"Marriage is not a Validation"
May 16, 2022
It's been a month passed since I write my last article here read. cash and now I don't even know where to start and where to end.
I have an emotional breakdown last month and that is the very reason why I need to stop for a while doing things I loved including writing articles herein read. cash. It is not easy but I need to.
Little by little I fixed myself by doing things that make me feel relaxed and can release the clot in my mind.
I know to myself that I feel better and I'm about to move forward but in the middle of feeling better, my emotional breakdown and everything was again triggered.
It was triggered by my husband's toxic attitude, yes you read it right, his toxic attitude.
We were in our 7 years of being together and if you read my published articles back then you can tell that he is a good partner and a good father.
And that is indeed true, he is a good father, a good partner, and a smart person. But, all of us had a so-called bad side attitude. And his bad side kills me, emotionally and mentally.
Do you want to know his bad side?
Read until the end:)
It is not my first time suffering because of his bad side. It also almost take the life of my first child.
I am in my 4th month of pregnancy with my first child when he showed it but they've said that if you love the person you are not willing to accept the good side but also who he is and what his bad side is. He almost leaves me without a word of goodbyes. He just stop texting me and didn't bother to visit me in my boarding house and the bad news is, at that time it was already the end of the school year.
I need to find an alibi so I can able to meet him and hide my pregnancy from my parents because at that time they didn't know that I am pregnant. A blessing in disguise we have our research class and conduction that why I can escape from my parent's attention.
After our class, I travel about 2 hours to finally get some answers because everything he did was killing me mentally. I was blind to all his reason why he need to do it. I texted him that in a few minutes I will be in his home place, and it was a surprise that he reply. He asks me why and why I need to meet him and the worst thing is he didn't want to meet me. He wants me to travel back home and leave him alone because he will just contact me if he needs to.
But I stand firmly and told him that I need to talk to him about what is going on. The fact that a pregnant woman waiting in the plaza in the middle of the night that's why maybe his conscience hit him. He just told me that he will just contact me if he needs to and all I have to do is wait. Like what? Are you serious?
I went home crying, I want to break up with him at that time but I choose to give him another chance. After that, he changes a little bit but not as before. Everything went not so well but I just need to stay in control for the sake of my baby's health.
When I am in my 7th month of pregnancy when everything turns down, it bothers me not just mentally but also emotionally. I thought that I can fight against having depression while pregnant but I am so wrong. His bad attitude of leaving a person hanging in a situation and not even caring what and how it will affect that person becomes terrible.
I was crying all night and all day. And there is a time when I felt labor pain and according to my OB, it was caused by the stress I've suffered lately, and ordered me to have a bed rest because of the chance of having early labor. So, I texted him to inform him about my pregnancy situation and that I need to talk to him about it.
That night we talked, we argue and I decided to end our relationship because it was killing me mentally and emotionally. I cried out the pain and suffering not knowing what will happen next.
Guess what?
My amniotic fluid flows heavily and at that moment I'm sure that I am in my labor. He is about to walk away when he looks at my legs wet with amniotic fluid. He is shocked and I am too, we please my landlord and landlady to bring me to the hospital, and luckily they help me to save my baby.
We arrived at the hospital but unlucky my baby is in a full breach position so I need to undergo a cesarean section. But before the doctor decided to take another step, she observe and told us that we have a 40/60, 40 chance of survival and 60 of not surviving because the baby is too early in his 7 months. She will try to save the baby, close the cervix and stop the labor. And with God's grace, she saves my baby's life.
After that incident, my husband changed for the better maybe. Less argument, he can now control his bad side and everything went well. After I give birth and four months passed, he decided to take care of our baby since he graduated with his bachelor's degree already and it is time for me to pursue my bachelor's degree.
And now, after how many years his bad side went back. And now I am suffering from emotional and mental pain for almost 3 days. And to be true it's killing me.
I tried to fight back against my dark thoughts because of my kids. I am so tired of crying all night and thinking about why he did it again. He didn't care about me if I ate already or left a portion of food to intake and no communication between us even though we are living under one roof is killing me. I'm not a woman with high pain tolerance.
Marriage is not a validation of everything. Even if you are married already it is not a validation that the person who is with you today will love you for the rest of your life, will be with you until the end of your breath, and will grow old with you. No family or partner is perfect but it matters how you give your partner what she/he deserves and instead of giving not what she/he deserves.
Everything is everything, and in the end, your everything will become a memory.
Thank you for reading. I hope you didn't cry😂 Just kidding aside.
"I was diagnosed with Grand Mal - Tonic Phase"
Health is one of the most important aspects of life that we need to give attention to and care about.
***Let me share with you my health condition that was discovered way back when I was in third-year high school and how it affects my life as a student and a person.***
I live in not so normal life when I was a kid due to my severe asthma. Yes, I'm an asthmatic kid, and being with asthma holds me back to do normal things like other kids do. I was only allowed to play with my cousin and friends at home but even though I have asthma I participated in school dance presentations during fiestas and school graduations always with my parent's permission.
My parents allowed me to do my passion which is dancing and playing sports with the help of the doctor's explanation. Dancing and playing sports help me to exercise my body and lungs.
When the day that I enter high school, many things change especially the environment. We know that the environment that high schools have is more mature than elementary schools.
My first year of high school is fun, no asthma attacks anymore. And I also enjoyed playing with my classmates at the plaza during break time. I feel like I'm starting to live a normal life, I can do things that other kids do and I ended my first year with lessons and fun. When I was in my second year, I met new friends and I am so happy at that time because my best friend and I were in the same section. My second year of high school went smoothly until I experience fainting and I don't know the real reason behind it. The thing I remember is the event before I fainted, I make that happening a secret because I don't want my parents to worry about me and limit me again from doing things.
My condition becomes worst when I am in my third year in high school. I fainted many times at school and even in our home. My parents are so worried, we go to different doctors, I have undergone different laboratory examinations and even physical examinations but they can't see any reason why I suddenly fainted until the priest in our town told my mom to try to have an examination for schistosomiasis.
**What is Schistosomiasis**?
This is a parasitic infection caused by a worm that is commonly found in freshwater bodies of stagnant water in tropical as well as subtropical regions. It can be detected by laboratory examination of stool and blood. It is from freshwater snails or snails that are living in the stagnant water.
**How can you get this?**
For example, if you have a cut or a wound on your foot, and that foot was soaked in that water the eggs may enter that wounded area. It will travel and may live in your brain, stomach, or your blood.
**This is what it looks like if it will live inside your stomach.**
**Symptoms** **and Treatment:**
If it is not chronic yet, you can experience the following;
Cough
Fever
Headache
Chills
Muscle pain
If it is chronic already you can experience the following;
Abdominal pain
Blood in urine
Severe headache
Blood in the stool
Problem in urination
**Treatment**:
If it is chronic it may undergo an operation.
And if it is not yet chronic it is usually treated with a short course of medication called praziquantel which kills the worm.
I underwent a Schistosomiasis laboratory examination and the result went positive. I am positive through blood, the worm is living in my blood. I went on medication and luckily I graduated being a person with schistosomiasis. I got my schistosomiasis in one of the places where I played volleyball, that place hits the top one of the most popular the schistosomiasis case.
I thought my nightmare will stop at that treatment but it gets more worst than we were expected. I fainted three to four times a month and one of the doctors in the schistosomiasis hospital told us to try to consult a neurologist based in one of the best hospitals in Tacloban City.
When we went home, my mom called the secretary of the Neurologist who was recommended by the doctor in the schistosomiasis hospital and we were scheduled for the other day since their list of OP is full. But before our schedule, I was rushed to that hospital because I fainted and it was too long to get back into consciousness. I underwent laboratory examinations such as;
MRI
CT
2D echo
EEG
And many more.
I feel so down at that time because I thought I can live a normal life. After all the examinations the result went out I was diagnosed with Grand Mal Tonic Phase.
**What is Grand Mal?**
According to Mayo Clinic and it is also the explanation by my Neurologist and Psychologist Dr. Madriaga;
A grand mal seizure causes a loss of consciousness and violent muscle contractions. It's the type of seizure most people picture when they think about seizures.
A grand mal seizure — also known as a generalized tonic-clonic seizure — is caused by abnormal electrical activity throughout the brain. Usually, a grand mal seizure is caused by epilepsy. But sometimes, this type of seizure can be triggered by other health problems, such as extremely low blood sugar, a high fever, or a stroke.
**How can I get this?**
It was inborn but it was developed or triggered during my teenage phase.
**How it can affect my life?**
I feel like I'm useless, it triggers my anxiety and depression as well. I can't do everything I want. Everything must be controlled to avoid incidents that can kill me or hurt me.
**How can it be treated?**
I maintained a high dosage of medicine to make the electrical activity normal. I take it 3 times a day and it makes me fall asleep for a minute. The reason is to relax the brain activity and let the medicine do the job.
Let's educate ourselves more in the next part of the article.
To be continued.
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"Never Have I Ever Challenge - Married Life Edition"
March 30, 2022
It was days ago when I read the published article of sis @BCH_LOVER entitled "Living Back to my school days: Never Have I Ever Challenge". It's fun to read because she reminisces her experiences way back in her school days and since I can't think now properly due to my headache, I want to try this Never Have I Ever Challenge- Married Life Edition".
Many artists do this challenge as the content of their vlogs and one of the funniest and wildest vlogs about the Never Have I Ever Challenge- Married Life Edition that I've seen is the vlog of the Gonzaga sisters, they talk and compare if they have done those things that are for matures only. And now I will try to answer those questions if I Never Have or Have done those things throughout my married life.
**Never Have I Ever Cheated?**
Never, I don't have the guts to do that thing even before we got married. We are on our 7 years of being girlfriend/ boyfriend yesterday and 7 months of being married together.
Godsend me the person who I've prayed for then who I am to do things that might ruin everything. Karma is everywhere that might come in and punished you at any time.
