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Health is wealth Last night as I was trying to finish my article, I found out that my mom's brother had been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. Immediately I searched about it and I got sad while reading some articles about it. According to the National Institute on Aging, Parkinson's Disease is a brain disorder that leads to shaking, stiffness and difficulty with walking, balance and coordination. What made me, my mom and her sisters all sad was that it does not have cure and it usually begin gradually until it worsens over time. We do not know what stage my uncle was but as per my godmother who leaves with my uncle, she had already noticed some changes with the way how my uncle walks. They thought it was when he got off balance and trip last year. There had been instances in the past where my uncle would trip at the mall or the parking lot as he do not watch his steps when he was still 10 or more years younger. So with what happened last year, they thought that it was just like that. Though my godmother had already noticed some changes with her brother. She told him that he should have his self checked and she also told it to her brother's wife. It seems like health was not their priority because months have passed and we never heard an update about my uncle's health. All the while my another godmother who lives abroad thinks that her brother had gone to the doctor since the updates that we got recently was that they bought a brand new SUV and went on an outing. However, it was because of the outing when one of my uncle's sons had noticed with his dad's walking. So he convinced his dad to go to a doctor and it was only yesterday when they did week after their outing. There they found out about his Parkinson's Disease. My uncle's pension and his wife's pension are just enough given that they bought a car which was 5 years to pay. Even if their kids have their own families, 2 of their 3 kids are still dependent on them. That is why I feel like depending on our paren runs in the family since my cousins do too. But at least I can say I am more responsible than them. Anyway, I donot know how much aremy uncle's medications are but I think he would also be getting some therapy. I just hope that their money will suffice for everything. Health is wealth indeed. As early as now  we should really take care of our health. From the articles that I have read and understood about Parkinson's Disease, it does not have any causes as it is with genetics. I know my grandfather died of a brain tumor but I do not know if it can be linked to Parkinson's Disease as he was already old when they found out about the tumor. And because I have been experiencing migraine since I was a kid, I now want to really have myself checked. I know I have a lot of gealth problems that I need to address most especially my hormones. It has been one of my many goals that I have wanted to accomplish last year by I never got to do so as we were still afraid to go to other places due to the pandemic. But this year, I really have to prioritize my health. I think majority of us are guilty of neglecting our health. Just like my uncle's family, they are not fond of going to the hospital for check up because for them, if they are to die then they are going to die. I do not know if this unfortunate event in their lives will somehow change the way they think about having annual check ups. For us on the other hand, we do have annual check ups but is only limited to the basic tests for cholesterol, triglycerides, uric acid and liver. When it comes to having x-rays, heart tests, digestive and reproductive tests, we do not. We can prevent some health problems and disases if we only have had ourselves an early check ups. Though I know the problem of majority of us are money because it has also been our problem that is why we only limit it to a few tests. It would have been better if hospitalizations, tests and check ups for senior citizens are free. I know in some countries wherein the government pays for the hospitalization of their people. I do not know the exact details but being able to save for some hospital fees can help unload the burden of the people. There are some people who are used in going to hospitals and having themselves checked and admitted even with a diarrhea. We may think that it is just too much but prevention is better than cure right? I remember my godson used to be brought in the hospital for constipation and diarthea to the point that he hated the hospital at an early age. He would cry whenever he will see the hospital where he goes to and that really broke my heart. It was like he had a trauma for hospitals. I do not know if that is still the case now that he is already a big boy but I hope that he would not hate going to the hospitals. Though with drinking different medicines whether tablet, capsule or syrups, he is ok with it. Our body can tell whether what we are feeling is normal or not. I hope that we would not hesitate to see a doctor when we feel that something is wrong. Am I telling this to you or to myself? LOL. I did see a doctor for my hormones and migraine although I did not had an MRI or CT scan for my head. We should not think that just because we are young, we are healthy. Whether we are young or old, we should always prioritize our health. https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/parkinsons-disease#:~:text=Parkinson%27s%20disease%20is%20a%20brain,have%20difficulty%20walking%20and%20talking. March 30, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a photo of me during my first surgery years ago.`

Up or down It was just recently when I have reached 400 articles here on read.cash and now I am about to reach 500 articles in less than 2 months (or 2 months if there will be days that I would not be able to publish an article). I remember when I first linked the titles of my articles when I published 200 articles, I was unsure if I will be able to produce 200 more articles. But here I am about to reach another milestone. Good job, Jonna. Probably because I have published a lot of articles and some life's lessons that is why I now find it hard to think of a better topic to share. I even noticed this morning that someone unsubscribed me. Maybe that person thinks that I am a toxic person or my articles does not have any susbstance because I also feel that way sometimes especially when I push myself to draft an article an hour before I hit the bed or even when I am really tired and sleepy. Does it hurt your feelings if someone unsubscribed you? For me, it does hurt a little but I do respect their decision if they wanted to do that. I remember those times when I would see my subscribers on my Youtube channel, Facebook pages that would add up but after a few days it will go down. But that's life, sometimes we are up, sometimes we are down. Talking about up and down, yesterday @bbghitte sent an Instagram post from Chinkee Tan, a known wealth advisor here in the Philippines. The photo in the post says, "***Pwedeng down ka ngayon pero hindi ibig sabihin ay mananatili ka sa baba. Iikot din ang mundo. Huwag kang mag-alala*** (You can be down today but it does not necessarily mean that you will remain at the bottom. The world revolves. Do not worry)". Then he said that we need to work and to not think of sadness. I actually do believe that a person will not always stay at the bottom for the rest of his/her life as long as he/she will work his/her way up. And then there are also some people who will not always stay on top as there will come a time that they too will experience how it feels to be at the bottom. Do you also believe in that? Just this afternoon at the store, we were all talking about our dreams of a better future. We really admire how the store's supervisor and his partner have already thought of their future by investing on some business like *Pisonet* or Pisowifi, which is sort of like an arcade-style internet wherein you will have to drop some coins in order to use the internet. I have not tried it but he said that their income from that business was actually good. Then they are also planning to have a different business on top of the *Pisonet*. They also have started investing on life insurances. Who would not be inspired by their entusiasm right? Even if both of them are working, they still have some side incomes. We also talked about that there are people who will drag you down when you are trying to go up. That is the case with one of the staffs as she felt that there is someone who is dragging her down in order to achieve her dreams. With everything that is going on with your life right, can you say that you are up or down? If you have been reading my articles, you would know that my life is on pause. I am not down because for me I am at the middle although I feel like I am at the bottom part if I were to compare my life to others. The only person who is dragging myself is me. Instead of lifting myself up, I always pull myself down by not believing in my own capabilities. But I do believe that someday I would also experience how it feels to go for the top. No matter how impossible it is for us to reach the top, I hope that we would all be able to experience how it feels to be up there. We should never stop going upwards and not be bothered by those who are trying to pull us down. I do not know how you plan to reach for the top but for me I will be taking one step at a time. We can have a break but it should not be as long as how I have been idled because it will be a little harder as we age but it should not be a hinder for our success. Just like how Chinkee Tan had said it that the world revolves. It is not all the time that people are always up or down. We just need to work hard for it. What is more important is to be wise. We may be working hard but we tend to give in to our pleasures in life. I know we deserve to reward ourselves but not to the point that we would also be using the money that we have saved. We can treat ourselves but we also have to keep in mind the reason why we arw working hard. If we want to level up our lives, we should also think in advance and minimize upgrading our lifestyle. March 29, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a photo of the stairs going up in Bantay Bell Tower in Ilocos when we went there years ago.`

Unambitious I thought I will be back home today already but here I am still at the store. I do not know until when I will be here but there are a few days to go before April. We are now going to enter the second quarter of 2022. It was just recently when we have celebrated new year and now almost 3 months have passed. What is the latest about your monthly and yearly goals? With regards to monthly goals, I have not set anything but with my 2022 goals, I have a lot. However, I still have not made any progress to it. If there is some progress then it was the opposite. Instead of clearing all my debts, I was in the processof adding some more. LOL. Very, very, very bad. Yesterday I just paid for one of my bills that made my head hurts even more. I had to sell $100 worth of BCH. I know that my heart should be the one that would be in pain but it was my head. LOL. I have accepted the fact that I worked hard to earn it so that I can use it. Though it would have been better if I had taken away a little portion for my savings but it all went to my bills. What actually hurt my feelings was that I sold it around $360 and as of typing this, BCH is at $379. Well, that is how cryptocurrencies are right? Even if I have sold my BCH for a low price then it would increase hours after, I still get heartbroken. It is something that I have never gotten to overcome yet even if I have been buying and selling Bitcoing Cash for more than a year already. Anyway, at least I have already paid for this month's payables. I have to worry again for next month. LOL. Most of you have heard it from me many times about my goals that I want to achieve yet I still have not done a single thing on my list. Even @Jeaneth have reminded me that she have heard it from me many times that I will do this, I will do that, I have to and I must do it but I still have not made any progress. Then lately, I have heard a story where people were talking about a guy who had no ambition. Eventhough I know it was not me, for some reasons I felt like I was the guy that they were referring to. Guilty? Yes, I felt guilty because it is true. They say that you would not feel guilty if you did not do it or if it was not true but I somehow felt like I am unambitious. The reason why they said that the guy had no ambition was because he kept on resigning from one job after another and is unemployed as of the moment. I do not know how long the guy was unemployed but because I was jobless for the longest time, I really do feel like I was an irresponsible person. Irresponsible is a very hurtful word and it was what they have described the guy, irresponsible and no ambition in life. As much as I want to disagree with what my heart was telling me when I heard the words irresponsible and no ambition, my mind was telling me of the many things that I have done in the past. That even if I did not have any savings or investments, I still strive to be better. I even thought of @Bjorn because of my past article when I questioned about my life's purpose and also @JLoberiza when he said that I should think of my whys like why do I want to succeed or why am I doing this? However, even if I know the answer to those questions, I lack that drive, that energy and dedication to attain something that I have long wanted. Do you think I am unambitious? Or am I just lazy that I do not want to work for my future? I guess it is the latter but a part of me is telling that I have no ambition. Growing up I never really know what I want. The only reason I took up hotel, restaurant institution management was because I was too focused on the salary of chefs in cruises. My eyes were flashing dollar signs when I heard about their salaries. When I graduated, most of my batchmates and friends who pursued culinary arts, studied in another school to further enhance their knowledge and skills in cooking. Some of them are now working as chefs here, abroad and in cruise. I do have dreams and most especially I do have goals. Some people were telling me before that I am a happy-go-lucky person but probably I am just too complacent. Do you think both are different or just the same? There was a quote from Ellen Johnson Sirleaf that I always keep in mind to remind myself and it says, "***If your dreams do not scare you then they are not big enough***". Do your dreams scare you? In what way? My bills actually scare me but I still keep on spending. Or maybe because it is not that scary that is why I keep on swimming in the pool of debts. I do not know if my dreams scare me or if I am the one scaring my dreams but will start to dream big that is enough to scare and excite me at the same time. There are irresponsible people but I do not think that there is someone who does not have an ambition. We all are ambitious though there are some people who are just afraid to take a leap of faith. March 28, 2022 `P.S. lead image is me from years ago.`

Sunday mood Been suffering from migraine again yesterday but this time on the left side. Though I must say that it is not as frequent as how it was before. I know it was 2 days ago when I also suffered from a migraine but on the right side. However, yesterday was a little painful that how it was the last time. I asked one of the staffs who knows how to massage to give me one because he massaged my head when I also suffered from a migraine before and I felt relieved. Although yesterday, the pain was relieved for a moment that when we were about to go home, it was acting up again. I should have asked him to massage it the moment that he came back from his break. I also did not drink coffee because I thought I would be able to tolerate the pain. After taking a bath when we got home last night, the pain was still there. So after I had late dinner, I immediately went up to the room, turned off the lights, turned on the aircondition, massaged liniment oil on my left side until I fell asleep. As much as I wanted to stay longer at the dining room to talk about the store's progress, I chose to shut my eyes. I also wanted to publish an article last night and make noise but I can sense that pulsating feeling on my left side. Why do I always have to experience migraines during summer? When I was taking a bath, I was thinking what triggered my migraine and I realized that I ate McDonald's hot fudge sundae and tasted one Korean chocolate ice cream around lunch time. Then in the afternoon when the sun so bright and the weather was extremely hot, I ate a Pepero ice cream bar. Another chocolate. LOL. Though I am not sure if my head was already acting up when I ate Pepero. All I know is that when my brother and sister-in-law came to the store after they went to a supplier, I could not look outside the store because of the sun. I feel like I am a vampire when the sun is too bright as I really cannot open my eyes. LOL. Each passing year, I really feel like our climate is getting worst. I even told my college batchmate who is our neighbor that all of the events that are happening around the world is getting scary. Up to this day, we are still experiencing a pandemic although we are seeing some positive changes to it. But then comes the war between Ukraine and Russia. You all know that I rarely watch the news or scroll on my social media accounts so I had no idea about the war. When my batchmate sent me some screenshots of some Facebook posts about those 2 countries, I asked her what it was all about. Even my sister-in-law was also asking why Ukraine and Russia were all over her Facebook posts weeks ago. We both have no ideas on what is happening to other parts of the world. So my batchmate enlightened me about the war and I felt sad about it. Even if it is in the other side of the world, we are still affected by it. Then here in our country, some candidates are busy with their campaigning. It is not only the candidates who are fighting against each other but also the people. Some people are even making a big issue about a certain song. Then yesterday, I heard from my sister-in-law and my mom that Taal Volcano is on alert level 3 because it erupted. It was early 2020 when it spew some ash that caused some ashfall to some nearby areas. I apologize if I am ranting about a lot of things. I do not want to be emotional but I really am very sad with everything that is happening not just in our country but around the world. If we can spread love, let us do so. If people did something bad to us, let us not do the same thing instead we have to still be good to them. It is as if I am a good person to advice that. LOL. But I am actually a good person or should I say trying to be. Just kidding. I am good and can also be bad. Do you believe that our moods can affect  our day especially your mood the moment that you wake up? I do not know if I am going to believe that but because I am working in the food industry, I feel like if we are happy, energetic and fun, sales is also good. However, if we feel sad, tired and not in the mood, we do have few customers. It is like there is some dark, negative aura that is blocking the people from entering the restaurant. Yesterday, one of the staffs was not feeling well and so was I during the afternoon. But thankfully our sales was not affected although we did not hit the our daily quota. And today as of typing this, my head is acting up again. Probably because of the hot weather again. I really do not know what's happening to my head. I did not eat any chocolates and the only factor that I can point today that triggered it was the weather. Thankfully, sales was ok when I was in the store although again we did not hit the daily target again. At this moment, I just want to go home and sleep as I am feeling nauseous. I guess I have to end this now and I hope that I will be ok tomorrow. March 27, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a random photo of me in my Gallery.`

