In living a Polish life

In living a Polish life http://maaileen.multiply.com/ Cześć ! ( polish word which means HELLO!) There is something that fascinates me with anything falling be it rain and much more with snow. It brings out the child in me. Now that I am living here in Poland, everything new to my eyes really amazes me and that the world is such a wonderful place to live in. Travel with me as I go tru this unnerving ferris wheel of life. Welcome to my simple Polish life. Read and explore at your own risk. Thank you for droppin by. Sat, 2 Aug 2008 18:07:21 -0000 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:37:45 -0000 In living a Polish life http://images.maaileen.multiply.com/logo http://maaileen.multiply.com 100 100 Filipino Grill party - July 26, 2008 Been looking forward for this day. It was a whole day of eating and merry making. Everybody is busy catching up with everyone. Gathering like this is our chance to get to see each other personally other than chatting over YM. It was a blast! A funfilled day with our small filipino community here in Poland. Father Herbie hosted the said event. We are looking forward for next years gathering or for more gatherings. Enjoy the pics. It was from Fr. Herbie's camera. Sorry but mostly the one in the pics is http://maaileen.multiply.com/photos/album/35/Filipino_Grill_party_-_July_26_2008 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:37:45 -0000 OKONOMIYAKI! Want some Japenese taste? I'd like to share Okonomiyaki, a japanese recipe that I truly love. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Okonomiyaki ( Okonomiyaki?) is a Japanese dish consisting of a pan-fried batter cake and various ingredients. Okonomi means "what you like" or "what you want", and yaki means "grilled" or "cooked" (cf. yakitori and yakisoba); thus, the name of this dish means "cook what you like". In Japan, okonomiyaki is mainly associated with Kansai or Hiroshima areas, but is widely available throughout the country. Toppings and batters tend to vary according to http://maaileen.multiply.com/recipes/item/2/OKONOMIYAKI Fri, 16 May 2008 13:18:31 -0000 Managing roles <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Vohc5hc3R-A/R10qTqUKr-I/AAAAAAAAAWI/cjdmcjqE3Dg/s1600-h/remote.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Vohc5hc3R-A/R10qTqUKr-I/AAAAAAAAAWI/cjdmcjqE3Dg/s200/remote.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142312866791731170" border="0" /></a>As much as i want to post an entry in my blog as often as i want but some important roles needs prior attention. If there could have been a remote control that in just one click of a finger we can change and do things instantly...i would really buy one. There has been many changes in my life and I am needing to remind myself to make time for the things that bring me balance, such as designing, reading and writing. In the last few months I have... -Been so down and itching to be home in the far away tropics -Cried a record high -Began mentoring all moms in the world esp. my mom Thinking of a new project to do at home for the holidays and the coming events -Contemplated what to do if i go back or changing carreers -Learned how to be a better cook to hubby -Struggled with how to handle dealing with a 4months old baby who is growing so fast -Taken out my stress on people that love me -Tried to push myself away from people because the narcissistic me strikes again -Been a friend -Been a caring and more ... http://maaileen.multiply.com/journal/item/46/Managing_roles Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:19:00 -0000 St. Nicholas Day (Mikołajki) On St. Nicholas Day, December 6th, the youngsters are visited by Santa Claus (Sw. Mikolaj). In Poland, Sw. Mikolaj is not an oversized man with red pompom topped cap, red Jacket, and riding boots. Instead, he is a saintly, more dignified figure, dressed in the regal purple and gold robe, wearing a cape and bishops hat, and carrying a crosier (a crooked staff, the symbol of his bishop station). He travels the countryside on foot, occasionally astride a white horse, blessing the children, and distributing goodies to well behaved children and swishes to the naughty. Sw. Mikolaj does not live at the North Pole, but up in Heaven. December sixth, St. Nicholas day — Dzien Swietego Mikołaja — brought a slight reprieve to gray monotonous days, especially to children, who felt that the Christmas Gwiazdka (star) - would never come. St. Nicholas was revered because of his compassion and love for orphans whom he often visited and comforted with little gifts. His name is celebrated more in some Cen... http://maaileen.multiply.com/journal/item/45/45 Thu, 6 Dec 2007 22:01:00 -0000 Baby Iza @ 4 months Here's my baby Izabela Wiktoria at 4months old going 5months this month. ....in here playing mat...