:Yen's QOTW #41

1.Does your age make you feel left out? No because there's always someone in my group who's older than me....... make sure there are older people around you always ... honestly I manage to blend with any age

2. How do people of the same gender as you but taller than yourself make you feel?

I enjoy looking at tall ladies, my friend here in the office is one inch taller than me but I don't envy her because my height is just about right for my hubby (I'm 5'3" and he's 5'5")

3. When did you last scream? Why? Recently maybe few weeks back...at the school because a car almost hit another car

4. What do other people do that irritate you that you recognize it as a weakness in yourself? When they talked about someone's lives, i recognize it as a weakness in myself if I can't do anything to stop them.

5. Have you ever slipped on a banana peel? Yeah but I didn't fall because I got a hold on someone and that someone almost fall lol!.

6. Have you ever walked around someone else’s home barefoot? Yes, in the province when the house has no ground floor and the living room is made of wooden floors, it's embarrassing to have your shoes on because the residents were also barefoot.

7. What do you do when you are left home alone? I do lots of things - clean the house, organize my things, cook food, watch television and call some friends
8. When someone is vague or confusing, how do you process it?

I help her/him reconcile with herself/himself because sometimes the reason why the person is vague and confusing is that they're not confident with themselves

9. Typically, when someone says to you: “I’ll be five minutes”, how long do they actually take? Around ten minutes! the words are commonly used by many and some are not serious with what they're saying.

10. For you, what is the best word in the English language? LOVE....

Questions of the Week

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Holiday Overtime

It will be December next week and though I’m looking forward to our December camp meeting I’m not that excited about hubby’s work schedule. He’s assigned in their store’s branch in SM North Edsa and they will start a very busy schedule next week and that’s working from 10am up to 10pm on weekdays and up to 12midnight on weekends. Can you believe that? I’m so sad that businessmen think this way forcing employees to work for 12-14 hours without day off.

Some like it though because they can have bigger overtime pay but for me it’s abusing your body. They might end up sick before December ends. I’m glad that my office is not that peak during Christmas season which gives me time to prepare for our camp meeting one day ahead of our departure schedule. Anyway I should be checking the wine of the month club because I’m looking for lower alcohol content wine for our Communion, I need red wine with 5% alcohol content only.

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:Wordless Wednesday - Old Wishing Pond

This is the old wishing pond at Manila Zoo which I found so old and looks unkept. The water is so dark makes me wonder if they ever clean the water around it. It's just a waste that they call it a wishing pond. My wish? Hope and wish the management will instruct their staff to clean this pond because it's not attractive anymore.

Happy Wordless to all! See my other entry!

More entries -> here.

Wordless Wednesday

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Holiday Glass Frames From Zenni

There’s something about the holiday that people are getting excited about. At this particular holiday season most people shop for new clothes, new shoes, appliances, gifts for loved ones and avail of discounts as much as possible. Now you can even get eyeglasses for less at Zenni Optical, the popular online eyeglasses shop which offers stylish and quality prescription eyeglasses at very affordable prices.

In time for this coming season you can pick from wide array of Holiday Glass Frames From Zenni Optical available online. Just visit their site and you’ll find one that’s right for you. Remember Zenni Optical’s $ 8 Complete Rx Eyeglasses are not only affordable but fashionable as well.

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The Power Blog Award

Liza of Mommy's Little Corner gave this Power Blog Award to me. Thanks for remembering me Liz, appreciate your thoughts vm! ;)

The Power Blog Award

The Power Blog Award Rules:
1. Each blogger must post this rules.
2. You need to choose ten people to be awarded and list their names.
3. Don’t forget to leave them comment telling them they’ve been tagged and to read your blog.

