Thia Megia made it to the top 24 of American Idol

I watched American Idol today and so thrilled because the top 24 will be announced today. And  yes, there is another reason for us Filipinos to celebrate since our very own Thia Megia made it to the top 24. After 3 long years since Ramielle Malubay was the last one who made it to top 9 of AI. The whole world will witness again how talented Filipinos are.

Thia is a great singer and to think, she is just 15 years old and already has that amazing voice. I just wished Thia will make it this season and be the very first filipina who wins AI. We Filipinos wished you all the best and we will support you all the way.

The difficult time for me..

As I am writing this, I couldn't help myself but to cry every time I think about my hard work that doesn't paid-off at all. I start to look for things on how to earn money online last August of last year. Since I am still don't know what were the real ways on how to earn money online back then, I tried PTC sites, which I think a total waste of time if you don't have referrals. I have been clicking sites for almost 2 months wishing that I could really earn money from it and I'm very optimistic then. But after 2 months of clicking ads each single day, I only earned .30 cents, which was not worthy of my time and the energy I've invested there. That's the time I decided to stop it and find more ways wherein I could earn real money from my hard work.

And I found out blogging is the best way to earn money online based on the articles that I've read. So I made a blog last October of last year and after a month I started to monetize it. To date, after 4 months of blogging I earned myself $90 already which is not bad at all for a newbie like me, this was from 3 of my blogs, the other 2 are in their domain names and the other one is a blogspot. So far, I could say blogging has really the potential to earn money on the web but it requires a lot of hard work, patience and determination, plus you have to love it. Yes, I can say I love blogging, this is the thing that I'll keep doing until I grow old. And blogging is something that I enjoyed doing and I'm glad I discovered it.

October of last year as well when I discovered a revenue sharing site wherein you can earn money through Google Adsense. Since I don't have an Adsense account, I applied an account through their site and unfortunately I was rejected by Google Adsense a lot of times. I even applied using other site just to get an account but it was only in Hubpages where I finally got the nod from Google Adsense after I published 7 hubs with 700 words each and that was December 31, 2010. I am just so happy since I knew it is indeed very hard to get your application approved by them and I was once one of those people who tried different ways and working so hard just to have an Adsense account.
After that I immediately linked my account in that site in January. I just started to earn after a few days after I linked my Adsense account. My first earning was a few cents like 0.04 cents and there were days I earned nothing. To date after 2 months of being active on that site, I earned $24. Despite of being active on that site, my earnings dramatically went down. There were days that I could earn almost 2 dollars a day but now I'll be lucky if I can earn 50 cents.I've spent above 10 hours  a day on that site and I believe my earnings should increase overtime. But today I earned nothing. This thing saddened me because I have invested a lot of my time and energy there. What I've earned now doesn't paid-off my sleepless nights just to be on that site.

I envy those folks there who managed to earn a few dollars each day and qualify for the minimum pay-out of less than a month of being active on that site. But in my case now, despite of all the hard work I had given, I think I could be able to reach the minimum pay-out after a year. Right now, I don't know if I still want to continue being a member of that site since I'm just so disappointed and so exhausted with it. Maybe I still need some rest first and I'll go back again. But I don't know if I can still earn money from that site again because my earnings went down dramatically and I don't know if it will increase anytime soon. These were my earnings for the last 5 days, 56 cents, 43 cents, 22 cents, 04 cents and now a whooping 0.00 dollars, to think that I was very active every single day and that's all I got. I'll post here if I still continue or I've stopped being on that site but now, I'm just thinking about concentrating only on my blogs and not on that site anymore.

What path should I take..

The result of the December 2010 Nursing Licensure examination was released this month and I congratulate the newly-registered nurses who passed and it’s great to know that your hard work paid-off. I have a friend who passed and I’m just so happy for her. She truly deserves it since she’s working so hard just to be where she is right now. I’ve witnessed how she worked hard, her sleepless nights really paid off. She is also very excited to find job since being a registered nurse was really her dream ever since and for her to land a job in a hospital as well. I am just so glad she made it along with thousands of passers.


I am also a registered nurse myself and passed the nursing licensure exam almost 3 years ago. At that time, I’m very excited to practice my profession and I was very happy the moment I knew that I did pass. But after 3 long years, things have changed. I went through a lot and I just realized that this profession was not really for me. That’s why now I’m looking for new opportunities and I’m also planning to go back to school or something, but for now I'll still have to think a lot of times if what things to pursue.