Fasting Friday Were you aware that we have already started the Lenten season? Even if I have not watch any daily masses since the start of this year I can say that I still know that we are already observing the Lenten season. However, I have not done any fasting for decades. As explained in the Catholic Telegraph website, we all know that Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. Growing up, I was taught by my parents to fast and abstain from meat on all the Fridays of Lent. Then when we were already in high school, we would just fast on Good Friday and forget about fasting and abstaining from meat when we were in college up to present. My brother who is not fond of eating fish would always complain whenever we would have fish during Fridays. He eats fish but is only limited to a few. Then after college, I saw one of my college blockmates posted a status that she will be going on a 40 day social media fast so she would be deactivating her account during those times. I saw her did that for 2 consecutive years and I admired her for doing such a thing when during those times it was about the peak moment of Facebook. I know that Lent has already started but if you were to abstain or fast on something, what would it be and why? What is that something that you are willing to give up for 40 days. Honestly, I paused at that part because I was thinking hard what is that one thing that I can give up. If I were to do fasting next year, I think I would sacrifice eating a lot of food and would only eat and/or drink fruits and vegetables and we can also include crackers and eggs for 40 days. Diet right? Jesus fasted for 40 days and 40 nights without eating and drinking. I know that we can also do that. There was a movie that I have watched which was based on a true story wherein he survived almost 6 days after a canyoneering accident. He only had a few water that he even drank his own urine. His arm was also lodged into a boulder and was trapped 100 feet below the desert surface yet he survived with only little food and water. Actually, last week after my brother's birthday, I have already told my mom that I wanted to fast on all Fridays of Lent and I would not eat anything just water. But of course I failed to do that though I only ate a little that day as I was really full from all the food that I have consumed the day before. With the fasting Friday, my dad's late friend did that when I was in college. He used to drive me sometimes whenever I had late night with friends and most of the times it was his late brother who was my dad's best friend and right hand man. Since I was a little on the heavy side before (and until now. LOL), he told me that I should try what he was doing. He would not eat the whole Friday and would only drink water. I do not know if there is some health related issues that would rise if you are to fast for a day but I have not yet tried fasting for a day. I did tried having one meal a day but it was only for 2 weeks during my rebellion days. I did lose some weight but some people said that it was not healthy. With regards to using the cellphone, I can actually survive without checking my social media accounts for 40 days although if I were also to include Messenger, I guess that would be a problem as majority of the people are know using it to send messages to other people here and abroad. Though I can still do that as I have done it in the past when I did not open my Friendster and cellphones. I did not also took any calls when they called me at home. I shut myself from everybody. There were no learnings in what I did back then as those were part of my dark, rebellion and anti-social days. This Lenten season, I started reading some 40 day plans on my Bible app about Lent. It consists of some devotional essays and Bible readings. I said before that I would be reading the Bible from the first book but I failed. Though I am proud to say that I still get to read the Bible verses for the day however, there were really days that I would miss a day or 2. But I am happy that I am back to reading the Bible again. One staff saw me a few days ago reading something on my phone and she asked what it was and I said the Bible. She did not said anything after. Maybe she was shocked to see that I was reading the Bible. LOL. If there is something that I am trying so hard to control especially during this summer season, it is to keep myself cool at all times and to have longer patience. When my mom and I went to the mall last week, I know I was really pissed with everyone including my parents and even the people that I encounter on the street who did nothing to me. I do not know if it was the extreme heat but I was really irritated yet I tried to keep my cool by closing my eyes, inhaled and exhaled and then I asked God for forgiveness for acting that way. Those are some things that I should reflect about during this Lenten season. Whether we do fasting or not, I think we should not forget about the true meaning of Lent. For some people it means company outing or long vacation but I do hope that they would remember to at least pray and reflect about their life for the past year/s. It is also in Lent when He died for us to save us and with that we should give thanks for what He has done for us. So what is it that you are willing to sacrifice on Lent next year? Korean drama? Social media? Saying bad words, alcohol, smoking, certain foods or some other things? https://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/refresher-on-the-rules-of-fast-and-abstinence-during-lent/21603 March 25, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a photo of the church inside Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar in Quezon City.`

My favorite Korean ramyeons And because I do not have any good topics on mind, I decided to share with you some of the Korean ramyeons that I have tried and would like to recommend to all of you. Lately, I have been eating some ramyeons because they are nearing their expiration dates. I mentioned before that we had a lot of items that are to expire for March and I would buy some of them for me and the new staff to try. Also, it is my way to help increase the sales even if it means that it will also increase my spending. But I must say that since I came back, I have been controlling myself not to use my card. I almost had a heart attack when I saw my statement of account from February 16 to March 15. Oh let us not talk about it as I do not know where to get some money to pay for those. LOL. Before we start let me ask you this, do you know the difference of ramen and ramyeon/ramyun? I know about ramens are for Japanese and ramyeons are for Koreans. I found out that I was correct however, ramens are actually made fresh and broth is thicker while ramyeons are those from instant noodles cup and tend to be spicier than ramen. Correct me if I am wrong but it was something that I have learned before when I worked in a ramen restaurant. Though I still spell some instant noodles as ramen as I am used to that spelling. LOL. Also, if you are a Kdrama fan, you would not miss a drama without them eating ramyeon. But did you know that if you ask someone in South Korea if they want to have ramyeon with you means more than just eating ramyeon? I am not sure if you saw or heard it from some Kdramas but it means something more intimate. I forgot from what drama I saw that but I will let you know once I remember it. And now, without further ado, let us start with my favorite Korean ramyuns. I know I have said that I will make a review on the different Korean ramyuns that I have tried but I will just be choosing some of my top picks as some of them taste almost the same for a regular person like me who is not a certified food critic. Here are my favorite Korean ramyeons (not in order): **Nongshim Shin Ramyun** - this was probably the very first Korean ramyeon that I have tried in the market. Spicy and flavorful. **Jin Ramen** (spicy) - I only found out about Jin Ramen from a Youtube influencer. She cooked a budae jjigae on her vlog and she used Jin Ramen. There are 3 choices for Jin Ramen, mild, spicy and veggie. Because I love spicy foods, I always choose Jin Ramen spicy whenever I make budae jjigae though if spicy is not available, I would go for mild. Jin Ramen veggie is not available in a nearby Korean grocery at our place. My dad also loves Jin Ramen. He said that the noodles of Korean ramyeons are much better and tastier than what we have here in the Philippines. I do not know what his criteria for instant noodles but he also loves the Nissin cup noodles in Japan. I guess I have to differentiate it next time. **Cheese Ramen** - Of course I have to mention @keeneek because I found out about this ramen through her. If I remember it correctly, I think she commented on one of my noisy posts when I uploaded a photo inside a Korean grocery store near our house and then we talked about ramens. She mentioned that Cheese Ramen was her favorite. Was it spicy or regular? I forgot but she included a photo of the packaging when ahe told me about it. So when I saw it, I bought it right away. I was actually thinking about keeneek when I saw that ramen. Upon going home, we tried it right away and my mom and I loved it. If you are fond of cheese and ramen, you have to try this one although even if the regular one, there is a slight kick into it. How much more if it was the Cheese Ramen spicy? LOL. Though you can still try the Real Cheese ramen also from the same brand, Ottogi. My brother said that the Real Cheese ramen is just like the Cheess Ramen without the kick. I have not yet tried it as I prefer some spice but since both are from the same brand and I am guessing that Real Cheese ramen also tastes the same. **Mac & Cheese** - Again for the people who loves cheese. You might want to try Ottogi's Mac & Cheese. Yes from Ottogi again. I know there is a Mac n Cheese from Kraft but honestly, I did not liked it as I find it a little saltier and cheese was not that good compared to this one. Also, this is not your ordinary macaroni and cheese because it would not be a ramen without the curly noodles. **Doshirak** - This is something that I have only tried recently. It was recommended by one of the staffs in the store. She said that it was good and she was wondering why no one is interested in buying it even if they would recommend it to the guests. When I have tasted it, she was right. Noodles was thinner compared to other Korean ramyeons. It has the right level of spiciness and there are a lot of instant vegetables and meat on it. I know that instant is not healthy byt I was just surprise to see that in an instant ramen. This was really good and I am glad that I have tried it. **Bulgogi Beef Ramen** - Move over Lucky Me Pancit Canton and Nissin's Yakisoba because my brother has a new favorite, Bulgogi Beef Ramen. I remember when we first tried it and my brother and I were saying that it was delicious. It was saucey and flavorful. We even recommended it to some of our guests and they have also loved it. Those are my favorite Korean ramyeons. I love spicy foods but I never enjoyed eating those Samyang spicy ramens like the ones that has been trending before for spicy noodle challenges. I first tried it last year when my brother brought home their Korean ramyeons available at their store for us to try. I only had a few of it and my mouth was on fire. We tried the Cheese Buldak. I bought the times 2 spicy that I planned on having it as a challenge for Christmas game but it did not push through. My mom and our helper were not up for the challenge even if I told them that there was a prize money. LOL. Well even if I will be the player, I would not risk eating that spicy noodles. Have you tried any Korean ramyeons? What are your favorites? With the ramyeons that I have listed above, what is it that you want to try or have tried? March 24, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a photo of a Korean ramyeon that my brother brought home last year for us to try.`

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Samanco ice creams review I know I have said that I will be reviewing some Korean ramyeons but I have decided to just make an article about one of the known ice cream in Seoul, South Korea other than Melona is Samanco. Samanco is a fish shaped waffle filled with ice cream that is a product of Binggrae the same as with Melona. Basically it is an ice cream sandwich with different fillings. Maybe some of you are wondering on why it is shaped into a fish. Samanco is inspired by *bungeoppang*, a popular winter snack in South Korea that is usually filled with red bean or custard. If you have seen the Korean drama, Meow, the Secret Boy (also known as Welcome), you will see *bungeoppang* in it. When I saw it, I instantly though of Moshi Manju though not shaped into a fish. Are you familiar with all that I have mentioned above? If not then you have come into the right place as I will be sharing with you about Samanco. I cannot share anything about bungeoppang as of the moment as it is not yet available here in the Philippines and Moshi Manju becauce it has been decades since I last ate it. But you can think of it as a waffle with filling. So now let us go over the Samanco ice creams. Have you tried any Samanco ice creams? What flavors? I cannot remember the first time that I have eaten a Samanco ice cream but it was probably a decade ago around the same year that I have tried Melona. Honestly, at first I was a bit skeptical with it because I was wondering why it was shaped as a fish. I was thinking that maybe the taste would also be like of a fish but it was not. What were your thoughts when you first saw the packaging of Samanco? Did you also think that there was something fishy about it? Well my mom did not want to eat it when my brother and I bought a few pieces back home. She insisted on eating just the Melona. Good thing that I was brave enough to try it and I instantly loved it. When our stocks of Korean ice creams ran out, my brother and I bought again since it was just outside our subdivision. I got another Samanco and that time I got the wrong flavor. I did not noticed that there was different flavors of Samanco as the first one that I have tried which became one of my favorites was red bean. I think it was green tea that I got for the second time and I did not liked it. Well that was before as I have learned to love green tea. From then on I knew that there were red bean, green tea and strawberry flavors. Little did I know that they had other flavors and I only found out about it when my brother and sister-in-law started their business. I guess you are all excited about each Samanco flavors so let us now begin our Samanco ice cream review. Are you ready? Here it is. **Red bean flavor** - like I have said earlier that this was the first Samanco that I have ever tried. Vanilla ice cream was not that sweet and it has the right amount of red bean. **Green tea flavor** - the second one that I have tasted before. If you are a fan of green tea then you will definitely love. Similar to the red bean flavor but the difference is that instead of vanilla, it is matcha ice cream. However, there are some Samanco green tea flavor where the waffle is color green. I bet it looks really cute in actual. That is something that I want to find in other Korean groceries. **Strawberry flavor** - imagine a McDonald's strawberry sundae but inside a waffle. That is how I thought about when I tried the strawberry flavor. Though the strawberry is a little lighter in color compared to some strawberry syrups or jams. **Chocolate flavor** - just like with Samanco strawberry flavor, you can think of Samanco chocolate as McDonald's sundae. Vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup. **Crunch flavor** - a chocolate crunch Samanco has a chocolate ice cream, chocolate syrup and tiny balls of crunch. Chocolate overload? Not so but I find it too sweet. Also, I have only felt the crunch towards the end and that is when I tried I started to melt the ice cream inside my mouth so aa to know what that crunch was. I could not tell what it was but it was a tiny round crunchy cereal. **Rice cake** - I did not know that there was a Samanco mochi. It was only last weekend when we found out that there was when we went to the supplier. They informed us that they do have Samanco mochi and when I saw the packaging, I told my brother that I have already tried a mochi ice cream sandwich but from a different brand. I even told my brother that I tried it at their store and he had that puzzling face so I kept on decribing to him the package until he remembered it. That after I have tried it, I asked myself why Samanco did not have that flavor as it was good. Later that afternoon, my brother tried the Samanco mochi (and I just had a bite since I had an upset atomach that time). It had plain rice cakes and red bean inside just like with the other brand. It was not that sweet but it was chewy and delicious. **Brown sugar boba** - if there's matcha then there should also be one for milk tea lovers. This is Samanco's newest flavor, brown sugar boba. Ice cream is light brown in color and I am pretty sure that it is a vanilla ice cream infused with tea and brown sugar. It had few boba pearls. Think of it as Tiger Sugar's boba ice cream bar but in a waffle. ***Black sesame** - this one is not yet available in our store. I feel like there are only a few suppliers who buy this but we found iut about this when my sister-in-law was doing her research before. If you have already tried some black aesame ice creams, I am guessing that they both taste the same. Now, let us go over with my recommendations. Personally, I would recommend red bean, green tea and strawberry flavors. But if you are a milk tea fan and do not like green tea, you can try the brown sugar boba. If you are craving for sweets, I would recommend the chocolate and crunch flavor. Did this made you want to try some Samanco? What flavors would you want to eat first? I hope that this article helped you know more about Korean ice creams. I still have a lot of ice creams that I have not yet tried but hopefully I will be able to try them all before I go back home. For now, this will do. March 23, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a photo of all the Samanco ice creams available in the store.`

