My First Home Project- Living Room Decor

This project is a work in progress for almost 2 months, why? Because my husband is too lazy to drill the wall, yes I tried to do it my own but I can’t. So yeah, I waited for him haha!

Finally! My first project is now complete, my living room decoration. This is a result of all the vlogs I watched, and all pinterest photos saved in my phone. Not so close because the decors I used are Divisoria and chinese store haul, products are cheaper compared to my inpiration, but at least I made it.

The plants I bought it in a mall near our place, I buy every time I visit the place when I have extra money. Also, I have more plants outside, I have sunflowers also and waiting to bloom. Yihee! The floating shelves are made from wood scraps I got from Tatay’s shop. All free, haha! I just use sandpaper to smooth it and painted it with free paint from workers here in the subdivision, laking tipid dba?!

View of the living area when you’re at the doorstep, infront of the toilet area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bird’s corner, lol. I just posted some wall canvass I bought from a chinese store, each frames cost 95 pesos only. And the owl is from divisoria for Php 185, I also want to add some DIY wall decor at the vacant space above the owl. Lets see if I can really make it.

DIY project soon.

the entire living area, how cute my little work, haha! Simple yet relaxing room for ourselves. Sarap magnetflix at ice cream, yeah!

So that was it for my little project. Up next is our dining area, we have a very small space so I’m not thinking of putting big stuff and as much as possible I want it to be minimalist. So I’m planning to put a photowall and I have some pieces of photos edited through canva.

This is lay out I choose, some photos from our engagement in Bali, those were my favorites. And some photos from our prenup.

Tip#1. To easily lay out the frames in your wall, cut a paper with same size of the frames you are going to use and just put a tape in the wall to easily manage and adjust if needed. So you can visualize and can see where to put the hook. 🙂 Below are the photos I want to put in there, just waiting for enough money. haha! It’s too expensive to print a photo, Php 100 each.

 

 

Thats it! I hope you enjoy this and inspire you! You can also DIY room decor inspired by my favorite decorator  Elle Uy. Catch her on youtube for more tips and advise.

Sharing her puppy eyes- asking for food.

 

 

Why I decided to shift from corporate to freelance/homebased job?

 

What is the main factor that makes me decide to work homebased and quit the corporate job? Well, first is the location, which is not a problem before I got married. I love to live alone in a dormitory so working away from home was never a problem. Kdrama, milktea, frankies, pancit canton sweet and spicy, and black coffee are enough to make my weekends worthwhile. But things became different when I got married, I decided to resign and hope for a job near our home in the province. But job hunting in the province is not that easy as I thought it would be, plus the salary is not enough for me, it’s too small compared to what I earned from my last employer. So I stopped searching and I decided to maybe gave myself more time to think about what I really want. But I know in my heart that I just wanted to stay at home and have a full rest, all day all night. Be a full time mom, taking care of kids and plants and doggy. Yeah, I am that tamad girl. 🙂 I am only 30 and been working for only six years in different shifts since I started but I felt like I am really that tired and stressed all out. I don’t know why because I am happy with my work, friends at work, but come to think of it, the last thing that stressed me out is the small salary I have compared to others which I think has the same level and experience as mine. Iba talaga nagagawa ng comparison, your interest over something will eventually lose. Sad but true. But ofcourse we all know, we can’t be that full time mom or wife here in the Philippines, maybe in our generation, and I am proud para sa lahat ng full time moms, hindi yun madali. Why did I say we can’t be a full time mom? Well, apparently, sa taas ng gastusin ngayon, expenses, hindi pwedeng isa lang ang working. Lucky are those na may malalaki sweldo but for us na simpleng mamamayan at tagasunod lang ni Duterte, hala mahirap. And the career woman in me kicked in! haha!

It was April when I resigned, summer and I don’t want to go out and hunt for a job in the middle of the street under the sun. I hate that. I told myself I will start to seriously look for a job in June, yung hindi na mainit. But I continuously applied online via jobstreet. While browsing I noticed that most of the job doesnt fit my skills, its far different to what I do in my corporate job in Quezon City, here in province its’s more on the manufacturing industry which I know nothing. Job postings even asked for experience so how am I supposed to compete with others, knowing myself, I am not that confident to apply if I don’t really fit in the job and I dont want to lie, “Fake it till you make it” is not for me I think. Hindi ako susugod sa gyera ng walang sandata!

