Like a Thief in the Night

Death is what I'm talking about. With a heavy heart while tapping the keyboard, I couldn't help but ask why do we all have to die without knowing when???

What happened is I got a skype message earlier from a college friend telling me one of our closest friends is gone forever. I called the number of Jo (that's his nickname) and talked to his sister who confirmed that indeed he left the world last night at 8:30 pm. He wasn't just my co-writer in the school paper, wasn't just a fellow student leader and debater, but he was special. Our togetherness had an impact. We would stroll around the city until late night laughing at each other's joke. We would eat lunch together. And he was so generous. He would even spend his spare time teaching us how to solve Math problems. He was so Britney and Charice fanatic. That is just so unforgettable right? A year after I graduated (he was in his last year in College) we had a night out in a videok bar and I remember exactly what he said "Ten years from now let's go back here and talk about our success."

Years passed and we all had our own lives but whenever he comes home in our city he make sure that we see each other. Until sometime last year he told us about an ailment that stricken him. There's a growing node in his left leg and he had difficulty walking. True enough, we had a group date again and indeed his left leg somehow shrink oddly. He told us he's getting better. January of this year was the last time he got hospitalize again. That was the last time we talked. We only exchange text messages but he never said anything about his condition.

I wish he did. I would have seen you Jo for the last time. But of course you are home now with Almighty God. It's just that I miss you too bad.  ;(

Childhood Days

Among the human's developmental stages, Childhood is the most crucial. It is the foundation of how we draw decisions when we become adults. Since this stage starts from 5 years old to 12 years old, it's a long period of collaborating your experiences with friends, society and most of all your family. How these people treat you and took care of you greatly affects the development of your personality.

Like for instance my online student last night who is 50 years old and divorced. Our conversation went into something personal. She asked me if I have kids and I asked her back. I was quite shocked when she said she's always been afraid to have kids because she had a very unhappy childhood. She was abuse by her mother. Having no child was also the main reason why her ex husband divorce her. 

When she asked me how was my childhood, I began to recall. I stopped at the memory when I was 10 years old. My parents had to go away to work and they entrusted the care of me to our neighbor. I only get to see them once a month. I was lucky I was never bullied nor mistreated. In fact, their eldest daughter is my closest friend and I call them Mama and Papa too. We were literally poor. They couldn't give me an allowance and couldn't even buy me a recognition dress. But I was cool with it. It wasn't that way forever though. When I was in second year high school, I've seen my parents fruit of hard labor. They built a new house and got a passenger jeep.

Different folks with different strokes goes with different experiences. May it be bad or good, the most significant thing is we move forward since we are to follow the sun of tomorrow. Going backward is going nowhere.

Summer Breeze

Soaking under the sun is what defines summer for me. If I have a lot of money I would spend it by touring the best summer places in the country.

But since I'm just an ordinary woman with an ordinary life, me and my friends chose to take a peak at one of the renowned tourist spots of Caraga Region. It's called Bucas Grande Island known for Sohoton Cave. Though I've already been to this place a year ago, I still couldn't get over the feeling that such magnificent place is rested here just 2 hours away from home.

This group of islands welcomes you with a lot of surprising spots to see. Such as the Hagukan (snoring) Cave where you have to float in order to get in, the sanctuary of non stinging jellyfish (white,blue and brown colors), lagoons, crystal cave where you will be amaze by its sparkling beauty when you get in. It is surrounded with solid humongous rocks and mountains where the trees are still untouched. The white sands by the shore is unbelievably tempting. It glares at your face that seems to let you just stay in the place for good.

If you love spending summer days in beaches, this place will surely leave a mark in your heart and you will swear to visit it every summer season. Or even wanting to get a property and build a rest house.

So enchanting that is. Prepare to be in awe when you get here.

(an entry for my write-for-a-dollar thing..hope its ok to post the same write up here.)

Click for a Dollar

I've been anxious lately about our increasing bills, overdues and all of that sort. Then one weekend I bumped into my friend who told me about this Bubblews website where you can write anything under the sun and you can earn dollars. She was ecstatic in showing me her paypal account with the figure in it.

Today is my 2nd day Bubbling in the site and yes I could see the number increasing. Whether it's scam or not, I think it's worth a try. After all I still got my online tutorial and article writing sidelines.

And I hope our finance office would never do those surprising deductions again for it was the real start of my messy budget.

Please Lord, help me end this. You know very well I don't like being poor.lol!

Certified Multi Tasker

Thank God it's Thursday!

I only had four hours of sleep last night. It's been like that since this week started. Working harder is my motto until the end of this month. Last night after having dinner at my parents house, my mother started showing her disappointment again. She'd been asking me about when will we return their van and finally we decided to return it today. I felt the embarrassment of my husband. They were expecting we made money more than just what we have to spend. Oh how I wish it was like that.

Sensitivity strike in when I look at my mother's eyes, I knew then what had been sprinkling in her mind. So I decided that we head home an hour after dinner. While I got busy tidying up our house, my heart ached thinking about how we got into this financial constraint lately. I whispered a prayer that we may be able to get through this soon.

Truly, God is never asleep for a friend of mine who owns a small company sent me a message that I can start working for him as an Article Writer. I was in awe. One way or another, there will always be ways and means to survive without breaking rules.

To summarize my career from today; Office worker, Online Tutor, Article Writer and a BUBBLER!!!!

Have a nice day ahead everyone!