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Bewitched Just when I was in the mood to talk about some of the Korean ramyeons that I have tried and I realized that I do not know some of their names. LOL. I guess I would have to postpone it for tomorrow. This is actually my third drafted article as I do not feel like finishing the first one that I have been working on this afternoon. The second one was about the ramyeons which I have just started a few minutes ago only to stop when I was suppose to talk about the particular ramyeon. LOL. Honestly, I really do not have any topic on mind. But if we are to talk about how my/our day was, I would say that we had a lot of fun. With regards to sales, we were able to gain back what we were not able to reach yesterday. With the flow of the guests, it was also good. What made it even more fun was that I gave 2 Php199 worth of items to a guy who had a minimum purchase of Php1,000. How did it happen? This morning, one of the staffs and I were talking about our strategy and what item should we give in case they reached a minimum purchase of Php300 and Php1,000. So this guy came in with her little sister and mom. He was the one who was going to pay as I heard him tell his sister and mother to get whatever they want. When he came in,I already noticed that he was "***slightly***" good looking. Take note that I emphasized on the word slightly as majority are now good looking because of the surgical face masks. LOL. Do you agree that majority are now good looking? Yes, I know we are all uniquely beautiful but I feel like we are even more beautiful with our masks on. Anyway, I have also noticed how broad his shoulders were, his chest and his biceps. I even noticed his tattoo on his left arm. I was alone inside the store when he came in as the supervisor and one staff were busy at the food cart. They did not realized that we already have 6 people inside that when it was their time to pay, the staff went inside to help me. Because they reached Php1,000, after the staff settled their transaction, the staff reminded me about the free item. Of course I gave the one that we have talked about earlier but this guy asked if he could have 2 and I immediately said, "sure". LOL. And I turned my back on him to get him another one. When they left the store, I whispered to the staff that I felt like I was "*budol-ed*" or he got me hypnotized. LOL. Imagine a purchase of Php1,000 and a free item worth of lmoat Php200. I actually could not get over that we were laughing even if there was still a guest inside. Then I told the staff that I gave in because he was kind of good looking and then we laughed again. We told about it tot he supervisor when he was not busy anymore and we kept on laughing again. Then when we had another guest, I had a wrong punch and the guest asked them about it when he saw the receipt and they were teasing me that I was probably thinking about this slightly good looking guy who somehow put a spell on me. LOL. When the other staff came back from his break, again we talked about the same thing until we thought about playing the CCTV. There we were laughing so hars on how easy I was when I handed him the free items. LOL. It was also evident on the video on how our eyes locked that had me bewitched. It was really funny that we cannot help but to laugh so hard. Even if the video did not have any audio, you can understand my actions right away. LOL. After I had been bewitched, I was already thinking what to say to my sister-in-law and brother or how I am going to tell them. I was also thinking that I should have another Php1,000 minimum purchase and I would not give them a free item. LOL. But the team told me some scenario like what if the guy would ask again for another freebie when he comes back and that time the owners are there and would mention about getting 2 free items. LOL. I actually do not know what to say to him but I would probably say that there are no more promotions as of the moment (and that is if I am still at the store. LOL). The team were also teasing me that maybe if the guy would take his shirt off, I would have given him everything on the rack. LOL. I was only shy to tell them that I might give myself and not the items on the rack. LOL. Did you know that even before going home I was a little absent minded? Havs I really been bewitched? LOL. My sister-in-law sent me an online order that she also sent in their store group chat. The orders were like 1 for A and 2 for B and C but I said one orders each. Goos thing that the supervisor re-read my sister-in-law's message and that is when he said that I had a mistake again and teased me that probably my mind was somewhere with the guy. I do not know what's happening but I hope I would not made any silly mistakes tomorrow. LOL. Was there a moment in your life that you have also felt like you have been bewitched or that you were swayed or influenced by a person because he or she was really good with words? #budol LOL. I am not easily influenced by some Youtube influencers but I really do not know why I was easily convinced by this slightly good looking guy. I still cannot get over  what happened this afternoon or maybe he's the one. LOL. March 22, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a photo of me though not taken today.`

Target Brand new week. Brand new day. I was not able to publish an article last night as I was feeling unwell. Still suffering with an upset stomach but I already took some medication. Hoping that this will help. Honestly, I am not really the type of person who would drink medicine for diarrhea as I want it to get better on its own. I did try eating apples, banana and crackers but it still did not work but I will continue eating those 3. I have also started drinking Pocari Sweat, a Japanese sports drink that replenishes loss water and ions due to diarrhea. It was my first time drinking it yesterday as I am used to drinking Gatorade. Because it is only Pocari Sweat that is available at the store, it was what I had to drink. I feel like fate is telling me to start with my diet. LOL. So what exactly happened yesterday? Well, nothing much. I just lost count on counting the number of times I went back and forth to the comfort room. LOL. Then my brother and sister-in-law went to the spa and brought me along with them. Instead of a foot spa, I opted for a gel manicure. Oh it has been a long time since I had a gel manicure but with regular manicure, I painted my nails last year I think every other week so that I can use my old nail polish because half of them were already dry. When we got home, we took a bath and had late dinner. After dinner I already felt tired, nauseated and my stomach was acting up again. I slept right after I went to the bathroom. Even if I know that I still do not have a noisy post and an article, I decided to sleep. So how are you all? What have you been up to lately? Honestly, I cannot think of a good topic to share with you all. As much as I want to continue with my Korean ice cream reviews, I cannot as I still have not eaten any ice cream lately all the more now that my stomach is acting up. I better recover fast because there are new ice creams again. I thought I have already tried half of the ice creams that are available here but now I have to try more than half because of the new items. I hope to eat them soon if I will only be here at the store until the end of the month. Then today was another slow day. Sometimes it is really nerve wracking when there are not that many people in the area as it means little sales. Yesterday, my sister-in-law talked to the team and she told them about her desired sales quota per day. Honestly, her desired quota was a bit challenging given that we are still now known to the whole city plus the fact that we are along the highway. As a former store marketing coordinator, I thought pf some ways in which we can be known and be visible. I also thought of some promotions though it still needs to be studied since what I wanted was to give some free items. I mentioned it to my brother and sister-in-law and also told about it to the rest of the team though there's no assurance that the people who would be given those free items will buy from the store. Then we all gave in some of our inputs with regards to promotions. Most of the times it ia really helpful to ask for the opinions from the team especially because they are from the area. They know the place well enough that their opinions really does matter. We talked about a few promotions and we have also thought of some hows and whos. Something that we should note in case we have decided on a promotion. We had time to talked about those stuffs because today was my lowest record of sales during the entire time that I was here though it was not an all time low. It is just so sad that we were not able to reach even the minimum sales per day. I know that it is not always Christmas, weekends or holidays but for someone who has been working in an industry where we have to reach the daily target, I am really bothered if it was not achieved. In my previous jobs, even if we do not reach the daily target on weekdays, we see to it that we pushed ourselves to achieve it on weekdays. It was actually easier because most of the restaurants that I have worked with were located inside the mall. I must say that being outside the mall is really challenging and what more if your location is not somewhere there is a foot traffic. We only have a few days left this March and we still need to achieve about half of the monthly target. I know that it is impossible but I applaud the team because I can really see that they are exerting their efforts to be able to reach the target. I know that things will be a lot more challenging now that everything is starting to go back to normal and people are on out of towns, spending time at the mall or eating at restaurants. Weather is also a major factor in decrease sales as they have already experienced heavy downpour and there was only a few people but at least they were still able to reach their target. These are juat some of the things that I have observed thar brought a slight decrease in sales but I know that we will be able rise again when we will have our marketimg campaign. Whether in work or life, we have some targets that we needed to aim that can later on make us either focus or lose sight but we always have to remind ourselves on why we needed to hit those targets. Talking about targets made me think about my personal goals. I still have not made a progress on any of my yearly goals but I know that I have to start now if I really want to be a better version of myself. Whether it is on spending, saving, health, fitness, career and business, I know that I have to put my mind into it for me to be able to achieve it. I am not sure if you have already aimed for your target this year but I hope you have your eyes locked on the target. First quarter of the year is almost over, so how's your target? March 21, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a photo of my eye.`

Busy weekend Yesterday I mentioned on my article that we celebrated my brother's birthday the other day. My mom was fetched and when she was about to drive home, I was asked if I were to go with my mom or stay at my brother's place. My mind was focused that I will be sleeping at my brother's place as I know we are to leave Friday night. But because I remembered that I needed to do the groceries, buy medicines, pay bills and withdraw some money, I decided to go home. I think it was a month ago when I last went to the grocery and drug store. Before that, I started my Friday by having brunch with my parents and then we called my aunt who was my father's sister who was living alone abroad. We asked if she had received the package we sent her last week and she said that she got it last Monday. So shipping was around 3-4 days when we thought it would take a week before she received it. Did you know that sending a parcel overseas is so costly? The shipping fee was 50 times the amount of the package. LOL. We just sent her some makeup/foundation sponges and some recent pictures of us. I do not know why she prefers buying sponges here than there. She bought a lot more than a decade ago and now that she have used it all, she wanted us to buy some for her. After that call, my mom and I fixed ourselves and booked a Grab ride that took us more than 10 minutes before we can find a driver. I was thinking that maybe because of the oil price hike that is why there were no any drivers available. I mentioned before that my mom bought some reading glasses last week and we did get it yesterday. We just went to the mall to get her glasses which took us only 5 minutes. We were suppose to buy the medicines there but because I forgot to get my dad's senior citizen's ID, we had to meet him in the drug store near our place then do the groceries. I have already felt how hot it is now that it is already summer. Because of the hot weather, my patience became shorter and I get irritated easily. I wanted to go home right away to cool off myself and so I did the moment I finish sanitizing the items we bought from the grocery then I fell asleep after. I woke up just in time for dinner. Because of the foods that I ate last Thursday, I was not in the mood to eat the whole day yesterday. Originally, my plan was not to eat anything yesterday but I ended up eating a lot of sweets. I ate chocolate which I have requested from my brother and ripe Indian mangoes which I have asked someone to get from a vacant lot in front of the store so I can bring it home. And at 5AM this morning I woke up because of stomach pains. I have been going back and forth the comfort room since morning until I left the house. Yes, I am now back in the province. We arrived late lunch at the house of my brother's mother-in-law latw afternoon and again my stomach was still acting up. Whenever I would bent, my stomach would then start to growl. I was joking the rest of the team that I feel like I am having contractions. LOL. Then I would say after I went to the comfort room that I had a premature baby because it was not yet my due date as my tummy is not that big yet. Counting the times that I went back and forth to the toilet I think it was more than 5 less than 10. LOL. My brother even noticed that I did not eat that much during dinner when they ordered some pizza and pasta. I told him that my stomach was not in perfect condition. But I love it whenever I needed to do number two because I feel like I am going through some detoxification. When my sister-in-law heard that my stomach was acting up, she said that I can drink my godson's prebiotic medicine which my brother gave me when we arrived home. I hope that tomorrow my stomach is fine as I want to eat some ice creams. There are additional new ice creama in the store. I still have not finished my Korean ice cream review and there are some new ice creams that are going to add to my list. Just like they say, tomorrow is gone and tomorrow has not yet come and we should live for today. I think I have been able to live each day and fill it with different tasks to do. I am tired and we should call it a night. March 19, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a random photo on my gallery.`

Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar in Quezon City For this year I have already eaten at 2 restaurants. The other one was during the time that my brother's mother-in-law wanted to have lunch at a restaurant in the province. I do not know if I was able to upload photos of the food that we have ordered there but I know I mentioned that my brother wanted to celebrate there. Or was it my noisy post I said that? This is one of the reasons why I decided to make a Youtube channel years ago. My brother and sister-in-law love to eat at different restaurants. I guess I would have to think of a way to take videos without showing our faces. Because of some changes in my brother's schedule, we celebrated his birthday in one of the restaurants here at Quezon City, Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar. I only know of Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar in Bataan. I have not been there but my sister-in-law was suppose to tour our aunt who had a vacation here in the Philippines years ago. That time there were only limited activities so my aunt just wanted to have a tour around here in the metro. I hope soon I can get to visit that place as there are now a lot of things to do and places to see in Bataan. According to Orange Magazine site, Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar means the Philippine houses of Acuzar. It is a heritage park in Bataan that was a project of the New San Jose Builders, owned by art collector Architect Jose Rizalino "Jerry" Acuzar, which is aimed to showcase cultural heritage. By the way, we went home yesterday morning so that we will be able to celebrate my brother's birthday celebration. Since our dad was not fond of eating out, it was just our mom who was fetched by my brother's driver. My brother was still in the office when we arrive at their place but the afternoon celebration was a bridal shower for the helper of my sister-in-law's mother. The helper was with them for 17 years and is now going to enter a new chapter. It was just a simple Korean barbeque party at my brother's place that was attended by my mom, me, my sister-in-law, her mother, my godson and his nanny. My sister-in-law's mom was able to compile some video greetings for the bride to be. It was very touching that the message of my sister-in-law's mom almost made me cry but it made the others cry most especially the bride to be. I ate a lot during that time because I have long wanted to eat samgyupsal. I even made some hot pot and it was so delicious that I also want to make it at home. Pretty sure that my dad would love it. After a few hours, it's time to leave the house for the dinner reservation. Upon entering the place, it was like we were back in ancient history. I was not able to take a photo of the place but we first saw a fountain upon entering. The place was so big and the house that we first went in was built around I think 1970-1980s (if I heard it correctly). Construction of the replica of Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar is still on going. We were escorted to our table in an open dining area. From our seat, we can see all the old houses surrounding us and there was also a small chapel inside. When we interviewed one of the staffs, he said that the houses were still under construction but it will be made into a museum. I was thinking like the museums in Intramuros Manila. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://orangemagazine.ph/2014/on-tour-at-las-casas-filipinas-de-acuzar-in-bataan/&ved=2ahUKEwjI7KO5vc_2AhWTOpQKHRbrAEoQFnoECBkQBQ&usg=AOvVaw1qvGwNyK2yizRcPwpV-JcN My godson was fascinated with the music as there was a guy playing a violin at the stage while the guests were eating. When this guy would take a break, he would be playing classic folk songs and the first one that we heard was *Pipit*. I know I mentioned it already on one my articles before that my godson memorized that song as part of their homework in school. So when we heard it, we asked him to sing it. LOL. I think the concept of Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar in Quezon City is more of an events place because of the chapel and the Instagrammable cultural heritage feels of the venue. Even the uniform of the staffs were synced with the restaurant's theme. Menu was all Filipino food but they also do serve brick oven pizzas, calzones, panini breads and cakes. We ordered fried chicken, pancit canton (since a pancit is a must during birthdays), lumpiang shanghai, quattro formaggi, prosciuto and arugula, puto bumbong and bibingka. I do not know if we were informed about the service time but it probably took 30 minutes or so before the dishes were served. We did not mind waiting because of the beautiful view of the place. We took some pictures and roam around while waiting for the food. There was even a proposal that night though not the kind of proposal that the other people would be witnessing. I remember that the song that was playing was A Thousand Years and then moments later we just heard someone clapping. The table of the couple were in front of the church. Then after the guy had proposed, friends (or family) who were seated far from them swarm into the newly engaged couple. And that is when we realized that there was a proposal that had happened. I instantly remembered one of the questions that I had for my would you rather Valentine edition, would you rather be proposed in front of a huge crowd of people or alone in a room full of candles? LOL. Going back to the food. Some of the food were a little pricey though we did not like the food that much. Pancit and lumpiang shanghai were a little salty. Chicken was flavorful. Puto bumbong was ok however the bibingka looks like it was made from flour and not from glutinous rice. I even told my mom that it was like the puto that she made months ago. LOL. Also, what I hated about how they served their bibingka was that they put grated coconut, grated cheese and muscovado sugar on top. They did not scatter it and they group them by toppings. So if you are to share your bibingka or even eat it alone, you have to mix all three toppings before slicing it. But what if the guest is only used to eating bibingka with grated coconut? They should have served those 3 on the side and not on top. For the pizza, we all loved quattro formaggi over prosciuto and arugula. It's thinness was just right and it has that crunchy crusts. When we were waiting for the food, my mom and I were talking about treating her sisters at the restaurant if they will come home for a short vacation here but after tasting the food, we felt like it was not worth it. But we will see if that will happen as they have other food that we did not order. What's so funny was that one of my mom's sisters who was living in the South was insisting that maybe my brother would want to treat them there soon. LOL. She wanted to go to that place and try their food because when she saw the photos that I uploaded on Facebook, she thinks that the food were delicious. I did not know what to reply and I just made a laughing reaction on her messages. LOL. I do not know if the food in Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar at Bataan is better than in Quezon City. I think it would be much better if we all would have a tour there. I hope when that time comes, I am already fit and healthy. I am so huge that even short walks would make me tired. March 18, 2022 `P.S. lead image is ome of the photos from Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar Quezon City.`

