Overcoming challenges
Things in general have something common in them. Be it good or bad. That is also somewhat the same when it comes to life. There are times that it's just great, while there are also times that it may break your day or leave you feeling sad or depressed.
Despite all of that, we still have to choice to hold on. We still have the option to move forward and face the never ending challenges that everyone are bound to face. Although, we may not have the same weigh of challenges these days, it's still the same as we exert effort, be it small or big, to attain the end goals.
A brand new day, a brand new challenge unfolds
It just feels like magic like, poof it was a bad day and now we are bound to face a new one, that we are truly unaware about what it holds, whether it's a good or a bad day. But I am so glad to say that God has been so good to us these days, as we already a fine weather and that can finally feel the heat of the sun, although it was still a cloudy day. It's just a wondrous feeling that the earlier days, our instincts were very active as it was a matter of survival indeed, especially when we heard very sad news from nearby towns and cities. With all honestly, I can say that we truly feared for our safety with my family. But thank God, no major incidents happened in our town. It's just that there is less access to roads in exiting from our town off to a next one. But it has been resolved gradually by the LGU.
We began to feel troubled in the morning, as the utility services were suddenly off. First, the water supply became unavailable. We were troubled as to how we could wash our used utensils, and even the Family had not taken a bath in the morning, hahaha. But we chose to understand, because there is an ongoing repair as to the main source of our water supply, and it was reported that it caught landslides. And second, is that the electricity supply was cut off temporarily. Because it was said that there is a tree needed to be cut off and that for the safety, the power supply was shut for quite awhile, but it was returned in the afternoon.
Also, it's been a challenge in our household lately,
That we are a bit low on budget these days, especially that the typhoon has also affected our Municipality and that my Father barely made any income from our Repair Shop since there's not much of customers these days. So since my Father had a bit of free time in the morning, he went out to their land to find Bamboo shoots. And yes, it was our side dish for lunch and my mother made a tasty dish out of it. And it saved my parents some budget. Now since I still have a bit of unspent savings here, I have withdrawn a part of it from my Coins.Ph wallet to my Bank Account so that somehow I could contribute for our expenses these day. I felt really bad that I can't give them a bigger amount since I still have not been employed, for months already. Huhhh, I feel a bit sad. I've been trying for months and have submitted requirements off to any job hirings. But I know soon, that God will bless me with a new job soon. Time will come, that my efforts will finally bear fruit.
But before I end this,
I would gladly like to share that the Bayananihan spirit is still present in my fellow Mahaplaganons as many volunteers chose to help in transporting relief packs by hand, in the Hilusig Bridge which was damaged by the storm. Only people were allowed to step foot on the bridge and it was an amusing sight, seeing a very long line of my fellow people transporting the goods by hand, from other side of the bridge, of to the side which heads town. Though our town is heavily challenged because we felt landlocked, resilience is still present. But we felt even more relief that in this late afternoon, there is an exit road that was Passable, and it was the road from Mahaplag to Sogod, Southern Leyte. Though it poses potential risks, slippery roads due to mud. But this gives chance for people to replenish their resources.
Closing thoughts:
So how was you day my friend? Any challenges that has been bothering you lately?
Any challenge in life, whether it's humongous or just tiny, I hope that you get the spirit and courage to fight forward and face 'em one on one. We feel have felt down for a bit, but we really chose to fight especially that we really need to help ourselves. As the challenge depends on just how we face them.
I thank you for the time you spent here, my dear friends in read. Pls. Include Leyte in your prayers, as there our towns have been through a lot of pain and trauma, but still are holding on to dear life.
That would be all for this one. Bless you all.
****Lead image was taken from Unsplash****
A hopeful day, amidst the storm
Things come in life, whether we have the power to make them happen in our life or that they just seem to come naturally right at us.
This day brought forth a new a brand new day, despite having the overwhelming feeling of fear in last night. That fear that a terrible flashflood might occur as what the rumors says. But luckily this morning, I really am thankful to God that I woke up to a great morning. Which had very light rains.
Despite everything that happened,
I still had a chance wake up trouble free in the morning. I woke up a bit late for this day, because I slept very late at night trying so hard to be vigilant for myself and my family. I had not much to do for the morning, especially that the Services for Globe network became off in the morning. So, I just had coffee and a bit of homemade "puto dayon" my mother made yesterday.
I was trying to spend some time here, to read some articles and make interactions with other users. And then, my close friend / college classmate suddenly showed up here in our house, asking for assistance on how he could join the Virtual Oath Taking for Professional Teachers scheduled at 9AM this morning. I was surprised that PRC used Microsoft Teams instead of the usual Zoom Meetings App. I let him stay over at our sala, and made him use my phone since his Huawei phone can't download the Microsoft Teams Application.
Luckily, our power supply was returned last night. And the network service was also available however there are instances that it became unstable, but and Thank God, my friend was able to stay in the virtual meeting for the entire duration. Their Oath Taking lasted roughly an Hour and a few minutes only.
And I am so happy that now, my friend is officially a Licensed Professional Teacher. Despite the recent storm experience, we still have something happy to celebrate.
Even though,
We are still receiving lots and lots of heartbreaking news about the nearby towns that suffered greatly from Storm Agaton. Though the flood waters levels have started to low down in Baybay City, what still worrisome is that there are still ongoing rescue operations for those who were trapped in the landslides, and the sad part is that there are casualties. There are reportedly 3 Barangays that had major landslides and they're always the headlines for this days news on Facebook. And most of these places, have few survivors but still had people needed to be rescued. However, some did not make it. This day has been so sad.
Then this late afternoon, we saw another news that there is a coastal barangay in Abuyog, Leyte that had a landslide. And it's heartbreaking that the survivors we're injured and that parts of their bodies or faces has blood on it. It must've been a tough time for them to evacuate to safety when that landslide happen. On top of this, the town proper of Abuyog, Leyte is still experiencing floods all over. And aside from that, there are certain distant barangays that needs urgent help. Hoping that these cities could cope and help the ones who are in dire need of help
**Closing Thoughts:**
Here in our Municipality, even though we also had an experience with the storm, we had so much to thank God that our town is still safe and that there is no reported major incidents here. However, the rising challenge for us is that the Municipality of Mahaplag is still not Passable going out to Baybay City & Abuyog, Leyte or Sogod, Southern Leyte. But still, we are thankful for the LGU and the nearby Battalion troops for their road clearing efforts. Surely their efforts could contribute to an accessible road soon. Still, it was another day of getting stronger and feeling hope despite the happenings.
To my fellow users here, thank you for taking your time to read through here. I wish you would include us in your prayers. May you also stay safe.
Our unpleasant experience with Storm Agaton
Hello everyone here in read. Several users here in Leyte, especially myself, has not been active that much since yesterday because of the storm landfall. We left with the feeling of vigilance, be very careful and alert with our surroundings in case there's a need to emergency evacuation.
Yesterday, at the midst of the storm landfall, it really rained hard. We did not expect much to have such very heavy downpour of rain since its storm signal was initially Signal No. 1, a Tropical Depression. But then again, we were still at home but still very careful. Since the last storm, our community nearly became flooded if the storm had been raining the whole night during its landfall.
I can say, that we were still traumatized.
During typhoon Odette, our boarding house was nearby around here and yeah, we stayed here in the last storm. However, it did not flood at all, unlike what happened here.
We were truly saddened to have seen this yesterday on Facebook. We were not expecting that something this tragic would ever happen. As said in the Favcebook post, this catastrophe was located at Brgy. Bunga, City of Baybay. It is said that there are 6 families that are still missing, and still being rescued. Huhu, hopefully they are rescued.
And for late in the afternoon yesterday, I was checking the creek at the back portion of the house just in front of ours, to see if we are not at risk of floods, luckily Thank God, the water level did not rise too high. But I was left no choice but to bathe in the rain, as it has been flooding at the back of our house and I was tasked to help make a small canal for the water to pass through the water exit in our wall.
And at night, the power was shut and we had no choice but to sleep early. But I having problems in sleeping early because its been raining hard once again. And, once again thank God. I was able to have a sound sleep, and the thing that I've been worried did not happen, the sudden floods.
But earlier this morning, we woke up to shocking news. .
This bridge has been here for ages, but now it has been severely damaged due to rising levels of waters in the river brought by the storm. And now, the roads for Mahaplag - Tacloban is Not Passable. This will surely cause delays in the travels of certain vehicles, considering that this is along the National Highway.
Also, the last barangay near the boundary of Mahaplag - Baybay City also had landslides along the road
And as of now, the clearing in this part of the road is still ongoing but because of this, the roads for Mahaplag to Baybay City is Not Passable. Because as it is said in other separate posts, that certain barangays of Baybay City also had landslides along the highway making it very hard for vehicles to travel. Also, the roads from Mahaplag to Sogod, Southern Leyte is also Not Passable due to the same reasons, multiple Landslides along the highway.
And here in Mahaplag,
As I went to my friend's house since the rain became lighter, we went watching the river in the dike, with walking distance from their house.
But we got lucky, that the rain has not been stronger unlike yesterday and the river has not caused floods unlike in the recent storm.
Closing thoughts. .
Despite all of these tragic happenings in all of our surroundings, and to what happened with our neighboring towns, I still have a lot to Thank God for, since my Family is safe even if we feel like we are already landlocked. But I really feel sad and sorry for those who were in the dire situations caused by Typhoon Agaton.
To my dear read users, please include us, the people of Leyte, PH, in your prayers as the storm will still be here for a day, and I really can't help but feel to fear about what might happen in the hours or days ahead. It will mean a lot.
thanks for your time, God bless, and may we all stay safe.
***Lead image was taken from Unsplash***
A cold weekend, still enjoyed
It's been another day of rain, and yeah this has been a week long event already. We really can't do much about it since this is a natural occurrence and there is a Tropical Depression kilometres away from Eastern Visayas. It's best to always stay alert these days.
Hi everyone, just wanna ask, how was your weekend? Mine was a bit ecstatic since my sister has made it home for the weekend even though she'll be taking an exam. for tomorrow and she will leave early. We don't hang out much often, because she is much busier at work.
We had a bit of family time. .
Yesterday, we shared breakfast just like always. But it really felt different, since it's been a while that we are eating with our table being almost full. Because my sister usually likes to eat veggies at home, I think she's the one that requested that we had sweet potato leaves salad for breakfast (talbos ng kamote). Yayyy healthy living, haha. And after we had breakfast, we did not do much since it been raining and we are stuck to doing the usual chores or activities in the house.
But I got so bored,
Even when I could just do the usual, scrolling down through socials or playing online games. But I decided to do a bit productive for myself, so I decided to do my laundry so that my time would be wasted even more. I really don't want to accumulate a lot of soiled laundry for myself, since I'll be the one who will get tired doing the laundry anyways. Great thing that our washing machine is still operational and it is really a great help in easing my tasks. But since I also included my bedsheet and blanket, it really took me awhile to finish it, until rinsing.
