RH Bill

According to this source, this is the coverage of RH Bill:

(1) Information and access to natural and modern family planning
(2) Maternal, infant and child health and nutrition
(3) Promotion of breast feeding
(4) Prevention of abortion and management of post-abortion complications
(5) Adolescent and youth health
(6) Prevention and management of reproductive tract infections, HIV/AIDS and STDs
(7) Elimination of violence against women
(8) Counseling on sexuality and sexual and reproductive health
(9) Treatment of breast and reproductive tract cancers
(10) Male involvement and participation in RH;
(11) Prevention and treatment of infertility

and
(12) RH education for the youth.

Can please somebody tell me, in which part of this RH bill is the church so against to?

Updates! Updates!

Last weekend was PC fair here in KL. So Jay-ar & I decided to go to buy a printer at para maigala na din namin ang mom nya. The PC fair was in KLCC and as usual, even though it was raining hard, ang dami dami pa ding tao shopping for gadgets.

Anyway, ang pinamimilian naming bilin ni Jay-ar na printer is either HP brand or Canon. Syempre nde naman kami masyado gagastos sa printer so ang balak lang namin bilin is yung cheapest na 3-in-1 (photo copier, scanner & printer). At first, syempre biased ako sa HP kasi I was working with HP and yung printer namin sa bahay sa Pinas is 3-in-1 na HP. But Jay-ar called his friend and asked him to check from the internet the reviews of the 2 printers which is better and he told us na mas maganda daw ang review sa Canon so we decided to buy Canon instead. Another reason kung bat mas oks din ang Canon ay mas okay ang freebies nila. Ang HP, watch lang ang ibibigay, which I doubt kung may gagamit naman nun samin. Sa Canon ang freebies ay hand towel, face towel and laptop bag, which is for me, more usable in our case. Meron pang isang freebie sa Canon na gustong gusto namin, which is yung trolley pero free lang yun kapag yung mejo mas mahal na printer (with fax) yung bibilin namin. Eh wala naman kaming phone line sa condo so sayang ang fax machine so pinilit na lang namin nag titinda na instead na yung towels and bag and freebies namin, exhange na lang namin sa trolley. Ayaw pumayag kasi bilang lang daw yun at each item daw may designated na freebies. Asar. By the way, yung trolley pala is usable kapag marami kang bibilin sa grocery at usable na din agad kasi ang laki at ang bigat ng printer so ang hirap buhatin. Kawawa naman si Jay-ar kasi sya lang pwede mag buhat nun.

Anyway, back to story... Binili na din namin yung printer kahit na ayaw ibigay samin yung freebie na gs2 namin. Pagkabayad namin, buhat ni Jay-ar ang mabigat na printer habang nakikipag siksikan kami sa maraming tao. Pagdating sa freebies claim area, ako lang ang humarap dun sa girl sa counter. Kinuha nya ang receipt ko to check kung anu ang freebies na bibigay nya sakin. Sabi ko sa kanya, kung pwede bang trolley na lang instead na bag and towels.. syempre ayaw nya din pumayag... di daw pwede. Sabi ko mahihirapan kasi akong buhatin yung printer at mabigat. Ayaw nya pa din payag. So inabot nya sakin yung freebies then aalis na kong luhaan. Hehehe! Tapos bigla nya ko tinawag ulit, wait lang daw. Apparently, nakita nya na buntis ako at inabutan nya ako agad ng trolley tapos sorry sya ng sorry sakin. Hehehe! Ang bait naman nung babae. Mataas kasi yung counter kaya nung mejo nakalayo ako, chaka nya lang nakita na buntis ako. Buti na lang dun ako sa babae na yun nakapila kasi yung ibang counter mga lalaki ang naka assign. Pag lalaki, walang pakialam sayu kahit buntis ka kasi nde nila alam ang feeling. Ibabalik ko pa sana yung bag at towels na una na nyang nabigay sakin kaya lang nde na nya kinuha at binigyan nya pa ko ng plastic bag para dun ko ilagay yung ibang freebies. Ayus diba. Ang bait.

