Monthly Archives: August 2011

I need a hobby

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I need a hobby.  This was my status in Facebook yesterday.

A mom friend said that I should start making cheesecakes… aaaahhhh, if only I could.  I can barely cook much more bake?! Oh, and I don’t own an oven.  But I’d really love to learn how to.

I’d love to be able to cook and bake with my little girl.  Maybe when we have our own kitchen, in our own house, I can make it a reality.  I watch a lot, and I mean a lot of cooking shows to know that I have the passion for food.  Maybe I just haven’t explored it because I haven’t been given the chance.

So one thing’s for sure.  I will have my dream kitchen.  I will cook.  I will bake.  That can be my hobby, maybe not now but soon.  For now, I still need a hobby.  Facebook?  Can that be considered a hobby?  What do you think?

VAT on Toll Fees

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I just heard this on the news.  It looks like the implementation of value added tax or VAT on toll fees will push through on October.  As a consumer, yes it matters a great deal.  Even if the increase is only a few pesos, imagine how much that would sum up to at the end of the month.  If I had kids in school, I’m sure that would be a week’s worth (or more) of their allowance.

It isn’t easy when we can’t do anything about it.  At the end of the day, we have to pass those roads.  At the end of the day, we have to pay for all the expenses these companies incur.  Think about it, these companies who run the Skyway, or the SLEX and NLEX, they earn millions a day.  Can’t they shoulder these taxes for all the motorists?  Just a thought.  Oh well… I’m just me, I can’t move the world and I certainly can’t convince whoever needs convincing not to push through with this toll fee hike.

But at least I’ve said my piece.  It’s nice to at least get it out of your chest once in a while.

Early Intervention

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When I was in my teens, I remember our relatives always talk about a young relative who they thought might be sick. In our terms today, he could have been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD but since it wasn’t as common as it is now, they just decided to stick it out and try to discipline him, and yes, that wasn’t an easy task.

However, as we, the young once, grew older things seems a bit different. The same relative looks like he’ll have a panic attack at the slightest problem. He’s always fidgety and jittery, like he will always get in trouble for nothing at all.

Though we’re not really close, I kind of worry about him because he’s starting his own family. He has a history of taking some umm… medications so I think early intervention is needed for him not to continue going downhill. You see, there are times that he’d be ok, then seem passive the next instant that it’s like he needs a xanax detox because I fear he might be taking anxiety pills to calm himself down. I know there are a lot of Hollywood artists who have overdosed on it and I’m just worried that we might be taking all this for granted and I’d rather we all deal with it sooner than later.