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Thank God for opportunities! :) I started the day with no opps and was not so sure I was going to get any but the good Lord continues to bless me! I opened my inbox first and there was my first opp for the day. The rest just followed. :)

I talked about the pressure I felt with all the work that needed to be done. But at the same time, I feel restless when there's nothing to do. Ironic isn't it? :P

Last year, we gave my twin sisters a couple of Ipods for their eighteenth birthday. This year, I am considering of getting them a couple of affordable ipod batteries since they use them a lot and are always out of the house. This way, they are sure that their Ipods won't go dead on them as they always have spare batteries to keep them running.

With a new baby in the family, I am thinking of upgrading my life insurance premium with my insurance company back home. I will ask our agent to give us some good life insurance quotes so we can go over them and pick out what is best for my family and me. It is another expense that we have to include in our budget but it is all for the best.

Yes, after days with the sweltering heat, the heavens decided to cool us down and brought us wonderful rain last night. Everybody slept well last night because it was cool. It's still drizzling as of this moment which makes it good 'bed' weather. Sadly, I do not have the time to just laze around in bed as there is work to be done. I wish it would also rain on the weekend so we can all sleep in. :)

The little girl's passport finally arrived today. We have been waiting for for weeks. We were supposed to receive it a fortnight ago but only got notice from the post office yesterday. In fact, it was a final notice that was given to us, which is weird because we never really got any note from them. Anyway, I'm glad it's already here. Should there be a need for us to travel overseas, we can now bring Erin with us anytime. :)

I am going to get my laptop soon and I am looking into as well other items or accessories that I can take along with it. A portable scanner could be really handy because you never know when you are going to need to scan some items and send them as picture files. It's always best to be prepared.

I was browsing through the ScanShell site and was looking at the 2000N model and found it to be pretty cool. It was lightweight and therefore very easy to transport as it is small in size. I am sure to get high quality pictures because it boasts of its high resolution 600 dpi feature. Plus, it has a USB connection so you can just hook it up to your computer in an instant. It is also made to work well with Microsoft Outlook which makes it really convenient for the person who's always on the go.

I am not a technical person so I don't know much about electronics and electrical connections so it helps that devices like this are easy to install and use. This is something worth considering if and when we do get the chance to finally purchase that long-coveted laptop of mine.

The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), with the support of TransCanada Corporation, RBC Financial and other partners, has launched a campaign titled My Mental Health.  This campaign aims to increase awareness of mental illness in an effort to eliminate the misconceptions surrounding it.  Their website, www.mymentalhealth.ca, presents the five-step plan.

• Learn about mental health by reading about the many types of illnesses such as depression, anxiety disorders and schizophrenia. 
• Measure your mental health by assessing your knowledge and how you deal with certain stresses.
• Get help if you need it through the many types of help available such as counseling, medication or alternative methods.
• Take action to make a difference by advocating, volunteering, hosting a mental health party, or just simply helping to get the mental health conversation started.
• Donate to support local programs and events funding for CMHA and other local non-profit organizations ensures that resources for individuals living with a mental illness will be available when you or someone you know needs such resources.

Click here to take the Work-Life Balance Quiz by CMHA.

I'm taking a hiatus from blogging -- and reading emails, reading RSS feeds, Googling, blog hopping -- for a week at least. Lucky me. I am attending the Peace Journalism Seminar of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility both as senior staffmember and participant.

CMFR holds Peace Journalism Seminar
Source: CMFR

The coverage and treatment of violent conflict and war, and peace negotiations have raised questions about the impact of media on these and other national crises. The news agenda should be an independent process, seeking out the facts without external influence. And yet, journalists will be the first to admit that reporting can be colored or biased, as well as sensationalized. Worse, media can submit to contending sides and conduct a war of words, the force of which can harden the will against agreements that lay the ground for permanent peace.

This November, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) has invited more than 20 Manila- and community-based journalists to its Peace Journalism Seminar. The program will provide a shared framework of understanding the issues, with background briefings on the government-initiated peace process, perspectives on insurgency, and the role of the media in these developments, including practical pointers for the media.

