An Interlude......

What the?!!>!?

It's been a long while now...it's as if I was sleep walking...I haven't been here for so long, not because i chose not to, but because i have no idea what to write. A lot of things happened. A lot of times Good, sometimes bad but all made me realize that not everything in life is all bliss.

AJ. My Baby Bear. Every single moment I spend with her is a breath of fresh air. She's the best gift God has given to me. It's like having my heart outside of my body...to nurture and to cherish. Sometimes I feel that i was meant to be here just to become HER mom.

I think my career is doing well. I'm in my comfort zone right now. Perhaps I wasn't able to take home a fat paycheck, but i don't really care as long as i was able to go home early so that i will be able to play with my baby bear before her bedtime. That's how much I value work-life balance.

And okay, maybe my marriage life isn't that all chocolates and roses. Maybe it wasn't the ideal married life I imagined or used to wish to have. Who says life is supposed to be too easy? Well perhaps...but i never said it was a bad marriage. It's just THAT...a simple contented marriage...His life long dream to go on board has finally came true. He's working away from home now, but still, LDR is worth it when you know that you are both working hard for each other and for your family's future.

As they say, life is a series of twist and turns. I am living that kind of life now with all the MAJOR twists and turns, wherein every decision I make might make or break me. Every now and then I make huge leaps of faith without even thinking of the repercussions. I crash, I burn, I collide...whew! I might have been past hoping for salvation....

This is my life's adventure....I have been loved as much as i have been careless...

Que Dios me ayude!

Getting back on track...

It's been more than a month since i last blogged. I've been crazy busy of a whole lot of things that I don't know how i will be able to keep track. But i'll try...

Let me see...

My officemates bought me to St. Luke's Global City last monday when i felt so dizzy and started vomitting. The emergency doctors and nurses started assessing my situation, even giving my medication thru heplock IV to stop the vomitting. They let me rest for a while, and then when the dizziness and the vomitting feeling subsided, they allowed to discharge me but advised me to have a follow up check up with my attending physician for further reading of my blood test results.

And so, I had our company doctor check my results and advised me to have my eyes checked by an Opthalmologist just i case my astimatism has recurred and that this has caused my dizzy spells. She then advised me to check back with her as soon as i get the results from the Opthalmologist.

Another incident happened this month, and I am glad to tell you the my Loooooong wait is over! The house and the keys has been turned over to me (finally!). And now, i am looking for a good carpenter to make all the finishings needed for the house. I applied for MPL from Pag-ibig and SSS which will keep my house improvement project running. I still have a long way to go but at least everything is in my hands now. I can move at my own pace without relying on the inefficiency of that stupid developer (Prosperity Builders Resources Inc).

As for my baby bear. She's doing well in school. They have celebrated their linggo ng wika last Sept 3 (1-week late due to school cancellations bought by Habagat). I am so sad that I was not able to personally attend and watch her performance because of a report due for submission. But still, I promise to be there next time!

Papa Bear's ship is on dry dock hence he was able to come home during weekends. So we have time for family bondings. We get to visit our house and lay down our plans, we get to go to church together. Baby Bear is really enjoying every minute she gets to spend with the Papa Bear and it really makes my heart swell with affection and gratitude.

So there. That's the highlight of my month. I hope to have more time to blog often!!!

Till next time!

Summer Pointe Residences update....Finally!

Yup! finally!

I just called Prosperity builders and followed up the status of my Housing Loan. For the past 2 months, i developed a habit of calling them weekly just to ask for the status of my application. So when I called them up yesterday, they told me that my loan has been released. Haaaist! Imagine my joy! After two years of dealing with them, my dream of having my own home finally came true.

and another FINALLY! When I get through the actual house turnover, I'll never be dealing with Prosperity Builders Resources Inc ever again!

Summer Pointe Residences (for the nth time!)

Yup! still waiting for the actual turnover! Though, last april, i have already conforme'd PAG-IBIG's Notice of Loan Approval.

However, as of today, i haven't received any advise from them yet as to when will they be able to forward my complete documents to pag-ibig for loan release because 1) It took them more than 1 month to notarize my documents and 2) The "my" title is still in the "bank" for notarization. (I have no idea if this is true)

Both of these "palusots" will be added to their other palusot about the Registry of deeds, etc.

Hay, these people really sucks!

Tagaytay Road Trip (April 14-15, 2012)

As part of our effort to "de-stress", 2 of my officemates and I went for an overnight trip to Tagaytay last weekend. This has been carefully planned not only to just relax ourselves but also to make enjoyable for AJ since they know that i was planning to bring AJ along.

