We love pizza. Who doesn’t?

But with the prices of everything going north, at times, we resort to having these done at home, using whatever food we have. The dough is store bought, for I can buy these ready-made dough in the supermarkets I have already forgotten how to make one  when I enrolled for baking classes eons ago.

The pizza above was made from the store-bought dough, cheese dog slices, pineapple pieces, spaghetti sauce (I put some dried basil in the sauce and itty-bitty garlic bits) and cheese. Not as good as the pizza that can be had in pizza places but the children enjoyed eating what we prepared and that what matters most.

By the way, my children just love the all-cheese pizza and not the one with all sorts of toppings.

What are your favorite pizza toppings?

Filipinos can be found working in the hospitality business, engineering firms, healthcare systems, educational institutions, domestic and household work, and even online businesses. Wherever they work, expect the Filipino worker to excel.

I for one, have been able to experience applying for a teaching position overseas. Last year, my hopes got up when I was informed of an opening for my qualifications. I got excited that I immediately went online to look for places where I (and my family eventually) might be able to stay. Would it be near a lake perhaps? Or near the woods? What about the Outer Banks? These were just some of the so many possibilities to choose from. I can dream, can I?

Sadly, I haven’t been called yet because of the ongoing economic difficulties being experienced in this county of my choice.

I haven’t lost hope. Yet.

I hope I can still be able to experience greener pastures while I still can.

The other day, I was listening to colleagues talking about investments.

One was explaining how her mother was able to earn a lot before the stock market started plunging. It was a very wise decision through the advice of a futures trading person that they trusted to handle the sizeable amount.

Of course, investing in the stocks market during these days does not necessarily mean can earn or even get back what has been invested.

Another one further explained that some banks have investment managers who will take care of the money a client will entrust the bank to be able to get a monthly interest that is quite higher than those regular banking transactions.

Hmmm…but the thing is, this is still questionable especially since the market is vulnerable right now.

One thing for sure though, no matter how one will invest his/her money, now is the time to live within one’s means. After all, a penny saved is a penny earned.

But I still want to feature another photo. Why?

Because I have several photos of this tiny creature and I just had to post this last one before the photos are archived.

I remember running after these sand crabs whenever we go to the beach, when I was a young girl. Well, I still do, try to catch them but they are just too fast for me, hiding into their little holes in the sand.

Speaking of sand, it is interesting to note that there are a lot of beaches here in the country with white powdery sand that from afar one would think these are diamond rings glowing.

The beach where I had that photo taken, I do not know why the sand where the waves hit turned black when the rest are not the same. The sand there is not as white as the other places in the country but it still puzzled me so because it was not like that when we went there before.

Minor oil spill perhaps? I hope not. I just want to share this post about the 31 Ways to Save the Ocean Group Writing Project that I joined early this year.

Anyway…

City living (particularly here in Metro Manila) + having a car = getting an auto insurance. Why?

The roads are bumpy, and even the main thoroughfare called EDSA is one bumpy, rough road. One never knows what is on the road ahead and there have been so many accidents involving those little islands they have erected along this major road which should not have been the case.

Streets inside residential places have humps (placed by the homeowner in front of his home) every few meters or so. I kid you not. Poor vehicles have their suspension groaning. If it keeps the kids playing on the streets from getting hit, I understand.

The traffic is so bad, even with six lane roads, it IS very bad and slow moving. And when traffic is bad and vehicles are bumper to bumper during rush hour, just pray that your car…

wouldn’t be scratched or dented by those driving buses, taxi cabs and Asian utility vehicles carrying people to work places, rushing like they own the roads. Do they even care? It looks like they don’t.

Look at the photo below and see how close the vehicles are to each other:

Mama Mia, que horror!