Cebuano words on December first.
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While waiting for a friend to arrive home tonight, let me just share to you some Cebuano words and their meanings and how they are used here in our place. *By the way, this friend that will arrive tonight will stay here at home for six weeks as she needs to work on site for that span of time.*
Anyway, let's start ...
**GUGMA**
*Tagalog:* **Pagmamahal**
*English:* **Love**
Do I have to explain this word still? All of us know what love is. Love is the best variety of feeling. And we have different forms of love. They say, you can do anything with it. Like, *tatawirin and dagat. Aakyatin ang bundok. Susungkitin ang mga bituin.* But in love, we need to always know when to stop and to know our limitations. Some things are better left unsaid and undone.
**CHOYA**
*Tagalog:* **Lupet**
*English:* **Amazing**
Pardon me for this word. I really have a difficulty on how I would explain this one. Here in Cebu or other Bisaya places, it is actually an expression or slang word we used to show how we get amazed on something. Like if we saw something unusual or anything new to us, we used to say *"Choya ana bay!"* Its like, *"Wow! That's amazing."*
**LAYSHO**
*Tagalog:* **Sosyal**
*English:* **Classy**
This slang word in Cebuano is used actually if we saw or encounter something nice and classy. Its like an expression of appreciation. Like if someone we know got a new thing, we used to say *"Ka laysho ana uy."* Which means, *"Hey, that's nice."* Or we saw a unique house, we say *"Ka laysho sa balay."*
**PURYA BUYAG**
*Tagalog:* **Pwera Usog**
*English:* **Go away, curse**
There's actually no fix or actual translation of this word in English or maybe I just don't know how it said. But it is actually used to rebuke some bad things to happen. Like in ancient times, when someone greeted a baby and say *"Wow! Such a cute baby."* We used to say, *"Purya buyag!"* to prevent the baby from getting sick. It actually came from the superstitious belief our grandparents most of the time. But in this times, we mostly used it as a joke especially if someone will compliment us like, *"Oh. You're so pretty."* and we say, *"Purya buyag".*
**PUHON**
*Tagalog:* **Malapit na**
*English:* **Soon**
This is actually my favourite Cebuano word. It gives me a lot of hope that better days are coming. Just me, saying *"Puhon."* gives me more strength to continue for what ever I am dreaming of, because for sure with determination and perseverance things will be put into places. Let's continue, *"Puhon, ako na sad."* that means, *"Soon, it will be my time."*
**DASIG LANG**
*Tagalog:* **Huwag sumuko**
*English:* **Hold on/Never give up**
My second favourite Cebuano word. Just like *"puhon"* it gives me more courage to continue. To hold on and not to give up. I usually say these words to myself everytime I feel like giving up. I'll talk to myself and say, *"Dasig lang. Mahuman ra ning tanan."* or *"Just hold on. You'll get through this."*
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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Stress? Just kidding.
***Hello beautiful people!***
***I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
While waiting for an online shop on instagram for a live selling of denim shorts, *(yes I am getting addicted to denim shorts as I do not feel like wearing jeans since I have a very short legs and it will just make me look shorter)* that I decided to browse the internet to look for some questions to be answered and publish it here. And good thing, I found this **40 Questions Everyone Is Afraid To Ask** on google. *Thanks Mr. Google! You're a life saver.* https://www.marcandangel.com/2012/P4/13/40-questions-everyone-is-afraid-to-ask/
Alright. Let's get going!
**How do you know whether its time to continue holding on or time to let go?** I guess that is if things are not really working the way you planned it after giving it a try a million times. That is in general. Maybe once you let go of that plan or that action you've been doing, that will be the time that a better opportunity will come on the way. There's always a good thing on letting go. You just have to give it a try the way you give a try to the original plan. Who knows, the latter will work for you. And if not, it will be a lesson for sure.
**What have you done that you are not proud of?** Staying on my comfort zone. I am really good at giving advices to people. My friends know that. I am good at encouraging them to try new things and explore the world for new learnings and opportunities. But haven't tried to applied it to myself. I am afraid that once I will get out of the box, I'll lose myself instead. That I will fail.
**Is it out of reach or have you not just stretched yourself far enough?** In connection with the question above, I guess it is that I haven't stretched myself far enough. I am still in my comfort zone. I am still living in my own world. The fear of losing is still dominating me. And I am sure, it is not what I should be doing. I know there's a lot I can learn on. There's a lot of experience that I am about to experience. A lot of things for me to know about. Self, when you will get out of that small box?
**Other than money, what else have you gained from your current job?** Stress? *Just kidding.* It is how to be patient and get along with people. Talking to people you do not even know, them cursing to you (not all though), them asking for your assistance, them sharing their life stories made me become more patient. Everyday, that's the set up. Yet I get used to it. And I am learning day by day as well. I am learning how to talk with people, to empathize with them, to sympathize, to build rapport, limitations as well. And a lot more that I cannot put to words.
**What is worse than death?** Losing a family member. Do I still have to elaborate this one? Not even once in my life I thought of this thing happening, because again I am afraid of how it will turn out to be. I may say that, I am ready for whatever will happen but what the truth is it pains me just thinking about it. I still have a lot of plans for them. So hopefully, God will hear my prayers that I have for my family.
**What do you do when other people don't like you?** Kill'em with kindness? Char! Let them not liking you at all. You cannot please anybody. So why force them? Just let them be and continue with your life. As long as you are doing good, that's fine. They will not matter.
**What is the difference between living and existing?** "I just feel like existing but not actually living." This line explains it all.
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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A little throwback.
I'm supposed to be sleeping right now after a long tiring day but my mind would not let me as it keeps on pushing me to write an article. So here I am writing this one. Anyway, why's my day long and tiring? It's is actually my rest day today and after I rendered 3.5 hours work on day off, I decided to do a general cleaning here at home. I washed all the remaining clothes, bedsheets, curtains, pillow cases. Wash the remaining dishes, rearrange some stuff at the kitchen, and do some mopping on the floor. I defrost our fridge as well and clean it right after. Throw unneccessary things at home. And I'm done.
I started working on these things at around 11 AM and finished up at around 2:45 PM. It was a long and tiring day indeed, but is so satisfying.
Anyway, enough for that long introduction since its not our topic for today. Lol. Let me share you instead **a little throwback in my college life.** Please note that I already finished college, I just want to share what I did before.
Since my university is about 1 hour and 30 minutes away from home, *(that includes the 15 minutes walk from home to the main road, and almost 1 hour waiting for jeepney or big bus, and the rest is for the travel)* and my first subject is at 7:30 AM, I used to wake up at 3:00 AM to prepare for school. Eat first, then a bath, then make myself presentable, and start my morning walk/ first way to school. By the way, my mom always accompany me going to the main road as I leave home as early as 5:30 AM and I am a timid little girl.
Leaving home at 5:30 AM will get me at school around 7:00 AM. And since I have a bestfriend renting near our school, I'll go to her first and go to the school together. Attend the flag ceremony, and welcome our first subject. And what's the subject? It's Math. What a lovely way to start the day! ***insert sarcasm (joke).* We get used to it as we do not have a choice since that's our major. We'll have a class for 1 hour and 30 minutes for one subject twice a week or 3 hours straight once a week. I forgot the complete set up, but that how it works actually. Lol.
After attending classes and once we have a vacant time, we'll go down from the school and go to the rented house of my bestfriend and either sleep or eat bread with ice cream, that's our go to snacks. And maybe you'll be wondering, why go down from school? It is because our school is at the top of the world. Haha. I mean, you have to take a long steps of walk before you get there. We have three ways going up. Our main road, which able motorcycle and cars to pass by, our stairs that is called stairway to heaven as it is so tiring to take but will get you to the school in no time, and the rocky road that will definitely ruin your shoes but just like the stairs will get you to school in no time.
And once another subject is up for a class, we'll head up to school again. Why not just stay at school to not get tired? Actually, that's what we've been doing before but later on we get bored that we get used on going up and down to school like it was just nothing. Then have our lunch at the boarding house again, and get back to school.
I usually have a last class every 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM, and its either a regular or make up class. It depends on how busy our professor is. And most of the times its really a regular class.
By the way in our province, we really have a limited transportation that the last trip available is 6:30 PM and the jeeps or buses on that time is already loaded with passengers. So what I do, is just ask someone from our place who has a single motorcycle to fetch me up. That will cost me more than the regular fare but it is better not going home at all. And sometimes, when I am tired waiting for a ride, I'll just choose to sleep at my bestfriends home.
If you will ask, why not just rent as well? It is because it will cost me more money renting and my schedule did not always end at 7:00 PM.
And when I get home, I just take a little rest and do some school works if needed, then head to bed right away for sleep. And the routine will be the same the next days.
*I have a lot I wanted to share about my college life, but it seems that its getting longer now and I am already sleepy. Maybe on the next articles, I'll try to share something again. Hopefully, I can pull it off.*
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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Scarier than a heartbreak.
**Social Media is as scary as helpful as it is.**
Ever since social media came in our lives, we became so happy that it gives a lot of advantages. First and foremost is to connect to our loved ones, and followed by the like about working and studying, doing our favourite stuff online and etcetera.
But most of the things that has advantages usually came with its disadvantages. Like if there's cold, there's hot. You cannot say that a thing is good, if you haven't tried that its bad and vice versa.
***How can I say that social media is scary?***
As what I've mentioned above, its first advantage is to connect with our loved ones. But have you observed, these days it became a barrier instead?
