Under One Roof

The right time to invest for your future is now. You have many options. There’s short term money market investments as well as long term like time deposits and trust funds. And then there’s investment in gold. You can get it in the form of a gold bullion or gold coin. Whichever, gold is a good investment, I must say.

I am always of the opinion that planning for your future is the best way to be prepared for it. There’s nothing better than have something to tap into when you are faced with an emergency situation, right?

Do you actually tolerate a 16-year-old girl pole dancing? I mean, what kind of a parent are you if you can look at your underage kid dancing like an adult woman enticing a man?

A celebrity family got a lot of flack from different sectors of society for letting their popular teenage girl pole dance in an equally popular awards night. Can you imagine what message it sent to the millions of underage fans of that teenage star? The message was “it’s okay to pole dance especially to the beat of my song!” and that parents should be fine with it. Anyway, a popular kid is doing it, why not their own kids?

Whether they like it or not, popular celebrities have a moral obligation to the underage fans that they have. That includes the underage popular celebrities, too! You cannot act like a stripper when you know you have fans ranging from 4 years old up. You cannot just wear clothes without a bra on because you know your fans have a tendency of emulating you. It doesn’t mean also that you have to act like a saint. You just have to be more aware of what message you are sending out to the millions of underage fans that you have.

I don’t claim to be religious but I am a prayerful person. I turn to prayers everytime. It can be a simple “Thank You, Lord!” or “Please, Lord.” but it’s always at the tip of my tongue. I say thanks or I lift up the worries and hardships to Him.

Of course, I am not perfect. I still have to be reminded sometimes that I need to tell the Lord in more than 3 words what my heart is saying. I make sure I go to the Pink Sisters convent whenever I can. There’s one in Tagaytay City, another one in Baguio City, and I learned from my sister that the church I always looked at when going to Libis was actually also the Pink Sisters convent in Hemady Street.

I write down my requests so the nuns can include it in their prayers. I spend some time inside their chapel to say thanks and to lift up to Him my worries.

It just might be psychological but when I go out of the chapel, I feel lightness in my mind and my heart.

I don’t drink vitamins but I know I should. I’ve been keeping odd working hours so I know I need the supplements or my immune system will go down. I will probably check out what’s good for me but for now I am fine with the fruit juices that I drink daily.

It’s not enough but it will do for now. I easily get sick these days, cough and colds and flu. So I know I need to help my body fight the viruses spreading in the air.

My dad cannot do heavy work anymore. He is afraid of getting hernia or hemorrhoids. He is prone to it because there’s history in his side of the family. My grandfather, his dad, has hemorrhoids. Two of my uncles, his brothers, also have it.

So whenever there’s something to be done at home, my dad calls his distant cousin to come help him. We call him to clean rooms and to just help my dad carry things around.

I wrote this entry because I just want to share with everyone that we are lucky to have people around us whom we can call to help us out in our daily lives. Be they relatives or neighbors or people we’ve known for a long time now, especially friends of my parents.

Spending time with the family is a must for Mr. Roberts. He is a sales director of a multinational company in the country. He often travels to the headquarters and would even spend some of his weekends entertaining potential big clients. But even though he spends so much time away from his family, he makes sure he spends two hours each night with his kids. If he’s away, they communicate through Skype. He helps them with their homework. He plays with them, watches cartoons with them, and talks to them about their day. It’s like he’s always there even if he’s far.

And every year, he takes the whole family on a vacation. This year it will be an Orlando vacation for them.

There are more men than women in my dad’s side of the family. So this coming holidays I already have an idea what to give the men… mens ties! Practical gift, don’t you think? It’s easy to find. It can be used by the recipients and not just going to be stored.

As I’ve said in the past, I make sure I give functional gifts. I don’t want to see my gift inside a box or sitting on a display cabinet somewhere in the house. I want it to be used regularly as much as possible.

A diet program can only be effective if taken seriously. It can be the best diet program in the world but it won’t work if while you are dieting, you are also binging from time to time. All the weight you are losing will just go right back after each binge.

Go and read the sensa reviews. Make use of the information you get. Take your diet program seriously. If you really want to lose weight, use the information on weight loss as well as follow your diet regimen strictly.

If you have the discipline, you can be successful in whatever you undertake.

I always remind my siblings not to tell anybody the issues that we need to resolve as a family. There are matters that should be kept within the family only. Like financial matters. Unless the person is really close to the family, then he or she shouldn’t be given information about money matters. It’s just not right. And I got this from my mom.

It is just unfortunate that we underwent a period wherein our financial problems were made known to a lot of people. This kind of thing ends up with people looking down on us and thinking that we’re always short on funds.

I can’t tell you how many instances we’re looked down on even by our very own relatives.

I’ve always wanted a house that looks like the one above. A yellow summer house is what I call it. I just love how it looks so homey and it just oozes a great stay.

Happy Monday to all! May we all have a great week

You wouldn’t believe how rich she is. Her rosary is made of diamonds! It was actually passed on to the eldest female in the family. The rosary is now in Sofia’s possession after her mother passed it on to her. She is guarding the rosary with her life. It’s always in a pouch and she seldom takes it out. She brings it with her to church on Sundays and on special occasions. Other than that, the rosary stays in the pouch and the pouch stays in the vault.

I think you can already use the proceeds of the rosary for a condominium down payment should Sofia sell it. That’s how much the diamond-encrusted rosary costs!

On the other hand, the thing that we don’t worry about in the family is hair loss. We don’t have any need for cures for hair loss because we are fortunate that no one is suffering from hair loss in the family. Even the elders are not suffering from it.

Of course, we know some people who are suffering from hair loss. So the cures for it is still of interest to some of us. But when you apply it to the family, we really are very fortunate not to need one right now.

At home, one of the biggest topics that is always discussed is weight loss. My dad’s side of the family are big people. My paternal grandmother, four of my uncles, and all three of my aunts are overweight. In our own family, only two of us are fit. Can you imagine all of us together in one place?

So when there are family gatherings, or instances when all of us come together in one place like that of my maternal grandmother’s wake, you can hear us talking about how we are doing in our diet programs or if one of us already tried nuphedragen or any other weight loss product in the market.

At the same time, there is always an abundance of food on the dining table when we are all together. Quite ironic, don’t you think?

Inheritance is a big issue among family members. Those rich families are actually hiring top guns in the field of law and finance to help them fight their rights out. Think of that oil magnate who was unfortunate enough to have married Anna Nicole Smith. The oil magnate’s son fought it out with Smith in court so she wouldn’t get half of his fortune.

But just imagine three families fighting over an ancestral house wherein the owners, their parents, still live in. The value of the house is still doubtful. There is a sibling still unmarried. And there are numerous grandchildren, some of whom are already with their own families, too.

Messy legal fight!

That’s why I am happy we have our own house. We need not fight with anyone over our home. My siblings and I have an unwritten agreement that we will not be fighting over our parents house but instead will give it to our youngest.

I just love a cozy room! A room painted with soothing colors, carpeted floor, at least two modern sofas, a contemporary-styled lamps, and a floor-to-ceiling bookshelf! Just imagining it makes me want to shell out whatever savings I have to transform our living room into the one I have in mind.

Too bad I don’t have that kind of savings. And we don’t have enough space for it. As I’ve said in previous posts, me and my family live in a house with limited space. Not to mention that we are a large family so can you imagine just how many personal items we have at home?

I am still dreaming of a cozy living room. I am hoping that our next house will have that.