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Where do our taxes go?

Text in the envelope: Ma’m and Sir, Pwede po bang makahingi ng konting tulong para sa aming pag aaral?

In the company where I work, we have this Tax Annualization which kicks off every October. The objective is to close the gap between an employee’s tax due and tax withheld.

The tax annualization thing took almost half of my salary every cut-off, which should have been used for my baby’s diapers, perhaps. But no, it went somewhere I can’t see. Taxes should be used for the betterment of our living. But how come we have these?

Road constructions are left for weeks. These causes lots of headache specially for people who drive because they causes traffic. No, let me correct that. Heavy traffic! Aside from that, you know that bumpy roads hurt your car right? Did I already mentioned that such deep holes left unfinished can also give homes to mosquitoes? They can also cause lots of accidents. Ay yay yay!

I just don’t get it why our government has this tendency of starting things and not finishing them.

And if our taxes are being used properly, why do we have lots of beggars? Homeless people: infants, kids, oldies, everywhere! Some, if not most of them, use their kids to beg for food or money.

As I told my hubby about this sad reality, my eyes were almost teary when he shared to me how much his tax was. His was almost as big as my salary for a month! I was luckier. funny videos

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Optimism

I’ve gone through too many changes this year, both personal and professional. And now, it makes me wonder now, how I and some people around me were able to endure them all.

I must say, the biggest change this year that I liked the most is Ayex. Let’s not talk about the least anymore. I’d like to believe that the recent changes in my professional life are all for the better. I knew most of my peers are hoping for the same thing. Wish us luck!

I thought the recent corporate changes our team went through will make me ask the question I know I will not be able to answer clearly: Where do I go from here? Really, I’m not sure. Scratch that. I’m sure of what I want after this corporate life. But I’m sure too that aside from that choice is a bit impractical, it is really not possible at this time. I want to be a Stay-At-Home-Mom (SAHM). Yes, you read it right. Again, maybe not now.

With all my previous peers going to Singapore, that just made me think what do I really want to happen with my corporate life. The problem lies there. I’m not really sure what I want. Or maybe, I know what I want to do but I don’t know what job is that. Hahaha!

Oh well. Let’s see what 2008 will bring us then maybe that will help me create better decisions.

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Things that I have been thinking of lately

These are things (in no particular order) that came across my stupid brain and I just had to let them out.

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If there is something that I totally miss regarding our team before, that would be the team spirit. no, don’t get me wrong. we still work as a team right now but, i don’t know if it’s just me or what, but i don’t feel it that much in our current setup.

There’s an improvement lately. We started eating inside the conference room again and not in our cubes. Maybe this is the start.

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Maybe Jerome is right. Maybe I was too dependent. And yeah, Lo-ve and Sel are right too. Maxado akong mabait. And yeah, I might push on renting our own place if we can’t really buy our own soon for my own peace of mind. Not that I don’t like having my in-laws around (they own the house remember) but maybe it’s time for us to start living on our own.

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It’s almost November. Exactly 74 days before Ayex celebrates her first birthday. Not that I’m too excited but I believe I should start listing my options as early as now. I don’t want to have a disaster on my baby’s big day!

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I, Sel and Shindie used to call ourselves Charmed Ones. But then Shindie thought that we should change it because we’re all married now. She said, should we call ourselves Desparate Housewives? I said, we can use that since I’m desperate to become a SAHM. Sel corrected us and said, maybe we should use Desperate maging Housewife instead. ROLF

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Hi there! I'm Nicquee and this is my little space in this world wide web. I'm a mom of two and is happily married. I started this blog as literally my online journal where I dump my emotions. Over the years, I realized that there is more to write about. Feel free to browse through and I hope you find a thing or two that is relatable to you. If that happens, give me a shout-out!

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