Let me share The Secret

I woke up this morning with a big smile on my face. I kissed and hugged my husband and closed my eyes for a couple of minutes to thank God for a wonderful day. I went out to run and as I looked on sky its not just only blue but its beautiful. My surrounding seemed to come into life its perfect and the way I wanted it to be and all I could uttered the whole time while jogging was, “Thank you GOD its beautiful!”

Yes, this morning is the start of a new life that will be filled with my heart desires. I am overflowing with excitement what this day will bring me. I have so much faith that God will blessed my thoughts and create a way to make these thoughts into reality. I have so much positive vibes all over me because of this one hour documentary video entitled, “The Secret” which by the way shared to me by my Ate Lyn.

I am a positive person but this video made an impact to me and I wanted to share it with all of you. All I need is an hour of your time and your desire to change your life to its best form.   

Finally now I can say, "I can Cook!"

I don't know how to cook! 

I grew up in a family of great cooks who read recipe books as if it was an encyclopedia and who watched a cooking show as if it was a Pacquiao-Marquez fight! Cooking different dishes and baking seemed so easy. But instead of having great interest to be one of them I grew up just watching them and waiting for the food to be served. 

Well, I thought things will stay the same but in a blink of an eye my glorious role as the food taster ended and I am now the cook. Yes and no other choice. But because I want to impress my husband Juriz who has a taste for good food I wandered through the net for recipes, called up my Lola Ely in California just to ask if I can use the green lime instead of the lemon that she always use for "Bistek", or even sent message to Tatay Iyo in Manila asking for his Binagoongan recipe. Lucky me I have life lines! 

Having confidence in cooking takes awhile but I guess I got it from my Tatay Jessie and my husband who always say, "Hmmm, ang sarap!" after their first taste. I have no idea if they really mean it, I hope they do! hahaha! But for beginners like me it helps a lot! Appreciation from the husband is always a big token of happiness for the wife and I'm glad my husband remembers that all the time. 

Learning how to cook might be a challenge but practice makes it close to perfection. And wives remember, husbands stay happy when they are not hungry! hahaha! 

Here are some of the dishes that made me say, I can cook!

Baked Tahong

Banana Fritters

Chicken Salad Cups

Lumpiang Gulay

Lasagna

Ginisang Kalabasa sa Miki

Mexican Rice

Mushroom Turnover

Adobo with Red rice

Tuna ala Pobre

Pork in Black Bean Sauce

Sinigang na Ulo ng Salmon

Sinigang is my husband's favorite dish I love to see his face while sipping this hot and sour soup so even if I'm not one of the best cook this recipe gives me a relief for being one of the easiest dish to make. You will just need 30-minutes, magic!

Fillet the Salmon head

You will need tomato, onion, spinach, leeks, radish, and pepper and the Sampaloc mix

Directions

Waiting for the water to boil add in the tomato. Let it simmer for 3 minutes then add in the onion. Add the raddish wait until cooked then add in the salmon head fillet. Add in the Sinigang sa Sampaloc mix then let it simmer for another 5 minutes then add in the pepper, leeks, and spinach. Turn off the heat cover the pan for 7 minutes then serve. 

Cherish Your Chosen One

Years ago we were having problems in our relationship and I sent this book to Juriz .
This book helped us to realize to have faith in our love. 

Getting married is the greatest mistake anyone can ever make.

Being wed is the height of insanity, the most ludicrous commitment, the most totally illogical decision any human being can fall into.

Tell me. Why should I commit myself to be with one woman for the rest of my life - and thereby reject 3.2 billion other females in the world? Along the way, I'll meet a girl who'll be more beautiful, or more intelligent, or more charming, or sexier, or holier... So why nail myself down to one choice, permanently - and suffer the agony of simply watching beauties pass me by?

And in western countries, one out of two marriages end up in divorce. That blows my mind. That's a pathetic 50% failure rate! I would never buy a car, a stereo, a shaver, or even nail clipper if there was a 50% chance that it would conk out on me. I simply wouldn't!

And why stay with one person "in sickness or in health, in riches or in poverty, till death do us part"? Is my mind fried? If my shirt shrinks on me because I eat too many pizzas, don't I just throw it away and buy an XL? (That will be the day.) And if I outgrow my ancient computer, don't I just look for an updated version?

And then there's the catastrophe some call kids. I mean, do I really want to wake up in the middle of the night to entertain a self-centered, bald, toothless tyrant in diapers? Do I really want little rampaging monsters to break the most expensive furniture in my house? Do I really want juvenile creatures to stay on the phone for six hours straight, listen to noise they call music that you believe came directly from hell, and mope around uncommunicative, catatonic, and depressed because another demented juvenile creature (a.k.a. boyfriend) hasn't called in the past thirty minutes?

Why should I go through the torture? Marriage is insanity.

But a few years ago, on my 32nd birthday, I gave myself a special birthday gift: I got married to a lovely woman-and committed myself to insane living.

Marrowe is her name, the one person I chose-out of 3.2 billion females. Yes, we now have a tiny tyrant that wakes us up at night, and in the near future, we will most likely have little monsters that will destroy our house during playtime, and creatures from outer space that we will call teenagers.

Why?

For three reasons.

FAITH. We believe that God calls us into marriage. And if He called us there, that means He'll be there to meet us. We will suffer all things - just let us be with our God.

HOPE. We confidently expect the best blessings-immeasurably much more than all the hardship. God will bless us beyond our wildest dreams.

LOVE. Oh yes, there will be other females who'll be more beautiful, or more intelligent, or more this and more that... But they'll only be just that-females-like flowers in the field of a million hectares of flower fields.

But not this woman-my Marowe-the one beautiful flower I have personally chosen, personally picked from her roots, personally planted in my own clay pot, personally watered every day, personally watched every day, and personally loved every day. Because of my love for her, there will be no one like her. 

In my heart, she will eternally be the most beautiful flower of them all.

Because in the end, there will only be faith, hope, and love.

And the greatest of these is love.

Written by 

Bo Sanchez from the book, You have the Power to Create LOVE

Juriz and I were inspired by this book especially this story. And I love to share this with all of you. Of course in this lifetime there will always be persons who will be far better than our husbands and our wives but always remember that God blessed us with someone who is perfectly made for us. Let us cherish our spouses and keep our faith in our marriage and keep the love burning. 

- Joyce Susvilla-Macorol 

Love Notes

“Thank God it’s Friday.”

Then suddenly I remembered how my Fridays used to be during my college days. My day wouldn’t be complete without hearing his voice on the radio. Who? Well, it was the legendary love doctor, Joe D’ Mango of Love Notes which aired twice a day one in the morning at 10 and at the evening at 7 at Magic 89.9.

I guess part of my lovelife was his letters being read on air. I contributed tears and emotions while listening to him at my parents bedroom with the lights turned off to add more sentimental moments. Embarrassing maybe but I guess it was part of my teanage romance and drama. Yes, I picked up lines from his letters and wrote it to my ex-boyfriend who’s now my husband hoping through his famous lines our relationship could surpassed our young love trials.

Missing Joe D’ Mango’s voice over the radio, I searched through the web and let me share with all of you what I found in You Tube. Reminisce with me, the pain of letting go, moving on, endless search for Mr. Right and the stories that spell out L-O-V-E.