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Property Details: MLS #8439
NOW, priced at $273,900
This Beautiful 3BR+/3BA Cedar Home sits on 1 Acre m/l in an Absolutely Beautiful Location (built by Mennonite and other local craftsmen).
This Energy Efficient Home was built in 2008 with Meticulous Attention to Detail:
Large Windows ALL Around House to Enjoy the Country View and Nature.
Hand Laid Stone Paths, Patio, and Basement Walkout. Basement walkout has special coating.
Extensively Insulated: Metal Roof (1/4″ polystyrene to also help eliminate noise), Walls (6″ outside walls, 1 1/2″ blown in polyurethane in walls and ceiling, with house wrap) and Basement (2″ polystyrene outside of Basement, poured cement walls with outside drain), Double Pane Windows and Doors.
Living Room, Dining Room, Bar, Kitchen, and Front Entryway are all Fully Open with Vaulted Ceiling.
Vaulted Ceilings in Every Room, Main Vault connects Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, and Loft.
Open Kitchen features Granite Countertops, Ample Lighting and Special Windows under the Cabinets to provide a Great View and light while working in kitchen, built in space for microwave.
Ornate Custom Cabinetry with Large Lazy Susan Corner Cabinet in Kitchen, made by Local Craftsman.
Utility Room: Next to Kitchen for Washer/Dryer and optional Freezer, also has its own Sink,
Beautiful Lit Bar adjoining Kitchen and Dining Room to enjoy drinks or meals.
Living Room: with a Lighted Vaulted Wood Ceiling and suspended Fan with Lights.
Double Sided Ventless Propane Fireplace for Energy Efficient Heat in the winter as well as ambience, with the custom built-in entertainment center and Glass Door book shelves on both sides.
Plus a Whole House Speaker System Inside and Out of the home for Entertainment and Relaxation.
The Master Bedroom has the secondary view of the Fireplace to be Cozy on Chilly Winter Nights, Large Walk-in Closet.
The Master Bath features a Unique Fully Tiled Walk-in-Shower (with Tile Bench Seat) plus a Huge Soaking Tub to Relax in. The Vanity features a Marble Countertop (matching the kitchen counter top) with oil rubbed Bronze Fixtures, and great lighting.
The 2nd Bedroom on the Main Level opens out to the large Screened in Porch (Screened in Porch opens to Deck and Stone Stairway to Basement Walkout).
The 3rd Bedroom, located up (daylight/dark lighted stairway) stairs in the Loft Area with a Fantastic View Overlooking the Huge Front Entryway, Dining Room (with Door onto the Deck), and Kitchen, and has its Own Private Full Bathroom..
Front Entryway has 2 Unique Cut Glass Windows looking into the Screened-in Porch and an Entryway Closet.
Access from the House's Many Doors to the Deck (On south and half of east side of house), provides for Gorgeous Views of Nature and Wildlife.
Fully Finished Walkout Basement (with Double Glass Doors for a Fantastic View) with a Spacious Kitchen/Dining area complete with a Double Sink and Propane Cooktop as well as a Full Bathroom. There is an 11×10 possible Office (with 2 Large Windows for a Great View Outside) for private business space. There is also a 10×9 Storage Room. Both rooms could easily be Additional Bedrooms. The Downstairs Living Room area is Nice and Open. There is also storage space under the stairs.
25×25 Finished and Fully Insulated 2 Car Garage is Oversized for extra Work Space and has its own circuit breaker box an a 220 Outlet for those extra power needs.
A lighted Covered Walkway (Breezeway) from the Garage to the Home to keep you Dry while you enter the Home.
Large Deck off the Dining Room, Great for Star Gazing at night.
The property is fenced on the West side with a shared fence.
The Professionally Designed Landscape has many varieties of Trees, Bushes, Plants and Grass.
Wildlife includes but not limited to Coyotes, Turkeys, Raccoons, Squirrels, Rabbits, Snakes, Turtles, Armadillos, Opossum, Hawks, Eagles, Vultures, Doves, Cardinals, 5 varieties of Woodpecker, Blue Buntings, Blue Birds, Blue Jays, Martins, Wrens, Sparrows, Geese, Moles, wide variety of Butterflies and other insects.
Home is near 4 Major Lakes and several Rivers.
Located about half-way between Kansas City and Springfield ,MO and 4 hour drive from St. Louis, MO.
There is more acreage and buildings available to purchase.
This Beautiful Cedar Home has been a Very Successful AirBnb with a High Occupancy Rate, if you are looking for an Investment Property.
Come see this Beautiful Property and Unwind with Nature.
If you would to spend a few days Getting to Know it Intimately and/or See Detail Pictures, Click these Links to View Home Detail Pictures and/or make a Reservation on AirBnB or Evolve Vacation Rental.
All information and measurements including square footage deemed reliable, but not guaranteed.
Property Details:
Property Type: Single Family, Raised Ranch
Bedrooms: 3+
County: St. Clair County, Missouri
Bathrooms: 3 Full
Year Built: 2008
Lot Size: 1 Acre
Water: Well Shared, Electric Water Heater with electric anode.
Construction: Cedar Exterior, Wood
Sewer: Lagoon
Square Feet: 2,888 sq. ft
Garage: Yes – 2 spaces, plus extra room for storage and workshop.
