Nap Time Rocks!

i’m actually surprised a lot of stay-at-home-moms (SAHMs) haven’t discovered the blogging hobby yet. i recently joined a parenting forum and found out that a lot of the moms there haven’t tried it out and don’t realize that they can actually earn while at home and not really break a sweat. it’s such an ideal job for SAHMs especially those whose kids are old enough to go to school.

i actually joined in one of the forum’s threads and explained how it is that you get paid for blogging. and since blog advertising has been on a roll since e-commerce became a household term, i think i don’t want to get left behind. it’s fun to ride on the paid blogging waves and smorty is one of those programs that doesn’t complicate things for you. it’s as easy as ABC, especially if you’re a new blogger. you just sign up, get your blog approved, and take opportunities as you want them. smorty’s interface is also easy to use and understand, i think it’s actually newbie-friendly.

one of the mommies there had asked how to get into this kind of thing, and i feel so happy that i was actually the one giving advice about it, when a few months ago i was completely clueless. see it’s really easy.

not. hehe. got tagged by the Doc. now to self-indulge…

I AM… not a superhero but i know first aid.

I WANT… to tour Europe someday. and maybe live somewhere there? (more…)

i’ll be on autopilot mode for now. im still tired from my 3-day subic escapade, still sick (again!) with colds, and still taking care of my sick little girl (she got a throat infection from who knows where).

so till then.

oh yeah, thanks for everyone who updated their links and feedreaders! and those who stopped by to partay with me.

hi! it’s great you can make it here. can i take your coat? (wow parang nagc-coat ang mga tao sa pilipinas) what? this is for me? wow thanks. c’mon in, there’s lots of food inside. a lot of people are here already.

what can i get you, some drinks? sure, i think i have that. wait a sec.

food 1 by ~peterwaweru on deviantARTso since you’re here and my guests are already warming up to the taco and salad bar and getting acquainted with mr. johnny walker here, make yourself at home. careful with the shots though, ok?

The great cake fiasco by *cherubicka on deviantARTi’ll be gone awhile. i just need to run out and do some stuff in subic and i’ll be back soon ok? in the meantime, put my address on your address book, it’s www.NAPTIMEROCKS.com. yeah, that’s with an ’s’. drop by anytime, i’m always home naman eh. but if you’re too busy to, just put my feeds on your reader so you can take me anywhere you want

i am pleased to announce that my blog is finally spreading its wings and flying to a new domain name, www.NAPTIMEROCKS.com. while you’re at it, update your feedreaders and point them to: http://feeds.feedburner.com/NapTimeRocks

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field work today, and tomorrow. hay. but i’m not complaining. this is what i love doing. being out of the office. it’s just that it’s making me miss my previous job. hay.

i love my trusty Nike shoes. when i wear them, i can go on walking all day. no wonder i’m a sucker for rubber shoes especially Nike. yeah, i love Nike. take this survey with me! it’s quick and painless, i promise.

i wonder which Nike shoes i’ll be wearing tomorrow. see you on friday.

pahabol: mia is officially taking more than 2 steps by her self now. konti nalang!

“Julie Tearjerky on the ground
She’ll swallow anything that’s round
Pick it up next time around
Nothing stays the same
Nothing stays the same…”

It’s songs like this that I wish days were still perfect, the band had not disbanded, and I was back in my HS uniform and lounging at the school bench watching a basketball game. I was decidedly going to have a bad day today, no thanks to a person who manages to make me smile and pout at the same time, but I tuned in to Jam 88.3’s morning Slide (it’s a Friday segment where they play all alternative music from the 80s to the present) and realized it’s not worth it.

“Butterfly carnival
Butterfly carnival
Butterfly carnival
Butterfly carnival…”

So i’m gonna have a good day, no matter what. I’ll let it slide. No one’s gonna ruin my day. Not even you mr. jeepney driver, not even you mr. motorcycle, not even you.

“Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
“Well isn’t this nice…”
And isn’t it ironic… don’t you think”

Sarah McLachlan is crooning on my headphones. I am now tuned in to 99.5 RT, another great radio station. You might think I’m jologs for not even having my own iPod to listen to. I don’t care, playlists bore me.

“You make me feel like I can fly
So high, elevation!”

If i’m not gonna fly away, I’m just gonna have to drive then.

Like Nell, I like to drive when I’m sad, angry or just bored. That way I clear my head and I entertain myself with things I see on the road. Like Mango’s billboards of Penelope Cruz.

My ka-OC-han has struck me again. I’ve just updated my sidebars (cleaned it up a little bit) and my Link page. I have now segmented my blogroll and links into:

• My other sites (where you can find me photo-whoring)
• Blood is thicker than water (which only means my family ties)
• Friends (who are people who have been on my blogroll since the beginning of time. no really, they’re the ones who’ve been there since i started blogging and most of them are UP friends)
• Pretty awesome sites (that caught my interest, the highlight of which would be the master writer himself)
• Techies (who have at least made tech-speak understandable and interesting, as some of you might already know by now that it’s my handicap)
• Moms who rock the blogosphere (yeah, rock on!)
• Food blogs (ooh yum! people on a diet should stay away from these. hehe kidding. that’s bad for business)
• WP Pinoys and genius bloggers (link love anyone?)
• Fashion and design blogs (fashionable polymer, oversized glasses, designer emergency kits, japanese pop art, whatever suits your style)
• Photographers and Artists

Check them out. If you’re a regular reader here, let me know if I haven’t included you in my blogroll yet.

