Cu4tro Cantos

The Four Songs of Life

Cu4tro Cantos is the new Ala Eh Blog. Since I cannot provide pure Batangueño articles, I decided a revamp of the site, which I think is more appropriate. Cu4tro Cantos refers to the four members of the Cantos Family. In spanish, Cuatro means Four, and Cantos means Songs.


Archive for October, 2007


All in the eyes

I saw an episode of the Sweet Life on QTV-11. The show talks about making the women feel good and look good. It is hosted by Lucy Torres-Gomez and Wilma Doesnt. The topic that day was about the different aesthetic and medical procedures to enhance the eyes.  

They featured eyelash extensions. The procedure involves gluing extra long and thick eyelash strands carefully to each eyelash of the patient. The procedure takes an hour and a half to complete and the faux eyelashes stay in-tack for at most 3 months. One guest got to try it and the results were naturally looking thick, long and curly eyelashes!

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Feeling Sexy

How does one feel sexy? Does one feel sexy if she has the bumpers to show off? Or if a guy has six-pack abs? Feeling sexy is especially hard for a post-pregnancy mother like me. I have gotten a lot weight when I was pregnant and I’m finding it hard to shake the fat off. Gone are the days of my slim physique.  

Well, At least with the pregnancy, my breasts naturally gained size and for that I won’t need a New Jersey breast augmentation anymore. But for those who think having a well-endowed bosom, you may want to check out if this will work for you. I have also heard of other procedures to enhance the body figure like the tummy tuck and butt lift. For the guys, there’s even this procedure to add mass to his you know what.

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My loving Mama

Last October 28 we celebrated Ley’s Christening and Sam’s 2nd birthday at Max’s Restaurant. My grandma (from my mother‘s side) whom we fondly call Mama, gave Sam a birthday card. It said she has lots of gifts for her in the Balikbayan package that she will be sending this November. She migrated to the US 20 years ago and she now lives with my Uncle in LA.

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Simple living

We are sometimes caught in the middle in this battle of simplicity and extravagance. (well, not really extravagance but something to that effect)Need versus want. There were a few times when we have found ourselves buying things, and later, thinking over if we really need it.  

I remember the movie Fun with Dick and Jane (starring Jim Carrey and Tea Leone) whenever I get this Need VS Want sentiment. The movie is about Dick and Jane, a married couple who have always dreamed of a better life. Dick and Jane were jealous of their neighbors. The neighbor had a better car, had a beautiful bed of designer grass, had a swimming pool, and the neighbor had a better job. They were just jealous. So when Dick was setup to be promoted his company’s new lead, this is where their trouble starts. The excitement of the promotion, of a higher income, of the jealousy urged them to buy stuff they don’t really need and doing things they really have to do.

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Exchange gifts

One tradition that we still never fail to practice during the holiday season is gift-giving. There’s the Kris Kringle; you give gifts that fall within a particular theme for your baby. Some popular gift themes are ‘something hard’, ‘something long’, or both: ‘something hard and long’. There is the thrill of wondering who your baby really is.

 There is also the Exchanging of gifts, you buy something within a fixed budget and get to exchange it with someone else. Sometimes, you have to buy Unisex gifts to be safe and to make sure that your gift will be enjoyed by a guy or a girl.  

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