Alexa and marathon updates

And the Alexa dropped to below 10M! Yes!

It's nearly the end of March. This week is Lent and I know that instead of reflecting and praying and fasting, I might be doing marathon postings across my other blogs. I am neglectful in updating most of my blogs, especially these past two weeks. Super tamad kasi! If you browse my blogs, you won't find anything but the SPs. Kaya ngayon, marathon posting talaga.

Anyway, I think it's a habit we bloggers already have. Especially those who are into SPs. If we don't feel like writing interim posts, them we don't. We will just leave it for tomorrow when we are already inspired to write some more.

But I will vow to write more this April. I will really try to schedule posts every weekend. I will also stop waiting for the due date before I do the SPs. Tama na ang procrastination!

Agenda today: Wart removal

My sister Vivian has been nagging me about getting my warts removed since last year. But since I was too lazy to get off my butt and go to the derm clinic, I've been postponing it again and again.

Last night, though, I finally decided that I would really have to undergo wart removal. So this lunch time, my sisters and I went to the mall. Grash and Meng watched a movie. Vivian, Hazel and I went to the derm clinic. They accompanied and waited for me while I was having my warts removed.

You know, today, I learned that my tolerance for pain has gone down. I easily get hurt now. What women do in the name of beauty! :D

I'll be going back to the derm clinic by Easter Sunday for check-up. I am hoping the cauterized warts will be totally gone by then.

Alexa

This blog's Alexa rating is improving. In less than two weeks, without too much traffic, from 28M it's now down to 12M. Yeah!

I just like to see the ratings improve. But I have no desire to monetize this blog.

;)

Fun dinners and weekend cramming

I haven't been updating much the past few days. I just had too much going on that updating became impossible. Anyway, my last update was on the 16th. 17th I wrote too many posts spread across my other blogs. Pending tasks. Then...

On the 18th... it was my sister Meng's 28th birthday. It was a simple day the highlight of which was our dinner at Jay-J's. I've been craving for their Sisig rice for days and since I've been telling my sister and the rest of the family about it, they chose the place my friends and I frequent.

It was just an ordinary dinner but it was a lot of fun! As usual, there's so much to talk about over dinner. So we ended up eating a lot and discussing so much :)

On the 19th... I went to Jay-J's again this time around with my friends Tim, Shen and Jing. It was just one of those days when one of us needed a lift-me-up so we decided to meet up.

Tim and Jing

Tim, Moi, Shen

As usual, we had coffee at Starbucks after dinner. And the girl talk seemed like it's never going to end!

All in all, I had great Thursday and Friday nights. After that, it's back to work for me. Saturday and Sunday I was cramming and time was not enough to finish everything. Actually, until today, I am still doing some pending tasks. I am hoping that this week will be productive for me although if today is an indication, it might be another so-so week for me once again.

Happy Monday!

;)

What keeps me going...

Pink! She keeps me going when I feel like going back to bed to sleep. I love her! And Just Like A Pill is the best song for me!



Admit it, you felt like standing up and shaking that booty, right?

Love her! I have so much to do starting this midnight until around 4am. I do hope I can maximize this stretch.

:)

On a happier note...

I had a haircut! ♥

We went to the mall (again) yesterday, Meng, Grash, Hazel and I. I was really eager to cut my hair shorter for days so since the two teachers were available yesterday, we went to the mall to get it done. Hazel had a haircut, too. We're now sporting short haircuts. Yeah!

Anyway, since Meng and I are on the path to watching almost all the good movies of this year, I suggested we check if Extraordinary Measures is already being shown at SM North Edsa. And it is!

We went to see it and we were so happy we did. Brendan Fraser, Harrison Ford and Keri Russel did a fine job in the roles they played. The story is about John Crowley (Brendan) and his wife Aileen who are looking for a cure to their children's life-threatening Pompe disease. John found Dr. Stonehill (Harrison) online and his work is the most advanced being developed to cure Pompe. It was a race against time because according to scientific studies, kids sick with Pompe have a lifespan of only 9 years. John and Aileen's daughter is already 8 years old, while their son who's also sick with Pompe is already 6.

