Awesome At Awarding Awards Award

 

The AAAAA or Awesome At Awarding Awards Award is created by Hobbler. I have mentioned in this blog award post how she has unique ways made up for just about everything, hence, blogging awards are not an exemption. I am honored that I am a recipient of AAAA-award and with this I hope everyone can celebrate with me. Cheers!

Like any of blogging awards, Hobbler made rules too; here goes:

Hobbler says:

And so to follow the rules, here are my answers:

• awards – hoping it comes with Cash!
• you – you
• blogging – is for smart people like you and me
• don’t – ever stop blogging
• let’s – continue blogging
• why – why what?
• party – I don’t feel like going to one right now
• oh – oh?
• try – and try until you succeed!
• watch – and learn
• life – is not at all that bad my friend
• favorite – there’s too many to remember
• no –no.
• I’m – sleepy right now as it it about midnight already
• sorry – but I have to award the people I love reading blogs with!

So Hobbs, how did I do with that round?

Now as promised, the award goes to:

• Andy
• Nenskie
• Silly_G
• El Guapo
• Daphne
• TillyBud
• Amelia
• Cakes Mccain
• Ben
• Devine
• Michele Kearns

and of course,

• Hobbler 

So friends of my ever beloved blogosphere, let’s get the awards going. Who knows, someday it comes with cash and other goodies! Cheers!

500 LIKES

 

The number may seem too less compared to others. But, no words can ever express how thankful I am for all the support.

Thank You Very Much!!!

the JOB-less me

 

For the last two/three weeks I hardly posted a decent blog writing.  Fighting the depression(still..duh!) of being at home and doing nothing other than chores and running errands for my kids’ school stuff or swimming team’s to do’s, I tried visiting my online applications. I have registered to tons of Work-at-Home networks and few outsourcing recruitment companies. I updated my profile and took some online qualification exams given by some of the recruitment sites. I clicked buttons to apply for some jobs  which I thought I can do easy and waited. As expected, my mobile phone was receiving calls from agencies the following day and since an overseas employment is a NO-no as agreed by me and Husband dear, I also counted the No-nos while declining the callers. Out of nowhere, I was invited to an online interview by a GOOGLE-managed service team. I went online as instructed on a specific time given. The interview went well and according to the interviewer, I have all the qualifications they have been looking for. I suddenly got excited and answered YES to their query when asked if I am willing to undergo training. It is an hourly-paid job post and training is counted as paid–not bad, ain’t it? The job was called ENGLISH JUDGEMENT CONTRIBUTOR-(EJC) or simply described as web content analyst. Since the company is managed by Google, they are working to make links and topics matched when people do the research. In this connection, a web analyst will simply match topics to specific links of a particular information site like Wikipedia, as an example and if by any case some topics doesn’t have matched information, an EJC will provide the best possible description by which the skill of technical writing and research is of use.

So training has started the moment Level-1 training module came in my email. It is purely online and there is no way to download it to save or store and the mistakes are corrected and discussed using permalinks. If one passes the training, he/she will be promoted to the next level of training. If one does not-he/she simply has to kiss goodbye to the so-called job and try applying the next time.

I did the training and reached as far as the fifth and last level. Eventually, I got hired, oriented, introduced to the management team as a team-contributor and given access to GOOGLE’s application sites where my browser setting was set to an edit mode and my profile was labeled as STAFF. it was pretty cool having that sort of “authority”. Right after orientation, they sent me my first project to work with. I was instructed to install a software that monitors my computer’s activities.

The experience I have with my profession which I worked with for almost twelve years has trained me to be efficient, precise and accurate while working under pressure, long hours and on some life-threatening scenarios and at the same time dealing with all kinds of people and that includes neonates, children, adults or elderly whether in normal, ambulatory, ill, sick or dying conditions. I learned how to multi-task while always on the go and has to come up with an error-free lab result. In short, this new job is completely of a different work nature which demands the same results.

