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Ok, officially this is my 101st post. This is the continuation of the last post where I detailed how BEAUTIFULANDHAPPY came to light. So if you haven’t read that, please go here.

Now, even though I encountered ‘ugly’ huns before, I still believe there are more beautiful people out there. I was so right! I am increasing traffic, thanks to all the people who visit here, and everyday I get the chance to meet nice people like you who’s reading this post now. Thanks. I just wish to take this opportunity to thank these beautiful and happy people:

1. My first few readers, hubby Albert, my sister and cel (after too much prodding,hehe), Chiqui, Xingkit Hazel, and other friends I texted and emailed just for them to pay a visit. Special mention to Zhe (Ruzielle), my friend since highschool for being the first official commenter. Hehe, I said official because the 1st comment was actually me I just used the name Therese! I was getting a little upset then coz I haven’t got any reader but myself for the first week! So I tested to write a comment - hehe, I never deleted it. That’s how crazy I get sometimes
2. After writing some no-nonsense posts for more than a month (sans readers), my break came after writing about the Desperate Housewives Racial Slur issue. My special thanks to Blupanjeet for the trackback of that post. Blupanjeet is one of the first to give me a warm welcome on the blogosphere. If there’s one site that I could say the best, that’s Blupanjeet’s. Through his site I also found other cool pinoy bloggers like Manilenya (the first addition to my blogroll) and my tukaio Malen of Nosebleed. Thanks!

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This is my 100th blog post. I have waited for this milestone and I thought this 100th post should be special, coz it also coincides when me and the kids came back from Oz, January 8 - whew, I’ve already been here in Pinas for two years? Seems like only yesterday!

Anways, since my first post in August last year, beautifulandhappy has become my new companion whom I can pour all my thoughts, no-nonsense or not. I never thought blogging would become a passion, and beautifulandhappy my alter ego. I know this post would be long (Though I’d try to be brief, and I hope you finish ’til the last part, hehe). Now I wish to share my blog journey that is BEAUTIFULANDHAPPY:

1. Escaping the rat race in 2006 and finally resigning from the job I held for almost 9 years, was one of the hardest decision I made. Yet I chose the noblest (and hardest) career I ever had, which is full-time motherhood. The transition wasn’t easy, I almost gave up and tried to find work again coz I am used to earning my own money. But just the thought of leaving my kids to somebody else’s care break my heart. So I opted to stay home and played the role of house CEO/Tutor/Katulong : . I exchanged my 3 inches stilettos for a more comfortable but less stylish sneakers and slippers, the corporate attire and pantsuits were trimmed down to ordinary shirt and short pants, and my fashionable office handbags were transformed to bodybag and the green bags (and sometimes bayong,hehe) I use when I go to palengke (market)! No more plantsa ng hair, coz my hair is now tied up in a pigtail from sun-up to sun-down. I don’t have yayas and even kasambahay - I manage the house all by myself! More nerve-wracking if you’d ask me compared to a 9-5 job!

2. My first blogging experience is thru Friendster - I never thought there is a wider blogosphere! I started writing a few blog posts and I enjoyed writing online - like writing on a virtual paper. That Friendster blog also became an instant vent of what I was going through in 2006. Despite my career sacrifices, I encountered “narrow-minded” people who tried to malign me and (un-solicitedly) criticized my life. In the first place, these fibbers don’t have any right to judge me and my family! In my heart, staying with my 3 young kids while Albert’s still abroad is the best thing to do.

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