Mar 27th

#1 BPO Has Many Vacancies

By JMJ Family
CUSTOMER CARE SPECIALISTS
* Telecommunications ( Voice Support)
* Travel ( Voice Support)
* Internet Shopping ( Email Support)

SUPPORT & LEADERSHIP POSTS
* Operations Manager
* Team Leaders
* Workforce Managers
* Team Specialists
* Quality Assurance Specialists
* Quality Consultant (Speaks Thai)
* Financial Planning Manager
* Data Network Specialists
* Deputy Manager – Sourcing
* Sr. Recruitment Associate – Sourcing
* ER Associate
* Manager for Business Intelligence
* Data Network Manager
* HR Deputy Manager
* Admin. Assistant
* Business Administrator

Qualifications:
* Fresh graduates or those who have no related prior work experience are encouraged to apply
* Must have Completed 3 years of college education or a 2 year vocational course
* Willingness and drive to do inbound sales is required; previous experience is an advantage
* Must possess excellent oral and written English communication skills
* Willing to work in Metro Manila and on a graveyard and shifting schedule.

Compensation:
Salary varies depending on qualifications.
Excellent benefits (health, insurance, etc.).
Guaranteed Php 2,000 REFERRAL bonus (this is different from the Php 15,000 SIGNING bonus that the company offers for certain accounts. Conditions apply)

BPO sites:
Mandaluyong
Makati
Diliman, QC
Libis, QC
(Provincial applicants are welcome to apply.  However, the company does not offer a relocation package this time.)

Apply asap to join the next training batch on April 5 and 9. Send your Resume with cover letter to: hlkoo@yahoo.com. Please include a landline number where you could be pre-screened and interviewed immediately.
Feb 16th

A New Meaning to our Valentine

By JMJ Family

(Warning: Graphic photo attached.)


Valentine's Day.  A celebration of LOVE.

This was our Valentine's pic last year.  We escaped from the kids for a couple of hours to get a quick bite at Don Henrico's to celebrate the day just by ourselves. 



It was short but sweet.  We were celebrating our love, our marriage, our family, our new blessing ... our 5th child that was growing inside me at that time.

The next day, it was a family Valentine date.  We took the kids for the first time to Mines View, Baguio City.  The kids loved it there especially since the mountain view, the tall pine trees and the weather reminded them of Canada.



But the joy was quickly replaced by misery.  

This was the pic after I suffered miscarriage of our 3-month old baby, Jonathan.  The ultrasound showed that he was still very much alive but was already out of my uterus.  I desperately wanted to hold on but as I was already bleeding profusely, the doctors had no choice but to deliver him fast.



This was baby Jonathan in a pool of blood after delivery.  Such a handsome boy.  Our beloved angel.  I thank my husband for taking several snapshots of him that day.  He would have been 6 months by now if he had completed his term and had been born August last year.



But that's all in the past.  We have come to terms with the sad fact and have moved on. Baby Jonathan is still very much a part of our family and the kids love the idea that they have an angel baby brother up in heaven.

And thus, our Valentine's day will never be the same again.  It's no longer just a celebration of love ... but of LIFE, most importantly.




Happy Valentine to all! 




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Feb 16th

Gr8 D8 w/ J8k

By JMJ Family
It was J8k's turn to have an exclusive date with Mommy and Daddy.

Since he had a bit of a fever the previous night, we decided that we'll just spend our 'date' at home.  We sent JM and Jaq off to Kidaround in SM (Kuya JJ had already gone to school earlier), so J8k can have Mom and Dad all to himself.

First on our agenda was vandalism .... err, I mean, fingerpainting.



Then, fun learning letters with VTech.


Then, phonics at Starfall.com.


We also watched Thomas and Friends (again and again and again) on Youtube.

We read stories together.  We tickled.  We kissed.  We hugged.  We bonded.

When Kuya JJ came home from school, it was time to head off to SM to fetch JM and Jaq from Kidaround.  But before that, we had to treat J8k to exclusive kiddie car rides, too.

