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This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Incendia Health. All opinions are 100% mine.
Last September, I wrote about iLASIK Video Contest where you could have a chance to win $5000! And so far, there are a lot of people who have already submitted original music videos, videos on boxing and swimming, and videos that just show how their daily lives would improve with iLasik. But the real good news is… you still have a chance to join and win!

As I’ve said before, aside from $5000 grand prize which will be selected from all submitted videos, you can also win the HDTV package — a $2,500 value and The Flip UltraHD™ camcorder — a $199.99 value, where one will win these in each category.

This “You Gotta See This” iLASIK "You Gotta See This" Video Contest is sponsored by AMO or Abbott Medical Optics Inc., a global leader in ophthalmic care. They want you to share your video so they would know how better vision could improve or has improved your life.

And so again, here is what they invite you to participate in:

1. Make a video and submit it under one of these categories.

• “My contacts are getting in the way of my good time”
• “My favorite sport or activity would be so much cooler with better vision”
• “You should see life after the iLASIK® Procedure”

2. Tell your friends to vote for your entry. Voting will end on December 10th, 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Your votes are one of the factors that will help you win the prize.

Go visit their site and enjoy making the video. Also, don’t forget to tell your friends about it! Goodluck! :)

Kanye West : Yo Cotto Imma let you finish but PACMAN is the BEST BOXER of all time! :D

UPDATE: I just checked her youtube account and found out that she's half Mexican and half Filipino. Haha! See what kind of humor we have. :D

Yes I watch makeup tutorials. But this? is different. :P ugh, I love her. She makes me laugh:D

Hey guys, I’m so sorry for the delay of announcement, but here are the winners of my little blog contest!!!:D --- How Old Is Old? It was difficult to choose so I used random.org. Also, I divided the ads. Thank you to all 30 qualified people who joined this contest. I know there were some who blog about it that didn’t comment (one of the important rules) or favored not to join but rest assured I read your entry, and so I thank you too. I appreciate all your effort guys. :) Your entries enlightened and inspired me, and made me laugh and cry. So my deepest appreciation to you all.

Without more ado, here are the winners! :D

Winner of $25 is ANGEL OF MAYHEM

Winner of a month ad space 125x125 @ Also Mommy, TH's Corner, Another Contest, Name Sherry, I Luv Contest, Sherry Rambling and a month text link @ There is Happiness is GRACE

Winner of a month ad space 125x125 @ Heart Random, Isherrygo.com, Iblogaholic, Sherry Contest, Wishing Her and a month text link @ Twins Happiness is BAILEY BARETTO

So Mr. Dick, send me your paypal e-mail id. Ms. Grace and Ms. Bailey, send me your 125x125 ad. Congratulations! Thank you to all who joined and who sponsored. :)

Ingredients and est. price in peso for 5 to 8 servings

½ kilo potatoes

100 g quickmelt cheese (grated)

50 g mozzarella cheese (sliced into cubes)

3 pieces fresh eggs

100 g all-purpose flour

100 g bread crumbs

TOTAL: PhP154.72

Boil potatoes till soft. Peel the skin and mash before putting the cheese. Divide into equal portion and shape into balls. Dredge the potato balls on egg, all-purpose flour and bread crumbs. Use the tefal brick chicken fryer to fry until golden brown.

My classmates liked it, so I like to share it too:)

2 weeks ago, EJ was trying to make his niece’s thank you christening card but I noticed that he didn’t know where to start. As his good friend (ahemm:P), I volunteered. I know I haven’t done something like it before but I wanted to try. And I did it! I’m glad Reina’s mom and dad love my design. I heard from EJ that they like it so much that they want to put my design into a tarpaulin. I didn’t believe until they sent an mms earlier of Reina’s christening. :D I’m just so proud. :) Sometimes it takes someone to appreciate my work before I could appreciate it, myself. Or maybe I’m just naturally humble. :P

EJ's mom and dad with Reina's parents Kuya Mark and Ate Swina

I can't say no to cute Reina :D Wish to see her grow up

Anyway, Happy fiesta to my little town San Miguel! I missed the crispy lechon :(

A month's worth of rain came down in 6 hours in Manila. This disastrous event killed a lot of people, many have lost their homes, and nothing to eat. For those abroad who would like to
help in some way, it's easy to contribute for relief by donating online
through Ayala Foundation. Go to http://www.af-usa.org/donate_now_form.asp and select Philippine National Red Cross from drop down.

