As someone working to develop patience, here's my holiday wish to all of you in a form of a text message.

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The last post in this blog declared an end to a quarter full of challenges to our family and posed a question as the new quarter began- "Will it be a quarter for writing and blogging?"

As I reviewed the past three months, I still can answer the above question in the affirmative mostly because of Mama Sez's writing and blogging that contributed majority of our combined efforts.  Here's a rundown of her output in the past 110 days or so, starting with the latest:

Hubs for the Holiday Season
Gifts that Tickle Your Senses
Buy Christmas Decorations Online
Gift Ideas for Men: Buy Mens Leather Belts Online
Buy Halloween Costumes for Toddlers, Kids, Teenagers and Adults Online

Hubs in response to requests for information on infant care
Dos and Don’ts in Introducing Solid Food to your Baby
How to Successfully Switch Infant Formula Milk



A Hub in response to the alarming increase in Dengue Fever cases
Practical and Effective Ways to Treat Thrombocytopenia and to Prevent Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever

A tribute to her sister's 21st Birthday
Free Apprenticeship to Motherhood

As for me, I only published two articles in Hubpages: Top 5 Reasons Why Eating Insects is Better for Us and Globe WiMAX, Smart Bro, PLDT myDSL: Broadband Service Comparison. The latter received fairly good traffic as many people are looking for reliable internet service providers in the Philippines.

In Parenting Journey, of the 11 postings, eight were written by Mama Sez:

About the candidacy of my father-in-law for Barangay Chairmanship
Campaign Jingle with Lyrics
Barangay and SK Elections 2010

About the joys and challenges of caring for four kids
Moments
Every Child is a Blessing
LEVEL UP in Parentingville

About how proud she is with her kids' achievements
It's a Gold Medal for Leon!
Fashion- Don't You Wanna See Those Clothes on Me

About spreading information on a practical remedy for Dengue
Sharing Information about Dengue Herbal Medication

As for me, the three blogs were about my disappointment with PLDT's customer service or lack thereof, a tribute to the late Dr. Eliseo P. Cadapan, and fun dance exercise videos that Mama Sez and I occasionally use to fulfill the minimum requirements for health benefits.

In Island Travel, there were only five postings:

About living again in a typhoon-prone area
Typhoon Basyang Reminded Us about the Downside of Living in Laguna
Road Trips during the Typhoon Season in the Philippines

About a long-postponed trip to the far north
We're off to Central and Northern Luzon
Insect Adobo and Exotic Foods in Northern and Central Luzon

About the Banamos Festival
It's Banamos Festival here in Los Banos

Posted in our other blogsites are:
DAILY HAPPINESS TIP - Look Beyond the Dark Clouds
DAILY HAPPINESS TIP - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
DAILY HAPPINESS TIP - Put a Smile on a Sad Face
Happy Quote of the Day
Happy Image of the Day

I hope the writing and blogging continues this last quarter of the year. Our ten-year-old daughter seems to be interested in writing some articles and book reviews this semestral break.

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I can't believe that the second quarter of 2010 is gone. The first quarter ended in a frenzy as the family embarked on our island travel adventure with an early good start.  However, plans got off-tracked when we encountered a bump in the road, literally and figuratively speaking, on the first day of the second quarter.

Not a good start and as Mama Sez pointed out, we better listen and open our eyes as there's an important message in this incident that we cannot afford to ignore.

The month of April went by with us dealing with the consequences of the accident as well as trying to keep the kids and ourselves occupied with summer activities that did not involve long travel.  Indeed the kids got to spend more time with the relatives in Laguna and got to do summer stuff as well.  Blogging activities slowed down to almost a complete halt but we managed to published these:

UPLB Museum of Natural History and IRRI Rice World

Papa’s 73rd Birthday Celebration, a belated post on an event that happened before we left Davao City.

DAILY HAPPINESS TIP #68- Keep Your Word, which reflects my exasperation in our dealings with parties involved in the accident.

Happy Quotes Happy Images and Daily Laughs continued to post as scheduled. But it was zero posting in Parenting Journey and Hubpages.com.  Our circumstances really did not allow us to sit down and do any writing.

The month of May found us walking our talks about keeping one's word as we went on with the awarding of prizes to the winners of our promos/contests despite the interruption of our travel plans.  In the final days into the 2010 National Elections, I decided to go public with my preferences for certain candidates for the national posts primarily on the issue of trust, and exhorting readers to go out and exercise their right and duty to vote.

The decision to stay in Los Banos, Laguna was also finalized in May brought about by developments that opened up as we interacted more with relatives and friends in the area.  So blog posts In Island Travel became more about what's happening in Los Banos as the month of June arrived:

The First Rain

Top Five Signs that the Rainy Season is Here in Los Banos, Laguna

An Extended Vacation

These were later followed by features on the Romualdez Museum as we start to write about our summer travel, and a post about southern bias of certain travelers.

The month of June, of course, saw articles/blogs about school (School has Began, School Bag Designs and Style Trends, Is a Trolley Bag Really Necessary for School? and Fear of Failure), Father's Day (Fatherhood is a Blessing), and change as President Noynoy Aquino takes the country's top leadership position (Inertia and Change in a New Philippines and Taking Small Steps towards Change).

The second quarter was challenging not only because of the disruption to our original plan and the stretch it demanded of our impatient selves, but more so because of the decisions that had to be made and immediately implemented.  Change always brings discomfort as new situations had to be dealt with, particularly the unexpected ones.  But we look at the second quarter as a necessary phase, a transition to better quarters that we can look forward to down the road.
 
Today, a new quarter begins.  Will it be a quarter for writing and blogging?  We'll soon find out.

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In less than five days, our whole family will be off to a 60-day Island Travel Adventure--a road trip to see the whole Philippines!

Therefore, to put things in order, I would just like to point out that most of our blogging and updates during this 60-day period will be posted in our travel blog-- Island Travel. However, you can see/follow our latest tweets in the box labeled "Island Travel Tweets" at the sidebar, together with the Island Travel contest banner that you can click on to bring you to our travel blog.

As much as we'd like to regularly update you here at Fatherhood Adventures, we have to be more realistic in our commitments. So please bear with us. And instead, let's just enjoy the Island Travel Adventure together. Some of these limited blogging time/efforts during this summer break will also go to our other blogs, namely: Parenting Journey, Daily Happiness Tips, Daily Laughs and Happy Quotes Happy Images. Mama Sez and Papa Sez on Hubpages would also slow down a bit.

Here's to FUN in the SUN this summer...CHEERS!






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