One month with my current job and I am so positive things about our finances will remain smooth.

I like my work, and despite the heavy load, I always look at the brighter side of it as if I’m wearing my favorite high fashion eyeglasses. Our son will be in high school already next school year, which starts in June, and my husband and I are so excited preparing for it. And aside from taking extra effort to save, I read articles that teach how you can start spending smart and find tips that I know will work for us.

And with the holidays season drawing nearer, it also means holidays spending.  But you don’t have to super spend.  Just decide how much your budget will be and stick to it, like buying $8 Rx eyeglasses!

Every experience brings out something good.  Good times become good memories; bad times become good lessons.  You never lose; you only gain from life . . . . .

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Though knee-deep flood got inside our house while waist-deep out in the street, we did not suffer as bad as they did . . . . .

Many were hurt and others died.  When the typhoon hit Metro Manila and its neighboring provinces, no one was spared – rich or poor – we are all victims . . . . .

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After a tiring week at work, my Saturday was welcomed with a very good news.

Today is the distribution of the students’ report cards and I went there this morning to pick up my son’s.  He ranks 2nd in his class, and 18th among grade6 students!  I am so proud of Jeff, and so is his father when I told him the good news a while ago.  Jeff even called up my friend (a former officemate) in her office to tell the good news, and she promised him that she’s coming over tonight.  I think she has something on her mind

Anyway, as promised, Jeff will get a reward for his hard work from me and his father.  He deserves it!

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It was a very busy week for me in my new office.  The work load I had on my first day was like a work load of someone who has been working there for years and knows every single detail of her job.  I went home tired and sleepy.  It has been like that for this whole week.

Jeff and I agreed on the new rules that come with my new schedule, like homework time and play time.  He gets home earlier than I do, so the new rules must be observed without me telling him what to do.  My husband told me that he already misses our morning chats.  We used to chat in the morning before he goes to work and in the evening when he arrives.  Now, we only have the evenings.

Well, that’s it for now.  It’s not even 10pm yet but I already am very sleepy.  Happy weekend!  Long weekend here in the Philippines because it’s holiday on Monday (National Day of Mourning declared by Malacañan due to Mr. Manalo of Iglesia ni Cristo’s burial)

Bye for now, people!

Yesterday morning, right after my interview with the second company (CompanyB) I sent my resume to, I received a call from the first company (CompanyA) asking me to come over to discuss some things.  I’m hired!  Yes, I am back in the corporate world again starting Tuesday next week and will be occupying one of the office chairs the company has there!  What a good news to end my week

Here’s the thing:  I like CompanyB more than CompanyA.  What will you do if CompanyB calls because they are hiring you but you already started working with CompanyA?  Please tell me.  I need your opinion . . . . .

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My wife and I have a secret to making a marriage last.

Two times a week, we go to a nice restaurant, have a little wine, some good food and companionship.  She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.

We also sleep in separate beds.  Hers is in Sydney and mine is in Melbourne.

I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back.

I asked my wife where she wanted to go for our anniversary.  ‘Somewhere I haven’t been in a long time!’ she said.  So I suggested the kitchen.

We always hold hands.  If I let go, she shops.

She has an electric blender, electric toaster and electric bread maker.  Then she said, ‘There are too many gadgets and no place to sit down!’.  So I bought her an electric chair.

Remember . . . . . Marriage is the number one cause of divorce.  Statistically, 100% of all divorces started with marriage.

I married Miss Right.  I just didn’t know her first name was Always.

I haven’t spoken to my wife for 18 months.  I don’t want to interrupt her.

The last fight was my fault.  My wife asked, ‘What’s on the TV?’ . . . . .  I said, ‘Dust!’

In the beginning, God created earth and rested.  Then God created man and rested.  Then God created woman.  Since then, neither God nor man has rested.

Why do men die before their wives?  ‘Cause they want to’.

Before sending my resume to the two companies, I first checked out their websites to know exactly what kind of business they are engaged in. This also helped me find the name of the person to whom I should address the email and my cover letter to, because one of the companies’ ad did not provide any, and mainly because I don’t want to send it to To Whom It May Concern because that person doesn’t exist for sure.

I sent the emails on Sunday afternoon and I got a call from one of them and scheduled me for an interview last Monday. The lady asked me how I learned her name and if somebody referred them to me. I said I searched it on the internet and she sounded impressed. A plus point? I hope so.

On my job interview on Monday, the interviewer, the lady who called me and who is also one of the co-owners of the company, asked if I had a hard time locating the place. I said no because I checked the location using Google Map. She smiled and I said to myself, ‘I come here prepared, Ma’am’.

You see, technology is a great weapon. Vehicles nowadays also use mapping & GPS for personal and business use.  Technology is good, just don’t abuse it