Simplicity is Beauty | Perfectly Imperfect

Christmas shopping here and there. Buying lot's of Christmas gifts for everyone. Christmas parties galore. And you can't do it all because you're broke!

Gosh! It's Christmas and I don't have any money. My wallet's empty and I only have some coins in my coin purse! What will I do? I want to buy gifts for my loved ones and godchildren, and I have a Christmas party to attend to on the 22nd (exchange gift needed and food to bring). I need money to do all that. I don't care if I can't buy anything for myself, all I'm thinking is them: my family, godchildren, my best friend and the Christmas party. At the very least, I should give them something, anything. Cheap yet useful (that I know they're going to like/love) is good. It's the thought that counts right? I know I can find something, I just need the money.

Anyway, it's a good thing that an angel helped me. Yes, just to buy gifts, I'm in debt now! But it's ok. Christmas is just once a year, a season when we drown ourselves with alcohol, food and parties with friends and loved ones. It's also the season when we spend too much and prices go high (that's why a lot of people are in debt). Well, at least for me, my debt is not too big, I can pay it within 2 working days on January. I hate debt and I only borrow small amounts to someone very close and pay them back asap. It's just that I really need it now and I don't have the money, that's why I did it.

Well, I hope you wouldn't be in a situation like this. The smart thing to do is always stick to your budget. That way, you wouldn't need to borrow money from anyone. And always remember that expensive is not always good. Christmas gifts are cherished not because of it's price, but because it came from you. Happy Holidays everyone!

I have a sister, were the only two children of our parents. I'm two years older than her. We don't have anything in common. We're very different from each other, really opposites. I think the only thing that's common about us is that our names are the months of our birthdays (aside from blood relation). I'm A, she's J. I remember when we were kids, we used to fight about a lot of little things. It continued until high school but it gradually subsided because we were becoming more mature.

When we fight, she's the one who's shouting and shouting and saying a lot of bad things, her mouth just won't stop cursing, then I just kick her ass when fed up. But even though she's hurt and crying, she still wouldn't stop shouting and cursing. Oh...the memories, hehehe. Our Mom used to tell us that when we were little, I was the outgoing and confident one and my sister was the shy, quiet type. But now, it's the other way around. Do you remember the movie "Practical Magic"? Witch Sisters who stars Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock? or the movie "In Her Shoes" who stars Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette. I can say we're like them, I'm Sandra Bullock or Toni Collette and my sister's Nicole Kidman or Cameron Diaz, hahaha! Get the picture?

Anyway, even though we don't have anything in common, we're still sisters. Even though we don't bond that much, there's still something strong that binds us together. When someone messes with the other or has some problems, we help or comfort each other. Maybe that's why they say "Blood is thicker than water" right?

Ah...Sunday, what a nice day. The sun's shining and the wind's blowing. A very great day to relax and be with your family...

Christmas is fast approaching and we just started putting Christmas decorations. We finished putting-up the Christmas tree. I was the one in-charge of the trimmings. Everyone helped out. All the people in the house had exerted effort today. They all did their assigned chores: cleaning, scrubbing, etc. before putting Christmas decors. My mom wanted everything cleaned that's why. She went out today to buy more trimmings for the Christmas tree because I told her so. Our tree is like 6ft. (or more) tall and the trimmings are so few to make it look very nice. I also told her to buy white Christmas lights for the tree. She wants blue because the Christmas balls are blue (it's our favorite color and it's the motiff) but I told her that white is better. We're also going to place wreaths in doors and Christmas lights outside.

Time flies so fast..It's only 16 days before Christmas. Have you finished decorating? Have you planned the menu for Noche Buena? Have you bought gifts for everyone? I haven't but will do soon. Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!

Have gone early morning today to get some valid IDs and other important documents that I know I'll need in the future. Applied for government IDs which I have to pick-up at later dates and got a certified true copy of our marriage license and other documents. At this age, I don't have any valid ID except for the company ID that I have from my part-time work. I wasn't even thinking of getting those, I didn't think that I would need them. Now I know they're very important, both for job and identification purposes. At least, now I'm ready, I have them, and wouldn't worry anymore about these things. I've learned my lesson. Next stop would be getting my transcript of records.

Just got home from my part-time work today. My boss' Senior Project Coordinator texted me on my cell yesterday if I could come to the office today to do a mock web design for his company in the province. I have no idea as to what this company is all about. The Senior Project Coordinator just told me to look-up some training company sites and see what links they have. I did my homework of course. When I got to the office, I asked the Senior Project Coordinator if they have a logo of the said company, because I use the colors of a company logo if I do mock web designs, but they don't have one. Anyway, I did what I have to do and uploaded it to their domain so that my boss, who's out of the country, could check it out.

I only do static websites by the way. And I'm a part-time Graphic Designer in this company. I think the mock-up I did was ok, but wasn't satisfied because the design is broken when loaded in Firefox, it only looks good in IE. I know, I know. I should have tested it in different browsers. But the office computer only has IE and besides it's only a mock-up, I don't even know yet if it's a go or a no. If it's a go, then I'll do the necessary adjustments especially with browser compatibility, hehehe...

I've been crying for two nights now because of this wretched toothache! It's the first time that I had this and really don't know what to do. It's my upper right wisdom tooth that's aching so much. I drank pain relievers like Ponstan 500mg but it wasn't working, so I drank another 500mg then it worked. I was so afraid of eating and don't know where to chew the food because I also have a tooth problem on the lower left part. And the worst part is I had a job interview the next morning!

I looked so sick and the right part of my face was somewhat swollen but it didn't stop me in going to my job interview. I already made a commitment that I'm coming so I came. I was there by 10:30am and then started to answer some written tests. The editor-in-chief was going out after lunch so when I finished the tests at 12:30pm she already interviewed me. I thought that was that, then I could go home, that is also why I didn't take lunch or a break. But I was wrong, there were lots more tests to take then another interview by the assistant editor-in-chief and the webmaster. I finished like 5:30pm, was so so hungry, and tired (I don't know why I got tired). It really was a mind-blowing day for me. I just kept saying to myself, "I can do this!".