After I washed, and rinsed my clothes, I placed it on the Laundry Dryer to help the clothes dry faster especially that it has been raining for days. And that morning yesterday, I've finally done something meaningful for myself, haha achieved.
Before lunch,
My sister asked me and my other sister to buy foods at the market in town for lunch. I was really excited because I thought that we will be having grilled pork, as usual haha. But it turns out that she told my sister to buy a kilo of chicken. Haha, so much for expecting. Well anyways, we had fried chicken for lunch, and I was surprised that the other sister of mine marinated the chicken just fine, not too bland and not too salty.
But after we had lunch, we had free time once again. I am stuck once again as to what I should be doing next. Then, I just scrolled thru Facebook.
Then I saw this..
I am not a very vocal supporter for this particular presidential aspirant, but seeing this really makes me happy. Hehe, despite the heavy rains, his supporters are here showing support and love. Even, my friend in Baybay City is here in midst of the crowd, freezing his ass just to give out his support.
Closing thoughts. .
I don't know if this counts for closing thoughts. That would be all for this draft. I am once again writing about random happenings in life. Hope you don't bored by it. I wish everyone safety especially those who are living in the same region as ours. Hoping this never ending rainfall would finally be days with rays of sunshine.
Thank you once again for the support, bless you all.
A Day of Swirling Moods
A good day to everyone here in read. I've not been able to write for yesterday as I really felt the urge to relax for quite awhile even though that I mentioned that I really wanted to write everday for a whole month.
But everyday is a never ending challenge indeed, I am not a person that is overflowing with ideas and that every time I make a draft, it's always a challenge. But I am thankful that somehow, I somehow get to hone my skills. And once again, I welcome you to a another personal story.
So how was your Friday?
As for me, it was not a pleasant one. Number one, the weather is still rainy & it's been a week and number two, everyone felt grumpy at morning earlier for this day. Everyone in the family seems to be upset with one another and that the tones in their voices seems to be higher than usual. Misunderstanding has been reigning at the hearts of my Mother and my Sister earlier this morning when we had breakfast, and since I finished eating earlier than them so I am puzzled as to what have been causing such anger that my sister has been bursting out some spicy words, hahaha such anger.
And later on, my Father seems to be in a bad mood, because nobody's near him to assist him when he's doing something in the repair shop and his voice really went loud.
But, what makes it feeling uneasy is that. .
At noon, after lunch, everything just feels fine like nothing ever happened in the morning. I also felt awkward that I've been silent since earlier from morning to noon because I don't want to be involved in their petty misunderstandings and fouls moods, haha. This has been in the family for like since then, but other days we'd end up just fine and the family is okay with one another once again.
But I got lucky at noon, since earlier this morning the shop has been very busy that I barely time to open or use my smartphone. For the entire noon, the house was not busy. The repair shop had no customers because it rained very hard and that the other chores were done by my sister since she's still not on duty for her job. I finally had the time to open my socials and relax myself.
And at late afternoon. .
I suddenly had the urge that I felt like I want to eat some bread, since these days I haven't been a fan of bread because I easily feel full after a few bite.
And since I cannot ride on our motorcycle since it's raining, so I opted to just walk myself into town to buy some. Anyways, it's not far from our house, it's just a 10 minute walk from home and I could use some exercise for quite a while. Honestly, I did enjoy myself while walking but I could really feel the chilly air of the surroundings. This is the only part that I'd love during rainy days, it's because I won't feel any heat.
As soon as I reached home, I immediately prepared a cup of my favorite coffee and happily ate my bread with a peanut butter spread, haha. And since I had extra pieces, I just gave them to my Fam.
Just a few minutes later, my mother has called us to have dinner already. I'm the only one who did not move since my stomach is still filling full from the coffee and bread that I enjoyed earlier. But since I was the only one that did not eat with them, I am also the only one who has no side dish left to eat. So I was left no choice but to buy some Barbeque at town, but since the rain stopped at that time earlier, I rode on our motorcycle.
Luckily, I did not have to wait long for the barbeque to be cooked since the stall where I bought did not have much customers as of the moment. And as I came home, I was surprised that the other sister of mine came home and did not eat her dinner yet. I was supposed to eat the 2 pcs. chicken barbecue for myself but I had to share the other piece for her. .
So that's it for today.
Closing thoughts. .
As for what happened earlier this morning. I really hope that it would not happen quite often, as I really find it disturbing and it leaves the feeling of awkwardness with each other even though we are family. I do hope too, that they'll realize their mistakes for one another and that they'll be a lot careful with the words that comes from their mouths.
So this is it, thanks once again my dear readers for always sparing some visit in this draft. I am always thankful, for your time in reading this random thoughts of mine once again. I hope you could learn from it somehow. See you in the next piece.
****Lead image was taken from Unsplash,**** ***the other photos in this article were taken by my Phone.***
How's life lately
A good day to everyone. It's the 3rd day of the week and it is still dripping all around. Yes, it is still raining in our place as there is an approaching LPA or Low Pressure Area, as said in the news.
It's been quite a long day once again, since I am not too busy for the day and that I have nothing else to do aside from my usual routine of easing my boredom. But since I've been having less sleep for last night, as I had an insomnia attack and it takes me time to go back to sleep. And for this morning, I was just laying down in bed and I didn't realize that I dozed off, literally. I woke up and I saw that the time was already near noon, just in time for lunch, haha so much for being a lazy bum in the morning.
But for a quick life update,
I became busy at 1 to 2PM for today, as I took an Online Qualifying Exam for a job that I am applying, once again. So much for the backup plans, even if I am applying to be in my profession this year, there is no assurance that I'll be deployed immediately at a school if ever I'd be a blessed as a qualified teaching applicant. Even though, I've been through a lot of disappointments and heartbreaks after facing rejections the past few months, but luckily, I gradually became stronger and became more accepting that life really gets disappointing sometimes before you can actually get to secure a goal for yourself. To be honest, I really felt very frustrated the first few months I've been unemployed and that was just the time I started here in read. My mind was always distracted that I can't keep up in writing a new draft everyday. And for the exam that I took earlier in the afternoon, it is not too hard but it really drained me because it had a time limit. I really felt like I've been in a trance state since its been a while since I had an Exam. that had that much of items, with only a given time of less than an hour.
But who would've known,
That even this period of feeling emptiness, brings out other lessons in life that I must face. I mean I felt confidence in my self that I could make it a little easier this time especially that I have recently acquired a bit of experience in work. But you sometimes can't deny the fact that fate may have had other plans for you. But you get so puzzled and anxious at yourself as to what it should be. I almost cried especially when I felt disappointments in myself, if I did not get stronger emotionally. I am really thankful that I had friends and family who always reassures me and always had my back, telling me that it is fine, I just need to do a lot better in the next opportunities.
Special thanks to:
My avid and constant readers here in read who are so supportive, thank you for giving me lots of hope and good vibes to keep striving in life, despite the challenges we're all going through. I really learned a lot here in read, not only information but also in dealing with other people with kindness. I felt really safe and secure here. I really loved all the positive vibes, and I'm glad to say that I'm always excited when I see comments on my draft, even if it is the best but through it, I made lots of friends here.
Closing thoughts
I've probably said it all up above, I really am grateful. I am wishing that my friends here also did have a great day despite the weather.
Wishing you all the best in life, love you dear Fam. Thanks for passing by through here.
****Lead image was taken from Unsplash, other photo was taken by me****
Tuesday's date, with a friend
Hello to everyone, hope you all are having a great tuesday. Today's draft will just be about how it went for this day.
I did not do anything too much for today, because it is raining too hard earlier this morning and that my family did not get busy for the day. Plus we did not have electricity for the entire day because our electric line has been distrupted by a certain tree near the Highway at the boundary of our town and Abuyog, Leyte.
Yes for the entire day, I wasn't able to do anything that ignites productivity. Not until a college friend of mine decided to come over to our house, because he plans to make an Application Letter for this year's Teacher Application and that he doesn't have a laptop for himself. He pleaded yesterday to come over to our house for today, and he did. We quickly finished his Letter as there was a format that we followed and instead we had longer times for chit chats especially our experiences as college students, as we are supposed to be living in the same barangay but we don't get to see each other quite often. His stay roughly lasted for almost 3 hours, but I really had a great time having him around. I've laughing non-stop at our conversations, as he is gay and is really a great joker, haha.
After he left,
I had nothing to do once again but just browsing through my phone and tryin' to entertain myself from getting bored. There was still power interruption earlier but I am lucky that I subscribed to a cheap No-Expiry Data promo on my Smart Pocket Wifi. Thanks to that, I am still updated about social media but the service is not as fast as our Globe Prepaid Wifi that had a Gomo Sim on. (No choice, I can't use our main wifi because of the power interruption.)
I was just trying to relax my self more, then I realized that a friend of mine, a former workmate asked me If i'd want to go out of town with here. As she had errands for herself and she really wanted me to accompany her.
At nearly 4PM,
She arrives at our house, and I prepared myself as she was serious about her plans. I then changed my clothes and then asked my parents that I'd be out of town for a bit, to which they agreed but told me to be extra careful as it has been rainy. And indeed, we embarked on our journey with our raincoats on, haha. But as we are reaching the next town with only few barangays away, the rains has finally subsided and that we were already safe from the worries that we would be soaked wet.
Minutes past 5PM, we've arrived at Baybay City and we then proceeded with her errands. And after that, we went to collect her promise and it was her dinner treat. We ate dinner at Jollibee Baybay City.
I am indeed happy that I have such a generous friend. She just recently received her salary as a Substitute Teacher. And because of this, I really love to be a teacher. Even though it has a package full of stress but surely, it'll be rewarding in the end. I really felt that she deserves to be where she is right now. We were just applicants last year without the assurance that we'll ever be hired, but I am genuinely happy that a friend of mine is about to become a Full-time public school teacher who also landed an initial job as a Substitute.
Closing thoughts. .
this ain't too much, but I want to express my heartfelt thanks to this friend of mine, and to all friends of mine who believes in me that I could be a person that is bound to achieve something, someday. I may have not done anything too grand for today, but I know my friends are also thankful that they have me, hehe.
Thank you so much dear readers, for your time and constant support on visiting this piece that is full of random thoughts. Hope you are having a great day, even though the strong rains are ever present.
****Photos were all taken by me****
A bit busier start. .
Hello everyone here in read. I've been absent and missed writing for yesterday as my mind has been dozing off and I really can't think about what to write. As I was about to plan about writing something last night, I was then invited by my high school friend to celebrate with him as it is his birthday and I agreed, even though I already ate dinner.
What mattered to me last night was that I'd get to have a chance to meet some my classmates once again and also that I've not seen in quite a while since we've been busier with our lives even though some of us are unemployed as of these moments, haha.
Now, how did it go for today?
