Shame on me…

For not posting for almost a week!

I’ve been extremely busy. Extremely. And I’ve been busy with other things.

Anyway…

How are you, friends? I hope everybody’s doing great right now. My boss took a vacation leave for a week. She took advantage of the 2 consecutive long weekends and left a lot of tasks for me to do. It was all cool, though. Not complaining. For the first time I felt I am working once again hehehe…

Been whining about my job for some time now. I know you probably think that I should get a move on and do something about my situation than whine, right? But when you are in a position that a lot of people depends on you, you tend to push aside your personal happiness and think of others instead. And it sucks, believe me. There are days when I keep thinking I should have been a bit more selfish but then again you will realize that their happiness is your happiness as well. And then I’d feel ashamed for even thinking about being selfish and all.

So I am still here taking on a job I have grown to love and hate. But don’t get me wrong, hey. I am thankful I became what I am. Being a CPA brought so much joy to my parents, my grandparents and my relatives have been boasting that I am the first one in the family and would love to see cousins follow in my footsteps. You should have seen the joy in my parents’ eyes when they saw my name on the newspaper. That was and still is the happiest day of my life. My dad immediately told neighbors that I passed the board exams. He called up all our relatives hahaha… And my mom was crying all morning. It was her dream, you see. She just got pregnant with me and shifted to another course instead to make her schedule easier. I remember her telling me that I must study at UST and no other university and that I must take up Commerce (Accountancy now) and no other course. I remembered that we were having lunch that day, when my dad told me that I should take up Law to become a CPA-Lawyer. For a time, I contemplated taking up Law. But my mom was adamant that I not become a lawyer lest I go to hell and all hahaha… and I am too lazy I don’t know if I still have it in me to study that hard again. Plus, do I really want to make my life more complicated than it is? I don’t think so. Then again my dad is always dropping hints when he sees a lawyer on tv. Hahaha

Oh well, I think being a CPA is enough already. Besides, I am giving myself one more year as an employee and will be embarking on another adventure once things get settled.

Hay… I was just planning to update you on what’s happening to me right now this post became a longish post na. Should make up for the week I hadn’t posted an update.

Happy weekend everyone! Once again, enjoy the long weekend

Wasted

Feel wasted right now. I am tired and my eyes are all puffy from lack of sleep. Can one feel wasted and happy at the same time? Probably. I do.

I am enjoying the bed weather right now. Feels good to just lie down on bed all day and do nothing. I still lack sleep so I am doing that after this.

So sorry been too busy doing sponsored posts I haven’t updated for days. I need some moolah because September is a big month for the family. 3 siblings will celebrate their birthdays (3rd, 19th and 26th of the month) and my mom’s death anniversary on the 29th. For the siblings, we will just probably go to dinner except on the 26th because that would be the youngest birthday. Might invite his friends over plus maglalambing yun for sure. And he’s been making parinig about a cellphone for months now. I might succumb to his parinig. As for my mom’s death anniversary (she died September 29, 2005), we will go to Bulacan and spend the day visiting her grave.

Regarding my mom’s grave, my dad and I regretted that we haven’t had her remains cremated instead. It would have been much better if we have her ashes at home or at nearby Mt. Carmel Church. So we’re actually thinking of having her remains exhumed and then cremated. A lot of families have done that already, according to the cemetery caretaker. But we’re still talking about it.

Anyway…

The metro’s flooded again. Our place is not flooded though but all the surrounding streets are. Anyway, for all of you going out, take care and be safe.

Happy long weekend everyone! Monday’s a non working holiday so enjoy the weekend. Be safe!

Chase, thanks for plugging my akoni site. Guys, I still need traffic for that site. Please visit it if you have time. Thanks much!

A sleepy day in the office

I love the weather. It’s so cold. All I can think about is burrowing under my blanket at home, my new book Train Man and a hot cup of coffee… hay…

Or I can stay under the blanket and doze off for hours.

Wishful thinking.

I have to finish a report by this afternoon. Sucks! Oh well…

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I just love Him. He knows when I need help and He responds immediately.

Some people think I have lotsa money with me. I earn more than the average employee. I even earn extra income from my sponsored posts. But I am the breadwinner in our family and I support my grandparents. I have mouths to feed. And I am the type of person who can’t say no to relatives. So there comes a time at least once every two months that I go ‘broke’. But you know what, I don’t really worry that much anymore unlike before. Because time and again, I have proven that help comes when I least expect it.

Like today, my budget is close to nil yet when I opened my email a few hours ago, I saw an email from BTOP telling me that they deposited money to my bank account for some referrals. Yey! May pera na uli ako

What I want to say here is that trust in Him and He will surely provide.

Happy Thursday everyone!

Coffee may slow memory declines in women: study

Drinking more than three cups of coffee a day helped protect older women against some age-related memory decline, French researchers said on Monday, giving women more reason to love the world’s most popular stimulant.

Men did not enjoy the same benefit, they said.

