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It's hard to balance being a reviewee while at the same time a mom. Idk which one to prioritize. I am just glad of my family, without their support, postpartum will be so hard for me as a first time mom..
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Good Afternoon Read.Cash Fam! It's really a sunny day today. Our road is still under construction and I can literally smell the dust from here. How are you guys?
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I don't know if there's an upcoming storm, but we are currently experiencing a heavy rainfall almost everyday. The worse part is, our road is under construction so we struggle to cross it because it's so muddy.
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How's everybody here? Hope you are all doing great. Life has been tough lately, but I hope you'll find reason to fight. Good Evening Read.Cash Fam!
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Hello Read.cash fam!! It's currently raining here in Cebu. I already miss my little one in Bohol. I am planning to visit her after 1 month so I need to be a strong mama while I am away from my family.
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I am now in Cebu. It feels so lonely without my family. I already miss my baby already. I hope she's okay in Bohol and she won't be too fussy in the evening so Daddy will have an easy night.
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Hello, read.cash family! As I packed my stuff, I couldn't help but feel sad because I'll be heading to Cebu without my daughter for a month. The notion of not hugging her for a month makes me sad. 🥺
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I didn't expect that we will be celebrating my birthday, but my family surprised me. Though i don't have the real cake. They made sure to do a Diy cake using cupcakes. It's a birthday indeed! ❤️
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Guess whose birthday is today? It's my birthday but I feel there's no special occasion today because I was left alone with my kid at our house. They already went to school and work.
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Good Morning Read.Cash fam! It's my father-in-law's birthday today. We woke up early because we still need to cook variety of foods for later.
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My husband and I first wedding anniversary. I haven't expected much due the to financial crisis, but he still bought me cake and flowers. ❤️ Small thing matters.
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Friday is laundry daaay! Good Morningg Read.cash fam! Hope you are doing well today! 😊
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It's already 11 pm and I just finished taking a bath. I'm feeling fresh right now. Finally, after a super tiring day, I can now lay in my bed and enjoy myself watching videos on TikTok and Facebook.
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Hi Read.cash fam! How are youu? I just miss the year 2021 when I first met Read.Cash and Noise.Cash! Miss my virtual friends who aren't active now.
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3 consecutive dips on the beach caused me to have tan lines. This is the perk when you just live near the sea. Good Afternoon read cash fam!
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Hi Read. Cash fam! I got so busy after I became a mom. The things I used to do before were gone. I want to share with you my journey as a first-time mom, especially how I managed my postpartum depression, but maybe not now, I still have so many things to finish,
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Hi everyone! How are youu? It's been awhile since I posted here. Just a quick update, I'm still alive and kicking. I've been very busy being a full time mom and a working mom
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Hi everyone! How are youu? It's been awhile since I posted here. Just a quick update, I'm still alive and kicking. I've been very busy being a full time mom and a working mom
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Getting There.. (Home Renovation) *I wrote this article last year and I forgot to post this one. But I'd like to share with you the journey of our simple house renovation. It wasn't as extravagant as other renovations, but my family and I were happy with the smallest achievements of our family. Hope you enjoy it! 🤍✨* One year ago POV: This is the update on our home renovation which started 3 weeks ago. I already wrote part 1 of this, Getting There, and now I will share with you the updates on the renovation. May 10 this year when our loan got approved. We originally borrowed 150k of money to start the renovation but they only released 100k, which I didn't have a problem with at all. We started the project on May 24. The reason why we have to renovate it is that the roof had holes already. Every rainy season, we had to put basins on the second floor so that it won't cause a flood inside the house. This is what our second floor looks like right now. We renovated everything here, starting with the floor, roof, and walls. I am planning to buy plywood soon to do a second walling to make it more pleasing to the eyes. The important thing is the roof and the walls are now complete. Enough to stay while waiting for the first floor to finish. We put the terrace on the east side of the house because we wanted to have natural air going inside the floor during the evening. (To save electricity and to see nature as well). The renovation was unexpected because we originally planned to save more money for next year's renovation. I guess Odette made its way to shatter our humbled home so that we would not procrastinate the renovation. Anyways, we used light materials only because it's way cheaper compared to hollow blocks and cement. Including the labor as well, it may reach half a million or more than that if we didn't use light materials. So this is our temporary room. We have no budget for the rooms yet so we put temporary dividers using our cabinets meanwhile. My cat was there since he likes sleeping in our bed with us. We bought the door at a discounted price of 1500 pesos I think in Home Builders. This is the updated situation view of my room. It's simple but it's much cleaner now. Till now, our house wasn't finished yet but we are proud to finally built this home with all the hard work we put into it just to be like this. Building a house isn't easy especially if your salary couldn't accommodate everything at once. Seeing our house improve a lot, made me realize one thing, "nothing is impossible". As of now, all my money went to prenatal checkups for my baby. I am beyond blessed with this new blessing. I will end this article now. Lol. Till next time again if my pregnancy hormones aren't worse. Lol.
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Unexpected Pregnancy *Hey, it's been a while since I last posted here. I was trying to retrieve the account since I forgot the password already lol. How's life? I miss writing articles here in read.cash. I felt like I was gone for a decade. I already miss my virtual friends both here in read and noise. I hope you guys still remember me. It's me, prettydiane.* 🤞❤ Unexpected Blessing Last May 3, I noticed something about myself. I lost my appetite for almost 2 months already and I was so worried that the first thing that came up to my mind was PCOS. I knew I was irregular. I knew I gained weight for the past 2 years, but I was afraid to have myself checked by an Obgyne. We went home to Bohol last May 3 and I decided to buy a pregnancy test. YES! I know the result would be negative since I know I was irregular almost every month. I just need to confirm something before going to the Obgyne, but.. It's POSITIVE! ❤ I wasn't convinced yet since I didn't have any morning sickness or vomiting. I had to buy more PT just to convince myself and finally decided to book an appointment with my Obgyne. I was asked to do a pregnancy test before entering the clinic. It was the 4th PT I already took but wasn't convinced yet. The result was the same and my doctor advised me for a transvaginal ultrasound to confirm if my baby is in the uterus. During the process, I was excited and nervous at the same time about the result. My partner and I were patiently waiting for our turn and both of us were nervous since it was our first pregnancy. When the doctor called my name, I was shaking. Then this was the first thing I saw. I was already 3 months pregnant when I first found out about my pregnancy. It was overwhelming but more on I feel so happy and excited. I couldn't explain everything but I was so sure that I fell in love when J first heard her heartbeat. I never imagined myself in this situation this year, but I am thankful. I am blessed with this baby. My baby is currently 24 weeks and 5 days old today. She's a girl and I am excited to see her face this November. I never knew I am capable to love someone I never held and met yet. 💗
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Hi, it's been a while since I last visited read.cash. I've been trying to retrieve this account and luckily today, It was a success. How are you guys? How's life here?
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Shopee Finds 2 I'll be posting things I ordered in Shopee last year and this year which I considered useful to me. *Note: Before buying online, make sure you read their reviews, in that way you can prevent getting scammed. Anyways, I wrote an article about Shopee Guidelines that you can check if you like.* **Online Shopping Guidelines** https://read.cash/@PrettyDiane/online-shopping-guidelines-36ea0216 **Shopee Finds** https://read.cash/@PrettyDiane/shopee-finds-f496f48e These items were checked out because I found them cheap but worth buying when it comes to the quality and the price. Sofa Cover (499 pesos excluding the SF) Since we couldn't afford to buy a new sofa set yet, I decided to look for covers to hide the scratches on our sofa. I ordered the 4-seater cover for only 499 pesos (10$) only. The seller was good enough to send me 1 small pillow case as their freebie. This is the look when it's worn on the sofa. It has cylindrical styrofoam to help you fit the cover well to your sofa. The cloth was smooth and for me, this was 10/10. The seller didn't just make sure to get a quality product but also she made sure that she sewed the cover very well. Plus, their shop offers the cheapest sofa cover in Shopee. `Name of the Shop: aidang_home` Seagloca Wallet (219 pesos) I found the wallet very cute. I checked the reviews before checking this out just to make sure I won't get scammed. I chose this because it has a lot of card holders. The coin purse is located outside so you don't have to open the wallet just to get your coins. I ordered this as well because it looks exactly like my bag. The materials used were quality materials. I bought my bag quite expensive but this wallet has the same texture and quality as my bag, knowing that it cost 219 pesos only. Pink isn't my favorite color but this nude pink wallet made me love the color. It's a 10/10 for me. `Name of the shop: seagloca_ph.ph` 3-tier multipurpose kitchen cart (188 pesos) I really love buying stuff for our kitchen. I noticed how my family put random things on our table, like their chargers, phones, wallet, etc. That's why I looked for stuff in shopee that could help me lessen the chaos in our dining area. I found this shop that offers lesser shipping fees and cheaper prices for their products. And since I am a first-time buyer, I just ordered 1 item from this 3-tier kitchen cart. What you see is what you get. Though there's minimal damage (not the seller's fault), overall, everything is complete and well packaged. It has detachable rollers. I removed mine because I wanted to place it above the table. If you want to put the rollers, you can also attach them to easily move this cart from one place to another. This was what I got. The seller made sure to package it well, but the bubble wrap wasn't enough to prevent dents on the item. It's unnoticeable though. Just a reminder, this cart isn't meant for heavy things Overall the shop is way better than the others. So it's a 9/10 for me. `Name of the shop: houshopping` Necklace and bracelet/anklet from TBK I can