Born into a battle, a warfare to know
Beyond the visible we see it, the army, the field and the foe
God alone in the garden, where it began long ago
Where the enemy who rose up, deceived the man God made
Where God stated His intention to crush that serpent’s head

Refrain
For the kingdom of this world, it shall become
The kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ
And He shall reign forever and evermore

Entered into victory, what wisdom this plan
God’s Son born of a woman, Messiah an ord’nary man
Satan said, “It seems so easy,”  As nails through flesh and blood ran
“Sure this foolishness can’t threaten my reign of death and sin”
But the third day Jesus rose up and triumped over him

Toward the final conflict, God’s Word our command
We move inevitably onward, God’s weapons held in our hands
In Him. We shall do more than conquer, before our Lord who can stand
Man shall glorify his maker, God shall be enjoyed
And that one called the deceiver, his works shall be destroyed

Refrain:
We are servants of the Lord, He is our master, Jesus Christ
All our joy in You our God;
Lo, we have come to do Your will.

Sacrifices You don’t desire, but a people who will obey You.
To do Your will is our delight,
O, God write Your law upon our hearts.

Within the great congregation, we will tell of Your deliv’ance,
Never will we restrain our lips
From speaking of Your steadfast love and kindness

May all who seek You rejoice in You, all who love Your salvation;
Great are You O, Lord our God,
Your blessing is on all who trust in You.

O may we give our lives to You, to know You in Your goodness.
And though we are not worthy,
O Master You have called us to be Yours

(End: You are our Master, Lord Jesus Christ)

Who is like a son of man enthroned,
His eyes like burning flame, and His face a shining sun?
Who with a word did make the world, upholding all creation,
With a voice like the roar of the sea?

Refrain:
All of Your  people say, “We love You”
All of Your people say, “Hosanna!”
With lifted hearts and voices praising, raising songs of love to You, just to You

(End: Just to You, just to You)

Like a diamond, on the throne He’s praised.
The elders and the saints, singing night and day,
“Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord,
The Almighty He who was, He who is and is to come.”
(Refrain)

Every nation, race and tribe are there.
Dressed in white, they stand, holding palms in their hands.
Vict’ry to our God, who sits enthroned,
And vict’ry to the Lamb, and all signing cry, “Amen!”
(Refrain)

Refrain:

You have given me the oil of gladness
The garment of praise instead of mourning.
A shining crown instead of ashes
And the glory in the place of despair.
(repeat)

I delight greatly in You.
My soul rejoices and sings.
For You took my empty life.
And filled it with every good thing.
(repeat)

When my life was without a purpose,
You gave me a reason to live
Now my heart is full of thanksgiving
For all the riches you gave.
(repeat)

I receive an email from my friend and it is very inspiring that’s why I would like to share it with others.  The following are from the book of Dr. Randy Pausch.  He died of pancreatic cancer in 2008 and wrote a book entitled “ The last lecture”.

Personality:
1. Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
2. Don’t have negative thoughts of things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment
3. Don’t over do; keep your limits
4. Don’t take yourself so seriously; no one else does
5. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip
6. Dream more while you are awake
7. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..
8. Forget issues of the past. Don’t remind your partner of his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
9. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate others.
10. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present
11. No one is in charge of your happiness except you
12. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn.
Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
13. Smile and laugh more
14. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Community:
15. Call your family often
16. Each day give something good to others
17. Forgive everyone for everything
18. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6
19. Try to make at least three people smile each day
20. What other people think of you is none of your business
21. Your job will not take care of you when you are sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:
22. Put GOD first in anything and everything that you think, say and do.
23. GOD heals everything
24. Do the right things
25. However good or bad a situation is, it will change
26. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up
27. The best is yet to come
28. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful
29. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it
30. If you know GOD you will always be happy. So, be happy.

While you practice all of the above, share this knowledge with the people you love, people you school with,
people you play with, people you work with and people you live with.
Not only will it enrich YOUR life, but also that of those around you.

Last August 27, 2010,  Asbury Learning Center for Children (ALCC) celebrates Linggo ng Wika that’s why all their students participates in the program. My daughter dance paro-parung bukid and bahay kubo.  She wears a filipiana costume which I borrow from my sister’s friend. All kids wear their adorable costume and I am sure that all mommies are very happy to see their little kids wearing filipiana.  Also, for the last minute, we went to the market just to search a pair of bakya.  Unfortunately, we were not able to find bakya that’s why I just bought a pair of slipper with flower design so that it can be suited to her filipiana dress. Some of her classmate wears kimona and saya.

Even though all mommies as well as the teachers are tired in preparing in this event, I am sure that they are happy and satisfied with the result because every student is charming while dancing folk dances.  Thanks also to my husband for being supported because he always there for my daughter’s activities.  He plays a role of photographer and videographer.  For the month of September, they will have a kinder convention and I heard that they will a quiz bee and dance contest since we have no formal meeting yet. Having school activities is very tiring but of course, as parents we are happy to see that our little ones are performing on stage.   Thanks to all the teacher who are always very patient.

