Excited Little Boy

Everybody in the compound cheers the little boy about his birthday and he’s all smiles and counting the hours before the date will turn into 5. He’s always like that on his birthdays ever since he is 2 years old. He sees birthday as a day full of excitement and promises of fun just like last year when we go to his Dad’s office store in SM north after celebrating his birthday on the house. Instead of waiting for his Dad to come home early for his birthday we went there and made him ask permission to leave earlier lol!

When DH manager saw the kids they insisted on DH to leave his post to them and enjoy the day with his kids. The kids were as happy as the sky dome was new then and DH toured us around the newly renovated mall. It was super fun for the girls and the little boy so Josh is now looking forward to celebrating his birthday tomorrow with his church friends.

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Resting and Surfing

I’m resting from the bountiful load of assignments that I was doing and doing some personal surfing when I browsed again for the nth time the iphone accessories which I keep on looking for weeks as if I really have an iPhone to accessorize with. Well I just felt great every time I look on new gadgets because it makes me feel inspired that when I pushed my work harder I’ll be able to save more for my gadgets’ cravings. I did find lots of accessories that will look nice on iPhone depending on your mood, style and image. Now I wish I have one by my side.

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Just Like the Old Times

When I was with my former school friends we talked about everything non-stop and slightly forgot how much we wanted the food in front of us. Feels like we’re students again and just talking about what pocketbooks we read, the movies we had seen and the concert tickets we bought from the mall. Actually we’re only two or three interested in concerts during those days. 

It feels like we’re back in the good old times and we somehow lost ourselves in reminiscing all our five years in college. I really love these friends of mine and I miss them now. Glad we’re seeing each other again next week.

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August 2010 Top Droppers

This is to acknowledge my top droppers for the month of August.  I've been very busy lately that I wasn't able to visit you back.  Thanks for the visits, appreciate your dropping by!

Dropper	# of drops
Fledgling Blogger	31
Guitarbench.com	30
Random Ramblings	28
Traders' Hub	23
AsTheCrackerheadCrumbles	18
In The Eyes Of The Beholder	18
C'est La Vie	18
My Daily Catch	18
Beaker's 3 Dimensions	16
Beyond Feron	15

Thanks to my friend June who visits my blog(s) regularly.

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A Bicycle Test

Your Road is Paved With Wisdom

You've probably traveled on a long, hard road already in your life, and you've learned some important lessons.
You know to let the small things slide. Things usually turn out better than you fear.

You've learned to sit back and enjoy the ride. You don't push too hard. You pace yourself.
 You offer good advice to others, and you are an ideal friend. You find it easy to share your wisdom.

Well when I think about working my career for 19 years, being married for almost 14 years and being a Mom for 13 years I really learned important lessons in life.  Now working at home I realized I have more things to learn, the things that I didn't do when I was still working in corporate office.  I also missed some of life's small pleasures in the past years that I devoted my time in my work.  Glad I resigned and retired early in life.  Now I'm enjoying my new life and learned how to cope with my new pressures and problems.

I'm more matured now and can still give advices to my friends.... I can even extend it on my sites...

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Balance of Work and Earnings

It’s been a year since I left my 16-year old job to take care of my family and concentrate on earning money through online writing. Even though I resigned from the company my employer in his good heart gave me some retirement money for my savings or to start a small business. He actually didn’t want to let me go but emergency situation in my family forced him to finally let me go. He finally signed my resignation after more than a year of filing it. He’s so dear to me and gave my heartfelt thanks for the years we’ve worked together. 

After being free from corporate world I was unsure first if I’m going to start my dream bakeshop or invest my money on anything that will earn me profit like buying stocks, gold bullion or any other kind that promises good returns. Well I didn’t venture on any business that I had in my mind because I became too busy with adding up sites that it consumed all my working hours. Suddenly I became busier than when I’m working regularly in my previous work. I didn’t foresee that handling many sites is a lot busier and tasking than spending an 8-hour job in corporate world. But I realized also that I can’t earn that much if I stayed in my previous work so it’s just a great balance of work and compensation. If I work hard I’ll earn money and If I’ll work harder I’ll earn more. Makes sense huh!

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Little Boy's Fave Cousin is Ok Now

My little boy is sad that his cousin classmate Matthew, my brother’s youngest kid was again absent today and got some stomach pain again. He’s out of danger and negative of other prevailing sickness but still in medication so he’s resting for awhile. Josh missed seating with him on their service car and their fun antics on the way home. They’re inseparables and when one is not present they missed each other. Kuya and SIL were here to copy notes and lessons from Josh and told us that Matt is ok now but will go to school on Monday to have a complete rest.

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DS Invitations

Josh gave out his birthday invitations today. He asked us if he could come with us on our bible study. We let him come with us though the rain has started falling. I haven’t had the time to do personalized invitations for him because all my invitation drafts for my kids are all on my desktop hard drive which is down this time and need some repairs. Well I found some cute little invitation cards in the bookstore at 50% discount and Josh was happy to give them out himself. The kids got excited over the invitations and told me that they would never miss their friend’s 7th birthday. I smiled at their simple happiness.

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Life in the Province

I missed my Mom’s hometown province and we’re planning to go there after the first semester ends. We’re not sure as of this time if we’re going to spend a whole week or just a weekend vacation there. Mom and DH were talking about the vacation plan last week and my cousin in that hometown will prepare our house there if ever the plan will pursue. There are lots of things I miss there since the day we moved from there to where we’re living now. We’ve moved to my father’s hometown near the city because my father’s job was in the municipal hall and Mom was a teacher so she was able to transfer here and easily got an item in one of the elementary schools in town.

I miss the scenic view of the mountains when you wake up in the morning, the breathtaking beauty of the lake seen when you’re up in the mountains, the farm animals, the trees that never seems to run out of fruits, the old folks taking coffee slowly in the morning as if time stand still and everything about life in the province. I remember my Uncle taking me and my brother on his way to the mountains to take care of the crops. He would wear his breeches and ride on his horse where we were seated comfortably on each side of him. Well he died last year because of old age and I still miss him now together with my beautiful childhood memories of the past. I want my kids to experience the fun of playing in the trees, river and farm so if ever we’ll have time we’ll take them there for a vacation. I’m getting sentimental again.

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Planning for Josh' 7th Birthday

End of the month again and was hopeful that a big client will going to pay us now. It’s almost two months now and I’m really expecting payments from that company. Anyway we’re happy that we finally decided that we’re going to celebrate little boy’s birthday on Sunday near the church. We’re asking to be permitted to rent a room in the same building where we’re renting our church fellowship venue. I hope that the owner will let us use the 35 sq.m vacant room as it’s perfect for my little boy’s birthday party. Redge and I will design it as nice as any 7th birthday party venue. We’re going to make Josh 7th birthday memorable for him.

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