Things I Did Not Know Before: This New Blog Of Mine Got PR3 Already!!

Things I Did Not Know Before: This New Blog Of Mine Got PR3 Already!!

Fabulous, Inspiring Blogger and You Make My Day Awards

WOW, TRIPLE TROUBLE AWARDS...:)

Giving friendship awards is one of the things I like most here in blogging. It feels truly wonderful every time I receive tag/award from other bloggers whom I have made such an amazing bond, and eventually became my really good friends and vise versa. Also nice to share awards, to make them feel loved and cared about. Just the thought itself, thinking and caring about each other.

This New Year, I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you so much my dear friends, for all your comments and your support, for visiting me everyday and reading my posts, and lastly, for believing in me and trusting my thoughts, opinions, beliefs, ideas, judgments and my feelings.

Grabbed this award from Rose, thanks my dear friend for your thoughtfulness! I do appreciate the friendship we have made in blogoshpere. Truly you're such a FABULOUS friend and a very INSPIRING BLOGGER indeed!Got these double awards from this sweet friend of mine Umma who continues writing inspiring articles and thoughts, and I like her sweetness though. Indeed she inspires me! I like this award, imagine of having been called as an "INSPIRING BLOGGER"...I really like the thought sister...Also got the same from Amiable Amy, a new friend of mine! We've only been friends for only a matter of days, and yet she already gave me this awards. I do appreciate your surprising gesture and acceptance of friendship! Thanks my friend..All bloggers I have met here, especially those ones who made a special place in my heart and really became my wonderful friends, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY "FABULOUS", "INSPIRING" AND "YOU ALWAYS MAKE MY DAY", your comments and messages do make my day. YOU ALL DESERVE TO BE GIVEN THIS AWARDS... Please feel free to grab them! The fact that most of my friends have gotten theirs already.

Nevertheless, still wanted to mention names in here, only to make them realize how amazing they are: Madz (myself :), Dhemz, Umma, Rose, Faye, Ate Cecille, Lynn, Amiable Amy, Rechie, Grace, Richelle, Jonlynx, Mommy Joy, Juliana, Ruby (Pinay Mommy), Life Marriage and Kids, Life is Wonderful, Mom Gengen, Juliana, Ria, Liza, Ruth, Lanie, Melissa, and many more.. Damo man gid!! hahahaha

Lingeries Every Woman Would Love

Lingerie would always be the first thing we make sure to have inside our suitcases, handbags wherever we go right? Imagine how essential this stuff to us women. We can do without buying new clothes, shoes or even accessories every now and then, but never to deprive ourselves on buying new sexy lingerie. Needless to say, favorite stuffs my husband loves to buy for me.Then it only happens every time we go on vacation in the UK, while we can actually shop online! I found out that Flirty Lingerie offers good quality stuffs, fine leather clothing and lingerie complements the sexy lingerie selection. From sexy lingerie, bridal, sexy, plus size and various sexy costumes in a very affordable prices compared to markets on streets. They also offer various sexy party costumes like Halloween and any private parties year round like School Girl Costumes, French Maid Costumes, Sexy Nurse, Military, Gangster and Cop, Sexy Fairy Tale, Sexy Cowgirls and Firefighters, etc.

I remember we had our biggest production party early this year and we have had to wear any sexy persona costumes. Since there was no way for us to buy here, we had to ask our colleague who happened to be coming back from vacation. If we only knew where to buy online, we shouldn't have asked this poor man. Now, all we do is to get online and buy from here.

While they also offer free shipping for bulk purchases. Check websites to see vast selection to choose from.

Global Economic Recession Explains

This would not be your first time to hear a story about a company which is to be closed down and the next step would be to retrench people as soon as possible, due to global economic crisis! Diamond Industry is one of the affected ones. Only recently, I blogged about how Diamond industry holds crisis, please read here. Yes we are, in fact the original company we used to work here has already been started reducing people. In connection with this, I felt the significance of knowing the real situation of our economy by understanding the theory behind.

Why I started talking about "UNEMPLOYMENT". What is its connection to global recession? Unemployment is directly associated to recession. A decline in the economic activity records an immediate dip in the employment market. This is a proven fact that has been recorded in IT and financial sectors since centuries. Many companies today are firing employee due to cost deductions issues. Even the rate of hiring new employees is falling down drastically, eventually changing the complete picture and complexion of the job market.