guarantee you that these were worth buying. I bought this at a cheaper price and the quality is superb. It is untarnished and I even wore the anklet for 6 months already without removing it, but it's still good as new. The seller's packaging was cute, she even gave me a pink hair tie as a freebie, and she made sure that the boxes were safe and still in intact. So this was their packaging, the necklace and the anklet are still here with me. I don't believe the seller at first when she told me that her products were stainless. Lol. People kept asking me where I bought my accessories, and every time I told them I bought them at this price, they won't believe me because it looks expensive to them. Lol. I bought this mainly because I want to look presentable whenever I go outside. I believe girls look a lot more expensive when they have little accessories in the part of their body, but not too much of course. These products are 10 out of 10 for me. `Name of the shop: TBK&Co.ph` *I know most of us are now getting addicted to online shopping but we should also set our minds that we should shop for stuff when it is needed and when we have enough money to buy our wants. We can't deny the fact that we often visit our Shopee/Lazada account to add to the cart the products we wanted to buy when we have the money already. It isn't bad to spoil ourselves sometimes, especially if we worked hard for these things to buy. But again, priorities are priorities, these online shops only helped us to buy things without going outside.* **Think before you order.** ~prettydiane 💎
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Shopee Finds This article is about the things I found useful in Shopee and decided to buy it. I already wrote an article about the guidelines when ordering online and now I'm gonna share with you the things I bought in Shopee that are essential for me. **6.6** This was the date we, as legit buyers in Shopee had waited. So many vouchers, free shipping fees, discounts, and many more. I was waiting for 6.6 to come because I was waiting to buy the things I added to the cart ahead of time ago. Haha. This was the first one I bought. (*I checked these out last June 1, I have no patience to wait for 6.6 to come, ironically*) I bought 2 boxes of the Gluta Lipo coffee. A close friend of mine used to drink this Gluta Lipo Coffee and according to her, she lost weight within a week of drinking this coffee. Her skin even glow, that's why I didn't think twice about asking her what's her secret. She then told me about this product and gave me 2 sachets to try. It's effective for me because I found myself having lessened eating too much, especially at night. It even helped me in my bowel movements but I advise you to drink it before going to bed, this is for those who will be interested to try it. It's quite cheaper compared to other products plus the thing I like more about this is its effectiveness. I don't mind spending money for as long as it gives it purpose. One box has 10 sachets for only 250 pesos. For those women who gained weight like me due to eating disorders, I recommend this. *This isn't found in the market or malls.* I ordered this stuff because I noticed whenever my partner is in Cebu, he has no proper things to use such as towels, laundry mesh, or a drawer for his clothes. I ordered this stuff for him so that he won't be using my stuff anymore. Though we are a couple, he also needs to have his things for proper hygiene as well. I originally planned on buying 3 foldable nonwoven quilts but since that was my first time ordering, I still have trust issues though I found the ratings high. Lol. The 2in1 Towel-set we're made of 100% cotton. The fabric is so smooth and the quality smells expensive but I only bought it for only 120 pesos (~2$). The portable laundry mesh is the same as the one you saw in the mall or the market, but this one is at a cheaper price. I found this first in a Japanese store and it costs 88 pesos there, which has a big price difference compared to Shopee. I am glad I didn't buy it the first time I saw it. I ordered this serum for the second time already and it still serves its purpose. The first time I ordered it, I ordered it in Lazada. It was quite pricey there because it costs 99 pesos. I was looking for a face serum for the longest time, and luckily, I found this brand. This serum has good reviews from buyers so I got curious and ordered 2 of it to try. The result is evident after a week of using it. I saw my face got lightened and my pores aren't that visible anymore compared to before. So I ordered them again but this time I ordered them in Shopee. I still have the exact product but at a cheaper price. If I have essentials, my pets have too! This is the only shampoo I've been using for my pets ever since. I first ordered the 500ML Shampoo and it smells so good. It smells like baby Johnson shampoo, and my pets love it also. Their hair became smoother and thicker. If you want to order, the shop is in the photo, FUR EAST. They also have freebies like what I got in mine. I ordered the 1 gallon Powderly Shampoo for dogs and cats and it has 2 bars of soap-freebies. I haven't smelled it yet but I hope it is as good as the liquid shampoo. I also ordered a massage brush for my pets. I usually used my bare hands whenever I bathe them, and I was glad to find this scrub. It's made of soft rubber and it has a hole where you can put the shampoo. It's a must to buy scrub for those who have pets at home. Sometimes, our pets need massage too, I found this brush as their massage scrub. Lol. These are the products I ordered this month and the last 2 sets of items are still to be delivered to my house. Since I've known Shopee, I found myself going outside rarely because I don't need to go to the malls just to buy things. I also can save money as well because this shop offers a lot of vouchers. I know most of you got addicted to ordering online, but why not? All of the products we want to buy are already found online, but of course, we need to buy when essential for us. We can buy things to reward ourselves too! That's what I do often. 🙈 I'll end my article here. See you around when I already have my Shopee Finds part 2! ~prettydiane 💎
