HOW I STARTED MY YOUNG LIVING ESSENTIAL OILY JOURNEY

Long ago, I was a member of this mommy group based in Manila when the oiling wave reached the Philippines. It had been the talk everywhere in the group including the admins for months and as a new mom, it hit me likewise. I researched about it and was drawn back by the price offering back then of $160.00 US Market. The Philippine market was yet to open back then.

Fast forward to 3 years later, an officemate had her Premium Starter Kit delivered straight to our office. As she unboxed her kit, I was totally amazed as to how the Kit and oils look and smell of in actual. It was entirely a different experience. So I was like I want one! As in now na! LOL 😂

Quickly, I registered as a member after a friend sent me a personal message on Messenger offering a three-month lay away for a kit. That was last January 2019, the last batch with the PSK from the US market with the Desert Mist diffuser.

When I received my kit, all I did was diffuse Lavender and Lemon and Peppermint again and again and again. And looked for more diffuser blends there and tried it over. Oh gosh the first night we've diffused was like heaven. I get to sleep at once without the need to play on my mobile phone for hours to strain my eyes.

It had been an game changer ever since.

My daughter always hated the taste of antibiotics and paracetamols whenever she'll have a fever. And thanks to these oils, simple and consistent topical applications gets her temperature back to normal without the need for her to take medications.

My husband who has have an allergic rhinitis and keeps on coughing because per his complains his throat is always dry. I initially made a blend for him to aid his allergies but complains again that it is oily on the skin and reluctant to apply it as it smells bad. Thus, I made an essential oil blend and put it in an empty nasal inhaler. Voila! Coughing gone!

These are only a few of the changes I noticed since we've started oiling apart from the personal testimonies I have encountered.

Shoul you want to know more about essential oils logon here. Should you wish to grab a kit now, hit this link.

HOW TO GO OVER THOSE WHO DIDN'T ACCEPT YOUR FB FRIEND REQUEST

Do you usually add people you meet somewhere on social media like Facebook? Like when you meet friends when you joined a travel group somewhere going to Sagada or to Siargao, or when you enrolled to a class to enhance your knowledge on a new hobby.

'Cause to me, when I find somebody very interesting or I'd want to know more about them or I expect to meet them again, I'd usually add them on Facebook. Like I have three thousand plus friends already from all over the world because admit it or not, somewhere along the way you always need that connection.

However, there are people who regards their social media profiles as very personal sanctuaries and adding them means like invading their own personal space. So you gotta have to respect them.

Now here is a step by step guide on how to recheck those whom you have sent a friend request since you a got your facebook profile. You go with these same steps on mobile or on PC.

STEP 1: Go to you profile.
STEP 2: Click Activity Log.
STEP 3: Select from the drop down list in Category: "SENT FRIEND REQUEST".

And voila, you can now go through those people who never want you invade their own personal bubble.

Yes, you're welcome!

NEW SCANDAL 2019

It happened next to my office table. I was shocked! No elicadeza at all! 😂😂😂

Of Motherhood, Work and Entrepreneurship: A struggle

You haven't heard from me for a while.

So much has happened since 2014. I got married, got pregnant, moved into a new house, settled on a permanent government post, and a lot lot more.

So much has changed ever since yet my urge to write is still there. Though these days I hardly written long enough on my journals and my notes end up on a piece of receipt, a torn page of a magazine or on a notepad, I still wanted to write something.

I have this intense feeling inside me to document things that has happened so in the future I would be glad to look it up and read them again in delight.

And so to give you a fast update on what had happened, I am now a mother. I so love my daughter that I could spend time with her doing nothing just cuddling. My world has revolved around her since 2014 and the things that excites me involving her. Perhaps I could write something about co sleeping, cloth diapering and baby wearing if my time permits. I had reconnected my ties with college friends who are parents themselves and they introduced me to this new style of parenting they called "Attachment Parenting", and we, with my husband, love it. Though I admit he had a hard time with the disciplining part.

And then as a working mom, things had been so hard especially on the part of looking for a nanny to look after your child. I am really thankful to have found a Yaya who really has concern over your household and especially with your child.

The workplace, I am in now, is small compared to the previous offices I was in. The workload is not of great deal however, the people I am with are stubborn, individually different, most of them are old and their decisions and tastes are old fashioned. It took me a year or two to fully adjust with some skirmishes that happen twice or thrice every year. But all is well, I finally don't go cry over a missed bonus. Haha!

And then the passage of the CPD Law which tried me financially and professionally. I need to attend training on my own expense in order for me to renew my license! Oh my heavens, help me. This law right here really suck for an accountant's sake. These training courses are making much much money from professionals with some them that are not of great deal with our profession. Should I know a petition for these to stop, I'll be the first one to sign it!

