ANOTHER REBOND SESSION




Today is the second day of the kids’ exams and since it would be another lazy day today… I decided to take advantage of the time while they are at school to have another hair rebond session at David’s salon. Anyway, it has been three years already since my last rebond (when Jun joined the LPSA in Bohol in August 2007) and what’s more they have a promo discount of just PhP1999 for any length of hair so might as well take advantage diba…? After all, this is one of the few things I promised to myself to do for the year and I am just so glad that I am now finally able to accomplish one such promise this early! Hurrah! Hurrah! I realize that I need to do more things to boost my sagging self-esteem – like visit a derma for a facial, have more massages, and visit a gym or take up running/jogging/brisk walking again! Here’s hoping that with such a good start for 2010, I would really really have the time --- and of course the money to do everything I had hoped to do for myself this year!!!

RETURN TO SCRAPBOOKS

Weekend cleanup day - I started the day intending to clear out the voluminous files underneath the big built-in closet - maybe throw out the old ones I don't need anymore and just keep the ones I need in a neat little plastic organizer. But instead, I found my old scrapbooks and diaries underneath all the rubbish and ended up reminiscing with my kids about the past...my past!

The kids started looking at old pictures and asking questions about the strange faces they see and it was fun looking back at those moments and seeing the expressions on our faces as we savored the experience...I saw too that my 2006 scrapbook was only halfway done ---just shows how much of a procrastinator I am - always very eager to start a project but never really ending or finishing the project! Then, I found my 2006 diary and I figured, maybe I could still do this - finish the scrapbook since I was still able to record most happenings and emotions I have felt during that year...

That was also when I realized that it was TOTALLY WRONG for me to NEGLECT writing in my diary in 2008 and 2009 and just relied on my electronic blog since during the times I neglected my blog there is NOTHING that I could go back to...no record of events that happened...no recollection of emotions that I have felt...because you see...it was a fun moment to look back and remember what happened last year or even five years ago...it was even more fun to share with my kids what I did in college ...and recall to them my experiences with friends in high school...it's like I'm reliving the moments all over again just by reading an entry in a diary or a page in a scrapbook...so I guess I need to make a firm resolve to truly do these things once again - doing scrapbooks and writing in diaries - it's one sure way to preserve memories - whether good or bad.

EXPIRATION DATE FOR MARRIAGE CONTRACTS...?

The year started out on a funny note with a pro-women party list group proposing a bill that would put an expiration date on a marriage contract - pretty much the same way a driver's license and a PRC license expires...and you know what? in a vague sort of way I kinda agree with this bill. Well, for starters it would definitely solve the problem of NOT HAVING A DIVORCE BILL IN THE COUNTRY and the fact that annulment is just for the RICH and MONEYED couples. I guess it's high time somebody thought of this since this will give any couple the option to RENEW or NOT their marriage after a period of say, ten years??? Without having to spend a dime on expensive lawyers!

But I guess, with this country being a predominantly Catholic one, I don't think this bill would ever see the light of day! Because as they always say - 'What God has put together let no man put asunder' - whether said marriages are solemnized in Church or not...oh well anyway, still, it was a good idea but I guess it would take something more than this to make separating from one's spouse a bit easier for Filipino couples... so I guess abused wives, abandoned spouses, lonely/desperate housewives may just have to wait a wee bit longer before our largely male-dominated Congress could think up a new bill to help couples get out of a marriage that both of them no longer want...

MY NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS FOR 2010



It's the time of the year once again and everyone seems to be busy dishing out their new year's resolutions so here are some of mine which I hope to really accomplish before the year 2010 ends...


1) return to writing - in my diaries, in scrapbooks and most especially my blog (which I have been neglecting lately!)

2) watch old movies...in DVDs since I can't afford to watch movies anymore inside real moviehouses...and there are no more free movie passes! Might as well take advantage of the pirated DVDs that are proliferating all over the metropolis...

3) continue reading e-books...again this is due to the fact that the price of books have skyrocketed and since there isn't really anymore space in my bookshelf I would have to contend myself with just e-books since it is mostly free and widely available over the internet!

4) tutor kids more often...even if it isn't exam week so we won't have a difficult time catching up on their many readings come examination time...maybe we'd have a better chance at getting a real medal this year and not like her Grade 1's "Best in Writing Award" even if she made it as Top 1 of their class for two consecutive grading periods...I guess they really have different standards for kids belonging to the 'cream' section.

5) continue upgrading/renovating the kitchen especially the cabinets which last year's budget was not able to cover...I just hope I'd have the money for it

6) SAVE...SAVE...SAVE...I know, I know this is difficult to do especially if we have travel plans like the Bohol trip in February and the Malaysia - Singapore trip in July - but I hope I would be able to do this because it truly is difficult not to have a fallback/savings account when some emergency happens...

7) go on more dates - with the hubby! maybe we'd celebrate our 10th and 15th year anniversary in June and September respectively someplace special...but again this would all still depend if there's MONEY for it!

8) DIET! DIET! DIET! - I know this has been a resolution I have made countless times already but I am still putting it down...maybe this year I would be able to do it!

9) Continue to exercise - by brisk walking with Joey and Art at UP Oval or even with my exercise videos at home!

10) Pamper myself more - have the long overdue rebond session (my last was 2007 pa e); have foot spas, facials and more massages with the hubby to relax and ease the tensions away...

11) make inventory of my clothes, books, DVDs and clear some clutter in the bedroom - throw away what's not necessary and keep just the important stuff!

12) finally, since this is already a very long list ...PRAY and GO TO CHURCH MORE OFTEN - to thank God for all the blessings I have been given last year and for the many more blessing yet to come!