And so I ask my son!
**May 20, 2022**
Sometimes a child's outlook is different from ours. They observe things differently and their curiosity over things and the likes are just not what we expected.
I just arrived home from very tiring hours on the bus. Why is it that even though we're just sitting or sometimes sleeping on the bus but when we arrive at our destination we feel extreme tiredness that we can't even explain? I remember that I don't know why people who travel had jetlag not until I experienced it myself.
So as I was looking at my son having the time of his life eating dinner I was asking him questions like, "**How's school? Did you learn something new? Did you play with your classmates? Who picked you up at school?**" Things like that, he answers them excitedly while munching his fried chicken, cutieeeee...
After preparing for bed I begin asking him random questions and out of the many (I guess more than 10) since I can't think of something to write so I just go with my son's preferences and likes.
And I was really amused at him answering the questions for he always has his segway on things I'm asking.
(Our convo is in Cebuano but I just translate it directly)
**Favorite food**
Him: Ma, when it comes to favorite food I have many so don't let me choose okay
Me: (keep on insisting) I mean yes you have a lot of favorites but when Mama is out and would want to buy you food what comes first to your mind?
Him: ----- **Fried Chicken**
**Junkfood**
Him: Piattos
Me: Hey, that's Mama's
Him: But I like what you usually eat though
Me: No, picked what you like now mine
Him: I prefer Jelly and Rin-Bee and also chocolate (that's a lot though)
**What do you most like to watch?**
Him: PJ Mask, Power Ranges, and Paw Patrol but with movies, I go with Moana, Frozen, and Bruno(He meant Encanto where Bruno was part of the cast)
**Favorite Time of the day**
Playtime and Bedtime with you.
**Favorite Moment you surely will remember forever(the longest answer)**
When Baby Alex was finally home. When I see those pinkish skin and those little .hands. I really like her to be my sister. Did you see Alex when she first opened her eyes at us, Ma the feather of my skin stands up and I want to touch her but Mamay said we're not allowed to do so as baby Alex's skin at that time was very delicate.
Mama Jhe2(my sister) then ask me if I want Alex to be my baby sister and then I immediately said yes but they all just laugh at me, you're working when they arrived home. And then she was sleeping beside Mama Jhe2 and when she cried all of us came to her and watch her cry while Mama Jhe2 cuddles her. Oh, she's cute. I want to give all the clothes that no longer fit me to her even though I'm a boy. I can't wait for her to call me "Kuya" the moment she'll learns how to talk.
The last was also the last question I asked him before he lie down beside me and while I was writing this article of mine.
I am actually pressured that he really wants to have a little sister now. aigooooo
Anyways, thank you for reading such a short and nonsensical article. My brain cells are not working anymore for it was drained during the ride back home.
My Beshy..
**May 19, 2022**
*Nothing beats a person whom you never had a single decent conversation with but you stayed as buddies from then until now.*
*Trans:*
*Her: Welcome Beshy, I love you even though we seldom see each other*
*Me: Busy in life...struggle is real at work too*
*Her: true Beshy and we also have each priorities but nothing to worry for we'll still see each other*
She is my Beshy, my frennemy, my opposite.
We we're neighbors and we are playmates ever since we we're five. We are actually three in the group and the other one is our gay friend .
Remembering the times when we hang out at the school grounds during weekends, me and this beshy of mine always bicker for we don't agree on such terms and our gay friend is always the one that stops us from fighting.
Great thing about kids is even though they argue yesterday but they still played with each other the next day. No grudges just pure innocence that just wants to play.
Me and Beshy are very opposite for I am the quiet type while she's the talkative on the other part. Whenever we play with other kids she's always the one with lot of friends around her for she never runs out of stories to tell and as kids we all love stories real or not. Beshy is using all her bod parts in narrating the story which makes the story more entertaining. I admit I was a bit jealous but I can't seem to copy such ambiguous personality of her so I just stick on to the usual, me being silent while she being my human encyclopedia slash dictionary.
Elementary days we we're not enrolled on the same level, the three of us. Because I am a visitor pupil during preschool that I jump up to Grade one while they're still in Preschool 2. I don't know the system before but it's like that. Instead of being jealous of other, we three took it as an advantage since I can give them advance lessons so that they'll never be having a hard time as they step up.
Bad part is whenever we do reviews, Beshy always prioritize playtime than her studies. The other one listens while the other one wants to play and because Beshy is good with words so we often get swayed by her to just play and study later but after playing we get exhausted and decided to call it a day lol!!
High school and we three we're separated. The male/gay friend got a scholarship and has to study on the school who sponsored him while Beshy decided to study far away from their home while I remained studying at the school just in front of our house.
We still hang out during breaks but we seldom play for we're big kids then. We mostly had long night talks in front of Mum's store. We tell stories on how the curriculum started stressing us out but Beshy remains silent when it comes to studies. Oh, she's really good at Math and Social Studies, the gay friend is good with Science and English while I excel in breaks, kidding.
And since we mostly hang out in my house that the parents mostly shouts calling them to come home. As I mostly live in my room that they're the one who always visits me. Known of having a strict parents so the parents are at ease whenever we're together at my parent's house.
However, things change when I found out that Beshy has been skipping classes. It happened on their senior year. I was working part time on a bakery when I found out about it. Her Mum came to our house saying nasty things about me influencing her child to ditch classes when I never even did such things. And the worst is she was pregnant and she don't know who the father of her child is.
As my Mum don't back down with words that she talked back and told Beshy's mother this, "**Why are you blaming other people? Do not point finger because you know yourself that you're the one to blame on what's happening to your child. Have you seen my daughter did such behavior?** " (Maldita mama ko)
I was staying at work when that situation happened so I messaged Beshy and told me the whole story and the cause of the misunderstanding between both families. Luckily both our parents cooled down and had a truce and I became Godmother at an early age because Beshy insisted me to be one of her son's Godmother. But with the beliefs in the family she can't be the Godmother of my son.
She had three sons at an early age when her husband died. My family and other relatives helped her until she can start anew. After that we rarely talk as we are all busy with work and stuffs. We still chat but only on random days.
Earlier as I was asking her for a favor to like my video for a competition she immediately replied and then we talked. I then looked back to the days where we get to see each other with our children and have a little chitchat.
The last time we saw each other was during election, we really did talk a lot since we are lining up to vote for hours. Although I was on my phone watching a movie I always look up whenever she calls for me.
Almost three decades of friendship and we still bicker sometimes lol!! And that's what made our friendship standing strong until now. I always told her this that whatever was bothering her she can always send me a dm and I will reply to her maybe late but will still respond.
Fun facts about our friendship:
We don't have a picture together ever since. When I became the Godmother of her child I didn't join them on picture taking because we promised that we will not gonna be having a picture together hahaha. Silly but yeah that promise is still valid actually for the three of us.
Lead Image https://www.instagram.com/p/CTO61UsF-fF/
I became a little talkative now so I need to stop talking about Beshy heheeheh.
Thank you for reading...
@mommykim
Numb
**May 18, 2022**
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P0vKLHbtMg
*So much on my mind that whenever I laugh for a minute it then fades away*
*How did I become like this, what has happened to me that I became this wary?*
*Is it because life has never been good the way I wanted and planned it to be?*
*Or I just become dumb and didn't even notice that something changed in me.*
*Numb, I became like this out of pain and fear*
*Uttered useless words that I mustered in the dark*
*Making excuses like I am living with it all these years*
*Becoming one of the follower of the dark, hah*
*But wait, is this really who I am?*
*Is this what I really wanted from the start?*
*Am I swimming in the pool of guilt and anger?*
*Or am I just fooling myself to be one?*
*Should I end it to not feel the pain?*
*Or should I endure because I need to live for them?*
*Can I muster the courage to pull that knife off?*
*Should I hang myself or be puppet for life?*
*"Rise up child" you say like you know me*
*"I give up" as my respond and I received a slap*
*"You don't know what you're doing" oh really,and now you butting in*
*"So do you?" and you point your finger on me, foul*
*Now they leave, I should be happy I'm free to die*
*But my head says "What will my mother feel?"*
*Oh crap I forgot I'm a child of a most loving woman in the world*
*Guess I just need to hold on a bit longer for her*
*Mother, I'm sorry for being a pain in the ass*
*Guess this child of yours will be useless for life*
*I hope you can still stand it for as long as you can*
*Cause this child of yours honestly feels tired*
This has been on my mind the whole day for I don't know the reason why these words came just like that. I wrote it on my notes but I am not really thinking of a specific person on this. Or am I? The songs might not fit but it just came to my mind to just put it on while reading the poem hehe. And I can't find a perfect title for this, sorry for the mess
Hahahaha..
My apologies for this article of mine. Those words just triggered me. Maybe the result of reading a lot of sad series where the people opted to leave a weak and weird people just because no one understands them. Or maybe I am sympathizing a certain person or even myself. I really don't know.
One thing I can say, try to talk to people you know if they're doing fine. I know you've been hearing this sentence a lot as I am too. Easy said than done but really, you'll never know if you don't try. A simple "**Hello, how are you?**" "**Man, it's been too long what's up**". It may be just a simple words but it can mean everything to them.
And before I forgot , thank you for the constant support and trust mate @Lucifer01
Thank you for reading!
Tuesday Blues!!
**May 17, 2022**
Hey there everybody, did you also feel the weather this gloomy? With all the noise I read posting about the bad weather in the other side of the world and even in here.
But as I was about to hop on the bus earlier this made me in awe. I know rainy days are coming and summer will take it's desired rest but I surely love the weather being cold and not humid.
I actually departed late for I need to prepare the stuff for my son first as he still has school today. I also bath him as he wants me to do it and not his Tita so even though I was in a hurry I need to comply on the said request and bathed him and even cook their breakfast. Glad the bus I was riding is not a turtle. It was only thirty minutes that we're on the road but the heavy rain is greeting us. I thought it will still continue until I hop down from the bus as I don't have an umbrella with me (lazy afff!) Good thing that the rain stopped when we we're just few cities before reaching my workplce.
The most exciting part of my day was having a big tumbler of coffee. Whenever Mum tells me to stop drinking coffee all the more reason that I want to sip on one and I just love coffee nowadays oh everyday . Not that I'm childish but I just love coffee for it fills me up to the rim without even single one of the crowd
I found this on Twt and it seemed relevant to what I 'm feeling right now as I don't have the confidence to bring back the old me and to be happy every time amidst problems.
Then the afternoon came that I haven't done ,much for the day .
Anyways. there looks like a seedlings that need to be put on a pot but as Lady Boss told us that's it taste like green peas. I kept on eating until I finished eerythng that was on left.
Whose manga/hangman readers here? If you happen to pass by this series it's called " I became the the male lead's adopted daughter" I really love this series so much and I can see the love between the father towards his adopted child. It's also sometimes full of humor if they kept her in cage to the people and sh over reacts to the bones... lol!!,,They are jus perfect Dad and Mum combo.