I finished my first project and the corresponding pay appeared on my account as my current earning together with the amount billed on me during training. I was asked if I am ready to accept and worked with my second project so they can send me the contract. I delayed my reply and gave the offer some serious thought. I realized, that I never felt the satisfaction that I usually feel every time I came home from working in a hospital laboratory. I asked Husband dear for his opinion whether I will accept second project or not since I am having doubts on myself. He asked me why I applied for the job in the first place. It took me some time to answer that question. I guess, I just did it because I am challenged. I want to see how far I will learn stuff that I totally don’t have any idea of knowing. With that, I guess I have proved myself worthy of all the learning I can get for as long as I want. Prior to this experience, I always thought that work-at-home jobs are convenient and relaxed- NOT. They are a bit as stressful as office jobs, hospital duty or any jobs for that matter… or at least that is how I see it. I also realized that working beyond your interest can be a destructive factor. I always criticized people who are choosy of the jobs they get even if pay is out of question. With this experience too, I realized  that to have your heart on what you do will always give good results. Being an EJC for a short time gave me knowledge, experience and a salary but definitely not the fulfillment and satisfaction. Nevertheless, I would still do this job if I have too. Given my thought, you ought to know by know that I decline the offer of the second project which ended my working contract with the company and so does all my privilege to access GOOGLE’s sites  on an edit mode and the STAFF badge was removed on my now non-existent profile. They told me though, that, with my training results and performance on the first project, I can still apply to work with them.

Now, I’m back to my usual routine of being a full-time mom, housewife, housemaid-of-honor, less depressed or should I say not anymore and would rather stick to book reviews or some product review for a part-time job per se. It benefits me more knowing I will feel satisfied and fulfilled after the job is done.

Tagged…. so, do TAG others.

 

This has become a trend to the blogosphere. From all sorts of blogger awards and Q and A post like this one, I honestly find this a nice way of reaching out and connecting to all the blog writers I followed and discovering blogs that I need to follow.

Nenskie has tagged me on her Ohwps, It’s not yet over post on her blog. Being the first blogger she has tagged, it would be so unfair if I will not follow the rules… which all bloggers that were tagged has to strictly follow. Thank You Nenskie,… the questions you made are quite hard huh!. I really appreciate this. In one way or another, I was able to know you in a little way while reading your answers to Tom’s tag questions.

So let me get the ball rolling starting of with:

THE RULES:

1. Tagged Bloggers should post the rules.

2. Answer the questions the tagger has set for you in their post and then create eleven new questions to ask the people you’ve tagged.

3. Tag eleven people and link to them on your post.

4. Let them know you’ve tagged them!

Here are Nenskie’s  11Qs for me:

1. Do you believe in PEACE?

- I know it is hard to achieve if your talking about WORLD PEACE, but YES, I do believe in Peace. A good heart and clean conscience makes it easier to believe in PEACE.

2. Have you doubt where you stand to someone’s life?

- Hmmm.. It depends on WHO is the someone you are referring to. I admit, I do have my own share of “doubts” with regards to my existence on “someone” but so far…. I never had time to stressing out and trying to know where I stand. People I am close with does that for me by making me feel my worth.

3. What do you think is the easiest job?

- Working on something you truly enjoy and have come to love… one will never get tired of it that doing it would come easy.

4. Have you ever truly accept people without complaining or judging why you make friends with them?

- Yeah…. most of the time.

5. What is your best recipe?

- I never had one.

6. Could you share it with us?

- Sure… If I ever got one.

7. Would you do the right thing? Or choose to do things which your heart completely desires?

- It depends…. I always go for doing the right thing. Fortunately, it goes together with what my heart completely desires most of the time.

8. Would you argue even the price of winning is losing your good relationship? (friendship and etc)

- Been there, done that. I don’t call it argue but just trying to make people hear me out. As long as it is of pure honesty, then I don’t think it will result to relationships ending, It might change, for sure it will be giving both party a peace of mind.

9. What tree could you be?

- A coconut. Never worthless.

10. How will survive from where you are now?

- I don’t think I am where I need to survive right now…. I call this living.

11. Letting go or to wait? Why?

- Let Go. Because if it comes back to you , then you will know it is worth all the wait. If it does not, it will always feel good to know Letting Go was the right decision.

 

And so to continue…

Here are my 11-Qs  for the lucky eleven fabulous bloggers whom I will be tagging in a bit!

