Just a few reminders
Blogtoprofit: I need to re-submit sterndal dot com. Apparently, my blog was rejected due to “copying contents from other sites” which is totally silly! I sent an e-mail to the admin explaining a few things and luckily, I got a reply from them telling me that they are willing to re-evaluate my blog 
Weeh!
ATM: I’m already running out of cash (just 120 pesos in my wallet!), have to withdraw asap! I also need to drop by the supermarket to buy diapers and other baby supplies, then go to Meralco to settle our electricity bill. I’m just thankful that I already paid Mrs. Money-Eater in full last payday so I don’t have to see her face tomorrow and hopefully forever. Never again will I allow myself to be treated like a common criminal. No sir, no ma’am! (mimicking a character from one of VC Andrews’ novels).
NSO/SSS: Having trouble with my membership in social security systems. The clerk said my SSS number/ID is just temporary because I haven’t submitted my birth certificate yet. HUH?! But I already gave it to them four and a half years ago! GRRR! I was told that if I want to apply for a salary loan, I have to give them my NSO certified birth certificate. So okay fine. But I’ve already lost my copy so now I need to request for a new one.
Passport: I can feel it! My dreams of working abroad are starting to realize. It was not that impossible as I have first imagined. When the angel told me about it, I honestly thought it was too good to be true. But, you know, opportunities come unexpected and in cluster. First, there is a chance of working in Korea (initially as a TNT but my friend’s friend’s friend promised to help me find a tutorial job as soon as I get there). Then, there came another one which is not sure yet but the mere fact that the angel considered me for this opportunity is enough to keep me joyful for the past few days I think it means she considers me as a friend! Anyway, I’m getting a passport, just in case any of the two will push through.
Dental We’re already two months late for our cleaning and check-up. I need to phone my dentist’s secretary to ask for an appointment not only because Mom is already freaking out but I’m also paying a small fortune for my and my mother’s medicard. I don’t really want to use our health insurance because that might mean being terribly sick, but dental is different, doesn’t necessarily mean we have cancer.
A Penchant for Video Games
It seems that my brother has already gotten tired of Counter Strike. Now all he wants to do with his PS2 is to play Madden 10. He’s so addicted to it, he knows the name of each character. Unlike Counter Strike, Madden 10 is not about shooting and killing people. It is a realistic video game based on the national football league of America. This game is not really violent so my mother no longer freaks out everytime Jason brings his friends to our house to play PS2.
For as long as I could remember, Jason’s strong liking for video games started when he was still a little child and he simply didn’t outgrow it and would probably never outgrow it. Playstation, X-Box, Nintendo, etc. Name it, he knows how to play it. He even knows the requirements on how to install such games in his PC even if he’s not an IT graduate. One time, I asked him if all his salaries are just going to those webgames. He’d buy prepaid cards every week just so he can play, not just Madden 10 but a lot of other videogames as well. I was surprised to know that he is able to get free games from the web. He said, there are a lot of interesting games in Yahoo that come for free.
Aunt Nerizza’s Future is so Bright
Aunt Nerizza phoned yesterday to share the good news. She’s been applying for a teaching job in the US and after a couple of months of communicating with her sister, Aunt Leticia who is also a teacher for special children in San Diego, CA, she finally got a job in a small learning center in Houston. My mother turned on her cellphone’s loudspeaker so we can all listen to her story. There was no doubt on how happy and excited she was. Just two years ago, she went to Taiwan to teach grade school students but went home shortly after three months because the employer, unfortunately, wasn’t paying her wages right. As far as I know, her salary should be 500 dollars as per contract, but she only got 200 dollars or so. To cut the story short, she went home peniless and depressed. But now, she’s once again full of hopes and dreams. In fact, she already has a lot of plans.
First, Aunt Leticia told her that she needs to learn how to drive. Since, driving lessons are too expensive in the US, she will have to enroll in a driving class here in Manila. Apparently, there are no jeepneys and tricycles in Houston and getting a cab everyday to get to work would be very expensive. She needs a car but Aunt Leticia promised that she’ll take care of it. Second, she needs to find a nice place where she could stay, not necessarily luxury apartments in Houston but just somewhere safe and comfortable. She’ll be all by herself the moment she arrives in Houston because Aunt Leticia won’t be there to assist. But finding Houston apartments wouldn’t be that hard. There are websites in the internet that can help, such as houstonapartmentlocator.org. Third, she needs to spend a lot of time with her son, Hans Christian. Two years without vacation leave is too long, the four year old boy would surely miss his mother.
During Aunt Nerizza’s call, we sensed that she’s not 100% happy with the opportunity. She had emphasized over and over again that if only Hans’s father didn’t passed away too soon, she wouldn’t even think of working abroad. Mothers, you know, they always think about their child/children’s future. She has a lot dreams, she wants her son to study college in America someday, Harvard if possible As of this writing, she still has one month to bond with her son and watch her favorite television programs such as CNN and National Geographic.
Page Rank 1 is not so bad
The four long months of waiting is finally over. My other blogs got PR too. All PR1 but I’m fine with that considering that I’m not exactly deserving even for page rank 1. I didn’t work much. I was too lazy to write new posts and although I was able to get a list of high ranking directories from a friend, I didn’t find the luxury of time to manually submit all my four blogs. Thing is, I’ll have to register and confirm the submission through e-mail one by one and unfortunately, I can only stay online for less than an hour everyday. I got other important things to attend to. I also asked a number of bloggers to exchange links with me but either they ignore me or they’d add me only to delete me after a few days or so. I have no idea what went wrong. I made sure their links were visible in my sidebar. So, there, I was discouraged to fill up my Blogroll. Good thing, Miss Vienna, Miss Ruthi and Kaye offered to exchange links with me. Makes me wonder why it was a lot easier back then to ask for exlinks? It only took me a few days to get 80 exlinks for my first blog. Now it’s taking me forever to get 20! Mmmm. I have an idea. I have a bad record. Haha! I used to talk to a lot of bloggers, telling them “exlinks please” and most often than not, I got a shining, shimmering, splendid “Yes, sure” in my chatbox. But, you know, I easily forget about a lot of things. Like awards, tags, memes. Nobody really complained, but I have a bad feeling I wasn’t able to add them all. Could it be that they don’t want to add me now because they think I don’t keep my word? I hope not. Anyway, PR1isn’t that bad, I can always wait for the next PR update.
Re-reading VC Andrews
To satisfy my love for reading, I always save a part of my salary for buying inexpensive books and magazines. This allows me to purchase anything that goes on sale at National Bookstore, Booksale and Buy-the-Book. I’m not exactly a big fan of VC Andrews, it doesn’t matter to me who wrote the book, I’d buy literally anything that catches my interest. But I find her writing style entertaining and the words used are often simple, which means to say I don’t have to constantly check my dictionary for definitions I’ve also read Sheldon’s and Rice’s novels but theirs are not cheaply priced and I’m honestly limiting my monthly budget to 500 pesos.
We will have a 3-day vacation for the Holloween and all I want to do for the holidays is to read, read, read! I missed reading! Since I started blogging last October 2008, that hobby has been put aside. I used to read at least one novel per week, now it’s amazing if I’d finish a book in a month. But I’m really going back to reading. Not that I’m giving up blogging. I just don’t want to forget my first love.
My budget for this month went to “The Frank Family that Survived.” It’s a great story, I cried over the fact that it was based on a true story. It also made me want to read “The Diary of a Young Girl” by Anne Frank but that’ll have to wait. For now, I want to re-read all family series of VC Andrews.
