Up close and Personal

That is the title of one of my most favorite movies. Nope, I won’t be talking about that in this post. In this post, you will be up close and get personal with me. I got yah! Hehehe.

I started this blog about 7 years ago but only got very active a couple of years ago. A while back, I would only blog when I am mad or happy. If I’m neither, chances are you won’t see any updates from me. Yes, you may call me a hormonal blogger before. But now, if you don’t see anything new, that means I’m swamped with work or I just can’t write/type. Writing is not really one of my best skills but you can be sure that I am working on it. Ok, let’s get to what I should be posting here.

My given name is Frances Nicole. Nice eh? Friends tell me I give the best names to my kids, I probably got that from my parents or that my hubby thinks of the best names too. I grew up being called Nikki. I thought the spelling was pretty common so I changed it to Nicquee back in college.

We are 4 siblings in the family and I am the eldest. And yes, you guess it right, I have the same traits most eldest children have, positive and negative. I am very independent and can manage finances very well as I know and stick with my priorities. These are probably my strongest traits. On the other hand, I can be pretty bossy and autocratic. My sister once told me I am miss-all-you-know during a fight.

I’ve been married to my husband for more than 3 years now and we are blessed with one lovely princess and another one coming very soon. Both hubby and I work in the IT industry. I can be techie but my knowledge is not that of an expert. Most of the time, I only know the basics, the rest comes from Mr. Google. You can be sure though that when you asked me to do something a bit technical, it makes my mind giddy that I won’t stop working on it until I finish it. Simply put, I like to troubleshoot things.

At home, when I am free, I like to read mostly chic literature and magazines. Otherwise, you’ll find me surfing the Internet. By free I mean I’m not playing with my little girl at home or we’re not out on the road going somewhere.

Given a chance, I would like to go back to my past loves like sports. I play basketball, volleyball, badminton and a few times I’ve tried mountain trekking. Mountain trekking is something I really wish I could continue. Perhaps when our kids are older, our whole family can go camping. Given a chance also, I’d rather work from home so I can watch over my kids and see their every milestone first hand even if it means less pay and benefits.

I am very prone to debt issues. Nope, I am not the one who is indebted. I told you I am good at handling finances. Siguro kasi mabilis ako maawa, and sometimes people take advantage of that. Too bad I’ve learned my lessons after two unfortunate events.

Blogging keeps me sane from everything and even if I don’t post that often, you can be sure that I always think of my blog.