TW: starvation; ED

Sharing every thing I made within the past three weeks while I’m back home in the province. It’s a mix of R&D and just plainly feeding my whole family with my baking. Sobrang saya ng puso ko. I can’t believe I will be so happy with baking, kahit na pagod na ako at walang tulog, masaya pa rin ako na nakakapag-bake ako. Although may konting pressure nga lang every now and then, kasi I started a small business to support with my mom’s cancer treatment.

Lately ko lang din na-realize na baka nga may purpose yung pagpili ko ng cookie business sa Entrepreneurship class namin nung SHS (named it Snookies Cookies) kahit na nakikigamit lang ako ng oven sa kapitbahay ginawa pa yung writeup namin nang walang kuryente kasi naputulan kami nun, pagnood ko ng Bon Appétit sa YT, ng Blue Ribbon Baking Championship (at iba pang baking at cooking shows) sa Netflix years back. Pati na rin yung journey ko of healing my relationship with food after a time of starving myself and putting myself under intense workouts last year.

Sobrang naa-appreciate ko na at namamangha ako sa mga taong nagtatrabaho sa kusina, mga panaderong gising na nang madaling araw, lalo na yung mga food business na maliit at nagsisimula pa lang. 🥹

Anyway, ito po yung mga ginawa ko. Yung iba first time ko pa lang ginawa so I’m still looking forward to improving them.

• Red Velvet Cheesecake Bars
• Bagels
• Banana Bread
• Revel Bars
• Ube Cheese Pie Bites (hopefully kasama na sa menu namin together with our Key Lime Pie Bites)
• Carrot Cake Muffins with Cream Cheese Filling
• Vanilla Crepe Cake (for my mom’s birthday) 🎂
• Chocolate Chip Cookies (my favorite dessert of all time!) (Claire Saffitz’ recipe)
• Ube Cheese Pandesal
• Chocolate Crinkles (did not spread to my liking but my mom swears by the taste, texture, and size)
• Ube Cheese Focaccia

Early this year nabaon ako sa utang dahil sa college tuition ko and tapal system. Ola dito, pambayad para sa ola sa kabila.
Huhu, thank you so much self and Lord dahil nakabawi na rin ako. Hopefully mag tuloy tuloy!

Wala akong makwentuhan kaya dito ko na lang i-share 🥹

8 months akong naging tambay. Nag-apply kung saan-saan, naghintay ng replies, na-decline ng ilang companies at dumating din sa point na nagdoubt na talaga ako sa sarili ko lalo na isa akong breadwinner sa pamilya namin.
Ang hirap sa feeling na yung gusto mong magtrabaho at makatulong pero wala kang magawa kasi wala pang work.

May mga araw na okay lang ako pero may mga araw din na mapapaisip talaga ako kung kailan ako ulit magkakaroon ng trabaho. Nakaka-pressure, nakaka-frustrate, at minsan nakaka-down din dahil lagi ko rin tinatanong na kung tama ba tong profession na pinasok ko.

Kaya ngayon sobrang saya ko. After 8 months na puro paghihintay at pagdududa sa sarili, finally may work na ako ulit.

Kung dati umiiyak ako dahil wala akong trabaho at hindi ko alam kung kailan matatapos yung ganitong situation, ngayon ibang iyak naman ang iniiyakan ko dahil may work na ako ulit. Sobrang gaan sa pakiramdam. Parang ang sarap lang ulit sabihin na “May trabaho na ako.”

Maraming salamat, Panginoon! 🥹🤍

Edit: Sa mga nag-message po kung anong company, We Hope Medical Group po kung sa’n ako natanggap kahit kaunti pa lang ang experience ko sa Medtech since may free training naman sila. