First of all, we would like to offer our deepest condolences to the Reyes family (Ate Baby Priscilla), whose oldest brother Eduardo “BONJIE” Pestaño Reyes passed away last month.

Secondly, we also would like to offer our deepest sympathies to the Rabutaso family, whose mother (the only living sibling of our father, Federico Dominguez), Luz Rabutaso passed away last week.

Time is simply flying us by and we can no longer ignore the fact that life is simply too short. We have to take care of ourselves more diligently now than ever.

Recent news: Ate Agnes Dominguez-Nepomuceno was admitted to the hospital a last September for a check up due to some kind of palpitation, Ate Josie Dominguez-Uy recently went through a procedure called angioplasty (widening of obstructed blood vessel typically caused by artheriosclerosis). Divina Dominguez-Garcia was admitted to the hospital as well due to kidney stones forming inside her kidney.

Ate Agnes called me recently to say that we should have a reunion more often recalling the recent scares that have happened. I do agree and we should really make time to see each other more often. But the problem is that no one wants to cooperate.

Planning a reunion is easy. If we have to have the food catered, the house cleaned and so forth – that’s not a problem. The problem lies with the lack of participation from family members. When we plan a reunion, we should all make the effort to attend and take the necessary days off to make the event.

I can plan another reunion this summer since the Dizons (Tita Tessie, Danette and Mariah) are here from Seattle. The Alcala’s are hosting a party on July 5th.

Just say the word, I will start planning soon.

A child faced an accident while playing inside their home.  The parents were nearby.  They heard a loud crash inside the house and found their little girl on the floor with broken glass allegedly from the coffee table.  One of the pieces pierced the girls side going through her body nearly missing her lungs and her heart.    Luckily, she came out of the  operation fine and that is where the warning came.

If you have any furniture inside the home with glass which is non-tempered – - you might want to re-think it for the safety of your kids.  Either remove the furniture with non-tempered glass from your home or replace it with tempered glass or replace glass mirrors with an acrylic mirror to provide a safer environment for your kids.

Tempered glass is what your car windshield is made out of. When it breaks, it simply crumbles and does not produce large sharp pieces that could endanger piercing or hurting anyone. You can have regular glass turned into tempered glass for a fee. Check out your local listings.

Kuya Boyette-Dominguez’s daughter, Dennice – has recently passed the NCLEX examination!  Woohooo!  Congratulations Dennice.  Your hard work has absolutely paid off.

Dennice is currently working at a call center in Manila at the moment since call centers do pay more than hospitals I guess.  Even so, this is an accomplishment that can provide her the means to soar in her future and we are simply proud!

Congrats Dennice!

For example, if our Anti-Aging blog being the master domain, goes down because of too much CPU being used – then, Sanglahi.com will be inaccessible as well.  It may cost us a few bucks extra but worth it if you ask me to make sure that all our websites are running separately that should anything happen to one, it won’t affect the others.

The one problem I had before was finding the proper company who will provide the best service for our buck.  It’s really hard to tell which hosting company can live up to their promises.   They all preach the same promise but the question is, can they deliver.

I have blogger friends who recently moved to another hosting company only to find out that they did not get any improvement on the customer service or even performance for that matter.  Therefore, it is great to know that a site does exist that rates web hosting companies providing you a list of Top 10 web hosting companies available.  They provide the price you expect to pay per month, the space they offer and traffic limitations.  The best part I find about it is the oprtion to read reviews of the companies so you are not going out blindly with a web hosting company without knowing the history of past performance and such.

I would surely rely on reviews heavily should I decide to move our family weblog to another hosting company.  They even provide articles that prospective customers could read in order to be completely comfortable with the choice you are going to make.  (i.e. cheaper is not always better)

We’ll see.

The housewarming was held on August 22nd and I was able to attend and see the house for myself.  They got a great deal and I want to congratulate them!  Great job guys!  Sorry I couldn’t stay for the flip-cup contest.

Bob Tanner and David Guiney are the partners in the firm and both seem to be very well informed lawyers who’ve written several publications about the Credit Association Act, Credit Union Legislations, Protection of Privacy and others.

The site I believe, is enough to show you how competent they are as lawyers. Should you need any assistance and you live in the Toronto, Ontario area – you should give them a call.

Anyone interested? She will make it a “Cookbook” party. She will make all types of meals for the attendees to taste using the cookware they are trying to sell.

If you’re interested, you may contact her through comments on this post or emailing her at uyscream@yahoo.com.

Please let her know and give her some time of notice in advance so she can prepare enough food.

I don’t usually park there because I have been taking the train for years and parking out in the free spots was just fine. Until last year when someone hit my on the driver side and didn’t even bother to leave a note or anything. It cost me a lot to get that repaired. I was lucky to have an autobody near me who gave me a reasonable price and did a fantanstic job. Then, it happened again. I noticed last night when I got out of my car and picked up my mail, the same damage seems visible on the side of my car. I said, “It couldn’t be. Must be the shadow.” I was wrong. Someone hit my car again and like last time, did not even leave a note. Now, I have to get it repaired again. I had forgotten the autobody shop that I went to last year so I went online and typed “auto body shop montclair“. I was in luck! The search found the autobody shop I went to through a network. It was great! If I had to have someone touch my car again, it would be them.

Here’s a shoutout.  Many of our relatives are on Facebook and if you’re reading this post and don’t have an account, I suggest you open one up.  The Dizons are there, Alcalas, Reyes, Dominguez and Dangoys.  I haven’t seen anyone on the Tanchico’s side of the family.. maybe I should invite them.

Anyway, summer will be gone before you know it.  Are we going to have a reunion at all?!

Speak now…

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