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I have this insane desire to start writing on my blank Moleskine journal because of her entry, but I still have a journal that I haven’t finished writing on yet. Hmmm. Maybe I should just write on the other one tonight before I sleep. :) The Moleskine can wait.
Now I have this urge to name my Moleskine. Ahmm.
Today was a good day. Interestingly, nothing exceptionally good happened to me (like say, winning a contest or something), but I’m in really high spirits right now, and it’s good. Yes, it’s good. :)
Today was spent mostly at the office, finishing my leftover requests during the weekend after morning prayer, and then doing some team-related stuff right after. Then I was given this request to edit a Chinese website. I had tons of fun doing that, really. It was quite difficult yes, because of the special characters, but it was really challenging because I used my character recognition skills. Hah. I got to promote that page at the end of the day so all’s good.
And then there was that yummy lunch of fish, then the afternoon Holy Kettle Corn and strawberry milkshake (no wonder I gain all the weight). My meeting at Shangrila was cancelled tonight, but since my parents were waiting for me at Megamall, I had to go there so I could have dinner with them too. I was already at McDonald’s when the rain poured down harder, so I decided to just go back to the office and wait for my parents to pick me up instead. As I neared the building, I saw a familiar face waiting outside. Turns out it was Tin, a college batchmate, who just got out of her interview. She offered me a ride to Megamall and I offered her my umbrella so we could get to her car. Our feet were very wet by the time we got there, but it was okay.
Now, Tin and I weren’t really that close during college. We had some classes together, but we weren’t in the same circle of friends. I got to know her better because of their Catch 2t6 choir thing where they practiced in the dorm, and because my thesismate is a close friend/blockmate of hers. Oh, and we’re LiveJournal friends too. :P And if you know me in real life, I’m not the most “friendly” person around, nor would I let myself hang out with people I am not really close to before (Case in point, I saw a high school friend at Duty Free yesterday, and I pretended I didn’t see her. I don’t know if she saw me though. ^^; ). But on the ride to Megamall, we ended up talking about work, school stuff and some growing up things. It was really nice being able to talk to her, and I really pray she gets the job at my company as well. If that is not God’s will, I pray she gets the job that she will love. :D But it would be rad if she gets the position she’s applying for where I work. Like I said, we’re not that close before, but seeing her and talking to her really made my day. :D
When I got to Megamall, I met up with my family, had a yummy yummy dinner at Sbarro (gotta love Italian food!), and now I’m home. I’m supposed to work on my training slides tonight but I am not in the mood to, so I’ll just work on my outline and then work on the slides tomorrow. :P Crammer much?
This is such a Dear Diary entry, don’t you think? :)
One of the things we were taught back in high school entrepreneurship class (one of the classes I really didn’t like because it was hard for me to grasp) was that one thing an entrepreneur needs to start a business — aside from courage, smarts and new ideas — is capital. Yes, money. Moolah. No business will ever survive if you don’t have the greens (or blues or yellows, whichever your currency has) to jump start it. If you have been preparing well for a long time for this new business it might not be a problem, but for others it may not be that easy.
This is where EZUnsecured.com comes into the picture. EZUnsecured.com offers to help entrepreneurs with small business with their business financing, relieving them of the frustration of having to deal with banks and whatnot when it comes to looking for funds in their new business. EZUnsecured.com gives entreprenuers an easy process to follow (mostly focusing on your credit history, so if you have a good credit history, there is less documentation needed), fast funding (you get approved at the first time you apply and you get your funds from 1 to 3 weeks), and most of all, great service.
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Last week, I stocked groceries in Freedom, Alabama. This week, I live in Nashville, Tennessee, about to take the stage at the famous Bluebird Cafe.
Sounds fantastic, doesn’t it? Only one problem, I ‘ve got stage fright.
But after years of being ruled by fear and hiding from my dream, I confronted my limited reality and left home. Forget the hometown hunk who wants to make me queen of his doublewide. Forget Momma’s doubt-inspiring tirade. I can make it in Music City…can’t I?
So I took a leap of faith, gathered my old guitar, my notebook full of songs, and packed up my ‘69 Chevy pickup. Look out NashVegas!
With the help of some new friends, especially handsome Lee Rivers, my dream is about to find the light of day. But as I face my first night at the Bluebird Cafe, I realize…I might just do what comes naturally. Look for the nearest exit, and run!
