Got this from Via's blog. Just wanted to try it... well, seems like senseless fun.

Instructions:
Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following. They have to be real places, names, things … nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person who nominated you has the same first initial. You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question.

What is your name? Sxxxxxx
4-letter word: Sexy
Vehicle: Sorento
City: San Francisco (city nga ba to?)
Boy Name: Sam
Girl Name: Sandra
Alcoholic drink: Singapore Sling
Occupation: Singer
Something you wear: Sando
Celebrity: Sandra Bullock
Food: Salad
Something found in a bathroom: Safeguard soap
Reason for Being Late: Sleeping
Cartoon Character: Smurfette (hehe.... obvious ba my age?)
Something You Shout:  "Shoot!"   (instead of saying "shit" so my kids won't pick it up)

Now, your turn to try!

i went to visit the adoration chapel in our parish this morning after i finished paying some bills at a bank nearby our house. it has been a while since i visited. three months ago, i was there almost everyday after an anxiety attack incident which brought me to the emergency room of asian hospital. hopefully that incident would be my first and my last.

so i arrived at the adoration chapel and was removing my slippers when a piece of paper posted near the petition box caught my eye. it was a letter with a picture of a 2-month old baby. i could not help but read it. i actually read it three times because i was trying to figure out what it was they were asking for in the letter. normally, i see similar notes like these asking for monetary help. so even before i read the letter, i was expecting it to be asking for some donations. yet, this one does not even mention anything related to money.

all that was asked is to say a prayer for the healing of this baby named hannah ysabelle, born august 14 of this year. she was born with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (cchs). i'm not medically knowledgeable but from what i understood in the letter is that there is something wrong with her central nervous system that controls her breathing. if she's awake she finds it difficult to breathe and when she's asleep she can't breathe at all, so tubes had to be attached to her.

when i was looking at her photo, tears just filled my eyes. it is so heartbreaking to see a baby, any baby that is, suffering from a medical condition.  i came to the chapel to pray for my own needs but ended up praying for this baby instead.

i do hope anyone who drops by this blog and reads this post would do the same. it would not hurt to offer a 5-minute prayer for this baby and others who are suffering as well.

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i'm alive and kicking again... in my blog, that is... and perhaps starting to in reality as well. i know it's been a while. been pregnant, gave birth, got busy taking care of baby and eldest daughter, got sick, got stressed and burnt out, had to deal with some post-natal anxiety and depression, had no maids, etc, etc, etc.... well, what can i say? but that's life... life just suddenly throws a lot of gifts and bricks at you. and if you're not ready, coping and adjusting becomes quite a struggle. plus they say in every event there's a lesson life is teaching you so you just got to listen... and if you don't get it, sorry but expect another hit yet again! maybe i'm just a slow learner...  

but just for now... just for this moment, it feels good to be able to sit down again, face my computer and write an entry in my blog. not for anyone else but myself. and i think i need to do this more often.

i need to find my own space. i am again in search of my solace and my private sanctuary...

it's been a long time since i logged in and played around with Yahoo! Avatars. so i was surprised with all the new items that have been added since i last made one... which was years ago -- i think. i have long planned to make my own avatar and upload it, but have never gotten around to do it nor learn how to upload one of my own.

so this is my new Yahoo! avatar... i guess it pretty much shows my current state. not to mention how i love pink stuff recently. i went shopping two weeks ago for maternity clothes, and unconsciouscly i was picking out pink tops... different shades but still pink... hmmm...