Favorite Blog And Me On Being Original

Plagiarism, it is a shameful act!
I was a victim of Plagiarism when I started with Blogger late last year. Another blogger who got the very same blog award took my words and idea (how I presented it). I was waiting for a second one from her. I don't want to humiliate the person online (since I'm just new in this domain). She may have a reason. But thank God it didn't happen again. It brought insult on my part. The words are exactly the same.

There are times when we really need to rely on other people's statements and photos (that we don't have), to back up our posts. In this sense, I try to take a lot of pictures (any random, general) in order to create an entry using my own resources. If not, Giving credit to the source is the least we can do. Or link back to them. They'll appreciate it.

Thank you Laine of Laine’s Abode for giving me a chance to share my thoughts on this matter.

May I pass this to every blogger who visits. It is important to help the rest to be aware of this crime.

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What is Plagiarism?

According to Dictionary, Plagiarism is the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one’s own original work.

To all Bloggers who exert effort to create noteworthy entries and who continue to maintain a Blog which is a reflection of who she / he is, ” Good job! ”

To those who have the desire to Blog but are merely scrapping contents from other people‘ s materials, ” Whether you are monetizing your site to help you with your basic needs or to satisfy some of your wants, do it the proper way. Stop making money out of someone else’s work. Otherwise, you are nothing but a common thief! ”
Thank you!

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Big hugs to Shy of Simple Happy Life and Mommy Jac of Mom’s Special Diary for the Favorite Blog Award.

You have no idea how I love going to your sites too. So I will return this precious award to the both of you. You guys deserve another round. And I will pass this to these amazing sites and finds:

Online Mommy’s Corner
Seiko’s Diary
Make Or Break
Azumi Kawaii Princess’ Story
From This Side
The MAIN Ingredient
Just About Anything
Home Buddies
A Life That Is Less Ordinary
Laine’s Abode

Dinner With My Parents

My relationship with mom and dad is unexplainable. To make it short and clear, our bonding is so intact that I would choose to stay at home, spend the day with them, than go out with my friends. And getting married doesn't end it there. I love my parents so much. Before having dinner, I went shopping for some girly stuff with my mom and sister. Then met up with my dad later on.

We ate in Hap Chan. One of our favorite Chinese Restaurants.

Hot and Sour Soup to start a good meal
This was my chosen dish for the night. My favorite, Beef with Broccoli Flowers.

Its been a long time since I shared a good dinner with my parents. I rarely share something like this on this blog. Maybe because I want to keep this part of my life as something to look forward to. A surprise that will pop up every now and then.

Movie Mania

The weekend was truly a relaxing one. First time I didn't think about Blogspot, Multiply, Entrecard and Facebook. From saturday we have been feeding our eyes with various movies.

As we were talking over dinner about the scariest movies of all time, my husband was able to set the mood for Saturday Horror Night. He immediately searched online on movies (old and new) that are considered to be on top of the list. We chose The Shining (Jack Nicholson). Based on a novel by Stephen King. It wasn't scary. It was sick!
A dad (Jack Nicholson), a family man who wanted a good life for his family. Finally nailed a job in an old Hotel, famous for its scenic beauty for ski lovers. He didn't know that the old place had a history, that every man set for the job turned it down. Being a person with deep thoughts and who wants change, he agreed to get the job. Guarding the Hotel for 5 months, the whole Winter. The only transportation that can access the place during this complicated season is a snow mobile.

With the history where an old caretaker went berserk and killed his family, some believed that his spirit still lives in the hotel.

Jack's family stayed with him. It went well at first, but as they stayed longer, things began to change. Jack was getting irritable, his son (who was gifted to have The Shining or ESP) sees things and started getting bad encounters. And the only person who remained intact was the mom played by Shelley Duvall.

"Though not initially successful, the film has had status as a cult film for years. It has since gone on to broad mainstream success, now being frequently ranked as one of the best horror films in history and its iconic imagery deeply embedded throughout popular culture, although there was a long interval between its release and its achievement of iconic status." -wiki-

The movie was really good. For a 1980's flick, they did a pretty good job. The actors portrayed their roles well. Especially Jack Nicholson. His transistion from being a good Father to an evil psycho. That was just creepy. Anyway, I give it 5 stars. It is the #1 scary movie of all time. You wanna know why? look for it and watch.

