from blogspot to tumblr..

I'm not actually leaving the world of blogging.. I just wanted to continue what I have started here in blogspot last July 2009 to tumblr..

here's the url: http://bettergrace.tumblr.com/

... but I'll still read your blogs for sure.. those blogs I am following here.. so keep posting!.. :)

a day of being a kid again..

It’s good to be a kid sometimes, to be more childlike without giving up being an adult. To feel the feeling of a child full of excitement, being spontaneous, full of laughter, care-free and just being happy with everything.

Sometimes, I miss being a kid again where life is simple, no complications and pure. Where I can run and play all day without getting tired. Where I can eat however much I wanted without getting worried of getting fat. Where believing in fairytales is so easy and that there is always a happy ending waiting in the end. Where I cried just because of candies and scraped knees, nothing too personal to cry over. I miss not being stressed with everything around me that’s happening.

Maybe I don’t really want to be a kid literally, maybe I just wish about my life right now is to live it the way kids live their life. 

just a thought..

the flyer given to me by the Teletech staff

I really find it funny and somehow a little offending in a way when I’m walking along Pioneer St., just got out from work and wearing my company shirt with a logo on it when suddenly someone approaches me, a staff from a competitor where I worked convincing me to apply in their company. Telling me right in my face that their company is much better than ours, as if telling me or they could sense that somehow I am not satisfied or not that happy with where I am presently working with. Silly!.. 

my angels

These children makes my day free from all my worries, stress, pains and heartaches. I can almost forget whatever situation I’m into just being with them, my so-called stress-reliever. :)

Tita loves you all so much!.. Promise I’ll always be here for you all. :)

girls in silence

 “Silence is a girl’s loudest cry. You know she’s really hurt if she keeps quiet..”

Have you ever felt so angry to someone, so angry that you wanted to slap someone on his face or hurt him as much you want, make him feel the hurt you felt to get even, and yet you did nothing but cry silently? Now, where’s your toughness? You are known to it right? That you’re not going to keep it silent and will not just shrug it off easily just like that, when you know something is wrong or unfair. Suddenly it’s gone and you just want to keep whatever you’re going through to yourself.

a quick glance about my goals last 2012

These are my goals set for the past year posted here in my blog last January 2012. I want to check if I was successful in every goal I’ve set. ^_^

• ü will be more industrious and passionate in writing blog posts.

Well, I must say that my blog posting last year was not bad at all. I started blogging last 2009, that year I made 17 blog posts. A few posts just for a starter like me that time. For year 2010, I have written 33 posts. Mostly, I wrote about my thoughts, experiences, activities and sentiments. This blog of mine has been my virtual-bestfriend for years. It’s like talking to someone invisible and yet I can talk freely without inhibitions. Year 2011, was really a bad year for blogging. I can’t believe it I only have 5 posts for that whole year. I don’t have easy access on internet that time and that year was very crucial on my part. After that I made a promise to write more for the next year. 2012 came, I was able to write 58 posts, not bad right?.. :)

• ü will seriously pursue a work / career abroad.

Last January 2012 I created a tracker to save and monitor all applications I made online and walk-ins. All the details were there including the status of every application. I was so eager to work abroad in fact I was hoping that would happen on the last quarter of year 2012. Unfortunately, there’s still no progress until now. After a couple of months waiting, I have received some emails from different agencies, a regret notice actually, telling me that they don’t need the position anymore. I also had an almost offer to work abroad but I think it’s not yet the right opportunity I’ve been waiting for. I don’t want to just grab any chances, working abroad is different and which I must think carefully. 