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Online Shopping Guidelines For sure I am not the only one who got hooked on ordering online. We can't deny the fact that online shopping is convenient and hassle-free because you only need your phone, mobile data/wifi, and choose what items you would like to buy. Plus, there are a lot of vouchers in Shopee so for me, I'll go in online shopping than going to actual stores. Aside from being hassle-free, some products are found only in online stores, like aesthetic appliances, Korean stuff, and many more. **What should we consider when buying online?** Scammers are very rampant nowadays, so we should consider a lot of things before buying a product. *Check the reviews* I always do this whenever I wanted to buy a product. I read reviews and will go further on whether it's legit or not. Some reviews have no images and videos, I won't buy products without a clear review. You can fake people by asking people to put 5 stars on your store. So seeing their actual parcel image and video is a must for me. *Check the store* One thing I always check when buying a product is reviewing the store. I always check the chat performance whether the seller replies to the customers or just ignores them. If the store doesn't engage much in the inquiries or to the customers, it's already considered a red flag. You also check how much sales did she/he make on certain products. I don't buy when there are no sales on that product at all. *Shipping Fee* Before you add to the cart or buy a product, make sure to check the shipping fee. Some stores offered lesser shipping fees, so you can just go check the similar product and you will see stores that offer discounts or vouchers. Though the shipping fee depends on how the seller's area is to yours, please still include this one. If you want to buy a product that has lesser shipping fees, China Mainland stores offer 0-40php SF. *Check how the seller packages the orders* This is one of the important factors you have to consider. I've seen sellers who didn't care about their packaging. They just put it in the box with no bubble wraps and ships the order. A seller should consider putting enough bubble wraps or styro especially if it includes fragile things. How the seller package your order has a great impact when the product has reached your home. You can check how the seller packs the order in the reviews. It helps especially if the buyers put images of the exact parcel they received. *Cheaper price and SF but the same product* When choosing a product, I always look to a shop that offers cheaper prices and SF. I used a calculator and compare the prices if I choose to buy in that shop. Some shops offer cheaper prices but have a high shipping fee. I always do mathematics when ordering. It's the key to saving money while at the same buying the things I want. *Don't just buy and buy, check when will it offers a discounts* As a first-time buyer before, I regret not considering this. There was one time I bought a kitchen rack and checked out the product immediately. On the next day, I noticed that they offer discounts on the exact product I bought yesterday, I regret not waiting for the promo. It helps when you are up to date on when will it offers a promo. *Buy products in the same shop only as much as possible* I realized this late. Huhu. Before, I ordered one product from one shop and another product from another shop. The tendency, is I pay more for the shipping fee than the product itself. So right after I realized my mistake, I now made sure that once I found the best shop to buy that certain product, I go check its other products as well, I might have something that I didn't know I needed from that same shop. In that one, I am buying a lot of products by paying the same shipping fee. ***Disclaimer: this doesn't include if you buy big things. I guarantee you, if you originally buy a light product and then found another product from the shop but it's super heavy and big, the shipping fee will surely change.*** I might have skipped other things that need to be included here but more over these things I wrote are the things I always consider when buying. So I hope before you buy online, consider these things. For sure you'll thank yourself in the future. That's all. See you around 💛 ~prettydiane 💎