For people in the Philippines who would like to help, go to 'Tropical Storm Ondoy: How you can help'

Let's help flood victims. Please forward this to your friends too.
Thank you.

I’m quiet sure that any one of you who’s reading this entry have searched your name in google or any other search engines. It could also be your husband, your wife, your ex, or any one that you're curious to know about.

At namesdir.com, you can find this names directory which was purely created for entertainment and curiosity. You could even add your name or a new name using their ‘add name form’. I just added my full name there so you would find me under Catherine if you’re going to search using my first name. You would find me too using my last name under Salazar. You would also see the most popular names in their directory.

As I’ve said, this site was made for entertainment and curiosity only. So you wouldn’t find any person’s email address, phone numbers, occupation or anything there. But it would sometimes help you find your old friends, family, schoolmates, and classmates. If you have any questions, you can check their FAQ section or send them a message using their contact form. Enjoy searching. :)

If you’re one of those people who have already tried the benefits of iLASIK procedure or who’s life is still affected by blurry vision (and you might just win the cash price and get an iLASIK procedure), you can surely join this contest!

But first, what is iLASIK? Lasik is short for laser assisted in situ keratomileusis. It is the most commonly performed laser vision correction procedure for patients suffering from nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia) and astigmatism. The iLASIK procedure is revolutionized by the use of two computer-guided lasers instead of one as in earlier generations of LASIK.

This “You Gotta See This” iLASIK Video Contest is sponsored by AMO or Abbott Medical Optics Inc., a global leader in ophthalmic care. They want you to share your video so they would know how better vision could improve or has improved your life.

So here is what they invite you to participate in:

1. Make a video and submit it under one of these categories.

• “My contacts are getting in the way of my good time”
• “My favorite sport or activity would be so much cooler with better vision”
• “You should see life after the iLASIK® Procedure”

2. Tell your friends to vote for your entry. Voting will end on December 10th, 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Your votes are one of the factors that will help you win the prize.

Aside from the one grand prize of $5,000 (the approximate market value for the iLASIK Procedure) , three first and second prize winners will also be selected (one per video category)!

First Prize: HDTV package- a $2,500 value

Second Prize: The Flip UltraHD ™ camcorder- a $199.99 value

Visit their website and go to their page for more detailed rules. Have fun in making the video and good luck! :)

I have watched this movie few years ago and it became one of my favorite lifetime movies. It’s one of the movies I won’t ever get tired of watching over again and shared to any people I come across with.

Sean Penn is undoubtedly one of my favorite actors. His character in this movie is Sam Dawson whose intellectual capacity was of a 7 year old. This is also his daughter’s age, Lucy Dawson played by Dakota Fanning--when he was fighting for her custody. The story evolved between the love of his father to her daughter despite of his mental illness and how the two’s struggle teaches his ruthless lawyer Rita Harrison Williams played by Michelle Pfeiffer the value of love and family.

If this was a real life situation, I don’t think it would finish like how it ended, though. But then again, it’s just a movie. Going back to my needed reaction for this, I am so much moved by the lines thrown by each character. ‘All you need is love’-said Lucy. She almost resembled Ewan McGregor who said the same exact lines in Moulin Rouge, like she’s too old to know about love. So who would not get their heart smashed? Only if the judge heard those lines right there and then, the movie would have ended by then.