And just in case you’re wondering what the other pages up there are for, Me the Writer has all my short stories and essays so if you’re bored why don’t you critique my writing; Mia’s Milestones would be, well, documenting her milestones as she grows up; Princess Diaries would be my story about how Mia came to be, and it should be an interesting one; and the rest are, well, self-explanatory.

Ok, ’nuff with that. nooninooninoo…

It’s really too cold in the mornings these days. Today isn’t an exception. And if not for my clock that’s telling me I’m about 30 minutes late for work, I’d be happily snuggling back to bed with Mia (who looked so comfortable sprawled all over my side of the bed). Argh back to work. I’ve been (silently) complaining since yesterday actually, and I still haven’t gotten my groove back. As in I still feel so lazy to do anything significant this week.

To make matters worse, I’ve been nursing a very stuffed sinus and my voice has gone a bit like Chuckie’s (Rugrats). Not sexy at all. tsk tsk. So I’ve followed my mom’s advice and I’m now on my 2nd day of taking Alnix for my very stubborn allergies, of 10 days. I really hope this works. I haven’t been sleeping well because of my colds and waking up to an even more hostile respiratory system is such a drag.

So halfway through the morning I get myself a bowl of Payless Busog Sarap Batchoy mami, which I got for free by the way (the perks of working for a food company, hehe). I swear it perked me up with just one sip. And no I am not getting paid for this. Well, ok maybe because I work here, hello. But not really. I really do swear it actually made my morning.

So what about Lucky Me’s commercial about its profound ability to give life to whoever eats it? For me there’s not much to the hype. And Payless’ bowl is much cheaper. Ah well, let the consumers be the judge.

On the other hand, I think those people sitting at the Senate hearing for the ZTE controversy should have a bowl each. That’ll clear their minds and maybe let them think twice before making more idiots out of themselves by doing really useless bantering about each others’ clothes. Come on.

And maybe it’ll make them realize that the president isn’t just the center of “the ecosystem of corruption“. It’s actually their own inefficiencies too. Wake up, boys. Time to do your jobs.

Rise of the Monsters

you’d think there was some sort of theme in this post.

first, happy valentines. belated, that is. i really don’t celebrate the occasion because as the cliche goes, you can let someone know that you love them any time of the year. nevertheless, just so i can post a lazy photo of anything related to the year’s most overrated event:

lately i’ve been compelled to go on a healthier diet of less carbs and more veggies. i love vegetables (except okra and pechay) and i have no problem with that really. if not for my mom pestering me to lose some weight, i’d say the monsters of fashion tv are haunting me.

i don’t mind the diet because of the abundance of good diet-friendly food these days. there’s a great tasting salad at Al Dente, for example. it just makes you feel like you’re a diet guru after eating just their chicken & bacon ceasar salad and feeling full already. don’t mind the sarcasm (just one of those days). it really is good.

another round of applause for the graffiti boys over at our neighborhood. first was the very dramatic rendition of melancholy. now there’s a monster rising out of the ground at the corner of xavierville avenue and katipunan. beware. its tentacles might just come alive and what with its crazed eyes it might mistake your head for a lollipop. (i love photo editing. see the old graffiti markings too? i only saw them after tweaking the photo’s midtones a bit. the MMDA might have been successful the first time, but they’re not stopping this monster.)

edit: i passed by the graffiti wall again this morning and monster talks! i’ll try to take a picture of that and post it here.

Mia Update

Mia can walk with just one hand holding on to mine now! I’m so happy she did it i only have to count a few more weeks till she finally lets go of my hand and take her first steps to independence. Yey!

current mood: vengeful 

current status: currently writing a short story to add to my collection. wondering when i’ll be able to finish it. but given the situation of our government (or if you can still call it that) right now, i may still be inspired before the whole ZTE-lozano thing blows over. or before he gets assissinated by his greedy, guilty-as-hell adversaries.

current music: Love Song by Sara Bareilles

currently missing: mia. she waved goodbye to me this morning. can’t wait to get home.

currently munching on: lab test cheese balls

i don’t want to complain, but i think i’m having a stroke of misfortune. first my car gets a very flat tire. i discover a tiny piece of metal wedged in between the tire grooves, but it’s nothing the vulcanizing shop can’t solve. and then, barely a week later, my car’s battery conks out. tsk tsk. my car Clark must love me very much. either that or he’s really just nagtatampo because he hasn’t stayed clean in the last 2 weeks. (i had him washed, promise. it’s just that everytime i do, it rains. or i park under a tree with a bad case of falling leaves). (more…)

…Adam. my day is not complete without playing “won’t go home without you” on my stereo. hindi nga, wala ba talagang magbibigay sakin ng tickets?

i indulged myself yesterday in a very, very guilty pleasure. dvds. i had lunch at yohoo bbq at metrowalk with a HS friend and i just had to brag to him that this is where i score most of my movie dvds. i never get to go out to watch at a movie house, so this is all i have. sorry talaga! i am so excited for the weekend so i can watch mr. magorium’s wonder emporium, bee movie, and beowulf. there’s another one i forgot the title of.

i got a (really) flat tire this morning right when i was supposed to leave for work. it’s the 2nd time it happened to me in less than a year, so i’m wondering, do tires really hate me? anyway it’s a good thing it happened at home and not anywhere else because i do not know how to change a flat tire. tsk tsk. (more…)

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