Staying In Control of Life

Before I went back to school, I always complained how my life was derailed and how slow and aimless my life was. Now that I have everything that I've wanted (school, new job, new life), everything seems to be happening so fast and I'm afraid I can't just keep up with it.

I'm not really stressed out as I am able to cope with everything but the frequent bombardment of stress is taking a toll on my insanity.

I don't want my life to be derailed again so I need to take control of my life right now. I need to take a moment and reflect upon the things that stresses me out.

Here are a couple of things that stress me out:

1. Filipinos who can't mind their own business. 
2. Stupid customers.
3. Money Issues.

I would love to put "school" as the number four stressor in my life but it actually isn't. I just realized that from all of the things in this world, it is studying that I have control over. It is my own actions, choices, and motivation that could spell my own success or failure. I have the power over my studies and I will not let anyone take this away from me.

These days I've been complacent about my studies. I've been getting the same grades as everyone (B's) but I know that if I really studied then I would have gotten a better mark. I haven't been motivated enough to study lately but things are going to change from now on. I will make the things that stress me out as my motivation for me to study more and succeed in my studies.

Life is unpredictable, but I am glad that I have at least one thing that I could take control of.

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Fast life by ~DuendeGotico

My Struggle to Grab my Blog Back

If you have read my older post, Blog Spring Cleaning, then you would know how frustrated I am with the entire ordeal. Never again will I have someone else register my domain name on my behalf.

Anyway, I woke up this morning seeing everything covered in snow. It felt like winter showed it's ugly head once again but I wasn't surprised anymore, this is Canada after all. So I have my classes again and I haven't really completely re-claimed and redesigned my blog the way I envisioned it to be, but I am heading at the right direction.

If you have noticed, my blog actually has more blog posts right now as I have exported my posts from my blogs,  Grim Angel and My Nurses Notes, to this blog. I thought that I might as well bring all of my posts into one blog because it's pretty weird to have my thoughts and writings scattered all over the internet.

I just really hope that I get to come up with good blog posts soon as my entries so far are complete garbage.

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Image credit goes to Britannica.com

Blog Spring Cleaning

I actually planned to redesign my blog layout during my one week of freedom from school but I never planned to update my domain name as well. I just checked my blog yesterday and found out that my domain has already expired.

I could just buy the domain name again since it's already been released, right? Wrong! It so happened that technographx.com, my previous hosting company, has denied the transfer of my domain name to my current hosting company and renewed it for another year in their name (UPDATE: They gave me the EPP Key to transfer my domain but they still didn't release the lock on my domain name). Talk about being down right dirty. I had spent two years of my life making sure that that particular domain name that they have stolen from me obtains a page rank of 4. I'm just glad that this current domain that I'm using also has a page rank of 4 so I'm not really starting from a page rank of 0. I even tried to offer them money but Technographx just clearly wants me to suffer because I chose not to pay for hosting which I didn't needed in the first place.

I still have a lot to do to tidy up this blog of mine but before I do anymore cleaning, I should better start cleaning my study first since it's a total mess.

Hope to update you guys soon!

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Cancun Travel Unlimited SCAM!!!

I just received a call from +8888763708 at 9 PM. They claimed to be a company called Cancun Travel Unlimited. I spoke with a Jasper Lopez who introduced himself as the president of the said company. He gave out his agent reference number as 652475L85. 

They told me that they got my number from my cousin from Saskatoon and that they currently had a 75% discount on their travel package for Cancun, Mexico for 5 days and an additional 4 days to Orlando, Florida. I will be staying at a 5 star hotel and the package has no black outs and is good until 2014. The package is good for 2 adults and 2 children only for the low price of US$ 498.

I almost gave out my credit card number if it weren't for the thought that came into my mind: "If it's too good to be true, then it's a scam!" My gut feeling was right because as soon as I said I'll think about it he told me that he can't give me the offer again and other lame excuses he made up. I firmly said that I think I'll just pass on the offer and the bastard just hung up on me with an annoyed tone. 

What the hell?! I checked out the website he gave me, www.sunsethotels.net, and it had SCAM, FAKE, FRAUD, SWINDLE written all over it. I then did a little snooping on the phone number that they used to call me and guess what I found? People who were stupid enough to trust these swindlers because they were "fellow Filipinos": 800notes, whocallsme, and  ripoffreport 

Turns out that one lady gave out her credit card for a US$100 vacation package and she was charged $500! She now is currently dealing with her credit card company to get her money back.

Fortunately there are people who like me will NEVER give out their credit card number online: nakedknitgirl 

Seriously! I was on the CRTC Do Not Call List and I've already filed a complaint against this company. I'm not sure if the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission has jurisdiction over a Philippine based company but this issue should be resolved soon.

This incident only made me more cautious when dealing with Filipinos. They try to draw you in with small talk to gain your trust and then steal your money when you turn your back. Shame on you Cancun Travel Unlimited and the lowlifes who make up this company.

I Pledge to Be a Good Driver

I pledge to be a good driver. I swear to honor the rules of the road and to be respectful of the rights of other motorists. I swear to give way to pedestrians and to refrain from racing with other drivers. So help me God.

It's already been 8 months since I got my license, and I have to admit that I'm starting to be a little cocky when I am on the road. I love speeding and having a red, V6-powered beast isn't helping at all with my affliction. I won't deny the fact that driving gives me a sense of power, a feeling of great freedom, as I am able to go wherever I want, whenever I want.

It just occurred to me that I am starting to go over-board. I love my car, I really do, and I want to keep it for a longer period of time; but with the way I am driving my car, I'll be lucky to still keep it within 5 years. I am easily tempted to race with other cars whenever they try to speed up beside me because I know that my baby can take them on. I just realized that my actions are very immature and it only says that I am compensating for something in some way.

My car is my source of pride and joy but it also is the source of my agony. Paying for my car is expensive enough and I surely don't want to get speeding tickets or have my insurance premium increased. I swear from this day forward I will drive according to the speed limit and I won't even speed up whenever someone is tailgating me. They can drive pass me if they want but I am surely not speeding up.

I must always remember that I share the road with other drivers.