Long story short, they were able to find a way to slow down the spread of the disease and to lengthen the lives of the kids afflicted with Pompe disease. And all because of a father's unrelenting quest to save his kids.

It was a very heartwarming story. A family drama that will really squeeze your hearts especially during the scenes that John's kids could no longer control their muscles.

Watch it if you haven't seen it yet!

This weekend, I am hoping to see Robert Pattinson's Remember Me. I hope I won't be disappointed with his acting hehe

Before anything else...

I am not a narrow-minded person. I can clearly understand things, especially the differences between cultures. I am the last person to ever raise an issue about race. You should have read between the lines. I am not crazy to bring up something as sensitive as that! You were offended by it? You should have talked to me directly and I would have cleared it up with you. You do not ask her to delete a post I made. You do not put a wedge between us. We've been friends for 18 freaking years!

Friend, I just hate how you always give in to him. You do not always give in to your man or he will walk all over you in the future. Trust me, it could happen. I am not saying he will do that to you. But he might. Because he is so used to you giving in to his wishes and always bending to his will. You could have told him that "NO, She is not that insensitive to raise an issue about race. Talk to her about it." And then you DO NOT delete the post.

But what the hell? It's just a freaking post! I just got so annoyed by the thought that NAPAHIYA AKO!

Badtrip!

Update Today {in Tagalog} =)

Lagi akong inaantok dahil sa init. Grabe talaga! I sold our aircon pa naman because nobody's using it. Or when we do use it, nagi-spike talaga ang electric bill naman. I asked my aunt to get it from us na lang and she did. The past few days, sising-sisi naman ako that I sold it pa dahil nga sa init. Hay.

Wish ko talagang magkaroon na ng laptop na bago. I can't afford it yet dahil sa dami ng bayarin. Minsan naiisip kong bumalik na uli sa corporate world pero iniisip ko naman na mas malaki pa rin ang kinikita ko with what I am doing now. Bahala na. Come May, I should have a concrete plan na talaga.

That's it for now. I don't feel like writing too much today (but I have to). I hope that I will be more enthusiastic in my next post. Kakatamad kasi talaga ang init. As in.

Running on schedule

The start of the week is not too good for me. I was only able to finish a couple of entries. I plan on doing a weekend marathon update across my blogs but I just lazed around and slept for the most part of Sunday. It's good that I was able to catch up on sleep but I messed up my schedule again.

Do you notice how I run on schedule?

If I want to finish something, what I do is I schedule it in my head. I would keep on reminding myself about it until it's the only thing consuming me. Weird ano? But I function properly that way. When I mess up my schedule, I get irritated and would feel stressed until I was able to get it done and straighten my schedule again.

That's me.

So now, I feel stressed because I am not yet done with my marathon blog update. Hopefully, I can finish before 5am today.

RT/WW: Longing to go to the beach

Slept in

I was rushing some tasks yesterday. I think I was able to finish almost 40 tasks the whole of yesterday. I completed it before midnight and since I was so darn tired already, I hit the sack early. I planned on waking up at around 3am so I could do some more tasks. I did wake up at 3am but when I was sitting in front of my computer, I felt sleepy again.

So I indulged and went back to sleep. I woke up around 10am and it felt sooo good! I hardly ever get that much sleep these days so when I can, I let myself. I am really working hard to save up for important expenses. Working hard means less sleep which is fine with me as long as I know there will be more income coming in.

Anyway, there are more tasks I need to do today. But I will take it slowly. I know come Monday, it will be manic for me again.

Enjoying your Sunday so far? Happy Sunday!

Busy, busy day

I love being busy because it means I have a lot of blessings coming in. Who doesn't want to earn a lot, right? Today, I have a lot of tasks to finish. More than 50! What an avalanche of blessings!♥

So I will be busy for the next few hours. It's already 1:43AM now. I will stay awake until 6AM most likely. I do hope so. I want to be able to finish ALL the tasks before noon today. Can I? Focus and I can!