Read here for more or visit the CMFR website.

Actually, I have already taken up a short online certificate course on Peace Journalism from the Asian (Konrad Adenauer) Center for Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University last year. But I really look forward to attending CMFR's Peace Journalism Seminar, because CMFR has always cited peace as a critical area of press coverage. Media and Peace, in fact, has been a major concern for CMFR even before it published Media and Peace Reporting in 2000 (For those covering conflict-related issues and peace negotiations between the government and rebel groups, I really suggest reading this comprehensive book). And even before the Philippine Journalism Review and later the PJR Reports have conducted content analyses and monitors on press coverage of Mindanao.

CMFR's Peace Journalism Seminar will tackle and discuss questions such as "Does practicing peace journalism make me more of an advocate than a journalist?" and "How should I report on conflict and peace issues?" plus more.

So here I am in the office spending an overnight trying to finish my stories and other items for the December issue of the PJR Reports. Sigh.

Not that bad though. Blog entries, like the one from Desi below, keep me amused and sane even though I practically live now in the office. Desi is a former election volunteer of CMFR.

My Treatise for a Classless Society

Students! Throw away your books! You can include your sputtering pens and unused notebooks! Just bring yourself and perhaps one of life's basic necessities: instant noodles. Or whatever. Heed my call! Together, we shall march our tattered Chuck Taylors and slippers to wherever our uncorrupted intellect may take us. For we are about to embark on this lifelong struggle for a society that our jovial, freedom-loving, and individualistic societal designation - the student body - has so badly longed for: a classless society.

Tama mga iskulmeyts, isang lipunang walang klase!

And in light of these pronouncements, let me present my treatises why we should skip classes altogether and frolic someplace else with the consenting members of the opposite sex. While the majority of it maybe personal, I do believe that many of you feel that same weight on my back that our older kindred has so unjustly derided as laziness. Injustice, my test cheatmates, injustice!

Read here for more.

I badly need money. Not for my daily needs, but for the coming months I guess. I was contemplating on how I will survive my first 6-months away from home study this coming April. I'm aware that being away from home brings a lot of financial struggles. It's better to expect something like that would happen to me while I'm having my review.

For a start, I registered to a few money earning communities in the web. First, I registered for the Dollar Pays. Dollar Pays pay you to sign up for programs, fill out survey forms and avail advertiser offers. I'm not earning from Dollar pay yet so I can't assure a good income from this program.

Another program I applied was Bux.to. It's an advertising company. They pay their users to view the websites of the advertisers for 30s. The user earns $0.01 for every 30s view of a site. It's not bad especially if you are a frequent internet surfer.

I also activated or rather checked my TLA account. My account was approved few months ago but I never used it. This time, I'll take making money seriously. I'm not receiving any links from TLA yet but I'm still waiting.

My BTP was scheduled for another pay tomorrow. So this would be my first pay after I decided to take this matter seriously. I also managed to register for a Paypal account. So if you are interested in sending money, you may do so. Just leave me a message here and I'll give you my e-mail address for my paypal account. *wink* *wink*



*** Update: I didn't notice my title. Lol. wrong wrong wrong. (I'll taking take making money seriously)

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Got this from one of my favorite blogger Janice of Singapore... I didn't realized all these years that I can dance well, hehehe :)

PLEASE... don't laugh at my dancing :)

It is never easy having to see a loved one's health slowly deteriorate right before your eyes. My maternal grandmother was in the pink of health before she slipped and broke her hip three years ago. Since that unfortunate event, she has been confined to her bed and wheelchair for two years, which sometimes left her no choice but to also wear protective underwear. Her sudden change in lifestyle totally broke her spirit. Eventually she lost all her zest in life and died in her sleep. *sigh* At that time, I was pregnant with Erin and could not come home for her funeral. I miss her a lot, inspite of her quirky ways. She will always be remembered.