My mother has been busy since early in the morning. And it's because it is our eldest brother's birthday. She has been busy trying to cook the food that they'll be bringing for the birthday dinner at my brother's house which is a town that is one hour away from ours. I try to help here in the kitchen by washing the used dishes in the sink, so that they'll be plenty of room for the utensils that she used for cooking that needs to be washed. As she is a type of a cook that really uses a lot of utensils. We felt glad that early in the morning, my Father did not have any customers in our little repair shop so my mother had undivided time in preparing the foods.
In the afternoon, after they ate lunch, they prepared themselves as my family will be heading to Sogod, So. Leyte to celebrate with my brother's birthday.
They are having a great time there. As much as I really wanted to go along with them but I have something important to do as a friend of mine agreed with me that we will be submitting the initial requirements for Teacher 1 Application here in our High Schools. We also headed to our preferred high school for submission of requirements. My friend asked for a quick visit at her High School to quickly submit her application, I accompanied her to the office as we were trying to retrieve the flash drives that we used last year for our Teaching Demo, and we were glad that the lesson plan that we submitted last year were returned. After we were finished with my friends concern, we then headed unto my preferred high school. I handed my requirements and they were accepted by the school staff. I hoping that I'd be hired onto that high school, as it is the newest high school in our town and no one from our Majorship has ever been hired because nobody made it to the DO7. At nearly 4PM we headed home with my friend to have a quick rest.
So, at home, as my friend accompanied me back to our house as I am alone and I've got nothing to do yet. But then we got bored, and we both agreed to go somewhere and have some of our old favorite "mami" and siomai.
Though the place where we ate this is quite distant from home, but we really enjoy our time here. We get to talk more about life while eating. We got frequent visits here back when we still had work, even I invited my whole team here once, haha.
We lost track of time and it was getting dark when we were travelling back. And we really enjoyed our time there as we can't do frequent visits at that shop as we don't have a spare amount for spending these days, haha.
Closing thoughts...
This piece has been about the random things that happened earlier. For us Teacher Applicants, we'll be having a lot busier weeks ahead as we will be preparing for our requirements, and undergo all of the necessary process for us to obtain a passing percentage to be considered a qualified applicant. For tomorrow, we'll be going to an elementary school to submit for initial requirements. Hoping that the odds will favor us this time.
Dear readers, thank you for sparing your time. I really appreciate your constant support, much love and God bless us all.
****Lead Image was taken from Unsplash****
A rainy start of Summer
Good day dear users of read. It's now the 2nd day for the month, a brand new day for another opportunity. And also for this month, I am manifesting and hoping that I'd be able to write everyday for the whole month. Something that I've tried for the last month but only made more than half of the days of the entire month. Still, it give me a decent amount of savings and I am so happy that I've been able to spend some of my earnings here for important things.
Now moving on, how was your day?
As for us, it has been another day full of heavy downpours of rain. It might seem like its gonna be a long, gloomy day but gladly it didn't become one. It could be that these rainfalls are a sign that blessings are already falling from above, we just got to learn how to attract them into our lives. I hope that it also rained tons of ideas for me to continuously write for each day for the month of April. Also it has been quite a relaxed day as my Father barely had any customers in our little repair shop, plus it's raining very hard from time to time. This gives more time to be on my phone most of the time once my daily chores are done.
Do I have particular goals for this month?
My only focus for this month is that I'd be able to write everyday. Because I've been inspired last March as the Green Baby has been making frequent visits in my drafts and I don't really mind about how much I can possibly earn but I'll definitely appreciate the fruits of all my hardwork here.
And I really find it fun and very entertaining to have genuine comments and sharing of ideas which helps us improve our skills to write. Also, I made lots of new friends here. I am really thankful for that one time that I tried to comment on so many articles that I'd be able to have lots of new friends here in read. I am genuinely happy, that I got a chance to meet and interact with these really friendly users that are also generous as well. I am starting to feel excited when I see comments on my drafts because they give me conversations of different users and I possibly get to meet a new friend once again.
Also, I was supposed to visit a friend. .
Technically I really felt like I am just laying in bed for the whole day and would only get up when it is time for lunch. After eating, I do wash the dishes and then I am back in bed once again, streaming through social media apps trying to ease my boredom and also, reading through here and reading other users drafts and making comments on theirs. And suddenly, I remembered that my friend invited me to come over to their residence and sleepover because we were supposed to go to somewhere tomorrow early in the morning. But I messaged him on Messenger, that there is a heavy rain on our town and I am unsure if I could make. And ended up, staying here at home now. I extended my apologies to him because I wasn't able to make it to our agreement and I felt relieved when he said it's okay. I probably visit him next week, and make sure that our agreed travel together off to somewhere will be realized soon.
Closing thoughts. .
I haven't been at my most productive self for today as I've felt a bit lazy for today. But still I am thankful that I've been able to gather my random thoughts for this article. It even took me hours to try and write for today, tells about how I've been running out of my ideas for today's draft.
To my fellow users, thank you for sparing some time. I really appreciate your time in reading through here. Thanks for the love and support. Much blessings to us all.
****Lead images was taken from Unsplash****
A fresh new start on April Fool's Day
Today marks a fresh new start of a new month. I know it'll be a great new month, full of challenges and blessings. But for this day, it has been celebrated with lots of jokes and pranks since it's April Fool's for today. Even as it is, I am thankful to God that new doors will be opening for this month.
Looking back. .
I wanna just share how much efforts I've actually spent for the last month. As a read.cash user, March was my month of breakthrough here. I've been able to write quite a lot for last month and made a bit of decent savings for myself, lots of thanks to my friendly supporters here in read for your up votes and also to the green baby for motivating me for the entire month of March.
For the month of March, I feel so happy that I got the best of myself and prevented laziness from reigning all over my life. I feel happy that I've been able to write 18 articles for the entire month, there were days that I got unmotivated and have not been able to write every day. But still I am happy that I was able to save enough for personal expenses these days, especially that I am still, and always looking for a job in real life for months now, haha.
So far, this has been the biggest amount that I've accumulated so far, it may not be as much as my fellow users have acquired here. But still I am glad that I am able to enjoy the fruits of my hardwork here in read.
Now back for today's tradition. .
I've been seeing a lot of pranks and jokes in Facebook lately.
**Pregnancy**
I could really count how many women have updated their status for today as if they're pregnant with a matching photo of pregnancy test kits showing positive results. I knew this would come today as a prank so I really said to myself, I am not buying these kinds of jokes for today, haha. As it really happens every year. Not much of a thrill for today hahaha.
**Relationship Status**
I also noticed that, there are a lot of single facebook users who randomly posted "In A Relationship" on their Facebook accounts. It's like its very obvious but for some, I did not spoil the fun haha. If that's how they we want to enjoy the date for today, then its their choice in life. If it really is true then, I am happy for you char haha.
But what really caught my attention in FB for today was. .
When I saw a post of someone who is ordering random food orders from a delivery app, but instead of doing a prank that gave a negative outcome. It was a great act, as he / she contacted and told the delivery riders on the way to take the orders at home to share with their families and it didn't cause any problems as the food orders were already paid by the Customer. It was not much of a big thing, but there was one rider who really appreciated the simple gesture of this one rider and really thanked this customer, as these things don't come often and it really made the delivery riders feel very appreciated for their acts of service.
Closing thoughts. .
I never thought that even though its a day full of pranks all around, but today was still full of surprises and there are lots to learn from. Also, for this month, I'd strive to do better that how I did it last month. I am not placing a high expectation on myself but truly I'd appreciate anything that goes in my life.
To all my fellow read users, hope you enjoyed your brand new start for the month of April. I hope you weren't prank too much by people around, haha. Thanks for always stopping by, it really means a lot. Bless y'all, and see you once again in my next draft, hehe.
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This day was my best day
Hello everyone here in read. Today marks the end of the month but still an opening for new possibilities in life. Today it also seemed like an ordinary day for me now, but last year it was the start of my best days / stress days of my life. As it was the opening day of my first ever job.
What was my job?
I have mentioned this quite in my past articles, I recently worked under the office of Philippine Statistics Authority - Leyte as a Philsys Registration Center Supervisor. As it was first job, I wasn't really prepared about my functions, as I got promoted from my previous position weeks before our opening day it work.
How last year went. .
It really was a challenge on our part. Two of us in the whole team were hired on the same position as Supervisors, and from the start, I can really say that being a team leader is really tough. At first, we made courtesy calls at the Mayor's Office to request for a venue as our Registration Center. It was tough knowing that we lived in a small town with not much of a big buildings like our Gymnasium that could hold many people as the registration is ongoing. Since the Gymnasium was used as a Vaccination Area, gladly we found the TESDA Building, near a high school in our town. It took us days to cleanup the surroundings and make little repairs on the damaged parts. A day after that, I made another request at the Mayor's Office for a vehicle and came to Tacloban City to acquire our equipments to be used to register our townsfolk for the National ID, while my teammates are left at our center to continue on decorating our center for the opening. Sadly, our decorations are not as grand as the other towns but really did our best to make our Center look very good. And at March 31, 2021 last year, we were finally able to start our work. But first, it started with an opening program with our Chief Statistical Specialist and Regional Director, as well as our Mayor as the guests. It lasted for an hour and after the program ended, we were given the signal to start our registration. At first, our 5 Registration Kit Operators, I handled 2 for my team, were still having a hard time as it takes them time to register one person because some fingerprints takes time to be captured by the scanner while some are very challenged with the picture taking part. But luckily, at around 4PM our operators have finally reached the quota for the day (25) and it's time that they start to retrieve their equipments back to its luggage. And we, the Supervisors, have uploaded the necessary data for the printing of National IDs of our townsfolk.
How our Registration Center looked like at March 31, 2021
We were very happy that even though it looked like its for a birthday party, our job has finally started after few months of waiting. We were able to register 124 clients for the opening date.
And since it was already free time, we had a chance for a group photo
After this date last year, all of the challenges started to arise, overseeing the Registration Center to make sure that social distancing is being followed, checking the queue if the people are still following their order for registration, and tending to my Operators if they technical issues with their equipments. All of these I have encountered, I have been able to conquer them and it really helped me develop not only my work ethic but also on how to deal with clients with highest consideration and better customer service.
***This was my best day, and I'll always be*** ***thankful for it.***
For today, at present I am trying my luck in submitting my Teacher Application at Baybay City with a friend of mine. And we got a chance to visit and bond with our friend here in our recent work.
This date keeps on giving me the best memories. And I am always thankful for it.
Closing thoughts. .
I am always thankful for this day, be it last year or today. And I couldn't ask for more about it. I can't wait to wake up for tomorrow to a brand new start of the day of a new month.
Hello dear readers, thank you for sparing some time in scrolling through my lifestory, haha. I hope you enjoyed it for a bit and sorry I was off during the day as I was busy. And shoutout to all Filipino Readers, I hope that you have already received your National IDs. That's it, thank you and bless us all.
