Jewel in the Palace Rewind

The hubby and I have recently discovered Jewel in the Palace. Yeah, I know we are late bloomers in the Koreanovela phenom. Anyway, thanks to the gushing comments of my friend whom I never thought would get hooked on such a thing, she made me so curious that I just had to find out why. So now, the husband and I are now hooked on the show! The problem is since we are sharing bandwith on our router ( I'm not quite sure if it's D-link or a Linksys router, should I care?), it's slowed both of our computers down. Solution, we just watch it at the same time and pretend it's like a night at the movies.

Seriously, I like it because of it's historical content. It's almost like a mini epic in scale. The cinematography is great and the lighting is well thought of. It has changed my opinion of Koreanovelas for good. So now, the husband and I can't wait to see what happens next to Jang-Geum.

Busy... busy

I haven't been online much lately because I have tons of unfinished stuff I need to do. I already wrote my to-do list on my little whiteboard so that it keeps staring me at the face till I cross them out. Hopefully, I do before the week ends. It's so stressful! I just want to chill and put the world on pause so much so that I'm already thinking... what if I just go plain nerdy and start looking at online term life insurance quotes just to detox. Imagine that! LOL I think I'll just go baduy and watch a Koreanovela online instead. hahaha

Swimsuit ready

Speaking of swimming, I was quite happy because I finally fit into my swimwear minus a few bulges here and there. woohooo No, I didn't buy weight loss pills. I think it was a combination of choosing the food I ate and with a lot of help from fasting. Ü I prefer to eat fruits whenever I have the chance to plus I have a lot of prayer concerns so the fasting took care of my unwanted lbs. as well. hahaha I still want to lose a few more... maybe 5 to 7 lbs. more so I'm striking while the iron is still hot. yeah!

Swimming in Ayala Westgrove

We brought the kids to a birthday party yesterday... it was a swimming party held at Ayala Westgrove here in Laguna. We haven't gone swimming for quite a while now and so it was a fun break for the kids to have with their friends.  Actually, it was also a good break for dh and myself as we haven't had a break for a long time. Florida vacations are a dream away, so we take what we can whenever we can just to break away from the daily grind. I can still feel my muscles aching from the swim. LOL Hopefully, we'll have another chance to take a break during the All Saint's day holidays. This time I just want to sleep the whole day.........

Digital Memories

I met up with a client the other day and I still have to finish my proposal and submit it to her. She asked me if I could do the layouts for the scrapbook they were creating for those who attended our reunion. Things have been busy since we talked so I still haven't submitted my specs to her although I have a few more ideas that I still have to think through like adding a digital frame to the package. Anyway, I'm giving myself a deadline for the proposal so I can let her know ASAP.

Leaky faucet blues

We've been having a problem with our kitchen sink lately. I think it has something to do with the faucet. I'm not too familiar with how faucets work but this one is so bad because the water has seeped through our linoleum floor and has caused it peel. Every time we step on it, the water squishes through. It's pretty bad, actually. I know we need to have it fixed so I'm going to check out if I can find a nice Grohe faucet to see if it will fit our budget.

Management Information

One of the benefits of being part of a start-up company is learning what other departments do and how they operate. Being part of the accounting department during my accounting days, I had the opportunity to work with the guys from the MIS department (Management Information System dep't.). In truth, if I could rewind time, I would choose Systems Analysis over Accounting. I could spend the whole day in the data center services department instead of trying to reconcile accounts and trying to balance worksheets. But it's still win-win anyway. I learned a lot and I'm applying both to what I'm doing right now.

Inventory Software

I had a slight mix up with one of my customers the other day. It's a good thing I had a scaled-down accounting system in place so I was able to reconcile the quantity I made and the quantity he received. I think I need to start setting up tighter accounting systems once orders start picking up. I'd like to make my own inventory software to customize it to my specs but that's definitely a tall order... that needs a lot of brain squeeze but I have so much to do just yet. So that will have to wait... for now.

Call Centers

I was talking to a friend I saw recently at a wake and we chatted for a little while and just did some catch up into each other's lives. I learned that she was no longer teaching in Kumon and that she and her sister had ventured into call center services. I was just so amazed at how gutsy they were to start something like that from scratch. I know there are a lot of opportunities out there that are waiting for them and I hope they do well in their business venture. Hopefully, next time I see her, she'll tell me all about her adventures into entrepreneurship.

'Brr Months are here!

It's getting colder nowadays. I don't know if it's because of the typhoons that have been in and out of the country, but definitely, the BER months are here. I've always thought that having a fireplace would be a neat thing to have in a home but our tropical climate doesn't really lend to that idea unless you have a house in Baguio or Tagaytay where you could at least justify a fireplace during the Christmas season. My in-laws do have a faux fireplace in their home and it's quite unique. It slides! Just like in those James Bond movies, you can actually slide it to one side and hidden behind it is a real bar where they keep their wine etc. No furnace filters required. Just add James Bond and you'll be nice and toasty. Really. LOL