A gift for my baby...

I went to the store this afternoon to buy something for my daughter’s birthday. I’m just so excited in preparing it, even though it is just a simple celebration with my family and friends, I will make sure that my daughter will be very happy on that day. Every time that I prepare something for her special day, it really brings back the memories, from the days that I carried her in my womb until the moment that I gave birth. I just can’t believe that she is turning 4 years old now. Time is just so fast and all I want to do is to really spend a quality time with her and treasure each single day when I'm with her.


Since I really want to buy a special gift for my daughter and I’m looking for some unique stuffs, I just visited the site wherein my friend purchased a cosco car seats for her babies. And I've seen some cute toddler rain boots there, and I just can’t wait to buy it because I’m sure it would look cute on her, especially now that it's rainy season, she can really use it when she goes to school and I'm sure she will be very excited to wear them.

I'm not interested about the program for registered Nurses

I just heard it in the news that the gov't is now doing an action to stop the exploitation of registered nurses in the Philippines. This thing was already present a couple of years ago wherein nurses are forced to pay a certain amount just to have a training in a hospital setting. And a lot of nurses do this stuff in order to earn some experience and to practice their  profession as well. I haven't experienced it since I don't have enough money to pay for the training fees which costs 2,000 and above. However, my only option was to volunteer in an ambulatory hospital,since it's too impossible for me to land a job.

I passed the nursing board exam last 3 years ago, so that was July of 2008. And it took me a year to finally find a hospital where I can volunteer and  practice my profession. So, if it's a volunteer, it means I'll be receiving nothing from my service, no allowance and the like. It's frustrating, and our situation really saddened me since I really need a work badly, because I want to help my family. They have invested money just to make me graduate in this course since nursing course is a very expensive course that costs a hundred thousand a year. It's so sad that right after passing the board exam, this will not yet serve as a ticket or will guarantee you in landing a job.

Everything that had happened with this profession, really frustrates me. Yes, I've heard on the news that the gov't is doing something just to help those nurses who don't have job nowadays. I'm still not interested with this program since the other program for nurses that was launched by the former pres. Gma was not successful and I've heard a lot of horror stories about it. I'm not interested in applying in the program and I think, I'm not also interested in pursuing my profession anymore.

My first pregnancy, the morning sickness and how to deal with it..

I honestly believe that most of the first time moms out there when they found out that they were pregnant, are of course very happy with what they have discovered and also very nervous if what exactly the feeling of being pregnant. Definitely, first time moms do have a lot of questions about pregnancy, its symptoms, what food to eat, can they still do the things that they usually do when they were still single, but of course the answer to this is that, not all those things that you used to do are can still be done when you are already pregnant since those can be dangerous to your baby or to your health as well. We have to be very careful about the things that we do when we are already pregnant. As a matter of fact, I even told my friend who was pregnant also at that time to refrain from watching horror movies since I have read a book that you even have to avoid watching movies that tackles about violence, horror movies and the like, since it can affect your baby or something. We both followed this since there’s nothing to lose and after all, all we want is to make our baby healthy.



When I found out that I was pregnant, my initial reaction of course was at last I am now a mother. I can now see a little girl or boy walking and running around our humble abode. The joy I felt at that very moment was indescribable and you just can’t wait to see your child.


However, I am also scared about it since it was really my first pregnancy and I must admit, I’m scared about the signs and symptoms of pregnancy. I’m scared about some of the complications like Gestational Diabetes, Eclampsia and pre-Eclampsia-the hypertension during pregnancy, Toxemia, and so on. But thank God everything went well; I have a very healthy pregnancy. During those times, I can’t really help my self not to worry since, everything was all new to me, and it was really my very first time to carry a child in my womb.


During my journey through motherhood, the first trimester or the first 3 months was really the hardest part of it, because of nausea and vomiting, which is one of the symptoms that occurs during this first 3 months of pregnancy. And I know most first time moms will also say the same thing. The reason why we experience morning sickness during the first trimester of pregnancy is because of an increased Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG). This is really hard since during the first three months, you felt nauseous all the time, that leads to vomiting, which is pretty normal when you are pregnant and not to mention, you have no appetite at all which wasn’t easy to deal with. And surely, first time moms out there are really looking for ways on how to manage it. The best thing to do when you are not really comfortable with the symptom or the morning sickness is to eat crackers 30 minutes before getting out of bed in the morning or your diet should be dry, high carbohydrates and as much as possible, eat a low fat and low spices food.

