Little Naiah
Little Naiah asked her mom, "Why should we be grateful mom? I know life is hard because you always cry."
Jana was shocked to hear this from her 6 year old daughter. First, is her, questioning the goodness of life and second, the fact that she knew that her mom cry most of the time.
It's indeed difficult to teach your children to be happy and thankful when they can witness your struggles and breakdowns. She have been married to an abbusive guy but can't let him go. Maybe because he helped her a lot before and she become dependent on him. No one knows the real reason, most of her neighbours kept on encouraging her to runaway from him and bring Naiah with her. They said that sooner or later, he might hurt his kid as well. Some even told her to report it to the police, she just can't be persuaded.
"Mommy, do we have to stay like this?"
Her tears started to fall like a rain.
"Life is indeed hard, but we should at least be grateful about the goodness of it. Because of life, I have you. I become a mom of a wonderful daughter, I am loved. I am grateful with everything even though it's difficult."
She kissed her forehead and say her good night.
She is Meanne
Poverty is difficult to deal with. Those who experience being poor will surely understand the hardships of having less to none.
According to her twin ister, they were really poor back then. Her mom will just buy one pack of noodles and then cook with a lot of water so they will have lots of soup. They are 4 siblings. It's already a big number of families if the parents are less capable of providing for their needs. They will use public restrooms to dump and swim in the river to bathe because they don't have restrooms in their house. Most of the time, all they have is rice no viand. Despite all these, Meann is a child with dreams. She still wants to continue her studies. They walk from home to school because they don't have money both for fare and snacks. They spend noon at school and won't eat lunch so that they can still come to class during the afternoon.
She lost her dad when she was in college, and months after, she lost her mom. Her life crumbles and she wants to give up on her dream to finish her studies and have a better life. She started to think what's the point of going forward. She decided to stop and look for work instead for them to live. Even though she was not the eldest in the family, she took responsibility. How've passion do die hard. Her desire to continue studying is still there, and after a year she went back to her province and study again. She's a scholar of the school because she's part of the band. After years of juggling between studies and the struggles of life, she finally finished her studies with a degree in Information technology. She started to work at the office of the same department and her boss love her so much. She learned a lot of things and let her boss learn a lot too.
Her life is changing little by little, but the hardships are still there. Her cousin is living with them too because her mom passed away so she decided to take her and let her study. Even though she has worked, her twin sister who has now a family lives with them and it seems her salary won't suffice so she decided to study again and take the Licensure Exam for Teachers. With her perseverance and Faith that God will help her, she passed the boards. It's not easy to be assigned and have a regular position in the Department of Education but she put all her trust in the Lord and soon enough she was given a position as a senior high school teacher. Life is slowly getting better, but struggles are still there. Her youngest sister was diagnosed to have a cyst in the gallbladder. She needs an operation immediately. After months of medication and her operation, her hospital bill rose to ₱100,000 excluding daily expenses like food. It's devastating to have a problem one after another. But her resiliency was already honed by her past struggles. To stand up back up knowing that God is with her lets her face these problems head-on. They went to different government assistance and also she loaned money from the bank.
Her sister is now well, she's still a teacher, and her twin sister went back to studying to teach elementary students. She's an inspiration. Her strength, resiliency, and faith are all admirable. I am so blessed God gave me a sister in Christ like her.
Meann is a name that will always be made me think of a strong lady with a humble heart.
I know it's scary but you're getting closer
Adulting is like a sudden turn of events. Transitions that one will not expect to be easy peasy.
It's exciting to welcome a new phase in our life but at the same time, it's scary. Maturity comes to play and I think this is vital. We have to learn how to manage things on our own, but still with the aid of people whom we can trust and depend on. We will surely experience a lot of ups and down until we can already figure it out.
I am always scared to grow up, I thought I was strong but surely not. I thought it's all just a simple puzzle to work on but life is not a simple puzzle. It's real difficult.
It's scary but you're getting closer to figuring things out.
Have a good day!
Mask On
Are you really happy?
I wonder if the person behind the mask is indeed happy. I hope she is.
Maybe sometimes we're like this, masking our happiness or our sadness. I believe all of us are incomplete in different ways but we're all trying our best to get by. No one is perfect and we as human fulfill each shortcomings as we live together here on earth. Like it or not, we need others to live. Not to the extent that we're too dependent on them but we can't deny that interactions with others are necessary. Just like the saying goes "no man is an island". I hope anyone who's feeling a lil down lately will soon find his/her wayback to happiness. We decide our own joy, and I think this feeling cannot be define using universal term because it varies from person to person.
Never let anyone snatch that peace and comfort inside you.
This subject/topic was originally posted on PeakD and for an unfortunate event I accidentally deleted it huhu But I still want to share this photograph that I captured so I decided to make another article and publish it here.
Words and photos are mine
Thanks for stopping by 💗
Scribbling out my Anxieties
A month of absence and I miss everything and everyone. Another quick update of my life 🧬
One month to go and I'll take my licensure examination, I am really stress and my anxieties won't let me sleep. But of course I always remind myself that God is bigger than my problems. I am reminded not to be a worrier.
So to release all these overthinking I just scribbled my old book that I purchased from BookSale.
This is as easy as water flowing. You just let your hand swirl and twirl then add little details and dark areas. It's like a shell 🐚 or leaves.
