a strange feeling!!

I'm right here in my apartment and I'm having a very strange feeling!!I feel that I have a lot of energy inside me that's pushing me to do what I want to do (all the things in my mind), but the thing is, I'm not even sure what it is..hayyyyyyyyy.so strange and it's making me giddy for not doing something..ambot lang jud basta lain kaaju ahong pamati..gusto ko mobuhat ug something pero wa koy clear picture ug unsa jud ahong buhaton...hayyyyyyyyyy murag na krungkrung na tingali ko,huhuhuh..

Relieved!

Thanks God! I'm so relieved right now that I'm finally done cleaning my apartment,:) I told in my blog yesterday that I'm going to force myself to clean my apartment, but still laziness struck me. And today, I finally forced myself to clean and I'm already done doing it,yohooo my apartment is clean now,:)

My female employer sent me an sms and telling me that I don't have to make dinner coz they're going to the movie house,yohooo, what a lucky day for me!:) I'm planning to do a lot of things this evening and I hope I can accomplish most of them, if not all,:)

Getting lazy!!!

Laziness got me yesterday and the result was "no blogging",huhuhu. I woke up late yesterday, around 10am and started working around 12noon. I was done at around 3pm and made fried rice for dinner for my female employer and me. I was off at 5pm. Got plenty of time to blog, but still I didn't do anything worthwhile. I didn't even clean my apartment,grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

And today, I woke up late too and started working at 12 noon. There's not much to do in my employer's place and I'm still feeling lazy. But I forced myself to put some laundry in the washing machine and forced to blog,:) And I'll force myself too to clean my apartment coz I receive a message from my female employer a while ago, telling me that I don't have to make dinner. Yeheyyyy, what a lovely day for me,:)

Gaining weight!

Aside from the drained savings, another downside to the vacation is my weight increase! As in, I gained a lot of weight! The last time I weighed myself, I gained 2 kilos and since then, I didn't hopped into the scale again coz I don't want to disappoint myself more,:( But for sure, I gained more than 2 kilos and I'll know about it tomorrow after weighing myself in the weighing scale of my female employer. I'll keep you posted. And taking fat burner like
Lipovox has been crossing my mind for a week now. I'm really desperate to lose the extra weight I gained during the vacation.

Here's an evidence of the "bulging tummy":

Ouchhh! What a horrible "bilbil",grrrrrrrrrrrr!

Back to work tomorrow!

I'll start working once again tomorrow and I'm really looking forward for it!:) But my male employer already told me that I don't have to come to the house at 7am coz the children are still in the summerhouse together with the grandparents and they'll be staying there for a week, since there's no classes yet. So, I can start working in the house when they're already out for work. It's only the 2 of them who will be in the house for the entire week and it means less work for me,:) I just home my extra jobs will call me, so that I can come and clean their houses coz I really need money these days,:)

A lot of dirty clothes!

Thanks God and I'm able to reduce the huge pile of my dirty clothes,:) I'm just done hand washing most of my dirty clothes and I'm going to put the rest of the laundry to the washing machine tomorrow. I've got a lot of dirty clothes coz I haven't done any washing since I went to Poland, so the dirty clothes have been accumulated for almost 3 weeks. I'm so relieved that I'm able to do something worthwhile today,:)

I also washed some body stockings and other lingerie pieces coz I bought some yesterday coz there were a lot of sale on the city nowadays. You'll really get crazy coz sale is all over the city. All stores are having sale, but the only problem is money coz most of our money were already spent during the vacation,:(

The vacation is finally over!

Hi friends, I hope you all had a nice summer vacation! Mine is so nice and I'm glad that it's finally over,hehehe!

I just arrived here in my apartment and it felt so nice to be home once again,:) I missed my apartment so much and I missed blogging too,:) I haven't blog for almost 2 weeks now and I've got a lot of things to do here in the apartment and in blogging too.

