It has been common knowledge that mommies now go to work to help daddy raise a family. And it is not surprising that with the economic problems, both parents try to grab opportunities even in far away lands. Working abroad is not an easy thing to do since you will be around foreigners and strangers. Adjusting to total independence and culture difference is hard enough, but the loneliness of being separated from your family is the greatest trial there is.
Especially if you have kids to leave behind! Leaving them for a couple of hours give you and your kid separation anxiety, what more of months or even years? We have heard of such instances when parents have no choice but to do this just so they can survive the difficulty of living. “It is heartbreaking”, they say. And that the only thing that makes them surpass a day is by calling their family to wherever else in the world. Thanks to these
international calling cards that makes that possible. “At least hear your baby blubber” or “Each call I make gives me an idea of what goes on, or how much they develop” are some comments that tells how much calling those they left behind helps. It’s like being with them somehow and easing the pain and loneliness of the separation. Imagine how it was centuries ago when you have to wait for months before a letter gets to you. A letter! Hoe thankful we must be to Alexander Grahambell for inventing the telephone, and to these international calling cards to make calling abroad possible.
MY ANYA JUST LOVES TO DRAW
and this is just 2 days of her art work.
I actually am keeping them
in a binder
but now I've learned to just choose
amongst her daily drawings.
Yes, thin is in. May we be talking of thin model-like bodies to modern living, THIN IS IN, BULK IS OUT!
I have been fixed on Lifestyle Network most of the time watching Giada cooking superb Italian Cuisine (my favorite), Ellen grooming cute little doggies, and salivating over wonderfully remodeled houses in a day. I have always praised those designers and decorators of thinking of such magnificent concepts and set-ups. They actually follow whatever the home owners prefer, and they come up with those beautiful and unique surprises. I have always dreamed of being one of the lucky owners and have an elegant modern house. Items have to be ALL MODERN; thin and not bulk, just as those lamps I have seen in Shop Premier. I fell in love with their
Silver Floor Lamp that I envision them in my family room. No antiques for me or too much clutter on table tops. I’m not favorable to those little picture frames or figurines that needs cleaning one by one. And this Brushed Nickel Floor Lamp in my bedroom that will not give too much light fits my idea of making it a relaxing place, as it should be. For my kitchen, I want it having only colors white, black and silver. The
kitchen lighting will help in bringing out the ambiance it needs, and the food I will be cooking will be highlighted but the only one to bring color to my white kitchen!
As every mother would be, I am very much concerned that my little one is right now sick. She’s having diarrhea, 4th day now. Then again, the first two days have not been as agitating. Only tow movements in each day but yesterday, she had 4 watery episodes.
Partly I blame myself for feeding her a Chinese favorite, dumplings. It’s not the first time she took Chowking siomai but who knows, maybe the timing sucks. Probably clients least preferred beef thus am the only one to have bought thus from a long time stock. I can’t think of any other reason since everything she took aside form that was home cooked. The problem is she’s the only one who took it. I just took a bite to check tastefulness. And as far as my palate can taste, nothing was wrong…until she reacted a day after.
What do I do now? I continuously give her lots of fluid and feed her non-fatty foods that are full of minerals that she may be losing. I also have boiled guava leaves for her to drink since I have read in herbal medicine that it helps plus fibers that will help form her stools. I know it’s not as easy as it is for adults to just pop-in medicine, so I monitor her for possible dehydration or fever. So far, she’s alright. Appetite is good except that she kept going to the john only to say, “wala pala” (“I only thought I’m going…” and nothing really comes out). I hate those microbes! I hope she’ll be fine soon. Later this afternoon, will ask church elder to help me pray for her and heal with oil.
It is wonderful to drive around first class subdivisions at sections of the Metropolis that is said to be at the “high end of the society”. Doing so makes one have ideas of possible structural designs for houses you want to put up, either for your own or others. Those that bears the special “eye” to beautiful designs can see the “should” and “shouldn'ts” in a certain low rise or high rise. Wish I was one of those, but such have not crossed my mind during my school years. Now, I roam my eyes around just for the sake of appreciating the beauty of what was created and fulfill my mind’s eye of those dream houses I am building inside my head.
There also are sites that give such superb pictures but nothing beats the real things. The monstrosity amazes me, but the quality and uniqueness renders me speechless. The finest of materials used feeds my curious eyes like a banquet to a hungry wolf. I salute an
exterior door company that have contributed to the perfection of this modern excellence that I have seen in Corinthian Gardens. The material and the design of the main door are just incomparable. I couldn’t help myself stopping by to admire and memorize the intricate design. Just as I did the
interior door company that have installed the patio doors inside Renaissance Towers where the sibling to my grandparents are staying. It matches all the doors in the hallways that keep unwelcome guests from passing through. It may not be as modern as I wished mine would be, but the precision of each pattern is just praise worthy.
