Monday, March 31, 2008

Contacts

I broke my eye glasses a few weeks back. I'm nearsighted, so I still could go about my daily task without having to put it on, but I really have problem reading signboards from afar. Whenever I work at the compputer, my face has to be four inches away from the monitor to see clearly, and that strains my back. My eyesight is really bad that I couldn't make out people's faces 3 feet away. And I can't watch a movie without the specs on, otherwise I would not enjoy it.

I wanted to get another pair of glasses to replace the old one. But to be honest, I am sssooooo tired of wearing eyeglasses. I tried wearing contact lenses before but, also it was too much of a hassle for me to be having to put it on and then remove it at the end of the day.

Last Saturday, instead of buying another pair of eyeglasses, I decided to get a pair of disposable contacts. I guess I may just have to sacrifice a little for the sake of convenience, not to mention vanity. It feels a little weird but I guess I will adjust to it given some time. And also, I need to make sure that I remove it before sleeping (i used to wear it even when asleep because i was too lazy) because that's part of the deal. Aldrich initially didn't want me to wear contacts because he knows I'm too lazy to remove it, but I promised him that I will be diligent and consistent in removing it, so he agreed to buy me one.

The world is a little clearer now and more detailed. And I think I look prettier and younger without the specs perched atop my nose. I was feeling great but tired the Saturday afternoon when we went home, that I immediately fell asleep, still with my newly worn contacts on. Oooopppppssss....

BLOCKED

The IT department of our office must have found out the rampant browsing of non-work related website that they have finally found a way to block all other non-work related sites, including ny site. It's so frustrating because I can't update my site as much as I want to, and I don't want to get an internet connection at home because I don't want to use up my hours at home tinkering with pc when I could have utilized this spare time bonding with the kids.

I may be a working mom, but I am a hands-on mom. Whenever I'm at home, my attentions is fully devoted to the children, and I leave all the household chores to the helper. I want to make them feel that even if I had to work, that shouldn't stop from being the best mom I could possibly be to them.

But I also love blogging. And it pains me that I couldn't do it as often as I want to. Especially now that I have applied for PayPerPost, I need to make sure that my site gets impressions. I'm considering of getting an internet connection at home but I'm scared of how will it affect my quality time with the kids, especially that both of them are so attached to me and wants my full attention. Sigh!

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Missing Work

I've been absent for two days from work. Initially, because my daughter was sick. She had fever, cough and colds and that I couldn't just leave the tending to the nanny. On the afternoon of that day, I also got asthma attack. Maybe it was due to stress and fatigue from taking care of my baby girl, as she wants to be carried the whole time, and she is already very heavy.

I went to the doctor yesterday as per my hubby's insistence. The doctor advised that I should be on bedrest so I can totally recover. She gave me antibiotics and medical certificate to justify my absences. I told her I couldn't miss work for another day as I already have a lot of things to do piled up in the office. She inssisted that I take another day to rest, but her insistence, as well as my hubby's pleas fell on deaf ears, because here I am today.

I am feeling surprisingly better now that I'm already in the office. The past two days, I felt so tired, a simple chore as chewing my food would wear me out. Now that I'm here, I still feel running out of breath from time to time, but I feel more energized, which scares me as I may already showing signs of workaholicism. The whole time that I was home, I kept thinking about my evaluations and the agents, and all the other important updates that I may have missed.

I pray to God that I will not reach a point that I will feel more alive in the office than in my home. I pray to God that I will still be able to prioritize my health over my work. The doctor was right when she said "Health is more important than your work"...I always knew she was right, but I still can't help thinking of the many evaluations that I need to do and to catch up on if I miss another day at work. And so here I am....feeling a little better....but a little scared of how things are turning out for me....

Monday, March 24, 2008

Just thinking....

I heard from somewhere the saying, "Small people talk about other people. Average people talk about events. Big people talk about ideas."

I've been feeling more like the average person lately. I feel that I am not making sense at all with my blogging, and that I am merely narrating the events in my life. I'm not sharing my inputs, my thoughts, the lessons I learned, the perspective I've gained, the way I used to when I was still writing through my journals. I sometimes feel like there's no point in reading my blogs. It's like, well, yeah, right....you went to this place, this is what you did, your day went like this...so what? The underlying question should be, why are you writing this? what for?