*It is not applicable for all, but from what I observed.*
In a family, usually we tend to eat together in our dining table. Eating together is one of the best time a family could have as they can see each other complete, they can talk about life, laugh about jokes, and share each others sentiments. But since most of the family owns a cellphone, the usual set up has changed. Yes, they are still eating together but they seemed not to know each other. One is eating while playing ML. One could be eating while watching YouTube, and the other could be eating while chatting his or her friend and whoever it is. ***I thought it supposed to connect each other? How come is seems to distance one another instead? Is it like, so close yet so far?***
Not only in a family. In a group of friends. One friend would invite his or her friends for a lunch out so that they can catch up on things they haven't talk about anymore because of some reasons we do not know, and to have some *friends time* and ended up just using phone while having lunch together. ***Where's the catching up there?***
And are you all familiar about this **cancel culture** thing? This one is so scary for me. Not because I already experienced it, but because I understand the sentiments of people experiencing such.
Are you familiar with this certain sound on TikTok? The **You and me were not the same?** Then you will share a thing that's different from the other? Like if you are a breadwinner and the other is not? Things like that.
With that, I am actually following this one content creator on Tiktok that most of her videos are **POV's of a rich tita.** Then one time, she made a video using that **You and me were not the same** sound and her POV is about the concert ticket. The content goes this way, **You and me were not the same, I am on VIP and you are on General Ad.**
But you know, netizens were pressed that they did cancel her. Throw some below the belt comments that she doesn't deserve actually, and even throw some bad comments involving her family. Like, she was once idolized by some of those followers who bashed her. See? Its truly so scary. That after you put a smile on people's faces with your contents, then with one mistake *not even a mistake* you will be cancelled right away. You will be bashed.
I mean, I just observed that some netizens wanted to control others. That if they see something they do not like, they'll say bad things right away. **You know, we are entitled to speak out our opinion, but we need to make sure as well when and when not to open our mouth.** They wanted you to be true to yourself, and when you show your true colours, they'll throw hate against you. How chaotic it is!
And they even wanted to stop you from posting things, that is not aligned to their liking. Now, where's this my account, my rules?
As long as you are not degrading others, and what you post is not against the regulations of that social media platform, you can do what you want, but not in this generation anymore. **The only thing we can do is to think a million times before we click anything on social media.**
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Please also know that this is base on what I observed and my own opinion. This may not be the same with your view as well and I respect that. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***A big thanks to*** @foryoubtc09 ***for sponsoring me! Well appreciated. 💗***
***- MissJo 💜***
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Yesterday. Yesterday. Yesterday.
***Hello beautiful people!***
***I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
Yes. Yesterday. I supposed to be writing this yesterday but I do not know, I just really feel sleepy that I chose to sleep than write. Lol! Anyway, this will be just what happened yesterday and nothing more.
So yesterday at around 3:00 AM before my shift, I dreamt about zombies. They are actually chasing me and trying to bite me. Good thing I am a hero on my own dream that I get to fight with the zombies. Lol! I woke up after that dream as my alarm went on and when I saw I still have thirty minutes so I went back to sleep. But you know what happened? I dreamt on the same dream again. These zombies kept on chasing me. So I tried to choose to wake up and just prepare my tools for work.
Then I remembered that yesterday was a Thanksgiving Day in US which means, we will not receive a tons of customers and we really didn't. So since that is the case, one of my friend created a room in messenger to start a video call.
Look at that funny faces. Haha. That's me on the first picture, then @its_me_wil (Kuya Joel), @Ramramx (Ramon), @etching (Lyn), and @BreadChamp(Mamii Jheah). We have a lot of fun talking with each other about non sense stuff. That's the power of Thanksgiving Day.
Then after my shift, I just cleaned my room and prepare my dirty clothes to send to a laundry shop.
And I prepared our late lunch.
Look at that food. Its my first time to cook Tinolang Manok and I made it right. Yay! Its so delicious that it made my tummy happy. Its just sad that I forgot to add moringa leaves as it is as well not available in our area. Well anyway, it did taste as Tinolang Manok, so its good.
And you know what? I am getting envious of some ARMY (BTS Fans) going to Los Angeles. Lol! BTS is having their offline concert again after two years die to the pandemic. How I wish I can go there. I am still happy for the fans who can be able to attend the concert and have fun with the boys. Sana all! Anyway, hopefully I can get to attend their concert one day.
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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Random Thursday!
***Hello beautiful people!***
***I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
I slept late last night since I rendered pre shift overtime. When I woke up earlier at around 3:50 AM for my regular shift, I posted an update on Noise Cash right away. *Diba, Noise Cash is life!*
On that post, I shared how I slept late and woke up early but thankful that I did not feel sleepy at all since I need to be on shift for nine hours. And if ever I'll feel sleepy, I can just prepare a coffee. Of course, *coffee is life*. So after I create that ramblings, I posted it right away. And prepare my tools for my shift.
While waiting then for my shift at exactly 4:00 AM, I checked back first my post to see if anyone commented and so for me to reply back. And see what happened.
That's uncle @TengoLoTodo who commented first and he even saw that I posted on Proud Bisaya channel with Filipino words. I was like, *OMG! What I have done.* I felt embarrassed for that one and hoping ate @bmjc98 would not mind it and pardon me with such. Haha. *I was even really proud saying I am not sleepy, yet I posted my post on the wrong channel. Hello girl, you okay? Lol!*
Alright enough for that. I was really out of mind maybe? Or I am just sleepy for real? I don't know. Haha.
Anyway in the middle of my shift, Weverse Shop announced that they will be going on sale for the Black Friday. And look at their offers.
That's really a huge mark down. More than 50% discount for the selected items. This offer really made my heart decide whether to grab the offer or not. Then I remembered, I used my money already last 11.11. Poor me! *To all ARMY (BTS Fans) out there, its your time to shine. Grab this huge offer if you are collecting some merch. This is really a steal deal. Go get it!*
Special mention to @Ellehcim for this merch sale. Haha.
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSeS9CK7w/
Who remembers the ***"Where was I?"*** interview of Boy Abunda to Alexa Ilacad? It actually trended that time when Boy Abunda asked her about her say on Nash and Mika's relationship.
***"Napaisip lang ako when I read that '13 years' thing kasi inside that 13 years I was there. So when you say that, '13 years and I still love you,' where was I?" - Alexa Ilacad***
I am not against Mika and Nash's relationship, *kasi sino ba naman ako?* My point here is just I am amazed on how Alexa handled the situation, answered the question eloquently, and show how strong a lady she is. And how she more forward from this and continue and choose to be happy.
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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Let's visit my gallery.
***Hello beautiful people!***
***I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
**Food is life. Food is life. Food is lifest.** *Yes! My all time motto. Everytime I am craving for something, I always make sure to buy and eat it if only I have a spare money. And if not, I'll make sure to have it next time. Tiis tiis muna. Lol!*
And since we're already talking about foods, let me share the random photos of foods I have on my gallery.
I forgot the specific name of this combo. It a combination of **fries and a three layered sandwich**. It has a cut of ripe mango, lettuce, cucumber which I did not eat, some mayo, and I guess a ketchup? Excuse the half glass of iced tea since I already drink half of it as I am really thirsty that time. I ate this when I get my eye check up. Its kinda pricey for me but the taste is 10/10.
**Tahoooo!** My all time fave morning food. *Excuse me* @BreadChamp *I know you don't like this, even a sight of it. Sorry mamii. Haha.* I remembered when we are still working on site, I have this teammate that always come with me at our pantry just to buy a cup of taho. We really love it. After our shift back then at all around 5 AM, we always eat taho and it will complete our day.
**A bowl of creamy macaroni soup.** Yum! It was my first time cooking this one and I am proud to say I made it delicious. @BreadChamp and Chinggut gave me 10/10 for this one and it made my heart happy. You know, I am a no nothing about cooking so when I made it perfectly I became the proudest of my own. It took me almost two hours preparing this one. Lol!
***At sabay sabay tayong mangasim. Haha***. I am not sure what's the English term for this, but this is **Santol** in Filipino. If I am not mistaken, it was already four months ago when I ate this one. I am really craving for something sour that time that when I saw a vendor selling this, I immediately bought some. And it did satisfy my cravings. Can't eat anything sour this moment as I am on my period. Poor me!
Who knows this food? It is called **Ngohiong**. It is made of bamboo shoots covered with a thick lumpia-like wrapper. It was my sister who introduced me this one, but honestly I did not like it at first. But when I tried it again after months, bet me. I find it magical. For real, I can eat this food all day. The sound of its crunchiness makes me want it more.
A **pair of donuts** from 7/11 and **stick-o** for my snacks that time. It was my rest day when I bought this one. For real, it tastes like the more expensive donuts from J.CO or Krispy Kreme or any donut stores. The sweetness is just right and the fluffiness is amazing. The fillings really melt inside my mouth. Gosh! I am craving it right now.
**What a bundle of joy!** This set of foods made my tummy the happiest. Look at that yummy foods. It was from Seafood Paradise. This was when we have our lunch out. I was with Mamii Jheah, Ramon, Sir Ariel, and Lyn that time. It really satisfied our cravings of seafoods. It was well prepared and worth the price. You'll love to eat this using your bare hands. It'll make the foods more delicious.
And of course, my **BTS Meal.** I'll not forget this one. Its a set of 10 pcs of nuggets, a medium size fries, a medium size drink, and a cajun and sweet chili sauce. You all know I am a BTS fan, so I made sure not to skip this collaboration. I was able to buy four sets of this combo. But of course from different dates. One was a treat from Ramon and Mamii Jheah since they know I'm a fan, and from @dziefem whose very supportive of whatever I like. Thank you guys!
***Question*****: Are you now craving for your favourite food? Go buy it, you deserve to treat yourself.**
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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The power of five minutes.
***Hello beautiful people!***
***I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
I actually just got home from an optical clinic to get my new glasses and I am trying to squeeze my mind to limit just to write an article today and I remembered that I saw a Tiktok video earlier about **My Stages Before I Go To Work.** https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSeBonLob/
I actually laughed out loud knowing I am experiencing the same way. Lol! Anyway, let me share to you how it worked on my end. *This may be a combination of English and Tagalog words.*
**DENIAL**. Whenever my alarm started to ring at exactly 3:50 AM I always say, *"Hindi. Hindi. Panaginip lang to. Di pa oras ng shift ko."* I don't know why. There are days I am very excited to start my shift and the other days are the opposite. And I guess, that's how really it is. Lol!
