Thursday 6 December 2012

Health Issues


Last month of 2012 and here I am suffering from being sick, this cough and flu is killing me and I’m getting fever-ish. This is the only time of the year that my immune system is very weak. Boohoo! Around Mid August, I told my husband that I feel so happy because I never got sick, that I am very healthy. But hey, what happened now?

To my dismay, I check Google and search on some tips to avoid this ailing clause.

Here are 8 simple ways to keep the bacteria and viruses at bay in your life:
#1). Wash your hands several times a day. Even if you think they are not dirty, they probably are bacteria is hard to see.
#2). Take a shower daily and wear clean clothes.
#3). Always drink plenty of water. This is an easy one, but a much neglected issue for many of us.
#4). Try not to over eat, this one is pretty self explanatory
#5). If you eat processed, fast foods everyday, take a vitamin supplement.
#6). Find an activity that you enjoy to keep you more active.
#7). Use mouth wash, it's an easy way to keep the bacteria down in your mouth.
#8). Get proper rest. If you are tired all the time you cannot make proper decisions.

Reference: http://voices.yahoo.com/8-simple-tips-stay-healthy-all-year-round-2374450.html


Being healthy and fit i would say is the most fleeting thing that you can do for yourself aside from the fact the you are fit you will feel good about yourself as well.

Hope this help, stay healthy everyone! =))


HannahZ_B

Tuesday 4 December 2012

There is always a light



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December last year typhoon “Sendong” hits the Philippines and has lost many lives and many of them are in Mindanao.

Today, another Typhoon strikes the country and the saddest part is it’s even more extreme than Sendong. When calamities like this happened I am always at my lowest point because I am away from my family. Living away from them is the most hurting stir because I want them safe, always.. Mama and Papa are the only ones left at home and they do not have anybody that will company them, worse thing is my Dad is paralyzed. I could not imagine how difficult the situation is when worse thing has to come (GOD FORBID!)
 
We can never really tell if this kind of mishap will smack us down, and the best thing we can do is to be alert and vigilant. Listen to news, packed some important stuff you might need in case there is a need to evacuate (water, food, clothes, flashlights and the like). And lastly, PRAY – that is the most effective weapon we have.

Good thing because my family in Butuan City are okay, they are safe and sound just what I wanted to know. Keep safe everyone! We will all go through this together.


Love,
H




Friday 27 July 2012

Happy Birthday, Mom



Today, boyf and I attended a seminar regarding “pre-marriage” as a requirement for an incoming event that is happening in October. I was totally amused because we were well educated about family planning, we were also taught about home management and how to achieve our individual roles in the future.

I think of my mother while the seminar is going on because today is Her special day as she is celebrating another year of Her life, my Mom like my Dad is the most important person to me although we argue a lot, but in all honesty she duly trained me to be mature and independent person. I would say that my Mom is the kindest person I know, she loved to lend a hand to people who are in need of help, especially when it comes to old people, maybe because of a huge influence of my grandparents who’s very loving as well. I remember, for the past two years up until at present she would initiate feeding program, giving out vitamins and slippers to some rural areas in our province. That’s how benevolent my Mom is. Who wouldn’t be proud of that?

She taught us a lot of things about life, how to deal with our own struggles and how to fight for it. Mom instructed to always keep our feet off the ground in times of triumph and would always remind us to look back where we came from and to be proud of our roots. She sacrificed her career and had to stop working to look after us as we grow up, she find ways and means to grant our demands (May it be material thing), she thoroughly assisted us in our assignments and supports us in any activities during our school days even at present, she would even cry if we were heart broken, a good listener indeed.

Her role as a mother is beyond measure, I truly understand now how much my mother throws in when it comes to us. Ma, I know you have to take in all the aches that has been going on for a while specially with Papa’s condition, thank you because you never fail to perform your job as a mother and as a wife, thank you for being strong for Papa and for us, thank you for the unending love you have poured unto us. I am very proud to have you as my mother and I will forever be thankful for everything you have done for us. This day, I wish you good health and that you and the rest of the family will be safe always, I love you to death, Ma.