This also popped out from my twitter and I was tagged. I won $10flexUSD and I don't even remember how to use my meta mask wallet. Good thing my sister's has to do the right think.
Last, I saw this video in Tiktok but I planned on capturing the highlight of it.
In the picture the son was ringing their old neighborhood's house for hours even though about that,and then when the home owner come out, the kid weep like there's no tomorrow and the good old neighbor approach him inside and when he was able to tell that the school but the driver dropped him in their old address and he kid was really afraid. I was literally crying watching it. Imagine the fear the child holds before finding the house of their owner. It really sad.
And it's a wrap I a just glad that I ma not that busy today that I still had the chance to stroll.
Thank you for reading!
@mommykim
Do I like who I am right now?
**May 16, 2022**
It's Monday again and another day to grind, I am not really into making an article for the day as I want to cool down my mind over personal matters but I guess my fingers just keep on moving the cursor and open read and then write. I can't actually think of anything to write may it be nonsensical again or what so I was looking at my drafts and found this and I remember I saved it just Wednesday last week if I'm not mistaken. It's from@ARTicLEE 's answers to such deep questions, you can check it here. I want to answer some but I want to challenge myself and answer everything that's on the board. https://read.cash/@ARTicLEE/i-havent-really-asked-myself-these-at-least-most-of-them-a154f5ab
https://cdn.rcimg.net/ARTicLEE/a154f5ab/db0835e1849970914c0a2c2b9e3f1fbf.png?width=700
**Do I like who I am right now?**
Honestly no, if you have read my previous article you'll know that I am now doubting my decisions and I am also not like these negativities in my mind right now.
**When was the last time I laughed so hard?**
Just last week, after my shift ended I watched Tiktok videos and there are a lot of videos there that you get to laugh so hard that you'll get tears in your eyes after. It's really hilarious.
**What would I truly regret not doing if I died tonight?**
None so far I guess, I did live my life just as it is right now.
**What advice has someone in my family given, and that I have taken just in time?**
Made a truce with the father of my child and I did it during a pandemic.
**What were the top three lessons I learned the hard way?**
Accept changes for I am always in denial before and I don't want my plans go wary.
Never give up. After I gave birth I almost give up and take my life and I am thankful it didn't happen.
**What would I do if my biggest fear came true?**
I've been playing scenarios in my mind on what will I do but I know that I will be really blank when that time happens.
**What would I do with my remaining days if I had only a year left to live?**
Spend more time with my son, plan for his future while I'm at it, and give him the best educational plan. Also, spend time with my family and friends. I want to really travel by sea for I never tried once.
**Am I a servant of money, or does money serve me?**
As much as I don't want to be a servant of money, it so happens that most things are doing well with the money involved. The clothes I wear, and the rice I need to cook for everyone in the household made me lack the sense that money works for me.
**Why am I afraid of being true to myself when others are around?**
I just don't want them to see how vulnerable I am and don't want to outshine my sisters for we are all equal in the eyes of more people.
**What are the three things that I am most grateful for?**
**Family**, because I am not like these, doing my best in everything if not because of them.
**Work**, I need a stable job to sustain my needs not just following my dreams.
**Noise/Read**. these have been my constant companion and I put some journals with them.
**Have I done something recently that I could be proud of?**
Voting for my chosen political candidate without my vote being bought. I chose them from my heart.
**When was the last time I extended kindness to somebody?**
I don't remember such events but I do extend it. Like when they need someone and I am giving it to them, something like that.
**What do I really want from life?**
Peace Hope and Love.
**What aspect of my personality still needs improvement?**
My actions for I'm a slow learner.
**Must I take other people's advice?**
Yes if they are useful to you.
**What annoys me the most?**
A lot but the worst would be procrastinating.
**Do others find me likable?**
I don't know for I didn't ask people if I am likable or not but I bet you are.
I answered the first part of the question because I am sleepy now and can't find some interesting things to write. I hope you get a chance to answer these all queries like I am
Gonna sleep now as I also need to get up early for work.
Goodnight guys, God Bless
@mommykim
What went wrong?
**May 15, 2022**
Ever wonder why you're always complaining but then you're still doing it. You keep on rambling about things you don't want to do but still end up doing it. You complain about other people doing such things to you yet you just let them as they are.
I'm asking the same thing to myself too. Why has this come to this? What went wrong?
As I woke up late again on a Sunday, the mood at the table was a bit noisy or they were discussing something that I don't know what it was all about. As I don't ask questions if I'm not part of the discussion so I remain silent and just sip the milk that Mum made for me. Then Papz asked for my opinion about the said matter but I really have zero ideas of what they are talking and I am just looking at my son eating his breakfast so the family sighed and told me the whole scenario that happened just yesterday.
Granny( Mum's side) have a land and she divided it to her children and Mum got her just beside the big old house. Since we are living here in Papz owned lot given also by Gramps so Mum's part of the land was not taken care of but there we're a lot of trees and fruits that we can harvest seasonally. When I got a stable job and we hired a caretaker that can look after the land and we got my cousin whose living under Granny's to look for the lot.
Whenever harvest season comes we get to have 60% of the sell and the 40% is for the labor and the caretaker.
However, Mum's younger brother asked her if he can cut some trees that he can sell for it to use on Yoyong's(Mum's Dad) death anniversary. As Mum is hesitant eventhough she's the owner of the lot so she asked my two sister's about it and they told Mum that we'll talk it out when we gather so it's supposed to be today that we will came to a conclusion after the discussion.
But just this morning, Mum received a letter with money on it. In the letter, the younger brother said that he can't wait anymore for he needs some cash and he has dues. So it's not for Yoyong's death anniversary but for his personal needs? And even said his advance apologies for nor waiting on our decision.
After they told me, I just said, "**Well, what can we do? He already sell the woods and even paid for the labor and only give you a penny from your own lot. Even if we give him an earful we can't bring back the tree that he cut off right?**" To which my two nosy sisters disagreed for we three hate that Uncle of ours. I shared about him here about his jealousy over us being favored but the oldies over him being the youngest. And because I hate arguments and I am also frank I also told the two "**You both are not paying for the caretaker so don't be so stubborn if Mum doesn't want to scold her brother then let her be. And also I don't want Granny to ask for forgiveness again on behalf of her son so let's just skip it. But I just hope that this will be the last time that he'll do such an act. We only give chances to people who know their mistakes and promise not to do it again**." Grab my mug and went to my room again. I just don't want them to make this a big issue anymore
But as I was about to enter the room Papz told me this, "**Because you've been too good to them that they're taking advantage of it. How many times does it happen that you've been blind to them, even though you complain but you became all smiles when you're in front of them. You're faking your smiles but you didn't show this side of you(tact & frank) unto them just to know that you got the upper hand. I didn't raise you to be a coward but whatever your decisions are we still respect that and your Mum sure has the last say on the issue**".
I stood there frozen and can't even utter a word at what Papz told me. Have I been this vulnerable to my relatives, I am avoiding conflicts as I don't have to argue with them but even my father who knows me very well got to say those. Am I really a coward?
I remember when Jesus chose his twelve disciples but was still betrayed by two.
A lot of instances happened to us but I always say that whatever Mum and Papz said I will go with it unless there's such a bad situation. I always said to them that I don't want conflict but I don't want to be pressured also as I was also facing a lot of troubles at work and in my personal relations.
I guess I'm a coward in many aspects. Ugh, it sucks...
I want to hear what you think about the situation in the comment section.
Sorry for the rambling guys... I was just held speechless after hahaah
Also, thank you baby gerl @ExpertWritter for the continuous love and support..love lotsss
Thank you for reading!
@mommykim
Bonding time on a Saturday
**May 14, 2022**
Happy Saturday read fam!
It's been a really wet day today because the weather loves to pour down her love over and bless us with a lot of rainwater. It rained heavily from around four in the morning until nine that's why my sleep was extended.
First things first are for me and my son to visit my parent's room since my niece Baby Alex was in there( her mom leaves her in our parent's room whenever she goes to her work). As my son wants to play with her and we want some cute cuddles so we went there. But she's not in the mood to smile so we just click here and there to annoy her lol!!
It's also my first time cooking Lomi or like wanton noodles, if I'm not mistaken, I don't actually cook such dishes for I am not a cook myself. Mum made me cook so since there's no one to do the cooking so I was forced to do it lol!!!
Introducing the new pet in the house Summer, my sister brought her into the house last month since the kids want to have a cat, especially my son who wants "meow meow". This cat is very unfriendly and very picky when it comes to food. She loves scratching me when she wants to play but I don't know how to play with cats or dogs for I am not used to having a pet or being close to one so I am still studying how to interact with cats, welp! But even though Summer is having such an attitude my son loves to play with her and even lets her enter our room which I am not also used to.
And she's smiling now, precious. Well, I've been tending to her from the morning until the time her mother arrived so she needs to pay me with a smile you know lol!!! We've been playing together with my son and the cousins and she keeps giggling She's been in good mood after a good warm bath with her little ducklings with bubbles..Oh having to take care of a baby plus the other kids is so tiresome but enjoyable since I am also enjoying myself watching them play.
And since I am also working while looking out at them and then being on my laptop so this young man came to me and grab me out of my area and wants cuddles. He will show his tantrums if I will not focus on him. I remember last night I was also writing an article for that night and then he lie down at my back and then grab y shirt and said: "**Ma let's pray and sleep now**". After he said that I click the publish button and then close the tab shut down and closed the laptop and then turn off the lamplight beside me to lie down with him.
A little trivia about this young man of mine is he doesn't show this soft side of him outside. He seems strong out when we are with strangers but when we're at home he's really clingy and always wants kisses. And he also loves saying "I love you" and will wait for you to say it back to him hahaha he will follow you all day until you say it.
His Tita came home with treats for the three of them and this one was called Dip with some chocolates and some breadsticks. I actually want to tease him that he was given a treat since his eyebags are shouting for rest. ( mas stress pa tingnan anak ko kesa sakin mygasssssss) but I don't want to kill the mood so I just let him enjoy his sweets.
I need to end this since I need to help my sister in making some deserts. No occasions just us having our time together and Mum wants to have some desserts tomorrow so we're making Maja Blanca or what's the term actually.
We're actually laughing teasing each other with our flaws and some lutang moments at strangers and Mum would come to the kitchen from time to time to join the conversation. So I need to end this now as I need to help with the storage boxes.
Thank you for reading!!
Be blessed and be a blessing!
@mommykim
Always Lights Off!
**May 13, 2022**
~~Haffy~~ Happy Friday the 13th fam..I clumsily type my greetings that's why I misspelled the first word I was about to say lol!
The weather is gloomy same as the market are having mood swings too. But there's nothing to be afraid of, I may not know a lot about the bear market but I know BCH will pump again, real hard like double or triple or multiply to the nth power.
