Posts Tagged ‘thoughts’

teaching

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

I just realized how important balance really is, not only because of my health problem right now but also because of some of the observations that I have made, particularly in the economy and our work force.

Hubby just recently enrolled in graduate school and it dawned on me that the difficulty of getting into a class that works with one’s schedule may be due to the lack of teachers or professors. My SIL is also having a hard time getting into a state college. Their uncle says that there aren’t too many classes, that’s why the waiting list is too long; again, blame it on shortage of professors.

I guess in the past years, newly-grads have aimed for what’s in demand, medical courses that is. This may have caused a decrease in the number of people having interest in getting teaching degrees. Now we feel the effect: lack of teachers. Had we known this was coming, the hubby and I would have tried to get teaching degrees ourselves. Anyways, anyone can be teacher after college; you just have to specialize in your course.

In the meantime, I can start by preparing myself for being a pre-school teacher to my first student…

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Evil TV

Thursday, April 7th, 2011

I had to have gestational diabetes to realize how stagnant my lifestyle has been. This is what I get for being a couch potato for more than two years. I guess I thought I had all the time in the world to procrastinate and that I had plenty of tomorrows to put off today’s work for, so I watch TV. And binge while I’m at it.

Now I’ve learned to just shut the appliance off or totally ignore it so I can have a little exercise or finish some chores. My life is just simpler and more productive without TV. Of course it’s not just the health complication that’s pushing me make this huge change. I have the greatest motivation that’s the early life starting inside of me, the life that I want to be part of for a very, very long time…

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Is Business For Me?

Monday, April 4th, 2011

Because the baby’s gonna be here real soon and we know that that means more expenses, I’ve been thinking of what I can do to make more moolah without leaving home. I’ve been playing with the idea of giving Etsy a try for a while now. I like crafts, I’m just not sure if my crafts are good enough to get someone else interested and if I can really make me some money from them.

I also feel that it’s a good time to start a home business since I found out that PayPal has made so many improvements (like financial summaries and reports). So I can take advantage of that and maybe learn how to use a point of sale software, which I know exactly where to get. I’m particularly excited about the merchant supplies that I’m gonna get (or make myself) with the software – things like custom labels, bar code labels, packaging, and all that.

So? What do you think?

<a href=”http://retailbycrs.com/”>point of sale software</a>
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Jadric & TV

Friday, March 4th, 2011

My sister-in-law, her husband and their adorable toddler, were kind enough to drive me home last night. It’s their first time to see our new apartment which is not much different from our very first one except for the unbelievable amount of clutter. LOL!

We had dinner at our favorite Thai restaurant and then went back to the apartment to chat a little bit and watch some TV (we totally forgot that we wanted to pass by the mall). The topic of cable versus Satellite TV came up again when the discussion was taken to the TV service that we have now and why it is so because three-year-old Jadric was looking for DVR features which we don’t have.

Thinking about it now, I guess we would have gotten that feature for a reasonable price had we signed up for Direct TV. But then we haven’t found enough luck to get satellite TV service, both in our old and new location.

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Sunday, February 20th, 2011

I feel that my spirit is down again. Just had a row with the hubby last night about something that may seem very petty for him but, as far as I’m concerned, is really something I’ve been fighting for since I can remember.

We haven’t spoken to each other for almost a full 24 hours now, we’ve had two meals separately. He usually asks me to eat with him, but not this time, he’s holding his ground. But I’m not about to lose mine either.

I’ve been very emotionally weak since I moved here. I miss home and my life. I’m sad most of the time but am just afraid to admit it. It just takes one blow to put me down, I can’t even fight it anymore.

After I give birth, I’m probably going to have to face this sad truth about myself. It should be easy to deal with, they make supplements for everything these days.

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Friday, February 11th, 2011

The Grey’s Anatomy episode where Meredith drowned and met with Denny and the other departed people is on again. I always enjoy this episode  because of Denny and Doc.

Being stuck in front of the TV has once again been proven to be counter productive for me. I just remembered I have the dishes and the laundry waiting for me. I feel that I really have to use my new-found energy wisely if I want to earn even a fraction of what those Maritime Injury Lawyers make. Now that the hubby has a regular work schedule, I want to establish a schedule for all my tasks too but I’m having second thoughts about that because when the baby comes, a schedule would be non-existent once again.

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Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

I thought 9 months would be an awfully long time to wait till I can meet a very special someone but those 9 months seem to be going by like a breeze. I’m on my 25th week now and have only about a hundred more days  to prepare myself and my life for our baby. I thought I’d be able to finish the Harry Potter series, stitch about three to four Precious Moments pieces, crochet about 5 pairs of booties and a blankie, but no, at 25 weeks, I haven’t even started on any of these yet and I still have a number of things that are on top of my to-do list. But like most things these days, maybe I just need a little extra motivation… Maybe we should visit the craft store and see what they have on sale. There could still be some Christmas Party Invitations left over from the holidays but the store would most probably be all red for Valentine’s.

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Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

It’s another one of those days when I wake up and see an email from a friend about someone that just ruins  my day.  Fortunately, I’m too preoccupied with a lot of things that I don’t have time to deal with the matter. There isn’t anything to deal with anyways.

I’m turning my day around by trying to do as much as I can around the house and on the net. That person’s lucky too because I’m busy, inspired and far away from her and a spyderco endura. If it had been any other way, she’d be chopped liver.

http://www.thespydercostore.com/Endura-Knives-At-The-Spyderco-Store-s/226.htm
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

Feeling a lot like a blogger today, I woke up in a following-grabbing-commenting-reading mood today. I should be in front of the computer mostly because I have a lot of things to organize which are time constrained; like looking for lucrative merchandising jobs for one. I should also be re-organizing my files, physical and virtual.

Luckily for me, I can eat all I want to keep myself awake. Yeah, we wanna see those figures on the weighing scale go up now. My biological clock is still set to Manila time so it’s like I’m taking 2-to-3-hour naps at night and sleeping 4 to 5 hours in the afternoons. Today’s success only depends on whether I can stay up while there’s still sunshine. *yawn*

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Positivity

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

I lost count of how many times I have been advised to stay away from stress while I am pregnant. Elderly moms and mommy friends say that the baby can feel whatever I’m feeling, so being in a good mood as often as possible is a must. But is a totally stress-free nine months even a possibility?

Bad news and bad situations are lurking everywhere. Just turn the TV on and tune in to Philippine news and it’s almost a hundred percent bad news. Friends and relatives abroad almost never fail to inform us of bad news when they can easily forgo sharing good news.  It’s too easy to be cynical in this world that is so far from perfect. Keeping my calm and staying happy is becoming more of a challenge now that I am pregnant. If I don’t learn to control my emotions, I may have to prepare some anti wrinkle eye cream for myself – hopefully not for the baby too. Hang in there, Babe, Mommy’s trying hard to be positive.

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