<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140475462602633122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Vohc5hc3R-A/R1ajMqUKr6I/AAAAAAAAAVc/qi3hRFshkG0/s320/iza%404.jpg" border="0" />With her best smile.. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140476008063479730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Vohc5hc3R-A/R1ajsaUKr7I/AAAAAAAAAVk/gKice8jBAs8/s320/iza%404months2.jpg" border="0" /> She takes our blues away..she paints our heart with so much joy &amp; love...she gives us more sense in our ordinary life....She lights up the whole house with her smile...she is our angel... There is nothing more we can ask for but only our baby izabela. http://maaileen.multiply.com/journal/item/43/Baby_Iza_4_months Wed, 5 Dec 2007 23:07:00 -0000 Sunday's joy Last week was such a downer week, but today, ah today! I feel so rejuvenated. My heart is singing with joy. I am looking forward to a great week, great month. Good things are in store for us ahead. I feel hopeful and positive again, the world, my world is where it should be. Finally! I hope my little girl have a great day, a great week and a great month! And most of all, a wonderful Christmas with her for the first time! http://maaileen.multiply.com/journal/item/41/Sundays_joy Sun, 2 Dec 2007 23:22:00 -0000 Freaky me There is something really weird happening in my system the whole week. It seems I can't get the right look of my site. I am trying to make my own layout but it seems there's still lots of things I need to know about this techie thing. Really I freak about this whole thing. Changing one temporary layout to another leads me to feeling high as in super over high! 'Till I lost my favicons...and I freak out to death coz i have to install it over again. So, trying to design my own favicons again but this whole damn downloading thing don't want to accept my new design..there is something wrong with pc saving system. GEESSSSSSHHHH!!!!!! Nevertheless, I still manage to put my old favicon back. Another power of patience &amp; determination has to be put in me just to be successful with these whole thing. Anyhow, 'till now I am still on the process of making and learning my own layout. One friend voluntarily said he will make one for me. Yepey! but so kahiya coz I will be using the pe... http://maaileen.multiply.com/journal/item/40/Freaky_me Sun, 2 Dec 2007 00:13:00 -0000 Thirty things that change when you have a baby I received an email from <a href="http://www.babycenter.com/0_thirty-things-that-change-when-you-have-a-baby_1452535.bc;jsessionid=3113F3578D4274B3EBBCD3C682F9EEEE.01-02?print=true">babycenter.com</a> today about what things that change when you have a baby. I go over the script and find it so very true.. with what I feel and the lifestyle I am living now..all these things are the changes in my life. Read on..... ************************************************************************************* What changes when you have a baby? A better question may be: What doesn't change? Here, writer and mom Rebecca Woolf lists her most notable post-baby observations. Then scroll down to read our favorite comments from readers about how their babies changed their lives. 1. You finally stop to smell the roses, because your baby is in your arms. 2. Where you once believed you were fearless, you now find yourself afraid. 3. The sacrifices you thought you made to have a child no longer seem like sacrifices. 4. You respect your body ... finally. 5. You respect your parents and love them in a new way. 6. You find that your baby's pain feels much worse than ... http://maaileen.multiply.com/journal/item/39/Thirty_things_that_change_when_you_have_a_baby Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:49:00 -0000 Ako ba ay praning? Naging boring ang mga past days ko. Di ko malaman ano ba talaga ang gusto ko. Pagnababagot ka naman oo walang ibang magawa kundi magsenti. There's goes series of questions comes to mind. Hay life naman! Bait ganito? ganyan ang mga bagay bagay? O di kaya dala din ito sa cold weather ngayon dito. No matter how i manage to aliw myself, di maiwasang mabagot at malungkot. Natural feeling ba ito or talagang praning ako? hmmmm... Ito umandar, na naman ang pagka narcissa ko. Sa nakakakilala sa akin, alam nila pag ako'y bagot dami daming kung magawa out of boredome. Sabi nga nila before, buti padaw mabagot na ako palagi kasi I am more productive and my creative side excels more. Heheheh! Ka weirdohan ika nga. Werdo talaga ako in real life. Di mo malaman if ako'y nalulungkot or kaya masaya..o di kaya galit na. Sabi nga nga mga tao na nakakilala sa akin...di ba daw ako marunong magalit. Di lang nila alam singkatotak na power of patience na ang ginamit ko para di ako makasakit ng tao. ... http://maaileen.multiply.com/journal/item/38/Ako_ba_ay_praning Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:23:00 -0000 Role of music in baby's brain "Researchers believe that musical training actually creates new pathways in the brain." Does Music Make Us Smarter? After listening to classical music, adults can do certain spatial tasks more quickly, such as putting together a jigsaw puzzle. Why does this happen? The classical music pathways in our brain are similar to the pathways weuse for spatial reasoning. When we listen to classical music, the spatial pathways are "turned on" and ready to be used.This priming makes it easier to work a puzzle quickly. But the effect lasts only a short time. Our improved spatial skills fade about an hour after we stop listening to the music. Why Classical Music? The music most people call "classical"--works by composers such as Bach, Beethoven, or Mozart--is different from music such as rock andcountry. Classical music has a more complex musical structure. Babies as young as 3 months can pick out that structure and even recognizeclassical music selections they have heard before.Researchers think t... http://maaileen.multiply.com/journal/item/32/Role_of_music_in_babys_brain Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:06:00 -0000 EMPOWERING WOMEN From the book of Louise L. Hay - SELF ESTEEM AFFIRMATIONS I claim my feminine power now. I am discovering how wonderful i am. I see within myself a magnificent being. I am wise and beautiful. I love what i see in me. I choose to love and enjoy myself. I am my own woman. I am in charge of my life. I expand my capabilities. I am free to be all that i can be. I have a great life. My life is filled with love. The love in my life begins with me. I have dominion over my life. I am a powerful woman. I am worthy of love and respect. I am subject to no one; I am free. I am willing to learn new ways of living. I stand on my own two feet. I accept and use my own power. I am at peace with being single. I rejoice and enjoy where I am. I love and enjoy myself. I love, support, and enjoy the women in my life. I am deeply fulfilled by life. i explore all the many avenues of love. I love being a woman. I love being alive at this point in time and space. I fill my life with love. I accept my gift of this alone time. I feel totally ... http://maaileen.multiply.com/journal/item/33/EMPOWERING_WOMEN Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:37:00 -0000 Design ideas New design ideas to beautify your homes. Been jumping from one interior designs to another to fully dress up our little cozy haven...till I stumble upon this site. So glad! since these has been the design we've been looking for. We had this idea in mind but don't know where and how to realize this. Check out the site <a href="http://sofiaantonovich.canalblog.com/">Les Invasions Ephemeres.</a> Simply like it...for sure you will http://maaileen.multiply.com/journal/item/34/Design_ideas Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:47:00 -0000 Simply kikay meh While surfing the net for some latest fall style, I got this site <a href="http://www.lemontwist.net/">lemontwist</a>. and simply love the trend of the season. Whew! <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Vohc5hc3R-A/RyDJRLyu1CI/AAAAAAAAARY/fHxy3E0Nj64/s1600-h/fall_2003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://images.maaileen.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/R0asKAoKCpMAABOndPg5/1.jpeg?et=3fKlhPH9HkJPiuf66S%2CjFg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125317673008157730" border="0" /></a> http://maaileen.multiply.com/journal/item/35/Simply_kikay_meh Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:47:00 -0000 Baby Izabela's pictures Random pictures of Iza when I just gave birth to her and now that she is one month old. FULL NAME: Izabela Wiktoria Skrzydelski NICKNAME: Iza BORN : July 22, 2007 TIME: 3:35p.m. european time WEIGHT: 3.2 kgs PARENTS: Ma. Aileen & Grzegorz Rafał http://maaileen.multiply.com/photos/album/23/Baby_Izabelas_pictures Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:53:35 -0000 WELCOME TO THE WORLD IZABELA! <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/Rr3h5QoKCpMAAAnkhvk1"><img class="alignleft" src="http://images.maaileen.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/Rr3h5QoKCpMAAAnkhvk1/baby2.jpg?et=Xn6YRiWwFUBVNuWB71nszA" border="0"></a>Yes! at long last I gave birth to a healthy baby girl named IZABELA WIKTORIA (victoria in english)   last July 22, 2007 at around 3:35pm polish time.  It is not an easy birthing though but It's worth the pain when I saw my baby.  She is our life, my world now and my inspiration.  She's so adorable and I can't keep my eyes off her.  