I just read my baby @BreadChamp 's article about a prompt and since I don' t want you to be so done over my nonsensical self, I will be going to answer this and I hope I can satisfy my self with the answer lol! And so let's start the fun, for todays vidwoyyyy...ay mali...sorry hahaha https://read.cash/@BreadChamp/thursday-thoughts-7507332d
**Lights on or Lights off**
It's always lights off, practically I want to save electricity and also I can't sleep with the lights on. Me and my son are the same. It also bother's me if there's light since my eyes can't stand too much light ugh..
**Light or Heavy sleeper?**
It depends on the place I am in. If I'm in the office I'm a light sleeper but when I'm at home I sleep for like nine hours max lol! I still can't find the reason why I can't sleep longer than three hours here in the office but I can sleep long hours at home. Or maybe because I'm in my own room and no one bothers me. I don't even know at all.
**Fan or no Fan?**
I am using fan at home. Aside from the humidity, I use fan to shoo the mosquitos away especially if my little niece don't use her little mosquito net. My son also can't sleep at night if there's no fan as he sweats a bucket.
**One or Several Pillows?**
Me and my son has three pillows each aside from his teddy bears that he's hugging. We have a very cute bed but the pillows are a must.
A little trivia about us is me and my son always bicker for I don't like it when he's putting his feet on the pillow. I once scold him when he is jumping and stomping on his head pillow and he realized that I really am serious with treating the pillows as his friends lol! I just don't like it when the pillows in bed are used to support the feet or something like that. Call me weird but I got it from Granny.
**Early in bed or Late sleeper?**
Oh I'm a late sleeper then and now. It became a habit of mine to sleep mostly midnight. Not because I'm busy with work and stuff it's just my body clock is abnormal because if I go to bed early I would woke up in the middle of the night or at two in the morning and can't go back to sleep anymore and it's really annoying. I only can sleep early if I'm sick.
**Thin or thick blanket?**
None. I have a thin blanket but we don't usually use it. Mum prefer a bed with a blanket so I just put it under my pillow. My son usually sweats with even a close contact with clothes so having a blanket over him will make him more uncomfortable. Same with me as I prefer to sleep with no blanket and no hassle. This apply on both dry and wet season.
**PJ or Comfy Clothes?**
Both. I always use PJ's when I'm at home and an oversize shirt as a pair. Mum always scold me as I look like sampayan or clothesline. Well, it's my normal attire at home and I don't usually come out so I don't mind it.
**Drink Milk or Water?**
I prefer water. I'm not fond of drinking milk especially at home. In my bedside I always have a water jug in case my son wants a drink. Before I only put up one bottled water but my son always drink it all with no left for me so I change the container into a bigger one for the both of us. I also read from a study that drinking water before bed prevents dehydration while you sleep, and it also helps induce sleepiness.
Yay! I made it. I'm glad I read baby's article beforehand that it give me the go signal to join this prompt. Thank you baby for saving me this time. I owe you a bucket of kisses and hugs and I'll give it to you when we meet hehehe.
Thank you for reading.
Be Blessed and be a blessing!
@mommykim
Let's play Reggae music
**May 12, 2022**
I was shuffling thru my playlist to find some new songs but I got bored so I searched for the most trended one in the Philippines and the source gave me this Sun and Moon by Anees . This song hits when some of the local artists here in the Philippines did some collaboration song with these and it trended in Tiktok. J.Roa was the most searched one for his rendition duet with Anees is really cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8cXBCABacs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7oydsPgd6Q
As I was looking at the artist and his genre of song it reminds me of those rasta days for me, the dread lock kind of hair, those angst trend before.
Back when I was in my junior school years, Reggae music has been loved by everybody. As a girl who loves music I always listen to our radio before and when Sunday afternoon came the DJ would really play some reggae songs either from local and international singers.
As I am more accustomed to the oldies pop, I am not that informative when it comes to reggae but i do love and listen to their songs. I also know some artist internationally like Bob Marley since he's the most famous one with his songs "No Woman No Cry" and "Buffalo Soldier" but I also love Sizzla especially his " Thank you Mama" song dedicated to the mother's. He's not that famous but this song of him really live in my heart rent free. Then there's also Sean Paul with his really bop song "Like Glue" that I ohhhh so love dancing especially the woody woody part lol!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrCgrZA8xyo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjQgpB8eB7M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32ZI1yWUdNc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zZ2bifb338
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LanCLS_hIo4
This song is kinda memorable for me as I was assigned to do the intermission number during a program we made back in school. I can't think of any songs for I'm not a singer myself and I also need to do look like a performer as per what the genre I choose to perform. Then I remember that I memorized this song by Bob Marley and I have a polo with lot's of green and red colors in it.
There are also local artist who dive in the reggae genre like **Tropical Depression** and **Brownman Revival**, these band really did became a part of my youth back when Kpop was not that establish and booming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MQHBr-2c_E
I know most of you remembered this song you can play it while reading the article.
Most of Tropical depressions songs are so bop and it's seasonal to the situations before like Kapayapaan. Some of their famous songs that I somewhat memorize the lyrics up until now after haven't heard of it for quite a while like "Do the Reggae" . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yroqL-fLUpw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL6LsyCoM2w
Then here comes Brownman Revival with their famous ong " Maling Akala" and " Ikaw lang aking mahal" at Lintik. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSTCAaqHUjs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxCtB_vcNVs
I just love how awesome they are and the way they blend well with the instrument being used as mostly they we're professional.
Then the famous One Day by Matiyashu performance that had me goosebumps even though I watched it for a couple of times already. The unity of the people singing is just sooooooooo. I was actually crying the first time I watch this years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqvKDCP5-xE
I was just taking you to the time of my youth where these songs have been on repeat.
Thank you for reading!
Be blessed and be blessing!
@mommykim
Random Observation(Mother and Child)
**May 11, 2022**
*Take a child away from the mother and she will bring the world to it's knees for justice to be served - Soroosh Shahrivar*
Hello everyone, I was kinda very tardy maybe because of the hot weather that have kept me want to stay indoor all the time but destiny won't allow it for I need to go out to eat breakfast, help Boss with some office groceries and also eat out our late lunch. When I came back the energy was really drained off of me that I just want to be bathed in a super cold water.
I am not a kdrama watcher anymore for anime and manwha/manga takes most of my time nowadays. I am more engrossed in reading Yaoi stories also and some romance that I will be tangled reading for some straight five hours without me noticing it(if I'm addicted with the characters I want to read it until the end).
While waiting for my Boss in doing her stuff at the counter, I watched some heartbreaking scenes from the drama Our Blues (yes I want to cry but I guess I'm dumb and can't feel anything already for I didn't cry, ack) or maybe the heat of the sun overpowers my emotions earlier.
There was a scene where the father grab a hold of their son away from the mother(Shin Min ah). Okay I didn't know the whole story but as what I understand the mother has depression and it became a problem for the couple since the wife can't do her duties as wife and a mother , so the husband decided to file a divorce and take the son since the wife can't even take care of herself.
In the car scene where the son was crying and calling out for his Mom, but the mother can't grab a hold of her son for the husband is blocking her.
That was what I observed and watch from the clip so correct me if I'm wrong in interpreting it.
Then I thought to myself, should the husband understand the wife first before going into conclusion and decided to just divorce since the wife became a problem? They promised in the altar that they will be together in sickness and in health and what the wife was going through is a serious one that would affect her health. Postpartum depression , or any kind of depression after a woman gives birth is really severe.
The husband was busy with work not minding what the wife was going through and then decided to end it. Just how naive the world is now. Should they talk it out first before doing such kind of decision that would affect their life especially the son?
I am a single mother so I would never know how to deal with a significant half over this kind of matter.
As I saw that car scene, I then think of some scenes if ever that would happen to me. If my son will be taken away from me I guess I would die, it will be war(WW3). Don't they dare take my son away from me unless he decided to do it, for I will never back down on anything if ever they take away my son from me. The dinosaur inside me will be awaken, so they must watched out.
Another one was a situation where the parents we're separated but the kid can still see both parties.
The father and son was planning to give a gift for the mother since it's mother's day. They we're planning to meet that day to celebrate the mother's day. The father didn't want at first for his plan was just to give his son to the mother to have some bonding moments and he will just pick up the son after. But the child wants to celebrate together. ( They were no longer a couple for years but still remained civil for the sake of their son)
He then quoted that "It's not about the two of you anymore, even if you're not a couple, the child sake is much more important than the both of you so forget the past and the emotions with it and move on "
In theses I respect both the parents since they are still doing their best to give their son a chance to feel that he still has a mother and a father that he can see once in a while.
Oh if you ask me if ever the father of the son contacted me before, I say Yes he contacted me no more no less lol!!
No one ever dreamed to be in a broken family but situations arises that some of us, including me, decided to just raise the child independently since the other one has no plans and don't even want to support. And I'm the kind of person who don't push a thing if the other don't want it.
Thank you for reading. Sorry for this since I just got an idea after watching some series of clips. I didn't get to watch the whole drama but as my friends who watched and have some IG Live I have some free time too.
Be blessed and be a blessing
@mommykim
BPI savings in Gcash
**May 10, 2022**
Good day, or I must say a are you having a good time in this wee time or is it just me still awake this late, apologies for my eyes still didn't waver and doesn't want to sleep and since it doesn't want to sleep allow me to share to your what I discovered about the new update in Gcash.
To those who do not know, Gcash is widely used by many people doing online or cashless transactions. Whether to buy goods or pay bills and utilities Gcash has it all aside from the said that it will also hold cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Bitcoin cash but as of this writing, there's still no news about it getting approved or did they even wrote a proposal about that.
So much for that stuff, so earlier I opened my Gcash and a pop up showed to me that Gcash marketplace has a new feature. So I opened it, and click the **Save** button since we can access our savings thru this.
Then this came into view, so you can actually start saving in just one app. The Gsave marketplace is now offering two ways to save, the Gsave by CIMB Bank and the new #MySaveUp by BPI.
The Gsave by CIMB is the first one. So if you're a Gcash user even before and are mostly using Gsave in storing amount that you can use for emergency purposes, this is the Gsave that using CIMB as their bank. I personally am using these to save my money for there are some sites that you have subscribe especially in Youtube, they usually credit you certain amount that they got directly from your Gcash account so beware of it.
When you click the 2nd one as per shaded above, this would be the one that you will see when you click the Gsave by CIMB.
Then next is the #MySaveUp by BPI. It is still in Beta so they're still testing if it's accessible to the people. So I check it out and then since I was too excited to open up an acct I forgot to screenshot is, so if you ever had questions, feel free to ask me in the comment section for I also answer with a question lol!!
This will pop up when you click the BPI one, if you want to open an account, I recommend you to open an account in here.
If you accept to start saving, you check that one with PNB and there you have it, you're just gonna fill up the name, birth date, place and region. You can auto fill up it if you registered yourself in Gcash before .
Then after you fill up you can now use you Gsave in BPI but you still nee to put something in there to start saving. So I don't have that much money in my acct just 115php. So i decided to send some to my account. The charging fee is still 15php same like when you normally transfer to other bank acct.
