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It has been a wonder why payu2blog hasn’t given me any tasks lately.  If I am not mistaken, it has been 2-3 weeks already, and today is giving of opps day, but still I haven’t received anything from them. I am not used to this, since as far as I can remember, they have always given me tasks every week. Usually 2 tasks, and 4 tasts if I’m lucky. They have been my only source of blogging income, and I’m not into payperpost or izea, cause i can’t keep up with the grabbing of tasks.

I already sent an email to the admin, and I do hope to get a response from them explaining my dilemma. I hope they will have the heart to help me out, as they always did before.

It is my goal to add 10,000 pesos on our savings. We are hoping and praying for a new business early next year, that will add to our income sources. A new business would be a good idea, which we have dreamed for long. But, I know it wouldn’t help to keep thinking about it. The key, is to actually get started, no matter how small. Of course, it would require us to save for it. So, here I am, trying my very best to monitor my spending, and using our resources only for very important needs. I had to keep myself from buying those extra luxuries, even if its for myself. I really had to. It will get me nowhere, if I keep on spending and working, its useless. I have to do something to go up to our way to financial freedom.

By now, we have an additional of 2,500 pesos savings, aside from the savings we already have set aside. I got the 1,500 from blogging and the 1,000 is an extra from hubby’s salary, which we used for home expenses. I was initially planning to pull it up to 10,000 savings in one month, but let’s see if I can make it. I still have some other resources to get it from, but we’ll just see.

My hubby was very sweet yesterday. He is sweet most of the time, but yesterday I really felt it. I like it everytime he is like that. He is not showy and sometimes he doesn’t show his feelings, but I really appreciate it when he tries to connect. After work, he came home and when he saw I was lying down, listening to music, he was so excited and said he rented out a CD for me, Against the Dark by Steven Seagal. I felt tired, and said I better stay in bed, listening, but he urged me to watch it, and I eventually did as always. I just can’t resist him. heheh! He kept asking me if I liked it, and I assured him I did. Then, at night, before he left for band practice, cause they will perform tomorrow on church for worship, I really felt his kiss. You know, I really felt his sweetness. He reminded me to sweet early. I never told him I slept the whole day, from 8 am to 2 pm. Hahha, he would have laugh hard If I did. He came back, past 10 pm I think. When he came to bed, he hugged me as usual whenever he comes home. We feel very hot at night, cause we don’t have aircon, plus the fact that we can’t stay away from each other. We still tightly hugging each other. Whenever he wakes up, he looks for me, and when I’m inches away, he would pull me closer. I do the same thing, when I wake up in the middle of the night, I make sure he is close. When he is not, I pull him closer or I pull myself closer to him. We just can’t be separated. I can’t imagine waking up, without him. I hope there will be many many many…many years to come for us to be together with our beloved daughter, baby bless.

Since Kris Aquino’s Bingo gameshow has been aired, our neighbors have been hooked up to it. I’m not saying they are hooked up to watching, but most probably they are too, in their respective homes. What I’m saying is, they are hooked up and addicted in actually playing the game.

Most of my neighbors are jobless, and if they are not, only their spouses are. Most women are staying at home, doing nothing, but having fun while wasting their precious time. They even have babies in their arms while playing, and the babies look awfully dirty and it seems like no one is taking care of them. Can you imagine they have been doing this everyday, starting in the morning, around 8 am up to night time. And the worst part? they do this, just near our house, in our backyard. But we can’t complain, cause this is their place. We came last here, and we are just renting. Plus, almost all people join. I just can’t imagine how they afford to waste their precious time gambling and doing something unproductive when life is so difficult nowadays.

I have been blogging officially for a year now. It was March 2008, when I started to blog seriously. Though, I had post back from November 2007, it was only in March that I really started to learn how to blog. Now, I have come far, and the learning process was painful, exciting and fun at the same time. Every idea and new learning, but something to savored for. After half a year, I started with another blog, which also became successful, as I am already earning from it. Well, that’s my measure of success. Specially for people like me, who blog for profit or more income, that could be my criteria of success, though its not the same for others, who are really trying to establish their name in their own area of interest, or what they call as “”niche”

I have been successful, not only because of my deep interest for finding another source of income, but mostly for my interest in writing and reading. I am a writer by heart. I just don’t run out of words to say. There’s so much in the world I want to share. Now, I am also starting 4 more blogs, which I am still working on. When I am ready, I will introduce it to you guys.

Managing multiple blogs could really be a challenge. Specially in my case, that I have a full time job as a technical support agent in a call center. Plus, I have a family to take care: a husband and a cute and active 1 and a half year old. I prioritize my family of course, and I make sure I have enough attention and time for them. Without them, all these efforts I am doing are nothing. It’s mostly for them, they are my inspiration. I want to give my family a better life. So, I want to exhaust all efforts just to uplift our life.