Last 2013 I have thought of putting up a business which involved my passion - arts and crafting. The business had remained to be a facebook page until an officemate planned to marry and sought my help to design their wedding invitation. And soon the business became a reality with three customers suddenly right then. Had have a couple of bogus customers but I guess that is the real deal about business and you have to learn from it in order to stop it from recurring.

Just recently, I saw a facebook post from an old friend way back in college that he is selling a printer I always dreading to buy. So I am now thinking about buying it for the purpose of trying out new products and offered services on my line but my capital isn't enough. I am thinking of borrowing but am afraid I cannot catch up repaying it.

My dilemmas now are too big deal. Yes this it, I am adulting.

I have to get my daily dose of guts, to experience glory.

May our dreams come true!

Fifty Shades and Eleven Minutes: An Analogy

More than a month ago, everybody (especially my lady friends) seemed excited, no that is underrated, ECSTATIC will be the word with a rumored upcoming movie that will give life to a bestselling controversial book. My facebook feeds were flooded with a fanmade movie trailer with an overly provocative plot of a college graduate and an executive hunk.In an instant, curiosity killed the cat in me.

I searched for a free e-book download but found none. Until, I saw an instagram post of a Filipino actress sporting a hardcopy of the book Fifty Shades of Grey. I was so curious that I, out of the normal, bothered to read up the comments. A certain fan, posted that she had already read the trilogy and that she would be willing to give out the website where you could download an e-book. And you already know what happened after.  The books got the hang out of me. Finally!

In just a matter of ONE month, I finished the trilogy by E.L. James: Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker. Fifty Shades Freed. And by all means, I was kind of proud of myself, I am no longer left behind from the fad. But what did those books tried to tell me? That love exist. Of course, we all know that. If I were to give a review, the book would be rated 6/10. Nothing mind boggling. with some fairy tale concept where a simple lass ran over a young tycoon who has everything. It would be perfect for one who's bored to get out of bed everyday. For me, what made these trilogy more intriguing was the explicit touch of sexuality particularly in the fields of SADISM and MASOCHISM, where, in my opinion, RARE in our literature. As far as I know, nobody dared to talk about it without any vagueness than the author. It was just so ironic that when I made a research regarding the book it was actually developed from the Twilight series.

After what seem a very erotic read of which I admittedly skipped some delicate parts that I can no longer imagine what was happening, a friend gave me a copy of an e-book of same category. However, this time, it is written by a well known and very respected author in the person of Paolo Coelho. The book, though not so revealing of it's true topic, is entitled "Eleven Minutes". It is a story of a prostitute who sought self realizations in life, sufferings, pleasure, loneliness, light, spirituality, sexuality and love in a country very far, geographically and socially, from hers. What made me think that it is with same category as the Fifty trilogy is the fact that it boldly brought about the topic of sexuality. Rare in the  literature.

Between the two, the second one stand out for its philosophical touch. Coelho's is rather profound than the Fifty. The focus of the story is not on sexuality but on the character's life experiences and reflections. Something thought provoking and made you giggle at the same time. With both authors, it is rightfully a no-brainer to choose Coelho. Experience wise, his works are out of art and not of fad.

The Making Of A Wicked Step Mother

It had been almost eight long years since I lost my mother. The pressures has always been on me since I am the eldest but this latest "thing" is just plainly unbearable!

My Dad is already 57 and he thinks of remarrying as saying goodbye to a lonely life after me and my brother will gonna say hi to marriage life. (See, that's the disadvantage of having few children!)

And here comes the "thing", an ex-girlfriend of my Dad resurrected, just recently after having almost two years of long distance relationship with my Dad. She was a DH from Kuwait, or perhaps she still is right now. (I don't want to know)

THE PRESENTS

December 16, 2011 when she came at our house all the way from Kuwait. And she had with her truckloads of what seems to be "mga patapon na bagay" of her amo there. Imagine, she had with her jealousy glass windows and like 4 or 5 pieces of removed floor tiles? Well, that isn't everything cause she has lots and lots of things in her gigantic coffin looking trunks. From smelly packs of overly elongated rice to I don't wanna describe and won't even produce any bubble type of detergent powder. She has those. Alright, I honestly don't anything against everything she brought with her from her Lebanese employer 'cause I admit I appreciated the things she gave me ---- branded scarves, lots and lots of extra large sized sanitary napkins, a set of cheap make up kit, a fake silver necklace that caused rashes on my boyfriend's neck, expired chocolates, and the last two that I really like:

She actually said that I would get an Escada but I was surprised 'cause she gave this. Weeks later, I sensed she wanted it back 'cause I really should have the Escada, oh well, I just ignored her. This Versace is so good.

