September 12, 2008 at 1:41 pm (Thoughts)
Tags: personal glimpse
My life is amazing since I started working. I get to meet different kinds of people all over the United States and Canada… from different States and Provinces. I can really say that working has made me changed so much for everything. The way I overlook for all the things around me. The importance of everything I have right now and my attitude towards my work. It made me a better person and made me realize that this is something what I want to do since I resigned from my call center job back at home. In my previous job, I only interact with the customers through the phone calls. I never saw them personally as I deal with them through the modern technology.
It was August 2, 2006 when I quit my job. I have personal reasons why I I have to leave my job. Honestly, being a call center agent wasn’t my first choice. I really wanted to work in a place where I have to deal with paperworks and see the customers visible in my eyes. I wanted to serve them with all my heart and good service. I wanted to work as a shift manager in a fast food restaurant. At the time I was working being a call center agent, the Human Resources Department of the fast food chain I am trying to apply for called and said I am ready for the interview. I was totally surprised when they called and wanted to leave my job then and show up for the interview. But I decided not to. I was telling myself, I have given my commitment to this company where I am and so I will continue working being a call center agent. Besides, I don’t even know if I will be happy working with them as I have already created a good foundation of friendship within my co-workers. So I stayed for the rest of the month until I quit my job and met my fiance who is now my husband.
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September 3, 2008 at 2:10 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: wedding aaniversary
It will be 5 days from now, we are going to celebrate our first wedding anniversary. I couldn’t feel anything except for the big day we both been waiting. I came here July 4, 2007 and after 2 months and 4 days we got married at Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. It was a solemn and only family attended our wedding. I don’t have my family and friends with me because they are living back home and very far from me. But I still know they are happy for my own happiness. It was a true blessings from God.
I have mixed emotions right now, thinking what we will do on our special day. I will be working on the said anniversary day but hopefully we can still celebrate it with full of happiness. Just a little wonderful dinner and full of love and laughter. I don’t even know what gift I will give to my husband. He said, he doesn’t need anything because he have me. But I still want to surprise him of something that represent my love for him. Any suggestions? Let me know!
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August 27, 2008 at 7:41 pm (Family and Friends)
I have a passion for cooking. I am proud of it. Not all people can cook or maybe they are just lazy to cook. I got my cooking skills both from my father and mother. I have cooked a lot of Filipino dish and my friends tried it and they are all satisfied. I can even make an easy dish too. When I got married, I was even more challenged because I married a foreigner with different cultures and tradition and of course, different taste buds for the Filipino dish. Luckily, he wasn’t picky when I cook just about anything except for fish. He doesn’t eat fish. He can eat tilapia, catfish, grouper (lapu-lapu), salmon and tuna but not any other kind of fish. We only eat fish if we are craving for it unlike in the Philippines, I grew up eating fish all my life. My mom would always buy fresh fish because its most likely cheaper than any other kind of meat.
Our dinner for tonight is something special. Why? Because I am cooking my husband’s favorite Filipino dish – Sinigang na Baboy. He calls it sour pork. He loves that dish and I always get a lovely kiss from him whenever his stomach is satisfied. He always thank me for cooking something extraordinary and I love it when he appreciates whatever I prepare and serve in the table. I can say all my hard work in cooking is paid off because I can see and feel that my husband is really satisfied.
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August 21, 2008 at 1:11 pm (Thoughts)
It has been 1 year, 1 month and 17 days since I witnessed my first summer, fall (autumn), spring and winter where I live now. I never thought that I would experienced such other weather as I am used to have a tropical climate back at home. I know I have been silly about all the changes I have encountered and much to my amazement, I honestly enjoyed wandering around and adapting the new changes around me. It was great! It was like a surprise adventure for me. Meeting other people from different states, driving around for some short trips and discovering much of everything. I had lots of fun to share when I come back to my native land. There will be more great stories to tell. I am sure my family and friends back home can’t wait to hear the stories what its like living in a foreign land – the United States of America!
Although I will be staying much longer than I have expected because I have been running around here and there for my new job. I just got the job and I know it takes time to adapt the new environment here. I know I will get better and will be surprise one day that I have mastered enough being in the position of meeting, dealing and helping the needs and wants of the people. Besides, I have to earn a little bit of money for my future trips and adventure. So much for that, I will enjoy first more weather changes in the coming years of living here together with my loving and sweet husband.
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July 28, 2008 at 9:59 pm (Thoughts)
Tags: personal glimpse
Where I am now? What I should do now? I am still in the process of absorbing having a new place, new state and new environment. Everything is new with me now. It was like, I wanted to go back to the old state - Kentucky where I am used to. There, I know I am not a little bit ignorant. Living in Kentucky for a year made me know something about their culture and traditions. I can possibly talk to the people if I wanted to know something or when it regards to the legalities of the state. I have acquired my driver’s license in Kentucky too. Now, I have to go through the entire process… again! I am going to have a new driver’s license – another state again! I guess I have to abide for all the laws here. I have to!
I need more time. I am contemplating everyday. Sooner or later I will be ready to explore the new neighborhood. I need to get a job too to make myself busy. Our things are still in the box and I may have to set aside some things again like blogging to keep me get going. I should stop being lazy. This time, multi-tasking is part of my everyday life. I have to be!
