I’ve read an early note about Squidoo payday update that they will be giving $80K all for charity… It’s fascinating for me how things work at Squidoo and being part of making lenses for a cause is something incredible I ever did just spending the best of my time online. These charity work is unbelievable. I wouldn’t mind looking forward to each and ev’ryday doing these stuff. Good grief! But, I am doing okay for all the things I did is well spent in the name of charity.
Some people I came across Squidoo all throughout the past few months has been curious to know the real secret on how to have a successful lens life and traffic. Does it something to do with a credible backlinks? Absolutely! There are times the flow of ideas come up to me in the most awkward and frustrating times. As far as my journey here, I realize that there is no time table because the ideas are endless just like the possibility of earning.
You will notice how my lenses vary from ideas to the other. Mostly, those things I love about the pop culture, food (again, there’s a lot of possibilities out there!), movie reviews, politics, duel, entertainment, music, sciences and books.. etc. But then again, after the first week of the month.. I turn into being idle mad chick, who’s sick and tired being trapped into the sophisticated world of cybergeeks. Anyway, it doesn’t too long when I manage to find my senses again thinking tomorrow is gotta be a different day. And it is, I’m very much thankful for each and ev’ryday that I have to deal with. Life is like a whirlwind. It just passed by whether you’re aware or not.
However, after all the ups and downs… It’s great how things turn out this month! I made it! I made my goal in the Giant Squid Program which I’ve been workin’ on for almost everyday.. It is something I enjoyed doing in the past couple of months or should I say almost a year now. I heard a lensmaster say who made more than a hundred lens, “NEVER GIVE UP!” For me it is a passion you have to cultivate as a part of your busy schedule aside from your full time work, attending the kids, doin’ household chores, or whatever.
Anyway, I want to thank you my fellow lensmasters (GramaBarb, Cheryl, Crypticfragments, mulberry, poddys, eelkat, well forgot the name of the others… check out my Squidoo Fan Page! :) ), Squid Team, Organizers (Bonnie, Robin & Pattie), Megan and Seth, offline and online friends, strangers in a too many billion people in the world, you manage to find me! Rofl!
I don’t know. I just can’t explain.. Congratulations to all the NEW Giant Squidude & Squiddettes!
To those who didn’t make it… Never never give up!
Seee ya around!
A Bunch of Thank U, fellow Lensmasters!
july squidoo payout and more great news!
It's all good! I got my July payout on dashboard actually I've seen it last night but I feel super sleepy and my mind can't seem to absorb everything in late hours.
Surprise! Surprise! My royalties is a whooooping $103.42! Good times.
It increase for about $23.07 compare it to my last month payout. I'm thrilled with so many good things I'm reaping with all my works of labor here in Squidoo. Like I said in some of my blogs, there are times when I tend to second guess myself most of the time if I'm still doing the right thing when it comes to lensmaking. That's why I end up with the things I truly love or close to my heart which is food.
I very much enjoy the company of a good food especially when I'm too much overwhelm on how to keep all things meet. Some sort of release from all the tension of the day. Imagine, my very first food hit Easy Homemade Empanada Recipes Lens is one year older now! It manage to break into the list of Top 100 overall as #97 lensrank overall (11 days), plus it rank 8th in the Food/Cooking Category. I couldn't ask for more!
As far for this month, there are 55 lenses on my dashboard; 52 featured lenses; 3 WIP (Work-In-Progress); 17 lenses in top 1000; 35 lenses in top 10000 and 1 lenses on top 100000.
Time in Squidoo is always in a fast paced. You'll never know which lenses will go up against yours.
So, let's keep up the healthy competition!
Easy Homemade Guacamole Recipes
Not just your average Guacamole...
If you are looking for something new in your diet list aside from salads and chips, you should try these fabulous homemade guacamole recipes.
So, let's see how Guacamole is done, the preparation, and awesome recipes that comes in many different twists. Dip it, baby! :)
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June payout is here!
Current mood: Blessed
You heard it right! June Payout is right here on my dashboard already.
I'm pretty much satisfied how the turnout of things for this month of August as far as my squidooing is concern.
My total earnings for June is a smashing of $80.35!
It increases for about $6.69 when you compare it to last month. All in all, it's so exciting to know the fruits of your labor after every month of sleepless nights, procrastinating and brainstorming. I just can't believe my accomplishments in the past few months since I joined Squidoo. For so many times, it really taught so many things I never knew it is possible in just a click away. I've been joining so many social networking sites within the past few years but it never went this big. It is totally a blast for me!
Sometimes, people often I talk to can't believe that I'm able to do business and earn online with the help of my limited capacity technically and physically. At first it's like "okay, I already join so what's next?" I'm totally out of the loop when it comes to online marketing, techniques and social networking. Actually life on the internet is pretty boring. I don't know to some. I'm actually a lazy person in a day where I really need to tell myself to get up and get started. But, when I started something I really need to finish it. That is how serious I am when it comes to the things I do. Well, like they say if you don't have passion in everything you do it'll definitely be seen in your work.
Today I'll be giving my lens some love and we'll see what happens next.
How about your payout?
P.S. "Life is so short for all the dramas!"
I reached my 50th milestone
I hit my 50th lens!
