A WORKING MOM'S PEN HAVEN

I've just given birth and had to mix feed so I bought some feeding bottles before and after my baby's delivery. I chanced upon Breastflow bottles by The First Years. It really looked unique and amazing. It features a two-piece nipple that is said to replicate mom's breast. So instead of buying a trusted brand like Avent or Chicco, which I used for my first baby, I ended up buying 8 breastflow bottles. In the first few days, it worked wonders. My baby got a hang of it and she was able to mix feed quite well. But after the second week, some of the bottles already leaked. After a month all 8 bottles were leaking so much that half the milk went down the drain. My mom who was baby sitting for me was really frustrated she asked my to just throw away those Breastflow bottles. But I was feeling a bit guilty about having to spend for the bottles that I decided to use them as storage bottles for my expressed milk. Then I discovered that it wasnt even good enough as a stora...

I'm 35 weeks pregnant and was ordered by my OB to do complete bed rest. This has happened to me about 3 years ago when I was pregnant with Hannah. But at least I was not confined and sent to the ICU as before. I was just sent home after doc ruled out contractions. Anyway, the reason why I'm put into bed rest was that I have incompetent cervix, meaning I'm already on my way to labor and already 2cm open. It's really very difficult for me to adjust to this state as I really am a very active person. I don't mind walking or working late hours in the office. For some, the order of bedrest seem to be paradise, but for me it sounds like a sentence. I need to stay in this bed 24 a day (expect for bathroom priveledges) for the next 14 days. It's probably a consolation that at least I have just 2 weeks to go while some are ordered to stay bed rested for months. Well,if this will mean a healthy birth for my dear baby, its ok with me. I love you baby Joana. See y...

Whenever a co-employee of mine somehow decides to move on and resign from our work, I feel a piece of my heart breaking. I somehow feel that part of me is going and that I will never see that part of me again. Such is the feeling I had when my co-manager left the office yesterday. It was quite aburpt and one that no one expected. And yes, she was forced to resign. I thought I knew her. I felt that the 7 years that we've known each other meant something. I thought that she was a friend. But all my thoughts were proved wrong. I realized just now that I don't really know her. Despite the fact that I made her a godmother to my daughter, despite the fact that we've worked together for half a decade and the despite the many out-of-town trips we spent together, I don't have an idea who she really was. And it's hard to tell now if I am really hurting. Yes, I somehow feel betrayed. And yes, I trusted her with my life once or twice. But somehow, something tells me ...

SEO writing, what's it about? SEO or Search Engine Optimization writing has become very popular among those who continue to seek work or extra income online. It has actually been in existence for about a decade but it has not been made known to a lot of people until just recently. But what exactly is SEO and what can it do for your website? To put it simply, take this scenario: You, your boss or your company may have designed or had someone design a very nice website for your company. You've got all the information in several pages and you've even uploaded a good video to showcase you company's services. However, you will soon realize that there's more to maximizing website than posting it on the web. Amid all the websites in the world, your new site would never have the chance of being seen unless you meant it to be seen. That's where SEO comes in. It presents a way for your site to be seen. It makes your site highly searchable in important and major s...

Yes, in 5 months i'll be giving birth to another baby. I really hope its a boy but a girl will be equally fine. I just pray that s/he will be healthy like Hannah. I'm really in no mood to write but I just feel that I need to update my blog today. I'm feeling a bit down lately. I don't see that things are going as well as I'm expecting them to be. Hay...I hope that something will turn up soon. I can't wait to see my new baby. Hay, 5 more months.

I’ve always been insecure about my writing because I really don’t feel I’m any good. I often envy writers who seem to just have the knack for pouring over their thoughts on paper. Without much effort or the need for thorough editing, they just seem to have full control of their creative side, an overflow of creative juice. Until now, I’m still not convinced that I’ve ever had the juice. I’ve never really been that good, at least as far as I know. Despite the fact that I was able to make it to the editorial team of my highschool paper, got a medal for English excellence and became a Journ student in UP, I still can’t bring myself to claiming the title of ‘ writer’. Professionally, I am a technical writer, a research analyst to be exact. I write research reports and provide analysis based on data and statistics. But what I usually write is not what you can consider creative writing. I know that I have a firm grasp at grammar. I know most of the rules and follow them. I try to edit...

"Consider it pure joy whenever you face trials of many kinds because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance." - James 1:2-3