Sorry for having no posts for a while. I was really busy since the holidays is coming up pretty quickly and I had to finish some work load double time. So most of the time I was busy with work, work and more work this week. But despite this, I’m really looking forward to our Christmas vacation which starts Dec. 24. The company won’t be paying us to go to work because the admin group are not really productive since our job doesn’t involve taking calls or dealing with customers. I’m not complaining anyway since, who doesn’t want a break from work? I believe everyone who has kids and/or a family to look after do. During the break, I promised myself to do more tutorials using Photoshop CS4 since obviously I have the time to finally do so. For those who are also interested to learn about Photoshop CS4, I suggested you start with the very basic stuff like learning what its tools can do and what they’re for. You also don’t need to spend money for crash courses since there are A LOT of tutorials which you can try doing online for free! This is what I’m actually doing. I’ve always wanted to become an illustrator or graphic artist but just wasn’t lucky enough to be given the opportunity. I wasn’t raised with a silver spoon or is that what people usually say. But one things for sure, I believe that your willingness and patience to learn things can get you through to anything.

For some advanced tutorials you can check our this link from my other site. Enjoy!    →

I never thought this would happen but surprisingly this site finally received a Page Rank 1! Woot!!! I’m not sure what day it was but I just noticed the change in this site’s rank this week. You might wonder what the commotion is about so let me just explain that we had this site since February of this year so it took about 9 freakin’ months before it received this ranking from Google. Now, do you understand where I’m coming from? Our other site  ♥bloggercorner♥ was ranked one after only two months but this site just lacked popularity. Anyways, Val and I are enjoying this short-lived happiness for now so please bear with us.

photo credit: www.typesofwineglasses.com

Last September 25, 2009,  we celebrated our ♥ Customer Service and Employee Appreciation Week ♥ and boy was it interesting! Our company not only prepared food but also hired the services of ♥ Foto-Booth ♥ to take unlimited photos of everyone from 11pm that night till 5am the next day. Obviously everybody had a great time doing their cool, sexy, hip poses. As for my ♥ office pals ♥, we had a BLAST! Well some of us I guess. hehe We kept having our pictures taken again and again! I wasn’t really happy with how the pictures turned out since the person behind the camera wasn’t so much of a help. But I wouldn’t blame her for being such a spoilsport. It’s not easy having to be on your feet the whole night taking pictures of other people but hey, it’s your job right? so why complain? Anyways, here are our ♥ goofy shots ♥ during the photo shoot.

Yippee!  My ♥ hubby ♥ was lucky enough to receive a Windows 7 Kit from the company we’re working for. The kit included a Win 7 shirt, ID holder, pin and of course, a 64-bit Windows 7 Operating System DVD. Microsoft really rocks! I’ve heard these things are really expensive and they just gave this out for free! Many thanks to the “company” we work for. Sorry but we can’t disclose the name for obvious reasons. Ironically the DVD isn’t compatible with our laptop’s OS since ours is a 32-bit OS but we’re definitely not one to complain.

T’was ♥ my husband Val’s ♥ Birthday yesterday. Ironically my fever escalated so I’m only able to post something special for him today. ♥ Happy Birthday Sweety! I love you always and forever!

Another crappy day today.  I just feel like I’m trapped in a deep hole where there’s no way out. Eveytime I feel like this, I can’t help but dream about throwing in the towel and quit.  Then I realized, this wouldn’t help the situation get any better. Quiting and running away would only make things worst. So I keep telling myself to be strong and have hope. Hope will always be there even though we feel that the road is blocked and empty. As a source of consolation I think about all the people and things that make me feel happy to be alive  and breathing in this world despite its cruelty. I think about how lucky I am to have a loving husband who continuously loves me despite my insecurities and imperfections and how lucky I am to have a son who’s sooo adorable and sweet. They are my strength and the reason why I won’t ever consider giving up.

You might wonder why I included a snapshot of the beach on this post. The beach always keeps me calm and allows me to contemplate more about life.

One of the best things in life is to spend some time with my little angel despite the hectic and crazy life of working in a Call Center. Val, baby Vaughn and I went to Ayala just to take a break and for ♥Vaughn♥ to perfect his walk …he’s only a year and three months . We also dropped by Globe to pay our bills and after that…Snack Time! . What Val and I have in common is how much we just love desserts and burgers . It won’t take long before  Vaughn to inherit our likes as well. One of my favorite snack stops here in Cebu City is McJoy, a dessert sort of fast food chain. We ordered their ♥McJoy Special Halo-Halo♥ and had a really fun-filled satisfying bite . Val couldn’t help himself but take shots of Vaughn and myself. It t’was kinda difficult for Vaughn to stay still so we just had to settle with blurry photos .