Hi all! It’s been quite a while since I last posted something here in my blog, I guess giving the old “I was busy” line is too passe (but really, I was busy. LOL!) Anyways, I would just like to share with you guys about what I learned when I attended one of our Personal Empowerment Program training entitled “Embracing Change”.

Basically, there are 5 stages on how we usually cope up with major changes which will be shown in this short clip. Personally, I went through all these stages when I learned that I was pregnant with Julie, and I think most of the mommies I know underwent these stages as well. So without further ado, let’s watch this short, funny yet meaningful video about a giraffe stuck in a quicksand.

Let’s take the quick sand as our problem / change…

Stage 1: Denial
When we step into the quicksand, our initial reaction would be… “Nah, that’s not true.” or “Yeah right….”

Stage 2: Anger
When we finally realize that the change is real, we get angry for no apparent reason, blaming everyone we see, “It’s your fault!” “I hate you!” “I hate this life!” etc. etc. etc… Then some would take a box of cigars hoping to ease the tension.

Stage 3: Bargaining
Now, when we’ve eased up, we tend to ask for bargains… “God, I promise to be a good girl, just let me out of this quick sand…”

Stage 4: Depression
Okay, we were not given the chance and the bargaining didn’t seem to work, what do we do? Cry like there’s no tomorrow. Some of us won’t eat, some of us would drink, some of us just won’t talk to anyone and imprison themselves in their own room… (guilty!)

Stage 5: Acceptance
We’ve passed the depressing stage…We’ve recovered, we’ve become stronger and wiser. Off to face another challenge!

So, which stage are you now?

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When I was in high school, I was always the small, skinniest one in the classroom, and I was proud of it because I can wear anything and would look good on it, from those tight shirts, skirts, skinny jeans, to those hip-hop baggy pants, as long as I match it up with a tight sleeveless top. But lately, I’m totally convinced that I gained a lot of weight. No need the numbers to prove it. By mere looking at the pictures, I’m certain that I really gained weight. I’m positive that it’s not because of my pregnancy, because after Julie’s birth, I was still slim. Take a look of my before-and-after pictures!

BEFORE (after Julie’s birth – I’m the one in stripes):

AFTER (I’m the one in the middle):

I’m really guessing that this is because of my eating habit. I feel like I need crash diet and some slimming pills which I might be able to get using some of those vitacost coupons my friend has, but I’m too afraid of the side effects…. Sob. And my hubby hates it when I feel conscious about it. Well if that’s the case, I’ll just eat my heart out and if I get to the point that I’m 300lbs, let’s see if my hubby would still get mad at me when I say, “I feel fat.”

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For the first time, I was able to see the contents of my hubby’s wallet. He always keeps it inside his pocket or if not it’s inside a locked drawer with the keys inside his pocket. But today he accidentally left it (I think) on his desk before taking a bath, so I went ahead and took the opportunity to see whats inside his “Precious”.

Ok here I go… Aside from cash/bills, I found a bunch of advantage cards, like a Blue Advantage Card for a certain mall and a Green Advantage Card for another certain mall, Pizza Advantage Card (of course for the Pizza addicts!), Fast Food Advantage Card and Pharmacy Advantage Card. Another set of cards are his ATM cards, SS ID card and Tax ID card. I also found a lot of receipts and some calling cards. Sadly, I was hoping to see a picture of me or our family because usually, wallets have a part where you can put a picture, but his wallet doesn’t have that part. When I asked him to buy a new wallet so he can put our family picture in it he said “Why would I put our family picture in my wallet? Pictures are for photo albums where it’s safe, not in wallets where it’s constantly being sat on and can be ruined. Besides, seeing and hugging both you and Julie every day is better than having a piece of paper with us printed on it.”…. Ohhh so that’s the reason.

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My hubby hates Barney. Instead of “Barney the Dinosaur” he refers to him as “Barney the Gaynosaur” which I find annoying though. He loves to watch shows that features prehistoric and ancient civilization, that includes the history of earth and the universe. So if he’s the one watching the TV, it’s always in either History, Discovery or National Geographic Channel and if there’s nothing to watch on those channels, he turns to Discovery Turbo where it’s all about cars and other toys for big boys.

But when Julie gets a hold of the TV remote and switches the channel to Disney or Playhouse Disney, poor hubby, can’t do a thing especially when she wants to turn on the DVD and watch Barney/ She LOVES barney so much that she could stay in front of the TV all day watching Barney like the other kids. She even hugs her Barney stuffed toy while watching the show. But lately, she started to show interest with real dinosaurs, specially Barney’s prehistoric ancestor, Tyrannosaurus Rex. Then my hubby started buying her some textbooks about different types of dinosaur. She even started to watch the same channels that her dad is watching which kinda favors my hubby. *Sigh* Now how am i suppose to watch TV?!

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Julie is now three years old. Two years ago we use to call her “Jutjut”, she doesn’t care what kind of cloths is she wearing and she can barely reach our door knob. But now, shes very conscious on what shes wearing, she often refers to her self as “Princess” and we constantly need to have our door keys in our pocket because she often locks the doors. Sigh* I wonder what other changes will occur in the future.. But what ever it is, me and my hubby will make sure not to miss a single thing.

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As of now, my hubby and I have 2 home based business , one is a mini store which mostly sells cup noodles, coffee and biscuit. And the other one is a prepaid load center. Were planing on adding another home based business, but cant quite decide on what type of business will it be. The original plan was to put up a computer shop, but our budget is not quite enough for now. Or, instead of adding another, we could just expand one of the existing business that we have or both. Hmmm, we’ll just probably talk about it and hopefully agree on something later.

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