An Open Letter

An Open Letter
My thanks to all those who have sent me emails this past year...

I must send my thanks to whoever sent me the one about rat poo in the glue on envelopes because I now have to use a wet towel with every envelope that needs sealing.
Also, I now have to scrub the top of every can I open for the same reason.

I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl (Penny Brown); who is about to die in the hospital for the 1,387,258th time. I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I receive the $15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOL are sending me for participating in their special e-mail program... Not to mention the Cell Phone from Ericsson or from the senior bank clerk in Nigeria who wants to split $7 million with me for pretending to be a long lost relative of a customer who died.
I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out for me, and St. Theresa has granted my every wish. I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a water buffalo on a hot day.
Thanks to you, I have learned that my prayers only get answered if I forward e-mail to seven of my friends and make a wish within five minutes.

Because of your concern I no longer drink Coca-Cola because it can remove toilet stains. I can no longer buy petrol without taking a man along to watch the car so a serial killer won't crawl in my back seat when I'm filling up. I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me. I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a number for which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica, Uganda, Singapore and Uzbekistan.
Thanks to you, I can't use anyone's toilet but mine because a big brown African spider is lurking under the seat to cause me instant death when it bites my bum. And thanks to your great advice, I can't even pick up the $5.00 I found dropped in the car park because it probably was placed there by a sex molester waiting underneath my car to grab my leg.

If you don't send this e-mail to at least 144,000 people in the next 70 minutes, a large dove with diarrhea will land on your head at 5:00pm this afternoon and the fleas from 12 camels will infest your back, causing you to grow a hairy hump. I know this will occur because it actually happened to a friend of my next door neighbour's ex-mother-in-law's second husband's cousin.

By the way... a South American scientist after a lengthy study has discovered that people with low IQ who have infrequent sexual activity always read their e-mails with their hand on the mouse.
Don't bother taking it off now, it's too late.

(Product) RED Christmas

The Ancheta Family in (Product) RED...

Anthony and Arielle

Anthony and Soc

Soc and Arielle

Anthony and Arleen

Arielle and Arleen

Soc and Arleen

Wishin' you all a wonderful Christmas.....

Christmas Time Again

We are wishin' everybody a Merry Christmas this

Holiday Season----- d' Ancheta family

Infront of our House. Christmas 2007.

Our Anniversary

Ang ika-labing anim na taon ng aming anibersaryo sa kasal.

isang dosenang pulang roses, handog ko sa aking may bahay mula sa aking PUSO.

16 na taon na pagsasama sa hirap at ginhawa- sana po ay maging matatag kami sa lahat ng pagsubok na amin pang susuungin.

the Ancheta family after the dinner celebration with family and relatives at OUTBACK steakhouse in Burbank, Ca.

@ HOOVER DAM

road heading to Lake Mead, Nevada area

one saturday morning, napilitan akong magpunta together with my family to visit Boulder, Nevada. kung saan inoffer sa aking ang panibagong trabaho. Nang dumating kami ng Boulder, Nevada ang temperature ay 120 degrees Fahrenheit. ayaw na nilang bumaba sa sasakyan dahil sa tindi ng init-ganoon pa man napilit ko rin sila ----my kids do not want us to move here, kaya pagbalik ko ng LA --sinabi kong i-offer na lang sa iba ng trabaho.

Soc is trying to stay cool ---parking area at Hoover dam

a statue at Hoover dam- a worker do his rappelling during the Hoover dam construction

@ 120 degrees F - the electrical plant station at Hoover dam.

the Hoover dam in Nevada and Arizona Area

Nanay went to Winnipeg, Manitoba

Nanay went this summer in Manitoba, Canada with her friend for 2 months

at Manitoba Zoo

inside the musuem

another day at the park

Falcon Lake in Whiteshell Provincial Park

at Red River, Winnipeg, CA

picnic at the Park with her friend's family

Internationa Peace Garden -boundary of Manitoba, CA and North Dakota, USA

inside the Peace Chapel

Canada's longest suspension bridge,located over beautiful souris river

The Swinging Bridge below is the Souris river

SUMMER TIME in MOUNTASIA

Summer Time and it's Alana's B-day at Mountasia

with Zac [facing back], Gwen, Ari, Janice, Carina and Alana

The proud parents, Dennis, Soc, Tom, Eileen and Gwen behind the camera is me

Anthony and Gwen at the pool table

one of Arielle's hobby- indoor rock climbing

about 50 feet from the ground -difficulty medium

Arielle and friends at the Blaster Boat

Anthony targeting his sister

Alana's selected few

classmates and friends

at the laser combat zone

FISHIN' Trip with Friends

My co-workers and I went fishin' this summer at Catalina Island, Ca

a flock of seagulls patiently following us from port 'o call to Catalina Island

a nice catch -- on the way back to San Pedro Harbor, the capt. spotted a school of GIANT SQUIDS and we started lowering our bait--- finally each one of us bring home atleast 2 giants squids [ good for calamari]

squids are all over the floor

my co-workers Ken and Juan brought home 3 each

VIEW ON AGING by George Carlin

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions. "How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key,You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead. "How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life . you become 21.

Even the words sound like a ceremony . YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!! But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed? You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone. But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would! So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60 You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday! You get into your 80's and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there.

Into the 90s, you start going backwards; "I Was JUST 92." Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I 'm 100 and a half!" May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!

HOW TO STAY YOUNG

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay "them."

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entir e life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love , whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever Your home is your refuge .

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.

10.Tell the people you love that you love them , at every opportunity. AND ALWAYS REMEMBER : Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

My D-Day

HAPPY B-day to me [3X]... Im now 25 years old for the last 19 years.

una'y nagpapasalamat po ako sa Poong Lumikha ng lahat, at ako ay binigyan Nya ng buhay at sana po ay mapagbuti ko pa sa mga darating na araw. hinihiling ko po ang isang malusog ng pangangatawan at masayang buhay. SALAMAT PO!!!

Paunawa: uminom ng katamtaman lamang...

i hope you enjoy the party...next time its gonna be you!!!!

Tae Kwon Do Beginners

Anthony joined the Tae Kwon Do at Couprie Martial Arts in Van Nuys, Ca

the exercise

the routine

the test

more test before going to the yellow belt

after the evaluation --- he passed to the next level

Griffith Observatory

last Saturday, we visited the just renovated Griffith Observatory.

Soc and the kids [running] just outside the main building

Arielle and Anthony posing at the sun dial

with me and the kids

waiting for the shuttle bus going down to the Greek Theatre

this is a great shot - the different faces of the moon and i just captured them ( Arielle, Soc & Anthony) looking up [ a reflection from the glass]