Another one is this,

I only got the shimmer stick that smells so good and so unique and the lotion. Perhaps, she has the perfume. But I don't care. The stick is so convenient to carry with me. I could even fit it into a satchel.

Anyways, with the two I mentioned, I realized that she really doesn't have an entirely BAD as in baduy taste after all.

Weeks passed when she was at home, she cooked for us and I sensed that my Dad was really happy. And we as children felt that we might as well be happy.

THE AMPALAYA

As I mentioned she cooked for us. And yes she did. And all I can say they taste real damn bad. Imagine a platter of Ampalaya with egg looks like a platter of limp brown ampalaya with the eggs I can no longer find and with the taste that is so disgustingly sour. Of course, the ampalaya straightly goes to the trash. And this situation repeatedly happened for about a month, until I frankly told my Dad that her "Ampalaya Menu" should never be considered in this house.

My Dad finally got the guts to confront her and to our dismay, nagalit ang lola mo! She berserk-ed all day long and ayaw na nyang kumain. You won't eat, we didn't care! From that day on, we always hear saying: "I don't like it when people tell me what to do and not what to do.", "I had an enemy before I really confronted her and kicked her on the face.", and so many other statements that poses threat if we go against her. Tsk!

THE PLOT AGAINST MY LATE MOM

It was January 19, 2012. My Daddy took a leave from work and decided to pack things up and leave for Bohol with my, you know, soon-to-be Wicked Step Mother (or let's call her WSM). Now, this was the very first time that I opened up to my sister in law the things that I noticed with WSM. And to my surprise, she affirmed everything I said. And that's the time that she too opened up something regarding WSM whenever me and my Dad were away for work. Things like, WSM spoke sweeter to my 1 year-old nephew only when we are around, that she only stayed in her room the whole day if she choses not to wander around the neighborhood, and what was more annoying was that she took her food inside her room and ate alone. She's completely a lunatic! And then there was this something my sis-in-law shared with me that had completely put my anger way too far. My aunt, as in my father's sister, told my sis in law about what WSM said about my late mother, that she was lazy, that she was a nagger, and that she spends the whole day out para magchismis. Oh my! Was she describing herself? And WSM also told a story when my brother allegedly hit my Mom long ago and pointed out that maybe there were things my Mom have never offered my brother the reason why it happened. What was she thinking, what benefit could she ever get from saying these things against my mother? Hello??? She's dead. My point is, RESPECT. How could you not respect the dead? In the first place, she haven't got to know my mother personally. This woman is terribly CRAZY, I thought. And the wedding, if that was ever to happen, I must STOP it!

THE SUPPOSED WEDDING

I could not sleep that first night when they went to Bohol to be married. So early that morning after I muster the words that I must say to my father to tell him how wicked his bride-to-be must be, I carefully composed a super long SMS (3/3 I think). I told him maybe they are just in a rush to call it "I do", maybe he needs to weigh things some more and observe this kind of woman he would marry. I waited for a reply. But nothing came until I arrived at the office. To my relief, my dad finally replied, "Yes, I think I have to think this over." Oh thank heavens!And then there was call, and my Dad asked for my opinion and how I had been acting so disapproving about his pending matrimony. I told him what i knew and I was surprised by his reaction. He wasn't oblivious at all. In fact, he said he actually noticed all of those things and that I had sensed some kind of relief. Something like I-knew-it-there-was-something-wrong-with-this-woman kind of feeling.

Three days after, they were home, and Dad firmly said "NO" to that damned wedding. THANK HEAVENS! He said, however, that the wedding could wait. It will still happen, but at least not now.

WAGED WAR

We thought life would be on a hush from then on, but we were wrong. The MONSTER awoke. Her trips in the neighborhood had been longer and more frequent, as well as the negative talks about our family - that she allegedly brought with her Php 2 MILLION which she asked Dad to keep, that she married Dad in Bohol, that my sister in law had been very wicked, that I had been with a robber and all sorts of concocted stories involving each one of us in the family!

When Dad was away for work and she chose to stay at home, she'd stay inside their room the whole day and would be out only to get some food. Now tell me, who, in their right mind and etiquette, will do something like that???!!!

THE EGG

VICTORY

Editing Sticky Notes for Windows 7

This day seem so dull. Everything had been so routinary. So, to spice up my day, I decided to personalized my office computer's desktop stuff.

