Columbus Blue Jackets

I have always loved watching hockey game. Last year we didn't get to watch because of problems that the NHL had to go through. Luckily this year they were back on the track.

....and so, JJ and I got the chance to watch the Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Detroit Red Wings the 18th of this month, unluckily they were defeated. In a game there is always a winner and a looser. Maybe next time they get lucky :-)

Rick Nash # 61 was my fave player. He was a native from Branton, Ontario. One of the NHL's top players.

(photo from Nationwide Arena)

I kind of fascinated by Jody Shelley #45. He is a native from Nova Scotia and has played with Halifax team in his first few years as a player. He always gets into fight every single time we watch their game...:-) He was dubbed as the tough-guy! Columbus Blue Jackets signed him for a multi-year contract.

(photo from Nationwide Arena)

Columbus Blue Jackets on Power Play at Nationwide Arena, home of the Columbus Blue Jackets

JJ and I enjoying the game


It's Me after the game :-)

Why Women Cry?

This was forwarded to me via e-mail and thought I'd share...

A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?" "Because I'm a woman," she told him.

"I don't understand," he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will."

Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?"

"All women cry for no reason," was all his dad could say.

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.

Finally he put in a call to God. When God got on the phone, he asked, "God, why do women cry so easily?"

God said:

"When I made the woman she had to be special.

I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort.

I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children.

I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining.

I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly.

I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.

I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.

And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed."

"You see my son," said God, "the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides."

If you liked the story you can copy-paste it to your blog and share. Something good will happen - You will boost another woman's self-esteem!

*I would like to acknowledge "Shree" for this wonderful stoy

Happy Birthday Nanang

My Mother turned 67 years old today! Still strong and healthy despite of some sickness that comes and goes. Thank's a lot to the wonders of the internet. I was able to order a flower for her online and sent her a gift certificate from SM department store. My sister jovy sent me a message via chikka as soon as my Mom received the flowers. That was the first flower she ever received, i think :)

I felt good having my Mom surprised on her birthday and thanks to the constant nagging of JJ because I was having second thoughts of buying flowers as they are pretty expensive...but he said, it will diffinitely make her happy on her birthday, besides it will come once a year :)

So here you go....Nanang, you deserve this flower, its very simple yet it comes with love from Tatang, your daughters and respective partners and most especially from your Apo's. Hopefully on your next birthday it will come with bears and balloons. I hope you like it, although Jovy said it really smells good and very classic! Happy Birthday once again!