Vacation is so nice, but I longed for it to end too coz as the vacation goes by, I felt so bored doing nothing. I miss my job and I miss doing something everyday,:) And besides, vacation is expensive, so it's not nice to have it very long,hehehe. My savings is drained for the 1 month vacation, so I'm so excited to work again to save money,:)

I still have a lot of things to do here and a lot of things to blog, but I have to take a nap first and get back to you later,:)

Have a blessed Sunday everyone!

Back from Poland!

Hi everyone! I'm finally back from Poland and back to blogging too,:) We arrived yesterday (Friday), around 7pm and we were all tired from the trip. Tired, but satisfied and happy.:)

I didn't have the time to blog from Poland because we were all busy checking out the place,hehehe. Actually, I have the time but we spent it talking and talking and more talking,hehehe.

After staying in Szczecin , Poland for a day, we drove for about 2 hours to an island and seaport on the Baltic sea, Świnoujście. It was a very wonderful place and I felt inlove with it the moment we set foot on the place. I was complaining and curious at the same time why we should drive to a remote place for 2 hours when there are other nice places in Poland to see. But as I saw Świnoujście, I instantly understood why people drove there even if it takes hours. The place was really lovely and it's very close to nature. There are forests and gardens all over the place. Even a small space in the backyard or each house, apartment or hotels are planted with flowers and plants. It's a green place,:)

A lot of tourists are there and mostly were family or partners.:) I want to go back to that place one day with a partner,hehehe. It's really difficult to put into words the wonderful experience I had in my trip to Poland and I really owe Ate Brenda and her family a lot for inviting me into their family trip. Thanks Ate Bren, Jørn and Anny for your generousity and kindness. I love you all,:)

Anyways, it's alreay 12:35 am here and I still have to attend the 9:30am Mass, so I have to go to bed very soon. I'll blog more about the trip after the Mass.

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Straight from Poland

Good morning everyone! I hope you are all doing well! We arrived in Szczecin, Poland yesterday around 7pm and I am now blogging straight from Hotel Rycerski (pic below grabbed from http://www.hotelrycerski.pl).
We got difficulty looking for the hotel coz most of the people we asked don't speak English, but it was all worth it coz the hotel is nice and clean. We are occupying the Suite room, but Ate Bren is not satisfied coz there's no ref inside the room and the lobby is dark coz it only has few lights. She's very meticulous about hotels and their rooms coz she's working in a 5-star hotel in Norway.

Anyways, we went to bed early last night, around 12 midnight coz we were all tired from the long hours of driving (we've been driving for almost 24 hours all in all). I'm suppose to blog last night, but Anny (Ate's daughter) wants me to sleep already. And she also requested tht I'll sleep beside her, so I obliged coz she's our little boss,hehehe.

I'll blog more about our trip when I can,:) The rest are still asleep as of now. And tonight, we will be driving to another town near the coast and we will be staying there for 2 days. Ate's hubby said that 1 day in the City is enough.

More later folks and have a nice day to all!

Blogging at Ate Bren's place

Hi everyone! I hope you are all doing well! I am here blogging at Ate Bren's place. I've been here since Thursday evening, but I haven't blog that night coz the wireless keyboard and the mouse ran out of battery. We bought new batteries for the mouse, but the keyboard batteries has different battery size,:( So it was only yesterday that Ate's hubby bought new batteries for the keyboard. But haven't blog yeterday too coz I attended the GA in our CFC community.

I'm alone here coz my friend Tonet, went to the city to buy some baguio beans. Ate Bren,her hubby and their daughter left for Kristiansand yesterday morning and will be back this evening. We will be driving for Poland tomorrow night coz Ate's hubby will still have to referee a football match. It's fine with me because I don't want to miss the Sunday Mass too.

Thanks God for arranging all the schedules. HE's truly awesome!

Finally....

Finally, I got the energy to clean my apartment,:) I'm so glad coz I've been wanting to clean my apartment since the day I arrived from the congress, but I don't have enough energy. Thanks God and I was able to do it today. I'm planning to go to Ate Bren's place today, so I don't wanna leave the apartment dirty. But I'm not sure though if I'll really leave today. But I think I will while I can still use the 7 days ticket that I bought last Friday. I can still take the bus and the train for free until tomorrow afternoon. I have to take advantage of it,:)

on losing weight...