It makes me wonder sometimes, why should people read my blog? What can they gain from doing so?

Maybe, I need to review my perspective. I need to remember why I am writing at all. I don't want to be just an average person who talks about the daily routines. I definitely don't want to be the person who talks about other people. I want to be the kind of person who inspires other people through her thoughts, through her ideas and ideals, through her perspective. I want to be someone who can make a difference in the lives others just by sharing what I think and how I see the world. I want to be the blogger who inspires people to love life, and to embrace every day's struggles with vigor and hope and to look out to the future with so much anticipation that life gets better as we grow older.

Circa La Playa


I never heard of this resort before. My bestfriend went here for a team building and she recommended it to me. It's not yet very popular, that's why it's not so crowded yet making the place an ideal place for a family gathering. They actually only have one room for overnight. But they do have several open cottages, and a big open function room with videoke, and billiards table at the other side of the resort. They also have a big indoor badminton court, and I think they hold tournaments from time to time, as displayed on their bulletin.









I'm Back

Hello everyone! Thanks for visiting my site even when i was away for some time. hehe

It's the first working day of the week after a long weekend, and the first working day of our fiscal month. I wanted to go on emergency leave today because my daughter had fever last night. It's a good thing the fever broke down this morning, and I was a feeling a little confident to leave her with her dad for now since my hubby is working on a night shift today.

I don't feel like working at all today. Well, I guess it's what people call a monday sickness. hehe. But I have to. We need to work on 12 evaluations for today so we won't be cramming by the near end of the week.

I wanted so much to write about my holy week already, but I guess I need to work first on my evaluations so I could write about it uninterrupted and not worrying about anything else. I already posted the pics in my multiply, but I want to have a more organized presentation here. hehehe. I promise I'll work on it before the shift ends.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Long Weekend

Workday is almost over. No! Workweek is almost over. It will be a long weekend because of the Holy Week. We can enjoy the long weekend and not think about work for now because it's the end of the fiscal month and we were able to meet a 100% completion. Kudos to my team mates. Great team effort, guys!

My hubby and I originally planned to spend the Holy Week by the beach. Looks like we need a change of plan. I can't go to the beach with my new swimwears because I have my regular visitor. Shucks! Of all the days for it to arrive!

I promised myself I won't be touching the computer for the next 4 days. So that means, no blogging for me. No internet. This is the time to relax and recharge. To spend more time with thekids, to observe them more closely, and to cuddle all the time. That's my favorite part, the cuddling.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Dear Daddiyah

Dear Daddiyah,
Thank you for sneaking out of the office when you're on the graveyard shift and driving for almost an hour to bring me food at home whenever I call you to say I'm hungry in the wee hours of dawn. And thank you for remembering to buy iced tea instead of coke, knowing too well that coke keeps me awake at night......just one of the many reasons why I love you so much....

Oopppss...I did it again!

Our site in-charge is on leave for the rest of the fiscal month, which leaves us with more evaluations to do, with only a day short of our deadline.

My colleague, Van and I agreed last night that we will try to make at least 15 evaluations for today, so we will have a buffer in case something goes wrong with our evaluations.

An hour will be taken away from our evaluation time because we are going to have calibration today, but I tried to push myself farther today, and I did it! At 7:20 pm, I was able to finish 17 evaluations, which gives us a 95% completion rate. We then have to complete the 5% tomorrow, and I am confident that we will meet our target! I promised myself I won't go home until we do so.

Monday, March 17, 2008

I did it!

I tried to push myself if I could do 15 evaluations for the day. We are nearing our quota, but we are also facing time constraints as this week only has 3 working days because of the Holy week. We promised our boss that we will have a 100% completion, despite the holidays, in return, he treated us out for pizza last Friday.

I normally do 10 evaluations in day. But today, I did 15. I did it! I pushed myself. I deserve a break. That's why I'm blogging....hehehehe

Hamburgers, Fries

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Sexy, Naughty, Bitchy Me!


Summer Play

Weather, Weather Lang!

