American Wedding and Philippine wedding comparison

Wedding style in America is far different from the Philippine wedding. In the Philippines, the groom's family will be responsible for almost all the expenses for the wedding. I was surprised when I knew that here in America, the parents of the bride are the ones responsible for everything and that the groom's parents have nothing to worry about the expense. Wow!! that is very opposite from my country.

Another thing I observed was that most wedding in America, are very simple compared to the Philippine wedding. Decorations are simple there are some that no decorations at all but in the Philippine wedding? decorations everywhere, flowers, with big backdrop in the stage. Participants are only very limited into one or two in American wedding? Reception is just simple for most weddings in US. But in the Philippines? Oh my!!! You can see the wedding party on both sides in great and colorful attire from the kids to the old. hahaha Not only that!! the wedding participants are many. Some have 4 little flower girls, some have little bride and little groom, they have bible bearer, and covenant bearer. They will have 4 bride's maids and 4 groom's men. Wow!! Plus the maid of honor and the best man. Can you imagine how many people Will be marching the isle? Not only that!! they also have principal sponsors in 16-20 pairs the most. It makes the ceremony too long.

hahah you can just imagine how many people will be served during the reception? Plus all the invited guests who sometimes bring another uninvited guest. It is very stressful to the host of the wedding party. They usually serve a big dinner when there is a wedding in the Philippines. But in America? oh!! just cake plus fruit punch and vegetable salad, is enough for them to eat after the wedding ceremony. Wow!!! what a big difference. Well, there are others also who serve big dinner on their wedding but it is really different from the Philippines. Anyway, I like to attend both. hahaha.

Trip to Tennessee

I am excited to see Tennessee again. It will be my second time to visit the place. The last time was during winter and I did not enjoy because it's too cold for me to go around and see the place. Now is so exciting because it's summer time. You might be wondering what this trip for?
Well, we will be attending a wedding. We might not have lots of time to go around because of the event, like rehearsal and other activities but am still excited to think about visiting another state. Wow!! I hope this visit will be a memorable one. hahaha

The only thing I don't like in this trip is the long ride. 6 hours on the road whooh!!! The sad part is me and hubby can't take turns driving because my license had expired already...hahaha not really a license but just a permit to drive.. hehehe I can drive short distances like going to walmart, to the church heheh but to other states? I will be sacred to death. Just to see those big trucks on the road? made me feel nervous all the way. There are many things played in my mind when I am on the road driving specially on busy streets? I wish I am living in the area where there's no other car running except mine..

But anyway, this trip would be fun.. I am excited.

Freelance Writing

When I heard this words FREELANCE writing before, it makes me feel so hard to believe I can do it. Writer? oh no!!! that's too hard.. hahaha.. But since I am not employed for almost 4 years now, I have no choice but to try anything (legal hehehe) in order to make money. Sometimes, it makes me mad because I have a degree but it is just so hard to find job now in this tough economy. Earning online is very popular now a days so I tried my luck joining these people who find their way to earn in the comfort of their homes.

What I did? I searched on the web of ways to earn online. The good thing is that people shared their reviews on certain sites they were engaged in, they give their positive and negative insights. My principle is, I will not join a site unless I know that it is 100 percent legit. I want to see the proof if they really are paying. It is not a smart idea to spend time thinking, researching of what to write and then it's not worth the time you put in. I have a long list of sites to check until I found several legit ones.

There was a site which caught my interest. I am so curious to know how this site will help me find something to spend my precious time. When I go to the site, there was a list of all work from home jobs that anybody can apply if they think they are qualified. As I see it, there's no way I can qualify from all those jobs posted, that's what I thought. Well, since I have been writing to different websites, I might try freelance writing job. Would I qualify for this? I asked myself.
Well, there's no harm in trying. When I click the freelance writing job, I was directed to a site familiar to me because I keep on hearing this from other writers but I did not pay attention to this. The first thing I do was to read the FAQ. I was bored again but I tried to control my boredom because I am serious of making money. I really need it. Well, I find it interesting but I still not convince to sign up. I search in Google the reviews about the site. Wow!! lots of positive things I learned from the site. I finally joined and glad I was accepted and now I am writing to some clients.

Working in this site is enjoyable and challenging too. Your are paid according to the ratings you will receive from the editors and from the clients. The good thing is they will accept writers though you are not a native English speaker. I was confident to join because of that. haha!! What I like is that, your pay is deposited right away to your pay pal account as soon as the client accept your writing assignment. Cool stuff!! I like to see my earnings grow every time I submit my assignment. The interesting part is that writing assignment is not limited. You can write as many assignments as you can do everyday. They will not give you specific assignment, you can select in different categories you are interested in. That's cool.