**Never Have I Ever used your partner's phone?**
I have, even we are not yet married and even we trusted each other. We used each other's phones whenever we were together. Because we believe that if you don't have anything to hide from each let your partner use it. And even we used each other's phones we still know our limits and boundaries, especially on personal matters.
Note: Even you are married to each other, it does not mean you own his life. He has personal matters that he needs for himself and it can also help him to grow. Don't be a barrier, be the support to make him strong enough to face that. We need still to respect each other, don't push too hard. Escape this note if you have a womanizer husband because that is another story to tell and a mystery to solve.
**Never Have I Ever farted in front of your husband?**
I have, not just in our married life but even before we were on the stage of being girlfriend and boyfriend. We never sugar-coated our relationship and we show who we are even our silly side. Be sure that you will say excuse me after you've done it (hahaha).
**Never Have I Ever taken a bath together?**
I have, especially when I give birth to my second child via cesarean section. I need to have the support that's why he is with me ( bawal green-minded hahaha). But exploring things together in the shower room I had never experienced it yet since we don't have our own house, maybe soon (hahaha).
**Never Have I Ever kissed your husband publicly?**
I have, especially when I travel way to work before he kissed me a goodbye kissed, during our wedding day that is the first time our both family saw us kissing each other and even before when we are at a party he just kissed me on my forehead as a sign that I am safe because he was there with me.
**Never Have I Ever did not allow your husband to go out with friends and go home at late night?**
Never, I always allow my husband to go out, unwind and hang out with his friends. Some of my friends asked me, why I allow my husband to go somewhere with his friends knowing nowadays that cheating is a trend. My answer is just simple before I met my husband he has his friends already, and I know that his friends are not a bad influence and they never tolerate cheating. According to them, cheating is a choice, if they caught my husband cheating they are the ones who will correct that wrongdoing.
**Never Have I Ever fought with your husband about financial problems?**
Never, I don't do that thing because for me fighting is just a waste of time. Instead of fighting each other, you help each other to find ways how to earn money and how to solve that crisis. If you have each other support you will come up with a better idea of how to surpass that crisis. Be each other support system.
Fighting is not a solution to every crisis that you may face in your married life. Don't make the money become the reason to ruin your relationship and your family.
**Never Have I Ever fought with your husband about how you both discipline your children?**
I have, my husband is a disciplinarian, especially our eldest son. The reason is, we both want our children to know how to be independent in the things that they can do according to their age. But sometimes when things aren't going according to his plan he gets mad especially when my son got willful in his academics, that is the time that " mama is to the rescue" to explain that writing is one of the important things to learn aside from reading.
Disclaimer:
My husband never put pressure on our son, he just want our son to know how to write his name without using tracing lines. And we never fight in front of our children.
**Married life is not a joke, we can discover and face many things that we never expected even existed. If you are planning to have your own family be sure that you are 100% ready for all the changes and responsibilities of being a wife or a husband, a mom or a dad, and the light and the foundation of the family.**
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"Struggling doesn't Last Forever"
March 25, 2022
Surviving in this world is not easy, you need to be vigilant in every step you make because one wrong move can make all of your hard work vanish.
We have our different battles in life and we attacked them using different techniques. Some of us decided to give up and some of us decided to face and still fight with it because we believe that the word 'give up' is for the weak only.
Let's not compare ourselves to others' life situations because God gives us different forms of battle to determine our capacities in handling and solving it.
**So what are the trials that may an individual suffer from?**
Mental Struggle
Financial
Family Issues
Studies Issue
Relationship Issue
Health Issue
Self Issue
**Mental Issue or Struggle**
This is not a joke and can be used as a joke towards the person you are battling this struggle with. Some of us are so insensitive to expressing our feeling towards the person. We are all aware that a person who is in this battle has no stable mind processing, they may be misunderstood things easily and they can't even balance right or wrong. That's why if someone asks you for some help don't hesitate to listen to them, let them borrow your time and your ear to listen to them, be their companion in this battle and be their support. Instead of calling them crazy, be their antidote while they are in the process of finding their selves. Help is what they need not the judgment.
**Financial Struggle**
For me, the monetary problem is one of the roots of a person's evilness. At this time money is everything, we need money in every aspect of our lives. From giving birth, buying food, payments for rentals, studies, etc. Some of us do evil things or inappropriate moves to have money to sustain our needs and wants.
Monetary problems can trigger to open up many problems in life, it can affect your relationship with your partners and even can be a cause of misunderstanding between friends and family members.
If you know someone that experiencing this currently, help them instead of letting them borrow money from you. Help them on how they can earn money in a clean and right way. Be their mentor and guide in their way to a financially stable life. Don't spoil them by letting them borrow some money from you and ended up broke again, spoil them with the help that can make life better in the future.
**Family Issue**
Family is our best support from everything we do in our lives but what if we don't have good communication with our family.
No matter what happened or problems we may face in life we should always remember that family is still family. Family issues can be fixed by building again a good foundation and a better communication with less ego and pride.
Always put it in your mind that the best companion is our family.
**Study Problems/School Problems**
This problem is a common problem for all students, especially at secondary and tertiary levels. It depends on how you handle the pressure. Some of the students can't handle the pressure especially when they are candidates for Latin honors and they experience difficulties that are why they can easily decide to commit suicide or to stop their studies. If someone you know or if you are experiencing this ask for help, ask for a shoulder to lean on, share your feelings and struggles with someone that you've known that might enlighten you to have a clear mind before making some decisions that can make your life miserable instead of having a better life ahead.
Struggle now, relax, refresh and restart.
**Relationship Issues**
Some couples may experience issues in their relationship especially when lack love, trust, respect, and poor communication.
Love, Trust, Respect, and Communication are the factors that can make a better foundation in a relationship.
If you are experiencing a toxic relationship, please love yourself and don't allow yourself to drown in it. If it is toxic and not healthy for both of you, save yourself. It is not yet the end of the world to be blind by that toxic love.
End it properly without harassment, physical abuse, insult, etc. End, cry and move forward to a better you.
**Health Issues**
Some of us are born with health issues, they suffer a lot more than a broken-hearted person. Some of the health issues are curable and some of it is not.
If you are suffering from some health issue, trust the process of the lord, trust the hand that he borrow just to touch and care for you, and pray always to God.
Listen to the doctor, trust them, and think always positively. A positive thinker always attracts positive results.
Don't give up and fight with it with God.
**Self Issues**
It is hard to face some battles if your enemy is yourself. We can experience self issues as many as it triggers, we need to be strong to fight with it. It may lead to serious damage if we let that negativity role our body, mind, and soul.
We must always give importance to ourselves before giving some to others because we cannot show fully our feelings and desire in life if something is blocking us and holding us to reach things that can make our life better than before or better than we want.
If you feel down, relax, breathe, unwind, pray and ask for help from experts.
Love yourself first because you can't have another life if you choose to end it.
Struggles in life don't last forever, it comes and it goes. It comes because it needs to teach you some lesson that you might forget and it goes after you learn the lesson.
Be open-minded that things happen for a reason.
Moral Lesson:
Struggling doesn't last forever but God is always on time.
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"When it is for you, it is for you"
March 21, 2022
We sometimes see life being unfair to us but the truth is scenarios happened for a reason and to make life balance to be more meaningful.
Other people rush to achieve things that they dream to reach and happen in their lives. They don't want anything to come in delayed and it must be on time or ahead of the time they were expected.
Patience is a virtue it comes to planning and taking steps in reaching goals in life. There are times that the luck is within us that why the processes are smooth and we achieve things according to our plans but we can't control things and happenings that's why sometimes we fail to achieve it.
Failing doesn't mean that you need to give up and not try to achieve it again. Maybe you failed because there are things to be enhanced and changed especially in your planning strategies and techniques.
To fail is a part of success, you failed maybe because you are not in the focus on doing it or maybe it needs more effort to make things work. If you fail it is normal to feel down or disappointed with the result but always remember to do this;
Not to give up.
Try your luck again.
Put more effort and patience.
Change the planning method or enhance the planning strategies.
Ask for some advice
Be open-minded because things may change.
And always remember this, "God is with us and he is our strength" that's why you should fight for your dream.
We are the one who makes our future and we are the one who made the decisions. Don't let other people decide for yourself or let others make things so that you can achieve your goals in life. Do it and let other people support you but don't pass the burden to them.
When the moment it is for you, it is for you no matter what happens. It takes time to feel the taste of success because there is no instant success except if you do things to shortcut the process but always remember the word karma. All things in life take time;
To graduate from your studies takes time.
Applying for a job also takes time.
To have a stable job also takes time.
To achieve things such as buying a house and lot, buying a car, etc takes time.
Always remember to have patience so that it will work according to your plan. If God's delayed your prayers it doesn't mean that you will not be able to get it, God will give what you need more than what you want. Try to believe, try to manifest things, and always have a positive outlook in life so that you can attract positive results.
Don't blame God for not being able to taste your success on the day that you want it, as I've said "When it is for you, it is for you". Always remember the importance of God's Perfect Timing.
Proverbs 3:5-6 - “ Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
Jeremiah 29:11-12 - “ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.”
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"Social Media vs. Reality"
March 19, 2022
To love somebody and let somebody enter your life is like gambling. You gamble your trust, patience, love, time understanding, and the whole of you.
To be accepted by someone you don't know or even you know brings so much happiness. It affects your outlook on life because before you are looking forward to something for yourself but know that you are now a couple you look forward to something together.
Communication makes relationships strong and peaceful relationship, with fewer arguments more adventures, and sweet memories together.
But you need to be careful in falling in love with somebody or to be loved because you can't control all the scenarios that you might both experience throughout your relationship. Things should be well balanced to avoid harmful events that might be the reason for having a toxic relationship. A lyric of a song once said "too much love will kill you".
As I've experienced in my past relationships, they have different ways of showing their love and affection, different aura, different ways of handling the relationship, different attitudes, and personalities.
