39 Reasons To Be Thankful and Be Happy

Life is great and God is good. There's always a blessing for each and everyone of us.

From the time I was born blessing has always been there. Sometimes small and sometimes big, what's great about it is that they are all blessings. Blessings that give us reasons to be thankful and be happy.

These are my 39 reasons that I'm sharing to everyone. I pray that you too may have plenty of reasons to enjoy life, be thankful and be happy.

1. I am alive every day.
2. A great family that loves nd supports me.
3. A loving wife.
4. Hyper and lovable kids.
5. A number of friends that helps when your in trouble.
6. A house to live at.
7. Food on our table.
8. God-given talents.
9. Skills to use.
10. A brain to think when it is needed.
11. A pair of hands for fixing things.
12. A busy feet to bring to places.
13. A loving parents that always there to remind me.
14. A sister that sometimes quarrel me but still loves me.
15. Relatives that I can count on.
16. A community where I grew up.
17. A mix of neighbors.
18. A church to go to and express my faith.
19. Churchmates that continuously pray for you.
20. A voice to express and sing.
21. Organizations that helped me in my growth.
22. Ninongs and Ninangs that supports our family.
23. SAVE ME for teaching me more the value of life.
24. Ninong Edwin for being a teacher, adviser, friend, and a second father.
25. Orgmates that became friends.
26. The experiences gained in travelling with SAVE ME and blogger friends.
27. Past and Present colleagues.
28. The different institutions that gave opportunities for me to finish school.
29. The teacher who have molded me during my learning stage.
30. Online friends, who are not around but helped in prayers and monetary in times we badly needed.
31. For life experiences.
32. For the technology and gadgets that we have.
33. For my long hair that my wife wants to cut. (feeling Samson)
34. For my eyes that appreciates beauty.
35. For my heart that continuously beats and love the woman I adored two decades ago.
36. For my pair of ears that listen.
37. For my nose and mouth that enjoys the scent and taste of foods.
38. For everything that will come.
39. For my life and a thousand more reasons.

Thankful for everything. Sometimes it may not as we wanted but have its reasons. Always remember God is good.

Father, Father, How are you?

It's been a while since I write something about me, my feelings, the things that runs in my mind and what I am going through. It is indeed a while. I'm not ranting or anything but I'm exhaling the burden that I'm having right now.

The image of Dads to us are very strong. He is the foundation, the pillar, and our fortress. Perhaps that was the image built before. What about if those qualities are not met? Would the father be still image of a father or it would lessen the perception? Well, nobody is perfect and Dads are not spared of that.

These past few months, where I rarely update this personal blog, I have been struggling and weighing the pros and cons of the decision I'm going to make. I have been consulting my better half about it. Also discussing every details and outcomes that may lead to. This decision will definitely turn our life around knowing nothing of what would it be but we're assuring ourselves that we will get through with it.

Father, father how are you? I am not only referring to my father but also to myself. How am I? Honestly, wrinkles on my face have taken over and it is just a matter of time that I would be a grumpy old man. Yes, it is and that's how hard it is to cope up with our lives for now. I think I have forgotten how it is not to worry of the things. I have become less trusting of what HE could do or may be I'm very occupied of trying to stitch things out and forgetting that there's a BIG God that can handle big problems. As it was like in the scene of the movie Finding Nemo, Dory said "it's time to let go". Perhaps it is time to let go and let HIM lead us to the things that HE has planned for us.

I'm letting go of my job for now and take the responsibility of becoming a son for a while. I don't want to have regrets if the time comes. And I'm thankful that my better half is in full support.

We will be facing a new path and we're praying that God will lead us to this decided path. Please do pray for us as well.

Boosting Your Child's Confidence

Perhaps this is one of the struggles of parents like me, how to boost your kid's confidence when he is at his low. For whatever reasons it maybe and perhaps because of their surroundings that affected their self-esteem. In our case with our eldest son, it was hard to crack that shell. It was really a battle of giving him that confidence that he needs.

It started when our son, was on first grade. Perhaps it was because he was the youngest because of his acceleration that made him less confident of himself.

Making him talk in front of the class or when we have visitors is our struggle. We wanted him not to be shy and we did our work small step at a time. Of course us being there makes it easier for him. It was a little by little success.

