Etcetera

Heto na naman ako, bumalik na naman.. Haay, na-miss ko din tong bahay ko na to. Mag-a-alas dose na dito sa amin ngayon, pero heto gising pa rin.

Habang kinakalikot ko ang aking libro, naghahanap din ako ng pampagulo sa utak . Hayun, napadpad ako sa imeem. Bigla ko ba namang hanapin ang mga kanta ni Gary V. kaya heto ngayon nakikinig ako sa isa nyang kanta.

I love his songs and his voice..sobrang ganda. Alam mo yung totoong marunong kumanta

Heto na si ako, nag-re-reminisce…alam mo yung parang ambilis ng panahon. Konti ikot ng araw, bente syete na pala ‘ko. Haaayyy, dami na palang nangyari sa buhay ko..

Kaya nga napa-smile ako nung narinig ko tong kantang to. Kasi nuon mahilig akong mag-senti (sino kaya ang hindi?) Alam mo na yung may bf kuno tapos may konting LQ, haha..di pa senti senti kaagad ang drama. Ganun yata talaga ang pinoy yata..

Ito yung mga kantang pinapakinggan tapos mag-iisip na may kasamang text text. Me drop call pa nun di ba? hehe. Ang saya no? Those were my single days..

I think I’ve grown to be a woman..parang ang laki ng pinagbago ko ngayon. Sabi nga ni nanay, matigas pa daw ako sa bato , nawala bigla yung kasentihan. Tsaka nun kapag may problema ako, iyak kaagad bago mag-iisip..eh ngayon, marunong na kong magpigil ng emosyon tapos isip muna bago iyak.

Andami ko ngang natutunan sa buhay at ngayon ko lang yata napansin

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I’m back

It’s as if I was away … Hmmm, I’ve been busy with my other blogs that’s why I wasn’t able to update this personal blog. Anyway, to wrap things up..everything is fine with us. Few days from now would be my first anniversary of staying here in the States. Time flies really fast..isn’t it?

I can still remember when I boarded the plane from GenSan to Manila and from Manila to San Francisco. Everything seemed surreal on that time…I had a mixed emotion. My heart was torn when I was in Manila while waiting for my flight going to SF, I was crying..the tears of my mom and dad kept replaying in my mind..

When the plane started boarding passengers, I felt sad on leaving my parents, my nephews..my bro..my loved ones. How I wish on that time that I wasn’t a knuckle head and told my husband (then fiance) to pick me up in the Philippines..but I chose not to.

It was hard leaving..

BUT

When I boarded the plane, every sadness I felt changed. I don’t know what happened but it changed into excitement and shyness. I may have been a very aggressive person but part of me is still a reserved one.

I boarded the plane. It was a lil chaotic, there were a lot of passengers..mostly from the stranded/cancelled flight from the previous day. That was my first time to fly international so I was learning and coaching myself at the same time after all..I was alone.

While carrying my hand carry purse and the bulky x-ray result film from SLEC (we are told to hand carry it in case there would be any inspection), there were few filipino’s who were very helpful and were willing to help me on what to do.

I may have forgotten their names but thank you so much for the big help. Ang akong kulba nawala gamay.. they made me feel at ease.

The flight was 12 hours and a half…

to be continued…

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And here I am as early as 7am busy hopping from one blog to another, thanking my blogger friends and visitors for the congrats they left on my tagboard. Dabawenya Babe is chosen to be the featured blog of the day from PPP and it came to me by surprise.

I and Carlo was caught up with his finance case study last night and so I wasn’t able to check PPP. When I opened my PPP control panel this morning, I went directly to open opps..lol that’s why I was surprised reading the messages in my tagboard.

Thanks again blogger friends for leaving me a message and for always visiting me. And I will forever grateful to the One who give all the blessings, it’s not just the earnings but the friends I gained from blogging. Thanks Lord.

Thanks also to my avid fan –my husband. He’s always been very supportive to me. Thanks for inspiring me and for backing me up with my dreams. Love u much habebe.

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It took me awhile (again) to mark a note here. Haaaayy, I know you’re tired of hearing my old lame excuse –busy. Pero busy baya jud ko

I don’t feel good today, I woke up weak and feeling nako nagbutod akong tiyan. I am drinking tea now kay basi og panuhot ba. Hmmm, buntis kaha ko? Hehehe, joke joke joke..di bitaw, jowk ra. I can’t be, i’m using contraceptives, di pa pud ko ready. Haay unsaon na lang.

Na sige kay mamahaw pa ko

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It’s been a while since I last posted an entry here, I know “busy” word is just an excuse. There were a lot of things that I prioritized rather than taking a note here. Firstly, Carlo’s been diagnosed with high in cholesterol and the following check up was that worse, his cholesterol went down but then he’s sugar is high.

He underwent a series of test and check up and we found out that he’s diabetic. It gave me sleepless nights and I had been crying. Maybe I was over-reacting but can you blame me? But anyway, thanks to the medicine’s here..he was able to lower his sugar and we’ll just maintain his medicine. Gone were the pizza, hamburger, rice, soda and all the fatty food days..