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More Korean chips As promised, here is the continuation of the Korean chips that I have tried. Did you notice that I changed my title or that I did not put a part 1 on my first article? I just wanted to have a different title for a change so that when the time comes that i would link my titles again, I would not be confused if I was linking part 2 or part 3 or part whatever. LOL. Anyway, let's now start with our Korean chips review. I will attach again my lead image so you can see where we are now. **Crown Corn Chip** - I love corn chips but Kkokal chips and this Crown Corn Chip is not something that I can say I like. Taste was ok. Nothing special. **Kwasak Chip Truffle Salt** - I have already shared about this on one of my noisy posts before. If you are a fan of truffles, then you would definitely love this. If you are looking for something salty though not that salty compared to Philippine snacks, this will do. You can really taste the truffle and when I first tried this, it made me crave for truffle pasta and truffle fries. I think days after I made a noisy post, it was when my brother messaged us on our group chat about the truffle pasta that he ordered. We had a regular father-daughter guest and we recommended this to them and they loved it. I thought that the daughter's favorite was the truffle chocolates because her dog's name was Truffles. It was when they came back and they said that they loved the chips that we recommended so they bought a lot then told us that she was a fan of truffle mushrooms that is why she named her dog after that. I told her that I was also a fan of truffles ever since I first tasted a truffle pasta. Yummy! **Poca Chip Original** (blue), **Poca Chip Onion** (green), **Poca Chip Sour Onion** (blue green) - out of the three, I prefer Poca Chip Original and my brother prefers Poca Chip Sour Onion. When my brother was deciding if he was to order the sour onion, I said yes because personally I liked the sour cream and onion flavors but when I have tasted Poca Chip Sour Onion, it was different from what I have expected. It really does tastes like onion but only sour. **Honey Butter Chip** (yellow), **Honey Butter Chip Fromage Blanc** (white) - when I tasted the yellow one, I immediately liked it. And when I tasted the white one, I prefer it over the yellow one as you can really taste the cheese as if you are having a creamy chips. A combination of honey, butter and chips. Honey Butter Chip Fromage Blanc was the best seller before but when Kwasak Chip Truffle Salt entered the picture, it has been dethroned. LOL. **Wasabi Crisps** - this is a little pricey and I do not know why. This is a new item on our rack. I saw it when I came back here last Monday. If you like wasabi then you would love this but it just hurts my heart because of its price. Almost $5 for a bag of chips. I'd rather buy a bag of Cheetos and Ruffles. **Binggrae Wasabi Chips** - this is a little affordable than Wasabi Chips and can also satisfy your wasabi cravings. I do not know why they shaped it as a crab but it is really cute. Kids will love its shape but not the taste. LOL. **Maple Corn** - this is something that when my brother and I first tried it, we really liked it. Both of us went inside a Korean grocery near their house just to compare how it looks like inside so we can also see if we can do it on their store. He told me I can get what I wanted to try and when we bumped into each other, we were both holding a pack of this Maple Corn. And because we were just going to try it, I returned mine into the display and we both regretted that I did that because it was really good. Imagine a corn with maple syrup or how their staffs have decribed it as Moby Caramel Puffs but for me it was even better because the size was bigger. It is a C shape, bigger and fatter. **Sun Garlic Baguette** (green), **Sun Hot Spicy** (red) - one of our guests described it as Oishi Bread Pan but for me it was a combination of Jack n Jill Nova and Oishi Bread Pan. Shape was like Nova chips and flavor was like of Oishi Bread Pan. It was really good. With the Sun Hot Spicy, I liked it even more than Nova. I thought it was spicy because of the color and flavor but it wasn't. *Tongari Corn Salt *Doritos Cheese and Salsa *Doritos Cheese and Mayo *Doritos Late Night **Doritos Nacho Cheese** (red) - just like with Cheetos, I am sure that some of you have already tried this. Cheesy nacho chips. **Dodohan Nacho Cheese** - You know that I liked nachos so much. I am not really a fan of cheesy chips but I liked Dodohan. I feel like it is better than Doritos and Jack n Jill's Tostillas. The wife of my sister-in-law's brother even liked the Dodohan when I recommended it to her. She also said that it was better than Doritos. She usually buys Doritos and she said that she will now buy Dodohan instead of Doritos. *I still have not yet tried those chips but I was surprised that I have almost tried all of the chips in the store. LOL. Overall I can say that most Korean chips are bland. If you are used to eating salty chips, I am not sure if you will appreciate Korean chips. But what I like about each bag of chips is that it has a lot inside. I am actually used to a bag of chip that only has more air than the chips. With Korean chips, you can even share it with a lot of people and would still be able to have plenty of chips left. My top favorites are (not in order) Maple corn, Kwasak Chip Truffle Salt, Dodohan and Honey Butter Chip Fromage Blanc. Have you tried any Korean chips? If you were to try some Korean chips that I have listed, what would it be? Do you prefer salty chips or just right? Whatever chips it is that we want, we have to only consume it in moderation and always drink plenty of water after. But drinking soda is actually my preferred choice. Very unhealthy. LOL. March 17, 2022 `P.S. I used the same lead image as the one I uploaded on my previous article.`

Korean chips review I said last time that there will be a continuation of the Korean ice creams that I have tried but I have not yet eaten some of the remaining ice creams at the store. I was a little worried of getting fat I mean catching a coughing. LOL. We all know that too much sweets is also not bad. Instead of Korean ice creams, I will be sharing with you some of the Korean chips that I have tried and would recommend to all of you. Although I do not have am actual picture of the chips becauase there were times that I forgot to take a photo of it before eating it. Let's begin. **Banana Kick** - if you are a fan of banana, you may want to try this. It is almost shaped as a banana. It is slightly sweet and kids and kids at heart will love this. **Beoljib Pizza Chips** - most Filipinos would probably be aware of Peewee pizza flavored chips and it is *"somehow"* similar to Beoljib Pizza Chips. Take note that I emphasized on the word somehow and will tell you why at the end of this chips review. **Onion Ring** - if you are on a tight budget and would want something to pair with beer or any alcohol then this is the perfect match for it. This is really shaped and looked like an onion ring that is being bought in restaurants. Though of course since this is a chip, lower your expectation as it does not have any batter mix but it does really taste like onion. **Cheetos Sweet** and **Spicy and Cheetos Seumaki Babaekyu** - I guess most of us have already tasted Cheetos as it is known in different countries being owned by Pepsi company. Taste is combination of sweet and spicy. I do not know if there is Cheetos Cheddar Jalapeño flavor on Korea but it is my favorite along with Cheetos Puffs. I used to buy it when I was in college and even my sister-in-law loves Cheetos puffs that I sometimes would get from her stash. LOL. We have the same taste when it comes to chips and chocolates. Seumaki Babekyu is smoky barbeque. Between sweet and spicy and smoky barbeque, I would prefer sweet and spicy as I love a little spice on my food. **Chochung Ugua Sweet Syrup** - I do not know if there are snacks like rice puff in other countries but here in the Philippines we have *Ampaw*, puffed rice or rice puff that is shaped into a ball that is being sold on the the street or inside the bus. Think of it as this snack but of course I still prefer the one that I am used to eating. **Kkokal Corn Shrimp Mayo** (white), **Kkokal Corn Savory** (red), **Kkokal Corn Grilled** (brown), **Kkokal Corn Waxy Corn** (green) - Here in the Philippines we have Granny Goose Kornets before. Growing up, I really loved it not only because I can put it on my fingers and pretend that I have long nails but also because of its flavor. As a young girl, who would not want to have long nails right? LOL. Too bad that it has been discontinued here in our country. That is why I was happy when I saw these Korean chips however, I never liked any of it or probably I just have high expectations being a Kornets lover. But with some of our regular guests, they seemed to like Kkokal Corn grilled (brown). The second photo when I pretended to have long nails using Kkokal Corn was days after the grand opening of the store. It was because I tols my brother that they all have to try their products so that they know what to suggest to their customers. Lucky me because I got to taste some Korean noodles and chips during that time along with this Kkokal Corn. I forgot what flavor it was but it was color black. Thst time it was still the old packaging and they only had 2 flavors available at the store. I was surprised to see when I went there again this year that they already had a lot of chips and different flavors of Kkokal. That's it for now. I will continue the other 2 shelves tomorrow as I feel like this is already long. If there is something that I like with the chips mentioned above except for Cheetos as it is not really a Korean chip it would be Kkokal, Chochung Ugua and Beoljib Pizza Chip. You will now what I really like on my next article so stay tuned. March 16, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a photo of all the chips displayed at the store.`

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Godmother Have you ever been chosen as a godmotger or godfather to your sibling, cousin, friend or workmate's child? There is a saying that it is not nice to reject when someone had ask you to be a godparent to their child. I do not know why but I have heard about it a lot of times when someone would get me as godmother of their child. Would you know how many are your godson and goddaughter if I someone is to ask you on the spot? Honestly, I do not really know who are my official godchildren. Some of my workmates would say that they would get me as the godmother of their child but I do not know if it was really true. But if I were to list down my godchildren that I can think of right now I would say that I have 12 though I know it is more than as I may have forgotten some of my godchildren. LOL. Sorry kids, your godmother is now forgetful not because I wanted to forget about my obligations to all of you but it is due to my last surgery. LOL. There are some people that would only want to make you a godparent of their child because you have some money. Then there arw also those who would make you a godparent because you have been close friends ever since. There are also those that think you would be a perfect second parent for their child or combination of the given reasons. My cousins got me as the godmother to their child because I was close with them then with my workmates it was because they think I was a generous godmother. LOL. That is what I just think of as it was what they will tell me when they would say that they would make me godmother. Thinking of godparents as someone who would give expensive gifts or money to their godchild if they are chosen as one is a toxic culture. Most people neglect the real purpose of a godparent. For me a godparent is something that should be connected with their godchildren especially when they are growing up. They would act as a second parent if the parents of the child passes away. I cannot remember where I have read it but there was a story about a baby (or a child) who was saved and the parents died in the accident. One of the godparents, stood up as the baby's second parent. Even if the baby was been taken cared of by family of the deceased parents as the baby's guardian, the godparent would still visit the baby until it grew up to be a successful person. I do not know where I have read it but most probably in Facebook but it was really sad yet very touching don't you think? If you have been reading my past articles, you would know that I attended a Christening recently. I was not a godmother though I feel slightly saddened about it to think that it was already my friend's second baby. I was not also a godmother to her first child as she chose 1 from our circle of friends. I do not know if she also someone in our circle of friends but honestly I feel mixed emotions whenever my friends and cousins would not get me as godmother to their child. I am happy because at least my list of godchildren will not be long as I feel that I am already quota with the number of godchildren that I have. I feel like I am "*ninang ng bayan*" (godmother of the town) with the number of godchildren that I have. That maybe I think is the reason why I still do not have my mini me because I already have a lot of godchildren. Just like how I have not yet been a bride because I was always the bridesmaid. Those are just some of my personal thoughts but I know that those will come at the right time. I do feel sad because I feel like they did not chose me because they feel like I am not the best choice or I was not a good role model to their children given that I always resign in my past jobs and still currently unemployed as if I am a person with no ambition. Then my friends also know who I am as a person with all the bad decisions that I have made in the past. That is actually how I felt last Sunday but I was more into the sudden changes in my schedule that is why I talked about it first that night. You would know what I am talking about if you have also read one of my previous articles. LOL. And now I get to talk about this now.  Most of my cousins living abroad who already have family never chose me as a godmother to their children the same with my other high school friends. I know that they have the right to choose their child's godparents wisely just like in choosing who our candidate would be in any election but I cannot help but to really think that way. I do get flattered and honoured when someone would get me as godmother eventhough I know that they are already thinking how much I would give to my godchild but at the back of my mind I was already saying that I am not the type of godmother who would always give yearly gifts to my godchildren. Though I do act as the child's second mother when I am with them. I cared and protected them just how I would to any child. I also taught them good values even if I was only with them for a short period of time. About monetary and material gifts, I must say that I rarely give any to my godchildren. Why? Because I do not have money. LOL. Even if I did, I would have given them toys or something that I know that the child can use like diaper or milk. But if I have money now and I am to give them gifts, I think I would just give them money because the mother or father of the child would know what the child really wants if they are really going to spend the gift for their child. How do you feel when somwone would choose you as a godparent to their child? How would you feel if they don't? If ever you will be chosen as a godparent, I hope that you will be able to see them as they grow up and not only during Christmas. Giving monetary gift is not really necessary as a godparent should act as a role model and help the parents in guiding their child. March 15, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a photo of me with my cousin's family together with my gift for my godson years ago. I cannot find a photo on Facebook of the actual baptism.`

Price tag I cannot help but to sing the song of Jessie J because of my title. LOL. *It's not about the money, money, money* *We don't need your money, money, money* *We just wanna make the world dance* *Forget about the price tag* Maybe you are wondering about my title. Early March, I said that I have been into swiping I mean shopping. Without hesitations, I ordered and bought different items which I know that I will be able to use. It was a combination of both want and need. I got a photochromic with anti radiation glasses to prevent me from having migraines. My brother noticed my glasses right away as it was obvious obviously. LOL. Then I also ordered some sneakers. I mentioned that the shoes that I bought the same time that I also bought one for my past flirtationship were already showing signs that it needed to be replaced. I tried putting some cyanoacrylate adhesive or Bulldog super glue but it did not work. I still have not yet tried using rugby but I opted to buy a new one. My sneakers arrived when I was away from home and yesterday was the first time that I used it. Again, my brother noticed my new shoes but I told him that it was not new and that I just only used it recently. Yet he noticed that the the soles were white so he teased me that it was new. LOL. He even teased me more when I needed to walk and the streets were a little wet and muddy. LOL. I told him that the things that I got were all thanks to him and then I looked at him and told him that the money he gave me were all gone then I brought out my left hand asking for some more money. LOL. I was just joking but I would be really happy if he really did gave me some more. He laughed and said that he does not have any money left. I may be paranoid but I felt like I know what my brother was thinking. I felt like he was thinking that I am splurging just because I have the money. No job but feels like a billionaire. Have I told you that when we were young he told our parents that I was a one day billionaire and I was an Albay girl. Albay is a province here in the Philippines. When our parents asked why Albay girl, my brother said, "*because she's always saying I'll buy this, I'll buy that*". Albay and I'll buy sounds the same. My parents were laughing when they heard about it. I really loved buying a lot of things when I was younger but I changed throughout the years though sometimes I really cannot control being an impulsive buyer. Going back, instead of saving the money that my brother gave me, I was out there buying what I want and need. Instead of trying to look for work or saving the money, I spent them on material things. I never thought about my future as I was thinking about the present. Sometimes I really am the type of person who would buy the things that I want and need as long as I have the money. I do not look at the price tag as long as it is my type, I would buy it but not to the point that I will buy luxurious items. I am not at that level yet. LOL. Do you look at the tag of the items that you buy? Are you a brand conscious? Do you prefer brand new or second hand? Whether it is brand new or second hand, I do not look at the price tag. I would only be bothered about the price if I was in a tight budget. There are some people that I know who also does not look at the price tags. They would just buy whatever caught their eyes. They do not care how much they would pay as long as they have the money. I felt like I was that person these past week. I did not care how much it would cost as long as I was able to buy what I wanted and even treated the people around me. One day billionaire remember? But now that we are experiencing an inflation and we are still in a pandemic and economic crisis, I should have had thought about those 3 before thinking of burning my money. For a moment, I did not think about inflation nor did I think about my dad who needed the money for his eye surgery. It was only yesterday that I realized that I have other priorities. I neglected it all because I thought that money will be continuous. I never learned my lesson when it comes to spending, saving and swiping. I know it is not yet too late for me to start focusing on my goals again. Business, health and save. I should have that mindset that everything is expensive. I know that a lot of basic commodities are now increasing. Too bad the the transport fare and the salary and pension of many people are not increasing. I hope that you will not be like me who rewarded herself too much. Always prioritize needs over wants although some of the items that I bought were practically needs. LOL. I better take thing seriously from now on. March 14, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a picture of some chocolates with price tags when I took a photo of it when I went to the grocery months ago.`