I'm so glad now coz my 52 kg. weight has been stable for about a month now, yeheyyyy!! When I was still in Denmark, my weight was 56 kg. and when I got here, I was challenge to do something about my weight coz most of my friends are really weight conscious, which I liked coz it serves as an inspiration for me. I've been planning to lose weight since then, but I'm just too lazy and lacked the proper motivation.

I never thought of really losing weight the natural way coz I'm so skeptical about it. But it happens and I'm so glad. It's just a matter of self-determination (a thing that I lacked before,:)) and proper eating. My friends noticed the difference of my body too and they've been asking if I'm using a diet pill to lose weight,hehehe. Nahhh, I'm not. I just lost the extra weight the natural way. But I am reading some diet pill reviews now, just in case some of my friends will ask advice which diet pills to take. But of course, the first advice they'll hear from me is "lose it the natural way".:)

I slept early......

I slept early last night, around 11:30pm. Yes, it's already early for me coz I usually go to bed at 12 midnight or 1am,:) I felt so drowsy and my head was aching, so I decided to sleep early in the hope of getting better. And I think my condition is improving coz my eyes are no longer watering. I think the vitamins that I'm taking is working now.

I was taking the same vitamins when the clod started, but it was already an old one coz I haven't taken it for a long time. The old bottle was done the other day, so I opened a new bottle yesterday. I took 3 tablets and I think that the newly opened bottle is more effective than the old one. Maybe the old one has lost some of it's effectiveness already coz it has been exposed to the air and other elements for a long time. At least, that's my theory,hehehe.

The money was wasted!

I'm referring about the anti-radiation glasses that I bought months ago. The money I bought for it was just wasted coz I didn't really use it. I only used the glasses for maybe 2 days and decided to stop using it coz it just made my eyes more painful. There was someone who left a comment in my post telling me that anti-radiation glasses are scam, so maybe that person is right.

Anyways, I just remember my anti-radiation glasses as I saw the different glasses at zennioptical.com. They have a lot of glasses to choose from in different categories such as: frames with single vision lens, sun sensor (potochromic)lens, tinted sun glasses lens, bifocal lens and progressive lens.

Zenni Optical sells glasses as low prices it's because they are selling their own manufactured frames direct to the customer, without the use of middlemen or any advertising budget. And good things is that, you can buy from them online. It's really cool, visit them and you may find something that suits your taste and need.

so fast....

Ohhh my, it's already 6pm here and I haven't done something significant yet,:) I'm just done taking a bath and my mind wants to go to the store and buy some stuffs, but my body is so lazy to walk,:(

I'll also go out in a while to water the plants before my host family arrives from their vacation in Spain. I just can't believe how fast time flies. As if I only woke up from bed and in few hours it's sleeping time again.:)

Anyways, I'll keep you posted about my whereabouts today. Meanwhile, I'll have to excuse myself.;)

I went to bed at 4am...

Yes, that's the time I went to bed. After blogging here and telling that I'll sleep very soon, but then again, I still made a lot of things in my friendster account and did a lot of surfing and I finally went to sleep at 4am. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr. And I woke up at 11am. I washed some of my dirty clothes by hands and I also ate brunch,:) And then I chatted with my 1st cousins (one in Pinas and the other in Denmark).

I am still here in front of lappy and I haven't take a bath yet. The running nose and the watering eyes are still on, but the sore throat is almost gone. I already checked the weather in Poland for next week and so far, so good. I just hope it won't be raining. And I'm also thinking of bring a cap on the trip. But I'm not sure about it though. If I'll decide to bring one, the next problem I'll be facing is the decision making of which cap to bring. Should it be the one in violet, black or white? What do you think?

Random questions from Bill

Here's a tag from my new blogger friend, Bill. Thanks Bill for this one.:)

Rule:Place an X by all the things you’ve done, or remove the X from the ones you have not.This is for your entire life!

