I’ve always loved travels sites especially those that offers great discounts. I’ve always had a grand time browsing and scouring for best deals. Planning family vacations and getaways gives me great joy. If money is no object then we would be traveling here and there. Hahaha!

Most of these sites are user friendly too. They even went to the extent of translating the sites to widely used languages so you will not be surprised to see a descuento en hoteles sites. That’s discounts on hotels in Spanish.

This is a great help for people not speaking in English. Although English is the universal language there are also a lot of people who cannot communicate using that language.

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B.boy is really picky when it comes to clothes that he’ll wear. The rule of thumb is, if it’s not comfortable, he mostly likely wouldn’t wear it. We had a hard time encouraging him to wear polo during our Sunday meetings. He is so used to wearing sandos and sleeveless shirts that he finds sleeves and collars unnerving.

Slowly he learned to wear one. We first began with example. Pointing to him children appropriately dressed during assemblies and weekly meeting at the Kingdom Hall. He soon got the point.

Not to be underestimated are our constant praises on how good he looks wearing polos and long pants. We would clap our hands and cheer him up whenever he willingly agrees. Now, we don’t have any problems dressing him up in that kind of attire.

So we thought we could bring this up to the next level by letting him wear long sleeves with tie on our Memorial (this is a special occasion to commemorate Jesus’ ransom sacrifice) celebration. For the past couple of days, we would point to his daddy wearing a tie and how good it looks on him. Telling him that we would also buy him one and he agreed.

However, putting it on is another thing. The Memorial day came and he refused to wear the new tie. He cried profusely that I let him have his own way. Here he is on his porma sans the necktie.

I’m hoping that he will learn to wear one later. It just takes a lot of patience and a little more persuasion.

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I’ve read this very nice passage and it’s so good not to pass along….

A good marriage and a good family require service and sacrifice. But when you truly love another and share a transcendent sense of purpose in creating the “we”-such as rasing a child-then sacrifice is nothing more than giving up something small for something big. True fulfillment comes from sacrifice. It is this very shift from “me” to “we” that makes family, FAMILY!

Oh so true.

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Maybe you’re wondering why I hadn’t been blogging much lately. If truth be told, I’ve been tied up with work. I’ve been into too much work, pressure and stress. I don’t want to dwell on that. I just want to go on and survive each day. But there are times that I want to give up.

Or maybe I just need a break. All Inclusive Cancun Vacations will be great. Spending leisure time on the idyllic white sand beaches of Riviera Maya will do wonders to refresh and rejuvenate my tired mind and body.

And there will be great food. I’m dreaming…someone stop me please.

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Commitment to marriage does not mean that marriage mates will never disagree with each other. When a conflict occurs, there should be an earnest desire to resolve the matter not only because of an obligatory vow but because of an emotional bond. Regarding husband and wife, Jesus said: “They are no longer two, but one flesh.”

What does it mean to be “one flesh” with your mate? The Bible says that “husbands ought to be loving their wives as their own bodies.” (Ephesians 5:28, 29) In part, then, being “one flesh” means that we feel as concerned with the welfare of our mate as we are with our own. Married people need to shift their thinking from “mine” to “ours,” from “me” to “we.” One counselor wrote: “Both partners must stop being single at heart, and come to be married at heart.”

Are we and our spouses “married at heart”? It is possible to be together for many years and yet not be “one flesh” in that sense. Yes, that can happen, but the book Giving Time a Chance says: “Marriage means sharing a life, and the more two people share, the more there is to grow on.”

Some unhappy couples stay together for the sake of their children or for financial security. Others endure because they have strong moral objections to divorce or because they fear what others will think if they break up. While it is commendable that these marriages endure, remember that our goal should be to have a loving relationship, not simply a lasting one.

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Finally, we were able to visit Serendra. We’ve been raring to go since I’ve seen lots of great pictures from friend’s blogs. We got the chance last Feb 25. We first went to Market Market so that B.boy can try out the playground. He had a fine time there. Too bad it started to drizzle so we have to go to Serendra.

We tried Conti’s as a lot of my officemates recommend that place.

We we’re there early for dinner so we were able to get a seat fast. Here are what we ordered:

Ribs for Morning

Chicken Roulade for me.

And the verdict? We didn’t like it. We thought the servings were small to whet our appetite. But halfway through the meal, nasuya kami.

The price is reasonable unlike the other restos in that area. But the food wasn’t really worth it. I think they put too much MSG on it. Anyway, that’s just us. Others may like the place.

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