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Unplanned Mangroves Beach Day-Out Today is June 6, 2022, I was feeling not okay after last night's breakdown. I was super down lately and just this morning, my partner woke me because he cook his specialty Spaghetti for me. I was touched because this simple gesture made my heart jump in joy. After I ate the spaghetti, he asked me to go to the nearest beach together with his nephews. But before we went straight to the beach, he looked and checked the calendar first for when will the high tide happens today. Gladly it said that the sea level at 2 p.m will be around 1.5 so around 1 p.m. we started our way to the beach. We walked for around 20 minutes just to get to the public beach. To be honest, I don't want to join them because I felt tired really. Maybe not physically but emotionally. Life has been so overwhelming lately, but my partner was there to cheer me up. I was glad that he managed to force me to join them because it's been a while since I went out to unwind and forget all the life's pressure. Lol. The place was pretty scary for me. It was full of dead mangroves and my anxiety could never handle thinking there are crocodiles and anacondas in the area. You can't blame me because most of the movies that have predators had the same surroundings and ambiance as where we had been. Let me show you. The place was surrounded by Mangroves. It was pretty scary not because of the possibility that there may be reptiles in this area, but because you'll get a lot of scars when you accidentally stepped on the Mangrove's branches under the sea. I went home having scars and bruises because of the Mangroves, but it was all fun. My partner's nephews enjoyed their no-class Monday. We even let them buy the foods they wanted and they enjoyed the rain as much as we enjoyed it. The place has no entrance, it had originally a bamboo ramp to avoid the Mangroves and tents made of bamboo and dried leaves, but they all got destroyed when typhoon Odette happened. Even the Mangroves were badly damaged. Some of them didn't survive and died. The disadvantage of having no ramp to get to the main beach is you have to expect to get bruises and scars while you're on your way to the beach. The roots were all around and some can cause serious injury if you were all careless under the sea. Just imagine walking or swimming there to get to the part where there are no Mangroves. I had scars all over my legs while the boys got no bruises or scars at all. Maybe I was just careless or maybe I had super-sensitive skin. I stayed sitting on a broken bamboo ramp while looking at them enjoying the sea. I had a fear, especially when surrounded by these plants. First, you won't be able to see what's really under it (because the water isn't clear at all), second, for sure some predators were roaming around the area looking for prey. 😭 At around 2 p.m. the sea level became super high. We started staying on the bamboo ramp since we still could enjoy the sea because it reaches the ramp already. Suddenly, we noticed how everything turned darker and noticed the dark clouds on the East side. We waited for it to rain so that we could enjoy the rain and the sea all at once. I know, it looks haunted. Haha. I can't deny the fact that horror movies have the same ambiance like this one, but it's just because of the Mangroves and the dirty water in this part. Moreover, we enjoyed our stay here. What is important to me is my partner's nephews enjoyed their day. Even if it was a bit of an epic fail when the weather started to become gloomy, I considered it a good experience though. What made me sad was the fact that I forgot to put on sunscreen on my body and my face. Lol. I didn't end up having sunburnt because the rain started pouring 30 minutes after we got there. What made it more challenging was on our way home. The road is under construction so the result was it created a sticky muddy road. Yeah, this was our way home. We needed to walk on the side of the road just to avoid getting slipped. When we noticed how muddy it gets, we started rerouting and looking for a much more convenient way. There was an elderly woman who suggested to us a better way to get home. Rice field was the answer. It was still slippery but the grass creates friction so it was less slippery compared to the original route. We got home safely. We took a bath outside our house because we were wet to go inside. Luckily we have a well outside so we have unlimited water to be used daily. This day has been productive and I would like to thank my partner for looking for a way to entertain me when everything is grey to me. **~prettydiane 💎**
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Getting There.. Rainy Sunday to you readers. Our current weather here is rainy, and it is perfect when paired with coffee while writing my article for today. I am very happy to share with you the progress of our house renovation. We wanted to renovate it a long time ago but since we were short on funds, we couldn't afford to buy materials to start the project. My parents started joining Coop, where you can save your money and at the same time loan money from them. My parents are both members of the said organization and it helped us really to start renovating our home. My father loaned 100k pesos and from there we started buying materials to start the renovation on our second floor. *Disclaimer: I wasn't born with a golden spoon, so ever since I was in elementary, I have always strived hard to help my parents build a comfortable home.* To start with, our home was already badly damaged through the years. It happened that when super typhoon Odette came and destroyed houses in the Visayas, our house was included and was badly damaged. I was in Bohol when it happened and right after my father sent me the photos of our house, I was so worried and hurt. Yes, that was our house in Cebu. Odette came raging and almost destroyed the whole second floor. It was only made of light materials, but even if it was only made by that, light materials are super pricey. 