**Let me share with you the very toxic relationship I've experienced before I got married and my husband is also aware of this story. I hope you can learn something that might help you to be enlightened about everything.**
When I am in my first year of college, my cousin introduce me to this guy. He is a 4th-year student taking up a Bachelor in Criminology in one of the state's universities.
As usual, everything starts in a friend stage followed by knowing each other's information, likes and dislikes, so on and ends in a courting scenario. He is nice, smart, respectful, and also not a picky guy like others. He courted me for almost two months after I see his sincerity I accepted him to become my boyfriend.
He is brave to visit our house and ask my parents for approval to visit me every Saturday and Sunday morning and since my parents saw how dedicated he was they approved.
The first month up to the third month of our relationship, everything went well, we choose to fix arguments instead of making it a big deal. Sometimes smooth and sometimes rough, it just balanced.
Until we are in our fourth month up to six months in a relationship. From balanced turns to uncontrollable, he changed. The real him shows up and that is the reason why our relationship becomes toxic.
I grew up with the freedom to choose what I want to wear, and to tell you frankly I am a short-short fanatic before. When we are in our fourth month he becomes a controller, he controls everything in me like what to wear, what to put on my face, and who to talk with. So, to avoid arguments I've decided to follow his rule. But his controlling attitude becomes worst when we are in our six months in a relationship.
At every event in school, he appears there like a ghost and picks me up to go home in the boarding house where I stayed. He got angry when someone looks at me like what? I can't control other people to look at me because they have the freedom to look at everyone in the area. And everything we do it should be posted on social media.
One night after my dance troupe practice, I called him because I want to clarify everything that he is just my boyfriend and not my husband. Even we are together we need to respect each boundary and limit. When I explain to him my side, he listened and stared at me like he wants to attack and kill me. The tension went up when I told him that I want space and if he cannot respect me and if he will not stop controlling me it is better to end our relationship.
He grabs my arms and holds them tightly as he can. I feel so much pain and I shouted for help. I am so lucky because one of my co-dancers hears my voice and he immediately runs together with his board mates where we are both located. They saved me that night.
After that night, he comes to my place to ask forgiveness but I don't want to see his face that's why my landlady told him to leave me alone, he also called my mom asking for help to convince me to get back with him and the worst thing is he was drunk and he makes a show outside our house. All my uncles grab him and try their luck to calm him after he was convinced by his mother to stop bothering me because there is no chance to fix our relationship.
Everyone who knows our relationship got shocked they can't even imagine how sweet we are on social media and in reality I am a prison and has no freedom to do things I want. They can't believe how toxic my relationship was.
That's why don't even try to be jealous in another relationship because they always posted their sweet photos together, they travel together and they have fancy dates but we don't know the real story and the real happening in their relationship. Yes, they are so sweet on social media but in reality, their relationship was toxic.
Be appreciative even your boyfriend doesn't post sweet messages or photos on social media, doesn't bring you to fancy dates, or bought you expensive things at least his love for you and intention is real.
Closing Thoughts:
Give yourself a worth, always remember that you are not a remote control operated toy to be controlled by someone. Don't be blind to fake love and expensive things, love yourself.
Wake up in the reality and start to move forward to have a better life.
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"Don't Be Pressured, Be Motivated"
March 18, 2022
Big things start from small things, big problems start from small problems and big responsibilities start from a small responsibilities. Everything in life shows development in a step-by-step process together with you. It means when you grew up things like becoming more intense and mature than you expected.
**Can you still remember your childhood dream? The answer to the question "What do you want to be in the future?**
**Can you still remember how motivated you are looking forward to achieve that dream by doing your best even you are in your early stage?**
**Now that you are at the right age, do you feel the same? Are you motivated or are you pressured to do the thing you want to achieve?**
We start our childhood dreaming to become someone or to achieve what profession we want in the future. Even in the early stage, we've been taught to dream big and that dream motivates us every day.
We start with the stage of the nursery, in this stage learning is fun. We always look forward more to the activities that make us interesting and in the part of having fun we also learn from it. No pressure groping is present in this stage.
As we move up to the next stage, things that we need to learn and internalize are also accelerated. From nursery, we move up to kindergarten where learning becomes broad but fun. This is the first foundation where our teacher taught us to write and read and to know our capabilities if we are ready to move up to the next level which is the grade school level.
Grade School is where we learned a lot of things that also help mold us into what kind of person we are today. We are motivated to do things, experience different kinds of learning strategies and techniques that our teacher shows, and at this level development in feelings and sensitivity are present. We also look forward to having fun with friends and classmates at this level.
High school days are the most memorable, we experience things out of our boundaries, experience things that taught us a lesson and this is the most fun level where you can appreciate and understand things that you do. Feeling of maturity, sensitivity, etc are present at this level. At this level is the time when we decided what to choose if we will stick to achieve our childhood dream or to follow what our heart desire.
College is where the real battle begins, the battle for our future. At this level, we can feel the pressure because all things are not just about fun but it also talks about academic maturity which means a higher level requires higher thinking skills and other factors. Sometimes we can ask ourselves if we can do it and move forward or stop and find another path to take. But motivation is higher than the pressure at this time. We can say generally that we felt pressure but the truth is we are motivated to achieve and to graduate on time.
After graduating college, two factors triggers us to be pressured in life;
We are left behind by our classmate's achievements.
We are the breadwinner of the family.
But things will not go according to our plan if we let the pressure feeling overpower our motivation. We should be motivated to do everything that we want to achieve in life so that we can do it in a step-by-step process and everything will go well.
If we let pressure overpower there are tendencies that we can't do our plan in the right way, we can not see the right path to walk forward because of the negativities within us and we might do bad things just to reach our goal in life. We cannot think clearly and we don't know how to step forward towards a better future if we let the pressure eat us.
We should trust God in everything we want to achieve in life because God's perfect timing is the best than our timing. If we let God center our encouragement and motivation everything will be according to our plan.
Closing Thoughts:
Don't be pressured by the achievements of others because we are made differently and we have our own time to shine.
If you are a breadwinner, don't be pressured, be motivated so that you will achieve what you want in time. Things will be under your plan if you will feel more motivated than being pressured.
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"I'm in the Dark Side"
March 17, 2022
To love and to be loved by somebody or someone is the most wonderful feeling you ever wish to feel. And the most love that you can surely assure that this is unconditional and true give love is the love from our parents.
My life becomes an open book here in read. cash, I share a lot of personal stories, share personal information, even my heartaches, and disappointments in life. I stated in one of my articles that I was raised by my father's sister who doesn't have a child. The sister of my father and her husband become my second parents.
I also shared with you that I am much close with my dad (my second parent) because he is the one who takes care of me since then and he is also the one who attended my graduation from nursery till high school. In my college days, he is the one who pinned my nameplate during my internship but he is not the one who is with me in the ring hoop and hooding ceremony they let my husband do his part.
During my whole educational journey, I have learned a lot and in the other part enjoyed it. To be honest I am not an honor student that's why my mom (second parent) undervalued me for not being like other students who got awards or recognitions in school. She always called me daft for not being an honor student.
When I failed in my first take in the Examination for Professional Teacher, I heard a lot of hurtful words from her. Instead of cheering me up because I am at my lowest point, she chooses to judge me and named me daft. I cried out because I'm just her disappointment but thanks to my son and husband they saved me from stepping forward to the darkness that time.
I altered all hurtful words to words of encouragement, I need to fight for that mental stress because I am in service at that time as a private school teacher and I am not just a teacher but also a mom. With the help of the people who believe, loved me, and pray, I conquer the world of darkness. A shining light was sent by God to save me and take me to the right path of life.
Even I failed in my first attempt it doesn't mean that I am a failure, so I applied for the second time on December 27, 2019. The examination was scheduled for March 29, 2020, but it was canceled and moved how many times due to pandemic restrictions. The PRC issued a new date of the examination which is on March 2021, but it was canceled again and it was a blessing in disguise because I gave birth to my second baby at that time.
When the PRC issued again a new date of examination, it was stated there that due to a large number of examinees they need to do by batch examination. The first batch took their examination last September 2021 and I belong in batch two of examinees and we took last January 2022.
My review journey is hard as a rock, I need to read review material while breastfeeding my baby, I need to have a quick review while my baby takes her nap and my husband helps me to review in the nighttime, he volunteers to take care of the two gifts of God so that I can read and answers the review materials. Self-reviewing is not easy and to be honest it triggers my postpartum depression and anxiety. I become more sensitive and easy to be distracted especially when I am in my review session. I do my best because I don't want to hear again hurtful words from my own family.
January 30, 2022, is the day of the examination but two days before that I weaned my baby which also triggers my emotional breakdown. Before and after answering the questioners I go to the comfort room of the testing area to manually pump out my breast milk because it hurts a lot and I am scared that maybe my milk will lick and damage my answer sheet. After the examination day, I don't even imagine that my anxiety will bother me again.
My whole February is a mess, I can't sleep plus emotional breakdown. I cried a lot and I don't even know the real reason until my husband explains everything to me. My husband told me that maybe I'm afraid to fail again and hear another hurtful word. I think he's right, maybe because I am on my edge of patience hearing those hurtful words not from other people but from my own family, especially my mom (second parent).
March 11, 2022, when the result was finally out and I am blessed that God heard and granted my prayers. I passed the examination I am now a Licensed Professional Teacher, my husband, my cousins, some of my aunts, and almost all of my friends online are sending their greetings for the job well done. But when I told my mom that I passed the LET, she just replied with "Ah okay".
**Do you know why?**
Because she except the opposite result, she except that I will not pass the LET because of the reason that I am not an honor student and not becoming an honor student in her eyes you are a daft person.
*Bulok mana mao bitaw dili honor
*Hinay manag utok mao wa kapasar
Hearing those words from the one who raised you is like you are burning yourself in hell.
