Time To Do The Math Another month of roller coaster rides with the pump and dump of Cryptocurrencies, spending and saving of our hard-earned money, grinding and lazing around, and the moments where we got glad and upset with the encounters that happened in our everyday lives had ended just on March. As a monthly tradition on this platform, let me again share a summary of my achievements and failures during March. I encountered a lot of distractions since the first trainee…
My Last Check Outs Before Going Home I said that I was going to save and budget my money carefully. But, that was just what I have said. I never said that I would be taking that statement seriously. Just kidding, I really did promise myself but temptations are everywhere online and I haven't resisted some of its temptations. The other thing was not since I thought of using it when I got home. I don't really want to spend most of my budget again since I would allocate most of…
A Surprised Visit This pandemic has restrained us from going out, gathering, and traveling. We wanted to be with our family members but we can't because of the fear of contracting the virus. It's been two years since the lockdowns were implemented to contain the spread of the virus and free our country from this pandemic. That two-year battle has been hard for all of us but worth it since we can enjoy our normal lives even if there are still some restrictions on the movement…
Exercise And Reviews Yesterday, I woke up with my legs are numb down to my feet. I forgot to wrap myself in my blanket again the other night before falling asleep. It has always been the case for me every time I don't have a blanket. It feels like my body absorbed the air from the ceiling fan. I can't properly walk the next morning and a few hours had passed before I could slowly recover. My colleagues offered a massage after work and it was a big relief to hear that. I feel…
Chemistry Class After All The Tasks Since Madam is still on her business trip, we got no one to assist. We are young, wild, and free for three days and two nights. Just kidding. Yes, we are free but it is kind of boring getting out of our usual routine. Like, we don't really know what to do since our tasks were done until the boss comes back. If we got ever have loads in our hands, after that we don't know what's next and our work doesn't have any direction. We will just do…
Assorted Taste It became a part of my everyday life to have a daily dose of it. As a person who likes to be alone, it has been my companion for years until now. I have it in every emotion that I could encounter along the way. It relieves my pain, stabilizes my emotions, calms me down, and relaxes my mind. It has done well for me that it became my daily source of energy to do things properly and enjoy living this life. What I'm talking about here is music and by the way, how…
Having Friends Who Can Understand You Is The Best. They say that ***friends know you more than your family***, and it's actually true. The family has strict rules sometimes that we can't agree with. Sometimes we are pressured to push ourselves more to achieve what they want from us not knowing what we are exactly struggling and dealing with. Yes, we can also open up with them but not all parents are open-minded enough to be that hands-on in helping us overcome what we are…
Random Ramblings On Palm Sunday It took me more than five minutes to derive that title, honestly. My mind is automatically on **"Rest Mode"** every Sunday. I already missed two articles to publish this month, so I have to double-time to grind to fill in those gaps. No more alibis like I can't focus or I'm distracted. I have to push myself to be productive no matter what every day. That's because I remember that I have to pay for my SSS contributions this month and I still…
Coffee is water. Do you also have that, ***"Coffee is life."***, kind of motto in your life? If you can't relate to what is that, let me explain. *That one feeling which you can't survive a day without coffee. That one feeling which you just presume coffee is just water. That one feeling which you just drank a cup of coffee but have fallen asleep afterward. That kind of mealing in which your meal isn't complete if coffee is missing.* Certainly, I'm just talking about myself…
Am I winning? **"Life is like the wheel. Sometimes you're at the top and sometimes you're at the bottom."** It is a famous **Filipino proverb** that we often hear from our elders. The truth of reality which we can't ever change. Yet, we can charge forward to battle with it until it spins over and over, making us encounter success when it rotates upward and failures when it rotates downward. That's life for sure, we just have to cope with it and move on every time. With that,…
Something That Keeps Me Smiling Today As I woke to the blinding rays of the sun coming from the window this morning, it already made me smile. 'Cause, why not? It is already a sign of a new life, new opportunities, new adventures, and new reasons to live and continue what makes us go on every day. Aside from this, there are for sure a lot of reasons that we should keep our smiles on. Even just opening a blank draft or just simply staring at my phone can make me smile every…
A Little Glimpse of My Holy Week Since we are having a holy week, for sure it is a 2-day holiday and a long weekend. Here we are stuck in our homes reflecting on our actions, praying, doing our regular devotions to God, watching the bible lectures online, and strengthening our bond with our family members. Some religions like Catholicism have a lot of traditions, rituals, and processions. I am one of them but I don't really attend such gatherings like that. I have only…