😭 My father initiated saving our coins in our DIY piggy bank. We started it last February. We started saving our coins late, but it helped us to save 4500 pesos (~90$) for 3 months. Here's the picture of our DIY piggy bank. Selling ice or yelo also helped us save more coins. Okay, getting back to the home renovation story. Last May 20, we finally got the loaned money and my parents started buying materials for the house. So when it started, my partner and I went back to Bohol also because once the project started, we will have no room to sleep. My brother sent pictures for an update and whenever I have some savings from noise, I'll automatically send it to them. To be honest, starting a renovation is pretty hard, you need to have enough money to buy all the needed materials. We are short on money already and we haven't started fixing the first floor yet. Lol. But here are some of the photos my brother sent to me. I am hoping that by this year, we will be able to live in a comfortable home. We are not dreaming of a concrete home, but rather I am just praying that our house gets fixed. This is already an answered prayer for us. We always struggle whenever it rain, we couldn't sleep well because our roof has holes already and we need to get big basins to catch the falling water from our roof. Seeing our roof like this makes me happy. My priority is my parents, I don't want them to struggle every time it rains. It is very painful for a daughter to see them having to go through this. So thank you, Lord God, that even if it isn't as grand as other home renovations, you still grant us a happy and comfortable home. This is enough for me. I still won't stop achieving everything in life including buying a house and a lot for my parents. These little achievements make me want to dream more for my family. I just want to share my story. Thank you for listening readers. I will write an update after it is 80% done. Hehe, I am already excited.
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Failing My First Try *Hola everyone! I forgot that I still have a read.cash account. It's been 2 months since I last wrote an article, so yes, I'm back! I had a tough life lately. I've been fighting the silent battles that caused me to leave read.cash and other platforms, except for noise.cash* *Before I start, I am hoping that you guys would understand if I have grammatical errors.* Let's start.. What should you feel if you failed your licensure exam? Last May 1-2, 2022, Civil Engineering Licensure Examination happened. I wasn't really that confident because I filed to join the exam on the last day. But my hopes were high. I did my best and so I told and claim to myself that I will really be an engineer this May, but it didn't happen. Why? **My efforts weren't enough** Though I know I did my best, I know that it wasn't enough. So when I saw the results, I never stressed myself out because I know I can do better. That's why they said that 5-6 months is enough time for you to prepare for the board exam. I filed for the exam last minute, so cramming was never a good idea. I only spent less than 1 month reviewing all the lessons starting from my first year in college until I graduated. So I advised those who are taking the same course as me, never took for granted all your lessons in college. You will thank yourself after you passed the board exam. **I thought self-review is for me** When I saw how much is the tuition for the review classes, I backed out. I cannot pay the tuition myself and my parents couldn't afford it either. So, I trusted myself too much (which is not bad at all), it's just that I wasn't ready when the exam happened. Most of my friends who enrolled in the review center passed the exam. I don't say that self-review doesn't work, maybe in my case self reviewing wasn't meant for me. I already joined a review center once in the year 2019, but yeah, I didn't continue because Covid happened. Maybe that was also the reason why I thought to myself that I will be able to pass the exam without the help of review centers. I was wrong. So I already learned my lessons. **Start from the hardest Lessons** This was one of my mistakes. I started with the easiest topics possible. I thought that If I started with the easiest, I will be able to answer the hardest easily. It doesn't work at all when you are an engineering student. Lol. The technique would be, that you start with the lessons you need to focus on. Answer and solve the past board exams which relate to the topic and after you finished all the hard topics, you can now proceed to the medium to easy topics. So whenever you do have not enough time, you know that you can quickly review the easy topics. Plus, you already have the idea so it will be easy for you to understand the concept. **Prayers should be your greatest weapon** I admit, that I had not enough time to go to church because reviewing was actually draining. I had the excuse of not attending the mass. After all, I slept late because "I studied the lesson". It was totally wrong. It was supposedly prayer more than anything else. When I was down and frustrated, I should have run to the church and asked for guidance. I totally forgot that It was Him that I needed the most in those days. I lacked my faith in Him that in Him, everything is possible for I thought I could do things alone. It was my bad that I even go to church whenever I needed something. I supposedly go to church to thank Him for all the blessings and opportunities He has given unto me. My wrong idea of praying led me to confuse myself and fail the exam. That's why, I should put my 60% into praying, and 40% into studying. ***Closing Thoughts:*** *I believe we all have our timelines. I believe that it is not my time yet. I was so wrong when I thought I could do things alone, I realized how we need God in our lives.* *Trust His timing and everything will fall into place one day.*
