A Dose of My Fave GESM Post

This may be VANITY, or whatever, for my favorite among GandaEverSoMuch.com's well loved blog posts is about ME. Yes. Mamma Mia, it's all about me!

GESM 1st blogversary is almost here and for the record, it's author, the great Orman O. Manansala has posted entries very much more than the number of days in a year! Indeed, a record breaking feat for a man of his stature.

I am a certified GESM aficionado! I have read 99.9% of his posts for a day without it is not complete for me. I'll surely get a passing grade if we are going to undergo an exam about the entries posted by our master blogger. :-)

In my previous post, I tagged our master blogger as somebody who is so beautiful inside and out. This is very true! Our Royal Gandaness is one person whom everyone wants to be with. He's got that brilliance seldom found in other people. He's got charm!

I had the excitement of a lifetime when I read and saw his post about me when I was hospitalized last year. I had an adrenaline rush then :-) . I felt so important. . . and most of all, I felt so LOVED! Phone calls, text messages and comments came rushing in and that's when I realized how popular our master blogger is. I loved him since then because despite his being so famous, he stays grounded!

On his 1st year in the blogsphere, I wish GESM all the best.
May he continue to spread his healing posts and entries!

Happy blogversary, Boss Orms!

A Friend so Beautiful Inside and Out

If there's one person, other than my hubby, I feel good when I'm with - it's none other than my friend, the author of the very popular blog www.gandaeversomuch.com, Mr. Orman Ortega Manansala.

With him, I feel very much comfortable. With his blog, I get to smile more often and how I secretly wished I was like him!

He's fun to be with. He's got that irresistible beauty and confidence. Indeed, a friend who is so beautiful inside and out.

He's my endorphin-trigger. That's why I have a stress free life now.

He's my cuddly teddy bear. A hug and a buzz from him usually make my day brighter even if we don't see each other that much.

This is Orman and I hope and pray he'll stay this way forever.

Happy blogoversary master blogger! Remember the first time we hung out together? we didn't flew that high ;-) But now, you're the most beautiful and charming flying blogger I have ever known! Proof? please try on this LINK!

Again, stay beautiful, my friend!
Continue inspiring us, your blogger friends. . .
soar high with your generosity and aura of fearless confidence!

Happy Blogoversary To Me

My blog is now one year old!

This blogoversary is giving me an overwhelming excitement. It's simply amazing reaching this far in the world of blogging. A world wherein I was able to upload and unload all my emotional baggages and it really felt good to be where I am now.

I am sharing with you, my dear readers, the deepest part of me. I am sharing with you a part of me which took me almost my entire life to keep inasmuch as I did not have the strength to open up a topic like this. This is like coming out of deep slumber after a very long hiatus.

I have not written or spoken anything about this part of me ever since. I have already tried it many times but for always, upsetting emotions always prevailed. So I just opted to keep mum about this even if I'm hurting.

I don't know how to say how I missed or loved these persons because I could not even picture how they looked like when they were still alive. Memories, especially of my mother, are so vague - this is because she left me, my sister and my brother when I was just barely five years old. I was just in elementary years too when my father was killed by ruthless robbers. The only consolation we had then is the thought that at least they're together in heaven watching over us.

With this new passion of mine in blogging - little by little ( or shall we say by taking small steps) I can now say straight from the heart these words:

I love you and I really, really miss you!
Mom and Dad

Blogoversary Special # 4: Missing My Lola Iyay

A grandmother's love is almost always beyond compare!

I am letting you, my dear friends, take a peek into Inkai's personal life and childhood memories with my two remaining blogoversary special posts. This one's about my dear Lola Iyay and other one's about the persons who brought me to your lives, my parents.

When my siblings and I were orphaned at a very early age, the one who took the place of our parents in rearing us was our grandmother. We are what we are today because of her. she nurtured us with her selfless love and care for more than twenty years. Much longer that the time we had with our own parents.

Living and growing up under our Lola's guidance proved to be one of the best thing that ever happened to me and my younger sister and brother. Life with her may not be the perfect one but it's the kind that thought us life's lessons on humility, perseverance, forgiveness and hope. I can compare the life we had with her to a sunny day that could soothe one's longing and fears.

When she passed away after a long battle with the big C, I felt sad and happy for her. She is such a big loss to us but all the lessons we learned from her kept us strong and steady as we fought our own battles sans her.

As I continue spreading my wings in the blogosphere and in everything I do, I know my Lola is somewhere up there with my parents, prouder as they watch over us.

Miss you. . .la. . .

Blogoversary Special # 3: Jinky con persone speciali

David Garcia, Sr. of Tayong Dalawa fame

Being in the world of blogging also means being in the company of special people sometimes.

ABS CBN's Inhouse Director Dino Veloso

Beauty Queen Romarie Ivy Cunanan and Davao web superstars

Rep. Teddy Casino

world renowned singer, Mr. David Pomeranz

A year of blogging also meant for me a year of being with special people from all walks of life.

1st Blogoversary Special # 2: Inkai's Cool Kids

As promised, I am writing again another post in consonance with my 1st year in the blogsphere. I am writing about one of my favorite topics - my kids! I can't count the number I featured them on this blog but to give you a clearer view on who, what and how they are as beloved children of your mom blogger, I am again saying my piece:

Rafee - the eldest, is a blogger herself. She is a responsible ate to her siblings and for always, makes her momma and poppa proud
Tina - is born right after I have Rafee. She is sweet and thoughtful although sometimes can be stubborn also :-) just like me, dude!
Patricia - named as such because pang-three-cya; She is the hitler among the six :-) because of her strictness to her three younger siblings.
Mind you, she can carry a tune and speaks good English. . .:-)
Guinevere - was born on the eve of the millenium. She's my kid who boasts
of always having fireworks during her birthdays :-) .
She's named after my favorite character in the movie First Knight.
Samantha - is my baby who cries easily just like Mom. Tell her sad tales and tears will surely fall from her eyes. A crying but very sweet baby.
Jasmine - the apple of everybody's eyes. Her naughtiness and naivety do not fail to bring smiles on our faces all the time.

They are my kids and I luv them all!

A Blogoversary Special: My Zip Whiz Wish

Your mom blogger's humble "Small Steps" blog is turning a year older exactly a week from now. In line with this milestone, allow me my dear readers to share with you, everyday for a week, special moments I treasure as a blogger. This will be forever woven in the tapestry of my mind and being.

I grew up under my lola's care and guidance and her constant reminder way back then was for me to always take small steps. . . take small steps. These three words guided me as I turned from an ugly duckling into a lovely and healthy goose :-)

Being a blogger made my life turn 180 degrees. Life's monotony was broken as I embarked on my journey as a blogger. I was able to meet many exciting and selfless people and I found an avenue wherein I can express myself freely. I felt like a butterfly finally out of my cocoon. Interesting things kept on pouring in. Even my dream of being a zip whiz for a few seconds was fulfilled all because of blogging. It never dawned on me before that I'll have the chance to savor the goodness of the Lord by being able to see from up, up there the beauty of the earth He created. Out of the experience came out a new Inkai with a more thankful heart and optimistic view towards life.

Come join me in my journey as I celebrate my first year in the blogosphere!
Journey with me as I continue taking small steps towards greater heights!

By the way, friends, you need not buy any material gift for me (LOLs) . . . . all I need is your love and comments if my blog is worth your while. So what are you waiting for? Comment na. . . now na :-)