..... wanna find out how? go and check it out yourself at GAJE MASTER BLOGGING. The mechanics are so simple. Come and Join the contest and it'll be fun.

Happy Birthday MAMA!!!

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. -- Washington Irving (1783-1859)

It's TV Time 2008!

Leno's leaving Tonight, Idol is adding a fourth judge, and there are a bunch of new shows.

Top Five Music

The Top Five shows us the most poular music ... so, what is popular music?
From Wikipedia.com: "Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more of the mass media."

Moymoy Palaboy

As I was doing my usual visit at youtube.com before sleeping I came across this video which made hubby and me cry..... yes, we cried from laughing so hard! hahaha! I just wanna share this with you guys....



Honestly, I haven't heard of this duo, MOYMOY PALABOY since last week. My brother in law told me to search their videos on youtube. They are already mainstays in one of the gag show here in the Philippines. I oh so love them... they can make me laugh like there's no tomorrow... HAHAHA!

How Time Flies...

I was so bored this afternoon and cannot think of anything to do. I just thought of browsing some old photos on my laptop instead of boring myself to death. I saw pictures that I somewhat forgot already. There were pictures of my little girl Symone during her toddler years and what struck me the most were the pictures that hubby took when I gave birth last January. It reminds me of pain and also it reminds me of how fulfilled I am seeing my child for the very first time. It is wonderful to see his face again when he was just a couple of minutes old. How time really flies... My daughter Symone is already in pre-school and my little boy Liam is doing some extraordinary stunts which amuses us everyday. I cannot help but wonder how blessed I am having this little boy in my life along with her big sister Symone.

I cherish pictures so much that I wanted to make it a slideshow or a photoshow.... a slideshow with all the styles, music and effects. I searched for a software or tool for doing a slideshow until I came across this site that offers a free slideshow maker with all the add ons that I wanted. Roxio online is a very useful tool in making those old photos come to life. Try checking out their site and try doing photoshows in an instant for FREE... yup! this is totally free. You can even burn your finished photoshow on a cd and share them with your friends. Try it out!!!

Heres the pictures that I was talking about... my pictures before and after delivering my son.

And the countdown begins....

MySpace Countdowns

A few days more and my sister Ella will be back home. We've waited for more than a year! we miss her so much and we can't wait to be with her again. I'm sure my kids are so excited especially my daughter Symone to see their Tita Ella again. If I could only fast forward the time I would definitely will.... I miss my sister very much and I'm so excited to be with her again.

Can't Live Without It!

The world will be destroyed and we will all be transferred to a new home, a new planet and a new environment... sounds scary to me! but if it will happen and you were about to bring your most loved and most favorite thing in the whole world, what will it be? It's kinda hard for me to answer this question since I have so many things in mind that I want to bring...my mobile phone, my psp, my mp3 player, my digital camera etc. There are so many things that I really need but I decided to bring my ever reliable laptop. I assume that technology is much advanced in our new planet and internet service will be available. I can do so many things with my laptop which includes playing my favorite games, playing my favorite music and doing my usual blogging stuffs.

It made me think of hubby's latest game addiction, Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa also known as Operation Immortality: Leave your mark. Save Humanity. Basically this game, Tabula Rasa is a sci-fi, fast paced and action packed multiplayer online game which puts you in a never ending fight and battle for freedom against the alien race known as Bane. High tech weapons and Alien powers will be used by the soldiers (players)to prevent Bane's threat.

This is a real nice and cool game. Don't waste your time anymore...download Tabula Rasa now and start your free 7 day trial. Good Luck and Happy Playing!

Dashing Smiles 1st Anniversary Contest

Carlota's Dashing Smiles will celebrate it's first anniversary with a contest. There will be lots of prizes in store for all the lucky winners. Check out Carlota's sites for further details about the said contest.
Dashing Smiles | Dashing Beauty | myWeb-Blog Designs | The Love of Pixels | Lovely Pink | my Daily Sunset | Hobby and Such by Carlota | my Digi’s Creations | Monkey Reach to the Top | Kharlota dot com | Live Love Pink

Here are the prizes which awaits the lucky winners....

• # 1 major price (brand NEW in the BOX) a Merkury Innovations (White) Docking Station, Speaker System, Clock Radio for Apple iPod.
• # For the major price, since I can’t ship it internationally a $15 will be deposited direct to your PayPal Account.
• # 1 winner of 1 year domain
• # 1 winner of customize layout (blogger platform)
• # 3 winners of 1,000 EC credit (sponsored by ms Julia-Aquino and Pinay Mommy Online)
• # 11 winners of 500 EC credit (sponsored by ms. Angel and mommy Ruby of Pinay Mommy Online)

This contest is sponsored by:
Julia-Aquino | Carlson Clan | Fish Hook and More | Catanico | Pinay Mommy Online | Mommy Earns Money Online | Blessings and Beyond | OnlineBiz and Resources | Lourdes' Mia | Digital Life Scraps

Come and join Carlotaonline's first anniversary. Entries must be posted before Sept. 14th at 10:00PM Eastern Time.

dNeero-ites want to know!

Questions in this convo come from the User Questions asked in our last five convos. Our peeps continue to amaze us with their insight into the core of dNeero conversations ... keep it going!!

PMC Weekly Fest... WHEN YOU WERE

This is my first time ever to join the weekly fest at PMC. This week's fest is being sponsored by
Pinaymama's Diary, A Mother's Journal, Simple Life, Simply Me and Pinay in States

Anyways, this week's theme is to post a sort of before and after pictures. Pictures of before and after marriage. So here is my entry..... The first photo was taken May 1998. It was taken right after a movie date I guess. We've been going out for only a year then. The next photo was taken last April '08 right after our son's christening.

We've been together for 11 years now and I know that we will still be spending more and more years with each other and with our two little angels.

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No Sweat

Today?s miracle sweat-wicking micro-fibers hide a dirty little secret that serious athletes know about. They?re great at wicking away moisture. But they embed perspiration residue deep into the fabric. The result: musty, stubborn sweat odors that linger no matter how hard you try to get them out.

2008 Movies

Good year? Bad year? Who really cares ... we just want some entertainment ... to get out of the home, have the lights go down, see the upcoming trailers, be told to turn off our cells, and then settle in to having the big screen take over for a couple of hours.