Aloha, Hawaii!

This was taken on my potluck (Sept. 15, 2009) Hello Kitty cupcakes courtesy of Shawn and Jan, my lil best friends at work. Thank you, my Pearl Harbor commissary family! Until we meet again! mahalo nui loa!

I'm too tired to update my blog with pics as well as my flickr. In just a few hours our internet will be gone so I'll be on hiatus for about a month, we leave the island around Sept. 29th. I'll be focusing more on losing weight once I get to the mainland, so bid me goodluck and hoping I could lose A LOT. Thank you, friends! It was a great ride and I will miss all of you...

Safety first, people

My husband freaks out when he forgets his Safety vest, so when he's half way from home he drives all the way back just to get it. He works at the airport for A cargo company that's why he really needs it because they are always on the runway most of the time. Safety is very important when it comes to any job and We need those Safety equipment like safety vests In order to be protected, because you never know what might happen just one day when you're on the job. Anything can happen and that's pretty scary. I've heard some stories at work especially at the warehouse who got into an accident because they didn't take any precaution and hadn't wear any safety gear at all. themanstoreonline.com has some Discount Safety vests, so protect our workers and give them the safety gear they need now.

Happiest place on earth

Yay! we'll be seeing the whole gang by October! me and the fam are soooo excited. It's been 5 years since we've visited Disneyland as well as Universal and Sea world. As I was throwing out some stuff from the storage boxes I found these maps and some Disney napkins, too. goodness, I really miss Disneyland. :) My little one is quite happy, too always asking us 'Are we going to the mainland now?'. (LOL) Sooo cute! When he was 2 years old my sister-in-law and her whole family brought Nate to Disneyland Tokyo, soooo I'm not sure if he remembers it at all unlike now, we're complete and he's 6 plus he passes some of the height limit for certain rides, too.

I bid you Adieu, Acne

What's the terrible thing I hate most in this world? ACNE! Yes, Acne. As soon as they appear anywhere I just wanted to zap them away. But lately, since my system is going haywire Zits just appear non stop from my chin area. They don't really come all at once but After a zit disappears another one pops out, and when it's under the skin - oh, boy! It hurts so bad. The pain is unbearable, I'm telling you. My son usually wrestles with me and jumps on me, his tiny little hands just goes all around my faceea hurting my chin area where the zit is. I hate pimple scars and I do have a lot of them, by the way. Makes me want to check out acne treatments over at getacnetreatments.com I hope one day I could find the best treatment for my Acne It's just driving me insane to tell you the truth.

dreams...

Me and my husband usually chat before we go to bed. It's a habit of ours. We just don't say 'I love you, sweet dreams' and call it a night. We share a lot of our feelings and we always plan everyday and for our future. He's so excited to move to the mainland, of course - so last night, he Started planning that once we get our own home It will the perfect dream house for us. Since we got rid of all the hand me downs from my sister-in-law he wants to have a 4 bedroom home with new furniture in it. When I was watching TV one day this host says that when you buy your dream home and want great furniture in it you must invest on those pieces one by one, don't just buy them all at one time or else you'll regret it. It's a great idea if you ask me, I'd rather buy things one at a time, It will give you an idea on how you want your house to look and from there you'll build a great comfortable home with lovely pieces that you can treasure forever. It's so funny because my husband was having a great time planning on what our home would look like someday, he's even excited to have a Patio so he can have a place where he can grill! Of course when you have Patio furniture you will definitely have to get some patio furniture covers, too. That will protect them from any kind of harsh weather. I want my Patio furniture to be protected so It will last longer, I'm the type of person who values her stuff very much.

bye, Pearl Harbor...

Farewell, My Friends © Mild G. Calingo

My friends to you I bid goodbye To the friendship that brought me sky The year has been swell As if coming from a wishing well But as all things do I have to bid adieu How it pains me to But there's nothing I can do Thank you for the memories The laughter and the tears They'll linger in my heart As if we never part If by chance we meet again May it be full of blessings in the rain Yet for now all that I can say Is to God for you I'll pray.

Just feeling a lil emotional right now since my last day on the 15th. I actually cried when my friend from work hugged me that night before we all parted ways. I can't believe I am moving away from them... they are all my best friends and To me they are my second family. I would never forget them. I am so blessed meeting them. I sure treasure The kindness and hospitality they've showed me after all these years. When I came to work friday, I was surprised to see that there were signs for my potluck everywhere! We were supposed to have a little gathering in the cash cage instead on my last day but I guess they wanted to do it the next day. Hubby cooked spaghetti that saturday morning and he helped me drop it off before lunch time. I got a text from Jan saying that I had to come at 12 noon. As soon as I went home, I went straight to the shower and of course I arrived at 12:30 at work, there were lots of food and there were about 3 cakes in total. I received a lot of lei's that day... I feel sooooo sad. On my last day, we had a little potluck in the cash cage My supervisor brought us haupia and Chantilly cake, Jan brought me a gift basket filled with island goodies plus popeyes chicken, ate Ana brought her pancit while I brought garlic buttered shrimp and rice. I promised that night was the last pig out night. I feel so big (because I am really BIG, seriously.) Today I started doing some crunches and some stretches, tomorrow I start my 3 mile walks and that will be everyday from now on. You don't really see a lot of pictures in me lately because I hate myself in pictures... I totally blew it, big time.

Well, I received some gifts as well the best one was a huge picture with a Hawaiian woman on the front, all around it front and back was filled with the sweetest messages from the whole store. Jo ann was behind that gift and It was so sweet of her, too... She was also real emotional on the day of my potluck, I saw her teary eyed. After all these years working with her, I never did know how emotional she was. She was a workaholic and a lot of people don't really get a long with her. But I love her, we all do... They say, you never fully know a person until you've worked with them. That was so true. Thank you so much, my Pearl Harbor commissary family I would never forget you all...

Since I'm officially off from work I might just update my flickr now! maybe after fixing some of my files here I'll get to it soon. :)

The problem with zits

I think I have some hormonal balance going on. My skin is going haywire! I guess that's what happens when you don't have enough sleep and eat the wrong type of foods your body just gets out of control. My last day off work was around the 15th and I am so glad I can get plenty of rest after. It's just the last few months my chin has been having zits non-stop. Every time I have my period I would have at least one zit, nothing more than that - but now I am so depressed on how my skin is acting lately. They pop out one after another, It's just crazy. It's only around the chin area, but around everywhere else is fine. I am trying out one product right now and It seems like it's not showing any results at all. Maybe I can visit Acnetreatment.com for the best acne treatment, I am so desperate for having clear skin again like I used to. Stress and a lot of factors can sure affect our skin I just hope I can find the right acne treatment that really works. oh well...

Dale Carnegie CS training course

Had our Dale Carnegie customer service Training course yesterday. It was my day off so it kinda sucked for me to be at work for 8 long hours. boo. But you know what? It sure went well! I expected it to be a boring class but it wasn't. My class consisted of all associates from different parts of the store as well as the management, they were all there. It was very nice to interact

I did admire the trainers, they sure were passionate talking 8 hours almost everyday with every group. It was a fun class, more on group talks, more on interactions than just listening to the trainer up front. and they would rotate us with different people every now and then. It was funny coz we had to give out scenarios based from what we've learned and we have to apply the best example on what we had to do to correct it. I had to speak twice coz I got voted for team captain, I tried not to be a trouble maker (lol). It was nice working with the superiors at work, at least that way the management and their employees can exchange what really goes on from both parties.

It's my day off today, that means, cleaning the house and laundry for me. bummer.

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