Mag-aapat na taon na akong nagtatrabaho. Dalawang taon ako sa Pinas at dalawang taon na dito sa ibang bayan. May trabaho naman ako pero naisip ko nalang parang may kulang.

#Adulting Hindi pa ako handa.

Hindi pa ako handang sumuko sa trabaho, pumasok sa buhay may pamilya, magkaroon ng bagong responsibilidad. Bukod sa pagiging breadwinner, main source ako ngayon ng aming pamilya. Ang  focus ko lang ay makaraos sa pang araw-araw.

Bakit hindi pa ako handa? Isa lang ang sagot ko, wala akong ipon.

Lumipas ang apat na taon na halos hindi ko nalang namalayan. May naitatabi naman pero may pinaggagastusan din ako. Bumibili ako para sa sarili at kapag may extrang pangangailangan handa ako magbigay. Hindi yun mauubos ubos. Laging may dahilan para gumastos.

Ngayon ko lang naisip ano ba talaga ang kahalagahan ng tinatawag na Savings.

May mga nag-advise naman sakin na mag-ipon. Pero pakiramdam ko kapag sinasabi nilang "Huwag kang bigay ng bigay, gastos ng gastos mag-tabi ka at mag-ipon ka." feeling pakialam niyo ba at mas lalo akong hindi nagiisip sa pera.

"Nak, mag-aral kang mabuti at pagnakatapos ka na sa pag-aaral magkakaroon ka ng magandang trabaho".

'Yun lang talaga ang nasa isip ko noon. Magtapos at magtrabaho sa mga kumpanya, sa ibang bansa. Ng makapagtapos at makapagtrabaho, I became busy saving for short-term goals, bakasyon, bili at bigay. Pag dating ng sweldo ay gastos naman.

Mga linya dati sa isip ko kung bakit hindi ako nag-iipon for long-term

• Pag may pera may pang-gastos
• Darating din ang sweldo sa kinsenas, katapusan
• May pera pa ko anung gagawin ko dito.

Money comes, money goes but we should save to make it grow and invest. Ngayon ko lang naisip ang value ng long-term savings, mga goals para paghandaan ang kinabukasan. Hindi na talaga ako pabata, hindi ko na maibabalik yung time na sana ay nakapagtabi na ako ng para sa sarili ko pero hindi pa naman huli ang lahat sabi nga nila "its' never too late to start".

Sinisimulan ko na ang pag-iipon ngayon. Nakatagpo din ako ng mga kaibigan na nagpapayo sa akin. Hindi pa man ako handang-handa pinaghahandaan ko na ito.

Happy Working Life!

My sister booked us at Villa Gracia Lemery Batangas and because it's holy week all the cottages with rooms are fully booked so we choose to stay in small cottage.

The price is Php 1,500 (cottage only) and we paid Php 20.00 per head the driver is free of charge. The resort has two swimming pools and the entrance is Php 50.00. The children pool is 3 ft and the adult from 4ft - 6ft deep.We also rent videoke for Php 1,000.00.

How I wish that we plan and book earlier so we can reserved the cottages with rooms for overnight swimming.

The place is not so far in Metro Manila. Total travel time from Quezon City to Lemery Batangas is 3 hours (without traffic). Please be careful driving around 5AM as roads in Tagaytay towards Batangas is very foggy. Fog is very scary. We can't see the road and I even used our phone for additional flashlights.

I thanks God for a safe travel and enjoyable bonding time with my family.

Below are the pictures taken in the resort.









Pros: Budget wise - affordable price, friendly staffs, videoke rental, clean beach, two swimming pools, lifeguard, fine black sand, sari-sari store, grilling areas, all cottages have bathrooms
Cons: Common toilet not clean

This is very natural, at some point in our lives, we desire something. Something we want to make someday. Different people have different point of view on how they will achieve their own desire. When this desire becomes our dream this become our ambitions. Ambitions that will push us to achieve something. Leaders are clear examples of people who have found their ambitions in life by becoming followers of our ambitions we can all become leaders to prove that dreams do come true.

“Surround yourself with the kinds of people you want to be like”



Thanks leaders for sharing and moving people forward following their dreams.

Stop muna ko from work tutal ay break ko naman ngayon, gusto ko lang i-share ang naging karanasan ko kanina. Busy Tuesday itong araw na to para sakin ngayon kasi ang deadline ng app (application for tablet) na pinagkakaabalahan namin nitong mga nakaraang linggo.