After transferring you will receive a text message saying that you're bank transaction succeeded so you now have money in your savings account. You can transfer it with the same method if you want to deposit monthly or base on your extra. It's a good thing to save up for the future and Gcash is making it possible now.
Saving is a nice thing to do if you're thinking about you future so thank you Gcash for making it possible for us to save in a bank.
Thank you for reading also.
Be blessed and be a blessing!
@mommykim
With a lot of patience, I managed to vote
May 09, 2022
Election day
To all my fellow Filipinos, have you cast your votes today? Well, I guess except for Ropa who never gets to vote, everyone did vote for their bet. I actually did cast my vote but I have to fall in line and wait for wee hours just to cast my vote.
Since I woke up late due to my headache, my parents were the ones that went to the precinct first. My eldest sister we're one of the watchers so she also did vote earlier, which makes me and my elder sister the remaining ones who need to vote.
We decided to go after lunch since we need to take care of the kids first before going out. We arrived at the precinct at 2 in the afternoon. Well, the crowd is still a lot on our precinct, unlike the others who haven't had any lines for their machine we're not malfunctioning like ours.
So I and my sister were standing for a good four hours and thirty minutes before we get to cast our votes. Actually, it doesn't matter to me, standing and falling in line for hours, what does bother me is the lady behind me. We are holding our sequence numbers together with our precinct number also, but the woman behind me kept on rubbing at me like we are very close to each other. I was just quiet while watching Netflix to kill time. The woman behind me kept on pinching me as if we are close, so every time she pinch my arm I would pause on what I was watching and take out my earpiece to listen to her only to find out that she was talking sh*t about other people. For Pete's sake, I really don't like people like that.
Good thing I brought more patients earlier so I just nod to whatever she's blabbering. It will take me nowhere if I snapped at her. So after four hours and thirty minutes of waiting I managed to cast my votes. The casting of votes only take me five minutes but the waiting was longer.
So when I got home I immediately lie down my head for it's keep on hammering me. My son was just watching me. I told him to give me five minutes and I will rise up for cuddles to which he obediently wait.
That would be all for today for my headache is too much for me to take I need to have a rest. Thank you for your time.
@mommykim
Mamay the Wonder/Warrior Mom
**May 08, 2022**
She is the woman who will stand up for what she thought was right and would rather do everything on her own instead of doing nothing and just lazily lying in bed.
My mom is a definition of a Wonderwoman and a warrior mom. I don't know how she does it but bet y'all she can do everything, and that was way back when she's didn't suffer any body pains, unlike this recent days.
She can clean the house alone. She does the laundry and would never stop until she's finished washing all the dirty clothes. She can spend a whole day just organizing her flower garden and also in the back of the house where she puts her garden bed of vegetables. She can cook such tasty dishes as a chief can. I can never do everything like how my Mom does, honestly speaking.
In terms of discipline, she has a fair share just like with Papz but she's on the gentler side especially before when Papz was really a terror in disciplining us. She disciplines us by making us carry the conscience if we do not do this and that.
To my wonder Mamay,
I am writing this because I want to express how much you have inspired me to become a better person, and how much I wanted to imitate your personality as a mother so that I can raise my son well and make him a better person but I guess we all had a unique way of raising kids.
Mamay, thank you for being the greatest mom in the whole world, you might not know this but you are the epitome of kindness and bravery to me. How did you stand up and fight for your little family back when we were little and you were being tested and judged that you will not be capable of raising us. I really admire you for being such a strong-spirited person.
I learned a lot from you especially the art of controlling our emotions whenever situations arise and you are in a tight spot.
Because of you, I learned how to take care of my son well, because you never take charge in taking care of him back when he was still a baby, you let me handle everything and just guide me, it's your way of telling me to stand and be dependent on my own ability to take care of him.
At first, I was really disappointed in myself because I became pregnant and made you cry especially when I decide that I will not marry the father of my son but you still abide with me and just respect me. Then my son came and I was the one handling me, you just guide me on what to do, on how to change the diapers, how to bathe him, how to mix and breastfeed him, and the tactics not to waste my milk so that he can have it all for the longest period of time.
The kid in me will always surface whenever it's just us and the kids are gone playing outside when we had a typical mother and daughter moment. You always sing me a song, an old song at that, just like Papz every time I sat next to the two of you. Those classic Celine Dion songs that you still memorize until now, the carpenters, and all those love songs from your favorite artist.
Honestly, I hate it at times when you are strict with me, especially now that I am at the age that I can decide on my own, you still become strict with me sometimes. You never let me take even a sip of coffee whenever I'm at home and I am very unhappy with that. You also favor my niece over me and I am still jealous for I am the youngest one so why is she taking my spot? lol, kidding but not the coffee part.
Overall, thank you for raising a brat hehe, I may have made mistakes in the past but you still guide me to become a better person and to make me who I am today, thank you also for the trust that I can raise my son well and you're still guiding me until now and I never been more thankful for that.
Love you always Mamay, Happy Mother's day to us and I love you always.
I honestly don't know what to write for mother's day so I just made this letter for her.
Earlier in the morning, I woke up late and when I got up they were all in a bad mood so I went outside, took out some flowers from her garden, called out my two sisters to follow me, and then went to her room and sings "Happy Mother's Day" in the beat of a sad happy birthday song with a very cracked voice since I just woke up and that made her and the whole family laugh. Simple gestures can really make her happy.
Anyways HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all the moms out there, single parents, and the guardians also. You really did it well and thank you for being one.
Special thanks also to @Expelliarmus30 for the sponsorship renewal.. thanks beb!
@mommykim
Time to go back!
**May 07, 2022**
Hello everyone, I was wondering if you have some time to meditate mostly at times when you're at the peak of everything that makes you happy?
As everyone always does, they thank God when they receive blessings, saying thanks and that's it. But have you experienced kneeling to God and worshiping him for long hours?
When I was an active community servant I always make this a habit, to have my scripture time and it will only apply to me if I am focused on hearing what's the Lord's message for me every day.
I always have my journal from the start but I rarely write in it not until the year 2020 when the pandemic take over our lives and made a drastic change to our daily activities where I became attentive to writing it.
During the first quarter of the year, I was able to complete my journal every day. I always have some serious talk. Like I would wake up earlier than four and have some worship time and then prayer and then hold my Bible and ask for guidance to understand what I'm about to read. There's this immense feeling that I was completely in the chapter I am reading that I get to fully understand that it's God's way of saying what I will achieve during the day and what's ahead of me if I make a rash decision. And through His promises, I can say that I can make another person's lives change just because I am confident that God is with me in every path I am taking.
Then here comes the skeletal workforce, the schedule of back to work until the decision of me stay in the office until things will be settled. I thought I can continue my journal and the daily devotion but it didn't happen. I became busy and I haven't got time to read the scriptures. The fire within me burned out and I had completely forgotten the activities since work take over my mind and body.
I want to be back on track and to go back with the Bible reading and talking to God, not the typical storytelling but that healing kind of talk. I want to decide based on what God has given me and not just my instincts.
This is solely my personal insights
if ever you are not Christian and you have diferent beliefs just ignore this article.
This came to my mind while listening to the town priest's homily during his online mass. He then asked, "**did the fire within you that helped you stay closer to God still there or already burned out?**"
I do admit I kept on forgetting about my journal and I can only spare time after making some tasks or being active in earning sites.
I just hope that I can get back to my usual self again.
This is really random since I was having fun playing with my cousins that I forgot I haven't made another article to be published so I decided to write this, this was on my drafts and I was struck by what the priest told everyone.
In everything, give thanks..
Thank you for reading!
@mommykim
Sleepless nights because of...
**May** **~~06~~****/07,2022**
**Death Scenes**
There are times when she closes her eyes, flashes of being bitten by a snake, choke to death, or drowned in the water are all that's flooding her mind that she decided to be fully wide awake. Better get up and work again than deprive herself of thinking negative thoughts. She works and by the time she was finished the clock ticks five in the morning, a little thirty minutes, and the flashing alarm on her phone says you need to prepare for work again.
****Overthinking/Internal fight over anxiety****
She is smiling in front of all people around her. Talking like there are no such problems appear in her life. When you look at her you can never tell that she has any sort of suffering. She dances and sings and is bubbly in everything she does.
But, behind closed doors, in her bed comes to these thoughts, negative thoughts, about how will she deal her life with all these problems she has that she can't even think of a single solution to provide. She felt lost. She thinks that the world conspires over her trying to outdo everything that she has built over the years. She felt like living in hell.
Then she will start crying out of the blue, for no reason or as she thought, crying like someone has taken all her greatest possessions and she can't even think of why would they do that to her. Then the moment she had calmed down, sunrise came.
****Binge Watching Anime****
She starts watching episodes one until five then she was hooked like she doesn't want to stop watching it. Cutting off in the middle part of the story is not a good idea that she ended up watching the whole series in one go and to think that it has four seasons with twenty-five episodes per season but she wouldn't mind.
The kid in her always smiles whenever she saw her favorite characters on the screen. That powerhouse casts always amazes her that she will not mind whether she'll be having a lot of work in the real world.
****Manga/Manhwa Reading****
Romance, Yaoi, Slice of Life, Comedy
These genres are all her favorite upon reading manga stories. In anime, the animation is good and entertaining but nothing beats manwha for they express the thoughts and emotions of every character. The antagonist, the villains, always amaze her while reading for she can tell why they're doing those nasty actions.
Most of the dramas came from manga toon so reading before watching the series is a good practice because you will know what emotions were conducted in every scene.
Under the green light, payback, business proposal, under the oak tree, positivity, semantic error, cherry blossoms. These are all her all-time favorite manga that she had read with many episodes like a total of 100 episodes and she can finish a complete story in one go.
I was really sleepy the moment I arrived home after an eight-hour trip, the traffic yesterday and all these rallies makes me drain my energy that I didn't get to finish writing these.
Thank you for reading and good morning. I'll be going back to sleep a little since my pumpkin is still squeezing me right now.
Be blessed and be a blessing.
@mommykim
Blessings from a Noise Channel
**May 05, 2022**
How are you lot for today?
Well, me is as usual with the work and stuff. And more pressured with the election coming up like I'm the one campaigning for a position because most of in my league are doting for a single person and they're really close minded and even talk bad about the opponent group which is not healthy anymore that I kept on being silent about whom will I choose next week.
But it's not my topic for this article. I saw Ropa's post on how she's handling her earnings in noise and read while another friend of mine was planning to have a break in noise since she's not earning anymore and her FT is gone. I hope she read this to motivate her but I will not tag her though for she might scold me lol!!! charizz lang beb..
In Noise, I joined this community nine months ago. I was attracted with the name of the channel since they're more on gaining friends so since Noise was still a baby that time. So I joined this channel and true enough I found friends which I am still in contact on and off noise. Truly this channel is a blessing for me to find people who thinks the same as me or some hugutero sometimes and those pick up lines that I kept on laughing until now remembering their spills.
