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Michelle Is Back In Manila...

Michelle arrived back here in Manila last night after her 10-days vacation at our hometown. It was only this morning that we got the chance to talk since she was already sleeping when I got home from church last night.

She said she enjoyed her vacation so much. We talked mostly about her Mom's birthday party which was celebrated at their residence in Tupi, South Cotabato. Relatives came by and enjoyed the party and get-together. The sisters, including my mother had some kind of a reunion. Of course, my mom's wit and the sister's being naturally funny made the celebration enjoyable. I bet they all had a good time especially my dear cousin Michelle.

She told me that Lainy liked my gift for her. It was a perfume she wanted for her birthday. So I figured I buy her one.

Just listening to my cousin's vacation make me miss my Mom so much. I miss coming home and laughing with my cousins and spend sometime with my brothers. Hopefully I'd be home on mid January. I promise to spend it more time with my Mom on my next homecoming.

Internet Installation Rant...

When I went to pay for my internet bill last Monday, I prepared myself for another long wait. Since the internet and phone provider is located in Makati, most of the people seemed like they just got off from work like myself. Others for sure are rich people who have their netbooks with them. They were tapping on their laptops while waiting for their turn to pay. I was observing the people around me to pass the time when I was there.

The service is really different here in the Philippines when compared in the U.S. You have to wait long lines or queues and waste a lot of time just to get something that you need. You can't just do it over the phone which should have been convenient. When it's your turn to the cashier, you will then be told that there were incorrect information on your application and you need to go back on another business day to check if it was corrected.

Thankfully, on Monday when I checked my account, it was already set and I was able to make a payment. I was waiting this week for someone to install the phone and internet but to no avail. I called the customer service hotline and I was told that they have incorrect address again! I'm getting frustrated already because I really want my internet connected as soon as possible. Now I have to wait for next week for these technicians to install my internet and phone. What a waste! Sigh!

Friday The 13th...

I really don't believe in the jinx's brought by Friday the 13th until today. Wela and I seemed to have a bad day.

It all started when we decided to go out and run some errands after we withdraw our payout since today is a payday. We were actually anticipating a good start. To our dismay, the payout wasn't released yet when we checked it on the atm booth. So we waited for 30 minutes, and then another 30 minutes.

Wela and I waiting for our pay...

We've already wasted an hour waiting for our salary. So we decided to go home relax for a little bit. We got paid anyway but it was already late for our errands since we need to send money to our loved ones and pay our bills. So we have to go through long queues when we were running our errands.

I decided to take my chance at PLDT where I applied for my internet and phone provider. The wait lasted for more than 2 hours. I was glad Wela was there with me during the wait because if not, I would get soooo bored.

The place was jampacked with customers waiting for their turns at the counter

Sigh... My number

Waiting in vain?

Err... I guess not! Lol!

Guess where were seated while waiting! Hahaha!

People there seemed to forget about the frustrating wait since they see Wela and yours truly just laughing. Even the manager and the customer service representatives on their desks were amused with our smiles. We just seemed to be having fun despite the long wait.

When I was about to pay, we found out that my address in the system is not correct. It has to be fixed by someone else in a different department who had already gone for the day since it was already 5:30 pm. Sigh. I was told to come back on Monday.

It was actually aggravating. However, instead of us frowning on our way home, we decided to treat ourselves at Jollibee which is the nearest fastfood chain.

We soo deserve this!

When we got full, we just laughed at today's experience. Hah! What a day! Friday the 13th indeed!

All Set For Pacquiao Vs. Cotto

Pacquiao's fight against Cotto on Sunday is already marked in every Filipino's calendar. Everyone here seems to be anticipating for the fight. Like all his other fights, it would seem like the time is going to pause here in the Philippines for sure. Filipinos will forget the mishaps brought to us by the past typhoons and calamities. Politicians will stop debating especially those who are running for presidency. Filipino's world is going to stop momentarily. All eyes will be glued to the television sets, hoping and praying that our Pacquiao is going to raise the Philippine flag once again on this fight.