Gone on a blind date -
Skipped school - X
Seen someone die-
Been to Florida -
Been to Mexico -
Been on a plane - X
Been lost - X
Been on the opposite side of the country -
Gone to Chicago -
Swam in the ocean - X
Felt like dying -X
Cried yourself to sleep - X
Played cops and robbers when I was little - X
Recently colored with crayons -
Sang karaoke - X
Paid for a meal with only coins - X
Did something you told yourself you wouldn’t - X
Made prank phone calls -
Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose - X
Caught a snowflake on your tongue - X
Danced in the rain - X
Written a letter to Santa Claus -
Been kissed under the mistletoe -
Watched the sun rise with someone you care about - X
Blown bubbles - X
Made a bonfire on the beach -
Crashed a party -
Gone roller-skating -
Gone Ice-skating -
Gone skinny dipping -

1. Nick-name? Julai
2. Mother’s nickname? Luz
3. What is your favorite drink? Tea and juice
4. Tattoos? definetely no!
5. Piercing? yes. 1 in the left ear, 2 in the right
6. How much do you love your job? 90%,:)
7. Birthplace: Talibon, Bohol
8. Favorite vacation spot? Philippines
9. Ever been to Africa ? No
10. Ever eaten cookies for dinner? Yes
11. Ever been on TV? no
12. Ever steal any traffic signs? no
13. Ever been in a car accident? no, but motorcycle accident
14. Was it your fault? No
15. 2 Doors or 4 Doors?
16. Salad dressing? not sure
17. Favorite pie? red pie addict,:)
18. Favorite number? 8
19. Favorite movies? anything with horror,suspense and thrilling themes
20. Favorite holiday? Christmas and New Year
21. Favorite dessert? cassava cake, cheese cake, chocolate cake
22. Favorite food? Filipino food
23. Favorite day of the week? Sunday
24. Favorite brand of Body soap? Nivea
25. Favorite TV show! Alias and 24
26. Favorite smell? nahhh don't know
27. What do you do to relax? listen to music and read
28. Do you have a message to your friends reading this? Live life to the fullest and put God on the center of everything.
29. How do you see yourself in 10 years? Married, I guess.
30. What do you do when you are bored? blogs and watch movies
31. Furthest place you will send this message.- not sure
32. Who will respond the fastest? it's available for everyone...
33. Who will LEAST likely respond? can't tell...

I'm passing this tag to Nice and Maricel.

jump rope....

I'm planning to take a fitness equipment with me to Poland so I can also exercise a bit there and I'm going to bring my dearest jump rope,:) Actually, it's the broken jump rope of the eldest kid of my employers. I borrowed it from her since she already have 2 new jump rope and good thing and she agreed to lend it to me,:) I already have it about 3 to 4 months ago. I think I already mentioned it here before. But I haven't took a photo of it,:) But I just fixed the handle of the jump rope coz it's already broken. I'll show some photo next time.

I have to bring it with me coz there's really a big possibility that we'll be pigging out in Poland, so atleast, I'll have something with me that can aid in staying fit will enjoying Poland,:)

packing for Poland....

Finally, I'm done packing for the upcoming trip to Poland. I'm not done completely though, but atleast, I've already started and I only need few thing to complete the packing,:) It took me about 2 hours to do it. As usual, I spent long time in deciding which clothes to wear,:) The bag in the photo is my luggage. It's only small coz I'm bringing dresses and shorts, so it's not that bulky. I just hope that the weather in Poland will be nice, if not, then I'll be freezing there,:)

Yes, I'll be going to Poland this July 13-19 with Ate Bren's family (her hubby and their daughter) and best. Ate Bren promised best and me during our bdays last year that she's going to take us in one of their trip abroad as a bday gift. And true enough, she's taking us to Poland, yohooo!

Last week, we thought that we're not going anymore coz Ate Bren's new passport isn't done yet. She lost it in London on her way back to her vacation from Pinas last January. She thought that the embassy has processed it already coz they already made a follow up months ago. But when her hubby called last week, the passport isn't done yet. So Ate called us and told us about the possibility of the trip's cancellation.