1. Usually, CREDIT CARD or CASH?

2. If you are not in the place where you are now.. Where would you rather be? Why?

3. If someone will offer to pay you and will claim all your posts in WordPress as their own, would you allow it?

4. What do you think is the most-used title in the world of blogging?

5. If keyboards can talk, what could they be telling us all the time?

6. On Parenting: to spank or not to spank?

7. What is the most unexpected thing a stranger has ever said to you?

8. Do you act your age?

9. How do you spend most of your non-school/work time?

10. If there’s one, What is the thing, big or small, that you could change about your life to be happier?

11. Are there any news stories/ current events that you are sick of hearing about?

And here are the eleven bloggers that I would love to tag:

Rev – trollyours

Marj- On Chocolate Hill

Bec- The Hobbler

Susan- Sillyfrog’s Blog

Gigi – A Better Me Day by Day

Steph – hugs,kisses and snot

Alpha – Aspire.Motivate.Succeed

Mary – It’s not all Mary Poppins

Hazel – dance in white dress

Amelia – life in the blue ridges

Lisa – To Love Bella

 

Now it is done for me but not for you! Keep it going bloggers…have fun tagging!

With the bad there is always good…

Reblogged from Pulchritude:

As I said, with the bad there is always good, it might not always be obvious, but it is there somewhere.

This quote is not from Ghandi or Nelson Mandela, it is from me, in my previous post. Although I do not hold the same level of intelligence or inspirational quality that these men do, I do believe what I have written to be true.

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A write-up in believing that for everything there is always a reason and for the hopeless to look forward to the end of the tunnel for there one can find the light.

Curvaceous Women–Lovely as Dolphins and Whales

 

This is another write-up I wish to re-post and spread for the whole world to read. I was once slim and skinny but like most women who gained weight, I already forgot how I felt and looked when I was skinny because I am too pre-occupied trying my best to shed off these pounds I gained over the years. Reading this from a friend’s wall is like honoring women who embraces their femininity curves and all. Enhanced medical cosmetology is very common today and the more you hear from it , the more you will discover women dying because of it. To be natural is perfect. So for everyone who wishes to do the same.. feel free to re-post this.

Post by DELPHINE FEIBERG

 

 

A while back, at the entrance of a gym, there was a picture of a very thin and beautiful woman. The caption was "This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?"

The story goes, a woman (of clothing size unknown) answered the following way:

"Dear people, whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, seals, curious humans), they are sexually active and raise their children with great tenderness.

They entertain like crazy with dolphins and eat lots of prawns. They swim all day and travel to fantastic places like Patagonia, the Barents Sea or the coral reefs of Polynesia.

They sing incredibly well and sometimes even are on cds. They are impressive and dearly loved animals, which everyone defend and admires.

Mermaids do not exist.

But if they existed, they would line up to see a psychologist because of a problem of split personality: woman or fish?

They would have no sex life and could not bear children.

Yes, they would be lovely, but lonely and sad.

And, who wants a girl that smells like fish by his side?

Without a doubt, I’d rather be a whale.

At a time when the media tells us that only thin is beautiful, I prefer to eat ice cream with my kids, to have dinner with my husband, to eat and drink and have fun with my friends.

We women, we gain weight because we accumulate so much wisdom and knowledge that there isn’t enough space in our heads, and it spreads all over our bodies.

We are not fat, we are greatly cultivated.

Every time I see my curves in the mirror, I tell myself: "How amazing am I ?! "

(The girl on the picture is French model Tara Lynn) Feel free to tag yourselves

Last comment: I’m not putting down thin people, being a thin woman myself (BMI of 22 maybe?) just saying that being large doesn’t equate to being unattractive

First of all, Thank You Delphine Feiberg. You just don’t know how many curvaceous women in the world you made smiling while reading this.

Like the writer to this post, I am also not putting down skinny individuals like I have once been and besides I have lots of good friends who are skinny. With this post I am crowning curvaceous women like I am now. We may be heavy but that’s because we are full of love and happiness. I admit, gaining weight doesn’t only affect health but self confidence as well. So let us not subject ourselves to stress, self pity and low self esteem but instead let us all take one step at a time to achieve ideal weight for us. Being heavy doesn’t make us less lovable and attractive, It doesn’t make us less beautiful and sexy. We are still women and we can be who we wanna be for who we are and for who we become.

