December 10, 2007

 INSTRUCTION:
1. Posts 5 links to 5 of your previously written posts. The posts have to relate to the 5 key words given below.
2. Tag 5 other friends to do this meme. Try to tag at least 2 new acquaintances (if not, your current blog buddies will do) so that you get to know them each a little bit better.
3. Don’t forget to read the archived post and leave comments.

Link 1 must be about FAMILY : not so little
Link 2 must be about FRIEND : porto
Link 3 must be about YOURSELF : too old
Link 4 must be about YOUR LOVE : significant other’s tag
Link 5 can be ANYTHING YOU LIKE : andrea’s walk to remember

Please feel free to snag this as well

Learning something from school is sooo different from actually doing something. I have taken up several units in Management and Business and although it’s very helpful, it cannot compare to actually experiencing it first hand.   Now that I have to actually do the things I’ve learned about I often find myself looking for guides to help my. I bought several books on business performance management and they are luckily helping me very much.  I seriously can’t wait for the formal training this January…

Ruy and I both work long hours which means that time with Andrea is a rare commodity.  I am always fearful of Andrea not knowing us enough or feeling like we’re not there. That’s why I really look forward to the times when we can play and enjoy each other’s company. It melts my heart when I see that Andrea not only recognizes us but actually prefers us over other people. It feels like we’re doing something right somehow when these things happen.

I realized that money talk has become a permanent fixture in my blog.  I wish I didn’t have to think about money much I think it is very unbecoming. I also believe that not talking about money is also tantamount to being dishonest. Everything is moving so fast in and around the Philippines that people are feeling more and more insecure about their financial welfare.

I understand that more and more people are understanding the need to save and invest in order to protect their income. I  would be very honest and tell everyone that I am practically a moron when it comes to investing and the like. Thank goodness for the internet and all the helpful sites offering information on these things. 

I have made a lot of money mistakes which I think I could have avoided have I been better informed and advised.  I would like to think I know a bit better now and hopefully in 2 years time, there would be less posts here worrying about money.

“I was born standing up, and talking back…”

 This seems to be true with Andrea. She wouldn’t stop walking and moving around and standing and pushing herself to her limit. Much to the chagrin of my entire family’s sensitive nervous system.  Today, while asking to be carried she decided to climb up her playpen. She was able to hoist herself halfway up the net of the crib before gravity grabbed hold of her. Can you imagine a small baby doing this?

I almost screamed.

I have sooo many files stored in my laptop. Pictures of Andrea, files for work. I honestly don’t know what I’ll do when I lose these files. I thought I could protect myself by getting 2 4gb flash disks…but guess what? One of the flash disks caught a virus and VOILA all my files was gone in 5 seconds.

I can’t risk going through this again and so I’m trying to find a way of backing-up everything I have.  I have heard of online backup and this is looking like a good option. It’s so much more economical than getting a physical hard drive plus you have the option of accessing your files wherever you are. It would be very important that this is a stable company, imagine the risk of putting all your files in a server then having that company close without any warning. I would cry if that ever happened to me.

During my research IBackup keeps on popping up and it’s looking very attractive right now?  It has won several awards and supports Open File Backups. Have any of you tried this service?

Andrea turned 9 yesterday and we’re beyond shocked at how fast everything’s going. Here’s a picture of her trying to grab her cake.

Her personality is really showing. It’s obvious that she’s extremely strong willed and I’m happy about that. I don’t want a pushover for a daughter. I’m sure this will come and bite me in the ass someday (when she’s a teenager and would refuse to follow me probably) but I’m still sooo happy that Andrea’s what she is.

Jen has tagged our home as the House of Ruru. She’s referring to the fact that Ruy has turned our home into a sort of restaurant with all his fancy cooking. Yes Ruy is a good cook and he’s also very adventurous and experimental when it comes to cooking. 

Jen was suggesting that we put up a restaurant and as much as I would love to do that, the thought of it scares me. We can’t be as risky as in the past as we have Andrea to think of now.  The fact that there aren’t a lot of companies in the Philippines which offers Small Business Financing doesn’t help our cause much as well. If we had something like EZUnsecured which provides easy processing, fast funding and awesome service maybe we’d have a better chance of setting up a restaurant.

