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Welcome 2015!

1 / 14 / 15

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Yay, so here I go again… Doing a late post (what’s new?! *rolleyes) hahaha!

The year 2014 marks a lot of important events in our family. This year is quite a hard and trying times in terms of money and finances. We really adjusted to the best of our capability. We were so glad of the financial help and support of our families (both side).

Last April 2014 was also the time when we ventured into a small home based business. DH opened up and converted our garage into a small eatery or carinderia. At that time, I was still employed and juggling my activity as  Day-Time Office Worker and Dishwasher at night. Haha! Come the month of May, I am really decided to take full-time in helping DH out in our small business. So I submitted my resignation letter the fist week of July and tendered my resignation effective August 2. But then, the boss kept on asking for an extension of my stay to help out/teaching the new employee of my tasks. I could only offer until the 3rd week of August.

The month of June was a chaos, at least for me. This is the time where the kids supposedly be in school already. Through the help of prayers and people around us, they were able to even though it’s late.

Last December, Ate I and her family went home from Australia for a vacation. They came on the eve of Christmas! We had a great time for the usual Christmas Noche Buena. We even played the Christmas cracker game.

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What Do Ghosts Eat? Spookghetti. 🙂

 Fun game indeed!

Then came the usual gift giving. Kids as always were in their high spirits as they open up their gifts.

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The little girl went crazy as she got 4 sets of Loom bands crafting materials this Christmas. LOL!

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While the little boy got Lego and Mario bros. toys.

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I got a very nice umbrella and a swimwear for all of us. Lots of new clothes too.

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December 27, my childhood friends and I had a get together again. It was two years ago since we met. But this time around, only four of us were able to make it.

We met at Trinoma and spent the whole afternoon catching up.

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Holidays are really the best time to enjoy and spend time with family and friends enjoying the festive occasion and all the things it has to offer.

We welcome the new year by the beach as we were invited by my sil, Ate I with her family to celebrate and welcome 2015 there.

We’re still in the process of learning and coping up until now so I am looking forward to a more peaceful and less stressful year this time around. Hahaha!

 

 

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Just A Quick Note

12 / 10 / 14

” No, it wasn’t just a small miracle… It is one great big thing to be grateful for. Thank you Lord!”

Something good happened awhile ago and I just have to take a note of it here. another answered prayer 🙂

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I am Still Here Around

12 / 4 / 14
(Photo above are kitchen essentials given by my sil for Karol’s kitchen- our not so new home based business 🙂 )

Just very busy around our Kitchen. It has been 3 months since I left my office job of almost 7 years… I have actually no regrets because I am firm and my heart really says I really need to go. Of course, I miss my co-workers there. It became my second home for almost seven years and I am really grateful for all the learning experiences- good or bad! It adds up on my becoming a better version of myself now.

Part of moving on are the risks that  I need to take (make that WE as a family) and letting go  of the regular (weekly) income and benefits ( SSS, Phihealth, Pag-Ibig, etc). But one of the things that I am thankful for is that I no longer need to deal with the travel hullabaloos every morning, being confined in the four corners in our office room and always eagerly waiting for the 5:30 pm logging out time. Haha!

It has also been three months of me getting a hang on working from home, it actually doesn’t really sound as relaxing as it is because busyness became part of our daily routine. Ian woke up as early as 4 am to do the marketing while I do attend to the kids’s needs as they both need to be in school before 7 in the morning. After sending them both to school, Ian and I work around, he does all the cooking while I do help in preparations and washing  the dishes. We would take our lunch around 1 pm, that’s when lunch is done by most of our customers ( usually office workers and neighbors). Things were light in the afternoon till the evening, but that is the time when we could feel the heaviness caused by the morning rush. Ian would take his nap while I do some of the washing or vice versa.

I usually call it a night around 9 pm and go straight to my bed, whenever I try  to go online, my eyes can’t take it anymore most probably telling me it’s time to shutdown (both the PC and my mind). So blogging has taken a backseat, not that I really don’t have time but I really chose not to blog about some of the happenings and events in my life. But they are instill in my mind, very clearly that is!

