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You Make Me Smile

Sunday, September 23, 2007

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I appreciate Emmyrose who gave me this award and I am deeply touched. I admire her for being so strong despite of her never ending battle with Lupus and this makes her a truly an inspiration to others. Thanks again Emmyrose for this tag.

I’m passing this award to some "suki" bloggers who made me not just smile but laugh as well most of the time.


1. cuz Girlie
2. Francesca
3. Rhada
4. Thess

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Can we have a view?

Saturday, September 22, 2007



iRonnie said:

Most people spend a considerable amount of time in customizing or in finding a desktop wallpaper that suits their taste. Sadly, our computers often remains personal.

Why don’t we brag to the world our good-find wallpapers and let them have a peek to our personality via our desktops?

I was tagged by dearie Beng and it's good that instructions were clear and posted coz if not I will not know how to go about it.

Well, on top is a view of my desktop. Who else will the vanidosa feature but her face, hahaha.... you need not wonder why.

The tagging usual procedure:

Spread it out thru tagging people whom you think eager enough to do the task

Now it’s my turn to tag the following 5? bloggers:

Melissa-AnP
Kristine
JC Smith
Deden
Dodong Flores


My Desktop Free View Instruction:

A. Upon receiving this tag, immediately perform a screen capture of your desktop.It is best that no icons be deleted before the screen capture so as to add to the element of fun. You can do a screen capture by:

[1] Going to your desktop and pressing the Print Scrn key (located on the right side of the F12 key)

[2] Open a graphics program (like Picture Manager, Paint, or Photoshop) and do a Paste (CTRL + V).

[3] If you wish, you can “edit” the image, before saving it.


B. Post the picture in your blog. You can also give a short explanation on the look of your desktop just below it if you want. You can explain why you preferred such look or why is it full of icons. Things like that.

C. Tag five of your friends and ask them to give you a Free View of their desktop as well.

D. Add your name to this list of Free Viewers with a link pointing directly to your Desktop Free View post to promote it to succeeding participants.
According to Knoiz:

D. Add your name to this list of Free Viewers with a link pointing directly to your Desktop Free View post to promote it to succeeding participants.
According to : People who have already pimped their desktop list:iRonnie - I Set No Corner Thess - Thesserie Rebecca - Skippy Heart Knoizki - A Dialogue With K, Beng - Kauderwelch plus me Vanidosa Marie, and me again at Vanidosa at blogspot.

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The Keys To Your Heart

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

A tag from Francine

The Keys to Your Heart
You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free.
In love, you feel the most alive when your partner is patient and never willing to give up on you.
You'd like to your lover to think you are loyal and faithful... that you'll never change.
You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please.
Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with.
Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.
You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred.
In this moment, you think of love as commitment. Love only works when both people are totally devoted.

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I'm a little snobby

Cuz Girlie want's to find out or CONFIRM? Yes I am but just a little.

You Are A Little Snobby

And being a little snobby every once and a while is totally allowed.
Because if no one was ever snobby, no one would ever try to dress up or look pretty.
And while you do enjoy the finest things in life (that you can afford), you tire of superficiality.
You know there's more to life than what's just on the surface.
Are You a Snobby Girl?

Now, I want to know how these people score:

1. G
2. Noemi
3. Jet
4. gracie

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Linky Love Chain

Wednesday, September 5, 2007


Big thanks to Emmyrose who included my site in this Linky Love Chain


** Start Copy Here **


We all know how important getting link backs is and with this chain, you can get the ball rolling! You don’t have to be an established blogger to take part in this chain. Here are the rules:


1. Copy this post from the point where it says Start Copy Here to the point where it says End Copy Here


2. Add yourself and 5 of your favorite bloggers to the end of the list.


3. Post this on your blog



Enkay Blog Ms. Danielle Cash For Comments BetShopBoy JohnCow Mr. Gary Lee Jon Lee Dosh Dosh Some Make Money The King Kong Blog RomanDock Michael Kwan Ed Lau Jane MaySam Breadstone Windows Tips, Tricks and Hacks ProBlogger The Beef Jerky Blog The Prize BlogOnline Coupon Codes Jamaipanese Rugjeff ShadowScope The News Press Net JohnWaraas Life Is Colorful A Touch of Sweetness That Says It All Bama 365 Bohemian Bloggers The Sassy Southerner Protocol In Practice TJ’s Anti Contrarian Londoner Life Dot Com Theres A Blog In My Soup Daily Webbers Clear 2 U Marketing Drunken Housewife Vic2x Programming Riches of Destiny BISEAN Agloco Hours Net Business Journal Milton Ramirez Adsense Tracker Mischief Gaje Master Blogging The Life of Socrates Rowan Forest Homeschool Blog Duck Cash Rich Tools An Island Life Almost Somewhat Positive Are We There Yet Colloquium The Ice Box Holly’s Corner Blog A Southern Girl’s Guide to Almost Anything 2nd Cup of Coffee Exceedingly Mundane Laughing Through the Tears The Monkey Boys’ Mama Still His Girl Broken Perfection Riddle Eccence Race Coner A Slice of LIfe Nita’s Corner Yen (Me and Mine) My Two Cents Worth Simply Jen Genny Lutchi’s Thoughts Blessie The Four Seasons of My Life Grace Tere’s World Tere’s Journey in Life Blessings in Life Just Let Go Dancing with Butterflies My Drama The Daily Matters Wishing & Hoping Nora’s Notes My Musing Pad Trials of My Life Pieces of Me Endless Words of Mine Fingertalks Manila Mom VanidosaMarie VanidosaMarie.com Hipncoolmomma.blogspot


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tag a tag

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

A tag from Francine and Emmyrose

5 amazing nights

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1. May 20, 1975 - The night I gave my sweet “yes” to my boyfriend who later became my husband.

2. May 5, 1978 - I started having labor pains and was due to give birth to my first baby girl, Rhea Marie at about 4:30 a.m. the next day.

3. December 1, 1979 - At 6:00 p.m. that night when I said my “I do” and became Mrs. Marina G. Vergara in a church wedding.

4. November 4, 1992 - I had my second baby girl, Reyna Bianca on my birthday. The best birthday present I had from the Lord.

5. Dateless and amazing nights spent with hubby in bed ....pffffft.....censored!

To keep the ball rolling, I’m passing this tag to my bff cuz Girlie .

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I was tagged!

Friday, August 10, 2007

Emmyrose, thanks for the tag!
What Your Hands Say About You

You are logical, analytical, and rational. You have good verbal skills.
Flexible and broad minded, you can fit in to any situation. There's no telling where your life will take you.
Consistent and reliable, you like to count on structure and routine in your life.
Your emotions tend to be relaxed and uncomplicated. You don't read too much into things.


Now I'm passing this to Cuz Girlie,Francine, and Noemi,

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Tagging Threes

Saturday, August 4, 2007

Thanks for this tag my cousin Girlie(hipncoolmomma), and here are my answers.



Three things that scare me

1. plane turbulence
2. earthquakes
3. drunk people/ascal dogs on stray

Three people who make me laugh

1. my hubs
2. my BFFs ma Lynne, Edna and cuz Girlie
3. Francesca in France

Three things I love

1. Shopping
2. Travelling, both international and out of town
3. Beauty Salon visits

Three things I hate

1. Ironing clothes
2. listening to people who bore me
3. when my kids do not listen to what I say

Three things I don’t understand

1. why some people talk behind our backs
2. why some people get jealous
3. why some people can’t be happy with our achievements

Three things on my desk

1. a face mirror
2. my mobile phones
3. ashtray

Three things I am doing right now

1. doing this tag
2. watching eat bulaga
3. eating choc-nut

Three things I want to do before I die

1. settle my children
2. more travels
3. build my dream home

Three things I can do

1. do my own belly dance costumes
2. talk endlessly to the right people
3. ignore people that can cause stress

Three things I can’t do

1. sing and dance like a pro
2. cook
3. love my enemies (but the bible says)

Three things I think you should listen to

1. advices from our Pastor
2. sweet and mellow music
3. best friend

Three things you should never listen to

1. what gossip mongers say
2. tele-markerters blah blah blah
3. what jealous people say about you

Three shows I watched as a kid

1. Casper, the friendly ghost
2. Pop-eye, Sesame Street
3. Hawaii Five-o

Three people I am tagging

1. mommychi
2. boy dapa
3. G

Note: Kindly use http://www.mariegvergara.com as my link. Thanks!