Isn’t that an enough reason to celebrate as for today? Yes, you heard it right before your eyes. I’ve been working so hard to fight back being stuck into the world of writer’s block. So far the voice within tried to pull me right back to where I started. The biggest challenge really comes through yourself on how you are able to find your niche at the same time enjoying the things you loved the most.
I’ve been using the internet for so many years now in my studies also for recreational activities and social networking with long lost century friends who forgotten its way home. However, not one of them has given me this opportunity to challenge myself in a good way that will bring out the best in me. At the same time, learning through Squidoo is something only squids know how the feeling. I’m forever stuck with my dashboard and I love it!
As for today, I did a lot of multitasking for I really don’t know what will happen next…
P.S. I learned that silence is sometimes a sign of working in progress.
Trying to meet target goals
Whoa, I can’t believe we’re finally through the end of July. So many things I’ve been busy about lately though at some point I wonder what is really happening at the end of the day, so on and so forth. It’s one of the fascinating things I experience working in the World Wide Web. Your head never stops thinking in a speed of sound. Your mind is always up its beat to see what’s in there and all the possibilities. I don’t have time frames on everything I do up to the finished work.
The problem with data gathering you have to be resourceful and be equipped with new things so that you can always offer something fresh hot from the kitchen. Sometimes, I really don’t have that patience to finish a topic in one sitting down. Just like today, I give up a couple of hours to beg some sleep so I feel asleep in the middle of “my so-called work”. All in all, at the end of the day it’s a not a big deal for me whether I come up with something or not after all I’m enjoying my “work” as a hobby. No loud voices to tell you have to do this and that.
Though it’s better late than never, I have to report my Squidoo payout this month which is the whooping salary ($73.66) I ever received. It increases for about $7.97 more compare last month's payout. I should say that Google has been very good to me so far for this month. You see the payout for May is to be given this first week month of July. Google is leveling the page rank of my web pages lately so the lens rank keeps on changing from time to time. Still, my food lens is a hit even in these odd months which I’m getting a hard time to come up with other topics again. But, for sure as the season change I’ll get over being stuck in the world of writer’s block. I’m not really contented with the turn out of things because I didn’t meet my goal to be a Giant Squid last June 30th countdown. Well, its not that so bad for me even though I didn’t make my goal last month. For the most part, I love it because it is not something I need to argue to won the battle over religion and politics.
Sometimes, it’s not on how you get into the game that matters. It’s more of how you played the game that matters most…
GramaBarb - My Superhero Grandma
This person is my Superhero because...
You really want to know why? I know you do. She looks familiar, right? She is the Squidoo's very own GramaBarb. She's genuine, heartwarming and encouraging as a grandma. I'm so thankful that I had the chance to know her through her lenses and her beautiful soul like a sunshine to everybody that came across to her.
So let me have this opportunity to publicly thank her with the help of this simple page. Thank you for letting me found Squidoo, for showing me that there's a lot of possibilities out there in life, for teaching me a lot of amazing things I never know how and most of all for bringing out the best in me in my own little ways.
You are truly one of the best grandmothers in the world!
P.S.
Sorry I got your picture that's why posted it. Just kidding!
The Adorable Flying Squirrel
Meet the Flying Mitten
Aren't they really cute? Yes, I love them so much. So, why they are called "flying mittens"? Can they really fly? A Flying Squirrel has an aerodynamic membrane that made them possible to glide and bounce from tree to tree as if they are flying but actually they are leaping as far as 260 feet.
The name "flying mitten" is fitting, since while gliding the squirrels appeared to be completely flattened much like a mitten. Plus, these extraordinary rodents has unique eyes which resemble large black pearls, nocturnal mammals and loves to play in the springtime.
This page will discover more exciting information about the life of these flying squirrels!
SquidWho Presents Our Lady Peace
Our Lady Peace
Our Lady Peace is a Canadian alternative rock band consisting of Raine Maida (vocals), Jeremy Taggart (drums), Duncan Coutts (bass), and Steve Mazur (guitar).
Throughout their career, the band sold over five million albums worldwide, won four Juno Awards, and won ten MuchMusic Video Awards-the most MMVAs ever awarded to any artist or group.
The band is currently working on their seventh studio release that is to be announced.
SquidWho Presents Paolo Nutini
Paolo Nutini
Paolo Nutini (born January 9, 1987)is a Scottish singer/songwriter from Paisley, Scotland.
He is Italian decent on his father side from Berga, Tuscany and Glaswegian from his mother.
His influences includes David Bowie, Damien Rice, Oasis, The Beatles, U2, Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac.
Nutini was signed under Arista Records after his 18th birthday. His debut album with a track with the same "These Shoes" was released in May 2006 immediately entered the UK charts at #3. Many songs from the album includes "Last Request", "Rewind" and "Jenny don't be too hasty".
He will be releasing a new album sometime in 2008 by the month of August or September.
Three reasons to love Paolo Nutini
• He is hip, young and vibrant.• He plays real good music.
• He's blessed with a soulful, passionate voice and the natural gift of being able to tell a story in a song.
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SquidWho Presents Corrinne May
Corrinne May
Corrinne May (born January 19, 1973) is a Singaporean singer, musician, singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and record producer based in Los Angeles.
She was named after her mother's favourite song Corinna, Corinna.