Advantages of breastfeeding...

I had only breastfed my daughter for a month only since I need to go back to work after a month of giving birth. And to tell you honestly, I did have regrets then, for the reason that breastfeeding has a lot of advantages for your child and for you as well. It is recommended to breast feed your child right after giving birth since the first few days, the breast milk has Colostrum that contains gamma globulin (antibodies) that can never be found in any artificial formula that is used by most mothers in feeding their child nowadays, especially those who are working moms. Breast milk has more vitamin A, C, D, E, than cow’s milk.

Breastfeeding is also one of the safest family planning methods which is also called Lactational Amenorrhea Method ( LAM ). The mother who is breast feeding her child is protected from pregnancy for the period of 6 months and until her menstruation has not yet return so, she will not yet get pregnant during this time. Since it is a natural planning method, there will be no hormonal side effects.

The feeling of being pregnant...

When I found out that I was pregnant, I already prepared myself with the things to expect in the coming days or months, its signs and symptoms, so that I will be aware if what are those signs for I will not wonder about the changes that I will go through, emotionally and physically. I read a lot of books and I did research on the internet about pregnancy.

As what I’ve mentioned, there is an emotional change. Yes, I am very emotional then, I cry easily even on those programs I’m watching on boob tube, even on those petty things in life, due to some hormonal changes, perhaps. In my first trimester, as what I have mentioned in my previous post, that was the hardest months for me. I am always sick, no appetite, that made me lose a lot of weight and there was one time that I thought that the morning sickness I’ve experienced wasn’t normal anymore and I felt that I’m suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum, a medical terminology for excessive nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. But thank God, it didn’t turn out the way I expected, it was all normal.

However, my second and third trimesters were a smooth sailing for me since I did have a very healthy pregnancy. I can even go to the mall all by myself, even I’m already on my 6-8 months of my pregnancy. Lol.

To top it all off, I really enjoyed every single day of my first pregnancy and the joy of becoming a mother is really indescribable, it’s beyond words.

My daughter..

When I see my daughter who is running and playing around our humble abode, all I can say to myself is that, time is just so fast that I don’t even realized that she is growing up now. She is turning 4 years old and I still felt that she was my baby that I used to cuddle, that I didn’t know how to make her stop crying once she started to cry, back then.

I’m just so happy that I was able to see her grow right before my eyes. I have heard her first cry until she learned to talk. I have seen her first steps until she learned to walk. And I remembered back then, when she learned to speak “mama”, that was one of my happiest moments of being a mother. Now that she is 4, every time that she tells me about her cute little stories, every time she sings the alphabet are just like music to my ears. It just feels so great, and it takes away the problems and all the stress I’m experiencing in an instant, every time she says “I love you” to me. She is undoubtedly the greatest gift that God has given me and I will do everything for her just to make her safe. I love her with all my heart and I’ll do the best that I can just to give all the wonderful things that this world has to offer.

Vaccines for your baby...

Before my child reached the age of 1 year old, I did make sure that she will be given all the vaccines she needed for her to be healthy and in order to prevent some diseases that children below 5 years old are really susceptible. Nowadays, there are a lot of health centers that offer free or affordable vaccinations all over the country which is very good news to all the mothers

Below are the vaccines that your baby needs before reaching the age of 1 year old:

BCG ( Bacille Calmette Guerin) vaccine-this helps in preventing Tuberculosis and given right after the baby’s born and repeated when your child reach 7 years old.

Oral Polio Vaccine- the first dose is given when you’re baby is 6 weeks old, this  is given at 4 weeks interval, so the second dose is when your baby is 10 weeks old and the last one is on the 14^th week of your baby. So, that will be, 6-10-14 weeks.

Hepatitis Vaccine- this is given right after the baby is born, and the second dose is on the 6^th week of your baby. And the last one is when your baby turns 14 weeks old. So, that is, 0-6-14weeks.

DPT vaccine- it stands for Diptheria, Pertussis, Tetanus. DPT is given when your baby is 6 weeks old; the second dose is on the 10^th week of your baby and the last one, when your baby turns 14 weeks old.

Measles vaccine-given when your baby is 9 months old.