**ANGER.** This made me laugh as well as I get angry everytime my alarm went ringing. Like, *"Pwede bagalan mo yung oras ng pag alarm? Tas bilisan yung oras pag shift ko na."* I always blame my alarm clock. Poor one!
**BARGAINING**. And this one is the reason why sometimes I get late from work. Not for one hour, that's too long already. I sometimes got late for five to ten minutes. I used to set my alarm to 3:45 AM, then 3:50 AM, then 3:55 AM. And when the last alarm snooze I will say, *"Five minutes. Five minutes. May five minutes pa."* And the next thing I know, its already 4:05 AM or 4:10 AM. And I'm late. The power of five minutes.
**STRESS REMARKS.** This is the saddest part of my everyday struggle. Haha. This is the time when I do monologues. *"Bat ba mahirap ako. Bat ko ba kailangan magtrabaho. Antok pa ko. Pagod ako. Mag call in sick nalang kaya ako tas kuha ng medcert the next day para may sweldo pa din? Go or not?"* And the next thing I know, I am already setting up my tools and accept the reality that I need to work. Fighting self!
**ACCEPTANCE.** After all the dramas I made. After all the five more minutes and others, I still rather choose to get up, face my computer and start working. Because if not, who will support me? No one. And I have my mom and younger brother that needs my support. And my mantra as well to continue working is, *"Magtrabaho ka kasi may BTS Merch kang babayaran. May concert kang pinag-iipunan."* Though, its not really the main reason why I am working but I just wanted lighten my mood everyday and I do not want my mom and brother to feel that they are a burden to me. I am happy supporting them.
So the bottom line, I still get up after all the dramas I did. By the way don't get me wrong, I am not like this everyday. There are just times that tiredness really eats me up. But I always make sure to fight it out and think instead of beautiful things I wanted to achieve for me to get inspired doing my work. And I always make sure to rest when needed. That's important.
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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Parcel Therapy.
***Hello beautiful people!***
***I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
It's exactly eleven days after the biggest christmas sale on Shopee and Lazada which is the 11.11. How was so far the things you ordered online? Did everything satisfied you?
Personally, I did not order anything online for the past months, so when its already 11.11 sale, I decided to add to cart some stuff and check them out at exactly 11.11 for me to avail the free shipping vouchers and some discounts. And I'll share to you the stuff I ordered and just received the other day and today.
**November 17 arrivals.**
This is one of the best deal I got last 11.11. I actually have a wired earphone, sad to say it is not working anymore. I am not sure if its the earphone slot or my phone that is not working properly. I've been seeing a lot from content creators on TikTok that this one is legit and really works fine. So I tried to buy it and when it arrived, it really gives me a good performance. It charges for one and a half hour only and I can use it for four hours, non stop. The original price of this one is 1,200 pesos and because of 11.11 it was down to 999 pesos only. It's a steal for me. I always wanted to wear earphones and listen to loud music while working as it makes me more focus.
These are the other stuff I ordered online and received last November 17. A set of mask which I used only when going out, its an essential these days. A phone holder which I really need as well everytime I watch movies. A powerbank, to make sure that I still have battery in case of power outage. And a pair of chopstick, which I already have an old pair but the other one fell inside the sink that I need to get a new one. These four items cost me only 185 pesos which is a great deal already for me as all of them gives it purpose perfectly.
**November 22 arrivals. (Today)**
These items made my heart so happy. I badly wanted to have a new bedsheets, pillow cases, and curtain. So when I saw this shop that sells cheaper bedsheets I placed an order right away. I just unboxed the parcel earlier and it did meet my expectation of the product. I washed them already and excited to use them next week. Yes, it will be next week as I just changed my bed sheet too. I also tried to order a mini cutter just in case I need it to cut something.
And this one is really my favorite. A fun fact: I do not wear sneakers. Yes. The last time I wear one was when I am still studying, during our P.E time. I do not know why, it is maybe because no sneakers fit my size. I really have a small feet. Haha. So I became addicted to flat sandals. And this kind of style always attract me so I ordered it right away. I'll be having a happy feet now. Lol!
Alright. So that's the list of stuff I ordered during 11.11 Biggest Christmas Sale. Over all, I'll give them 10/10 as they meet my product expectation.
By the way, tips everytime you order online:
Make sure to read all the product reviews so that you'll know you will not get scammed or the product you'll receive will be okay.
Always make sure as well to order stuff that you really need.
Make sure to order only when you have a spare money and if you already alloted money for your needs before your wants.
Right now, I'll be on ***online shopping ban*** as I still have something to pay for. Let's work hard and smart first so that we can buy again the things we need and we want.
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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Thank you, iQIYI.
***Hello beautiful people!***
***I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
I actually just finished watching **Chief of Staff** from Netflix last week which the plot of the series was all about politics that really caught my attention. I just came with a question if that is really how the politics works? I continued watching the series as well since the main cast was the lead actor on Squid Game and the lead actress is from the recent Hometown Cha Cha Cha. I'll give 10/10 for the Chief of Staff by the way.
And with that, I actually get bored not able to watch a new Kdrama that I browsed the internet to check some new released series and found out this **Jirisan** and **Happiness** on **iQIYI**. Its not available on Netflix so I ended up downloading iQIYI and subscribe to their 99 peso plan for a month so that there will be no ads to appear.
I actually no plan on watching this one, but when K-media released that one of the OST for the drama is sang by Kim Seokjin of BTS which entitled Yours, I immediately decided to watch this one. Lol! Well, it does not fail my expectation as the plot of the story is good. It is still on going and I am still waiting for the next episodes. This kdrama is actually about the mountain rangers that save or look for the missing mountaineers that visit the mountain. It has a very nice plot that you need to focus on it as it will transition from one year to another and will give a lot of flashbacks. But for real, it will give me some goosebumps as the sound effect really creeps me out that I ended up stopping from watching it. But after some minutes, I'll go back watching it again. So far, I'll give 10/10 for this one. Hopefully, the next episodes will be as good as the previous ones.
And this one, when I found out that Park Hyung-Sik is the lead actor on this series I decided to watch this Kdrama as well as he is one of my Korean actor crush. Oppa! Lol. I actually can't still move on his last Kdrama Strong Woman Do Bong Soon. I really find them cute on that one. Anyway, the plot of the drama is all about a virus or disease that was transmitted when a person take a certain medicine. Whenever a person take it, they will turn into a zombie like that will crave for blood. The symptoms of such disease is that the person will become thirsty and end up biting a person's neck. But they will return to normal once they got to taste some blood. I actually no idea yet who really come up with the medicine since I am still on episode three, but I have already a character on mind. Haha. Anyway, I'll give 9/10 for this one. Hopefully the next episodes will be more thrilling and mysterious.
*I apologize for this one as I really cannot think of a better topic that I ended up writing the kdramas I am currently watching. I already missed three days not uploading an article and I do not want to add another day. I am planning to make sure to cover the three loss days so that I'll be able to complete the 30 days challenge of writing an article for this month.*
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
Remember, it's okay to start again.
"Don't waste your time being upset about something you can't change. Begin again and do it better this time." - ***Joyce Meyer***
***Life is unfair.*** Most of the time it's the exact words that will come out our mouth every time what we planned will not fall into place. We'll feel betrayed that we tend to stop and just do nothing. Isn't it how life was really designed? I mean, that's exactly what life supposed to be. That's the nature of a person who is living. To have this life that's so challenging. To have this life that's so unfair. To overcome and challenge this life has to offer. And this kind of life is what will keep us from going.
And to overcome this challenges is to start again. Starting again is not easy. You'll feel a lot of disappointment. You'll feel that what you've done will be put into waste. You'll feel that the effort you made is not enough. But you'll never know what will be the result if you're not going to try. ***Again. Restart.***
Things may be easier said than done. But we can always modify life and redirect our plans.
You failed in an interview? Hop in to another. There's a lot of chances and opportunities waiting for you. When one door closes, a better door is open waiting for you. You'll just need to find the courage and find that precious door. Take a good rest. Recharge your body and mind. And start again.
You got heartbroken? Accept the fact that our feeling of love will not always be reciprocated. Not everyone will give the same love you gave. And do not stay in love with the person that just love you because they need you. Is that even love after all? You do not deserve the love that comes back, you deserve the love that stays. Do not settle for less. Do not be afraid to love again. In the right time, with the right person.
Your plans didn't turn out how you expected it to be? It is okay to get sad. But staying sad will not help you succeed in that plan. Rise up and redirect your plans. Remember, when plan A did not work you still have plan B and a lot of letters on the alphabet. Work on it and start again.
Starting again does not mean just doing the same thing. Starting again means doing what you already did and adding some spices on it. Make sure to modify. Make sure to improve. Failing does not always means failing, it means there's still something you can do and you need to find it out.
***Acceptance of whatever happened and trying to start again if necessary is worth trying for.***
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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Another source of happiness.
***Hello beautiful people!***
***I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
Last year, around January I decided to create an account on Twitter just to follow some artist that I like and of course some *chikas* on showbiz. And one more thing is for me to have a place where I can rant all my frustrations and dramas in life. I rather post it on Twitter than on Facebook.
However, things changed when I started to be a fan of BTS. *I already shared it here on how I started to love this boy group.* And with that, my twitter account started to be filled with retweets about the updates on Bangtan.
And just a blink of an eye, I just found myself following online shops for BTS Merch. Yes! I started buying merchandise. Well, I only have few since I do not have enough money to collect all of those merch from year 2013.