• ü will go on a diet to lose some weight and fats . ( hopefully, I can do this .. )

It was April 2012 that I finally decided to take diet seriously. I don’t know what’s my weight that time, I am too embarrassed to myself alone knowing my own weight but I think I was 56 – 58kgs. before that’s why I never did to take a chance to check my weight regularly. My action to lose some weight and fats was not to take heavy meals specifically rice during dinner.  I just ate wheat bread, vegetables salad, fruits or oatmeal for dinner. That time, I don’t know if there is any progress with what I’m doing. I was surprised when people around me noticed the change in me. Actually, I’m not really consistent with the diet thing, there are times that I still ate what I want, it’s just too hard to discipline yourself when it comes to food. Last November 26, 2012 I took my Annual Physical Examination required by the company I am working with. I found out that I now weighed 52.8 kgs. They say that I look normal and that I don’t have to be slimmer. Anyway, I don’t intend to. I just want to lose some weight and to be more comfortable with what I wear every day. The funny thing is there is a recommendation and suggestion below the medical result I received. It suggests that I should be in a regular diet and exercise because my weight doesn’t seem to balance with my height and the suggested weight should be in the range of 41.4 - 51 kgs. So, meaning more diet this year.

• ü  will read more books compared last year.

I don’t think I was able to read more books than what I aimed for. My attention was divided into watching different movies at home. Anyway, these are the books I have read last year as far as I remember.

•   Mac Arthur - bob ong
•  Do You Come Here Often - Alexandra Potter
•  Dear John – Nicholas Sparks
• Message in a bottle – Nicholas Sparks
• Ligo na U, Lapit na Me - Eros S. Atalia
•  Peksman (Mamatay Ka Man) Nagsisinungaling Ako – Eros S. Atalia
•  It's Not That Complicated: Bakit Hindi pa Sasakupin ng mga Alien ang Daigdig sa 2012  - Eros S. Atalia
•  Bloodlines - Richelle Mead

I still have some pending books to read, some I have already started reading last year but I haven’t finished yet.

• û  will try to save money and be more financially wise.

I opened a personal savings account last year. At first I was able to control myself not to touch the money I’ve put in there but eventually I ended up spending it over some stuff and when I joined my friends over a trip to Sabang, Oriental Mindoro and to Puerto Galera. I said I would save again next time but unfortunately until now my personal savings account was zero balance. Oh my! That was awful! However, I made an investment to have a housing loan last September 2012. So, maybe it’s not bad after all because some of my money went to something valuable. In addition to that, I joined paluwagan with my other officemates last November. Paluwagan is an informal saving scheme here in the Philippines. Every pay period we have to contribute 500 pesos, that way I could save little by little. I hope I could save money more this year. 

• û will be stronger emotionally and logically.

I don’t know if was successful in this. I’m still a cry-baby over some stuff. I get too emotionally over things. I tend to think about things I shouldn’t be dealing too much. I still can’t make up my mind over different things. I tend to take back decisions I have made before which is not good. I guess this is something I couldn’t learn quickly but hopefully soon.

That's all!.. :)

shy-type ??..

I can’t find any nicer photo than this. It was the only photo we had together with my papa. This picture only proves how allergic and shy-type he is when it comes to picture-taking. He doesn’t even wanna look towards the camera or even give a little smile. Pretending as if no one is taking a picture while both me and my sister we're all smile. 

an open letter for u nget.. :)

I saw this quote while reading old messages from my cell phone..

The real meaning of friendship..

“ it isn’t based on how many secrets you share..
isn’t how well you get along nor how much you like each other..
isn’t how people see you together..

BUT it appreciates
the differences..
the gaps..
the hindrances..
the trials..

and still a friend looks at you straight from the heart..
without hatred..
without judgment..
without envy..
without criticism..
only PURE ACCEPTANCE..”

I don’t have the guts to tell you this personally so I decided to write it down.. :)

nget, every time you thank me and my family for a couple of months you stayed here in our home, I always thought that it should be the other way around. You’ve never been a burden to us and you really know how to get along well with each member of my family.  Thank you for being such a wonderful friend to me. Actually, you’re not just a friend to me..  you stand like a big sister to me. Thank you for endless listening to my life concerns and drama, you became like a shock-absorber for every shortcomings and flaws of my family. Thank you for accepting them and treating them like your own.. I felt it and I’m so grateful for that, you know how I love them and how important they are to me. Thanks for helping us all throughout.

Thank you for showing me the world.. hehe.. for letting me experience things I'm not used to do or wasn’t able to do because of some reasons. For letting me enjoy life despite of everything. You succeeded in making a difference in my life. 

Thanks for everything!.. ‘til we see each other again!.. :D