My husband’s birthday is in a few days. It is on January 25! I am thinking of giving him a Bell Custom 500 helmet. He lost one of his helmets and he has not bought one ever since. He just uses his very first helmet which is already five years old. Imagine that! Well, indeed, it is time to buy my husband a new helmet. That would be the perfect gift for his birthday.
My husband is in his carpenter mood today. He wants to build a serving table complete with industrial bearings. Oh, my hubby is really like that. He feels bored when he is doing nothing. One day, if ever we have enough capital already, we will definitely build a furniture business. Something made to order though and not really of mass production. I think that will be more sort of a hobby and at the same time will earn us a little. Something we can do during our retirement age and our son can also inherit.
I always check my e-mail inbox every morning. Well, I am looking for good news, of course! This morning, I received one! Well, I am not expecting that blessing yet on this day. Maybe a little later. But then, God is good all the time! Maybe, He wants to tell me, everything will be fine! I know! I know!
God is good all the time! 
Commuting is easier for me as I skip the tricycle ride already. It means savings of around P60 a day too. Well, I just have to pay my husband for fetching me with his motorcycle. Well, the advantage of having other people to take care of my son, husband can get out of the house to fetch me.
Have I mentioned that my Mom and Brother are already living with us? Well, it is a big adjustment for all of us. Not only to my husband and child but also to my Mom and Brother.
More stories later.
Meantime, I really have to go as it is already 609AM. I do not want to be late…as usual. 
A collection of diamond bridal rings to choose from. Two of my closest friends are getting married in the next six months. They are busy preparing for it. I am helping out and my first assignment was to find a jeweler. I found one online for the bridal rings and the fine eco jewelry that the ladies want their entourage to wear. Assignment one: done! What’s next? It will be hectic and chaotic for the next several weeks but it’s okay. I am thrilled to be part of the weddings.
My mother is finally here at our home! Well, living alone before with my brother who is still very young at 16, we thought that they should live with us already. At first, my Mom lived with my sister in the province. We decided that she stays there first because of the better environment. You know, less pollution, more quiet and more space. However, it turned out that she was always left home alone because our brother is with us here in Manila and my sister and her family, of course are busy with work and school. So, my Mon and brother are with us here. I have a bigger family now.
My sister did her best to take care of our Mom, though. She even brought her to the doctor for a general check up. When my Mom arrives here in Manila, she show me all the medications that my sister bought for her as advised by the Doctor. Knowing that my Mom has high cholesterol levels, I immediately checked her medicines as it might include Crestor. I noticed that my Mom could not be able to walk normally. She also mentioned that when she took those drugs, she felt nauseated. I am afraid as I have read a lot about Crestor lawsuit. Good thing, there is no Crestor in her medicines. I guess, I will just bring her to another doctor so that she will be given new prescriptions.
One of the things that is needed to be improved in our company is the documentation system. I do not know for other companies but ours or specifically the department I am with and even those interfacing departments seem lacking of a centralized documentation system.
How important documentation is? Very! Well, you have to document everything for record purposes, reference and tracking, to mention some of the benefits. Even at home, I am sure that you already practice a certain kind of documentation like listing down your budget expenses, right?
In most businesses, documentation is very important. But please, go away with paper bulk! Let us all be environment friendly. Whether you are in a construction business, supplier management, telecommunications, health, and other businesses that involve contracting, compliance and continuous monitoring, you must purchase a documentation tool that can record and track the progress of the project.
There is also a software that will allow you to store your company’s profile and achievements. Like for construction companies, they can build their compliance documents using that particular software. That will mean a lot of saved effort and time in applying for a project, right? Get one software that you can update anytime.
I am happy that one of our partners is gearing toward that direction. Sometimes, when we finish a particular project, we just let it go not knowing that someday we need to enhance it or it is related to other projects. We start from scratch again which is not that good. If we have documents stored already that are easily accessible, it would really improve our productivity.
I am participating in a blogger campaign by Bucks2Blog for supplier management and was compensated. However, the views and opinions are my own.
