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"Thank you Lord on this day for our many good blessings. Thank you Lord on this day for all our many good friendships." It's Thanksgiving in Canada once again. Last year's seems just like yesterday; I was in the Philippines around this time in 2013 and wasn't really able to get into the spirit of the celebration. Because I have to leave for Toronto again today and since we are not really the turkey type of family (we prefer " litson "/roast pig because we're Filipinos), we celebrated Thanksgiving this year a day earlier by having lunch at an Asian restaurant yesterday.  With or without turkey on the table, I think the true essence of the holiday is to be grateful for all your blessings. There are blessings that every day and night I thank the Lord for, but on occasions like this that it becomes very apparent that, each year, God gives us so many new blessings.  Today and everyday, here are things I'm really grateful for: 1. Family My ...

Photo from my IG Please forgive me for not updating my blog for months. In the past few months, I have been working hard to realize some of my goals for this year that I had to put blogging aside for a short while. Speaking of GOALS, this blog post is all about it... One thing you might not know about me is that I like making lists, and among all of the lists I make (grocery, shopping, to-do, etc.), listing down my goals is my favourite (well, I also really like making shopping lists) . There was even a time when I list down my goals on a monthly basis and when I achieve all of them before the end of the month, I'd reward myself with a new shoe or bag. I'm that obsessed with goals.  And I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Many weeks back, I was in the basement looking for some files when I found an old notebook in a drawer where I listed my long term goals just right after moving to Canada. (That was in year 2010 and I just graduated from universit...