I enjoyed scribbling this one. It looks like candies or flowers. Love the shading part and how it turned out 🥰 Want to try this on clear paper wihuu
This one's the most detailed so far. It's surprisingly easy to scribble but at the same time my hands get a bit numb haha. But I love the shapes and illusion it create.
All these three scribbles are not my original designs. I watched these on YouTube and Tiktok and kudos to the creators because indeed it's satisfying and easy to make.
So far this is the only stuff I can share, I do hope I pass my boards get my license and provide for my fam.
until next time❣️
Messing my book with my arts
Helloooo ppl of readcash worlddd how's life?
I just finish watching the recorded lessons that I missed last week and the week before it. So I am like doing double--no triple time because the things I have to accomplish is piling up mwhehe.
This will be short again since I have to go back with studying so I can accomplish a lot today hehe.
Maybe most of you knew that I really love books and reading stories. However, I am not a book collector type but rather a reader. I would love to go around borrowing or renting books instead of buying for the purpose of collection. I know some people who have a lot of books but haven't finish half of it lol. I do but books on BookSale because it's the only thing I can afford 😅. Year 2019 as far as I can recall, I develop habit of buying books as long as the price only ranges from 80 pesos and below. So, I've collected few books and I finished reading it all.
I tried selling it as a scrap or for junk journaling in shoppee but I can't manage it that much so I stopped. I saw the pile last time and I thought of what to do haha, I remembered the arts of @Hanzell nee chan, some of it are drawn in a book or like a magazine so I tried it too and gosh I enjoyed it haha
These are my flower series, I can't wait to buy some watercolor so I can try other techniques hehe
I hope the author of this book won't be mad at me as well as those books collector put there huehue.
Make your tears a bit colourful! ;))
February Updates
Ahhh my board exam is just around the corner and I feel like I still have a lot to accomplish, I am not yet prepared hahah
I know I can't do this alone, I don't trust myself but rather lay all these worries and uncertainties to God. Whatever the result of my exam, God will not leave me and will guide me all the way whieee.
So how's your February so far? I am fine (haha why does this sound weird and a lie lol). I have a goal of losing my belly fat and start exercising but look, I just finished munching sweet donuts haha what to do mum gave it to me, I can't refuse mwehehe. I am not that unhealthy but I want to start taking care of my health more and stay fit so I can do more physical activities without getting exhausted easily. It is also a good way to release stress, instead of paying attention to socmeds I now prefer healthy stress relievers (but I can't give up coffee huhu).
I am also happy I had a little catch up with my friends though video call,since graduation, we haven't seen each other huhu also tomorrow I will visit my friends and we'll have some snacks and share stories. I will share the gospel to them too because sharing the Words of God is the most wonderful thing I can do to show my love for them. I do hope I'll be more courageous.
Another happening is my cat's newborn kittens. They're almost 3 weeks old, two of them has a black and white color and the other one is brown like their mom (my cat Charlotte). My nephew even gave them names: Charcoal, Charmee, and Charlang. I just let him because he's really serious about giving them names and it should start with letter C just like my cats who are with us and those who left home (Charlotte, Coco, Charlet, Checkered). I plan to post their pics for adoption soon as they can consume solid foods. Hope they'll have a warm home.
So far, these are the only events I can share. Will update later mwehehhe Thanks for stopping by~~
How's Life so far?
I can't express how much happiness I've felt after this retreat. I feel so restored -both my relationship with the Lord and with my brethren. Although it's not actually a major gap, I know there are silent awkwardness that we no longer knew where it's coming from. Having fellowship with them helped us to open up and strengthen our bond and connection. It's indeed a relief when siblings in Christ understand and love each other most especially the servants in the ministry.
I also realized how much loved I am in the church, that I am part of it and it's my home. I can now show my love for them without hesitations. I can serve God and brethren more if God will use me and if it's His Will.
I am thankful that God helped me with the things that I need to hear and addressed. I hope that I will guard my heart, make it strong so my Christian Life will be stronger than before. Even at times that persecutions and difficulties will come, I'll gladly accept it because I know God allowed this and God is with me.
I have to understand the feeling of being in the dark, to appreciate the light.
🙏
I miss going out
Every weekend, I travel an hour (sometimes an hr and a half) so I can have fellowship with my brothers and sisters in Christ and also listen to God's Words. Then, I'll be back home Sunday afternoon and stay at home all day during weekdays. I love that kind of routine, I even imagine myself working from home for the rest of my life 😂 It's not like I don't want to go out, it's just that I love it more here inside the comfy of our house.
However, I kinda miss going outside with my friends and with my family. Gladly mom asked me to come with her since she will treat my niece and nephew because of a job well done during my niece's pageant.
I love these pictures wiiehh Another thing why I love to go out is that good view will welcome me hence I can get some good photos.
Both of them look so happy, hehe so cute.
We ate at Food Court and ordered from Mr. Kimbob, my sister and mom ordered Kimbob, while my niece and cousin ordered All Meat, my nephew ordered Beef Fried Kimchi, and of course me haha I ordered Dakgalbi hihi
No pictures of other orders because we're all hungry lol
After we ate, we played on the arcade. Mom spent few hundreds and the kids are all happy. We swapped our tickets and we got two sets of 10pcs highlighters, stress ball, and I got uno cards.
We played Uno until late last night haha now my vocal chord is hurting hahaha
Its was a fun family date and hope soon we'll go out as a family with complete members hihi
~Have a happy holidays
LET your Faith be bigger than your fear
phew, been staring blankly for about 20 minutes or so. My phone's note is left open and courage to type any words is likely nowhere to be found. I have to slap my face a little to pull myself together.
