The Journey

My first month in KL just went by so fast as I have expected. Taking on a challenging recruiting assignment made it easier for me to take my mind off homesickness.

Due to the fact that we now have Skype, facetime, viber and other apps made me feel closer to home. I get to see and talk to my family everyday. We still get to chat about school, home work, my husband's work, and my baby's development. Although of course it is much better to feel their embrace and kisses, I get the second best thing.

Everyday I still wake up at 5AM to wake up my kiddo. I call him and we facetime every morning. In the afternoon, he texts me through viber to tell me he's home. When I reach the apartment, we face time while I have dinner to feel like they're with me.

Thank God for Hubby

Being Alone in KL made me realize a lot of things that I probably did not notice much when I was in Manila. As they say, it is easier to see things from afar.

Here I really appreciate my husband more. I appreciate it that he looks after me and thinks about what's best for me (and the kids of course). Before my scheduled move to KL, he was the one looked for stuff that I might need. In the first week that he's here, he observed the area where I stayed, looked for short cuts to the grocery stores and malls, and even found the best way to walk to the office.

He's always been the sensible one. When he left to go home to the Philippines, he was giving me advice on a lot of things he observed in KL. Looking back it was really funny that he was telling me those stuff while I was crying.

It's really just now that I get to appreciate that he's more of a practical person than romantic.

I feel good and blessed being married to my best friend.

See You Next Month!

Knowing that I will be back in a month's time, goodbyes were easier somehow. The only heartbreaking part was when baby did not want to let go of me. I was welling-up but trying so hard not to make the tears fall.

Not even reaching the airport yet, I was already looking forward to coming home to my kids again.

Another Good News

We've been very busy all around the place these past few days due to the big trip that's just around the corner. 

Amidst all the chaos, one pleasant surprise that I got today is the dividend from my stock investment! It's really not that much, it's actually less than Php50.00 but it's good to know my investment is earning slowly but surely. The stocks have been down recently so it's the least of my expectations.

I will be writing more about COL financial and stock investment for starters in one of my next posts.

~Nice~

Emotional Struggles of an Expat to-be Mom

While others are happy for me, I still got responses like "...and you'll leave your kids behind?"... "That's something I can't do to my kids."

I don't feel the need to explain but with all those words I also sometimes get this nagging feeling to question my fitness as a mom. There are times when I ask myself if I'm really just selfish to be capable of leaving my kids while I work abroad. Am I an unfit mom? Am I thinking only of myself? 

Hello, July!

Time indeed flies when you're having fun. It only feels like I just came back from my maternity leave and I realize that it's the middle of the year already!

Having had a great half of the year, I'm looking forward to a better, fiercer second half of 2013! 

I entrust everything to God. I thank Him for all the shower of love for me and my family.

I'm definitely expecting July-December to be the most wonderful and amazing part of the year.

A Memorable Despedida

Saying goodbye is never an easy thing... No, I'm not singing. It's truly how I feel.

I had my last day at work this Friday. It seemed not too long ago when I gave my boss my resignation letter. So it felt so surreal and almost unbelievable. I even felt special, like I will be missed somehow.

The night before, I had coffee with one of my best friends in the office after a very engaging and inspiring (almost kind of awkward way because I was resigning) Townhall with the company's Chief HR Officer. It's been a while since we had a long conversation after I moved to another team. 

On my last day itself, I had lunch with my boss and a few of my teammates. It was a fun lunch where we shared previous interview horror stories and exchanged opinions on showbiz chismis. The team also gave me a goodluck cake before I left for Cybergate. To be very honest, it was something I did not expect having been with the team for just 3 months. Oh they also gave me lot of Accenture merchandise!😄