I have resized and rearranged my desktop icons. Deleted some unuseful shortcuts. Changed my shortcut icons. Deleted unnecessary gadgets. Add some more gadgets. And finally come sorted my sticky notes into done and still to be done. And then I just noticed, my sticky are all dull. All of them have these same dull font style and font size. And then it hit me, could I ever personalize these?

I searched through the web and voila I succeeded personalizing them.

I guess what I learned was ultimately worth sharing, so here they are:

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
Ctrl+B	Bold text
Ctrl+I	Italic text
Ctrl+T	Strikethrough
Ctrl+U	Underlined text
Ctrl+Shift+L	Bulleted (press once) or Numbered (press twice) list
Ctrl+Shift+>	Increased text size
Ctrl+Shift+<	Decreased text size
Ctrl+A	Select all
Ctrl+Shift+A	Toggles all caps
Ctrl+L	Left aligns text
Ctrl+R	Right aligns text
Ctrl+E	Centers text
Ctrl+Shift+L	Small Alpha list (3rd), Capital Alpha list (4th), small roman (5th), Capital roman (6th)
Ctrl+Scroll Wheel	Increase/Decrease text size
Ctrl+1	Single-space lines
Ctrl+2	Double-space lines
Ctrl+5	Set 1.5-line spacing
Ctrl+=	Subscript
Ctrl+Shift++	Superscript
Ctrl+Z	Undo
Ctrl+Y	Redo
Ctrl+X	Cut
Ctrl+C	Copy
Ctrl+V	Paste
Ctrl+N	New sticky note

To change to font styles and size, just open a word document, change the font style and size and copy and paste them as is to the sticky note.

Super easy right?

Now you could set fonts bold, color them red, so you could eye URGENT matters easily.

If you know other keyboard shortcut aside from those listed from above, do let me know! :)

NOT MUCH EXCITING HOLIDAYS IN 2013

Airfare promos are everywhere but the right timing for planning your whereabouts next year must actually match the holidays to lessen up your absences from the workplace.

The following are the holidays for the year 2013:

• JAN 1 - (Tue) New Year's Day - Regular Holiday
• FEB 25 - (Mon) EDSA Anniversary - Special holiday (For Schools Only)
• MAR 28 - Maundy Thursday - Regular Holiday
• MAR 29 - Good Friday - Regular Holiday
• MAR 30 - Black Saturday - Special Non-Working Holiday
• APR 9 - (Tue) Araw ng Kagitingan - Regular Holiday
• MAY 1 - (Wed) Labor Day - Regular Holiday
• JUN 12 - (Wed) Independence Day - Regular Holiday
• AUG 21 - (Wed) Ninoy Aquino Day - Special Non-Working Holiday
• AUG 26 - (Mon) National Heroes Day - Regular Holiday
• NOV 1 - (Fri) All Saints Day - Special Non-Working Holiday
• NOV 30 - (Sat) Bonifacio Day - Regular Holiday
• DEC 24 - (Tue) Christmas Break - Special Non-Working Holiday
• DEC 25 - (Wed) Christmas Day - Regular Holiday
• DEC 30 - (Mon) Rizal Day - Regular Holiday
• DEC 31 - (Tue) Last Day of the Year - Special Non-Working Holiday

Plan your vacays carefully ahead!

A Perfect Summer Treat: Shredded Gulaman

In the Philippines, where the weather is hot, it would most likely be very delightful to feast on something cold. That is perhaps the reason why you would always spot a sago or buko juice vendor anywhere.

And speaking of sago, I noticed that there are lesser buko salad served in a fiesta or handaan lately. Perhaps because bukos are so expensive especially in the cities, so Filipinos, as inventive that we are, found a very interesting and similarly yummy alternative for buko, that is ------ the shredded gulaman or "gelabuko".

It's pretty easy to make actually.

All you need is this amazing pack of powdered gulaman. Unlike the dried bars before, this pack releaves you from the hassle of cutting those bars thinly.

Zang Unflavored Gulaman in Clear

This is available in every supermarket at around Php 30.00. It is very affordable and a pack can make one salad for 5 persons. Below are other varieties to choose from but I prefer the unflavored ones.

Following the instructions at the back of these packs:

1. Add 8 cups of water in a basin
2. Slowly pour the contents of the pack into the basin while stirring
3. Dissolve completely.
4. Leave the basin for at least 5 minutes.
5. Put basin under low heat while constantly stirring.
6. Remove basin from heat when mixture starts to boil.
7. Pour contents into container.
8. Refrigerate, if desired.
9. Once the gulaman is set, use a Buko shredder to shred the gulaman.

And oh la la...

