{ Life lately x Hello November }

We are down to the last 2 months of 2014! Now, that’s a “Yay!” for me since I really wanted this year to end already. Things were quite surreal for the past few months and some series of events turned out differently from the way I expected them to be! But as what was written on the throw pillow from the photo above, “Today, I choose happiness.” Of course, being happy is always a choice. It’s like staying positive and looking at brighter side of life despite how troublesome things may become and despite all the angst we may have for the future. Anyhow, here are the few bullets of my life lately..

• My sister got hospitalized last week for the third time already since August because of episodes of seizures and her potassium level shoot up. Glad we had stayed in the hospital for three days only. 
• Just imagine how my parents are in the verge of getting financially broke because of my sister’s current situation being in-and-out from the hospital. BUT.. God never fail to bless us with needed resources and good harvest! Now, that is something our family is forever thankful for. We owe everything to HIM.
• Got my passport!!! But it’s too late. I should have been working in the Lion City of the Southeast Asia at this very moment if I was able to process it earlier. The agency called me few times and told me that the only lacking requirement I have is my passport and I’m off for interview and exam! I went to DFA Iloilo but the office is not catering rushed passport application (only in Manila). So I waited for one and a half month to claim it and yeah wasn’t able to make it to the deadline of the agency. That was quite a short story of how unfortunate I was! urgh. Sayang!!! Maybethat opportunity is not really meant for me and God has better plans. ☺
• So happy to be finally reconciled with my brother! We are back to normal and his bullying continues! That’s another check on my birthday wish list. Ayyyiiiieeee! ❤️
• I dunno but I’m being all hyped recently in joining online giveaways of my favorite It-bloggers. Haha! Just trying my luck and I hope I will win one of these days! Let’s pray to that! hehe
  
• And Woohoo!!! #TS1989 is finally out! I found myself so stoked to it that I was listening to all the songs all day since it was released last 27th of October! Ahhhh! I just wanted to give Taylor Swift a tight digital hug for another album well done! *proud Swiftie here ♬ ♪ ♩ ♫ ♪

And so Hello November! I’m looking forward to exciting things in store for me this month. By the way, let’s not forget to pray for the eternal rest of our beloved ones who passed away. They deserved to be remembered!

Have a great month ahead guys! ◕‿◕

xoxo, AP

Oh my July is here!  And so I guess it’s time for me to update my..

Life lately.. ( Version 3)

• I mentioned in my previous blog entries about my IELTS review. Honestly, before I started attending my review class I was expecting that my blogging hobby could probably help me with this kind of exam but it turned out the other way around. I’m such a sucker of informal writing because obviously that’s what I always do when I blog that is why I find it really difficult to follow IELTS writing formats and all. Plus my grammar isn’t always perfect and my vocabulary is not that wide. I hope I can master all of these things and get good scores! 
• I made some changes on my blog, finally! I changed my blog title, theme, and added some useful features. I’m not an expert in html thingy and at the same time I don’t want to spend money just to let someone fix my blog ( or should I say I can’t afford. Hahaha) that is why I’m thankful to those theme makers who made themes free to use and easy to customize. Special thanks to miss-yani for her Hush Hush theme I’m currently using. I still need to do final edits though, like the colors and fonts because it’s kinda “magulo pa”. Haha! Check out my blog’s new look here.
• Okay. So I might sound ridiculous but I want to share to you that my ex-boyfriend and I (yeah, the “we’ve-almost-reached-six-years” guy I mentioned before. lol) are slowly getting back together. (?) Oh no? Oh yes? I don’t know! Please slap me on the face right now! Hahaha. Sometimes you can’t really let your heart follow what your mind tells you. lol #echosera
• I already miss working in the hospital. It’s been a month since I stopped. Unemployment really sucks! Urgh! I feel so unproductive these days. I still need to wait for another two months for my specialization. *sigh
• Few weeks to go ‘til my birthday! Yay! I’m excited to post my wishlist, the other kind of wishlist! You will know soon! Hehehe

So I hope you guys are doing great! Have a fruitful July! xx