If i say that i don’t mean to be unthankful for the blessings of rain.  But there are just moments that I wish it won’t rain.  This week is the Pasingot week i wish it won’t rain.  Yesterday, the opening program was cut due to the rain and this afternoon, instead of cancelling the cheer dance, they had it at the mph (4th floor)  I don’t like going up there so i missed the cheer dance.

Today is also slated as OPEN HOUSE day at the Boys Dormitory and Girls Dormitory.  We slept so late last night and final touch of the decluttering was done only this morning before the opening past 10.

I am not feeling well.  I caught the flu virus and the best place i wanna be right now is a dark and quiet bedroom.

Tags: life, Life is what we make it, rain rain go away, sunshineforlife

We’ve been blessed with rain almost everyday in this part of the woods.  Although we have sizzling heat of the sun as early as 8 am, yet in the afternoon, our earth is being cooled off by the rain.  Yesterday, i went on an unexpected errand to Cagayan de Oro City.  Halfway through the trip, we met a very very strong rain with strong winds.  Almost zero visibility so drivers have to turn on the vehicle’s lights so that they can be seen.  I can’t help to get scared for a moment.  I texted an office mate and she replied that it was so hot as hell in Iligan.  Hmmm so i was hoping that it was not raining cuts and dogs when we reached the city because i forgot to bring my umbrella.

Thanks to the rain, CDO was cool so cool that afternoon.  I just had 2 stops – one for lunch at Consuelo (an eat-all-you-can place for 99) and at Capitol University.

Tags: life, quick travel

I started moving my things after work this afternoon. At 8:30 all the moving and the arranging were done. Am so tired right now but i felt happy of my accomplishments. It’s not easy to move down from the 4th floor of the building and has to go up the 3rd floor of another building. There was only one bag that really drained my strength. I put in all my folded clothes (all as in all) in one big bag and that was the heaviest. I just carry with all my hanged clothes as it is and placed it right away in the new locker assigned to me. Good thing that the elevator goes up to the 4th floor so it lessened the time in my moving.

I moved into a pastel green-colored room. The locker is bigger than i had in the other building. My bed becomes taller because i put in two mattresses in case my daughter comes for a visit. To minimize the space i just have to put the two mattresses together. I need a foot stool to get to the top of my bed.

99% of my stuff are already here. What’s left over there are a few foot wears and my bathroom stuff. I also need to help moving our office stuff in the morning before reporting to work. I felt a little bad for not helping Ma’am JD in moving the big stuff but i really have to stay in the office most of the time today.

I really wish i have my camera and i could have document everything in pictures. Oh well i should stop wishing now and work hard so that i can buy a new point and shoot camera in a month or two.

Oh i want to note that I have stayed in the 4th floor of the MSH Annex Building from middle of November until June 7, 2010. I will never forget my stay there. Many if not all are good times – especially when i behold the many beautiful sunsets and sunrises.

The previous Girls’ Dormitory is in the 4th floor of this building.

I wish i could show where is our new dorm now but just can’t.  Maybe in later months.

For sure i am going to miss this:

and this -

Tags: dormitory life, life, msh college, sunrise, sunset

Do you have a to-do list?  How do you make it?  Monthly, weekly, or daily?  OH well, with a work-filled week and unexpected appointments, my to do list today is very long and I only have a couple of hours left until i can say “good morning!”   I think today was one of the busiest days this summer and after writing about this diet pill reviews i still have to post one more Thursday meme and then 2 Friday memes. This week, i did read on several infos on diet pills for task purposes and because they are so many i can’t yet decide which one i can recommend for a friend. They told me i need one but at my obese state i still can’t take the risk of taking any diet pills. I just want the natural way to lose weight.

My to-do list today included:

- shopping school stuff for my daughter.

- go home to give her some instructions on what to do tomorrow because i will not be around for two days.

