Valentines day

February 14,2008 its Valentines day, all customer here greet me a Happy Valentines and they ask me where did I go to celebrate it. Heheh somehow the customer make me smile and they so "makulit" their's one of my customer brings a flower suddenly I remember the day when my husband give me a flower everyday and I really like it but now nothing at all.He said that flowers and chocolate is only for the boyfriend/girlfriend maybe he's right, right now we have a two kids we need to think the most important things before anything else. Here in Philippines it's really hard to lived eventhough we both work so hard still not enough but thanks God we survived. My husband he didn't give me a flowers as a sign of the Valentines but he treat a dinner its really simple but for me it's so romantic heheh thanks John. Since our relationship begun we always celebrate a valentines, but for now its different because we just eat a dinner not like before we celebrate valentines we eat and he always make me surprised. Last year he give me a little bear with a heart that the message is ILOVEYOU and take note he give that gift in a mysterious way, he ask a the trisikad driver to give that gift to me but when I accept the gift I ask the trisikad driver who's given it to me they said that I don't know isn't it so mysterious??heheh:) but now it's okey we need to be a practical right now because its really crisis.

Happy Valentines day

Two days to go.. we celebrating a Valentines day hehehe. For me LOVE is really important because I believe that the most basic human need is to love and to be loved. There is no power greater than love especially in couple, it's makes our family built a strong relationship, it's give inspiration to lived in this world . Love can motivate people to do things for other they wouldn't normally do. Some people they give up everything for the sake of love of the one they love. There is a people who ready to give their life to a person they love. But if love is such a beautiful things, so essential to life, why is there so little of it in the world? Why is there so much hate? Maybe, true love is more than a sentimental, gushy feeling. Love is a decision, a choice we each we much make. How about you,what did you think?

To all RF Online players ..

Last Saturday RF Online has a tournament at Suki.com located at Roxas, Davao City this is open to all Rf players level 1 to 50. The registration start from 9am to 1:30 than after that the tournament start at exactly 2pm. To all attendees must be early to register because it is first come- first serve basis and you must pay 70.00 pesos as a registration fee this is for ( 50 top-up card, 1 RF Poster, 1 RF Crimson Dawn cd and 10 set of Elite Gems. The rules of the Games are ... Each match will given a maximum of 10 minutes, the team with the most number of skills will win that rounds.

This is the RF Online Skirmish :]

• Each team must comprise of 5 players/ team
• Participants will use pre-generated characters provided by the RF online team .
• Altrax server will be the official tournament server.
• The first 30 teams who present on site on the day of the tournament will automatically get 50 sets High Gems.

Heres we go... the important part of the games the prices 2^nd runner-up they will received type D Hora Weapon of Choice, 20 set High Gem, 20 pcs. Keen Talics, 20 pcs, Favor Talics and the 1^st runner -up they will received Type D Hora Weapon of Choice, 30 set High Gem, 30 pcs Keen Talics, 30 pcs Favor Talics and the most The Champion they will received 1 pc 20/20 Racial Elemental Accessory, Type D Hora Weapon of Choice, 50 set High Gem, 50 pcs Keen Talics, 50 pcs Favor Talics..

This is really amazing Online tournament, Most of our customer that they played RF online here in Frb they also join to get a chance to win.. how about you? Are you also join last Saturday? Hehhehe..

Chinese New Year

The most important Chinese holiday of the year, Chinese New Year (also called Spring Festival), is also the major festivity of the Philippine Chinese Community. Though there are many customs, rituals, beliefs and myths associated with the New Year, most of the traditional rituals are still observed in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. In Manila, particularly in Binondo, lion dancers roam the streets; prosperity signs (red pieces of paper) decorate stores, restaurants, and residences; and many people wear red–the traditional good luck color that is also believed to exorcise evil. It is also believed that red scares away a legendary monster that terrorized people on New Year’s Eve.

Traditionally, festivities for the New Year commenced as early as the 23rd day of the 12th moon of the lunar calendar, and ended with the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the New Year. As times changed, the nonworking days were reduced to three in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. In Manila, students in Chinese schools get an afternoon off. Though the local Chinese do not get New Year’s day off, they still celebrate it.

The annual grand celebration is primarily a reward for a year of hard work. Because the festival falls before China’s planting season, when the ground is still frozen, farmers have to wait for the soil to thaw. People traditionally spent their free time making offerings of gratitude to the gods, especially to the Hearth God. It is the Hearth God’s duty to report everything that transpires throughout the year to the Emperor of all Gods.

Families offer the Hearth God sweet foods so that he will report sweet things. One offering, tikoy (Filipino for ti ke–sweet cake), is very sticky and is said to be capable of gluing the Hearth God’s jaw shut (on the theory that no news is good news). After the food offerings are complete, an image of the Hearth God is placed on a paper chair and set on fire so he can "ride the flames" to heaven. On New Year’s Eve he returns when the celebrations are at their highest. New Year’s Eve dinner is a time for family reunions (in their homes or in restaurants). Fireworks go off at midnight–it is said that the noise scares off bad spirits. Because of the belief that the later children stay awake, the longer they and their parents will live, children stay up past midnight to welcome the New Year. After midnight the young are given ang pao–red envelopes, containing cash, with the words hi (happiness), sin (long life), and kiong hi huat tsai (congratulations and prosperity) printed on it. On New Year’s Day people greet each other with "kiong hi."

The most colorful New Year ritual is the dragon, or lion, dance. An enormous dragon/lion head with a long body of colorful fabric, manipulated by skilled operators, performs a vibrant and energetic dance. In Manila, many lions roam the streets of Binondo (right photo). Residents who want the dragons/lions to cleanse their homes and bring good fortune hang an ang pao at the top of their gates. The lion dancers demonstrate their strength and skill as they climb to reach the red envelopes. After capturing the reward, the dragon/lion does a short victory dance, bows three times in thanks, and proceeds to the next ang pao.

Another traditional custom is settling all debts before the year’s end. Since a new year is a chance for a new beginning, one may as well start it.

Here in Davao, Philippines we celebrated a New Year even we not a Chinese. Mostly some school here they no class joined the fun of this event. Some students they also perform the street they parade wearing a red dress. After that they eat a “misua” the food that they eat first because it gives you a “long life” and the other one is “tikoy” makes your family more close to each other.

Gung Hay Fat Choy.. .. to all Chinese over the world..