Hook on these shows...

I have added some shows that I record to my player regularly...



* For the frustrated chef inside me...



* For that fashion designing dream I haven't realized till now


* I just love how karma happens in this show. Do yoir work as if there is always someone watching you...

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Makeshift office

I am so lucky that I got a very understanding boss who agreed that I work at home...

I know this doesn't look like the most organized workstation but it will do ;)



Multi tasking is a part of being a working mommy. Just look at the toys, breast pump included in the work area. Everything just had to be within reach anytime the baby suddenly demands for it.

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Visual Gratification

The reward in getting a job is getting..... the PAYCHECK!

I got a temporary high when my first paycheck was handed to me last week. I am finally part of
the workforce....and at a recession period! I am so grateful to be having a job in the first place...


I am hoping that I will be able to continue giving good results doing this job. I am not an expert doing phone sales but I am willing to work hard at it. For the meantime, I am not going to let anything dampen my temporary bliss he he! To more paychecks! ...and higher hourly wage :) If the pledges go up, so does the income...

Working for a cause

I finally got a job. Not the best job it is ideal for the moment with the time and the distance. It was convenient and right for both K and me. I get the night shift and he does the morning and afternoon shift. We don;t get to spend much time together as much though but it is a light job and it works... for now :)


I am called a fund raising sales representative. Our job is to call up people and tell them about the charity that we are handling which is the Elk Childrens Camp. It if raising funds to send various handicapped children to a special camp to develop their social skills and self confidence. they can help by sponsoring a child or several ones to the camp. We do have several levels of packages that they could halp out with. From the one day package of $20 - to as high as a 7 day package for a child at $122.50.

It is not an easy job considering how may rejections we get every single night but there are also a lot of people who do take time to listen to the program and help and some who just listens. Coming from the side wherein I am the one calling up for funds, I realized that I really do appreciate those people who can;t help but did listen to what I had to say. In the end, I can say that I did my best and I did get people to listen to the program. If the results does reflect my hardwork, then it is an added bonus :)

Finding employment in recession...

HAPPY LABOR's DAY! Since it is LABOR's DAY in Manila. It is only apt that I talk about jog finding in my blog today since I am also in these stage right now...

It is doubly hard to find employment now that it is recession time. It also doesn't help that I don't have a Canadian degree to speak of and that English is not my first language.... But I believe that persistence is the key to get anything you want in life...

So where is the usual source in finding a job?

The best one is right at home clicking the internet with job search engines like Job Bank. You can also google the company you are eyeing and take a chance they do have the vacancy...

The most typical way is the conventional newspaper ad. With all the employment ads and free newspaper you will come across in Canada, it is impossible NOT to get a hold of an employment ad and an opportunity to find a job here.


The referral system is i think one of the easiest way to get a job though. If someone can vouch for you. It is definitely the easiest way to make sure that employers does notice you right away...

...Jobs may be easy to find... but good jobs do take more than just persistence i believe it takes luck and skill as well he he! So good luck to me :)

Back to school?

Now that I finally got my PR Card, the opportunities are closer than before. I can finally think about things that I can finally do because I am considered a resident... I have been playing at the idea of upgrading my degree in Interior design and have already inquired back in 2007. The amount for the tuition was quite high since I was just a tourist, but I was hoping that I can look more closely on this route now that I am a resident card holder. I hope that by doing so, a good job is just as easier to get with this added diploma.

I finally scheduled for an appointment with Art Institute of Vancouver, their office and downtown campus was located at West Georgia. I was on time for my interview. I hope that they would be able to credit some of what I have already took up back in Manila and I just had to get a few courses and....VOILA! a diploma....


...but things weren't that easy! There was an interview wherein they inquired about what I did back in Manila. If I do have a portfolio and showed me a couple of presentations before we got down to what I was aiming for.... THE COST and THE TIME it will consume before I finished the degree....

THE COST?- still enormous... higher than the first school I inquired at back in 2007 but maybe because this is because of the school? It is the first one I have actually looked into so I am not an expert on what school for Interior is the best here. The solution? FINANCIAL AID! Uhmmm... I am a little doubtful of getting one because I am thinking of minimum output at this stage since I have a baby and I am at the stage wherein I am not yet sure how much time I can put out on work so spending a huge amount of money on a degree I already have is quite...pointless. Another thing is that the interviewer said that there is also a way to lower the cost which was to challenge the subjects but I have to pay $50/ subject. Pretty expensive still plus it was a long time since I graduated, and the measurement here is different from where I came from. (Manila = meter, Canada= feet)

THE TIME?- I need to commit full time... hmmmm

I might check out other schools and try to find work. Good luck to me with the recession ongoing :) he he!