Changes Does it irritate you if there are changes in your plans? But what if someone plans for you and then they kept on changing those plans, would you still be irritated? You all know that I got back home only recently and just this morning I left the house because of some changes. I mentioned that today is the Christening of my friend's baby, my friend who is the sister of my sister-in-law. My friend messaged me early this morning and asked me if I want to go to the Christening and I can come with my brother, sister-in-law and godson in going to the venue. Actually, I just woke up when she messaged me and I was really about to check what time the event was. It was an online Christening and I was thinking if I can still drop by the grocery before the online event as I needed to buy some garlic and chili so I can display some at the store. When my friend invited me, I cannot say no and I told her that it was ok for me. My guess was my friend contacted her sister and after half an hour my brother called and told me that he would pick me up. His driver had to deliver some foods for the invited guests who will be joining the online event so my brother had no choice but to pick me up. Then my brother told me the plans over the phone. He said that if he will pick me up today, I would be returning to the province tomorrow then come back again after a few days for my his birthday. I only know the plans up to that day so I do not know when I will go back to the province again after that. Originally, the plan was that I will go back to the province after my brother's birthday. He would be celebrating at home and that is when we will go to the province after. But since the plans have changed, I am now staying here at my brother's place and would leave for province tomorrow. I also do not know what time to leave as my brother is not also aware of the plans. He only knows that he had to pick me up. I bought my toiletries because I refilled it at home, a sleepwear and clothes to wear if I were to go straight to the store tomorrow. I found out late this afternoon that my brother's mother-in-law and I are to leave late evening. If only I knew about that then I should have packed some house clothes. I guess I will still be wearing my sleepwear even if I were to take a bath tomorrow. LOL. Honestly, I really do not like if there are changes in schedules and most especially if there are no fixed plans. My life may seem like it is going nowhere but when it comes to schedules, plans and itineraries, I see to it that I follow what is written, what is scheduled and what has been planned. I am open for any changes as long as those changes will not hamper anything. With the sudden changes today, I can say that it had wrecked some of my plans. This coming week I was suppose to go to the grocery, drug store and bank for our monthly errands day. Then my mom and I also have to go back to the mall to pick up her glasses. Since I am not home, she might postpone it for a different day or when I can go with her. We also wanted to color our hair again this week as it has been a month since we have it colored. My mom can still color her hair because she's at home and our helper is usually the one who colors her hair. I also planned to make some crunchy chili garlic in oil. Then we were also going to call my aunt who is in New Jersey because we have already sent her the package that she had asked us to buy last October. It took almost half a year before we had it shipped due to some delays. Those were some of my plans that I intend to do while I am on "vacation leave". They say that change is good. I do not know if it only applies to life but in terms of changes in schedules, plans and itineraries, I find it a little bothersome. I know that I do not have work so I do not have any commitments or whatsoever but I think that they should have given me a heads up first. My mind was so set that I would be leaving our house towards the weekend but it moved earlier. What I also did not liked about the changes was that they did not asked me if I was ok to go back to the province already. It was as if they have already decided for myself. They did not even asked if I had some prior appointments. Was it because I was unemployed that they thought I do not have other things to do? When my dad found out that my brother will pick me up, he said, "*again? How about our medicines, groceries and bills?*". Even if I do not know the plans, I just told him that I will also be back this week and we can do all of by that time. I do not want to stress to much on that. Sometimes we really have to deal with uncertainties and be ready to expect the unexpected. March 13, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a random photo from my gallery.`

Being away Most of us have already experienced being away from home for more than a week, a month, a year or more whether for business or pleasure. I too have also spent some of my summer vacations before at my uncle's house which is just a 2 hour drive from our home. I would stay there for a month or 2 and I do not get homesick probably because I know that our house was just a few hours away. The first time that I was miles away from home was when I had my vacation at Zamboanga 3 years ago for almost a month. I was a little homesick even if I was staying at our relatives maybe because they were mostly out. One of my cousins has a family of her own and she lives not too far and we would sometimes see her and her family every weekend. Then her sister who was living at the house where I was staying has work and we would only get to hang out if it was her rest day. Then her brother who came with me was also on vacation as he works in Abu Dhabi. He was usually home though he would stay in his room and was planning to take all the rest that he needed. Their mom would be busy preparing food for all of us and would head out on different times for her daily zumba exercises. Their dad on the other hand who was my dad's brother was the home buddy. He was always at home but he would either be watching Netflix or play Plants vs Zombies. Basically I felt like I was alone in a different house. They would tour me during their free time and I really enjoyed it when we were complete. During those times that I was at home, I must say that I do felt homesick. I had nothing to do and no one to talk to that is why I was always messaging my mom or video calling her as I really missed home. Even before I know that I was not really ready to go out of my comfort zone. That is why I resigned from my last work because I know that they were planning to assign me to our branch in Pampanga. Being able to experience living in the province for more than a week, I must say that I enjoyed it. I even told one of the staffs that it was probably how it feels like working away from home although I was still a few hours away from our house. I suddenly said that because not only because of my current status but also because the restaurant beside us had some employees living in Metro Manila but they had to work in the province. They were all staying at the staff house and this whole thing made me realize how it would feel if I were to work away from home. However, I cannot say that I was outside my comfort zone because I was staying at the house of my brother's mother-in-law. My food, my transportation and so as my laundry were all being taken cared of. I know how to ride public transportations and go around place but it is only limited in Metro Manila and not in the province. I remember one of the staffs told her supervisor that I really do not know anything about their place and I can easily get lost. She was actually telling the truth because there was a time that she had to accompany me in a tricycle because my sister-in-law's uncle cannot pick me up as he was in Manila so I had to commute. For my safety and also because I do not know the place, my sister-in-law's mom asked the staff to accompany me back home. When we were inside the tricycle, I asked her if we were going the right way because I said that the road was unfamiliar until I saw one familiar landmark and I told her that yes we were in the right way. LOL. Honestly, I was already nervous during that time. We did not take the route which we always passed by whenever going to and from work that is why when the tricycle took a different route, I got a little nervous. Have I mentioned that I wanted to work in Canada and Singapore before but I just did not took it seriously? I almost did had a job offer in Canada before but the employer was telling me that I needed to physically be there. Then in Singapore, I was accepted but the problem is the placement fee plus some pocket money. I needed around Php200,000 ($4,000) for both. It was a legit recruitment agency as it was the agency where my second cousin applied to and had brought her to Singapore. My dad did not want to give me that amount because he felt that I would be home after a month or 2 and not continue with my 2 year contract. LOL. I think it was an angel in disguise because it was the year when I had my gallbladder operation. So imagine if I was in Singapore alone. Who would take care of me and my hospital bills? The sad part was the money that I asked for my placement fee all went to my surgery. Ouch. Now I get the reason why some overseas workers tend to bury themselves in working is so that they cannot feel homesick. When I was in the province, I was always at the store. I know I have already shared about how my workday was. I did not have any rest days and I would work from around 10AM up to 9PM which is the store's closing time. Then when I got home that is when I would take a bath, have a super late dinner and draft an article while updating my mom, brother and sister-in-law to the point that I would fall asleep in the middle of it. And when I was at the store, I may have fun with the team but a part of me is thinking how we can increase our sales. Though whenever I would see some dogs, I cannot help but to miss our dogs as well. I would even pet some of our customers' dogs because I terribly miss them. Even when I would see some stray dogs, I would think of our dogs. I can say that being away was a little hard for me but I somehow felt a little braver and stronger. I know that this phase in my life can help me to be prepared in the future and who knows maybe this would my stepping stone into living and working abroad although that would be a little more challenging than where I am in right now but I feel like I can manage. I think. LOL. Would you rather be working outside or within your comfort zone? Why and why not? It may be too early for me to answer it but I wish I can experience first how it feels like to be working in a different country but still with my family or relatives. Is that considered as cheating? LOL. If it is miles from here, I think I cannot handle it yet but I would really love to earn a lot of money. March 12, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a photo of the room that I slept in when I was in the province.`

One fine Friday And my vacation leave has officially started. Even if I am back home, I do have a lot of things on my mind. I also think about the store but when I was there, I cannot help but to think about home. Have you also experienced that being a situation but your mind is somewhere else? The last time that I experienced that was when my mom was hospitalized. When I was with her at the hospital, I would think of my dad who was at home. Then when I was at home, I would think of my mom. Bot of them did not had any guardian during those times so I was worried for them when I am not with them. I am not worried about the store but I just miss bumming inside and counting how many tables were there in the nearby restaurant and coffee shop. I am also thinking about the flyers that I wish to distribute in the subdivisions within the year since we do have a long slack hours. But when I was at the store, I cannot help but to think about my parents on how they were or what they do. Yes, I do message my mom from time to time and update her about me. She's also knows about the store's progress because if my brother and sister-in-law would message me, they will send it in our group chat. Today is my second day and my sister-in-law and I went to a Korean warehouse just minutes away from our house. We have ordered from them three times already fpr this year and once during December. Since my brother was at the office, he asked me to accompany my sister and the plan was she would drop off my godson at the house so my mom can keep an eye on him and as the same time have that bonding time with him. When we came back, my mom told me stories about how behave my godson was and he was also aware that my dad went out and that he wanted to see him ride the car as he was picked up by his colleague. It is really nice to have a kid in the house. While we were at the warehouse, my godson sent emojis and GIFs on our group chat. He saw a GIF of a guy putting tape on his lips and he told my mom that he also wants to do that because he just recently lost his 2 front teeth. LOL. My mom was laughing while he was saying that to her. Then he also saw the canister of the M&Ms peanut and he opened it and got a few pieces. My mom said not too many and he only got 4 pieces. I miss hanging out with my godson because when we were in the province, I would only say hi in the morning and evening. There was a time that he went to the room and lay beside me while saving all the images from Quizziz site. He was immediately called by the helper of my sister-in-law's mom and told my godson that I needed to rest because I had a long day. With regards to eating healthy, yes, we had vegetables for lunch and dinner. However with regards to my "diet", I still have not started with it. LOL. Food is life. I want to start my diet if I will be back home permanently. It is hard to be on a diet if I am going to be at someone else's house. At least I will be able to eat the food that I want and I guess if that time comes, I will really have a strict diet just like what I did before. I am sorry if I still have not read any of your articles. I am making the most of my vacation leave. As if I am really on vacation leave officially. LOL. The reason that I am here and not in the province is because my sister-in-law's mom have some scheduled events here in Metro Manila including her daughter's birthday and the Christening of her daughter's new baby. You all know that her daughter is my friend since high school. The Christening will be online but her mom will be physically present during that event. I just do not know if my brother and sister-in-law will also be there but most likely they would because during the online baby shower, they were at my friend's in-law's house. My sister-in-law's mom did not want me to be alone in her house and also she would not be there to ask her brother to drop and fetch me at work everyday. The staffs are already asking me when I will go back and I told them I will be there soon. By the way, Princess messaged my sister-in-law that she will not be able to make it until the 15th. She did not go to work day after her rest day and that was yesterday. I was teasing the supervisor because he accidentally sent our group picture in their group chat taken during her rest day only to realize that Princess was not there. Oh well, what can we do if she feels like people are ganging up on her. She was the one who had an attitude and suddenly changed by complaining about work. It was only for a few days that the food cart business was a hit and after that we already had low sales but it still helped to up the Korean grocery. I just hope that she will be able to last long in her future jobs. And that is how my day went. March 11, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a random photo I tooked when I was in the province.`

Vacation leave It has only been a couple of weeks that I have been working (or staying) in the province and here I am on vacation leave. LOL. It was last night when we went back to the metro and because it was already late, my sister-in-law's mom suggested that I should spend the night at my brother's place. I had no choice but to say yes even if I really wanted to go home. And this morning, I woke up at 8 in the morning when I heard that my brother's driver was back as he drove him to the office and that means, I can now go home. So I immediately get out of the basement and met with the driver. I just messaged my sister-in-law that I will leave the house as I know that she was busy staying beside my godson who was having online classes. She replied and told me that I can go home and ask if the driver wanted to eat first. She could not go down as my godson was having a quiz. The driver said he was still full and I was so excited to go home that I did not bother eating breakfast even if their helper asked me 3 times if I really was not going to eat. I was not able to see what they have for breakfast but I told her that I will just eat at home. The time has come when I was already outside our gate. My mom was the one who opened it and guess who was also excited to see me. It was our dogs but it was Doggie whom I saw peeking at the small space in the gate. Because I know that this will be the case that is why I took a video and photo of them. I was so excited that I did not mind my mom carrying my backpack though I was still able to say thank you to my brother's driver. He knows that I was excited to go home that he also wanted me to go home last night. Our dogs were so happy that even when we came inside the house, they never left my sides (Doggo on the right and Doggie on the left). Though before they went to my sides, both of them were jumping happily in front. They went on my sides when I sat on the kitchen floor and I played, cuddled and kissed them for more than 10 minutes. It was only when I said that we would eat did they got up and went under the kitchen table. Maybe because I was just happy that I am home that I was not able to eat that much for breakfast. Yet I returned to sleep after that and woke up around lunch time and asked my mom if we are still to go to the nearby mall as she wanted to buy a progressive lenses for her old frame and a cellphone since the one that I handed over to her was already full in storage. I tried deleting some unused apps however it was my old photos that took up a lot of storage and her Wordscapes and also my Mobile Legends that I did not uninstalled when I gave her the phone. Luckily, our dad was also going out so we were able to ride with him and we just walked over the foot bridge to be able to go across. I was thinking about those times that I had no problem going up and down that foot bridge when I was still working but I felt my bones cracking when going up and down plus I was so exhausted. LOL. Signs of obesity. Very bad. When my dad went to my room and I was lying down, he said that I was away for 10 days and I became bigger and bigger. I was lying down and he was able to notice the increase in my size and the fact that my dad cannot see clearly yet he was able to say that. LOL. This is really bad. I told him that I eat 3 or 4 times a day when I was there and I cannot refuse not to eat since my sister-in-law's mom would always wait for me so we can eat together during breakfast and late dinner then she also had asked her helper to prepare some packed lunch for me. I was really taken cared of during those days that I was there. My dad said that it was not good because he is relly worried about my health. I actually did notice that I have gotten bigger and bigger especially when I saw myself on the CCTV when the supervisor replayed it when he wanted to backtrack some events in the store. Also yesterday afternoon when we had a group photo, I saw my face was so swollen and I was so ugly. That is why last night, I took a photo of me while I was seating near the scope of the CCTV. I looked like Humpy Dumpy. After our quick errand to the mall, I took a bath and wore some house clothes and I felt that they were a little fitted. My mom was laughing at me. Well my mom was dedicated to her 10,000 steps per day and I can see some changes in her and so does she. Even if I do feel that I am huge, I still ordered 2 boxes of pizza and ate 6 slices. LOL. I told our helper that my clothes were a little fitted and she said that she also noticed that I got a little bigger when ahe saw me sitting on the kitchen floor this morning. She just did not told me about it because she knows that I am going to get really pissed off. LOL. I will try to eat healthy now that I am back home because what I usually eat during breakfast when I was there were always processed foods like bacon, tocino, sausages with garlic rice and some usual breakfast meals. Unhealthy right? Then you all know that after late dinner, I will immediately go up to the room and lie down. Unhealthy lifestyle but we do eat vegetables during dinner. Balanced? I don't think so. I feel like eating only fruits tomorrow until I go back there. I do not know what I will do now that I am on vacation leave but I am happy that I had a productive day again only with 2 naps (1 after breakfast and 1 after dinner). LOL. I am also planning to watch some movies with my mom since we have not done it when I was away. Then I know that my dad will ask me to do groceries again, go to the bank and drug store though I do not know when. What other fun activities do you think should I do before going back to work? How do you spend your vacation leave? I hope that we get to spend it with family and friends and we also have to think about ourselves when we would take a leave from work. March 10, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a photo of our dogs when I came home.`

