Daily Happy Thoughts

After the long hiatus, I’ve managed to post on our blog. LoL. Lemme see..what have we been so busy on that we haven’t had time to update our blog..hehe.

I guess it is a combination of a lot of things, but mainly on our Facebook addiction..

Anyway, it has been such a loooooong time since our last post and I’m sure the blog can use some much needed attention and I am here to wipe the dust off of it. LoL. Righ now, I am at a CoffeeBean coffee shop at Bonifacio High Street, enjoying the free Wifi that comes with a cup of Mocha Latte.

So what have we been up to? Hmmmm..I’ve been quite busy with work and was posted in Ormoc, Leyte for the most part of the year, being posted there from January until last week, wherein I was already told to report to our head office at Global City, Taguig.

Early this year, we have had the opportunity to go scuba diving and it was a blast. I hope to be able to post photos of the experience, and it was all thanks to Borski for setting it up. The last I heard her talk of it, I think she is contemplating on getting an Open Water Diving License. Anyway, that isn’t such a bad idea, and I hope to be able to get one also.
Anyway, Borski has already resigned from her work as Copyediting Group Head, and will only be working there until the 10th of July. Hopefully, with this change, she will be able to do away with the long hours and the work-related stress.
And oh, by the way, this post is largely also due to the coercion of Borski and Ray for the addition of another post, but needless to say, I really miss blogging. LoL. I’ll be posting more updates soon (fingers crossed).

Cheers!

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It has been said that stress can go to your head.  Experience-wise, it can really go to your head. Literally!

For the past 4 weeks now, I’ve been meaning to have my hair straightened.  The hair specialist, unfortunately,  told me the sad prognosis of my scalp’s condition. Ergo, plans of hair makeover were put on hold until scalp’s status is A-OK!

Work, family, money issues, weather and even our diets can put pressure on our scalps.  Alcohol-containing substances, such as a new shampoo or leave-on moisturizer, may just be the culprit. If the latter is the case, lifestyle changes rather than creams and lotions may be required here.    Regardless, the basis of treatment is to determine the cause and remove it. In my case, remove myself from the cause (so I was told)! 

Anyhow, I am determined to pursue activities I know of which will have good outcome changes in lowering my stress enzyme levels.  Top on my list is to spend time with friends — a chance to catch up on each other’s lives which does not entail a single centavo.

So, here I am starting my week right. I had the luxury to chance upon a relaxing chat with Let, one of our company nurses, before  going home today.  Our conversation surprisingly moved to rest and recreation, to which we both agreed is a “must-do”.  Disregarding the need to pamper ourselves and giving back what’s due us will just lead to a more chemical-imbalanced body.

Let shared to me how she freed herself up from stress last Saturday. Together with her close friend, they swam to their heart’s content and played about happily in the pool at Swan Lake, a family-owned mini-resort in the City of Dumaguete which is open to the public. They ate chocolates and chips, and drank softdrinks. Boy, talk about indulging one’s self to the max!

We ended our conversation with plans on having an out-of-town excursion or camping. It would have been better if we have an RV (dreaming big here!) so that RV camping is within our reach; renting out a van that will serve as our transportation to and from the agreed location is probably about as good a deal as we’re going to get, for now.

Sun, sand, and sea, here we come!

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Of the many things that I have yet to take care of, I think my priority would have to be updating my status. I haven’t yet been able to update my status on my personal records in the company I work for. I have been arranging for someone from Bacolod to come pick up the update documents but somehow it hasn’t pushed through. I guess I will have to have it mailed via JRS so that it can be taken cared of at last. Part of the forms that I have updated include hospitalization and insurance coverage to already include my dependent/s. Personally, I am not that worried since I know that Borski has her own hospitalization and insurance coverage with her company too, unlike the case if she were unemployed and had to rely on being covered by mine. Anyway, I think it will be great if I can also compare life insurance so that I can also have an idea on the difference of the coverage. Why do I wanna do that, you ask me?  Well, a little bit more of knowledge never hurt anyone.

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Ever since my brother had left for Dubai, he has been ringing up the numbers in his fonebook, usually during dawn. All our badminton buddies have been asking me last night if I knew the number that kept appearing in their missed calls list usually during dawn time. LoL.

Between the Philippines and Dubai, there is a 4-hour differential between the time zones, with the Philippines being ahead by 4 hours. His missed calls usually are at 2AM, and I am thinking that this is usually the time he gets home from work. Whenever I’d still be awake, I make sure to text his roaming Smart number. I guess it is his way of coping with loneliness out there in the desert. I hope he can get a laptop soon, so that we can talk more on Skype.

