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Archive for April, 2008

I will be taking the level 1 certification test already this thursday at 2 pm, along with my batch mates. If I will pass this test, I will now be a regular call center agent here in the new company where I moved. I’ve been waiting for this, since it was supposed to be last month, but it has been delayed for reasons I don’t know. Whew, I really want to stay in this job. If we will not pass, maybe we will undergo probationary again and will be given another chance. I’m excited and hopefully I will be able to make it, because I’ve been comfortable in this job and I learned to love it somehow.

This is a picture of me and some of my batch mates. There’s only one lacking here, she doesn’t like to be pictured. If you take a picture of her, she will hide or turn her back. She’s somewhat like a loner, and she’s very very sensitive. But, she’s my friend and I like her because she’s a good person. That’s me on the leftmost side by the way.

I want to stay in this call center for long, so that I can earn enough money for my family, and also I’d like to be a trainer someday. Shhhh, that’s just our secret okay? I never shared that with anyone. It seems far as of now, but I will be working on it, and I know someday I will get that. I love to teach and I think I’m really good when it comes to teaching and explaining lessons.
As for now, I will be on day off for two days again, and I will be studying at that time. My sister also asked me to write a project for her. She is a doctoral student now, and she is at New York, studying at a school there, I just forgot the name. She always ask me to do her work, because they have lots of projects and she can’t do it by her own. Aside from that, my sister really loves to let me do the work, because she loves my writing. I’m proud of her, for her achievement. She graduated Cum Laude in College, and graduated magna cum laude during her masteral but sometimes, I wonder why she has little confidence on her self. I consider her very blessed. Perhaps, its because she really served the Lord much, specially while she was still here in the Philippines. She was a member of the Catholic League for Women (CWL), choir at church and a president of Lourdes – a group of young catholic women. She improved right now, because of her achievements. But still, its not the full confidence that she needs. On the other hand, we are the opposite because I am confident and I do believe in my capabilities and in what I can do. Though I haven’t achieved much aside from being Valedictorian in high school, I still feel confident that I can do anything I will to do. My motto is there is nothing I cannot do, with God. I believe in myself and I believe that I can do anything I set my mind too. Perhaps, this has been a result of my addiction to self-growth and self development books. But, it’s a good addiction anyhow. No regrets on my end. My wisdom right now, has a lot to do with these books. I actually have a collection of them, some got lost because people borrowed and I forgot who they are, and they forgot to return or simply just ignored it.

This is my sister, she is in New York right now.
We miss her a lot.

I also put that always in my husband’s mind, because he also lacks confidence in himself because of the way he was raised. He was raised in a family that relies on God alone, and has this “bahala na” attidude, wherein they just let fate lead their lives without even doing their part. He thinks he is not smart and he can’t do this, and blah blah blah because he never excel in school. You know, I know those stuff because we were classmates before. And to tell you, I never even talked to this guy, who is now my husband for the 4 years we’re sharing the same room in high school. Yes, we were classmates. But my friends were the popular and bright students, while he was with the “nobody” group. So what I did was, to tell him always that he is capable of doing anything he wills to do. I motivate him to excel in what he does and to avoid being passive. As his partner, I observed and scrutinized his character and to tell you honestly there are a lot of things he can be proud of. I let him see the “real him”, and I let him open his eyes to his capabilities. I let him see how good he is in playing piano and guitar. I tell him he is a very responsible father and husband. I tell him, he is a very very good servant to God, which I salute a hundred times. He never drinks, he never smoke, he never go out just for fun, while we are left at home having difficulty with all the chores. He loves our child so much. He loves me unconditionally. He does the laundry at times if he’s not at work and he does everything for me and for our family. And I tell him that even if he doesn’t know how to use the computer (which is fine because I’m going to teach him as soon as we will be able to buy a computer), even he can’t speak English well, even if he is not academically smart I tell him he has his own worth and own strengths. Right now, I can sense that he had a change of attitude. He has been more confident and capable. If we have a problem, he doesn’t just accept it. He tries to do something about it, which he never did before. He has dreams, plans or aspirations for our family, which to tell you honestly, he never had before too. He believes in himself and focuses on what he is good at and he is starting to go for excellence. I’m so proud of him and also I never regret that I forced his real self to come out, the way he let me come out and be my best too. I believe that is what relationship is about, bringing out the best in each other.