****#NFSFG****
**Noise Friendship Squad Fun Goals**
This is two months old already when I first joined this. The moderators of this channel are so generous that people sometimes takes advantage on their generosity. Good thing the make rules for equality for the sole reason that the channel was created was for the members to gain friends and interact with each others.
They've been blessing those members whose been active in the channel and giving tips to some post. You are considered an active member if you're posting four times week in the channel. And also being interactive in the comment section.
During the channels monthsary the moderators would do challenges and giveaways for the members and they'll reward them if they follow the rules.
During most days they'd reward some post mostly of the active members and they become interactive to keep the channel alive and kicking.
Then these blessings happened yesterday and today also. When the main moderator posted a post regarding the upcoming anniversary since the channel will have it's anniversary this month.
Then the members got hyperactive again, and that includes me for it happened that I was in noise when Boss Aya posted about the challenge.
These transaction history said enough on how generous the moderators are, even the members.
Boss Aya is really generous especially to those members that he already know from the start. He will also not tolerate scammers or those with many accounts for he wants fairness with tipping. Even those who joined just weeks and are mostly interactive he will reward them also.
The moderators are all generous.
I am not saying this for you to join the community to get tips like this. I am just saying that if you want to find friends and to kill your boredom if you have, then this channel is perfect for you, the tips are just a token and additional happiness to you.
But if you're thinking of joining the community just to have tips and rewards and don't even interact with others then better not come into the channel. I saw some comments yesterday that they didn't receive tips, it's because they don't interact and they are rude, even copying post from other people.
As I was scrolling through my past posts this is, if I'm not mistaken, my first post in the channel. Then after this post I kept on posting. I receive no tips but I gained a lot of friends and even got the chance to join the private group in TG but because I was busy with work that time that I asked permission to exit the group due to my in-activeness in the chatroom.
There was also a time when the channel can't receive any value from the likes after the update. Many member turn their back on the channel but we stayed. Well, personally I stayed for it's normal for me since I haven't receive tips ever since the FT system. I kept on posting up until now.
Since the anniversary is near, the moderator of the channel is posting the giveaway really early for the members to have time to prepare and the prizes are just sooooooo $$$$$$$.
Even if you got consolation you're not at a lose hehhe.
I am not posting this to brag with the amount I earned, rather to encourage not to give up and even though you have not receive tips at least you gained friends and your red bell will always beat red.
I am still thinking what video to make for the contest if ever I'll join or not lol!!!
Channel link https://noise.cash/c/noise-friendship-squad-fun-goa-x303bq2m
Sorry guys, I can't think of anything to write so I decided to write about this in case some would be interested with the channel.
Thank you for reading..Keep safe!
@mommykim
Is it really essential?
**May 04, 2022**
Happy Hump day everyone, and it's midweek already when it's only my first day of the week at work lol!! Blame the holidays. Well, weekends are filled with excitement especially when most of us are going home to our love ones. But since it will be days from now before it happened so let's just cherish each day together.
I actually felt the sincerity of @MidnightSky in her article and I also want to answer it if I can also get the readers emotion just like what she had done to me upon reading her article. It's just made me feel like there is something about it, the hidden emotions from the author that you want to unravel. If you're curious too do check her article now. https://read.cash/@MidnightSky/a-tour-to-my-profound-notion-a2f7fb33
So she had answered these question which triggered me to question myself too. So I want to figure it out myself by answering such questions. This is absolutely random as I just finished reading her article that I want to try it too. So here goes nothing:
*****Do you think hearing "I love you" back is essential?*****
https://www.thelist.com/img/gallery/signs-you-should-not-say-i-love-you/l-intro-1611601999.jpg
A person will never be oblige to give back the words being said at them. This is what I always say to myself whenever I utter these three words. I had this experience with a friend when she had her suitor saying these words at her and some affirmation of his love but my friend doesn't have even a slight affection over the guy and been telling him to stop with the pursuit. The guy then said just say "I love you too " to me for I have given you my love. Well, that's a desperate move for me.
*****When was the time you felt the most non-physical pain?*****
As most of you or can even identify me just by my name here, I am a mother. And the most would be during the time my son's gums were swelling and he had fever for two days and he kept on gripping and pinching me while crying. That was the time that I experienced sleeping while standing in our living room since even a slight movement and my son will cry. Seeing him in pain because of his gums pains me and I kept on asking God to just gave my son's pain to me for I really can't bear watching my son crying because of the pain.
*****Have you ever had to walk away from something you really wanted? when?*****
Most of the time, lol!
I guess I do have one and it was when the time that my Uncle came back from overseas and is staying at my other Uncle in Manila. He wanted me to go there but Papz didn't agreed since it's finals week and also my ROTC graduation. I badly want to go to Manila for it would be my first time riding a plane but Papz is firm with his decision.
***What something you're most excited in the future?***
I am excited for so many things actually and that would include my son's future. I did want to see him grow and reach his dreams. And I would love to be by his side until he fulfills everything that he desires.
I want to personally own a coffee shop, since I love coffee so it would be beneficial for me.
A cafe and half of the area would be a mini library. That was always my dream even before.
To fully furnish the house so the kids can freely play on their designated playground.
Mother's day is just around the corner and I hope you all prepare something special for you mother. It will definitely lift their mood.
I was actually re reading it again and again since I didn't look at the words I wrote. And I am also sleepy.
Thank you for always reading guys...
Be blessed and be a blessing!
@mommykim
Things can be easily settled...but,
**May 03, 2022**
Holiday, Happy Eid Mubarak to all Muslims
I am not a fan of family issues. It's just that I am prone to be the weakest who always loses over simple yet tiresome arguments between relatives, so I stayed placid and do not mind them for those issues can't put some food on our plates so I ignore them. There's this thing about my relatives that I somehow can't quite understand, especially throwing words at each other. I somehow witness some of that especially when they had drinking sessions and when most of them are drunk and that's when their hidden emotions about the others surfaces
It's the town fiesta today, and my Uncle who went home for a vacation, planned to have a feast in their house and all of us are invited. Their house is just beside our house. Mum decided to not hold a fiesta since my Uncle was already planning to cook and have it served for all of us. I was assigned to cook the same dishes, I decline internally but since it's my Uncle's request that's why I have no choice.
As I am always at work and only went home during weekends so I don't really know any updates or news about them. Not until these past few days that I've been idly a bystander at home where I found out that there are some issues.
Mum already told me about the conflict but I just told her to let's not interfere for it's not our business and they have to deal with it on their own since they're already old enough to know what's right or wrong. Mum didn't push more for she knows that I don't want such conflicts, especially between family and other relatives.
It so happen that today my Uncle(OFW and Papz eldest brother) shared his rants over his niece, which is the first grandchild of the clan and also my cousin on my father's side. My cousin asked me for a favor to wrap the lumpiang shanghai and to come over to their house to man the kitchen while they're away to buy the rice and other spices. As I was wrapping the said dish my Uncle seated in front of me and then we talked and talked. In my mind, I really wanted to finish wrapping all of those for I don't want to stay longer in their house. In the middle of me doing my thing at fast speed, Uncle then starts telling me his rants and all about my cousin.
I just listened to him for I don't want to be a judge. I had a lot of questions but I stayed it inside of me for I don't want to discourage All his rants he vented it out and good thing
The main point about those rants that he kept on saying is that my cousin is really more dominant, especially about the sudden changes of plan that's why my Uncle was too disappointed.
I heard a lot of complaints from other members of the family but I just told him that whatever they've been having misunderstandings they should talk it out. I just don't want conflicts so I hope they do settle it the both of them.
Thank you for reading my damp of article for today, I am so tired because of moving a lot so I'm gonna sleep.
Thank you for reading!
Be blessed and be blessing!
@mommykim
What surrounds our home....(Of rocks and trees)
**May 02, 2022**
Home is where we honed everything in us, from being a toddler who learns how to use the pacifier and to stand using the wall to hold on, to being a kid who learns some skills in playing with other kids, a teenager whose torn between using the microwave and heater, then here comes the mature ones in learning how to handle the bills since you take over the responsibilities, everything starts at home.
As I was sitting earlier tending to my niece since I am still in charge of being her nanny and since I and my son were having a cold war with each other, I kept looking at the outskirts of our house and there I saw how lucky I am that my home is surrounded still with trees.
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I guess being lucky is such an understatement since seeing greens and trees around your home has been a wish of many people living in the rural areas and also those living near plantations with such populated air surrounding them.
Then I decided to take a tour with my little one( my niece was still sleeping so I had the chance to roam around) and capture such beauty surrounding our little home.
That's our little house on the left side and Tito's (Papz's Eldest brother)house on the right side. There are a lot of mango trees surrounding us and believe it or not I only just knew today that Papz and his other siblings we're the ones who plant some of the mangoes here. Mostly they planted the Indian mangoes and the carabao mangoes in our backyard and below the house.
This is the Spanish Plum "sinegwelas" that Papz planted, as you can see it still had its tiny body with little branches for he planted it I think it was four or five years ago, the other tree just on the left part in the back is the watery rose apple "tambis" which was planted by Papz's youngest brother. As you can observe we had a lot of fruits near our yard since Papz's family loves planting trees that bear fruits so they can consume them during harvest season.
These boulders and such big rocks are just above the house, they gently sleep but they grow as the years go by. If some of you remember my article about how damaged our house had been after typhoon Odette hits Central Visayas. One of these rocks cracked and some of it fell just beside our house, breaking our washing machine into pieces. If not for the washing machine the rock would hit the wall and would shatter the windows and the refrigerator would be damaged too. That's how dangerous these rocks are to us but we lived with them so we just prayed that the trees that we planted around them can protect us in the future. Papz said that these rocks lived first than their ancestors.
This mango tree was standing tall way back in elementary days up until Typhoon Yolanda came that it crack and lean on the big rocks around it. As you can see my son looked too small hiding behind the tree. That's how big it is, and it just leans there. When the pandemic started, this was once our play area, we set our hammocks on its branches and enjoyed the shelter it gives to us from the direct heat of sunlight. The kids also enjoyed playing with the swing that Papz installed before. But when we came back to work and no one can look out for the kids while playing that it became deserted now.
These big rocks we're located just behind the house, by the size of the coconut tree you can already tell just how big these rocks are. I witnessed once that Gramps planted some orange in between these rocks since the soil here are those like the black ones that were usually used to be put in the pot so that the plants will grow healthily. Since the rocks surrounding are cold and the soil is healthy so the oranges grew too well and even bear fruit. But I didn't get to eat some since Grampz sells it too eagerly while we are away from home.
My little one looked too small putting his hands on the rock. It's not that dangerous for this rock is just too wide and so big that it's impossible for it to slide and crush us.
Some wild plants on our way back to our little hut. It has no smell and I don't also know its name but I commonly saw such kind near the river. It's rare to see something like this around the house. It seems pretty to me that's why I captured it.