He’s having poultry foods right now as well as veggies, some fruits, plain water and whole wheat. Now I understand why no matter how eager I want to get a 9 to 5 job, I can’t..so this is the reason. You know I do believe that everything happens for a reason.

I’m over with weariness now, in fact I’m here in the base right now, Carlo has an appointment for a nutritionist dietitian and I’m going with him so I know what to feed him too. I mean the balance diet.

So what’s up with my blogging life? I’m pretty busy with my dabawenya babe blog, been kicking some assignments there. Did you know that we were able to save from that blog? That was really a big help for our plans in the future. We do have a lot of biz plans for next year.

Anyway, I bought me 3 domains in total and I’ll try to use the FREE hosting plan from godaddy, I’ll just try if it’s good if not, I’ll get me a hosting plan. The domain was cheap, it only cost me $14+ for 2 domains and that’s a year then the other 1 was around $28 including the hosting plan.

Yeah I bought em from different domain provider, just testing the boat. The subjects on those blogs are already laid out and planned. For sure, 2 of this blogs will NOT be monetized..just an educational blog.

Times up for blog talks, I read my friends’ entry about the ‘rice issue’ way back home. Wa gud ko katulog gabii naghuna huna, I don’t know how would the people survive the scarcity and crisis there. Makahurot og dugo..haaayyyy..lisod huna hunaon.

And one thing that kept bugging me every night was, 3 of my cousins are getting married next year. Worried lang ko because they are just ordinary person’s..unya mahal na ang bugas..unsaon na lang. But I hope they’re making the right decisions….I’ll cross my fingers on that issue.

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Hi everyone,

I’m back from a busy weekend. We went to Grindstone lake again this week for fishing. We went there last week and we had a lot of fun. It was chilly on the lake, the temp was about 40F but the view is breathtaking. I’ve never enjoyed any lake as much as I enjoyed it here. I guess, it was because we had a huge body of water in the Phils and its not so much in the town where I’m at right now.

After about 2 or 3 hours of fishing, we stop by at the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort to eat. This hotel is located near the lake and its also breathtaking. We were starving by this time and so we ate at the hotel’s buffet. There were four types of cuisine served but i sticked to Asian . After eating, we then head home. This is what we did last weekend.

This weekend, we drive the other route. From Ruidoso, we stopped by at the near town which is the Cloudcroft. On the way to Cloudcroft, you can see the trace of fields covered with snows. Cloudcroft is on top of the mountain and so it explains why they have snow. We ate at big daddy’s cafe this time and I enjoyed their burger. This cafe is known for their burger.

We pumped some gas and at Cloudcroft town and on our way home, we stopped by to beautiful landscapes and took pictures. It was really pretty on that area too.

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I’m in the base today. I went here with hubby. He drops me off here at the community center and I’m using one of their PC. I had a lot of reminisces when I was in McDo eating my bfast. I went there and spent an hour and a half.

Both of my parents weren’t born with a ‘golden spoon’, though they’re not considered to be the poorest but if they don’t till our farm, we have nothing to eat. My brother started working in our farm as early as 8 or 9 years old. And me, I learned to cook rice and some simple viands when I was 6. But we were happy, in fact I remember that during weekends we always go to town (we live in the province) to buy groceries, eat and shop.

A simple hotdog packs would always give me and my bro a huge smile. We both love hotdogs. Then for some reason we transferred in GenSan. It was a hard life for us on our first years in GenSan but my parents are very hardworking persons. After 5 years of living in GenSan, they were able to establish a better life for the family. Though we were tight in our budget, bro and I never stopped going to school.

So that was it, I learned how to be responsible with my actions when I first knew what earth was. Hard life taught me how to be strong and how to succeed. You know, I was growing up thinking that failure is not an option for me, this was my motivation. I stumbled of course but I managed to get back and go on. I had high hopes and everyday in my life, I was working on getting my goal. I can say that I had a promising career when I left Davao. I went here in the States because I fall in love. My husband is a very wonderful person. We have a lot of things in common. He’s a Filipino yet Americanized man. He pretty much grew up in here but I admire how he honored and paid respect to his roots. We blended right away and so I had no (as in zero) problem with my adjustment. I owe that to hubby.

Sitting at McDo made me realize and reminisce my life’s journey. You know, everything is possible. It was a realization knowing the sacrifices both my parents and I went through..I’d say, I am having a good life now. It’s not because I’m here in the States (kind a money grows on trees thinking) but because I do believe that wherever you are, as long as you have the drive to get your goal..you will succeed. I left a good career when I was in the Philippines, I was taking my Masters and even if I chose not to finish it (I lacked one exam to get the degree, I need to decide whether to get it or get here in the States) I got me a wonderful husband that is very supportive in my career. I know I have a vibrant career ahead of me and we are both planning to continue my degree.

Also, I am able to support my family (parents) without hurting our (I and hubby’s) budget. Though I’m not working full time right now, the internet has opened this huge opportunity that made me earned some extra. I’m really thankful for the blessings, I may not be perfect but I do believe in good and bad karma and the sayings that ‘what comes around goes around’.

