Abandoned Blog

I deeply apologize for abandoning you my blog. You have been my stress reliever and diary for years and yet I abandoned you. I apologize.

I've been deeply busy with life's crazy happenings.

Let me review what happened after my last post.

1. I celebrated my 30th birthday, ala-children's party at Jollibee BBB. Friends and relatives came, mom didn't go, we had a quarrel days before that.

2. Life changed a bit when we decided to get a house from Dolmar. I'm not sure if I was able to blog about it in 2008 but that is the same house we saw 3 years ago but decided not to pursue. We're paying huge amount just to complete the down payment. Finances had been a little stiff from then on. We're now spending less for everything.

3. I've officially opened my own online store, selling watches, old clothes and bags.

4. Jeff joined Talentadong Pinoy twice, first was January of this year and next appearance was last June, he failed to win twice. But I'm happy that he's able to perform in front of a huge crowd.

5. February of this year when we decided to travel to Cebu with 1 month preparation. It cost me my small business but I guess Cebu and Bantayan's beauty is well worth it.

6. It was a huge pain when my boss of nearly a year decided to put a hold on the assignment, this left worried because without additional work, I cannot handle paying for the house's down payment and our current utilities.

7. June of this year when my long time boss of 2 years decided to put a hold on the project, though both projects are still on going, we're not allowed to bill them because we're not given any assignments as of yet. It strained our finances pretty bad and I almost have given up the house. Thank God for his blessings and we've been constantly saved from all the troubles.

8. June 24 when Typhoon Falcon hit Luzon, there, we suffered another flooding. Unlike our experience with Ondoy, we were more ready but then there were still appliance that got wet and we're unable to recover. We already decided to move out and scheduled to leave Marilao on August 1, 2011.

9. July 30, just two days before the scheduled move out, we were surprised to see flood from the garage, we didn't expect it because high tide usually happens in noon time till afternoon. But that was the last straw and decided to move on Saturday afternoon. Good thing mom left us her other house, we're still paying for the rent though.

10. I do have some assignments at the moment that keeps us afloat. Jeff finally found a job, he's now with Startek in Makati.


So many things had happened but these are the most prominent part of my memory bank. I'm hoping I could continue blogging though.

Oh, one more thing, I just recently found out that around 2 years ago, a former colleague of mine nearly damaged my reputation by posting my blog link to my boss. Good thing my boss wasn't as narrow -minded as her. Anyway, I'm still happy that at least some or a few people read my posts.

Have a happy day everyone!

February Updates (more to come, I hope)

It been a whole month (or more, dont keep track of the days) since I last blogged here. I don't blame you if you no longer had the urge to visit my blog. I really apologize. I became intensely busy with work, life balance and my new baby (blog). I had to blog from my new lappy (NEO B3230) because I don't want to log off from my Firefox's 20 or so tabs (yeah, like super busy using my desktop).

Anyway, hhmm.. what can I share today? Hmm, the past month has been great for me, for us, and for everyone I know (hopefully). After Jeff's birthday, we had to take some drastic measures to save up for our soon to be projects (lappy for me, lappy for Jeff, future home plans, investments, businesses in mind, HMO, MJ's maintenance). Yes, saving up is really drastic nowadays specially if you have to budget everything aside from your monthly bills, responsibilities, and emergency expenses. I now keep 2 cash boxes, 1 for MJ's funding (we need to register him on April) and the other cashbox is for emergency use (I put 200-300 per week). I also maintain putting my loose P 5 coins to bear (my ever life saver bear), which is really heavy now (lol). Bank account, hmm, that needs to be filled up too, I wonder when, maybe on the next few weeks.

Health wise, I believe I'm now living a more healthier lifestyle compared to 6 months ago, I still don't eat rice on dinner, no heavy meal on lunch as well, a little of everything is my drama. I drink supplements as well, vitamin E and some diet pills my mom recommended plus glutathione daily. The last I weighed I already lost atleast 20 lbs, hoping to have more free time so I could jog in the village soon. Jeff's also taking some vitamins as his supplements. No more very scary acne for me, yes friends, my skin is very much improving and I'm loving it. I just need to erase some of the marks but we're getting there slowly.

Jeff is interacting more with the outside world, compared before, he's more proactive and he's gained a lot of friends from his Sax Society where he religiously pay visit every 2 weeks, the next meet up will be on March 2, 2010 (Advertising!) at Ten02 bar in Timog. He also just trained a bunch of college students for their Valentine Choir Competition where the team won 1st place (congrats!). Also, he just had a reunion from his gradeschool friends and wow, he really enjoyed meeting them. This is what I envisioned Jeff to be, a free living guy who knows his responsibilities and how to enjoy life to the fullest.

As for me, I'm trying to be a little careful with my schedules so I now keep a planner, thanks for GT for the Belle De Jour planner, I try to plan everything now so I know what to do weeks before that, I also try to avoid unplanned projects and travels to avoid more expenses.

Hmm.. what else could I share? I'm planning out on a new business, I'm researching now and I'm hoping to start with the business structure come June. Also, since the last attempt to file for our income tax failed massively, triggering a lose of P20,000, we're now planning a second attempt with Jeff's gradeschool friend who works for BIR (hopeful) so we could seek Pag-Ibig's help whenever we are ready to apply for a housing loan.

And there.. that's my update for February, it's last minute but it's still counted. :) Enjoy the next month!

P. S.

I'm planning of reconstructing and finding a host for this blog, want to make it a little money earner, still learning on that part but I'm hoping to find more time for blogging, I'm really very eager to start my writing career.