Little that you know, aside from bummin' around the house the whole weekend, my husband and I went for a quick flick of Angels and Demons sunday evening.

To start, it was too good that I couldn't think of any words on how to make a review. Yey! Tom Hanks! I missed this guy. He is one of my favorite actors. Actually I really don't want to comment about the movie. Basing it on my personal point of view, I might create conflict with people who has a different look about the whole story behind not the movie itself. I mean, thats how good it is. Plus, I want to travel and study Ancient Rome :D

To end the weekend, I declare The RING as the next scariest movie of all time. Well, we can't actually compare Western from Eastern movies. Their both different. The Ring was just off-beat, you don't know when you'll get scared. We watched it again before going to bed sunday night.

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"After "normal" Sadako was murdered, the other Sadako merges with her. This merger involves no physical contact, as the child Sadako is locked in a room when it occurs (and vanishes afterwards), and two characters watching over the nearby corpse of older Sadako witnesses only the reanimation of her corpse.
The "restored" Sadako is mostly based on the older one, although when provoked her powers surface and her appearance change to resemble her younger form (her face obscured by her hair, moving mostly through shadows).-wiki-

On Blog Break

Hi guys! I am on Blog break for the weekend! A quick post just to let you know. For the past days I got busy making my first photobook. My first attempt on digiscrapping. It was a bit draining. I really didn't know where to start. I got tired figuring out the how to's. But its all done now.
I had some glitches. I didn't know that I left 2-3 empty pages (lol) So consider the first as a trial photobook.

Big Thanks to Jes for the referral, help and for sharing a big discount! Hugs!

Hearty Thursday

Aside from being blessed with my son graduating from summer school today. On our way home, he (my son) pointed me this wonder up in the sky.
It was magnificent. My first time to see an unusual cloud formation. These things are real. You know those movies when kids sometimes see a rabbit or a tree in the sky.

We were drawn in aweness today by a heart. After taking the picture, we made a turn, then it vanished.

While He Paints...

I Color.

I love coloring. I buy those jumbo coloring books and before blogging was invented, I would spend my past time coloring. Sometimes with my mom, when I was still single.

And now that my little one is enjoying what colors can do. I join him with my coloring book while he paints. He has his own crayons and paint set and I have mine.

Too bad there's no picture of me while at it. Most of the time, it's just me and my son while my husband is at work. Clearly, nobody else was around to take our picture together. Let's keep it as a private affair. :D
Coloring by age? it is definitely for everybody. It's different. Everytime I color, it makes me reminisce on my childhood. Those art classes I attended in elementary, my mom teaching me coloring techniques.
It brought a lovely feeling and some sweet thoughts. Felt I was 20 years younger.

I Have A Life---edited

I saw a friend a few weeks ago. Of course that person mentioned how entertaining my site is. I was expecting a good conversation with that person since we didn't see each other for the longest. I got disappointed with the joke that person told me.

This is the second incident that somebody tried to interfere or let's say disturb the things I do. For this matter, if you don't like what I am doing, then don't read my blogs. Who asked you anyway.

It's the manner how the joke was said. This, I'll take it as a warning (for me). Meaning I am not very fond of somebody joking with what is basically keeping me happy and light. So I'll try avoiding these kind of situations. To be fair with the other party too. If I offended anybody, I'm so sorry but this is how it goes. I am taking blogging literally as an online diary/journal.

I never question or joke around somebody else's interest. I greatly respect anything good that makes a person happy and fulfilled.

On the question on why it seems like I'm in front of the computer all the time...

It's Time Management. That's how I run my life and my family's. Hey, I'm a housefwife. What do you expect me to do on my "free time".

I'll be honest. There were times when I wasn't able to get things done the right way. Personal things. But eventually, I was able to set them according to what was needed to be prioritized. From being A Mother, A Wife and A Parent, not to forget as A Housekeeper. My world goes around within these 4 roles. Self will just pop-up when I think it is essential.

And this is the beauty of blogging. Right here at this very entry. I am sharing my thoughts, my emotions, my life. And it doesn't have to be specific. A simple human being will truly understand what I mean.

It doesn't have to take a person to become a blogger to appreciate the existence of having an online journal.