Some may just see it as a waste of money, but as a fan it became my happiness. I remember a friend who invited me to go out and visit a beach which I declined and she said, "Mas inuuna mo pa kasi yang BTS mo. Di ka naman sasaya diyan." I was like, for real? I will never invest on things that will not make me happy. And one thing, its still pandemic and I am afraid to go out swimming on the same water with people I do not even know.
So I rather stay at home and watch BTS videos and check updates about them.
I started collecting merch last 11/20/2020 when they released their BE Album. It was my first official merch. Then I also bought some unsealed albums, I have two of them. Unsealed means it does not have all the inclusions of the album. Then followed by another released merch and some specific packages.
I actually bought them from legit shops on twitter which I do a thorough checking to make sure I will not get scammed. And read customers feedback on how their packages were packed and if it did arrived on time as expected.
I have ordered from three legit shops already and it seems that they will be my go to shop for my future merch.
And you may be wondering how I pay for the merch. One thing I look into for shops where to order is the date of payment. There these short date of payment and long date of payment and I always choose the second option to make sure I can still save money for the payment. After the payment will be sent, the normal estimated time of arrival is around three to four weeks. There is a fast estimated time of arrival but it will be pricier than the normal one.
I order albums or any merch if I know I can pay for it, and I stop myself from ordering if I am really tight of budget. It may be my happiness, but it does not mean I will not consider my budget in buying these things. I always see ahead if I can allot some money for it and if not, I will just wait for a new merch to be released.
These are collections so far and it is not even that much compared to those who collected them from the beginning. I just love seeing them organized in that cute shelf and once in a while I am checking on them.
This one is my upcoming merch. I'll be receiving this one on January 2022. And yes, the date of payment for this will be in 12/20/2021.
So far, I did not experience being scammed from the shops I ordered and hopefully I will never experience such.
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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Vacation leave well spent.
Last two weeks, I wrote an article about the plans I wanted to do for my two days vacation leave. I was excited back then that I kept on checking the date until the scheduled leave.
However, about a week before my leave, I kept on having headache, kept on almost throwing up but ended not making it, my left eye kept on getting teary, and my vision was so blurry. I supposed to do some me time during my leave as I am very stressed at work and I wanted to breathe somehow. But I realized my health is more important especially my eyes that I decided to see a doctor, an opthalmologist to be exact. I am really suspecting that something is wrong with it.
So last 11/15, I get to see an opthalmologist. It was quiet tiring as I kept on getting back and forth from one building to another to get a Letter of Authority (LOA) to use my insurance in order for me not to pay for anything.
After getting the LOA I came back to Dr. Vergara, the opthalmologists that checked my eyes. She asked me everything I felt, my nature of work, and what kind of lifestyle I have. When she checked my eyes, she then asked if my family has a history of an eye disease which I answered no since we do not have. I asked her why and she said she is suspecting me having a glaucoma.
***Glaucoma****. Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve, the health of which is vital for good vision. This damage is often caused by an abnormally high pressure in your eye. Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness for people over the age of 60.* https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/glaucoma/symptoms-causes/syc-20372839#:~:text=Glaucoma%20is%20a%20group%20of,over%20the%20age%20of%2060.
I immediately checked the internet to see what glaucoma is even Dr. Vergara said it already. I checked it again and saw that most of the symptoms I experienced are included on the symptoms of having this eye disease. With this, for us to make sure if I have it or not she then requested an eye laboratory. I decided to get the laboratory the next day as the weather was so hot that it gives me headache again and it actually made me anxious thinking I may have glaucoma.
11/16. I came back to Cebu Doctor's University Hospital to get my laboratory. The same thing, I get another LOA twice and get the laboratory done.
I undergo three laboratories. The first one was fine, but the second and third made me feel nausea and headache. I even get a super blurry eyesight that I cannot even read a large text or signage on the laboratory for about one hour I guess which panicked me out, then the doctor told me it was normal as they dilated my eyes and opened my pupil. I waited there for about three hours to get the result so that I can bring it back to Dr. Vergara and see whether I have glaucoma or not.
Finally, I got the result after waiting for hours and head back straight to Dr. Vergara's office and read the result. I was actually so nervous heading there praying and hoping that I do not have the eye disease.
I immediately handed over the results and I was asked to wait outside again. I am really starting to feel nervous that time and my heart was beating fast. I waited outside for about 15 minutes, and was called in for final result. *"Good thing dear, you do not have a glaucoma.",* Dr. Vergara said with a smile on her face. Which really eased me out. Thank God!
But I really have a very large nerve on my eyes that is not normal that if left untreated will then caused me to really having a glaucoma. But the doctor assured me that it will not turn into that eye disease if I will continuously take a medicine.
I was prescibed with an eye drop that I need to apply four times a day for one week and just apply it on the next weeks if I will feel any discomfort on my eyes and a Meganerv capsule once a day. This Meganerv capsule will be my maintenance forever. It will help the nerve from growing more. Then we ended up the consultation by her referring me to get a new pair of glasses at Bono Optical. My old glasses has a grade of 75 - 100. And this time I already have 130 - 100 which is quiet high that I really need to get a new pair of glasses. So I did the eye checking again and will get my new pair on 11/25.
I ended everything for the day and decided to finally have my lunch. I was too hungry from getting back and forth from one building to another alone.
I get back home at around 3:30 PM and decided to take a rest when I realized I am still not registered for the National ID. So there, I get to the nearest center when I can register and it took me one and a half hour. It was actually just a small number of individual trying to register but most of them are kids that needs to be supervisioned by their guardian to make sure they'll have the correct information that really took a lot of time. But at least I'm finally registered and just waiting for the id in the next three to four months.
*Please do not lose your transaction slip as it will be used to claim the id.*
I am not thinking of going home already as I am really tired because of the long day when I saw that besides the registration center is a massage area.
I've been wanting to have a massage since I am having a back pain already. Good thing, this one is just right there. The staff there are actually visually impaired individual. But they are really good in doing massage. I felt so relaxed while having it and it makes me sleepy. After one hour of massage, I finally decided to go home.
I arrived home at around 6:30 PM and decided to finish my very long yet productive day with a dinner. A pair of rice and siomai, with a lemonade that I bought and a cold water.
My 11/16 was such a long and tiring day, yet I made it very productive. I did not felt any sadness that I wasn't able to do the things I planned for my vacation leave since I was able to do the more important things that needs to be done. Anyway, there's still a lot of time to do such me time but my eye issue cannot wait any longer. I'll be back on duty tomorrow since my vacation leave is already done. I am really thankful to God for the good result of my consultation.
Please be good to your eyes!
***I'll end it here as it's already too long. I appreciate you all for reading up until this part. You have a great day beautiful people. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
***-Miss Jo 💜***
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Hayaan mo ko, hanggang isang araw.
*Inaamin ko gustong gusto kita at alam mo yon. Pero hindi ibig sabihin na magmamakaawa akong gustuhin mo din ako. Pero ginawa mo. Isang araw nagising nalang ako na mahal mo na din pala ako. Araw araw kasama kita. Sa paggising. Sa pagkain. Sa pagtulog. Napakaraming ala-ala na ating nabuo. Masasaya. Malulungkot. Nakakatawa. Nakakaiyak.*
*Andyan ka nung mga araw na lugmok na lugmok ako. Yung mga araw na halos pasan ko na ang mundo, tinulungan mo ko. Di mo hinayaang maging malungkot ako mag isa. Ikaw yung nagsilbing saya ko nung mga araw na akala ko wala ng isasaya ang buhay ko.*
*Sinabi ko sayo na wag mo kong sanayin sa lahat ng bagay, pero ginawa mo pa din kasi sabi mo ako na ang mundo mo. Pero kailan pa naging mundo ang isang tao? Gusto kitang pigilan, kaso malakas ka. Nagawa mo pa ding sanayin ako, at nagpasanay naman ako sa lahat ng ginagawa mo.*
*Ang saya ko. Ang saya ko na ikaw yung kasama ko sa araw araw. Ang saya ko kasi sayo ko nababahagi lahat ng saya at mga bagay na naaabot ko sa buhay. Ang saya ko na ipinangako ko na sa sarili ko at ipinagdasal ko na sa Diyos na ikaw na ang makakasama ko sa habang buhay.*
*Hanggang isang araw nagising ako. Wala ka na sa tabi ko. Hinanap kita. Sinubukan kong tawagan ka. Nag iwan ko ng mga mensahe sayo. Pero wala akong natanggap na sagot. Di ko alam kung anong nangyari. May nagawa ba ko? May kulang ba sakin? Hindi ko na alam. Nasanay ako. Nasanay ako na sa bawat paggising ko andyan ka sa tabi ko. Nasanay ako na sa tuwing pag uwi ko, andyan ka sasalubong sakin. Nasanay ako na ako lang ang mahal mo.*
*At dumating na ang pinakakinatatakutan ko. Ang makita kang masaya sa iba. Hindi na ako ang mahal mo. Sa iba mo na ginagawa yung mga bagay na dapat sa akin lang. Siya na ba ang bagong mundo mo? Gusto kong umiyak. Gusto kong magwala. Pero di ko magawa. Gustong gusto kita pero hindi mo na kailangan na mahalin ulit ako. Masaya ka na sa iba.*
*Hayaan mo nalang akong mahalin ka, hanggang isang araw hindi na.*
*Hayaan mo nalang akong ipadama sayo na mahal kita, hanggang isang araw wala na.*
*Hayaan mong titigan kita, kahit sa malayo. Hayaan mong tingnan kita gaya ng mga maningning na bituin sa langit. Hayaan mong tingnan kita kahit masakit. Hayaan mong tingnan kita, hanggang isang araw kaya na kitang titigan ng walang nararamdaman.*
*Hayaan mo kong mahalin ka, hanggang isang araw tuluyan ko ng masabi na tama na. Hindi na.*
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Thanks for almost getting late.