So much fun and manageable if full focus is on 1 kid at a time.

It was total pandemonium as usual when our gang was complete again.  Shrieking, yelling, bickering ... loving, sharing, laughter ...


Life is sooooo great!
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Feb 4th

Confessions of an 8-yr old

By JMJ Family

I was presented with the update of JJ’s hospital billing a few minutes ago and it almost gave me a heart attack. The nurse said it was just an update for yesterday’s confinement and did not include doctor’s fees yet and the additional fees for the day.  I secretly hoped that JJ would be discharged today so no more fees will accumulate, but unfortunately, the doctor didn’t give the go signal because JJ still had low oxygen count and high WBC count, which meant continued testing, monitoring and drugging. (Grrrr!)

After reading Kevin Trudeau’s Natural Cures They Don’t Want You To Know About, my husband and I vowed to make our life hospital-free.  (Since we came back to the Philippines in 2008, our kids have been going in and out of the hospital for various illnesses – asthma, flu, rashes, diarrhea, etc.,  that drained our bank accounts [health care’s free in Canada]).

So, when JJ had his asthma attack, I was viciously attacking the internet for immediate natural cures for asthma.  We didn’t have most of what’s needed. We only had the apple-cider vinegar so I gave him that, which just made him puke.  But when he was already crying, which meant that this was not just an ordinary attack, and since we ran out of nebuls, the only immediate option left was to rush him to the Emergency.  Much as we hated it, we had to, lest he suffers more serious effects from non-oxygen.

Kevin Trudeau talked about doctors prescribing drugs that deal with the symptoms and not the root causes of the disease.  JJ was constantly being given drugs that included steroids and I was hating the fact that, knowing what I now knew from reading Kevin Trudeau’s book, at the moment there was really nothing I could do but allow. I voiced out my concerns to JJ’s doctor that perhaps the drugs being administered didn’t work, otherwise, we would have the desired results by now.  I wanted to bring JJ home and start him with our all-natural diet, cures and lifestyle.  But she said that she couldn’t just let JJ leave without seeing improvement, even at least on his oxygen level.

I wanted to get to the root cause of this major asthma attack. I decided to have a heart-to-heart talk with him, and we discussed all the possible causes, but mainly focused the emotional stress.  I urged him to talk about all his pent-up negative feelings that he normally doesn’t let out.  It was a dramatic moment for us, both of us trying really hard not to cry too much, but I knew this was absolutely necessary.  These were all the negative emotions that we rid of from our talk:

a.    Misery – He was miserable and sad when we left him for months to go to US for vacation.  He said he missed us so much.

b.    Anger and Jealousy – He was a bit angry that we had to leave him, and jealous that we had to bring JM (his sister) with us.

c.    Frustration – He was frustrated and angry with his classmates the day they teased him about something.

d.    Other Petty Issues

 

Following the Law of Attraction, I explained to him that those negative emotions he felt were all in the past and should no longer affect him.  I told him that since he was keeping all these trapped inside him, his body is reacting accordingly.

There was a lengthy discussion on all the hows and whys, but he understood and accepted everything.  We wrote down some action plans that we think would work, and hopefully, we follow through.

 

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Feb 4th

Juiced!

By JMJ Family

The following is an excerpt from Dr. Wayne Dyer’s video:  How To Be A No-Limit Person

“When you squeeze an orange, nothing will ever come out of it except orange juice.  It doesn’t matter who squeezes it – a child, an adult, a professional, a blind person – it likewise doesn’t matter what time you squeeze it – noon, morning, or when you have a period, or when you’re sick …whenever you squeeze an orange, the only thing that will come out is what’s inside.

The same principle applies to us.  Someone squeezes you (that is, someone puts pressure on you, says something about you that you don’t like,and out of you comes hatred, anger, fear, stress, tension … why? Is it because of your boss or your mother or your children? ... what comes out of you when someone squeezes you always is what’s inside.  This is the vital principle of being a no-limit person.