I will share the past events in my life last week. Another episode of updating y'all about my life in this earth. The usual days of attending my online review class circled all throughout the week, the different events includes my niece's pageant and the recently released LET Exam.
From my past article, I shared that my niece joined a pageant in their school. It's a money contest and with pageant, and as I've said we just want to let her perform and ramp and tadahhh she was awarded as the best in talent wiiehh. I am happy because I've seen her work hard with her performance.
I actually don't know this kid but dude she's sooooo adorable ahhhh. She's one of the contestants from category A. There are two categories - Category A for primary (kinder to grade 3) and Category B (Grades 4 to 6). She's my favorite, the way she walk is like she's in a fashion event.
She's also my niece because she's my cousin's daughter. Such a pretty bebe and good in introducing her self. She won 3rd place yeyy.
So proud of these cuties💖
LET2022
First of all, I would like to congratulate all those passers. Congrats teachers y'all deserve a clap 👏🎉
My sister didn't passed the exam, I am sad about it at the same time still hopeful that God has a better plan. It may be difficult for her now but I know she'll do better next time. She can't focus with her review because her work is draining her. I hope next time she'll take a leave or few weeks rest so she can focus.
Right now, I'm just the only human in the house with my fur babies. I just finished my dinner and after I publish this and read some articles, I will now go to sleep so I can wake up early tomorrow. Thanks for reading ❤️
Tug-Tak Tugtugtutugtuk-tak
As of writing this (3:49pm), I am here at the waiting shed of my niece and nephew's elementary school. I am waiting for my nephew because his class will end at 4:30pm, also he asked my mom if he can borrow her phone because he is the leader for their dance to be presented on Friday for their Christmas Party. Mom won't agree if he'll just bring the phone without the guidance of older relatives because he might lose it.
My niece also finished her talent presentation today because she joined the pageant in school. Yes, elementary but with money contest and pageant. Of course we didn't all out for the money contest because we don't have that money to waste (yes waste haha tho the proceeds will be for school fund, but it's still a waste for me lol). She didn't won any place at top 5 for money contest so she don't have points yet, however what her mom wants is for her to perform on that stage not actually the money contest. It's fine if she don't win as long as she did her best, and today I think she did. I can say she did well on her talent presentation and I have hope she'll win best in talent. The pageant will be on friday and the announcement of winners and awards.
Being here at my former elementary school made me remember a lot of memories. Those good and bad old days with my friends, the growing up stage as I level up on my grade level. Some teachers are still here, and I am amazed how pretty they are, the same when I am a student here until now. Years have past but it looks like they don't aged (hope all).
I super love the ambiance here 😍
We arrived home at almost 6pm because my nephew's practice ended at 5:30pm then we went to mom's workplace. Mom asked me to buy her snacks so I did then my nephew and I went home.
This is a photo of him and a beautiful sky.
That's all for now, thanks for stopping by 😃
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The title of this article is the sound of my niece's dance song haha it's a beat that keeps on repeating since she's practicing every night.
Sundate
Happy weekend 😊
How did you spend your weekend? I hope everyone had a wonderful time with people you love to be with.
I started my Saturday by attending my 8am to 12noon class. We have 15 min break before the clock hits 10am, how've my brain cells can't actually absorb all the lessons so I have to review. But since it's Saturday, after class I fixed myself and my things and travelled an hour to reach the neighbouring province and have fellowship with my brethren there. I arrived at almost 3pm and gladly the sermon is just about to start.
I cried a lot actually 🥺 God is telling me all the answers from my troubles from the past days through that sermon. Actually the main issue is not money, distance, hardship, or people, things get hard because my heart is not pure 🥺. Like I am not obeying on his Words wholeheartedly and it breaks my heart. I am ashamed at the same time thankful that God helped me realized this. I know I can't change right away but I am asking help from Him so I can serve Him with all my heart without hesitations.
Today, Sunday, I also learned a lot from the sermon and made me stronger to face challenges in life. After the sermon, we cleaned the church building and watch the dance that we will perform for our upcoming All Saints Fellowship or we also called it Year-end fellowship. We will all gather at church and after Sunday Sermon, we will have a program- kids, youth, mothers and fathers group will perform.
After our short practice we went to a department store and just look at different products but didn't buy anything because the line at the counter soooo long and we don't have that much time haha.
I am with my brothers and sisters in Christ together with our Pastor and his family.
I travelled back home and arrived at 6:30pm. I took a warm bath and have some coffee and a cake for dinner. It's my third sister's birthday that's why my second sister bought her a cake hihu
that's all for my Sundate update, tom I have exam so I gotta prepare and sleep hehe. Good night 🌃
Hellow
To infinity and beyond~
Who loves Buzz Lightyear? Oohh I see okie, that's a random question to start a random article hehe
I am wondering (since yesterday) whether to import my noise cash data or not, I feel like what happened in nc must stay in nc. However, upon thinking hard about it, I decided to migrate it to noisecash app. Maybe because I still want to hold unto the memories. You see I am really a sentimental person and hard to detach myself on something or someone that became a part of my life. I am honestly sad, saying goodbye to people there but I hope I can interact with them on the new (not so new) site.
Charlotte is my username there hehe
https://noise.app/Charlotte
Now, I am currently reviewing my math, but I took a break first and decided to have an update here because I've been absent for the past few days hehe.