It is believed that in August 2008 nearly about 84,000 jobs were lost accounting fro 6.1% unemployment rate. This seems to be the highest since the rate recorded in September 2003. Over the last sixty years, starting from 1948 to 2008, rate of unemployment have fluctuated from 2.5% to about 10.8%. Combining this to the period of economic recession brings out a severe downturn, leading to an unhealthy economy.

Economic recession is defined as a decline in the country’s gross domestic product growth for about two or more consecutive quarters in a particular year. As a part of a normal business life-cycle when an economy that grows over a period of time tends to slow down. An economy typically grows for 6 to 10 years and later is likely to go into a recession for about 6 months to 2 years. Thus, economic recession is a declining phase of the business life cycle when there decline in economic activities spread across the economy, lasting for more than a couple of months, normally visible in GDP, employment, real income, industrial production and wholesale or retail sales.

"the global economy is teetering on the brink of recession. The downturn after four years of relatively fast growth is due to a number of factors: the global fallout from the financial crisis in the United States, the bursting of the housing bubbles in the US and in other large economies, soaring commodity prices, increasingly restrictive monetary policies in a number of countries, and stock market volatility.

… the fallout from the collapse of the US mortgage market and the reversal of the housing boom in various important countries has turned out to be more profound and persistent than expected in 2007 and beginning of 2008. As more and more evidence is gathered and as the lag effects are showing up, we are seeing more and more countries around the world being affected by this rather profound and persistent negative effects from the reversal of housing booms in various countries".

A recession has many characteristics that can occur simultaneously and can include declines in real-time measures of overall economic activities. Recessions are the result of reduction in the demand and may also be associated with falling prices also known as deflation, or on the other hand it could also be due to increasing prices also known as inflation or a combination of increasing prices and stagnant economic growth.

A prolonged or severe recession is referred to as an economic depression. Although the difference between a recession and a depression is not clearly stated, it is often believed that a decline in Gross Domestic Product or GDP of more than 10% constitutes a depression.

US markets have a great impact on the global economic growth. Therefore when there is a cue of probable recession in the US it apparently affects the Indian market as well as the global markets leading to a global economic slowdown. Thus weakening of the US economy is bad news, not only for Africa or Philippines or England, but also for the rest of the world.

The New Year's Blog Award

Got this tag from Dhemz, thanks for sharing this to me my dear! I have never thought about it yet, not just yet, of any New Year's Resolution - making up my mind of what to change or make better though.. uuummmm not quite, shall I be serious about it?... Well, until I got this award, I have to get serious about it! hahahaha...

My 5 New Year's Resolution

1. I have to re-attach myself again to my dream of having a baby soon, I think 1 year of rest after losing our first twin baby is more than enough to start again!

2. I will have to stick on my diet, as I've always been telling everyone that I am but I am still nibbling every now and then! But at least I've managed to get rid some of my belly fats :) for the past 2 months!

3. Minimize shopping online (refrain from opening Ebay and Amazon sites, just concentrate on blogging instead hahaha...), need to save up money especially this time, we really need to be sensible!

4. I spend a lot of money on PERFUMES, I'll try to reduce the number of squirts every time I use... Imagine any 100ml only lasts for a month or even less than sometimes! Geeezzzzzzzzzzzzz, I am so expensive!

5. Stop buying fahion jewelries, as they give me skin allergies! Especially my neck and my fingers.

Now, its time for you my other friends to think about of theirs and do them seriously. It is so nice to share our thoughts and ideas to our fellow bloggers, especially those ones who put up or given some special place in ones lives.

Let me pass this on to Maus, Lynn, Shiela, Belle, Chelle (My Daily Diary), Rose, Yub-Filipina, Rechie, Lovely, Rye, Iyrel, Jonlynx, Yenzz, Shawie, Ruby, Ruby (The Ruby Posts), Poray (Ang Bisaya), Mommy Joy (Simple Life, Simply Me), Mharms, Melissa, Mel Stephens, Lara, Juliana (Pinay WAHM), Juliana, KC, Kev, Grace Ilagan, Joy (Everything That Has Breathe, Praise The Lord), Chrissred, Bless, TJuliet, Mommy Liz, and to all of you guys. You all deserve to be given this award...

