cheer by a lamb

unconscious mutterings

nobody@vox.com(chamé) — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:21:31 +0800

Not really random thoughts. I miss my website.

Assets :: my brain, my face, my bottoms (in short, anything that contributes to my vanity) and probably my bookshelf. ha!
Concern :: money
Over the top :: 80's fashion
Supplies :: office
Mustache :: itchy kisses with husband
Doug :: Nickelodeon
Coach :: me
Bleachers :: bench warmers
Stripes :: stars
Assortment :: candies

from unconscious mutterings

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how far along are you?

nobody@vox.com(chamé) — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:31:53 +0800

We're 11 weeks pregnant as of this writing.

Sorry for not posting earlier. You know when you sometimes need to read a good book to inspire you to write? I need one heck of a book right now.

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i'm not pregnant

nobody@vox.com(chamé) — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:01:36 +0800

enough said.

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do you think i'm pregnant, babe??

nobody@vox.com(chamé) — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:51:32 +0800

A question I seem to ask again and again.

It's the time of the month. And it hasn't come yet. Or so I think it hasn't! I took two pregnancy tests already - excited... longing... anticipating... both showing negative to my dismay.

To tell you the truth, I have this nagging feeling I am :)

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the year of the teenagers

nobody@vox.com(chamé) — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:07:39 +0800

Here's a funny quote I'd like to share. I got it from one of Sonlight's newsletters:

"Grandchildren are God's way of rewarding you for NOT killing your teenagers." --Cherry Limeade

I don't have a teenager yet, but when that happens and I'm at my wits end, I will definitely remember this! :D

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in all honesty

nobody@vox.com(chamé) — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:36:36 +0800

Claiming my blog for technorati.

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QotD: Online Splurge

nobody@vox.com(chamé) — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 16:29:52 +0800

You have $100 to spend online in the next hour. How are you going to spend it?

I'll have to agree with jewel for those homeschooling materials. Although $100 is not enough for the whole Sonlight Core I'd like to buy for next year, I'll just settle on the Getty-Dubay Handwriting materials for now instead.

Write Now: The Complete Program For Better Handwriting

Barbara Getty

Italic Handwriting Series Book C (Italic Handwriting Series)

Barbara Getty

Forgive me for bragging but when I asked my husband which handwriting material to select for our son, Chuck, he pointed out right away that the nearest to our handwriting was the Getty-Dubay Italics. This surprised me as I just realized how true this was & that when I was selecting the handwritings, Getty-Dubay was the last thing on my mind to pick. Unfortunately, the Handwriting included in the core package my mom bought was the 'Handwriting Without Tears' and to tell you the truth, Chuck's handwriting was far better than the one presented there. I wish we could've gotten the Getty-Dubay instead.

Oh Well! There's always next year :)

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on charlotte's web

nobody@vox.com(chamé) — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:16:11 +0800

Charlotte's Web (Trophy Newbery)

E. B. White

I feel like I'll be posting a lot of favorite books since Chuck is just crazy about the read-alouds. We're nearing the last chapter of Charlotte's Web and I must tell you, I don't want it to end.

Everytime we finish a chapter for the day, Chuck would beg to continue one more chapter. Then one more. Then one more. Until I can't take it & just doze off after. You know how reading aloud can take so much of your oxygen thereby making you sleepy? Well, I do this a lot after our Read-Alouds. Chuck's favorite part here is when Fern names her pet. Like Charlotte, he has developed a doting affection towards the pig. It teaches him how to be a friend, how to love as a friend, and how to serve as a friend. I have a mixture of excitement & caution when I read as I don't want to get too attached to the characters myself. I mean you'll forgive me if I don't want to mess up my reading just because I cried endlessly reading the last chapter. I feel like a kid everytime I read aloud to Chuck. It's a wonderful experience! And so is this book, it has an inviting way of making you fall in love with the characters.

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slayings, killings, and outbursts

nobody@vox.com(chamé) — Tue, 29 May 2007 09:22:12 +0800

I had an unhappy outburst last night at home. The kind where you just think you're gonna be thrown off the balance from walking on a thin line between sanity and senselessness (if there ever is a term). And I regret every bit of it. Why - because I realize how selfish it really is. The only self-indulgence, or if you may - selfishness - I can possibly tolerate is my blog.

I wish I was even less selfish. Because for the past months - and years - more & more people here in the Philippines experience more senselessness than anyone. As Inquirer succintly published from this article, "[at] least 25 church people, including 10 pastors and priests, were among the 864 activists summarily executed since President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo took office in 2001, according to the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) and Karapatan."

I've never had anything against the Arroyo Administration until this. I can't believe some people are even blind to it, like my aunt who constantly complains about the rallies being unreasonable because GMA has been, according to her, after all a good president by putting up infrastructures here & there.

I cannot, for the life of me, understand it. Since when did roads and buildings mean more than human life? I may probably be the nth person to say this - but I wish that these kidnappings, killings, and her kind of administration will stop. The latter being the priority.

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after the hiatus

nobody@vox.com(chamé) — Sun, 27 May 2007 00:31:33 +0800

I'm back. Finally. After 7 months of not writing, 4 months of which was spent in a no-brainer zone.. I'm back. I miss my own little space here where I can just type away my ennui & surprise myself with hits on my tutorial pages (which, I even updated today). I can't believe that tutorial page for tweaking multiply themes got really popular!

Anyway, I feel so lost in terms of my career path. On one hand, I'm planning to study at UPOU to take up their Professional Teaching Certification Program to be able to get the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET). On the other hand, I'd like to pursue something in the field of Computer Systems & Programming. Maybe I'll just go for both, I'm all for life-long learning anyway! Even if it means shelling out a lot of bucks (ulk!).

I'm currently teaching part-time and enjoying my work schedule; gone back to Windows XP with a sad face because of our hard drive limitations (my husband & I just share one computer with a 40GB hard drive); and trying out scalable vector graphics with Inkscape.

The biggest problem I have so far with using Windows XP with Dan is that we don't use the same programs. This results in a redundancy of our programs. I use Firefox2, he uses Opera; I use OpenOffice, he uses MSOffice; I use The Gimp, he uses CorelPhoto-Paint; I use Inkscape, he uses CorelDraw. Got the picture now? I just can't do away with my open-source programs.

I believe I should have my own PC, and I'm adding that to my wishlist right now. I so miss my Fedora.

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