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The "Face Behind The Blog"

Tuesday, July 24, 2007


I had second thoughts doing this taggie by cuz Girlie since the face is all over this blog. Anyway, I should still post a picture of me that has never been seen before- the unglamourous vanidosa. Yes that's me straight out of the shower. A Filipina, Christian blogger, based in Sta. Ana, Manila, Philippines married to a loving but sometimes insensitive guy named Rey.


I have two beautiful (from a mom*s opinion) girls, Rhea Marie, a graduate of Medicine now trying out a graveyard shift (8:00 pm to 5:00 am) job in a Canadian firm evaluating and approving Insurance claims to earn for her vanities. She*s hopefully taking the medical boards on February, 2008. She got married to a cute guy named Job, an Optometry graduate before her 18th birthday and now have 2 beautiful and smart girls aged 11 and 8. So that makes me a young granny, oh gosh!


My youngest is Reyna Bianca *Queenie* a 14 year old high school freshman at O.B. Montessori Center, a brat who hates studying but loves to dance, sing, watch DVDs, eat and sleep.


I am a SAHWife and an Executive (duh!) since our Office is just a doorstep away but most of the time out on (un)official tasks except for client calls and meetings. I work in a family owned company of Rey*s (Radar Security & Watchman Agency) a Security Agency providing security guards, etc. to business firms and I head the Operations.


Approaching my Golden Year, I live up to my being a Vanidosa trying hard to stay fit and firm despite the uncontrollable aging process, thus the blog Vanidosa. Unfortunately, I never learned how to cook though I supervise all the household chores. Thanks to all my dependable *helpers*.


It*s hard to admit but at times I*m becoming more moody, cranky, sluggish, lazy and bored. I*m trying hard to be out with good friends and to regularly attend belly dancing sessions with cuz every Mondays and Fridays (with Queenie) to keep me up.


Some of the blogs that I know which put up picture(s) of me are :

who else but BFF Hipncoolmomma, my Cuz Girlie

And here's the instruction to this meme :

1st step - Post a short blog article that includes a photograph (or a series of photos) showing the face behind your blog. If you already showed a photo somewhere on your site (such as in your about page), then make your post more interesting and choose a photo that’s not currently online.

2nd step - Include links to other people that have displayed a photo, or include their photos in your post, adding a reference.

3rd step - Tag as many others as you like in your post to spread the meme.

4th step - If you link back to me here and send an email I’ll be sure to include links back to you.
Each person tagged should create their own post and repeat the process.


Wonderful People I'd Love to Tag:

Noemi and Emmyrose

Gayla at Mom GadgetChar at Essential KeystrokesPaul at Reflections Rob at 2DolphinsZep at The In-Sect Ingo at StixsterStevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper BullLisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The WorldDawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at HomeDennis Bjorn Petersen at Petersen Inc. Randa Clay at Randa Clay DesignDrew McLellan at The Marketing MinuteBecky McCray at Small Biz Survival Phil Gerbyshak at Make it Great!Steve Woodruff at StickyFigure Dave Olson at Live the GREAT life that you desireGreg at Become a Remote Control SEOAriane Benefit at Neat Living Blog Genesis at the At Home Mom BlogArmen at iFFECT.NET Mihaela Lica at Online Public RelationsTara at Graphic Design BlogDoris Chua at Home Office Women Edward Mills at Evolving TimesTony D. Clark at Success from the Nest Jonathan-C Phillips at SmartWealthyRichKaren at A Deaf Mom Shares Her WorldLisa Gates at intrinsic life design Rammel Firdaus at rammelfirdaus.comCarol at Pentimento Adam Kayce at Monk at WorkThomas at Technical BloggerTammy Lenski at I Can?t Say That! Chris Brown at Branding & Marketing Rory Sullivan at HamelifeDerek Wong at Going The Wong WayEmbuck at embuck.comMs. Q at QMusings Shelly Tucker at This Eclectic Life Steve at Ramblings from the MarginalizedTroy Worman at on!blogLilith at Lilith’s Owl NestRevov at REVO-OVER Karin at Stop/Start Jamy at Seay's Kopitam this is a miracle .::HiP & CooL...i'll always be.:: VANIDOSA

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more taggies

Sunday, June 10, 2007

A Tag... this time by BFF Cuz Girlie

INSTRUCTIONS: Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot, like so.