Corrinne's cover version of the Butch Bucharach classic "Close to You" was featured prominently in the movie "So Close". Her song "Journey" was featured on the Taiwanese drama Dolphin Bay Lovers.
SquidWho Presents Anna Nalick
Anna Nalick
Anna Nalick (born March 20, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter from Glendora, California, United States.
Her influences includes Fiona Apple, Tori Amos, Blind Melon, John Mayer, and Stevie Ray Vaughan among the others.
Nalick is currently signed under Columbia Record since 2003. Her debut album Wreck of the Day was released on April 19, 2005 featuring the hit Breathe (2am) and In the Rough.
She will be releasing her second album in 2008 which features her current radio hit, Shine.
Three reasons to love Anna Nalick
• She has a pure breathy voice with likes of alternative genres that can totally captured an emotion.• She also shows a reflectiveness and sensitivity in her music uncommon for someone her age (or any age, for that matter).
• Her songs are catchy and pretty easy to listen from start to finish.
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My Ultimate Comfort Food Ever!
Wow Sarap!
This is my list of top 10 ultimate comfort food ever exists in my mama's kitchen... It all comes in random!I must say that when I was a kid I'm a bad picky eater from veggies to meats I just ignored it, a plain simple rule when I was young. But looking back right now I realize how these foods embrace me while growing up filled with fond memories I always cherish.
Since I love food more than ever!
Most especially if it's a comfort food that really does makes me feel better and gets me going so I decided a trip down memory lane and list whatever I can recall.
Photo Credit: multi-everything
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Michael Faraday, the Father of Electricity
A man with little formal education, Michael Faraday is regarded as one of the greatest scientists of all time and is also regarded as the Father of electrical engineering.
English chemist, natural philosopher and physicist Michael Faraday known as the greatest experimental scientist ever in the 19th century. He made a lot of contribution in the fields of physics and mostly in chemistry when he discovered electromagnetic induction led to the development of electric motors and power generation, diamagnetism, and laws of electrolysis. He lectured extensively on chemistry and physics at the Royal Institution in London. He received numerous accolades in his written manuscripts in practical chemistry to help the young generation to grasp complicated concepts.
Arcidosso, Italy
La città bella del Arcidosso! (The Beautiful Town of Arcidosso)
If there's one European country that I dreamt of traveling someday, it is definitely the beautiful town of Arcidosso in Italy.
Arcidosso is a municipality or as the local people called "commune" in the province of Grossetto in the Italian region of Tuscany. It has approximately a population of 4,173 and an area of 93.3 km².
Many Italians consider this as one of the most splendid among their regions because of its ancient villages and stunning landscapes. Just imagine yourself walking along the cypress line vineyards and attractive hillsides plus the charming people and glorious cuisines filled with creative mix of art.
This is going to be a heck of a ride! A touch of renaissance giving birth to the modern world...
Archimedes of Syracuse
Archimedes, The Gifted Greek Mathematician
Greek mathematician, scientist and inventor Archimedes regarded as one of the leading scientists and inventor of all time though there are very much a few details of his life mentioned. He made a lot of greatest contribution in science, mathematics, astronomy, mechanics and engineering for his discovery of the relation between the surface and the volume of a sphere and its circumscribing cylinder. He is known for his formulation of hydrostatic principle commonly known as "Archimedes Principle" and at the same time he is the first who recognize and used the power of lever. Surely, he is one of the gifted mathematician that ever exists in his era.
Reader's Review
The thought of a man running naked through the streets shouting with joy over a physical and mathematical discovery is one to warm the hearts of all who value knowledge. When Archimedes experienced this flash of joy, little did he know that his actions would become the genesis of a legend that would last for thousands of years. However, he should be remembered for so much more than that and several of his significant mathematical contributions are explored in this book.
It is really amazing to realize how close he was to inventing calculus 22 centuries ago, which was 18 before Newton and Leibniz. With notation that was minimally expressive, he was able to solve problems using a technique that demonstrates at least a rudimentary understanding of the concept of a limit. While many different problems can be solved using calculus, it only takes one breakthrough solution to demonstrate how it can be applied to so many of the others. It can be plausibly argued that algebraic and decimal notations would have been the tools that would have allowed him to overcome those last barriers. One can only speculate on how that would have changed history.
The book is not exhaustive and no attempt is made to make it that. Ten of his most significant discoveries are presented and the solutions are those of Archimedes, although modern notation is used. While the proofs are generally easy to follow, one is often left in awe as to how he thought of how to approach some of these solutions. The explanations are succinct, yet thorough, which is the signature of a solid storyteller.
The Wiggles Video Showcase
Look, it's The Wiggles!
The Wiggles are a children's musical group formed in Sydney, Australia in 1991. Their original members are Anthony Field, Murray Cook, Greg Page and Jeff Fatt which in 2006 replaced by Sam Moran.
Due to the group's worldwide success with their children's album, videos, television series, and concert appearances, they have been called "the world's biggest preschool band" and "your child's first rock band".
Ana Maria Orozco SquidWho Lens
Ana Maria Orozco, born 4 July 1973, is a Colombian television actress. She is best known worldwide as the "Original Betty" from the popular Colombian telenovela "Yo Soy Betty, la fea" (I am Betty, the ugly) and its spinoff "Eco moda". Her role on "Betty La Fea" and the character's unattractive, ugly duckling trademark has inspired several international versions including the Mexican serial La fea mas bella and the critically acclaimed American smash hit Ugly Betty.