***Hello beautiful people!***
***I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
I just got this thought popped out of my mind this early in the morning after almost getting late from work. Well anyway, good thing I did not get late. I still managed to log in on time. Anyway, as I've mentioned I got a thought in my mind. It is about forgiving and walking away. ***Forgiving yourself for what ever mistakes and faults you made and moving on and walking away from it.***
Sometimes, it is keeping and making ourselves guilty of what ever mistakes we did that makes us miserable. It is a normal feeling though, but the word moving on was created so that we can apply it in ourselves. It is not easy and will never be easy to move on, but if you will allow yourselves to breathe slowly and accept the reality that what done has been done and slowly take the right step to move forward will always make a different. Do not abuse yourself by feeling guilty of whatever it is. Forgive yourself, learn from what you've done, move on, and walk away. You deserve to be happy. Be happy.
And one thing, I am writing this now while working. The power of multi tasking. I just cannot let these thoughts vanished and regret for not writing it down here. I do not know why, a lot of thoughts are coming everytime I am at work. Well this one is about walking away from the love you thought will not end. The feeling that it was only you two at the end, just happy thoughts, just happy feelings, just enjoyable moments. And of course, fights are natural and it is part of the relationship but before, were able to fix it right away and talk about it and just continue being in a relationship and be happy again. But what happened is that, one day he will tell you that you need to stop the relationship as he is not seeing a future with you. And that sucks.
After a long time you've spend together, that will be the thing you'll hear. It is painful but it may happen in real life. And what will you do? It is better said than done, but walk away and move on. If you're not included in his plan, stop. You deserve better. You deserve someone that has a vision and plan on having you in their future. You deserve the love that lasts. It is hard to start again, but it is better than being stucked on the love that is not worth it.
Do not settle for less. You should know your worth. ***Wag mong sayangin yung mga araw na masaya ka na sana, pero mas pinili mong manatili pa rin sa kanya.***
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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I feel much better.
***Hello beautiful people!***
***I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
@BreadChamp already shared on her article that we go out yesterday for some samgyy. It was such an enjoyable time together as we've been craving it for weeks already. Good thing we found the Unlimited Pork Day that allows unvaccinated diners to dine in since @BreadChamp is not yet vaccinated. Well anyway, as I've mentioned we're able to enjoy the food.
I wasn't able to write an article yesterday as well as we got home late because of the heavy traffic. We arrived home at around 7 PM if I am not mistaken. I took a short rest and have my half bath before going to bed. But I did not sleep right away and was fallen asleep around 9 PM.
I actually got at least six hours of sleep before I started my shift. My shift changed from 3 AM to 4 AM, but around 11 PM I woke up as I am not feeling well. My headache attacked me again and I felt like throwing up but I can't. So I got up and applied some ointment to my tummy and my forehead and get back to sleep hoping I'll feel better.
I woke up again at around 3:30 AM to prepare for my shift and unfortunately I still have the same pain last night. So I go to our comfort room thinking I maybe just constipated and I try to poop, but still I cannot. So I just tried to ignore the pain and prepare my tools. I prepare a warm water and a bread to eat for me to drink some medicines after hoping the pain will be gone after doing so.
I started my shift, and around 7 AM, I felt so cold that I decided to wear a jacket and put some cover on my head as well and just continue with my shift. I messaged my supervisor that I may log out from work because I am not feeling well. I contacted our company clinic as well to inform them that I may do early log out. But, I did not log out as I realized that our department has a lot of loss hours that needs to recover and I feel bad if I will add another loss hours. So I just continue my shift.
Thank God I finished my whole shift even though I am really not feeling well. I slept right after my shift hoping that when I wake up, my headache will be gone. And yes, when I woke up at around 4 PM earlier, I feel better. So I took my early dinner right away, rest for a while, then fixed my drawer, do a mini cleaning on my room, and took a bath.
Right now as I am writing this, I am feeling much better. Hopefully, I will not feel the same tomorrow.
On my vacation leave next week, I am planning to visit an ophtalmologist to check my eye. I am suspecting that the reason of my headache and feeling of throwing up is because of my eyes. It seems that my eyes are overused already as I spent more than nine hours looking at my computer for work, then after use my cellphone for a couple of hours. I feel bad for my eyes too.
*Now, I'll be off to dreamland as I still have a shift tomorrow. Goodnight everyone!*
*Thank you by the way to* @TengoLoTodo @CoquiCoin @gertu13 *for the renewal of your sponsorship. I appreciate you all. 💗*
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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Oh! It's raining!
**I**t is raining right now in our place and I am actually annoyed how it rained hard when I just finished washing my clothes.
**T**he tiredness I felt after spending three hours of washing them seemed to became heavier as my clothes may smell bad if it will continue pouring down. But I am still hoping for the best since I put a lot of fabric conditioner there anyhow.
**S**ince it's already raining and I cannot do anything about it, I practiced myself to just turn those negativities to positive and stay optimistic. I just ignored the possible outcome of what rain may bring to my clothes and just think how I love hearing the sound of a raindrop.
**R**ainy season actually brings back a lot of wonderful memories. I always define rain as a no class, cartoon time (Tom and Jerry, my favorite ever), and my favorite chocolate porridge (champorado). And my whole family gathers around and just joke with each other and ended up laughing out loud. How I wish I could go back to such time!
**A**nd as I grow older, things really changed. Rain doesn't mean no class anymore, nor watching cartoon, nor just eating my comfort food. For me now, rain means peace and a total rest from this chaotic world.
**I** love hearing the droplets of the rain. It became a music to my ear. The cold breeze it brings made me relax and forget how life gives us a lot of test that sometimes we tend not to continue anymore.
**N**ot until we realized that if we're not going continue the test, we'll end up failing. We'll fail ourselves. We'll fail our dreams. We'll fail the people that believes on us. And that's why we decided to go on. Life must go on.
**I**n times of rainy season, that is the time I got to talk to myself and ask somehow if I am doing well. If I am happy with what I am doing. And if this is really what I want to do. In this times, I try to answer questions as well that I've been asking myself for long. Sometimes, I'll get a concrete answer and sometimes I have answers that I cannot even say an answer already.
**N**evertheless, I am still thankful how rains allow me to talk to myself, ponder on things, decide what to do and moreover give me a peace of mind. Peace of mind in the sense, I do not need to think of anything at the moment. Just listen to the sound of rain and just go with the flow.
**G**iven that after this heavy rain, is a new sunny day that will allow us work and find answers to the question we got to asked during the rainy days.
Oh! **Its raining.** And we cannot blame and stop it for happening as according to *Dolly Parton, "The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain."*
We really need to get through a lot of test before we can get to the top that we are aiming for. Life is indeed a trial and error. You fail. You get hurt. You lose. But when you get used to it, and you know how life works, it will be a smooth sailing journey. You just need to hold up and never give up.
*I tried to do the acrostic kind of article on this one as you can see it is* ***Its raining****, as I read a lot of the same from other users. And I am not sure if I pulled it off. Anyway, thank you still for reading.*
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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I can't sleep, so I write a random thought.
***Hello beautiful people!***
***I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
I supposed to be sleeping right now but I just see myself rolling back and forth on my bed and my mind keeps on wandering. It seems that it is not allowing me to sleep yet unless I write a new article for today. And so, I look at the ceiling of my room and try to think of something I can write.
And a memory popped out from nowhere about how I considered my mom as my best alarm clock before. So with that, I just wanted to share to you some memories I have from my childhood.
**My mom, my alarm clock.**
Have you been a part of the gang where our mom would say every morning, ***"Hala! Ang taas na ng araw, pero kayo tulog pa. Parang mga anak kayo ng milyonaryo."*** And when you woke up, you'll see it is still around 5:00 to 6:00 AM in the morning. That's how exaggerated my mom was. She has this line as well, ***"Kami noon, alas dos palang ng madaling araw gising na para mag igib ng tubig pero kayo, hay nako."*** I actually get annoyed sometimes as I wanted to sleep for another hours and that she always compared us with their lifestyle before. But growing up, I realized that what she did before was all for my sake. She did that to make sure I'll be disciplined managing my time and that a lot of opportunities can be done when the first thing you did on the morning is stand up and set goals.
**Lights on, lights off.**
I forgot how old I was when we first got our first refrigerator. But when we finally have it, I was amazed how it lights up when we opened it and I always asked myself, ***will the light turn off everytime we closed it?*** With that I always open our fridge and slowly close it just to see how the lights turn off and you know what happened next? Of course, a pinch in my waist from my mom as according to her it will affect the usage our electricity and end up paying for it more. And her favourite line, ***"Sige buksan at buksan mo pa at kayo ang ibabayad ko sa SoLeCo."***
**I am filmed by a hidden camera.**
I love watching movies before as much as I love it right now. My favorite series as a child were Darna and Captain Barbel. And while watching it before, I am wondering how they shoot it and sometimes I am thinking the movie is real, that we really have a real superheroes like them. And as a child, I do not have any idea how the movie was made. So I conclude by myself that maybe we are all an artist, that we are filmed by a hidden camera. And with that thought, do you know what I did? I just act and act like an artist from the tv. I even cried alone thinking somebody might see me acting. And I made sure as well to do chores at home so that people will see me as a good child. And there, I ended up being asked by mom, ***"Are you crazy? Why are you crying when no one hurt you?"*** Lol.
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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Losing someone affects me.
***Hello beautiful people!***
***I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
By the way, I just woke up this hour and it feels like my day will not be complete if I will not post anything here. So I scan my gallery hoping I might find some screenshots of thoughts I saved from my social media. I love taking screenshots everyone I'll came across some good thoughts. And yes, I found this one. This is from *sarcastic_us* on instagram.
For me, maturity does not always come from age. It came from experiences somehow. I am 23 and I am not sure if I am mature enough for this age. So let's see.