Post more pics of her next time... Goodbye for now..       http://maaileen.multiply.com/journal/item/30/WELCOME_TO_THE_WORLD_IZABELA Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:47:01 -0000 What I want for a guy? I came accross this rants in the net today. I laugh out loud all by myself since it's so timely that it fully concides with what I been thinking.. These has been my prayers before & what I been so thankful 'till now.... I guess it's been all girl's wish to have someone who could take their blues away &amp; simply understand & accept them for what &amp; who they are. These are my A list of things for a guy... I want a guy..... who would move the hair from my eyes and then kiss me.. who'd hold my hand in line at the mall or anywhere and make all the girls jealous (hahaha) Someone who would sing to me at random moments songs that remind him of me or us. who would let me sleep on his chest.. a guy who would get mad at someone if they called me ugly or was mean to me. I want someone who would call me several times a day if he went away Someone who would let me share the latest gossips to him and then would just smile and agree at everything I said. He would mimic me if I did or ... http://maaileen.multiply.com/journal/item/36/What_I_want_for_a_guy Mon, 9 Jul 2007 16:35:00 -0000 Summertime! <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/RpIxAAoKCpMAAFq0h0w1"></a><a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/RpIxNQoKCpMAAF2OG4o1"></a><a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/RpIx1woKCpMAAGtNDno1"><img style="width: 236px; height: 288px;" class="alignleft" src="http://images.maaileen.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RpIx1woKCpMAAGtNDno1/Image022%5B1%5D.jpg?et=fouR0bGnUd%2BEUUaKO0ObOQ" border="0"></a>It is summer now here but it seems its not summer...Why?  It's all because the weather is not cooperating well with the season for almost a week now. It the coldest summer this year I think.  Yesterdays weather was really cooperating well.  Not that cold and not that hot.  It is the best time to go for a walk or be in the beach.  When<a href="../photos/hi-res/upload/RpIxAAoKCpMAAFq0h0w1"></a> summertime comes, I always correlates it with beaches, out of town outings and vacation time. This year I have to spare my vacation time in preparation for my coming birthing. Yes...not so long ago or just few months ago I announced here that I am preggy and I shared it here too my agony over my pregnancy. Well, the agony will soon be over.  Anytime this week I will give birth to our first child.  Much preparations lately that is why at times I was in the edge over anything.  My mind sometimes rants on some nonsense things that I should need to prepare before baby's coming.  Maybe well, I am just overly exci... http://maaileen.multiply.com/journal/item/29/Summertime Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:09:12 -0000 Summer delights One hot day, my mother in law bought a basketful of strawberries. Oh well, I made it as strawberry milkshake for everyone to enjoy. I love strawberries.. the colors and the taste of it. Wanna try? http://maaileen.multiply.com/photos/album/22/Summer_delights Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:13:16 -0000 On Hiatus Oh well.. I just visited my multiply site today.. Really needs a lot of changes now.  I could see a lot of dust and cobwebs trying to make a place in my little world here in Multiply.  Never had a chance to update this site.. coz I am concentrating on my other blogsite. Well..there I could earn a little moolah while blogging. Yikes!  Besides, most time now is occupied with my pregnancy and preparation for my coming baby.  Sorry, if i am on a hiatus for sometime now.  Rest assured I will get back and update my multiply as much as I can.  Of course, I miz this little home in the net.  This is where i could share my innermost thoughts about things in life.  Well...you've got to visit my other site too... here http:dihayco.blogspot.com ... For now, this is all I can say.  Give you a little update of me next time.  http://maaileen.multiply.com/journal/item/28/On_Hiatus Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:31:08 -0000 My Birthing This would be the day I will give birth to our first baby. http://maaileen.multiply.com/calendar/item/10011/My_Birthing Tue, 22 May 2007 11:53:25 -0000 my absence <A href="http://maaileen.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RlLYrAoKCpMAABLIxQE1"></A><A href="http://maaileen.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RlLY0QoKCpMAABUkKMc1"><IMG class=alignright src="http://images.maaileen.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RlLY0QoKCpMAABUkKMc1/preggy.jpg?et=QbcO%2CRNhA2kEoRsdDJXatw" border=0></A><A href="http://maaileen.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RlLYrAoKCpMAABLIxQE1"></A><A href="http://maaileen.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RlLYrAoKCpMAABLIxQE1"></A><A href="http://maaileen.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RlLYrAoKCpMAABLIxQE1"></A>As of today I am 32 going 33 weeks of my pregnancy.  Way to go.......  I am counting my everydays.  