To the best Mom in the world, Happy happy Birthday.. =))


P.S.
If I have to live again and asked to choose a mother, I would definitely look for her and pick her, that’s how much my Mom influenced me a lot.

xoxo
Hannah


Thursday 19 July 2012

Daughter’s Cry




November 2011 (his 1st attack - the day when he was discharged from the hospital)



March 2012 (2 months before his 2nd fatal attack)

My heart was frayed straight away when my sister told me about my father’s condition. After being spotted with stoke for almost 2 months, which I also blogged about. His neurologist evaluated him with Expressive Aphasia after their recent check-up. Aphasia is a communication disorder. It's a result of damage or injury to language parts of the brain. Aphasia gets in the way of a person's ability to use or understand words.

I have the answers to my questions, every time I get the change to talk to him he would just utter words repetitively when I ask him if he is done eating, what did he ate, did he took his medicines but still the same words are uttered like “Oo”, “Kuan”. Honestly, I am very hurt, the pain I am bearing right now is cruel, the same question came to mind, I just don’t understand why this has to happen why to my father and why do we have to suffer this blow. I sometimes feel that the world is adjacent to us and all ghastly things involuntarily occurred. (ing-ani nlng jud mi ka malas?) My father may only utter those words and could not communicate well, but deep within him he is struggling for us to understand what he is trying to convey which for me is very heartbreaking.

God, please give me the courage to understand things and accept them with all my heart. I just could not comprehend that things are happening the least I have projected. I know GOD seized everything that has been going on with our lives, but please, cure my father or at least alleviate some depressing things that have been going on with my life. I missed talking to my Dad, I missed how his ideas and mine cling together, I missed those days when we talk anything and everything, I miss it when he crack a joke, I missed his advises, I miss his smile, I miss my father sooo much. My father knows how much I love him because I have been telling him that since I was little, he knows how much I appreciate him as a father because my sisters and I have a good relationship with him. Some have their own heroes but he is our superhero. That’s how proud we are with our Dad.

Optimism is perched all around us that my Dad will be treated. I don’t have any idea if he will be well with this Expressive Aphasia thing but my family are doing the best we can to have him back to normal. One day, he will learn to converse again and as the usual we will have a good long talk and that all of us will be happy with no fears and anxieties hiding our sacks. As his eldest daughter I will cry for hope and wish that he will be okay in GOD’s time.

xo,
Hannah

 

Psalm 107:01

Monday 21 May 2012

When Faith Is Put To The Test


Growing up with my father is one of the very best things I will forever treasure.
His smile glows and makes our day extraordinary. His simple gesture gives us hope to overcome our day even if it went wrong. Energetic, Active and one of the most enthusiastic person I know, not only that he is God-fearing as well. A good provider to us 3 siblings and makes sure that he send us to a lofty school for quality education. My father in one way or another gives me the courage to go through life’s every tests and to never give-up by far.

I don’t want to be emotional but I can’t hide the pain I am feeling right now,
Because the person I look up to and the person who gives me inspiration suddenly has lost vigor, Saturday morning when Mum called and asked if how we are doing until she held that Papa is ill. Papa doesn’t want us to know about his present condition because He doesn’t want us to worry. My father recently is half paralyze, he is weak, vulnerable and is at risk. He can’t move his right arm and leg and he doesn’t utter a word or a thing. I can’t imagine the agony his bearing as of the moment.

I feel so helpless at this time, I feel like I am never a good daughter to him while he is to us. I love my father so much that if only I can wash away the excruciating pain he is feeling right now. If only I’ll carry the tormenting strain he is experiencing on his behalf I would gladly take it without any doubt. Sometime, I would ask God why this has to happen, why to my father.  