**When someone's last seen doesn't affect you.** I guess this is about getting seen-zoned on messenger or any socmed where you can exchange messages with someone. Personally, being the person to be last seen doesn't really affect me at all. Who know's the person you are talking with came across with unexpected errand to do so and really doesn't have a time to replied back? It is a matter of setting your mind that things may happen in a blink of an eye, I guess. And some what if's can help as well.
**When being blocked doesn't affect you.** I am not sure if someone blocked me already. But if they did, I guess that will be fine. Maybe I am no help for them or they see some toxic traits from me that can ruin their mood and its totally fine. You always have the choice to protect your inner peace. And I did that as well. My socmed, my rules. And I do not just block people for no reason.
**When losing someone doesn't affect you.** Am I considered not matured if I'll say it affects me if I lose someone? For me, we can change this one instead to, ***accepting the fact that people come and go***. Because every person that came to my life, I always give them importance. I treat them well. I always give the best I can to show them I love them for real. So losing them, will really affect me. But accepting the fact that people do come and go and those who stays are the one that matters will be called maturity.
**When you realize that your parent's smile matters a lot to you.** Who among here doesn't realized this yet? Our parent's smile is the most beautiful curve we could ever see. And nothing can change that fact. Seeing them happy makes my heart the happiest.
**Its when we start living happily alone.** It is always no man is an island, and I believe on this. But being alone doesn't mean you are lonely. Some people prefer being alone too. And it just feels so bizarre that you have to think of yourself only. I find peace everytime I woke up and prepare my own food, do chores alone, and yes the time I spent with myself is like reaching the universe. And being alone doesn't mean you are not going to talk with others and not see others anymore, it is just after the long tiring day you still have yourself to be with and you'll still feel happy.
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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Log in error! Tut-tut-tut-tut-tut.
***Hello beautiful people!***
***I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
Yesterday, I did not sleep right away after my shift at 1:00 PM since I am decided to render pre-shift overtime at 8:00 PM. After my shift, I just did some mini cleaning in the house and just entertained myself using these two platforms; Read and Noise Cash. I decided not to sleep because if I do, I'm sure I'll not be able to wake up at 8:00 PM.
So when the clock hit at 7:50 PM, I decided then to set up my tools so that I can start my pre-shift overtime and render one and a half hour, which means I'll be finished by 9:30 PM, and I will still be able to have at least five hours of sleep since I need to wake up at 2:30 AM for my regular shift. But that planned did not happen. Why? Because the main tool I should be using did not work that I need to contact IT Support for assistance. So I did.
I thought I'll be the one to get assisted first since I am the first agent who messaged them and send my concern, I even sent my Team Viewer credential so that they can remote my computer. And again, my expectation failed me. They instead assisted other agents and I ended up waiting thinking maybe their concern is more important than mine. So I decided to wait for 15 minutes hoping they'll see my concern. But again, they didn't.
So I decided to resend my concern wishing they will see it that time. I still tried to wait for another 15 minutes, that became 30 minutes, and became 1 hour. It frustates me to the bones knowing I could have rendered already one and a half hour of overtime and should be sleeping already.
I tried to compose myself and give up the overtime plan and decided to sleep as I need to wake up early for the regular shift. But before I laid on my bed, I waited for another 15 minutes for the last time hoping they will assist me so that by the next shift I will not encounter the same issue and just log in right away. But you know, things did not agree to my plan last night that I just decided to turn off my computer since I got no help from them still.
When I laid on my bed, I thought I'll be able to sleep right away. Unfortunately, I have this I do not know what to call that if I passed my sleepy head time and will not able to sleep, I will really end up not sleeping anymore. And it frustrates me the second time around as for sure I'll be late for my regular shift and will have a heavy head the next day. Which did not wronged me.
I was able and to sleep last night at around 10:30 PM and yes, I wasn't able to wake up at 2:30 AM that my supervisor ended up calling me. Her call awaken me and I felt sorry for being late.
Setting my tools right away thinking that the IT Support already fixed the issue. And to my dismay, they still did not. That I ended up, reaching them out again and sending two of the same message just to make sure they'll see it. When I see a liked react on my message, I smiled knowing that they'll be fixing my issue and they really did. I thought it will only take 10 minutes or less, but it ended up taking 45 minutes of their time just by fixing it. And as a result, I was late for 55 minutes, since my regular shift starts at 3:00 AM and I was able to logged in at 3:55 AM.
Good thing that despite the struggles I encountered last night, the disappointment I felt for not able to render overtime, and feeling sorry to my supervisor for getting late, I still able to compose myself and just set my mind that I only lost one hour of shift and I still have eight hours remaining where I can do my job and assist my customers well.
**I just realized that situations sometimes blocked us from doing what we wanted to do, but it doesn't mean we'll end up not doing it anymore. We always can take a deep breath, compose our mind, look at the brighter side, and continue what we wanted to do. With a better plan. We have 26 letters in the alphabet, that if plan A did not work we still have 25 plans reserved. Keep going!**
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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What's inside my bag?
***Hello beautiful people!***
***I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
I've read a lot of articles here that says most of the times ideas are keep on coming everytime they are doing something. Cooking, cleaning, washing clothes, and even taking a bath. And I am not an exception. Most of the time, ideas are flashing everytime I am enjoying myself in the water. And just now, a simple idea came in. I actually decided not to write anything today, but it seems that my mind is not allowing me again. So here I am, writing about my own version of **What's inside my bag?** that we mostly see on vlogger's content on YouTube.
**So what's inside my bag?**
Here's my little bag that I bought from Shoppee for only 135 pesos. It's a steal for me as it has a good quality already. So inside that small bag are:
**WALLET**.
Here's my wallet, *na nagkakalaman lang tuwing payday. Lol.* In that wallet is my ATM Card, some government ID's, my company ID, of course receipts, and some cash and coins.
**ALCOHOL AND WET WIPES.**
These two are not new to me since I always have them since college. I always make sure to bring them with me as I feel like I am extra clean when I have these two. Especially when I started working, since I do not have my own computer set at the office, I need to make sure to clean the monitor and keyboard before using it and I use alcohol and wipes to do so. And now with the pandemic, these two are the third most important thing we have next to faceshield and facemask. *Feels like, mas mahalaga pa to kesa sa jowa ko. Charot! Sana all may jowa. Lol.*
**MASK LANYARD.**
At first, I actually don't feel like using it as it seems I am just joining the trend since almost everyone around is using it. But when I tried it, I felt its convenient. With this one, there's no need for me to remove the mask totally and put it on the table or inside my bad whenever I need to eat outside. I'll just remove the mask from my face and let it hang there using this one like a necklace. This one is really 10/10 for me.
**VACCINATION CARD AND A VALID ID.**
Since I used to dine in to any fast food chain and restaurants, this one is a need for me. Most of the restaurants right now do not accept diners without vaccination cards. So since I am fully vaccinated, I need to make sure to have it with me everytime I go out. I bought a holder for it as well so that I will not keep on getting it from my wallet and to keep it from getting torn out. I put one of my government ID as well as they will ask for it too to make sure you own the vaccination card. Seems like getting vaccinated is mandatory now especially when you used to go outside. *Naging sapilitan na, gaya ng pagpilit mo sa kanya na mahalin ka. Haha.*
**LIPSTICK AND MIRROR.**
These two is a need for me as well. Though, we always wear mask that nobody can see our full face I still apply lipstick on my lips and some blush on. I used this lipstick as a lipstick itself and as a blush on. I used to apply such to make sure not to look pale. And this cute mirror. It has a cover actually, but I dropped it in the office two years ago and it get damaged. Good thing the mirror itself did not crack. And yes, this cutie is more than two years old now. *Buti pa yung salamin nagtagal. Haha.*
**HOLY ROSARY.**
This is really the most important thing inside my bag. Wherever I go, I need to bring this one with me. Eversince, from elementary, to highschool, to college, and until now I always have. I feel like extra protected with this Holy Rosary. *We may have different belief on this matter, and I respect it.*
**ROOM KEY.**
I always bring this key as well as I need to lock my room everytime I go out for extra security since I have the computer set provided by our company for work. As much as possible we need to take extra care of those tools.
If you're wondering if all these stuff fit in my bag? Yes. It all does.
Tadaaaaaa! They are all inside my little bag. And about my phone? I always have it in my hands. *Kahit pa ikaw ipagkasya ko diyan makasama ka lang. Haha.*
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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Wordy Thursday!
***Hello beautiful people!***
***I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
Writer's block activated. I really do not have anything to write again for today but my mind is not accepting my reason not to write anything. It is forcing me to look for something I can write about. There's really none so I tried to read some articles from my notification and came across with @BreadChamp 's article trying the prompt using Random Word Generator. So I generated five words as well using the link so that I'll have something to write for today. https://randomwordgenerator.com/
**PLAINTIFF**. I am a plaintiff of my own. I used to do things against myself and ending in jail. And once I am on my own jail, I tend to blame myself for the wrongs I did. But when I realized the bad things I made, I bring myself to my own court to reason out why I did such and promise not to do it again. Yes, I can be a plaintiff and a suspect own doings.
**ALARM**. I never liked this word before, when I am still studying since I do not want to wake up early. But it became my bestfriend when I started working. My body clock changes from time to time that I really need to set my alarm not to get late from work. I set my alarm at 2:45 AM, then 2:50 then 2:55 since my work starts at 3:00 AM. I used to do that to make sure I will wake up on time since I used to just turn it off and get back to sleep and ended up getting late.