Triple checking ang ginagawa ko sa app kanina. Kahit kasi paulit-ulit ko na itong i-check may mga nakikita pa rin akong need baguhin. I asked guidance, "God,  sana wala akong ma-missed". Mag-alas dos na at kailangan kong ipasa ang Samsung Galaxy Tab sa Motorimage para ma-final check din nila ang contents ng application.

Sa may Tanglin nakakuha ako ng cab, unang tanong agad sa akin ni Uncle ay "Are you Myanmar?" sumenyas ako ng hindi habang nakangiti at nagsabi si Uncle na "Ah.. Philippines ah" at sumagot ako ng "Yes, Uncle". Hanggang sa nag-simula ang biyahe na nagkukwentuhan kame ni Uncle. Naging masaya ang kwentuhan naming dalawa hanggang sa nung magbabayad na ako hindi ako pinabayad ni Uncle. Binigyan niya ko ng receipt at ang sabi niya ay free na daw ang fare ko sa kanya. Pilit kong inaabot ang $10 ko dahil umabot ng $7 plus ang ride. Ayaw talagang tanggapin ni Uncle, nakangiti lang siya sa akin. Kinukuha ko ang name at number niya pero sabi niya ay huwag na daw. Nakangiti lang ako kanina at hindi ko alam kung paano ako magpapasalamat. Kailangan ko ng umalis para maiabot ang tablet sa showroom, iniwan ko nalang ang name at numero ko kay Uncle at nagpasalamat ako.

Hindi ito ang unang beses na naililibre ako sa pamasahe pero ito ang unang beses na may manglibre sa aking ng pamasahe sa taxi dito sa Singapore. Minsan na din akong nailibre ng pamasahe sa bus. Nagkataon naman non na buong $2 ang pera ko kaya di ako pinabayad sa bus ni Uncle. Tanging ngiti at salamat nalang ang nasabi ko.

Sa lugar namin sa Pinas madalas akong malibre ng pamasahe lalo na sa tricycle. Halos mga kakilala ko na din kasi ang mga driver doon at kung minsan naman ay kapag may nakakasabay akong kakilala nililibre nila ako. Gawain ko din ang manglibre ng kakilala lalo na kapag may nakakasabay akong mas bata sa akin (mga estudyante) o di naman kaya ay sobrang tanda na akin (mga matatandang kakilala).

Ang nangyari kanina ay isa sa hindi ko malilimutan. Sobrang bait ni Uncle, nagkwentuhan kame about sa trabaho hanggang mapunta sa pamilya. Nabanggit ko kay Uncle na ulila na ako sa Tatay at taxi driver din ang cause of living ng pamilya namin noon. Sa sobrang iksing time na nakausap ko si Uncle sa totoo lang ay magaan ang loob ko sa kanya kakwentuhan, para ko siyang tatay kung kausapin. May anak din si Uncle na halos ka-edad ko ang bunso at habang nag-uusap kame kanina ay para din kameng mag-ama lang. Parang hindi makapaniwala si Uncle na sa edad kong 22 ay nasa labas na ko ng bansa para magtrabaho. Ito marahil ang dahilan kaya ako nailibre ng pamasahe ni Uncle. Sinabihan din ako ni Uncle na "You're so young. You're so pretty". Napangiti nalang ako. :)

Uncle, kung nasan ka man ngayon I pray you safety sa pagmamaneho at good health.

Ma, stay strong andito kame mama nagmamahal sayo. Wala man ang presence nila Tatay at Tito Alex ma alam kong hindi ka nila iniwan.. they will never leave us.. keep on that strength ma.. Remember the love you shared together that is something this world can never take apart.

Mama, pacencia na ma kung nung tumawag po ako kanina wala na akong masabi,  naiyak na lang ako ma, lalo na ma nung narinig ko na boses mo.. Nabigla ako ma, namis ko po si tito alex..Mahal na mahal at mis na mis ko kayo lahat ma..

My first time visiting the Jade Buddha was last Thursday, my colleagues invited me to come and see the Jade Buddha For Universal Peace at Takashimaya located in Ngee Ann City, it takes just about 10 minutes from the office.