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July 26, 2008 at 4:05 pm (Thoughts)
Tags: personal glimpse
It has been 9 days now that I haven’t visited my WordPress.com blog. I know, I know… I owe a lot of explanation here and a little bit of blogging before I will start myself busy working to my new job effective on August 1st. It is really a big step for me as I start finding my self-worth and start over. Hey, I have been a bum for 1 year and 6 months now! That’s actually a very long period of time not working and doing nothing at all. I miss waking up early in the morning, taking a bus ride, receiving my paycheck every month, I miss doing some work, multi-tasking, the 1-hour lunch break, meeting people from work and do the talking. Most of the time, I spent my days with my husband and facing the internet – surfing, chat and blog about my thoughts. I missed it! I am looking for some fun that would make myself busy and productive at the end of the day. I want challenges, the new environment, expectations from the job and just about anything I could fine to have fun working.
I guess, I have to start earning some for a little while. Anyway, visiting 29 states was great. Those short road trips and long travels are worth it and I had so much fun. I may have to focus more about our future, financial plan and some future vacations someday. For now, let me get busy doing something in exchange of a monthly paycheck. I can’t wait for the day I will start working for my new job. For sure, it will take time again before I can go back from blogging. Sooner or later, I will find time to visit, share and write everything here.
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July 17, 2008 at 10:50 pm (Uncategorized)
At last! We are finally done packing. It was so quick and everything went well. My husband been very supportive while I was packing. He wants everything to be pack as we will not have any problems when the time comes we are about to move. I was feeling so energetic and been active that I easily pack all the things we got. Our clothes, my toiletries, personal belongings, the albums, books, shoes and even our bed things. It was so hot when we load the boxes inside the car and truck. We were sweating really good that we need a good bath after loading. I have to wash the dishes and do the laundry too so that we don’t have to bring dirty clothes and dishes. Everything is packed and set to go.
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July 16, 2008 at 11:22 pm (Thoughts)
Tags: personal glimpse
Another Wednesday will passed in a few minutes. I didn’t even notice how time fly so fast that I couldn’t even see being productive for myself. As usual, the house is messy and boxes are everywhere. Still, I am not finish packing all our stuffs. I guess I am almost done or will be done on Friday. Mark my word! I don’t want to procrastinate all the time as we really need to keep going as we move pretty soon. I have to fix and arrange some things and some of our clothes that we will need for the weather in the time of the winter. As I count every luggages and boxes, I have 6 and 10 respectively. Not counting the plastic boxes.
What’s bad about me is, I can’t finish them all in a whole day because I tend to delay packing. I still sneaked and peeked in my personal computer to check on something. Then, there are times that I have to watch my favorite TV show then fell asleep. Oh yeah, how can I finish everything if I have a lazy butt? You see, I have given so much time just in resting. It was like, I am feeling sad moving again. I have mixed emotions now that the day we will move is fast approaching. I guess, I can’t attend the baby shower of a good friend I just met. My husband was very anxious to move. As for me, I don’t know. I still have mixed emotions in moving. Half-ready and Half-not. I will let you know pretty soon. I will write it here for sure. I will keep you posted!
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July 15, 2008 at 10:46 pm (Uncategorized)
It has been a lazy and dull moment for us today. We really didn’t finish packing all our stuffs and put them in the box. Though I made an effort to try and packed some of them. My husband was feeling dizzy and got a headache all day. The medicine he took made him restless and completely weak and drain. I don’t even know what to do and put him in the bed to get his rest. I cooked good breakfast to make him feel better but he remain the same all day. There are times that I still peeked and sneaked in my personal computer to see what’s going on in the internet world. I didn’t have the chance to get some opportunities from the money-making websites I joined but I was happy enough when they approved my 2 previous posts.
I cooked my favorite Filipino dish – chicken adobo for lunch. As usual, it was all good and I garnished it with tomatoes and boiled eggs. It was very delicious! My husband said, it was his second favorite Filipino dish. Late in the afternoon, I played with my baby Wacko and I noticed he’s getting bigger and stronger. My husband joined me too. We sat together in our picnic table, waited and watched the sunset. How lovely! I always wanted to do the thing with my husband – simple yet very romantic being together.
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July 14, 2008 at 10:13 pm (Thoughts)
Tags: personal glimpse
Days from now, we will be moving to our new place. It will be a new beginning for me and my loving husband once again. Living 5 months from our first house and 7 months to our second house. It was all pretty short time to enjoy our nice houses for the past 12 months. I am still on the process of reminiscing the short time I have spent in our place. I know, there will always be a lot of opportunities that will come our way moving to the next place where we should be.
I guess, I have put a lot of things here and I am going to leave them behind and bring the good ones. Well, all memories are good for me and Winn. We always make sure that we are happy and enjoyed the things we should enjoy. More things to pack up and the empty boxes are waiting for me to fill them up. I still need old newspaper where I can wrap the ceramic plates, saucers and cups for extra careful handling. I will help my husband load the car and truck with the boxes and some furnitures. It is just me and him, no help from others. We will start loading the truck tomorrow, early in the morning. I will keep myself away from my computer first thing in the morning as nothing will get in our way while doing some lifting back and forth, packing all of our stuffs and cleaning the house. Hopefully, we can do everything tomorrow as we will have more time to rest, rest and get some rest!
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