When faith is put to a test, we often cried for impartiality. We seek GOD’s providence and ask over for help. Friends, please include my father in you daily prayer, your plea will be of big help to me and to my family who is hurt with my Papa’s situation. I hope that God will give us enough courage to face the trial he has given to us. And the test he has set to us would apparently be an eye opener to each and everyone that we should never give our faith a halt.

Wednesday 29 February 2012

How to Celebrate Leap Day 2012!



Happy Leap Year!

Leap years only come about once every four years. Leap year came about when the creators of the solar calendar realized we needed to add an extra day every four years to synchronize with the seasons and with the astronomical year. February 29 has become known as Leap Day. Since it only comes around every four years, here are our favorite ways to celebrate leap year and Leap Day!


Take a chace


Use this day as an excuse to do something you wouldn’t normally do. We’re not saying to park next to a windowless van or anything — just do something different. Take a different route to the mall, order a new dessert. If you don’t like it, so what? You broke a boundary!



Indulge in a cheesy romcom



Just like Valentine’s Day has, well, Valentine’s Day and New Year’s Eve has New Year’s Eve, leap year has — wait for it! — Leap Year.


Propose!



Or, you know, just ask that cute guy out. Irish folklore says that St. Bridget bargained with St. Patrick to allow women to propose to men every four years as a means to balance not only gender roles, but also the calendar. So chat up that cute guy in your geometry class and invite him for a slice of pizza (or, if you really want to get festive, shepherd’s pie)!

Another alternative? Put a ring on yourself. You deserve it!



XoXo,
HannahBun






Thursday 16 February 2012

Emo Behind Pavement


If you are clinging on to one thing then all of a sudden he/she left you behind, it cripples your heart and probably would make your life miserable. I’m not sad at all I just went through my music library and spotted this song by Jennifer Love Hewitt. I can feel how this song gives bravery to someone who is truly in love and is afraid of loosing him/her especially if the other one is leaving. Gaaaaaaaa!!!

This song goes out to those who are in a lynching-relationship, I know it’s too early to post this as V-day just conceded 2 days ago and the mood is too early to be “emo”. Hehehehe..
Well, nevertheless, I love how this song was written.



Don't Throw It All Away

Maybe I don't wanna know the reason why
But lately you don't talk to me
And baby I can't see me in your eyes
I hold you near but you're so far away
And it's losing you I can't believe
To watch you leave and let this feeling die

You alone are the living thing that keeps me alive
And tomorrow if I am here without your love you know I can't survive
Only my love can raise you high above it all

Chorus:
4x Don't throw it all away our love (our love) Don't throw it all away our love
Don't throw it all away (2x)

We can take the darkness and make it full of light
Let your love flow back to me
How can you leave and let this feeling die
This happy room will be a lonely place when you are gone
And I won't even have your shoulders for the crying on
No other man's love could be as true, I'm beggin you

Chorus:
You alone are the living thing that keeps me alive
And tomorrow if I am here without you love you know I can't survive
Only my love can raise you high above it all
(so high...above it all)
Don't throw it all away our love (our love) Don't throw it all away our love (so high...above it all)
Don't throw it all away our love (our love) Don't throw it all away our love

 

Xo,
HannahZ.

Tuesday 24 January 2012

Dalai Lama



Jaded at work today! I browse through the internet and check out some quotes about Karma and I get the attention of Dalai Lama. So googled it and find a lot of interesting bits and pieces about this creed (Tibetan Buddhism).


The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word далай (dalai) meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word bla-ma (with a silent "b") meaning "teacher".[1] According to the current Dalai Lama, the Tibetan word "lama" corresponds precisely to the better known Sanskrit word "guru". Traditionally, the Dalai Lama is thought of as the latest reincarnation of a series of spiritual leaders who have chosen to be reborn in order to enlighten others. The Dalai Lama is often thought to be the leader of the Gelug School, but this position belongs officially to the Ganden Tripa, which is a temporary position appointed by the Dalai Lama who, in practice, exerts much influence. The line of Dalai Lamas began as a lineage of spiritual teachers; the 5th Dalai Lama assumed political authority over Tibet.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalai_Lama