Actually, ewan ko lang sa pinas pero dito sa Malaysia, pag buntis ka may mga benefits ka din. Yun yung lagi kang papa upuin sa train kapag tayuan. May mag o-offer ng seat sayu (usually mga babae tlaga) wala kasing pakialam mga lalaki. Mag pe-pretend pa yung mga lalaki na nde ka nakita or tutulog kunyari. Kakapal muks. Kapag sa pila sa toilet pinapauna din ako kasi buntis ako. Nakaka pasok din ako sa mga "Exit" na gates or pinto kasi malayo pag sa entrance papasok. Hehehe! Syempre kung sino kasama ng buntis, nakakapasok din. Pag papara naman ng taxi, ako pinapa-para ni Jay-ar para hihinto ang taxi kasi maaawa sa buntis. Kaya si Jay-ar nag te-take advantage sa pagiging buntis ko. Lagi nyang binabalandra ang malaki kong chan. Hehehe! E malapit na ko manganak, so mawawala na yung mga privileges ko na yun. Nung sinabi ko yun kay Jay-ar, ang sabi ba naman sakin, "dibale, malaki pa din chan mo nun pag kapanganak mo". Ungas. Hehehe!

Eto pala ang pics ng bago naming printer.

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Last Saturday, I had a check up with my OB. Good news and bad news. Good news is that my baby is already full term and pwede na sya lumabas anytime! Bad news is that the head of my baby is still not engaged with my pelvis. Kailangan daw mag engage yun para sa normal delivery. Haaaayyysss... Excited na kaming lahat sa baby namin ni Jay-ar. Gs2 ko na din sya lumabas kasi uncomfortable na din ako matulog sa gabi at most of all, gs2 na namin sya makita.

Nag research ako sa internet at sabi dun na iba iba daw ang weeks kung kelan nag engage ang head ng baby sa pelvis. Minsan daw (mostly pag first baby), nag engage lang yun head pag mag le-labor na. Sabi ng OB ko mataas pa daw ang baby. Hay, parang ayaw lumabas ng baby ko. Lalo nya kaming pinapa excite. Lalo na si Jay-ar at tinutulak na nyang pababa ang chan ko. Hehehe! Gs2 na tlaga kong pa-anakin. So we have no choice but to wait, wait, and wait. Sinasamahan ko din ng walking every morning sa pool side ng condo namin kasama ang mom ni Jay-ar. I dunno if that will help pero walking is good naman tlaga para sa mga buntis. Oks pa din naman kasi ang due date ko naman is April 30. Although full term na si baby, meron pa syang until end of the month para lumabas.

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As I have been mentioning above, andito na ang mom ni Jay-ar. She arrived here in Malaysia last April 1 and will be staying here to help us take care of the baby for 3 months. Marami na din kami na pag pasyalan sa kanya. We already went to Orchid Garden, Ikea, KLCC, Petronas, Bukit Bintang and malls like Midvalley Megamall, Pavilion, Suria and of course sa the mall (which is tapat lang ng condo namin). Hehehe! We are still planning to go to Bird Park, KL Tower, Petronas bridge, Acquaria, Genting, Butterfly park and more mall tours. Hehehe! Yung iba jan pupuntahan pag dumating na ang dad ni Jay-ar dito sa Malaysia sa June. Ako bantay ng baby habang pasyal ni Jay-ar parents nya. Sa 2nd week naman ng May darating ang mom ko at ang aking shobe at shoti dito sa Malaysia at kami naman ang papasyal. Si mom naman ni Jay-ar ang bantay kay baby. Hehehe!

Eto pala (so far) ang mga pics ng gala namin with Jay-ar's mom. Click here.

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Learn to accept the things that you cannot change - this is what I am trying to do (so hard) right now. In God's help, I can do this.

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Just another thought, babae nga tlaga siguro ang baby ko, kasi masyado ko in love kay Jay-ar nowadays. Hehehe! Para kong nag lilihi all over again. And sometimes, it really surprises me on what one can do in the name of love. Figure that out. Hehehe! Ciao!

Choco Mousse and Baby Red

Jay-ar bought me a food processor! How cool is that? Hehehe! I was trying to beat egg whites/creams manually (using whisk) but to no avail so he decided to buy me food processor. Today, I made a chocolate mousse. It taste yummy! It is now in the fridge and hoping that it would set properly. For lunch, we will be having steamed tilapia and of course, I will use my new food processor for the stuffing. I'm loving my new kitchen gadget.


*How to make Chocolate Mousse*

Ingredients:
2 eggs {separated}
50g cocoa powder
4 tablespoonful of warm water
1 tin Nestle Cream (170 g)
2 tablespoonful sugar

Procedure:
Mix the cocoa and sugar with water to make paste
Add the egg yolks
Beat mixture until creamy
Add Nestle cream
In another bowl, whisk egg whites until stiff then fold into chocolate mixture delicately
Pour into container then chill

It is that simple! I just put some strawberries on top for decoration. Hehehe!

