Neglected…
Posted by: bluejeansgirl on: 25 December 2009
I have been bad…
I have not visited my blog for months? or weeks? 
It just got a bit hectic though I have to say I got my Christmas gift (maybe because I have been very good..)!!!
Will try and update this blog more next year but for now, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
Focus
Posted by: bluejeansgirl on: 5 December 2009
Now that the year is about to end (with just this month to go), I listed out things that I have done and where they are right now.
Let me tell you… I did not progress well (sheesh).
I have created two new blogs, updated another blog, joined a money-making site, dropped a money-making site, joined more writing websites and changed web browsers.
From this list, there was very little progress made… when I say little… it was very little
Last night while walking home from doing a radio log gig with a friend, I have decided that I need to assess what I want to do and focus on it.
My first stop will be to close my other blogs. I can probably freeze / hide my other blogs… and let this blog (Role Play) be my only ‘known’ blog for now. With only one active, I know I can channel my thoughts here and I can write more because I do not need to think on which blog should I write for this topic and so on and so forth.
I know it’s a personal blog… not really something that I can send to my potential clients, if I have any. Maybe that can be on top of my to-do list this coming 2010. A portfolio type of blog that will showcase my write ups (if I can find them), my short stories (fiction of course).
I might also limit my membership to Helium for now… because I know for a fact that I still need to improve my writing skills. I have been out of the game for soooo long (I think it was six years ago when I really had an article or a write-up done… no, I lied, I was able to print two of my short stories!!!)… I need to refresh myself and probably find ways to inspire me.
About web browsers, I was for I think a month, disappointed with Firefox because it was really malfunctioning It was taking forever to upload my tabs, to bookmark a page, etc but then I realise, like me, I must have overloaded it with stuff that I thought I will need.
So what I did, I have uninstalled a lot of add-ons that I know I was not using. Because of this, I am now back in his arms – with Firefox I mean :p
Five years ago…
Posted by: bluejeansgirl on: 26 November 2009
This post came about because I have been reading a lot of news articles about Dubai becoming an ‘expensive’ city… where establishments are charging people with out-of-this-world rates that a PR guru even said that Dubai will lose its luster to the tourists if the country will carry on like this.
I think the guru is right.
I have been here for the past 5 years and I saw how Dubai flourished!
Construction projects were sprouting like mushrooms… thousands of people have seen this place as an ‘ideal’ place to live because petrol was cheap, credit cards were being given as if it was the ‘in’ thing and the cost of living then was not expensive.
Seeing Dubai’s fast growth, a lot of investors have capitalised on this and starting increasing their charge rates. The basic commodities, clothes, rent and hotels went up… I think almost everything went up.
Suddenly, people do not see this as an ‘ideal’ place to live… however it’s too late to say bye-bye to Dubai because most of the residents here have incurred a lot of debts… either by their loans or by credit cards… others were due to the property or the car that they have purchased.
Who would have thought that the recession would hit Dubai? The people here were confident that this country will not be hit (I wonder where are those philanthropist who predicted that…).
Yes, Dubai is now beginning to look like a ‘millionaire’s paradise’ because of the rates shooting up… the goal is to earn! earn! earn!
I just wish Dubai would slow down and think of ways how they can attract the tourists by its residents.
The rents should really go down…. and so are the basic commodities too!
I guess these will all be part of my wish list this Christmas!!
Nothing to write…
Posted by: bluejeansgirl on: 9 November 2009
Not that I have lost the urge to write… but it’s like every time I stare at the blank screen with the blinking cursor… I can’t think of anything decent to write.
I keep asking myself – what can I write?
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Still can’t think of anything… I will just end it here… it doesn’t make sense to fill the whole post with dots!
My prayer: Please give me my muse back!
Silence…
Posted by: bluejeansgirl on: 30 October 2009
It’s 12:58am…
I may not be alone but I am enjoying the silence…
The fact that I can hear my thoughts out loud… wanting me to see how I will be leading my life in the next few years.
I am enjoying the silence because I feel calm… lost in my own world with no one to please and nothing to hide.
I am enjoying the silence.
