Year: 2020

Cutting Hair

So I tried cutting their hair but I started in the front because when they are watching TV, reading books or using gadgets, they can’t see clearly.
Gareth was scared when he saw me cutting his hair. But I explained it to him then eventually he let me cut his hair. This is my first time and I am scared. I think I should practice more so next time I will cut the back part.

How’s your quarantine life?

I hope you are safe and healthy…

Life Update During Quarantine

The kids keep on asking me for going to the beach and I keep on explaining to them that we can’t go anywhere because of the Corona Virus. Xavier keeps on asking when will it over, he wanted to know if he can go on a vacation on May. I don’t want to give him false hope so I said maybe on June when the Corona Virus is over.
To make them happy while in the house, we let them have swimming through the inflatable pool. Somehow they enjoyed it.
Xavier’s boring face. LOL
When we have food in mind, we look for online recipe and watch YouTube, just like this Palitaw, hubby researched on how to cook and he put some sesame seeds.

We still have a lot in our list and we are just taking it easy… hubby wanted to make donut and ramen so maybe in the coming days we will try it.

Though it’s frustrating that we are in a quarantine but I never think it that way. I am thankful that my family, employees and relatives are healthy. I am asking for God’s protection for everyone.

So far, the number of deaths are going down while the recoveries are going up and that’s somehow give us hope that this quarantine is really working.

Holy Week 2020

It’s a way different Holy Week this time. We are just staying at home due to community quarantine. Supposed to be we will be having our Visita Iglesia as we are doing yearly but this time is way different.
I am not used to this.. I think no one did.
It is my first time to experienced this and I know most of us did. So all we can do is adjust.

All we did this time is have our Station of the Cross and pray the Holy Rosary.
I am praying that all of this pandemic will be over soon.

I hope that this virus will go away and make everyone be healthy again. Those are sick will recovered soon and we will be back to our normal life.

Passion

I need to go to work..
I have important things to do in the office, so I wear mask all the time.
But it’s hard to breath, it seems that I am losing air.
Sometimes our purpose in life is hard to explain to everyone around us…
But no matter what it is, we have to live our life by our purpose…

Life Update

Sometimes I feel so down because of what is happening in the world lately..
I wonder when will it be over…
I’m just glad that I have my kids with me, they inspired me to do things. To continue living my life’s purpose.

I just hope that this will be over soon…

Day 19

My first time to go outside Rizal. We went to Medical City in Pasig for hubby’s rabies injection. He got scratched by our cat and it was deep enough and he needs to have his injection in Medical City because it was not available here in Antipolo. I just stayed inside the car because I don’t want to go inside the ER. The last thing I want to visit is hospital in this particular time. I don’t want to risk my family and employees.

This picture is inside the parking space, it was creepy. Cars come and go and I keep observing people around me. Some open their cars and spray something, maybe a Lysol then they open their car. Then they will get inside and go. A lot of them are wearing masks and I can see that they are doctors and nurses. They looked so tired but still they are going to work. We need them now and I really appreciate their efforts. I hope they will not get sick. I hope that God and Angels will protect them. I hope that these pandemic will be over soon so we can go back to our normal lives.

The moment hubby went back to the car, I didn’t let him get inside immediately. I sprayed alcohol all over him and also in the driver seat.

When we went home, we let the kids go inside their room and we have to shower first. That is already the routine inside the house when someone needs to go out.

As of now, hubby is doing good. No more pains in his hand and the antibiotics are working already. He is also careful in touching the cats.

So that’s it… Life here is quite boring but that’s how it is.

I hope that this Covid 19 will gone forever!

April 1 Update

We are still in a community quarantine and I am just staying at home.
I am glad that I have this Japanese corn for my merienda.
We are watching Netflix and I am currently watching Descendants of the Sun.
I was craving for suman last week and I am glad that we finally have it now. This is a casava suman.
I miss going out. I miss going to the meeting and putting makeup. I miss going to the office and talking to my team. I miss watching movies and going to the mall. I miss shopping. I miss running errands for the family. I miss driving. I miss going around the city. I miss staying in the coffee shop.. oh God, I miss my normal life.

