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BEING A 100% FINANCIALLY DEPENDENT STAY AT HOME MOM (SAHM) IS AKIN TO GAMBLING If your cards are right, your kids will thank you for raising them right. Your loyal husband will thank you when you’re both older for forgoing a career and taking care of the household so that he could be successful in […]
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The kid had her ipad privileges removed for an entire month for bad behavior. It is bad enough that she’s disobeyed the instructions not to bother me while zooming, which got her 3 days no ipad. Then she did not want to sleep early, which made her sleepy in class, after which she cried, tantrumed […]
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October 3, 2021 Spiritual Awakening: How Many Babies Do I have to Lose? I’ve never really dreamt to be a mother, but do I have to lose three fetuses in a span of 7 years? My first miscarriage was a surprise. After knowing that I was pregnant in January 2015, I felt it was the […]
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September 22, 2021 The Road to Marital Bliss My father told me when I was in my 20s that I should be more like my mother if I wanted to stay married. Apparently, he felt that his cheeky opinionated daughter could not land herself a husband, more or less keep one. Of course, him being […]
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Shopee and Lazada have been a godsend to many new mothers. Compared to the last time I gave birth where I was forced to buy more expensive baby items from prestigious online sellers and the mall, going completely online is giving mothers cheaper yet as convenient buying options. What’s more, several credit cards have provided […]
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The Battle for My Daughter to Take Up Kumon Lessons Up Head — A few days ago, my naughty husband sent the following photo to my mother, who is a doting grandmother to my 5-year old daughter, Aeva: On the photo, Aeva fell fast asleep on top of her Kumon worksheets. Apparently, she was doing […]
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Two weeks ago, my husband and I went to St. Luke’s QC for my chest x-ray. mindt I My OB suspected I had pneumonia since my left chest painfully ached when I coughed. I was experiencing extreme fatigue and would sleep the whole day. I coughed every time I would get out of bed. Because […]
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Did you know that SSS provides Funeral Benefits to its Members? One of the not-so-much-talked-about benefits is the Funeral Benefits provided by our Social Security System (SSS). From August 2015, deceased members can receive a Php 20,000 to Php 40,000 funeral benefit from the SSS, depending on how their Average Monthly Salary Credit (AMSC), which […]
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The source of drama this week was care of my daughter’s yaya (babysitter). Our yaya is hre family’s breadwinner and supports her Mindoro-based unemployed husband and her five male children, one of whom is already working in Batangas. The eldest is 21 years old and is working in a feeds factory in Batangas. Yaya was […]
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It’s Aeva’s first My Little Art Place lesson last August 11. I have enrolled her for some art classes just to see how far her interest would go. Their Zoom-based art classes had the following details: Rate: 8 Sessions, 2x a week for Php 6,800.00 payable by bank deposit or transfer 1.5 to 2.0 hours […]
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August 10, 2020 Dear Aeva, If you’re reading this, chances are, your mom is dead. I don’t know how and I don’t know when. My only hope is that it was quick, not messy, and relatively painless. Being hit by a bus is not my preferred way of dying. I have imagined myself dying in […]
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How Minimum Wage Works I wrote this last Labor Day, and as usual, employees are clamoring to increase the Minimum Wage. As of today, minimum wage in the Philippines stands between Php 380 to Php 537 depending on locality. For NCR, that equates to Php 13,962.00 per month on a 6-day work week, or around […]
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