It triggers my emotional breakdown until know I am currently suffering. I feel the same vibe and same feeling when I failed the LET, just like nothing happened. While other passers shout their success and I am here on my dark side drowning.
I just want to be loved and to be appreciated even once by her. I do my very best to make them proud but it is hard for her to see it.
But they've said life must go on. And I don't know if I can move out from this side of darkness.
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"My bittersweet Success"
March 15, 2022
Oldies said that if there is good news, there is also bad news. Things are done to be balanced.
March 11, 2022, is the most important day for my cousin because she will be turning 7 years old that day and we will be having a family feast to celebrate her birthday.
That day, my husband and I are busy with our kids when we heard bad news about the Rural Bank in our Municipal, and suddenly my mom rushed to go there because someone told her that the Rural Bank was ordered for closure by the Bangko Central ng Pilipinas effectively that day. There are no more transactions within the Bank and all of us panicked because we inside the family are all depositors on that bank.
With all of our documents, we headed to the bank to ask for clarifications and asked for any other way to get our money back.
The PDIC guarantee to give back the money but they don't have the exact date when. We feel betrayed because we trusted the bank to secure our money but they've said expect the unexpected. That day should be happy but because of that news, all of us feel down and sad. We just wish and pray for a better result to happen.
We went home with a shoulder down, my mom's blood pressure goes up due to a panicked attack and she cried because all of her money was in a time deposit.
All of the people in our area are now talking about the shutdown of the Rural Bank. But, despite the bad news we continue to celebrate the 7th birthday of my cousin.
We set aside the hurtful news for a while so that we can bring and give a positive vibe to the celebration.
It was almost 7 pm when one of my cousins told me that the result of the Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers is now out. When I heard the word result, my body was shaking and I almost passed out. I search for my husband but he is nowhere to find it, I was praying that time for good news.
My husband went back to my aunt's house and he told me to read the chat from my co-major. When I read the word Congratulations you passed the LET, I cried and told my father that I passed the exam.
My husband, my biological father, my aunts, and my cousins congratulated me but when I told my second parents that I passed the examination they just responded with "oh okay". I don't feel the happiness within them, I expected that they were the ones who will cheer me up because I succeed in passing the examination but expectation versus reality.
The depressing feeling went back when the day I failed to passed my first LET examination. Same vibe, the same feeling but my best friend came over to congratulate me and cheer me up. My husband was also there to support my emotional breakdown and anxiety disorder triggered by the reaction of my second parents.
After that day, they don't even congratulate me on a job well done or passing the examination. They don't even give recognition for my hard work just to make them proud.
My mom (second parents) see me as a failure since my childhood days because I am not an achiever student. The reason why I don't like to be an honor student is that I don't want to set expectations from other people because one you are an achiever student you don't have the right to commit mistakes from the eyes of other people. They see you as a saint, sinless creature that the only thing knows is to make your parents proud.
She didn't expect me to pass the examination, she even told me that I'm a daft one and she hopes that my kids will inherit their intelligence from their father. She loves you when you are an achiever and she will do everything to make other people know that you achieve something again. But when you are not an achiever, she told almost all the people she knows that you are daft that's why you can't be an honor student and even pass the examination.
That's why I grow up attached to my dad (second parents), you can't hear any hurtful words towards you. Instead, he will encourage you to do that thing and if you fail then you try again.
Treasure people who believe in you. Trust God and trust yourself no matter what others say.
Currently, I am suffering from an emotional breakdown and anxiety attacks, but with the help of my husband I can know to handle it slowly and the road to feeling better.
Thank you for reading my bittersweet success story and spending your precious time with me. I hope you learn something from my article.
"Answered Prayer"
March 14, 2022
To dream is to believe that sooner or later you will achieve what you want in life, all you need to do is do it with hard work, put some dedication into the process and trust yourself no matter what.
Last September 2019 when I tried to fight for my dream to become a Licensed Professional Teacher but when the result come out I failed to pass the examination.
It was never been easy for me before I took the Licensure Examination last 2019 because I need to do my job on weekdays as a private school teacher and I also need to attend the two days review on weekends. I don't have time to be with my son due to my hectic schedule.
There is also a time that I need to work on weekends to catch up on the deadlines that's why I need to sacrifice my review in a review center and I decided to do self-review so that I can be with my son also on weekends.
I handled 4 sections for my major subject which is Mapeh, 9 sections for my Values Education subject, and 1 advisory class. From that schedule, I went home with a dead body, and to be honest, I don't have the time for the review because on weekdays I need to do 16 lesson plans for my Mapeh subject and 16 lesson plans for my Values Education subject for a weekly class. I was not on the focus at that time because of that bloody schedule.
From the application for the Examination, I can feel that I can't pass the examination because the process is so rough for me.
Before the day of the examination, I check-in in a hotel with my co-major, we went outside to bought things that we might need in the examination day after we pay the things we bought I thought we will be headed back to the hotel but she brings me to a Derma salon because she needs to have a facial spa and I ended up waiting for her for almost 2 hours. Since I need to clear my mind with negativity at that time I just forget that moment that she treated me like her servant waiting outside.
On the day of the examination, I wake up so early and get myself ready. After I dress up, I ate my breakfast and I check my papers before we live in the hotel. I prayed that time that I hope no negative things will happen but opposite attracts, this co-major of mine wake up late and since she is late and we need to order food for our lunch as fast as we can.
We arrived in the examination area and I am so shocked and sad at the moment because I am the only person they waited for so that they can start the process of the examination. I feel so ashamed that I make them wait for me and I thought that it was the least bad thing that I will experience that day but no. After the examination, I went back to the hotel to get my things. This princess called me to wait for her so that we can go home together since we have the home place. I waited for almost 2 hours in the hotel lobby and she arrived telling me that she will be with her boyfriend and she can't go home with me. I left hanging that time and I don't know what to do. I contacted my co-majors begging them if I can ride with them so I can go home to my son who is sick at that time. And luckily they agreed.
I expected the outcome of the examination at that time. But even I failed in my first take I didn't give up and I applied again.
This time, my contract was terminated by the school principal, I grab the opportunity to focus on my self-review but a huge blessing come, I got pregnant and give birth to a beautiful baby girl. The thing I did was while breastfeeding I'm reading the review books that I purchased and answered some review materials. I tried to focus even I am a full-time housewife and a full-time breastfeeding mom to my second baby.
My husband also helps me to focus on my review, he took care of the baby while he let me read and answer some review materials. We also prayed together for a better result.
I experienced postpartum depression, anxiety, insomnia, and even emotional breakdown but I choose to fight because this is not just for me but also family.
January 30, 2022, when I took the Licensure Examination for Professional Teacher for the second time. I can feel that this time I can win my battle even how heavy my breast milk flowing down in my shirt. I do manual pumping after I answered the examination sheet.
All things went well that time, no negative energy is on me and the most precious thing I've done is surrender all my worries to our Almighty God.
And last March 11, all my hardships and sacrifices were paid off when my best friend come to my aunt's house and told me that I passed the Licensure Examination for Professional Teacher.
I almost pass out when I heard the news and I cried telling my husband that I passed. God to be the Glory!
Moroña, Venus Ramos
Bachelor in Secondary Education
Major in Mapeh (Music, Arts, Physical Education, Health)
LET Passer 2022
Even how tricky the road to this success the most important thing is I didn't give up because with God all things are possible.
Thank you for reading and spending your precious time with me. I hope you learn something from it.
"Believe in Yourself No Matter What"
March 10, 2022
#Article14
Believe is a word that encourages us to step forward and explore more about life.
Believing is trusting and claiming the things you prayed for or waiting for a long time that any time soon it will happen even without seeing it. Believing is also having fate in God and trusting the power of the law of attraction.
**Did you try to believe in something or someone too?**
**What things that you prayed for that you believe and claim will happen sooner or in the moment of your life**?
There are circumstances in life that come to challenge our fate and our ability to believe in something. It happens for a reason, maybe it happens because it challenges our ability to make decisions, measure how strong we are in facing challenges, measure how ideal we are to solve problems that come, etc.
There are things that we believe to happen and we also believe that we will reach that sooner or later and that are the goals and our plans in life.
To be honest, reaching one of our goals in life is not easy, it should take time and more effort. It should be in a step-by-step process because there is no instant success. If you are on the step to reach your goal in life, you will face a lot of struggles and problems that measure how strong and open you are in embracing the hardship of the process.
When we are already in the hardship of the process towards success, there is a time that we will feel anxious if we are doing the right thing or not and we also almost give up because of the lack of self-encouragement, having faith in our capabilities and support from others.
The secret ingredient in achieving what we want and making the process smooth is to believe in ourselves.
**Why we should believe in ourselves first, even we don't know, and see what will be the result of the process?**
We know to ourselves that we can do everything for the sake of our goals in life. When we believe in ourselves, we can overcome self-doubt and have the power and confidence to take the action and get things done according to the process.
When we let ourselves drown in our fears and doubts, we sabotage ourselves to fail and the success will feel out of our grasp. All the hardships and effort will be worthless. No medicines, training, tools, or anything can make your goal reached or your plans work the way to want them to but there is the only thing that makes all of that possible and it is believing in yourself.
Let me share positive and powerful words that can help us accelerate this process to overcome self-doubt and fairness and pave a way to self-confidence and believing in ourselves.
**Make your weakness be your strength.**
All of us have our weaknesses and it can also block our way to proceeding to the process of success.
If we fail over and over again it doesn't mean that we are failures as others say. Hearing hurtful words from others is one of the reasons that trigger our fear to be hurt and it will turn to be our weakness.
Try ang try again, even others can't see how hard it is. Struggling with confidence and believing in ourselves will lead us to success. Just trust the process of turning our weaknesses to be our strengths and it is worth it.
**Embrace who you are and be yourself your coach.**
Accepting ourselves is one of the most important, we can't move forward if in our inner self there is something wrong with it. Be open and let us embrace the real us. Pushing ourselves to become like others is the most dangerous poison that will toxic ourselves.