For the Power Blog Award I am nominating:

1) Lainy's Musings
2) Mira's Random Thoughts
3) Jenny Talks
4) Yen
5) When Mom Talks...Be Quiet
6) Nita's Corner
7) Tere's Journey In Life
8) My Quiet Zone
9) Our Journey To This So Called Life
10) Rumination

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Tours and Bus Charters

It’s really fun and fulfilling to spend your whole day with your kids even if it’s a school activity. We spent our weekend on an educational tour of my two girls, I accompanied them together with my youngest kid and my sister to help me with my three kids. The day promised a nice weather and I’m glad because some field trips are messed up with heavy rains. With our itineraries we can’t afford to have rains because most are outdoor tours and the final route is a resort. It’s good that the school hired a dependable tourist bus whatever happens we’re confident that the kids are in good hands with a good conditioned bus and a professional driver.

Our children are precious to us so good transportation accommodation should be perfect so we’ll be assured of a safety travel and careful driver. Now you can easily search and choose online for transportation requirements of your school, for your company or even for your private group. I came upon Charter Bus Rental NYC which specialize in providing deluxe quality coaches and courteous professional drivers that will bring you safely to wherever your destination is. They can give a comfortable and convenient trip when you book for their airport and hotel transfer. They have well maintained quality bus charters, good customer service and competitive price that can give better deals. You can save a lot if you’ll book for a group transfer and discounts are given on advance purchases. Go online now and see the difference!

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Weekend Recap-Field Trip

Had a nice time with my three kids on our field trip last Saturday, it was actually the educational tour of my two daughters Gen and Ruth but Redge, Josh and I went with them for a real nice bonding time. Josh was the most excited as he counted the days before the scheduled date. I was a little frantic because I’ve got deadlines to meet and PPP was overflowing with opportunities last Friday before the field trip. It took me up to midnight to pack everything and cook all of our foods.

We arrived at the school 5am and the tour started at 6am. The tour itineraries are Manila Zoo, Gardenia Factory, Galinco Land – maker of Chips Delight, Luisa Ridge Resort and Melgian’s Sweets for our Buko Pie Making Demo.

Here are some pics of us in the field trip: (I’ll post some on my other blog)

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Freelance Writing

The ability to write is both a talent and skill. There are people who are born with so rich ideas on their mind and the ability to put it into writing. This talent can be develop more if we took some time to improve it by reading and learning the craft of writing. If some were born to be writers, some acquired the talent from seriously studying, researching and reading a lot. Yes it can be developed into a more productive way of writing, let's say that it can give you a Freelance Writing Opportunities if you really want to exercise and enhance your talent. Good thing is you'll have flexible working schedule and writing could be fun and self-fulfilling.

We might never know where to put that writing skills but there are really companies who gives opportunities for those who want to write part-time or freelance. I chanced upon Academia Research who provides Freelance Writing service to professional writers who can do research work and can write essays, dissertations, term papers and other writing jobs. They need writers because they offer custom writing service to customers who need assistance on their reports and essays.

This is a good opportunity for those who want to write but can’t report to office on regular hours and days. Their Job For Writers also offers great compensation for those who will qualify to their requirements. Application is easy, you just need to fillip application form and they will assess your qualifications. So if you’re fluent in English with excellent grammars, can write good content, can adhere to Academia’s terms you can start applying now.

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:Today's Flowers #16

This white thinned petal flower was shot at Luisa Ridge resort in Calamba, Laguna where we had our field trip i mean the kids' field trip :-) The resort is really big with a mansion house beside, wide array of plants and flowers a nice place with have many plants and flowersThe thin petal caught my attention and the wilted flower beside it. I'm still researching the name of this flower!

Got another entry here!

More of Today's Flower entries here.

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Smart Buying

Everywhere you look now you can see that everyone is getting busy on the coming holiday season. To prevent rush on holiday some people have done their gift lists and finishing their shopping now. I should also be thinking on starting on my own but since I’m working it should be properly scheduled to maximize my time. Every mall I passed by I can see different sale going on boasting of discounted prices and discounts. We as shoppers must have the ability to check whether the prices are really competitive or not, after all we’re spending our hard-earned money and we must be a smart buyer.

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