Seeing this video of a father making his hair bald just to make his daughter understand that even without hair the beauty is still there. The father wanted his daughter to not feel different because of her condition. The little girl suffers from Alopecia.

It's really hard to cope up with life if you don't have anyone to help with you and thanks to Dads like him that understanding the understandable makes it easy.

Sharing 8 Touching Advertisement and Heartwarming Short Films This Father's Day

We owe them our life and of who we have become. To all the Dads and Daddy figures who standby their children, Happy Father's Day!

As we celebrate this year's Father's Day we're sharing to you bits of videos that we've found on youtube that is touching, heartwarming and inspiring advertisements and short stories about Dads. Not everyone are perfect but all Dads and the Daddy figures do their best to be the father for their children. 

This is one specific day that we give respect and tribute to the number one hero of our lives, our Dads. The guy who's always there for us no matter, the man who would leap the tallest building just to give our school projects on time, the person who would stay up late just to make sure we're at home, and the extraordinary Dad that will do everything just to make us smile.

Daddy Yashiro Will Visit TOYCON 2018 | Another Year of POP CULTURE HEROES

Dads who loves to have toys for their kids and other kid stuff will sure love to visit this year's TOYCON. Aside from knowing that two (2) of the stars of Power Rangers will be present. It feels great to see in for real the ones that we idolized when we were kids.

So, if you haven't been to SMX to see TOYCON you still have two more days to visit and see this gathering.

Here's the info they have for this years TOYCON.

This year, TOYCON 2018 brings you back to your younger years as they guess two (2) Power Rangers, a Peter Pan Fire Lord, a lycan (ie. werewolf), and a legendary comic book creator at TOYCON POPLIFE FanXperience 2018 on June 8-10, 2018 at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City.

The Philippine TOYCON, Asia’s longest-running culture convention for toys, collectibles, and various pop culture fandoms, announced the latest line up of guests for this year’s highly-anticipated event.

Leading the list is comic book industry Hall of Famer Neal Adams, whose reinvention of Batman’s look to the blue-and-gray color scheme highlights his work and influence during the 1960s and 1970s, aside from creating Batman villains Ra’s al Ghul and Man-Bat, and revitalized other titles such as Green Lantern, Green Arrow, and X-Men.

Filipino-American actor Dante Basco will get to meet his kababayan fans. He played Peter Pan’s sidekick Rufio in the 1991 movie Hook alongside Robin Williams, and is the voice actor for the fire-bender Zuko in Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender, Jake Long in Disney’s American Dragon: Jake Long cartoon series, as well as various video game characters.

Two actors from the Power Rangers franchise will share the TOYCON 2018 stage. Jason David Frank played the Green Ranger and the White Ranger in the 1993-1996 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series and its other iterations over the years. Michael Copon’s breakout role was playing the Blue Ranger in last year’s Power Rangers: Time Force movie, but he was also known for his roles in the TV series One Tree Hill.

Another TOYCON 2018 guest is Kevin Grevioux, best known for his role as the lycan Raze who fought against vampires in the Underworld film series, which he also co-created and wrote the screenplay of the movie. He also appeared in films such as Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes remake, The Mask, and Steel.

American actress, fashion model and beauty queen, Kelly Hu will join Toycon, he's popularly known to play as Sorceress Cassandra in The Scorpion King movie, then Kelly played a villain in X-men 2 movie as Lady Deathstrike, the mutant with adamantium finger claws. She did voice roles for characters in Phineas and Ferb, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Green Lantern:Emerald Knight. On TV she played as Pearl on CW series The Vampire Diaries and also in Arrow tv series as China White.

According to Cholo Mallillin, Event Marketing Head for TOYCON PH, this year’s event aims to give Filipino pop culture fans a playground experience with a community that shares their common interests.

“What we want to give TOYCON fans every year is a sense of belonging to various fan communities. We bring in guests and experiences that bring fans back to why they collect toys, cosplay, read comics, or rewatch their favorite TV series or movies in the first place,” Mallillin said.

Mallillin added that more guests and attractions will be announced in the coming days and even on the opening day itself.

Among the other attractions in TOYCON 2018 is “Sikat Ka Toy!”, the Philippine’s first ever toy design contest. Artists and toy aficionados can submit their designs by June 2 for a chance to receive more than Php 30,000 worth of prizes and the opportunity to have their winning toy design produced for limited sale. Toy designs for the Sikat Ka Toy! contest can be emailed to toyconph@gmail.com by June 2, 2018, and contest mechanics are on toyconph.com.

