Cousins and A Graduation

So what have I been busy with?

My sister, BIL and niece had to come home last February to pay their last respects to my BIL's mother who passed away. Despite the sad circumstances of their homecoming, we were still able to enjoy our brief moment together. Expectedly, it left me and my household in a flurry of activities. Combine this with my kids'school activities, I'm quite amazed I survived it all! Something's got to give though and thís included my yoga and (sniff!!) scrapping.

It would have been great for the 2 older boys to have come home too but only my niece was able to tag along. Jennifer is 12 years old, loves shopping, girly stuff and whoa!!! Marian Rivera!!! She couldn't get her fill of seeing MR's face in most of the billboards around the Metro. She was dying to watch her live. Sadly, there was no opportunity for that so we just gave her a magazine with Dingdong Avanzado to bring home. he-he... Was she so kilig!!!

I dedicate this layout to Jennifer.



If you haven't been to Lasting Impression in a long time like I have you'll be in for a mouthwatering surprise! The latest collections from Websters'Pages are here! There's Lullaby Lane, Garden Gala, Seaside Retreat and Life's Portrait. I do adore Websters' Pages! I'm just itching to scrap my stash.

Here's a page I did to document my DD's graduation last March. She's done with grade school and is about to enter the exciting life of high school. We're really proud of her. I used Websters Pages' Nature's Storybook line here.

Please check out Lasting Impression's gallery for the materials used in the about layouts. October Afternoon and Websters' Pages are available at the store. Happy summer to all of us!!!

I Was Hacked!!!!

It's been quite a while since I visited my blog. I couldn't bring myself to start blogging again. Even my scrapbooking is experiencing it's own El Nino dry spell.

Early this year, both my Yahoo! and Facebook accounts were hacked by someone who had nothing better to do. I lost all my contacts and couldn't access my accounts. The hacker wrote a letter to all my contacts claiming that I was "trapped" in London with no money, no credit card and unpaid hotel bills. This bogus "me" then asked help from readers by sending $1,000!!! Imagine that!

Even worse was this hacker claimed my FB account, went online and even chatted with my friends. The hacker chanced upon my daughter then started chatting with her. She got so scared that she immediately signed off. The gall!! I immediately contacted Yahoo! and FB but unfortunately, they couldn't (or I would say WOULDN'T) do anything about it. Up to NOW!

I had to temporarily keep this blog private because my Yahoo! ID included an icon that directs them straight here. I was thinking that if they couldn't access this blog then they would think twice as to the legitimacy of that email asking for money.

Well, life goes on and I've opened a new Yahoo! and account. I've also opened a gmail account as a back-up email. I am still overwhelmed by the task of having to reconstruct the addresses of my previous contacts. Oh well, I guess one thing at a time. Oh. btw, maybe you can think of changing your password to an alpha-numeric one right after reading this. And try to have different passwords for the sites that you visit. You never know when you'll get hacked....

p.s. Thank you again to ALL you people who cared enough and informed me thru text and phone that my account was hacked. I must have received 1,001 calls that fateful night. The first one who called me was April Lim. Thank you!!!