Snack on a Lazy Afternoon

Its past lunchtime now and my eyes were slowly drooping down, today is a holiday because it’s the end of the Ramadan holiday and all my kids and sister are all here with us. I’m thinking about what snack to have now and was having an imaginary inventory of the bread in the nearest bakeshop in our area.

Well they have everything you would ask for, all flavors of cakes, egg pies, ensaymada, pianono, mamon, custard cakes, crinkles and many others. I decided on ensaymada and some loaf breads and since it’s raining this time I’m going to have coffee with it. It’s my second coffee today and it’ll be my last. I’m having a counter on my intake and I’m serious on having a maximum of two cups only per day. Just can’t resist having it on such a cold, rainy and silent afternoon, it’s nice to cuddle up too! I’ll do it when I finished my work.

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A Good Cleanser!

I happened to meet an old friend of mine and we’re both surprised why we’ve grown bigger than before. She’s my school friend and the last time we saw each other several years ago was when I was still single. We had a great time remembering the past period of our school days and I shared to her what I’m doing now to somehow stop gaining weight. I’m having fresh pineapples, papaya and banana as my everyday fruit intake every afternoon. It helps my fiber supply and prevents me from gaining more pounds and hopefully lessens my fat level.

Actually it’s not just the issue of being slimmer but that of being healthy. I’ve read about colon cleanse reviews and I learned that our body needs a good cleanser to get rid of bad toxins and fatty acids. A good cleansing diet is a must for our colon to be clean and healthy. It will also prevent us from having colon cancer which is slowly entering the list of most common deadly sickness. As I can’t start a rigid colon cleansing treatment for now I think eating fruits can help also as it has many benefits of cleansing our body’s bad toxins.

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Benefits of Mobile Employees

What really does it take to make the employees stay long in the company? Of course the answer to that is a good company that thinks about the welfare of employees. Some companies now gives their hired employee’s contractual positions only to save costs on other benefits that will be given when the employees reached their regular appointment. In this case the employees will just finish the contract period and stop working then they will be called again to work as contractual for a different or same project. This way the person will not reach the required continuous service that will qualify them for a regular position and the benefits that go with it.

Not all companies are like these as my previous job assigns newly hired employees as probationary staff. After six months of good performance they will be hired for a regular appointment and can avail of the company’s benefits. Speaking of benefits I remember my company was giving Car Allowance for the managers and the account managers who are handling clients and their accounts. They use their cars and at the send of the month they will reimburse their vehicle’s gasoline expenses. I was directly involve with the computation as I look into their reimbursement papers and check their claims.

During those days we have few account managers only who go out everyday for client’s call and visit. If there are many mobile employees in the company they need the services of Corporate Reimbursement Services, Inc. to make computations easy because they offer customization of vehicle reimbursement of employees in the company. Computations will be based on mileage history, the current price of gasoline, reimbursements rates allowed and many things to be considered. It’s an advantage for the employer as they will not anymore issue cars to mobile employees; they will only provide car allowances for their personal cars used in their work. That’s benefits for the employees and lots of savings for the employer.

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Disliking Foreign Languages Says You Are Creative

You are creative, non-conformist, and a rule breaker. For you, foreign language is too structured. You don't like the exacting standards set in a foreign language class. You believe that close enough is good enough. You are definitely not a perfectionist. You're more likely to make up your own language than learn an existing language. You rather create than mimic.

What Does Your Least Favorite School Subject Say About You?

I don't really dislike foreign languages, not all of course as I want English and French but I think other languages that are being taught to us to embrace to secure better standing in job employment is not good for me as I believe that as long as I know Filipino and English language here in my own country it's enough! Of course with the exemptions on some call centers who specializes on some languages, that's ok with me. Just don't want discrimination in my own country! Peace!

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Limitations on My Coffee

I’m having some limitations on drinking coffee as I’m returning to my old habit of drinking too much coffee. It’s not helping me to get rid of excess pounds on the contrary it’s adding up to my intake of sugar and milk. Yes I’m taking my coffee with milk because I love the taste of milk on coffee better than non-dairy creamer. Not that I don’t put creamer on my coffee as when I’m outside my home I take 3-in-1 coffee. You see I really love coffee on different flavors and creamers.

I realized suddenly that my discipline is running ahead of me as I can’t control it so I started drinking herbal tea instead to help my digestion and fight obesity. It’s a natural tea and known to have bitter gourd on it. There are many diet products available in the market but I know better than to grab any product that I came upon online. It’s best to read reviews like what I saw in ConsumerPriceWatch.net and to consult the chosen product with your doctor. Diet products should be used with special advice and consent. They should know what type would suit you best.