Other attractions for this year include toy exclusives from the popular Funko toy line, as well as toy exhibits and launches from global designers, Anatoy from South Korea, Coarse from the USA, Deewy from China, Playhouse from Thailand, and Hidden Fortress Manila featuring the works of premier Pinoy toy designer Quiccs Maiquez. 

Highlights:

The biggest gathering of Toys, comics and merch exhibitors in the country

The biggest toy display by the Philippines Toy Group Association

International celebrities and guest from PopLife FANX

International toy designers from Philippines, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and USA

Toy exhibit by XM Studios, Sideshow, Prime One and Hot Toys

Visual art exhibit by Toym Imao

Arts and Comics artist Alley

Filipino Comics Legends Exhibit

ABS CBN Display

Cosplay K.O.

Solar, Jack TV and MTV display

Sinag Animation Presentation

TMC mini cinema showing Tokyo Ghoul, Fist of Fury and The Wailing

TRESE Toy Launch

The Creator Stage featuring online creators and celebrity

Gaming Stage

Sound Arena Stage featuring: KISSBEE, HYOLYN and APL DE AP

Warner Bros. presents Teen Titans and The Meg

Action figure and toy customization contest

Sikat Ka Toy! Philippine toy design competition

Toycon Exclusive - TEQ63 Manila Killa by Quiccs

Toycon Exclusive - Toycon Minifig by Pinoy LUG

Pinoy Pop Culture Icon Award

AND MANY MORE.......

TOYCON 2018 + POPLIFE FANX is sponsored by Maxi Collector, Legendary Beast Studio, XM, Filbars, Great Toys Online, and Gaming Library.

Supported by Kramer Toy Warden, Warner Bros, Tagalized Movie Channel, Sinag Animation Studios, Anotoys Collectibles, Hubbyte Toys and Collectibles, Dreamworks Dreamplay, City of Dreams Manila, Shopback, Halimaw Studios, Big Boys Toy Store, KidsCompany, Bandai, Gundam Build Divers, Devant, Tamashii Nations, Good Smile Company, Jinio, Comic Odyssey, DC Superheroes Cafe, Food Panda, Bruder, Xend and Oishi O Wow.

Media Partner with ABS CBN, Expat Philippines, WheninManila.com, Manila Bulletin, MTV Philippines, Jack TV, PSICOM Publishing, Retro 105.9, Clickthecity.com and the Philippine Bloggers Network Event Partner with TEQ63, Anima Alliance, Philippine Toy Groups Association and Ex-Link Events TOYCON POPLIFE FanXperience 2018 regular day passes and FanX VIP Experience passes are available in all SM Ticket outlets or through www.toyconph.com. 

We will try to cover most of the activities and of course the COSPLAYERS. We will be featuring them on my YouTube Channel Kwento Ni Toto. We will post the link here once we're done editing and of course highlighting the good stuff.

See you there!!!!!!!

Daddy Yashiro Talks About Baby-proofing Your Home

Another learning from different parenting sites, forums, and of course the best source are the moms (I got plenty of mommy friends – bloggers and not) that I would like to share as well. Of course there are some minor changes and tweaks that I did or rather added. Well it’s always different to every family and situations so parents should adapt or level up.

So, without anymore more blah blah and blah here it is.

Baby-proofing home is one of the things that parents should do nowadays. Since most of the times parents aren’t frequent in the house, unless they are full time moms or dads, so keeping everything in safe mode is the best for babies. Whether you think this is needed or not, you should have it. It’s more of a precaution to insure the safety of the children.

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Daddy Yashiro’s Shares Newborn Bathing Ritual

It’s been 6 years since the last time I held our youngest son and gave him a bath. It was scary and I’m really nervous doing it. I’m worried that I might do something that would not be okay with him but thank God with my wife with me I was able to pass that worrisome stage. So, now that they are already big and they can do bath on their own I missed that moment but of course it will always be a memory to cherish.

This came to be because I find out on my FB feed that some of my friends are newly Dads. It’s their first time to be with a baby and to hold them. So, to give them something to look at as a reference I’m sharing some of the things I learned not only through experience but also with the events I have been that talked about babies.

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