Subdivision: See S, T, R
School Information: District – Osceola
Room Information:
Master Bedroom: 17.2X11.4
Ceiling Fan: 1
Master Bedroom Closet: 6X12
Bath Room: 12X12
Bedroom 2: 14.8X9.8
Ceiling Fan: 1
Bedroom 2 Closet: 2.3X5.3
Dining Room: 10.1X9.4
Kitchen: 17.1X8.6
Ceiling Fan: 1
Living Room: 11.5X17.6
Ceiling Fan: 1
Screened in Porch: 7.8×10.3
Ceiling Fan: 1
Front Hall Closet: 3X3.8
Washer/Dryer Room: 7.5X11.3
Lower Floor (Basement with walkout):
Family Room: 15.3X8.1
Kitchen: 17.1X8.6
Office: 11.6X10.4
Other Room: 16.6X11.2
Utility Room: 10×10
Under Stairway: 6×10
Upper Floor (Loft):
Bedroom1: 11.3X10.1
Ceiling Fan: 1
Bath Room: 1
Full Baths: 3
Total Bathrooms: 3
Detailed Room Information:
Rooms: Family Room, Office
Dining: Formal, Open to Living Room, Bar attached to Kitchen
Kitchen: Open to Living Room
Utility Room Next to Kitchen: Pantry, Sink with outlets for Washer/Dryer and Freezer.
Interior Features:
Appliances: Dishwasher, Refrigerator, Optional Upright Freezer
Flooring: Tile, Other, Carpet, Wood (local sourced)
Cooling: Central Air, Heat Pump, Ceiling Fan(s), 2 windows in loft
Heating: Propane. Heat Pump with Propane backup, Forced Air, plus vent less see-through propane fireplace in livingroom/bedroom.
Basement: Full, Double Door Walkout
Doors/Windows: Thermal Window, Vinyl Frame, Front Door Wood Frame
Fireplaces: 1, Insert See-Thru from Living Room to Bedroom, Propane Burning.
Security: Alarm, Smoke/Fire
Additional Interior Features: Wood Cabinets
Exterior / Lot Features:
Parking: 2 Car Garage. attached to House with Breezeway.
Garage: Insulated, Finished wood, Circuit Breaker, a 200v outlet, center drain, room for workbench and storage
Circle Driveway: Gravel with road cloth
Exterior: Wood, Cedar
Patio: 3, Deck, Screened Porch, Stone Patio
Fence: Partial, west side shared
Nearby Schools:
Public Schools Grades Distance
Osceola Jr.-Sr. High School 7-12 mi
Osceola Elementary School PK 7-12 mi
Private Schools Grades Distance
No Private Schools found near to this address
Special Local Attractions:
Lucas Oil Car & Boat Races
Osceola Cheese (Free Samples)
Bass Pro Headquarters, Springfield, MO , Kansas City, MO
Lakes & Parks: Truman, Stockton, Pomme de Terre, and Lake of the Ozarks,
Fishing Rivers: Osage, Grand, Sac, Weaubleau, Truman Lake Arms,
Wild Life Areas/Parks: Sac-Osage, Turkey Creek, Weaubleau, Linscomb,
Conservation Areas: Schell-Osage, Lichen Glade, Bennett Springs
Bicycle Trails: Rails-to-Trails, KATY & Frisco Highline, Bolivar to Springfield; Hwy 13; Springfield trails, Warsaw


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SAVETHEYOUTH is definitely not a household name yet, but we wouldn't be EARMILK if we weren't telling you about who to check out next right?
Anyways, we're super excited to premiere his newest video for "SEASON," which features a skinny model running in the nude, the artist with one of the best sweaters I've seen since the nineties, and a simple video that isn't exactly what it seems. It's creativity with a budget, and the striking use of the foreground, middle-ground, and background, are sure to make a few art students happy.
Check out the video below. We're definitely excited to see what this young artist has coming out next.
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Being affordable and having a large train network connecting to most of the hard-to-reach areas, people especially living in remote areas of Myanmar still mainly rely on trains for travelling and transporting their local products to the big city like Mandalay. Being one of the largest rail stations in Myanmar, Mandalay Central Railway Station is Upper Myanmar's gateway to the 3,126-mile national rail network. The current station is a recently built seven-story complex, located in downtown Mandalay while the old one is located farther south of the new station. The station also comprises an MTT office—run by the government—where visitors can get all the train departure information in English.
Train Networks from Mandalay
Mandalay Central Railway Station is the terminus of the main rail line from Yangon and also the starting point of branch lines to Pyin Oo Lwin, Monywa, Pakokku, Lashio, Kalay, Gangaw, and to the north, Shwebo, Kanbalu, Kawlin, Naba, Mohnyin, Hopin, Mogaung and Myitkyina.
There are two trains running from Bagan twice a day and it takes around 8 hours from Bagan to Mandalay. The train from Lashio leaves quite early in the morning and this 16-hour journey involves some wonderful sceneries as well as the famous Gokhteik viaduct in Naung Cho of western Shan State.
How to buy a train ticket at the station?
You will need to present the passports of all the people traveling, and payment must be made in the Myanmar currency (Kyat). You can purchase the train ticket up to 3 days in advance (at the Advanced Ticket Office) from the train station you want to take. If you buy the ticket and travel at the same day, you can buy it at the "Ticket Office". In Myanmar, the train reservation records are kept in written form at the station from which the passenger intends to depart.
Note that you can only buy ticket at your departure station. For example, you cannot purchase a ticket from Manadalay to Thazi at Yangon Central Train Station. Moreover, leaving the train and catching a different train for the remaining journey is not permitted. If you want to do a 'stop-over' or break up your journey, then you need to buy separate tickets at the station you want to depart.
Bottom line
Travelling by train in Myanmar will give you a fascinating opportunity to explore the most breathtaking sights as well as to mingle with the local people. Although most of the trains are bumpy ones, the sleeper carriages and the upper classes will give you a more comfortable experience. So, if you happen to be in Mandalay, head off to the Mandalay Central Railway Station and book your ticket to take you in and around Mandalay.


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Wooden Picture Frames
This project will show you how to make a collage of picture frames. From a wide frame to a thinner frame you can mix it up and make a plain wall come alive with framed photos of friends and family. Follow this step by step project with illustrations and make your own picture frames.