I think I am kinda productive because I manage to give my dog a bath and now I am studying, writing articles, and soon will write a blog in PeakD if I still have the energy to do so. Although I still have a lot of chores and other tasks to do, I am slowly fulfilling my duties hehe.
Why am I so busy
Mostly because of my classes in the review center and then self-review after the class. I have to re-watch the recording, take notes, and then further my readings whenever I have topics I don't understand. Actually, I am a bit disappointed with myself because I've been wasting my time watching yt videos which will not help me in any way. Instead of reviewing (and also updating here), I tend to get hooked on those videos huhu. So, I am disciplining myself. I don't want to regret and lose focus on my studies because my goal right now is to do my best and pass the exam.
Another reason for my inactivity is the holiday tasks given to me. As I have mentioned in the past posts, we have a family reunion celebrated every new year and I am tasked to do the video presentation. Actually, I am always tasked to do that along with teaching kids their presentations and dances but now I told my mom I can't handle it all because of my review. Mom told me to at least do the video presentation. I think most readcashers here who also do video editing will understand how time-consuming it is to edit video. Compiling photos and videos itself is such tedious, I have to stalk (fb) almost all my cousins, aunts, and relatives, so I can get photos and vids (including memes and funny vids). I also have to make it fun so I am always thinking of the trends and stuff.
Despite all that, I still want to be good at prioritizing things and my time-management. I don't want to waste time so yeah better use all my time in a more productive way.
Thanks much for reading! ^.^
Write right
The term "globalization" refers to the increasing interdependence of the economies, cultures, and populations throughout the world as a result of technology, cross-border trade in goods and services, and flows of capital, labor, and information. Over many years, nations have developed economic alliances to support these movements. Complex and politically controversial, globalization's wide-ranging impacts are widespread. Similar to significant technological advancements, globalization is good for society as a whole while being bad for some groups. Three categories can be used to group globalization. The section numbers for these are 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0. 2.0 is the connection of nations through businesses and companies that are globalized in other nations, whereas 1.0 is the connection of nations through other nations through government officials, religion, people, colonization, etc. 3.0 refers to persons who communicate with others online, through social media, etc. Recognizing these categories, relative costs and benefits can help solve issues while maintaining larger benefits.
According to Dominic Dithurbide, there are four key advantages of globalization. First, access to new markets. Businesses now have the chance to diversify into new areas, connect with global consumers, and boost profits thanks to globalization. Companies may eventually encounter domestic demand saturation for their goods or services. They can keep growing by satisfying overseas demand by diversifying their market. Second, spread of knowledge and technology. Companies need to share a technological structure and similar technologies in order to collaborate worldwide. For instance, e-commerce enables businesses to sell their goods on Amazon.com to customers worldwide. Similar to this, a centralized knowledge base enables businesses to swiftly transmit information and create novel solutions. For instance, in the healthcare industry, this means that new drugs and medical equipment will be available on the market more quickly in various nations. Third, enhanced global cooperation and tolerance. By allowing nations to specialize, globalization improves collaboration. By doing this, they can take use of their economic advantages and exchange those items for other resources. For instance, a South American nation that excels at sugar cane production may export it to a developed nation in exchange for manufactured goods. Lastly, it promotes economic growth. Studies have demonstrated that on a human level, globalization fosters tolerance since it exposes people to many cultures and allows them to connect with people around the world. Studies have shown that because countries can specialize in areas with comparative advantages, globalization boosts economic growth by more effectively allocating resources. Through complementary reforms in the area of capital and financial development, it also indirectly supports growth.
(There are still paragraphs that I didn't include bcoz I don't want to bore y'all with long technical writings haha)
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This is not the first time I wrote about this topic, I wrote essay about this when I am still studying and also when I did writing commissions. It's surprising that this should be 2k words gosh haha I only did write 1k+ and I told my client to just add up because I am now busy haha. She told me before that it's just 1k and then her teacher said it changed to 2k words. eekk I am now busy with my review so I can't manage to add because it's already due on Friday. After all, this is just free work I didn't ask for payment because she's a good friend 😌
Can I slow down a little?
Why do I feel like everything is happening in a really fast pace? I want to stop and take things slowly but life is demanding more to me. How am I supposed to act?
December, the last month of the year already started, I have new things to think of and unfinished business to take care of. I don't want to stress myself about stuffs I don't have control but sometimes my mind is such a traitor. I need to accomplish my goals and my 2022 vision but the year is already at its end.
It's like I'm a moving vehicle traveling slow but everything around me are all traveling fast. They all seems to know which path to take while I am still in the middle of thinking where to go, if I'll turn right or left, head straight, or stop over. People seems to be lively while me being so gloomy all the day. I have a lot of vacant hours compared to them but why do I keep on accomplishing less. It's a bit difficult.
God help me with my unfaithfulness.
~A short glimpse of my thoughts.
Pancit Canton Cravings
Inactivity at its finest gome .·´¯`(>▂<)´¯`·.
I finished my 6hr exam 2 hours earlier. Ang pagod kasi wala na ko maisagot, limot ko na agad huhu. Halos chamba nalang kasi eekk pre test palang bawi nalang next life jonk. Nag start ako mga 12 noon after ko mag lunch tas mga 4 pm na ko natapos sa exam nag crave ako agad sweet and spicy lucky me pancit canton. Grabe pa dalawang isip ko kasi kakakain ko lang nun kahapon kaya lang kasiii calamansi flavor yunh binili nung pamangkin ko kasi bawal sya ng maanghang eh share share kami so ako nag adjust kaya ayun nag crave pa rin sa fav flavor ko hehe.