If we’re only oozing with money this would be a fun venture that we could undertake. Meanwhile, we’ll just have to contend ourselves with dining for two in the House of Ruru

Guess who got her Starbucks Planner today? Guess who guess who?

ME!!!

I am sooo happy even if I’m not going to use it at all. I’m actually giving it to my grandmother who likes these things. I have stopped pretending that I use a planner. I end up forgetting it by the time February rolls around.

I am now refusing to call myself a hungry wolf…I shall call myself a vixen…a very very hungry vixen. I have finally been approved by PPP for this blog and I am beyond happiness. It hasn’t been an easy ride because of the Wordpress hoopla which forced me to move to my own domain but I have to say it’s definitely worth it. I have dollar signs on my eyes right now I’m telling you.

Why am I going crazy about PPP anyway?  I would have to say that PPP is the most established platform when it comes to blogging ads.  It has been around for so long that it already has a steady base of advertisers which means I won’t have days without ads. 

I’m quite amazed at how easy making money online has been. Imagine just by blogging you get to earn so much money. It’s paid my HSBC bill for the past 2 months!! The best part is I get to work at my own pace like last week I had an insane amount of work so I chose to post only one ad.  The  fact that my husband and a lot of my other friends are involved with PPP also makes it much more fun for me.

This was a tag from Jen.

5 Things Found In My Bag
–Cell Phone
–Wallet
–Plastic Envelope with random papers, receipts, prescriptions, notes, etc.
–Company ID
–Leather Wallet Containing Calling Cards (mine and others)

5 Things Found In My Wallet
–Credit cards
–ATM cards
–Random Frequent Shopper Cards (SM, Mercury, BudgetLane, Shopwise, Coffee Bean, etc)
–Insane amount of receipts
–Driver’s License

5 Things Found In My Room
–Ruy (hahaha)
–Computer
–Lamp
–Andrea’s Toys
–Ruy’s Insane Collection of mess =) (i say this with as much love as possible)

5 Things I’ve Always Wanted To Do
–Be a make-up artist
–Stay in a hotel without TV and PC (I’ve done it already but I still want to do it)
–Be able to eat foie gras and truffles all day without gaining weight
–Be a consistent blogger
–Be wonderful with excel

5 Things I’m Currently Into
–Working
–Andrea and my small family
–Being better at everything
–Be a better manager
–Be something my family can be proud of

5 People to Tag for This Meme
Ruy
Jen Tan
Van
Litzie
Tinggay

I scheduled a meeting with my boss this week. I am aching for feedback. It’s true that I’m lucky enough to have a wonderful working and personal relationship with my boss. I can tell him pretty much everything and we’re pretty much seeing eye to eye in 88% of the things we talk about. I also respect him enough to follow him during the 12% of the times when I don’t agree with him.

I asked for feedback because I’m afraid of being stagnant. I don’t want to be stuck in a rut just because things are working. I want to continually improve and find out how I can improve.  I also want to pick his brain about Business valuation errr evaluation I mean and Business strategies. I’m quite excited for this meeting….wish me luck!!

To say that my car is in tip-top shape would be an understatement. Let me tell you about the situation of my car. First, the windshield was hit by a stray rock while driving down Balara. Next, the front was hit by someone while I was parked. Lastly, I was hit by an ambulance on the side.

My car has indeed been bruised a lot and I would gladly accept car donations from generous sponsors. Hahaha…

If I only had the money, I would give up this car to this company which accepts car donations in order to fund the production of videos for kids and teens. At least my car would be going to a good cause. Unfortunately I don’t have much money so I guess I better stick to my original plan of asking for car donations. =)

I have been a very very bad blogger.

I have around 10 unanswered comments. I haven’t blog-hopped. I don’t know what’s happening with everyone. No wonder Santa’s looking so grumpy. I definitely won’t be getting gifts this year. Hahaha

Sorry guys, work went beyond crazy last couple of weeks. I’ll try to be a better blogger starting now. I’ll do my opps, then i’ll answer your comments, I’ll accept and acknowledge the awards then I’ll blog hop. =)