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I can’t believe I actually did it. I completed NaBloPoMo. A whole month of blogging. This is the 2nd time I’ve completed NaBloPoMo and I think I’ve joined 5 times so far. So for the last day, I’ll answer the last prompt.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011
What did you learn from doing NaBloPoMo?

Hmmm, I’ve learned to be even more committed in the blogging process. It was hard to keep blogging everyday in my personal blog. And this has been happening to me in the past 3 years now. I could churn out 3-5 blog posts a day in other niched blogs but when it comes to here, I feel restricted most of the times. I don’t feel like sharing more about my life anymore. I have a lot to say about news and stuff but I usually stop myself from blurting out things in fear of being judged by people I don’t know which totally contradicts my tagline –watch out, she bites-. And I have been into this blogging thing for a long time that I feel like I’ve shared more than I should have online throughout the years. That’s the dilemma in blogging these days. Sometimes it’s better to just do it in 140 characters via Twitter or Facebook then be done with it.

So it was really hard to come up with things to blog about for 30 days. But I stuck to it and really wanted to finish this challenge. I ‘m happy about that.

For 2012, I’m thinking about really living up to my tagline. Perhaps, but I’m not promising anything. I might bite more than what I’ve bitten in the past 3 years. Maybe that will get me more readers coz truth of the matter is, I’ve babbled here for a month and I can count in my left hand how many people visited to comment, Haha. Thank you to those who visited me from time to time. So what I’m saying is, maybe I should be more controversial. Ehhh, we’ll see.

So long NaBloPoMo. See you again next year!

Describe a favorite place. Focus on how that place affects your sense of taste, touch, sight, sound, or smell. (Guest Post by Adrienne McDonnell, author of The Doctor and the Diva)

I don’t want to go all romantic and poetic in answering this NaBloPoMo Prompt but I think for a change I would. I could just easily say San Diego California but that would be a given. I could also say New York coz even though I complained a lot during winter time while shoving 3-5 inches of snow for the 8 years that we’ve lived there, it has a special spot in my heart and I am really really excited to move back there.

For this question, I’m going to say that my favorite place is the space I occupy when my husband and I are hugging or when cuddling for the night. Especially when there are stuff bothering me or stressing the heck out of me. I feel safe and comfortable in that space. I believe everything will be OK like my husband reminds me all the time. There’s a reason why I’m stressing about something. I might not see it the next day but I will definitely see whatever that reason is in a month or 2. It always gives me perspective in life. My husband doesn’t need to say a word when I’m in that space and crying about a problem. As long as his arms are wrapped around me I know that space will always be my home.

This space will always be a special place and I never want to go to bed at night without being in it.

I was terrified to go on DWTS, but facing my fear and overcoming it has been an incredible experience. Have you faced fears and overcome them?(by Ricki Lake)

My biggest fear is heights. My hands are sweaty and I can hear my heart beating really really really loud just thinking about heights. Fortunately, I haven’t encountered a height that I haven’t faced. Yah know, regular stairs and stuff, Haha. But one day I want to try a zip line or bungee jumping, or visit the Eiffel Tower and Empire State Building. I believe these are pretty high places that I know I’ll be so scared to do or visit but I want to get over this fear coz I know I’d feel so much better once I face the fear. Besides, it would be stupid of me not to enjoy the experience, right? Listen to me all brave and arrogant. Just imagine me hanging onto my husband’s shoulder or screaming my head off, especially on that zip line and while doing the bungee jump. It’s going to be a blast!!

NaBloPoMo gives out daily writing prompts which helps out a lot when thinking about what to write on a daily basis. For day 3 the prompt asks: Can you listen to music and write? What song did you hear today?

My answer is YES.

Music is my buddy when I find myself needing to meet deadlines or concentrate on writing for a few hours. I even sing along as loud as I can while  thoughts are running in my head and my fingers are busy tapping away at the keyboard.

I didn’t listen to any songs today though but Kelly Clarkson’s new album is in the CD player right now which I listened to on repeat last week while doing some work.

Before Kelly Clarkson, the CDs on rotation were from Bruno Mars, Norah Jones, Adele, Britney Spears, and Lady Gaga. Sometimes I would just tune in to the music channels on Direct TV. I like to listen to Top 40 songs, sing along and sometimes shake my booty albeit sitting down. How I do that, I don’t know. I just do.

