To The Moon And Back

I received another call from my friend today and asked if I’ve already decided to pursue overseas work. I haven’t really thought about it even with so many options to choose from. The company where I telecommute just recently opened up a physical office in Chicago, and asked me if I see myself moving there in a year or so. I honestly don’t know. Aside from the fact that I can’t leave my daughter just yet, I’m still happy where I am that I don’t see any reason why I should move. But we’ll see what happens next year.

Just in case I accept the offer and find that I didn’t like it, there are tons of Chicago Web Site Design companies that I could check out. That’s the good thing in finding a job these days. You can spread your resumes all over the web in just a matter of few clicks. In fact, I’ve been receiving lots of design requests from potential clients who “found me” online. I’m starting to think that I can afford to go solo with all the side design projects landing on my lap. I’m just hesitant because nothing beats having a steady job and paycheck even if you don’t have a lot of projects.

If you need sideline projects, do check out: sitepoint.com,getafreelancer.com, guru.com, and the one that started it all, e-lance.com. I honestly believe you’d never run out of job online if you just know where to look.

We visited my daughter’s pediatrician today for a baby well checkup. While inside the pedia’s room, I overheard another doctor’s voice telling her pregnant patient if she wants to be tested for Hepa B because she’s been showing hepatitis b symptoms. I remember being asked too when I was pregnant before if I wanted a hepatitis B vaccine. I declined because I was absolutely sure back then that I will never acquire the disease. I could be right but after the conversation that I just heard, I learned that you just can never be sure. A mother can instantly transmit the virus to her child during birth. Other risk factors are drug injections, tattoo, unprotected sex and blood transfusions. You can even get it when sharing personal items with people such as razors, toothbrush, earrings, and nail clippers. Now that, I didn’t know. I just cringed when I remembered all those times when I share nail cutters with friends and house helpers. I better be careful next time or to take the precaution to another level by getting a shot for the whole family.

I’ve been researching the web on IT salaries just in case I decide to apply overseas. My friend recently landed a job with a whopping $75,000 a year as a web designer so you just can imagine my excitement. She said a web / graphic designer’s basic rate is $50,000 annually and the highly skilled you are, the higher your chances of getting a bigger pay. Now, she works in New York so I’m not exactly sure if $50,000 a year is doable if you live there. I guess you can always take the train and rent an apartment in Jersey to cut costs. Still, I’m so amazed on how quickly she got the job. If she lived below her means, I’m sure she’ll have no trouble buying her own house. Her fiancé, which is also a Filipino has relatives in Colorado and been wanting to settle there too. If things go well with them, and I hope it will, they’d probably be talking to a Boulder real estate agent sooner than they thought. I’m green with envy as usual, hence my research on IT jobs just to check if there’s something out there for me.

… considering buying clothes worth $240 and above? I can’t afford those even with unexpected extra cash in hand. Did I forget about my list of things-to-buy-when-i-have-extra-money? As of this moment, I’m staring at my busted laptop battery, hoping the HP people will replace it for free. That way, I’ll just buy a 1GB memory and 160GB portable hardisk. I don’t know how I’ll spend the remaining but it will definitely not go to our savings. I’ve had enough scrimping to last the whole year and we need to treat ourselves from time to time. Perhaps we can have one or two summer getaways after all.

I’ve been sick for the past three days with colds and a bit of fever. Thank God for my husband who made it sure that I get enough rest by putting the little one to sleep himself. I know it’s just colds but I was having a hard time to move and keep my eyes open. That didn’t stop me from reading ebooks on my phone though. I was left alone in the room most of the time so I can rest without interruption. Being alone has its merits but what I didn’t like about it is that you need to do stuff on your own too, i.e. turning off the lights or getting up to find the remote for TV or air conditioner. There are plenty of times when I wonder how it would feel to automate our home. I’ve read from a home automation company website about this automated home or “smart home” wherein you can control everything in your home with a touch of a single button. Being OC that we are, we’d appreciate equipment such as this so we can make sure that all lights, electronics, windows, are turned off/closed.

Because of my weird dream here and Twittering, Aggie came up with this tag.

And since this is not a mommy blog, I’m going to use the original title.

So here. My list of men that I’d love to sleep with (do I need to mention if I’m single?). Everybody has a list. I know you have one, be honest!  

The next three have one thing in common. They’re all grungy, dirty, hot men.

Gavin Rossdale - I’ve wanted him to be my husband. Promise. Went to his concert, touched his sweaty naked waist. Didn’t wash my hands for one week.


His wedding day. Still hot.

Todd Sparrow (Sean Patrick Flannery’s role in About a Girl) - I always fall for rockstars / musicians. It’s actually one of the many reasons why I fell for The Husband bwahahaha.

Barry Watson - yes, same one from the 7th Heaven tv show. Long hair, unshaved face and all that.

Now, to the clean, boy-next-door types. I tell you, they can get dirty too if they want to. ROFL

Tj Trinidad - Loved him eversince I was 10 or 11 years old. Yes, I’d sleep with him in a heartbeat hahaha

Josh Duhamel - From the movie Win a date with Tad Hamilton

Imagine someone like him looking at you like that. Yummy!

And the number one spot goes to - no contest here.
The other love of my life, Gong Yoo. [Drool here]

God, he’s so hot. And he’s not even naked here hahahaha. Sigh. (literally)

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It’s up to you how narrate your stories but there are two rules: 1.Post pictures (I want to see what is all the hotness about), 2. Keep the linky linky alive (Tip, highlight the text which has links, right click and choose View Selection Source and just copy the HTML). Link the post where you wrote about the topic so women can find more drool-worthy men. (You might need to publish and then edit the entry first)

List:
1. Aggie 2. Thea 3. Litzie 4. Joy

Tag all the people you want!

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Tagging these ladies. I’m really interested to know who you’d like to sleep with bwahahahaha

 Mich, Jane, Jen, Kelly, Peachy, Jody

I haven’t had much time to work and blog lately. My little girl was sick with colds for the past five days and wanted to be carried all the time. She can’t breathe when she’s lying down so the husband and I had to take turns in carrying her when she’s sleeping. And when she’s awake, she feels so bad and grumpy that all she wants is her mommy. It was a bit unfortunate too that it was the moment when our vaporizer decided to stop working. We’ve had it for more than two years now and been using it constantly every other month. Good thing my brother-in-law have two vaporizers, which they received from the baby shower. The other one that they got has a funny name called classic volcano vaporizer and shaped exactly like a volcano. It’s pretty effective though, because my niece’s colds usually lasts for 2-3 days only if they turn it on full blast.

Anyway, back to the sick girl. Her colds are not as bad anymore but she’s still not allowed to swim anywhere. She actually acquired it when she went swimming for more than an hour one hot afternoon on her very small inflatable pool. So yes, we’re putting off all our summer getaways until next month. I just can’t risk it because one, it’s her summer and should be fun without getting sick, and two, I’m just so swamped with work that I can’t afford to slack off anymore. (Not that I’m slacking off, I’m just being a mom!)