If you have any hatred in your heart for anyone in  this world or anger or fear, it has nothing to do with the rest of the world.  It only has to do with what you put inside  And how does it get there inside of you? AS YOU THINK. Only as you think. xxx”

Yesterday, someone squeezed me …. to the pulp!  

Ho’oponopono, EFT, LOA and all other self-help teachings I’ve learned and been practicing just quickly flew away beyond my reach.

And out of me came World War III.  Hitler was revived.  I felt like Mount St. Helens’ unleashing its biggest explosion ever.  I was so mad it hurt too much, and I cried.

Now I could justify it with all sorts of excuses – that I was provoked, that it was already too much, that some hurtful words were hurled against me, and so on ... but it all boils down to one thing … all those negative emotions were inside of me, and that I was unconsciously nurturing them, feeding them daily with unfiltered impure thoughts until they grew as huge as Anacondas.

After the eruption, there followed a burning lava of guilt, shame and remorse.

I was drowning in all these hateful, negative emotions and I needed to get out fast.  I gathered all the help I could … videos and audio recordings of LOA teachings by Wayne Dyer, Abraham-Hicks, Joe Vitale, Bo Sanchez, Bob Proctor, Echart Tolle, etc.  I also called up my Mom --- she has always been my ‘sponge’.

Conclusion:

I am still a work in progress.  Try hard as I may to be a no-limit person, there will always be reasons to falter and go back to my old ways.  But I guess the most important thing is just strive to be a better ME one day at a time.

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Jan 31st

Our Vice Makes Us Sick

By JMJ Family

Read Kevin Trudeau’s Natural Cures They Don’t Want You To Know About and you will better understand why.

 

We all know that fastfood and restaurant food are unhealthy, but Kevin will tell you so much more about the hows and the whys.

Our family’s only vice is eating out. We love to eat out every chance we get. We consider it a vice because sometimes it’s way out of control.  In Canada, our favorite hangouts were Mandarin Buffet and McDonald's (mainly because of its Play Place).  Here in the Philippines, it’s Jollibee (of course!), McDonald’s Pizza Hut, and Max's.

When the 3 of us (hubby, myself and our daughter, JM) went to visit my Mom in US, we left our 3 boys in the care of their Lolo and Lola (grandparents).  So, for months, the boys didn’t get to eat out in fastfood restaurants.  For months, their bodies adapted to only healthy, nutritious, homemade cooking. For months, our eldest, JJ, didn’t have any major asthma attack (primarily because of the healthy diet he was getting).

The day we came back, our ‘pasalubong’ (welcome present) was Jollibee Bucket Meal.  The week of our arrival was a lot of fastfood treats to the kids (Jollibee, Pizza Hut, Max’s, etc.)  

Back to our old vice again.

Last Thursday, it was our date with JJ. We fetched him from school and gave him a treat in Pizza Hut.  He ordered a combo meal consisting of soup, salad, breadsticks, pizza, carbonara and a drink.  

 

Earlier in school, his lunch money was spent in cookies, chips, cupcake and sour candies (so much for us letting him make his own decisions).

 

That night, he had the worst asthma attack that we had to rush him to the Emergency. 

 

What caused it?  Here are our theories:

1.    There was something he was allergic to in what he ate in school.

2.    Perhaps too much carbohydrates, fat and food additives in his Pizza Hut order

3.    Too much fastfood in a week

4.    Got tired walking and playing a lot in a day

5.    Emotional stress w/c started in the morning when he didn’t get to play Club Penguin as we promised, then in school where he was teased about something that made him cry, then in the evening when I was struggling with his Filipino assignment, and when we didn’t allow him to play computer as we promised again.

Honestly after reading Kevin Trudeau’s book, we’ve been feeling kinda guilty about our unhealthy lifestyle.  I’m now beginning to wish I could ‘really’ cook.  My cooking had always been commercialized – thanks or no thanks to Mama Sita (brand for ready made sauces like Afritada, Caldereta, Menudo, etc.), my homemade cooking is actually a 'fraud'.