The Most Expensive Coffee in the World
Let's talk over a cup of coffee!
I've never been a coffee freak in my entire life and I can't count on how many cups I already taken in. But, majority of you may absolutely agree that nothing can beat a warm cup of coffee especially in the early morning hours when seems all your systems can't go or even just to chill out after all the day's work.
Some want to drink it plain, black no sugar. Others want it with cream or milk. While there are some who prefers Decaf, Espresso, Latte or whatever the local market has to offer.
You'll never know what people want these days!
How to Cope With Failure
What is failure?
Failure is simply define as the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective. It is commonly viewed as the opposite of success.
You may not like to think of it, but it is a reality that majority of us fail in some point of our lives. It's easy to think negatively when it seems that everything that you do is not good enough. No matter how hard it is to work out a relationship in marriages, friendships, families, careers and even struggling with personal weaknesses and expectations.
In a case like this, is there any way to avoid painful feelings of failure into our lives? Yes. Just go on reading what I have to say.
Tori Amos SquidWho Lens
Tori Amos
"When you stop putting yourself on the line, and you don't touch your own heart, how do you expect to touch other people?" --Tori Amos
Each of us has its own story to tell. It could be about the experiences we had gone through no matter how well or bad it is or even for just a single thought on how life has treated you today. Some had chosen to speak out while others forever held captives with their own agonies. But, this exceptional artist has learned enough the true essence of being true to yourself through music as a great healer of the soul...
This lens is all about her and her music.
Philippines, my home
The Other Side of the Philippines!
Coconut palms, lush tropical greenery, white-sand beaches, beautiful seas.....
Believe it or not all of these make up much of what is the Philippines which primarily different to what some people picture in their minds - disaster because of the daily news break of terrorism, political turmoil, corruption in the government, environmental degradation and there's poverty!
The Philippines is officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is an island nation located in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It has been called as the Pearl of the Orient Seas mainly because it is located at the western Pacific Ocean.
The country is marked by a true blend of cultures; truly in the Philippines, East meets West. The background of the people is Indonesian and Malay. There are Chinese and Spanish elements as well. The history of American rule and contact with merchants and traders culminated in a unique blend of East and West, both in the appearance and culture of the Filipinos, or people of the Philippines.
Adding to its attractiveness is a lighthearted people of deep emotion who love dance and song. Should you visit this island country, you will likely never forget the exceptional hospitality shown by the friendly and beautiful people who live here...
Writing Journals :: Cheaper than Therapy
Try writing journals your own way!
I started the habit of collecting and writing down my thoughts a couple of years ago maybe because at that time I felt that I badly needed an escape or an outlet where I can cope up and find the surest acceptance that I could possibly found through writing.
Those are the years when I was experiencing difficulties on rearranging my life after a series of health issues that I've been dealing with ever since.
Through writing I found myself, my purpose, and my sense of worth as a person that is capable to withstand the challenges that will come may way all through the coming years.
The free-flowing of words that I had penned have had given me the comfort and healing that can never replace by a spoken word...
Bento:: The Art of Japanese Boxed Meal
Healthy meals that is pleasing to the eyes!
Have you already heard about Bento? Do you love preparing meals in lunch boxes?
Bento is very much like a packed lunch or meal in a food container such as lunch boxes which is intricately arranged in your own tastes and you can add whatever dishes and food you want.
Though my Mom usually does the all the stuff when it comes to food I certainly appreciates it. There is a lot of number of reasons why Moms love the idea of preparing meals in a box because it is convenient for the kids and for anyone who wished to eat their meals with a touch of home.
You can find in this lens a lot of useful links, recipes, information and wonderful ideas on how to learn some exciting way on preparing your boxed meals that will never be the same again.
Easy Homemade Empanada Recipes
Sounds like a slogan, somewhere? No! I just thought to gather some unique, healthy, easy and most especially homemade empanada recipes that you can actually try at the comfort of your home.
Empanada is prepared similarly to a pie cut in pieces, making it more easy when eaten.It is made of a thin circular shaped dough patty over stuffing that creates its circular shaped. Just about any food or combination can be made as a filling like meat, fish, vegetables, cheese, fruits and even left-overs.
It is a common delicacy mostly in Latin America, the Carribean, Portugal, Spain and Philippines as a stuffed pastry. Empanadas are also known in a wide variety of regional names like empadas or empadinhas in Brasil, empanadas de verde in Ecuador, salvadoreños in El Salvador, paete in Haiti, salteñas in Argentina, pastellilos in Puerto Rico to name a few. Majority of empanadas in America were originally from Galicia, Spain having a similarity in stuffed pies cut in pieces making it conveniently to eat.
Now get your pencil and paper to jot down the recipes or better bookmark this page!
Delicioso!
Leche Flan: The Yummiest Dessert Ever
The Yummiest Dessert You Shouldn't Missed!
I love everything sweets! From candies to simple desserts is perfect to ease all the mood swings of the day...
Leche Flan also known as Creme caramel flan or simply caramel custard, is pretty much a rich custard dessert with a layer of soft caramel on top made with whole eggs, milk or cream and sugar combine together. Sounds yummy, right?