Go Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao! Make us proud again!!!

Happy Birthday Ate Nimfa!!!

Beautiful Happy Birthday

Happy birthday on this beautiful day,
There's so many things, I just want to say.
You inspire many, with your thoughts and actions,
We're all so grateful, for your calm reactions.

Happy birthday on this beautiful day,
You've always been there, when we needed you to stay.
Kindness and thoughtfulness is your forte,
Our love for you, we wish to convey.

Happy birthday on this beautiful day,
We wish you the best, without any delay.
Hope you enjoy it, from beginning till end,
Here's a hug and kiss, we're ready to send.
by Martin Dejnicki
http://www.special-birthday-poems.com/


Dear Ate Nimfa,

Happy Birthday Ate Nimfa! I wish you all the best in life. Thanks for the laughter and for being there for me when I was in tears. Thanks for letting me into your life, for the love and friendship. Thanks for not doubting our friendship. I'll always thank God for you. You're such a wonderful person. I love you, Te! You deserve the best in life!

Love and Kisses,

Lunch At Dencio's With Colleagues

We had a very stressful day at work yesterday. That's why after work, my colleagues and I decided to have lunch at Dencio's. We deserve a treat after a day's work. We had fun chitchatting while waiting for the food and took some pictures of ourselves.

That's me with Joy and Rina

With Sheila

With the desperate housewives! Lol!

We had a handful of meal and went home so full!

A mom's beauty problem...

My pretty colleague Julie Ann is always worried about the darkening part underneath her eyes. As a mom of a cuddly 2-year old boy who doesn't seem to get tired of playing and as a call center agent at the same time, she doesn't get enough sleep. What she does is she keeps buying these eye creams and concealers just to cover up the dark circle. She doesn't have a choice anyway unless she quits her job which she's not prepared to do yet. I just tell her that she still looks pretty despite the dark circles. Even advise her to get enough sleep if she can. She said it's difficult now that she's a mom. She has to stay up for her little boy. Oh well. That's really tough!

All The Love In The World - MM

I'm always a fan of The Corrs. I haven't heard new songs from them lately. I hope they could come up with a new album soon. Here's one of my favorite songs - All The Love In The World.

Enjoy Music Monday!

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Top 10 EC Droppers for November '09

My Top 10 EC Droppers for November '09

Learning Corner
Cooking Japanese Style
Marriage and Beyond
Vanilla Seven
The Way I See It
Art By Paul Baines
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Business Sphere
Crimsonsparkle.net
Business & Life Success

God bless!

Happy Halloween!!!

Saturday Saved The Best For Last #2

Horror movies, scary documentaries, weird costumes, candles - these are some of the manifestations of Halloween. It's that time of the year that people like scaring themselves.Here in the Philippines, most Filipinos pay tribute to their deads. A lot of them are flocked in cemeteries and are busy cleaning up the tombs and celebrating. Yes, you won't see them grieve over there. In fact, you will even see disco lights in some cemeteries. People bring buffet of foods and candles and flowers. This is also the time for family reunions.

I don't participate in such chaos because I am scared of getting suffocated in a crowded place. I would want to visit my loved ones' grave but definitely not on Halloween. I'd rather stay at home and watch movies or horror flicks. Or work, as the case may be.

I remember when I was a child, me and my friends gather in one of our neighbor's house and tell scary stories about ghosts, vampires, supernatural creatures like maligno or aswang (Filipino mythical creatures) . While we were focused on discussing and scaring our butts off, one would boo us (especially the older ones) and everybody screams! hahaha! Childhood days were really fun!

Trick or treat is not that common here in the Philippines especially in rural areas (well, not in our province). It would've been so much fun if we have that when I was a kid. I can stay up late gathering assorted candies and wear costumes with friends. I would've enjoyed some more scary times with my buddies. If I will have kids in the future, I'll let them do trick and treat! Hah! Wishful thinking!

