My dream home

I have lots of plans for my future, and of course I hope that someday I can buy my dream house. It should be near the sea shore or an overlooking house by the mountains and I’ll let my family live there with me. Being not so familiar about house construction or the kind of building materials I will be using, I would refer to my parents and friends for some recommendation and advice.

Nowadays it’s not hard for us to look for a good realtor especially with surfing the net and doing it the hi-tech way. For example, those who are searching homes for sale in Austin can refer to the Goldwasser Real Estate for the answers to their questions. It’s good to hire a real estate agent to help you easily find a home that’s affordable and in a convenient location. That’s one good thing about this, it’s not hard for me to dream the impossible.

My arrival at my friend’s place

I should have posted this sooner, anyway. It’s more than a week since I arrived at my friend’s residence.  The trip was okay and the weather was fine too. My first night was of course very tiring, but chatting with my friends was just like medicine that eases the pain. I was very happy with them especially with the very cutie Caite, a very smart 8 months old baby. Wow, if you could just see her I am sure you will love this baby too! Just imagine an 8 months old baby who can do many things of her own. She really looks like 1 year and a half to me.

Even when we were in Cebu, I already felt at home with my friends’ company every time I visited their place. This family is too religious and a family of engineers too. Yes, it is true and I believe in saying: “That a family that prays together stays together”. What an ideal family! How I wish that I can build a family like them!

Posing by the sea - part 2

One of the beautiful places to visit is Talisay City, Negros Occidental.  It is a blessing in disguise for me to visit the place. My friend’s house is just walking distance to the place where I am posing. It is just a small place but has nice view inside and it’s good to pose there. How I wish that my family were here so that they can experience what I am experiencing now.

I post some pictures in here, I may not look good but the view added my beauty…LOL! What I like most in here is that the air is fresh, I can’t feel the dust and the pollution; and lastly there is no traffic at all. Hey, yah!!! But  I still miss “Cebu”… There’s no really other beautiful place like home, of course…Home sweet home!

Today is mother’s day!

Happy mother’s day to all the mothers around the world!  It’s Mother’s Day today but i am away from home. But i call and i greet my mama a Happy Mohter’s Day! Here’s a little prayer I’ve found in the internet. May God bless the moms!

"Lord, protect and guide mothers everywhere to look out for their children. Help them teach and love their children as You love and teach us. Mothers are very important and help them do their vocation in a loving way. Amen."

As promised, I will post pictures when I have the time.  Right now I’m so sleepy!  Good night!

Inspirational text message

 Being away from home do  good things to me, in fact i miss my family they do the same even just for two days. It can be exciting, sometimes. I was erasing old messages in my mobile phone when I read this message sent by my brother long ago. It’s like God is telling that my decision is right.  God bless me!

Be grateful where you are now, God has wonderful plans in your life far beyond you can ever dreamed of.  Be patient while you wait. His timing is never late.

Posing by the sea

I’m posting these pictures taken when we went to the beach and spa resort near my friend’s house. I like the place so much.  The sea breeze and the view is amazing!

Me by the sea!

Me again!

Tonight we went to Bacolod, so I’ll have more pics to post.  But for now, I have to sleep!

Resignation

I have to say farewell to my job for I won’t work there again. I resigned coz my mother keeps on telling me “Mai you have to stop working there.  The job is not doing well for your health.” You see I have a little sickness that’s why my mother is concerned. She’s too worried about my health more than I am.

It’s the first time for me to make a big decision of my own.  I am blessed to have good friends, a family who love to share what they’ve experienced. They keep on sharing their accomplishments to encourage me to keep on trying and not quit. Even if I have failed before they are still eager to help me succeed in whatever i do. This family is so blessed coz God is the center of their life. I believe that because of this (being near to God), their blessings flow easily. That’s why from now on I will put God first in everything I do and pray that I will be successful this time in the decision I’ve made.

Trip

I set the alarm clock to 6:45 in the morning. I woke up and dressed up hurriedly and checked on my things for my trip; saw to it that everything was ready and all my things were packed properly, then I was ready to go. So I bade goodbye to my parents coz the rest of the people at home were still asleep except my Mama and Papa.  We ate breakfast together.

I arrived at 8:50am at the bus terminal. It was my consolation that I missed the first trip coz I do not like to travel by air-conditioned bus, I would feel suffocated inside. I rather choose buses w/out air-con so that I can breathe the fresh air as we pass by the mountains and sugarcane fields. Even for sea travel, I prefer non-aircon boats/ferries to freely breathe the sea breeze.

The bus departed at the terminal at 10:30 am. All the while, I felt bored coz traveling alone is too boring. Thank God, I brought my prayer book so I kept my eyes busy reading it. 

At 12:00 noon the bus stopped over at Toledo City, for us, the passengers, to eat our lunch. We got down and went to the little restaurant, and got relaxed. The barge departed at 1:00 pm going to San Carlos City.

I was so excited at that time, at last a little more travel to do and I would reach my friend’s place. I arrived at their place at exactly 5:30 pm. Wow! It was a very exciting and marvelous travel; you could just imagine me traveling alone. I survived the trip! Now I know that if you just trust God, everything is possible.

Preparation

I finally decided to resign from my job coz there is an opportunity offered by a friend and I am willing to take the risk. I made this very big decision so I am going to face it then.  My friend was communicating through internet and telephone. So I asked permission at work that I would resign coz of a bigger oppotunity, but actually i was uneasy with the job as it doesn’t fit me. Mama is afraid that my thyroid imbalance would come back if I’d continue with that work coz of the pressure. It is really hard if you have this kind of disease. I need to be very careful, everything should be in proper way; you have to do this and do that. I am very much thankful to God for giving me my mother, she’s very supportive and she knows what is best for me.

Anyway, I need to pack my things for my trip to Negros!  It’s a long trip coz I’ll just take the land trip but I will be enjoying the beautiful sceneries… I have mixed emotions coz it’s my first time to travel alone. Negros here I come!!!

Labor day thoughts

It is a national holiday. No work at all… but hard to face the reality here in the Philippines lots of strikers grab the opportunity to use the day to express their rights towards global economic. Holiday is nice to celebrate but how can we celebrate it if our stomach is empty???

STRIKERS, STRIKERS, STRIKERS!!! It is really very sad to hear their woes, but who cares, lots of people don’t care. In fact if their grievances are heard, many people will benefit from it.

Anyway, I enjoyed my holiday coz I received  a phone call unexpectedly from a very dear friend telling me that if I am free to visit them in their place in the Western part of Visayas, Negros Occidental.  For me, it’s one of the beautiful places in Philippines. Four years ago I was at that place. It was a nice experience for me.  I might visit them coz I haven’t seen them for a long time. We only communicate through internet chatting and exchanging mails.