- post a Top 3 Thursday entry

- post a Sky Watch entry

- post a LATSOF entry

- go home to my cave

-take shower

- pack

- get some sleep

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For tomorrow morning:

- get up early

- take a bath

- Office at 6:30

- Departure for Naawan at 7:30

Not so long list anymore.  If i will include the tasks that i finished today then it would be really really long.  Let me now stop here so that i can also tick done the next. 

Tags: busy, diet pills, diet reviews, life, stressful life

I am back! Sounds like i’ve been away for a week and was never infront of near a pc with internet connection. I was just so engrossed with other stuff especially personal ones that no words will come out of my head to share or describe what’s up over here.

The weekend was fine. Almost uneventful except that my father was admitted in the hospital for high blood late Friday night. So i spent the whole night there. Good thing the next day he was fine so i was able to leave for Cagayan de Oro City to see a friend. I had a good time there, going from one place to another (on foot) which made me a bit familiar of the places. I even accidentally bumped into someone whom i have known since high school. And to make the meeting more memorable, she gave a me a jar of chocolate jam! Thank you so much Jo for your sweetness. It’s great to see ya after all these years.

Sunday afternoon, I was suppose to come back but when I arrived at the terminal, it took sometime for the S5 bus to come. I was not a in a hurry so i did not mind taking the red bus. While waiting for the bus, the sun was still mellowing and i longed to see the sunset. I texted my friend to come and meet somewhere so we could go watch the sunset but he declined because he is still far from the coastal so for sure by the time we reached the sea side, the sun is totally out of the horizon. But before his text came in, I was already on the jeep on my way to Kit Kai for other matters. I ended up ending my transaction at 8:30 just on time for another text to arrive asking if am safely home. Oh well, i was not safely home as in my home but am nearer to another home.

I woke up earlier the next day to catch the 5:30 am bus so that i would not be late for work. I missed the bus at the junction so i took the next bus. I still arrived on time then.

Tuesday, i went to MMA, my alma mater to do some errand and some photos are posted here.

Tags: life, sunshineforlife, travel

Another unforgetable day in the history of the Philippines.  Why?  Because it’s the day when the people of the Philippines voted for her new president.  I woke up 6 am for the worship and right away took a bath so that i can be at the voting center at exactly 7 am.  I thought there were not yet too people there but i was mistaken.  I was not alone in planning to be at the center early.  When i arrived, there first 20 voters were already inside the voting room plus those who were loitering around waiting for their turn.

It took me sometime to find my precinct so I still went around 2 clusters to find my name until i remember to check out my stub.  I wonder why I didn’t thought of the stub right away.  In the stub was my precinct number.  I jump with glee and at same time showed sympathy to my elementary and high school classmate, Melody, because her name can’t be found.  We went together around the two clusters hoping to find our names.  Anyway, i went pick a priority number and my number was 37.  And that was a bit after 7 am.  I can vote at Cluster 89 and precinct # 0411-A at CAS, MSU-IIT, Iligan City.  Am glad i was registered under the address of Barangay San Miguel or else If I am to go to other schools, the situation might not be as comfy as it was at IIT.

While waiting for my number to be called, i managed to take some photos:

I officially belong to this precinct @ # 54.

I remember way back in 2007 that i tried to get registered here in my hometown.  But since i was a registered voter in Beijing, PRC  in 2004, they asked me to some process that will take a long time and made me miss 2007 Election.  Am just so lucky this time when me with my boss and his wife went to register.  There were not much people yet  in the Comelec office and we were registered last year without sweating out.

A little past 7, the hallways are not yet filled.  It was okey not until someone was smoking and after awhile the guy threw the half-used cigarette to the sides without killing the light.   The smoke was an irritation.  I was starting to feel hungry but i know i should not leave because the next to be called are the next 20, to which i belong.  The people were patiently waiting although you can hear some grumblings here and there.  Majority still think it’s taking time.   Well, the waiting for your turn is the one that’s taking long.  But once you get your ballot and fill up the spaces, it will not really take 10 minutes of your time.