Jealousy I slept early last night that I did not push myself to draft any article. I was not tired but I was really sleepy. We did not have that many guests yet I felt as if we had a lot. It was probably past 11PM when I dozed off. Anyway, I bet you already have an idea what my article would be like based from my title. I know majority of us have been jealous towards a person for more than once in our life. Envy and jealousy are inevitable and these 2 go hand in hand with insecurities. I am not going to ask if you have been jealous but what I want to know is what made you jealous and who were you jealous with? I have said this before that growing up, I know my brother had mentioned I think to my mom that he was jealous of me because I get the attention of our parents being I am the youngest. Little did he know that I envied him because our parents were so proud of him for getting good grades. I really did not think that I had our parents attention because for me I feel that they were fair. When our mom will scold us and hit us with the handle of the plastic fly swatter, we both get equal amounts of punishment same as with our dad though he just hit us once with a belt buckle. Ouch. I think the first time that I got jealous was when my close friend when I was in first year high school was close to someone else. We were like best friends that year and she even got us a friendship bracelet, then when she would go to the rest room, she also wanted me to go with her and she also wanted us to have the same things whether it was a pencil case, shoes or whatnot. We were not seated next to each other but we had someone in between us because we were arranged by alphabetically following our surnames and ours were just close. The person between us was the one that she gotten close with. From being just the 2 of us became ghr 3 of us and I started to feel being left out. As the saying goes, "*two's a company. Three's a crowd*". I felt like I became the third wheel real quick when she entered the picture. My sort of "best friend" noticed that I would change my mood whenever our seatmate would join us dyring recess or lunch that she asked me about it and I told her the truth. She said that nothing changed between us an I was still her best friend. She enlightened me when she said that she just wanted to be friends with our seatmate. Actually, we were really 4 in the group. Our 2 other friends have also became close that they consider themselves best friends (which they are up to this day) and us 2. Since it was my "best friend" who invited our seatmate to our group, I had to take the back seat. It was so petty right? But it really became an issue for me that my best friend had to distant herself with our seatmate and that she had to choose a different group. When we were in second year, I know we were not in the same section and the same issue happened but things have turned around as she was the one who was jealous with my busmate who was my classmate. She cried when she saw me getting closer with her and she even said that I do not have time for her and stuffs. We were like lovers right for getting jealous of petty things? LOL. She also hated it whenever I would call my busmate some names. I cannot help but to smile right now as I look back to our childish acts. LOL. We separated ways when I was in third year as I have found a better group of friends. Remember when I said that we were officially 4 in the group but when we were in third year, the 3 of them were classmates that I would be left out because sometimes they were dismissed early for recess and lunch that they would not wait for me. Thankfully, the group that I belong from then on are my true friends now. Through thick and thin or richer and for poorer. If we are to talk about relationship, of course I did get jealous but because we were not officially a couple, I had no right to do so. OUCH! LOL. So I have not yet experienced being a jealous partner officially. LOL. Maybe you are wondering why I suddenly talked about jealousy. Well recently I have heard about a story wherein the girl has a boyfriend and she's close with the guys. We can say that she is one of the boys but it is not how I see it as there is this high percentage that she was flirting with them. So when she was horseplaying with her workmate, she did not realized that her boyfriend was already in front of them. The second time it happened was when she was having a good laugh with the same workmate and they did not notice him again. The boyfriend got really pissed off that he raised his voice to the guy. The girlfriend did not do anything when the boyfriend was making a scene and good thing was that it did not turn into a fight as the workmate controlled himself and he knows that he was not doing anything additionally because for him, his workmate was just a workmate. Period. Then we found out that the guy wanted to let everyone know that his girlfriend was taken that he ordered his girlfriend to always tag him in her Facebook posts and to always upload photos of them where as a post or in her My Day. We can say that the boyfriend was kind of possesive based from the story right? Though I believe that there is a back story behind it. I feel like he knows that his girlfriend flirts with other guys. To also show to people that his girlfriend is taken, he would put a lot of kiss marks on his girlfriend's neck. Oh that is so high school. LOL. Who still puts a hickey when you are already working? Definitely not me! LOL. Issues about jealousy was also our topic in the store this afternoon. One staff had said that her partner trusts her but she just do not like him to see her talking to other guys. Then I was thinking about why? He trusts you but you do not want to be seen talking to other guys? I remembered my past flirtationship with regards to talking with other guys. There were instances that he said that I was flirting with other guys. Libras are born flirts and I would admit to that. LOL. Though when I was with him, I was still loyal even if we were not official but I still do talk with other guys though not to entertain them like I was available. Being flirty is in our nature but only with people that we like. Unlike the girl in the story, she does entertain everybody to the point that she had thoughts of wanting to accept an indecent proposal even if she is in a relationship. Take note that she is not pretty. Well from a girl's point of view. Coming from a guy, they said that she had that charm and sex appeal but I cannot see from what part. LOL. When we heard about those stories, we had different opinions but for me, a person would not get jealous for no reason. Though I know that there are also those people who are jealous even if the other person really does not do anything and it is why I said that it goes hand in hand with insecurities. There were times that I find it sweet when my past flirtationship will say that I was busy with work or busy with the person I was drinking with because I do felt like he was jealous and I miss that. LOL. Ok, change topic. LOL. For me, too much jealousy is not healthy in a relationship and could sometimes be a little scary especially if the person becomes possesive and controlling. Would you want a partner who gets jealous? Why or why not? I like a guy who would get jealous sometimes because I really do find it sweet but if it is always, it is very irritating. Well whoever we end up with, I just hope that they would love, care, respect and trust us. March 09, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a photo of with my past flirtationship. LOL. I cannot think of any photo to upload.`

Workday Why have I forgotten to publish an article about my typical workday when I have published some articles before on my typical day in my life as a bum, when I do errands and when I have migraine. Now that my life is a little productive, I want to share how my day usually is. I was suppose to let this day past without publishing an article because I could not think of any but I suddenly thought about making an "a day in my life (working edition)" just 10 minutes before midnight. I want to say thank you to my chubby brain for letting me have a topic today. LOL. Good thing I was able to take some pictures of the food that I ate today. For today, I woke up past 7AM which was before my alarm of 8AM. Because yesterday was our another record breaking all time high and I felt so tired, I said that I will sleep for a few more minutes. My few more minutes became an hour so I woke up at 8:42AM. LOL. Upon waking up, I would turn off the aircondition, get up and my fix the bed. After fixing the bed, I would poop then wash my hair and face. I already took a bath the night before and shampooed my hair so the following morning, I will use conditioner. I wanted to wash my hair because when I was here during the last week of February, I did not so that and I felt like my head was so heavy when I was at the store and my migraine also acted up that time. That is why when I came back here, I see to it that I will wash my hair before leaving the house. I just realized that before I would take a bath before heading out but now I would take a bath after heading out. LOL. After I washed my hair and face, it is time to eat breakfast. My sister-in-law's mom would wait for me so the 2 of us can eat together. Then she would remind me if there are things that she needed me to relay to the staffs. After breakfast, if I feel like pooping again, I would poop then brush my teeth before heading out. Then my sister-in-law's uncle will drive me to the store. Upon arriving at the store, I would sit right away. LOL. Usually, I will help them in cleaning and doing inventories but today I focused on what to order for the food cart. I have no problem with the other stocks as they have already bought a lot over the weekend. Since it was Monday, there were only a few customers for the restaurant and coffee shop while we had zero. Good thing that the employees of the spa on the second floor bought some snacks from our food cart. Then from that time until early dinner, we did not had any customer. I was already nervous because I do not want to have a record breaking for the lowest sales. Thank God that we were still able to reach the minimum daily target. During slack hours, employee 1 and 2 were busy cleaning the racks while employee 3 was on broken schedule. He helped after his 4 hour break. The supervisor was om rest day and Princess was absent since yesterday. Bravo right? It was ok since we were able to work without her plus we had an all time high. I was telling the others that it was because she was not around. I'm so bad. LOL. While they were busy cleaning and doing inventory, I was really sleepy that I have felt my head when it would fall. This is the only day when I have worked at the store that I was really sleepy. But before being sleepy, I ate my lunch. Employee 2 was closer and had already eaten lunch before going to work and employee 1 went home to eat since no one can bring her food. Her house is just walking distance so she can easily go home during her break. I had packed lunch which was spicy beef bulgogi which we were also selling and a cup of rice. Because my meal was dry, I bought one of my favorite Korean ramen. I saved a little for employees 1 and 2 so they will be able to taste the spicy beef bulgogi and the ramen though for employee 1, she have already tried the meat before during their sort of Christmas party. They had a samgyupsal night outside the store with the owners. I was so envious when employee 1 showed me that picture. I want to eat samgyupsal right now. LOL. Most of the times during slack hours, we wpuld be joking around while cleaning the whole store but today I was really lazy. It was probably because it was too cold inside the store and we dis not have any customers. Though I have made some notes even when I did nothing. LOL. When it is time for closing, my sister-in-law's uncle will also pick me up and I would take a bath right away. After taking a bath, I would eat dinner with my sister-in-law's mom and her helper. Maybe you are wondering about my sister-in-law's dad. He passed away years ago. During late dinner, again I will update my sister-in-law's mom on what happened at the store if there is any to tell her. After that, I would go up to the room, brush my teeth, chat my mom and sometimes my brother and sister-in-law. It is also the time when I would draft an article and post on noise.cash (if I have not made any noisy post during the day just like now). That is why I feel like some of my articles does not have sense or that I do not know what I was saying because I was already tired at work and then I am already sleepy. I know that there was one noisy post that I made that I really do not know what I was saying that it was not already related to what I really want to say. LOL. As much as I wanted to draft an article when I am at work, I can't make my brain to cooperate. Also lately, I cannot think of any good topics. So if you have noticed, most of my articles were like how my day went. I hope that in the coming days, I will be able to think of a topic wherein I will be able to share some experiences and lessons about it. And that is my typical workday. About my schedule, I do not have a specific time and I also do not have a rest day. I deserve a bonus. LOL. March 07, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a photo of the parking lot of the building where the store is located.`

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Marketing strategies During the last week of February, I saw on the news that the government were planning to put us all in alert level 1. I am not sure if it is for the whole Philippines or to where exactly in the Philippines but I know that it will really be good for the economy. I just do not know if there will be a surge again because the last time that they announced about alert level 1 was last December and we had an increase in COVID Omicron variant that time. If I am not mistaken, alert level 1 is when all establishments including churches and public utility vehicles will operate up to 100% of their seating capacity. Correct me if I am wrong because I rarely watch the news more so now that I am always at the store. Even before I mentioned about the visibility campaign to my sister-in-law, I have already told my brother that they have to do something to be known to the area. Most of the customers that I talked to would ask when the store opened because they were really not aware that there was a Korean grocery nearby. Though before they opened last year, I told them that they had to prepare tarpaulins and banners telling people that there is going to be a Korean grocery that will open. I told them they can install tarpaulins at the back of the tricycle driver and on some roads towards their direction. They did actually had some tarpaulins but they were only able to have it installed on 10 tricycles. Last night I had a talk with my brother, sister-in-law and her mom about visibility campaign. My sister-in-law's mom said that she talked to her daughter-in-law with regards to marketing and she is not into flyering because majority of the people will just throw away the flyers. I do agree with her as I have also experienced it before when I was still a restaurant store marketing coordinator. I was also able to use being a marketing coordinator when I was in company C. That is why I have observed that there are people who will not keep the flyer, who will not get the flyer that you are handing over to them and therr are also those who will read and throw it away or keep it and throw it at home. Which are you from what I have mentioned? LOL. Because I have experienced how hard it is to give out flyers and be ignored, I would get the flyers being given at me, read it and keep it in my bag. That is why my mom and I would have a lot of flyers that we have kept and would throw away whenever we would have general cleaning. I have already made an article about flyering and my experiences on it before so let's go back to the store's marketing plan. I also suggested for a sricker to be placed inside a tricycle and jeepney with a note "*barya lang po sa umaga* (small bills in the morning). The target for the tarpaulin are some of the people riding the private vehicle and some passengers who likes to look at the window when commuting. However, having a public utility vehicle sticker inside will also target the commuters since some of our guests also ride the jeepneys and tricycles when going to the store. Other than flyering, tarpaulin, stickers and being active on social media, what other marketing strategies do you think we can do? There is a couple Youtuber that I know who lives in the same province and we can tap them so they can promote us. Though I do not know how fast they can reply if we are to message or email them. Then we had a celebrity guest around the last week of February who also lives somewhere here. She had already mentioned us on her Instagram story because my sister-in-law gave her some freebies. Since she was in a hurry, my sister-in-law was not able to get her details if in case we wanted to send her some Korean products and meat for samgyupsal at home so she can promote us aa well on her vlogs the next time that she will have a mukbang. I hope that she can drop by again on our store and when that time comes, I want my sister-in-law to be present so she will be the one to talk to her. I have not yet studied the retail trade area here but I have already seen some subdivisions. That is why I wanted some tarpaulins however, my problem is that our tarpaulin will be overpowered by the markwting collaterals of some political candidates. I do not know until when the campaign period is but election is on May. I think it would be best if we are to look for possible locations on where we would install some tarpaulins. Do you think we should still push for flyering? What I wanted to do with flyering is to do mailbox inserts since we are targeting the subdivisions. We can also staple some flyers if there would be some food deliveries. Oh why do I feel like I am back working with company B and D? LOL. I was always asked to increase our sales in those 2 companies. That is why I loved working with company E because there was no pressure as our sales were always above the daily target. I has been more than a decade when I was a marketing coordinator and that time it was only Facebook and it qas onky used for uploading photos and statuses or what is on our mind. Then food delivery platforms like Grab and Food Panda were still not in the picture. The popular back then were the deal vouchers from Groupon, Metro Deals, Deal Grocer and the like. Promoting then was a little old school handing out flyers. But even if we are actively posting and boosting our posts on Facebook page, it is still not enough. That is why I really want to be able to increase our awareness in the area by thinking of a lot of possible marketing strategies. If you have any idea on mind, please let me know about it. I would.love to hear your suggestions. March 06, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a photo of some of the condominium flyers that we gwt when someone handed us some before.`

Half impulsive, half compulsive I have mentioned on one of my recent articles that I waa not able to save money and that is really not good. I wanted to have a debt free life but here I am, swiping my way into the pool of debts. When I found out that I was photophobic, I immediately wanted to buy some glasses. Instead of looking for more affordable ones, I opted for what caught my eyes. I can say that because of lack of time, I just went to 1 mall and 1 optical shop. However, I did not hesitate on choosing a  branded frame. I have no experience on wearing glasses even before but based from what I have observed with my brother, he always chooses a branded frame that lasts for years. I do not know if it is the case with affordable frames but it was the start of being an unwise spender. After that, I made some more purchases for the house and we can add a few more online purchases and a lot of food trippings. I know that I am going to be stressed out when I receive my statement of accounts. As of typing this, I remembered 1 adulting basic rule from former senator of the Philippines, Chiz Escudero. **Anything that's on sale. If you don't need it, it's expensive.** — Chiz Escudero Agree or disagree? I guess some of us will say that we need some of those sale items. What was the last item that you pruchased that was on sale? Did you really need it or you just wanted it? For me, I got my glasses on sale and we even asked for a discount though it was still expensive. LOL. I can say that I needed that and it really helped me during these times. Imagine that I do not need to close my eyes whever I would step out of the house when it is too bright outside. I am thinking about the last time that I bought a sale item that I do not need but I cannot think of any. 2 years ago I know I bought some formal tops and slacks on sale that I was suppose to use for job interview and if I were to start working again. Sadly, I was not able to wear them because of the pandemic. I am not sure if those clothes still fit me as I have gained some fats and when I will get to wear them but I know that I have to wear them. It will be hard to sell them because those are a big sizes. We have experienced selling Carousell and garage sale but the usual comments of the people was that our clothes were too big for them. LOL. How much more if it was now? Other than the glasses and some items for our house, I also bought some clothes that I can wear when I am at the store since almost all of my clothes does not fit me already. Then I am now back to fops tripping just like how I was when I was working before. I have mentioned that there is a Japanese restaurant and a coffee shop beside us and I would eat there sometimes. Of course I would also be buying food for the staffs because I do not want that I would be the only one eating food taken from the restaurant. When I would be craving for Jollibee or McDonald's, I would also be treating the whole team. But now that I feel like I have been spending a lot, I am trying to control myself to stop splurging on foods and other things. I have to clear my debt and I need to save. I should be reminding myself about my payables. How about you? Are you an impulsive or a compulsive buyer? How do you set your mind to not go over the budget? Do you set a limit when purchasing items? Before I have already been a compulsive buyer especially when doing the groceries. I would only buy what is on the list and it is really a great technique. And another one is that I would only bring an exact money so if I were to go beyond the budget, I would be removing some of the items on the list that I think is not that necessary. I really do not want to spend too much on unimportant things and I should better start focusing on my goals. But honestly, I am thinking of some gadgets as of this moment. LOL. I guess I have to sleep so I would not be thinking about those. March 05, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a photo of the glasses displayed on the optical shop when I was choosing a frame.`

Jonna the dragon Cannot remember the last time that I have released the inner dragon in me but as of typing this I am slowly giving those stares at Princess. Honestly, I do not want to stress myself and waste my energy on her since she is already resigned but I cannot help but to be irritated with what she is doing. She knows that they have to wear hair net when preparing and handling with food yet she does not tie her long newly rebonded hair nor does she wear any hair net. And just now, I had to ask her and the supervisor to wear it since they are going to prepare the food. Did she obey me? She did not although she just had her hair up with a clamp and her hair was still falling on her face and at the back. So what I did was to watch them until the orders were ready and she never looked at me nor did she wear her hair net. I know how it feels when someone stares at you and it is very uncomfortable. I also do not like it when someone who is pissed at me will look at me from head to toe but I did it to her. I am so bad. LOL. I talked to the supervisor and told him that if Princess will not do something about her hair, the supervisor will really hear from me. I wanted to see what the supervisor will do to her since he was really a good person. As much as possible, he said that he does not want to be that hard to his staffs even if some of them are abusing him including Princess. He is the supervisor but it looks like she is more superior than him. Well, I think he talked to Princess because her hair is now fixed and with a hair net. One of the staffs messaged me and asked me to go on a food trip since she had already sensed that my mood changed. She even kept her distant from me because she can really feel that dark aura. She said that I needed food to be on a good mood again. And so yes, we ordered snacks but I told her even before she messaged me that I was already cool when I entered the store. I just needed to let them know how important a hair net is when it comes to preparing and handling food. I have worked more than 10 years in the restaurant industry and one of the most common complaints were hair on their food. For me actually it is not a big deal not unless it is a different hair (you know what I mean) but there are people who are making a big deal out of it as if you are going to die if you are to eat a food with a hair. Anyway, maybe you are wondering what cause this gap between me and Princess. I know it started when I asked her to wipe the door glass panel. Minutes after that, I have already noticed the change in her mood. Then that night, she talked to my sister-in-law and told her that she wants to resign. The following day after she said that she was going to resign, when she came from work, she only greeted my brother who was sitting beside me inside the store. She only said "good afternoon Sir. Sorry po late ako (sorry I was late)." and my brother greeted her back and said it was ok since it was still a slow morning for us. I find it really disrespectful but I didn't mind since technically she was not really my employee. Then the time came that I had to go back home. I found out that Princess had a change of heart and told her workmates that she does not want to resign anymore and will continue working with the company. My sister-in-law and her mom were asking for her resignation letter but she would either change the topic or pretend that she did not hear about it. She ignored them because she had already made up her mind that she does not want to quit anymore until out first Grab order incident happened. The following day was her rest day but I found out that she was asking her supervisor if she can submit a resignation letter without a reason. Honestly, I do not want to believe it but I have heard from some of my former co-supervisors and co-managers that some people in their early 20s will quit when things get tough. So yesterday when she came to work after her rest day, she spoke to the supervisor and told him that she wanted it to be her last day. Take note that when she entered the store, she did not greet me again and the other staff who was sitting beside me. The whole day yesterday, she never spoke to me. She entered the store about a couple of times. My sister-in-law thought that she was absent because she did not see her on the CCTV and I told her that her staff is having mood swings again and she is not talking to me. As if I am going to talk to her when I did not do anything to her. I even said bye and see you on Thursday when I went home. However, this evening I just found out that she talked to the supervisor and told him that I was the one who was not talking to her since the Grab issue. This was probably an hour after I asked them about their hair net and gave her the stares. Now she is trying to change the story that I was the one who does not talk to her or approach her. But did you know that this morning she asked if how long will I be managing the store? It seems like she does not want to see my face. LOL. Because the supervisor was really curious about what happened during that Grab issue, he replayed the CCTV and he saw that Princess' hands were at her hips the moment that I told her that we had a problem with the Grab as the guest ordered 6 and it was 5 on her order slip. Even if there was no audio on the CCTV, you can clearly see how she talked to me and I was like a tamed puppy who was listening to her. Actually, I was messaging my brother and sister-in-law that time that she raised her voice at me so I really did not mind her but if I was not busy, I would have said that she's disrespectful. Moving on, when I was giving her the stares, I can feel and hear my heart beat. I wanted to eat ice cream to cool me down but like I have said that the other staff cheered me up. I still haven't asked her if she saw my inner dragon. I felt like I waa Naruto who had a nine-tailed demon fox inside. LOL. Because even when the supervisor replayed the CCTV, he instantly noticed my eyebrows and he knew that I was already pissed. But when I was watching it, my eyebrows looked normal. LOL. So for snack, I had a foot long hotdog sandwich and French fries. Oh how I miss eating fries. We did ordered from McDonald's yesterday but what I miss is the unlimited fries at home. LOL. I will try to eat some ice creams tomorrow so I willbe able to make another review and to cool me down hopefully Princess will not show her attitude on me. March 04, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a photo of me focusing on my eyes. Are they really that scary? LOL.`

Fabulous February Not sure if some have already published about their recap for the month of February but I saw @BreadChamp's noisy post yesterday wherein she mentioned about her article first day recap report goals. If I were to make a summary about my February, I would say that it was a fabulous one as I have been very productive. But if in terms of losing weight and most especially saving, I must say that I failed on this part. Before we talk about that, let us see why my February was an awesome one. February is said to be the love month. I spent my Valentine's day with my parents and helper and I treated them with boxes of pizza. I chose a pizza brand that my dad has not yet tried and I only got a lot of negative comments from him. As a person who have paid for it, I wanted to show how mad I was since I used my own money for it. Instead of saving the money that I have used for it, I treated them only to get a lot of bad comments. It was him who wanted to try different pizza brands and since he was too honest, he said that he didn't liked it. He's a little hard to please when it comes to food. I think it was Frankmart who said that he would have appreciated it if it was money. He is actually right. Since my dad has been the one who have been providing for us ever since, giving him money will make him really happy. Where can I get a lot of money? LOL. https://read.cash/@BreadChamp/first-day-recap-report-goals-d0bc9d34 Days before Valentine's day, was my brother and sister-in-law's food cart business opening. After 2½ months, they have ventured into a food cart business. From a Korean grocery to food cart business real quick. I am just so proud of what they have accomplished in less than a year. Night of Valentine's day, my brother called me just to vent out his anger to his employee. Instead of lashing out at them, he kept his cool and called me. I find it really sweet that my relationship with my brother has somehow been even more closer since he would call me just to tell me things about their business and problems at the store. Just recently, he also called me just to inform me that my godson's nanny wanted to leave immediately because of emergency. My brother find it a little hard to believe because the nanny was still composed even when there was an emergency and she was able to pack away all of her things. I guess there are really those type of people who can still think clearly when something happened. Though what is bothering them is why she needed to pack away all her things when she can still come back to work after? I finally gave in to my brother when he requested for my assistance. It was supposed to be for a few days only until I told him that I can stay for a month. During my first day of observing all of them, I saw a lot of no, no, no. Then I was also able to really meet all the staffs and know each and everyone's personality. During the time that I was at the store for a few days when I packed some Christmas gift baskets, all of them were really good, respectful abd obedient. It was only when they had added scope of works because of the coming of the food cart business, their attitude had started to come out most especially Princess. The other night we had a problem with our first Grab order. Have I told you that she raised her voice at me? Yes, she did but because I was also at fault, I did not pin the blame to her. However, I really hated it for her to raise her voice at me as if I was the employee and she was the boss. The way that she said that she should see the order not only to hear it because there will really be a miscommunication because Alexa, was a little loud and she could not hear properly. It was her lucky day because I really wanted to go home right away that night that I did not release my inner dragon. LOL. Yesterday was her rest day and today she is not talking to me as if I will talk to her. Well, I do not want to waste my energy on her because she's already resigned. **evil laugh**. LOL. Oh why am I talking about it when it already happened during this month. I was also able to see my friend from company B during February. I hope that I can see my other friends this year. With regards to exercise, I have said that I fail at it because even if I am at the store, I am always sitting. The store is just small and is really cold inside but if you are to go out, it is the exact opposite. With regards to saving, not only did I fail at it but I feel like I am only repeating who I was when I was still working. I kept on swiping and using my card for my online purchases. This is so bad. I wouldn't be surprise if my monthly bill for the this month and the coming month will be 5 times bigger than what my brother had gave me as allowance. I have to stop myself and better start thinking about saving. Overall, I can say that my February is fabulous although I am terribly missing our dogs. March 03, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a photo of the bouquet that I saw at my brother's mother-in-law's house. That I think was guven to her by her children during Valentine's day.`

Wednesday writting The whole day yesterday I was thinking about what my article would be but thanks to our first GrabFood order, I had a topic to share about. However, it is the opposite today as I cannot think of anything to say. I wanted to continue with the Korean ice creams that I have tried but I have only tasted 5 after I have published my article. I do not know if it will be long enough so I will just have to wait to eat some more ice creams. Lately I have not eaten any ice creams as it was cold inside the store. And today, I treated some of the staffs with Jollibee. I ordered through Grab because I wanted them to see how it looks like when a customer orders from Grab. There they saw that there was an attached receipt and another order receipt with Grab logo. I know that this was printed using a GrabMerchant device. I do not know if my sister-in-law have inquired about it through Grab but I know that she was asked to buy an android device that had a required software version. They actually bought an affordable android ohone which was an Infinix phone. From what I have heard, it only costs less than Php5,000 or around $100 below. We did not received any Grab orders today but thankfully we had a lot of walk-ins. We had a total of 43 orders today. Based from last week's reports, this is the highest order because last Sunday I think it was around 30+. We even had the lowest order which was 11 in a day. The food cart only contributed around 10-15% of the total sales last week as it was the Korean grocery that had a lot of sales. And today, 85% was from the food cart. What we all wanted is that we would have 50% of the sales would be coming from the food cart and 50% from the grocery. That is why we are all hoping that applying the food cart business as a GrabFood merchant will bring in a lot of sales. This is just the second day and I think we really need to exert a lot of effort for campaign awareness that I have not discussed with the store'a supervisor. I do have some things in mind though I have not yet talked about it with my brother and sister-in-law. I am not sure if they are up for it since they are already boosting their posts on their Facebook page. I do not know how much they have spent on it and if they are also willing to spend some on marketing collaterals like tarpaulin and flyers. I am used to this marketing collaterals when I once worked as a store marketing coordinator before. That time Facebook was just for posting photos and what is on your mind. LOL. But now Facebook and other social media platforms are really a big help when it comes to promoting a business. I even went to some subdivisions before to do mailbox inserts wherein I would insert some flyers into their mailbox. Then I also talked to some of the neighboring companies for functions and reservations. But now that I have to promote a Korean grocery and a food cart, I still have no idea how I am going to promote it. Additionally, I am also bot familiar with the place though I saw some subdivisions nearby. When I interviewed some of our customers, they told me that they did not know that there was a Korean grocery and a food cart in the area. I have already suggested before to my brother to provide a tricycle banner but they were only able to produce 10 so it really did not help with the awareness campaign. Another factor that I am looking at right now, if we are to install tarpaulins and banners during this year's election campaign period, our marketing collaterals might not be noticed by the people because of all the election campaign materials being hanged on the trees, vacant lots, posts and walls. I guess for now we can stick with boosting a Facebook post. Aside from Facebook page, tarpaulin, banner and flyers, how do you think can we further promote our business? Our neighboring coffee shop did not do any marketing as it was promoted through word of mouth. We do not want to always depend on their customers and from the other restaurant because some of their guests are not from here. Some where from Metro Manila who drove all the way to thia province just to check out the minimalist coffee shop which has probably been the talk of most millenials. This will be another stress or challenge for me. LOL. I really have to increase our daily sales as well as the foot traffic. I guess I have to think about that tomorrow as I am already sleepy and my brain wants to rest. Maech 02, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a photo of me when I do not have anything to do at the srore. LOL`

