over and over and over...

Dang!  I just realized I'm hooked to Lea Salonga's songs since last night.  This actually started when a friend of mine e-mailed me a link to one of her stage performances in you tube last weekend.  Anyway, after watching that one performance where she was singing one of her many songs for Les Miserables, I watched some more of her in youtube.  After that, I decided to buy in amazon.com her new released CD and found out that she's got a multiply account that was set up by a fan (I've also been to her own multiply account and been reading her blog over there).  Anyway, in the fan set-up multiply account, there was a link for music and several of her songs were there and free for downloading.  So as usual, I took advantage of it!   All the songs I’ve downloaded were all burned in a CD last night and it’s playing over and over while I’m writing this, I just love all of it! Anyway, had I known that there were several songs of hers I could download for free; I should have not bought her new CD at allJ. But I guess I will enjoy her new released CD “Inspired” and I’m so anxious to get it in the mail any time soon.

Tomorrow is this lola’s de-op (day off, lol!), so I have the house on my own for half a day since papsy’s gonna be working as usual.  I’m planning to do some serious cleaning in here.  Last weekend, all I did was lazed around; watched tv, surf the net, read magazines and complained to my husbandry that I felt so tired to do anything.  For more than a week I did not do anything physical at all because I just felt awful (I think it was stress).  We went out for some outdoor activities last Saturday but I just got so disappointed because what I was expecting to see in the place where we went to was not actually what I expected it.  This weekend’s gonna be a long weekend but I have to work Sunday to do the “walang kamatayang payroll.”   Monday I have to be off because the company cannot afford to pay me overtimeJ.  I like it though because at least I could do something fun that day (shopping maybe?).  Hehe, let’s see if they have good sale this Labor Day weekend and let me think about it…

Hokei friendsters, have a fantastic long weekend to you all!

Survey

Thanks to Lola Tekla and Mel for this tag.  I tried my best to answer them and here they are:

What is your favorite..

gum: Extra ( I always have a stock of it, it's like a cigs…I’m addicted to it!)

restaurant:  The Pine Tavern

drink: Arizona Diet Green Tea & Diet Snapple

season: spring and fall

emotion: when I'm happy

things to do on a half day: surf the net, clean the house, do some walking or work out in the gym to take some of my fats off, LOL!

late-night activity: surfing the net, watch tv, read

sport: badminton

city: Bend

store: Macy’s, VS and BBW (hubby said the last two are my favorite stores to go for my all kinds of body oils, lol!)

When was the last time you..

cried: can’t remember

played a sport: almost three years ago

laughed: just awhile back

hugged someone: a few minutes ago

kissed someone: see above

felt depressed:  few weeks ago (can’t remember why, but it was one of those days when time of the month was coming) 

felt elated: a week ago when I read the comment of my boss about my job evaluation performance

felt overworked: these past few days, man!

faked sick: no way!!

lied: hmmm….last night, signed up for e-bay account, was asked for my date of birth I made myself younger and changed the date of my bday

What was the last..

word you said: "night paps!"

thing you ate: sweet & sour pork loin that I left in the slow cooker this morning.  It was good, thanks to Robin Miller of Quick Fix Meals on Food Network.

song you listened to: Lea Salonga music that I just downloaded

thing you drank: water

place you went to: had a few rounds in the tracks tonight before I did this

movie you saw: none

movie you rented: ohh…history, LOL!  I rarely rent movies

concert you attended: can’t remember, LOL!

Who was the last person you..

hugged: husbandry

cried over: ????

kissed: papsy

danced with: papsy with our stupid dance

shared a secret with: papsy about something

had a sleepover with: none

called: friend/co-worker (Sadie)

went to a movie with: husbandry and another friend couple this coming weekend.

saw: a dog running like crazy because of the lightning

were angry with: papsy, he turned down the cake that he’s supposed to receive as a gift for his bday at the place where we went to for his birthday dinner.

couldn't take your eyes off of: stack of magazines that I need to sort out and toss.

obsessed over: none

Have you ever..

danced in the rain: I bet when I was a kiddo

kissed someone: definitely, just a few minutes ago!

done drugs: NEVER!

drank alcohol: yes, but I’ve been sober for many years now, LOL!

slept around: nope!

partied 'til the sun came up: yeah

had a movie marathon: can’t do it, I’m not into movie that much

done too far on a dare: nope, can’t remember

spun until you were immensely dizzy: nope

taken a survey quite like this before: yes, several times.

What a week!

I got my job evaluation report this week and I’m so happy to report that my boss gave me the highest rating except for tardiness!  I was given 5 on everything but one 4 on the tardiness issue.  I was kind of upset about it because I was actually expecting a straight 5!J  Oh well, I can accept that 4 for as long as she gives me my salary increase. 