This is my man. This is the man I wouldn’t exchange for any other man.
Except if it’s still HIM. I am looking forward to spending my whole life with him and our child and my family: mom and sister.
You know already why my dad is not listed.

It’s more than a month since I started to blog seriously. Right now, I am still on the way to learning more things everyday. I am proud to say that I have learned a lot about blogging, though I have not achieved my goal yet of being in Payperpost and Smorty. I received a lot of rejections for different reasons, like my blog is not indexed, even if I can already see my blog after I search and type the address in Google, or I don’t have a page rank yet, which is not valid because I have lots of blogging friends who are not ranked but have been accepted by payperpost. I kept on trying, and I get the same rejection from them all the time. But it’s okay. The last message I got, was when they said there must be something on my settings, that needs to be changed. I don’t know, what they are specifically referring by that. So, perhaps right now, I just have to keep on blogging until my rankings and my traffic will improve. Sad! hehe. not really, it’s okay, since I still enjoy what I’m doing even if I’m not paid, and I know someday I can achieve that. Hopefully, I would be able to give more of my time. I’m not sure though, I have just started having another part time work. I now write for a popular company here, and I write anything they ask me to. It’s like a project that I have to accomplish. I have accepted the first project, and I am still working on it as of now. This company is actually based on UK. I have been accepted as their content writer. They do take care of all the websites and traffic and I’m one of their writers.
I just would like to say thank you to a blogger friend who has contributed to my knowledge and growth in blogging. I know, she might have probably helped you too, she is a great friend, I can feel it. So, I would like to present this award to her.

Myspace
Graphics- At Myspacejunks.com

I am awarding this FRIENDLIEST BLOGGER to my blogger friend, LIZA. Thank u mommy, and keep on inspiring others. Your really a cool mom. Thank you and more power to your blogs!

“The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.”
–Vince Lombardi

Photo credit: bodji

Such a cute doggy doggy right? Her name is Abby, and she’s a female dog. She’s a five year old dog and lives at Slidell, Louisiana, USA. She won the dog of the day at dogoftheday.com for September 1, 2006. She has been featured on local tv’s “Naturally New Orleans”. Isn’t she CUTE?

Photo uploaded from dogoftheday.com

One of my favorite blogger friend, Mommy Liz, tagged me on this.

One of my favorite blogger friend, Mommy Liz, tagged me on this.

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Do not delete any of the links and be honest to yourself!

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My blogging friend and mommy tagged me on this, her name is Liza. She always give me tags to do, sometimes I fail to do it, but she still keeps on tagging me and I thank her for that.

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Join the Worldwide Link Love!
Benefits of Worldwide Link Love!

1. Make new friends around the world.
2. Feel the Link Love.
3. Gain new readers and subscribers.

Rules:

1. Copy from ~start copying here ~ to ~ end copying here ~ and paste it on your blog.
2. At the end of the list, put your name and the country your in, it doesn’t matter what’s your nationality just put the country where you are publishing your blog. Don’t forget to put links at your name.
3. If u have many blogs, you can link all of it, just make sure you post the same on each blog.
4. Tag eight (8) or more of your blog friends.
5. Tip for blogspot users: make sure you copy and paste the code in Compose mode.

Wanna join, and you can’t find your name on the list? Just leave a comment here.