But yesterday morning, Ate called and told me that she already got her new passport and it means that the trip to Poland will push through, yohoo!! I'm really so happy and so excited about it. We will be travelling by car, with their new car. And Ate told us that instead of staying in a hotel, we will be renting an entire apartment all for ourselves. It will surely be fun, I'm so excited!

still sick....

Hi friends, I am still sick...:( I woke up at around 10am and been out of bed at around 1:30pm. Just like the woman in the photo, I just stayed in bed and I kept blowing my nose and kept drying my eyes coz they've been watering since yesterday. And my throat is still sore. I already took a lot of vitamin C tablets, but I'm not yet well. Maybe, I will be tomorrow or the next day. I'm not complaining anyways, atleast I don't have fever or any other worst condition than what I'm experiencing right now. I just have to look at the positive side of things, even in unlikely experiences.

I'm just done removing the falling leaves outside and watering the potted plants. I've been planning to go to the store to buy some food and things for my apartment and try to look at the best buy stuffs for the summer, but I'm not in the mood to go coz of my running nose and my watering eyes. I'll just do the shopping tomorrow, that is if I'll feel better already.

I'm finally home!

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend. Mine was a very inspiring and powerful one,:) I attended the 1st SFC-FFL European Congress in Oslo from July 4-6 and it was really a very great experience. There were 130 singles from all over Europe who joined the Congress. We all loved the experience. The theme of the congress was "On A high" because God loves us so much and we are overflowed with gladness.

After the conference, we had a fellowship at 7pm on Sunday. It was a boat trip along Oslo canal and it was so fun. Though we haven't seen the view coz we only stayed inside coz it was raining and very cold, but it was still so much fun. And shrimps were served and it's "eat all you can",:) And since the weather was bad yesterday, here I am sick. I got a running nose and a cough and a sore throat. But it's ok, I am still on a high because of God's love. I know He will take care of me. All I have to do is be faithful to Him. God is good all the time and I Love HIM so much!!

getting crazy....

Hi everyone! I'm still here in my apartment and I've just eaten my breakfast or brunch to be exact,:) Last night, I finally went to bed at 2am coz it took me a long time to find the right clothes that I'll wear in the Singles Congress this July 4-6. Bukas na po yon! And for sure pag nalaman nang mga friends ko ang experience ko kagabi, siguradong maloloka na naman ang mga yon,heheheh. Imagine, I started fitting the clothes at 11pm at natapos ako 2am na,grabe talaga. Naiinis talaga ako sa kaartehan kong to kasi very time consuming, pati mga kaibigan ko na kokrungkrung sa kalokaritan ko when it comes sa pag fit ng mga damit,hehehe.

At ang malupit pa, meron na nga akong napili na dress pero there's nothing special naman sa mga dresses para matagalan ako ng 3 hours,hehehe. Ayyyyyyy ewan ko nalang, basta ang alam ko simula nong bata pa ako nagrereklamo na sa akin yong pinsan ko sa tagal kong magbihis, at sabi pa niya, for sure paglaki ko lalo ako matatagalan sa pagbibihis. Eto na nga, kahit pag fit lang ng damit naaabutan ng 3 hours. Hayyyyyyyyy, kakaloka!grrrrrrrrrrrr. At lalo silang maloloka kasi most of my clothes na gagamitin sa Congress ay yellow,hehehe.

homeyness.info

I just want to share to you my newest blog, Homeyness at http://www.homeyness.info. I created the blog few months ago, but I only bought a new domain name for it about 2 weeks. And this time, it's ready for exlinks.

Whoever wants to be linked in there, just visit me there and leave me a message. Kindly link it up too on your blogs and I'll do the same,:) See you there friends,:)

Anyways, the blog was created coz I'm so inspired in making my dream house a reality,:) The blog will be all about houses and things related to houses and homes such as gardens, decorations, parts of the houses, furnitures and many other homey things,:)

A terrible headache.....

Thanks God for waking up this morning without the terrible headache anymore. I went to bed around 2am with a terrible headache! As in, it took me a long time to fall asleep as I changed my position constantly trying to make the headache fade away.