*****All photos were taken from my phone*****
Technology, and life
Technology these days have made significant changes on how we deal things in our daily lives. We can't deny the fact that it has made our lives a lot easier. Everything we see in our surroundings, if not all, are indeed products of the ever changing technologies through time. But there's one equally important technology that has made communication with other people easier and even more accessible. That is information technology and even now, we are using it at this very moment.
I can't help but truly feel amazed about how this things are even possible in the first place. I mean, it must have took a lot of brain cells for the developers to come up with such advanced technicalities and gadgets that we are really enjoying these days. Back in the days, the common sources of entertainment as well as information are television, newspapers and books. But today, our access is not as limited as it was. The choice to view real time events and researching through certain information is now at the tips of our fingers. Also, we now have a chance to have a chat with friends or loved ones from afar as long as you are having a stable internet connection.
Aside from that. .
Applying for a job has become but easier these days, as job hirings are always posted online and even government vacancies are posted on certain websites. These days it really gives people the edge to better prepare and understand the job that they are are about to apply for. Also, submission of documentary requirements has also evolved and that digital copies of it are accepted by several offices. My personal experience can attest to that, I was able to land a job from submitting scanned copy of my documents online via Gmail. It really was less hassle at that time, as it when we were about to be hired, that's when we got busier as to complete our other requirements to secure our positions. It was a blessing. But today as I keep trying my luck, I tried once again to apply for a job online, only to find it amusing, haha.
Technology is so advanced, that I got rejected minutes after I did the submission. Haha, that's just life. Gotta live with it and just move forward.
Even after this,
We are still be applying the exact same methods in applying soon. As me and my friends agreed to meet up and make ourselves an application letter in preparation for the upcoming Teacher application. But at that exact moment, we are also talking about random sites and sources where to possibly apply for jobs while waiting for the ranking process for teacher applicants. We then helped each other to look for government offices with possible vacancies and are considering preparations to submit once again via Gmail. I feel really thankful to the existing technologies of todays time as it gives us less hassle since it's possible not to go to the office directly to submit requirements but rather be on the office if you are given the signal that you are about to be hired.
Then after that, we then asked our friend if we could hangout for a bit at their rooftop to relax and breath some fresh air. But we can't really help ourselves but appreciate the beautiful surroundings and really had the urge to capture a few snaps just as the sun was about to set.
Special thanks to my phone
Moments like these are really hard to remember all through memory, but life is really great, as there certain tools that helps capture the priceless moments that we had in life. In fact, my other phone has already consumed a high amount of memory because I had stored a lot of photos from recent happenings in life, hehe.
Closing thoughts. .
I really can't thank technology enough, for every it has done in my daily life and in everything that I've achieved in life. I also thank God for the wisdom that helps me to better use technology for my own growth as a person and how to be of help to others especially in technical matters.
So that's was it, a bit of a recent life update. And I am really thankful that I have recovered from the lag that I've felt yesterday, might've been caused by my recent travels and shorter hours of sleep. Thank you once again for taking your time to visit my works and for the constant support that I get in every single time that I write here. much love read community.
****Lead image was taken from Unsplash****
Sunday Funday
Never did I ever thought that I'd be out of town on a Sunday.
Just like any regular sunday, our family would attend a church service from 9AM to 11AM. It's such a blessed morning.
And just as we are on our way home from church, a friend of mine messaged me if I will still going with on trip out of town. He has invited me last Saturday and I was just not sure if he really meant it and it was just yesterday that I have said yes, haha. (gala time na naman)
But before I headed out, I ate my lunch first at home and at exactly 12 at noon, I started my travel. But as I was on my way, a very heavy rain has downpoured all of a sudden and it really made me take shelter even if I had a raincoat. But as soon as the rain became lighter I immediately departed off to Baybay City as it is where my friend lives and I arrived at their residence at around 1:20PM. I relaxed myself as I arrived at their home as it has an hour drive from home. After half an hour, we then started our way off to our destination and we are off to Hilongos, Leyte and it is 2 towns away from Baybay City. Another drive for an hour, but yeah it was fun and I was glad because it was a cloudy day, I wasn't bothered that my skin will get any darker since there is no sun.
Minutes past 3PM, we've arrived at hour destination but it was a challenging one because we got lost at first because there was no signage at the highway at which corner should we enter, and then on the way, the road was getting narrower as the construction was still ongoing and only one lane is accessible. But even after that, I was happy that we arrived at our destination.
Tambaan Farm Cafe
The farm was just beautiful, I really loved it there. There were different flowers and plants all around. I've been longing to come here since last year but never had a chance because I was busy at work and to be honest, I was really envious back then because the pictures of the ones who have been here were just splendid, hehe.
The farm's main attraction, the Sunflowers. I was feeling very ecstatic as we wandered around the field of Sunflower. It just that there isn't a bit of sunshine it would have been a lot better especially when taking pictures.
Few snaps shows I really enjoyed my quick visit here. Me and my friend took a lot of pictures here, and it made our trip totally worth it even though the travel feels very tiring haha. And we got so lucky that it didn't rain during our stay at this farm cafe.
After an hour of endless taking of photos, we decided that it's time to go home. But before we headed back, we stopped by a cafe near the highway for snacks, yes happiness.
The cafe was just beautiful. And I'm quite amazed about it because I don't usually come in cafes as I'm usually hanging out at fastfood chains whenever I get a chance to be in the city.
Another day, another milktea with pizza. Thank you sponsor, haha. My Sunday really felt great because of your treat for the day.
So that was a day of our trip.
I am really thankful and blessed, that I have a friend who is so kind and generous. wishing more travels to come in the next few weeks, haha.
So how was your Weekend? I would admit that mine started boring but ended with blast. I arrived home at night but it was super worth it. I was supposed to write this last night but I really felt tired from hours of driving.
Once again, thank you dear readers for spending some time reading through my thoughts here. Your constant support means a lot to me.
****All images were taken through my phone****
A Dull Weekend
Hello everyone. How's your day? Or perhaps how's your weekend? Are you all having fun? Going out of town, having a great time for a refreshing activity perhaps swimming by the beach or on a pool. Date with friends or loved ones? All of these, I did not experience lately, haha. Just sad as it is.
Why weekend was not exciting like the past ones. .
It just a plain boring day for all of us with the family at home. Since our little repair shop are still not having any customers, I had a huge time scrolling through social media and I played a bit of online games on my phone, since my father is still free and is not asking for any immediate assistance in his job since he's still waiting for a customer to arrive.
I really missed the times, when my sister who is currently working in the military, would able to come home on weekends. It's what somehow makes our home a bit lively since she is really a family person and she really spends time with us. We would be talking for hours, like it's not busy when sometimes it is. Haha. What we love about her also is that she is a generous sibling, years earlier she would always give a little of her salary just to buy pork for grilling which is the family's favorite, which makes the family bond even more fun, Haha.
Also today, she is flaunting her travel for today.
This is my sister, and she really feels like a celebrity in this. Just chillin' haha. But really it was an important event for their organization. And to be honest, I feel a bit envious because I also longed about going to where my sister is right now. I have always been fascinated about this place, a beautiful island with a white sand beach, oh just perfect. This is located at the town of Matalom, Leyte and it is named Canigao Island. This has been a tourist spot for awhile, and I still have not been there for the longest time. The only white sand beaches I've ever been to are located at the town of Liloan, Southern Leyte. Namely Molopolo White Beach and Crescent Beach Resort.
Huhh, sigh. .
And I've only been at home the whole day, and it was a bloody hot day indeed. Makes me wanna wish that the rainy days that we used to have would come back just to help feel relief from the feeling of extreme heat. It feels like we are slowly roasted on an oven, what I hate more is that I easily sweat over this climate. But I was amazed with myself, despite the hot weather I was able to have an afternoon nap, but as I woke up I felt like I've taken a bath with my sweat haha.
So to reward myself for being so bored and having done nothing for today, I walked myself to town when it's not too hot outside late in the afternoon to buy myself a cup of milktea, at long last. Feeling satisfied for only 65php.
So that would be all for today. Sorry that I've been writing about random thoughts for today, you might find it nonsense, haha. I really don't want to miss a day without writing. And I feel happy, that I've been able to write this for only an hour.
Tomorrow is another day. I hope, it'll be a fun day. Still, I hope that you've enjoyed your weekend, my fellow read users. Thank you for your time. Hope you enjoyed reading through this somehow.
Feeling inspired
In life, there are things that may not come on the ways we want it. Some of it we can control, some of it we cannot. There are even things that makes us sad especially when the outcome are depressing. But despite that, do you cope or help yourself to move forward?
Everyday is a never ending challenge.
Back when I had work, I felt stressed all day long and still I need to wake up early to be on time for our daily duty. But now, what feels like a challenge to me, is how am I gonna be productive for the day. Like, literally it would take me hours to write a single draft here before it is published. I would think for minutes or hours about what would be the inspiration for that days' draft.
But today, it hits different and it is so inspiring for me.
As I wake up every morning, it became a habit for me to check my read account before browsing any social media apps. And to my surprise, I felt really happy upon reading this in my notifications just this morning. In two months of writing, my hardwork is starting make me feel so rewarded. I've just reached a total of 301 views on my drafts and I feel a bit proud of myself.
It made me feel so inspired, that I've spent the whole morning here in read. Trying to spread good vibes in every drafts of other users that I've read through. And that the Green Baby has been making frequent visits on my works unlike last week so yeah, another inspiration to keep writing these days, Hehe.
I really wanted to reward my self for a bit for today. .
But sadly, the little amount that I had transferred to my Account from my Coins.Ph wallet cannot be withdrawn because the ATM Machine in our town became unavailable all of sudden, but still I got lucky since my ATM was not swallowed by the machine. I was planning to have a sip of my favourite milktea but since I don't have any spare amount left in wallet to afford a cup of it, I was left no choice but to head home. But then I remembered, that was this store where I kept buying Ice Cream. I gave it a try to check if they had stocks, and yes they had.
Tadahhh, with the spare change that I had, I was able to afford one Cornetto at only 20PHP. And yes, I'm still happy that I get to celebrate my little achievement for today.
Also I've noticed. .
BCH has pumped way higher than it was last week. It feels like a great opportunity these days to keep writing and hoping that it will still continue to increase. As of now, I am still saving my earnings for this month as I don't want to spend much on spontaneous things.
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So fellow users of read, anything lately that made you feel inspired here and outside the community of read.cash?
Perhaps a friend, family, your workplace, your loved ones, or even pets?
In my part, I am always encouraged to start a day happy because I had developed a positive outlook in life thanks to my friends despite feeling disappointments and I am so driven to make my dreams a reality because of my family, even if it is still delayed at the moment. But this time, I'll be doing my best to hopefully become a teacher who molds and inspires young minds to do even better things in every little thing that they can.
Closing thoughts. .
No matter how life has pressed us lately, we should still choose to make most out of everything. We should not be shaken just because negativities have tried us as time passed by. We'd just close our eyes and think about what could possibly inspire you to have a great day especially if there is something you can do to help in dealing with it.