We are still in the process of growing, part of it is failure and victory. Part of growing is learning along the way, so we are still in the process of trial and error. We’ve encountered a lot of realizations, there are wrong and good moves, there are even times that we feel like giving up. But we just can’t. Because as of now, this is our bread and butter. We have to  rise and face all the struggles and obstacles along the way. As I have always say to myself, Keep the Faith! There are times that I am in the midst of doubts for myself and my faith, but I know God truly understands how I feel and I would often be humbled how he works around to prove things for me.

This year is set to unfold, and  we are still working things around to get better. Well, it’s only the 4th day of December,  I still do believe in miracles and I am actually praying for it. We need one… God will provide one.

Another thing, I have some photos of our Binondo walk that I really am eager to share. I hope that time would permit me to do so. haha!  I miss my blog… Really! I hope I can do this again more often. 🙂

 

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For the Eatery

6 / 26 / 14

Nay, I’ve been mia here for a month. I am very sorry for that. As I’ve said, we’ve been through a lot since the last time I updated here. I actually made a draft post that is yet to be published. I still have to ass up other things in there.

Anyway, as I have also mentioned in my previous post, I am also busy helping out DH in our eatery. Now that kids are back in school, I am juggling a lot of tasks in my hand. I am looking around from this website a table cloth for the tables in our eatery. The current ones that we have are already showing signs of wear and tear. I would love to share a photo of our eatery once the set up is complete  🙂 Oh how I miss blogging!  I really hope to catch up  very soon!

 

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Pending Posts

4 / 12 / 14

I am way behind with my blog posts. Hope to catch up by next week!  Although I still have a couple of hours free time at night, my eyes couldn’t bear to spend time in front of the computer. I also don’t get the chance to blog at work because I do often go out to do some errands, added that it will be the deadline for payment of the Annual Individual Income Tax Return by Tuesday so I might be going back and forth to our accountant’s office.

I will do an update on my Zalora shopping experience,  photos to share and a lot of side stories that I want to share and for my documenting purposes. Last April 9 ( Wednesday) also marks the 1st year death anniversary of my father, it just seems like yesterday when we were all surprised by his passing. We all miss him, I even dreamed of him a couple of weeks after my birthday.

Ian also decided to venture into food business, we opened up our garage for his mini carinderia business. 🙂 Since cooking is his passion, I knew that he is enjoying it so much plus the fact that that he is earning from it. A very big help for our family income indeed! The kids ( especially Gabby) were helping him out by doing simple errands 🙂 A good way to enjoy their summer vacation too instead of spending most of their time in front of the TV and the computer!

Hopefully, I can also go back in track! I’ve been out in the loop online because I had to deal some offline issues. Things are getting better, little by little! I know in due time, things will fall in to proper places. Patience and lots of prayers! I am counting my blessings instead of the failures I encounter each day, as the saying goes…

Fall seven times, stand up eight!

-japanese proverb

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Blogging Again …

4 / 5 / 14

I know I’ve been MIA for quite sometime in all of my blogs. I am having a “quite time” offline. I know whining will do no good for me nor to the people around me. Silence and lots of prayers. 🙂

“The more you despair, the more you will be unhappy” . It just struck me as I read that line in one of the letters of the late Secretary Robredo to her eldest daughter Aika giving advice on “career issues”.  I have been lately in despair with my work, not that I have issues with the work itself nor with my employers and co-workers (as they have been all good and ok to work around with) but the way I see myself being in my position for a couple of years more.

I am in my late 30’s now and felt like I am just a newly grad in my early 20’s finding what’s really in store for me and for my “ future” , ok let me rephrase that including now my “ family’s future” . I am still not losing hope, so I stop being in despair with work now.

I am on my way to the 7th year anniversary with my current work, and I guess I am having the so called  “seven year itch” term just like in marriage?! Haha! Seriously, I just have came to the realization that somewhere and somehow, we all do need to move on. I have given myself seven long years and I am so grateful and thankful for all the experiences and lesson learned from my work.