 

And yes, sadly, I think we need to get rid of this unhealthy vice of ours.

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Jan 30th

Together Again

By JMJ Family

After months of being away from our boys, we needed to bring back the bond.  We could tell they have missed us so, as much as we’ve missed them.  After all, there was really never a time that we were all apart longer than a day or two.  We raised them ourselves for 6 years in Canada, doing only mostly night part-time jobs and home businesses, so we could be with them during the daytime.  Yes, we are proud to say we are both hands-on parents.

So, we set up our 30-day goals that include weekly family date and monthly date with each of them for some real bonding time.

Two days after we came back, we followed through our promise by taking them all out to SM.  We let them run around for a good few hours and when we thought they were all good to settle down for a meal, we headed out to eat.  They all screamed for pizza so it was Pizza Hut then, which was the nearest to where we were at that time.

Bad choice (not the food, but the waiting time).

Note to all parents who have starving kids in tow, NEVER bring them to restaurants with order waiting time of more than 2 minutes.

Obviously getting bored ...

Our impatient, hungrier than starving kids were playing with everything that was set on the table – forks and knives, table napkins, the pasta decors and even the plates.

Kids getting impatient ...

I ordered pasta for myself which was the first to be served and it was gone in a few seconds without me tasting just one strand of the Fettuccine.  I have forgotten that we were already in the Philippines and that 1 serving literally means for 1 person only (actually, one person who’s on a diet).

So, I had to order another pasta plus some other appetizers fast before the kids could stage a coup d'etat.

Our date was a riot but it was surely exciting.  It was fun to bring back the old times.

Jan 30th

Perfect Date

By JMJ Family

For my first exclusive date with our kids, I chose our 3rd child, Jaq. 

Jaq was quite excited when I told him to prepare for our ‘date’.  He was feeling so proud and was bragging about it to his younger brother saying, “J8k, it’s just gonna be Mommy and Jaq only”.

I braced myself for uncontrollable tantrums because among our kids, it’s Jaq who goes berserk at the slightest trigger.  My husband and I have ‘informally’ diagnosed him with a mild case of SPD.

But I was taken by surprise.  Jaq behaved extremely well, it was really a shocker.

We first went to National Bookstore where I read him a story and bought some school supplies.  Then, we went to SM Department Store where we browsed and shop for some stuff.  Then, I bought him some tokens for some kiddie car rides.  When I thought he had enough fun, I gave him a treat at Max’s where I let him order whatever he liked (which was just ice cream, not surprisingly …. lol).  

We strolled.  We shopped.  We talked.  We laughed.  We bonded.

And not a single episode. (whew!)

But the greatest memory Jaq gave me that day was during our ride home when he kissed me and said, “Thank you, Mommy.  I love you.”

(sniff, sniff) 

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Jan 28th

TAP All Your Problems Away

By JMJ Family


The above site is already LIVE and accepting registration.  Take advantage of this FREE worldwide event!

I'm so excited to learn there's gonna be a Online Audio Event on EFT Tapping in February (Registration starts on Feb. 1).  And it's FREE!  (Oh, how I love freebies!).  Actually, this is something that most Americans take for granted -- they have a lot of FREEBIES in their country like thousands of materials in their library, free passes to their museums and other galleries, free samples on most product websites, free S/H of goods and products, food stamps and other monetary benefits.  And yet, they still feel so deprived!  We are presently here in our home country (Philippines) and how I long once again to be there in NY where we had easy access to all the materials in their library that we don't have here -- movies, books, audio books, magazines.  (Don't get me wrong.  We've got thousands of materials here as well, but they're very limited, and not available ONLINE).  It was mostly because of all these freebie offers that we tremendously enjoyed our vacation there in US -- free skating rentals, free access to museums, free theatre shows, free samples, free short classes, even CASH giveaways ....(oh, I miss NY!)

