reaching home via internet

September 22, 2010 1 Comment

It’s been a long time since I left home to work and live abroad. If I am not mistaken, it has been almost five years now and to me, it feels very natural already. Maybe that’s because I am really not the type who experiences intense homesickness. I do feel homesick sometimes but my homesickness can be easily cured by eating Filipino food or simply by calling my family back home.

Long distance calls are quite expensive and that is one reason why I am so thankful that there is internet. Before I left home, I taught my mom how to write emails and use messengers to make sure that we chat, talk, and exchange emails while I am away. The only set back of this is that we don’t always catch each other online. There are times when I badly need to tell them something but they are not online. When that happens, I simply send my mom or my sisters an SMS that says they should go online because I have something important to tell them. Thanks to Free SMS services from net2mobiles.com, I can send text messages to my family back home without spending a dime. Long distance communication nowadays is actually almost for free. The only thing we have to pay is the monthly internet fee.

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on to the rooms upstairs

July 24, 2010 1 Comment

We have three rooms on the second floor of our house and they’re supposed to be used as master’s bedroom and two kid’s room but since we only want one child (in the future), we have one extra room to be used as an office/guest room.

Right now, we don’t have permanent office furniture yet. All we have is a table and a chair at one corner and that’s good enough for now but later, I want some real office furniture for our home office.

The master’s bedroom is equally bare. All we have is the wardrobe and a temporary bed. We would like to prioritize that room but we haven’t agreed yet on what furniture to buy. I would like to go for some rustic bedroom furniture but my husband would like to have the modern ones. He wants furniture with a touch of Asian style just like those in our kitchen.

The kid’s room is empty since obviously, we don’t have a kid yet. Right now, we use it as an ironing room. It gets really messy sometimes but once I get pregnant (probably next year), I would like to do some serious work on this room. I want it to be perfect for our baby. I will personally decorate it and design it. Haha, that thought makes me want to have a baby now… but that will have to wait a bit.

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my cousin’s wedding

March 18, 2010 Leave a Comment

The main thing I am thankful for about the internet is the face that it offers me means to get in touch with my family back home. I would go home often if I could but that is not simply possible so needless to say, I have to be content with communicating with them over the net. At the beginning, we emailed each other and used messenger software to chat. If they want to show pictures to me, they have to send the pictures to me via email. Now there’s Facebook, of which most of my family and friends are members. It is way cooler because we can chat, message each other, share videos and photos.

I was invited to attend my cousin’s wedding but I was not able to attend. Over chatting, I told her I was sorry and that I wish I was there. She said she’ll upload some of her wedding photos so I can have a glimpse of what it was like. After a few minutes, the photos were live and I was viewing them. It was a lovely wedding. The motif and the wedding accessories used were really pretty and unique. We chatted more about her wedding and after the chat, I felt like I was there and that I didn’t miss a thing.

FB is cool. I am always updated with what’s new back home and this is something I consider really important.

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cat shower

March 5, 2010 Leave a Comment

This is definitely embarrassing but I will share it anyway.

We moved into our new house last Sunday and that was the last time we took a proper shower. We enjoyed our last shower in our old flat before returning the keys to our landlady. We knew that there’s no bath/shower in our new house yet so we made sure to savor that shower because we are not sure when will we have the chance to shower again.

Until now, I have to content myself with cat shower because the d**ned Baumax didn’t deliver our tub and shower plate on time so our schedule for things to be constructed is completely ruined. Now we finally have the bathtub and the shower plate but the plumber is not available. Then of course, we also have to worry if the tile guy will find the time to come to us and make our bathroom.

I’m just so thankful that one of our toilets is done before the move. There’s a small sink in there we can use to wash. I wash my hair in that sink then I have to use a big basin to wash my arms and legs. Then I use a face towel for the rest. It sucks! Although I try to wash myself as clean as possible, I still don’t feel 100% cleaned (showered). I don’t feel refreshed.

I want a real shower!

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this month

February 6, 2010 1 Comment

We got a house early this year and we are working on it day and night. We have to finish at least the most important parts of the house before the 28th of February because we should be able to live there by then. Our contract on the flat we are living in now will expire at the end of this month and we decided not to extend it anymore. We only have three weeks from now until we move in to our new house and we are not even done with the painting!

