Christmas For Payatas

I am so touched to know that there are organizations who are raising up some amount in order to give the children and other residents of Payatas, Philippines a chance to actually have a decent Christmas celebration. This act of kindness is dubbed as "Christmas For Payatas". I cried when I watched this video from youtube that I posted here. This is a charity appeal to all of you out there who are willing to help raise some money to make these children happy this holiday season. Please read the Press Release for more information and don't forget to watch the video. Press Release: The landfill in Payatas, The Philippines, is notoriously known the world over as Smokey Mountain. For over 35 years, the smoking dump site has grown to become a stark and heart-tugging reminder of the desperate onditions of humanity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On a daily basis, children pick through newly arrived garbage to collect material to sell. The earnings made by one child are not enough to even buy food for the day. Hence, entire families are forced to climb the mountain each day, hoping to earn enough to feed everyone. Children as young as four years old are forced to work in this daily struggle for survival. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In response to the plight of these children, Totedaddy.com is working with Lighthouse Center For Children Foundation to bring a little cheer to the children this Christmas. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Totedaddy.com has kicked off with a cash sponsorship of USD 10,000 to enable the children to celebrate Christmas. FusionExcel International has also pitched in a USD 5,000 in cash sponsorship. The money raised will help fund the projects already in place, and help fund additional projects aimed at providing better housing, and a means of livelihood for the Payatas community. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is hoped that by creating better awareness to the plight of these children, more support can be garnered towards their betterment. Together we can bury poverty!

Birthdays

Happy Birthday to JEN (hubby's niece), who is celebrating her birthday today and belated happy birthday to her daughter Shelby who celebrated her birthday this month too. Sorry guys, we miss your birthday this year but hopefully, we could be there next year! We love and miss you guys! Thank you so much for the call..

Farewell

Do you know this gorgeous girl from Dancing with the Stars? Yes, she is the two time winner of the famous competition. She said that she isn't going to compete anymore in the next season (Spring) which is about to start in early March next year. She said that she will concentrate on her music career instead. Well, good luck Julianne Hough! I think you will succeed to whatever career you choose because you are beautiful and talented...

Aside from her, my favorite one is Cheryl Berck. How about you, who is your fave among the stars?

Roller Coaster ride

In society today, we are so concerned about where we are going and how fast can we get there...but life isn't about the destination, it's about the journey. The things we learn from and leave behind on our journey through life is what truly matters. If you're a good person and you always try to do the right thing, the destination will be the same no matter how quickly you get there. Slow down and enjoy everything that God has provided. Here today and gone tomorrow.....never take for granted that things will always be. Appreciate the beauty in everything you see, hear, taste, and feel. Time is priceless and we shouldn't depreciate the value by trying to hurry things along.

Hugis Puso (Heart Shaped)

My husband took this picture of the tree last year, with me as a back ground hahaha. The tree was at the back of my Father in law's house. it's neat how he trimmed it. It looks good during winter because of the snow.