Robin McAfee is an singer and songwriter…when she’s alone or when she’s in her Granddaddy’s porch. But bring her in front of a crowd, she has this really huge urge to run away like a mouse who is caught in the bright light, or a cat who’s afraid of humans.
But after some thinking and some realizations while in her hometown, she decides to make a Robin McAfee decision: try it out in Nashville as a new songwriter amidst all the songwriters around and see if she can make it.
But what if she doesn’t? What’s going to happen to “Freedom’s Song”? Will she stick it out or will she run back to her family and her best friend Arizona (no, not the same as Arizona real estate, as in a real person named after a state) and forget she ever wanted to become a songwriter?
(More…)
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Back in elementary to high school, I used to write this story about a group of girls and their little adventures. Their adventures included my main protagonist moving into town and meeting new friends but turns out they weren’t good friends, forming clubs which are against each other, winning a trip to another country, ventriloquism, ice skating, a new guy joining their “club”, and of course, having famous cousins who keep on appearing in the stories like they’re not really busy people. :P
Eventually those stories evolved and I removed some characters and those iffy clubs, but they were still quite young and so Sweet Valley-ish. But can you blame me? I grew up with Sweet Valley books, I end up writing like that. ;) Of course, Sweet Valley is located in California while mine is all the way to the other coast, my favorite state (then), Florida. How I loved Florida then. ;)
Now time for some revelations. Who are those famous cousins? Yep, it’s the Backstreet Boys. :P My main protagonist was named Danielle Littrell, who is Brian Littrell’s first cousin and Nick Carter’s second cousin by baptism (yes, I made them Catholic :p). Danielle was supposed to be this rich and unspoiled girl with one of the biggest houses in their town. I even designed her house in one of the architecture programs we used to have. :P I was so fixated with Orlando, Florida because of the Backstreet Boys that I wanted to go there and there alone. Never mind if Tampa real estate may have better looking homes than Orlando, I wanted them to live there even if it’s highly unrealistic. :P
Hey, I’m the writer and I was still young when I wrote that, gimme a break. ;)
Today I bought my brother’s birthday gift, the first expensive birthday gift I got for him. Funny thing is, he knew what the gift is already since I wanted to make sure it’s something he liked so I called him before buying it. Meaning I destroyed the entire element of surprise. Of course, it’s still in the box, and I told him he could only open it on Saturday, which is his birthday. So now it’s sitting pretty in my room, waiting for his day. Oh, it’s a 12″ model of Leonidas from 300 with sound
, if you want to know. :)
So I paid it with my trusty card and I started cringing. Ah, how hard it is to start spending so much on my card just because I’m getting paid more now than before. Before I got my new job, I hardly used my card because I know I’m going to have a hard time paying for it. Now that I have a considerably higher salary, I find myself spending a lot more than I wanted to. Ooooh, look at that book! It’s P500? It’s okay, I have card! Ooooh, this top looks so cute! I want it! Swipe!
So my credit card bill comes in today and I cringe. It’s not really that high as the last recorded (but if you add this month and next month’s it’s pretty high -_- ) but it’s certainly more than I want to pay for. Not to mention my October bill is almost as high as this month’s. Hay. No I’m not regretting anything (although there was this one purchase where I could’ve saved P300 from this thing I bought…but let it gooooo) I bought — most of them are important (groceries and stuff) and if not, something I really wanted to buy (like my new Bible, my Chucks, my new work shoes and my brother’s gift), it’s just…ergh. You know what I mean. And not that I can’t pay for it either; I can, now that I just got paid for this other raket I just had. But of course, it’s hard to part with that much money like that, you know?
Of course, I get what I pay for. Or swipe for. Whatever.
Now it’s time to tighten my belt a little and stop using my trusty silver [insert bank name here] credit card that I now call Sylvia. Starting tomorrow, I will not bring it anymore until I have paid off all my debts (hopefully by October). I will not use it unless it’s a real emergency (see the emphasis on real).
The new tops can wait. The new books can definitely wait (I still haven’t made a dent on my reading list!). The other luxuries can wait for now. Sylvia, be safe in your box in my desk. I shall see you in a month or so. :)
I need more rakets! Keep on writing, Tina!
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