Can't wait to see my baby personally and hold my baby close in my arms.  I been absent in multiply for sometime now.  It is because i do not have the mood now to spent much time infront of the computer. I easily get exhausted and left me bored doing things in the net. Though I really reserved my multiply site to my upcoming baby. I will be making some changes on this site too one of these days. As with blogging, I have an exclusive blog site that I am maintaining almost everyday.  I opted to separate my blog for the fact that it will cater exclusively for whining and bubbling on the net..and to get hold of Filipino bloggers too.  Here in multiply, I will be posting mostly pictures of family..my interest in photography...my soon baby...life here in Poland and to easily exchange pics to friends and family.  It is not easy now having a big tummy... http://maaileen.multiply.com/journal/item/27/my_absence Tue, 22 May 2007 11:50:03 -0000 Spring time! Just had fun taking pics of some flowers outside the house. Spring time is also a very beautiful season..for a flower lover like me..can't help but really amazed by the beauty of spring. No wonder I had a spring theme wedding..heheh! http://maaileen.multiply.com/photos/album/20/Spring_time Sat, 5 May 2007 16:02:52 -0000 Ai at 29 weeks preggy <A href="http://maaileen.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RjyoTQoKCpMAAHvOLz01"><IMG class=alignleft src="http://images.maaileen.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RjyoTQoKCpMAAHvOLz01/a%21.jpg?et=SIpI7KynepRZuOxYsWYcYw" border=0></A>It's me at 29 weeks pregnant.. hmm..can't wait to meet our bundles of joy.  Lately, so lazy posting new things here in my multiply account. For now, that pic is one i would like to share. http://maaileen.multiply.com/journal/item/26/Ai_at_29_weeks_preggy Sat, 5 May 2007 15:54:56 -0000 Polished Ai My old blog site that I relaunched recently. http://maaileen.multiply.com/links/item/7/Polished_Ai Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:06:19 -0000 How hard was it? think of this... how hard is it seeing someone you don't know at all suffering/slowly dying? depressing right? you feel helpless coz you know you can't do anything and can't stop anything. it's hard for you to see the exact details coz you know.. you know that those things that are going through within those people is incomparibly hard, is unusual. you have all those mixed emotions, but honestly you really don't feel that hurt because you are not related to that person. you feel.. ONLY feel that way but you don't really feel for them, you don't really feel all the hurt that they have. you think of it, you feel sorry.. but not that you really care of right?  and then you ask yourself... how is it with those people who are around that person, his/her love ones? hard right? now think of this.... how hard is it to see any of your love ones go through such things? suffer/die? i tell you, you can never tell how hard it is till you go throught it. you get scared when you think of it.... http://maaileen.multiply.com/journal/item/25/How_hard_was_it Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:16:50 -0000 Someone....... <A href="http://maaileen.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RgE2bgoKCpMAAE@leSI1"><IMG class=alignleft src="http://images.maaileen.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RgE2bgoKCpMAAE@leSI1/26512908014620l.jpg?et=EaZHNiPf7RTwIHh8NT%2CMgQ" border=0></A>This is the message sent by my bestfriend...this is in response to my blog titled 'I MIS HER'.  When I left, she was so depressed thinking I might not be there for her anymore. Never will I leave a long time friendship. Yes, we have our own lives to live now..yet the promise of our friendship will always be in our hearts.   ************************************************************************************************************* <A href="http://maaileen.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RgE2EQoKCpMAAEuZLOE1"><IMG class=alignright src="http://images.maaileen.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RgE2EQoKCpMAAEuZLOE1/26513181356814l.jpg?et=sBCAVQA1d1bqvn66nwyI%2BA" border=0></A> someone is very proud of you someone is thinking of you someone misses you someone wants to talk to you someone wants to be with you someone is thankful for the support you have provided someone wants you to find them someone is celebrating your successes someone thinks you ARE a gift someone hopes you are not too cold, or too hot someone wants to hug you someone loves you someone wants to lavish you with small gifts someone admires your strength someone is thinking of you and smiling someone wants to go out with you and have a lot of fun someone would do ... http://maaileen.multiply.com/journal/item/24/Someone....... 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