PAPAYA is the new Macarena

Have you heard of the latest dance craze in the Philippines?

Move over Macarena a new dance craze called the "Papaya" dance has taken over the Philippines. It began as a gimmick on a television game show but is now performed by almost anyone, anywhere.

more from Reuters here: http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=76780"] Let's all sway our hips to the beat of PAPAYA

FREE HUGS

We have a young man in church who is 14 and very withdrawn. He spends 90% of his free time in his room, he does not make eye contact with anyone unless you ask him to.

Today as he walked into church I grabbed him for a hug.

When he half hugged me I said to him"Give me a real hug".

He put both arms around me and rested his head on my shoulder and then I heard the sweetest thing... he sighed 'Mmmmm".

When he let go of me he said "Thank you".

I love this video . Here is the site of 'The Free Hug Campaign'
See 'Free Hug Videos' from around the world
Have to add a hugging picture .... sweet sisters Aimichan and baby clarenz

FuN iN tHe sUmMerTimE (Augost, 2007)

See the smile a-waiting in the kitchen Food cooking and the plates for two Feel the arms that reach out to hold me In the evening when the day is through Summer breeze makes me feel fine Blowing through the jasmine in my mind

Don't we all have fond memories of summer vacations spent playing in the backyard or in the street, without having to worry about rain or homework, and only going back inside the house when our mother or yaya calls out that dinner is ready? Summer is truly the happiest time for kids. School's out, the sun is shining and the possibilities for fun and magic are endless! This month we'll write about our special moments with our kids during the summer of 2007.

It wasn't the typical summer activities, no beach nor white sand. Although it was originally part of the plan, I didn't get to bring Clarenz to any beaches and let her play under the sun and get messy with the sand but her summer adventures were sure fun!

Augost was supposed to be the time for us to enjoy the beach, we were booked at Gifu-Ken Shirakawa but then hubby had to cancel it for another trip. He surprised me with a Nagashima Spaland trip in Mie-Ken and even if I was so excited to explore Shirakawa and enjoy the water again (I haven't been to a beach since I gave birth), I erased the idea of sun bathing and replaced it with trip to parks and my favorite-shopping!

A lot of first time's for Clarenz here- first time to ride the Train(not plane hehehe) going to Mie-Ken Province, first time to go out of the City(not country lol), first time to go to amusment park, first time to ride the big marry go round, first time to ride a Ballons , first time to visit different malls and restaurants on a daily basis (hehe) and first time to eat ice cream for four days straight. Isn't that a great treat for an ice cream lover like her.

After summer vacation HA HA HA !!! (sorry i sleepy already next time i tell u guyz what happend in Nagashima Spaland) bitin po ba sowiiii!

Me and my hubby back to work and kids back to summer school day.Clarenz on her first day, she was very hesitant to join the activities and follow her Teacher, all she wanted was to play on her own and explore the place. She showed a lot of improvements, meaning, she's cooperating and enjoying her class although there were still some running and playing along with it. One thing I observed about her is that I think she's going to be a patient child coz whenever they are asked to perform an activity, some of it they had to take turns and when it wasn't her turn yet, my little girl would patiently wait & talks to herself saying "wait ti teyn okay?" (wait for your turn okay?). She also knows how to share toys even if other kids would grab it from her hand she'd let it go of it in an instant. That's my girl and that's how we spent our summer!

PrOuD tO bE PiLiPiNo!!!

i salute everyone here especially the prisoners for being "OBEDIENT"! im so proud of you guys, galing nyo, me and my family watched it, we really did enjoy your performance astig kayo, keep it up, congrats dun sa nag organize galing nyo, i know its not that easy lalo na ang dami nila. Pati narin sa nakaisip ng idea to do this, congrats ang galing mo, proud to be pinoy,sana gayahin din ng iba, gawin din sana sa ibang lugar toh para naman maenjoy den yung mga preso.
Iba ang pinoy

share ko lang po ito sa mga hindi pa nakakakita
And also Thanks to byronfgarcia for sharing sa You Tube!!!
PRISON BREAK



1,500 plus CPDRC inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, Cebu, Philippines at practice! This is not the final routine, and definitely not a punishment! just a teaser.

A Beautiful Dance

Good morning/ day/ afternoon/ evening All!! Hope everyone is well and happy. I just had to share this awesome video with you along with the explanation as I received it;
There is an awesome dance, called the Thousand-Hand Guanyin, that is making the rounds across the net.
Considering the tight coordination required, their accomplishment is nothing short of amazing, even if they were not all deaf.
Yes, you read correctly.
All 21 of the dancers are complete deaf-mutes.
Relying only on signals from trainers at the four corners of the stage, these extraordinary dancers deliver a visual spectacle that is at once intricate and stirring.
Its first major international debut was in Athens last year at the closing ceremonies for the 2004 Paralympics. But it had long been in the repertoire of the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe and had traveled to more than 40 countries.
Its lead dancer is 29 year old Tai Lihua, who has a BA from the Hubei Fine Arts Institute.
The video was recorded in Beijing during the Spring Festival celebrations this year.