Rules:

You must be a true lover of the New Year to receive this award. The person to whom you give the award must also be in love with the New Year.

Post at least five New Year’s Resolutions. If you can’t limit it to five, then continue until you go out of space.

Pass the award along to as many bloggers as you like.

Let your recipients know that you have tagged them by leaving a comment on their site. Also, link back the person who gave you the award.

New Year's Day Festivity in the Bush

I was glad to have decided to stay up late at the Filipino area on New Year's Eve, imagine we finished at 2:30am and obviously I didn't manage to wake up early the following day. First, we made them feel happy to have shown our faces in that time of the evening (we had "karaoke" using magic microphone); second, I didn't have to start the day slicing all the spices, meat and vegetables, to run backwards and forwards to cook for everybody (like what happened last Christmas), otherwise, I would have been miserable as ever again! :), instead of enjoying the holiday and relax.

This cute dog - Chanelle celebrated with us too, she was banned of sniffing and picking foods from the bin since she was having an upset stomach the day before! So she had to stay with us...I was giving her a New Year kiss..:) Insn't she gorgeous?

I woke up 11:30am, just close to lunch time.. hahaha... Yes! I am mischievous sometimes... Had my shower, took photos of myself again afterwards, lol... uummm I had nothing to do!... then headed straight to our tent, it was eating time already. Our South African friend made a "Prawn/Fish and Pineapply Curry" served with choice of rice and garlic/chili-cheese bread. It was absolutely yummy!!!... hubby had 2 plates, and I some as well..

More photos...Our half day was just totally revolving at the swimming pool, visiting the Filipinos, and had some sparkling wine again, I love it... Before we got to leave the place, I decided to make TEMPURA since we've had loads of prawns left from the morning's cooking!

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Our NEW YEAR's Eve in Africa

This time we managed to leave YEAR 2008 behind with nothing, but a colorful and memorable welcoming celebration of the New Year - 2009! I did help this time to decorate our mess hall and our party venue (as I was lazy last Christmas). It wasn't that bad though, we've had all the basics to put on tables, like party poppers, balloons, streamers, candles, various chocolates, crisps, pudding, and all the drinks we've ordered, except fruits. Our company decided to cancel our Christmas/New Year fruits order due to budget constraint.

Our simple, yet elegant decorations...

We had our Special Dinner together at around 6:30pm (was already Jan 01'09 @ 1:30am in the Philippines) as we are 7 hours behind. Anyway, was nice to see the happy faces of Filipinos again.We've managed to stay until 12 o'clock midnight. They invited about 30 Angolan ladies from our local town (to entertain our single guys), the venue was full that you could barely dance and walk around!

Happy faces as ever... :) While waiting for 12 midnight to tick, we share a bottle of pink champagne!

5,4,3,2,1.... HAPPY NEW YEAR, I GOT MY VERY FIRST KISS OF 2009 FROM HUBBY... LOL

We left right after but I was told to pass by at the Filipino area (Engineering dept group), since they've made "SUMAN" and "BIKO" (Stick Rice Puddings in two different ways). Back in the Philippines especially in rural areas or provinces, these typical delicacies are among Filipino foods we always prepare most often during Christmas and New Year. Suman makes a great dessert for a traditional Noche Buena meal, or they can even be meals on their own if you don’t want to eat anything too heavy at that late hour. This sticky-rice pastry is wrapped in a banana leaf and eaten dipped in sugar or in hot chocolate. There are as many different kinds of Suman as there are provinces in the Philippines since each region has its own variation of the pastry.

This is how we make parties here, and this was how we welcomed the New Year! I just hope I didn't make you feel bored of reading my story, our life in the bush. How about you guys? Did you have a good one?
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Learn Chinese Language For Free

Becoming a bilingual person has always been my dream. In fact, I am quite happy to have been able to learn basic to medium Portuguese language of having been working in this Portuguese speaking country. I used to speak and write Japanese too, this was our Foreign Language subject back in university years. I found it interesting when I first realized we've had to take it, though I felt anxious conversely to fail the course. But I did it in the end. I have realized then that learning other language or various languages is quite tricky though, while achieving something in life is more of a challenge, and never been easier said than done!

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