This is how the voting room looks like.  I click this photo from outside the window.  That girl with the id is one of the pollwatchers.

Luckily my father was ahead of me inside the voting room and he can’t clearly see the spaces. I told him he should have carried a magnifying glass with him so that he can vote by himself.  Anyway, he let me do the shading and he just dictate to me who are his candidates.  His list is not complete so i just completed the list according to whom i like to vote.  Poor dad!

Good thing our ballots went in without problem.   Mine was officially # 56 that went inside the ballot box.  # 56 at 9:45 am.   There was one old man whose ballot was rejected by the machine.  I dunno what really caused the rejection but they did try 4 times and still it was not taken in.  Poor old man, he came so early yet his vote was not counted.

Anyway, as of this writing, the persons whom i voted for President and Vice President did not make it.  In my senatorial list of 12 — I think only 6-8 made it.

I feel light headed when i walked out of the area because i was already very hungry.  I was longing for hot chocolate so i thought of Jollibee while taking these photos:

There were really many who were trying to check if their names are listed somewhere.  I saw many whose names were not in the list anymore.

Good for them they are just sitting pretty the whole day.  They’re cute. Aren’t they?

While i was out that day, i was always praying that it will be a very peaceful election.  During the worship that morning, I reminded the girls not to roam around the city because we were not sure of the peace and order for this unforgetable day.  Good thing no untoward incidents that happened.

Looking up at the sky when i get back to the campus gave me a feeling of peace inside.

I was confident that it will be a peaceful election.

Tags: election day 2010, life, sunshineforlife, thoughts on election day 2010

As much as i want to update daily, i find myself lagging behind of what should be done.  I feel my personal time is not as much anymore when i started blogging and when i decided that i have to maintain 3 domains on top of my normal day job.  Back then i could stay up late at nights to update all blogs but now the situation is not like that anymore.  But even then am trying to catch up as much as i can.

There are times when i have so much to say but I am away from the computer so what i do is jot down the ideas and try to make about them later.  But when i do so, my fingers just rested on the keys and not doing a thing.

There are also times when i really have to crack my head to write something so that i can do the tasks such as reading and commenting about foosball tables which am sure will help many households out there. Doing this kind of jobs at times made me want to shop online because the prices are way better than going out to the shopping mall if you have to add up the hassle that you get when purchasing something.

Shopping is another way to beat stress  but i’ve been there before.  I ended up buying things i really don’t need.  So going back to what am talking about –

Summer months is almost over and i haven’t been away yet.  I feel i need a break – even a short break to rejuvinate my old self. -)  Anyway that’s a longing and i hope it will happen soon.  I really need to get away if i want to improve in my blogging activities.

3 blogs – that was more than a month ago.  Now i have 4 domains to maintain.  Incase you haven’t noticed them, they are:

Joys in Life

Dancing in Midlife Tune

Healthy Lifestyle

All About Her

Oppss to top that, i also have a subdomain on arlenecollado (dot) com  which is the home of my digital scraps and also a photo blog in blogspot. Not forgetting to mention too my old old blog -Life is What we Make it.

Now i really have my hands full!  Should i slow down or just go on with it?  I can’t promise for tomorrow so let me do things one day at a time.

As said, life is what we make it and  I find mine very challenging.

Tags: blogging life, life, life in the real world, Life is what we make it, life online, pro blogging, sunshineforlife

There was not a single photo made (oh there are a few) shots of my nephew doing fashion poses for me. lol! But they are not worth sharing ya know or my brother will kill me.

It was a quiet Easter weekend. I was at home since Friday (supposedly Thursday evening too but one student slept in the dorm so i was with her) and the whole weekend.  It’s like i missed the tube so much that i spent every waking house sitting infront of the TV.  I did love watching the old TV shows and in relation to the Easter mood, all shows portrayed the spirit of love and forgiveness.

