Working Mom #2 : Mental Block

so many things to do...but so little time...

my things to do list is getting longer and longer as the days go by...it's crunch time...we have to finish our interim report by september 30...the documents we've requested are slowly coming in...working papers remain half-finished, if at all...and my mind goes blank as i stare at the wall to decide on my next move...if there is a next move...hahaha

so, i laugh it off...bwahahaha...after this i am going on a loooooong deserved vacation...and take advantage of my five day force leave and force myself to forget about work and recharge my mind...i can do tons of things...but let me think about that later...now, time is precious...every second counts...tick tock tick tock...oh no, i can hear the clock ticking...in my head...oh great!!!

focus your eyes on something green...to refresh your eyes and your mind...are you kidding??? the curtains in our office is green but i don't even notice it...hahaha...

so i hope against hope with my fingers crossed that i can come up with something concrete (like an AOM...hehehe) to present before our conference on Sept. 17-18...so back to the drawing board...be critical...be analytical...consider all red flags...and DELIVER!!! (pizza???)

sorry if i sound greek to you...but to my fellow cluster four teammates...these are meaningful, powerful words...see you at the conference guys...and may HIS WILL BE DONE!!!

take care and Godbless...

(due to my continued mental hiatus...i am reposting some blog entries from my friendster blog...)

the big _5th

another birthday post...

i finally reached my 35th birthday...i hope i can make it until my 100th...

it was the most unforgettable birthday of my whole life. i don't want to elaborate. i usually cook for a special occasion at home but this time i was not able to. i celebrated my birthday a day before. the same day i went to see two doctors, my cousin and an ENT doctor, due to vertigo. my cousin JOAN (bless her jolliness...) said it was benign positional vertigo. the ENT doctor concluded the same, and said it was due to a virus...hello...i have to look this up in the internet...anyway, the world was spinning around me and i could not walk straight (kiss my modelling dreams goodbye...).

and so we just ordered take out at our favorite chinese restaurant. these are what we ordered:
seafood roll, beef with brocolli, buttered chicken, pancit canton, and seafood in cream sauce. we bought grilled fish in our neighborhood flea market, by mom gave me a chocolate cake, and i made fruit salad...that's it.

But, I can never thank the following people enough: God, who gave me another chance, and never gave up on me; my parents & siblings, who are always there for me no matter what, my husband and two kids, who are my life now and forever, my relatives and friends who have made my life an adventurous one...

sa inyong lahat, maraming salamat po...

until the next birthday....chow...

rice crisis...

The Philippines is suffering from rice crisis in two ways. First, there is perceived shortage of NFA rice, a more affordable variety of rice available to most poor people, and second, businessmen are taking advantage of this by increasing the price of well milled and high quality rice.

Taking stock of the situation, my thoughts came upon the Food for School Program of the Department of Education and the Arroyo Administration, which I wrote about in this blog.
What will happen to the thousands of school children who receive one kilo of rice per day during the course of the school year? What will happen to their families who depend on them and encourage them to attend school just to have one kilo of rice on their table?

I read in a major daily newspaper that the Secretary of the Department of Education assured the public that the Program will continue because they have the budget to cover for the rice allocation needs of the beneficiaries. That's good news.

This crisis may be good news to diabetics. It's a chance for them to cut down on the carbs intake and look for alternative food choices that is healthy and nutritious. This is all for now.

love...simply

"love you ma..."

these three simple but powerful words were uttered by my two and a half year old son as i was on my way out to work this morning. i was jolted by the profound effect these words had on me. i went to him and gave him a big hug and lots of kisses. i wished that it was a saturday and i did not have to rush to work. i wished that i was a stay at home mom and had to stay with him all day. but alas, today is the middle of the week and i'm late for work.

"love you, too..."