Creative Thoughts

I’ve mentioned that I am interested in becoming a level 3 certified agent, or a cisco certified so that my salary would increase, which would really be of great help to our family.
I’m not really a computer or technology fanatic in any way. I’m more on the logical and intellectual side of things such as science, english and philosophy. I excelled in my computer subjects both in high school and college, mainly because I have the
hands on experience necessary to learn the basics things about the computer world, which was not made available to my fellow classmates. I grew up in the province, and even if my school was a private one, most of my classmates came up from average or middle class family who don’t have any of those computer stuff at home.
While I on the other hand, was lucky to grew up in a family that started a college schools and ofcourse since it offers computer courses, I got to use and practice on the computer.
I remember the days when I would just spent the rest of my day playing those “ken” games. I still remember the game, and unfortunately, I couldn’t find anything like it right now. It’s the best game ever.
Well, seems like being a cisco certified agent is really difficult. I passed by in the server room of the company and got to see some used cisco devices. They look pretty interesting, and complicated.
Things which only technical guys like IT’s can understand, and can make an average person cross his brows.

It was my day off for the previous 2 days but I hadn’t been able to blog as much as I’d like to. That’s because we had been so busy setting up our mini sai-sari store. Yes, you heard it right. If you had been a follower of this blog, you will know that one of my dreams or goals is to start up a sari-sari store. It was originally planned to start on december. But, the hubby has finished the contract from his work, and right now, he is at home. I don’t like to see him bored doing nothing. I like him to get busy doing stuff so he will be energized and not look lethargic. I always don’t want him to be depressed, because I know in time, he will have another work that will provide for us. As of now, I am the only one working, but it’s not as worst as before, since now, we have saved enough money to sustain us during these times, and my salary has already increased since I have been promoted to LEVEL 2. I am now working on, or thinking about leveling up to LEVEL 3. Woo, wishful thinking. But, as they say, we have to dream big. Yeah, it’s really a big dream. Here in the company, we only have few LEVEL 3, less than 5 I think, not really sure. They have 10,000 pesos plus in their salary because passing the exam and going through the whole process of training is really a tough thing. I know you have heard of CISCO certification, that’s what I’m talking about. We have an in house CISCO training and exam all paid for by the company. And if you pass that, that would really mean promotion. Only few agents attempt that, because of the time and hassle it takes. But, I would want to be one of the few. Of course, I won’t let anyone know, because here at work, I am as simple as can be, and very quiet. But, they really don’t know my real capabilities and they don’t know what I can do. I don’t wanna talk about fame or whatever, but only about my family’s welfare. I am now planning to undergo a comprehensive self review, so when the time comes i would be picked to undergo the review and training here. Wish me luck! If I won’t make it, it’s okay. I will try and try. Every year, it is only once that we get to train.
By the way, going back to the store. We were so excited about it. It’s still small, because we want to test the waters first to see how it would go. Hopefully, it will be another way for us to improve our financial status. I am so excited, and I really had a headache trying to figure out the prices for all commodities. I am still not finish with the inventory.
It’s really fun, really. And we just kept thanking God, for all the blessings.

When you got nothing to do, here’s the result…..tsandarannnnnnnnnnnn……….aha!
What creative creatures?

If this is you, that you tend to be creative when your bored, you really must have a gift. You can use that to create beautiful things that will inspire and uplift people.

This Meme will be every Tuesday and the idea behind it would be that you get to “Toot Your Own Horn”.

What does that mean?
Well, it means every Tuesday, you get to post an accomplishment that you have done. As moms sometimes, we are quick in praising our kids and others about their accomplishments but we are “shy” when it comes to our achievements so … here is your chance.

What if you have no accomplishments?
Impossible! Moms have lots of accomplishments – whether big or small – we’ll take them. Still can’t think of any for the week’s post … no worries, tell us about somebody else’s accomplishment – your kids’ , husbands, pet’s, friend’s – we have to celebrate something right?

Let’s CELEBRATE our achievements together – what better way then by “Tooting out Own Horn”. Let us let the whole world know – that we are proud of our accomplishments!

MY VERDICT?

For me, this is such a great meme. There are a lot of meme’s out there but I strongly believe this is one of the best among the rest. I’m sure you are familiar of different meme’s that makes blogging more enjoyable. We have wordless wednesday, litratong pinoy that showcases photos direct from your own digicam or whatever device you have to take pictures. We have friday’s feast that has some questions presented in a feasible manner. But, well, yeah, for me this is really great. We need to be reminded of the great yet simple things we have accomplished so we can continue moving forward, and becoming better each day. Wherever we are in life, there’s always an area that we can improve on.

My Verdict? Tuesday Toot is Rated A. So, I encourage bloggers to participate on it, most specially to all the moms out there. Happy tooting!