14th Dalai Lama of Tibet
"If it was possible to become free of negative emotions by a riskless
implementation of an electrode - without impairing intelligence and
the critical mind - I would be the first patient."
Dalai Lama (Society for Neuroscience Congress, Nov. 2005)


Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, born Lhamo Dondrub,[2] 6 July 1935) is the 14th and current Dalai Lama. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, and is also well known for his lifelong advocacy for Tibetans inside and outside Tibet. Tibetans traditionally believe him to be the reincarnation of his predecessors and a manifestation of the Bodhisattva of Compassion. He was only formally recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama on 17 November 1950, at the age of 15. He inherited control over a government controlling an area roughly corresponding to the Tibet Autonomous Region just as the nascent People's Republic of China wished to reassert central control over it.



Here is some of Dalai Lama’s passage that will surely give you a jolt.

1. Delusions are states of mind which, when they arise within our mental continuum, leave us disturbed, confused and unhappy. Therefore, those states of mind which delude or afflict us are called 'delusions.'
2. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
3. When you lose, do not lose the lesson.
4. Happiness is not something ready made. It is comes from your own actions.
5. Follow the 3 RES. RESpect for others. RESpect for yourself. RESponsibility for all your actions.
6. If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
7. Sometimes not getting what you want is an amazing stroke of luck.
8. Always learn the rules so you can break them properly.
9. If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
10. Do not let a small dispute injure a great relationship.
11. Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
12. When you realize you have made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
13. Spend some amount of time alone everyday.
14. Open yourself to change, but do not let go of your values.
15. With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
16. Remember that silence can sometimes be the best answer.
17. Live a good and honorable life. Then, when you are older you can look back and enjoy it a second time.
18. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for a great life.
19. In disagreements with loved ones, only deal with the present. Do not bring up the past.
20. Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
21. The best relationship is one which your love for each other exceeds your need for one another.
23. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to achieve it.
24. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
25. All major religious traditions carry basically the same message; that is love, compassion, and forgiveness are the important things that should be part of our daily lives.


I’m born Catholic and I am so please reading some brief facts of this religious crowd. We may have a lot of imperfections and flaws and naively we sometimes impair others lives. We are aware that the world will come to an end, we hope and pray that we will go to a place where we do not feel miserable, we don’t acquire sadness, obtain distress or even feel hurt. Surely, it is our faith that will take us there.


XOXO,
H




Tuesday 17 January 2012

UGLY GIRL


Last Friday, I glued myself to Killer Bee’s Friday madness; my Friday would not be complete if I don't listen to them, they make me sick. Especially every Friday they play nothing but the best songs back from the 90’s and since a part of me is from that generation, believe me, you just want to stick your ears to the amp listening to them.

I was stuck with this track Ugly Girl, the song may seem inedible but for me its one of the greatest aside from the fact that I’m a fan of this talented singer-songwriter and pianist, FIONA APPLE.

Here goes the lyrics..

When I saw you at the grocery store
You were sharin a shopping cart with her
And I couldn’t turn and run away
I didn’t know what to say

You introduced us for the first time
And I had to look her in the eye
But you could not have imagined my surprise
Can’t you see?
You’re leaving me...
For an ugly girl

Does she talk about politics?
And all that stuff that used to makes me sick
Does she smoke cigars and stay up late
Oh she’s so great

Does she tell you what you want to hear?
And I bet she could grow a beard
I feel better thinking you were queer
It’s not fair
I can’t compare...

To an ugly girl
To an ugly girl
Lalalalalala lalalalalalala lalalalalalalala
Lalalalalalala
Lalalalalalalala
Lalalalalala

Hahaha, haha the joke's on me
I feel jealous and I feel mean
She’s so nice,That it makes up for her face
There’s no way,
do you have to keep your eyes closed
Do you have to keep the lights down low?
Oh I bet you wish you had a blind fold
can't you see,
you’re leaving me...