If you are looking for something new for a dessert recipe, you'll definitely enjoy this one. It is easy to make according to your own suit of tastes.
Cool Summer Flip-flops
Bring it on your best summer flip-flops...
What could be the coolest thing to do this summer?
For sure none other than wearing flip-flops in the beach or even at the comfort of your home under the heat of the sun.I really love wearing flip-flops, too! I bring it everywhere I go. Wearing flip-flops are convenient, chic and comfy at the same time. Plus, it never run out in style. I hope this page explore more all the best flip-flops in the web.
In waiting it takes a lot of PAIN...
Pain, it comes in all forms. The small twinge, a bit of soreness, the random pain, the normal pains that we live with everyday. Then there's the kind of pain you can't ignore. A level of pain so great that it blocks out everything else; makes the rest of your world fade away until all we can think about is how much we hurt. How we manage our pain is up to us. Pain. We anaesthetize, ride it out, embrace it, ignore it... and for some of us, the best way to manage pain is to just push through it. - (says Meredith Grey of Grey's Anatomy)
Everything happens so fast, I just can't believe I'm finally at home sitting here in bed and still vulnerable in pain. I'm glad that all the errands of the day are past. All I'm up for right now is to wait and anticipate that sooner these things will be over. To me, it has always been another journey of a never ending battles towards life in either way you to be chose to be.
I'm doing alright and the problem with taking two kinds (painkillers & antibiotics) meds three times a day it can lead often lead you to sleep. I don't know to some cases but I do. Waking up this afternoon is really a big deal. I hate being back again to these stage again when it seems like I had my first operation where I had to start from scratch. But the good thing is that the right leg is the only operated part which is something to be thankful for, meaning one is enough.
I don't know how to gather all my thoughts lately. When I arrived last Sunday afternoon, I was thinking of writing some blogs so that I can still remembered all the things I have to say and there I never made it. I actually don't have any idea on what was waiting for us in the hospital visit last time but I know this is what I'm anticipating for. I was there almost half hour of the day and we did nothing but to wait. I waited for my X-rays, waited to be scaled because I haven’t scaled for almost two years now, waited to get the needle to my veins for IV fluids (nahirapan ang mga nurse kasi hindi daw makita ugat ko sa kamay, natatakpan daw ng taba).. What else? I was watching my mom sitting at the corner of the x-ray room and I was a mile inch away from her I was somewhat giggly told her, Look, Ma… We made it again and three times in a row pa… It’s just one of those stares that I will treasure the most ‘coz we just know what we are feeling even in just staring with our eyes. I haven’t told her that yet. I don’t know…
At the same as I am writing this entry, I can still recall those two years ago which is the exact time of the year when I've gone through my second surgery that leaves me in a total bum for a couple of months. In those months, I learned to enjoy every single day without leaving my solitary confinement, from time to time the friendly visits and since I became a college drop-out at that time I just thought to find a way where I can be heard through writing which is I finally achieved that in blogging my thoughts and that is how I found my spiritual family and friends. Who would have thought that was two years ago? Yeah, when I came to think of it I have waited for almost two years for another medication which is I know would be much physically and financially exhausting.
When it comes to the nature of my disease is still unknown to many and even the people in the medical field. . It is called "Idiopathic Osteolysis Carpotarsal" which I am diagnosed when I was still a kid which is mainly the reason why it deprived me from doing things I truly loved and enjoyed most like mostly any other kids in my age. Sometimes, I’m getting tired of explaining things when people often see me as naïve and instead of 22 year old I felt that they are treating me like was just 12. All I know is that I have to be checked, observed, and treated once in a while or after every year to see cases if there's some deformities progressing.
For most of the time, I’m guilty of comparing myself and not having to settle with the thing I can only do and I must say that it hurts me watching other people go on with their lives as if anything is possible.
Having said that I could now accept with all my heart that maybe the cure is not totally can lies on the things that we can see, or what we can felt. It must be the kind of healing that must be inside of us no matter what life has treated us at least to say to ourselves this is what I am settled at the end of the day.
Just In Time
"Tick, tock says the clock"
It's almost past over 12 midnight yet still I can't find that eagerness to sleep or just to close my eyes off into the dream land. My mind had always been preoccupied by so many things going on in my life within these past couple of months. For so many time I really tried at least to assured myself that hopefully everything will be alright. I'm done with all the emotional ride that I've been to that is maybe the reason why I'm still here and at the same time I felt that unconditional love coming from Jehovah though at times I have a lot of shortcomings and to put it bluntly spiritually I was carried by the emotional bumpy ride going on and still going on with the set up of my family. To some people that I know it seems that I used to isolate myself for a couple of times lately which I don't really intent to in the first place. I was never away though it seems that I am I was just taking some time off with everything and holding on to the faith that can never take that away from me.
I am praying for almost every day and every night to Jehovah for the guidance, protection and wisdom not just for myself most especially loved ones too in this crucial times. But be rest assured that I am doing okay and everything still under control in my own perspective. I was supposed to be resting in bed much earlier like what I said to be prepared for my surgery again tomorrow (hoping that this is gonna be the last time, I don't know.) which I never thought will have to be this far. With so many things that going on in the last few days, last few months I am just thankful that my Mom is still the strong woman as she is ever since she had went through a lot of hardships in her marriage. Now I am learning and still learning to understand her everyday on how hard it is she was going through in finding herself worth again and if ever it could be against my will. I know that she know that I love her with all my heart because she has been the best mom in the world. I just want the best for her and not to ruined her personal growth.
