WHY DO WE CLINK GLASSES OR TOAST?

Here are some of the theories I read...

•Hundreds of years ago in Greece when it was common to poison your enemy, a toast was seen as a gesture of good faith. The host would pour the wine into a decanter and then drink from it to prove it was safe. Once the host had proved that the wine was safe, then everyone felt comfortable enough to drink it as well. The clinking of glasses during this time could have been a sneeky way for wine to be passed back and forth between glasses to prove it was safe.


•There were many cultures that believed that clinking glasses would drive away evil spirits. It was these evil spirits were many times the ones blamed for drunkenness.


•It was considered a welcome sound for weddings and birthdays.


•The Italian toast "cin cin" sounds like the sound of glasses touching.

Up until the 16 th century, toasts were usually only made to "good health". Today it is to salute a special day, marriage, promotion at work and many other special occasions.

Maturity and Her Sense of Humor

Here are some of the instances when my daughter practiced her sense of humor:

1. She was not allowed yet to go with her friends to do the carolling, so yesterday she went outside of our door, closed it, rang the doorbell and did the carolling by herself. She sang seriously, though the song was unmemorized and the lyrics were not well pronounced... Of course, she collected a lot from grandma and her mom. Then few minutes later, we were in the balcony, this time her dad was with us. She closed the door of the balcony from the kitchen, opened it and requested permission to sing. Again, she got more from her dad. Then she placed the bills in her thrifty box. Indeed, there's always a way.

2. We visited the houses we are renting. As we parked in front of the first house, she asked permission to make a carolling. But I did not agree, because I supposed they were resting. Smartly, she convinced me that she will not sing loudly anyway, so not to disturb them... lol! She forgot what carolling is for.

3. When we fetched her grandma today to join us in the park, she was asked about a thing that she likes in the living room, so she can have it. Then she pointed the one given by one of the friends of her grandma and said, " well, I like this". Unhappily, grandma explained to her that she can't give it because it's from a friend. Surprisingly, she reasoned out, " but I did not asks you to give it to me, I just said, I like it".

4. One morning, she woke up and knocked in our bedroom. She wanted to sleep with mum and dad before preparing for school. Then she was inbetween us,but suddenly she chose to give me a tight hug, so we slept face to face. Later, she complained and said" mum,can you please stop releasing air while sleeping". Well, can a mother stop breathing for the sake of her child?

Life's Surprises

Life is really full of surprises. True, it's always with two terminals, no matter what lifestyles we are enjoying. I read once in a science book, that no matter how thin a thing is, it has always two sides. Yeah, I agree somehow!

As for my family, well I have more to tell this time. The father of my hubby passed already. The bad news is, I really missed the chance to meet him, same with my daughter. God knows I tried searching for him, but I failed. At least I am free of guilt, for everything is not under my control... It was only when I saw the paper posted along the streets, that I exactly know where could I had found him... But again, its too late. All I did, was to take one of the posters with his photo, and kept it together with the important papers of the family. May his soul be at peace.

After months, a lady working in an attorney's office approached me while we were in the kioks nearby. She let me signed a paper, after I read the contents, and instructed me to give it to my hubby. Well, it was an invitation for a meeting with the mother and brother of my other half. I was so excited to finally meet them. And yes, we really met already and since then our finally is united! It was a dramatic acquiantance. God knows how happy I am to be able to reconcile them after years of living without communication. Well, we have no right to judge them. The important thing is, they grabbed the chance to burry the past. Most importantly, I am giving my daughter chances to have her grandma and being nourishes with more love from people of her blood.

MEMOIRS IN SCHOOL: LEARNING IS FUN

My daughter did not manage to have her afternoon rest yesterday. Hence, during her bicycling time, she was so sleepy. Yet, she still managed to compete with the other bikers older than her. But the funny thing was, she always claimed to be the winner!

Before she started her first ride, she fell down and filled with dusts of earth. But she insisted that she's really fine and not sleepy. So we set her free, playing with other children and making a number of rounds. Well, she really tried to exert the remaining energy she had 'til to the point that she asked us to go upstairs already...and ate her favourite fruit-watermelon.

While we were eating, I commented to her, "you're really sleepy"! Then right away she answered, " come on mother, what are you talking about? I am not sleepy yet, look at my MOUTH, it's still widely open"!

Yeah, she's really not sleepy yet.

My Plants

My naughty girl

Yesterday I was cooking an ohmlette. I took the half-dozen egg out of the fridge and started reaching the beater. While doing so, the giant ant crawled into the kitchen and without my notice she took away the eggs!I started searching for it everywhere in the kitchen area, until I told myself that my mind is indeed in trouble. Then I remembered the fact that I have a naughty daughter, though she was watching her favourite show, so it maybe impossible. So I screamed "where are the eggs"! Nobody answered. Well she acted like nothing was in troubled of searching. Finally I asked her seriously, and she ran into her room and took the eggs behind her curtain and gave it to me with a smile... So, I just smiled back to her.

I returned back to the kitchen,opened the package of the six eggs and prepared the pan and the others. As I planned to start breaking the eggs, I saw them lacking, yes one was missing. This time I know the thief of course... Same story, she hid the egg!

Its spring time and our balcony is full with flowering plants. I took the two pots out from the balcony and placed them in the living room window. Yesterday, hubby noticed that one plant remained in there. So with anxiety, he asked me. I ran to check it out, but deep inside I was so certain that my daughter did something that caused it to fall. I imagined that its already in the floor, broken and undressed with beauty. I right away looked at the floor, but to my amazed there were dirts anywhere. Then I found it being at the edge of the window covered by the curtain of the living room. Certainly, she just pushed it from the middle part to the end.

This morning I woke up early to read. I saw through the glass window that it is raining, so I went close to view outside. Guess what I found out? The sliding window was slightly open, surely from yesterday. My daughter tried to open it for sure but had the difficulty, yet she still managed a little bit. That's why hubby was in troubled with the temperature yesterday and our fireplace didn't help him a lot. Now, I know...

That's my girl! Lesson? Keep an eye to your child as long as you can or else...you will never know.

Below are photos of her being:

wearing my stockings


trying to make massage



she polished her nails and caught in the act