I want to open a free blog for everyone whose interested to join me in making a blog for a Chocolate chip cookie day, that will be every thursday. You can compose your own story when you do eat a chocolate chip or having to see one anywhere and everywhere, but it should have an actual picture of it. I know it will be very a demanding one, but for sure its gonna be fun.  Don't forget, every thursday! CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DAY! You can email me at this address:  janice11.aquino@gmail.com, you are all welcome to share your thoughts about our sweetest topic of all! Thanks everyone!

Do you know that the song "JOY TO THE WORLD" was composed in the year 1719?  It was written by Isaac Watts. This Christmas carol is really an old song, but we can  still sing and really enjoy it every Christmas. The lyrics was inspired by the Book of Psalms on Chapter 98. 

The lyrics of this song really tells us to rejoice for the Lord (Messiah-Jesus Christ-Savior) was born, for us to be saved by sins. Heaven and earth rejoices even the nature sing, all the earth arise and shout aloud that the Lord has really come!

Let's all enjoy and feel the Christmas meaning with this song:

JOY TO THE WORLD

Isaac Watts

Joy to the World , the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.

Joy to the World, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.

No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.

He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.

Playing the piano is my greatest dream, as a little girl I have imagined myself  doing a recital on a big stage... hahaha! but of course it'a just a dream! But I already tried the alternative way of reading the notes, I learned how to read chords! Thank God for the wisdom co'z I learned it well! I don't need to have a recital but I always play my keys every sunday at church, I'm just giving back the talent and the wisdom God has gifted me a long time ago. I can now pass this skill I have to my children, grand children etc etc!


I think, I'm going to post an on-line tutorial on my site. Hope you'll be able to follow me then!
Thanks! 

I remember when I was small, I really wanted to have a collection of dolls, but I haven't collected even one... So sad for me then co'z my parents always instructs me that its better to study than to play and collect those things. I  often envy my playmates when I see that they have the toys I wanted to have. I just ask my parents why I don't have those things I wanted? they just said that it's not really important at all.

Now, that I have my own son, I can now understand what's best for him, of course we buy him toys but not to collect it, but to just simply play with it and have some fun. Co'z it's really nice to have those things that's "important", than to have the things that's useless...

This passed holidays where we spend time together with our love ones to visit those are "saints", I called them saints for they knew Christ as Savior and Lord. Even though still dead, but in time, "we" (living and dead) will all rise up to meet the creator and spend our new life in Christ in heaven.
In times like these, our family always see to it that we'll spend time to visit our parents and relatives on All saints day, we actually do this on a date much earlier than Nov. 1 to avoid the wave of crowd who will visit the same place we're going. Together as a family, we don't need to pray for them anymore, for those are just their remains and the souls and spirits is already in the hands of God. We just spend it with lots of stories each has to tell, remembering their deeds and traits that makes as laugh, even cry... And of course, snack time will surely go after every story...
It's good to know that even the people we dearly love has gone, we knew someday not in just an ordinary place we'll meet again and united in Christ.
Have you visit your saint? :)

I Like this stuff I created on 2D Yourself on Cartoon Network (Phineas and Ferb), feel like a kid again. I copied my myself on 2D and happy on the outcome. My son loves to watch Cartoon Network everyday before going to school, so I know whats the latest on this channel, try it and have some fun too! check it on this site: http://disney.go.com/xd/phineasandferb/originalmovie/2dyourself/

Christmas is fast approaching, even if it is still 60days to go we can now really feel the feeling, smell the smells, see the sights and  taste the  sweetness of Christmas. It's everywhere, I guess?
I want to share the lyrics of this song to everyone, whose excited to give gifts and of course to receive gifts as well! enjoy! ho ho ho!


***CHRISTMAS IN OUR HEARTS***
           by: Jose Mari Chan


Whenever I see girls and boys
Selling lanterns in the streets
I remember the Child
In the manger as He sleeps
Whenever there are people
Giving gifts exchanging cards
I believe that Christmas
Is truly in their hearts
Let's light our christmas trees
For a bright tomorrow
Where nations are at peace
And all are one in God.

CHORUS:
Let's sing 'Merry Christmas
And a happy holiday'
This season, may we never forget
The love we have for Jesus
Let Him be the One to guide us
As another new year stars
And may the spirit of christmas
Be always in our hearts
In every prayer and every song
The community unites
Celebrating the birth
Of our Saviour Jesus Christ
Let love, like that starlight
On that first Christmas morn
Lead us back to the manger
Where Christ the Child was born
So come let us rejoice
Come and sing the Christmas carol
With one big joyful voice
Proclaim the name of the Lord.

I woke up sunday morning, I realized my neck wasn't moving at all? It doesn't move to the right nor left, up  down... I got stiffed neck! I start going hysterical about it, because it's sunday and I have to attend our sunday worship where I'm in-charged to play the keyboard. 

I can't hardly move, even when I took a bath it really aches a lot from my nape all the way to my back... But still I have to go to  church then. Just don't know how God make it not so painful while I'm playing. Thank God!

When we got home after the service, my husband damp warm towel on the affected area so the aches might lessen, but still it doesn't work at all. When we go to bed that night, it still keeps me awake, coz I don't know what position I have to do to make it feel better, but still it hurts a lot!.

The next day, it felt worst than any other stiffed neck I ever have in my life! My husband accompanied me to see a doctor immediately to check on my neck, then the doctors' findings was-- yes I got a stiffed neck and cramps worsens it.

Got the medications and thank God after 2 days the cramps loosens a bit, and day after day it felt OK, until now, but still I can feel a little needle like hurt that pinch my muscle when too much force or movement I make.

 

 A happy day for my sons' 5th birthday! I can still remember the time when I got to see his face for the first time, how happy and excited we are-- our firstborn! We named him John Gabriel and got Gabby as his nickname. He was born October 15, 2006, and he weighs 7 pounds, thank God for my normal delivery then. Looking back through the years really amazed me on how we parents cope on taking care of him as a baby. As a new mom, I can still remember the time when we took him home from the hospital and thinking how and where to start...  The proper way of handling the baby, how took me so long to feed him, whoa! those sleepless nights...

Then came his 2nd, now his 5th, a smart school toddler exploring and learning new things on his own, asking what's this? and what's that? why? and why not?

I know it's just the beginning, and still, more to come! We love our son and will always will. May God bless you as you grow older, and grant wisdom as you grow taller.

Happy Birthday!

It's really so nice to think about new beginnings,  new start of something that has been mellowed for a while-- a breath of fresh air... A year or two since my last blog, my fingers missed the typing, the quick view of every post and of course the excitement to look who's on view.

I wanted to start again this time, on a full bloom but with a different upcome, and a new shade of me - Jha.

Hope I can share with you my thoughts, my dreams, my present, my future..  My start-- myself...