Our target is to finish the painting, the bathroom, the toilets, and the floors before we move in. We also want to finish the kitchen but unfortunately, it will only be delivered and mounted on the 8th of March so for the first eight days, we will have to eat out or be contented with home deliveries.

My father-in-law will come sometime soon to help us with the work because there’s no way that my husband and I can do it before our target date. We need some help. My brother-in-law is already 15 years old and physically, I think he is able to help us but he can’t miss school. And on the other hand, he’d rather spend his weekends driving his new motorbike. He got it on his 15th birthday and he’s really crazy about anything motorbike. He actually already listed things like fox motocross jeans, motorcycle jackets, motorcycle helmet, and other motorcycle accessories on his wish list for the coming Easter.

The house still needs a lot of work–hard work. But to tell you honestly, I don’t mind doing the hard work. I am actually very motivated to work on it because I am already excited to move in!

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repairing my car

January 5, 2010 2 Comments

Since I got my car last October, I had two accidents. The first one was not serious. I got a few scratches that are not really visible from afar. The second one came as a shock to me. I was not hurt (thank God) but my car spinning and hitting a post is not really what I’d call fun. I honestly thought I died.

It was my first time  to drive on a snowy/icy road and it was really weird and difficult for me. I didn’t feel that my car has a grip on the road so I remember being really careful but although I exerted extra caution, my car still slipped and that’s when it happened.

My car made a semi circle then it hit a post.

Luckily, only the number plate was damaged (and a few negligible dents): nothing we can’t take care by ourselves.

So instead of getting my car fixed by mechanics in super expensive car repair shops, my husband consulted some auto repair shops online and repaired the damage by himself. That saved me some bucks.

Luckily, I have a husband who is knowledgeable with automobiles and luckily too that  he doesn’t mind getting his hands dirty to do some manual works especially if a work has something to do with cars.

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happy holidays y’all!

December 31, 2009 2 Comments

I know that it is too late to send out my greetings through my blogs but I think that I gave out greetings to most of you through Friendster, Facebook, YM, and chikka already.

So anyway, here’s a quick update about my holiday.

We spent our Christmas at my in-laws. I’ve got some really interesting gifts and my favorite is one of the gifts I got from hubby: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. I also got the Hobbit from him and so the next few weeks will be spent reading these books.

The days between Christmas and New Year were spent visiting friends and relatives and of course, shopping. There are just too many post-Christmas sales happening around so it’s really a good time to shop.  I’ve already spent most of the Christmas money I received.

Countless hours were also spent telephoning with my friends and family back in the Philippines but of course, it is not the same. I truly miss all of them and I hope to see them all soon.

I will be going back to work on the 7th of January. I will be going through a minor operation before that and I hope that I have time to heal before I go back to work.

So that’s pretty much it.

By the way, while writing this entry, I notice that Google PR has updated again and this blog still remains PR 0.

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an evening alone

December 12, 2009 1 Comment

Hubby is working until 9:00 tonight. It sucks because it is a Friday. He’s supposed to be home early. According to him, they’re done with the prototype of a certain MINI car and they have some VIPs and photographers to take a look at it. The event will go on until the last VIP left but he said he’ll try to sneak out at 9:00.

Even if his absence gives me a time to blog, a time to read books, and an excuse not to cook, I’d rather have him here. I am not used to eating dinner alone and there’s no point waiting for him now because it’s an event, there’s a catering so he would have eaten something by then.

He said he felt bad for letting me eat dinner alone so he promised that he’ll make it up to me tomorrow by inviting me to lunch and by accompanying me to shop and spend some of the money I got as gift for my birthday. *wink.

This thing doesn’t happen often and I hope that it will stay that way because I get lonely if I have to spend the time alone when I am supposed to be spending that time with him. Of course I don’t mind being alone sometimes but it is a Friday night and he’s supposed to be home early, we’re supposed to have a quiet dinner, and after that we’re supposed to cuddle comfortably on the couch while we watch TV.

It’s just 6:00 pm here. I still have three hours to be alone…. sigh* I’m too dependent on my husband, am I not?

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