I often mentioned on my previous posts about how time flew so fast. Yes, I can still vividly remember how lonely our New Year celebration was, only me, my parents and huggy was there watching the fireworks display prepared by our neighbor (My Mom discouraged any fireworks to be initiated by us). My other siblings celebrated the occasion on their respective homes. Now, barely 88 days and its Christmas!  As I look back, I can only say that only few significant things happened, the rest were all the same from the other year. Well, I am still glad that God remains to be faithful that he sustained me throughout the years. It was still fresh on my memories that I moved to a boarding house near our school on the later part of January. On February, my huggy went back from Bukidnon for good. On March, my big sister left for Canada to join with her husband. On April, we had our Family Camp at CMU, Bukidnon, where I grew up. On May was the National Election. On June, PNoy was inaugurated as the 15^th President of the Republic of the Philippines, Huggy turned 29, and I finally got hired as an Executive Assistant.  On July, was our Youth Month and it was my sister- in- law’s birthday. Also, I’ve been through a lot during this month emotionally. On August, it was Mom, Tatay and my only nephew’s birthday and some of my church mates.  I just turned 29 this month, and we just celebrated our church’s Thanksgiving and Anniversary and one of our church mates finally tie a knot…

As for the days to come, well, who knows what really lies ahead. We can plan, we can set our schedules but none of us are certain of the future. All I know is that, the year almost end and still, I can say that, I haven’t done too much and I do not know why. So many things have yet to be done… so little time to be able to accomplish it… Aren’t we racing against time?

Just this morning, while I'm on my way to the office, I passed by to some government offices who have their Monday Flag Ceremony. I was reminded then of my childhood memories. Before, while the flag was raised, everybody, including moving vehicles, must stop to show respect to the symbol of our country. However, such an act of respect was slowly forgotten by many of us nowadays. 

This Mellow Yellow Monday, I am featuring our Philippine flag just to remind my kababayan that this is the only country we have, therefore, we must love all things that symbolizes or sumasagisag sa ating minamahal na bayan.

I am proud to be Pinoy!

Have you heard about Smuggled Pinoy? 

Last Saturday, GMA-7's Imbestigador featured a very heart-breaking,heart bleeding episode featuring Filipina who were victims of human trafficking/prostitution. All they knew was they were being recruited by a Filipino recruiter for a job abroad only to end up in a Casa where flesh trading was the main business. They were employed as sex slaves.  This happened in Malaysia. As one victim revealed, they were given a daily quota of 120 customers!

This is the irony, by all means, some people earned money even to the extent of deceiving others. What happened to our fellow Filipino who committed such crime? How could they afford to be a part of this kind of business?

Bottom line, for the love of money. tsk tsk tsk...

Nowadays, people grab all the possible opportunities just to earn an extra income. Why? Normally, for financial stability. It is quite difficult to meet both ends when you know that what you get is not enough to sustain all your needs and those who depend much on you...

As I learned little by little on how to generate income via online, the more I desire to focus and reach my goal. As of now, my first goal is to have my own laptop which will be my buddy in realizing my goal... I do hope and pray that i could acquire that the soonest possible time. My first (supposedly the answer to my prayer) employer did not continue on giving me his assignments because there was a delay and my time is limited during day time... :(

I am very much thankful for the God-given wisdom and insights to those author of books who brought inspiraton to their million of readers. I am currently reading three books right now but due to a busy schedule, I wasn't able to finish yet with the two books:

1. Purpose- Driven Life by Rick Warren- this is a very familiar books with million copies already sold. I used to own two books, both were just given to me and another one from my Ate's collection. I shared the contents of this book with my two former students,in fact, we are continually working on it right now. I am actually finished reading this book but every time we have our session, it (the content of each chapter) became a new revelation to me and I really love the experience. We have a one chapter per session and we are half way to the last chapter.

2. The Confident Woman by Joyce Meyer- I can only read this book if I still have enough time. I am still on the first three chapters. Joyce Meyer aims to bring the best of every woman in the world. The book is very inspiring and uplifting especially for women who experienced the worst in life. Joyce Meyer, a gifted writer, draw strength from God and from her experience. Grab this book for yourself or to the woman whom you think need this the most.

3. The Gift of Work by Bill Heatley. We just started reading 

this book. We because I am referring to my Bible Study group (The Navigator Ministries) headed by Kuya Ed. The book was solely intended to all men and women who are now earning a living by working in a particular job. How do you view work? And for what mean reason you are working? This is a spiritual disciplines for the workplace book. If you think your boss need some spiritual advice but you cannot tell it straight to his face, grab this and have this given to him as your perfect gift.

For this Thankful Thursday, I just want to thank God for using the talent and concern as well as wisdom of other people in educating and uplifting others and for emphasizing the perfect plan of God.

To God be the glory!

Work efficiency can be attained if we are provided with all the things that we need in order to make the best output. Well, that is how I view it. In our line of duty, we need to ensure that we are comfortable with our work. Being comfortable means having the complete facility that we need. In the office setting, one can work comfortably if the environment is conducive enough for working. There should be office chairs furniture and tables that we can work on to. In choosing office chairs, one thing to consider is the kind of chair that we can be benefited of like high back type and with arm rest for comfort. There is also a posture aid chair that we can rest upon if we feel the need to relax after a long day work in the computer. It is also a plus factor if the office looks good and has complete facilities. This will attract more clients for some consumer- related businesses. There are so many available office chairs furniture that will suit one’s budget and with great quality. It also comes in different colors and style. Of course, the kind of chair that one must consider should match the interior design of the office. Remember, a comfortable chair may likely result to a good feeling of working hard and aim for a productive output.