How easy it is nowadays to buy a lot and put up your own house that you personally design with the help of experts and professionals instead of buying ready-to-occupy houses. Even renovations that once believed to be tedious and time and energy consuming are just the thing. You want to modernize your old fashioned windows? Call
replacement window company. You want doors changed, the whole kitchen, your backyard…every place and every thing in it can now easily be changed to what you have been dreaming for, in a snap.
Have you heard of this latest income generating scheme Filipino’s have wittingly started just recently? People have varying reactions to it…
Some got thrilled with it, and gave thumbs-up for this chance to put the wheels in motion in search of their better halves. It is a chance to meet a probable mate that probably is not passing by your way. Today, it’s not “waiting” any more but “searching”. And it’s not limited to the male population, because the ladies now have the same rights and incentives as men. Sexism has been shaken centuries ago.
Then again, there are always two opposing poles thus some do not find such scheme acceptable. I for one do not TOTALLY go with it, but not also against it. It’s just that the world have changed. You see more and more of the nightmares than fulfilled dreams. This puts the women more at risk to violence and harassment. Imagine meeting an unknown individual! It will not be disclosed to you if this certain man has murder instincts, if hereditarily insane or whatever negative trait anyone can have. There will be no guarantee in anyway that you will suit, nor any guarantee that you will not be harmed. So why put yourself at risk when you can meet possible mates through friends and relatives?
It’s up to you…because meeting your better half is for others, a chance; and for others, destiny. Some call it luck, some call it divine intervention. Do you need to push it with such schemes you have to pay for? Or maybe it is the only way since you don’t have such big a circle of friends; that this scheme provides you more choices and chance with who matches you.
What is your view on this?
Lifestyle Network is one of my favorite channels, and more often than not, I dream as I watch. Dream of the life I want to have; my very own house and how to decorate it; my kitchen and what to cook for dinner; my family and every little thing one can daydream about. But what never changes is the
modern furniture I want in my place. I’m not the type to prefer antiques or bulky decorations. I want it neat, simple and modern; from my leather sofa and thin lights in the living room (no to chandeliers), steel kitchen and dining table, to my very bathrooms and bedroom…I want it all modern.
Having a decorator will ease the planning, the matching and the budget but there will never be a problem to ideas since there are sites already to help you in one click. It’s not like before that you have to go around the malls and warehouses to see for yourself what you MIGHT want. Then you have to choose colors of your sofa from scraps and pieces of the cover they have; match it with the curtains that you also have to personally see choosing from one design to another, and so on and so forth. How glad am I that I belong to this era of computers…though I am still at the “dreaming” phase (LOL)! At least I get to see them now without people knowing that you actually are doing so just for your dream.
I used to sing to my daughter as I lull her to sleep with nursery rhymes or just hum tunes that are soft and spell-casting. But through the years, 4 years now, her Lullaby’s are changing. A few years back, it progressed to songs from cartoons she watches, to songs from the church, now they’re songs from MTV’s she loves watching.
And would you believe that my 4 year old love Toto?! Oh yes, she had their songs stored in her MP5 and she sings them even as she play. Not just the famous I’ll be over you and I won’t hold you back…but even Africa, Rosanna and Georgy Porgy.
Yes, yes…she’s just 4 years old. I did not miss the zero, 4 not 40! Hahaha. Not only Toto, mind you, but that of Carpenters as well; and Nat King Cole’s Blossom Fell. And so many other songs you won’t believe a 4 year old would know. Just Tell Me You Love Me, Very Special Love, IDon’t Want to Miss a Thing….it varies from classic to jazz to pop…and some alternatives. She knows already what she wants to hear. Foreign or local, she already have her own preference. Funny, but cool!
What can you say about that?! Music lover! Well, it runs in the family!
Being a granddaughter to an English professor, there is this urge to teach and share the knowledge that I have. Since I was a kid, whenever an adult asks me what I want to be when I grow up, my response always has been “I want to be a teacher”. But that was not meant to happen. I became a Nutritionist-Dietitian instead who are in-charge of the dietary needs of patients. Somehow though, I was able to do what I have always dreamed of doing, because I give advices and lectures just as a teacher would. In fact, I find it more fulfilling because you are saving lives and not just imparting knowledge.
Still, I have weakness for books and children. Seeing children's books makes me want to have kids before me, and seeing kids makes me long to have books at hand. Just as it did when I saw these
marilyn burns books. It makes me itch to start with it like a kid grabbing coloring books.
And I believe that we don’t have to be a teacher to do this. There are a lot of children needing attention and can benefit from our extending help at the same time fulfilling our utmost desire. In fact, even our very children are lucky for us to provide such learning’s. Teach them how to read even at an early age; my daughter does though she’s not schooling yet. Consider it a preparation to their school days. And there are so many teaching resources available to guide you. Teaching ideas to the very lessons you need, can be found if only you would look. I did…and so will you.
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