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Last-Minute Decision to take the Board Exam: 3 Days left to finish all *Hola to all content creators here in read. I was busy lately with the deadlines for PRC requirements that even if I want to write and read articles, I can't balance my time. I'll share with you my exhausting day after going to many places just to get all the requirements within 3 days period.* For those who don't know, my partner and I finished a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering last March 2020 at the Cebu Institute of Technology - University. We supposedly took a licensure exam that same year, but Covid happened and we were forced to not finish the review center and stayed at home for the whole year. My partner went to Cebu last March 11 to join me process the requirements for PRC. And since it was Friday went he came back here, we waited this day to start getting the needed papers for filing. Imagine, the deadline will be on March 17, today is March 14, which means we only have 2 days left to finish everything. The first plan was to take the November Licensure examination since 1 month of preparations isn't enough to review everything, unless cramming works for you. Last March 10, my mother opened up about when will I take the board exam. After telling her that I haven't any plans in taking this May, she then told me to at least try. My family never pressured me when it comes to my studies, and I am glad for that because it made me believe in myself even more. So back to the story, when my mother told me to "try", I suddenly reflect on my life. I asked myself if the reason was really that I wasn't prepared? Or is it because I was not even trying that's why I was stuck in my life being jobless for 2 years due to that stupid mindset that I can't. I realized after that there's nothing wrong with failing. It will be more shameful to not try than fail to be honest. That's why I told my partner about pursuing the license this May. My partner immediately book a ticket to go here to our city so that we could start our requirements before the deadline. It was even too late to know that the deadline will be on March 17. We panicked of course, but it didn't stop us from at least trying. A big thanks to my mom for making me realize that. Today, March 17, we planned on getting a PSA birth certificate, since I heard that the PRC didn't allow NSO anymore. It was so frustrating that to get your PSA, you still need to book an appointment. And this week's appointments were already full which frustrates me even more. And so we decided to go to the nearest PRC branch to clarify whether NSO is still accepted or not. I was so happy to hear when the security guard told me that it is still valid for those people who haven't had any PSA. *relief*. The next we needed to do was to get NBI. As we were about to finish filling up for online registration in NBI, we were to choose which branch we will get it. Upon checking, we noticed that the same thing happened to PSA, happened to us in NBI as well. Again, we were frustrated. Glad we checked the nearest branch whether they still have an available slot for tomorrow, and sure we did find one. It was a little farther to our place but we had no choice but to get the NBI tomorrow or else, we won't complete the requirements for the licensure exam. We immediately set an appointment for tomorrow's process. And paid the amount in the 7/11 store. We still have a lot of things to do tomorrow. We still need to get our TOR certified copy for the board exam and good morale. I hope we can finish it in no time. `Thank you guys for reading. This is just a summary of what happened to me these past days. I am cramming with all the deadlines and I still have a lot to review. I hope by God's Grace, I will put an Engr. to my name, of course including my partner who will also take a board exam with me.`
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My Noise.Cash Anniversary! *Holaa to all content creators here in read.cash! How are you guys? Our current weather is cold since it's been raining for days now. Anyways, the article is about my journey with Noise.Cash and how it changed me and the way I look at life now.