For 3 nights, Dangerous Life has been shown.  I missed the one on Thursday evening and Friday evening did not watch the whole of it but watched the last part last night.  It showed what really happened during the end of Marcos regime in 1986.  It feels good to have a glimpse and knowledge on what really took place that week and that particular day.  I was still too young to update myself with the news through newspaper during that time.  And 1986? Hmm we still don’t own a TV.

I know that am a Marcos fan all my life (i was born at the height of his reign and i was still to young to understand corruption and martial law during the election in 1986).  I know in my heart that Marcos was a great leader but he should have learned that he can’t be a President forever.  The movie depicted that he cried leaving the country that night (9:05 pm) and i really dunno if he really cried in real.  Maybe he cried most especially the first lady.

Other shows made me cry and other shows made me laugh out loud with all the kids at home.  My bro and sis inlaw were in camiguin and their kids were left at home.  So the house was full packed with the kids and it was sort of noisy.  My nook was the living room because my daughter wanted to have the privacy of my bedroom all to herself.  She’s thinking it’s her room now since am staying in the dorm. lol

Anyway, back to normal work life tomorrow (Monday, April 5) but am planning to make a leave.  There will be a meeting up in my mom’s hometown and it concerns the family (maternal side) so am going as no one will go.

Tuesday, i will be back online to update this.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!  My fellow workers who went on a tour sure did have a great time traveling and seeing places.  I can’t wait to hear their stories when i get back to work on Tuesday.

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Tags: easter 2010, life, sunshineleneforlife

Since we are experiencing the El Nino phenomenon, to have rain is really a blessing.  It fell like like puppies and kitties yesterday but i can see the plants and the grasses smiled.  When it started, the ground gave out that dry land smell which is an annoying to those who are asthmatic but to the farmers and to those who are praying for rain – it was a great smell!

This morning, the sky looks so clear blue and the sun is hot.  I am going up to the dorm later to check out my laundry am sure they are dried right now.  They were dried yesterday but i forgot to pick them out at noon.  I remembered them when the rain made them damp with coldness again.

Here are some photos of the wet ground and smiling plants:

this is how the sky looks while it rained

I thought of splashing in the pools of water but changed my mind coz i might get sick.  Good thing it did not flood.  But if it rained that much for 2 hours or more for sure the water pools will be so deep.

- I think the flower i smiling.

Tags: el niño phenomenon, iligan city, life, summer 2010, sunshineforlife

Welcome 2010 and goodbye 2009. For me, 2009 was a good year in spite of all the financial struggles. I know money is not everything but i realized that money is a very important tool to get things normally going. It was not a stress-free year although i am praying for a stress-free 2010. I find stress for a challenge me to tackle things so here are some of my unforgetables of 2009

1. Went back to the gym after almost a year
2. My blood sugar was real high for the first time
3. I was not able to take a leave on my birthday but had a grand time with my office mates. There was so much things to do that day because of the upcoming Anniversary program
4. Dimple officially become a little lady on my birthday
5. Kuya Nonoy’s death
6. Former Phil. President (1st Philippine woman President) died.
7. Michael Jackson died
8. Jun Acut’s death
9. MBS2 at Cagayan de Oro City
10. Victim to theft at Uni Top Mall (Dec 30, 2009)
11. Earned only 1/4 of what i earned from Sponsored REviews last year yet PU2B blessings was constant.
12. Managed to regularly update 3 blogs (personal, health, and travel blogs) even it’s an add on to my fix job.
13. We had a new baby boy in the family (March 9)
14. Got my first laptop (December 5)
15. Purchased a Globe Tattoo BB (December)
16. Experienced my first zip line and also river rafting (June)
17. Played badminton for some months with co-workers.
In the coming days, i will have to post a summary of the total number of posts i made in this blog and in all my blogs.

Till later, guys!

Tags: Blogging, life, sunshineforlife, unforgetables of 2009