Di rin mawawala ang coffee pero di ko na napicture-an. Want ko nga may egg pa kaso ayurn wala na ko pera like legit last money ko na yun hahha (huhu). Tapos ang lamig pa sakin ni Rusty (huhu ulit)
Want ko sana matulog after nung exam pero di ako inaantok kaya nag hugas na ko ng plato na di ko nahugasan kaninang umaga at lunch dahil ayun nga nagreview ako onti kaya ang dami hinugasan ko after. Nanuod din ako ilang eps ng Fruits Basket and eto yung natutunan at super tumatak saakin so far na sinabi ng isang minor character.
Don't forget that forcing your intense love on someone, can burden them or hurt them.
~Megumi | Fruit Basket S1
Ayoko mag spoil at explain mahaba nung context nung scene pero I agree sa sinabi ni Megumi-san. Minsan kasi akala natin it's fine to show our feelings and demand on someone kasi we know we are giving much. Kahit feeling natin is it's fine to be overly expressive, there'll come a time that it's too suffocating para sa taong we care. It's not limited to a romantic love but all kinds of love. Yung friendship na kapag may iba na nakakasama yung friend natin is mahuhurt and galit tayo because of jealousy, it's actually a burden for them. It's fine to get hurt and be jealous, but to the point na we'll get mad, nahh that's being selfish.
I thought di ako makakapag sulat ngayon but I really pushed myself kasi weekend nanaman and I'll be inactive because I will not be home hehe.
Thanks for reading this random mumblings (◡ ω ◡)
Hello, chores
I feel productive yesterday in terms of household chores. From morning till afternoon, I tried to finish all the things I need to do.
After I meditate and have my coffee, I clean our sala and my area. Even I am not good at cleaning chores I still try my best to at least lessen the dirt and mess inside our house.
At 7:30 am, I fixed our laundry and sort white from colored, pants, underwear and also of it's meant for outside or just home clothes. After that, I washed it first with plain water then put it inside our washing machine with water and of course detergent. As I waited for 15 minutes, I interacted here and also in other platforms to make up with my absences from the past days. At 1:00pm after lunch break I am already rinsing thw clothes and find hangers so it'll dry up faster. So thankful that the weather is sunny, I don't have to use our dryer, less electric bill and won't contribute in harming the environment.
Dryers are bad for the environment?
-Well, dryers require a lot of energy to function and most people don't use renewable energy to supply their electricity, hence the use of it increases our reliance to non-renewable energy such as fossil fuels which adds up to greenhouse emissions.
I started to hang all the clothes I washed after I cleaned our laundry area. I finished it at almost 2:30pm. I have more time but I don't want to take a nap. I decided to fold mom's clothes and also mine that my sister washed last week. While I am folding I decided to watch the anime Fruits Basket amd currently I am episode 15 wiehh. The story is so cute.
I finished my laundry, folding of clothes, and clean our sala. That's a really productive day but I failed to write an article lol 😆 but mehh it's still a productive Tuesday mwehehe 🤩
Thanks for reading!
Rusty balik ka na di na ko galit 🥺🤣
Meeting Adjourned
Last night we had a family meeting for our upcoming Reunion; family and relatives from my mother side. We always celebrate Reunion every January 1 to welcome New Year together.
It's fun to have games, gifts, messages, food, family presentation, intermission, video presentation, and a lot more joyful activities. Yesterday's my uncle's birthday so we conducted the meeting at his house after we ate (😋) double purpose hihi eat and meet. The grown-ups of course must be present, kids are there too so yes it's too noisy haha but still enjoyable. The agenda started with the place and date, for which were decided right away because all agreed to have it at the same date and venue. Next, the food and gifts. The talk become a bit long for the gifts because some wants to be it an individual exchange gift while others want it to be per family. We voted but came out tie lol. So they talk about it more and more until the decision was to be it individual like we usually do and the amount is ₱100.
Another agenda is the program, clothes theme, committee, and other matters. Although sometimes the grown-ups' voice suddenly rise, they still manage to resolve and have a peaceful meeting. I was in charged video presentation so I have to collect photos and videos starting today because it's super duper time consuming I swear. They supposedly giving me another task which is supervising the kids intermission and nativity play but I told them I can't handle that because I have review classes. Maybe if I finish the video early I can manage their play but intermission and other presentation, I can't.
So that's for my life update thanks for being with me ❣️✨ 🧬
I am boring
Adventure is dangerous but routine is lethal.
~unknown
I read this on LinkedIn but forgot who posted or said this quote. Yes, I am more of a boring potato and not an adventurous girl, but I definitely agree with the statement above. Going to places and exploring different routes may be dangerous to do but doing the same routine every single day is like a disease without a cure.
A while ago my mom asks me to go to the office of our internet provider to pay for our internet bill. She asked me if I have other things to do or places to visit. After I pay for it, I will come home, I answered. She was like "Go around the town, visit some establishments, stroll around blahblah". I don't want to, told her it was like I am wasting my time and I want to spend more time inside our house. I usually do that whenever she asks me to do quick errands, I'll be really quick haha. The center or market is one tricycle away from our house and maybe mom thinks that it's a waste of tricycle fare to just come home quickly. What can I do? I don't find it fun to stroll around (there are times that I want though, but too seldom), and I feel like I am willing to spend money than waste time.