Your father’s body, once big and strong
but now the big is withered and the strong is weaker.
Wisps of grey peek out from his hair,
wrinkles now “scar” his forehead and face.
“This man works hard every day and would sacrifice anything
to make sure his family is provided for
and his children get the best education possible.

“Or how about your mother, whose soft hands once cuddled
and held you close when you were a baby?
Now, those hands are dry and rough,
bearing evidence of the challenges she faced just for us.
“This woman takes care of our daily needs,
constantly nagging and scolding us because of her love for us.
But sadly, we often misconstrue her love as control and unfairness.”

I have never thought of watching my parents while they slept.
I’ve watched my cousins sleep when they were babies,
all round and cuddly and sweet smelling.
But watch my parents? No way!
But after reading this message,
I realized that there was indeed much truth in it.
In fact, my parents do not have to be asleep for me to realize that they have aged..
Just looking at my mother walk tells me that her legs are not as strong as they were before.
Or hearing her ask me for help with that flowerpot in the garden,
the one she used to be able to push and drag around the garden without my help.
Or watching my dad lift a 10kg bag of rice.
I can easily carry that bag now. I am young. But to him, it is a struggle.

What do all these observations tell me?

Yes, my parents have aged. They are ageing, just as I am ageing.
But as I age towards my best years and become stronger,
they in turn are becoming weaker.
They were once the caregivers and I the receiver.
In time, I know our roles will reverse. Like it or not, want it to or not, this is life.
I suppose I have always subconsciously thought that my parents would always be with me,
never growing old. It took that message to make me realize that my parents are not immortal.
That they too, will one day leave the world and me.

Until then, I will make good use of our time together.

Through the suggestion of an online friend, Jennie who is a mother of a 3 year old son, I came to have the idea of changing my child’s milk. It started with the thought of cutting down on some expenses, and I just thought her milk is just too expensive, and it doesn’t even make her fat. My child is now 1 and a half years old, and she has been taking Enfagrow milk which is really expensive. I asked Jennie and she said her son is taking Nido. I agreed with her, that its not the milk that will make a child intelligent or smart, but it should be the food he eats (proper nutrition) along with the training you give to the child. The genes also plays a major role. Most milk brands keep telling us, that their milk can make your child intelligent and all those promises, but they don’t deliver. I have seen children who have taken the most expensive of these milk brands, but growed up to be normal people, not really the intelligent type.

Now, my child is taking Nido Junior 1-3 years old. The switching process was delicate, and so far I haven’t seen any symptom from her. Everything went fine. Due to the switch, we are able to save up about 500-600 pesos a month. Imagine that, that could already pay for another house expenses. It was just one of the best ideas.

If you are here in Cebu, you are most likely informed about Colon. A place here in the city where you can find all the affordable materials whether its a thing or something to eat. All kinds of fruits which are more affordable yet with the same quality as those found in department stores and shops are here. Pineapple, mangoes, melons, oranges, grapes and all the like. There are lots of ukay-ukay here, and this is where the businessmen who sell ukay ukay from different provinces get their items. They buy in bulk here, and they sell it in their places with increased price. Last time, I went checking on ukay-ukay, I bought a mini skirt for 50 pesos, and it was nice. All materials for your homes are also here. Whether its wholesale liquidators, tables, plastic chairs or stools, furnitures, faucets, floormats, light fixtures, its all here. I cannot mention the vast choices you can make here. All I can say is almost everything is here. And if your diligent, you can buy something here as half the price as those in SM or Ayala Mall.

One of me and my hubby’s dream is to stay in a nice hotel some time. Just the two of us. Yes, only us. Without any other distraction or whatsoever. We want to experience being together in such a cozy and nice place. For now, it is just wishful thinking to have an escape probably in high standard hotels with a very nice bedroom. I would love to be with him in that kind of place, giving him my full attention and love. It is but wishful thinking experience extended stay hotels, outside the country and get to roam in all the most beautiful places in the world. Disneyland, Great Wall of China, Niagara Falls in Canada and many many more. Lying on the beach to watch the sunset, and to wake up at dawn to await for the sunrise. What a great place that would be, with the right person. For now, anywhere will do as long as I’m with him. That’s all that matters.

Synopsis: After his musician girlfriend, Samantha (Jennifer Love Hewitt) dies in n ccient shortly after they had a fight (and nearly broke up), a grief stricken British businessman, Ian Wyndhm (Paul NIcholls), living in London, gets a chance to relive the day all over again, in the hope of changing the events that led up to her getting killed.