Living Mye Life

Got a forwarded email from a friend whose working abroad. An uplifting featured article from Arab news (A Saudi Arabian English-language daily newspaper).

Imagine a world without Filipinos
Abdullah Al-Maghlooth | Al-Watan, almaghlooth@alwatan.com.sa

Muhammad Al-Maghrabi became handicapped and shut down his flower and gifts shop business in Jeddah after his Filipino workers insisted on leaving and returning home. He says: “When they left, I felt as if I had lost my arms. I was so sad that I lost my appetite.”

Al-Maghrabi then flew to Manila to look for two other Filipino workers to replace the ones who had left. Previously, he had tried workers of different nationalities but they did not impress him. “There is no comparison between Filipinos and others,” he says. Whenever I see Filipinos working in the Kingdom, I wonder what our life would be without them.

Saudi Arabia has the largest number of Filipino workers — 1,019,577 — outside the Philippines. In 2006 alone, the Kingdom recruited more than 223,000 workers from the Philippines and their numbers are still increasing. Filipinos not only play an important and effective role in the Kingdom, they also perform different jobs in countries across the world, including working as sailors. They are known for their professionalism and the quality of their work. continue

Want to tone up your tummy?

Here's a quick and convenient way to flatten your stomach

1. Lie on the floor with your legs bent, your feet flat on the floor. (Cheat's option: with your legs bent at a 90-degree angle, place the soles of your feet up against a wall. This will make it a little easier.)

2. Place your hands on the back of your head, or cross them over your chest like an Egyptian mummy.

3. Lift your shoulderblades off the ground, moving your elbows towards your knees. Don't try to lift your entire back – only your shoulderblades.

4. Squeeze your abs for a second (think about squeezing a lemon).

5. Slowly return to the starting position. Remember to breathe out when raising your body up, and breathe in on the way down.

TIP Make sure your movements are slow and controlled - resist the temptation to rock yourself back and forward just to “try to get a few more out”. It's better to do your crunches with good form than a lot of crunches with bad form.

It has been nearly fifteen years since the war between the orcs and humans ended. An uneasy peace settled over the land while, for years, the drums of war were silent. Yet the kingdoms of men grew complacent in their victory - and slowly, the defeated orcish clans regrouped under the banner of a new visionary leader.

ow a darker shadow has fallen over the world, threatening to extinguish all life - all hope. The drums of war play upon the winds once again - rising urgently towards the inevitable hour when the skies will rain fire - and the world will tremble before the coming of the Burning Legion.

The Day of Judgment has come...

I told my hubby not to let me learn how to play the games of WarCraft III -The Reign of Chaos. With its special features and cinematic trailers and its legendary heroes, you'd feel you’re really watching a real movie and you're playing with it!

It takes me one boring day to finally leave playing Tumblebugs and click the icon of Warcraft III and start playing until i want to play more and then be mindless of the time and just heard my hubby laughing behind my back as i am sticked like glue in front of the PC. That's how addicting this game is. Now, I'm in the last stage and i can't take my eyes off the screen thinking how to conquer and kill Cenarious, my main quest. Until my eyes gave up and asked my hubby to massage my back before sleeping and told him its all his fault.

I can still hear him chucking before i finally drifted to sleep and he whisper to me that the next game will be WarCraft III- the frozen throne. Goodness! =)

A tag from Vannie, thanks sis!

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Got this from Milet

Dear God, we pray for the quick recovery of all the sick and the dying especially those suffering from LUPUS and CANCER. And may find COURAGE in their PAIN. Amen.

To those who will be tagged, all you have to do is keep this circulating.

Even if it’s to only one person. In memory of anyone you know that has been struck down by a serious illness like Lupus or Cancer or is still living with it. A Candle Loses Nothing by Lighting Another Candle.

Please Keep This Candle Going!

There will be a cure soon.
Continue to have Hope and continue to pray!

Now I am asking Cielo, KCee, and Mari-Dee keep the light glowing and the hope flowing!

