Birthday Thoughts

It's my birthday today and it hit me... I'm old! And I hope wiser too. Since February came around, I've been thinking about OLD AGE--- A LOT! It will still be decades before I hit that mark but I feel like I have to be proactive about ensuring our happy and healthy survival. After all, my husband and I don't have kids and we only have each other to count on when that time comes.  I've also been feeling like I'm no longer the fun-crazed gal I was before. I now think about RETIREMENT too. No thanks to Suze Orman, who I love by the way, but man, her financial advices are really hitting me to the core. Now I just like to make money, save money, invest when possible, and stop myself from spending for unnecessary stuff (budget travels are excluded coz that's the only "luxury" I have left in life, hahaha. Hey, it's educational and enriching too!). After all, we've already accumulated a lot of stuff over the years, stuff that we don't even get to use as often as we want to (like our surfboard, our foosball, or 4 flat screen TVs [omg!4!], our drums, guitar & keyboard [huhu], our old Wii & PSP, my tons of brand new shoes and books.... stuff that just keep on accumulating dust inside our house. Tsk, tsk. Maybe Peter is right, I'm a hoarder and it's time I face that fact. But at least I'm not like those hoarders I see on TV, I can't live like that. I'm still a sensible and neat freak hoarder if I may say so. I think our house is a testament to that.

Maybe this is just a phase but I have a feeling that I am turning into somebody more sensible, more "kuripot", and more mature (I hope!). Sure, I still crave enjoyment but it has now taken a totally different form. And when I say different form, I mean sleep. At least, this is what's happening to me as of late. In my head, I still do make plans that seem to match the energy of a twenty year old but once I'm done for the day and I retire to our bedroom, I just simply fall into blissful slumber. Before I know it, the weekend has turned into one long dreamless sleep and it's Monday once again. There goes my list of fun activities down the drain! Or maybe because I was just feeling sick since last weekend. I didn't have the flu but I had some of its symptoms like aching joints, over-fatigued body, headache, runny nose... Thank God for Vita Plus and Bioflu it was no more than that and I am starting to feel a little better.The Valentine hoopla helped I guess. ;)

So anyway, what's for my birthday? I honestly don't know. I didn't make any plans. I'll let life take me to wherever it takes me. I've been making too many plans for far too long, I think it's time to let go of the lists in the meantime and just let life surprise me, for this weekend at least. Happy birthday, me! (^_^)

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Feb. 20, 2012
P.S. Because I let life take me wherever, I ended up having one of the most memorable birthdays ever: Manila Ocean Park, The Pergola, etc. - a Happy Birthday Weekend Celebration

Short Update from WAZZUB

Dear WAZZUB Family,

This is just a short update to let you know what’s up with  WAZZUB:

Our team is working hard to make our new home, the WAZZUB Community, shiny. There is a high chance that on Tuesday Feb 14 we will be able to open the doors for all our members. 

We will have our own blogs, our own chat rooms, our own messenger and our own mail system. You will be able to send messages to your whole WAZZUB Family (all 5 generations) without knowing their names but if they decide to become friends with you, they will be added to your friends list.

The  WAZZUB Community will be found at www.wazzub.com. For now, the domain is blocked by a password because our programmers are installing, modifying and testing the final version “live” on our new server. Please do not try to log in with your email and password; it won’t work.

IMPORTANT: the WAZZUB Community is NOT our final main page. It is just one small part of our project. After Launch (Apr 9) there will be what we call the “perfect home page” and messages that you receive from your friends will automatically show up on your personalized home page.

We decided to deliver the WAZZUB Community before official launch for 2 main reasons:

1) We need a place where we can post our messages and discuss with our members, independent of the “Big Guys” who are able to shut us off as they like when we tell the truth about their business models.

2) The WAZZUB Community will give proof to some “screamers” that we are a REAL company that is doing REAL business.

We would like to say “THANK YOU” for your patience and the way that you handle these exciting times. Within just 7 weeks the WAZZUB Family developed into a STRONG FORCE and thanks to the POWER OF “WE”, nobody will be able to bring us down!

With Your Success in Mind,

Your WAZZUB Team

The WAZZUB Business Model or How to Earn Money on the Internet

Yesterday, I blogged about my discovery of WAZZUB and how I urge everyone to join this new, first-of-a-kind, profit-sharing online community site. I'd like to thank those who have signed up and I encourage those who haven't to do so before the pre-launch stage is over by April 9, 2012. Below is a message from the WAZZUB Headquarters which I'd like to share here with you.

Dear WAZZUB Family,

There are some people out there who are not convinced that WAZZUB’s business model is able to earn enough money to pay hundreds of thousands or even millions of members. Some of them claim that they understand exactly what we are planning to do (or not to do) and now they proclaim why we MUST fail.

This article will tell you exactly how WAZZUB will earn money after launch and why it will be enough money to pay ALL pre-launch members. You will find the answers to the following questions:

1. Why is WAZZUB able to promise a profit share for every pre-launch member without asking for any money and with no job to do after launch?

2. Why would it be no problem even if 10 million pre-launch members would join WAZZUB?

3. Is there a fair chance for members who join the WAZZUB Family right at the end of pre-launch to earn money with WAZZUB?

4. How realistic is it to earn $1 per $FACTOR per month after launch?

5. How will WAZZUB handle millions of payments per month?

6. Why should members join WAZZUB after launch if they won’t earn any money?

So, here we go!

Join WAZZUB, the First Profit-Sharing Online Community Site

Being a virtual assistant, I always find ways on how to augment my income online. I rarely join scammy-looking sites though and I prefer getting paid in advance when accepting freelance administrative tasks. A few hours ago, I've just discovered this awesome profit-sharing site called WAZZUB, from my sister and after watching the videos and reading everything about it, I was convinced that this could be the next big thing! 