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PH#179 - Upside Down

These pictures were taken during Josh playful antics in our sofa, he was just one and a half years old here and so active! He was beaming with happiness here as he's doing some acrobat-like :-) positions. My camera was with me then and even if he's not what I'm take a shot at I immediately took some shots and sit beside him ton control him. I was worried that he might fall or he might break some limbs hmm Josh had my heartbeat in fast beats!

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Earning Microsoft Certified IT Professional Credential

Years of staying in a consultancy firm and telecommunications company has exposed me to the requirements and qualifications to enter certain project contracts. In bidding for consultancy works the largest percentage or criteria goes to human resources or the proposed staff for the bidded project. You must propose a group of well qualified manpower personnel in order to win. In my experience as the supervisor in handling Technical Proposal group I was trained to identify flaws in applicant’s biodata. I have to identify and study their educational qualifications, training and seminars attended, work experiences and professional licenses or certifications.

In my last technical proposal that I’ve done with them we were bidding for a contractor service for a large Asian company. We were hoping to get the contract for Helpdesk and IT Operations. It’s a big project and we really needed it to deploy our technical staff that is nearing their contract end. We were surprised by the guidelines that a big score will be given if the principal key staff proposed has an IT certifications like mcitp boot camp. We have I think 3 staff that has the required certifications but we didn’t win anyway because others have more staff with certifications.I read a lot and in browsing I saw MTCIP boot camp classes are being offered online wherein you’ll learn Microsoft technologies very well. I suddenly remembered our past bidding. If only we had some of our staff enrolled in certification training like this we would have won the project. The project is big enough to give employment to a large number of staff. I was really interested in what I’ve found online.

As a computer engineering graduate myself I also want to enhance my skills and earn a Microsoft Certified IT Professional credential as I’ve changed my line of work a long time. My work entailed me to learn human resources and accounting leaving computer enhancements on the side. Well I’ve resigned from my job now and I have all the time in the world to learn everything I want to.

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Beating Deadlines

It’s raining heavily again and I was worried that electricity will turn off because of the thunderstorm and heavy rains, sometimes the electric provider do that for precautionary measures or if some transformers malfunctioned. Know why I’m worried? I’ve got plenty of online tasks to do and without power and internet I won’t be able to do those tasks and submit. I always tell myself to be a disciplined worker and refrain from doing the tasks on due dates, at least one day before deadline is good enough.

Anyway I’m good at beating the deadlines and I write better sometimes lol! I’m not recommending it as it’s a bad habit but sometimes companies only give 2 days allowance and when you have more work lineup you just have to race between time and writing. I still have more to do and I know I can do it faster now as my kids now is watching TV and been so full and satisfied with our snack.

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Chocoholic Family!

Who doesn’t love chocolates? Actually I’ve known only one or two friends that doesn’t love chocolates that much for certain health reasons. Majority loves chocolates, its one food that not only children loves to eat but the grownups as well. I will not cite other people as examples as I’m the perfect example who loves chocolates to the maximum level. When I was a little child and living in the province my father would always bring me chocolates on midweek and weekends from his hometown because there’s a factory of chocolates near their area.

When we finally settled in my father’s town when I was in grade school I was awed by the smell coming from the chocolate factory. It always excites me to imagine how they make chocolate candies there. If only I was a grown up then maybe I would like to work there. That’s the fanciful thoughts of a child. Now that I’m a mother of 3 kids I have noticed that all my children got my liking for chocolate candy as they really love it when you bring them chocolates. Even on some food they love them in chocolate flavors.

I’m just taking some precautions on how my kids take chocolate candies because if they eat it with no limitations they might increase their blood sugar level so I told me to take it slowly although I understand them as I’m a chocolate lover also. I should tell them this as sometimes we really get plenty of supply when my SIL’s packages would arrive from G.B. and my MIL would distribute it among families. Would you believe that my Mom-in-Law will reserve the largest Toblerone for me and the kids? She’ll save it as she knows we love it lol!

Anyway we also like some brands such as Hershey’s, Snickers and more as we are not so picky about chocolate candies, we love them all in plain, nuts, mint, almond and any toppings or flavors of it. That just shows that you can call us ‘chocoholic family’. By the way you can order chocolate online from Sugar Stand. They have wide variety of chocolate candy stocks and they offer chocolate delivery in fresh and perfect condition.

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Friday Fill-Ins # 142

Graphic courtesy of Tonya!

And...here we go!

1. My car needs some body paint.

2. My new blog about tech stuff and shopping is coming up next.

3. Lately, things seem so exciting and beautiful

4. A garden full of beautiful flowers is one of my favorite 'hiding' places.

5. What happened was just the right thing and according to plan.

6. With God everything is not impossible! Just trust on Him and have faith.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to finishing my tasks, tomorrow my plans include helping my daughter Gen with her new blog and Sunday, I want to do some acetate revisions on our projector copy of church songs!

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