I also thought that Sam and Rita would build their own love tale but that’s another story and I know it would only make the movie unreal and more complicated. Not only that the movie taught their viewers about love, family and parenthood but also friendship. They featured 3 people with disabilities who played as friends of Sam and indisputably added a real touch to the movie. They strongly stayed behind Sam no matter what it takes and taught us the value of friendship.

I am Sam is truly a powerful movie that makes most people cry who ever get a chance to watch it. It brought me so much impact that I even want a sequel of the movie where Lucy is already a teenager. That makes me wonder.

Submitted to: Ms. Saturday in Tagalog (again) :)

I am so dead. It took me years to do this tag and I even forgot the person who tagged me! I'm so dead! But I researched so... it’s Pinknote. :P Hihi! And I would just like you to know guys that I appreciate all the tags and awards that you're sharing. I just got little time to write.

So here are just some of the facts. As if you care. :)

1. I won 1st in a poster and slogan inter school competition sponsored by Rotary Club and defeated 7 boys. :) Hey, it was tough! I don’t think they just let me win because I’m a girl. :P

2. I always feel that I was given the special treatment in grade school because of my last name and because the principal was also my grandmother. :D

3. Although I think I really talk a lot in this day and age, I was always awarded ‘most behaved’ in class. Believe it or not.

4. I was always our class secretary, club secretary, school secretary. I remember getting tired at any point so it became one of my reasons to run as school president in grade school and college. I failed to win so I ended up being the secretary. And that’s a lot of job than the president! Duh, that was my most-abused-position. :P

5. At this point, are you not noticing that I am intelligent and smart? ... I am, haha! I was always on the list of honors students. I was our Kinder class valedictorian and that got me a chance to see my dad for the first time. That’s when I also had my first speech in public! I was 6 and really not aware of what I was talking about, lol :D “Good afternoon directress, Mrs. Danganan, friends, teachers, parents, especially to my grandparents-who have helped me all the way…Blah, blah, blah.” I might post a photo of it. :P

Here's one shameful thing I want to share. When I was removed from our college dean’s list, I felt really terrible, went to a mall’s towel section and cried there. :D I really felt good afterwards. :P

Wait, I need to stop now before I reach 100000000000th fact. :D See, I behave too much. :)

Feel free to tag your selves. :D Or I'll probably do the tagging later when I'm not lazy.

This September is the 20th National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery month. This reminded me of my then boyfriend who was an ex drug addict. He was in rehab few months before we met. Then the relationship got out of hand and we broke up. I think the worst part of every relationship is trying to save it even if it’s not worth a try.

After all, I stayed because I wanted to help him. But he started blaming me about his change and forced me to watch him using methamphetamine with his friend. That’s when I knew he’s still not fully recovered. But I’m glad he’s okay now. Although kidding aside, I think the best persons he should have talked or dated with are those who have experienced the same to better help each other.

There are surely thousands of dating websites in the internet but it’s never easy to find your perfect match. But who would have known that at RecoveryDate, they would help clean and sober people in recovery from around the world find their pair. If you’re one of them, you could sign up for free, post photos, and make your own profile just like any other dating sites. You can find someone who’s interested in dating, online flirting and even just friendship. You can write something about you and about the ideal person you’re looking for.

RecoveryDate is not only a dating website that features people who recovered from alcohol and drug addiction disease but also those gamblers anonymous, eating disorders, alanon, narcotics, and a lot more. Their website is user-friendly so it wouldn’t be hard for anyone to navigate their systems.

I still want to help him. So I would probably direct him to RecoveryDate. Everyone would stop getting addicted to anything else but to love :D

Someone who joined my contest (I have to find again who she is:P) {update: she left a comment, now I know it's Dinah!} suggested that I might want to write 25 things to do before I reach 25 but I think that’s unobtainable so I tried to write down 25 things I want for my birthday instead. :) My cousins were asking me any way so here:

1. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
2. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (I’m not sure if I have this book or if I got it from my grandpa’s bookshelf. But I really forgot if I finished it so I want to read it again)
3. Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
4. The Last Song by Nicholas Parks (been donkey's years since the last time I read a romantic book, so I want this one. I enjoyed The Notebook so I might like this too)
5. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama or any book that’s worth my time. No lousy books please. :P
6. And with those I have mentioned above, I want to have an Amazon Kindle or Sony Reader (although I don’t think I could use their Wifi here but still!) ... I also want some of my blog entries published :) That would be so sweet!
7. I still want a Wacom Bamboo
8. A new mp3 since my brother took his when he was here :(
9. A new laptop (unsure about the specifics because of all the new gadgets that are coming out of the market)
10. A USB Drive
11. Sony Memory stick pro duo for my camera
12. Oh well, a new canon digital camera :(
13. Money and more money! :P

14. A new sketchbook & mediums I could use (I think I have forgotten how to doodle already, I miss traditional art) :(
15. A long hour massage and spa
16. Vintage style dresses and bags
17. Pair of skinny pants
18. Hat pants too!
19. Pair of shoes (Hint: I like people are people’s :P)
20. A very big pillow, comforter set and bath products :D
21. A month grocery or until the end of this year :D (plus my dog’s food)
22. I really really want a male Shih Tzu puppy, preferably black with complete papers and vaccine or any dog smaller than my dog Babols :P
23. I also want to travel and have my passport asap! Bwis*t!
24. Surprises!
25. Well, I have nothing more in mind now :P So let me end this with a more achievable wishes, lol. Healthy lifestyle, healthy lovelife, great opportunities, happiness and peace of mind for me and my loved ones. :)

Tita Jean, Stefan, John, Ej and yours truly. Few hours before they left.

My cousin Stefan asked me to make a a video of him on YouTube to show his talent(which he calls unique:P). He's just so cute and adorable that I bite his ears so he could play my pc games. :D Also, I realized that this artistahin and shameless personality really runs in our blood. :P Although we really had a hard time understanding each other for I speak only little of his known language, I know we somehow grasped ideas through the use of signs and broken english. I hope I didn't misunderstand him when he said "Ate Cat, Youtube me" :P

Lines...

Stefan: I live in spaghetti. (this made me laugh. only bacterias could live in there I think)

John: Chickenjoy! (his favorite Jollibee food. When they arrived here in Manila at 12 am more than a month ago, we looked for a 24 hour open J store until 3 am just to satisfy his cravings:S)

Tita Jean: Sabi pa nung bata, "ang taba taba nya"(she went to a store that morning and a kid said it to her, that she's fat. I love how my aunt just laugh about it:P)

EJ: Where, where, how hawa what grade are you in school? (Lol EJ, you're lost in traslation too haha!)

Me: Spraken Noh Gerrrman (Was that Russian or Nihonggo? Lol, I love how I sounded so stupid:P)

I'll be watching this video over and over. I miss you all. I always wanted to see my cousins grow. :( Hope to really see you next summer. :)

Only a few people know that I’m currently taking a caregiver course. I initially thought that it’s as easy as one, two, three but I was mistaken. What a shame. It’s as shame as I’m not really going to talk more about it. :P

It’s just funny to think that even doctors, nurses and other medical graduates here in the Philippines take that course. Up to this moment, I still don’t understand their point of studying that course if they had already spent years of eye bags out of studying. Not to mention their same white uniforms and piles of medical student books. Oh well.

I’m now in my human kinetics module and I’m sick. I know it’s not an excuse not to listen to my teacher’s discussion about these bones and muscle parts I have to memorize. Though, I’m glad I got only 1 mistake earlier during our quiz even if I wasn’t really paying attention in class because I’m sick. But it also is helpful if we students got health medical books on our own, right? Just like at topmedicalbooks.com, they have best medical books in there that they could offer at a fair price. You could check the medical books you’re looking for on their category column.

Well I guess a medical book will be on my bookshelf soon, huh? Hi teacher:D Thanks for the concern. She was damn so serious about sending me to the hospital earlier. But thanks for sending me home before the class ended too:)