Here's your GELABUKO and you may now add your favorite salad stuff like cream, milk, fruits, cheese, or mayo or whatever.

I added lots of cream with mine. And condense milk, a can of fruit cocktail, lots of cheese, and raisins. And one thing that is necessary, serve it cold. :)

Instant summer delish treat that won't hurt your pocket!

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Books to read this summer

I went over the shelves of novels in the bookstores recently, looking for a good read this summer. And then I found Paulo Coelho's books:

The lists starts with:

1. The Manifest of Krig-há
2. Theater For Education
3. Hell Archives
4. Practical Manual of Vampirism
5. The Pilgrimage
6. The Alchemist
7. Brida
8. The Greatest Gift
9. The Valkyries
10. Maktub
11. By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
12. The Fifth Mountain
13. Love Letters from a Prophet
14. The Manual of the Warrior of Light
15. Veronika Decides to Die
16. Essential Words
17. The Devil and Miss Prym
18. Fathers, Sons and Grandsons
19. Eleven Minutes
20. The Genie and the Roses
21. Journeys
22. The Zahir
23. Revived Paths
24. Like the Flowing River
25. The Witch of Portobello
26. Life: Selected Quotations
27. The Winner Stands Alone
28. Aleph

I haven't completed all of them just yet. But I planning to buy one or two. Which do you think should I buy? Please leave a comment and subscribe!

Thanks a lot! :)

P.S. If you happen to follow Georgina Wilson on twitter watch out for her tweets because she is giving away Paolo Coelho's books! Search for the hashtag #passabook. Good Luck!

9 Long Weekends for 2012

Today is December 26, 2011, just a day from after Christmas and here we are, busy once again with paper works and reports.

Anyway, a few days from now, 2011 calendars will be replaced with 2012. Consequently, a new year to hope for something better, greener and end of the world? (@_@) LOL.

Just recently, Malacañang in the Philippines released Proclamation No. 295, announcing a total of NINE (9) long weekends for next year.

The list includes:

• January 21-23, 2012 (Chinese New Year)
• April 5-9, 2012 (Holy Week and Araw ng Kagitingan)
• April 28-29 (April 30) May 1, 2012 (Labor Day)
• August 18-21, 2012 (Eid-al-Fitr and Ninoy Aquino Day)
• August 25-27, 2012 (National Heroes Day)
• October 26-28, 2012 (Eid-al-Adha)
• November 1-4 (All Saints’ Day)
• November 30-Dec 2 (Bonifacio Day)
• December 29-Jan 1 (New Year)

Wow! This is totally great for adventure seekers like me! I do hope CebuPac and other flight savys will come supportive next year!

And, I do hope I am still alive by December 29-Jan1 if the end of the world threat might come real.

Jacque Bermejo, Angie Ligut, Jasmine Vestil, Celine Acut: The Hell with These People?

When Bagyong Ondoy struck Manila on September of 2009, Jacque Bermejo earned so much attention with her insensitive tweets about the victims of the calamity.

And then there was Angie Ligot who caused steer after posting her status that insulted not only Ms. Shamcey Supsup but also the Filipinoes during the Miss Universe 2011 Pageant.

And months after, a certain Jasmine Vestil of Davao enraged the settlers of Butuan City after she made some pointless comments about their city.










And just recently, this certain Celine Acut from France is the apple of public humiliation after posting her discriminating comments in a social network right after the Bagyong Sendong (with international name "Washi") tragedy:

Now, who's next? Would you be willing to post heartless comments for the sake of attention or fame?

From what I've read, "Tactlessness means to have or show an excessive lack of social skill and sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult interpersonal issues." It just shows that these persons are socially handicapped that is why they try to mock everybody. I pity them.




 

Should I Nag or Not?

My boyfriend and I of more than one year now recently hit some really serious argument.

The issue is part jealousy and part my-fault-for-being-not-too-vocal-of-how-I-really-feel.

I agree that I hate nagging around for things I never got which I always really wanted to happen.

Oh well, a few days ago, we had a good talk with office mates regarding nagging in relation to relationships. A guy friend shared that he would have hated his girlfriend if she won't nag at him when he's up to something wrong instead of just being silent about it and then would just burst out like that. His insight kind of "ring a bell" 'cause I am likely the latter! Damn!

Now, I admit I did wrong. We (my boyfriend and I) wouldn't be in this argument if it weren't for me.

I tried to search online for help and I found this clip on youtube. I thought this woman right here is a psychologists but really I could not relate 'cause she is relating about doing chores.



Anyway, I wanted to ask your opinion. I wanted to see some light from a different perspective. Is nagging in some way healthy in a relationship?