“The more coffee one drank, the better the effects seemed to be on (women’s) memory functioning in particular,” said Karen Ritchie at the French National Institute of Medical Research, whose work appears in the journal Neurology.

The researchers followed more than 7,000 men and women in three French cities, checking their health and mental function and asking them about their current and past eating and drinking habits, their friends, and their daily activities.

They used this information to sort out the specific role caffeine played in these women’s lives.

They found that women who drank more than three cups of coffee per day, or its caffeine equivalent in tea, retained more of their verbal and — to a lesser extent — visual memories over four years.

These women had a 33 percent lower odds of having verbal memory declines and 18 percent lower odds of having visual and spatial memory declines, compared to women who drank one cup or fewer per day.

The effect also depended on age, with women over 80 reaping more benefits from these beverages than those who were 10 to 15 years younger, Ritchie’s team wrote. It was unclear whether current or former coffee consumption made the difference.

Some studies in mice have suggested that caffeine might block the buildup of proteins that lead to mental decline.

Ritchie is not sure why only women benefited in her study.

“Our best guess is that women don’t metabolize coffee in the same way (as men),” she said in a telephone interview.

Ritchie plans to follow the women longer to see if caffeine delays the onset of dementia — the mental confusion that signals Alzheimer’s disease and other brain disorders.

She said people should weigh any brain gains derived from caffeine against other effects of the stimulant, including raised blood pressure.

The average American drinks one to two cups of coffee a day, according to the National Coffee Association.

Source: Yahoo News

Happy Monday!

It’s Monday once again. For some reason, I always feel rushed, down and a bit tired on Mondays. I fight the feeling, of course. I want to start my Monday right. But today is one of those days.

My bunso, Hazel/Etey, is sick. She has sore eyes. Kainis kasi parents nya masyadong pabaya sa anak. This little kid would always knock at our gate early in the morning. She’d go directly to my room to sleep beside me again. She’d stay with my dad the whole day and would wait for me and my sisters to come home at night. When she gets sleepy, that’s the time she’ll look for her mom and go home. Ampon ko na nga halos. And I love that kid so much. She’s already a part of the family and I treat her like my own kid. She’s so sweet and would always ask for me to pick her up and go somewhere. She’s a Trinoma kid. Ask her who’s going to Trinoma and she would raise her hand. Hahaha…

She has a fever when I left her this morning. I asked her mom to take her to a pediatrician so that we know what medicine to give her. She smiled at me this morning and I was so touched because eventhough she’s not feeling well, she still managed a sweet smile for me.

My sister, Grace, has sore eyes as well. Hazel poked her in the eye yesterday and when she woke up today, her left eye is swollen already. She went to school (she’s teaching English in Sienna College) and asked the school nurse to issue a health certificate that she cannot teach today. I was late today because she made lambing pa that I cook some breakfast for her.

I just wish I don’t get sick this week.

Happy Monday everyone! Stay healthy!

Richest man in the world

How can one be this rich??

Microsoft founder Bill Gates looks to have lost his title as the world’s richest man, toppled from top spot by the Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim.

Three months ago the cigar-chomping Mr Slim quietly slipped past legendary US investor Warren Buffett to take second place in the global wealth league.

Now, thanks to a surge in the shares of his America Movil group, Mr Slim has claimed pole position, according to the Mexican online financial publication, Sentido Común.

…following a surge in America Movil’s shares over the second quarter.

This is estimated to have boosted his fortune to an estimated $67.8bn (£33.6bn) - equivalent to 8% of Mexico’s gross domestic product - compared with $59.2bn for the Microsoft mogul, putting him in the lead by a decisive $8.6bn.

-excerpt taken from Mexican tycoon overtakes Bill Gates as world’s richest man

I bet George Lindemann Jr would like to know how Mr Slim became that rich as well.

I’d be happy to get even a tenth of his fortune

For Nona…

I miss you, sis!!!

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Nahuli na ang bati ko. Almost a month ago pa pala Anyway, may you have many more birthdays to come. And good health, more wealth and a happy family always.

Happy birthday, Nona my dear! I miss our girltalks na! Ang overlooking na laging witness sa ating mga chikahan galore hehehe… At ang kulitan natin nina tendon, este, Tiendesitas girl Rho Especially the celebrity gossip during our chikahans hehe

Be safe always, sis and I appreciate you keeping in touch talaga. Basta bawi ako pag-uwi mo hehe Luvyah sistah!

For Nona…

I miss you, sis!!!

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Nahuli na ang bati ko. Almost a month ago pa pala Anyway, may you have many more birthdays to come. And good health, more wealth and a happy family always.

Happy birthday, Nona my dear! I miss our girltalks na! Ang overlooking na laging witness sa ating mga chikahan galore hehehe… At ang kulitan natin nina tendon, este, Tiendesitas girl Rho

Be safe always, sis and I appreciate you keeping in touch talaga. Basta bawi ako pag-uwi mo hehe Luvyah sistah!