Investment trainings and seminars

Mom has been forwarding to me some emails about having passive income and investment opportunities. She even keeps on encouraging me to attend seminars on investment and other ventures. Oh well, with my busy schedule and limited budget, I am quite apprehensive about it. Anyway, I do plan to attend the seminars and trainings when time permits.
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Family first

My friend T’s hubby is now assigned in Davao. He is a senior accountant of one of the top corporations in the country, and he goes around the company’s branches in connection with his work.  This makes his family a sort of “traveling family”, as other times they stay also in Manila, in a condominium provided by the company. Interesting lifestyle they have, isn’t it?

I remember he was about to leave the company for another one, with lesser position (and also for a lesser pay?), but when he was called by management for a heart-to-heart talk what really was his reason for leaving the company, it came out that it was the stress which goes together with his top position in a department that made him decide to quit while he was still young and physically fit, while he still need not worry about medical treatment, diet programs or apidexin scams.

With understanding, and a not-ready-to-give-him-up stand, the company transferred him to another responsibility, less stressful but still needs his kind of a VIE, in his case, Very Indispensable Employee, a “relative” of VIP, Very Important Person!

This entry is then a salute to our friend A, may your tribe increase! And congratulations to our friend T for having a responsible hubby, not only as a father and husband, but also as a model employee as well.

From innocent-looking to sophisticated aura

With our upcoming high school alumni, my Facebook friends have increased and it’s fun to see how my high school classmates look now as more sophisticated ladies and dashing gentlemen. It’s really a big improvement from the innocent and messy teen look they once had. Well, you can’t deny some of them look like they need some wrinkle lotion though. I guess that’s the cause of too much stress and being overworked. 

Discounted salon services

A friend recently had a hair rebond session at one of the top salons in the mall. Her hair looks straight and very much behaved now, but I almost choked at the price when she told me. Oh well, beauty services really cost a lot especially when you get it from prestigious salons.
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Food tripping with the family

Don’t tell me I need one of those quick weight loss diets please. With my siblings here for vacation, the dining table is always filled up with food and the refrigerator is all crammed up. Yup, coz my bros and sisses from abroad miss the home-cooked meals and recipes here, as well as the native delicacies. Thus, they want to eat the foods they missed. So, it’s forgetting about diets for now and just enjoying some delicious longed for dishes in the company of loved ones.

Simple gifts mean a lot

With my siblings here for a vacation, I’m blessed with lots of “pasalubongs” or gifts from abroad, from cotton top blouses to refrigerator magnets, to my favorite cocoa powder and chocolate bars and what-nots. I really am blessed to have such generous bros and sisses, hehehe… simple gifts that show their thoughtfulness are what counts most. No problem if they can’t afford to buy gold online for me, their gifts are not that expensive but they’re very much appreciated. 

Dishonesty in business

Selling of confidential information is not just an illegal act, it is totally unscrupulous and a glaring work of dishonesty in business. This is why when TransUnion was involved in giving out important and confidential credit information to some marketing companies, they were guilty of direct violation of Federal Credit Reporting Act. It’s just too sad that many Americans were affected with their dishonesty.
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What’s with Little KT?

I really don’t know what’s eating up my little 2-year old niece ever since they arrived here for vacation. She’s always saying “NO” and pushes you away, with that sulky stare like she’s looking at some of those eczema pictures. I miss her cute sweet smile when she was still with us here last year. Huhuhu… it seems like she already forgot her Auntie. Well, at times she would let me carry her or sometimes she would let me hold her hand, but most of the time she really is not in the mood. Anyway, we’re just giving her time. Maybe she’s still adjusting herself to the new environment and the new faces around her.  

They’re here!

Ok, I meant everybody’s here… my big sis and her three kids, cutie sis with her hubby and two kids, my bro and his wifey, and yes you can guess that the little ones are making a mess all over the house. Anyway, no complaints, not even with me having to always clean the toilets after some “accidents”. I’m just glad everybody’s here for a vacation, and we’re making the most out of it.