Happy Monday morning to all! It is January 9 already! Gosh, in no time February will be here! Time flies really very fast!
Since it is January 2012, have you listed down any resolutions yet? As of me, I got tired of my New Year’s resolution or it got tired of me! Whichever! I just plan to take one day at a time and reflect each day, maybe!
I already mentioned that yesterday and last Saturday were not so good days for me. Well, we can control ourselves at all time but we just let go of our emotions and senseless thinking once in a while right? As I reflect, I know that I have to stop doing that. I have to let go of my pride. I just have to be a good person. I have to do this not for other people but for the Great One who can see all things and what is in our hearts.
I plan to be good today. I hope there will be no distractions and temptations.
I Appreciate the Employee Engagement Survey that our HR department recently launched. Just last Friday, I read this survey and what was it all about. This time, it is about our supervisors, managers and heads. There have been so many suggestions before for the staff to tell something about their superiors and be heard! Yes, that is very important. Not just to listen to what the employees would say but also actually do something about it. Well, that particular survey of course focused on the positive side. I look up to my boss thus I voted for him. I can actually nominate other supervisors but is it not but proper for me to nominate my own boss? Anyways, my boss is really someone I can look up to.
There are a whole lot of other surveys that our HR department releases from time to time. Moreover, they developed a tool where employees can post about their ideas. We, employees really appreciate that. There are successful entries already, meaning those ideas have been implemented. Good thing that despite of the many prospects of hiring new people, our HR still focuses in retaining good employees.
So, are you a company with high movement rate? Movement is okay if within the company. The one that you should look out for is the moving out. Create surveys! Listen to your people. See what is in their minds. It will certainly work both for the employer and the employee!
I am participating in a blogger campaign by Bucks2Blog for an employee engagement survey company and was compensated. However, the views and opinions are my own.
Oh, I woke up and I thought that it is already Monday! But, no! It is still Sunday. Well, I thank God that I am able to wake up.
I am still affected by what happened to me this weekend. Well someone bailed out on me and I was disappointed. You know, breaking deals and not being able to do what you have promised. Well, we did not really have a written contract.
You might be wondering what is it I am talking about, right? Well, family matters. As they say, the worse business partner is someone you have blood relations with. That person did not actually betray me. She just could not keep his share of responsibilities anymore. It was hard for me because I was not prepared and I was caught by surprise. Now, I have to do everything alone.
When you enter a particular home, there is always a chance that you will see a picture frame hanging on the wall. There are people who have so many pictures at all parts of their houses. Well, a picture frame adds beauty to any space.
I love pictures! Well, when you love pictures, you must have a camera, right? Thanks to the technological evolution for camera phones! Yes, I have an eight megapixel camera! I take pictures of almost everything! People, events,food and places, name it!
After taking a picture, there is an application in the phone to edit the picture. My favorite part is the framing. Well, it is not like that of the picture frames nyc after the edit but at least it gives me the idea on what custom frame I would like to have. Yes, custom framing! I Heart Picture Frames!
Custom framing is still in and it somehow shows your creativity. One picture is different from another thus it deserves a frame of its own. You match also the frame to where it will be placed.
Oh pictures! Most of our friends who visit us at home never miss to notice our family picture at the entertainment area. As they say, a picture paints a thousand words! Who would have thought that that picture will turn out well? Every picture has a story before the actual picture. That makes the picture more memorable.
This is a blogger campaign by Bucks2Blog for custom framing nyc and I was compensated. However, the views and opinions are my own.
It is 2AM and I am still awake. I just came from a heated argument with my sister. I cried. I needed someone to talk to. I cannot depend on my husband because he is not much of a talker. Good thing my friends were still online awhile ago. They provided me some comfort.
I tweeted:
Dear God,thank You for d the reassurance of Your Great Love. I seek forgiveness for my tears. Thank You for comforting me right away!
Well, you can already see that at my sidebar if ever, I do not tweet again during the day.
I am fine now.
Thank You, God.