Worldwide Link Love! Participants:

1. Julia (Philippines)
2. Catherine (Malaysia)
3. shimumsy(u.s.a)
4. Mitch (Philippines)
5. Hailey (Philippines)
6. Sexymom (USA)
7. Liza (Philippines)
8. Irish (Philippines)

Tagging Rosemarie, Joy, Carlota, Crissy, JC, Krissy, Imelda, Tiborsho

Photo by cobalt123

I feel so tired today that I wanted to cry. So, I had to look for something that will brighten up my day. I guess you also had those times. I had been up the whole night, at work. Tonight has been so “extraordinarily” difficult for me. The calls I got from different customers are usually out of this world. There situations are very difficult that I had to squeeze my head just to find for the solution. I had this very difficult one that lasted for an hour, and after the call I really felt very much exhausted. The rest of my calls went on to be difficult as well. I don’t know, this must be a bad day. Or its maybe because my time for God is very limited, and I don’t talk to him and ask for his assistance always. I am too busy and preoccupied with thoughts. I have no time to stop. No, this is not the time. But, having this feeling of being stressed out, I have no choice but to stop and reconsider some things. I need to think about the things that I am doing. Maybe, I forgot to ask God to give me some strength to go on with this way, that’s why I feel so exhausted and burned out. Well, I guess we all have those days. Every time I feel this way, I feel like crying. I have to remind myself over and over that I should not rely on my own capabilities and strength and that God is watching over me. Yes, He is there. He is just waiting for me to call….

Start acting immediately as the person you will be, a person of character with a sound reputation. Your words, your manner, your attitude, your dress, your posture and your actions are all reflections. In modern society, people are constantly bombarded with visual and auditory messages. People need cues to sort good from bad and to find order so that they can make decisions. In many different aspects of your daily life, you are giving off cues that can be positive or negative. If you speak well, dress appropriately, smile, are courteous, work hard, volunteer and don’t complain, you give people short cuts to view you in your best light. You must never expect others to do what you would not do. You must be fair, firm, friendly and dependable. If you have to correct someone, do it in private. You have succeeded as a leader when your team works just as well in your absence. Be constantly on the lookout for heroes in your own life to admire and emulate. Adopt their styles. Then, lead by example.

From http://www.Success.org

By Alexis Chiu

Originally posted Friday February 08, 2008 02:15 PM EST from People.

A friend of Kirsten Dunst‘s says the lingering effects of being a child actress and the pressures from constant media scrutiny are at the core of her decision to seek help in rehab.

“It’s cruel the way people have put her under a microscope,” says a friend of the actress. “She’s trying to take a break. It’s a great thing.”

The friend adds: “She’s an incredible woman – so giving of her time, her money, her soul. That’s the story that should be told. Everyone has problems, but not everyone is forced to deal with them in a fishbowl.”

Dunst, 25, is being treated at the exclusive Cirque Lodge Treatment Center in Utah, the same facility where Lindsay Lohan spent nearly two months and where Eva Mendes recently checked in.

The Dunst friend notes that the Spider-Man star spent her childhood working as an actress.

“There’s probably less than a half of a percent of people in the world who understand the issues of being a child star and the pressures that come with it,” says the friend. “You have to figure out a lot of lessons later in life, ones you didn’t learn in school. The socialization is very different.”

Originally posted Wednesday April 09, 2008 04:55 PM EDT at People.
As Reported by Mary Green

Maybe it was all the talk about children, but while expectant Angelina Jolie was discussing Iraq education policy Tuesday in Washington D.C., she “felt kicking suddenly,” she tells PEOPLE.

And though it was “in the middle of the event,” the mother of four didn’t miss a beat as she talked about her two visits to Iraq and her new initiative, Education Partnership for Children of Conflict.

Jolie, 32, says EPCC will be “a center that helps raise awareness and coordinate all the various efforts of people working towards education for children of conflict.”

Even after an exhausting couple days in the nation’s capital, Jolie, who brought sons Maddox, 6, and Pax, 4, with her, shows no signs of slowing down. She’ll continue her work in D.C. all week before re-joining Brad Pitt and their daughters Zahara, 3, and Shiloh, 1.

Most of all, Jolie says, she’s savoring this period – unexpected kicks and all – adding, “It is a very special time in our lives.”