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 :)

Good Food, Great Companies

It was supposed to be held out in the open at Spanisk Bank, we were asked to bring mats for each group just so we have somewhere to sit on and there were volleyballs, badmintons and outdoor sport items being bought to make it more fun but then the weather had to intervene and it is no use challenging the weather so it was finally settled, it would be a potluck lunch at Lions Park clubhouse.


With each guests carrying an armful of their food contribution, the long table was soon filled up with various lunch treat from the salad to the dessert. The drinks were numerous from water, to softdrinks to juices. The pastas: Lasagna and Filipino style spaghetti. What I enjoyed the most were meeting all those people who also came from Manila. They make me feel right at ease within 5 minutes of meeting everyone.

I am so glad that Sab invited us to join her and her friends to this potluck lunch....To more friends... CHEERS!

Earl's Lougheed

It is lunch date with Sab and Kimi (the chosen baby of the day), with Sabrina at work on her first mystery shopper assignment at Earl's we really rough it up by taking the transit and doing the sharing option in order to earn some profits for that day.

It was a busy day and we had to wait in line despite the heat and all the walkling that we did prior to that because we went off the wrong stop he he!

I didn't mind the long wait since toe food were all so good...or maybe I was too hungry by then
The lunch menu?

Clam Chowder rich and creamy, full of baby clams, bacon and garden vegetables

Prawn and Scallop Linguini prawns and scallops, citrus white wine cream sauce, grape tomatoes, fresh basil, arugula, grated parmesan, toasted pine nuts

We couldn't resist ending our lunch with a sweet treat...
our choice?
Chocolate Sticky Toffee Pudding warm rich chocolate cake covered in chocolate and toffee sauce with Mario’s Gelati vanilla bean gelato

Earls Bridge Park
3850 Lougheed Highway
Burnaby, British Columbia, V5C 6N4
Telephone: 604.205.5025

Fax: 604.205.5105

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 :)

Afternoon at Deer Lake

One of the nearer parks in our home is the DEER LAKE PARK at Burnaby. We spent an afternoon strolling the park with the babies... Sab and I pushed the matching strollers while Grandpa and nana walk ahead enjoying the view and the air. Hand in hand it was a sight to see while each of us held on to each of our strollers pushing our little girls from behind.

Two pink strollers and two adorable babies just enjoying the park...

The Picturesque setting...


Sitting pretty...
Mommy meL and cute Kimi...