I have announced that we already have internet connection at home. I really liked it so much. I have been waiting for it for so long, and I am hapy that now, I can blog at home after work.
Before, I couldn’t blog for long as much as I’d like to. You might be wondering why I’m still not blogging as much as I used to here in this blog. It’s because, I am busy with my celebrity blog, famous circle.
I had fun with it. Writing about a topic you are really good at and interested about is a good thing to do.
Though, I feel tired sometimes, I am energized every time I hear good feedback from it, or if I can see that the stats are improving.
The internet connection from PLDT for me is pretty fast though it seems to have a habit of dying down for about 30 minutes or more every late noon, at around 6 pm.
Even if this is not a brand new computer, I am amazed of its computer memory. I can say that the money we spent for this, is not wasted.
Hopefully, we can blog our way out of financial difficulties. I’m hoping and keeping my fingers crossed. Though, for some, blogging is as easy as getting paid, specially for those who know nothing about what’s happening in the blogging world,
we bloggers know that it isn’t easy, but it isn’t impossible. We can really earn from it. Blogging has helped us a lot with our financial resources, and I’m happy that it’s all being used for essential matters and not just material comfort or luxury to say so.

My mother brought me up to be spoiled. She loved me and my sister so much, that she would let us have our way. I didn’t know that was wrong. The result? I grew up to be tensed and nervous whenever I don’t get my way. I have to have my way in everything. Everything has to be perfect. Perfectionist and pessimistic as they say. Through my constant reading of different motivational books and stories, I realized my mistakes and what I had to change in my life. I somehow learned how to be loose and easy going. But, just this week, during my day off, I had a personal inventory of my life again. I asked myself, am I completely happy? I realized that I should be, since God blessed me even if I’m not a perfect person and made some mistakes in my life. I have a very good and loving husband, a beautiful and smart baby, a very understanding mom, a loving sister, a decent job, and I do believe that God endowed me to become a person who has a desire to become the best, to achieve aspirations and to move a step closer.

However, as I further looked into my personality, I realized that I had been so uptight. Many times, simple things aggravate me and made me loose my joy. Simple distractions like slow computer, traffic, missed schedules, and tasks undone made me unhappy and distraught. I have reread my book Become a Better You by Joel Osteen, and according to the book to be truly happy we have to let go. We have to realize that not all our plans will come to pass. It’s not all the time that we can have our way. We have to learn to let go and just go with the flow. To be happy whether we get our way or not. To be content deep inside even if our surroundings is screaming. To have peace and to know that God is with you and will help you face whatever you have to face for the day. In the long run, if we think about it, the things that we allow to aggravate us today, will not even matter. You won’t even remember that you boyfriend was late, that you didn’t get a perfect score on your exam, that you didn’t pass the interview, that your car was damaged, that you got caught up on traffic. Just relax and enjoy life.

Yes, I’ve learned all these great lessons. I made a pledge to myself that I will not keep on looking on whats wrong anymore, rather I would look up at the bright side of things and keep hoping for the best. For me, its a great accomplishment, isn’t it?

I want to celebrate my little accomplishments for today and mostly I want to acknowledge myself for it. I want to say good job to myself because of these things:

1. I’m not watching tv anymore which means I am not wasting my previous time for a seemingly unprofitabe and unproductive activity
2. Doing my plan to drop on cards with my celebrity blog famous circle. I have reached more than 200 drops.
3. Being able to spend time with my little girl before she slept
4. Not yielding to the temptation of buying a softdrink for today. Whew, I saved 23 pesos for that. That’s pretty cool! Most of all, I learned the value of control and self-discipline. Though, I don’t know for how long. Hehe
5. Deciding to record my little daily successes and making sure I celebrate my simple successes so as not to be discouraged
6. Realizing that I need to focus more on what I have rather than on looking at what others have, which is a great human error most people are guilty at some point.

There used to be a plain black screen here, but I decided to post this beautiful picture of a man in a beach. This is how my desktop looks now, and I think it’s a good decision. My desktop at home, looks different. It has a picture of our baby, so its more personalized.

Work is being stressful, so this helps a lot. Every time I feel bored or tired, I just take a look at my desktop and imagine that I am in this beautiful place. This soothes me a lot, and helps me focus more on my job. Some times, I do some reading on my favorite blogs, specially if we are not on avail.

I really love the beach. It’s my favorite place, though its very hard to do go to beach here in the city, because its far. I love the calmness it gives me. Truly, nature has a great power and force that can be difficult to explain. Whatever it is, I simply love being in union with it. I wonder when would be my next relaxing trip to the beach, hopefully with the hubby.

“Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

Look at the sunny side of everything and make your
optimism come true.

Think only of the best,
work only for the best,
and expect only the best.

Forget the mistakes of the past
and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

Give so much time to the improvement of yourself
that you have no time to criticize others.

Live in the faith that
the whole world is on your side
so long as you are true
to the best that is in you!”

I want to jump for joy. I have been waiting for it for so long…..and finally, just a few minutes from now, we have the internet installed at home. It didn’t took more than 10 minutes for the installation man to set it up. See? What took them so long? Well, they said, they have many new subscribers in line. But anyway, all for now, I am so happy. As expected, I immediately, made my very first post. Whew! I am excited, it’s so obvious, right? I’m happy too cause it’s gonna be my day off tomorrow and on Monday.