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This healthy and yummy pumpkin soup provides a delightful taste to your mouth when served with parsley and olive oil.
Like pumpkin? Try this Instant Pot Pumpkin Puree – you won't regret.
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4
- 1 pumkin
- 2 onions
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 tomato
- 2 tbsp garlic minced
- 1/2 cup water
- oil
- 2 stalks celery
- cilantro
- sour cream
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
- Cut the pumpkin into halves and remove the seeds.
- Adjust the trivet in an instant pot and add half cup of water.
- Press "manual" and cook for 5-7 minutes with the valve closed.
- Put the oil in the skillet and add diced onion into it, sauté on medium heat until onion becomes translucent.
- Add broth and minced garlic.
- Remove the pumpkin from instant pot carefully.
- Blend all the ingredients in a blender.
- Sauté chopped tomato and celery in the pan.
- Add celery, tomato, cilantro and sour cream on top of the soup.
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I snapped this photo from the passenger seat of a vehicle traveling about 50mph. There are some artifacts in the image caused by the glare of the rolled-up window I was shooting through. The hotspot in the center of the clouds needed to be dealt with, so rather than cloning clouds to fill-in the area I added the sun. A rather lucky, spontaneous shot, really.


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I think many parents will agree with me—you gotta do what you gotta do to keep your sanity when you have a baby in the house. In my case that means getting out of the house frequently, and my 3-year-old is grateful that we still enjoy outings! From experience, I can tell you that visiting Dollywood IS possible with a baby in tow. Does the thought of taking on a theme park with a wee one make you nervous? Here's what I can share with you about our park:
Babies require no admission. You don't need to purchase a ticket until your child is 4 years old. This is a great phase to take it slow and get the lay of the land. Enjoy Dollywood's atmosphere and some of the things you may miss when you're running to and from rides and shows.
Bag Check
Yes, there is a bag check. And, yes, outside food is not allowed—BUT, babies are different. Take heart, mama. You may bring what you need for your babes: puffs, milk, formula, baby food, etc. Dollywood understands that tiny humans have specific needs. Have no fear.
While Dollywood does offer stroller rentals, I would suggest you bring your own if you have a baby with you. The strollers you can rent are designed for older children. You can choose either a single or double stroller.
But, my 8-month-old looks pretty comfortable in his own wheels, doesn't he? I look forward to when he's bigger, we can rent the double and tote the boys together.
What can babies "do" at Dollywood? Because my little boy is able to sit up independently, he can ride Piggy Parade, Busy Bees and Lucky Ducky. I strapped him in next to his big brother with instructions for big brother to take good care of his bro. But, in case you're on the fence, I've seen parents climb into these rides just to be sure all is well.
Rockin' Roadway is another Dollywood classic. If your baby can sit up, the hosts will provide a cushion for your child to sit on and he/she can drive you around the loop! My boys LOVE it. They enjoy the steering wheel—good thing there's a track that keeps the car on the path (haha)—and the horn, and cruising with the breeze in your face.
If you have a baby who isn't able to sit up yet, you can ride with them on the Dollywood Express and Village Carousel. On the train you will hold your baby as you enjoy the ride, and on the carousel, I recommend you look for bench seats (called chariots) so you can do the same thing. My kiddo was fascinated with the movement of his horse.
In this season, I know that my children are loud. (I hope it's a season and not their personalities, but who knows!) So my strategy for seeing shows is to grab a seat near the exit when I want to see a show inside a theater. But, what works better for us right now is to enjoy the outdoor shows where we can dance around and be silly in the back.
Taking Care of Business
When I need to nurse or change a diaper, I love the Baby Care Centers. You can escape the elements and sit down for a few minutes. I've both pumped and nursed in these rooms and the setup is what you need to get the job done. You can watch this video to see what I'm talking about.
I understand how hard it can be to get everyone out the door and loaded in the car when you have a young family, but once you get to Dollywood I believe you'll agree it's worth the trip!


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For the first time since the MSE department began inviting rising high school juniors and seniors to find out firsthand what a career in materials science is all about, the department and the NC State College of Engineering will offer two weeklong sessions of the popular Materials Camp outreach program this summer.
The 32 expected participants—16 for each session—would be more than double number attending last year's single session. The first session will be June 13-18, and the second, June 20-25. During their stay, campers will observe the department's cutting-edge materials research, get hands-on experience using electron microscopes and other sophisticated analytical equipment and tour our research labs as well as at least one working lab off campus. After hours, there will be plenty of time to socialize and have fun ("broomball," akin to ice hockey but played without skates, is a particular camper favorite).
Campers will also observe the effect of a 10-story plunge on a giant ball of Silly Putty when camp staffers drop 50 pounds of the silicone polymer from the roof of NC State's D.H. Hill Library.
On the final day, campers will test the knowledge they've absorbed by playing a materials-oriented Jeopardy! game. (Sample answer: "This occurs when grocery bags and nylon are stretched." The correct response: "What is alignment of polymer chains?")
In addition to the MSE department and the College of Engineering, Materials Camp sponsors include ASM International: the Materials Information Society, NC State's Analytical Instrumentation Facility as well as a number of generous corporate sponsors.
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We will be adding some additions to the website over the next month. Our practices of Psychotherapy and Hypnosis have been greatly influenced by the work we've been doing with Jeanne. This work began after Jeanne died of breast cancer and began guiding Jan through a time of great personal exploration and change. Jeanne succeeded in showing us that the concept of recapitulation does not have to lie buried in the mysteries of the shaman's world, but can be incorporated into our daily journeys, as we struggle to make sense of the lives we live. We learned the process by doing it, with Jeanne pointing out the significances of the shaman's teachings and how they relate to now. A new page, called Recapitulation Therapy, has been added to our Channeling, Psychotherapy, and Hypnosis pages, accessed in the sidebar menu, or by clicking this link here: Recapitulation Therapy.
Recapitulation Therapy is at the crux of the clinical work we do, but it is also at the crux of the spiritual work we do. We have discovered that recapitulation, undeniably, leads to wholeness. Hopefully the essay, Recapitulation Therapy, will aid you in understanding this process that we speak so often about, and that Jeanne refers to almost daily in her messages.
We have also added some updates to our Psychotherapy site under Tools & Definitions with descriptions of the terms we frequently use, and how we have learned to understand them from the viewpoint of taking the recapitulation healing journey.
We will be adding additional sidebars, referencing books and movies that we have found to be useful and insightful for the journey as well. So we hope you continue to check in to the Channeling site where our News and Notes blog will offer updates on new information, and perhaps you will look into our other sites as they continue to evolve too.
We are very excited to keep offering you what we learn. Thank you for participating.
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This is how we waste our time as a family. Haha! But really, I recently realized how time flies so fast. My daughter is now 6 years old. It seemed only yesterday that she was just this tiny human running around the house and I could just scoop her up right away. Now, she runs like a deer! She runs so fast I couldn't keep up.
And then, I rediscovered a love for creating videos (I took this up in college, but turned my back on it when I pursued dance). I rehauled my Youtube channel and decided to create videos with my daughter (& occasionally with my husband). It is not so much as being a Youtuber and everything that comes with it. It's more of just enjoying the shooting, creating scripts, editing, dancing, and sharing each of our projects to our families & friends around the world. I realized that this thing that we do is such a blessing as it made time move slow because it provided us every opportunity to bond as a family. We've discovered things about each other, and personally, it made me appreciate what a wonderful talented daughter I have, and how supportive my husband (Spiderman) is.
And so I present to you the latest video that we did. We really liked Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" music video because aside from its message, we liked how it featured different styles of dance. Achilla's toys also made cameos here: Angeline Ballerina, bboy Mickey Mouse, Raggedy Ann, the Unicorns… and of course my husband, Spiderman. ;)) Enjoy!
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Breathing life into this dying art of letterwriting.
So glad I'm able to have Tala experience writing and airmailing letters to daddy who's away for 2 months… and without skype/text messaging and with only a few sporadic phone calls, this is our only regular means of communication. 🙂
I may be tech-savvy but I am really old school. I like the old ways. I love writing. I love handwritten notes or letters. I love giving and receiving folded notes or mailed letters. Nothing beats the way thoughts & feelings are shared and received through handwritten words. There's something intimate and personal about it. There are things you cannot express through spoken words that can only be thoughtfully poured out on a piece of paper… and there are things too that are not rightfully expressed through typed words because, believe it or not, your handwriting says a lot about you and about your mood at the moment.
It's so sad to realize that in the future, there may be kids who will never get to experience this. It's bad that personal interactions are slowly diminishing, it's worse because kids now value convenience and instant gratification. They would rather LOL than really laugh out loud. It's a different world out there now. 😦
Anyway, I resolve to keep this art. I will keep on sending airmails to my husband and daughter even if we are together. I will keep on writing notes on stickies if I just want to say how much I love them, or just let them know that I thought of them… because I believe these can also be a testament of sorts to who and what we are… little pieces of memories of how we were so open, joyful, vulnerable, passionate and loving at a particular moment… that we took time to immortalize it… And then these papers will be kept in a safe box and not in cyberspace or a cellphone SD card.
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Being in the #workforce has never been part of what I have dreamed to do. But since all circumstances had lead me here, working 9-5 has, in some ways, provided comfort; that it anchored this wild careless spirit to this #thing that if you really look at a different angle, becomes a springboard to another #dream that I can pursue til my old age. And it's called #family. Depends on which one you want to assign it to, "family" can be the "thing" or the "dream" or both.
I guess this marks, officially, the next chapter of my life. The last 13 years were spent wholeheartedly in dance. It's now time to close the book. I was apprehensive about retiring for the last 3 years. It has been long overdue. So with great gusto, I now welcome a new life ahead of me.
But of course, dance will trinkle in once in a while. You never forget your first love. 😉
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So yeah I am blessed too to have this hour everyday, where I can take a break from the four walls of my stressful (but enjoyable) job and just walk around and bask in the rays of the sun. And think. Or take photos. Or do #selfie shots.
And being in the sun makes me remember where I came from. #manila #islandgirl #heliophile
(REPOST) Growing up without a cell phone
If you are 36, or older, you might think this is hilarious!
When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning…. Uphill… Barefoot… BOTH ways…yadda, yadda, yadda…
And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on my kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!
But now that I'm over the ripe old age of forty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia! And I hate to say it, but you kids today, you don't know how good you've got it!
1) I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have the Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!!
2) There was no email!! We had to actually write somebody a letter – with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox, and it would take like a week to get there! Stamps were 10 cents!
3) Child Protective Services didn't care if our parents beat us. As a matter of fact, the parents of all my friends also had permission to kick our ass! Nowhere was safe!
4) There were no MP3's or Napsters or iTunes! If you wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the record store and shoplift it yourself!
5) Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio, and the DJ would usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up! There were no CD players! We had tape decks in our car. We'd play our favorite tape and "eject" it when finished, and then the tape would come undone rendering it useless. Cause, hey, that's how we rolled, Baby! Dig?
6) We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called, they got a busy signal, that's it!
7) There weren't any freakin' cell phones either. If you left the house, you just didn't make a damn call or receive one. You actually had to be out of touch with your "friends". OH MY GOSH !!! Think of the horror… not being in touch with someone 24/7!!! And then there's TEXTING. Yeah, right. Please! You kids have no idea how annoying you are.
8) And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your parents, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, the collection agent… you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!
9) We didn't have any fancy PlayStation or Xbox video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like 'Space Invaders' and 'Asteroids'. Your screen guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination!!! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen.. Forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!
10) You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your ass and walk over to the TV to change the channel!!! NO REMOTES!!! Oh, no, what's the world coming to?!?!
11) There was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying? We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little rat-bastards!
12) And we didn't have microwaves. If we wanted to heat something up, we had to use the stove! Imagine that!
13) And our parents told us to stay outside and play… all day long. Oh, no, no electronics to soothe and comfort. And if you came back inside… you were doing chores!And car seats – oh, please! Mom threw you in the back seat and you hung on. If you were lucky, you got the "safety arm" across the chest at the last moment if she had to stop suddenly, and if your head hit the dashboard, well that was your fault for calling "shot gun" in the first place!
See! That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled rotten! You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1970 or any time before!
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Same sentiments like in some of my previous blogs. I may be tech-savvy (meaning I can well adapt to changing times), but I still want the good old days.
And so, as much as I can, I try to raise Achilla up with our old ways and values. She's 4 years old now but she doesn't know how to turn on the TV or computer. She knows how to use them though, just not to turn them on and then giving her the chance to be a lazy-assed couch potato all day. And so she spends most of her day writing and drawing using pads, pencils & crayons. She likes doing art and crafts. And lately, being so OC about the way her Lego princess castle was supposed to be built, she has learned that she could actually set all the pieces apart and put them back together in different ways as if renovating it.
Yes she spends a lot of time exploring her creativity and imagination. There are only a few times I let her use my android phone or let her watch cartoons on TV. Of course since she was born in the new age, she should be able to adapt.
Sigh. I miss the good old days of love letters, library, patintero, flowers & paintings, etc. Sana maexperience ni Achilla ang mga ito… Those days where effort was so much rewarded. And so much fullfilling
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Last year, there was this thing I do with Google map after I found out how awesome it is: it's called "virtual traveling." You know how now you can type any address and Google map brings you there? As in right there on the street, in front of a building or a house. Grabe. I would virtually travel, almost like by foot to Japan, Italy, Rome, and different cities in America. Try going to Japan, & go to those secluded areas na parang probinsya nila, you'd feel so eerie, like you're in a ghost movie or something, haha!
Sometimes too, when wanderlust hits me, but time & money won't allow me, I'd Google countries I'd want to go to someday, and lately I'd go to Pinterest/Cool Hunter to feast my eyes on beautiful photos of places around the world. These are some of my favorites:
Keukenhof Gardens – Netherlands. Trees, flowers & a body of water. My dream backyard.
Riomaggiore, Italy. The density & the organized chaos calms me.
Bora Bora. My dream honeymoon destination.
Skaftafeli – Iceland. Ok siguro mag skateboard dito. Hahaha!
Preachers Rock, Preikestolen, Norway. Yes I would love to read a book, or do my nothingbox here.
Hamilton Pool: Nature reserve formed by thousands of years of water erosion that created a natural pool collapsed grotto and canyon. Lovely.
Gorges de Lareuase III. Gorgeous eh?
Whitehaven Beach, Australia. Ooooh yeah.
I've always want to do this! Tapos talon (paraglide). Woooooh!
The thing about traveling though… the image that you'd see of a particular place is not the same as when you are in it. Like if you'd look at that beach from Australia from a plane, or from skydiving, it'd give you a different feel than if you are basking in the sun in it…. right? Sometimes we'd go to a place because we've seen how beautiful & colorful it is from a magazine or a book or the internet. But when we get there, we'd be disappointed at how pale it is in real life. Because real life does not do saturations or contrasts or lomo, or whatever tweaks photoshop does to a picture! I know people who've experienced this. They go to Santorini and they'd be like, "Hmp parang Tagaytay lang e (It's just like Tagaytay)." Or they go to this secluded beach in Florida and say, "It was more beautiful in the pictures," and then they'd upload photos of themselves in it after fixing up the colors to match what they've seen in the ads. I've experienced the same thing with the Bellarocca Island. It was more attractive in the pictures. But it was still breathtaking from some angles. 🙂 But then, as I'd always say, it's not really the place you're going to, how opulent or ghetto, or high class or dingy it is. It is the company that you have that would make traveling memorable.
Like this travel that we had at the Catalina Island last weekend. It was cloudy & gloomy during most parts of the day. But we have really enjoyed our stay coz it was the first time, in a long time, that all of us were off from work/school. And this place refreshingly provided us temporary respite from the city life.
But yeah I still want to see some beautiful & interesting places and feast at it with my own eyes. I want to go to that place they call "between heaven & earth." I want to go to Arctic to witness the play of lights or the Aurora Borealis. I want to go to Egypt and experience the contrasting view of the pyramid on my right, and the sight of the city on my left. I want to hike for days and reach the top of Machu Pichu & pretend to be transported in a different time.
But more than these, what I really want is to travel to different countries to feast on food, to talk to the locals, to sleep on their beds, to dance their national dance, to partake in their festivities, to chant their chants, to sing one of their native songs, to play their national game, to learn a prayer.
Sigh. I wish to live longer in this earth to be able to do all these.
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Anyway, I have come across this image…
This is Skybridge Langkawi in Malaysia. Imagine having this… in Tagaytay.
I heaved a sigh coz we have this really huge (hectares & hectares!) land in Tagaytay. Story goes that my lolo's lolo, a politician, used to own most of Tagaytay. But you know how before, parang wala lang, politicians would give away land titles to people, out of, I dunno, charity, or to get more votes. The vastness of the land areas they own is so huge that giving away parts of it was just like giving out barya (loose change)… Until there was only a small portion (still huge!) of land that was left to him & his family. The land is located in the innermost secluded part of Tagaytay, and at the end of it is a majestic view of the Taal volcano. Yes, kind of like in that photo above. There had been a lot of corporations or rich investors trying to buy it, but for some reason, it won't push through. Different reasons, but mostly I hear was that they think that some areas were too matarik (steep), it would be hard to develop it. Well, I say, why don't they do something like that (photo above)?? Ugh. Or maybe build a real nice resort/hotel at the edge of that property, where the land touches the river, and then build a cable car from there to the main road so that they can make their guests arrive in the hotel through that cable car… right??
Sigh. I heaved a sigh again coz last I heard, the government took it away coz my relatives could not pay the tax.
So if you are a rich developer reading this, please, maybe you could develop the land and make it as beautiful, if not better, than that one in the photo? And make me & my family honorary guests in your hotel so we could have own our paradise?
…is travel time! 🙂
There are a lot of beautiful places in the Philippines that are waiting to be explored. When I become a billionaire and I settle back home, I would really aim to travel to some of its resorts/islands like Amanpulo, Siargao, Cebu, Palawan, Samar, etc. I would not leave this earth without stepping on those shores. 😉 I would also want to go trek mountains & go spelunking again in Sagada, Benguet & then Apo. Oh boy. Just thinking about it gives me some kinda cheap high, ha-ha!
Jhong & I love to travel. That's one of the things that makes us happy. I believe traveling is also one way for people to bond & get closer, and also to discover things about themselves. It's also a way to celebrate life & to appreciate the beauty of nature God has given us… But being in a group & having responsibilities like we have, we could barely afford to have the time. Last Christmas, Jhong surprised me with a travel voucher from Discovery Country Suites Tagaytay! (Isn't he the sweetest??) But we were only able to use it after 6 weeks haha!
The place is good for b&b. If you are a foodie, you'd definitely love the courses offered at their Verbena restaurant. We ordered a very sumptuous Pan-Fried Creme Dory fillet for dinner. It was masarap that we almost cleaned the plate ! I also loved how they have cheese & wine tasting in the afternoon, and warm milk & cookies before bedtime. 🙂
Weeks before we were to move here in the U.S., my wanderlust struck. I wanted us three (me, Jhong, Tala) to go to Taiwan for my birthday, attend Culture Shock, and maybe do some shopping. But Jhong suggested that maybe we should go someplace else like Bellarocca. I've seen photos of it before & I remembered having drooled at the sight of a Santorini-inspired island… & so I conceded. This time, it was my turn to make all the arrangements. I was not able to purchase a voucher from dealgrocer, but I was able to get a promo rate. (Incidentally, after I posted some photos on facebook, a friend sent me a message & told me she knows the owner! Pooof, sayang another discount pa sana haha!) Anyway, so in the midst of my chaotic pre-departure activities, I was able to still my mind momentarily when I saw it in flesh… err earth. 🙂
Since a lot of you are asking about these resorts, go to these links for bookings/reservations:
Discovery Country Suites Tagaytay
Bellarocca Island Resort & Spa
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I remember that day. It was the Roots prelims for House & Bboy. I was on my way to Eastwood to register and join the battle for House. The night before, I have watched a video performance of Rockstars (Ken & Laurence's new group). It was their first after they left Allstars.
It was that day, while driving on the way to Eastwood, that it hit me. Allstars. Is. Divided. Into. Three. (Allstars. Groovejackz. Rockstars.)
Don't get me wrong, Allstars is still very much alive, with the remaining 7 original members (Me, Lema, Sheena, Chelo, Big Pat, Maya & Kyxz), and some equally fierce & talented bunch of Juniors… But that day, the reality of it hit me like a tornado on a serene lake. It broke me. Murdered me. The reality of it hung in the air, as I was driving, like a huge dark cloud which soon engulfed me in this immense sadness. Inconsolable I was as I cried copious tears over the "death" of a group of 12 people who have been part of the best 5 years of my life… Grabe, I was like a crazy… insane driver wailing like a child stripped off her balloon, or a week's worth of allowance! I guess I cried 2 years worth of loss (from 2008, when 2 of the core members Jhong & Reagan left, together with Madelle, Prince & Niko).
Its effect still lingers around me, follows me, like vultures circling the air I breathe. Admittedly, it will take me a long time to get over it. But I'll get there. 🙂
I previously wrote about us being UNBREAKABLE. I guess I have put the group too high on a pedestal… coz I have known each one of us to be few of the strongest people ever. And I quote Chanoweezy "Walang ibang may kaya ng ginagawa nyo." Alas, even Samson has his Delilah, and Superman his Kryptonite. We were all like leaders of war allied together, each having a different way of fighting adversaries, and tactics on how to be victorious.
Ultimately, each one has become a wounded warrior. If asked, everyone will have his/her own bittersweet story to tell.
But still, within ourselves, we are still Unbreakable. There has never been any greater training (both in dance & in life) than being in this group. Never will those glorious years be replicated, not even close.
And never will any of us feel any more victorious than when the time comes and we would have had shed any trace of bitterness, and we'd be smiling & would be thankful for that one fateful day in 2005. 🙂
Kasi dalawa lang yan… and I quote Conrado de Quiros, "You can do only one of the two things with the past. You can make it a fiercely loyal lover or you can make it a scorned and bitter one. There is no in-between. It admits of nothing else."


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Ashkin adds, ""these are all great people, true champions. It is an honor to recognize them for their work and dedication to creating a more sustainable cleaning industry, caring for our workers, creating healthier buildings, and reducing impacts on our environment"
The awards ceremony will be held on Wednesday, November 20, at 2:30 p.m. at the ISSA Resource Center.
About Stephen Ashkin and The Ashkin Group
Stephen P. Ashkin is president of The Ashkin Group, a consulting firm specializing in Greening the cleaning industry, and CEO of Sustainability Dashboard Tools, which helps facilities monitor and measure their use of natural resources. He is known as the "father of Green Cleaning" and the professional cleaning industry's leading advocate promoting sustainability. He is also coauthor of both The Business of Green Cleaning and Green Cleaning for Dummies
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Still abused by ex-husband
I'm new at this but, I feel I need some help. You see, I was married for 15 years to a man who used to mentally abuse me. Now, I have been divorced from him for 5 years and when I call him about sending child support he always messes up my mind again. He brings up the past EVERYTIME and reminds me of the one thing I did wrong in all those years. I wish I could change history but, I can't, I just go on. I have 3 beautiful children by this man and he proceeds to tell me that he is the better parent even though the children prefer to live with me.
They tell me I am a good mother and that I shouldn't listen to him and I don't, really but I guess I don't understand why this man says those things to me. I wonder why he won't grow up and get over it. I never mess with him, needless to say, I can't deal with it. Then, because he doesn't pay his child support on time I have to call him and ask for it and this is when he gets his digs in. I am so sick of not having a response to him except that 'I didn't call to talk about that I just want to know about the support.' I wish I knew what to say to someone like that.
Thank you for your letter. I know that you know that a sophisticated system exists which can force your ex-husband to stay current with his child support payments. Since you have physical custody of your children, your ex-husband is required by law to pay whatever child support payments your divorce decree mandates. You have really no role at all to play in this, Sissy.
Depending on the jurisdiction where you live, family support matters are handled methodically by governmental agencies. I'm sure you know all about the resources they offer you, and that all you must do is report him to these authorities, so that they can process the court order and forward the monthly payments to you.
You have been divorced for five years, so you know all about this, I'm sure. You do not have to have a reason to report him (like missing or late payments). The fact that the interactions with him become difficult, uncomfortable or abusive is enough. These agencies are often understaffed and overworked, but they have one sole goal, which is to impose the structure set down by the court order for support. They do this by demanding payment, attaching wages or tax refunds, or through criminal prosecution of "dead beat" parents.
But you must know all this, since you have been the custodial parent for five years. If you do know about the resources available to you so that you can easily and painlessly receive payments every month through an impartial source like your county controller, it's interesting that you have not made use of this service.
What do you make of that? An intricate, nationwide system exists to help you with the exact problem, which plagues you, and yet you remain confused and manipulated by this man who abused you for fifteen years. I am suggesting that this behavior of yours suggests self-esteem issues in relationship with him still. As you say, he is still abusing you and your children, and the fact that you have not accessed the widespread resources you have to stop him is significant.
Unconsciously, you are still more comfortable with his abuse than you are uncomfortable with it. That might be difficult to read, but what other conclusion could ever be reached from this situation? Imagine that your house is on fire, and the fire station sends men and equipment to put it out, but you refuse their help. In a sense, that's what you are doing. The resources available to you could easily put out this "fire," but you have conflicts within you about whether or not you, in fact, want it extinguished.
I'm suggesting that you have complex self-esteem issues which may need to be dealt with through counseling or in a support group, before you will be able to allow yourself to accept the effective help you need for this problem.
Maybe reaching out to this online counselor will prove to be an important step towards addressing your own needs and wants, and to look at these underlying issues of self-worth. I sure hope so.
Good luck,
Margaret "Peg" Burr, MA, MFT
This question was answered by Margaret "Peg" Burr. She is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFC34374) with a private practice in Santa Clarita (near Los Angeles). She performs psychodynamic psychotherapy with individual adult clients as well as couples, teens, and families. She also runs groups for adults and adolescents. Her specialty area is Object Relations Systems Theory. This branch of psychodynamic psychotherapy uses a client's interpersonal relationships as windows into his or her intrapsychic structure.For more information visit: http://www.pegburr.com/


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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) –Kuomintang's (KMT) strategy of nominating more women than men for city mayor and county magistrate elections achieved a slam dunk success in Saturday's mayoral and country magistrate elections.
All seven of the party's female candidates prevailed in their respective races in Saturday's nine-in-one elections, ushering in a new wave of feminine power in Taiwan's local politics.
The seven KMT female candidates are Legislator Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) for Taichung, Legislator Wang Hui-mei (王惠美) for Changhua County, Legislator Chang Li-shan (張麗善) for Yunlin County, former Chiayi mayor Huang Min-hui (黃敏惠) for Chiayi City, Legislator Hsu Chen-wei (徐榛蔚) for Hualien County, Luodong Township (羅東) Mayor Lin Zi-miao (林姿妙) for Yilan County, and Taitung County Council Speaker Rao Ching-ling (饒慶鈴) for Taitung County.
They all beat their Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) male opponents to win the races. In fact, no female contestants survived DPP's primaries for any of the 2018 mayor and county magistrate races.
When they take office, these seven incoming mayors and county magistrates will mark the highest number of female leaders at the level of municipality-chief that Taiwan has ever seen at one time.
In 2014, only two female candidates for mayor and county magistrate races emerged victorious from the local elections—former Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu (陳菊) and Chiayi County Magistrate Helen Chang (張花冠), both DPP members.


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Over the past decade, the denizens of Mobile have witnessed the local music scene grow. From singer-songwriters to punk rock, there are a plethora of working bands calling the Azalea City home. Now, the industry side of the local scene seems to be increasing in size.
Over the past few months, Lagniappe has featured the news of studios and labels opening in the area. Local observers can now add Burning City Frontiers to the list.
Burning City Frontiers is manned by veteran industry figure and Mobilian (by way of Chicago and Los Angeles) Brian Diemar and Grammy-winning producer Toby Wright, who has engineered and/or produced for notable bands ranging from Alice in Chains to Primus. Currently, Diemar and Wright are preparing to launch the label with a band that features Diemar and a lineup of iconic names from the apex of the '90s alternative rock movement.
Growing up in Chicago, Diemar's love of music was fostered by his grandfather in his younger years and he inherited his grandfather's talent for playing by ear. In the beginning, he focused on the keyboard and organ but eventually he discovered the guitar and with it, the legendary Chicago underground scene.
He also began "cutting his teeth" in the music industry by "watching and learning." In those days, it was not uncommon to rub elbows with some of the biggest names in alt. rock.
"It was a real tight scene," Diemar explained. "You could go out on Saturday to Crowbar or Exit and see everybody from the bands there. There were the guys from Ministry and Thrill Kill Cult and all the other Chicago bands just hanging out."
Diemar later traded the Windy City for Los Angeles, where he studied at UCLA. He found his way into a studio with a producer and continued to learn the ropes by working with lower level bands who could not afford a high-end studio or a notable producer with a résumé filled with big names.
He worked with prominent bands in the Los Angeles scene such as Trigger Pimp and Dissolution. In the days where studios were still cutting and splicing tape, he was assisting in the creation of albums for musicians such as Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses. Diemar also established a reputation for creating remixes.
During his time in L.A., he remixed tracks for bands such as Porno for Pyros, Slayer, Prodigy, Depeche Mode and The Chemical Brothers. He also became a go-to person for scoring movies ("The Butterfly Effect"), television shows (Showtime's "Free for All") and video games (NAMCO's Pyxis Interactive). However, it did not take long until Diemar was pulled back onto the stage.
"Five or six years ago, I started to get back into the whole playing live and band thing and started this band called A.M. Conspiracy with Jason (Jones) from Drowning Pool," he said. "I had veered away from the whole band scene into the music and film stuff and producing other bands."
In addition to A.M. Conspiracy, Diemar also worked with former Marilyn Manson keyboardist Madonna Wayne Gacy (aka Pogo) on a project called MMII. However, Gacy was going through a "horrid lawsuit" with Marilyn Manson, which leaked into his work with MMII. MMII slowly faded into the shadows.
"It really made life for him miserable, which is not conducive to work or creativity," Diemar said. "There was some good stuff there, and I don't know whatever happened to it."
Obviously, Diemar had established a successful career and versatile reputation in Los Angeles, which could lead many to one question. How did he end up in Mobile? Diemar explained that he grew weary with the intense nature of Los Angeles. He also had his 10-year-old daughter to consider.
Diemar found that Los Angeles was not the best place to raise a child. In addition, the cost of real estate on the West Coast can be astronomical. With family already living in Mobile and the low coast of local real estate, Diemar found the Azalea City the perfect choice for relocation.
"We came here, and I bought a farm," he said. "We started a horse rescue, and we've got horses. It's the opposite of L.A. and very relaxing, which is good for creativity. I love it. Right now, I'm building a studio behind my house. I get to watch horses while I'm working. It's really nice. It's a pleasant experience, rather than the helicopters and the sirens."
Now that he has settled in, he and his partner Toby Wright, who lives in Nashville, have been preparing to launch the Burning City Frontiers label though Rough Trade Records. Diemar had always wanted to work with Wright and his move to Mobile made it more geographically possible.
Bells Into Machines will be the first band featured on the Burning City Frontiers label. The band features Chris Connelly, Paul Barker and Lee Popa, a trio well-known for their work with legendary industrial metal band Ministry as well as Pigface. Kevin Post from Blake Shelton's band is also involved in this project, along with Diemar and Wright.
As a team, they are taking on the task of writing, producing, mixing and remixing the tracks on their upcoming debut. With members in Mobile, Nashville, Portland and Seattle, Bells Into Machines has utilized technology in the creation of this album, but Diemar will admit the long-distance arrangement has benefitted the creative process, which Diemar said is the result of "the three Fs:" friends, fun and fair. So far, the formula has worked quite well.
"We all felt the same way about stuff," he explained. "We all said the same thing. We just wanted to have fun and be friends, and we're actually creating some cool stuff. We also thought about what label was going to put this out and get behind it, and if they are, they're going to want part of your publishing, your merchandising and your ticket sales. We're not 19, and it's not all cool and fun anymore. It is a business."
Bells Into Machines' debut weighs in at 19 tracks. Not only do they offer the original studio versions, the band is also including remixes of their songs. Bells Into Machines woos the listener into their world with the electronic seduction of "Your Crime Scene-My Career" and "Wretched Little Deity."
The album's lineup also delves into alt. rock ballads with a placid nature in songs such as "Missions." With Connelly, Popa and Barker in the lineup, it is expected that they plunge into the industrial metal style for which they are known. Bells Into Machines provides a furious explosion of the genre with "Zero Soldiers" and "Video of Slaughter." The two tracks are a particular nod to the creative forces behind Ministry's trademark sound.
Diemar and Wright are planning to "piggy-back" other artists with the release of Bells Into Machines and the launch of Burning City Frontiers. As far as future expectations, Diemar explained that it will be an "incestuous" label. Taking a cue from hip-hop, Diemar and Wright plan on their label artists regularly collaborating. As far as the types of bands that they will be looking to sign, Diemar and Wright see no limits. From metal to country to blues, they are looking to fill the label with what they consider "good music."
Ultimately, they want their label to break the chaos of the today's music industry. Diemar and Wright want to prove that artists can still make a living in the music game. They also have no delusions of grandeur. Diemar and Wright would love nothing more than to see one of their artists move on to a bigger label.
"Our whole goal is not for the label to make millions of dollars," said Diemar. "I would love to find artists, put out a record and have someone bigger say, 'Oh my God! This is awesome.' We want to take them and then have them move on to greener pastures than what we have."
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