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Birthday Weekend

We had lunch at the Port last Saturday to start-off the weekend celebration. Then we had a private drinking and singing session later that evening. The following day was a Sunday, and we invited my brother and his family over for a little get-together. We had grilled pork belly and grilled chicken to match the booze and hotdogs on stick for the kids. We called it a night at 11pm, and he thought the day was over. His birthday was actually on a Monday, and since we both have work on that day, we held the celebration the day before.

We were already in our room, getting ready to sleep when I told him I need to go to the bathroom. The lights were already off, and when I opened the door to our room, he was surprised to find me behind the glow of the candlelight on his birthday cake, holding the balloons on the other hand, with the whole gang behind me singing happy birthday.

We put our party hats on and ate the cake and did a great deal of picture taking. I was so happy I pulled of the surprise, with him clueless the whole time that the preparation was going on. He kept asking me "when did you buy the cake and the balloons when we were together the whole time?"...i just smiled and said..."i have my resources, you know!"

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

CAMERA surveys

Friday, March 7, 2008

FRIDAYS!

All of us here in the office are expecting lesser workloads on Fridays. We have been so advanced with our evaluations because we want to make sure we have a good weekend by having a laxed Friday. We work our assess off from Mondays-Thursday just so we could meet our quotas and then slack off on Fridays.

However, I got the surprise of my life when I came in to the office and was met disappointments by my team mates. We still have to do our usual 10 evals a day, no excuses, and aside from that, we have to do our oneline time for one hour, an hour meeting with the quality manager, and another meeting with the senior associate for quality. That takes 3 hours away from our 10 evaluations, which is our normal quota for a day. Argh! And to think all of us are looking forward to this day.

This is probably the busiest Friday of my life. Thank God tomorrow is Saturday.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

POLITICS

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Asthma

I came in late for work today because of asthma attack! GRRRRR!!!

My hubby had tried to convince me to stay home and rest, but i guess the more i stay home, the sicker i get, so i decided to bathe, change and head for the office despite my hubby's protests.

I wasn't born asthmatic. My first asthma attack was back in 2006 when i was cleaning our room. Since then, i was not allowed to clean the house, and there were already limitations to the kind of food i can eat.

no more chocolate, no more mangga with bagoong, no more peanuts..what?!?!?

i don't mind the asthma attack..just as along as i can eat mangga with bagoong...that's what i had last night....hehehehe

Kind Five Tags

this is from A...and i'm tagging her back...hehehe

1.) List Five things.
List five kind things you do for yourself.

- read a good book
- go shopping
- eat ice cream, chocolate and mangga w/ bagoong
- sleep for 14 hours
- update my blog

List five kind things you for your closest friend, partner or child.
- give them surprises
- bring them their favorite food
- let them watch their favorite dvd even when i want to use the computer
- let them drag me along to go malling even when i'm sleepy
- cuddle with them
List five kind things you have done for a stranger.
- helped a child hurt during a fire and ushered him to the ambulance
- gave a lady 25 centavos when the cashier asked for it and she didn't have it
- spent a whole day on a volunteer work to organize a party for street kids
- spent my weekends doing volunteer work for a Compassion ministry
- gave food to street children

2) Tag five people.

wena
eds
audrey
alrose
chicshopaholic

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

FRUSTRATIONS

I'm just about to give up. I go around the web blog hopping and I get envious of all the other sites that gets so much traffic and so much post and so much widgets....I don't know if I could really pull this off....I don't have the energy, the time and most importantly the skill to update my site and make it appear interesting. I know I've been here for less than a month, but I'm getting impatient as I am not seeing any result. I don't know how to connect to other bloggers and how to make my site more appealing...argh...there is so much to learn, so much to do but so limited time....

PIZZA

My latest craze these days is pizza from pizza hut. We just happen to live across their store, and when i look out the window...i see their big signage tempting me....hhhhhhmmmmmm...i sometimes can't resist it....


Monday, March 3, 2008

Monday!

Well, it's a monday. First working day of the week and of the month. We were all busy here in the office. Fortunately, I still found time to squeeze this in...well, I have nothing much to say for now, I only wanted to take a breather from the heavy workloads and relax a little.

God! It's still Monday, and already, I'm looking forward to the weekend. Sigh!

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