I give up. My site just randomly changes its default colors and I don’t understand why. I’m using the Stewart theme which originally has maroon as the primary color. I was able to change that but just recently it’s been crazy.
I’m changing themes and hoping for the best.
I have no idea what the hell happened to my theme but all of the sudden the styling is off and I have to sit for hours to fix a lot of things. Fonts, colors, margins, etc.
I think it’s a theme issue? I’m not entirely sure but it sucks.
My header font isn’t working and I can’t fix it. Whenever I try to reinstall it, nothing happens, it just reverts to the default serif font. Urgh. It’s annoying.
Seems like there’s a whole world of problems within WordPress that I may not be ready for.
Daily writing prompt
Oh you mean the ability to work from home? Fantastic, and quite frankly long overdue. But the mandatory masking in some places like the hospital, I find unnecessary at this point.
↪ Burgers and milkshake night
We had burgers and milkshake yesterday. It was a great dinner. Some things are just better made at home right? Like burgers, when you have the time and money to spare for quality ingredients. Our patty is made of ground beef sirlion, garlic powder, onion, salt, pepper, cornstarch, egg, and worcestershire sauce. We used buttered brioche buns, and I made a burger sauce from mayo, ketchup, mustard, and worcestershire. Then we have lettuce, tomatoes, and Colby Jack cheese! For the milkshake, we blended ube ice cream with milk. We so love it. Burgers and milkshake is one of the best food combinations ever. ♥
↪ Another year of Skillshare
I forgot to cancel my Skillshare so I was charged another year. I really need to use it now, sayang naman all the Procreate tutorials I could learn.
↪ Car dependent
Car’s out for repairs so we had to rely on Grab for everything. But since we have Koomi it’s difficult to move around. I don’t see Grab Pet on the app despite it being advertised recently, but also, based on the press release it’s always gonna be a six-seater premium and I think it’s too much for us. I thought it was gonna be just a simple checkbox on the app that lets the driver know you have a pet with you, or something. Oh well.
Hope we get the car back soon.
↪ Locker move
Finally had my locker moved from another floor. First time I was issued a locker it was placed on a different floor because our area is full. Thankfully there are vacant ones on our floor now so yeyy. I could finally leave a headset and tumbler at the office! ♥
↪ Koomi’s cough
Taking Koomi to the vet tonight because he’s coughing, not finishing his food, and has wet poops. Hope to get a nice Grab that would let us take him in the car. ♥
I have a new favorite at Mary Grace. It used to be Vigan Longganisa, then a couple of weeks ago I really came to love their Salmon with creamy dill sauce and couscous rice. I had it twice that week. But the serving is too much. I couldn’t enjoy dessert afterwards so I tried something smaller. I found their bread based items to be the right amount. I had Eggs Royale!
I so love this dish because it’s fulfilling and leaves enough space for dessert – a slice of tiramisu and a cup of double shot americano.
I just came from a 16-hour fast so this was every bit rewarding for me.
Eggs Royale is smoked salmon on whole wheat batard, arugula, tomatoes, poached egg, hollandaise sauce and caviar. Ah, it’s heavenly.
#1
Went to the auto shop earlier to have the car assessed after getting into a minor accident last week. My husband accidentally hit a post while backing up from my sister’s condo’s driveway. It’s nice to finally take a step towards getting the car fixed. I mean the real first step was calling insurance to let them know and ask what to do. Which I made three days ago. So yey, that’s two action items for this claim.
#2
Left Koomi at daycare before heading to the office today. My husband has an important demo tonight and I’m going to the office so we figured he can’t be bothered when Koomi suddenly decides to poop while he’s in a call. Specially that I’m not at home.
#3
Now I’m in the office doing actual work lol.
I’m in the second day of my 16:8 fast. I’ve only had black coffee, which doesn’t break my fast and I’m looking forward to dinner.
#4
I just had dinner from Kaya. I’ve been craving for Korean food lately. Largely because I’m currently watching Crash Course in Romance, whose main character owns a banchan restaurant. I had samgyup. It was lovely.
#5
Happy that HSBC finally tagged my credit card with No Annual Fee For Life. They’ve been charging me an annual fee for two years and I kept on complaining about it. They would waive it, but whenever I escalate that I shouldn’t be getting an annual fee in the first place, they don’t seem to get it. After pestering them about it, I finally landed an agent who understood my problem. And even then, when it was routed to the correct team, they still don’t understand the issue. After a couple of emails they finally got what my problem was and found that they forgot to tag my card properly. They explained that the first time they got my application, it was denied, then a couple days later they reconsidered and missed the tagging.
You know what I learned from dealing with them? Never lay out your complain completely. Don’t give them all the details because some people cannot digest a whole story. Let them discover your issue one question at a time. I mean, I gave every single detail every single time and they always miss the point. It’s frustrating. Originally, my emails went something like this:
Hi team. Why is my card not tagged as No Annual Fee for Life? I applied on the website during the promo period Sep 1 – Dec 31 2021 (insert screenshot of promo) and got approved Dec 29 (insert screenshot of approval sms) and I’m still being charged an annual fee. Please check.
Then they would respond with something stupid like…
Hi Ms. Dave, upon checking, your card is qualified for an annual fee waiver for this year. We have waived your annual fee and it will reflect on your next billing. Annual Fees are charged to the customer to ensure that we maintain quality service blah blah blah.
