Haiku Mum

I really enjoy the thought and the reality that moms nowadays are able to make the most out of the internet. I have stay-at-home mommy friends who are full time bloggers; they do not need to depend on their husbands to buy them kikay stuff. Some SAHMs could even support their husbands with their income from blogging! Yeah, just like my aunt. I again stumbled upon a great mommy blog, but I think it’s not a money-making blo--just one that’s intended to exercise the vocabularies and write the stories of mommyhood. You can find in Harmony in Motion chronicles of a mom’s journey with her husband and her daughter Maggie. There are lots of pictures there that you’ll surely find cute. But what’s quite unique here is her Haiku posts. If you don’t know what a Haiku is, it’s a traditional Japanese poem that’s made up of 3 lines with 7-5-7 syllable-rhythm count. I think this mom could really make good haikus!

The Ultimate Blog Bloom Tag

I got tagged by Ms. Betchay and this time it is not one, but two tags:

The Ultimate blog bloom Tag!

This tag will give you 2 techie points per successful tag. The rules are:

1. Copy and paste the URLs (ALL OF THEM!) on the list and add them to your blogroll (this gives your buddy one techie point)
2. Add your name according to the alphabetical sequence of the list
3. link your webbie to your name in the list (the second techie point opportunity)
4. add your URL next to the linked name…
5. Voila! just do this, tag as many as you can and wait until your techiepoints grow exponentially! Don’t forget to linkback… in your case link back to JoanJoyce.

THE ULTIMATE BLOG BLOOM LIST

Apt 1014
Life in Korea
JoanJoyce
Mckhoii
Nursemagic
Everything Kimchi

The Double Tag
RULE: What you are supposed to do… and please don’t spoil the fun… Click copy/paste, delete my answers, type in your answers and tag 4 people in your lists!

(A) Four places I go over and over:
Chonggyecheon Stream, Milgiore, Namsan Tower, Daejeon University Library

(B) Four people who e-mail me regularly:
Multiply, ASEAN scholars, Hannah, UPLB CCC

(C) Four of my favorite places to eat:
TGIFridays, Sbarro, Pizza Hut, mah own house

(D) Four places I’d rather be:
Daejeon, South Korea. Coron, Palawan. Saturn. Neptune.

(E) Four people we think will respond:
Elliot, Cher, Eden, Chris

(F) Four TV shows we could watch over and over:
Grey’s Anatomy, Friends, Lee Sun Shin, All About Eve (Jang Dong Gun and Chae Rim)

I’m tagging:
Cher, Eden, Chris
Girl for All Status
The Super Goddess Crissy's Heaven Ms. Liz a Simple Life Ms. SolLee
Silent Sage

My Psychotic Heart

It is very difficult to harbor Mutual Love, especially if you're not sure that the other person shares the same feeling. ML is a psychotic hallucination of the heart, a mirage that you'd like to capture only to find out at the end that it indeed is a mirage--nothing more, nothing less.
전 진짜 미친다! T__T

The Green & Leafy Blog

I am really amazed at how the Internet is being used for desirable ends. Information is power, and easy and free access to it can guarantee a net benefit for society. I happen to stumble upon Nisha’s blog, which is about Pregnancy and parenting, childbirth, parenting and women and child issues. One can find here healthy recipes that anyone might just enjoy, especially the kids. Topics range from not-so-commonplace to ethically contestable: Parenting issues like MJ’s bad parenting was blogged about, why sex determination in India is banned by law, and children’s rhymes and songs are some of the niceties that you can find in this blog. Layout-wise, Nisha’s “motherhood” blog also offers a refreshing place to lounge at, especially with the fresh green theme color that signifies new life.

Catching Up is Hard to Do

I really think that I should brush up on my Korean studies. All my Korean friends are dying from studying English day in and day out and I'm terribly lagging behind the war on new language acquisition. T___T

지금부터 전 한국어 문법을 배우려고 해요. 저에게 도음을 줄까여? ^^;
엘리엇 씨, 빨리 따라가세요.

Aliens in the Outfield and Tesla's Death Ray

There were aliens invading the planet and they almost got away with it. These aliens donned very attractive human skin and they paraded to be kind and all. Add to that, these aliens also participated in humanitarian activities that they were able to gain the trust of the community. Eventually, this coterie of extra terrestrial phonies were able to capture the reins of government. They were benign at first.

But in the parliament is where terror began. These aliens tried to eliminate mankind by planting on the ground pulsating embryonic-red alienific spheres that when activated would fire to the sky concentric red circles that vaporate everything under them. I saw men and women writhing in pain--think of worms sprinkled with salt--and turning gaseous in 5 seconds. There were only a few remaining humans. Living among them were oust-the-aliens independence fighters. The leader was a woman. I cannot remember the details fully but I am sure that she seduced the leader of these aliens while the freedom fighters deactivate the alienific spheres.

Love eventually conquered all and the aliens were defeated using the same nefarious technology that literally befell the human race.

Yet another lucid dream.

Meaning in Minutes

Reading is my favorite pastime. I regard it as a virtual journey that could take me to places that I can only dream of going. I am not really particular about the source of the text—may it be a lap-shattering microbiology book that takes me deep to the cellular level, a newspaper that I fold into a pamaypay eventually, or a friend's blog—they all help to make the most out of my time. Liane Schmidt’s blog, Make the Most of Your Time, is a collection of inspirational advices, motivational posts, reflective entries, and basically things about the rationality of emotions. She also posts song lyrics coupled with videos from youtube—songs that can touch your sensibility to appreciate small but wonderful things in life. She also writes about her personal travels but she never misses to introspect a bit about how her comings and goings make her a better person at the end of the day. Perhaps not only the readers could make the most of their time in this blog, but also the blogger herself.