The viewing was started last January 14 and will end on January 26, 2012. Jade Buddha was the largest jade Buddha statue in the world, weighing 4 tons in 2.7 meters tall. Some of the event highlights are Blessing from Holy Relics, Viewing of Holy Relics, Construction of Kuan Yin Sand Mandala, Tara Puja for Peace and Happiness and Dzambhala Puja for Wealth and Prosperity.


There were also offerings and prayers. When you go inside you will see a bunch of rice available for offerings. The rice cost $5 per kilograms, there were 50,000 kilograms of rice available to the Jade Buddha statue throughout the exhibition. There were fliers and reading booklets available for free distribution. You can donate at whatever amount you have.


First, we walk three times in clockwise circumambulation around statue of Buddha while we are viewing Holy Relics.  Then we queue to received the Blessings of Holy Relics. Relics was referring to a kind of pearl-like crystals found after the cremation of Buddhist Masters. I watched them first to see how to received the blessings. First, kneel down in front of Buddhist Master and he will placed the Holy Relics while praying on your heads. I do what they do. My colleagues asked me if I'm feeling comfortable and I said I'm fine. Even I'm not Buddhist and it's my first time to experienced this I feel fine and comfortable. I respect their beliefs and faith. When I kneel down I closed my eyes and made a wish. We also went at the Sand Mandala, it was very amazing. The monks were carefully placing the sand beads on the mandala. Along the sides, I bought t-shirt for EJ. The t-shirt says "Live Work Die Meditate Enjoy with Compassion." I also tried spinning the Prayer Wheel on the exhibition.


The second time was on the second day of Chinese New Year, I invited EJ to come and visit.


My third time visiting was last Wednesday with my colleagues again. In almost two weeks Jade Buddha was in Singapore I visited three times and the experience was amazing.

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Some months after the burial of my father, my uncle conspired with my step mother and sold my father's properties to a Chinese Expatriate. On a faithful morning I opened my father's briefcase and found out document which my beloved late father used and deposit money in a Bank in Burkina Faso , with my name as the next of kin. I travelled to Burkina Faso to withdraw the money so that I can start a better life and take care of myself. The Branch manager of the Bank whom I met in person told me that my present status does not permit me by the local law to clear money or make a transfer of money into an account, he advice me to provide a trustee who will help me and invest the money or I should wait till when I will get married it demand by their Authority.


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I basically taught myself for everything when there's something new I really want. When I got my first real job as a Junior Web and Graphics Designer in Outsourcing City at Mandaluyong I didn't know more on web and graphics designing, I just know how to open Photoshop and play around.


Working at night shift has never been easy for me because I'm quiet scared travelling alone late at night but I need to meet the schedule working hours on California. Within six months working at night, I had learned designing microsites and layouting page templates for eBay. Coding one page layouts and email marketing templates was really an exciting task and with relative ease. Working at night keeps my determination and eagerness to learn more. No matter how much they curse me, but I love what I'm doing.


I experienced many trials and errors, CSS problems most specially. Why this elements can't be aligned and everything but without those CSS disasters, I wouldn't know a little what I know now. I’m sure they’ll be more, too. For me, solving the problem in CSS is what’s addictive.


I love web design, from planning, brainstorming, layouting, coding, debugging - I love what I do. I believe in work what you want to work and I'm definitely sure on my path. I always keep in mind let your passion drive you.


However, I wish I’d known about PHP and MySQL more. If I will be going to rate myself in PHP, my rate is 1. I just used it creating contact forms and PHP includes files for many pages for static sites and that's all. Good thing there's Wordpress for someone like me that can only read php codes but don't write codes, WP is probably the best way to go.


Last 2010, I enter freelancing because of not enough paid work, sigh** I'm being honest. It started when there's a friend of mine who referred me to create company website. The feeling that they trust my skills and capabilities is a big plus on my confidence. That's the start of my big love on creating websites in freelancing. In fact I would say that I get a bit obsessive about creating websites in small businesses that wants to have online presence on the web.


I also experienced Joomla handling clients from Netherland under Online-apps.nl and Wordpress recently. When I discovered jQuery as an amazing tool for front-end development, I felt the urge learn some JavaScript first but above all I'm still engaged in doing lot of Photoshop works.


When I was hired at 88DB Philippines, it becomes an eye opener for me to enter corporate world than just working freelance at home, 7 days a week. It gives me another opportunity to meet friends in a very nice working place, but it didn't stop me in creating freelance websites for businesses.