Happy Halloween everyone!!!

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Saving For Future Business

Lainy told me that a new mall was built in our hometown. It actually opened already sometime last month. Lainy and I have been thinking of putting up a business together. Doing franchise is one of our options for the business. However, it is still a plan. We haven't really talked to her more about it. If I am to go back to the province for good, I might just indulge into business of some sort. Getting employed there is tough. I should work to save for the future business while I'm here. My mom would definitely love the idea of me back to the province.

Getting Tired of the Typhoons

The weather is quite chilly here at Metro Manila right now. Another typhoon passed us by. His name is Santi (international name - Marinae) Although it wasn't as bad as the past 2 typhoons - Ondoy and Pepeng, it scared us this morning because it was raining so hard and was accompanied by strong winds . Thank God it ceased at noon. I went home worry free.

I'm getting tired of the typhoons. Our experience with Ondoy and Pepeng was traumatic. A lot of out countrymen still suffer from their losses. I hope there would be no more storms as hard as Ondoy and Pepeng.

I wanna be home soon...

My cousin Michelle is going home to the province next week. I envy her actually. I wish I can go with her but unfortunately I can't. I don't have enough money yet. I have yet to save for my vacation. Who knows? I might end up getting myself into one of the orlando vacations! Lol!

I really miss vacationing. When I get home, I'll spend some quality time with my family in a beach in our province. I love walking on the seashores and watch the sunset. I miss that! I better think of ways to be able to save some more moolah! I wanna be home soon!

It's just the start of my week...:(

I just got home. I got myself a massage. Remember when I said I need to take a break? Yeah, I did. But here I am back online again. Lol! Just can't get enough of it, I guess.

I bet my colleagues are getting ready for tonight's Halloween party at work. I really don't know what I will be tonight. I didn't have time to pick a costume. I guess I'd go for being Gothic or Emo. Whatever works on my outfit. Nah! I'll just go with the flow.

It's the start of my week later. I envy those who are about to enjoy their weekends.

Take care and enjoy the holidays! I'll be working on holidays too. Sigh!

Health Issues After The Typhoons

After series of typhoons hit the Philippines recently, there were several health issues that came up. Leptospirosis which is transmitted to humans through rats and their urine has been one of the diseases caused by the floods. Most of the victims are those people who soaked on the floods during the typhoons. Apart from that is diarrhea for most kids. The water has been contaminated with bacteria.

Health issues has become worst because most of the victims are poor people and the government doesn't have enough medicines to provide. Health plans like that of Blue Cross North Carolina would have been a big help if these people saved for that. Unfortunately, they've got none of these health plans.

My New Baby!!!

I finally bought my own laptop!!!

My best friend Czarina, as usual, accompanied me on buying my new portable computer 2 days ago. I was really excited.

When we arrived at the shop and checked out the different laptops on display, I didn't have any idea on what to buy. Then the manager approached us and helped us out. She recommended this Dell laptop and gave it to us at a discounted rate. I was even able to pick my favorite color - purple!

Here is my new baby!!!

I need a break!

I haven't jogged this morning because I slept late last night. I uploaded photos on my computer. It took long because while doing that, I was watching TV at the same time. I want to sleep but I got a lot of things to do. I had very busy schedule this past 3 days. Actually this past weeks. I'm getting a bit stressed out. Sometimes I feel like smoking cigars but I kept reminding myself not to. I just want to chill out sometimes. Maybe hang out with friends but since I got a lot of errands to do, I still can't give myself a break. Hopefully next week I'd be able to chill. Tomorrow is work day again. And we're asked to wear Halloween costume. Sigh! I still need to get out and buy myself one.

Phew! I need a breather!

Halloween Trick or Treat for Kids

I went to our company's Halloween party for the kids yesterday at Glorrieta 5. Of course I didn't go there to join the kids. I went there to see my colleague's cute little ones.

