Pauline's blog

So far, my February is eventful. Baguio trip On February 7-8, Friday and Saturday, I went to Baguio with my sister and her boyfriend. It was cold and we enjoyed it a lot. We went to different places and we love the nature sceneries.  I wore long sleeves shirt and a thick jacket, skirt and a thick stockings, and rubber shoes. We arrived at Baguio at dawn, only my hands are cold because I wore warmly. The first destination is Lion's den. Then we went to strawberry farm and we had breakfast there. I ate longganisa, rice, and vegetable salad topped with strawberry jam. The lettuce tastes weird with strawberry jam since I haven't tried that before, but I finished my food nevertheless. We didn't pick strawberries in the farm since it was so expensive, we just admired the view and the flowers.  After that we went to Stone Kingdom, it was so tiring because of a lot of stairs. We took a lot of pictures up to the top, and admired the view.  Then we went to The Mansion and Wright Pa...

I thought of retiring early, like in my 40s, but I immediately discarded my thoughts. First of all, I don't earn a high income. Also, I live in a third world country. I have no house, no car, no assets, no properties (aside from my trinkets). I can save a lot now since I live in my parents house and I don't spend money too much. But it's not enough. I will soon buy a house and a car and build a family. It's a pipe dream.  I'm really grateful for my job, I don't get stressed much and I can do a lot of other things since I work from home. But there are some fears that I can't help but think, like, what if I got laid off? What if this company fires me and I don't have any backup? What if no one will hire me anymore? I know that my savings is not enough to sustain me because of inflation and I still need to work until 65, but I can't help but think about what would happen to me in the future. I don't want to be a burden to anyone and I want to help o...

I had my job interview today. I hope I'll get this job because it's remote work and if I got this job, I hope I'm compensated well and the workload is not that heavy. I have planned leaves on March 24-27 already, I don't know what will happen. We'll see, they have technical interview as well I hope I can do it. I like my current job but I don't know how long I'll last. Last Saturday, we went to walk and jog with my churchmates, I record mine on Strava and I had 6k+ steps 4km. Then on the afternoon we went to Landmark to buy some clothes.  On Sunday, nothing much happens, I just napped after church. I just rested soooo well (like I have so much to do) Today, I ate my sister's banana cake, it's so good, like store bought cake. She can bake well. I think it's not too late to plot my yearly goals, so here it is: 1. Less socmed screen time 2. Certifications 3. Save money Regards, Pauline