But… I know that this too shall pass. So as we are still into it, I just stay at home and make the best out of it. I spend more time resting and be with the kids. I have nap time, reading time, movie time and cleaning time.

Of course I am still doing business while at home. I can’t just stay at home and do nothing. I am worried for my business. I am worried for my people and I am thinking of things to help them but I have limited resources. So am only giving what I can afford to give. I am just glad that they appreciated it and I think that is enough for me.
Before this pandemic began, I have already plan my life. I already have a year plan for my business and for personal life. I have it well planned already but it seems that God has better plan. He stopped everything we’ve planned and He just want us to take rest and think of Him this time. I know that this resting time will somehow make us a better person.

When this will be over and we all survived then I am sure this will make us a different person. We will see things differently now. We will not take things for granted anymore. We have a different mindset and it made us more human.

So no matter how difficult we were all experiencing right now, let’s not forget to trust in Him. This too shall pass…

March 28 Life Update

Okay, we are still in a community quarantine.

The kids are not following the strict rules anymore. They can’t sleep early. Sometimes they throw tantrums because they don’t know anymore of what to do. So we give them daily activities.
We let them use gadgets, watch TV and do some art. I am always thinking of making them busy.
I keep myself busy by reading books, watching YouTube videos and doing my paintings. But there are times that I got so stressed out and I can’t do anything. I am just ranting. I wanted to go out. I want to do things that I normally do but we are all scared. I know that I can’t go out to face my staff because I am also prone. My health is not that okay, I am boosting my immune system by taking vitamins C but still that is not enough. I should not be exposed with people because of my asthma and diabetes.

I need to protect myself for me to function well. I need to prioritize my health for me to do my work well. I realize that I should just stay at home so I can give better service and employment to my people.
In this despair time, I am so vulnerable. I am affected but I need to be strong. I need to focus on what really matters.
Sometimes we lost hope, sometimes we wonder why all of these things are happening. But we really can’t get enough answers. We just let things happen and hoping that everything will be over soon.
So while at home, I let hubby cooked the pasta I missed from Spaghetti House and he made it perfectly!
I realized so many things… I need to be satisfied of what I have and enjoy each moment with my family because really.. life is so short to focus on negative things.
The more you focus on positive things, the more good things will happen.

I hope that this pandemic will be over soon. I hope that we can go back to our normal life soon.

I hope that while you are reading my blog, you are well and happy.

March 27 Update

Still in a community quarantine and Xavier get bored and he borrowed my phone and when I saw this picture of him it simply made my day.
I share it to my fb account and my friends like it so much. Oh well, we need to post something positive this time because I am already fed up with too much negativity around me.
I seldom went to the office these days because I also need to protect myself. If I have nothing to do in the office, I just stayed at home. I am diabetic and have asthma as well, so I need to protect my immune system.

If I have very important thing to do in the office that’s the time I will visit. We have new campaigns and our summer seasonal account will start next month so I have no choice but to be in the office. We are doing some safety precautionary and social distancing.

I am selling vitamins C online and it’s a busy weeks for us here. Everyday we need to send at least 20 boxes of vitamins c. I am glad that in this hard time, I’m able to help my fellowmen.

Sometimes I can’t sleep thinking of the current situation. I am worried for my family, for my people and business. I hope that this will be over soon. The current situation here in the Philippines is still manageable, though in the first few days of the quarantine people were agitated but right now we are settle. We have curfews and the government started distributing relief goods. But it’s not perfect, there were some flaws but hey, we should not be focusing on that. We should focus that all of us are not prepare for this and whatever the government is doing now is enough and appreciated. I know they can do better than this but at least they are doing their part. Instead of shaming them, let’s be human.. let’s appreciate the things they’ve done and also let’s do our part.

I hope all of this will be over soon…