The children were fascinated by the magician when I got there. I just love looking at those curious eyes while the magician does his tricks. I also was fascinated.

I met the cute kids and get to play with them. I just love kids, you know. My colleagues kept teasing me to have one of my own. Duh! As much as I love to, it might take years from now. I gotta get myself a boyfriend and get married first. Lol! It's gonna take long before I can have my own baby!

Me and Baby Justin - the cute bat!

The moms and their kids

Pretty Julie, Lajon and Me

Yesterday was super fun!

Promise for my Laptop

When I was just canvassing for my laptop, I was really concerned about the specifications although I really don't know too much about computers. Since I had a technical background, just a little bit of it because of my previous account at work, I somehow managed compare the specifications of the portable computer I wanted. I made comparisons on the memory, hard drives, some accessories which will be useful for me. When I bought the computer, I was thankful the manager of the shop helped me out and even recommended a good one.

I just love this new baby. I promise to take good care of it as long as it works!

To The Best Cousin In The Whole Wide World

Dear Ate Ellaine,

Since it's your day, here's something I want to say.

May God grant you all the best things in life coz you deserve it. Thanks for always being there even when we're miles apart. Thanks for the fond memories that we've shared. I wish for happiness and good health and all the blessings be showered upon you not only today but for the rest of your life.

Love you Te! You're the best cousin in the whole wide world!

Happy Birthday Ate Ellaine!!!

Enjoy your Day!!!


Love, Ally

Want to Manage My Finances

Few weeks ago, our company offered us free financial consultation at work. I was quite interested to check the program out. Unfortunately the consultation was during our shift so I wasn't able to take advantage of the program. I definitely would want to know how to manage my finances properly. Investing for insurances is worth it. It's still best to save for financial security for your family, right?

Too bad I still wasn't able to join the program. If only we were given a few hours to spare for the program, it would have been nice.

Anything For You - Music Monday

The Philippine's Soul Siren - Nina has been awarded as the First and Only Filipina Diamond Awardee recently. It came to be a surprise to her during her birthday celebration at ASAP 2 weeks ago.

She has been reviving songs and this is one of the songs that she sang which I so love!

Enjoy!!!

Anything For You

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Car Accidents

Every time I watch the news, there are always vehicle accidents that are being reported. It's really horrifying. Most cases involve drunk drivers or vehicles driving through accident prone areas. Lives lost because of being plainly irresponsible or just a victim of misfortune. The family who were left behind carry the pain and the suffering. What about those who don't have enough money and cannot bring justice to the death of their loved ones? They're lucky if their cases will be handled by a Tacoma car accident lawyer. But what if not? It will truly be devastating.

Just recently, when I chatted with my cousin Lainy through YM, she told me that one of our cousins (her name is Janet) has also met a vehicle accident. Thankfully she wasn't badly hurt. She just got some bruises but it was traumatic for sure. I just can't imagine a family member, even a relative to be a victim of this tragedy. God forbid it won't happen to us.

Suspicious Boss

Work isn't fun anymore. Me and my team mates get along well. It's just that we're having some issues with our new supervisor. She's a newbie as a team leader. She's actually still under observation. We understand that she's having some problems when it comes to posting right updates of our scorecards. However, if she make mistakes, she doesn't admit that she's wrong or say sorry that she gave us incorrect details. She doesn't smile and seem like she doesn't care about us at all.

As a team leader, she should have people skills. Asking us how we are doing wouldn't be too hard to ask on the first hour of the shift, right? She never does that. Even when typhoon Ondoy happened, we never received any text message from her just to let us know she somehow cared if we're alive.

She doesn't even trust that we're doing our best on our job. She's suspicious and think that we're doing some foolishness at work. She's fond of threatening written warnings whenever we make errors. I just don't think we deserve this.

Our job is already stressful and she gets even with us. I'm already having little faith to get career advancement in this company under her supervision. Might as well seek for a company where I can find a boss who will treat me well. Sigh.