One hour walk/jog

Today, I tried as usual to live "healthier" by taking a walk / jog around where I live in. The walk was pretty good, albeit cold and windy. I tried to jog and wow, I'm outta shape....hehehe...I could feel the blood pounding in my head...hehehe..I thought I was going to pass out but glad that I didn't. Hehehe...I did like walking around but I think I overdid it today. I walked for about an hour. Usually I would only walk for about 30 minutes but today I felt, you know, what the heck, I'll shoot for an hour. After all, it was only 7 and it was still daylight. So I walked and walked and walked and before you knew it, it was eight!
I'll know tomorrow if I definitely regret this. But one thing's for sure, my legs are exhausted but my mind isn't. I think I'm going to sleep really well tonight. Hopefully, be up by tomorrow for work, lol.

Scrapbooking

Today, I had to make a scrapbook part for my school principal who is retiring this year. This is the product of my "creative juices." Hehehe...hopefully, no one from my school knows about my blog and certainly not my principal.
I must say I'm quite happy with my handiwork if only because I'm not really that creative. While God was handing out creativity, I was probably lined up somewhere, lol. Oh yeah, I just printed out the names and the rest I got from Crista. Yipee!! Having things on hand just made this project a little better and easier to make.
Anyways, I'm very grateful to my principal for everything that she has done for me. I will really miss her!

Goldilocks Mountain View

Last Holy Week, Leila and I went to Goldilocks with high hopes only to find out that they were closed, lol. So we went to Jollibee in Great Mall.

Today, finally, we went back to eat of course Filipino food. Well, I was hungry so for me, the food was good. But the ambience and the people there, hmm....could improve way better. Let me start with the people. If I had to compare with Jollibee or Red Ribbon for that matter, most of the people who work there are Pinoys. But there's a huge difference. I suppose part of the Jollibee's thrust is having people who seem to "ooze" happiness or seem to look like they're happy doing their job. But those in Goldilocks, yikers! It felt like they were there because they had to and not because they wanted to.

While taking my order, the lady who was taking it actually answered a phone call and then promptly forgot about my order. To top that off, the cashier then rang up what was on my tray minus the chicken barbecue that I ordered. So I had to tell her that I ordered it and then she had to get it and heat it. She didn't look too happy nor did she look happy at all that there were people eating there at all. I suppose I am used to people smiling, after all, I am the customer and I'm spending my hard earned money there. But no, she wasn't smiling at all. She looked like she wanted to be anywhere but there. I wanted to tell her, "Gee lady, be happy that you actually have a job, a job here?" Maybe she should get a taste of what it's like to be jobless back home and have to feed a jobless husband and six children, lol.

Anyways, totally seemed such a sad place to be in. So we finished our food and were off. If I were a reviewer, they would totally fail in service and generally the people who work there. Who wants to go back at such as spirit-dampening place? I certainly don't want to! I'll opt to go to Great Mall in Jollibee or Red Ribbon. At least the people there look like they're happy to see people who buy from them, plus you can go shopping afterwards.

So let me sum up my "review" lol.

Service * out of *****
Food ***** out of *****
Ambience ** out of *****
Restroom **** out of *****

But then again, don't take my word for it. Go there. It's near Costco.

Ughhhh!!!

I think that pretty much describes the day in general. Now I'm nursing a headache and can't seem to sleep. Way too many things on my mind, although, I should be a bit relieved, but not so, since that work related thingy will have a part two.

I'm trying to remind myself of the good things that I have, but sometimes, you just get to a point where, you feel exhausted and you try to think of the good things in life that makes being here worthwhile. In the meantime, I miss my mom's cooking and my family. I envy Leila...as to why...its a secret...hehehe...not my beans to spill but good for her!!

Happy Mother's Day!

There's my mom, there's my older sister and my younger sister..

Happy mother's day!

Hmm...it's only me who's not, lol....I'm not in a hurry though...lol...

Another busy Monday...

My week started getting busy yesterday. I finally finished my practice test for CSET and not surprisingly, my weakest area is American history. Oh well...now back to basics and rereading it again, it is after all the second time that I've read it. I've started on one reviewer and will move on to 3 other books if I have the luxury of time. Doing the practice test was a good idea since it gave me a gauge as to where I was in terms of knowledge, or lack thereof, lol. On the bright side, it wasn't a total mess. I tried to make a "logical guess" if all else failed. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't but at least I had the opportunity to read the questions again and the right choices. I only have about a week to go other than this week. So I'm deliberately missing my favorite news from back home just to devote the time to studying.

After dinner today, that was what I did. I opened my book and started reading away. An hour later, I felt my eyelids feeling heavy so I took a nap, lol. Albeit a long one so now, I'm thinking that it was a big mistake since that would mean that I will have a difficult time sleeping. And since I've been taking the bus, sleeping through the night has been a challenge. I always wake up at different hours in the morning, sometimes at 2, 3 or 4 am and then I have no choice but to try to get back to sleep. And interrrupted sleep is not quality sleep, if you know what I mean.

At work, I'm catching up on doing re-assessment for a case load that I have. I have much to say but would rather not. You know how it is with work stuff and how what you say can be taken against you, by your employer...lol. So in that regard, my lips are sealed.

What I am happy about though is that this is my last IEP. Earlier today, I had completed paperwork for the previous IEP that I had. Whopee!! Definitely something to celebrate. I still have amendments but none as major as these cases.

So now that I've blogged, although I wish  I could blog more, its back to the books for me. I'm trying a second computerized practice test. At least get my brain working a bit before the big day....