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Would you agree that our blogs are form of investments in which we expect some return of investment (ROI) in the future? Whether we expect a monetary or non-tangible return, still we expect some fruits from our blogs.

Our initial investment would be our time and effort to put up a blog whether we use a free platform and hosting or buy our own domain and small space for hosting. If we decided to have a self-hosted domain, then we started to include our pocket in our investment. If we opt to dress our blogs a little and we don’t have the design skills, we avail of makeover services. Again, this isn’t free. And the more we invest our money, time & effort to our blogs, the more we (should) protect them from catastrophic events which might bring our investments to nothing.

If you buy silver coins, would you put them in an unsafe place where they can easily be stolen? Would you announce to anyone that you have some in your possession? Would you allow your kids to play with them in which there is a big chance that they will be lost? Will you not keep in them in storage where you think they are secure and will you disclose them to anyone whom you don’t truly trust?

The same care and protection should be done with our blogs especially if we earn from them. We should protect them from thieves in the form or hackers and spammers. We should always ensure that our sites are secured and protected. And if we want to succeed in our investment, we should at least learn the basic rules how to increase the probability of higher ROI. In blogging, I believe it is important that we learn basic HTML, CSS and image editing. Better if we also try to learn how to use FTP clients so we can backup our files by our own.  We could also try to learn basic database concept for database backup. These basic concepts will help us protect our sites in times of untoward incidents and the good news is, these concepts are widely available over the net.  You only have to ask Mr. Google

The work here in Panglao Bohol is in need of prayer. More than the needs of the church, the attenders and members are in need of prayer for them to grow in faith and truly understand the Word of God.

Below is the preview of my second entry

My dream home is just a simple house standing in the center of a quite big area. Yes, I am dreaming of a quite big land but not so big. In that land, I want to have my kids a playing area where they can run endlessly until they get tired. I also want to have a part for a vegetable garden and the rest of the area is a habitation of fruit-bearing trees.

The house is a typical country-side house, made of wood and other natural materials. It is okay to have some part of the house made of concrete but as a whole I want to have a rustic look. I don’t like so many appliances and furniture. For the appliances, I would only acquire those which are really needed. For the furniture I’ll go for rustic furniture  because woods bring a feeling of coolness. I noticed that houses made of woods are colder than that of sealed with concrete.

How about you? Do you have planned your dream house in your mind?

Just like the other baby things we haven’t secured yet, we haven’t decided on the name of our second child yet. We were teasing our daughter if it is okay that she and her sister share the same name, Jyma Sciezka. She very much disagrees! She even suggested naming her sister Dora – the main character in her favorite cartoon show Dora the Explorer. I told her that her name is rare if not unique so her sister’s name should also be rare. She answered that we just add Princess, so it will be Princess Dora – one of the episodes in the show. This made us realized that Dora’s influenced to my daughter is too much

Hubby and I are still praying for the name of our second child. Do you have any suggestion?

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As my expected date is approaching, I feel heavier and heavier everyday. I have also started experiencing edema and worst I could not get a goodnight sleep every night as I feel some pain on my tummy from time to time. My second pregnancy is not as smooth as my first. But I am still thankful that I have no bed-rest moment. I may have more pains with my current pregnancy but I am still well-taken care of by my God.

I am now on my 34th week. The possibility of giving birth will start sometime in the second week of February at 37 weeks. My eldest was only 36 weeks when I delivered her. She was just near full-term. We are praying that my second child will at least wait until she’s on her 37th week.

I am planning to just give birth in the provincial hospital here in Bohol. This is the cheapest option. My OB is a consultant in the hospital hence I can give birth there even though I don’t have a record there. I am planning to give my OB and the hospital staff who will help with my delivery a small token of gratitude. Cake or cookies will do I think. I don’t know if there is Shari’s Berries available locally. But if there is, it will be great because they ensure that all cookie gifts are guaranteed fresh.

I can’t wait the day to deliver my second child. But ooopss! Hubby and I haven’t decided yet what will be the name of our second daughter.

The multimedia projector is a BenQ 2200 lumens and we are using it during our worship services for our congregational singing. We are also planning to use it for the church’s film-showing ministry in the near future.

The church does not have its own computer yet. I am using my personal laptop during our services. We are planning to buy a small laptop or netbook for the church use. Since the machine will only be used mostly for slide and movie presentations, it does not need to have a very high specification. I’m checking the best netbooks available so I have at least an idea how much we need to save or raise for the machine.

I am hoping and praying that the church will have its own machine soon so in case my laptop breaks down, we can still using the projector and the church files are still safe.

Were you also deceived? Then cheers!

In western countries like United States of America, alcoholism is considered an addiction. I realized this when I watched the movie 28 days more than 11 years ago. The movie starred Sandra Bullock which entered a rehab center. In the movie, I learned that there were several kinds of addictions aside from drugs and that includes alcoholism.

Rehab centers are scattered in the US. There is one in San Francisco, the San Francisco drug alcohol rehab treatment center. They take addiction treatment seriously. Even known personalities in US who are proven addicts by the court are forced to enter rehabilitation centers.