* On my 1st anniversary, I planned on buying a small cake to celebrate it but since I was in crisis in financial, I had to postpone it. I can celebrate it anytime if I have already the money anyways. **March 9, 2021** It all started that day. Well, I already shared with you how I knew the site during my 11 Months in Noise.Cash. but just a small recap, I first knew the site on Facebook since I've been looking to any paying apps for ages at that time. Gladly, someone commented about noise, and I immediately joined the site on the same day. https://read.cash/@PrettyDiane/going-11-months-in-noisecash-d2cd24f8 I even remember my first post about Noise.Cash herein read.cash 8 months ago. It was during the changes of giving of tips due to massive spammers at that time. I wrote about it to help the newcomers with the latest rules on the site and for them to be aware of why some users weren't eligible for the tips already. Gladly, at that time, I used to post good quality posts already. I didn't join the trend of giving away my tips for a contest. And so when the day the Admin changed the rules of giving of tips, I was one of the lucky ones who were eligible to it. https://read.cash/@PrettyDiane/noisecash-platform-e4ad8947 I even posted an article about What other Noisers forget. The article was as same as my first post but this time, I was being specific as to why they weren't able to receive tips from the other noisers. Even if most of us were aware of the changes, there were still other noises who kept spamming other posts. They didn't get the Admin's point as to why they banned the spammers. https://read.cash/@PrettyDiane/what-some-noisers-forget-8d0edb12 I am also very thankful to my 3,400 subscribers. They are the main reason why I stayed long in noise.cash. In short, I found a family in them. Every day I look forward to seeing the consistent comments on my posts. You know, it motivates me to be active always. I tell you, especially to the newbies, it is never easy to be motivated in posting consistently in noise.cash, most especially if you still have no followers. You need to interact each day for you to gain subscribers and the secret recipe is to enjoy the site. I only have one issue in which I can't change is my username. Lmao. I am glad despite my mistake in choosing the username, people still chose to be respectful. Of course, I still encounter some noisers who kept asking me to why I chose it. To be honest, I already got tired of answering every question they throw so I tried explaining it in my Bio. **What is the secret to staying active for 1 year in Noise.Cash?** I always encourage everyone to enjoy the site. I noticed that most of those who received less tend to give up in the long run. We came here not just for the earnings, but also to meet other people globally. I tried having zero tips, but it didn't stop me be active in noise. I always motivate myself that everyone needs to go through those processes before seeing the fruit of their hard work and effort. Always engage with other noisers as well. In that way, they'll notice you and they will be the ones who'll support you in your future posts. Be mindful also of your comments. Lastly, just enjoy the site and Be original. Period. `Thanks for reading everyone! Till my next post.` If you guys still don't have your account in noise.cash, you guys can freely use my link. Noise.Cash/prettytits https://noise.cash/u/Prettytits
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4 Shops Invited me to be their Brand Ambassador *Hola to all content creators in read.cash. I miss you all. I was busy with personal things lately, and I am glad I'm back to writing articles again.* Before I start, I want to clarify that I am not into modeling. I never tried having photoshoots. I get shy to the camera especially when a lot of people are looking at me. I'll start the story. Around 8 pm tonight, I noticed that I have an unread request on my Instagram. I opened it and was shocked that someone invited me to be part of their team. So, I immediately messaged the store. I also double-checked if the store is legit, and was shocked to see that it has at least 661K followers on Instagram. So, I tried choosing a product to help them promote. You'll only have to choose 3 products for free. And daaamnn, the products were expensive as hell. Lmao. So I was really shocked the first time I saw the prices of the items lmao. I can't afford any of those. And they said I can pick any 3 of my choices for free, except for the shipping fee. Of course, I am very hopeful to be one of their ambassadors because first, I could use this for everyday use, and second, I could earn commissions every time they'll use my code. After choosing, I already checked how much shipping fee I'll pay for it, and dammn, it's so expensive as well since it needs to travel from France to the Philippines. Lmao. The total cost should be 11, 561.19 Php, but since the items are for free, I just needed to pay the shipping fee of around 40$. While trying to figure out what to do. Two other products messaged me. So I was like, "what is wrong with these people?" " How did they find my Instagram? Lol. So obviously, they were asking me to be one of their brand ambassadors, and the same with the first one, they have already a lot of followers. I was like, "Is this still legit?". I don't want to dive in and trust easily with these things since scammers are very rampant lately. I can't afford to lose any cents nowadays, most especially I am saving for the House Renovation. https://read.cash/@PrettyDiane/bch-a-hope-for-the-restoration-of-our-house-b11f8331 I am a bit skeptical about this also since it's like they are very eager to get me as their ambassador. Like if you are the CEO or the owner of the shop, you'll choose wisely your ambassadors most especially if the prices of your products are extremely expensive. Like that one. Hmm. So I am not really convinced though. Any Advice? I won't make a move unless you guys will advise me on what should the best thing to do is. Even on Twitter, I didn't know scamming is very rampant there, how much more on other social media? So before I decide, I have to carefully think about whether this thing is legit and worth it. Any advises will be appreciated. Thank youu!
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