It took me several calls to land an agent who understood my problem and agreed that I should in fact be tagged as NAFFL. But when it was routed to the complaints team, they responded with essentially the same message. And I had to reiterate my question, why do I not qualify for NAFFL? And that’s the only time I felt like they actually looked into my problem. I mean, what’s the point of escalating when you’re just gonna respond the same? Urgh.
Point is, I now have three NAFFL cards yey. I was gonna cut my RCBC card because it doesn’t qualify for NAFFL but they just increased my limit so we’ll see.
#6
I had a credit adjustment today due to a discrepancy in my bonus tax computation. Yey for an extra 3k, sakto I’m already broke!
Happy Weekend!
Reading
Still A Little Life. Slowly starting to like it. I promised to read every night before going to bed and so far that’s been helpful in getting out of the slump.
Watching
Still Crash Course in Romance. It’s fun, but not so kilig which is why I haven’t finished it yet haha.
Listening
The humming of the electric fan.
Thinking
About how to really lose weight. I’ve been avoiding rice during weekdays (although I just ate a rice dish today, sorry) but I don’t think I’m losing weight at all. In fact i think I gained weight. I’m 75kgs now oh my goodness. But I did fit into this one shirt that doesn’t usually fit me well when I gain just a little, so that’s encouraging.
There are days when I feel light. And there are days when I’m proud of myself for not forcing myself to finish my food because sayang pera. I’ve learned to listen to my body better and stop eating when I’m full. This practice has enlightened me a lot. That I don’t have an overeating problem, I have a “sayang naman” mentality. I actually don’t eat a lot, I just dont’ want to waste money. And so the law of diminishing returns comes to play.
But actually, money isn’t wasted by not finishing what I paid for. It is wasted when I don’t get the value of what I paid for. And that happens when I overstuff myself. I become full, but not fulfilled. And because I love food, I want to be fulfilled.
But of course it’s not just my appetite that’s hindering my weight loss. There’s also my slowing metabolism and my recovering knee that’s making it hard for me to overexert myself physically.’
Anyway. Slowly but surely.
Smelling
Nothing
Wishing
For good health, a new car, and a stable job.
Wearing
Pambahay shirt and shorts
Loving
My parents more than ever. I wish I could get them a car so we could drive out of town as much as we like! And I could take them to the beach, the mountains, and just spend time together in a nice bnb.
It’s my mom’s 70th birthday soon and we celebrated it early this weekend. Checked in at Novotel, had dinner at Mamou, and had breakfast together. Short and sweet. We missed staying at hotels haha. We left Koomi at Hachi Kamp for the night and I guess he was fine there. Although it would’ve been nice to have him around as Novotel is a pet-friendly hotel, we just didn’t want the hassle at least for a night.
Wanting
A car HAHA
Needing
A car for my parents
Feeling
Lazy. My other meeting got cancelled today so I’m pretty free. The project I’m automating right now seems doable but I still have some dependencies going on so I’ll take my time.
Ever since I said I’ll write in the format of The Sunday Currently every Monday when I’m on RTO, something always gets in the way of me writing on a Monday haha. I was on vacation leave last last Monday, and yesterday I was on sick leave so I wasn’t able to blog at all. That said I’ll just call it Life Lately and tell you all about it lol.
Reading
Nothing. Haven’t gotten back to reading recently. It’s been months. Hay.
Watching
Impractical Jokers with the husband and Crash Course in Romance by myself.
Listening
To my husband on a meeting. He’s been on edge these days because of a big project.
Thinking
About how to save the bonus I’ll be receiving soon. To be honest I was hopeful about the amount but it didn’t turn out as great as I expected. Last year I got the same rating and was awarded a 5% increase which was awesome, and now with the same rating I only got a 2% increase.
The performance bonus was great though. My target bonus is 10% of my annual salary and I hit maybe 97% of that so that’s cool. However, there was no additional bonus this year, compared to last year where they gave an extra 2% lump sum across the board. Oh well. This just means I need to save better.
Smelling
Our ulam which is chicken and bokchoy in oyster sauce which I ran out of, so I substituted it with Hainanese Chicken sauce which is pretty much the same.
Wishing
For a productive year at work. One that will give me security. Cos I really don’t know what will happen to me in this company.
Wearing
Pambahay shirt and shorts
Loving
The prospect of the coming weekend? We’ll be celebrating my mom’s birthday. I just booked a hotel staycation for the family. It’s her 70th so I want it to be special. My mom is very simple, she doesn’t ask for anything but I know she appreciates the fine things in life. All she wants is family time. Hopefully we’ll get a nice dinner and also shop a little hehe. Wish I could give her a car but I can’t afford it!
Wanting
To save better this year and really recover from all the spending I did last year and finally get back on track to funding my MP2, GoTrade, and digital banks.
Needing
To get back to church. I have my doubts, but I miss the community.
Feeling
A bit depressed about the knee situation. I’m 8 months post-op and I’m not getting the ROM that I want. I will be consulting this week to see if it’s a good option to have my scar tissue removed. Maybe it’s what’s hindering my progress. Maybe. I’m having doubts with my surgeon but hopefully he’s skilled and experienced enough to know what’s wrong with me. Hay Lord.