My kids are growing and so are the many needs and wants for the family, so I have to keep my options open to earn more to keep up with our finances. Sadly, my current salary can’t keep with growing expenses. I need to find a better paying job?! or create my own business perhaps. That I  think I have to grab whatever comes first.

But things doesn’t come easy, I had many bouts of being turned down and many broken-hearting episodes in between as I took the challenge of finding what’s really in store for me in my so called “career searching journey”.

For now , I am thankful still that I have a work. There are just millions of unemployed people around. I need to work and do my job as I am being paid for it.  I know in God’s will and proper time, things will happen and fall in proper places.

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Thankful Friday

3 / 14 / 14

… Because today is the last working day for the week, never mind that there is still the remaining eight freaking hours at work remaining later today. I know, there is nothing more that I couldn’t surpass thinking that I had enough the entire four days ago. It has been pretty exhausting for me.

So thankful that God made me feel loved despite being in those difficult situation. I don’t want to dwell on the negative things around, I had enough of it. As they always say, when you look at the bright side of things, there you see hope, love, faith. Positivity.

Good vibes!  Smile. Laugh.

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Hello November!

11 / 3 / 13

Hi guys! Been slacking with updates on my blogs. I did take the 3 days long weekend vacation to catch up with my offline activities- general cleaning the room,  laundry  and all the household chores that is! 🙂 Also, lazing around and staying more time in bed to either sleep or watch TV with the kids, because I wasn’t able to do so the last long weekend due to having Flu again! Also, the little boy catch the cold virus too! But he’s feeling alot more better now.

We didn’t go anywhere for any Halloween activities, aside from a trip to the salon for the little boy’s needed haircut and my scheduled pedicure session. lol! We were just at home, boring I know! It’s DH turn to get sick this time around last November 1, he was having a bad cough, achy chest whenever he coughs

I just really hope that the sickness bug in the family goes away soon! Here’s hoping to a better holiday season and a blast filled with positivity year ender for all of us!

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Down With The Flu Again

10 / 28 / 13

… for the nth time! This time, plus mouth sores!  I don’t know how many times I’ve been sick this past few months 🙁 My immune system has been very low lately. I am now on meds and really hoping that the antibiotics starts to kick in. Good thing it’s a long weekend so I still have this whole day to rest some more. Today is Barangay Elections Day, I’d be going out to vote when I feel a lot better later today.

The kids are also now on their short sem-break and will be back to school on November 4. Work-wise, it’s a pretty scarce for my blogs. DA’s are nowhere to be found and all I got was requests for removals. I am really crossing my fingers that things will settle soon and it will be a lot more better for my online gigs, all the more that Christmas is just around the corner. We all do need lots of moohla 🙂

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Down with the Flu

9 / 7 / 13

I was feeling a bit feverish Thursday afternoon, all along I thought it was just because of the weather and the aircon at the office. It was actually my office mate who has a fever at that time as I even gave her a paracetamol that I always have around (in my handy medicine kit inside my bag) when we took our lunch break.

Come dinner time, I had chills, drank medicine and slept it off. I just thought that it was just a simple fever, but boy oh boy! it didn’t let me sleep the entire night as I woke up every now and then chilling! I am determined to report to work the next day since it was a last working day of the week (payday too!) but I just couldn’t stand up from the bed 🙁 I got blurry vision, bad cough, terrible backache and muscle pains. There I got a FLU!

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Ian told me to just stay in bed and take a leave from work. So there, I obliged. I took the whole Friday for rest(less) in bed with a terrible headache the whole day. I felt a lot more better earlier when I woke up today but still feeling a bit dizzy. I should be sleeping around by this time, but having been in bed for almost two days most of the time makes me miss my pink computer chair, hence this blog post. 🙂 Just a quick update here. I rarely get sick and if I do, that could be really something and that I need to figure out!

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