...and now she's still again with me in these never ending struggles and battles that I have to go through as a person and as a daughter that is why I feel so blessed that Jehovah made her to be strong for her to be guiding light at times when I feel so weak. I do understand that she has a lot mistakes, bad decisions and shortcomings too but still she chooses me to be part of her plans even though I'm the biggest burden upon her shoulders even though I know it wasn't it that for her. Just recently we always argue on something you know me as being the chronic worrier I'm always after for some clarification and letting her know the outcome like an eldest daughter who-knows-it-all in some instances. Oftentimes, I'm sort of a debater in the family who never wants to lose. Well, it's me and all the crankiness getting over my head. Sorry! Just kidding. She used to told me all her plans for me and my sisters that is so wonderful to hear. I'm just praying for it to work out accordingly and somehow still the wisdom coming from Jehovah must always prevail in every decision she will make if ever one day.
Tomorrow we will be leaving on or before 9am PST. Here you again this a little feeling of uncertainty what if I'll be back to zero again. Well, maybe I'm becoming too emotional which leads me to this chronic anxieties from time to time. I guess, this surgery is very much different now. No, I will not get back to zero again because MD will just removed the surgical steel bars that was in me for so many moons now. It doesn't hurt that much. I totally don't feel any excruciating pain anymore unlike before. I can feel a little numbness and shaky each time but the good thing is that I can walk slowly now. I think I already had adjusted and somehow I gained much strength compare to the 1st and 2nd operation a few years back which I totally started from scratch after 5 or more years being tied up into this chair. This time it will be much different now hopefully. The thing is that I can't really feel an ounce of sleepy-ness in my system and I was just having all my time when I can because tomorrow I have no choice I will be having much rest in bed and can't come online. I just feel so chill getting away my head for so much worrying now.
It will be okay soon. I hope that you will not get tired of me and I have a lot and lots of catching up to do in each and everyone of you. I do miss you all a LOT! and if my voice can be heard from this monitor screen I just wished it came across out to all of you. I will be writing letters soon. Well, a broken promise that I did I'm really sorry. I just didn't mean to keep you hanging. Awww! It does make me a little sad now thinking each and everyone of YOU! I will do my best to get some pictures for you to see my beautiful face, just kidding! I'm really trying to be more upbeat now and when there's no reason to be sometimes. I think I better get off my hands now from typing and shut my big mouth! I just hope I can stand a day without checking my mail or even writing some more blogs and even updating Squidoo lenses. I very much had a routine life and lately I realized it's really hard typing when your head is in between two heavy pillows! I think I'm having a stiff neck!
That's all for now!
Thank you everyone for all the love, encouragement, and support that keeps me grounded in all these times!
(Do I have to mention names? You know all who you are!!!)
I'll be gone for Saturday, Myspace, Squidoo Payday and more...
Finally, all the tweaks are done and I had enough of all the Myspace pre-made skins and setting up blogs from here to there. I heard that it sends out an amount of traffic so I did sign up just for that valid reason. Why not! As always I deprived myself from sleep which I don't actually intend to in the first place. It seems that I had a lot of stuff going on in my way to finish so that hopefully I can be well rested until the morning of Saturday arrives. I think I'll be gone again for a couple of days, well maybe a couple of nights I don't know it still depends on the medication I will be having which I've been waiting for since the last two years without visiting my MD. Once again, I'll be going through some surgeries which I do expected. The waiting is eventually over now...
So far everything is turning out into place and I do manage to keep high my perspectives so that I will not lose control. I am feeling okay, nothing to talk much loud about which is very much a typical day for me as always. At the same time, I'm pretty much excited for this month having heard of the news that if ever I reached to my 50 lenses goal I'll be able to get accepted to the Giant Squid program it might be possible if ever I can reached that goal at the 30th of this June. It was an awesome feeling when you actually don't expected that people recognized the little work you do and that is what a great accomplishment in my part. I actually don't taking things seriously these days which is from now on I intended to do.
As of now I don't want to spoiled everything and make great expectations in my part because I just want to do things in the best way I can and if it is possible for me to keep up to that goal that would be great. How about my home school paper project? I thought to ask some extentions since I had all my time somehow to finish. I think I'm going nuts! Just kidding. I love being busier nowadays in writing lenses at Squidoo, writing blogs (by the way, which I don't care whether people read it or not!) and all the craziness the end of the day. Hayaan mo na!
Another great news, yesterday is our Squidoo payday. I earned a total of $65.53 with a total of 37 lenses. It was so great at least for me. Google traffics and search engines has been very good to me. It was so surprising that there are a lot of people searching for empanada recipes in the web within the past few months. It gives me an increasing traffic which I never expected. Food lenses are hits! I'm glad that I never misses some. Well, I always do love food ever since. I love Filipino food. I love everything from rice to ulam (variand) which is cooked by the greatest mom in the world, none other than my mom! I'm not making sipsip (means "not just talking good things to her) 'coz its true and I'm sticking to it. No one paid me for this. Just kidding, I hope I didn't bore you.
