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I have a mixed opinion about name necklaces. Hmmm, actually over the years, I switch back and forth from liking  and then not liking them. Maybe you can attribute that to my erratic personality. Oh what a fickle creature I am! Lol.

But really, sometimes when I see someone with a cool name necklace design, I would decide that I’d like to have one. Then when I see someone who seem “lost” with it, I simply forget of ever getting one. Thoughts ping-ponging, and so goes the reason why, over time,  I haven’t absolutely decided of  having one made for myself despite the fact that I consider personalized jewelry a nice gift to friends and family.

But call it my luck as I have recently received a personalized name necklace from the store that offers the widest selection of styles and languages of handmade personalized name jewelry, the Wow! Imports. And it’s all for free! Also, I got to choose the design of my initials on this sterling silver necklace. *Smile, smile*

I love this one and only necklace I possess which has my initials on it.  I really do, although at first sight I was a bit disappointed to see  the size of the name — I’d have liked it a tad bigger (but then that wouldn’t be proportional to the size of the chain, too). So if the chain is increased a bit in size along with the name, then it would have been perfect for me.  But apart from that, I think it’s lovely.  It’s lovely to have a name necklace afterall and I deeply hope I look lovely wearing it as well. *grins*   Gotta bring justice to  the craftmanship, which I believe is unquestionable! With its chain simply fine and smooth, I certainly have no  doubt with the quality of the product.  

In the end, I think there’s good in being fickle. Who’d have thought I could have one for free? And having it without forking out a single cent from my wallet, I seriously wouldn’t complain. Really, I gotta thank my lucky stars for sparing me from spending some moolah for a lovely accessory such as this one! Thanks ParentReviewers and Wow! Imports.

BTW, Wow! Imports, the premier online store for African fair trade bead & wire art, also offers beaded animal figurines, piggy banks, beaded key chains, beaded zipper pulls, wire wrapped and beaded serving pieces, beaded Christmas ornaments and recycled plastic bag animals.

As a citizen of this country, I exercised my right to suffrage yesterday. Not my first time, but it felt like it was. Maybe because that was the country’s first automated election yesterday. And so the queues were unusually long (oh but lucky me, I’m pregg-o so I was given a “special treatment” and I was spared from the horror of waiting for hours to get my turn to vote). Then there were issues of failing machines (not in my area though) and pre-election controversies (haaay, it wouldn’t have surprised me if the election was postponed).

Nonetheless, filled with optimism that my one vote will make a difference, I cast my vote. As always.

And as always, I wish…

…that the Filipino people would realize that the country’s future is not solely in one person’s hands.

…that everyone will realize that we are now planting seeds for the future –of this country and of our children and our  children’s children.

…that during the election everyone voted with their conscience.

…that the elected leaders of this country will walk the talk and do what they say.

And lastly, I wish to meet the Genie in the Bottle to make these wishes a reality. *smile*

No internet connection.

In the office.

*sigh*

I’m bored.

I’m now breaking my self-imposed blogging hiatus because I read earlier today (really early like 2 AM!) the draft of a memorandum circular by the National Telecommunication Commission about their plan to have all content developers (i.e. bloggers), providers, etc… registered.

Contents, Information, Applications and/or Electronic Games Providers, Contents Developers, Information Sources, Applications Developers, and Electronic Games Developers are required to have commercial presence in the country and shall secure Certificate of Registration (COR) from the Commission.

Read more of the Memorandum here

My initial reaction was one of incredulity. Registered, ey? And then there will be a registration fee. My eyebrows were raised ceiling-high! At an unholy hour. My gawd. I really could think about a million and one  benefits the department can reap from the registration *smirk*

Then when it all started to really sink in, I could only laugh my wicked witch laugh. This is all really hilarious. (And that’s the understatement of the year!)

Do you know I feel funny sometimes. Whenever I get the chance to reciprocate TT bloggers visits and read their TT post, I do feel funny sometimes because contrary to theirs, my posts seem to go off the topic (from the theme).

But that’s because I always autopublish my posts here.  There are busy days when I cannot even comb my hair, how much more sneak out to write my posts.  That’s why I write them in advance while I have the time. I don’t want to miss posting on Thursdays.

Now even if as I said so, trust me, I have days when I battle with negativity  and it’s a little difficult to be grateful for stuffs… But counting blessings always keeps me from wallowing in negative pits. Keeps me from drowning in the sea of misery and unhappiness for long. It does help me from feeling low and dejected.

Counting blessings - small or simple as they are - makes life more bearable, if not happier. And counting blessings makes me feel so loved. Doing so doesn’t really make things right or change things for me, but almost always, it sets me in the “right” state. It puts me in a good place - and that is to be thankful. Despite everything.

To be thankful, even if. To be thankful, just because.

If you’ve not participated in Thankful Thursdays, consider this an invitation to join us. Drop by the TT HQ. :-)

I’ve been lucky I had a the time to bloghop last week (which is somewhat of a luxury these days) and I just feel so blessed to have stumbled into this Blogger’s Prayer which Father Cuyos wrote.

I so love it that I had to share it to those who might chance upon my blog.

Anyway, three years ago, I had never heard about blogging. I didn’t even have a clue that such a word exist! Never knew that one day I’d get addicted to it and it would totally consume me (past tense? :->).

Fast forward. So I blog now (and true, there’s even one point in my life when I totally got addicted to it). Blogging has actually brought wonderful gifts in my life. Apart from being able to practise writing, I’ve learned and seen new things online. Learning html and php code is fun,  albeit headache-and-nosebleed causing (a perfect excuse for being too lazy to break codes at times!).  Through  blogging, I’ve seen a glimpse of the other people’s lives. I’ve forged friendship online. Quite unexpectedly, I’ve even earned some cash because of blogging (I’ve missed opps but got some to take care of some “extras”).

On a personal level, in a way, blogging has made me understand myself - and my feelings and my priorities better (I hope that makes sense).  I might not be blogging as  much as I’d love to  -or bloghopping and commenting - but this is also because of these priorities. (And I appreciate all of you who still visit and comment).

Through the pits and peaks of blogging, I’m grateful for everything. For what it has brought in my life-  still brings and will hopefully bring.

To wrap things up, I want to quote few of my favorite lines from the Blogger’s Prayer:

Make our hearts meek and humble that we may treat our readers as friends, not as unique hits, that we may strive to change ourselves for the better more often than we pimp our site templates, that we may find more time to ease the pain of someone in our own home than to reply to comments left by strangers, that we may interact with our next door neighbors as often as we chat with our blogrolled friends, that we may be more concerned about helping the less privileged than about the number of subscribers to our RSS feeds.

For more of Thankful Thursday participants, please visit Iris.

I know there are few many times when I wanted to give up my job and just be a full-time mother. But apart from the fact that the moolah every payday helps settle the cookie bills, the 8 hours I spend working give me the right amount of space and time to recollect my thoughts,

to prep myself for more parenting challenges,

to re-energize myself and most of all,

to terribly miss my son.

So that by the time I get home, I am (again) all ready for the endless “Mama, pleeease…,” the demanding “Mama -want this” or the very loud  “Mamaaaaaa.”

So today, I’m thankful for my job.

For more of Thankful Thursday participants, please visit Iris.