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It was August 8 of last year when I finally said ‘buh-bye’ to my bosses of 9 years. The work itself was not stressful but the environment was no longer healthy as it’s supposed to be. In a deadline-driven company such as theirs, I was expecting more motivation and appreciation, unfortunately it was too much for them to give.

I admit it was hard at first especially in managing the finances. We’ve had bills to pay and I left a bunch of loans that we also need to settle immediately. IT.WAS.HARD.

Hundreds of bills, credit cards, mortgage papers, notice of eviction paper later…. I am still here, believing that we can settle everything without me leaving home. I sold things online, juggled my time between house chores, supplier visits, and making money on blogging.

I tried to look for jobs but I can’t bear to attend interviews. It’s against my will because I didn’t want to work at all. My heart and mind says that I need to be home. More and more people were asking me why I am still jobless. But I told them that being jobless doesn’t mean I am worthless.

So what’s keeping me from leaving home?

1. Unlimited time with Yona. Enough said.
2. I can maintain or boost my income anytime. Say work for several employers simultaneously? You bet! Now I am working for a single company with a pay higher than what my former employer is paying me..and it’s tax free!
3. Working hours are flexible. I can do errands in between jobs or during work hours and the best part is, I can go on vacation anytime I want.
4. Say no to commuting! I no longer have to travel for 1-2 hours.
5. I feel more contented because I am my own boss.
6. Say no to yaya! I am in no way leaving my child to a yaya. No way. She’s my first priority so the efforts of working long hours in the office all seemed futile because my thoughts are with Yona.
7. Save money. I do not need to buy new clothes and power lunches.

It has some drawbacks, too! But I’d rather not think about it and in fact the benefits I am getting offset it anyway.

I am not a frank person.

At most, all the comments I have I keep to myself so I won’t ruin the conversation but at the back of my mind I know that I have several things to ask or say. This makes me regretful all the time – but it’s my nature and I hate it.

I can’t be frank because you may not like the words that will come out from my mouth.

Because once I start babbling, I am uncontrollable. All the things that I will say will really dishearten the person I am talking to.

This happens to a person who’s still carrying a lot of excess baggage. Their disappointments will eventually come out when provoked.

And that’s what I am and I simply don’t like it.

Finally got the photos from Ms. Giselle, yey!

July 3, 2009
Dress for Success episode of MomWorks
Shoot Location: Rustan’s Makati

It was one hell of an experience. We were made to wear clothes which are all UBER expensive, pieces that I might not able to wear in this lifetime.

Kaya bonggang bongga kong ninamnam ang aking mga kasuotan na katumbas na ata ng bahay ko LOL

Mommy Iris seized the day!

I found new friends in Mommy Cza and Mommy Trina too! Chika and Sharing galore

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Thanks to the following:
Ms. Giselle
Ms. Kath
Ms. Uzelaa
Ms. Cha
Ms. Lucille
Gen-gen of course
and Ms. Rima Ostwani (yes, Diether’s beau) and Ms. Maricel Laxa -Pangilinan

I super enjoyed the day that I wouldn’t mind doing it again bwahahahahaha

Comments are important to me because through this I am able to gauge the impact I am making to the community who bothers to read my blogs.

People post their comments or feedback on my posts and I’ll forever appreciate the time and thought they’ve placed there. My blog is less then a year old, I am not popular, my blogs are not so intriguing therefore I have a limited number of followers in Blogger. With this, I value every single comment posted in my blog, kasi napansin nila yung post ko. But then again, there are just some rotten people out there who are paid effin’ $$$ to post random SPAM in somebody else’s blog. It’s like invasion of privacy and disrespect to the owner of the blog. They’ve been posting and posting freaking ads on my site with links directing to their pathetic sites. I pity them but I simply hate them. I want to give them a dose of their rotten medicine but I am no way clicking their links. They’re simply A$$holes.

If they want to increase their site traffic then why not do white hat SEO by hiring a professional SEO specialist rather than a bunch of pathetic losers who endlessly flood somebody else’s blog?

I so hate these people. And now that I moderated my comments section, I still get 5 – 10 comments of the same rotten content.

The first time I laid my mouth on Miren’s Gooey Revel Bars, I knew it was L♥ve….

I am no food guru but here’s my take on these sinfully delicious Revel Bars:

It’s a sophisticated twist of the common brownie having oatmeal as its base with lots of gooooooey chocolate on top…ahhhh. I simply can’t describe the taste.

It’s sweet but then again, it’s not.
It’s a dessert that you’d eat every bit.
Forget your diet, eat this treat.
Try one now and simply L♥ve it.

And guess what? My dear lolo ate 3 bars in less than 10 minutes! That’s how good it is!

For orders, please visit Miren’s Best Desserts.

I easily get pissed whenever I receive SMS written in TextSpeak. But what’s more annoying is when TextSpeak is used in mediums such as blogs, forums, testimonial spaces and e-mails where SPACE IS UNLIMITED.

It is such an eyesore. I simply hate it including the person sending the effin’ message. For me it’s too inappropriate.

I just had the chance to visit one of my social networking accounts when I came across this testimonial:

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Can somebody please translate this for me? I mean, I can read and translate it obviously, but it took me 5 minutes to read one.simple.freakin.nonsense.message.

Such a waste of time.

To those interested here’s my take on that message:

“Uy, haha. Kayo po pala iyan. Di ko po kayo namukhaan. [i know what this means because it's a conventional chat lingo for 'big grin or laugh'] Musta ka po? Miss you too! Ayun po. Di pa ako dalaga ah. Isip bata pa nga eh. Cge, iyon lang po..Ingat..Muah!”

So there, what I don’t understand here is why should they change the spelling of the word pa? In chat lingo, we abbreviate words because we need to, right? Typing ‘LAUGHING OUT LOUD’ every time my LOL syndrome strikes is definitely time & space consuming, hence we write ‘LOL’ – but in this example, she even spelled the MUSTA as MXTAA! See my point? Abbreviating is not the issue here, it’s how these kids taking textspeak to a whole new level much to their disadvantage.

photo credits: textspeak.com

My Monday didn’t start out that well but it did end well. First I was so sleepy and second I have a lot of work to finish before noon that day.

It ended well because I got several jobs that’ll keep me busy the whole week and Mamang Kartero arrived with a package from New Zealand for me!

For me? Yes, for me!

It was from Iska of Iskandals.com. I won uber cute Tiki coasters from her Blogversary contest 2 months ago

It really made my day! Thanks Iska M!

Everyone at home simply loves bananas, even my super picky little girl. We eat bananas day and night but my experience with bananas last night was so bad that I can’t bear to eat another piece of banana again.

I’ve had Banana-Q (sugar coated banana) yesterday afternoon. It was so yummy that I ate 6 pieces of it or 2 sticks while working on a gazillion articles. Soon I ate dinner and had bananas of another kind again for dessert, in short I’ve had too much bananas and articles. I thought yesterday was no-toxic like Monday but my clients sent additional work (God bless them!) after lunch that day…all due immediately! It was a tough job but I have no choice. On top of that, I still have to work on my hourly jobs for Kevin and Paul, waaaah!

I slept really early, around 11pm but I woke up around 3am dizzy and wanting to puke! I was dreaming that I was riding a rollercoaster and submitting articles to companies! imagine that? Hubby massaged my tummy-tum-tum and told me that maybe the banana caused it. Arrgggghhhhhhh!

I am still feeling a little bad today but the research on banana’s benefits has proven otherwise.

Overworked? Maybe.

Photo Credits: http://www.uberreview.co