I'm just taking all my time while still there is because I don't what could be the set up of things in the coming days. For sure I'm still be here and hopefully finished all the things that I had started.
Tomorrow again. Wishing that it's not the same ramblings again!
How does it feel like working on your work bubble?
Haven't got any serious conversation today except from all the busy-buddies in the house. As a part of my regular routine in the past few weeks, I always end up waking late in the day when everyone seems already done with their breakfast. This is what you get when you stayed up late long hours sitting, thinking, writing here and there, anticipating and somehow wishing all your hard work has ever paying off. Just get myself on track with almost everything I still manage to steal some time this afternoon to take a nap. Tweaking for ideas? Sadly, there is none and I'm eventually getting used to this sleepless night nowadays. How about that?
This is a sad case when most of your time eaten up with anything goes throughout the day. I'm just hoping that I am not losing my sense of reality in the long run. I don't know. Does folks who work in IT, cyberspace or whatever you may call it feels some sort of that feeling where they are stuck in a bubble of redundancy which it seems like you can never see all your finished hard work at the end of the day, if ever there is. In any case you can think of, it is still does work to some people and to some don't actually work at all. I guess, its just a mind over matter because you have no choice and much better off enjoy the moment as well. How about you? Do you enjoy your work? Or love your work no matter it is? Or fed up? Of course!
According to Forbes.com, here are their top 10 tips on how to keep whatever odd job you have right now.
"Don't walk around saying, 'It's Wednesday — hump day — and Friday will be here soon.' " -Andrew J. DuBrin, a professor of management at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, N.Y.
DO's or DONT's
1) Know what's expected. - Remember whom you work for and why.
2) Money isn't everything, daw? - You have to work with passion not only for paychecks.
3) Leave the gossip to the supermarket tabloids. - Idle chit-chat at the water cooler is a fact of life and acceptable, and is even expected in small doses. But don't chatter endlessly about who's in and who's out.
4) Flubbing deadlines. - Deadlines are real and must be met because, believe it or not, the world doesn't move to your beat.
5) Cubicle etiquette counts. - Remember: Privacy's nonexistent in a cubicle, so don't have phone conversations that you don't want others to hear.
6) Personal e-mails are death. - Here's a basic truth many employees miss: The company e-mail system is for company business. Don't use it to gossip, and don't write anything that you don't want read by the boss, because many systems save deleted messages to a master file.
7) Isolation leaves you vulnerable. - Extend the simple courtesies to your co-workers: good morning, good night, please, thanks. Your mother was right: Manners count.
8) Don't climb ego mountain. - No one likes an egomaniac, and for good reason: They're boring, obnoxious, trivial people. Listen to what your co-workers tell you. Ask questions. Learn from the experienced hands. Improve your skills and boost your productivity.
9) Don't take credit for others' work. - It's a familiar tale: The office go-getter takes credit for other people's work. Such people overlook a basic point: It's dishonest. If you do this, word will eventually reach the boss, and your standing will crumble instantly. Along the way, the long knives will be out, and your co-workers will root for, and cheer, your demise. Some may even knife your aspirations.
10) Office romance invites catastrophe. - We all work long hours, and sometimes work becomes our social life, leading to romantic entanglements. This is fine if you get married then live happily ever after. What are the chances of that? Think: What will you do if the relationship ends badly? Never become involved with your boss. Your accomplishments and promotions will become suspect, and one of you will have to move to another department, and perhaps another job, when the romance becomes known. Helpful hint: Look outside the office for the sweetie of your dreams.
~Well, I'm not working in an office firm and not even a programmer who have had to master codes even at sleep but I find creating lenses as a full-time job that I ever ask for since I chose to be home-schooled now in my late college years. So far working out all the stuff for school and creating lenses at the same time is so perfect plus I gained so much learning that is much way different from a regular stereotypical colleges outside my "bubble" home. However, I still consider an ounce of interaction is a must but it depends on you as a student. I do admit that I'm not that good when it comes to the art of socialization anyway I can manage to adjust and be flexible whatever holds the circumstances.
Does all this thoughts counts or am I rambling the same things all over again? After all this is just my assumptions so the limited range of knowledge that I have just blame it on me. What a better way to view it all, remember count everything you had right now as a blessing that not everyone have what you have so next time when you're in a hurry in a bus remind yourself that the person might be sitting right next to you might be wishing to be like you no matter how you view yourself.
Nobody said it would be easy, right? I do remind of myself too! It's really hard to find that place in the sun and have that assurance hoping somehow you are still doing the right thing most of the time. At least you have a job, loveeee it! Get up, take it or leave it!
Food Lens is a hit!
Onigiri (Japanese Rice Balls)Photo Courtesy of Ja-minori.or.jp
Food lenses is a real hit at least for me, surprisingly.
In most cases in making lenses, I kinda second guess myself most of the time if I was doing the right thing or sometimes I'm not quite sure how to start with the things I end up like I did last time. It is somewhat a hard deal for me on how to keep up with a major fall back of ideas when I badly needed it.
So when all else fails, I tried to stick on my guts as they say. I often turn to the things which is passionately I know about or at least close to my heart... Food! The heck with it! I am a self-confessed food enthusiast but not that a heavy eater as for you to know.
