Living it Up, During 'Down" Times

2011 has been quite a financially trying year for me. What used to be a tolerable income a year ago now has become quite inadequate. More so that I happen to be the breadwinner in the household, and it's not easy keeping 6 mouths in food and clothes, especially when juggled together with the demands of graduate schooling. Trying to cut down expenses isn't new to me anymore but sometimes when emergencies strike like an illness in the family, too often I have to scramble about looking for something to buy medicines with, which is getting fairly often with my parents being diabetic. The economy hasn't been good, and so there's not much to do but to look for means of getting extra.

I've tried thesis editing (good money, but only seasonal) and other related stuff but still there are times when the ends you're trying to meet don't meet at all.

So don't be alarmed if you see ads in my blog. They're there for a reason. Feel free to click,since some of these may even help you earn.

Have a great week ahead!

I turned....30!

"I remember the day I turned thirty. I was getting out f the shower and I stood in front of the mirror and stared at myself for a long time. I examined every inch of my body and appreciated the fact that I finally looked like a grown woman. I also assumed that this was how I was going to look for the rest of my life. The way I saw it, I was never going to age; I'd just look up one day and be old."


~ Terry MacMillan


Yesterday was my 30th birthday....weeeeeee!

As usual, the greetings went around through SMS, phone calls, facebook etc. etc. etc....

I ignored the "are you still single?" queries. Heck, I AM SINGLE AND I'M HAVING A BLAST!!!! But someone and I are working towards something that would start something that will last a lifetime. Don't ask who.

I don't mind growing old. I realized why there's the saying that youth is wasted on the young. Nothing beats the grace and confidence that comes along with maturity.

Ramadan Movies

I saw this on facebook, a post by a friend. It was so hilarious that I just had to repost it here, because of the Ramadan season. For my fellow fasters,hope you have a good laugh at this!


Ramadan movies:
1. The Passion of the Mtawwa3
2. I Know What You Ate Last Ramadan
3. Charlie & The Ashta Factory
4. Save The Last Samboosa
5. The Curious Case of the Unfolded Samboosa
6. So7oor at Tiffany's ;)
7. The Got-Fatter
8. Indiana Jones and The Raiders of The Lost Fattoush
9. Transformers: The Dark Side of the Hilal
10. Iftar for Shmucks
11. Saved by the 2athaan
12. How to be a sheikh in 30 Days
13. No Drinks Attached1

Updates, What I'm Into, and God knows What Else

I promised that I'll be posting, and so here I am. Some of my blogger friends and followers actually bugged me in the e-mail over what in the world happened to me. Well, here goes:

1. Last month, I finally got an ad-interim tenure. That means, I'm on probationary status and no longer contractual at work, and that's a step or two away from permanent status.

2. I also got appointed as a special assistant to the office of the university president, so I get to hang out at the admin building more often than not. I have a desk there too. But I still teach, only that, I have only three subjects this semester. So my working life now is more or less focused on meetings, paperwork, meetings, official university business,meetings, committee work, meetings...

3. I had actually started doing my Masters a few sems ago, but I slowed down this time because I had to adjust to my new surroundings.

4. It's going to be the university's 50th birthday on September 1 and we're preparing for the big party. Here's what we did a couple of Sundays ago. We had around 2,000 students in their Phys. Ed. uniforms forming the university's initials and we filmed them while they did that.

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The Comeback!!!!

Ok people, get those drum rolls coming!


I'M BAAACCCKKKK!!!!!


First of all I'm sorry if I haven't been around in a while. It's a long story, and will tell you about it. To give you a clue (except for those who know about it) it had something to do with being kicked upstairs :).


Second, so many things have been going on in my life that I could barely stop and smell the roses. Well surprisingly, I got some free time and I decided to post.

Will definitely do multiple posts tomorrow. Promise.

Whew!

It's been a while...no,no this is not a blog closure notice, hahahaha!

I've just been too busy for a while. And now that they put the net inside my office/classroom combination, I guess I don't have much of an excuse to be not posting!

It will be the Christmas break soon, and although I don't celebrate Christmas, I will be using the break to come with some posts to make up for my absences here.

Bob Ong, Again!!!!

You like the quotes I posted a year or so ago? Yes those from Bob Ong? Here's more! Translated though. If you want to see the first installment, click this: http://coralbead.blogspot.com/2009/04/in-mood-for-something-thought-provoking.html


1. "They say, that for every problem, only one person can help you--your own self. They're right. Maybe that's why God gave us each a conscience, because He knows that there are times when our brains won't work."

2. "What's a camera phone for? If owning one was a question of life and death I could've been dead by now!"

3. "In college you'll see so many influences, good or bad. Don't blame your thesis partner or your friend because you collapsed your lungs through smoking, your liver broke down through excessive drinking, or you had your own family at the wrong time. If you're really smart, then you can still choose to walk on the straight path,no matter how bad the people you are with."

4. "Sometimes you need to deliberately forget, so you will be remembered."

5. "Nothing good will happen in your life if you don't stop regretting and complaining about your fate."

6. "There are so many people here on Earth who are much more lonely than those who live on the Moon. And then, you don't actually need a lot of people to make up your world. Sometimes, your world can be made up of just one person, and that person will be all the world you'll ever need for the rest of your life."

7. "People are sad because they force themselves to be happy."

8. "It's easy to think about what money is for, but what I don't understand is why it's a measure of whether somebody's successful or not."

9. "Put two ears together, they form the shape of a heart. The ears are an extension of the heart, so if you know how to listen, you know how to love."

10."A woman is to be respected, and cared for! She's not a PSP that you can just fish out from your pocket when you want to play with it. She's not an iPod that you'll just listen to when you want to pass the time. And she's not a bottle of Red Horse (beer) that you can drown yourself in. A woman,whatever form she comes in, is not somebody you just collect or play with."

11."If people are fighting each other to see who can have you,maybe you are beautiful or handsome. Choose to go with the good person, not the nice one. Choose the one who knows about life, not the academically smart one. And choose the one who loves you, not the one who just wants you."

12. "Why do you keep on having feelings for someone who doesn't feel the same way for you? Don't make yourself a fool for someone who does not see your worth. Learn to give up and leave, when you realize that you end up being hurt."

13. "The hardest part of leaving somebody who cannot find the heart to love you is the fact that the person won't go after you."