Holly's Corner
Island Life
Skindiving
Hipncoolmomma
Vanidosa Marie

What were you doing 10 years ago?
Same till the present - working for the family*s security business


What were you doing 1 year ago?
Same as the above


Five Snacks You Enjoy
An ice cream cone preferably strawberry/rocky road
Meringue
White icinged cake
2 slices of Greenwich Pizza
Cheez Curls (very seldom)
ALL WITH PLAIN WATER


Five Songs That You Know All The Lyrics To
How Did You Know..... I needed someone like you in my life
You Made Me Live Again
Buttercup
I Will Survive
How Great Thou Art and Great is Thy Faithfulness ( my favorite christian hymns )


Five Things You Would Do If You Were a Millionaire
Give to church a 10th of the amount.
Help relatives who are in need.
Put up my own Boutique and Beauty Salon
Travel to Paris, Venice, Monaco and the rest of Europe and the Bahamas
Buy more expensive bags and shoes


Five Bad Habits
Smoking
Staying up late
Very Impulsive and Moody
Brooding about something for days
Laziness (I have angels around to help)


Five Things You Like To Do
Pampering myself in Beauty Salons or Derma Clinics
Shop and travel at least once a year
Family Out of Town Trips
Chilling out with Friends
Dance


Five Things You Would Never Wear Again
Nothing, I try everything that would suit me ^_^


Five Favorite Toys
My PC
CellPhones
My Canon Powershot A430
Totoy
Popoy


Now it's your turn:

Francine



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Another tag from Francine

1. Are you smiling?
***I do not have that open smile or as one refers to as smiling face that is why I have that wrong 1st impression from people

2. When was the last time you met someone new? And who?
***Doesn*t apply

3. Do you drink wine?
*** Yes occasionally

4. Tell us when was the last time you were annoyed & why?
*** I got annoyed last month. It*s a family matter.

5. Did you ever say bad words like f*** etc.? When was the last time you did?
***Yes but not openly.

6. Do you have any friends who are famous?
***I can*t remember as of this moment

7. Last thing you do before going to sleep?
***rounds of brickgame in my cellphone

8. What is your favorite facial moisturizer? using it now?
***one from my dermatologist

9. Besides your computer, what is your favorite gadget?
***My P990i and my Canon Powershot A430

10. How many divisions does your parent’s house have?
*** can*t remember

11. Did you ever get drunk, to the extent you throw-up? How many times?
*** Yes in Boracay 3 years ago but didn*t throw up

12. Describe your dream bedroom, size, color of the wallpaper & furnitures, etc.
*** our present bedroom set-up

13. Your most favorite part of your house?
*** our bedroom

14.How many hours do you spend on your computer everyday?
***at least an hour

15. For swimwear, one-piece or two piece?
***two piece

16. What gift (materially) do you want to receive on your next birthday?
***another LV bag or an extra large South Sea Pearl or a Motorcycle, a package trip somewhere

17. If you can afford, what luxury car you want to own ?
*** the latest Mercedes Benz sports car

18. The last time you bought underwear?
***Last year but I have stocks

20. Where did you meet your bf/gf/spouse now?
*** Love thy neighbor

21. Do you believe that there are instances that cheating is forgivable?
***Like your answer, cheating is forgivable but it will take time to rebuild that trust which was betrayed.

22. What is the most expensive piece of clothing you have? How much does it cost?
*** I don*t splurge on expensive clothing, bag or shoes maybe.