Just this morning I was totally amuse to see that four of my lenses is in into the Food Top 100 since I started. It feels like I am paid for all of the hard work I put into this whole thing and it feels great to have fun and learn at the same time. Yup! I am taking everything so seriously. I don't know.
Updated as of May 15, 2008 PST
Payouts:
Payout:
Cool! Finally, I inserted some screen print shots for it to be more believable. Whew! I didn't know that it really takes too long plus a little skill in paint/cropping is a must. I think I'm enjoying these free tutorials here. Thank you so much for the great help fellow lensmasters Adez and Rocky in lecturing me the basics on how to print screen shots. I truly enjoyed doing it!
Stay tuned!
Summary updates
As for this month, there are 34 lenses on my dashboard; 6 lenses on top 100; 4 lenses on top 1000 and lastly 19 on top 10000. So far so good!
I can say that I'm doing alright though at times it feels like I really need that extra effort of motivation to come up with something new and making sure that the contents is updated. My main goal is to maintain the quality rather than the quantity. Did I heard myself right? Is this really me talking?! I just hope that I'm still doing the right thing.
In the last past few months, it is really hard to keep up certain new ideas free-flowing because sometimes my eagerness is there but suddenly your body shift into this unwillingness mode, it doesn't cooperate. That is why I intentionally rest for awhile like a day off from your daily work. But it seems that in everything I do it runs through my system. Plus, I'm becoming a chronic dashboard checker nowadays. I don't know!
Let's start updating, shall we?
Every first week is Squidoo's payday. It is something I joyfully look forward to like everyone does on Squidoo... I'm actually jumping up on my chair every time I see that blue box containing my royalties in that said month. It's a surreal feeling earning extra bucks without leaving home.
Whew! It's like a breath of fresh air knowing that all your sleepless nights of updating, browsing, researching and thinking all over again are finally paying off at the end of it all!
In the last pay day for the month of March, Squidoo paid a whopping $47.70. It decrease for almost $7 unlike last month which so far one of my highest earnings since I started. I don't know. Does it has something to do with seasonal lenses like they say?
I think so. I notice that the last three months (Dec, Jan, Feb) are my highest pay day ever. I never thought that it would going to be like this exciting every month. So far so good! Oh, my! I realize that I got so many things to be thankful for especially a lot of supportive people in my life aside from my fellow lensmasters at SquidU, Squid team, HQ and all the creative minds behind this incredible platform.
Go! Go, Go! Squidooooo!
A bunch of thanks
I'm pretty much excited on coming up with this new blog that I should have done before in the first place. I am so grateful that there are people out there who are actually spending some time to check out some of the stuff I'm doing on the web in the past couple of months.
For me it's just so weird having those visits popping up every time I check my mail... A Bunch of thanks!
In my perspective, I think its now time to separate personal things in a manner that somehow I tend to be carried away with all the self-inflicted dramas. So, for the meantime let's just left them all behind.
Like what I said, if there is pain for sure there is something to gain. I'm talking about pain in general which is something a lot of us work out for at the end of the day in a positive note. I know. I'm becoming to whiny again but you see I'm not always in the shadows and I'm very much an upbeat person nowadays.
Can we get back to Squidoo?
For some of you who wouldn't know, I started squidooing last year of August 2007 which is referred to me by a dearest friend GramaBarb which I am uber-thankful that I came to learned so many incredible possible things in just one click away. I don't know. I was actually on the fondness of blogging because it is something that makes me feel better every time I wrote my thoughts and I remember I just can't stopped writing online since then. It was some sort of emotional release on whatever I was going at the end of the day.
In that same year, I was a college drop-out in Psych for several semesters just to pursue my medication. But not later on that year, I decided to take a certificate course in freelance writing which I'll finished in this coming July of this year. So, basically the biggest challenge that came on my way is on how to use my idle time in a more productive way while I am on the verge of recovery. So I realize that I needed something to divert my time on whatever things I can only do and that is writing.
Just to make the story short I did find the surest and possible comfort through writing and somehow it is the safest place to say everything you wanted to say without being criticized and minding other people's concern. And that's what I'm doing frantically still alive and kicking!
Then... there came Squidoo!
I actually don't have any idea on the technical things on the World Wide Web like adsense, pay-per-click (PPC), royalties, html (Well, I know a few... way back in HS computer class and other more advanced stuff I learned here in Squidoo) and the list goes on... But, mostly everything was something new to my ears but I do heard Amazon and eBay while I was browsing some information in Yahoo where they post news blogs on tech and entertainment. Well, as I am part of those people who are very much into the pop world as they say. I am very much a chronic news observer, a movie marathon fanatic (but I haven't watched new movies lately!), information junkie who just act dumb at times; I love watching reality shows! I just hate numbers and all the things that pertains to gibberish numbers. It really does brings me goosebumps every time... Basically, I am a total bummer who tends to over-analyze things under the sun. Well, it's just the way I am.
That is why I thought Squidoo is a perfect place, a platform where I can divert those ideas and passions into something that is very much productive. So, I just love that idea and knowing that I can have all my time to do whatever I wanted to do is a gift that I don't need to rush things in my circumstance. The great thing is that we can all do something in our lives if we just let it be.
I'm telling you it can really be addicting!
Just remember this super philosophy: Everyone's an expert on something!
Gotta keep on going on! Never, never never give up!