Of Awards & Rewards

KCee gave these blog awards to me. Thanks girl, they have certainly made my day.

I am passing these on to Jeng, Rogue, and Mel in the hopes that it brightens up their day as well.

Tag: Get to Know Me

During the height of my work@home frenzy, there were a couple of tags that I missed out on because I was just too lazy busy. Needless to say, I lost many blog friends because of my lack of blog social skills. Well I have been recently inspired again to at least make semi-regular posts because a dear old friend has just recently made her entry to the blogging world. I am posting this because of her.

Thanks Jeng for the tag. I don't feel so alone anymore... I hope I can hook up with some of your blogger friends as well.

1. Today I feel very — Lazy, but duty calls. As always.
2. I enjoy - Spending carefree time with my loved ones. I also relish my time alone which is very rare. Travel, both actual and mental.
   
3. I am unhappy when — I feel helpless against the cruel realties of life.
   
4. I feel good when — I do good. Doing good feels good. And such is true with any undertaking.
5. I wish my boss — What boss?! I am my own boss. Proud work@homie in the house.
6. My officemates think — I'm aloof and quiet, which is true. Anyways I never really worked in an office long enough for co-workers to know me.
7. My work area is — Cluttered, just like my mind. I have given up on organizing with two toddlers all over me. Although I am bent on creating a work space that is more relaxing and one that will allow me to be more productive under less time.
   
8. I enjoy reading about — I am a book perve. Anything for a good read! Although lately, it's the discovery of a good book that thrills me more.
   
9. I like myself best when — I make a breakthrough, for myself and for others.
   
10. If I had a choice I would — Just like Jeng, I would like to be a plain housewife. I wish i can afford to stop working, but I cannot. My sense of responsibility is just too strong. Besides, it feels better to spend money you have worked for. I am not one to just wait to be given spending money; no way. But if i had a chance, I would like to be a professional cook and web developer, and earn just by blogging about food, culture, and travel.
11. I wish — I can give joy back to my aging parents and that they will live long enough to see better days for all of us. I wish I would stop worrying about the future because as I can vouch from experience, it does have a way of working itself out. I wish I will never get sick again. I wish to make endless memories with robert and our daughters. I wish that dreams would find a way out of dreamland.
12. Tomorrow I would like to — Wake up to find a better day, better than all the ones that went before. And rise to the sun with faith and resolve to see through the day.

I am not tagging anyone. Just feel free to tag yourself and let me know so I can read yours.

Linky Love Tags

Here are two tags that build links...

TAG 1
A tag from KCee. Let us all help each other out by doing each and everyone a little favor... Building our Technorati ranks and probably our Google page rank! How? By doing this tag! I am making this not only to build up my own blog, but of course, to build up yours as well! So tag along...

This is the Links Around The World Tag.

Instruction:

> Place your link after the list. If you have more than 1 blog, feel free to add them all here!

> After placing your blogs, you must tag 5 or more bloggers that is not yet in the list, this is to keep the ball rolling.

> Here is the best part: Make sure to update your list every now and then, by getting the master list here. I'll be updating the master list every day, or as soon as I see a new blog that's been added to the list.

Links around the world tag

1. Momhood Moments
2. Business Mars
3. Princezz
4. Princess
5. Cecil
6. Ron & Cecil
7. Frechess
8. Trendy Momma
9. Cherish
10. Bavarian angel
11. The World Wide Web Addict
12. Euroangel Graffiti
13. Daily Nourishment
14. My Personal Journal
15. The World Wide Web Addict
16. Simply the Best
17. Work@Homies
18. The Blog Buddha
19. Firefly Wings
    

Now please link:

Jeng, Morinn, Nora, and Lisa.

Note: Please click on View or Ctrl+U, to view the page source. After which, you can copy the links here for easy posting.

TAG 2
Rules: Cut and paste starting here. I have randomly selected 5 of you below to be tagged and I hope that you will similarly publish this post in your blog. You will have to tag 5 other bloggers and just keep adding on to the list. (Do not replace, just keep on adding! Yes we hope it will be a long list!)It’s real easy! Tag others and see your Technorati Authority increase exponentially! The benefits of Viral Linking: One of the fastest ways to see your technorati authority explode!- Increase your Google PageRank fast- Attract large volume of new traffic to your site- Build your community- Make new friends!

The Strategist Notebook, Link Addiction, Ardour of the Heart, When Life Becomes a Book, The Malaysian Life, Yogatta.com, What goes under the sun,Roshidan’s Cyber Station, Sasha says, Arts of Physics, And the legend lives, My View, My Life, A Simple Life, Juliana RW, The Callalily Space, Petra Summer in Blue, Confessions of an Army Wife Bless’ Sanctuary Happy Life, Living @ Evergreen State, La Place de Cherie, Chez Francine, Le bric a brac de Cherie, Little Peanut, Pea in a Pod, The Creative In Me, Me and Mine, Pinay Mommy, Expressions from the Heart, TeacherJulie, Sweetbites by Bang, Paul, Toni and Lance - Bridging the Distance, Our Growing Family, The Uncensored life of me, My Untamed World, Something Purple, A Detour, Something Purple, Wifespeaks, Changing Lanes,Bits and Pieces , Life Together Starts , A Housewife's Journal, Joey M.D., The Working Mom, Online Raket, Idle in Makati, JengSpeaks, Firefly Wings, work@homies, theblogbuddha,

I am tagging morinn, but anyone's free to hitch a ride.

A Piece of Pi

Presenting Pi, my computer. If not for her, I would not be able to work at home and be a hands-on mama to my two daughters. I spend more time with her than I do with anything else.

The least I could do is give her a moment in the sun.

For as long as I have been using the computer, I have never placed anything on my desktop because I think it's a travesty to the wallpaper. I hide the icons for a seamless vista. I usually change images on a monthly basis, rotating between new and old favorites. For high resolution wallpapers, you cannot go wrong with Interfacelift and DeviantArt.

I do not use any anti-virus, anti-spyware thingies because based on experience, they are always one step ahead anyway. I feel it's a waste of pc resources to defend against them. But when I do get infected, I clean up by using an online virus tool and do manual repair (regedit, sysinternals, hijackthis, etc.) There is great fulfillment in being able to get inside my pc and fix her with my own hands. And the fact that I am not a techie makes it even more satisfying. Fortunately since using Vista, I have not had any problems yet.

The icons on the bottom right are power, wifi, and volume indicators. The ones on the left are CC cleaner, IE7, opera, firefox, word, and the recycle bin. I use opera for most of my surfing, but I use firefox for posting in blogger. Anything I cannot do with either, then I use IE.

I am proud of Pi and I hope she feels the same way.

Go ahead Pi, take a bow.

Thanks to the laidback buddhist for this tag.