Since I started blogging three years ago and joined Facebook two years ago, I have learned a LOT from reading other blogs and chatting with some of my few online friends who lives in the other side of the planet. I have two elder neighbors in FarmTown whom I have chatted before and I just love to hear stories about how the lived when they were little. From reading old story books when I was small, I can somehow imagine how it was. How they can fruits and veggies, how the wash their clothes during winter and so much more. But one thing I was not prepared to know about is how hard to deal with alcoholism. I never read that in children’s books before but I did in Reader’s Digest when I was in high-school yet it is still so hard for me to grasp the thought that someone is really suffering from it. The non-stop drinking could really ruin someone’s life and the people around you. I cannot imagine that one of my online friend has suffered from it and was saved when she went to one of the malibu treatment centers. She said her children suffered the most and it ruined her marriage too. Now she is building her life back and I am happy for her. I so wish we also have treatment centers and treatment programs that is affordable to the public so those who are suffering from it can seek help.
One of my high-school best buddy is getting married soon. I can only imagine how nervous she is feeling right now because the date is only a couple of months away yet they still have some stuffs left unattended. For the wedding invitations, I am they got it printed at their cousin’s printing press. She is marrying a barangay captain in their hometown. Just imagine how many guests they are expecting not to mention the bunch of politicians. So how’s that for an entourage?
I went to a souvenir shop in Davao and I just love how the owner put everything in place. They also got their business name printed on the labels of each package. Packaging does really play a great role in making a higher sales. It talks to the customer and I am one of those who can be enticed with nice and neat packaging. I and Donald are talking about renting a small space here for some souvenir and gift items. Since we already have a business license and name, I would like to get it printed on the labels of each items too. We’ll see if we can find cheap printing here. That’ll will surely get more people to buy our stuffs.
Since we moved again to our new place, I never had any problems on how to get rid of dark circles under my eyes because we don’t travel far everyday, therefore I get longer sleep and lesser stress. I am totally enjoying the life of getting to bed earlier than we usually do. I can see a big change too with our sleep pattern since we decided to turn the AC on before we sleep and just turn it off in the morning when we get up. No more 30-minute AC cooling because we have higher ceiling, larger bedroom not to mention we are in a hotter place on the face of the earth.
It’s so tiring whenever a customer asks how much the price of the ukay and you have to answer them a million times. No we’re not like malls that they have barcodes and barcode scanners on their system. I wish we have one on our store so that there will be no more queries from our beloved customers and a hassle free from us.
One more to go and I am done. Cheche is now asleep while they gang has just started a movie. Daddy must be waiting for us now. Cali and Donald were talking about blogging earlier and it sounds that he is also interested and so is Jennifer. We were kinda laughing at how it is sometimes hard to reach the minimum word count requirement for each task and we were sometimes tempted to put in blah blah blah between sentences. LOL I should be browsing about web conferencing software now so we can go home and rest for tomorrow will be another long day for us.
So we are enjoying our last hours here in CDO. Cheche didn’t go to work for a couple of days just to accompany us. We went to Tagoloan and Manolo Fortich yesterday and today we met with someone at the mall to discuss some matters regarding the “business”. Then I bugged my friend Jennifer to meet us and we agreed to meet in the night cafe at the park. It is the place where you can find a lot of great finds like Cozumel jewelry. I hope we can stay longer and have some more moolah to spend. We sure can hoard a lot of stuffs from there.
Going around the city of smiles, Cagayan de Oro, I see a lot of convenience store carrying a new name that I have not seen anywhere in Davao. But hey we are amazed to see a Minute Burger here! Cheche said it is the FIRST ever franchise here. It feels like home for me. LOL Well, I see familiar signages of fastfoods but it sure does more amazing to see the one and only Minute Burger in the city.
I am blogging from my dear friend’s pad in Cagayan de Oro City, Jennifer, trying to finish all my tasks before they expire. Cheche is with us and is bugging me to go home now. Glad Jen and I met at Divisoria after I sent a text message demanding for her to meet me. LOL Donald and Eman is also here chatting and playing with Cali, Jen’s special someone. 
Tomorrow will be going home to Davao. Back to reality again. Need to run some errands. Good thing Donald was able to pay our Philhealth. I hope we can make a deal with our new “business” so we can get a better health insurance like Medicare plan. It would be such a relief if we could have a plan. No more huge hospital bills just in case.
I met an American in Digos City. He said he is a missionary and his wife, whom he met in one of the free online dating site. The wife loves ukay-ukay. While the wife is digging in the pile of ukay-ukay, we are chatting about how he finds the Philippines. I do not know why I find him unpleasant even he claims to be a missionary. He said that he loves kids except his because his kids are naughty. 
He also speaks arrogantly and he smokes!!! It is my first time to meet a missionary like him.
