"Singaw"

I had a painful Tuesday. It was because of "singaw" or also known as canker sore. I cannot talk and eat well. Too bad for me because it is located on the middle right side of my tongue. Every time I try to talk or chew, it hits my teeth which makes it really painful. I thought if I would have this sore for a month I would lose weight because I will not be able to eat well. If you take a look on it, it is like a yellow dot (like a pus) and has a red side like it is swelling. The hardest part of it is my job is to talk to customers over the phone. I thought of asking for permission not to take calls but they might think that I am over reacting. Good thing we don't have a lot of queue and I just bare the pain the whole shift.:-(

Updates Needed After Giving Birth

Just want to share what documents I processed after giving birth. I will only share things that you need to update after getting your SSS maternity benefit.

I give birth last July 10, 2009. After getting my SSS maternity benefit the next thing that came in my mind is enrolling my baby to get a healthcard at work. I was told that I need to wait for 90 days before I can do that. After 3 months I went to our clinic to apply for the additional HMO card. It was then I find out I still need to update a lot things. I was given different forms and here are the list below:

1. Philhealth M2 Data Form (2 copies) - to add my baby as an additional dependent
2. SSS Member's Data Ammendment Form (E4) - to add my baby as an additional dependent too
3. BIR Form 1902 (3 Copies) and BIR Form 2305 (3 Copies) - to update my Tax
(Note: For wife who are claiming the dependents you need to submit a waiver)
4. HMO application form

You will be needing multiple copies of your child's certified true copy of birth certificate. Also birth certificate of you and your spouse is needed to update your tax. I was also given a letter to request for a new copy of MDR (Member Data Record).

Getting Old

Alzheimer is a brain disorder that causes memory loss. Those who are getting old are the most common people who are getting this disease. In America it is the 7th leading cause of death. They say there is still no cure for the said ailment and it gets worse overtime.

I have mention before that my grandmother has this disease. I admire my tita for the patient that she has in taking care of grandma. I guess she was able to do it out of great love for her mom. A lot of people now who have aging parents doesn't have time to take care of them. I wonder what will happen to me when I grow old. I know my kids will have their own family that they need to take care of and which will be their first priority. Just in case this happens to me I hope my children will look for the best senior care to take care of me. I will understand it but I hope they would at least spare time to visit me.

I don't have sleep yet so I guess that is why I am thinking of things like this. But time pass by very fast and I getting old will be part of it.

Halloween Pumpkin Paper Craft

Halloween is very near. One of my officemate decided to make a pumpkin decor made of paper. I am not an artistic person but when I saw one of his finished product I was attracted to try it. At first look it seems like very easy to do. You just need to print the layout, cut it and paste.

Woola! my first product was a success. I was very happy because those who tried to do it did get a crumpled pumpkin when they put the cover on. We are making the pumpkins during our avail time. We are using colored papers to make different pumpkins. If you would like to try this just click on the link to get the layout. I am at work when I created this post later I will upload the picture that I took.

See how cute the pumpkins are!

Danielle @ 3months old

• lesser "poo poo"
• as you can see she can now lift her head while lying down on her stomach
• sometimes she makes sound while laughing but most of the time she just smile
• yehey longer sleep time
• still 4oz of milk every 3-4hrs
• she no longer cries when taking a bath
• she can now focus on people and things
• she now have a little control on holding things

Struggle from Within

Rules are created to set limits. Without rules our world will be a disaster. It is use to set an expectation of what can happen if you do something. How would you feel when all of the rules given to you are all about punishment? It makes me feel like my world is getting small because of to much don'ts. If you are used to have a life with rules that are not being implemented seriously or not being followed all the time. And then all of the sudden everything changed, you will be reprimanded if you will not follow. Which do you think is better?

I believe rules are very important and it will be a mess without it. I guess I am just having a problem coping up. What I need to do is to look on the brighter side and think of it as if a discipline coming from a strict father. He is doing it for my own good. I just prayed that one day his approach will be change on how to influence me on how to become a better person.

Mystery Shopper

Have you heard of mystery shopper? It is a job wherein you act as a consumer and you will rate the quality of the product and the customer service of a certain company. I find this interesting that is why I send my resume when my friend told me about it.

Actually at first I send my husband resume and they reply that they would send the application form through courier. It came through LBC and when I read the form I decided to apply instead of my husband, hehehe. I haven't return the application yet since I need to do a pre-test. I need to go to either a grocery store, gas station or restaurant and answer some questions that they sent me.

I've been working as technical support for almost 4yrs now and part of my job is to give good customer service. Because of that I what I am doing I easily notice flaws from different establishment about their customer service and I get irritated if they don't provide good one. Yesterday I was in BDO to deposit a check. I was waiting on the line for about 15mins and when it was my turn the line was longer than before. The manager of the bank went out and ask where is the other teller. One of the teller said she was doing something. What the manager did was since there was only two line and there are 3 tellers serving, she divided the line to three. That's a good customer service that a manager is concern about the queue of the people waiting. While the tellers , I don't see any appreciation of what they manager did. All of them are not smiling and their eyes are just focus on their computer.

I hope I will be able to submit my application as soon as possible and be a mystery shopper. It looks like I am working as a spy, wow! I am really looking forward to be part of this cool job. If you are interested you can also send your resume to snc@mysteryshopper.com

Burloloy and Anik-anik

A friend of my best friend is in accessories business. She is selling different girls accessories like earrings, bracelet and necklace at a very affordable price. When I say affordable, really cheap price, like bargains. Price starts for as low P30. Try to visit her multiply and check out what she offers. You can contact the owner there and order what you want. I love collecting earrings and below are what I ordered.

Blog and Earn

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Web Directory - Increases Search Engine Ranking

Not everyone is aware of web directory or link directory. If you are searching for a broad topic it would be better to use this instead of a search engine. For example, if you wanted to search about home. Using a web directory will give you subcategory from a specific category. Example you main category is home and it will give you subcategories like apartment living, decor, do it yourself, home appliance, shopping, urban living etc.

It somewhat look like a search engine but it is not. It displays a list of web pages not based on keyword but by category and subcategory. The categorization is based on the whole website rather than one page or keyword.

If you have a website and wanted to increase your search engine ranking this is one option that you can do. You can submit your website to a web directory. Some are free while others require payment which is usually for business web directory. Submitting a website doesn't necessarily mean that you are already part of the directory. They would verify your site if it qualifies and can be added to a specific category. Try registering your site in to a web directory and get a boost in your search ranking.