Getting Ready

I need to focus on my schooling. That’s why as early as possible I have to plan what information system project should I submit at the end of semester. I’m honestly anxious because in the first place I’m not an IT graduate; though somehow I can relate to IT. Another reason is that I’m not working in the academe and my current job is no longer IT related; so I would really find this course quiet difficult. I am now relying to my stock knowledge and have to study hard to catch up.

Anyway, you’ll probably ask why I enrolled in Masters Degree in Information Technology. The very reason is that I’m widening my chance to get a job. You know IT is one of the most in demand profession in this digital age. Besides I’m also aiming to apply as college professor.

To be honest with you, I wanted to quit. But since I already started this then might as well finish this degree. I know this wouldn’t be easy but with the resources I can get through the internet then I think I’ll be able to understand the whole IT thing (sigh…). I am now collecting ebooks and pdf files for my reference. Just good I found a new pdf search engine.

Father's Day

The whole family gathered (except for my sister and some in-laws) last Sunday in our parent’s home to celebrate the father’s day at the same time post celebration of my parent’s wedding anniversary. My mom’s original plan is to have an activity with the grandchildren, a sort of goal setting and after that a game called “Know Your Tatay (grandfather)”. But the kids insisted that they wanted parlor games like what we usually do during Christmas. Of course mama cannot resist them here’s some pics of the parlor games....

Newspaper Dance

Lemon Dance

The famous "hep hep hurray" game of Wowowee

The kids of course prepared greeting cards for my father (I forgot to take a pic)… and a cute gift, a pair of toothbrush with a heart in it, for their wedding anniversary (June 17).

Couple's Toothbrush

I love the cute heart in it

Art of Disney

Though getting older, I admit I still love cartoons, especially Disney. And I think I will never loss interest in it. You know, I’m young at heart … I know it’s just a fantasy but I just love the thought that [in some Disney movies] people can talk to animals or plants. I wish in real life we could also do it; at least we know what the animals or plants wanted to say. Or at least if there’s no one I can turn to then they’ll be there for me to give me advices. LOL…

I also love the scenes where the villain losses and when the prince charming rescues his princess… and they live happily ever after… LOL…. Hopeless romantic…

What I also love is the cartoon movie itself, the story line, concept, production, music, the voice over, and especially the drawing. The Art of Disney never fails… very realistic and very fascinating to the viewers especially to kids.

Art of Disney

You know I love arts, that’s why when I watch cartoon Disney movies I cannot help but envy to the one who draws the cartoons. I wish I could be part of the team and draw for Disney cartoons. I draw some of the Disney characters before, a project of my niece, but I am only using crayons, and the effect wasn’t good as the original. I’m looking for Art of Disney in the internet to inspire me in creating one and found paragonfineart.com. Their painting collections are excellent.

Turkey: The Plant Destroyer

Our neighbor-cousin has a new pet/animal – turkey. (LOL.. i'm confused about what term should I used). Their tail may look attractive especially when it’s fully open but this feathery animal destroys my mom’s garden. We only found one day when my mom’s rare birds-of-paradise was almost bald. All leaves were eaten by it. And so we decided to place a temporary barricade, since we do not have a fence in between our neighbor-cousin house and ours. Although it minimizes the chance for the turkey to go to our garden, unfortunately it could still fly and jump of over the barricade. (Sigh…) But at least now it lessens its visit to my mom’s garden.

Saving

It’s almost one year since my mother retired from her job as an Education Supervisor. At first, it was hard for her for not receiving monthly salary. Especially those first four months after retirement when she was not able to get her pension from GSIS. (If you are working in the government office, I bet you know how GSIS process papers). Good thing she and my father invested a farm lot which supports their financial needs.

My mother would always remind us about the importance of saving money and investing. Coz we do not know what may come ahead. A saving of 1,000 peso per month is already 120,000 after 10 years. It’s just a matter of discipline.

To assure that you save at least 10% of what you have earned here’s a very simple formula: Salary – Savings = Expenses. Always keep in mind that what you earned is your salary least the savings. Do not overspend. Live with your means.

I know it can be tempting to withdraw what you have saved in the bank. Especially when you saw nice items that is on sale. And you will just make a promise that by the following month you’ll double the savings. I believe you will end up promising yourself every month to double it and after ten years you’ll be surprise you haven’t save the target amount. That’s why I suggest you put it in a time deposit account or if you invest it in a life insurance company. And much better if you do both, save some amount in the bank and some for the insurance company. This could be hard especially to those who doesn’t value saving. Just think this benefits you and your family!


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A New Look

Old template

I tried the new feature of blogger, creating a design template, in my other blog Life Ascending. I love it because there’s no need for me to re-add the gadgets like links and blog roll which is very tedious on my part; unlike before when you change the template, it also means losing almost all gadgets that your site had already installed.

I love my old template. But I also want to try a new look for my blog, especially that I have also seen some blogs using the same template as mine. Like the ad on axe for men, I also get easily bored. You know women!!! LOL….

Changing template, for me, is like changing my outlook in life and this is a good start…

Back to School Again

I wasn’t able to continue my Masters degree last semester because I prioritized my exam for LET. Honestly I’m anxious if there’s a need for me to continue it because it’s quiet hard and my work now is not IT related. But on the other hand I was thinking of widening my chance for the possible opportunities that might come along my career path. Though I don’t need it for the meantime yet I know time will come I’ll be able to apply all that I have learned; in God’s time. For now I have to study and hone my skills well.