Let's coach ourselves to be true, to love ourselves first before we love somebody. Because when we begin to live in the truth, all things will become smooth, we can live positively, we can be true to our identity, we can import to our core values, we can start believing that we are worth it, in our abilities and potential as a human being.
**Believe that you can and you will.**
Claim the success already even you can't see it because believing in yourself can attract positive results.
Let's stop minding and thinking negative thoughts because we know that we are doing our best. Open our minds and our heart, don't let others stop us from getting and claiming the result of our hard work.
Once we believe in ourselves, success is possible for us.
Closing Thoughts:
Be brave to face the reality, embrace, accept, and believe in yourself no matter what happens. Because nothing is possible if you believe yourself.
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"Be Careful to whom are you with"
March 09, 2022
#Article13
Friendship is a meaningful word, in a person's life span friendship is one of the important relationships where you can also feel that you are welcome and accepted despite your culture, tradition, religion, and sexual orientation.
**There are 2 steps in making friends and we've experienced already these steps.**
Stranger to each other.
Some of the friendship begins as a blank paper, it means you are a stranger to each other. It is somebody you meet on the bus, school hallway, or anywhere else. A simple eye to eye contact leads you both to talk to each other about current issues, ask your name and age, and some interesting things.
You have both common friends
This is when you both know the same person and that person introduces both of you to each other. This casual acquaintance is the start of your friendship.
From making friends, there are also two kinds of friends the good influence and the bad influence.
Good Influence
These are the friends of yours that care and love you. They helped you to become better and guide you to the right path in your life.
Bad Influence
These are the friends of yours that bring negativity and may lead to harm. They don't mind the result of their doings and they want you to be one of them. They can make your life miserable as hell.
But be careful about the twist of life, because this day the good influence friends or your best friend may be your real enemy and the bad influence friends are your real friends that will help you to wake up in reality.
**Let me share with you a story entitled "The evil within that angelic face" this story is just a fictional story and uses fictional characters.**
Meet Pang, a beautiful and smart girl. She is a transfer student from another side of the city. She is also tall and she becomes an apple of the eye in her new school. Since she is a new student, she doesn't have any friends until her seatmate Marie approaches her to have lunch together. From that time they become friends.
Marie is also a beautiful and smart student, she is always got high good grades and she is a top student in her class.
From strangers they become friends, they always eat their lunch together, they choose each other as partners in activities and even in studying. And from friends to close friends.
They become close friends and they also invite each other to visit each other houses. Their friendship becomes unbreakable even they have misunderstood each other sometimes.
One day, Pang was being courted by one of the handsome and rich student in their school. And that was a guy named Josh, every time that josh wants to talk with Pang, they always bring Pang's best friend Marie.
Pang decided to accept Josh as her boyfriend and Marie agree with it. Every time Pang and Josh are having a date, Marie is also with them.
Marie saw how happy Pang was and Marie felt some jealousy towards Pang. Marie changed and she started refusing Pang's invitations. Until one day, Marie was blinded by her jealousy, she started to do bad things to Pang. She even manipulated all Pang's examination scores and she blamed Josh for why Pang failed almost all her subjects.
Marie plans big scary things that she wants to do to Pang, she arranged an argument with gang members to do the plan in Marie's birthday.
Marie decided to have a yacht birthday party and all of her friends are invited specially, Pang. They are been picked up with the same car as their transportation headed to the place where the yacht is. The gang members are dressed as servers so they can't be recognized by others. The plan is they will drown Pang's body on the river and report the incident after the party.
Pang is so blind about the scary plan of Marie when they arrived the party went well and it is so fun. Until one of the servers asks Pang to go to the backside of the yacht for some important matter but before she steps forward to follow the server, there is a girl in the kitchen who warns her about the plan. This girl is one of the gang members but that night she chooses to be good and save a life.
They left the yacht using the reserve speedboat and headed to the pier where Josh and the authority waiting. After a minute, the yacht is on the pier, and the authority invites Marie to the station for some interrogation, and they also arrest the other gang members.
Be careful with whom you are with and trusted because everything may change and you can't predict what will happen next.
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"Opportunity comes but Once"
March 07, 2022
#Article12
Life opportunity helps us individually, to step forward and make some progress in life. It is also a chance to get what we want to achieve especially in our chosen career.
Even how hard your life or situation now is, there is always an opportunity for life improvement despite your skin color, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, age, and disability.
**Living here in the world for almost 26 years and a mom of two, I have known types of opportunities in life such as Educational Opportunities, Job Opportunities, Personal life situation Opportunities, and Business Opportunities.**
**Educational Opportunities**
This opportunity may be given by our parents or by other people. The chance to go to school and learn lessons that will help us to mold our lives for us to have a better future is a big opportunity to grab because not all people have been given this opportunity due to personal reasons. But, some programs and organizations give or offer the opportunity in a way of a scholarship for them to go to school and reached their dream career in life.
**Job Opportunities**
There are a lot of job opportunities every place that you can apply for the thing you need to do is inquire about their qualifications if you are qualified for the job, you pass the requirements needed, wait patiently for the result and if you are given the chance to work to them do you best.
**Why you should do your best if you are hired to do the job you applied for?**
Because they believe in you and your capabilities. They trust you that's why they put you on that job.
Doing your best in your job may open another opportunity for you, might a promotion or salary increase.
**Personal Opportunities**
This is about your personal life including relationship status, family, goals in life, etc.
Grabbing personal opportunities helps you to improve your well-being.
**Business Opportunities**
This is the time to grab the chance if someone offers you to open a partnership, expand your business, or launch another product.
**How to know that opportunity comes is a great opportunity?**
It fits your core values.
You can feel positive energy.
It carries its momentum.
When you know how legit it was and the person who encourages you to push through to that job or opportunity is not an exploiter.
**Why is so important to grab opportunities that come to life?**
The main reason why we should grab the opportunity that comes in is that opportunity comes but once, it doesn't come along frequently. Only hard work, dedication for doing the job, efforts, putting your mind and soul into your job can pave the way to new opportunities.
**Closing Thoughts:**
We all dream and patiently wait for the perfect opportunity that comes in our lives, so when it comes we should be mentally, physically, and emotionally ready to grab it.
Prepare yourself and knowledge for that opportunity because it can't be measured by its name or its size. Success lies in how we give and put our efforts and hard work into that particular job no matter how small or big it was.
Thank you for sharing your precious time with me and reading my article. I hope you enjoy and learn something.
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"My Wedding Tips for You"
March 03, 2022
#Article11
Walking down the aisle and seeing the man of your life waiting for you is the best of the best feeling that all girls want to experience.
Marriage is the final process for the two individuals to be legally united as one and to be called each other as wife and husband. It is also can be done sacredly known as a church wedding or by civil marriage.
**There are factors that you need to consider in planning for the wedding.**
The blessing from both parents.
Asking permission from the parents of your bride to be is one of showing your sincerity and respect. It is also important because this is also the time that you and your bride to be to discuss your plans, the date, the budget, and the papers to prepare for the said wedding.
Budget
This is the biggest factor you should consider before planning everything for the wedding. Everything you plan should be according to the allotted budget. Don't forget that it is more important to be debt-free than applying for some loans because you want a more lavish wedding but the budget is not enough for what you want to happen. But, except if you have a big salary that more than the money you want to spend.
**Let me share with you some wedding tips and this is based on my personal experience.**
Last August 18, 2021, when I got married. And I am so lucky to experience the hardship in preparing for the wedding because I learned a lot.
We start the process by June 2021, from the papers, seminars, and interviews since we decided to have a church wedding. It takes time because we need to request some papers, especially for my husband's family name spelling in his Baptismal. With God's grace, it was granted and we continue the process.
After that, we focus on the preparation for the attire, souvenirs, invitation cards, and prenup photoshoot.
To save money, I decided to find another way for the preparation with help of our connections;
Disclaimer: This is only suitable for the budgetarian wife and husband-to-be.
Instead of hiring a photographer for our prenup shoot. We bought a DSLR camera to be used in the prenup shoot, we invest at least the item will be ours and we can use it for future events. And my cousins help us to do our simple but elegant shoot. We just hire our friend who is also a photographer on our wedding day.
I'm not a picky type of girl since my husband knows someone who sells Thailand Pre-love Gown we grab the opportunity to invest in it. My gown only cost 3, 999 pesos but it is so beautiful.
I shop my bridesmaids, flower girls, and maid of honor infinity dresses in Shopee. I save more than half of the allotted budget for the girl's attire. We choose nude brown and nude gray for our wedding because they look so classy and they suit our minimalist wedding theme.
Since we have a friend that owns the boy's attire. We just rented it and she give it at a low price as her wedding gift for us.
Footwears from Shopee.
The shoes we both used at our wedding are also from shopee. You can choose many designs at an affordable price.
Make-up for the girls.
If you have a friend who is a makeup artist, you can ask for help, or if she/he offers to give you a free makeup session accept it.
In my case, my husband's gay friend is the one who makes me beautiful on my wedding day and I contacted a friend of mine to be the makeup artist for the girls.
Souvenirs and Invitation Cards
I just DIY our souvenirs and it is from Shopee. We also just printed a limited number of cards because we can't travel easily due to the travel restrictions. So we used social media such as messenger to connect and send our virtual invitations to the person we want to invite on our wedding day.
I designed our wedding invitation cards with the help of the Canva App.
Since we choose a minimalist theme for our wedding and the wedding decorator is a family friend, he gives us a discount for the decoration.
It is a very simple but so elegant decoration.
We are so happy that we save a huge amount of money because of some help from our friends.
Our wedding is not lavish like others but the most important for us is the blessing and the people who celebrated with us on our special day.