So is my routine lethal? Maybe it looks boring to some, but no it is not mwehe. I do a lot of adventures at home. I read a lot. I love to get lost for hours and hours of reading. I love to play with my fur babies. It is a different kind of adventure for me, I don't have to interact with people physically. Interaction is necessary I know and going out of my comfort zone every once in a while is beneficial too. But I want to spend more time with myself than with random people. I am still learning and practicing to be a person who can adapt to my current environment.
I have readcash and noisecash friends too so it's not really "only me" haha. I admit that the pandemic turned me into an introvert so I am still summoning my extroverted self hahaha hope soon wohoo
Thanks for reading!
Lies
Don't you think lies are necessary? I do.
Sometimes, lies save a person. Lies help a person. Depending on the extent, reason, heaviness of the lie, I personally think lies are essential.
~Wow, a person who talks about God most of the time, now talks about a sin and telling it's okay.
Well, finish this article first (◔‿◔)
People who can't lie (some of those with mental condition find it difficult to lie and distinguish a lie) find it hard to adapt and survive in society. Believe it or not the world is full of lies. According to a study, a person usually lie once or twice a day. So in a wider view, I lied for about 365-730 times a year multiplied to how old I am right now (deducting my early child years), wow I'm such a liar 🤥.
Is there anyone here who don't lie? C'mon you'll be fooling yourself. I tell lies most of the time, white lies to be exact. If I need to surprise someone, I need to lie. If I want to prank someone, I lie. If I want to be productive, I lie to myself that I'm fine at times that I am not. From the past months, I've been lying to my mom. Or it's just that I am not telling her about my problems, so I am pretending that everything is fine. It's because I don't want her to worry. I don't want her to keep on stressing on things I should handle on my own. It's not actually my problem but my sister's. I knew about it and keeping it secret to my mom, I want to solve things with my siblings because I think mom don't deserve get stress about it. We're all grown ups.
So, is it okay to lie?
Lying is a sin. White lies are lies hence a sin. Sin is not and will never be okay to God. We have sinful nature, we are sinners. But, do you know how great God's love is? He hate sin but love sinners. He gave His Son to redeem us from our past, present, and future sins. The only thing that will make a person go to hell is not believing and having faith with Jesus blood that poured on the cross to save the world.
Lying is never okay but sometimes it's necessary.
Introducing, Him
Tuesday night 🌃 how are y'all doing?
I can't focus with my studies :"( I have many things to think of and I am really distracted by the worries inside my head. I don't want to think about all these stuffs but instead, trust God about everything.
Oh please Lord, help me put my trust in You and obey Your will
I think for 2 hours of scanning my module, only few concepts actually retained in my brain 🧠 I don't want to be this unproductive but haist I feel weak. Have you experience that kind of weakness? You're not tired or like physically drained, emotionally rather, it's like I'm exhausted even though I am just here sitting all day. Oh what a pain.
As I scan and read, fooling myself that I understand my lessons, I was amazed by how **Isaac Newton** really have an amazing brain. Imagine, at the age of 22 (he's still a student), he invented Differential and Integral Calculus (so difficult (༎ຶ ෴ ༎ຶ)), discovered the Law of Universal Gravitation, formulated the three laws of motion, and developed the new theory of light in just 18months. All these stuff in such a young age and short period of time. Like err hope all (sana ol).
While me at 22 crying in happiness because I got a passing grade which is 75 in my major subjects that I've been struggling the whole year.
Well, introducing, him.
I know he has a lot of contributions as well as the legendary Albert Einstein and of course a lot of scientist and physicist. How I wish I had few of their genius brain cells (｡ŏ﹏ŏ)
That's just a short update, my struggles and my admiration.k.bye
Thanks for spending time with my article love lots!
Blessed beyond measure
Happy Monday 😀
Do y'all still remember me? 🥺 Been out for a long time because of the Bible Seminar conducted in our house last week. There are a lot of preparation but all are worth it because it's a work for the Lord.
The Bible Seminar starts at 6:30pm from Monday to Friday last Nov 14-18. We (me and my brethrens from Sipocot and Ortigas) invited my family and neighbors to study Words of God so they can also know the love of God. Most of my relatives didn't attend but I didn't feel discouraged. I know God is with me and I still hope that maybe one day, they will also listen and be saved. One of the invitees is my dad's friend. He knows me when I was still little but now, he is blind because of his accident 4 years ago. He is willing to listen and his desire to know more about the Words of God is such a motivation for me.
Sister Abby cooked for our heavy snack from Day 1 to Day 4 while sister Shai cooked on Day 5.
Pancit Bihon for Day 2. I am amazed how she can cook a lot because if that's me, I'll panic haha. We had macaroni soup for Day 1 because the weather is really cold that time.
Porridge for Day 4 and it's soooo yummy. It has a lot of chicken too and egg wiiee. For Day 3 we had Banana cue and maruya but I forgot to take pics hehe.
Tadahh spaghetti for Day five because it's a celebration that the invitees understand the Grace that God given to us. Although some invitee still have confusions it's fine because he is still willing to know more and attend gatherings to watch sermons and have fellowship.
The set up. Our house was not filled with invitees but I am still happy that there were people who are seeking to find God. We're still preparing during this time that's why there are many empty seats.