Since I can't climb the big rock on the top anymore to see the magnificent sunset I settle on capturing this. It still looks beautiful to me for I ended the day with such a view.
I always said that I always love coming home for I love how refreshing it is smelling the fresh air and the cold air coming from the trees around.
I hope you enjoyed the little y tour around my home.
Thank you for reading!
Be blessed and be a blessing!
@mommykim
First time achieving such!
**May 01, 2022**
First of all, Happy Labor Day to all the workers of the world, you truly are amazing and awesome souls, without you, the market will not grow, buildings can't be built and so on and so forth so a very big thank you for all your hard work.
I was actually a nanny for today since I was assigned to babysit my niece(baby Alex) since they'll be cleaning the whole house, changing curtains and bedsheets and all so I was assigned to babysit. My sisters insist on me taking care of the kids than cleaning, oh well I can't blame them though lol!!
Going back to the topic, I was shocked that I earned a lot and to think that it was my first time going into that mark. Usually, I earned $100+ but it never exceeded that much. Now as I tally my total earnings for the month I was happy that I earned **$210.71** with all the **30 articles** I made. And even in noise on which I usually earned like $10 a month but now I earned **$38.78** this month.
This would never be possible without the help of Rusty and the friends I found here and in noise. To the sponsors also who kept on trusting me and renewing their sponsorship.
To a person who doesn't usually make some goals, I can say that I want to be more productive like what I did in the month of April.
So many challenges that happened in the month of April, at work, with family, and in my personal space. I found a companion and also lose some. I was a victim of budol in shopee and other online purchasing like other users here. But I was happy.
My earnings made me a great help to the family, with a lot of bills to pay off, kids' vitamins, groceries, school supplies, and allowances, I did pay all of them with the help of my earnings. I may not have a lot of savings and didn't get a chance to hodl some of my earnings but I am more than happy that I get to lessen the burden of my parents and that's more than enough for me.
Another month has come and passed by and another month will open a new opportunity for us to earn more and encounter more friends. I just hope that whatever happens in the next month to come, I just want everyone to feel the presence of friendship and peace between other readers and writers.
I admit that I am not a content writer and I just pass by your notification to publish more nonsense and personal ramblings about life, which I made read as my journal. I also made this a channel or a bridge to know more people and get to know them through their articles. I hope I can encounter more and more. I feel the comfort on other users here than in the physical world.
I usually don't set goals about earnings coz I don't want discouragement. But if I would be asked about my goals I guess I want to have more sleep and to take care of my health more. I'm becoming to be more obese and I want to fight that by walking at least more than 2k steps and exercising a little. Gluttony sometimes overpowers my system and that's what I want to control also and I hope I could make it.
Let's tap our shoulders and say we did well in April and we'll do better in May, kampai!
Some of my articles you can read:
**Eastern Sunday Fun Day with Kids!** https://read.cash/@mommykim/eastern-sunday-fun-day-with-kids-b56d5be4
**Did I made the right decision?** https://read.cash/@mommykim/did-i-made-the-right-decision-c617da53
**House Chores Assignments Kids Version** https://read.cash/@mommykim/house-chores-assignments-kids-version-173053ce
**I stand my ground with my silence.** https://read.cash/@mommykim/i-stand-my-ground-with-my-silence-c0ed34cd
**ThursDe clutter ing** https://read.cash/@mommykim/thursde-clutter-ing-9fc6ab59
Thank you all for reading although this report is somewhat informal but I had an empty brain because my son kept on pestering me about something that I can't say no.
Be blessed and be a blessing!
@mommykim
The Teacher's Observation
**April 30, 2022**
I was reading baby gerl @ExpertWritter's article on how she regretted answering her younger cousin's modules way back when the pandemic started. https://read.cash/@ExpertWritter/make-sure-your-child-is-still-learning-fc567d2f
Then I thought that Mum made the right choice to let the child learn and answer their modules on their own. We only need to guide them in doing their modules.
At first, I admit I really want to not let them do the modular but Mum was firm with the decision to let the children explore on their own so I agreed.
Then modules come and go to be answered and then submitted. During the course of doing their modules and answering everything in it, I can say that they do learn a lot from it. My son and his cousin were in Preschool while the other one is in Grade Three.
Even though they're doing their modules it's not just as easy to learn and teach the kids, especially their age who loves to play then hold a pencil and answer it, but Mum did everything she can to teach and mold the kids to do study and learn.
Then Face to Face classes came into view as the restrictions were lifted and the kids are now having their schedules to go to school twice a week. I never got the chance to assist him to school during the first week but I did get the chance last week.
Then as I walk them to their designated room I saw their homeroom teacher putting their names on their table. I greeted her and let the kids sit on their chairs as per the assigned area. I then asked the teacher on her observation with the kids, especially my son to which the teacher happily said that they were doing absolutely good.
As per the teacher,
The kids are really attentive and are doing fine, most of the kids didn't get to quite catch up with all the learnings from the modules but some of them easily answer all the reviewers, and my son and his cousin were one of them. She didn't have to go to their table and explained for they listened attentively. Well, I remembered Mum scolding them for not listening to the instructions so maybe they learned their lessons from that and had to listen to the teacher's guidelines.
Mum did the right decision by never letting us answer the modules on our own and letting the kids learn from it on their own and just guide them in doing it. The teacher gave us two thumbs up in guiding the kids which made them excellent.
All the studying and the discipline paid off as they easily get to learn the lessons and what the teacher is telling them for they are used to doing what Mum would tell them and concentrating on what the teacher is telling them is one of it.
I am glad actually, after hearing the teacher's observations about the kids. I thought that my son would be somewhat like those hard-headed kids who don't want to listen to the teacher and just play and goof around, but I was wrong for he is attentive and is performing well.
This was supposed to be published last night but since the connection is not permitting me to do so and I was also watching the Ms. Universe coronation night I only get to publish this now.
Thanks for reading and I hope you're doing fine.
Be blessed and be a blessing!
@mommykim
Siblings in Christ
**April** **~~29~~****/30, 2022**
This was supposed to be published last night but circumstances occur. Or I can say that the moment I arrived my son never let me open my laptop or even open my laptop for an hour since he wants to chat before we go to bed. I arrived late yesterday because of the heavy traffic which I don't know what's the cause for. My son wasn't grumpy at first but he started crying when I ask permission to have a spare hour to work and write an article. He kept on crying so I decided to skip yesterday and just thought of making two articles for today.
I first read this prompt from Pitch and found the link from Prof @meitanteikudo and if you want to also try this you can check this link. https://read.cash/@meitanteikudo/squad-goals-e6d27c04
Friendship sometimes happens in an unexpected way that you can't predict, sometimes it's a matter of finding yourself that you find comfort in friends instead.
Way back when I first started working I was never fond of making friends for I always thought that they don't want to have a friend an introverted person like me. And it works fine for me for I don't want complications and I don't want to please someone just so I can have a company. After a week, many people kept on approaching, especially during orientation, and I have to abide by getting to know them since that is also one of the reasons why orientations were made, for you to know who your colleagues are. I met a few but after a month they started going their own way for they can't and will never understand how to deal with people like me which I understand the most.
Then I met them...
So with these, I am confident I can answer these questions in the prompt and I hope I gave justice to the answers.
**When, where, and how did you guys meet?**
We met in a catholic community, I was introduced as a newbie and under the guidance of a new facilitator then I met these awesome people who I share the same hobbies with. Gia, who became my BFF is the opposite of me and we sometimes clash but after an hour or so, we started talking nonstop like we've known each other for years already.
**What was your first impression of each of them?**
Noisy, lol!!!!
Well, they kept on asking me about life and how I was before I joined the community and they're sometimes loid especially some of the girls. But they're really friendly and accomodating and they also try to copy me being silent but they just can't do it for they can't skip talking except during prayer meetings lol!!
**Did you think that you could be friends?**
Nope. At first I thought I can't last people like them but as I get to know them better I felt like I can live by their way of communicating and the bond we made is unconditionally awesome.
**what's the most memorable moment you had with them? Or each of them.**
I had a lot of each of them but with the members or all of them I can say these one outreach program is the most memorable one. This was my first outreach with the community. I joined outreach activities before but not like the one I experienced with them. They really applied thr word God and Hos behavior and I can see how solemn amd dedicated each one of them in ministering the people from the outskirts of the urban areas.
**what do you think is the thing that made you bond?**
Eating. After gatherings, seminars and programs we servants always had these get together and eat out.
**how would you describe each of them as a person and as a friend?**
They're awesome. Each one of them have diffent personalites and they're easy to interact with. Whenever they feel that a person needs encouragement and guidance they always led a helping hand and a shoulder to share with.
**if you could do life over and choose your friends, will you choose them again?**
Yea I will still chose them over and over. They made me smile through the hardship life gaved me. I can still be glad with having difficulties for I know I can always lean on them. Knowing them was one of the most thing I love in my life.
This might be a little earlier but I kinda want to bond with them but I can't find time to.😭
Thank you for reading.
Be blessed and be a blessing!
@mommykim
ThursDe clutter ing
**April 28, 2022**
Good day babies! Today I'll be dumping updates about my day for today's article. I actually been hesitating if I should update today but I did promise to at least complete this month in publishing an article for at least once a day and I don't want to break that promise.
A cup of coffee in the morning for me earlier since I was really sleepy due to lack of sleep. And with these I remember Ropa's article that I read awhile ago. I guess even though I only have lighter work as of the moment, the thought of finding some part time jobs kept me on edge that my body didn't cope up with it. And also this mug of mine will go home tomorrow since I broke Papz fave coffee mug last week when I was washing the dishes, I overdo on cleaning it that it ended knocking the lavatory for it slipped on and the handle broke with the body, poor glass.
I also got an update from my son thru Mum.
He's chubby looking now that his face we're not covered with his long hair unlike before. And he looked more mature than when he had his long hair or I am just not used to him having this kind of hairstyle. Even so he's still my adorable baby. And I'm gonna be seeing him tomorrow. Yay!
Do you also de clutter things?
Well the things from the site were send back to the main office. So imagine all the dust together with dirt, they are all need to be cleaned. And they returned a lot and most of them like the pens and make some paper's with some yellow stain at the upper or lower side of the pages.
So we minimize the work by de cluttering all of it. Took out the useful from the useless stuff and cleaned it.
I also felt relieved that most of the things we bought for the site were all returned, well not entirely all of them I can rate it to 80% returned.
The PC's and the printers need to be checked for they took all the dust from the site resulting to them not functioning at all.
These laser pointers also returned completely and in good condition. I remember the first time I saw it being delivered by the courier I thought it's a toy but it turned out that these laser meter is very helpful especially during expectations. You just need to point it directly to the area that you need to discuss and on what's the problem of it.
And since they all bring the stuffs from the site so as these treats. The architect brought it with him earlier and gave it to me. I am not into spreads like this but I appreciate the thought that he's giving it although he'll be the one using it on his bread but I guess I'll try putting some on mine tomorrow together with my coffee.