23. Do you own a boat?
***Nope and I don*t dream of having one, I have seasickness and no swimmer

24.Your most favorite viand. (Just one)
***Pinoy Beefsteak

25. When was the last time you made love?
***last night

26. If ever, you’ll be given the chance to run for a position, what would it be?
***Barangay Chairman muna

27. Ever joined a beauty & brain contest? Specify.
***Bb. Barangay, it was a money contest, I mean fund raising and I landed 2nd

28. If you have to answer the unforgettable final question of Lara Quigaman, (Ms. International 2005) what will be your answer. “What do you say to the people of the world who have typecasted Filipinos as nannies?”
***They*re all stupid! They belong down under because they haven*t met a single Filipino among thousands who are UP THERE.

29. Any particular thing you want to buy for your husband this father*s day?
***yes, he loves perfumes

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Where do I go?

Monday, June 4, 2007

Dangkin wants to know where I go everytime I'm online, so she tagged me! :)

The rules are, list out 6 Web sites that you often surf upon opening your Web browser. Change the Web title and the purpose. Tag 4 people.

Okay, let’s start:

my site
- to check comments and footmarks by cyber friends

my other home

my email my alternate email- to read and send messages to my dear friends

e blogger- to post or update entries

BFF girlie'sfor updates on her new entries

my blogger friends - to relax and keep me posted on what's going on with them.

I’m going to tag… BFF girlie, Justice, G the other Girlie, and Deden

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Taggie-Alexa Train

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Alexa Train
I've been tagged by dangkin. I hope this will help me build my alexa score and find new cool links! :)


~Start Copying Here~Alexa Redirect Train by Carl Ocab.
Rules:Put anything you like above this list – Chit Chat, talkies, introduce what this is. Something like that.Start copying on the *Start Copying Here* and copy all the things listed without removing the links. (Of course, the train would be no use without those links.)Move all the sites labeled *Newcomers* to the list labeled *Oldies.*Add 5 sites that you want to include in the train and make their link like this: http://redirect.alexa.com/redirect?www.example.com then invite them to join the train.Visit all the listed sites! (That*s not much work! Remember, if you plant good seeds they will also grow good) and look at your high Alexa ranking next week!


Newcomers:

hipncoolmomma girlie
eden
boydapa
marghil
annamanila


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Names and their Meanings

Monday, May 21, 2007

Cuz Girlie tagged me on the meaning of my daughters' names.

I haven't seriously thought of of a name for my children to be till a few months before I gave birth to my eldest. I have a few choices then. I love the names Brigitte Marie or Michael Ray. But since my name is Marina (derived from marine or water) and my husband is Reynaldo (Rey means king, I don't know the naldo), I thought of combining our names.

Rhea Marie - Rhea should have been Reya Marie but it was misspelled maybe by a stupid
hospital staff.

Reyna Bianca - Bianca means "white" but she turned out "morena" or brown, hehe. Had I
known, I should have named her Reyna Morena... hehe again!



I'm tagging


Justice


Tina (KK)


Yemi

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about me

Sunday, May 20, 2007

7 Random Things
I was tagged by cuz girlie to share 7 random things about me.
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1. I ‘m a certified Beauty Salon addict. I have my regular monthly root dye, countless blow drying sessions depending on my scheduled client meetings, manicure/pedicure sometimes inclusive of foot scrub. The latter is done on a home service if my manicurist is available. I also go for eyelash extension and facials at the Vicky Belo's IF I got some extra moolah.


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2. If my laziness strikes, I can stay in bed the whole day.
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3. I hate clutters! I fix and tidy up our room before going to bed.


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4. I had my tomato-like nose trimmed in 1983 and had undergone Botox last year which didn’t last for 6 months as stated. I’m planning to have a restylane/perlane injected on the visible folds from the sides of my nose down to the corners of my mouth.


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5. I wear size 1 jeans, 35-36 (4 1/2- 5) shoes, maintains wearing small to medium size shirts or dresses otherwise I will be very unhappy wearing an “L”.


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6. I had a mild skin disorder when I was younger and was so sensitive to heat from the spritz of the burning cooking oil when frying so my mom didn’t encourage me to learn how to cook but my sister taught me how to make chiffon and banana cakes.


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7. I’m scared of airplane turbulence and eartquakes



I'm tagging

sexy mom
amgine
princess jamie

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