That's it, hehe. thank you for always sparing sometime in reading this piece of mine. I am so happy that I'd get to meet great new people everyday here. I hope it made your day somehow.
I hope you all stay inspired.
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A little physical activity
Hello everyone, how's your day? Do you also find some time to do something physical? Like a daily routine for an exercise or something similar.
For me, it's not much of an exercise. The only routine that I could ever think for myself is the casual walks. Oftentimes when I feel like it, I would walk myself off to town just for the sake of doing something physical. My parents would often ask why I did not chose to ride on our motorcycle but then I just said to myself this is my way to do an exercise, especially I am not into sports.
But how exactly my day went.
It's another day of staying at home and being an all around in the house. When it is not too busy, I can just lay at bed and do my usual things. Streaming through social media apps, Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok, or maybe play Mobile Legends when I feel like I want to play, only to get defeated in the end, Haha.
Also today, I find it really fun since it's been a while since I had an interaction with read users for almost the whole day and it feels so rewarding. I am so thankful to everyone who's been there to every works that I've published here.
Going back to the topic. .
Just yesterday, a friend of mine has been riding her bike and always made short breaks at our house for a quick chat about life. I asked her if I could join her in cycling since I really don't have much to do since she always goes by at our house past sunset. It's good time to do cycling since the heat of the sun won't be troublesome but also we need to be extra careful since there are lots on vehicles on the road, and we might get bumped if we are not careful enough.
We agreed to bike around off to our High School and it was 2 kilometer distance from our house. Both of us became really tired after we came back yesterday since we are not really used to exercises, haha. But still, we've planned to still do cycling for today and that's what we exactly did.
I first came to my friend's house so that she will prepare herself as we will be cycling once again. I suggested the place that will be destination for today to which she also agreed. But as I checked Google Maps, it's a whooping 4.9 kilometer distance from our residences. But for the sake of physical activity, we chose to pursue this haha, especially that my friend is trying to lose some weight for herself. After minutes of cycling, we've reached our destination and yeah it took us quite a while since we made quick stops when we felt like our legs can't pedal faster because it feels very tiresome especially when we are cycling on the uphill roads, that was the challenge on our part haha. It takes so much effort to keep going. If we could do it everyday, I think it won't be much effort sooner.
As soon as we arrived at the destination, we finally had the time to relax ourselves for a bit.
So this was our chosen endpoint for today's cycling, indeed kilometers away on a bike really is a bit tiring especially that we just started cycling just recently, But it is fun. So this part of the road is the Diversion Road from our town off to Hilongos, Leyte. But parts of the road are still undergoing construction. This part of the is still inaccessible for travels for the same reason that it is still undergoing. But soon, once this road is finished, it will really be convenient for us to travel to certain towns without the hassle of really going around through certain municipalities.
I asked my friend to take a few snaps for myself, since it's been a while and it felt like it was my first to visit around here in this newly built junction of the road. And I also asked her for a selfie since its a memoir that we went on cycling farther for the first time and it was really tiring haha.
After this, we decided to start travelling back since it's almost night time.
At nearly quarter to 7PM we reached home and it was just in time for dinner. I really made sure that I would eat dinner to replenish my drained energy haha.
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All in all, it was such a lovely day. It is so fun and I can really say that it's been awhile since I last went to somewhere by cycling, gladly I had a good company around and that is my friend. If only we could do these early in the morning everyday, it would really us lead to our healthier selves. That would be all.
Once again, thanks to the great users here in read who has been really helpful here in my read.cash journey. You really helped me develop a better interaction here. Thank you for always reading through my posts / diary entries. It really means a lot.
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Working on my dreams
Hello everyone, hope you all had a great day. I have not been able to write yesterday because I felt a bit devastated by the news I received last Monday, and that I was not qualified for the job that I recently applied and there was no text or email informing us that we were not included. Well that's just how life is, gotta move on and focus on the bigger pictures on what lies ahead.
Just this morning, a friend of mine, who is currently working as a substitute teacher in our town, asked me to tag along with her to the Schools Division of our province. I was hesitant at first, as I am low of budget lately. But I was thinking, well this is a good chance to get myself familiar once again with the place since I was there the last time 2 years ago. And who knows, I might get lucky this year and be given a chance to be a qualified teacher applicant so I decided to go with her, with a promise that she will treat me to lunch(char, bribery hahaha). Also, I could inquire about other jobs that are currently offered by the Schools Division.
So how our day went . .
We were preparing ourselves at 6AM because we will be commuting by bus and it will pass by our house at 7AM, so much for a quick preparation. At around 7:20AM we have already boarded on the bus and was on our 2 hour travel to the Schools Division. We had a bit of chit-chat about how my friends' life has been lately, was she enjoying her job, and about her appointment for permanent teaching position. I was so happy for her that there a higher possibility that any day by now she will be receiving a call about her appointment. But for now, she is busy in preparing her papers for her salary. We had laughs on the way to our destination and it has been fun, suddenly my friend felt sleepy so she had naps while on travel. My goodness, I think being a teacher really is tiresome haha.
And at around 9:20AM, we've arrived at the Schools Division of our province. Such a great feeling, it kinda feels like I am about to become a regular teacher, haha.(gotta chase that dream soon)
As we arrived, my friend asked for a priority number for her transaction at the office. It was then by chance that we met with a friend here in read, since she also having a transaction with the office.
And she was transferring from one office to another one. As I've known, one office was for her concerns about her salary, while inside the very office of the Division was about her inquiry for her appointment. I waited with her for an hour since there was a queue. After waiting for a longer time, after her series of inquiries, she was then informed that her appointment was still waiting for a signed approval and that her respective Adminstrative Officer of their school will be the one to inform her about her appointment. It may take days for now but, she is already near into making her dream a reality. Becoming a permanent teacher, hehe.
So we then exited from the office feeling high hopes and she asked to go with her to a nearby park, to which I agreed. But first we had a short stop for a snack, since she is feeling a bit hungry.
We've really enjoyed our time here, as we don't to bond like this too often at our place because we are busy with our lives. After we finished eating out snacks, we've straight to the park nearby. The
MacArthur Leyte Landing Memorial National Park
which holds a great part of our history as Filipinos.
I really liked myself with this pic. It's been a while since I was last here. That was way back 2012, during our 3rd Year High School Field Trip. My friend really enjoyed her, that she even have me hold her phone as she was to record a TikTok of her self with the park as a background. And it really went well. But after we had few snaps of ourselves here in the park, we quickly took shade since it was so hot as it is an hour before noon, and we decided to eat lunch before we travel back home through a bus. And we ate at our ever favorite fastfood, Jollibee.
Since we were still full from our snacks earlier, we really didn't enjoy our lunch but since it is Jollibee, we ain't got a choice but to eat it all, haha. And at exactly 12 at noon, we finished eating. We relaxed ourselves for more minutes before heading out as we will be waiting for the arrival of the bus so we won't miss our trip. We waited outside in a shed so hot, and got on the bus at nearly 1PM and arrived safely at our house nearly 2 hours later.
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I indeed had a great today, and I am hopeful that one day, when already steps closer to make my dream a reality, I already know where to begin since I was able to accompany my friend on the process that she has been.
To my fellow readers, I hope you enjoyed this and may your dreams come true also. Much love and thank you for reading through this diary of mine, haha.
****Lead image was taken from Unsplash****
Starting the week great
Hello everyone, it was indeed a splendid Monday today. I never had any ounce of thoughts that it would be such a joyous day. All I knew was that I am once again be going somewhere because I was asked for an errand, and that is to make follow up for the motorcycle registration of my father at a nearby town, Sogod, Southern Leyte. Please bear with the randomness I had in mind, hehe.
How my day went. .
It was going well at the morning at home, I ate breakfast with my parents and it quite felt special since they've just arrived at night yesterday from Manila via Van. It started as a sunny day at our place then suddenly I got wet by all sudden , there were light rains along my travel on the way. But what troubles me more is that the aftermaths of landslides are still present and there's a part of the road that is way too slippery when it gets wet by the rains, and it is really scary to even pass through that part of the road.
Our vehicles are queued on the road, while waiting for the big trucks loaded with soil, loaded by bulldozers to make the accessible for travellers. We've waited for awhile right here, and it almost lasted for about 20 minutes since the loaded trucks are running backward and unloaded the soil on the cliff nearby.
Thank God I did not slip even for a bit while passing here, it would've been a disaster especially there is a lot of vehicle running from behind.
I gladly reached Sogod, So. Leyte safe and sound and went on to LTO Sogod to conduct a follow up on my Father's Motorcycle Registration and gladly the registration papers were released immediately, I thought it would take time like the last one.
Surprisingly, a good friend of mine is also around town and was applying for a job at our University at SLSU - Sogod as a Cashier. Since he had just finished his matters and have nowhere to go just yet since he wanted to stroll around and have fun, and was not on the urge to go home, just then. So we ate lunch first and asked him if he wanted to tag along and said yes, as I would travel to meet a brother of mine of to a next town since my mother asked me to give my brother the gifts she had bought for him while they were at vacation.
After we ate lunch with my friend, we went to my Kuya to give him his pasalubong. And I found it great that he is not busy yet in his work, as he is a Public School Teacher. We had a heck of a chat and we were full of laughs as he kept telling about the funny things he has experienced as a Teacher. And at around 2PM, as we are about to say to him that we would be leaving, he stopped us and told us to have snacks first. Hehe, so we went to town and bought milk tea and bread.
We waited here for a bit, as the milktea that we had ordered is still being brewed.
We went back to my brother's classroom after our orders were done.
We were satisfied with our snacks and minutes after, I asked my brother that we will be leaving him and thanked him for his effort and time for us, since we will be going somewhere.
But that somewhere, is where my friend longs to go to La Caridad Farm, a local attraction situated at the town of Sogod So. Leyte.
Immediately, we took the chance to get a few snaps with ourselves while enjoying nature around.
I was so happy that my friend really enjoyed our time here. He even got a lot of good snaps than I have, haha. Even funnier as he tried to chase the rabbits to have a pic with them but sadly they are just too energetic and are not very fond of people. After we've spent here for more than an hour, we headed back to the bus terminal as he still needs to go home and I also need to back home too. But it was good day for me indeed.
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I am always thankful to God for all of the blessings he has given me, in the form of friends and family. They are always the greatest sources of happiness in my life and I couldn't ask for more.
Also, thank you for stopping by my works that's so full of random thoughts. I hope you had a splendid day. Much love y'all.
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A bit of a celebration
Some things, even though it is not too grand could be worth celebrating.
Even I jumped out of excitement all of a sudden, the moment I knew I was going to hired for a job and when I was retained for work. I've had ecstatic moments, and I've always felt grateful in every achievement that I've ever had in life.