First Grab order Minutes after I woke up this morning, my sister-in-law messaged me that she already have the log-in details for our GrabFood Merchant account. I told her that I will access the moment I will be at the store. So while I was preparing myself, I was thinking about how our Grab delivery would be or the process because I have not experience accepting orders from Grab yet. Although I do see some establishments with a Grab device wherein it looks like a touchscreen credit card terminal and order slip receipt will print out once you accept the order I guess. For us, we only have an android device. I got to the store before 12PM and when I accessed the log-in details that my sister-in-law sent me, I saw that our store in Grab will be open at 12PM to 8PM since it was what my sister-in-law had indicated when she applied for a GrabFood Merchant. I was happy when I saw that our store was already open on the Grab app and GrabMerchant app so we were all excited and waited for orders to come in. We even prepared some backups because I was positive that we will have a lot of Grab orders. However, we were only able to receive 1 Grab order around dinner time. LOL. I did not expect that but maybe because we are in the province and Grab is not yet that common in here that is why we only had 1 order. There are other food delivery riders here that are common here as they were already operating when Grab was still not available. My sister-in-law is already working out with some of those food delivery riders. I was surprised when I heard the phone had a sound notification. I was curious so when I opened it, I saw that we already have an order. To my excitement, I told everyone inside the store that we alrwasy have an order even if there was a guest inside and then I went outside and told the other 2 that we had our first Grab order. So I immediatwly dictated the order to Princess and they prepared it right away. I on the other hand, went inside to inform my beother and sister-in-law as they were also waiting for an update if we had a Grab order. After updating them, I and the other cashier had to record the order details in a notebook as per my sister-in-law's order this afternoon. She said that we should have a logbook of Grab orders for the day and let the rider sign the notebook. We had to write the name, contact number, time the order came in, orders, time when the rider left the store and had completed the order. While we were doing that, the rider came in after a few minutes. He looked around the store and waited for the orders to be finished. The orders were finished first that they still had to wait for us because we are not yet done and we also have to take a photo of the Grab rider with the order. Since it was our first Grab order, my brother requested to take a photo of the Grab rider so they can share it on the store's Facebook page. After almost an hour, we saw that the order was completed and upon checking, we noticed that we were only able to send 5 food items instead of 6. I looked at the app again to see if there were contact details of the customer but there wasn't. I tried calling the rider but he wasn't picking up. I then checked again and thankfully, I was able to reach the customer. She wanted to complain about the missing order but because the order took a while before it gets to her, she did not mind reporting about it. Good thing that I was able to talk to her and I told her that we will just be sending her the food tomorrow. As much as I wanted to aay that we will deliver it today, I could not because we have already started closing the food cart and we still do not know who wouls deliver it in case that we have agreed to send it right away. I am just really glad that she was already our regular customer as she have ordered twice from our Facebook page. Because of our first GrabFood order, we have experienced a lot of mistakes and at least we will be able to correct it as early as now. What more if we had a lot of orders today? I feel like it would probably be chaotic. But now we know how we can make it run a little smoother. This will be another adjustment for the staffs but I believe in them that they will be able to get used to it. They have to know that we needed to exert some efforts so we can increase our sales. More sales means more bonus. Bonus for them and I hope bonus for me too. LOL.If only I knew that I would be helping at the store, I should have agreed to the 6 months contract that was being offered to me before and I would probably be using my phone by now. I just hope that my brother will surprise me with a new phone that I truly want. Now, I have said my opinions regarding the Grab order to my brother and sister-in-law. What's funny is that I was talking to them as if they are really my boss like I am their employee. LOL. I guess I should ask them for my salary. LOL. And that is how our first Grab experience was as a merchant. It has been a long day for me so I will try to reply to some of you tomorrow. Good night. March 01, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a photo of the first Grab order photo we had as a GrabFood merchant.`

Good evening In my previous article I have said that I am very used to greeting the guests. I remember during the my first job, when I have gotten close with our guests, I would really greet them with my sincerest greeting and always with a smile. Sometimes when I am in the mood, I would even greet them with a really long goooooood morning/afternoon/evening. LOL. That is why the guests would immediately know if I am in good mood or not because of my greeting. When I got my heart broken for the first time, our guests witnessed that a cheerful me would end up being broken hearted so they would giveme advices that probably it was not really meant to be and a lot of fatherly advices. Looking back I can say that I am really touched with how they wanted to give me some advices but during those times, my ears were close. Do you greet people just because you need to or do you greet them with your utmost sincerity? How about when someone greets you, do you also reply with the same greeting or you just smile back at them? In the past 2 weeks, I have been greeting a lot of guests and thanking them whether or not they bought something from us. I would sometimes also say, "*have a nice day*" or "*see us again*" when they leave the store. Some would greet me back and some will give me a smile even with their masks on. Then there were those people who would not say a word nor would they give you a smile. Honestly, sometimes I also do not greet back at people or smile at them when they would greet me. I would sometimes just greet them in my mind. It actually depends om my mood. LOL. But there were also times that I would greet them back, thank them and even smile back at them. I am pretty sure that we know how it feels  when we are beimg unnoticed that we feel like we are a ghost which they cannot see nor hear. That is why I see to it that I respond to someone who greets me. But I do understand those who does not greet or smile back. For me, I am just happy to greet the guest and to smile at them. Sometimes greeting someone with a smile on our faces can brighten up a person's day and frowning at guests also changes a person's mood making them have a bad day. There was one guest when I was still working at company A who would tell me that he really likes it whenever I greet the guests because he felt that I was so welcoming unlike with my supervisor who was always frowning and he was sensing some bad vibes when he comes inside the coffee shop. It was really fummy because that guest would copy how my supervisor would look like when she was welcomimg our guests. Then he also said thay when he was talking to her, he felt like my supervisor was always angry. LOL. Even in texts or chatting with family and friends, you can feel my energy wheneber I would greet you a good morning. It was even more livelier when I was greeting my past flirtationship with a good morning. LOL. Oh how I miss texting ang messaging him everytime I wake up and before I go to sleep. Erase. Delete. Remove. LOL. Anyway, when someone greets us a good morning, afternoon or evening, I hope we can also greet them back or just give them a smile to know that yiu have acknowledged that person's greetings. I am sure that the person will feel that he or she is being noticed. For this week, I am actually planning to greet them by saying, "*annyeong*" or hello in English. There are some guests when we would greet them and they would reply with *annyeong* or *annyeonghaseyo*. Though I am still a little shy to greet them with that. When I was working in a Japanese restaurant before, we were all required to greet the guests in Japanese and even thank them in Japanese. It was really nice especially when we would be welcoming them altogether. Also I hope that if we are to greet someone, it will be sincere. And with that, I want to end this by saying good night from this side of the world and good morning in your side. It has been a long day for me since I slept late last night so I have to catch some sleep today. February 28, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a photo of the moon that I took and posted before on noise.cash.`

My first highest I thought that our Sunday was going to be slow and steady but thankfully we were able to hit I think the second biggest sales. Not really sure with the exact digits but based from what my brother had said, I am guessing that this is the second to the highest and is my first highest since I started temporarily in managing it. I am really hoping and praying that there will be an increase in their sales in the coming days. This is actually my challenge for myself and I will also push the rest of the team to do better. This morning, we have talked whether or not we are to tell the guests if the promotional items are nearing their expiration dates or not. Then this afternoon, we also talked about new promos that we will be implementing this coming March. I am actually proud of myself that I was able to think some promos that is a win-win for both their first and second business and it was also approved by my brother and sister-in-law. Thinking of a marketing promo makes me reminisce about my work in company B when I was still a local store marketing coordinator in one restaurant. One of my duties a d responsibilities was to bring in some guests to the store and that is by thinking of a promotion that will entice the people. With the first store that I have worked in, bringing in guest was not a problem because we were situated in a mall so I did not have to exert a lot of effort. However, when I was transferred in a stand alone restaurant and is situated in a Chinese community, it was a struggle for me since they most frequent the Chinese restaurant beside us. Most of the times the restaurant beside us were full of people while we only have a few tables. Since I started observing the operations at the Korean grocery, I always look at the restaurant and coffee shop beside us. Though I know that they are indirect competitors, it has been a habit of mine to always check their crowd. It was my basis whenever I would report to my brother and sister-in-law whether the sales was high or low. I am happy that the team are now also doing what I have been doing. They would sometimes report to me how many tables were there in the restaurant and coffee shop that even my brother would also count the tables. Some of the staffs are also now interacting with the guests and also greeting them when they come in and leave the store. Last week, some of them are still shy to greet the customers even my brother but now they would be the first to greet the guests. I remember when I first started working, I was really shy in greeting our guests. Then with company B, we were not really obligated to greet them when they come in since the restaurant is too big. So when I worked at company C, I was shy whenever I would call out the names of the people who ordered some drinks. Like for example, "*grande caramel frappuccino blended whipped cream for Jonna*". I was really shy in calling out their names and orders until I got the hang of it. One advice that I got from my workmatw before was to think that the people are not listening to what I was calling out and it actually worked. Sometimes I would even call out their names even louder because they are not really listening that they sometimes they are busy flirting with their partners that they do not care that I have already called them thrice. Then with company D and E, I have no problem with greeting kur guests anymore. My only dilemma before was doing table visits. As a supervisor/manager from company D and E, I was asked to do table visits and talk to the guests how their food was and things like that. I know I have told @Jeaneth before that it was really one of the things that I find so hard because I know the feeling when someone disturbs me when I am eating or when we are done eating and are already catching up with family and friends then suddenly the manager would come up and ask us how we our food was. Being able to work in a restaurant industry, I know that it is one of our SOPs. But sometimes there are just certain group of people that does not want to be bothered. You know what I mean? However, I find that easy now that I have been managing the grocery store. I would talk to the guests whether they are near the store and they would say their location as if I know the place that they have told me about. LOL. Then last week, there was a family that I interviewed and I found out they were all the way from Quezon City and they just happened to travel there because of the coffee shop as they have been hearing good reviews about it. And just today, they were back and I recognized them so I asked is they were the ones from Quezom City and they smiled at me because I remembered them. So I again being talkative asked them where exactly they are in Quezon City until we would both ask questions to each other that my brother gave them a BTS coffee and we found out that the mom was a certified Army. She said that she bought a ticket for their concert. Ahhhh. Calling @Ellehcim and @Grecy095, do BTS have a live online concert? I forgot who are the Army here but I think other than the 2 is @MissJo. I do not know who her bias was nor who the member of BTS was in the coffee that my brother gave her but she was really happy that she got the coffee. She said that she would have it with her when she watches the concert. This is the only time that my brother had witnessed how I really work and deal with guests. Well they did witnessed me working before but in a restaurant wherein I would be carrying trays of food and bussing out tables. But with interacting with guests, this would be the first. He even praised me last December when I was at their store because I entertained the guest that was suppose to leave but I somehow got her to buy a lot of products because I noticed that she was looking for something that she cannot find and so I talked to her and luckily, we have the one that she was looking for that she just did not see it. That is why my brother and sister-in-law had instructed their staffs to always assists the guests and introduce the products since they have already tried most of their items. I am not sure if I have already taught them everything but I still need to push them with a few things. I must say that I am really enjoying now. I guess I really miss working. February 27, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a photo of me taken this day.`

Free items After I had late dinner last night, I immediately went to sleep. I felt so tired but not that kind of tired that I get when I was still working. I wanted to make an article but my eyes were dropping that is why I didn't push myself and slept early. Anyway, now that I have experienced working in a small Korean grocery, I must say that it is quite challenging for me especially when it comes to pushing some slow moving items. My brother and sister-in-law's store has been in operation for 3 months already and in that span of time, I know that they have given away a lot of free items. During their grand opening, they gave away some free reusable bags and umbrella. Then the day during the opening of their second business, they have also gave a lot of free items because those items are nearing their expiration dates. Even for a person who does not have any experience in business, you can say that giving away free items is already a loss for the company. Yes, it may help with the business but there will come a point that some of those people will always be looking forward to free items. In terms of giving items that are nearing their expiration date, I know that we can still sell it for a lower price other than giving it for free. However, my concern is that there will going to be some instances where those dated items will be a problem. How would you feel if you are to buy an item at a great price but is about to expire? It happened to me before but I have no problem with that as I was going to consume it right away. But how about for those that won't eat it right away? Do consumers know that the reason that the item was on bargain is because it was about to expire? What if the product is 2 or 3 days before it's expiration date, should they still sell those? Should sellers tell their buyers or customers that it is about to expire or just let it be? Last week when I bought some food gift box for my friend from company B, I told her that she needed to give the drinks to her son and my goddaughter but I did not said why though since we came from the same induatry, ahe understood right away why I said that and we just laughed. She said that it would not be a problem because she will really let her kids consume everything right away. You all know that I have been supervising my brother and sister-in-law's grocery store and I just found out that they do have a lotnof products that are to be expired next month. I also found out that they bought a stock before from the supplier and the expiration date was the following day. They did not bought it on sale nor a discounted price so what they did was they returned all of it when they saw the dates. Pretty sure that some of their supplies that they bought last year was the old stock that is why a lot of their products are to get expired next month. We have been thinking what to do with those expired products. We are thinking a buy 1 take 1 promo or a buy 2 take 1 or buy 4 take 1. Because I wanted both of their business to be a win-win, I suggested that they should give away the items that are nearing their expiration dates if someone will buy a box of their snacks. Most likely they will buy some more from the grocery if they arw given some free items. Recently, the owners just give free items to whoever they want even if the expiry dates arw 5 days or less. I sometimes feel bad to the customers who received the free items. Should the owners and staff inform them about the expiration dates? What if they do not wait it right away nor they do not notice the dates? If you were in their position, would you feel bad if I gave you a free item that was about to expire or you would understand why they gave it to you? There were instances that I pulled out some of the items that were dated the same day as the expiration dates. My sister-in-law asked me about those items when she went to the store that day and I explained to her that selling it when it is already expired can only cause a customer complaint. She understood my opinion but I know that she was disheartened because there were some products that were not sold. The staffs got to bring home some of those expired items. What do you think should we do with the items that are about to expire next month? My brother and aister-in-law are not into buy 1 get one because they are at loss if they do that all the more if they would just give it away for free. They want a buy 2 (or 4) ramen noodles get 1 free drink. Or should we give one item that is about to expire and the other that is far it's expiration date? Should we tell the customers about it? We have a a rack full of items that are about to expire next month. We still have not decided what to do with it since they have been busy these past couple of days. Your suggestion will be very much appreciated. February 26, 2022 `P.S. lead image is a photo of one side of their store during their grand opening.`