The Best Mommy is DADDY

 

I was reading a post from a fellow blogger and a friend Andy about how his daughter gave this special card during one of his regular visit to her school. I was smiling the whole time I was reading the post. It reminded me of the Philippines’ TV Commercial from Magnolia Chicken showing the dilemma of fathers dealing with daughters in the absence of the little girl’s mother. I realized that single parenting is not only a struggle and at the same time a fulfillment for mothers alone but for fathers as well. They say, it takes anyone to become pregnant but only a few can actually become MOTHERS and like women, it also take any male person to get a woman pregnant but only a few can actually become FATHERS. After reading Andy’s post, I am seeing faces of the men I knew who plays both roles of being a father and a mother at the same time. Acknowledgement to my dear cousins Binx Ceñal and Butchie Alegado who for years has been both mother and father at the same time to my lovely nieces Taj and Cake and nephew Choki. Today might not be father’s day but I salute you for continuing to do a very good job. I know what it feels like acting two parts and I want to let you know I am always here supporting you all the way.

To show you what I am talking about, here’s the commercial video clip:

Surrogate-Magnolia TV Ada(video from YouTube)

kid: di naman to sa akin pinapasuot ni mommy eh. (mommy didn’t dress me up with this, eh)

di ganyan ayusin ni mommy ang buhok ko. (mommy didn’t do my hair this way)

 

Dad: anak, miss ko rin naman si mommy eh. pero alam mo naman, kelangan niya magwork (baby, i also miss mommy. but you already know that she needs to work, right)

so tayong dalawa munang magkasama (so now, it’s just the two of us)

kid: di naman ito yung.. (this isn’t…)

and then she smiled, because she liked how her food was prepared, which i think is similar to her mom’s

kid: basta ikaw dad, di ka aalis ha? (dad, you’ll never leave me, ok?)

minsan ang the best na mommy, ay si daddy.

(sometimes, the best moms are our daddies)

 

dialogue and translation courtesy of ms.rea_abuan. check her blog too at http://www.yousaytoo.com/magnolia-chicken-commercial-surrogate/1217371

 

To my cousins Bing and Butchie : You will always be the best Mommy for your children and I am so proud of you.

To Andy, thank you for sharing and giving me such a wonderful idea to honor the father-mommies! I wish you can understand the dialogue of the video but I did include a translation. I am happy for you Andy and you are such a good writer and father. Keep writing!

Watching your kids grow

Reblogged from It's Not All Mary Poppins:

Sentimentality. A little sentiment can be a sweet addition to your life: the ability to conjure up the whole lovely vacation when you look at a single pretty pebble picked up from a hiking trail; a fond remembrance, a wave of affection, a wisp of nostalgia. Nothing wrong with any of that, in fact, an enrichment to a contented life.