**Closing Thought:**
**Be wise and think before you plan, it is not bad to dream of a lavish wedding but make sure that you are debt-free after the wedding and you didn't spend your savings.**
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"Thank You Read.cash and Noise.cash for Saving My Day"
March 2, 2022
#Article10
Challenges are what make our life balanced also help us to be brave, strong, and firm to face more surprise happenings ahead.
Challenges are also a test of life that determines how can we make decisions toward that scenario or how we solve that problem we currently face.
Lately, I was tested by God. It was a wonderful week for me because of the abundant tips I received from our very own green baby, I am so happy because at last in my 3 months of working hard it seems that it was slowly by slowly paid off. But, something happened that makes me open another chapter and start over again. I feel disappointed not by the platform but towards myself, for sure I've committed something that was against the rules that's why it happened.
But, instead of giving up, I asked for help and advice from @Zhyne06 and noise. cash community to what steps to take for. They help me to decide what to do and I ended up with a decision to open and use my backup account.
After that, I was able to write and make an article again and I am so happy that the green baby notice my published articles. I decided to hold my earnings from my old account and in my backup account but as I've said life is full of surprises.
Since I weaned my baby last January, she learns how to drink milk from a training glass and in a baby milk bottle. That day, the milk is almost run out and she won't have any diapers to wear during the night. The worst thing is I was run out of cash and I don't want to get money from my husband's business because he just rolled the profit he earned from it and we put up huge capital to start that business so we must be responsible for our actions that may affect the business. The only two options I have are to get money from my bank account or to convert and use my BCH.
But that day, the bank is not available and open due to a non-working holiday so I don't have any choice. I converted the bch I earned from, noise. cash, and read. cash. I don't earn a big amount of BCH like others but I am so thankful that I am earning and that day it will help me to buy the needs of my two precious God's gift.
So these are the things that I purchased from my BCH earnings;
Milk
Since the day she was weaned, we try a lot of different kinds of milk but the only milk that she likes to drink is this milk formula. This milk is not quite expensive but I can see that my baby likes it a lot.
Diaper
My baby's skin is sensitive, especially in her inguinal area. She will experience rashes when she will use another brand of diaper except for cloth diapers. In the daytime, she will use ecopwet brand of cloth diapers and in the nighttime, she will use disposable diapers.
Vitamins for my firstborn and my second born.
This is one of their daily vitamin intakes. I bought the big one for my firstborn and a medium size bottle for my secondborn.
Milk Bath Soap
My secondborn lactacyd bath soap but there is no stock in the pharmacy that's why I bought her soap-free hypoallergenic soap bath and for my first child, I bought a baby milk bath. My firstborn used this soap since birth.
And I purchased all of this with the help of my BCH earnings from read. cash and noise. cash. And I am so thankful for these two Platforms.
God knows the struggle and problem you face. Trust him and he will help you to conquer that problem and savor the taste of success. - Venus1996
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"Thing I cannot Sleep without"
February 28, 2022
#Article09
To feel asleep or sleeping is one of the best feelings ever, it also plays a big role in our emotional and physical health. It also allows our body and mind to recharge and refresh from exhaustion and problems we experience daily in life.
Most adults are required to sleep at least seven to 8 hours of nightly sleep while children and teenagers need substantially more sleep hours. But, we can't deny the fact that we as working and goal-oriented people didn't sleep as much as we need because of the hectic schedule we have.
**But what are the risks of having a lack of sleep?**
All of us might experience already these risk factors but we just don't mind it and continue our routine without knowing the result we might get.
Lack of sleep might put ourselves to a serious medical condition or trigger some disease and health problems such as diabetes, heart failure, heart attack, high blood pressure, deficiencies, and also can cause impairment of abilities to focus or concentrate, think clearly, the process of memories and even the worst thing which is death. That is the reason why we need to give a break and recharge ourselves.
But some of us, even we haven't been working all day can't sleep for a reason such as comfortable feeling before sleeping from a thing or a person.
**Did you experience that too?**
In my case, I have this thing that can also affect and can also be a reason why I can't sleep.
It all started when I am in my grade school, 2nd grade to be exact. I have this problem that if I eat food with beans I can't walk due to numbness and ache. One thing I put to have relief is a lotion (any kind of lotion). That's why it becomes my habit that after I'll go to sleep I will put some amount of lotion on my feet to have a comfortable feeling.
There is a time that I run out of lotion and I can't ask for my cousin's or my mom that time because it is already late at night and the result is I'm awake until morning because I can't sleep. I feel like I can't breathe without a lotion on my feet before going to sleep.
And I am aware that it became an addiction of mine. That's why from now on I stock a lot of lotions on my shelf so that I have an extra lotion if ever.
**On your part, what kind of thing gives you a comfortable feeling before sleeping and you can't sleep without it?**
**Closing Thoughts:**
Don't deprive yourself to have a rest, not just your body that needs rest also your mental and emotional aspects.
Help yourself to become better and healthy. Love yourself before loving others and sleep is one of the most important things you need to do.
Mental, Physical, and Emotional aspects are the things that help you to become successful so give care to that aspects.
**When we care for ourselves as our very own beloved—with naps, healthy food, clean sheets, a lovely cup of tea—we can begin to give in wildly generous ways to the world, from abundance. — By Anne Lamott, author.**
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"I'm Proud to be a " Raketera" Mom"
February 27, 2022
#Article8
The life of a mom is not easy as I stated in my published article entitled"My Daily Life as Stay-Home Mom" if you didn't read it yet click the link provided below;
https://read.cash/@Venus1996/my-daily-routine-as-a-stay-home-mom-d09d229c
I am a multitasking mom and I love it. I do online selling while doing my job as a mom of two.
Online selling is one of my sidelines and also my other way to have an income. It is my way of earning money even I am a stay-home mom, I sell foods and drinks beauty products, clothes, and many more. I don't want to spend my husband's money just on my skincare, my wants, and my children's want so that find ways to have extra income.
I'm a business-minded since then because I was influenced by my parents, they sustained our needs using the money they profited from our livestock, copra, and lending businesses. But even they have the money, we are disciplined by my dad with his word of wisdom;
**"If you want to buy something for yourself, you need to work hard to save that amount of money. Why? It is the best way for you to feel the value of the money you want to spend because if you work hard for it, you value it more."**
That is why before I can't buy the thing I want on the spot except if I am with my mom, it takes a long time before I can purchase that thing. I learn to save money and do selling to have extra money for my wants.
I started my online selling when I am in college but it was not my priority that's why I stopped and I started saving my extra allowance for me to have extra money if I need to buy something important for myself.
When I become a mom, I go back to online selling for me to buy the needs and wants for my child.
**Let me share with you the things and foods I sell online and I hope it will help you to start your business.**
**Homemade Siomai**
Since I love to cook and make some snacks for my family, I decided to make my version of siomai. My husband is my helping hand in making the Siomai. It is easy to make and the ingredients are all available in the market.
Homemade Burger
Burger snacks are affordable that's why I decided to add on this with my Siomai business.
Upon the request of our customers, we also add on fries and burgers with fries on our menu.
Bread Roll with Ham, Cheese, and Hotdog
This is made with simple ingredients with a delicious outcome. It is easy to make and all of the ingredients are affordable and available in the market.
**Milk teas**
Since there is no milk tea vendor in our area, we decided to sell milk tea but unfortunately when other people notice that milk tea is now a trend, they copied and sell too. But it is normal to experience that thing, especially in business.
**Homemade Lumpia Shanghai**
We sell this at lunchtime and snack time. It is made with pure pork ground meat and some vegetables.
**Assorted things such as clothes, shoes, bags, etc.**
It is not easy to gain trust from people to order online but you need to prove that you are a legit seller and explain to them the pros and cons if they order online.
It is not easy as an online seller it takes time, patience, and you should also be open-minded to everything that might happen. I didn't earn huge profit or money big as my husband's profit but at least I do my best not to become his burden.
Let the spirit of teamwork be alive, learn to support each other, and trust me you will have a better life if you work together as one.
And for you to succeed in your business, you should be brave, firm, and positive-minded because a positive thinker attracts positive outcomes.
**Closing Thoughts:**
Don't be shy to sell anything online or even anywhere because selling is not a sin. Earning money from your hard work is better than asking for money from your wife/husband.
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"My Daily Routine as a Stay-Home Mom"
February 26, 2022
#Article7
Some of the other people look down on you when they know that you are a stay home mom because they believe that stay home mom is easy and manageable.
They sometimes called stay home moms lazy, independent, and servers without knowing that being a stay home mom is hard, exhausted and you need to be flexible as you can.
**Let me show you my experience as a stay home mom.**
I got pregnant when I was in my last year in college. I've experienced difficulties during my pregnancy and it is life over life situation that makes me decide to stop my studies.
After I give birth to my firstborn, I cannot fully feel the hardship of being a first-time mom because of the moral support I've received from my parents, husband, aunts, and grandmother. Since I give birth via cesarean section I am not allowed to do heavy work that's why they help me to do the tasks as a mom. But even though I have a lot of helping hands I also do my best to care for and provide my firstborn with what he needs.
I didn't stay long as a stay home mom that time because I need to go back to my studies to finish my college degree. And my husband continues my work as a mom, he becomes a mom and a dad at the same time.
After I graduated, I got my first teaching job and it just last for a year. That's why I have this limited time to do my part as a mom and I am guilty of that because I missed my first-born 5- 1 year development.
It is a blessing in disguise because I got pregnant with my second baby after being diagnosed with PCOS or Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. I gave birth last January 27, 2021, and my story of being a stay home mom of two began.
After I give birth to my second child, my recovery is fast because I purely breastfeed my baby girl and it helped the healing of the wound. This time the only helping hand I have is my husband and this is my routine;
In the morning, even I don't have enough sleep I need to wake up;
5:30 - to breastfeed my baby.
6:20 - before I eat my breakfast, I and my husband need to showers our newborn baby.
6:45- in this time, I am done feeding my baby and it is time for me to take my breakfast.
6:50- I need to take a shower too so that I can clean and change the bandage off my cesarean wound.