And for this one, I am always thankful. (68)
Just as I was feeling demotivated with myself lately, I suddenly felt happy as I've noticed that I've been here in read for a longer time now. Happy 2 months here in read.cash, my dear self. As I look back for a bit, I was but a shy user and I get nervous at times when checking comments on my works, And my journey here is both exciting and sometimes a bumpy one. Exciting as I get to learn brand new things everyday, making friends with other users and that I started earning right after I had published. But my journey here has always been a test of persevering. I really felt sad before, a week after I first started here because I only had a very few visits by Rusty unlike my first article. But since I promised my mentor to keep on pressing forward, I tried my best to write again after I became inactive here in read for days. And voilà, last month even though I was only able to write a few articles within gaps of days in writing, it was so rewarding for me as I was able to save a bit last month.
And now, I am still trying my best to keep on writing, with hopes that it could help me save for future use especially that the period of Application for Public School Teachers is almost starting here in our province here in the Philippines.
But since today is quite my special day here, I'll probably buy something to spoil myself for a bit. (269)
My little dose of happiness and my stress relief from last job, haha. pangmalakasang milktea and siomai.
I am not really into pricey snacks, only these and I'd be really happy. And indeed, I am always thankful to read for giving me this opportunity to once again be capable of buying the small things even when I am still jobless at the moment. Since I've not been able to treat myself from my read earnings, I think I really deserved this little break of mine.
Also, I remembered that my classmate from college is around town, and she is currently at her relatives' residence for a visit. Since we had barely seen each other in years, I took this chance to meet her again and we had a very long chit-chat, hahaha (132)
We are really close friends and we even went on to a same school during our teaching internship in college. We had been with each other along with our circle of friends to really persevere in finishing our studies. And little chat moments earlier really felt like we were still students, we laugh out loud a lot just like the old days. But she is still facing her challenges in life as she still needs to retake the LET next September 2022. I have nothing for her, but best wishes and success and may God grant her desire of becoming a Licensed Teacher. Hoping that the next time we meet, we are both Licensed professionals.
All in all, I really loved this day, it became more than just a mere celebration of me here in read, and I never thought that it would be this fruitful and so happy.
To my friends and fellow users here in read, I wish you all well and I hope that we'd continue our growth as read users.
Much love and bless us all. (178)
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A productive day, indeed. .
I really thought that today is going to be another day that I will be slacking off and not get any tasks done.
But thanks God, the Sun is finally out.
As I've said earlier, I really thought that I won't be able to do anything productive, aside from washing the dishes. (Char mabait yurn? Haha)
In fact, I started my day browsing through social media and then playing my ever favorite Pokémon game through a Gameboy Emulator app, been playing this for years and just never gets old because I didn't get to play in my childhood unlike my elementary classmates. And morning started with drizzles or light rains. I really thought that today will just be another day of waiting and its my third day of hoping for a sunny day to finally finish my task.
But then, around Noon-time, the ever changing climate of our town finally became okay and it's all Sunny now.
I first observed our surroundings because I thought that it would rain again the next instant but gladly it didn't, and after we ate our lunch, I finally decided to seize the opportunity to sundry our harvested rice.
Yes, finally, my long wait is over. And just by looking at it really drains me, haha. It's a lot of hardwork, as it was only me who did all of the lifting with the 3 half-full sacks of rice (wow, feeling strong hahaha) and yes the rice we had in all are just our share since my cousin was the one who did all the hardwork in planting and cultivating the rice up to harvest season, but it was planted on my fathers piece of land so yeah that kind of explains it. But even so, we are still grateful that these came on Monday and it will really save us our budget in a few weeks.
Actually, we have already started to sundry our share of rice last Monday in the morning as soon as it was delivered to our house and since it was necessary to make it dry as soon as possible for proper preservation and to avoid damage on the rice grains as well as prevent it from sprouting. But then, the climate changed in mid-day and it was about to rain in the afternoon as it has been cloudy and there seems to be no chance of the sun ever shining back again that day. So we, hastily folded the"trapal" or tarpaulin(as it says in English, haha) that we used in placing the rice near the highway to prevent it from getting wet again, all the lifting back and forth makes me feel stronger hahaha, kidding aside.
And then poof! I had to wait for 3 days for the weather to be all sunny before I can continue with this task of mine.
Also, this task reminds me of my ever 1st heartbreak that I had while I was applying for a job at PSA - Leyte. I was so hopeful that I'd get hired on my first job application ever, but then the uncertain happened and there was an online examination that I wasn't able to take because I was so busy in sun-drying our rice grains that time that I missed the call from the HR, which was supposed to notify us about an online personality test that will be due at 2PM at that date. I was sad the next days as I was informed that I will not be a part of the team to be hired. It was charged to experience and thinking about this task, my mother would laugh if I tell her about my not so pleasant memories with this task. And I still got lucky and was blessed because I got hired on the next hiring.
And now, since it's almost sunset, time to store the rice grains back into the sacks and hopefully it will be sent to a rice miller soon for consumption. Tadahh!
Now my day is done, and boy, I'm so proud of myself because of what I've just accomplished, haha.
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Thank you for sparing some time in reading my works. Have a good day ahead. Much love and God bless.
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All I want is a nice weather. .
Hey everyone, how's life lately?
These days I was given a task by my parents as they will be out of town for a few days. Supposedly, I was going to attend at my cousin's wedding in Manila along with my parents, but alas, I just applied recently and I am still waiting for a confirmation whether I'd be hired. (Hopefully, I will be)
It has always been like this for days now, there no consistent sunshine necessary for the tasks that are assigned for me. And that is to sundry our 3 sacks of rice or "palay". The task was simple but I really can't get it done for 3 days now because of the weather conditions. It kinds of remind me when I was supposed to travel to distant places urgently and then be distrupted because of the bad weather, haha.
In life it also kind of happens, when you seemingly had plans on certain things and gets prepared to do it and then boom, something gets in the way and distracts you from doing the necessary things.
What kind of weather do you like for yourself?
Usually I'd choose to like the cold weather days, like the rainy ones and the ones where the air feels so cold that it has icy feels. I really enjoy it as I am a type of a person that sweats a lot, even at the smallest actions. So much for a hot body, hahaha. But only during this season, the harvest season of our rice, is the days where I really wish that it would be sunny day, all day long.
Because it has been a hassle for me lately, as much as I want to sundry the rice so hard, I just can't seem to do it for now because the weather is not yet on my side. Just like yesterday, I really took effort in lifting the sacks of rice near the highway so that I can finally start spreading it on a mat to make it dry easier under the heat of the sun. (Taga Probinsya can relate, haha). I was really hopeful about it yesterday, like what could possibly go wrong, there was an evident sunrise and there weren't much of clouds yesterday morning, not until it became cloudy moments after I placed the rice under the sun. It began to feel shady all around and I waited for hours for the sun to come out, only to find out that there are already rain clouds approaching and left me no choice but to store and lift the sacks of rice back inside because it will be damaged if it gets damp. I was having a bad morning yesterday, because I really wanted to finish that task yesterday but luck was not on my side.
Hopefully tomorrow, it's going to be a Sunny Day all day long because I really don't like it when I have to redo certain things. I'm a kind of a person that tries hard to finish tasks within a specific period of time and not do it over and over again, haha. And since there ain't much to do today, I think I will be doing the usual things I do to ease my boredom. Play Mobile legends, watch TikToks, or might watch a movie.
I hope everyone today is having a great day, and I hope Rusty will also visit my works. I think he has been busy lately, haha. (Please Rusty, motivate me to do even better, hahaha)
Kidding aside, thank you for reading through my random thoughts, hope you enjoyed. May the rays of sunshine lighten up your mood for today.
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Most important treasures in life
Each one of us has a story in life to tell. Whether it is full of sadness and hardships, we shouldn't lose heart and find time to know and remind ourselves that we have treasures in life that we might have neglected all because we've been through a lot of things, bad to be precise.
I also have my share of sadness in life. There was even a phase wherein I really neglected myself all because I thought I was a disappointment and I can't do anything right in life. I was lucky that I got right back on track and God really helped me in life to take a full turn from how it was. I realized later in life that I had these treasures in life and I just didn't realize they are just there's, just within our grasps.
My important treasures in life.
In no particular order, these things helped me realize the most important things in life.
Music
As I grew up, I never got interested in music because my mind was always settled into playing games over and over again. But then there was a sudden turn in life and there were particular singers that lead me into loving music. I don't do instruments but I find music so soothing to my soul. Every time I hear my favourite songs, my day feels a lot better and they give me inspiration in life to carry on. I've been into love songs lately, I think I'm in love but I don't really know that for myself. Haha
Loved ones
Family
Honestly, I'm really not that close when it comes to my family ties. Maybe because growing up, I always end up in an arguement with my father over petty things. So much for he is a perfectionist, haha. I could say that we can get along with my mother and a sister of mine, the rest of my siblings? Hmmm not really. Maybe it's because we grow up apart from each other as I am the youngest and all of them chose to leave home for work months after they finished college. But still, I am always thankful to them for always giving out moral and financial support when I was still working hard to achieve my dreams in life. And I know for are fact na they are irreplaceable.
Friends
As I grew up as a shy kid, that barely talks to anyone new. I never even thought that I'd be a person that I've become today, someone who has friends in life and still making new friends. I really treasure my friends a lot, especially the ones who are in my circle. They are the ones who are always there for me when I was at my lowest points in life, and that was in college. I had the extremes of family problems and that they are always there for me, giving me out comfort and advice. Also, to my new friends I am thankful that I met them and had best moments in life, lately.
Education
As we came from a working class family, we are not rich and we don't have anything to inherit from my parents. My Father was a Habal-Habal Driver, now a Mechanic and my mother is only a Housewife, however they taught us everything in life necessary to succeed and emphasized the importance of Education for the betterment of our lives, and thanks God, all of us Graduated college and now fighting for our own dreams and goals. I thank my parents and siblings for helping me achieve the Education of my dreams and now, I am slowly working to be a regular government employee.
Spirituality
Everything I have, I thank God for each and everything. There were several things that I wouldn't have accomplished if I did let my Faith in God slip. I had many challenges in college and I am very much thankful that I still managed to acquire my Bachelor's Degree and passed my LET with only a 1st try. I couldn't thank God more, as I've been a survivor since I was younger, I was told by my parents that I almost died when I was a wee baby but a miracle happened and now I am still here. Ever thankful and blessed.
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Closing Thoughts
Often times we think that we don't have everything. In my case, I can say that these are my everything. We may lose certain things in life, but we can always choose to work in building and maintaining our own cherished treasures in life.
That's it, hope you enjoyed a part of my life, haha. Special thanks to this **blog** for helping me create ideas for this work of mine. https://www.joincake.com/blog/what-is-the-most-important-thing-in-life/
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Overwhelming
Good day people of read, how's your day? I have been trying to think about what I should write for today as I was just relaxing the entire day in bed because this week has been so full of travels. I seemed to enjoy it but yeah, when you get home, you can't deny the feeling of getting tired, haha.
It took me until night time to finally write what's in my thoughts while I can still compose and get it together.