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My sister Yeng already had given birth to a beautiful, healthy baby girl this morning. Both my sister and her new little angel are okay now and just taking rest at St. Luke's {baby's name is Red - short for Renei Danielle}. I'm glad they are both okay... Next up, it's my turn and hoping also that my baby and me will be okay. I know God will take care of both of us.

2008 -- I'm Loving It! :]

I remember I said [I wrote rather] that I have a good feeling about this year 2008. Well, guess what???....

Thank you Lord for this...


And this...


2008 has just started... Am sure that it will keep on coming...
I love 2008!!! Thank you, thank you Lord!
And oh, somebody is going to resign soon... er, today?!?
Catch yah laterz guys! Mwah!

To all the single ladies out there...

God has message for you...

No man will ever claim you unless he claims you from me. I have reserved a man for you, who has my heart and loves me even more than he will you. I won't give you unless he asks you from me.

He's asleep, don't wake him, he's busy for me and my kingdom. Soon you will know him, but I have the perfect time.

You are my princess, my daughter. Let no prince claim you unless he asks you from my hand. For I am your Father, the King of Kings.

You, my princess are worth waiting for.

"I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am." -John 14:3

Someday your Prince will come.

God is Good

...all the time.

These past few days were hell for me. There were things that didn't go my way and I got so frustrated and depressed. So I prayed hard to God for Him to give me this and give me that; and do this for me and do that for me; and I prayed sooo hard so that my prayers will be heard. But then nothing happened. And because I am only human, I became more depressed and frustrated. And I started to ask God why this and why that.

Then last night, I can't take it anymore so I broke down and cried. When Jay-ar saw me crying, he hugged me and asked me why... I told him that I feel so sad and unblessed. I prayed so hard for some things but my prayers were not answered. Then Jay-ar told me that I should not be sad because we are leaving for Manila next week and that we are going to spend Christmas with family and friends and that my whole family will be visiting us next month so there is nothing to be sad about. He reminded me of all the blessings we have, that we are together here in Malaysia and both of us has decent work here and that we will be having our church wedding on February and then the list goes on… He told me that I should not be so sad about those things because they are not that bad as they seem. He explained to me everything that I need to know.

While I was listening to him, I slowly came back to my senses. All he said is true. He made me realized that things are not as bad as I see them. As in OMG! It was actually like it was God who was talking to me because all the questions I had for Him were answered and explained by Jay-ar. I was too engrossed with my depression that I cannot see the light in things and I became deaf to hear God talking to me so he used Jay-ar to make me realize all that. It is true that when you feel unblessed, try to list or think of all the blessings you have in life. But that, sometimes, is easier said than done. Sometimes, we cannot do it on our own. Sometimes, we need somebody to remind us of these things.

So from being this…

I am now this...

I know that I am only human thus I am not perfect. I still know that some point of my life in the future, I will still feel depressed, sad, down and frustrated again. And I am aware that thinking of all your blessings is not that easy when you feel that you are in the lowest point of your life. But I also know that I can manage. As long as there are people like family and friends and Jay-ar who are always there for me and care for me, I will be okay.

As a matter of fact, having Jay-ar by my side is a whole lot of blessing already. And he’s only one of the many in my blessing list. I also came to realize that God’s plans for me are way, way better than my own plans for myself. I just need to hold on to my faith.

Thank you Lord for my family, relatives, friends, Jay-ar and all your blessings you showered me with. And oh, I am sooo sorry for being a stubborn child.

And now, I am back to the feeling of being sooo thrilled about coming home for Christmas... Weeeeh! God is indeed good... all the time!

The Butterfly and The Flower

Once there was a man who asked God for a flower and a butterfly.
But instead God gave him a cactus and a caterpillar.

The man was sad, he didn’t understand why his request was mistaken. Then he thought: Oh well, God has too many people to care for...
And decided not to question.

After some time, the man went to check up on his request that he had left forgotten.
To his surprise, from the thorny and ugly cactus a beautiful flower had grown. And the unsightly carterpillar had been transformed into the most beautiful butterfly.

GOD always does things right!

His way is ALWAYS the best way, even if to us it seems all wrong.
If you asked God for one thing and received another, TRUST.
You can be sure that He will always give you what you need at the appropriate time.
What you want... is not always what you need!

God never fails to grant our petitions, so keep on going for Him without doubting or murmuring.

Today’s THORN...
Is tomorrow’s FLOWER!
GOD GIVES THE VERY BEST TO THOSE WHO LEAVE THE CHOICES UP TO HIM!
GOD BLESS YOU!