What inspired me in this site is that, its' easy to reach pay out. You can request payment when you reach $10 which is very easy to get and they will pay twice a month .Wow!!! You can reach it in few hours of working. Isn't that interesting? But if you are a US resident, you have to submit your W9 for tax info. Very common in legit sites hahaha. I can recommend this site to those who enjoyed writing and love to earn just at the comfort of their home.

But this site is challenging. You are reminded of improving your grammar, punctuation, capitalization, etc. It simply means, improve your writing to avoid rejection and also it will help to raise your rating to get higher pay. When your rate is high, you pay goes with it.
Good luck and see you there.

I Find a way to earn from home

It is very frustrating when you are just staying home and not earning anything. I had that feeling for 2 years since I arrived in America. I keep on hearing people say, they earned using their computer. Oh!! that's an interesting challenge for me because I am not an Internet savvy but I tried and tried. I am not a born writer but I tried to write to different websites that accept any topic I want to share. Oh!! I was thrilled when I received my first pay of my article.

Well, since writing is not my line of interest in the first place, there were times that I am short of ideas of what to write. What topic would I share? So, then I stopped writing articles for a while and joined a paid forum. This way I will not be pressured of grammar and spelling and whatever.. Lol. I earned anyway but not as much as article writing. It is fun to join forum specially if you are paid doing it. You are free to say what you want to say, without any pressure dealing with editors hahaha. Then, later on, I get bored. I look for another way where I can earn more bucks.

I make friends on the web by connecting to some writers, making comments on their write up asking questions, then somebody told me she is writing on ehow. I was curios about the site.
She did not recruit me to join but since I was curious I search the site and learn more about it.
Then, I started writing articles on that site . Most of my articles were recipes because those were easy to give steps on how to do it. My earnings keep on growing as I put in more and more articles. What is interesting in this site is that even if you will stop writing, you will still earn residual income. The more you work the more you earn. Well, I become bored again and stop contributing for a while until they transferred their writers to another site called Demand studious. In there, you will be paid higher if your article pass their editor's standard and that makes me feel more hesitant to write hahaha...

Anyway, I am enjoying even if my earnings as of this time are not that big as what others disclosed in their blogs. I am wondering how to do that? My problem is that, I don't like to read long instructions of what to do and how to do it in some earning sites. I have found lots on the web but I have no patience reading their complicated FAQ's. hahaha.. but what I can say is that, you will really earn if you will spend your time looking for legit earning sites.

Retirees' Fun Activity

Some people said, it is boring when you retired. I think, it is when you are not involve in any fun activity once in a while. There was an amazing place I went last night with my hubby where most people in there were older. I could see only very few people ages below fifty most of them were like 60 to 70 years old men and women. They are enjoying themselves dancing with the music made by some old folks also who played musical instruments. I said,, WOW!! This is a good place to go when I retire.. hahahaha...

I could see the happy faces of the old and few young men who played different kinds of string instruments. Guitar, banjo, base, violin, mandolin and dub roe. These men also alternate in singing with the accompaniment of the string instruments. Oh!! it was really fun. I was just amazed watching the old men and ladies who keep on dancing to the tempo of the music. They have different steps that go with the different tempo. They sway their bodies here and there with their complicated steps.. hahaha.. sometimes those old ladies look funny when they can't
go with the flow. It seems they were enjoying it. Their shoes has metal that make sounds every step they make.. hahahah... It's so noisy in the area where they had that gathering.

The place was an old barn but it is wide and can accommodate around 50 people or more. There was a lady in the string band who played different instruments. Oh wow!! she was the only lady in the group. Actually, these players come from different areas in the neighboring places. They don't have practice or anything like that.. nope.. whoever can play musical instruments is welcome to join. They were really good musicians because they just can go along whatever is the music they could think of playing. Wow!!

That was really a good place for fun!!! of course for young and old but all I have seen there are retirees. Their music also are for their age.. hahahha.. country music, folk song style. But I enjoyed watching them.

Celebration

Fourth of July in America is a day to remember the civil war happened centuries ago. I just wonder when I first came to America, people were so excited for this date to come. Well, I don't care because I have no idea why? Then on the fourth of July we went to a place in Winston North Carolina where lots of people crowding in the area where there was a celebration in commemoration of the civil war. Lots of fire crackers flown in the air. Oh!! what a site. It was so wonderful and Gorgeous.

Unfortunately, we were not able to go near the area because there are lots of people that we even had a hard time looking for parking space. We ended up parking in a very far distance and it took us almost 30 minutes walking from where we park to the area where the celebration was held. It is so fascinating to see the sky ablaze with colorful sparks. Very wonderful experience.

Yesterday, the 4rth of July, we never go anywhere to watch fire crackers. Hubby just lit up some little fire crackers at home and we celebrate the 4th of July just right there.. hehehe
It was fun watching him lighting those little things and he run away after lighting it afraid to be caught by the sparks or fire in it.. It was funny to watch him.

Anyway, Happy celebration. I know everyone is home because Monday is a Holiday I think.