About Me
“Life is what you make of it…”
Hi! And thanks for dropping by. In case you’re wondering —
AM……………………… called Jane by friends (family call me something else)
HAVE…………………. a hubby, 4 kids, 5 dogs, numerous wonderful friends
LOVE………………….. yoga/gym, blogging, dancing, reading, surfing the net
LISTEN TO………… smooth jazz, 70s/80s, classical music
HATE………………….. cooking
AFRAID OF………… flying (believe it or not)
READ…………………… biographies, nonfiction books, self-help, psychology, health books
TRAVELED TO….. most of SEA, Korea, large part of Europe, Canada, USA
LIVED HERE……… in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao
LIVED ABROAD… in the USA, Korea & Indonesia
FOR FUN …………… auditioned & got into an all-American cast in a grad school variety show
ALMOST……………. died (this explains my blog title)
SAW…………………… a UFO (yes, and I was not the only one who did at that time!)
WORKED…………… like hell for almost 20 years
RESIGNED………… to become a SAHM (Stay-At-Home-Mom)
NOW…………………..WAHM (Work-At-Home-Mom) it is!
WANT TO………….. do things that I have always dreamed of but never got around to doing.
My thoughts, memories, dreams, fears, passion, are all within the pages of this blog for my loved ones — and for you, my dear readers.
Life is precious and we only have ONE. Let us live it fully, led by Divine inspiration — to make an impact on others and be a catalyst for something better.
Here’s to LIFE!
Here's to Life! 
Apr 25, 2007 @ 23:37:54
Hi Jane,
wow ! you’re really a wonderful writer, keep soaring !
Lou
Nov 02, 2009 @ 22:51:47
I am trying to find out more about Carmello Cortez. My husband received a rose petal. Does he have a webpage? Please share what you know.
I loved reading your imformation page. We have 4 children and 4 dogs. : )
Apr 25, 2007 @ 23:47:42
My dear Lou! I am so, so happy you dropped by my blog. Now I know your email address, I can contact you directly. Let’s keep in touch! I kinda miss having you and Bella around to chat with….
Cyberspace brings us all so much closer than we can achieve physically, which is another reason I made this blog…to reach out to friends in different corners of the world…
Drop by my site often and let me know how things are over at your end too!
Apr 27, 2007 @ 23:34:05
Hi, Jane — Nice reading your blogs. It’s the techno version of that old book we kept at cag where anyone can write just about anything. Keep on blogging………….
Apr 28, 2007 @ 10:39:22
Wow, Vanj! Thanks for reminding me of that CAG scrapbook we used to have. Come to think of it….WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THAT ONE? I wish someone kept it and in one of our reunions, we can flip through the pages and laugh over our private jokes once again….hahahaha. Glad to have had you drop by my blog. Let’s keep in touch!
Jun 03, 2007 @ 11:30:13
Jane, thanks for dropping by my blog and letting me know of your presence. You’ll be seeing me here more often, too — I’m loving this site!
Cheers!
Jun 03, 2007 @ 14:37:21
**Jun** – ditto!
Jun 08, 2007 @ 00:56:15
i thought you might like to read this blog, http://randomguru.wordpress.com/
Jun 08, 2007 @ 08:06:52
**Jun** – ooh you’re so thoughtful. thanks for the site link. i went to it and already bookmarked it.
Jul 01, 2007 @ 05:16:27
Hey Mom. I’ve made an account here too. Hopefully a more mature blog than my personal livejournal one.
Jane: Hi there, my Dresden doll. Nice to see you’ve found a home in WP too. Happy blogging!
Aug 08, 2007 @ 05:27:07
Hey
I was surfing the web and i saw this site, pretty cool.
Currently im running and adult site:Wellness
k, just want to say hi 🙂
Can i link you from my site? im looking for quality content like yours. If no let me know if i can add u in exchange for a montly fee or something.
Aug 10, 2007 @ 16:01:19
Hi Jane!
Wow what a great blog site this is now. I love visiting and reading you blogs it keeps me inspired to update mine which I haven’t done for a long time (shame on me). I hope you can teach me how to add widgets heck to maximize my blog site 🙂
Thanks Jane hope to hear from you soon 🙂
– alou
Jane: Hi Alou! Miss you na! Ohhh, thank you so much for your kind words. I am inspired all the more to keep blogging. And of course, I can teach you about these widgets thingies. Email me what you want to do (though I can’t promise I always know the answers, hehe). 🙂
Sep 29, 2007 @ 16:47:46
To Ms Jane: Cheers to your 2nd life!
To Others: Life is short, dont make it shorter!
Jane: Thank you and thanks for dropping by! 🙂
Dec 03, 2007 @ 17:03:38
i heart to hear your UFO post :)Lol
btw why do you hate flying ?
Jane: It is a phobia I got from scary, traumatic experiences during flights when I was younger. But that’s another story…
Feb 28, 2008 @ 09:51:27
Hi Jane,
I like your site, it’s very interesting. You are an amzing writer. I envy you for that…hehehe
Enjoy life.
Jane: Thank you so much, Frank, from the bottom of my heart. Your words spur me to continue blogging and putting into words everything about life that I can share with the world. Have a wonderful life yourself! 🙂
Mar 05, 2008 @ 02:09:50
🙂
Mar 28, 2008 @ 08:57:08
Jane! Hugs! Mwah!
So great to find your blog! Now I have to read it all!
Happy Easter!
Love,
Kathleen
Jane: Kathleen! How wonderful to have you drop by. Please keep in touch. I miss you much already!
Jun 23, 2008 @ 12:05:16
just dropping by…
Jane: So nice of you to drop by! 🙂
Jun 25, 2008 @ 16:32:19
Hi Based on your writings I know you’re a good person…thanks for sharing your experiences. Godbless…
Jane: Oh that is so sweet. Thank you so much, Maggie! 🙂
Jul 10, 2008 @ 18:10:52
Hello Ms. Jane 🙂
Can I have your personal email address? I have something to send to you sana 🙂
Jul 18, 2008 @ 05:42:52
Jane!
I added your blog to the one’s listed on my site. I do love your blog. It makes me miss Manila. We’ll be there sooner rather than later. Just went to the Wharton reunion. Will send you the photos tomorrow. Are you on Facebook? They are posted there. Look for me as Kathleen Burkhalter. Love, Kathleen
Jane: My dearest Kathleen, I miss you much. Please look me up when you come to Manila (and I hope that is very soon!). Let’s catch up on the years we were apart!
Aug 22, 2008 @ 07:17:19
Nice meeting you @ the Belo Bloggers, Ms. Jane.
Jane: Likewise, Nice! 🙂
Oct 19, 2008 @ 12:20:45
I love your blog.. so full of wit and sincerity =) Will surely come back to read more and add you to my blogroll.
Keep on Sharing and God Bless!
yolynne
Jane: Yolynn, thank you so much for the encouragement and for dropping by. God bless you too!
Nov 18, 2008 @ 05:19:12
Hi jane,
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Dec 02, 2008 @ 16:14:33
Hi….i love your blog, truly inspiring. I am new with blogging, still alot to learn. Am wondering if you can help me with widgets and everything. Thx alot
Mar 21, 2009 @ 19:16:19
Hi Jane,
Your blogs are so inspiring. Please continue you good work.
Blessings
@Seth: Thank you. I am so blessed by your words of encouragement 🙂
Mar 22, 2009 @ 23:17:06
Wishing you all the best things in life. Cheers Ms. Jane!
@KC: Wishing you the best too. Hope we meet again.
Apr 10, 2009 @ 13:41:56
Jane,
It was lovely to meet you earlier this week at the EB with Keng. Learned quite a bit (plurk?) and was encouraged to finally start yoga.
I am so glad to have had the chance to attend that EB and meet all the other wonderful mom bloggers out there. I hope to make more time for these in the future.
See you again!
P.S. My uncle Tito A. (from SGV) remembers you. Even mentioned that you attended Wharton in Philly. 🙂
Jun 03, 2009 @ 20:45:52
hello po! I just stumbled into your blog and it’s been a habit to visit since then:) I’m still new at blogging and being a wife as well:) Your blog is so inspiring and very informative,too! Looking forward to reading more of your posts:)
take care!
@phoebe – Hello! I’m glad you stumbled on my blog. Thank you for the kind words, you’re so sweet. I hope to continue putting out posts that help and make my readers feel good. Continue blogging. There is a growing community of wife/mommy bloggers around. 🙂
Jun 27, 2009 @ 00:34:19
hi, jane! i came across your site. it’s my first time to browse through someone’s blog 🙂 you share interesting info to your friends online. like the others, i’ll surely visit your blog/site often. are you a teacher? 🙂
cheers & sweet dreams,
poklay
@Christine-Welcome to my blog! I am happy you find it interesting. No, I’m not a teacher. Do I write like one? 🙂
Nov 07, 2009 @ 16:42:16
hello there.. I accidentally bumped into your blog while i was browsing the net.. Its be 3 days since i 1st dropped by.. and now i visit your site everytime im online.
I love your blog.. Truly inspiring. I’ve just met one of what I may call mentors in the blogging industry. And I bet you got lots of fans checking out your site to be updated with your latest articles i believe.
