There you go Lola Tekla, I told you I cannot say no to you ever. 

Well anyway, let’s get to the point here….To those who do not know me at all, obviously my real name is Sandra (ganda ano?).  I’ve been doing this blogging thing way back when I was still a stay at home bum (that was the time when I was still waiting for my papers so I could apply for work here in the US), and it’s more than two years now.  I’ve been on and off the blogging world especially when I finally land a job after the long wait.  Just last night I almost decided to just delete this account and forget about blogging because I feel so stressed not being able to update it.  But something at the back of my mind was pushing me not to do it, so I just opted on changing the URL of this account so I could hide from my friends.  Tonight when I got home from work I received an offline message in YM from my Lola Tekla asking me what happened to my blog and said that she has an assignment for me.  So here I am again back to updating my blog by doing this.

Presently, I am working in a retirement home.  It’s almost two years now that I am working with them.  I started as a kitchen help and after more than a year of working there, a position for administrative assistant came open so I grabbed the opportunity and applied for it and got the job without any hardships at all. On my first few weeks of working in the kitchen, I almost wanted to give up.  It was really a hard work and my shift was the hardest one to do.  But since I wanted to earn my own moolah and be independent financially from my ever dear husbandry, I decided to stay and finally got used to the kind of work that I’ve been doing.  Moral of the story there is “it pays to be patient and good things happen to those who ask, work and wait for God’s grace”.

I only drive an automatic car.  If it is a stick shift/manual, sorry, but I think I cannot make it no matter how emergency the case would be, hahaha!  Ever since I got here in the US I became a lover of nature.  Yes, I do admire those man made sceneries, but the sceneries that nature have is more than awesome for me than those tall buildings and fancy places that are man made.    I think I am just as lucky as I am because Oregon is such a place with lots of places to go for nature tripping. 

I’ve been married for more than 2 years now and still an empty nester unless some kind of a miracle happens.  I don’t really mind at all if it stays that way because I don’t think I can handle the stresses of being a mother and staying in the US without any household help (I really admire my friends here in the blogging world who are moms and at the same time career person), but of course I would also be happy if one day we’ll be granted even just one (mangarap ka, Sandy, mangarap ka!).  Anyway, que sera sera, whatever will be will be…

I am not the kind of person who would splurge on something just to be able to show off.  I have a very good conviction and husbandry is really thankful that he was able to marry someone who’s not a spender.  I spend on things, yes, but I always make sure that I need it (or we need it).  I always collect coupons on the paper and believe you me, I sometimes save as much as $30 from my almost $70 worth of grocery in a week just because of my darn coupons, lol!  I don’t care if you would call me cheap but I’d rather be saving my money for the future than showing off to people that I can afford expensive things.

So there ya go guys, I think I was able to share something about me here and hope I didn’t bore you to death.  Happy weekend all!!!