It has been a long time since I talked to a room full of people in public and while I am still confident enough of my speaking skills, I still can’t help but have public speaking anxiety whenever I am made to deliver a talk. It’s a good thing my son is confident, he can now speak in school events without getting nervous and he practices on his own.

So I was tempted to buy a toaster and blender last Friday but decided to postpone it because I need office furniture for my work desk. Our printer is installed and my tablet is finally out in the open so I really need to squeeze in the purchase of our new CPU or else my laptop might die on me again. I barely let her sleep for more than 4 hrs a day and it functions more like a desktop computer with all cables plugged into her.

What am I going to do with a toaster and blender you ask?
Start my diet of course. Summer is the ultimate challenge test before June!

Did you notice there were a lot of entertainment centers brought in at famous restaurants last week just for the Pacquiao-Clottey fight? They knew that if they cannot get a live stream of the fight, they might as well close shop for the day because almost all people were going to be tuning in at the fight of Pacquiao. It meant more revenue for them because they charged additional expenses for pay per view. We went to a swimming-BBQ party that day while a family friend brought pay per view rights of the fight. It was my first time watching a full blown fight and while the fight was a bit boring because Clottey was always on defensive, I shouted out of alarm everytime Pacquiao gets hit. Good thing he still won!

We are a fan of convenience stores. Whenever we go out, I make it a point for us to stop at a 7-11 store near our place because I conveniently remember we need bread (we only eat Gardenia bread and our neighborhood is too simple to even have them stocked at stores, the bread supplied by the nearest bakery 45 minutes away gets moldy after 24 hours – PROMISE!). Our bread supply per week is around 100 bucks because the princess wants the soft pandesal every now and then (and french toast too!). I also pick up coffee in cans and some chips, again, not sold within our neighborhood. I can easily spend 500 bucks there. They recently hired another security guard and added security cameras because there have reported burglaries on the stores along that road and they are the only ones left not burglarized (yet). So whenever we go there past midnight, it is only the husband who goes in – we need to put the safety of our kids first.