I will be coming back and will definitely read more of your posts.
Thank you for the inspiring stories.
@Stephanie – Warmest greetings and thank you so much for coming to visit! Your words of encouragement truly encourage me to continue blogging. Please continue blogging your thoughts and experiences. It is blogs that bring the world closer to each other and show how truly human we are. Live, love and laugh…
Dec 27, 2009 @ 16:46:14
Hi Jane,
it’s my first time to browse your blog and i find it so inspiring..keep up the good work.
🙂
cheers!!!
@ikeng – Hi there. Thank you for visiting and I am glad you like it. Your words are very inspiring and I hope to keep blogging to share my thoughts with you all. Happy holidays!
Feb 10, 2010 @ 16:35:50
you have a craft in writing.. keep it up.. saw your blog when i searched for benjamin button quotable quotes.. my friend told me I am like him, and I got curious..
cheers to you..
@Mark – Awww, thank you *blush*. This will push me to try to write even better. Oh, in what way do you think did he mean you are like Benjamin Button? 🙂
Mark
Feb 25, 2010 @ 11:26:30
cheers to herestolife 😀 Proud and Sexy Momma, Yogajane 😀
@Shina – Hi Shina. It was such a pleasure to meet you. Hope we see each other again soon.
Mar 01, 2010 @ 22:32:46
hello jane,
met you at cafe romulo last week with british council..
do you have a facebook? hehehe its kinda easy for me to update on FB 🙂 if you want you can add me, my email add is dire_hose@yahoo.com
one of our member just made a new blogspot its http://www.meanddirehusi.blogspot.com
and our old bolgspot is http://www.direhusi.blogspot.com 🙂
till again,
blessings; rhyan
Mar 12, 2010 @ 03:58:15
hi jane. it was great to have met a pinay whartonian na besides chram, matalino, matinik, magaling at maganda pa!! apat na m!! 🙂
thanks for coming yesterday.. i was trying to look for you infacebook.. my biggest addiction.. wala ka pala.. anyway i shall try to follow your blogs thru this site..
if you wanna giive me some other tips on blogs- kasi am very new to this blogging thing- please let me know..
thanks, ingat and god bless
bong daza
@bong – Thank you for the kind words and for stopping by my blog. It was nice meeting you. Keep on blogging. Some things are not taught. Your passion for blogging will take care of it.
Mar 22, 2010 @ 18:07:15
Hi Jane,
I’m a 21 yr old girl from Singapore who happened to come across your blog and by chance is starting off her career as an an accountant too. I must say that your entries are very inspiring. It motivates me to continue to learn and grow whenever i see a woman figure who is both successful in her career and at home. 🙂 Keep in Touch!
@Netti – Hello! I wish you all the best in your career as well as on your whole life ahead. Make the most of it!
Apr 21, 2010 @ 12:58:35
Hi Jane,
This is a voice from the past! I was a former SGVian, left for US to go to graduate school and has been living in Northern California. I finally caught up with you, all because of yoga. Constant back pain forces me to practice yoga. It has alleviated my pain and I am now a true believer of the physical aspect of it.
Keep in touch. Do you have a personal email account?
Warm Regards,
Teresa
@Teresa – Oh wow. This is amazing. I will email you privately. Please give me your full name to jog my memory banks. I’d love to hear how yoga has eased your pain. It’s a story fit to share on my yoga blog :The Yogini from Manila (http://yoginimla.wordpress.com)
Oct 21, 2010 @ 17:47:19
Hi Jane! Finally I was able to visit your blog. I also have site at wordpress although I don’t update it that often. It covers sports that I love doing.
Nice to read some of the comment too, like that one about the CAG logbook!
Apr 20, 2011 @ 14:13:38
Hi Jane,
We had used portions of the 60th Anniversary vid we saw on YouTube for an enrichment we gave for WWME couples and had wondered whom to ask permission from (hope we don’t land in prison for copyright infringement) and thank for for it. It was just appropriately warm for our talk; the production and the people in it. Anyway, we’re confessing to you hoping for a lighter sentence. This is some site you have, good writing, interesting variety, highly culture while plainly simple, and much more..
Please relay our apologies to C2 and cousin for using without permission their video and also thank them for us. Our couples really loved it. Guess we’ll be regulars here from now on. Keep it up
NonoyDel
@NonoyDel – Thank you for visiting my blog. I am just happy that the amateur video of my girl and her cousin somehow inspired other married couples. That was just a compilation of family videos. Your words inspire me to be an even better blogger. I do try to keep all my blogs positive, family-appropriate and values-centered. God bless you.