7:00 - I need to take a nap so that I can recharge from myself, this time my husband is the one who cares for our baby. He got the baby a sunbathing in this time.
7:20 - I need to feed the baby and put her to sleep.
7:40 -7:55 - I prepare food for my firstborn and his father is the one who takes him a bath.
8:00 am upwards till dawn- This is the time for the household chores, unending feeding, nap time, eat time, and so on.
Until now that is my daily routine as a stay-home mom except for the cleaning part of my cesarean wound because it is already healed outside. And I can say that it is not easy as others see it. Being a mom is the hardest job that women can have and only brave moms can do because you can't have a timeout, holidays, salary, leave credits, or resignation if you feel tired. It is a lifetime job and you cannot complain because you want to have a family and it is your obligation as parents.
Closing Thoughts:
To those, who discriminate and look down on the Job of being a stay-home mom, stop that toxic attitude.
Yes, we don't dress like you, we don't have work as you do, we don't have the life that you have because you earn money and you don't have to do your obligation as a mom because you have a nanny it doesn't mean stay-home moms are useless.
Even we are stay-homes we can also earn money in many ways, we have a lot of work to do than you do, and at least we have time and we can assure that we raise our children with values, contentment, and fear in God.
***Respect and show Love to stay-home moms because stay-home moms are Super Moms.***
***No Hate Just Love***
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"My Skincare Routine/Products - Regaining Myself Confidence"
February 24, 2022
#Article6
Every one of us needs to boost our confidence, the hair, skin, body, and facial features played a big role in boosting our confidence.
The power of self- appearance gives a positive impact, it is also a fast and effective way to overcome insecurities towards other personal appearance.
In my college days, to tell you frankly I have so many insecurities in my body due to cheating issues in past relationships and it affects my self-confidence. I blame myself for not being as beautiful, fit, slimmer, whiter skin, and taller as their parties. And that insecurity was become toxic and ruined my image.
After that, I've realized that I am wasting my time living with my insecurities, and I need to wake up to the reality that we are all unique and designed by God differently from each other.
After learning all the lessons from my past, God sent me a man that will help me regain the dead side of me. He taught me how to give importance to self-care, to love, embrace and enhance what God gives to you.
After that, I started pampering myself and trying to use beauty products and overcome that insecurity.
After years passed, when I got pregnant with my second baby. I am not insecure anymore with other people but at that time I am insecure with my old self and my old view because my second pregnancy hits me hard and a lot of me changed.
Since I am a full breastfeeding mom before I have a fear of using beauty products because I don't want to harm my baby and it is so difficult to find a product that is suitable for breastfeeding since it is pandemic.
But, lately, I discover this organic beauty product that is 99.9 made from aloe vera. It helps a lot to regain the smoothness of my skin and it also helps to lighten my dark spot, my underarm, white spots in my skin, and many more. The aloe vera products that I've used are the;
Luxe Organix Soothing Gel - I used this as my moisturizer during the night time and I also apply this to my skin as my lotion during nighttime. It helps to lighten my marks in the body.
Luxe Organix Aloe Vera Soap - I used this soap for my face and body and this is made with vitamin c. It leaves your skin smoothness effect after you use it.
Deonat Aloe Vera and Mineral Deodorant - this is an organically made deodorant that has also the ingredient of Tawas. It's helped lighten my underarm again because my underarm change its color due to pregnancy hormones. This is the best-selling deodorant and it is worth the price.
I can see how this product helps my skin and last January I've decided to wean my baby even it is so hard for me and it hurts me a lot seeing my drinking formula milk but I have to do it because of some important matter to do.
Since I am no anymore breastfeeding my baby. I've decided to use the skincare products that I've used during my college days.
A Bonne Spa Milk Salt - this is a spa milk salt that you can also use as a body scrub. It has this grains like salt and a milky smell, after you use this product it gives your skin a smooth and fragrant milky effect.
Rejuvenating set from Perfect Skin.
It has Rejuvenating Toner, Rejuvenation Kojic Soap, sun cream, and night cream. This is the only rejuvenating product that I used since then and it didn't cause a burning effect on my skin when I applied the rejuvenating toner and the rejuvenating soap. It helps my skin to get back to its whiteness just like before and lighten the dark spots and scars in my body.
I am now still in the process of fully regaining my self-confidence because I am now also starting my weight loss journey.
Closing Thoughts:
**Love for being who you are and what you have, God made us differently and that's the reason why we are all unique.**
**Don't let your insecurity drag you down instead drag that insecurity out of your life and make that an inspiration to enhance yourself.**
**Learn the lesson and it is too late to correct that mistakes. - Venus1996**
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"Advantages and Disadvantages living with parents when you are already married"
February 23, 2022
#Article5
**Disclaimer: This article is just based on my personal experiences and I don't have any attention to degrading, disrespecting, or insulting my parent or any parents in this world.**
Our parents played a so important role in our life, we are not here if we don't have them. They are our providers, they nurture us, they take care of our basic needs, such as food, clothing, shelter, as well as give us love, attention, acceptance, and time.
They also give us directions, impose rules and regulations, discipline us, set limits, and most important teach us values.
Our parents served us a strong foundation and support in any situations we may encounter in life. They are also our best advisers and our best teachers.
In my case, I have two sets of mom and dad. My biological parents and my second parents, since I was 2 years old I am already living with my second parents. My second mom is my biological father's sister, my father's sister is not blessed to have a child that's why they decided to take me and treat me as their child.
My second parents provided me with all that I need from food, shelter, and many more.
**But what are the advantages and disadvantages of having two sets of parents?**
I am so blessed that I have two sets of parents and that is the advantage but not all time you experience or feel the advantages, it should be balanced. The disadvantages that I experience or feel having two sets of parents are having difficulties which parents' rules I will obey, different ways of on how they discipline, and different standards to obtain.
But I don't look at my disadvantages as discouragement instead I turned them into my encouragement so that I will still do my best to make them or reach them.
When the day that becomes also a parent, I understand their purposes. The way of their parenthood makes me ready and makes me understand how hard to become a parent and you cannot know and understand it if you didn't become one.
It's hard to become a parent to tell you frankly, you need to be strong, firm, responsible because parenting is not just about getting the child to sleep, feeding the child when she/he is feeling hungry, or changing her/his diaper it is about full lifetime responsibility.
The hard part when you become a parent is the disciplining stage for your child especially when you live with your parents.
Grandparents have this extra love for their grandchildren that is what I've discovered or observed. They always say yes to whatever their grandchildren want to or what they want to do, they also interrupt you will you give a lesson to your child/ren and that's is the **disadvantages** of being with or living with your parents. You cannot own your child because they are always there to save their grandchild/ren.
**Disciplining with your child is not just the only disadvantage you may experience or feel when you are living with your parents when you are already married and have your family. You can also experience the following;**
You will not grow as an individual or as a partner, because you are still dependent on the head of the family. You have no power of handling your family.
You have to live according to your parent's rules.
Your parents treat you like a child.
Sometimes your parent will dictate what you should do.
Your children are spoiled by their grandparents.
But before you judge me or blame me that experiencing those things, let me tell you the reason. I am living with my second parents because they don't have a helping hand to do the household chores and handle our mini-farm, also I prefer living here because my business is just located in front of the house, they don't want us to go far or work another profession that's why they want us to live with them first until we got both stable jobs and can make our dream house.
**Living with my second parents is not just about disadvantages, it has also advantages that help us to become better parents and individuals such as;**
They also give advice, guidance, and support, especially in my married life.
You can save money from renting a house.
You can use your money in investing or making your own business.
You can help your parents.
You have company around you that you can trust.
You have an extra hand in caring for your child/ren.
You can spend precious time with your parents and you can take care of them back.
That's why there is nothing like home. I am so thankful that I have and blessed with these kinds of parents.
Before I ended my article I want to close this with this quotations;
Thank you for reading my article and I hope you enjoy and learn some lesson.
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"7 Keys to Life"
February 22, 2022
#Article4
Life is full of **challenges, changes**, and **surprises**. **Challenges** help us to be strong and brave to face difficulties in life, **Changes** help us to know how to adjust to a thing that may come into our lives and **Surprises** gives colors and thrill to our life journey.
It is very difficult to determine if you are on the right path, proper ways, and steps to have a wonderful life ahead or in the future because there is no such thing as permanent in this world everything is temporary and you need to be ready to any changes may happen.
The question that you need to answer and internalize is;
**Are you willing to take steps forward to everything that God prepares for you even how hard and difficult it is?**
We always ask God for a sign if we are about to take steps forward to any decision we want to apply or to do in life. Signs become our clue if that thing will be successful or fail. But don't worry or feel bad if you fail, your failure is not what defines or describes you or what kind of person you are even other people judge you with your failures.
You define by your attitude and characteristics as a person, not by your achievements and failures.
Let me share with you things that may help you to have achieved a harmonious, no hate, and peaceful life.
There are the things you need to consider in your everyday or daily life story;
**Put God First - Matthew 6:33**
God is the most powerful of all, **Put God First** means whatever you will do in life always ask or talk to God first, especially in the rough days you went through in your life, God will make a way and give you light that help you to have a clear mind before making any decisions.
Always remember that only God is the only one that will not hurt you or leave you alone in any battle you went through. He is always with you in every second, minute, or even a lifetime.
***God is good all the time, all the time God is good.***
**Let Love wins and Choose to Love one another. John 13:35**
Love is the universal bridge that can connect two individuals even they are apart from each other. Distance is nothing if there is a love burning but if you are in love or even you show love to that person as a friend or as a part of a family you feel also concerned towards that person or people. Misunderstandings are normal to people or person who are connected with love that's why even how big the quarrel is and how deep the hatred was you should always choose love or let that love wins in every misunderstanding you may encounter with the person you loved.