I hope I inspired your day with my life story. Thanks for reading and have a good day

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Howdy everyone? I haven’t been online until tonight. I am too tired though. I had a busy day. I went to the base with hubby, went to the gym and went shopping for some furniture. It’s a NAF sale today in Holloman AF Base. The stuff’s that were on display are so cheap.

We spend around $105 and this is 2 loads in our truck. Yeah, that’s a lot of shopping. We bought a recliner for only $15, 2 wooden chairs for $10 each. That is really an awesome deal. The side table were $15 each, we bought 2, desk lamps for $5 each we bought 2 of this too and the best thing that we bought is the kitchen ware. I had dozens of kitchen wares and utensils.

That was a good shopping. It was very tiring to load and unload the stuffs but its worth it.

After we loaded our stuffs in the garage, I asked hubby that I’ll go with him and told him to drop me off at Lowes cause I need to buy a potting soil for my onion. One of my onions just happen to grow in my spice jar in the kitchen.

Anyway, Lowes is only 5 to 10 minute walk from our house so I wasn’t worried about hubby going back to his office and me walking back home. I grab a push cart and went shopping. My oh my, I think I got carried away with shopping and I forgot that I’m gonna be walking back home. I bought 5 bags and its like 6lbs each , the moment I remember that hubby can’t pick me was too late. I’ve already paid for it waaaaaaaaaa .

Oh well, since I don’t have the courage to return it, I decided to go for it. Then I started walking back to our house, My God..it’s too heavy and I can only walk like 20 steps then I need to rest. I know I look funny but then what can I do, I’m on that situation already. Then there’s this police car that passed by (this is halfway home), guess what? The officer pulled over and offered me a lift. He has this big smile and to make the long story short an officer gave me a ride back home …yay. Argh!!

So nice of the officer here but really I was ashamed of what happened. Sobrang nakakahiya..di na jud ko muusab. Uwaw gyud ko ay. That’s why instead of resting when I got home, I planted my onion right away and plant some herbs in the pots too.

And this is how my whole day went today.

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My meds and phones, part of my everyday companion

I don’t know what’s gotten into me today that I feel like posting pictures , this is probably out of boredom (lol). I’m here in our office room right now, I treat it that when I go to this room I feel like I’m also working .

Because the only companion I have are my laptop, my phone and my meds, I also turned on our TV and listen/watch on some shows. What I like to watch are the cold case files, history channel, tom and jerry (obviously from cartoon network ), CSI Miami and sometimes movies.

When I get bored here in the office, I’ll go to the living room and read some books or pocketbooks. I see to it that I don’t forget to bring with me our cellphone, the telephone and my meds (sinusitis meds) so hubby doesn’t freak out when I couldn’t answer the phone when he calls.

He panics when I don’t answer the phone right away and believe me, even if I’m in our bathroom, I have the phones with me . Anyway, the two meds you’ve seen in the picture are: one is a soft gel capsule for intake and one is a nasal spray. So far they both work good, I have no more nose bleed, no headache so no tantrums (hehe).

My everyday is pretty much redundant but its ok, at least I have blogging to do. This keeps my sanity and keeps me busy until hubby is home. Ohh, by the way, I want to get back on the wheels..I’ve got the courage to go back driving again now (so nervous bout it) that I really want to get a job.

Anyway, the one that you can see in my laptop is smorty , one of the advertisers website. I’m checking some assignments for today. I have payperpost, blogsvertise and so on. Blogging was able to earn me money and I’m quite happy about it. At 2 or 3 in the afternoon, I’m already done with my office hours duty. This time, you’ll find me in my kitchen preparing our dinner. Then around 5 or 6 I’m back here in the office and this time with hubby.

He’ll do his school works, some research, his tagalog lessons while I continue blogging , that’s pretty much how I start and end my day in my office.

And this is your author showing her picture in the bedroom (kakagising lang )

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I got up around 7 in the morning today. I thought this would be a lazy day again since I worked out for 2 and a half hours yesterday, but its not. I feel better and there are no soreness. I’m surprise with my stamina. I never liked eleptical (a gym equipment in the gym for cardio), it always runs me out of energy. But Carlo was coaching me all the time and he said that it’ll increase my stamina if I’ll keep doing it.

And so I did, and true to my coach’s word, I had an hour cardio yesterday. I can’t believe the improvement. And today, I can’t feel any soreness. I’ve always been a butthead when it comes to eleptical hehe, I can jog on the track, run the bike, run on the treadmill but I always skipped eleptical. Thanks to my husband’s patience, I feel so great now.

I’ve been going to the gym to build my stamina for the weather here. I’ve been having a hard time to adjust and thanks for that, (awa ng Diyos) I only got sick two times since I got here. I have no allergies (except for my sinusitis of course -been having this since in the Phils) and no colds. When I was in the Phils, I was never fond of AC (air conditioned) rooms, it gives me colds right away.

So when I got here in the States, I can’t skip it especially that having a cold temp is part of the weather here. Haay..iba talaga ang buhay sa tate

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