For an ugly girl
For an ugly girl
She’s an ugly girl
A real ugly girl
Lalalalalalala lalalalalala lalalalalala lalalalalalala
She’s an ugly girl
An ugly girl ahh huhhh



This song I would say is way too harsh but nonetheless it is on my playlist. Hope you will listen to it too..

Visit Fiona Apple’s official website, http://www.fiona-apple.com/ 


XO,
Hannah


Monday 16 January 2012

all time crush



filmaker Diego Bunuel, grandson of the film director Luis Bunuel

Imagine yourself being with this guy on a magnificent island, you go swim together, star gazing and dine together on a cold evening… aaaahhh!! Just mind's eyeing. Meet my all-time-crush, Diego Buñuel, National Geographic channels host, Don’t Tell my Mother. Diego is a French film-maker born in 1975.





Diego received his bachelor's degree from Northwestern University, majoring in journalism, minoring in politics, and then interned for various newspapers such as the Times Picayune in New Orleans, the San Francisco Examiner, the Saint Louis Post Dispatch, the Miami Herald and the Chicago Tribune before going to work for the Sun Sentinel as lead crime reporter.

For the past ten years Diego Buñuel has been a foreign correspondent for French Television covering all kinds of countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, or the Congo. Every time he left for one of his stories, he would tell his production crew in the Paris office, "Don't tell my mother I am in Colombia, it makes her really nervous." After a few years of traveling repeatedly, Diego realized that the international news coverage, of which he was part of, only focused on the worst headlines possible. So Diego embarked on a rather unusual effort; to talk about countries that make headlines, but instead of focusing on the same three basic stories, he extended the reach of his eye to look at a more subtle vision of these countries, full of culture, people, interests that rise high above the daily news reports.


Diego Bunuel


Diego, on the show, comments: Travelling is my passion - I'm fascinated by the remarkable stories every country has to offer. It was this desire that led me to travel the world - to Pakistan, Venezuela, Iraq and more - looking for stories and meeting fascinating people along the way. It was a great trip, sometimes travelling to dangerous places, which is why I never told my mother where I was when travelling.

There you go, a sneak-peak of my all time crush. You can still catch him at national geographic channel. Now, share to me who your crushes are?
Happy Monday y’all!




Saturday 14 January 2012

tattoo pics =)


As promised on my previews post, here are the pictures of my new tattoo.
 
photo credits (Ian Cabrido)




just sharing.. hope you like it!



XO,
Hannah



Wednesday 11 January 2012

little piece of me





DANDELION

dandelion seeds being blown
 
 
10:30Am today I had my first tattoo session with one of the most astounding tattoo artist in Cebu, Mr. Ian Cabrido. I am having a hard time in choosing which design to pick until I have come up with a figure. I had dandelion inspired tattoo. Dandelions stand for wishes coming true. The flower symbolism associated with the dandelion is love me, affection returned, desire, sympathy, faithfulness, happiness and love's oracle. They are fascinating and interactive and just so perfectly fun. They are French for "Lion's Teeth" which is cool & empowering. The dozens of seeds released by each flower head represent fertility and abundance. The seeds' journey illustrates a time of clothing the past and a symbol of hope for starting something new. When we blow away the puffball with its seeds, we make a wish for something better.

For some, it symbolizes that these gorgeous moments are fleeting and you could have the whole thing you've ever wanted one minute then the next minute everything’s gone just like the dandelion seeds blow away so effortlessly. And something like this reminds us that there is joy in youth that ought to be cherished and not lost when we're older.

The entire session ended an hour, I was nervous all through out since the pain is getting into my nerves, my heart is pounding rapidly and I was sweating. The whole experience was superb as I was able to finish it all by myself without any chaperone since boyfriend is early for work and sister is still asleep. I am very happy with my new-little-piece-of-me, no doubt!

Will follow the pictures later, hope you will like my tattoo.


XO,
Hannah







Friday 6 January 2012

Tuesday 3 January 2012

A friend is what the heart needs all the time




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There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand  high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.
There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening.