Ayala Triangle - Lights and Sounds

Family time at the Ayala Triangle, Makati CBD.

We were happy, we were able to catch the final show for 2011.  Apparently the night we came is already the last night of the Lights and Sound show. The Triangle was full packed and the restaurants by the strip were equally full sitting. 

My sister and her BF.

This is an amazing and worthwhile activity that your family is sure to enjoy. 

The Ayala's must spent a fortune putting up such a spectacle.

I hope they do this on an annual basis.

Mesmerizing...

The Good Wife

In the beginning, God made them male and female, the man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, the two shall become one flesh; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no man separate.

RESPECT

EPHESIANS 5:33 . . . let the wife see that she respects and
reverences her husband -- that she notices him, regards him, honors him, prefers
him, venerates and esteems him; and that she defers to him, praises him, and
loves and admires him exceedingly.

Do not belittle, criticize, put down, and nag your husband.

REVERENCE

1 TIMOTHY 3:11 Likewise their wives must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

Encourage your husband and build them up with their words

INNER BEAUTY

1 TIMOTHY 2:9-10 ...in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves
in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold
or pearls or costly clothing, but, which is proper for women professing
godliness, with good works.

While not wrong to try and look your best, remember the most important is
your "inner beauty," the fruit of the spirit and the glow of God's presence.

DO NOT DIVORCE

1 CORINTHIANS 7:39 A wife is bound by law as long as her husband
lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she
wishes, only in the Lord.

Divorce is no real solution. It will only substitute a new set of miseries
for the ones left behind. God's best is for you to overcome the problems with
God's help.

DO NOT DEPRIVE

1 CORINTHIANS 7:2-5 Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let
each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. Let
the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife
to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but
the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own
body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another except with consent
for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come
together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of
self-control.

Withholding physical intimacy from your husband as a way of punishment or
revenge is wrong. God desires for you to be a giver as His representative -- and
overcome evil with good.

BE SUBMISSIVE

COLOSSIANS 3:18 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in
the Lord.

To submit does not mean to be a doormat. Or, to obey any order no matter what
it is. Submitting is really the opposite of rebelling. Submission is an attitude of
respect -- not necessarily outward obedience.



Taken from the webservant@believers.org

Oh Boy Its a Boy Baby Shower!

I am such a party planner freak! For me, the planning and preparation is quite therapeutic. So when a preggy cousin turned 8months, I can't help but give her a baby shower party...

proud mama and proud papa to be

We had her shower party May 1 - Labor Day (my cousin afterall will be doing her own laboring a few weeks from now)! I find it funny really, although my cousin wasn't laughing.

For decorations, I bought blue and white, baby shower designed balloons, attached curly ribbons and taped a couple on to the dining room ceiling. I was really careful! My husband warned me that if I damanged his newly painted ceiling, I will be paying for the cost of repair!

I cut out the baby's name into different colored papers and taped these as well on to the living room wall. It reads, "Czar Lukas is here!!!" Oh, I was very careful with the walls as well!

(Creative juices flowing... an apron for my preggy cousin to wear. yup, it reads...

"HOT MOM 2B".)


For give-aways, I got blue and lavender cellphone charms (cellphone not included). My cousin bought these real cute and funny coffee-tea stirrer.

For the games we had:

(1) Smell my nappies - I got cheap diapers and 4 types of ordinary chocolates. Melted the chocolates and placed them inside the diapers. The look was authentic. This was such a big hit among the guests. Everyone took turn smelling (eww!).

(I can't seem to look at chocolates the same way again...lol!)

(2) Tummy ni Mommy - with a piece of yarn, guests were asked to guess how big my cousin's tummy is. As it turned out, my preggy cousin's belly is as big as my husband's. Really funny!!!

For prizes, I got these cute pens from Blue Magic!

(3) Guess the nursery rhyme - we had a blast when my sister started singing baa-baa-black sheep to the tune of "three blind mice". I almost fell off my chair...

After a couple of games, i brought out the cake and had a semi tea party (What? We got inspired watching Prince William and Princess Kate's wedding...duh!)

(My second son, posing beside the cake.. and uhm ofcourse wanting a piece of it :))

The highlight of it all, is the gifts openning (I think she got most of whats left of her shopping list)!


My cousin, had a blast openning her gifts, but ended crying when I brought out my surprise gift. I gattered from family and friend (abroad) who weren't able to come to her party! I printed the letters in colored papers and placed them in a safekeep box...

Party is over, my preggy cousin... going through her letters (feet up)!