No Facebook for me for the next few hours. A few tweets will do.

I still feel so full from last night's dinner. Had coffee na nga but it's still the same. Tea should do it. But later. Have to finish 9 more tasks due by 4AM.

Ciao for now!

P.S. Will update you about my fun Friday in my next post. After the 9 tasks ;)

Fun day!

I'll be going out later today around lunch to see Alice in Wonderland in IMAX with Tim.

Tim is MAD for the Mad Hatter! She's been dreaming of Johnny for days! Hahaha!

It is always fun to watch a movie with Tim. Of course, the girl talk will always be a big part of meeting up with her.

Now, I need to enjoy my day because tonight work is the only thing in my agenda.

Happy Friday!

;)

George Clooney, my love ♥

So off we went to SM North Edsa, my family's fave mall, around 1pm today. Meng, Grash, Ninin and me. We ate at Savory. We ordered Yang Chow Fried Rice, Creamy Mushroom Fish Fillet, Fried Pork and Shrimp Dumplings, Savory Fried Chicken, and Beef Stir Fry Broccoli. Dami ano? Gutom kasi! Hahaha!

Then we watched Up In The Air after lunch. I love the movie. No, it's not because I love George Clooney. I love the story about a man who's a commitment phobic but the lessons he learned through his young co-worker made him realize what life is all about. Galing! I love Anna Kendrick! No wonder critics raved about her performance. And sobra ha, she's one lucky girl! Almost all her scenes in the movie were with George. All in all, it is one good movie that you should see. The complete review will be posted in my other blog, The Bookworm Confessions.

And then we went to Starbucks because the little girl was demanding that she eat Banoffee Pie ;)

I'm still not over George. Soooo love the guy!

Today...

My sisters and I with Hazel will be going to the mall later. We'll be watching Up in the Air. I've been waiting for this movie to be shown talaga. Today is the first day of showing... George Clooney, here I come! ;)

Hmmm. Where to eat for lunch? I feel like eating at Savory or at Old Spaghetti House. Which one?

Will update what happened later. Bye for now.

About Me And The Blog

I am Sasha. I started blogging in 2004 as a way to release my pent-up emotions. It's not easy being the breadwinner in the family. It's always been work and home for me so when I stumbled upon blogging, I realized it could become an outlet for my frustrations of becoming a writer as well as a therapy for my battered mind and body.

Almost six years later, blogging not only served the twofold purpose I had in mind. It actually became a way of life for me. It became a means to meet new friends, a source of income, a way to understand myself better, a great tool to enhance my knowledge.

I have created a number of blogs. I must admit most of it I use to earn some income, even the one I earmarked as my personal blog. I created this blog thinking I just want to go back to the old blogging way of bloghopping, daily updates on my (boring) life. The way I used to do before I started with problogging. But I had an epiphany that I should use this as a personal blog. No paid posts here. Just pure personal updates my old and new-found friends can read to stay updated about the events my life.

Clarifications

Okay, so it took me a while to finally make a decision on what I will do with this blog. I claimed this one last September 2009 but left it unattended for months! Poor blog, ha-ha!

This will be my personal blog. As in personal, more like a diary of sorts. I should warn you, though, those who know me, that there might be duplicate topics that you might see here. Topics I might have written already in my other blogs. But since I won't be directing the others in those blogs, it will be new to them. Get my drift?

Anyway, this blog will be more about me and my family and my close friends. Really more of a personal nature than the ones I write in my other blogs. I will also share pictures here so if you want to be updated, I suggest you go and subscribe now ;)

And by the way, I might be joining some choice memes as well!

Happy blogging!

Finally, a decision on this blog.

Now, I finally realized I really need a blog I can show others. A blog that has no paid posts in it. A blog that may contain reviews but ones that I won't receive any compensation for. This blog will be it! :)

Although to clarify things, I will continue blogging in Sasha Says... as well as in My Own Utopia.

Time to adopt the old blogging style again!