Fave Things To Do Before anything else, **Happy Easter Sunday**, everyone! I wish I can attend a mass at the church physically today but I wasn't allowed since we are taking extra precautions against the virus. Maybe they rest the updates about it every day because of the upcoming elections but it is still there. In fact, it is still being dominant in other countries while we are just taking it easy here. I'm living with four senior citizens here and one of them is already…
When Mood Swing Hits You Hard... I was totally fine this morning. I woke up without any body aches and was all ready to face the day. I was surely in a good mood. I greet everyone at the house, my friends on chat, and thanked God for this another day. Everything was normal. I proceeded to work having a clear head and determined. Not until this heavy feeling caught me off guard while I was at work. I still managed to restrain myself during my working hours in the morning. I'm…
Cute Hair Ties And A Token Of Friendship Just to pass time when I'm bored, scrolling down on posts in my timeline has been my favorite habit. My friend here, let me just call her ***Tiktok Ghorl*** since she is fond of making Tiktok videos, was also looking for a girdle on **Shoppee**. She is complaining about her fats and she is planning on reshaping her body. I don't know exactly how could that help but she said that using a girdle is effective. I remember checking in on…
Just A Little Unwell I'm not fond of going outside too often because all I want is to have a rest in my bed after work and immersed myself in my phone for most of the day. Even here at the house, I just get out of the house when I have to hang my laundry outside to dry and throw away the trash. If I don't have any important business aside from my usual routine, it's not really my thing to spend time outside sightseeing or whatever. But today, I have to. I set off with…
Value Your Friendship *Some of our friends are already like families. We can share things with them that no one can understand. They are always there when we needed them and they treat us more nicely than our family sometimes. Though they are not blood-related to us, we still value them like one because of the care, love, and support that they can provide us, unconditionally.* And that's what true friends are for, but sometimes some people take advantage of our kindness just…
I Got My Anti-Flu Shot. It is already a tradition here at Madam's company to have an ***Anti-flu vaccine*** once a year. Last year, it was done on May 6, but now, Madam had set the schedule two weeks earlier. Since the doctor said it was fine, then we can't protest anything about it. What would we protest anyway? We get it for free after all. We should, at least, be thankful for it. Since we can't all leave at once because there would be no one left at home, we set off to…
Calm this rising blood pressure by listening to Sea Shanty. A lot of moods have me today. It's not intentionally but it just slipped out of the conversation. Initially, I intended to write this morning, then so I can publish after my previous article became a day ago. However, I thought of checking on my Mother first. I even have a check on my friends every day, so why not mother? Last week was a struggle to contact them because of the damages by the typhoon. I guess the…
Booking Confirmed I have been here in Metro Manila for more than two and a half years already but it felt like a decade when you are not in your hometown. I surely miss it being free to roam around in places knowing that I wouldn't get lost and I know the rules, which aren't even that strict. I can go to places and a new cafe but can come back anytime. I can meet up with my friends anytime or just chill at the mall without buying anything. I'm surely looking forward to doing…
I don't need a man. If I'm already working here far away from home for 2 years and 7 months, I'm also single for more than 2 years. Well, I tried to get into a relationship after the trauma that I got from my child's father but life too busy for us to have time for each other. We also think differently. We often don't agree with each other which leads us always a fight over petty things or whatever. Maybe, we are not just compatible. It only lasted for about 2 months. Well,…
My Understanding Every one of us here has insecurities. Like why can't we be as flawless as them, why can't we be as elegant as them, why can't we be as charming as them, or whatever that can be. Your confidence slumps down as you think of these things. You got embarrassed by who you are and are always afraid to get judged by people who are not even contributing anything good to your life. It is quite embarrassing for sure to have flaws. I admit that I felt that sometimes,…
No Need For A Boss Most people dream to graduate and find a good job. That's the typical mindset of us, but, some people want to study and graduate to build a business. I guess people like that are not that many, just based on what I have observed around me. In our community, not a lot of people are business-minded in nature. Maybe out of 10 people, only 1 person is a business-minded one. For someone like me who grew up with my relatives who do have a small business for a…
Preparing My Travel Requirements I still have two weeks before my departure. It's actually 15 days to be exact. Though it might look like it is still far ahead, time flies by faster anyway. In just a few *tick-tocks* of the clock and we can't sometimes notice that time has passed, surprising us with the designated date that we are waiting for. I'm the kind of person that is time conscious. I don't like to be late. I go to the scheduled time and mostly, I was already there 30…
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