Freelancing granted me to know different kind of clients, to trust people. Through freelancing, I have meet a special friend who gave me opportunity to work outside the box and my boyfriend who become my mentor in proper coding. I am very thankful with every single opportunity crossed in my life.


Now I now live in Singapore lah, currently our company having difficulties in their management financially. I hope to stay and had modest goals for my life as a web designer. What important to me is working in a stable company, friendly environment and growth in career as well.


The whole point of writing this article was to share with you little things about me, that life is in fact, what you make of it. If you want to change, there really is nothing stopping you from doing so. Just growing up. 

Good morning Tuesday!

I always start my day checking notifications at Facebook, bulk of emails at Gmail and reading tweets at Twitter. While reading short tweets in Twitter, I saw gmanews tweets asking "Sapat bang ipagbawal ang mga computer shop malapit sa paaralan para iwas-bulakbol ang mga estudyante?". I replied, depends :).





I've been working in 2 years now, how I missed being a student.

Computer shops near our school plays important role in my student life, not just because I am a computer student in college but because computer shops was one of our favorite place to hang-out. :) There was a time when I was in highschool that I was so excited after class.. because after class was our time at Zirconia - one of the nearest computer shops at our school that time.

EJ was one of my dearest highschool friend, I asked him if he could help me in searching my assignment in Filipino. Nah! it was hard to searched because what we need were old filipino music lyrics. So I asked him if he could help me out.. I was beside him and I noticed that he was so familiar using the web and typed very fast at keyboard. Wow! I was really amazed that time. We have computer at home but we are not interested using it, kinda bored. No internet.

Then I knew, EJ spent lot of his spare time playing games that makes him very familiar using computer.

That's the beginning of my interest in computer. Gusto ko din ma-master, exploring the world wide web.

So nung nag-college na kame pinayuhan ako ni EJ na kunin ang Bachelor of Science in Computing na course kesa sa Engineering course (Civil Engineer). Wala akong regrets sa course na kinuha ko, ang sabi ko sa sarili ko kinuha ko to tatapusin ko :)

Ganto lang naman ang naging buhay estudyante namin noon.

Eksena 1: "Ang init! Tara, sa computer shop tayo"
Palamigan din namin dati ang mga computer shops :)

Eksena 2: "Asan sila? Nasa computer shop."
Sa malapit na computer shop sa school sila madalas matatagpuan (sila - refers to my classmates)

Eksena 3: "Dito lang ako sa BJ Computer Shop, wait kita dito"
Nagiging antayan din namin ang computer shop, Hehehe. Computering while waiting! Hahah.

Eksena 4: "Dota? Dota!"
Nanonood ako habang nagdodota sila.. Ayoko matuto. Heheh.

Eksena 5: "Wala daw si Sir! . . Sige, computer muna ako."
Haha. Mahal na mahal ko dati ang Friendster, so I always keep in touch. Changing my Friendster layout, adding bit html codes when I'm putting testimonials to my friends.

Eksena 6: "15 pesos x 5 hours = Php 75.00 para sa internet cost"
Ubos ang pera, ang bilis ng oras 5 hours na palang nasa computer shop.

Di ko na maalala ung ibang eksena pero lahat nangyayare sa computer shop. Doon kame natuto. Nagiging tambayan namin. Minsan nga me time na dun na kame nagkikita-kita magkakaklase, kahit di naman nag-usap. Super close kame sa mga computer shops. Nagiging friend din namin ang mga nagbabantay. Sa halos araw-araw ba naman na nakikita nila kame eh namememorize na kame. Pero hindi naman namin pinabayaan ang pag-aaral namin non :)

As college students, self-discipline pa rin talaga. Hindi palaging dis-advantage, me advantages din. Pag wala naman kasing magawa sa school, wala ang prof, talagang ang bagsak namin kung hindi sa mga foodchains sa SM Manila, sa mga computer shops sa may San Marcelino ang bagsak namin. :)

First time ito Snorkeling at Batangas :)


Advance Pa-birthday ni Arvi :)

These will be my first year Christmas Party with 88DB and Jobsdb family. I uploaded my desktop screenshot to celebrate black Christmas ^_^ Our theme was Immortal and we should dress according to our group theme.

May God bless us on these event :)

Thank you folks! Ü