I do feel tired from cleaning everything and transferring the things that can be used in the office and at home. And after this I'll go to sleep directly and I think I'll continue reading tomorrow.
special thanks also to my beeeb @Sequoia for the sponsorship renewal ,labyu beeeb
Be blessed and be a blessing!
@mommykim
Tres Marias
**April 27, 2022**
***Everyone talks about the eldest and middle child's sacrifices. But no one talks about how lonely and anguished the life of the youngest child is.***
I actually did waste three full long hours with no breaks reading a manga series. But I can't recommend this to the younger so I will not elaborate it lol!!. After reading it I switch then to Tiktok and found this.
Well as the youngest of the family, I was never pressured on things and even decisions in life. I was supported and guided on the road I partake although with complaints but they didn't let me think of the situations as a hindrance to some future plans.
**Tres Marias**
This is what people mostly addresses us when we we're seen together. It rarely happens to see us in one place together for mostly other sibling better much to have some alone time and the other is traveling from places to places.
We are often differed base on our personalities and characters but we don't clash like other kids do that can make our parents having a hard time dealing with us. Or maybe because we we're raised by a strict father that we often agreed to most fun parts. I call us the small, medium and large, lol!
Eldest (My Ate) a.k.a The Traveler(Extrovert) -32y.o-
The Alpha in a woman body. Takes charge in baking pastries especially my fave custard cake with lots of caramel on top. Whenever she's in a good mode to bake, she would serve us pizza, baked mac, and puto which is her expertise.
Like most first child are, she is the representative of the family when there are gatherings with the relatives. She also performs well for she's a singer and a dancer. I always say this that my Ate got all the talent especially with her hands for she have a very clean penmanship, knows how to bake, crochet, dressmaker and many more.
She is likely the opposite of me since he loves outdoor activities especially traveling. Mum always worry about her every time she travels. The fun part is she will arrive at the place before she beeps us.
"Ma naa kog Palawan" (Ma, I'm in Palawan) or some places and Mum whose always worried sick at her first born would suddenly call her and then began to have her litany of earful scolding to which my sister obediently listens. This cycle often happens every time my sister will not go home over the weekends.
This was taken just this month after her salary, she went to Bohol alone(but she's with he lover actually, but didn't tell Mum lol!)....when she went home the middle sister told me that she didn't receive an earful for she brought a lot of the city's delicacies especially the Kalamay .
Middle(My Jhe) a.k.a The Selfie Lover -31y.o-
This hot momma here always love to be a *pabebe* when she's taking photos. The three of us knows each other's phone passwords so me and my Ate have a photo album with her name on it for whenever she grabs or borrow our phone she would eventually snaps 10-20 selfies before giving it back to us.
P.S: the whole family except her(Oppo user) are all Vivo user.
Nowadays her face was all I see on my timeline along with some cute little captions. She's also the most reliable in the kitchen for we all love the food she cooks and served.
She's also the playful type and the friendly one alongside my Ate. She loves family gatherings. She is a hot momma of three lovely ladies.
While me and my Ate is on the black side, she has a white complexion that he takes after Gramps.
Youngest(Inday) a.k.a The Introvert -30y.o-
Opposite of the oldest. Loves staying indoors esp. in her room.
The person who always taste what the oldest made or bake and what the middle cooks and served. Mostly the person who never had a normal selfie unlike the two. Loves reading manga, watching anime or kdrama , most especially loves sleeping when at home during weekends. EXO addict.
How our parents treats each one of us
I can say that Mum is more fond in making fun with the Middle for she's easily pissed. While the oldest are often teased for being not married up until now, Papz usually tease her for she can't snap at Papz(takot niya lang hahah).
Well, as far as I have observed they treated us fairly, what the other gets the remaining two can also have. Most people think the youngest we're favored for she's the only one who get to study in college. Neither did they know that she applied for a scholarship and granted 50% of the tuition while the two sisters didn't want to pursue college for they want to work already so that they can enjoy traveling and enjoying life.
**Emotional Issues**
Unlike the middle one, the other two don't like expressing one's self.
The three are mostly each one companions. Whenever one's having a good day, the other two would cheer her up. Borrowing money but not paying it is normal.
Favored/Pampered at
Mostly the youngest is the most favored by the two sisters. Whenever she asks something from them, if they had the capacity to do so they'll do it or give it to me. Youngest privilege since she don't usually go out so they hang out mostly at home during weekends as per the youngest request. Pampered mostly for they don't decline her issues. The youngest are easily spot on during her mood swings and the older knows the best remedy for it hahah.
Bonding time is when they are eating ramen which is the youngest favorite, the middle can't take spicy but she conquered it as the days goes that they're eating ramen lol!
Just last week, we had an awkward lunch and the blame is one me.
When we we're just about to eat our lunch at our little hut just above our home, my Uncle(OFW) who just came home from Saudi, came to us and talk with Papz for he's borrowing some tools. While Papz was finding the tools my Uncle grab my bellies and told me " Nagiging baboy ka na ah? Ayaw palabi Inday kay ang highblood" (You're becoming a pig ah? Don’t exert more Inday watch out with highblood). No one dared to laugh aside from me and my Uncle.
When he's gone I said this : " This is one of the reason why I don't want to go out even in the front yard. People always have a say on me and then comparing me to Ate or Biday about this and that. Bet I became a laughing stock during their talks lol"
But the sisters just prick my forehead and complains over me being nega hahaha.
Before I wrote this I asked permission from my sisters and they both said yes. The pleasure and privilege of being the youngest always got me laughing hehehe.
Thank you for reading and special thanks to ma'am @Talecharm for the sponsorship renewal..lovelotzzzz
Be blessed and be a blessing!
@mommykim
My Yoyong, the little memories I had with him
**April 26, 2022**
"Lord, please not now"
These four words are what I repeatedly whispered while rushing to the hospital where Yoyong(my Lolo/Mom's Dad) was confined and declared gone.
Through these four words, our memories from early years raced with my breath and fell with my tears. And in a second, from a realization that all I was left with are these memories that no matter how happy they seemed, sorrow fill the images.
Twenty-eighteen was a whirlwind of emotional stress and mental health concern. Lost sanity some parts of the year. Took few things for granted. Made countless of uncertain decisions. Built buildings of excruciating 'what ifs',
but worst of all,
Telling "Be strong, we can make this life work" to loved ones without meaning to risk what it takes to abide with the value of staying and living fully.
Isaiah 14:27 ..."All the forces of darkness cannot stop what God has ordained."
Yoyong, Mom's father, is well respected and the most neat person that I've known. He also is the best in treating their guests pretty well but is a thrifty person in indoors. He had a lot of personality and out of all those is him being the humorous one. He loves to make fun of Granny especially when she's doing the laundry or in the sewing machine, he just love to mess with her.
Growing up I was not really closed to him as I am more close to Grampz(Papz father) and I also often not to went with Mum whenever they visit Yoyong before. Teenage years I was obsessed with reading books so I am mostly indoors while my two older sister are more seen around my grandparents house. Whenever I had a chance to go to their house Yoyong always spare me a chair next to him so that after eating I can go back to my reading or talk with him. He is a trickster, the worst one for me I guess.
There was one time Papz fixed my Uncle's electric fan and since Papz done and then he saw that Yoyong's fan in the master bedroom so Kai's mother explained but then he didnt listen until.
Now that it's his death anniversary I felt somewhat nostalgic. But I just said this to myself that I am lucky and so as my grandfather is lucky to have me lol!! I will just lit a candle when I come home.
Goodnight guys it's time for me to bid goodnight for I am really sleepy now.
Thank you for reading!
Be blessed and be a blessing!
@mommykim
I enjoyed the first day of the week at home.
**April 25, 2022**
I don't have work today since we'll be having a skeletal workforce that started last week and I already said it worked well for me since I can spend a lot of time with my family, especially my son.
Preparing the kid's lunchbox is a first for me and I was kinda in a panic at first that I don't know what to do. Good thing my sister told me what to do and prepare them so that they won't be late for school as their flag ceremony will start at 7:15 in the morning.
Walking them to school, I feel kinda nostalgic same as what Ropa feels with her post on noise. Back when I was a student I usually don't attend flag ceremonies on the school ground but on Grampz terrace for I'm a latecomer way back in high school lol!!!.
I brought him and his cousin to their room to which their teacher was already there. She then told my son for being a good boy and also commends me for he already cut his hair short. I just smiled at her and asked her how the kids are doing at school to which the teacher respond in a positive way that I feel relaxed and then bid goodbye to the kids.
Since it's only Alex that's in the house but she's still sleeping so I can't cuddle her so I opted to go to our mini hut and listen to music. Then I saw a flower and thought to test my photography skills out of boredom lol!! I really don't know how to use my camera because I don't have the skills to do so. Over the past articles, you can see that most of the photos I captured are often blurred and not of good quality for I have a very unstable hand that shakes uncontrollably especially when I palpitate. And these are the pictures I've taken earlier. Feel free to judge hehe
I enjoyed taking pictures of the leaves that's why my gallery got a bunch of them. I did enjoy the stunning surrounding near the house. It's also one of the reasons why I love going home and I prefer staying at home to going out to travel for I find comfort at home.
These pictures are what I take out of boredom and to test if I really do have skills in photography thinking I have very shaky hands. And looking at them I felt satisfied with the results and I hope I can do more in the future hehe.
P.S: I don't know the name of some plants that I captured, sorry to disappoint.
That would be all for today and I am not quite excited to go back to work but since I need to so I need to sleep early tonight and my sulky son wants cuddles because he doesn't want me to go to work tomorrow since they're still going to school, aigoooo.
Thanks for reading.
Be blessed and be a blessing.
@mommykim
Good weather and a new change on him.
**April 24, 2022**
Having such kind of weather always greets me every morning ever since I came home and it is such a very relaxing view. I am not really into nature but I do appreciate them and would love to wake up with a stunning view. This was taken yesterday morning while having breakfast.
And this was taken earlier. While the children are arguing with the swing, here I am minding my business and capturing a very beautiful sky. ahh so refreshing and I love smelling the air so much that I can take up an hour doing it.
My son was a little bothered since Wednesday since his teacher advised him to cut his hair shorter since his hair is not the proper haircut for a student. We are more worried than usual for we all know how he loves his hair and is not willing to let it cut short. Mum told me last Friday to talk it out with him.
We kept on encouraging him and telling him that his hair will grow back longer in school break so it should be good. Whenever the family is talking and encouraging him I would just stay silent and observe him and his reactions. Then he hugs Kai(teddy bear) and smiled so I guess that's a good sign. Not wanting to change his mind I took a quick bath, dressed and we went to the city. While riding Papz, he told me that he will go where Papz usually had his hair cut. It's just an ordinary barbershop so I ask him if he's sure about it and he nods so I just agreed with him.