It was a very nice trip. We went to Residence Inn Tagaytay Zoo, an interactive zoo where you are allowed to feed the animals (except for the tigers), you can also have your pictures taken with a tiger cub for only 50 pesos (Except that AJ doesn't want to go near the tiger cub but she had her picture taken with a parrot instead)

They also have an animal show, wherein they introduces an exotic animal to the audience and tells us their attributes, their behavior & their habitat. They are also asking for volunteers for an opportunity to see the animals up close. They are also allowed to touch the animals! AJ has volunteered, and I was actually worried that she'll be afraid when they showed an Iguana and put her on AJ's hands.

But she has become fascinated. She never cried, instead she stroked the Iguana. What a brave girl! as a reward, the animal show host gave her discount cards to all zoomanity affiliates (zoobic zafari, zoo&zip residence inn, paradizoo & etc)!

After that, we rode a shuttle and went to paradizoo, another interactive zoo/farm in Tagaytay. We have been greeted by a guide who showed us all the animals, their organic vegetable and fruit garden, a pet cemetery, they also have a butterfly and bee garden! So Nice, we just have to have an umbrella since it was a 7 km walk (i think) overall.

Here's AJ with the Llama in Paradizoo:

AJ feeding the goat:

We went back to residence Inn and allowed AJ to have her very first horse ride!

Entrance fee at Residence inn is only P299 (already includes the entrance to Paradizoo. Children 3 feet and below are free!

after that, we stayed at Hangin Garden for an afternoon siesta. It was like a retreat house. It was a very nice place especially when you need some real peace and quiet. The owner, Ms. Pinky, is a very sweet and accomodating person, she prepared our dinner and had AJ's dinner free of charge. I love thier tarragon chicken. SOOO Delicious!

We roamed around tagaytay area for a nice and deep breath of fresh air. We love the chill especially after experiencing manila's summer heat.

We spent the night in Hangin garden and went back to manila early sunday morning to attend to a baptismal in St. Joseph Church (Bamboo Organ Las Pinas).

I really enjoyed our road trip. I bet we'll be doing this again soon!

Amanda Bright Child Development School

Okay, this time it's final.

After a year, i have finally decided that it's time to send AJ to school. But to be able to... say, test the waters first, I have enrolled her to a summer school program in Amanda Bright Child Development School. It's a special summer program for Proficiency in 3R's for Nursery & Kinder. I don't quite understand yet what 3 R's mean in pre-school learning (Reading, 'Riting & 'Rithmetic perhaps wehehe). But basically, as the teacher's put it, it's an introductory program to assess the child's readiness to learn how to read, write and count. Since AJ did not go through nursery, Her knowledge has to be at the same level as the children who went through nursery by the time we enrol her to kinder class.

After the program, she'll be tested by her teachers to check if she can be accepted as a kinder pupil or if she needed to be enrolled to nursery first.

I do have high hopes that she can pass. She's a fast learner and thinker (although most of the time, sa kalokohan ginagamit), She has learned a lot from her brief spiel at Little Archers. She knows how to count until 40, she knows her alphabet, though she often mixes the small letters d, b, p & q, she knows how to write her name, so overall, I know she can pull it. But of course, I am the Mother, I have the right to be bias wehehe!

So, I am having my fingers crossed!

Summer Pointe Residences (nanaman!)

Yup, still no update from Prosperity Builders. It's been two years since I paid my reservations, and still...

I've given up my hopes that I'll be able to move in this year. School year is fast approaching so I will be needing to prioritize AJ's education first. I've decided to enrol her at her Ate's school in Baclaran. This means, next year na kami pwede makalipat (if....)

Dismayado man ako, may magagawa pa ba ako? It's been a mistake dealing w/ Prosperity Builders Resources Inc. Best I can do is to blog my horrible experiences with them so that people who are able to view this blog will be warned.

Lahat na yata ng department nila nakausap ko na, and yet, i wasn't able to get the right answers, All I get are "Most Probably", "baka", "maybe", I seldom get an exact answer. Okay duh, they've given me some exact answers pero di naman totoo like when I asked for the construction date, ang sabi July 2010. E anong taon na ngayon? Okay, there has been a re-mapping, and told me that the house will be constructed by April 2011. Again, anong taon ngayon? Paasa di ba?

last Feb, constructed na daw ang bahay, they've asked me for the nth time for my payslip and had me sign a re-computed promissory note for pag-ibig. So i have to wait na lang daw for a notice of approval from pag-ibig and after that loan take out na raw. Okay, another promise bound to be broken. Nakakasawa umasa sa kanila. Hindi sila professional kausap, so as of now, best thing I can do is to plan for other things na lang muna, at least hindi masakit sa puso dahil i've learned na pag prosperity builders ang kausap ko, hindi ako dapat umasa at maniwala.

Bahala na si LORD sa kanila...