I know that I have numerous challenges to face, but no need to worry because Jesus is my source of strength and will never ever let me walk alone. 💛
Been busy from the past weeks, will do the catching up starting tomorrow 💛
Frustrated Teacher
Hello 🤩
So yes yow I am a busy bee (there workers at home and I am managing and cooking for them) and I can't manage my blogging accounts huhu. My rc is like a desert 🏜️ and a land experiencing a drought. Oh well! I just want to share my journey in applying as an online teacher. The site is called Rarejob. It's an ESL company and the students are not limited to children but also professionals who want to learn English. The students are from Japan. Their hiring process include English proficiency test, speaking test, interview, and demo teaching, I passed the English Proficiency Test but I honestly had a hard time with grammar test haha. I have 10 attempts but I passed on my 4th attempt. It's difficult because this process consistss 4 parts, if you passed the first two parts but failed the third or fourth, you have to start over again. I easily passed the first two parts but I always fail the third lol that's why it took 4 attempts before I could finally succeed.
For the speaking test, there are 4 parts too. Answering questions, reading phrases, interpretation of a graph, and conversation type. I am talking with an Al but my answers are recorded and checked by the admin and the system. The scoring starts at A1 (lowest) and C2 (highest). I got B2 which is high and the company qualified me to a fast lane interview. The fast lane interview is limited and only given to qualified applicants. Instead of undergoing long process I am eligible to conduct the next steps (interview and demo) in just 4hrs.
How've, I haven't submit schedule that I want because my internet speed didn't meet the requirements huhu we only have 8mbps and the minimum is 15mbps shocks hahah. My sister told me to grab the chance, she said I can ask my cousin to do the interview in her house because their internet speed is 30mbps. I am shy tho huhu
My sister also told me that, if I am hired we can change our internet provider or upgrade because the pay for being an online teacher is a passive one.
Haven't decided yet, I'll pray for it first.
Some things are fine even if it seems it's not
From the past days, I learned a lot. I realized things that I am thankful God let me reflect. Life will throw punches, that's for sure, for me, it's to discipline, train, and test how I can manage and fight back.
1. It's fine to invalidate my feelings
Heart is a troublemaker. It says turn left then later on tell you to turn right. Heart can deceive its owner, because it's full of emotions that sometimes mislead us to where we should be. I personally don't believe in the saying "follow your heart", no please if you'll follow your heart, bring your brain too. I am so mad from the past days, I have the rights to get angry. Some people are making it hard for me 🥺 I was so frustrated that I can't perform my duties well because of the hate inside my heart. It tells me not to respect that person anymore, telling me never be humble with that person because he don't deserve it. I have a favor to ask him but no!!! I don't want to because he is annoying and so problematic 😭 but what can I do, the favor is not for me but for the people I love. Now, my heart is telling me that it's fine not to ask the favor because I am mad. However, as I pray and ask for counseling, I realized that sometimes it's fine to invalidate my own feelings. Most importantly if it's affecting the things I should do and my responsibilities. Yes, I am mad, but I shouldn't drag these emotions that will cause other people's demise.
I still don't feel fine about his actions but I finally cast the hate and start asking him for favor, he immediately agreed and I never heard violent and negative words from him because of my request. It's true, God is helping me in all my ways if I deny myself so He can work in me.
2. It's fine to admit I am weak
I have to be strong for my family and love ones. I have to stay firm and show people telling me negative things, that I am not regretting following Jesus (and I don't regret it and I am patiently waiting for Him). I have to be strong, don't cry, don't show my weakness, don't...., until I can't hide it anymore. IT'S FINE TO ADMIT I AM WEAK! I realized this while having fellowship with my brethrens. It's because, if I know I am weak and I can't rely on myself, that's the time God's power will be seen in me. Because He is the one who plans all I have to do is trust and follow Him. I am nothing without Him.
3. It's fine if I won't mind things I can't control
It will just stress me figuring out how to solve problems which I don't have the capacity to do so. I know from the start I can't help solve this problem so why do I keep on worrying about it. I learned to cast all my fears and problems I can't control to God, He will surely help me if I focus on the things I can manage. Good things come to those who wait, who wait with patience and faith.
These are the realizations from my experience in life and the struggles I am currently facing. The world is challenging me and I know my suffering is nothing to the blessing I will receive after life. Focus on spiritual things, because it's eternal
Thanks for stopping by 🐱
Me on Sunday with mah white dress 🤍
Hellooo in case you missed it! I published this article last night 🌃
https://read.cash/@curiouscat/mom-for-a-day-133d04e0
Mom for a Day
I feel like I am a busy potato all throughout this week but I don't want to be absent for a really long time, so I am here trying to share my today's activities.
Supposedly, I will study today but my nephew came as well as my cousin's son. My cousin asked me to come with them and eat outside (yeyy free foods). Of course I agree haha I'm craving for some Chicken Ala King 😋
Before we go to SM Hypermarket, we first visited my cousin's wife because we kinda miss her. She's just few blocks away from our house but she seldom visited here because she's also a mom of two kids so we know how busy she is.
They look so cute. This bebu wearing yellow shirt is my sister's son and the one wearing sando is my cousin's son. My cousin and I are basically childhood friends we're of the same age but she want a family earlier than me so tadahh she has a cute lil boy who will turn 2 years old January next year.
After about 30mins of staying at my cousin's house, we went to SM but before we reach our destination, the tricycle we're riding stopped because there's no more gasoline ekkk we had to go down and wait for the driver because the gasoline station is across the street. As we wait for the tricycle, these two look around the area and Vanjo wants to climb the fence lol.