**ROUTE**. Am I on the right track? Maybe yes. Maybe no. Is this the right route I am taking? Way back, I used to stick on the right path that I always wanted to have and that is the reason why I took up the degree that I already finished. Without knowing that things may change in a blink of an eye. And there I just found myself taking the other route. Not because I was lost, but because it is the only option I have. Am I happy with the path I am taking right now? Yes, I am. I found myself growing on this way and I am seeing a light at end of this path. And Catriona Gray said on her ending reign, ***"Your dreams are valid. And on your path, you are never denied and only redirected."*** Maybe this where I am redirected and this my new route.
**THEME**. Whenever I read this word, the first thing that always comes on my mind is wedding. I love weddings and I love watching people get married. I love seeing different themes on different weddings. I love to have a Bohemian Wedding Theme. Where my visitors will just wear a very soft and flowy dress, wear a flower crown on their braided hair. And of course this wedding will be celebrated on a beach. I wanted to have a wedding that is just soft but romantic.
**TREND.**What's new? New release of songs, clothing, shoes, and chikas brought to us by some Mariteses around. Well, if there's a new trend are you jumping all to join it. Some may and some may not. But is it really necessary to jump on what's new just to not get left behind? It is really not necessary. But if you are capable of having it, then go. Just do not force yourself if you can't just to say you are all in what's new. You can somehow be unique and be your own trend.
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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I am beautiful, so you are.
***Hello beautiful people!***
***I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
Oftentimes, we used to compare ourselves with others. Most of the time, physically. This comparison does not focus on women only, men tend to compare themselves as well with others; in silence.
There's a lot of how I wish, good for her, good for him, why it is not on me, why I am different. A lot of they're better than me. That we forget to appreciate what we have.
That if they are beautiful, so you are.
Have you tried looking at the mirror and say, I am beautiful? Not like them but in your own way. If not, this is the best time to do it.
I myself has experienced such insecurity. Way back college, I always see myself as the least beautiful among all the students in our university or not beautiful at all. I tend to message my closest friends, and ask them, "I am beautiful"? Just to have an assurance that I am. That is because I used to hear people say, I am not pretty at all. I have a short height, I do not have the coca cola body like others. I do not even have a long legs. I do not have the fairest skin. And that I have a larger forehead, than my face. In short, I did not meet the standard of beauty they wanted to see. And that thought eats me a lot.
Not until I realized that if the standard they have is not the same as mine, then I'll set my own standard.
I actually watched one of Toni Gonzaga's interview with Wil Dasovich and she said, "No matter how many times you were cancelled by other people, what's important is you never cancel yourself. Everybody can be against you, but you do not have to be against yourself."
It is really just nice how we learn to appreciate ourselves. If we have time to appreciate others, for sure we have time as well to appreciate ourselves. This is the time now.
Do not be like the antagonist on Snow White that every time she looks as the mirror, she always wanted to compare her beauty to anyone. Be that someone that looks in the mirror and say, I am beautiful.
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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My first tooth extraction.
***Hello beautiful people!***
***I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
It was 11th of October when I got my first tooth extracted. Yes. I am 23 and that was my first time. Not because I have a very nice set of teeth, which I do not have but because I am just afraid and that what makes me having a crooked teeth.
I have this cracked tooth already for long. I just leave it that way since as I've mentioned I am afraid to get it removed. However, just on that day while I am eating my breakfast I thought that what I have is still the pure meat from the lechon baboy we bought, and when I chew it is its small bone already which made my cracked tooth toss back and forth whenever I try to touch it using my tongue.
I really wanted to remove it by my own but I am afraid that it will bleed a lot as it is the hard tooth I have. So I leave it as it is.
But on the following days, it seems to hurt a lot that I have a difficulty on brushing my teeth and I can't eat some hard foods as well. That's when I decided to have it extracted by a dentist.
I tried to look for clinics who are affiliated with the insurance we have from the company to at least save some money, sad to say I haven't found any. So what I did is just look for the nearest dental clinic from our home. I actually found two. The first clinic I got to contact is one ride from our home and the dental fee will be 500 pesos. The other one is just how many steps from our home and the fee is 800 pesos. As much as I wanted to save money, I chose the nearer clinic as I do not want to travel anymore. Travelling and getting stuck in traffic will just stressed me out and may caused my tooth to get hurt more.
Extracting my tooth did not take a lot of time. It was about 30 minutes if I was not mistaken. I was injected with the first anesthesia and waited for five minutes for the second one. I thought it will hurt a lot, but it did not. Though, the second one has more force than the first.
After waiting for about 10 to 15 minutes, the dentist started to remove my tooth. Over all, I can say she is a good dentist. I did not felt any fear anymore as she assured me that it will not hurt. Well, she was correct. It did not hurt at all. She told me that it was a good decision that I did not removed it on my own as there were three roots connecting on that certain tooth I have, which I actually did not understand. Lol. But the thing is, I prevent it from bleeding a lot.
One thing I liked about having my tooth extracted on their clinic is the ambiance. The clinic is actually new and the interior is cozy. I love the colour and how minimalist it is. It is purple and blue green and I love it.
*Look how cute the interior is. It is so relaxing indeed.*
Maybe if I will have the cleaning of my teeth scheduled, I will come on this clinic as well. Aside from it is near our home, the dentist and her assistant has a pleasing personality.
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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Good evening beautiful people! 💗
My sister created a new account here in Read Cash since she cannot open her old account anymore. She just uploaded an article. And you can read it here: https://read.cash/@Mommy/our-covid-19-journey-d4b8a87b.
By the way, her user name is @Mommy. Thank you for your support, everyone! 💗
Out of work on my own kind of vacay.
***Hello beautiful people!***
***I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
When I started working, I haven't tried filing any vacation leave out of work. That was because I always wanted that the 12 leaves allocated for us will be converted to cash at the end of every year. And the amount I can get from such is almost half of the basic pay we have. So for me it's already a big amount of money that can help me a lot.
Not until last October 14, I decided to file four vacation leaves. Not because I am going somewhere, but because it feels like I really need to get out of the everyday errands I am doing. I am too suffocated inside the four corners of my room doing the same thing over and over again and it feels like I need to breathe.
Since filing of leaves in our company needs to be at least three weeks to one month prior to the chosen date, I filed it last October 14, I wanted my leaves to take effect by November. I chose the dates, November 13, 14, 15, 16. And it was only November 15 and 16 that was approved and according to our manager, there's no leave allocated for the other dates and I agreed. At least I still have two days to rest.
So what will I do for that two approved leaves?
I already planned what I wanted to do on that days. And I do not have a plan on staying at home. Maybe the second day, I will definitely sleep since I need to prepare again for the shift the following day.
**Get a full body massage.** It was one month ago already since I got my last massage and my body is asking for it again. So after the last shift I'll have before my vacation leave, I will visit a spa on that day and get my full body massage.
**Go to cinema.** Since Cebu City lifted the lockdown already and we are now at Alert Level 2 means some establishment are starting to operate again and it includes the cinemas. However, it is only limited to an individual that is fully vaccinated and I am one of those since I already got mine. Pre pandemic, going to cinema is one of my favourite thing to do and hearing the opening of it by November 10 makes me happy and excited.
**Go to arcade**. Arcades is one of the establishment that's starting to operate as well in accordance with Alert Level 2. Playing on arcade makes my inner child the happiest. Definitely will make this older version of me as well.
**Do window shopping and eat my favourite food**. Window shopping is one of my favourite thing to do as well. And I am planning to buy flat sandal and perfume by then as well. I am not a fan of any shoes and I prefer sandals that's why I need to have at least two pairs at home. This will be considered as a gift for myself. And since food is life, I will never forget to have my favourite food. I always eat whenever I am stressed, happy, sad and all. Any food gives me comfort. So it is a must for me to have it.
As you can see, the activities I am planning to do needs to be with someone to fully enjoy it. But not in my case, actually. I prefer doing it alone. Dating myself and doing things alone gives me the ever peaceful feeling. The feeling of not thinking anything but yourself is so satisfying. You can do whatever you want and you will not be bothered by anybody. And that for me is important. We always need to give ourselves some alone time. Vacation supposed to be going on travel and visiting beaches. But since I wanted to do it by myself, this will be my own kind of vacation. By the way, the only feeling I feel right now is **excitement**.
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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Thanks Mr. Google!
***Hello beautiful people!***
***I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
I do not have anything to write today and I do not want to skip this day as well, so I tried to browse the internet and search for Just Random Questions to answer and share it with you. It has 65 questions that you can choose from and I choose 10 out of it. Feel free to read it have fun. And if you wanted to answer too, just click the highlighted words for the link. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.brightful.me/blog/random-questions-to-ask-start-a-conversation/amp/
**If You Had Three Wishes, What Would You Wish For?**
Covid Free World.
Peaceful Mind.
To get another set of wishes.
**What’s The Funniest Way You’ve Ever Broken The Law?**
Jaywalking. I mentioned it here as well that I do not know how to cross roads. To be honest, I am confused with traffic lights. And wanting to cross from one road to another as long as there's no vehicles passing through I would do it. And there, a traffic enforcer called me out and let me pay $1.00 for not following the law where to cross and where not.
**If You Could Interview A Famous Person, Who Would You Choose?**
Can I make it seven people? If so, I will be wanting to interview BTS. I badly want to see them in person. Just one minute seeing them in person will be the happiest day of my life. Anyway, they'll be having a live concert in L.A. in December and all I can say is "SANA ALL" to those who can afford to buy tickets as they can see the boys after two years.
**Would You Rather Be Able To Control Time, Or Be Able To Know What Other People Are Thinking?**
I used to always wanted to know what people are thinking that I if I wanted to have a super power that will be the ability to read people minds. But as I grow older, I wanted somehow to control time. That if I am happy today, I wanted it to stay longer. This is because, whenever I am happy, there is really something bad that will happen that makes me sad. Or is it just my mindset?
**What Talent Would You Want To Possess If You Could?**
Singing. Please. I love music. I love listening to songs. I lov singing. However, I am not good at it. Well at least, I am a singer on my own especially when I am taking a bath and when I am cooking. I always held my own concert.