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Sentimentality. A little sentiment can be a sweet addition to your life: the ability to conjure up the whole lovely vacation when you look at a single pretty pebble picked up from a hiking trail; a fond remembrance, a wave of affection, a wisp of nostalgia. Nothing wrong with any of that, in fact, an enrichment to a contented life. If you can't find your dressing table because of the trinkets, if your kitchen is buried under kid art, if your dining room a mere tunnel through stacks of treasured mementos... You have a problem. It's about balance and perspective. It's September, and with it the wave of back-to-school posts. Among them, the "my baby just went to school for the first time" posts. And among them, among the sweet posts filled with anticipation, excitement, and a little wistfulness, were the FULL-ON PANIC posts. "My baybeeeee! My baby is leeeeeeaving me! My baby is -- heaven forbid! -- GROWING UP." Goodness, ladies. Get a grip. Wistfulness is understandable. It's a rite of passage, a demarcation of the end of one thing and the beginning of the next. So you pack their lunch with special care, you dress them carefully, and maybe even take a few pictures. Wistfulness and possibly some fear. You watch them pass through the doors of the school (or the school bus), and hope that the institution that is swallowing them is kind, that their time there is happy. Not everyone has a happy time there. So yes, wistfulness and some level of anxiety and protectiveness, certainly. But full-on panic? Reams of words deploring the child's absence, wondering how mum is going to cope, and mostly, always, consistently, ruing, decrying, resisting, mourning the fact that their baby is growing up. Um. Growing up. Well, yes. Isn't that the point? The idea of having a baby my whole life long fills me with horror (and also immense respect for parents of handicapped children, for whom that may be their practical life reality.) Do you really want to be the parent of a baby for the rest of your life? School is an obvious example right now, but you see this all the time, mothers (have yet to see a dad write one of these posts) writing about all sorts of stages in their children's lives, and every time the reaction is fear, resistance, regret, and denial that their baby could be growing up, changing. (And ultimately leaving them? Is that the root fear?) Wistfulness is fine. A little sentimental nostalgia, recalling that moment you held their sticky body for the first time... knowing that is gone, never to return. Who wouldn't sigh a little sigh for that? There is nothing as soft as a baby's skin, nothing as delightful as the bubbling river of baby giggles. The fat little thighs! The dimples instead of knuckles on pudgy fists! Awwwww... So sure, a little gentle wistfulness for the speed of life. But why choose to get stuck there? So, savour the wistfulness... and also, here's a thought... how about excitement? Anticipation? Optimism? Sure, with each stage there are things you leave behind. (Not always a bad thing, say I, as not-so-wistful memories of a screaming colicky baby and months of bleary-eyed exhaustion swim through my head.) But along with the things you leave behind, there are things you're gaining. Always. With every stage come new things to treasure and savour. The Panic Moms seem oblivious to that. All the phases and stages, all the passages... they're just bad. Bad, points of regret and sorrow and grieving. And really, if that's how you see it, if your child's growth is one long chain of points of mourning for the things lost... why on earth did you have a child? Thing about kids, see, is that they GROW. They grow up, they learn to do stuff, they move on. It never stops. One thing after another. One accomplishment after another. One new discovery, another broadening of their capabilities, an enrichment of their worlds. It never stops. Another, and another, and another thing... to marvel in. To take pride in. To CELEBRATE! You mourning mummies? I suggest a paradigm shift. You, and possibly your children, will be much happier for it.

The Versatile Blogger Award goes to……

 

I was surprised to be awarded The Versatile Blogger Award by a my new reader that I come across with here at WordPress. To Morgan ,Thank You so much and it is such an honor. For a young adult as you are , you certainly have the right focus and motivation in life. To all my readers , you may check out Morgan’s blogs(http://evilnymphstuff.wordpress.com/) and you will find anything that spells ART. Not did just I find it amazing but it totally comes from a creative mind. Morgan or as I have mentioned in a comment post that I would rather call you Nymph and refuse to add evil before it ‘coz I know you’re not, THANK YOU!

What’s the mechanics for this award? Well here it goes.

Rule #1:

Acknowledge the person who happens to share you the award by linking back to them in your next post.

Rule #2:

Share this award to 15 recently discovered blogs or even 15 of your favorite followers and or 15 of your favorite bloggers and don’t forget to let them know that you included them in your blog post.

Rule #3:

List 7 things about yourself.

Once again I would like to thank Morgan for this award, and let me proceed. The following links are my favorite bloggers.

1. http://kaloka.livejournal.com/  – Elna , I always tell you I love your posts and I am an avid fan.

2. http://dragoneystory.wordpress.com/ – Andy , I can’t thank you enough for being such a good and supportive blogger. You never fail to take a minute or two of your time to read my posts and share your thoughts. I know I got a friend in you and I know we do share the same thought when it comes to parenting. Wishing you all the best!!

3. http://abettermedaybyday.com/ – Gigi , I know you have lot’s of followers. I am just among the thousands. For a recently stay-at-home mother like me, your blogs give me almost all the help I need and the ideas to educate my kids.

and here are the rest of the blogs I always follow.

4. http://snowyys123.wordpress.com/

5.http://catsyellowdays.wordpress.com/

6.http://riverunderwater.wordpress.com/

7. http://pimpdaddylovemuffin.com/

8. http://talkingquestions.wordpress.com/

9. http://princesspal11.wordpress.com/

10. http://www.parenting-blog.net/

11. http://caloybsecondwind.blogspot.com/

12. http://soldoutforever.wordpress.com/

13. http://danceinwhitedress.wordpress.com/

14. http://orangeanteater.wordpress.com/

15. http://getawayzzz.wordpress.com/

Check out the blog sites above and have fun reading!