Work is always busy as usual.  This week I feel like I was so swamped with a lot of things to do but I'm so glad it's my day off today and was able to finish everything for this week. 

We’re having a LUAU celebration at work this Saturday but I won’t be able to attend it because that same day is also the family reunion of my husband’s mother side family.  Last year I was not able to attend the annual family reunion because I was in the Philippines then having a grand vacationJ.   So today, we'll be off to Roseburg again and I'm pretty sure that I'll be so beat up once again on Sunday. 

Not Afraid to Die….

Yesterday while I was busy doing my reports, I heard someone said to me “are you working hard?” so I replied back "nah, I'm just hardly working!"  That same question and answer is always what this old lady and I use everyday as a conversation starter whenever this lola is passing by to go back to her apartment or if she’s on her way down from her apartment.  I always make it a point to at least give a minute or two of my time no matter how busy I am every time a resident stop by at my office to give me a holler because for me they're all special and they need all the attention they can get from us.  Anyway, this lola has some form of a cancer on her left eye.  It was found out last year and she can actually go through a surgery for it but it will take 3 to 4 years to heal and she will be in a lot of pain.  She’s 93 and according to her she doesn’t like to wait that long and suffer more.   Her children doesn’t like her to have it too because according to her they don't like her to be in a lot of pain. 

She’s been to her doctor yesterday, so I asked her what happened at her doctor’s visit.  She told me that her doctor gave her 5 to 6 months to live because her cancer is now spreading (and she still looked as upbeat as she always is while she was saying that to me).  I almost choked when I heard that from her but she immediately told me that she’s ready to go.  I said to her that dying is not really something to be afraid of especially when you know where you’re heading to.  She said “honey, I’m waiting for the day to come and I know that I will be going there and He’s eagerly waiting for me up there in heaven.”  I got so emotional but I didn’t really like to cry in front of her, so I just gave her a big hug. 

The awesome face behind the blog (ngehehe....)

This entry is taken from my main blog which is somewhere in the web.....

Thursday, August 2nd 2007

11:57 PM

The awesome face behind the blog (ngehehe...)

There you go Lola Tekla, I told you I cannot say no to you ever. 

Well anyway, let’s get to the point here….To those who do not know me at all, obviously my real name is Sandra (ganda ano?).  I’ve been doing this blogging thing way back when I was still a stay at home bum (that was the time when I was still waiting for my papers so I could apply for work here in the US), and it’s more than two years now.  I’ve been on and off the blogging world especially when I finally land a job after the long wait.  Just last night I almost decided to just delete this account and forget about blogging because I feel so stressed not being able to update it.  But something at the back of my mind was pushing me not to do it, so I just opted on changing the URL of this account so I could hide from my friends.  Tonight when I got home from work I received an offline message in YM from my Lola Tekla asking me what happened to my blog and said that she has an assignment for me.  So here I am again back to updating my blog by doing this.

Presently, I am working in a retirement home.  It’s almost two years now that I am working with them.  I started as a kitchen help and after more than a year of working there, a position for administrative assistant came open so I grabbed the opportunity and applied for it and got the job without any hardships at all. On my first few weeks of working in the kitchen, I almost wanted to give up.  It was really a hard work and my shift was the hardest one to do.  But since I wanted to earn my own moolah and be independent financially from my ever dear husbandry, I decided to stay and finally got used to the kind of work that I’ve been doing.  Moral of the story there is “it pays to be patient and good things happen to those who ask, work and wait for God’s grace”.

I only drive an automatic car.  If it is a stick shift/manual, sorry, but I think I cannot make it no matter how emergency the case would be, hahaha!  Ever since I got here in the US I became a lover of nature.  Yes, I do admire those man made sceneries, but the sceneries that nature have is more than awesome for me than those tall buildings and fancy places that are man made.    I think I am just as lucky as I am because Oregon is such a place with lots of places to go for nature tripping. 

I’ve been married for more than 2 years now and still an empty nester unless some kind of a miracle happens.  I don’t really mind at all if it stays that way because I don’t think I can handle the stresses of being a mother and staying in the US without any household help (I really admire my friends here in the blogging world who are moms and at the same time career person), but of course I would also be happy if one day we’ll be granted even just one (mangarap ka, Sandy, mangarap ka!).  Anyway, que sera sera, whatever will be will be…

I am not the kind of person who would splurge on something just to be able to show off.  I have a very good conviction and husbandry is really thankful that he was able to marry someone who’s not a spender.  I spend on things, yes, but I always make sure that I need it (or we need it).  I always collect coupons on the paper and believe you me, I sometimes save as much as $30 from my almost $70 worth of grocery in a week just because of my darn coupons, lol!  I don’t care if you would call me cheap but I’d rather be saving my money for the future than showing off to people that I can afford expensive things.

So there ya go guys, I think I was able to share something about me here and hope I didn’t bore you to death.  Happy weekend all!!!