Today has been a happy day, indeed. It was such a victorious one. Though, it didn't start as one.
Late in the afternoon, I was craving for snacks so I walked from our house to the town proper so that I can enjoy the surroundings as it didn't rain for this day and finally we can feel the warmth of the sunshine.
Minutes after I walked with myself, I arrived at my "suki" food stall and ordered for myself some siomai and milktea. Yes, it was a bit lonely eating on your own, but oh well, I'm here to spoil myself for a bit.
Charan, happiness in a cup and serving right in front of me. But since I was by myself, it only took me quick to finish my snacks that the usual times I had with friend. And immediately after, I walked myself home
This is when the good news came.
As I arrived home, a friend sent a PM something related to the LET results as announced that it will be released today. So I checked the website, there was still traffic when we're trying to access it. But as soon as the website became better, I immediately scrolled through list of passers.
I was relieved and very ecstatic that close friends of mine passed the January 2022 Board Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers workmate,.
The one beside me in the photo above is my college classmate, turned workmate and a bestfriend of mine. We've been through a lot since our college days and that luckily we managed to graduate on time together, however we passed the Board Exams on different timelines. I got lucky since I passed on our 1st take last September 2019. But still, it was overwhelming and it was a very happy moment indeed. I personally came to him to congratulate him on this very memorable moment and I keep telling him that I was so happy and so proud for him.
Also, four amongst my LET Review buddies also passed the LET today. All of them were also retakers and it was their Second Take. I can't really contain such happiness that I felt for all of them, especially with these friends of mine, I really offered them a hand to remake their PRC Accounts just to make that they will file for their Re-Exam for the LET. We amongst our other friends cheered up for them until this day came and it really favored us all, they really put up a good fight.
I wish them well, and hopefully the Oath Taking ceremony will be available later on, for them to claim their licenses.
All in all, today was indeed a happy day for most of us. It gave out overwhelming feelings of happiness and success that most people longed for. And earlier this evening, a good friend of mine invited to dinner on a nearby restaurant. I was just asking a treat from her as a joke but she took it for real, haha.
Since we had this chance, we had a chat for a awhile. Turns out that her appointment in DepEd is almost at hand as she is an Elementary applicant. She just came from the Division Office for follow up.
I never really thought that this day would be a blast. But since of all this came and is reality itself, I can't help but be happy and also be celebrating my friend's success. I know time comes when I get to succeed in my own little ways. May God bless me.
Thank you for stopping by, I hope everyone had an overwhelming day. Stay blessed everyone.
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Travels and Sunsets
Good day wonderful people of read. It has been a long, rainy day, and it has been raining for days here in our little town. I could barely think about what I should write for today but then I remembered about something beautiful yesterday.
Do you have a favorite time of the day?
As for me, I was't even aware if there is a part of the day that has become my favourite. I think maybe lately, waking up in the morning, thanking God for another beautiful day and excitedly checking my read account if there are any up votes by Rusty and other users. Hahaha kidding aside.
So yesterday, I was tasked by my parents on an errand to buy some maintenance medicine for my father as he is already running low on supply for intake for the next few days. And the great part is that, the medicine is not is not available in our little town and needs to be bought on a nearby city next to ours. But since this gives me a chance to meet my friend / former workmate, I gladly accepted this so I can also travel and meet them even for a brief moment.
The weather was just fine yesterday in the afternoon, it was cloudy but it was not raining. (I think the raindrops took their breaks also, haha.) And late in the afternoon I travelled to Baybay City, Leyte. Yehey another day, another travel hahaha but boy, it was not a pleasant one. Just as I departed from our home it rained and the downpour was so heavy. It was a good decision that I chose to wear my raincoat even before the heavy rains started.
I was lucky, that halfway along the road, the rain has stopped and I arrived at where my friend is situated at their work. It was a great timing since their work has just been done for the day and that they headed home, so I offered him a ride on the way to the city proper.
We've had a few stops in the city as my friend has to buy something for himself and I gladly accompanied him. He's been through a lot lately and I just want to be there, giving out support. We had a short time for snacks after and we did chat for a bit and I am happy that he is feeling better lately, and he also accompanied me as I am looking for pharmacies so that I can buy maintenance medicine for my father. I was lucky it did not take long to look for a pharmacy with stocks.
And then it was time to go home, and I offered him a ride home since his place is not that far from the city, and we were on our way talking about random things. And voila, a splendid beauty of nature captured my attention, and we stopped for a short time to take snaps.
The sunset was just so marvelous. We never had a chance to see these kind of beauty in our town since we are surrounded by mountains and not nearby beaches. I often wished to have a captured moments like this back when we used to work in this city but never really had a chance because we were always busy at that time.
If only I lived nearby a beach, This would have been my favourite time of the day and never get tired to gaze at its beauty every single day.
And since night time is already near, we continued our ride on the way to my friend's home, then after I thanked him for the time, bid him farewell and went on my home. Luckily I arrived safe at around 7PM at home, but feeling greater than ever knowing it was more than just a day.
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Thank you for stopping by here in my works, my thoughts has been random in this one and I really don't want to miss a chance to share for today. I hope you had a great day. Thanks once again for the support.
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Deliberation
Good day wonderful people of read. It's been days and I've been quite busy and I really missed articles, opportunities also were missed. haha.
I've been trying to write for days but I just can't keep my mind together as our deliberation was getting nearer and nearer each. I felt excited, yet nervous about what possible questions.
So, how yesterday went?
It started in gathering into the venue at DAR Sogod, So. Leyte. We were informed to be at the venue at around 9AM and I arrived there minutes just before the prescribed time. Isn't it very good? haha.
Anyways, we sat there for a long time waiting for all of the applicants to be complete before starting. But since it's has been an hour and one applicant did not make it and at 10AM, the HR personnel started calling applicants in a batches consisted of five persons to be the ones to proceed first to the Deliberation. And that is when I started to feel a bit nervous and tried to put myself at ease while talking to fellow applicants.
Just when I thought it's going to be a quiet time while waiting for my turn, but then. .
Suddenly I noticed someone familiar as we were given name tags for easier identification of the panelists. Turns out she is really indeed a Philsys Supervisor from a different town just like I was in our previous work.
It feels like a quick bond yesterday, as we could only interact thru messenger group chat. It feels a bit refreshing, reliving some of the work memories that we had. It has been our conversation for hours and that we were the only ones laughing out loud at the moment yesterday while the others are still ongoing with their deliberation and that others are donning very serious faces.
At around 11AM, 2nd batch of applicants for deliberation were already called, and since it takes time we were told by the HR Personnel to take our lunch first as the panelists will probably take their lunch break after the 2nd batch is finished with the interview and that deliberations will resume at 1PM. So invited my newfound friend for lunch, as there is a cafeteria nearby that offers unlimited rice paired with a piece of chicken at an affordable price. After we ate our lunch, we were back again waiting for our turn but then the deliberations started at nearly 2PM and my friend was called for next interview and that I was scheduled for the last batch.
It was a lonely time waiting as we were complete strangers with the applicants of the same batch for interview as me. Few minutes before we were called, I can my heart suddenly beating fast and I started to feel nervous. At nearly 3PM, my friend was finished with her interview and that the questions were okay, for here as it is was situational based questions.
So this is it, this is my moment.
I kept telling myself in my mind, trying to keep myself calm. As soon as we sat on the room of the deliberation, I really feel my nervousness arise but then I felt relieved as we had great people as panelists and that they keep reminding us not get nervous and that we should take deep breaths and just stay calm. Thereafter, our deliberations immediately started. I tried to answer as good as possible making sure that my ideas were related to the questions and most of them are personal questions about how we'll behave in our respective offices assuming that we were already hired and that I made sure to answer with all honesty that I will do my job efficiently and that I will not manipulate anything just for the sake of my gain, because honesty is really important when working in a public office.
After an hour, at around 3:40PM, our deliberations are finally done and we were told by the panelists that those who will be called or contacted for a Regional Deliberation this Thursday are considered final applicants and wished us best of luck.
As soon as I stepped out the door, I felt realizations and doubts about myself but, I know I really did my best. I hope that somehow God will help with this one. And immediately made my departure on my way to my hometown.
So guys, how was your day yesterday? I do hope you all had a great day. Thanks for stopping by here, especially to the most supportive read users.
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A short tale of Perseverance.
Good day to the most wonderful people of read. I have been feeling blessed lately. Both here in our lovely read community and also in certain happenings in my life. Although it may have not been as big as what others are enjoying right now, I am always grateful to all of the things I've acquired both the small and big ones, if there are any.
But before we can even achieve anything, if we don't persevere in it, nothing ever happens in our lives.
We achieve things by working hard, along with a bit of creativity. It is also essential that we plan the things we want to do so that efforts will not go in vain. And now, I am happy that a bit of my perseverance has started to pay off.
Today has been a very tough one. As it has been so challenging more than the things I've experienced in the past.
I was reminded by the good office of where I last applied for a job to submit a hard copy of our requirements as their preparation for our deliberation in the days ahead.
But the weather is definitely not on my side.
I am starting to have second thoughts about travelling in the morning earlier as it has been raining so hard and there were news spread all over by people and the internet that there are still parts of Sogod, Southern Leyte, the place that I've planned to go, that there are landslides along the road. I've been thinking about the safety of my travels as it imposes certain risks. But at around 8AM, as the heavy rains starts to get lighter, I started my journey off to Southern Leyte. But the heavy rains really have not gone away, there are some parts where the rains were still heavy and that I drove slowly on my motorcycle for safety, especially when I have to go through the roads where the landslides occur, I drove extra carefully so that I will not fall over on the muddy road. And after an hour of a trip, I finally arrived in Sogod and was able to submit my requirements. But the rains were still there and I took shelter from it.
And then, I remembered that today is my niece's birthday. So I stopped by to greet her. (Said frankly to her, na tito will give you gifts if I can have a job soon, haha)
But I was not able to stay long and celebrate with her, as I want to travel early back home because of the bad weather and I want to go on a round trip travel to avoid the landslides even if it takes time on the ride. And indeed it was almost 3 hours of travel and it was so tiring.
As soon as I tried to relax myself from that heck of a ride and looked thru my phone, I was surprised by my read.cash notifications.
I never thought that Rusty would be this generous to me. It feels like today is such a great day and felt that I think I deserve this for myself.
***Closing thoughts:*** I wanna thank myself for not giving up on times that I really felt down on myself. Like, there were a few times when I felt like I think I'm not gonna continue here in read because of the times that Rusty rarely visited my articles, maybe he finds it boring, char haha. But still chose to come back and write again. And that I applied for so many positions for work in the past few months.
If I did not choose to persevere, I think I would probably not be enjoying a bit of success here in read as I am slowly earning bit by bit, and if stopped applying for a job months ago I wouldn't have gotten the chance to possibly earn myself a job. Indeed hard work really pays off. Just trust the process.