The symptoms - pain, anxiety, shortness of breath and fear - that signal a panic attack can feel like a heart attack and doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital have found a link between the two. In a study of postmenopausal women, those who'd had a panic attack in the previous six months were four times more likely to have a heart attack in the next five years.

A panic attack may increase the risk of heart trouble by adding to changes in heart rhythm, or attacks could be a sign of unrecognised heart problems, says study author Professor Jordan Smoller. Ellen Mason, cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, says stress probably plays a part in heart disease. She advises that if you've never had a panic attack and you think you're having a heart attack, go to A&E.

"Women's heart attack symptoms can be different from the crushing chest pain most men experience," says Mason. More atypical symptoms that affect women include tingling in the right arm, palpitations, pain in the jaw, arm or neck, and heartburn.

source: Readers Digest

I find it cute so I snag again one tag from mah blogz.. thanks, sis!

You Are a Life Blogger!

Your blog is the story of your life - a living diary. If it happens, you blog it. And make it as entertaining as possible.

Thanks Charm for this tag..

Here are the Rules for this tag:

Remove one (1) question from below and add in your personal question, make it a total of 20 questions, then tag eight (8) people on your list. List them out at the end of this post.

1. What is your favorite food?
- Relyenong Bangus

2. What was your happiest moment when you were a child?
- i had lots of happiest moments

3. Where is the place that you want to go the most?
-Paris!

4. When is your birthday?
- August 7

5. When you encounter a sad moment, what do you do?
- observe


6. What are you afraid to lose the most?
- anyone i love and dearest to me

7. If you win $1 million, what would you do?
- will start a brand new life

8. What is the saddest moment for you last year (2007)?
- when me and my hubby had a misunderstanding.. that's sad.

9. Which actor/actress would you like to play you in a movie?
- Julia Stiles

10. How do you cope with boredom?
- malling

11. Till now, what is the moment that you regret the most?
- the plans during our wedding day..

12. What type of person do you hate the most?
- when they only come to you when they needed you and
drop you like a hot potato when they'ok. i hate that!

13. What is your ambition?
- to have my own business

14. If you had one wish, what would you wish for?
- babies

15. How did you celebrate New Year?
- I celebrated it in my mom's house in Laguna with my hubby and his family

16. What has been the craziest thing you’ve ever done in your whole life?
- marrying??? joke! i had done lots of crazy things

17. What do you look forward to in 2008?
- babies.. babies and babies....

18. If your life is a song, what title best fits it?
- Come what May

19. What is your inspiration in life?
- my family

20. If you have to change your name, what will it be...
Hmmm... Merryl Jade.. cute di ba? =)

Now I'm tagging Milet, Kate, Yen, Yeyen, Redel, Cielo, Lira and blog gurl

Got a tag from Milet

"Let us help spread the awareness on the ‘Breast Cancer Awareness’ month of June. Please help convey the importance of regular examination and early detection of breast cancer in order to catch this disease when it first erupts, maximizing the chance of survival and recovery."

These are some facts I got from Cancer Research web site. How many people survive breast cancer?

• More women are surviving breast cancer than ever before
• Breast cancer survival rates have been improving for more than twenty years
• In the 1970s around 5 out of 10 breast cancer patients survived beyond five years. Now it’s 8 out of 10
• Breast cancer survival rates are significantly higher among women from the most affluent areas compared to women living in the most deprived areas
• Breast cancer survival rates are better the earlier the cancer is diagnosed
• Around 9 out of 10 of women diagnosed with stage I breast cancer survives beyond five years. This drops to around 1 out of 10 diagnosed with stage I

So I advise women out there to have their breasts checked if they feel something wrong with it. It doesn’t matter if it’s a false alarm, an unnecessary worry on your part. What is important is that you’re doing your part in preventing it.

Help spread awareness. You can help the lives of many women by spreading the word about The Breast Cancer Site. If The Breast Cancer Site receives 8 million clicks on the pink button in June, their premier sponsor -Bare Necessities- will donate $10,000 for more free mammograms. CLICK the pink button today!

Now I am passing this to Kate, Charm and Yeyen to help spread the word.