The headache must be due to the almost 15 hours of just being in front of the laptop and no enough food (since I only ate oatmeal and hotdogs with veggies). Dieting the wrong way and abusing my body and so I suffered the consequences. I didn't complain though coz I know that it was my fault. Instead, I promised to take care of myself more. I might not feel the effects today, but later in life, I will and the thought is scaring me,:)

Have a nice day everyone!

Ate Bren's 30th bday!

As I mentioned in one of my posts last week, Ate Bren had her birthday on June 19, but celebrated it on the 21st at a rented location together with her family and friends. And I was so lucky coz I was one of the invited guests,:) Here are some of the pics taken from her bday celebration:

With my dearest Ate Bren, the bday girl.

With some of my friendly friends,:)

We really had so much fun at Ate Bren's bday and Ate was very happy too. Her sister and her nieces were also present in the party. They just came to Oslo from North Norway just to attend the celebration. That's how special Ate Bren is to all of us. On the other hand, we are sad for Ate Bren too because about a month ago, she had a miscarriage,:( She immediately went home from work one day coz she already started bleeding and felt a terrible pain in her stomach.I was really personally sad when Ate told us coz we've been wanting and wishing for them to have another child, a boy, coz they already have a beautiful and bubbly girl, Anny. Ate told us that she haven't felt the early signs of pregnancy yet and she thought that the delayed of her menstruation was just due to the stress from work. And when the dreadful day came, it was then that she realized that she was really preggy.

Maybe it's not yet her time to be preggy. And she's more careful now of not stressing her body that much. We are all hoping that she'll get preggy once again very soon. We are all excited.:)

Tag from Ate Emmy

I've been tag a lot of times already, but I haven't done any of them coz of the busy schedule. Now that I'm on holiday already, I'll try my very best to do all the tags, old and new. Here's one from Ate Emmy:

Just some fun blogging questions.

Participants: 1. Me and Mine 2.Creative In Me 3.Little Peanut 4. Pea in a Pod 5. Sugar Magnolias 6. The Salad Caper 7. All Kinds of Me Stuff 8. Aggie Scraps. 9. Winding Creek Circle 10. Mommy Talks. 11. A Slice of Life. 12. Jenny Said So 13. This and That 14. Simply Jen 15. Dancing With Butterflies 16. Blessed Chic 17. Just Let Go 18. Twisted Angel 19. Pieces of Me 20. Julai's Corner 21. It's Leisure Time 22. Tidbits and more 23. Strong and Healthy Living 24. Bucks from Home

RULES:
1. Add your blog/s to the list. Feel free to add all your other blogs. It’s okey if you only post this questions in one blog as long as you answer them.
2. Get back to Me {YEN} and I’ll add your blogs to the master’s list here!
3. Tag as many friends online you know. But you don’t need to be tag in order to join.

QUESTIONS:

1. I posted this experiment at URL: http://julai1181.blogspot.com
2. I posted this on date (day, month, year): 1 July 2008
3. I posted this at time (24 hour time): 12:58
4. My posting location is (city, state, country): Snaroya, Baerum, Norway
5. My blog is hosted by: Blogger
6. My age is: 26 yrs old
7. My gender is: Female
8. My occupation is: Au pair and blogger
9. I use the following RSS/Atom reader software: FeedBurner
10. I use the blog format to post to my blog: Blogger
11. I have been blogging since (day, month, year): 1 March 2007 and here is my very 1st post
12. My web browser is: Fire Fox
13. My operating system is: Windows XP

I'm passing this to Ate Mari, Era, CC, and Dave Lucas.

Oatmeal baby....

That's what I am these days, an oatmeal baby,:) In fact, I'm also in the process of eating my bowl of oatmeal right now and yesterday, I ate oatmeal too. But I'll try to find a decent food for tomorrow or this evening coz I can't survive with oatmeal alone until Friday,:)

Anyways, I had a good night sleep. I went to bed at 1am and woke up at 10am. And I feel so good! Yohooo!!