If you want happiness for an hour—take a nap.
If you want happiness for a day—go fishing.
If you want happiness for a month—get married.
If you want happiness for a year—inherit a fortune.
If you want happiness for a lifetime—help others.
~Chinese Proverb
Wishing you all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! This coming year promises new beginnings and we should be thankful for all the wonderfull blessings we received in the past years. As we usher the new year, I hope you all begin the 2008 with a little prayer not just for ourselves but also for our family, loved ones and friends.
May this new year fill your homes with happiness
Flood your hearts with love,
Bless your life with fulfillment and contentment,
Unwavering strength of your soul and spirit,
Good health for your body,
And continuous wisdom for your mind …
HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAPPY NEW BEGINNINGS!
MABUHAY SA LAHAT! Just want to announce that beautifulandhappy has won the Filipino Blog of the Week award for Week 88 (my lucky number!) from The Composed Gentleman. To all who voted for beautifulandhappy, maraming maraming salamat!
For this coming week, beautifulandhappy is again nominated for Filipino Blog of the Week. You may cast again your votes at this site, The Composed Gentleman. If you think beautifulandhappy is worthy to win again this coming week, please vote for me. However, I am also wishing you to request you to also vote for this fellow Pinoy blog mynosebleed (authored by my tukaio Malen). Please check out her site, for sure you’ll get hooked by her wits and humour!!
Ei, just forgot, you can vote once a day so please don’t waste your voting powers! Cheers!
This post is dedicated to the memory of Benazir Bhutto, iconic figure in Pakistan’s politics for decades and the first and only woman Prime Minister of any Muslim country. Her life was a modern day epic and was a survivor. Thirteen years before in an interview, a reporter from Times magazine compared her life to a Greek tragedy. She laughed it off and said, “Well, I hope not so tragic. Don’t all Greek dramas end in tragedy?”
This is the life and times of PM Benazir Bhutto:
(Note: For today I am taking the holiday music off in respect to the death of Ms. Bhutto. Pls. pause the holiday music on the sidebar first. Thanks)
Hi everyone, I'm Maline! Before blogging hit me, I was a chemical engineer, a Senior Investments Specialist in a government agency, and had my Masters of Environment degree from UniMelb in Oz.
However, I had a 180degrees turn from all of these and chosen a much noble and more fulfilling (yet harder) path - to be a stay at home mommy to my three beautiful kids. Above all these, I am a one tough cookie, an optimist, survivor, novice blogger, a dreamer.
I hope you like my blog, and come join my journey -- Living life to the fullest one day at a time!
Cheers!