**If You Were To Name Your Own Song, What Would You Name It?**
Pag-aalinlangan. There's this one thing I wanted to do but I am always backing out. It is because I am afraid I will not fit on it. I am afraid maybe it is not for me. I am afraid it will not be the best decision I will make.
**What Have You Learned About Life From Kids?**
Forgiving. This is what I always observed from kids. Forgiving seems to be automatic in their hearts. I always observed that most children tend to have a small fight with each other, but after some time they will be friends again. I mean yes, maybe it was just nothing for them and they do not know how world works but I just find it beautiful if that will somehow works to adult as well. But for sure, it will still depend on how painful a certain thing a person have done to you to decide whether to forgive them right away or not.
**What’s Your Worst Habit?**
Biting my nails. I started this habit way back grade five and I actually stopped doing it how many years already. Unfortunately, I just found myself doing it these days and it somehow annoys me since it turns my nails to be ugly.
**What Do You Hope Your Deceased Relative Would Say About You If They Saw You Now?**
I am proud of you. Especially from my auntie who helped me finish college. She died when I was in third year college if I am not mistaken and she did not forget to tell her younger brother to continue supporting me to finish my degree. I may not be a professional teacher yet, but I hope she is proud of me that I am able to support my family with their needs.
**Is It Difficult To Do What You Do?**
Yes. Supporting my family and myself at this young age is difficult. Waking up so early in the morning just to grind is difficult. Working twelve hours a day is not easy. But when I start loving what I am doing and my reason from the beginning, that's when I find it too easy. Nothing makes life easier when you start loving what you are doing.
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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After two months.
***Hello beautiful people!***
***I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
**Maybe if period pain burned calories, it'd be worth it. -** ***Unknown***
Only if. However it does not. I already shared it here about how unusual my menstruation is. Girls should be experiencing it every month at least three to five days. In my case, I started having my monthly period way back 2011, I was first year high school that time. It was smooth back then. Like I always have it every month for five days. No menstrual cramps at all. It feels like I do not have it because I really do not feel anything except the feeling of wearing sanitary napkin, that's all.
And things changed when I started not to have it anymore. It did not visit me for 11 months, and I was surprised. Well, part of me is happy since I do not need to wear sanitary napkin which actually gives me discomfort. And part of me is scared that it may cause any disease. That's when I decided to visit a doctor. Just prescribed me some medicines and my menstruation will be back to normal. And it did, for about two months only. And it did not visit me again for another two months.
And just the other day, my hips and abdomen felt a lot of pain and I thought maybe I will be having it this month and I was not mistaken. It came for real.
***But it never came to my mind that I will be experiencing this menstrual cramps.***
After I confirmed that I have it, I started feeling severe pain on my hips and abdomen that I even thought of cutting my body to half since I cannot bear it anymore. It was too painful. It was my first time experiencing it.
Good thing, my room mate is still awake that I asked him to buy me Buscopan while I prepare a hot compress. When he get home from pharmacy I took the medicine right away hoping it will at least ease the pain. Unfortuntely, it was already 30 minutes after taking it and the pain is still there. I tried to sit, lie in bed again, stand, and all but the pain will not get away my body that the only thing I can do is cry and cry. Buscopan and hot compress did not work on me. I tried to search on internet some home remedies to at least relieve the pain. I tried to position my body in a fetus way as stated there but it did not work.
I am still hoping for Buscopan to work for about three hours after taking it since my mamii @BreadChamp used to take it as well when she has her period and it works on her. But it seems to be different for me. Since I can't take the pain anymore, I tried to knock on my room mates door to ask him again to buy me some Advil instead, however he fell asleep already. I have no choice but to buy it myself even if I am crying in pain. I tried to bear the pain going to pharmacy and took it right away when I got home.
I waited for about 30 minutes after taking Advil to see if it will take effect, and thanks God it did. The pain was relieved and I can lie in my bed peacefully without feeling it. I still kept my hot compress on my belly just in case.
I am having a strong menstruation that I need to change my sanitary napkin every two hours. I kept on drinking water as well in the fear that I may get dehydrated.
Good thing, today is my third day and I am not feeling any pain anymore. I never thought that I'll be experiencing such pain. I really thought of cutting my body, for real. It's my first time and I did not expect it to be this painful. I salute to all the girls out there who is experiencing menstrual cramps every month. ***You're so brave for enduring such pain.*** I remembered our neighbor in the province, when she will have her period she will really faint and her colour will turn pale. I can't imagine experiencing that as well.
Anyway, good thing I am feeling better right now.
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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Lamian nga sud-an.
***Hello beautiful people!***
***I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
If you are friends with me on social media especially on Facebook, for sure you got to see that I always eat at some fancy restaurants, buffet, or any food stalls that you can see inside the mall at least twice a month *(that's during my payday)* not because I have a lot of money in my pocket but because I wanted to reward myself at least once in a while for the hard works I did. And I know I deserve such treat.
But before I got to experience such, I experienced as well not having a single viand served on our dining area. No veggies, no meat, no fish. That is not because we do not eat such, but because we cannot to afford to buy them. ***Before***. We can only eat such if my parents has enough money to spend. However, it does not stop us from having our meals. As long as we have enough rice to cook, for sure we will survive. So what did we do to complete our meal? What's the food we paired with our cooked rice?
***Tinughong***
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This kind of food is one of the best food I ever tasted. Every time we really do not have anything on our table to eat, we always look for ways not to starve. My mom will cook us ***Tinughong.*** She will check our cauldron if there's any leftover rice and she will just put water on it and some sugar. And there, we already have our food to eat. Our own kind of porridge before.
**Toyo - Mantika Combo**
https://www.google.com/search?q=toyo+at+mantika+ulam&client=ms-android-xiaomi-rvo3&prmd=isvxn&sxsrf=AOaemvJNv5AeqmgINt6lrso9D57iZx3Cgg:1635335499237&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwidvpS8w-rzAhWhIqYKHQWDCzEQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=491&bih=942&dpr=2.2#imgrc=DZJT9H8EMSgRSM
This is the best combo I got to taste. It feels like I am eating adobo everytime I pair soy sauce and cooking oil with rice. I love eating this combo using my bare hands. I can even eat at least two and a half cup of rice with just this and my tummy is already happy. One of my comfort food until now.
**Kapeng Sabaw**
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Forget about those fancy breakfast set. Enough with toast and brewed coffee. When we really have nothing before, 2 pesos would be enough to buy an instant coffee and paired it with rice. That was our best breakfast combo. It's best to eat while hot. Our own version of champorado since we cannot afford any chocolate powder before to make one.
**Milo**
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This is one of the best viand we can ever had before. The moment we get a chance to pair milo with rice feels like we are already rich. Its a total happiness for a child before to eat such and I am a living witness on how happy I am to eat this pair. And milo was just 4 pesos before.
**Corniks**
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Where's my 90's besties here? Remember this famous cornick before? Let's forget about Nova, Lays, Piattos for now. This one is the best. We used to pair this with spicy vinegar and pair it with rice and the meal will be solved. This suffice our hunger .With just 1 or 2 peso, we can have our meal already as we can buy this cornick to serve as our viand.
*To experience how our life was so difficult before did not stop me from still dreaming that one day we will get a chance to eat the food we weren't able to eat. And it makes me happy that slowly we are already experiencing it. But it will not changed the fact that eating the mentioned foods above was one of the best experience I have and it completed my childhood. This also helped me realized that no matter how hard life is as long as you have the will to change your path for good, you will really see a light at the end of the tunnel.*
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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You say yes, so never!
***Hello beautiful people!***
***I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨***
I've been seeing a lot of stories on Facebook and Instagram about relationships getting broken. It feels like it is so easy to end it with the person you spend years of your life with. I mean, is it really that easy and why?
I tried to look for at least **3 Reasons Why Relationships Fail (And How to Avoid Them).** And it turned out to be; ***Non Acceptance***, ***Poor communication***, and ***Lack of Trust*** which I agreed as well. And with that, I tried to look as well for ways to avoid them. *(These are my own opinion, you may agree and you may not.)* https://calvinrosser.com/why-relationships-fail/
**Never talk about the ex or past.** We can't deny that some came from a past relationship before meeting the true love of their life. ***And accept that that person has been a part of their life too.*** But it doesn't give you the right to talk about them always and make comparisons. Never talk about them as much as you both could. Both of you may seem okay talking about it but for sure there will be something in your head that you are not and its not healthy. Past has taught you a lot and that's great, but always make sure that you are on the present and that's what you need to have your focus with.
**Never make them feel restricted.** Saying yes to your partner with what ever they wanted you to do is okay, as long as you agreed on it whole heartedly. However, sometimes what they wanted is against your will. For example; not wearing such kind of clothing, not allowing you to go with friends, and other things that you both may not agreed with. And with that, ***good communication*** is the best way to talk about what you both need to agree. And one more thing, instead of being to strict in what ever you wanted to do, you can instead support each other as long as it is both good for you two.
**Never doubt on them.** You say yes, so you should never doubt them. People will cheat if they really want to. Even if you'll be with them 24/7 they will still find a way to do so. The moment you say yes, means ***you trust your partner***. And that is what you should do. It is okay to ask once in a while if how was the love going, but do not ask them almost day by day. They may feel that you are not satisfied with what you show them and that they will get to question themselves with such. Be confident enough. If ever they will cheat, it's not your lost anymore, it's there. They lost your trust.
I'm not a *love guru or what,* these are actually just based on what I saw and witness from the experiences of my friends. And truly they happen in real life. Love is indeed a gamble that you will never know whether you win or lose. But it is always a nice feeling to experience. Always remember as well a line from the song *Till I Met You,* ***"Love is not a game that children plays and no more than a game."***
***That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts about this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️***
***- MissJo 💜***
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