3 posts tagged “qotd”
You have $100 to spend online in the next hour. How are you going to spend it?
I'll have to agree with jewel for those homeschooling materials. Although $100 is not enough for the whole Sonlight Core I'd like to buy for next year, I'll just settle on the Getty-Dubay Handwriting materials for now instead.
Forgive me for bragging but when I asked my husband which handwriting material to select for our son, Chuck, he pointed out right away that the nearest to our handwriting was the Getty-Dubay Italics. This surprised me as I just realized how true this was & that when I was selecting the handwritings, Getty-Dubay was the last thing on my mind to pick. Unfortunately, the Handwriting included in the core package my mom bought was the 'Handwriting Without Tears' and to tell you the truth, Chuck's handwriting was far better than the one presented there. I wish we could've gotten the Getty-Dubay instead.
Oh Well! There's always next year :)
Let's make a list. What are 20 things in your life that you're grateful for?
Inspired by wyndslash.vox.com.
Oooh. I love lists! It's been a while since I've counted my blessings. And maybe I should do this after that 3-day blackout ordeal we had here in Metro Manila as a result of Typhoon Xansane (Bagyong Milenyo).
- I'm grateful for my life in Christ: for living life to the fullest!
- The Bible and its sufficiency. (I'm sorry, I don't mean to sound too religious but when it comes to being grateful, these two are on the top of my list)
- Dan, my husband - his brilliance in writing, talent in drawing/painting, passion in filmmaking... your sharp wit, dry sense of humor, audacity in dancing inspite of having two left feet, and our endless stimulating conversations from unschooling to doctrines. Priceless.
- Chuck, my precious son - our 7-year-old who's a pokemon-lover, gameboy addict, power mark reader, and a joke collector. I've never been in a more rewarding, exciting and challenging role in my whole life. He's such a gift to us, and we're thankful everyday for that.
- Our humble Townhouse - it's not our own but we're able to afford the rent and has a fairly strategic location (near the market, a 24-hour store, drugstore, mall, and my family's place).
- Electricity - I've never realized how dependent we were on Meralco (Electrical Company) until that 3-day blackout ordeal. If that solar-powered roof is available here in the Philippines, We'd definitely work to have it instead.
- Ample supply of water everyday.
- Internet connection at home - I cannot begin to imagine what it would be like to have a computer without internet connection now. I'm grateful for Smartbro, our ISP, for their good service.
- Being a stay-at-home. It's definitely harder than your 8-5 job, but by all means fulfilling!
- Unschooling - it has brought joy and character in us (me and my family) and has radically changed our views in parenting and control.
- My dearest friends - Iza, Chrys, Coco & Totel, Dennis, Lui, Kat, Bhibe & Raymond, Meng, Mervyn, Armand, Anna, Neng & Jace, Von, May & Jay - even if I don't see them around often, I treasure their friendship, support, and love :)
- Balisalisa and Litang Family - my side of the family.
- Abbey Family - Dan's side of the family.
- Dan's job. I'm grateful because I know he's doing what he loves, and is a part of the industry he gives a 'damn' about.
- Victory Family - I know I have struggled with a lot of disturbing things written on various websites against the movement, but I'm grateful everyday for my spiritual family. The sacrificial and authentic lives of these people dear to me have a more direct effect on me than those people who I don't even know caught up in scandals.
- My love for books and reading.
- Open Source - I'm grateful for Linux (I use Fedora Core 5 by the way), OpenOffice, kde, Drupal, and a lot of other open-source programs. I'm also grateful for the geniuses behind it.
- Tea - while Dan abhors 'Earl Grey' tea and prefers the plain black tea, I'm now into those flavored tea I couldn't get enough of.
- Living in the Philippines and being a Filipino. I'm also grateful that UP (University of the Philippines) has, in some way, taught me to have a love and hate relationship with my country (if you know what I mean!).
- My Vox Neighborhood - while my husband and I have a lot of things we don't agree on, vox is one of the few things we agree on: like our frustrations with our vox invites (why can't anyone here in the Philippines accept our invites?!); enlightening, funny, and witty posts; and most of all, interesting people.
Who's your favorite movie villain?
I can't settle on just one so I picked the top three.
DR. HANNIBAL LECTER (Anthony
Hopkins) in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
T-1000 (Robert Patrick)
in TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (I'm sure Dan will agree to this)
AMON GOETH (Ralph Fiennes)
in SCHINDLER'S LIST