Anyways, we have been doing EFT Tapping for some time now and we have seen great results. This was recommended by Dr. Joe Vitale as one way to clear away the negative programming we have in our subconscious. There was a movie called "Try It On Everything" which teaches on how to tap away virtually all the problems in our life ... be it financial, career, business, relationships, health, weight loss (couple this technique with KT's 30 Ways To Lose Weight and you'll have your desired figure in no time).

To get more information on this subject, click on the above image or go to You Tube and find videos on tapping.  I personally recommend the video series by Robert Smith (Healing Magic channel) and that of Brad Yates (this particular video link is part of our daily meditation and thanksgiving).

But, really, for something that's FREE and would actually help you in all aspects of your life, you won't want to pass this opportunity up.  So, go ahead and sign up for the EVENT on February 1st, and share the link to others whom you think will benefit from it.

God bless!

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Jan 26th

Random Acts of Kindness

By JMJ Family

I was not really keen on sharing the acts of kindness I or our family have done in the past because it seems egoistic and takes away the randomness and sincerity of it all, but the following quote from 'Do I Smell Smoke?' (one of Dr. Barret's blog posts) prompted me to do so.

"Every giving action doesn’t have to be revealed. But some should. I also felt that by telling others it sheds light on a particular problem. It also nudges others to take action. Perhaps next time someone else will remember what she did and feel encouraged and strengthened to take action themselves."

So, I'm sharing a few random acts of kindness we've done (and still do) that we feel might be a source of inspiration to others.

1. In 2008, we met an old-time friend who was a stay-at-home Mom.  We then learned that she was being abused by her husband, but due to her personal circumstances, she couldn't just leave.  We thought that the best help we could give is an opportunity for her to bring her self-worth back. Thus, my husband gave his job to her. (She recently sent us a message saying she was doing ok and that she'd be forever grateful for the help we extended her).

2.  We tithe.  Usually, it's 10% of our income (And trust us, we're both unemployed ... funny, but true.  But come to think of it, we  always managed.  We even had the chance to travel recently to US ... lol).  Any amount we receive from anybody is already considered an income).  Each time we get monetary benefits, we take 10% of it and put it in a separate fund already so it doesn't feel like it's ours to spend. That way, it's easier for us to 'Give Away $1 a Day', an idea we learned shortly after we've discovered 'The Secret', and which was also suggested by Dr. Joe Vitale in his program 'The Secret to Attracting Money'. We would randomly leave $1 in subways, restaurants and other public places and praying that whoever finds it will be blessed abundantly. The rationale behind this idea is that you are randomly giving happiness or joy to the person finding it, just like how you felt as a child when you accidentally finds a penny on the ground.  Some other portions of our 10% also go to our favorite charities and organizations.

3.  There was one day in NY when we were financially blessed that we decided to give not just $1 but $5.  We put $5 each in an envelope with a note saying 'Pay it forward by doing a random act of kindness as well like share a smile, offer a seat, call a friend, etc."  We then asked our 5-yr old daughter to hand the envelopes out to strangers as we passed them by in NY (Times Square) and in Detroit airport.  We also gave away our bus tickets to La Guardia airport that day to 2 other strangers (in my blog Super Jet Lag).


Joyful giving is the 'The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History' (that's the title of a book by Dr. Joe Vitale (free download link is on my blogpost 1 Neat Freebie For You).  That book had totally changed my view on Giving.  Whereas before, I felt trapped in the emotion of guilt and obligation when I tithe to Church or give monetary help to those in need.  Now, I just give joyfully to whomever gives me inspiration spiritually or otherwise.  Dr. Joe Vitale also pointed out that you get more of what you give away.  So, if you give away books or clothes, then you get more books and clothes.  But if you wanna be financially abundant, then give away money to those who have inspired you the most, at the same time opening your heart to great expectation that it will be returned to you a hundred fold through sources other than your recipient.


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