Facebook now has more than a billion users all over the world right? And so do twitter and google.  No wonder they earn billions of dollars and it's all because WE, the USERS, use their services.

It's about time that WE, the USERS, get to earn the big bucks too by doing what we're already doing, and it's all possible by joining WAZZUB, this new and one-of-a-kind online community or social network that pays its members. It's 100% free forever. It's the world's first PROFIT SHARING PHENOMENON that's about to be launched by April 2012.

 +++ FREE FOREVER +++ NOTHING TO DOWNLOAD +++ NO JOB TO DO +++

It's the first truly global community that pays us “the users” so join now to lock in your profit-share before the network launch on APRIL 9, 2012

Just head to this link for more information: http://signup.wazzub.info/?lrRef=6a6b0305

Or follow these steps:

The 30-day Challenge

Today is the Chinese new year. We're now entering the year of the Water Dragon and more than the prediction of the end of the world according to the Mayan calendar, we should focus on the great things that 2012 has to bring. In essence, the year of the Water Dragon will bring so much blessings to those who are generous and kind, to those who are embarking on new adventures and those who  make this world a better place to live in. All of us can do our part, even if it means just changing one bad habit. After all, habits are what make the success and failure patterns  of our life. It's those little things we do everyday on a consistent basis that will dictate the direction our life is taking. 

Do you notice that there are people who always make their dreams come true while there are others who always seem to run out of luck? It's all about their habits. Success and failures are not actions. They are the results of the habits we do every single day. 

Perhaps, you have this small habit of watching TV for extended hours instead of exercising or doing something more productive. Maybe you're the type who is perpetually late for work. Maybe you have this habit of putting off urgent matters. Or maybe you smoke too much and would like to quit but just can't. These are just some of the things a lot of us wish we can change to make our lives a little better but somehow, we always fail at stopping them. I've been there before. I've smoked myself to sickness; I've bummed for a long period of time; I was always late for work; I used to procrastinate all the time. On several different occasions, I just decided to stop them and replace them with new and good habits and since then, my life has been better. If I can do it, so can you. 

Here's how: TAKE THE 30-DAY CHALLENGE

1. Choose ONE bad habit you have and replace it with something else. Maybe you start your day facebooking and before you know it, unproductive hours have passed and you're late for work.
2. Be specific with what you want to accomplish. For example, instead of saying "I will exercise everyday." make it "I will go to the gym and exercise from 6-8am, MWFSun and go biking around the village 6-8am TThSat."
3. Once you find a replacement for your bad habit,  do it for thirty days. According to psychologists, 21 days is actually enough to stop any bad habit. But we want to go beyond the passing grade so we're going for thirty. 
4. Do it consistently. If you stop, then it's back to zero and back to day 1.
5. Study the good habit you want to acquire. Perhaps, you want to start a small home business. So instead of watching telenovelas at night, you can spend an hour or two of research online about this business that you want to pursue.
6. Find support. Ask friends, families and colleagues who may be embarking on the same endeavor as you. Find a gym buddy, a business partner, or friends who will want to support you in your pursuit of better life. 

If you do this every month, by the end of 2012, you would have changed 12 bad habits and acquired 12 awesome ones! Think how better your life will be by then!

The Chinese New Year is another opportunity for us to start what we failed to achieve last year, or failed to do the start of this year. Happy Chinese New Year to all and may all our dreams come true!

Jan. 3 Gratitude Journal

When we have gratitude in our hearts, we attract more of the things we want.  So for today, let me take this time to thank God and the universe for these three things I consider my blessings:

1. That I am able to do what's on my list for the first 3 days of the year. (I hope to be consistent for the next 362 days of the year)
2. That I was able to book cheap flights to Siargao and Cebu this summer. (I hope I can find cheap accommodations too as I will be staying there for 17 days)
3. That I have work I like and hobbies that give me joy. (Since I have been allowing myself to spend more time making my herbal jelly soaps, I am happier and surprisingly excited to continue doing my VA jobs this year.)

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Peace and Inner Guidance

The past year, I have not listened to my inner guidance on several occasions because of other seemingly important and urgent matters. It made me resentful, unhappy and even depressed. I hope to change all that and start living in peace and harmony within myself. This new year serves as a very good platform for personal rebirth.

According to the Para-Gram PEACE by Paramahansa Yoganada:

Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world. Every individual must change his own life if he wants to live in a peaceful world. The world  cannot become peaceful unless and until you yourself begin to work toward peace. It is only by removing hate from our hearts that we can live a Christlike life.

But how does one remove hate within himself? Since its source usually comes from the fact that we are always doing what is expected of us rather than what we really want to do, then it just means that when we change ourselves according to the dictates of our inner voice (that voice being of God's or from something greater than all of us), then we will start achieving peace and divinity within ourselves.

This also resonates with a quote I read by Shakti Gawain:

Every time you don't follow your inner guidance you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness.

This is why we easily get tired and lethargic when we do things we feel are not meant for us to do; This is why on occasions that we do listen to our inner voice and follow our own bliss, we feel much more alive, powerful and full of unconditional love. A balance can be attained if we don't want to risk everything just yet for that one thing we want to do. We can enjoy the process and continue learning from it while slowly changing the direction of our lives to our true calling.

I now include these quotes in my daily reading to bring me peace, and to guide me in my quest for creativity. You can also use them if you want to bring to the surface your creative spirit rather than remain as a shadow of your divine artist self the coming years.