Ten of my favorite things

These are not in order of priority but are just a few of my favorite things. If you were ask me which was the top of these I don't think I could tell you but here they are:

Favorite Flowers: Gladiolas & Calla Lillis
Favorite Food: Anything spicy like Indian, & Thai food
Favorite Physical Activity: swimming
Favorite Clothes: Swim suit
Favorite Home Activity: Blogging
Favorite Music: Country, Latin & Regeton
Favorite Song(s): It changes from time to time but for now it's Haven's "I will go on" & James Taylor's "Up on the roof"
Favorite Place to be: out somewhere in nature, a far off beach or flower filled meadow.
Favorite Country: Thailand
Favorite Moment of the Day: Early morning when the sun is rising & the birds are making their first flights. Though I'm rarely up early enough to see it it's my most favorite of all

Danielle Peck - Isn't That Everything

Feeling like a "D" ?

Ever feel like a "D"? last night was my moment & I couldn't find enough "D" words to describe what I was feeling. But I did find my answer read on...
Is it worth it? was the big question that I was asking myself last night at the end of the day. I had so many questions & prayed for some of them to be answered quickly. I guess you could say that I was pretty down, discouraged, depressed & every other "D" word. I was pretty awesome at getting "D's" I high school. Except for Language arts (Taught by an awesome guy named Jonny, if you're out there you know who you are) & Literature (Taught by Tiago Drumond, no one can beat your awesomeness as a teacher, mentor, inspiration & just a great guy to be around) I wasn't that great of a student.
Any way I was just questioning whether or not my life has been worth it. I've been a teacher for many years & at times it can get tough. I wasn't sure what I was doing, or where I was going, till I came upon this blog. It's the blog of a great kid I used to teach back in the 90's, when I was just starting out as a teacher. She's 16 now & is doing so much with her life, she's a beautiful artist & photographer among other things.
Reading this made me see that what ever we do is indeed worth it & lives on in the lives of others. It's in a way a part of making them who they are today.
Pon, I hope you don't mind me advertising your blog but I want the world to know what a great person you are. http://ilovemusic-pon.blogspot.com/ People should see what a good photographer you are.
Now, even though tomorrow I'm going to wake up & do the same thing as always ( what tiggers to best) I have more inspiration for it & know that what I'm doing is worth it for all time & beyond. I really love my job & want to make the same impression on the kids I teach that my great teachers made on me.
Yes I still feel like a "D" Delighted, Dazzled & Determined, to continue making my part of the world a better place.

Harmonica + Beatbox: Final Cut

This is something way too cool not to share.

Yuck

Yesterday I was reading to Justin (3yrs.) from the Bible about how God created the world, & went on to an animated explanation about how God created Adam from the Dust of the ground etc. Then we got to the part where God created the woman, I explained that God created her from one of Adam's ribs. Here's how the conversation went.

Me: A rib is a group of bones you feel in your chest here.
Justin: It's bumpy
Me: Right, that's cause there's more than one of them, God took one of those & made a friend for Adam from it.
Justin: Yuck!
Me: Why yuck?
Justin: Bones are greasy & slimy, He couldn't have used that cause it would have slipped out of His hands.
Me: Well I guess God figured something out.
Justin: Did He wash hands when He was done?

Firebird ~ fantasia

This is one of my favorite clips from Fantasia

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A fleeting moment

Yesterday I went to a water park with some of my friend. It was a great day with lots of sunshine but at the same time not too hot for which I was very thankful.
I would say my favorite was the Jet slide where you have to kick off then you fly. It was an exhilarating feeling to be going at such a speed that I wished it wouldn't stop. I even raced a couple of guys I met at the top of the slide. The other slides were great too, but this one was by far the best, worth the wait & worth the long flights of stairs that you had to climb to get to the top.
When I say "worth the wait" I'm talking about waiting in line to get a sliding mat, a required item if you're going to go on one of the slides or you'll be minus a bathing suit upon arrival at the bottom.
The lines were very long, & your legs felt like jelly when you got to the top of the slide but when you let go nothing else matters, because suddenly for a fleeting moment you're weightless as if you're flying through the air & nothing could stop you.

The A B C's of me

I saw this on someone's blog & wanted to use it for myself, I slightly modified it to reflect me a little more.

A – Accent: Rather mixed with a touch of Asian & Ausie
B - Booze: I'm ok with wines, not too fond of beer, I like mudslides, baileys and other milky based drinks; Margarita: on the rocks without a salted rim
C - Favorite Color: Muave
D -Everyday Drink Of Choice: Water of course & I love tea, especially Indian Chai
E - Essential Electronics: My laptop
F - Favorite Fragrance: Opium, Passion & Poison for me, I absolutely love the smell of guys cologne
G - Greatest passions: Music, Reading, Anything to do with learning things on my computer, Photoshop CS2
H - Hometown: I was born in San Jose, Costa Rica but spent most of my life in Asia, I guess I could say Bangkok Thailand cause I lived there the longest.
I - Indulgence: Chocolate,
J -Job title: Home Educator
K - Kids: None yet but I intend to have some someday
L - Life Is Incomplete Without: My laptop
M - Marriage date: I'll let you know when I have someone I want to marry
N - Number of sexual partners: At the moment none
O - Overnight hospital stays: None yet,
P - Phobias/Fears: Going outside alone in the dark cause you don't know what's out there. In Thailand it was often a poisonous snake or weird lizard. One time I went out & saw a lizard that was over 6ft long on the back wall of the house.
Q - Favorite Quote: That differs from time to time but for today it's
"Though today he prunes my twigs with pain,
yet doth His blood nourish & warm my root.
Tomorrow i shall put forth buds again,
& clothe myself with fruit."
Christina Georgina Rosetti
R - Reason to Smile: Everyday it's different, there's always something new to smile about every day. That's one thing that makes me smile anticipating what the day will bring.
S - Season: Spring, I love watching nature awaken from its long dreary sleep
T – A Talent: I speak 3 languages
U - Unknown Fact About Me: I'm an amature writer
V - Vegetable you don’t like: Ampalia, it's so full of iron you can taste it. However the Thais know how to make it edible.
W - Worst Habit: Doing something without thinking it through first.
X - X-rays You’ve Had: I think I may have had a dental X-ray when I was a kid. Other than that I've been pretty healthy overall.
Y - Your Favorite Foods to Cook: Cakes, Thai food, & Enchiladas.
Z – Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius