A new path to take

I must admit that I am no longer that interested in practicing my profession. I used to work as an accountant. I am licensed and I used to work for a multinational corporation. I got tired of all the pressure, stress, and politics at work so I quit! I am now a freelance writer. I have never been happier in my life!

So I can understand my cousin when she told me that she doesn't want to work in the office anymore. She wants to take up a massage therapy course and open up a business of her own. A spa. Something that she's passionate about for years now. She wants to feel free from the bonds of the corporate workplace and try her hand on managing her own business.

It's a new path for her to take and one which I support 100%. I wish her luck!

Strong, resilient women.

I admire strong, resilient women. I have a lot of them in the family, and some very close friends and neighbors. I've seen them fall down, dust themselves off, and rise up like nothing happened. They have weathered so many storms yet they can still smile and laugh out loud.

I wish to be that kind of a woman now and for the rest of my life.

Are you?

Hoping it will.

This pent-up madness inside me doesn't make sense right now. I do hope that one day it will make sense, finally. I just wish that by that time, I am still whole to accept the meaning of it all.

I have a lot of things to do this weekend. I pray that I will be given enough strength, perseverance, discipline and patience to see it all through before Monday comes in again.

Happy weekend, people! I hope everything is making sense in your lives.

Always grateful!

I may hate a bit from time to time but I am a person who will always remain grateful for every little thing that happens in my life. Both good and bad, the latter making me stronger than I used to be.

Of course, I won't be a hypocrite and say that I don't detest the worries and problems. I do hate those things! I hate the nagging issues and all of that. But this is life and I should be grateful for the good things than dwell on the bad.

Happy Monday everyone! I am begging the good Lord that this week will bring in blessings by the thousands!

:)

Lots of naps needed!

Most of the time you annoy the living hell out of me! I try to avoid seeing stuff about you. I try to avoid ever reading anything about you! But there are times when I couldn't help it. I had no control over what I see sometimes.

And the amount of self-control to stop myself from saying anything... tons of it! I need tons of it!

Nap!

A romantic serenade

The two guys were carrying guitars. They looked mighty fine on that cool Friday night. They came from the city. They went to the barrio to sing a sweet serenade to the lady who captured the heart of one of the men.

It took them three songs before the lady appeared at the window. The young folks in the area were teasing them about it. It was a sweet serenade and the guys have great voices. The lady was swooning from the attention given to her.

After four songs, the guys were allowed to enter the house by the lady's father. They got to talk and the enamored guy promised to be back the next day to formally court the lady. He did. And he is now being seriously considered to be the lady's escort to the grand ball the barrio is preparing for next month.

Something to think about today...

Have fun and happy weekend people!

Tremendous favor to you and me.

Let go of those who don't contribute to anything positive in our lives. There are people who seem to be sweet and kind in front of us but actually poison our spirit with what and who they truly are. Wolf in sheep's clothing. I know some people who are like that. I try to stay away from them as much as I can.

It will be a tremendous favor to you and me if we can be as far away as possible from this kind of people.

Happy Friday people!

:)

Risks.

In need of renovation funds

I am desperately in needs of funds for the renovation of our house's second floor. Right now, it's functioning as a storage area for all the junk we have. But soon, it will become home to my brother and his wife and kid. That is mainly the reason why I want the second floor renovated as soon as possible. After the wedding on August, they will be staying with us already.

I just want a nice place for the new family to stay at. I also honestly want our home to be presentable to my brother's in-laws. I don't want them to be able to say anything against our family so I want their new 'home' to be as comfortable and presentable as possible.

I do believe that's not too much to ask and hope for, right?

Excited for the coming baby ;-)

We are all definitely looking forward to December. It will mean two new additions to the family: my brother's soon-to-be wife and their baby. Yey!!!

I am praying that they be kept safe all the time and for the coming baby to be healthy.

Can't wait!

;)

Still working at home...

It's been seven years now since I began working at home. I quit the corporate world to work on my own and I must say I am happy with the result. It was a scary decision I made but I made it! And now, seven years later, I am still here working at home, doing something I am really passionate about.

I am praying I will be able to do this a decade more. Or for the rest of my life!

I am happy with working at home and I know it will be really hard for me once I will go back to working in the office.

Just breathe. And let go.

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is the best option for you.

Let go and let God.

Happy Sunday everyone!

;)

Someday...

More often than not, I get this overwhelming regret for the wrong decisions I've made in the past. I feel it in my whole being. Sometimes it becomes too much that I would get depressed over it.

I know you will say that I should get over it because it's in the past and I can change my future blah blah. To tell you the truth, I know that and I've been trying to change my future for the past couple of years now. Trying to make a better tomorrow all the time. But there were lapses in judgment. There were visits from the past that I had no control over. There were times when I felt I was being haunted by my past...

I keep telling myself and other people that I am happy where I am now. I am actually happy except there's always a "but" in most of my sentences. So I don't know if something's lacking in my life because I am still plagued with so many regrets and worries.

I could have done better. I could have listened more. I could have said no. I could have turned my back before it was too late.

:(

Someday I will learn to totally forget the mistakes I did. Someday I will be able to forgive myself.

Buckets of tears

I cried buckets of tears over my disappointment with a love one. After all the sacrifices, after everything I did, I don't know how he could raise his voice to me and accuse me of being maramot.

Of all people, ako pa ang naging maramot!

My heart broke when I heard it. I don't know what to say or do anymore. He is old enough to know right from wrong but it seems to me that he will always insist he's the right one no matter how wrong he is.

I blame myself for the way he became. I spoiled him and I shielded him from the pain of learning his way through life. It is all my fault!

And I will regret this for the rest of my life.

:(

Going back there...

That's yours truly in a cable car ride at Ngong Ping Village, Hong Kong. I am not too fond of heights and since my imagination always runs wild, I was imagining almost the whole ride that I would plunge to my death. Ha! Ha! Ha!

But I will go back there next year and I will ride that cable car again!

I miss Hong Kong!

;)

*I also reminisced about my 2011 Hong Kong trip here.

Book Friend

When my sister and I went to Thailand last August, one of the first things I checked out was the nearest bookstore. The one above called Book Friend was just a few blocks away from the hotel where we stayed at.

I got a kick out of seeing popular titles with Thai translations like the following...

Remember by Mary Higgins Clark

Snow White & the Huntsman

The Book of the Damned by DA Fowler

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Sky is Falling by Sydney Sheldon

I have more photos of bestsellers translated into Thai as well as their local paperbacks. I had a blast just going around that Thai bookstore.

Happy Tuesday everyone!

;)

Stay away, negative thoughts!

I believe this to be true.

We should always consider negative thoughts to be thieves. We don't let them in our houses because they steal away what's valuable to us. Negative thoughts do the same thing to our minds. It steal away whatever is good inside it.

Do you want what's good inside your mind stolen?

I don't think so!

So make sure to step away from any negative thoughts or emotions. It will ruin what's good inside you. Maybe not right away but slowly, eventually, it will.

Someday, I will go there, too!

It won't be soon as I don't have that kind of money to spend, but it will take place in the near future. I want to travel to Europe and explore a bit. London, Paris, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain. And Brussels, too!

Someday...

;)

Life is indeed beautiful! ♥

There are so many things to be thankful of. All the beautiful things around, small and big, is a cause for joy. Waking up, breathing, and even a simple act of standing is a blessing.

Life is indeed beautiful!

Celebrate life!

Happy weekend everyone!

;)