7 things about me….. well, the following are the ones I am only comfortable sharing with

1. I believe love is sweeter the second time around and I also believe that everyone deserves a second chance.

2. I am good in remembering people’s  birthdays

3. I am always in a constant weight loss plan, hoping and wishing I would get back the body built I had before …. actually, about 10 years ago.

4. I love chocolates , I will never get tired of eating them making my plan on #3 very difficult to achieve.

5. I still dream of becoming a doctor. I am a medical technologist but the dreamer in me still hopes I will become one someday . ha! ha!

6. I am praying for a reconciliation with someone in the family.

7. I am happy and contented of what I  am and of what  I have become, I forgive the people who hurt me and in fact I am thanking them, because if not for them being stupid , I wouldn’t have been happier as I am now.

Done!

To my favorite bloggers that I just awarded  The Versatile Blogger Award to… Congratulations and Thank You.

 

When Priests and Nuns marry

 

I grew up in a Catholic devoted family . At an early age, the children in our clan were taught the catholic doctrine in the best possible way a catechist can deliver. We told to watch movies like BenHur , The Ten Commandments , Jesus of Nazareth , Bernadette and other biblical films my aunt from Canada sent us in a VHS copy. I remember the only movie I love among all of those that were sent for us to watch was The Sound of Music . Not only it has children as stars but the music is fantastic.

I was serving the church choir for a little more than ten years and still gets to be with  the group every now and then. I served priesthood ordinations and the sorts.

When ordained , priests .takes the vow of poverty , chastity and obedience. Nuns do too.

The Vow of Chastity – as described is when religious chooses a celibate way of loving rather than entering into a conjugal relationship. Sex is used in our society for so many purposes, including the selling of products and recreation, and the prevailing message is that one must be sexually active to be fully human … even if that means promiscuity. Chastity is a  vow that frees a religious  from the demands of an exclusive human relationship so that he/she can give all her love to God, and through God to all people. By the vow he/she promises not to marry or to engage in romantic behavior or sexual acts.. A genuine witness of chastity expresses a unique way to love, a way to serve others, and invites others to consider that there is more to life that meets the eye, that our relationship with God is indeed primary.

Every now and then , I keep hearing stories , over the news and on the internet about the religious getting married . Last night , TV Patrol is telling the entire nation about another priest-nun relationship . In fact the story will be featured on Sunday at Rated K. With open mind I tried my best to comprehend what this is all about. Personally , If the religious individual who choose to no longer pursue and follow one of the Vows and leave the congregation and becomes a layman , then getting married is fine. Besides to submit oneself in the sacrament of matrimony is also a calling. But , what if the religious who continued to serve the congregation and has engaged himself in an act and fails to follow the vow… say , sexual relationship with another individual is indeed another story.

For some time now I know certain priests who are still vocationally in service but on the other hand is raising a family with kids . A priest who have romantic relationships with a woman. To learn such incidents occurring in a congregation is disappointing not to mention disgusting!  In a techno-modern world we are now, to keep this relationships going seem easy. The convenience brought by ultra-modern communication gadgets even made them to wave off and not to follow Vows of Poverty and Obedience as well …. and worst , has turned their backs from their Vows of Chastity.

To my understanding , for them to take these vows made them execute and spread Eternal Love thru God and to all mankind. It reminds me of the famous BEP hit song Where is the Love?

People killin’, people dyin’
Children hurt and you hear them cryin’
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek
Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
‘Cause people got me, got me questionin’
Where is the love (Love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love
The love, the love
It just ain’t the same, always unchanged
New days are strange, is the world insane
If love and peace is so strong
Why are there pieces of love that don’t belong ……..

They fail to practice what they preach , They tend to forget Christ’s sacrifice , They fail to ask guidance from above  and by this , they got people questioning….

Questioning their faith , belief and trust to the people who were chosen as instruments. Right and wrong is not too difficult to spot in this situations. Choices were suppose to be easy to take when push comes to shove . But , why does some continue to belong in a religious congregation? Why do they continue fooling the church , the people , their family , themselves , their faith and everyone else’s. Why? Why are there pieces of love that don’t belong????

The world indeed is getting weird every second of every day.

New days are strange , Is the world insane?….. Really? , Seriously!