I have been wanting to blog for the past few days but it has been a pretty hectic past few weeks to be exact. We had visitors at work, testing for a new process to be implemented, issues that needed to be resolved ASAP and all that. To say that it was crazy would probably an understatement. Well, that is if I include the fact that I had been busy outside work as well. Today is already the 19th of the month on this side of the world. Technically, today is the last day of my stay in this apartment […]
Crib Hunting…
It’s been almost a month since I received the letter from the apartment building administrator. That means that I only have about 5 days or less before my contract ends. And if my contract ends, that means I will be homeless if I still don’t have a place to move to. A month is really not enough to find a suitable place to live in in the big metro. You have a lot of things to consider: environment, flood-free area, residential feel (for me, that is), security, convenience and comfort. I mean, you don’t want to live in a place […]
10 Years of Big Metro Living
Trust me, if I could come up with a better title than that, I would. But it seems that I’m a little out of sorts today – probably due to lack of sleep – so I’ll stick with that for now. 😛 Last Friday, April 3rd, marked my tenth year of living in the big metro. I have never imagined staying here this long when I started. When I decided to leave the cool mountain city that is Baguio ten years ago, I was a naive, idealistic girl who just wanted to experience the freedom of being independent. My goal […]
Self-Motivation…
Lately, I have been sharing and liking a lot of inspirational quotes in my Facebook account. I guess it is a way to motivate myself out of my restless mood. Here are a few of those quotes: From the looks of it, I have really been feeling down and out of sorts lately. I guess I can chalk it up to stress, maybe? I don’t know. Probably this Momma is now in need of a little time for herself to regroup and come up with a new plan. The long hours at work, the stress brought upon by searching for […]
Time to Move On…
My day today started good. Even if I had to get out of bed earlier than usual, I was not grumpy about it. In fact, I was quite excited because I was looking forward to spending lunch with a couple of friends that I don’t get to see as often as I like. Well, we don’t get to see much of each other because of our own busy schedules. An hour and a half of lunch with these two started my day good. I didn’t even mind the traffic so much from Makati going to Ortigas after our lunch date […]
The Life of a Far Away Momma
Being a single working mom is already hard on its own. Being a single working mom away from your child/ren is doubly hard. Some people would think that we have it easy since someone else takes care of our child, that we can live the life the way we used to. But that is not the case. Well, not for me anyway. I have a very supportive family who takes care of my son while I work. The thing is, they live more than a 100 miles away from me. That is about 6 hours’ commute by regular bus, 4-5 […]
Forgetful Momma
It’s the 30th already in this side of the world. My brain is overloaded with a lot of information due to the project that we have just launched. I have been in several calls today, been an all around helpdesk, running back and forth from one area to another. I am feeling drained. My body hurts from being cooped in an airconditioned room, sitting in front of my laptop, reading emails and answering emails and staring at spreadsheets the whole day. I am exhausted. And then I come home today in a very quiet, lonely apartment and stare at my […]
Midnight Musings
My son slept late tonight. He usually sleeps between 9 – 10 PM however, he took his afternoon nap late, too. He napped at about 5:30 PM and I had to wake him up by 7 PM to take his dinner. So tonight, he slept at almost midnight. 😛 I have been on leave since yesterday since my sister went home yesterday due to a scheduled appointment so it is just me and my little boy until Sunday when I bring the little boy back home. Anyway, since my son slept, I was able to wash the dishes including the […]
52-Week Money Challenge
I have heard and read about the 52-week money challenge sometime last year and I thought it was a good idea. Lately, I have seen a lot of posts about this as well and I was reminded that I am supposed to start this, too. The concept of this challenge is that you set an original amount and multiply that amount by the week. For example, the original amount set is Php 1. For the first week, you set aside Php 1. On the second week, you double that amount so you set aside Php 2. On the third week, […]
Random Thoughts: New Year’s First Post
It’s been 6 days since the first day of the year and here I am, typing away this post just now. And just Random Thoughts at that. LOL! As I type this, I am currently in a conference call while sitting beside my bed where my son is snoring the night away. I am not sure how long this call will go but it seems that the issue is going to affect a whole lot of operations, especially the project that we are about to go live towards the end of this month. So, before I go further, let me […]