And his throwing deathly glare at the barber telling him in the eyes saying "you better take care of my hair for I devoted myself to that for years"lol just kidding. I kept on waving in front of the mirror to divert his eyes on me and it did work. And the nosy mother me whose very nervous too since it's the both our first time to come to a barbershop so I kept telling the barber a lot of instructions like I will bring all his hair so he needs to pick it after cutting, to cut in in a barber's cut only since he has thin hair, and to also leave a tingkoy.
And he's not smiling anymore, uh-oh, Mommy's gonna be dead meat lol!!. I want to laugh but also want to cry and I can feel his sentiment over his hair since he's been living to have long hair for quite a long time already and in an instant it became short. After the barber was done with the finishing touch he collected the hair and put it on plastic and gave it to me. The barber and his co-workers even joked that even though he cuts his hair he still looks like a girl lol!!!
He doesn't want me to take a picture and I didn't push on since he's still sulky and I respect what he wants. We waited for Papz to come from buying something and then I told Papz that we'll be buying Ice cream since Timothy finally decided to cut his hair short.
Imagine an OFW returning home and having all the family waiting to welcome them, that's what happened earlier. I messaged in the group chat that we were done and on our way home and Timothy's being sulky again. So the whole squad even my Uncles welcome him in the front yard and clap their hands when my son came down from the motorcycle. I kept on laughing at them and looking at my son he's now smiling so I guess their plan succeeded hahaha. I didn't get to capture the moment since I too was shocked and had an instant regret not capturing it for I completely forgot on getting my phone out.
It became a new change on him having really short hair but I know he'll get used to it after days since he has no choice by the way lol!!!
All in all, it's an eventful day for me today and I think it will be the same tomorrow for I'll be the one sending my son to school tomorrow and I am kinda excited and slash nervous too. I did prepare everything he needs including his snacks. So I hope I can accomplish the job well tomorrow.
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@mommykim
What kind of logical mindset is that?
**April 23, 2022**
***We shouldn't belittle other people's jobs just because we had a more decent one unlike theirs. Instead of comparing and looking down on them let's just be thankful for we are blessed to have the job we dreamed of and achieved through hard work.***
I feel sorry for my sister's colleague not because she was bullied or judged but because she belittled my sister's point of view and her history of applying for a job in a fast-food chain while waiting for the result of her application to the company she's applying at(the current company she's working).
**"I'm working my a$$ just to not get that kind of job(fast-food chain jobs)"**
In my mind, I was like "eh? what's so wrong with those jobs? their decent jobs for Pete's sake so how can she say something like that? "
During my college days, even though I attained scholarships I also tried working in a fast-food chain just to test if I can do it since most of my classmates are doing part-time and the situation sits for me since my schedule is in the evening. Working in fast-food restaurants was never easy especially if you're in the cleaning and service crew. You need to clean the table when the customers are finished. You also need to clean those high glasses from the ceiling to the floor and mop the floors before opening and after closing. When you're assigned to the cashier you also need to double time in serving especially if the customer's line is very long. I managed to do it but it only lasted four months since the pile of school projects is too much to take the time that I had to give up my part-time job.
And my family own an eatery ever since I was in grade school and our house is just in front of the school so most of the students and even my classmates are regulars in the eatery. It's not an easy job as you have to wake up early in the morning to go the market to buy fresh ingredients and then when you get home you also need to prepare all those stuff so the cook(Papz) will not be burdened in preparing and just cook it quickly. You also need to make lots of ice water packs since Vendo machines we're not that known before. During lunchtime, I and my sisters need to rush to the store to help mom and assist her in attending to the students who went to eat. And then we take turns in doing the dishes or cooking some orders since some students want to have noodles or canned goods. We also experienced eating our lunch while cooking some orders so we ate while standing. It was tiresome but also fun since I and my sisters were enjoying the work together.
So her coworker belittling such kinds of jobs, who is she to judge? she's just lucky she got her dream job but how about those who never make it? should she be saying that? I am saying that she should be thankful for she was blessed with the job she had.
I am proud that I experienced those jobs before I get to my dream job and if I would be asked if I want to experience those again I would do it but since I still have a job so I'll be sticking it for now. The world is turning so we can never tell what will happen tomorrow or in the next years to come.
That's why I said I pity her for she didn't get to experience those, she didn't experience the happiness I felt whenever I made the job done or when we were praised by our employer for being hardworking, or even Mum baked us for she's said she's lucky to have a helping hand.
Just sharing my opinion and rant over that topic with my sister. Everyone has it choice of job and doing all the means just to have that but we shouldn't judge a person for having that kind of job. Respect, that's all.
Thank you for reading!
Be blessed and be a blessing!
@mommykim
Home and new work schedule.
**April 22, 2022**
I never plan on writing for I was really tired and I just want to sleep when I got home. My son was telling me not to sleep early since my parents wants to talk about some Family concerns so I told him that I will go talk to my parents and that he'll sleep first before me.
My parents asked me on why I was home and asking how are things at work. So I told him that the company is doing fine, it's just that Lady Boss wants the staff to only have four days a week work schedule which is in favor of me since I can go home and spend much time with my son and family.
So we were talking with the family up to the wee hours and my eyes wants to shut off but I controlled myself since I don't want my parents to think that I'm unattended to them.
Then Papz told me about an issue regarding my first degree cousin who is the worst and scariest Maritess in town for her words are poisonous and it can bring the dead back to life because of how believable her words are. But it didn't get me since I don't care about rumors for they're only stories made up by her and my sleepy head can't take such problems anymore so I told Papz "Let her talk $hit about me to the world for I will never care even a single thing but when she'll be including my parents and the kid's oh well that would be another issue and I might use her as my punching bag, no words and just more punches.
Kidding aside, but regarding work, the office needs to reschedule and my schedule of work is from Tuesday to Friday and I am fine with it since I can go bring and pick up my son at school during Mondays. While the other staff also had their schedule.
After the talk it's when I took a deep sigh and spread my whole body on my bed with the son beside me. My son also shares his own story that I also want to listen and then doze off.
He's happy and excited with the face to face class and was also glad meeting new people aside from us and his cousins. He discovered a lot during the first two days and I am beyond proud about him being a keen observant over simple matters.
I had trouble having no sleep during the week for I don't even know what the reason is. I shared this with one of my baby gerls and she just told me that maybe someone's thinking about me and that's why I can't sleep. So I told her that whoever that person is I hope he/she is always praying because I will choke him to death for they've been thinking about me without my permission and even bother me to sleep. ugh..
I will be writing a better article later since my mind's not functioning well and I hope you understand.
Thank you for constantly supporting me and reading my nonsense articles. I am really happy and also sleepy.
Be blessed and be a blessing..
@mommykim
I stand my ground with my silence.
**April 21, 2022**
***Election is meant for people to have freedom to choose. Campaigns are good if you are just promoting and not talking about other. Debate is meant to stand your ground on your beliefs and platforms.***
I always note this to myself whenever elections are coming may it be barangay, local, or national that election is for the people to freely vote whom they can think is fit for that position.
I mean I've been voting ever since I turned sixteen when I ran as an SK Councilor in our barangay and to think that I'm just as ignorant as my age was but my father told me that elections are meant for the people to choose freely who they wanted to guide them for such terms. I also take note than during campaign(this is way back my teenage life), that you shall be honest with your background and your plans if ever your elected. No money involve just pure talks and honesty. It's quite tiresome but seeing the results you'll think that people will believe those whom are honest and true to their words.
Though it changed as years gone and now politics are more on using money to bribe people to vote for them.
Have you heard about those people crawling and knocking on people's houses and would gave them envelopes with money and a sample ballot? Well, it's very rampant now. I guess I quite remembered that during Noynoy's presidential candidacy that I was offered a bunch of money with a sample ballot in it. I thought that it will not be bad to accept it since it's money were talking about and I'm not the only one who'll benefit from it lol!!! But Papz get in between and said firmly that we will not accept bribery and we will tell the officials that some candidate pone's are going to houses during midnight doing these things just to buy votes.
Mum was afraid that people or some armed people will come after Papz but he's not even a little scared since he was doing the right thing and he also believe that we have the freedom to vote for our candidates and he will not waver on that.
So back to the main topic, my co-workers and my Bosses have different bets on their Presidential candidates and even my community also discern for a certain candidates. So every time we get together for a meeting or just a plain talk after inspections, some of my co-workers often argue and defend their candidates saying this and that, but I opted to stay silent and just listen to them even made fun of them bickering as if they're both close relatives with their candidates.
Then they'll come ask me who's my bet to which I simply answer that I'm still observing them, and they'll endorse their candidates to me etc., etc. I just laugh at them but they get nothing from me. Undecided, it's what I always told them. Imagine being around with people doting for three diff candidates(White, Red,Pink) and they keep clashing and arguing.
My community is also doting for the Pink as they said that they prayed and that the Almighty leads them to support the pink for she's an upright person and so on and on and on. But I thought to myself, I thought the church and it's communities opted to support the people in choosing their candidates freely so what's the deal now and they even got the community I'm in to support a specific person.
Lady Boss is a solid Pink supporter and since we are close on/off work I can easily tell her that I am still undecided and I will not tell whom will my vote go. But she still insist on telling me to join the pink which is not that bad as for me to observe her candidate but not to the point on attending rallies.
Earlier when my co-worker whose a supporter of Red was in the office he told me that we will go to team red since a certain Nostradamus predicted that a person who was born in the year of the tiger will win in the year of the tiger. I only respond with "rawrrrr" lol!!
When he went on site, Lady Boss told me that she'll bring me to the rally with the pinks. I don't want to go and I thank the heavens that it abide my side for the messenger didn't come back to the office to fetch me since he has important matters. But that didn't stop her and even video called me to show me the crowd and the stage with the artists that will perform a little later, she is too cute and pure me hehe..
She keeps sending me pictures of the event on how there are a lot of people coming to support the Pink Candidate just to give me hints to vote for the Pink.
See how the crowd continuously increasing and the event haven't started but this crowd already gathered around. Just what in the world is this? I saw this also on some areas in the country.
My Boss also said that most of the supporters are members of the LGBTQ community since it was said that the Pink candidate supports same sex marriage and the rights of them to have their say in the society. I am not an anti for I respect the community but only to the extent that I respect them for they are just same as us, human, wanting to be treated fair.
Even the group chat that is solely for the mission department of my community being flooded with these. The sad part is some of the active members who didn't support Pink left the group and they we're mostly the pillar of the organization I belonged to.
Do we have to go to such extent just for the others to vote your bet? Even if it creates havoc over other members and friends.
It's the main reason why I kept my silence over this matter.
I do believe that I have the freedom to choose my candidate and I will respect their choice too.
Yes they can encourage me but it will still be my decision that will be followed.
Before election day come I'm hoping that you did pray that the candidate is worthy for your vote and that he/she will stand on his/her promise during the campaign.
Thanks for reading!
Be blessed and be a blessing!
@mommykim
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