Goodbye Cbox

Months ago, my online friends and I were victims of black hat. Almost everyone decided to put down their cboxes. I didn’t. I just blocked that certain “person” and never had the same problem again.

 

But remember, I posted two entries below that I am having problems with a pesky pop-up that would not go away. Tere’s husband checked my blog and said that it could be because of the cbox (thanks Tere and Charles!). I did not remove it right away because the pop-up seemed to have gone away but when I checked this evening, there it popped again (actually FF prevented it). So,

 

Goodbye Cbox!!!

 

If there’s anything you would like to tell me, leave a comment instead! :) I love comments! And I have the Name/URL fields enabled so no need for a blogger account, and my comments section is not (yet) moderated.

 

Make your presence felt! :p 

Health Update

It has been two weeks since I started (re-started) my maintenance medications against hypertension. I actually need to go back to my Internist to report my progress. I say progress because my blood pressure have not gone higher than 120/90 for the past two weeks, and that is a good sign. I have not gone serious with my diet, though. I still feel heavy. And I haven’t called back my OB’s to ask about my papsmear results hehe.

 

The AH1N1 scare has also made me paranoid about going out. And I nag Hubby, the brothers, the ward, or anyone who enters the house to take a shower or change clothes or wash hands thoroughly before playing with Abi. We’re also taking vitamins. I also bought pocket-sized alcohol bottles for each of us.

 

I also heard that taking dietary supplements can be a preventive and protective measure. Some of these supplements are available  in Allegro Medical which is one of the largest and most advanced in terms of technology online retailers of medical supplies. This is not the first time I heard of Allegro. Even my friends know of this online store. Name it and they have it – from maternity, to child care, to adult care. Hubby said we should get a better blood pressure monitor for my daily use, I just might consider ordering from them.

 

Promise, tomorrow, I’ll schedule a trip to my Internist :)

New Header

I finally found the time to post my new header. Lookie up there! :p I made it weeks ago but realized later on that I got the dimensions wrong. Just a little bit of resizing could have been good but the procrastinating me won over the OC me LOL!

 

So that’s why it’s only up starting last night hehe.

 

And, and! I changed the theme of my some-kinda art blog. Please check it out! My WP just got updated. All the changes should make me inspired to post there more often!

 

PS. I just found out that my header looks messed up in IE :( This blog is really best viewed in FF. And there is still the pop-up that I’ve been meaning to get rid of! Anyone can help with the pop-up?

PPS. The Header credits are in my left sidebar.

Abi and Grandma

I am sharing this picture because 1) I like Abi’s smile here and 2) I’m showing you proof that Abi and my mother in-law look so much alike. Yes, even my whole family (that includes my Mom, too! But she still insists Abi got her lips) agrees! Just proves that Ane’s blood is too strong, LOL!

Confused

I was watching the news early this evening (well, actually just listening because my back was at the TV :D) and the top news was obviously about the Anti-ConAss (Constitutional Assembly) Rally. Thousands of people were said to have joined the rally. The news reporters asked some of the attendees…

 

News Reporter: Alam mo ba kung ano ang ConAss? (Do you know what ConAss is?)

Attendee1: Ah yung ConAss yung pinalit sa Cha-Cha [Charter Change]! (Oh, ConAss is the new Cha-cha!)

 

News Reporter: Alam mo ba kung ano ang ConAss? (Do you know what ConAss is?)

Attendee2: Eto na yun, ConAss na itong ginagawa natin dito (ConAss is what we are doing right now)

 

 

Sigh. Confused much? I say before you take part in anything, please don’t be clueless and know the issues. And if by chance someone already explained it to you and you still didn’t understand, then just stay home and find something else more worthwhile to do!

Investment

One of the things that my mom and I learned the hard way is that investing gold in jewelry form (and I mean minus the big quality diamonds) is not exactly a good investment. With this realization came the fct that it is better to buy gold that is in ingot form. Ingots are gold (could also be silver) in pure bullion formed into convenient sizes and shapes. So I researched further and found Monex Deposit Company (MDC). As a member of the Monex companies, MDC prides itself to be a leader in providing investment portfolio for precious metals such as gold. So when we’re ready to invest again, we will probably check out what MDC has to offer.

Wednesday Happy Thoughts

1. Hubby singing Head,shoulders,knees and toes (yes in that order! LOL!) to/with Abi.

2. Point and Shoot Camera fund sent to the US :)

3. Movie night later!

4. Shopping money from Hunny, yey!

5. Zagu and BananaQ for merienda.

6. Abi behaving most of the day.

7. Coach Bag, woohoo!

8. Family still isn’t sick with AH1N1.

9. Daddy and Mommy dropping on Sunday to see Abi.

10. Possible job opportunity that is homebased. Wish me luck!

 

Click here for the Image credit and story how this little meme started :)

IMax in SM North

This is exciting! I hope this is true!

My brother told me that there will be an IMax theater in SM North. I haven't tried watching a movie in IMax MOA because it's far from us, so the one in SM North is a welcome surprise. What's better is that the theater will open in time for the Transformers movie showing. I made hubby promise that he will take me there, on a date! I've planned it all in my head. My brothers can go ahead. Then hubby and I will leave Abi with Aiza while my brothers are at home, later on.

And then there's Harry Potter, and New Moon, and....

But we'll still see if I can actually leave Abi behind! LOL!

OB Visit

I visited my OB the other day because I was scheduled to have my pap smear. This I plan to have every year from now on. She told me everything looks fine and that I will just call next week for the results.

 

Anyway, while there, she also gave me a short lecture on family planning which I found pretty helpful. I also got a a dose of a sermon which I think I cannot discuss here of course :) And then we discussed how my weight already reached the plateau. She advised me to lose weight and to be serious about my diet. As of today, I am still 10 pounds away from my pre-pregnancy weight. Losing weight just might help to lower my cholesterol. She mentioned some of the  best diet pills available in the market and hinted that I might want to try them especially that I have very limited physical activity going on. As an example, she shared that her doctor friend, the anesthesiologist when I delivered Abi, took some diet pills and lowered his cholesterol in the process. Maybe I’ll review and see if pills will work for me too.

 

Let me just share also that I love love my OB to bits. There are things that we don’t agree on but she sure can knock sense into my head. It was a delight conversing with her and I look forward to every visit!

 

Oh, I forgot to ask about cervical cancer vaccine! Maybe I’ll talk to her about it when I call for the pap smear result next week :)

Silent

I’ve been silent for a few days. There are actually a lot of things that I want to blog about. But since I have issues that may affect a lot of people, I stayed away from doing an entry until after I’ve decided if I should blog about them issues at all. That’s what I do. If I have strong feelings about some things, I stay back and rethink whether it’s worth sharing.

 

And since I’ve already calmed down, I realized I should just keep it to myself lest I hurt people.