Life of a Filipina Blogger http://pinayjade.com ... living a life full of adventures Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:26:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Vehicle repairs in our small town http://pinayjade.com/personal/vehicle-repairs-in-our-small-town/ http://pinayjade.com/personal/vehicle-repairs-in-our-small-town/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:14:21 +0000 Admin http://pinayjade.com/?p=6922 We live in a very small town and sometimes finding what you need can be a headache. Like we need to get one of our vehicles repaired but to find a mechanic that really knows what they are doing is a major headache here.

So if you are here with your rv and finds yourself needing a rv towing company, Goodluck my friend! You will not find one. It will take couple of years before this town is really developed but I guess this is not all bad. Life is actually more enjoyable when you don’t have all those fancy stores to visit.

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I cannot always be online either because my internet connection sucks. Maybe it’s time to bring out my box of jewelry making supplies and start making jeweleries again.  I don’t know yet where I will sell the jewelries I will make but it would at least keep me busy while we are waiting to move in to our home.

]]> http://pinayjade.com/personal/big-and-clumsy/feed/ 1 Waiting to move in http://pinayjade.com/personal/waiting-to-move-in/ http://pinayjade.com/personal/waiting-to-move-in/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:28:02 +0000 Admin http://pinayjade.com/?p=6908 We have been here in the farm for two months now and so far so good but we are just dying to move in to our permanent dwelling. Living in the guesthouse is nice and all but I want to unpack and have access to all our stuff and we can only do that when our house is done.

There are times that I wish to make something for our house like sew some curtains for example but to find the box that contains my sewing machine would be a major headache. I wish the moving people have labeled our boxes better so we could find our things easily.

Oh well there’s not much we can do about it now,we just have to make do of the few items in the few briefcases we have with us at the moment.

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I am also getting bigger each day and no apple bottom would fit me at this moment. I do plan though to get back in shape as soon as I have recovered from giving birth in December.

]]> http://pinayjade.com/pregnancy/bigger-each-day/feed/ 1 A Worker’s right http://pinayjade.com/all-about-the-philippines/a-workers-right/ http://pinayjade.com/all-about-the-philippines/a-workers-right/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:58:16 +0000 Jade http://pinayjade.com/?p=6891 Every employee in the Netherlands get financial support when they are disabled. The level of disability is calculated as a percentage and determines the amount of money the employee will get from the social security system in the Netherlands. E.g. If somebody cannot walk anymore but still can work behind a desk, he/she is said to be 40% disabled.

In the Philippines, it is also possible to get disability appeal if you have worked and paid your contribution to the SSS or Social Security System faithfully.

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The problem is that we wanted the car be shipped to Palawan from Manila and the agent that we bought the car from apparently didn’t have much experience with this. I even think that this his very first sale because when I asked for car insurance quotes from the dealership, he encouraged me to just buy it from his because it would be cheaper. So I told him to give me a quotation, he says I shouldn’t worry about it because he will take care of it. I was a little bit skeptical and didn’t really find that very professional of him so at the the end we decided to just talk to his boss and tell him we want to get the insurance from the dealership.

]]> http://pinayjade.com/all-about-the-philippines/buying-a-car/feed/ 1 One sleepless night in the farm http://pinayjade.com/personal/one-sleepless-night-in-the-farm/ http://pinayjade.com/personal/one-sleepless-night-in-the-farm/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:40:47 +0000 Admin http://pinayjade.com/?p=6877 It was a typical Thursday night, after our dinner we walked back to the guesthouse and took a bath after our long day. Jules and I sat a little bit outside and talked about our plans and stared at the horizon.

At around 7 pm we went inside to watch a movie. Halfway watching the movie, we heard loud music playing. “It must be the Karaoke bar in the village”, we thought. We didn’t mind because they usually stop at around 10 or 11 pm. We went to sleep 9:30, I dozed off right away as I was pretty tired. At around 1 pm we were woken up by the music, I was surprised to still hear music so late.

We went to pee and went back to sleep. It was kinda difficult to sleep again but after awhile I managed to sleep again. At 3 pm we were woken up by a much louder music … “Oh my gosh, don’t this people sleep” I thought. I pitied those who were living closer to wherever they are playing music nonstop. Even if they had the finest matouk linen, I don’t think they could get sleep with so much noise.

It turns out, someone was about to get married the next day so they had a dance party the night before. I do hope that not everybody who would get married in the village will be like this.

]]> http://pinayjade.com/personal/one-sleepless-night-in-the-farm/feed/ 2 Our house on the hill http://pinayjade.com/personal/our-house-on-the-hill/ http://pinayjade.com/personal/our-house-on-the-hill/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:27:32 +0000 Jade http://pinayjade.com/?p=6841 The building of our house is coming pretty good. They have started putting the tiles in the bathroom this week and it’s looking better and better each day. We are really very happy to see our ideas materialize right before our eyes.

The materials used for building our house comes from our surroundings. The walls are made of river stones and the roof of our house is made of cogon – it’s basically grass that you can find growing in the fields. 

The grass are cut and dried and tied together in a bundle. These are done by our caretaker’s wives. It’s a good way for the ladies in the farm to earn something extra. But when we have enough for our house, this ends. I hope I can find some buyer for this product so that the ladies can continue working.

I want to do so many things for the people here but for now I cannot do much as we have so many things to deal with first so we can settle in soon. That reminds me, I need to find a place where they do business card printing as hubby’s cards is running out.

]]> http://pinayjade.com/personal/our-house-on-the-hill/feed/ 3 How are we doing? http://pinayjade.com/personal/how-are-we-doing/ http://pinayjade.com/personal/how-are-we-doing/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:39:46 +0000 Jade http://pinayjade.com/?p=6843 We have been here in the farm for about a month now but we haven’t really settled in yet. I think it would take quite a while before that happens. Our house is still under construction and unless the building is finished, we won’t be settled. We are staying at our guesthouse temporarily but hubby is trying to get the men work more efficiently so we can move in a month.

Our stuff from Singapore has arrived and been delivered safely here in the farm as well. It’s one less thing to worry about. I am glad we have our stuff here with us because we have some items that we really need like tables and some kitchen appliances and I prefer not to buy a new one if we already have it. If we could just find where in our storage these items are…I know I have seen a box with men’s clothing and women’s clothing but that we have enough with us at the moment.

We haven’t had the chance yet to check if all electronics are working properly…I do hope to find the time to do that one of these days because we only have a month to claim any damage from the insurance if ever there are any.

Life here is very slow paced and we still need to get used to it. There are times we get impatient because we cannot get what we want in an instant. There’s still so many things that has to be done around here in the farm…I know in due time it will all happen. We just need to be patient.

]]> http://pinayjade.com/personal/how-are-we-doing/feed/ 0 Big Momma http://pinayjade.com/personal/big-momma/ http://pinayjade.com/personal/big-momma/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:29:25 +0000 Jade http://pinayjade.com/?p=6831 I am now on my 18th week and I feel really big. So I guess Big Momma is what you can call me now :)   I couldn’t find any pants that I can easily slip into nowadays. But thank goodness for the maternity leggings I found at the Mall in Manila, I can still look nice. I also bought some other maternity clothes in Manila but they are still quite big for me to wear now.

I tried to look here in Palawan for some comfortable clothes but they don’t really have much to offer here. Anyway, enough of my maternity fashion rant. I am gonna go for a walk now so I can stay fit while pregnant and maybe I won’t have to go on a weight loss diet after giving birth. (( wishful thinking))

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