Nowadays, different methods were discovered just to loss weight. One of these methods is Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG ) Diet.  It is a hormone naturally produced by the placenta in pregnant women and completely controls the metabolic function through hypothalamus throughout the pregnancy. When you use HCG diet, you will experience amazing transformation such as with additional HCG hormone, your hypothalamus will create changes and your metabolism will improve. Many dieters will decide to continue to go in with HCG hormone injection for a long time to maintain their weight.  Always remember that HCG hormone injection is safe with proper guidelines of your doctor.

HCG dieters lose an average of 1 to 3 lbs per day. Using HCG diet, the hypothalamus will have changes and the metabolism will improve. For faster result, you should eat HCG diet recipes. HCG diet cookbooks contains delicious soups and salads, chicken and beef dishes, fish and seafood as well as delightful beverages and fresh fruit desserts without sacrificing the flavor.  Surely, you will love every recipe because each meal is n absolute pleasure to your mouth. In addition, this HCG Diet Cookbook also contain valuable information including the money saving tips on shopping, saving time tips on preparing food as well as some information on how to diet rightly and diet cooking information to maintain weight loss.

Thanks to our neighbor ate Arlene for giving us betel leaf to relief the stomach pain of my daughter. Betel leaf is also known as samat leaf here in the Philippines, according to lola Maring, it is a herbal medicine which treats constipation, sore throat, headache, wounds, inflammation, stomach disorder, cold and congestion. Betel leaf is a climbing plan or a kind of creeper. It is a slender, heart shaped leaf. It has medicinal properties and ayurvedic treatment. I apply castor oil on the betel leaf and warms it lightly and put on the stomach to treat my daughter’s stomachache.

Betel leaf is applied to relief headache because it has cooling and analgesic properties. It also treats nervous pains, nervous exhaustion and debility by drinking the juice of few betel leaf with a teaspoon of honey because it is consider as a good tonic. Teaspoon can be taken twice a day. In addition, it is consider diuretic which help to ease urination. The extracted juice of betel leaf can be applied on the wound and it should be wrapped over and bandaged. During lactation, you can apply leaves smeared with oil on the breast to help secretion of milk. It also treats sore throat and use to relief of ear aches.

Last week, my sister in law visits us and told us she found blood in her urine.  Of course, her initial reaction is so nervous so went to the doctor for check up.  She had urinalysis and found out that she has urinary tract infection. She said that the cause of her UTI is due to lack of water consumption since she forgot to drink more water because she is very busy with her work.

By the way, hematuria is the presence of blood in the urine.  It could mean that there is a bleeding in the urinary tract including kidney, ureters, urethra, bladder and prostate gland for men. It can indicate different problems such as urinary tract infection, kidney infection, kidney stone injury, enlarged prostate in men and kidney or bladder cancer. Additional symptoms are painful urination, abdominal pain, and fever.  Gross hematuria means that the blood in visible in the eye while microscopic hematuria is only visible under microscopic and found in urinalysis. However, if you notice blood in the urine, it is important to seek medical evaluation to know the underlying causes.

The most common causes of hematuria among women are urinary tract infection because women are more prone of UTI than men.  It may happen when bacteria are enter the body through the urethra and begin to multiply in your bladder.  Kidney or bladder stone also cause to have blood in urine both gross and microscopic hematuria. Crystals from concentrated urine is forming and become small and hard stone in the walls of your kidney or bladder. It is painless unless it can cause a blockage or are being passed and cause excruciating pain. To prevent and avoid both urinary tract infection and kidney or bladder stone, always drink water most especially during summer season.

It was last year when my daughter has a lot of stomach pain after the treatment of her urinary tract infection (UTI). Stomach pain is more frequent upon waking up and before going to bed. But after massaging her stomach with aciete manzanilla, the pain was then subside so I though it is due to excessive gas in her stomach. I don’t want to take her to the doctor because it is mean more antibiotic to take and examination.

When we transferred to our new home, she suffered amoebiasis and after treatment of amoebiasis, stomach pain is still present so I decided to have another stool examination. It found out that there are a lot of bacteria in her stool so the doctor gave her another antibiotic for her stomach. The doctor thought that bacteria can be the cause of her stomach pain but after taking of 7 days antibiotic, the stomach pain is still there.

After one week, she suffered severe cough and develop a fever with stomach pain at night so once again I take her to the doctor and gave her cemaflor for upper and lower infection and salbutamol for her cough. After taking these medicine, the fever is on and off with stomach pain so we take her to the hospital and do urinalysis and hematology. According to the result of her urinalysis, there is urinary tract infection but thanks to God that her blood is negative to any illnesses. She didn’t admit to the hospital instead gave another antibiotic such as clariget and relestal for her stomach pain. The doctor advised also to take Kremil S for two weeks because her stomach pain can be a sign of gastritis. Relestal can’t improve her stomach pain so I decided to take advised from the elders here in my neighborhood, lola Maring advised to use betel leaf (samat leaf). I apply castor oil and warm the leaf lightly and then keep it in her stomach for three nights. I believe that traditional medicines are still effective. Her stomach pain is now instantly healed. There is no more complaint for stomach pain. Betel leaf is believe to be effective in digestive and stomach disorder. I also give her pandan lalaki for her urinary tract infection. I boil fresh pandan lalaki with a cup of water and drink it as water.