TGIF

It's Friday again! Yipee! Workday is almost over. Workweek is now at its end. Another weekend to look forward to. A chance to spend more time with the kids. To top it all, it's a payday weekend. Yippee! Hope you guys have a fun weekend!

Why MIER

A lot of people in the workplace assumed that MIER is a nickname. Very few people know that it's actually my maiden name. Since grade school, I have always been called by my last name, which was then Mier, first because it's easier and shorter, and more importantly, because I like it better.

It's not that I hate my given name. It's just that I find it too feminine. Not to mention it's long. And I don't wanna be called by my second name alone which is Rose, for the obvious reason that I know a lot of people with that name. Hence, my classmates and teachers ever since grade school has been calling me MIER, until I carried it on to high school.

I was called many things in college. I was called, Rose, MR, Mayose, Erose, Erot among other things. When I started working in a call center, I used Mier again as my phone name as it is unique, and since then, most of my colleagues have started calling me by that name.

I wanted to hold on to my last name for as long as I could, however, a guy swept me off my feet too early, and so at a tender age of 23, and being the submissive wife that I am, I filed a status change. (I tried haggling with my husband if I could keep my maiden name but he wouldn't hear of it) It was so funny because it took a while for our IT department to change my log in names after I got married, and people have been wondering when they receive an email from a certain Villamala. The first name was familiar but they couldn't associate it to me, as I have always been Mier to them. It created a confusion for a while, and there I was at my desk smiling.

Now, I'm in a different company, and the original name has long been forgotten. Everytime I see my former co-workers in the mall or in a restaurant, they still call me Mier, matching an apologetic look to my husband. Here in my present company, only a few people know the origin of my call name. They think that it's a shortcut version of my given name. I didn't wanna correct them, as it gives me an excuse to hold on to my maiden name, without the guilty feeling.

Gold Card Award!

I always wanted a gold credit card. I've got silver ones, although the credit limit would have been qualified to be a gold card. I love the prestige that comes with the gold card holder. Well, guess I would just have to contend myself for now of having a gold card award. Thanks to Alrose!

Typing Test...Check Your Speed

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I got this from Wena...i think it's cool...hehehe...i had fun, so if you want, go ahead and try this!

Looks Can Be Deceiving

I love to see the look on people's faces when I tell them I am married and I have two kids. I'd love to see their jaws drop in amazement, sometimes disbelief.

I don't take pride in being skinny. In fact, if I can have it my way, I want to be a little bigger than I am now. I actually thought when I got pregnant that I would gain some weight. I did, but only because of my bulging tummy...and that's where the growth stayed..everything else remained the same. If someone would look at from behind, there's no way to tell I'm pregnant. And when I gave birth, I was back to my old figure in two days time. And to think that I got two kids.

And then there's the kiddie issue. I know I look young or to put simply, I look like a kid. There's no way a person I just met would believe me that I have kids of my own unless I have some backing of my friends, or if I show some pictures. It's also hard to believe my age because I'm petite.

It used to bother me before, but now it doesn't. I just smile when I see disbelief in people's faces. After all, it's supposed to flatter me. Most women my age would want to look younger than they actually do, and my youthful appearance is supposed to be a blessing that half of the women population would die for to be bestowed upon.

I am just writing this because a while ago, I saw that same look of disbelief again. And it made me smile in amusement. Well, I am a classic example of "looks can be deceiving".

Running Shoes Survey

Bantayan Weekend Get-Away!

Finally, I now have the time to update you guys about my Bantayan trip!

We started off early, left the city at 6am, and we arrived at Hagnaya at 9am. The ferry schedule says it's supposed to leave at 9:30, however, there were some delays and we were able to leave the port at 10am. We arrived at Bantayan port, and boy! it was the cleanest port I've ever seen. The water is still deep blue and the sandy beach is so clean. I was really impressed.

We went resort hopping as most of the resorts were full. We finally settled in Tickety Boo, as were seduced by the promise of a night life because the bar has a live band.

We got in our rooms, went to the restaurant and ate lunch, and then we headed for the beach. We didn't do much swimming as our tummies we're full, but we had a great time having a pictorial.

We rested for the rest of the afternoon. We took a nap and we were hoping we could go to the market to buy some stuff by mid afternoon, but apparently, we were too tired to wake up. We woke up at around 5pm, and we were hurrying hoping to catch the sunset. Either the sun didn't set on that day (which is impossible) or it was too cloudy to notice. We just at by the beach line and headed for the market to buy some stuff and get dinner as well.

We head back to the resort after dinner and drank beer by the shoreline. Then we went inside our room to change and get ready for the live band. The band was good, and we were surprised to find out later that one of the vocalists was actually the owner of the resort.

We took a moonlit stroll (how romantic!) and then cuddled on the hammock watching the moon (sigh!).

It was past midnight when we decided to call it a night. We wake up late the following day. We were actually planning to wake up early for the sunrise, but it was raining, so we decided to turn off the alarm and dozed off.

We woke up to have breakfast by the beach line (again) and of course, head for a swim took a lot of photos in our swim wear. After which, we decided to leave early hoping we could catch an early schedule for the ferry so we could get home earlier than planned as we are badly missing the kids.

Most of our friends teased us that it was like a honeymoon. It sort of looked that way. We had so much fun we already began making plans of going back we haven’t even left yet. I’m sure a lot of people are anticipating the details of the “honeymoon” part…well, I’m not gonna go further into that (*wink) but we sure had a blast this weekend!