Someone to…
Posted by: bluejeansgirl on: 17 October 2009
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I have tried to suppress myself from writing this post but I just can’t help it. Seeing couples do this:-
HHWW - Holding Hands While Walking
or this:-
Couples Kissing
I just can’t help but feel … ‘jealous’?
Why?
Because they have someone to…
- hold them when they just had a rough day in the office
- kiss them without any reason
- hold hands when they feel nervous or scared or they just want to
These things are very precious… and I do not have them right now because my husband and I are miles apart.
All these things are important even if they seem to be just ‘a routine’ because it becomes a part of your everyday life but when these are being taken away from you, suddenly you feel cold… even if there are people around you who try to make you feel that everything’s alright… you know for a fact that the only kiss, touch or hug that will make you feel warm is that of your partner.
Countdown: 2 1 month and 24 days before I see Robert
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Winner!
Posted by: bluejeansgirl on: 13 October 2009
I don’t really want to brag but just to show you that I did win the What’s in a Word game that we had last night.
Can you see my score? No? Here’s another photo
=)
What’s in a Word?
Posted by: bluejeansgirl on: 12 October 2009
I remember when I was a kid, our family bonding would usually happen during Holy Week and when Meralco (the service provider of electricity in the Philippines) decides to play with the power hence a ‘blackout’.
At times, the family gets divided into age groups especially when my uncles and aunts were staying with us or the kids will come up with games that could be played by the entire family.
Aside from Mahjong (favorite Chinese past time), we play ‘Boggle‘ or Word Factory.
It’s an educational game that can be played by kids and adults. A set of rules has to be agreed between players when it comes to the number of letters and also the corresponding points.
My thrill of looking for words came back to life when one night (after doing some jewelry shopping), a friend suggested that we play ‘Word Factory’. This was music to my ears!
I like this game so much because it stimulates your mind to think and think!
After having a blast with this game, we decided to held a tournament and place bets (of AED 5).
We just had another game tonight and I won (again!).
I will post the pictures (with the total scores) as soon as I get them! =)
*photo courtesy of Collection of First!
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and the countdown begins…
Posted by: bluejeansgirl on: 6 October 2009
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I have started checking prices for Robert’s trip here in Dubai… way back August (of course! this was my post vacation task!).
Yesterday, I again checked for Robert’s tickets online and with agencies.
I got a price from an agency… it was positive… so I am just waiting for another feedback before I finally decide that I will be buying the tickets (I have to wait for November so that they can process his visa)!!!!
Even without an official ticket, I am officially starting the countdown!!
Robert’s estimated arrival in Dubai: 2 months and 4 days.
Can’t wait!
- me waiting for Robert
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Typhoon Ondoy and The Lesson We Learn
Posted by: bluejeansgirl on: 3 October 2009
- Image by Ada Lajara via Flickr
Typhoon Ondoy was totally unexpected and the people were not prepared for him. He was like a thief in the night however aside from taking people’s cars, he also left a mark in everything – the living room, the kitchen, the driveway and the bedroom.
He wanted to make sure that the people remember him and that they remember him well.
He did leave a mark. A scar actually.
After hearing what has happen, I immediately called my family (Robert, Mom, Shobe, Dad – yeap, in this order)… was actually relieved to hear their voices at the end of the line (except for my Dad… he was not answering his phone, I am not sure if I was getting through)… of course my mom gave a blow by blow detail of what is happening outside our house in Sta. Mesa.
Robert on the other hand gave me an account of what was happening in our house (yeap, the water was knee-deep and it damaged a few things in the house), RNB (the restaurant was filled with water about 5 feet) and the other areas. Luckily the internet cafe was saved. We were relieved because at least we did not lose two businesses.
As for my Dad, he was okay and he just stayed at home most of the time…
In times like this, I am thankful that nothing happened to them – they were not caught up somewhere else but they were together….
As I have told someone from the office if I felt bad with what happen. I said, yes but it was just material wealth… nothing can replace a loved one… nothing.
That is I guess the most important lesson.
Flood in Manila (due to Typhoon Ondoy / Ketsana)
*Photo courtesy of Time.com (more photos are shown here)
Please continuously pray for our brothers and sisters – because another storm is in the Philippines – Typhoon Pepeng…
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