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Allergy Season

Posted on October 30, 2009 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

It is allergy season where we are. During this time of the year when the winds are colder and the temperature dips  a bit, I expect several changes to happen to me: dry and chapped lips, sniffles and runny nose, sneezing fits and headache.

If I am lucky, I don’t get sick with body aches and pains. With my second child, I spent the first two months of my pregnancy with him sick with allergies. He is the only one with asthma among my children.

This allergy season is different since I never expected my eyes to be affected but this time, it did: I got itchy and irritated red eyes that will be puffy from the huge amount of rubbing that I do.

I know, I know, I am NOT supposed to rub my eyes but I can’t help it. My.eyes.are.so.itchy!

I don’t want to take in any allergy medication. If only I can use the best eye cream available which will not only get rid of the itchiness but will also help remove wrinkles I will surely give it a go.

For now, I rest my eyes.

Really hope it helps reduce the itchiness. Argh!

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How Can You Help

Posted on October 22, 2009 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

I have written about volunteering here for the packing of school supplies for those who were affected by floods.

It was definitely a fun learning experience for me who used to be a volunteer too.

I know it takes a tragedy for some people (maybe I am one of those) to decide to do volunteer work, however short, or sacrifice not buying a few choice items like make up, a new dress, a new pair of shoes, eye wrinkle cream and even a dinner in a fancy restaurant to be able to get some items needed by those who were affected by these kinds of tragedies.

Time can also be given, not just material things.

Last week I heard a call for help, for emotional relief goods but booo! to me, I was not able to jot down the group needing volunteers for this. Tsk, tsk.

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Organizational Leadership Program

Posted on October 22, 2009 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

I met my brother last weekend. It was our first time to see his cute daughter Amara (my first niece!).

Brother went here to accompany his wife and daughter who will have a short vacation. Brother also planned to enroll for the second semester for his Master’s.

We got to talking about the alternative of enrolling in an online program to save on fare and time travel. If road conditions prove to be not good, he runs the risk of not being able to go to school.

He majored in Industrial Psychology. I can’t particularly remember what he is majoring in right now but during our talk, we got to discuss the merits of enrolling in a program that about organizational leadership.

He was at first not sure if there are online programs being offered for that course so we were surprised when chanced upon an online Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership when we were scouring the web for programs like these.

Now, if only he can afford it, I know he will enroll in this program because it offers a lot of good topics like problem solving skills, strategic planning, team building and instituting change within an organization.

My brother was particularly interested in organizational communication and psychology of motivation.

If I may say so, students these days are too busy with mundane tasks (social media for one) that they need a lot of motivation to keep focus on their studies. Oh well, maybe its just me.

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Daig ng Maagap ang Masipag

Posted on October 15, 2009 by greenbucks| 9 Comments

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EDSA at 8am

Ang kasabihan ng mga matatanda, “daig ng maagap ang masipag”.

Hindi ko alam kung ito ang English version ng “the early bird gets the worm”, hehehe, ano sa palagay ninyo?

Tama din naman yang kasabihan pero dapat ito ay may kaakibat ding kasipagan.

Ayan, maagap sana kami, maaga umalis ngunit ganun din pala ang nasa isip ng karamihan kaya yan, nagdulot ng trapiko.

Sabagay di na bago itong ganitong karanasan, manhid na yata tayo sa trapiko.

Nga pala, kita niyo yung smog? Sana maagapan ang problemang iyan na nagdududlot ng sakit.

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Sagot Sa Kagutuman

Posted on October 8, 2009 by greenbucks| 10 Comments

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Tamad daw ang karamihan sa mga Pilipino. Maaaring totoo, maaari din namang hindi para sa ilan.

Isa ang labis na kahirapan sa problemang kinakaharap ng bansa. Hindi ko na lang hihimayin ang mga dahilan dahil baka abutin ako ng gabi di pa ako tapos magsulat dito.

Dala ng problemang ito ang isa pang problema: kagutuman.

Pero ang kasabihan natin, kung gusto magagawan ng paraan.

Anu-ano nga ba ang mga paraan na puwede maging sagot upang maibsan ang kagutuman?

Ang pagtatanim sa bakuran.

Walang espasyong lupa? Maging malikhain at gumamit ng ibang paraan kagaya nito:

pechay

Medyo mukhang ginutom din ang aking pechay dito at tila bagang ako naman ang tinamad magdilig 😀

Pero hindi ba mas mainam ang ganito, magtanim sa bakuran dahil isa ito sa sagot sa gutom, huwag lang tatamaring gumawa ng paraan para sa kasagutan nito.

At isa pa, nagamit muli ang dapat ay itinapon nang mga lalagyan ng inumin.

Huwag na pong tanungin bakit marami kaming mga ganyang lalagyan ng inumin, alam nyo na yun, hehehe.

Magandang araw ng Huwebes 🙂

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