Nicquee's Nook

Housewife only

So I’ve been on leave since December 26, 2007. I’ve been able to cuddle, play, and feed Ayex a lot! I was able to catch up with the whole family in Las Piñas for a whole week. And guess what, I watched TV until late nights, which starts at around 9AM! What a vacation, right?

So I watched a lot of TV while we were in LP. We have a cable there so the choice as to what we want to watch to really bigger, unlike here in QC where we only have local channels.

For some reasons, we have to watch a local channel during noontime because it’s Wowowee time. In this gameshow, they have a segment called Willie of Fortune. In this segment, the contestants are usually asked what do they do. If they are kids, they are asked what do their parents do.

This is where my sentiments come in. Oh yes, I’m really sentimental. Hahaha! Most of the time, when the contestant is asked what do their mothers do, the most common answer I heard was “housewife lang po” (housewife only). I got to the point when I got irritated to that answer. I said to our helper one time, “bakit may lang po? Hindi ba nila alam mahirap maging housewife?” (Didn’t they know it’s hard to be a full-time housewife?)

I’m so sensitive about things like this because I, myself is desperate to become a full-time housewife. And I really believe that being a manager of the household is no easy job. In fact, I believe that it is one of the hardest jobs out there. It entails great skills in multi-tasking, budgeting, cooking, and child-rearing, to name a few.

So to those people who have stay-at-home-moms, maybe, the next time you are asked what does your mom do, be proud to say that she is a FULL-TIME HOUSEWIFE. I know there are a lot of people out there who, just like me, want to become a SAHM, but chances are, we just can’t be.

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

Black propaganda against China?

When Ayex was about two-months old, I bought her some colorful plastic squeaky toys to stimulate her eyesight. I didn’t care before from where the toys were made.

As Ayex grows, she was diagnosed to have a very sensitive skin. Her skin would have rashes every now and then and what triggered them varies most of the time. It would be the food that was recently introduced to her, the soap that she is using, the soap that we are using to wash our clothes to name a few. So I’ve accepted the fact that my baby has a very sensitive skin. We’ve taken several precautions to avoid triggering her rashes. Hubby and I don’t spray perfume inside the house or anywhere near her. We don’t carry her as soon as we arrive home instead, we change our clothes first. I’m 100% sure that her rashes were never triggered by those squeaky toys I bought which are apparently made from China.

So when the news broke out that Mattel voluntarily pulled out some of their toys, which are made in China, my father and mother in law would comment on Ayex’s toys from time to time. This happens most when something weird things happens to her like some rashes suddenly appears on her face or neck when she wakes up in the morning (which I’m sure were never there when we slept). They would sometime say “baka dahil yan sa mga laruan niya?”. So every time they make a comment about Ayex’s toys, my response is always “black propaganda lang po yan against China. Hindi nila kasi matalo. Eh sobrang mura naman po kasi talaga ng labor dun eh”. I’m consistent with this because I believe that not all the toys made in China are dangerous.

In fact, we recently bought Ayex some new toys (I can’t believe how expensive toys can be now a days) to stimulate her cause-and-effect skills and again, they were made in China! I know, we all want the best for our little Ayex. We buy her toys to help her develop her skills. We control the food she eats and we make sure we take care of our environment at home to prevent allergies from being triggered. So, whenever rashes suddenly appear, let’s not blame her toys that were made in China. Instead, lets analyze the things that happened before the rashes appeared. I think that is quite unfair.

And to all people out there specially the parents, let’s not hinder our kids’ love for toys simply because what they want are made in China. Let’s be fair to our kids and to the Chinese people who make their toys.