In God's Time

First of, let me welcome the month of November feeling thankful and blessed.

I can say its been a lucky year so far because we sold our house to its now rightful owner before the year come to a close. No one said it would be easy of course 'cuz it took five grueling years before someone finally took notice, was interested and eventually bought it. A lot of changes happened along the way and mostly painstakingly difficult. But then, God listened to our woes and prayers, he granted what we've been yearning for, a move to a new house eventually, to start anew. It was bittersweet but life goes on. Life is a constant change. I thanked my dearly departed Mom of course because this wouldn't have happened without her guidance, and above all, God, he made all things possible. As an adage goes “Patience comes to those who wait” and things will eventually fall into place at the right time or the most apt thing to say is in God's perfect time.

my ever reliable drilling equipment

Moving on, I got so busy decorating the house and all, bought new fixtures etc, etc. My sissies and I found this furniture shop that sells really affordable fixtures. Buying furniture is such a good de-stressing activity. I just love beautifying our new house. I actually love decorating because it brings out the creativity in me and when you have tons of ideas there's no stopping! I was so squeamish to hang our decors on the wall so we bought this impact drilling equipment at the nearest handyman store. At first, it was kind of difficult to wrap my head around the thought of operating that darn drilling equipment but after reading through the not so comprehensive instruction manual, I was able to successfully drill over fifteen holes (mostly by trial and error) which now holds roughly that many wall decors, mirrors, a wall clock, and the most difficult of them all, a towel holder. Drilling on really thick tiled bathroom walls is such a pain. It wasn't as easy as I thought. Nevertheless, I now seriously enjoy drilling the walls no matter how heavy the drilling equipment is after seeing the finished products. The effort and exhaustion is just all worth it. Who says drilling is a man's job? I don't think so. All you have to have is patience for it, an eye shield for the cement particles, an apron with pocket for screws/hooks and a surgical mask so you won't inhale the dust. Last but not least, clean up your own mess if you don't wanna get scolded!

he's better off asleep actually because
he does a lot of crazy things awake :D

I love our new home, it's peaceful and just minutes away from the central district. Let me also share that my cat now sleeps in my room more often because I think he's still scared to get lost in the woods nearby so he'd rather be a homebody kitty. I can't wait to venture into working from home as well because I already got tired of working in the confides of the office and endure the ever worsening traffic jams. I want to have time for lot of other things right now, especially traveling, blogging, baking, and my list goes on.

I'm off to visit my Mom's Columbarium tomorrow. I miss her and I wanna talk to her in silence, bring her flowers. Just early today, I heard the door bell rang twice and there's no one outside. I can't say it's grounded because I fixed our door bell myself and it's working perfectly. I guess she's just paying our new home a visit, trying to test the door bell perhaps since I always have doubts that I indeed fixed it LOL. Well, it's the 1^st of November what to expect? A lot of wandering souls yonder. Let's just offer them prayers. Nothing to be scared of. I am more scared of Burglars than ghosts. Just saying.

It's 54 days to go before Christmas. Have you decorated your Christmas tree yet? I did. My cat hasn't played with a single Christmas balls yet, I am crossing my fingers.

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I Feel Infinite

Moving is such a tedious process. Boxing all your stuff seemed endless! I never thought we have so much clutter than useful things at home.

National Bookstore's Balikbayan box

So far, I have already packed nine huge boxes myself and I'm already getting sick inhaling all the dust, going back and forth, upstairs, downstairs, pacing around wishing I could teleport to make things a whole lot easier.

I suggested that we get those huge 'Balikbayan boxes' which are perfect for people who are moving because it sort of organize your things allowing you to put labels on them and save you time looking for your stuff once you've reached your new crib. We bought the boxes from National Bookstore and they knew it outright if you ask for Balikbayan boxes as it comes in standard size and only cost P 94.00 a piece which is not so bad considering the quality of the boxes. You can also purchase them online if you're ok paying hefty shipping fees. The boxes are flat and individually wrapped which means you have to assemble them yourself of course. They're pretty durable I think and I'm crossing my fingers lol. I'm just wondering how come we have sooo much stuff and mostly are junk? They're like Gremlins, they grow in numbers.

I feel infinite, literally (from The Perks of Being a Wallflower) because I don't know how long it would take before I finish boxing everything.

Nuninooo.

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oh no it's mah birthday!

Phew. I just turned another year older today and yeah people keeps saying i still look so much younger than my age. Everyone I know tells me and my sister the same thing over and over so I’ve gotten used to the compliments and whathaveyous. I need not complain because others will die to look younger. There really isn’t any fountain of youth, it’s living a healthy lifestyle. Don’t smoke that’s my advice. Smoking will make one look older than he/she actually is.  Maybe if my sister and I did not quit junk, deep fried foods, ice cream, cakes,  anything too sweet, unhealthy etcetera etcetera we’d be  miserable by now not being able to fit into any clothes or whatever.  It was never an easy effort. Imagine quitting smoking? It’s possibly as difficult as that to quit eating/binging on foods you used to eat and consume haplessly.

Anyways, moving on, I can’t stop talking about living a healthy life because I am now and I just became concern with my well being a year ago. I never had any remorse not consuming the same foods I used to eat. Indulgence equals avarice at a certain point. There’s no harm in giving yourself a li’l pat in the back or reward for doing a job well done but indulging on foods that ‘s not beneficial for the body is also selfishness.  

Happy birthday to me and my sister. It seems like a day ago when we celebrated our last birthday in Singapore last year at boats of river quay...another year has gone by. This is the first time my sister and I  would be at work on our birthday (damn) while I should’ve been somewhere in Hongkong chilling or Thailand perhaps? My sister and I was not able to fulfill our self-made pilgrimage to another asian country for this year (whimper). Better luck next time eh? Maybe next year again..well see.

But then, still all good since I’m loving our new abode. Our family paid us a visit and brought along foodies like some spag and pancit malabon (our fave). So, my sister and I bought this junior cake from Swiss Baker. I did not enjoy the cake but t’was still ok.

Speaking of our new house, it’s huge and cozy with 2 bedrooms and quite furnished so we didn’t have to provide couch, dining set and lots of chairs. I can also sleep soundless except yesterday ‘cuz someone from the neighbourhood was mowing their lawn so imagine how NOISY it was. I can also hear our daushund neighbors howling from time to time. Oh geez.

Woohoo! Almost done with training! 2 more weeks to go I guess and we’re on fishbowling again (if you’re from a BPO company I guess you’ll know what I mean hehe). I enjoyed the training except for the exams. God knows how I hated studying so I’m glad we’re almost done and over it.

All is well. I’ve never enjoyed being home J

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merry christmas 09

My dad showed me around as soon as i arrived at our brand new house in the North. It is still less than halfway from finishing though but it was HUGE! if am not mistaken there's roughly seven rooms or so. we occupied the attic, there's four more rooms, the 2nd floor houses the store and cafeteria. the 3rd floor/basement has three more rooms i guess. my sister  and i went on videoke the whole afternoon. i say merry christmas. 

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