It’s a good thing that my husband’s office is located in our bedroom so he doesn’t have to listen to the pop music when he’s doing his own thing.

For now, this is the Halloween picture for 2011. Funny how I was wondering if my son should wear a costume this year weeks ago. Obviously we buckled down and said sure why not. Emma Lyn was supposed to be Minnie Mouse but she didn’t want to wear her costume AT ALL. It was stressful trying to convince her to put her costume on. It was already raining when I took this picture and it poured hard by the time we got our first trick-or-treaters. Those kids didn’t mind though. They were soaked wearing coats over their costume but hey, Halloween is Halloween.  Scott took the kids out and I stayed home to give out the candies. Emma just stayed in the car since she wasn’t wearing her costume anyway. She didn’t care at all. She just wanted the candies, I guess.

I had a cool idea of a picture of her with the SCREAM costume behind her but that didn’t happen yesterday. My son said we could do it today hoping of course that his sister would cooperate this time around. Wish me luck.

I woke up this morning and realized I forgot to blog yesterday. DARN. If I think about what I did yesterday, it’s not farfetched to blame the chores. Let’s see, after I did a bit of work online, I started the laundry, then swept and vacuum. I also did dishes (no dishwasher here ), cleaned the microwave, gave Emma a bath, folded laundry in between, and also put them away. I sliced pork steaks thinly to marinate in the fridge for dinner. Then I remember taking a shower sometime in the day when Hubs took the kids outside to play. After shower, I continued to fold the laundry and put them away too.

Then I started cooking dinner while doing more work online. After an hour or so, dinner time, then cleaning up time, then dishes time. After that, I enjoyed a bar of Milky Way Midnight Bar. I shared online how orgasmic it was. The kids were in their rooms watching DVD’s while Hubs was doing some work online. I sat in the couch, surfed channels but couldn’t find anything good to watch so I took a nap. I woke up in between and heard Daddy trying to convince Emma to take a nap with me instead of opening counters in the kitchen. She was looking for the chocolate bars coz she was with Daddy when he bought them. She and her brother got pops but I guess she wanted chocolate too but unfortunately, they were gone.

By 7:30pm, I decided to get up from the couch coz I had shows to watch on TV. While watching Wuthering Heights-Show Me Da Manny-The Next Iron Chef finale, the kids and I played with board games. Hi-Ho Cherrios, Candy Land, and Chutes & Ladders. The boy went to bed at 9:30pm coz he forgot the time while playing board games. 10pm was The Walking Dead on AMC. Hubs and I tried to get the girl to sleep as well but she refused to do so even though she was yawning real hard. It was almost 1am when Hubs and I finally turned the TV off in our bedroom to go to sleep.

In the middle of all that, I completely forgot to blog. Dammit. And it’s only a week and a few days left of NaBloPoMo too. Bummer. Oh well, I’ll try again next year.

So I was talking about having intense sweet craving with Insanity workout the other day. Surprisingly, I said no to a bar of Nestle Crunch Bar. When husband and son came back from the store hours ago, my son handed me a bar of Nestle Crunch to share with his sister. He had his own bar in his pocket. He was very sweet but I gave it back to him coz I don’t like Crunch bars. I simply don’t like the thin layer of crisped rice inside the chocolate. So even though I have sweet cravings, I have proven that I wouldn’t necessarily eat any sweet treats that’s in front of me. That’s a good thing.

So my daughter enjoyed the bar all to herself. She had a blast holding the whole thing. I on the other hand just settled for a couple of oreo cookies an hour after I said no to the Crunch bar,

Day 17 of 30 Days of Truth and Blessings: A book you’ve read that changed your views on something.

It would definitely be The Purpose Driven Life: What Am I Here For? by Rick Warren. This book came to me and my husband 4 yrs ago. A time when our marriage and family life were in trouble. Without having to delve onto all the details, let’s just say that my husband and I found our purpose after a tumultuous year. We found our way back home. In our journey back to home, The Purpose Driven Life accompanied us through it.

We have a His and Hers copies of this book. We’ve read it before we went to bed. It was an enlightening experience for both of us which helped tremendously in building our relationship with God, ourselves as husband and wife, as individuals living in this earth, and the best parents we could possibly be to our children.

A lot has changed since that day 4 years ago when I thought everything would come crashing down on me and everything I believed in and stood for. This book has definitely changed not only our views on something, but A LOT of things.

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