So I have to think, if companies here in province cannot give the salary I want, try to look for other ways. And I am aware of the freelance job, even my husband knows about this because he has friends doing homebased job and he is encouraging me even before we got married. But my problem was I don’t know how to start. Then I remembered the group I joined in Facebook which is NAW, where everyone can talk about everything under the sun. It’s the sister group of WAWIES, a group supporting all brides and grooms to prepare for their wedding, where you can find suppliers which we be helpful because you can find reviews from other couples who graduated already. Anyways, in NAW we call ourself nawies, and I can say that this group really helped me because every thing I want to know is in here. If I want suggestions to must watch in Netflix, know how to plant, decors, what is the best brand for an aircon, washing machine etc. It’s all here. Experienced moms are the best! but ofcourse this is where I found another group which is the FHMOMS which stands for Filipina Homebased Moms, I’m not yet a mom but I’m a furmomma so Im still qualified to join the group. hehe! Found it and requested to join, when I was accepted I just read all the rules ofcourse and the free training, an introduction about on how to start freelancing/ homebased, what you need to know, tools and apps and everything. What really inspires me to pursue this career are the beautiful stories of moms who successfully land their jobs online after so many years of being stay at home moms. So I tried, if they can do it, I am confident that I can do it also! but it was not easy, i tried to apply many times,sending proposals everyday following the guides I learned from free webinars, I got invited, interviewed, passed several initial and 2nd step of screenings, but still no luck! So i decided to enroll in advanced course they offered amounting to 3000, my first choice is Virtual Assistance training and yes, I became confident again because of the tools and apps I learned that will help me to become a VA so I can present myself well in coverletters and I can show it to my resume. I sent proposals everyday in Onlinejobs.ph and upwork, everyday I pray hard and asked God to give this one for me. I waited for months but still employers ignored me, it was stressful, I always say sorry sa husband ko kasi I can’t land a job online but he supported me and told me not to rush things, that I should still continue and wait, so I waited. Pero pero pero, mag two months na but I didn’t hear anything from employers na inapplayan ko plus we’re moving to our new house. Oh no!!!! it will be different because we have to pay for our house monthly, 9200 din yun, plus bills, bills, bills, wala pa kami anak pero ganto na ko magisip. Hahaha! Kaya takot pako magbaby ih hahaha! But ginusto ko magkabahay at makabukod na kami on our own so I have to move and groove! haha! I dreamed of this so kailangan ko panindigan! So i got depressed, Im so sad deep inside kasi ginagalingan ko naman sa cover letters ko pero most of the job kasi required experience, so pano? training lang ang meron ako….

But then, after crying to my beshie and told him my storyyy huhuhuh.. after one week and our two nights in our new house I received a good news. GOOD NEWS, GOOD NEWS, yes kailangan paulit ulit. I received a job offer, I confirmed it to my client kahit obviously naman job offer na yun. First ih, take note, sa Upwork pa e napakahirap naman dun magapply kasi iba iba lahi plus tinitipid ko yung free connects ko! but grateful ako may nakapansin! Panis sa english carabao ko! Huhuhuhu I am so happy kasi pagive up nako and I already applied na din sa mga Industrial park dito kasi nawawalan na din ako pagasa so sabi ko kahit sino mauna nalang, at nauna yung homebased na offer.. Grabe si Lord dba!? Grabe lang talaga.. So ayun, fresh start, new experience and nakakaexcite! And as of today, I’m on my three months journey with my client based in Australia, he is so nice and no pressure pa, naka manual track lang ako and even if hindi pako full time its okay kasi I feel na I can work for him for a long time, dami nya plans sa buhay ih, haha! and ofcourse if you’re working online, never stop learning, so ayun I enrolled again for another course, Ecommerce, I found several job posting about it so wy not? and now I am in training for a Filipino support company, I feel so blessed. Grabe if I’m still the old me, sinukuan ko na to agad haha! But thankfully, dahil pawisin ako super and ayoko mainitan, I still waited for the right time and opportunity and I don’t stop learning, Youtube is a very big help in my journey. I have task that I have no idea but one click in YT and its there. Thanks to technology and to all people who loves to share their knowledge to their viewers, power of Social Media. So that’s it! grabe ang haba ng share ko.. anyways ako lang naman magbabasa neto at least I have something to read maybe after 5, or 10 years in my successful freelance and homebased journey! Claiming it! That’s all! Hope you find it inspiring Garah! hahaha, xoxo

My Obsession of Sunset

Everyone of us has this favorite scenery or view that makes us calm and be away from any problems that we have and this not need to be expensive. For me, I always love sunset, this makes all my worries gone and just relax and forget about everything. I love how it makes me super relax and just smile as I viewed them with my eyes in awe. God is so amazing, HE blessed us with so many things to be thankful for. Aside from the blessing we receive from Him every day, I am grateful for this scenery that I am waiting every day. I love the color of the sky, it changes my mood.

I am so lucky to experience the sunset in Vayang Rolling Hills in Batanes, going to this place has always been my dream and I got to go there with my husband. We watched the sunset as it goes down, thinking where does the sun goes at night? Just like in our everyday life, we face different challenges, thinking of all the ways on how are we going to get through of all these experiences, hardships that makes our stay here on Earth an unforgettable and a meaningful one.

Every day, we think of what is our purpose in this life. What is the use of struggling every day to complete any tasks we have, how to help other people or am I really capable of making my stay here worthwhile? And when you get tired thinking, just like the sun as it sets, you can hide and forget about everything for a while. Chill, relax and forget about all those things that comes in your mind. You can go back to it when you are ready, when you had enough time to rest.

Everyday is a struggle to conquer and we should earn wisdom from every lesson we acquire from our experiences. This will make us brave and be more thankful of Him for giving us life, so please stop questioning our self of why we are here, what is our purpose. I’d like to say, I’ve been there done that. For now, just like my husband always says to me. No one is pressuring you nor stressing you. Learn to be free from those worries. Live a life and be happy. And my happiness is my husband and the sunset. My sunset is my husband, I’m obsessed.

Where it all Started

April 23, 2018. At the sunset of Tanah Lot, Bali, Indonesia, a picture perfect scenery (my fave) and salty wind that touches our body when he popped the question, out of shocked I almost ran away! You read it right! Unlike many other girl’s reaction, mine is different. 🙂

My Hubster and I have been together for 10 years and I know for a fact that this kind of gesture is not his thing and of course for me, we’re not really showy and not a social media couple, even couple shirt makes me say “ewww”, so when he did this with a lot of people in the background (it’s a tourist place), it really shocked me. So what  I did is run. I ran but i still said Yes. I never thought that he will do this kind of thing, but I know that I am very happy deep inside. A big Thanks to my girls in helping him to pull off this surprise 💋