Cutiee I love their outfits wieeh
More photos coz they're cute 🤩
Our main goal is to eat Chicken Ala King with fries 🍟 from Mcdo because my cousin also craved for it. She also ordered Sundae. It's a treat so it really tastes good hehe.
Well behaved with a bit of kulitness haha
Both of them ate fries and they love to dipped it in ketchup. After we ate, we went to Mr. Diy to look around. I am not a fan of this store because I swear it's too pricey 🤢. My cousin bought toys for them. Toy hammer for his son, Ijah, and choo choo train for Vanjo. At first she wants to buy the same toy for Vanjo but ny nephew is really fond of vehicles so he's about to throw tantrums when he saw we didn't get the train.
They both enjoyed the gala and of course me hehe. Free foods and fare plus bonding with them, it's really relaxing hehe. It's also my fist time going out with my nephew without her mom around so yeah I became his mom for a day haha.
As we headed home, my nephew consumed his milk, watched Masha and the Bear then fell asleep.
A tiring yet fun day for the 4 of us ❤️ Soon I'll be able to treat my love ones too hehe
Thanks for stopping by ❤️
Hello Electricity
***Shut Open your Mouth***
***~curiouscathoo***
There's a time for you to speak up,
And also a time for you to be quiet.
The question is when?
How will you know the timing?
Should you react everytime,
Words of hatred chime?
Is it a must to open your mouth,
When people keep talking behind your back?
Does it even matter?
To get angry,
When people with your ideas don't agree?
Should you stay silent?
When you know the truth?
Is it a must to keep it to yourself,
If you know the good news?
Does the love you received,
Should just stay as seed?
Let it grow and bear fruit!
Let the world know the truth.
Keep quiet during afflictions,
Speak the truth even you're in afflictions.
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10•29•2022
No electricity 🔌 what else to do? Write poems and get lost with words. I felt like I am not doing anything for the Lord from the past days. I am distracted by unecessary things and worries. In a middle of hardships, I know God is with me. No reason to be afraid. I should speak the truth and spread His Words, because that's the purpose why I am still living. Let other people know how merciful our God and His big love for us.
I'll be alone a little later and our house is a mess. The strom led our house to be this way because water went inside our dining area, good thing it didn't reach our rooms and sala. Some of our laundry get wet tho huhu I have to sort things out and clean a little. The heavy rain is still felt in pur area but mom has to go to work (she's a nurse) and my sister have to attend this anniversary that was not cancelled even though it's raining hard. She's the emcee so she have no choice.
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Oct 31, 2022
The electricity just came back yesternight but because I went to my previous elementary school with my mom to celebrate the first grand alumni homecoming, I failed to publish this draft article.
I don't see any of my batch mate last night and mostly elders attended the event, I just helped mom unpack and pack stuffs
How are y'all?
Storm x Food
The storm is really in our area
Heavy rains and loud thunders keep on raging on plus the wind that swayed the trees. I asked my mom if I can go to the neighboring province because we have Bible Seminar. She agreed last time but now I am a bit hesitant because of the storm. I am not afraid because I know God will take care of me since I am going to do Works for the Lord not for party or what but I don't want my mom to worry.
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The weather is so cold so I will just share foods that I cooked from yesterday and today.
I first chopped garlic and onions 🧄 🧅, and then the vegetable sayote. I am not sure if it's fine to add sayote for pancit haha but that's the only veggie in the fridge. I also cut this bell pepper (dark green) and suriso (chorizo??)
I can't find chicken but found chicken liver inside the freezer. As someone who cooks (i have no choice haha), it's a relief and joyful when the kitchen is full of stocks 😌 I also cut this into small pieces.
This is what I used for the noodles. According to its instructions at the back, no soy sauce is added so I followed. It's my first time cooking pancit without soy sauce and it turns out good.
I failed to capture the final product because it's already gone in a snap hahah We had this for our lunch yesterday.
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Today for breakfast, I cooked porridge. Add some egg and it's perfect for this cold weather wiiehh.
That's it for Friday update keep safe!
Made a Salad and it tastes...
I love the weather today, it's windy! 🍃
Some people may find it scary because honestly it looks like storm. Like a storm without any rain, I find it peaceful tho.
Mom bought some lettuce and cucumber last Monday and told me to make a vegetable salad. I am not sure what to do but I know mayonnaise is a vital ingredient. I watched some YouTube videos and I want to do that chicken salad 🥗 but I decided to go on with all veggies. With only 2 veggies present, I know this won't taste real good. I want to try the salad recipe that I watched (forgot the name) it has crab strips (?), Lettuce, cucumber, corn, carrots and then the mayonnaise dressing. I still managed to achieved the dressing even though a lot of ingredients are missing. I add onions too.
I am not fond of salad because I don't like mayonnaise (sorry to those who love that but mehh). I tried to eat it tho because I love veggies, cucumber on top of that. I only get small portion because I am not sure of I will like it.
Tadahh! I finished the cucumber but not the lettuce haha. Actually, it tasted good. It's weird at the first bite but I can actually eat it. I placed this inside our ref because I'll eat it later. Maybe if I haven't eaten anything before I tried this I can finish it. I already had my lunch and no space for my tummy anymore.
Mayonnaise Dressing
Mayonnaise
Pepper
Oil (much better is sesame oil)
Salt
Calamansi
Onion
Those were the ingredients of the dressing, just mix together then add to the veggies and there you go healthy delicious salad 🥗
Made a salad and it tastes good!
Thanks much for stopping by ❤️
@curiouscat
