Bits and Pieces of Our Everyday

After 4 days…I am almost done.

Aside from net surfing, I love cross-stitching. I’ve been doing this before (college days), but I stopped when my eldest was about three years old and I was busy attending my net cafe then.

While on vacation as a Stud/Mom, I am trying to finish one piece.

A picture of what I have started…

News: Your dependent pass is okay now. Just read your emails… 

Really? This was the latest news we learned last night from a friend. Hubby hasn’t read his emails since Monday for he is out in the company for 5-day training.  

We have been waiting for this DP to be approved, it was set aside last July because of the unexpected selling of the company to Flextronics that made their status floating. Luckily, they were absorbed by the new management, so they can stay as long as they wanted to. 

I can’t talk much as I have no proof for it. I have to wait for Monday!!!    

What happened to my site???

Seems that the owner is too busy to write anything…

Yeah, I really AM… 

I hope I am totally back…yes I am! 

I am on vacation today and the rest of the days…meaning???

Hmmm…have more time to write and read other blogs! 

Merry Christmas Everyone! 

We have started our next module which is Introduction to Home Health Care.  

Sounds easy, yes…but it tackle medical terms which are very vague to me. New to me… 

Anyway, everything can be learned. 

Our clinical instructor is good; he is a she and a nursing graduate. He is fun!  

I know I have been too silent…

Honestly, I can’t think of any words to write for the past days! I only read other’s blog and commented but zero words on my own page. Hmmmnnn…

I don’t know…maybe because I was relaxing my mind from the final exam that it went through…(our first module was done).

Though the result is good, I am confident that I got the high score but the effect is just so terrible…I can’t explain it really!

I felt like I came from a long journey and when I reached home…all I wanted is to rest my tired body.

Maybe…maybe not…my mind was just tired and wanted to feel the long vacation from school (holiday on Monday and our next module will start on the 22^nd).

I know I felt this before…

Any idea???

Our first module is English…British English.

Here are few examples:

1. Appetizer - Entrée
2. Bar - Pub
3. Bleachers – Terraces
4. Buddy – Mate
5. Closet – Cupboard
6. Corn – Maize
7. Detour - Diversion
8. Eggplant - Aubergine
9. Elevator - Lift
10. Faucet – Tap
11. Enterprise -Company
12. Pavement - Road surface
13. Pants -Trousers
14. Shorts -Pants
15. Skillet - Frying Pan
16. Wrench - Spanner

We were given hand outs to read for tonight and tomorrow will be a long quiz.

Sigh…

Study! Study! Study!

Very true…I am back to school and today is my first day.

 I enrolled at MMS Development Training Center here in Cagayan de Oro for a six-month of intensive quality live-in caregiver training. MMS is a technical-vocational institution duly recognized by TESDA.

As a student, I will be acclimatize to a variety of delivery system, which are of technological in nature such as role playing, conference, seminars, forums, fieldworks/on-the-job trainings and others. Our training program is segmented into classroom lecture, nursing skills demonstration and our lectures are given through modular type of instruction. There is also a 48 hours of Standard First Aid and CPR given by the Philippines Red Cross.

Earlier I have met my classmates, young ones, twins, a single mom, three boys, former DH from Hongkong, and a mother of one married to a foreigner. At first, everybody was silent but after the said orientation, noise covered the whole room.

I felt like a freshman, and after almost nine years, I will be dwelling with daily quizzes, reports and demos, happy to know that there will be cooking class too.

This is the reason why I will be no longer a SAHM…interesting, right? And it will be challenging because of the medical terms…very different from what I have learned in my engineering years.

Tomorrow is the start of our first module…well, let us see. I will keep you posted for this new role that I am into.

Caregiver – someone who provides childcare, senior/elderly and disable care. 

Congratulations for the six Filipino boxers who brought honor to our country! 

Five out of six won their respective titles against the Mexican contenders held at Arco Arena, Sacramento California. Philippines now hold the Boxing World Cup title and Oscar dela Hoya will come to the Philippines to hand the trophy and the cash. 

Philippines created a name again in boxing after Manny Pacquiao’s victory. 

So sad for Boom-boom Bautista who lost against de Leon, that was his first lose. It would be a big sweep if not for that punch released by de Leon that gave Bautista a “starry starry night”, a technical knock-out. But he is still young, 21 years old; he had lot of chances to win more titles. 

Gerry Peñalosa did a good job…the oldest among the six at 35. But he managed to win the New Bantamweight title after ten long years. 

Congratulations! We are proud of you!   

• HU: Are you sure you want to leave me?
• Me: Yes, I made up my mind.
• HU: How ‘bout the kids?
• Me: My parents will look after them.
• HU: I will miss them.
• Me: They will miss you too.
• HU: Ma, you don’t have to…
• Me: I need to Pa.  

Excerpt from our recent serious talk, yes, we have to separate ways. I have to move on and follow my dreams. I have to quit being a SAHM and face a new challenge in my life. I did not say, I am having a hard time of it…but I was once a career woman and I miss it. 

Tonight will be our last night here in Penang, Malaysia, I will miss this place…the people, the environment, unpredictable weather, the food (not curry), my new found friends, the afternoon walk, badminton match with hubby (though we only played once), the chitchat with friends while waiting the mobile store to arrived at 10 am, our unit (which is bare when I arrived, but now, it has curtains sewed by me) and lots of things to be missed.  

We made a tough decision this time, to the extent that our children will be away from their father. 

HEY! Don’t be too serious! 

Our visit visa will expire on the 25^th, so we have to go home or exit to another country. But I opted not to do the latter but go home instead…I miss my Lester, I am eager to see him. And this explains the “pasalubong” and the packing of things I mentioned in my previous posts. 

Actually, we are supposed to return after six days of stay in Manila, everything was ready, from plane tickets to the letter from the company until this BIG NEWS (which I will post sometime when it’s clear already) came out. Big News that made everyone worries, news where many “What if(s)?” raised…so very big that made us decide to be away from each other…not just for days but months or years (hope not). 

Anyway, we will just pray and hope for the best. And we are counting on your prayers folks and please pray for our safety on tonight’s jaunt.

Lots of challenges and interesting things will be posted…keep lynching!