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I am off to a good start
Good day wonderful people of read, I really am excited as this is my 1st article for the month of March. I hope this marks for a good start. I have goals set in my mind for this month, but I'd rather keep it to myself for now (char pinasecret). I hope I can achieve it by the end of this month.
I never really thought that I would have such a lovely day yesterday, as it started with me being at bed in the morning doing the usual everyday with my boring, unemployed life, haha. The always unending scrolling on Facebook and TikTok just not to feel bored.
And I remembered, it's been a while since I last played Mobile Legends. So I tried to entertain myself into playing the online game and I never thought of winning Ranked games in Solo queue since the last time I played, I am always on the losing team which made want to stop because it caused me stress more than fun. To my surprise, I won 2 ranked games even I'm not really doing well since I just came back into playing the game, I think I just lucky with my teammates, haha.
Afternoon came, and I was so bored being at home at that moment and I was craving for snacks, haha even if I only had a spare amount these days. Then I remembered my close friend and thought it has been awhile since we last had a chat in person even though we lived in the same barangay. I invited here over, and she happily agreed.
This is how we used to relieve our stress at work, as we have been workmates in Philsys.
I can't believe that we lasted here for an hour.
haha, yes. We really enjoy our company like it has been months since we had last seen each other. Our little chats about life, about our unemployed life, and her lovelife made our enjoyment with our snacks equally enjoyable. haha chika is life as they say.
And our chika went on, as we decided to visit another close friend of ours who is rarely online on facebook. We asked her if we could climb at their rooftop to capture a few snaps and she agreed.
This is how it looks like at their rooftop.
Quality time with friends.
We were here trying to enjoy the scenery around, while taking few snaps.
And then, light rains suddenly came and we immediately came downstairs. Since we can't go home just then, we agreed to play Mobile Legends just for fun. And unexpectedly we won, so much for a team of noobies.
After that match, we thanked our friend for allowing us to stay for a bit at their house and we had gone home. I am indeed happy for the day. At home, after I ate dinner, I noticed in the notifications tab that there is an icon for Gmail. I did not open it immediately as I thought it was just those repetitive emails from Abra or Coins.ph. Turned out it was bearing this message:
I didn't know how I exactly felt at that moment. I feel overjoyed yet, nervous at the same time as I am applying for the job that is not in line with my education. But I'm gonna take this chance who knows I might be able to get this through.
As I look up at this magnificent beauty, I suddenly realized that the darkest hours in life will soon be overdriven by the brightest rays of sunshine. And when I thought to myself, "I am off to a good start for this month".
***Closing thoughts:*** Positivity in life, and patience really pays off. And I will cherish every opportunities that came on the times I least expected it. Always choose to be happy, when we don't focus on the negatives, you know you're off to a good start.
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February ended with a budding hope
It has been another day, but yesterday has been extremely rainy. And it even feels a bit scary at times as we just got hit by a typhoon months ago.
But who would have thought that a day that seemed so scary would be bringing out hope as if there was a ray of sunshine calling out to me.
Haha, char. I was just feeling great with myself as I received news about updates on a recent job hiring I've been to last month. Because I've been starting to feel a bit down lately because there are goals that I really wanted to achieve. I wanted to save some amount that'll help me soon as I try to look for a job abroad and I know that when it is the first time, it'll be costly. Which is why I always try my luck to apply for every job that fits my qualifications and recent job experience.
Going back to what I've said earlier, I just received updates from a government office where I last applied for and wherein I took a qualifying exam. Their active page shows a post of applicants who successfully passed the examination and are for consideration to the next phase of the hiring process. I was so happy and overjoyed that I was included in the list. I happily informed my friend who applied for the same position that the results already came, however to our surprise she was not included and I am really feeling sad about it because if ever I'd be hired soon , it'll be a lonely time for myself in preparing necessary documents.
These days, I am now waiting for announcement as to where should we go next. I am expecting that the next phase is probably the interview. It's going to be a challenge since there only a few vacant positions and the qualifying applicants exceeded its numbers. But I'll be taking the chance, hopefully I'd be included in the roster of successful applicants.
I never really thought that my end of February would be so great. I only thought that its going to be a long rainy day but then good news came and I've been feeling so hopeful more than ever. And now I am starting March brand new full of positivity, in life. Hehe
Also, I want to use this chance to thank everyone here in read.cash for being such a sweet community. Thank you for all of the help and support. I never thought that I'd make it this far because after my first article, Rusty rarely visits my articles and I only realized lately that I've been here for more than a month and forgot this. Thank you for building up the hope that's in me to continue my developing love for writing.
I felt like I've started making friends here in the platform and every time I get to read everyone's lovely works it makes me wanna right even more. At first, to be honest, I was really shy about posting my articles here because I was already feeling ashamed about the comments even before I'd be able to post the articles. But having great mentor / friend as @Zhyne06 , she is very encouraging and it also makes me happy that she is inviting more into the platform, what a very thoughtful one.
***Closing thoughts:*** I feel the growth that I had recently, and honestly being here makes me re-ignite my love for the English language as much as I wanted to be an English teacher, in the past haha. I am so thankful that March came great and that another month full of hope slowly unfolds. Whatever comes my way, I will embrace it wholeheartedly. Patience always pays off, never lose hope even at its tiniest, it'll eventually do wonders for you.
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A surprising weekend. .
Life has been quite boring lately, that I feel like everyday is but a weekend.
Yes, that's how my weekend started yesterday. The usual I wake up, eat, scroll through social media platforms, and casual visits here in read. I did not really have anything to keep me busy as of the moment. And I am still looking for any opportunities that I could possibly earn more.
The whole morning I was just at bed, trying to enjoy myself with by watching Tiktok, and sometimes scroll with Facebook. But as noon time came, I had a chat with someone. A good friend of mine from my last job. And life has been really tough on him and I tried my best in giving him comfort. Although, I cannot really give out the best advice at first because he did not mention what kind of life problems he's been through lately. The only thing I had in mind was, he might've problems with his workmates. I was so puzzled. Our conversation went on, until he mentioned if I could visit him. And I was like trying to decide real quick and said yes, but I still need to ask permission from my parents since they're a bit strict and it's a bit far from where we live, and luckily they allowed me to travel.
After I ate lunch, I quickly made preparations as I am going to travel to somewhere, gotta make sure I won't forget something, and departed after my preparations were complete. It was only a hour of travel and I arrived at my friend's residence, safely. We haven't seen each other for almost two months since we had already finished our work contract but I felt like the vibes haven't changed at all.
I relaxed myself a bit as it was a hot journey. But then, my friend told me he still haven't eaten lunch yet. And he invites to lunch at the town proper. Just as I was to ask what his problem was, he told me that he will tell me when we arrive there.
And so, we went to the town proper and ordered our food. As we were eating, it was then that he would start talking about his problems, as to my surprise it was not about work, but rather his lovelife. I was really stunned, as I can really tell that my friend is a good guy. But we never really knew when changes would start to appear.
I then reassured him that everything will be just fine, and that someday he will find someone who deserves to be with him. And just we are about to leave, light rains downpours on and off. It took us a bit longer to wait for the rain to subside. We went to somewhere within town to look for someplace relaxing and spacious so that my friend can also practice motorcycle driving for a bit. As soon we arrived, it took a long time for us to wait for the rain to go away as it downpoured once again, so that he can practice driving. As soon as the skies cleared, he then started his practice driving and it went well. But then since it's almost dark, we then drove back home. But we made a short stop at the town proper to buy food for dinner and then went to their home immediately after. As we arrived at their home, nothing beats the feeling that you are welcome just like family. And as we were eating dinner, we were also talking about how his crypto was, as he was already earning way earlier than I did and had random talks about other things in life and we have gone to sleep around 10PM.
Earlier this morning, we went to the beach near their house and just sat down by the shore breathing fresh air.
We were enjoying nature around here with my friend, then suddenly, light rains pours down once again, so we just came back to their home.
But then, I told him that I would be coming home at morning because I promised my parents that I would attend service at the church of our town. They were so kind that they offered me breakfast before I travelled back home.
And that's it, I bid farewell to my friend as I was about to go home and I promised that I'd be back soon. And I do hope that he'll overcome his problems soonest, with the help of God.
Thanks for sparing your time in reading.
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My spontaneous trip to PSA - Leyte
Good day great and wonderful people of read. It feels good to write once again.
So, why I went on an unplanned trip?
It was because I hitchhiked on the way to Tacloban City, thru a family friend. Haha, it lessens my commute fee.
Here in our place, it's a very common thought that when we hear the initials PSA, the only things that runs in our mind are Birth Certificates or Marriage Certificates. Well, I had other matters in mind. And I've been longing to come to the very office that hired us as field workers in our beautiful municipality.
Yes, at long last I finally had a chance to travel kilometres away from our residence to ask for a copy of our COE or Certificate of Employment. Because it would really be a lot of help when I would apply for a next job. And this was handed over to me around 1:10PM.
It feels very rewarding that I finally had my share of the stressful, yet very rewarding experience at work in Philsys as I was a Registration Center Supervisor for quite a while and a Registration Kit Operator months recently.
I know I mentioned this in my previous articles about work, and honestly my first few weeks as a Supervisor was tough as I have no experience prior and I don't feel to have a good leadership skills. It took me time to adjust to the work environment of ours. Every day was so stressful, you have to help in managing the crowd of people for them to maintain social distancing, contact focal persons in both PSA and in the LGU for certain concerns regarding the operations, and to recheck if their Valid IDs for registration are correct in entries. And when I became a Reg. Kit Operator, it was always a challenge to catch-up to the daily target of Registrants and when it comes to taking their pictures as it will reflect on their PhilIDs. Quick shoutout to all Filipino readers out there, I hope you already have your PhilIDs / National ID, and also, hoping they look exactly like you in person, hahaha.
Going back on my trip, I immediately looked for a Cab to go back to Downtown of Tacloban since it's already afternoon and I still hadn't ate lunch. It got a bit worse as I am stuck for about minutes after reaching downtown waiting for another Cab to Travel to Palo, Leyte as it there we can ride a Van on our way back to our place. I arrived nearly 2PM at Palo, Leyte and made a quick stop / lunch time at my ever favorite, Jolibee, haha. It's been a while
I sure did feel quite happy and satisfied after this moment, because it has been awhile since I last ate at Jolibee. And then, minutes after I relaxed after eating, I started walking to where the Van is situated, and started the travels back to our rural town. That was it, a tiring yet very rewarding day.
Yes it was tiring on my travel back home as felt very sleepy in the van but certain times I tried to wake up because I might end up waking up at the next town.
And finally, what a great day. I can finally relax myself. I arrived at home around 5PM in the afternoon and immediately layed down on my bed for a rest from travel.
And that moment on, I'm moving back to reality searching for jobs online, haha. But, once again I can't help but be extremely thankful to PSA - Leyte, for trusting in me and for giving me a worthwhile experience that I can hopefully carry on, the time I can land a permanent job.
That would be all, thank you once again for sparing your time.
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