***Let the love keep on burning.***
**Never Hate - Mathew 5:44**
Hatred is one of the reasons why people cut ties with each other. Hatred is the main of evilness. If you have hatred in your heart you cannot live peacefully because that hatred bothers you whatever you may do in life and can trigger you to do bad things.
Never hate someone instead pray, ask God for guidance, and to have a clear mind before talking to the person you hate.
***Communication, Clarification, and Forgiveness are better than your hatred.***
**Live Simply - Proverbs 15:16**
Life is better and happier if you live it simply no matter how rich you are and how successful you are as a person. Living a simple life does not mean you need to give up everything you work hard to achieve simple life it means that even you have everything you wanted in life always think about where you come from and the most important that no one is trampled on your success.
**Be happy, live simply.**
**Give Generously - 2 Corinthians 9:7**
If you achieve your goals in life and you are now a successful person don't forget to share your blessings with anyone in need, not just monetary but the knowledge that they may use to be a successful person in the future too. God put you in that stage in your life because you deserve it and God knows that you have the heart to help.
**Give generously, do not give or help just because other people are watching you**.
**Forgive Quickly as possible Ephesians 4:32**
Forgive quickly as possible don't let that anger turns into hatred. Don't be a stone-hearted person because we don't know what will happen ahead of us.
**Forget is to forgive. Forget the hatred absurd the lesson.**
**Always Pray to God - 1 Thessalonians 5:17**
Prayer is the most powerful weapon against evil and any problems you encounter or experience. Prayer is the medicine that can heal everything. Prayer brings us closer to God and this is the best way to communicate with our Almighty God.
**Always Pray and Never Give up - Luke 18:1**
**Closing Thoughts**
We are the one who handles our life journey but doesn't forget that the only extraordinary person that will help you, guide you, light up your path and save you no matter how sinner you are, and that only one ordinary person is our Almighty God.
**Believe in him and surrender all to Him, He will not disappoint you because God's Time is always Perfect.**
Thank you for reading my article, I hope you enjoy it and learn some lessons from it.
"They are crying for HELP - Be a life savior"
12.23.21
December 16, 2021, when Super Typhoon Odette hits Leyte and Southern Leyte. Many houses are destroyed, all of the livelihood vanishes, everything and everyone is back to zero.
No water, No shelter, No clothes, and No food for almost a week. The relief goods are not yet distributed and some of the typhoon victims lose their loved ones during the typhoon.
The only thing they can do now prays and wait for the help of the others but the question is how long they should have to wait?
Many people are now messaging us asking for help, especially my friends and colleagues but our resources are limited and can't accommodate all of them.
They are starving, dehydrated, cooled, and traumatized by the typhoon. My heart is aching reading all their posts and messages.
Children do not have any choice, but to beg for food, clothes, and drinking water in the streets.
They didn't expect that they will end up like this and experience this kind of hardship in just a click. A happy and neutral day becomes miserable for the whole year.
Laughing with friends and family turns to a shout of survival.
Now read this with an open heart and clean mind;
Feel and imagine the strong wind and heavy rain pouring on you.
Imagine or feel how scared you are when the strong wind and the storm surge destroy your house.
Hear them screaming and shouting for help.
Imagine how can you sleep in the night without shelter and a comforter to warm you up.
Imagine how you budgeted the food you only have to intake just to live in everyday eating.
Now close your eyes and imagine all of this.
What can you say?
Do you feel their pain, while fighting for their lives?
It is not easy, right?
It is so painful for us, to witness this scenario again. Tripled than the damage of Super Typhoon Yolanda Wayback 2014 that the trees, concrete houses, and two- three-story buildings are being destroyed.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=5016705168368968&id=100000886040414
December 21, 2021, I posted on my Facebook account for donations but no one even cares. That's why I chatted with my other college classmates and luckily 5 of them responded and donated 35 food packs and 500 pesos but it is not enough to accommodate the super typhoon victims.
That's why I decided to use my Bch even it is not enough at least it helps.
I bought drinking water with this money. A huge help for the victims.
From the other donations, by tomorrow we will travel and distribute the first wave. Our food packs are only limited because of the budget we have and we only have 14 gallons of water not enough to accommodate the victims.
Now we are planning for the second wave.
Now it's your time to save lives, it's your time to be a hero in a simple way. Be one of us.
Thank you for reading!!
"Odette the Destroyer - No More Merry Christmas"
Everyone is excited to spend their Christmas with their families, eating delicious foods that they prepare, receiving, and giving Christmas gifts. But now? It was not a Merry Christmas that they want to be.
December 11, 2021, when it was broadcast that there is a coming typhoon and it has a Philippine name "Odette" or it was called by the international name "Rai". The rain is pouring so bad and non-stop but the wind is not so strong enough.
By December 14, 2021, at exactly 11:00 pm when the tropical storm " Odette" enters the PAR or Philippine Area of Responsibility and it has a maximum sustained winds of 100 km/h near the center, gustiness of up to 125 km/h, and a central pressure of 985 hPa, moving West Northwestward at 15 km/h according to the Pag-asa.
The southeastern portion of Eastern Samar; Dinagat Islands, the eastern portion of Surigao del Norte including Siargao and Bucas Grande Islands, and the northern portion of Surigao del Sur is now in Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 1. But we can feel the presence of the storm in the Leyte area.
December 15, 2021, the Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Samar, Biliran, Leyte, Southern Leyte, Bohol, and the northern and central portions of Cebu including Bantayan and Camotes Islands, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Camiguin, and the eastern portion of Misamis Oriental is now on TCWS No. 1.
We thought the tropical storm Odette will not hit our province so bad like what Super Typhoon Yolanda did way back in 2014.
But around 11:00 pm to 11:30 pm, the TCWS in Dinagat Island was raised into Signal No.3, and here in our province, the TCWS is now on No. 2. We can feel the strong wind. We start packing all our valuable things.
December 16, 2021, the wind is now getting stronger and stronger and some of the trees are start falling. The water in the river is starting to overflow because of the non-stop rain.
By 1:30 PM, 16 December 2021 in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte the Super Typhoon Odette's first Landfall. All of the houses, sources of income, and everything was destroyed.
By 4:50 PM, 16 December 2021 in Liloan, Southern Leyte, and by 5:40 PM, 16 December 2021 in Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte Super Typhoon Odette Landfalls.
By 8:00 pm, Super Typhoon Odette hits our area and destroyed our houses, source of income, and everything we have.
Everything is destroyed by Super Typhoon Odette but we are lucky because we are safe despite everything that happens.
The trauma that we experienced way back in 2014 when Super Typhoon Yolanda also hit our place is now triple.
No water, no food, no shelter, no stable cellular signal, and the only thing that supports are the relief goods.
But as they have said " There's a rainbow always after the rain", it means despite everything there is hope for everyone.
Now Mindanao and Visayas are screaming for help.
https://youtu.be/sQpkMpwDixM
Lesson:
Be thankful for what to have and what you got. Always remember that God is with us and protecting us from danger.
Thank you for reading!
"Self Introduction"
12.19.21
Life isn't meant to be easy, it's meant to be lived...sometimes happy, other times rough. But when every up and down you learn lessons that make you strong - Bulk Quotes Now
Hi! I'm Venus1996, I'm a 25 years old simple mom of two who loves cooking, dancing, playing sports, painting, drawing, and playing some of the instruments.
I grow up with my aunt and uncle who I also consider my second parents. They took care of me since then because they are not blessed to have a child, my aunt is my father's sister. I grew up in an extended family where my aunts, uncles, and cousins are lived nearby.
Even I lived with my second parents, I respect my biological parents and I also called them mama and papa.
My second parents are the ones who sustained all my needs, especially in education.
From Kindergarten
To College;
I graduated Bachelor in Secondary Education major in MAPE (Music, Arts, Physical Education, and Health). Before I graduated with my college degree I am in my last year in college when I was blessed with a baby boy and he is now 4 years old.
After I graduated, I am so very lucky because I was hired as a teacher in a private school and appointed to be a grade 9 adviser.
September 2019 when I take my first Licensure Examination for Teacher but unlucky I didn't pass the examination, I expected it too because I don't have the focus and the time to review because of the hectic schedule of my classes plus I have a son to give time.
After a year of teaching, being unemployed is not a hindrance to earning money to sustain the needs of your child, so I tried to make siomai and sell it online, it was successful and I also add some products to choose such as; milk teas, burger, and fries. It is very convenient especially for me as a mom, because I have time to bond with my son.
By July 1st week, I feel so uncomfortable with my feelings about everything from smells, sight, etc I thought it was just my PCOS. Every time I make my food products my sense of smell is very sensitive and after that, I feel dizzy that's why I decided to buy two pregnancy tests to confirm my girl instinct. It was 3:27 pm when I took the first test so I thought that it will not work because the better test time is in the early morning and I was diagnosed with PCOS for almost 3 years, but the first test come out positive, and the two red lines are so visible it means confirmed "I'm pregnant and it is not early as I thought" I took again and it comes out positive. It was a blessing to us because I never thought to be pregnant again. After that, we go to the OB and we found out that I am 3 months pregnant at that time.
Because my senses are so sensitive, I stop my food business for a while. I took good care of my child and my boyfriend open a small Agrivet store so that we have a source of income.
Everything went well especially my pregnancy, by November we found out that we will have a baby girl on the way. By January 27 I give birth to a healthy baby girl.
And by August 18 my dreaming does come true with my two lovely kids.
My recovery is not fast because I give birth via cesarean section while healing, my friend @Zhyne06 introduced me to this platform at first I was hesitant to try but little by little I conquer that hesitation. I make 30+ articles in my first account @PrettyMom_96 but lately, I decided to make another account because of some reason.
Now, I open another chapter with this new account, and I will leave with you this quotation;
**No one is you and that is your power -** quotes&hacks.com
**Lesson:**
Life isn't meant to be easy, it's meant to be lived...sometimes happy, other times rough. But when every up and down you learn lessons that make you strong - Bulk Quotes Now
@Venus1996
