My kids started teething late. I was especially worried with my first because he didn’t start teething until he was 16 months old, right after I weaned him off from breastmilk. Two teeth on the upper gum started coming out first, at the same time and two on the lower gum, both at the same time as well. My girl started teething she was 9 months old. She used to suck her thumb. I didn’t really wean her off from sucking her thumb. But when she started teething, she somehow weaned herself off from thumb-sucking. Probably, she felt the pain from her teeth. They said that breastfeeding can help with a good teeth formation. Both of them do have good teeth formation but their father also have good one. So I am not sure whether the adage is true. All I know is that they won’t be needing to see charlotte cosmetic dentist soon. But I believe we still need to see a regular dentist just for a dental check up.
August 8, 2010
Home is where the heart is. But for you heart to be attached to a place it must be comfortable. Your house may not be grand, modern or full of priceless paintings by renaissance masters, but sharing a little bit of you into the house makes it homely and cozy. A little homemade painting can add color to your fireplace. A photograph of your children all around the house can make it seem friendly. Couches and pillows strewn all over the living room would make even strangers think of a happy family watching a movie on their Samsung HDTV. A well-used kitchen with goodies all around is nicer to look at than a kitchen that looked like it has never been used or full of fragile appliances. A home does not need to be big and expensive in order for it to look beautiful.
July 26, 2010
Nowadays, we want everything fast. We want to have a quick weight loss program. We want a quick way to eat so we order food from fast food restos. We want a quick version of everything. And I noticed that it doesn’t help with developing patience. I am guilty of that. Things in the world can really get us away from achieving to be Christ-like…
Is this why I avoid fad diets nowadays? Maybe. I know that if I persevere, at the end of the day, I would be rewarded with something I wanna achieve.
Patience is a virtue. Now I understand why God wants us to be patient. It’s kind of worth it if we wait.
July 8, 2010
I recently posted about my acne and how they went away by using the right product for my skin. I didn’t mention the product but one comment I got was asking me what water-based product I use. I say not all water-based products can deliver the best acne treatments. Not all water-based product can suit one type of skin. So you really have to do a lot of experimenting and risking (both money and time, I may say). It just happened that what I got 8 years ago just worked and still working for me.
But they say that as we get on with age, our skin type changes. So what works for us now might now work later, when we are older. Hmmm… I wonder then what product I would use when that happens.
July 8, 2010
Last month, I downloaded some hip hop abs workouts from the internet. I really enjoyed it coz it’s a workout for the abs the hip hop way. I love dancing hip hop, that’s why. My boy has been watching me doing my workout and one day, he asked whether I could wear hip hop clothes while doing Hip Hop Abs. LOL. I don’t have those but I have workout clothes. Anyways, I stopped doing Hip Hop Abs as I thought it’s too slow to tone my abs. Now I am on Jillian Michaels. And I can see a little difference on my abs. Hope this truly works.
July 8, 2010
Academically, research is what I love doing best. I would rather pass a 6,000-word paper than to take an oral examination. Oral exams make me nervous and though I work well when I’m nervous, I don’t want to go through that kind of anxiety because I experience hallucinations during those moments.
Researching is good because you can always re-check the facts you have written and you have days to finish it. Unlike in exams where you only have hours to finish it and it has to be written legibly, which I’m not really capable of doing. Research also broadens your knowledge since you don’t only read things about your topic but also trivia like weight loss tips, or interesting things you didn’t know before like if someone smiles without crow’s feet, it’s not a genuine smile.
It also enhances your writing skills whether you write serious topics or fiction or comic strip. Researching is helpful in improving ones patience especially if you can’t find any resources relevant to your topic.
The best thing about researching is you can do it a night before deadline and still get a good grade.
July 8, 2010
I was never really good at saving money so that I could buy something for myself because it always turns out that I buy something for someone else. I think it’s a waste of money to buy clothes since someone else is buying for me and I do not really need a lot of clothes since we wear anything to school. But now I’m trying to save but I still do not know for what specifically. I’ve been thinking of the things I want to buy for myself but there are so many that my mind is in a jumble. Since I am quite obsessed with losing weight nowadays, I think I should buy herbal weight loss pills because it’s natural. But I don’t really need to save for that because it’s not that expensive and I’ve never tried it before so I’m quite scared.
Right now, my passion lies in reading and playing plants versus zombies and I don’t know if money really has something to do with those things. Maybe I should save for another trip to Guimaras because some of my friends are planning to go there. I don’t have the slightest idea what I’m saving for. The only important thing here is that I would learn to save for myself and buy things, things that would make me fly, with my own savings.
July 8, 2010
In one of my daydreams, I was working in an NGO with lots of children and at the same time studying. The setting is not in Philippines, but still somewhere in Asia. UN is my goal but it’s a very long journey before I get there. The problem lies in the time I spend working. I would like to work with a busy schedule and feel the fulfillment afterwards. Since I envision myself to be working steadfastly and my schedule would be hectic, I won’t have time taking my Master’s degree in Community Development or in Learning and Language Education. Then I recalled that my university offers distance learning program so I could always study abroad while working. I also looked up for the best online degrees in the internet to broaden my choices. One my plans are to work first so I can save money for my Master’s and gain experience before studying.
The drawback of daydreaming, aside from wasting my time, is that it does not work the way you want it to work. Not always. But I know that I have a goal and I am going to reach that goal.
July 8, 2010
The husband fixed his HP cellphone and gave me back my HTC. If you remember I posted something about my friend giving me her old htc. I took it and gave to hubby when something happened to his HP cellphone. Well, I don’t use phone much… but I find it convenient to check my facebook when I’m not at home and I’m somewhere else, having dinner or going to malls with my family. I didn’t need any of those cell phone cases because when my friend gave it to me, it came with one.
Just recently, I overcharged it. 
And you know what would happen, right. The battery died. And because of that, it affected the mother board. To have the motherboard fixed would cost something like RM500. That’s almost $200.00. Sigh. I had a cellphone for barely a month. Now it’s in the corner, screaming to be thrown into the junk.
Bye HTC.
June 30, 2010
While in college studying for my Chartered Accountancy exams, ACCA (UK), we had to buy lots of really thick textbooks which was expensive coz we had to pay them in British Pounds, plus the books were all printed in the UK. AND everytime we complete a subject, we would have trouble selling our textbooks coz’ every year a new accounting standard is introduced, or a new tax amendment is made, or a new topic is introduced and so , our textbooks became obsolete and we couldn’t sell them, these books eventually made it to our home library collecting dust 
hahah!
I wonder who would be willing to sell textbooks for us? If we were to pile them up, they would be as tall as the tree. In fact, I am actually using some my old textbooks as a base support for our King size bed. Since these books have so much of sentimental values (so much sweat and blood, and tears too), I don’t mind keeping those books
June 23, 2010
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