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Speaking of the economic crunch, I came across a badminton buddy of ours while I was travelling home to Dumaguete last Saturday and from him I learned that the economic crisis was very much being felt in Cebu with thousands of people losing their jobs and many companies closing shop.

I admit I was quite oblivious to the whole situation thinking that what I heard on the news was more of the goings on in the international market, and that it was not that felt here. Boy was I wrong. Thinking of this, it made me think and be thankful that I still have a job. Thank you Lord.

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As far as home furnishings are concerned, Borski and I agreed last night that we’d get a microwave oven as our next project. I was also thinking of getting an LCD TV set for the bedroom as the one we have right now is in the living room and I have been thinking how much more comfortable it is to watch TV in the comfort of our own bed.

Anyway, as we were discussing this, what caught Borski’s attention was the markings on the floor under the TV stand in the living room. You see, whenever we would be having our meals, we would sometimes turn the TV stand to face the kitchen/dining area so that we could still watch TV while having our meals. The TV stand we have (which came free with the TV set by the way) is the fixed type, and in order for us to change the direction in which the TV is facing, we have to drag/slide the stand unto that direction, hence the markings on the floor. Wouldn’t it be much better to have the rotating swivel type tv stands? I was thinking more like this one.

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With the emergence of numerous dieting pills in the market today, one can’t help but be confused among which of these are the most effective, not to mention the safest ones available. After all, what good would be an effective diet pill if it weren’t at all safe, right? I myself think I am in need of such diet pill as I am taking forever to shed pounds. LoL. If you ask me, I blame it on the very hectic schedule we have at work, the 12-hour shifts, making it virtually impossible for me to sweat it out while I am on site. This is precisely the reason why, everytime I get a chance to go home, I try to play badminton every day. So far, so good. I have been home since last Saturday, and I have played since Sunday (Saturday was for Valentines..hehe) and I intend to play until I leave for my next assignment on Saturday.

In choosing the right diet pills, I think one should consider a lot of factors, some of which would have to include:

• safety of ingredients
• weight-loss potential
• consumer testimonials
• appetite suppression, and lastly
• money-back guarantee

Well, I put safety at the very top, it being the first and foremost consideration. I do hope I lose some pounds soon, as I am approaching the big three zero..hehe..if you know what I mean.

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As I was browsing through the net yesterday searching for whatever it was we could spend our little bit of $$ accumulated through our hobby on the net, I came across these very cool monitors. I especially was drawn to it since at the time, what was going through my mind was how I missed playing online games. LoL. Hey don’t look at me like that. We all need to let out the kid in us every once in a while.

Anyway, I seemed to already forget my username and password on the online FPS game Warrock, but  I bet this game would look super cool on a 19″ LCD Rackmount monitor.

I wonder if Isbot has already installed the game that we downloaded during the New Year’s break when I was in Davao? We painstakingly waited for the torrent downloader to finish downloading the executable file, only to have it finish on the day that I would leave for home. LoL.

Well, there is always a next time.

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Borski and I have been doing some long-term planning and we have decided that our next project would be our very own lot, and ultimately a house (fingers crossed). I guess this would overtake our previous project of purchasing our own car within the next 3 years. We have already made reservations with the local credit cooperative with a subdivision lot for 300 square meters. Actually, it is for 2 lots as the lots are at 150 sq. m. sizes.

We are a bit hyped up and at the same time uncertain as to what the future holds for us, but hey, isn’t that the beauty of living? Having someone along for the ride, though bumpy at times, but what is important is that you have that someone’s hand to hold on to whenever the sailing gets rough.

Already at this point, we could already imagine how our house would look like, the floor plan, the kitchen, the aluminum fence installation, among others. We had somehow learned years ago, during our brief stint with a multi-level marketing business we set up, that in order for us to be more driven to achieve our goals, we have to envision our dreams daily, give it life, texture, and even to the point that we could feel that dream. For in doing so, we wake up each day oblivious to life’s challenges, ready to brave the problems that lay before us.

LoL. Those sound like lines you would hear from Don Quijote himself. I have to remember to jot down and include in my “to-dos” for tomorrow the processing of requirements for a lot loan with either Pag-Ibig or our very own company lot loan package.

For now, it is time to rest. It is already 1AM.

Good morning guys!

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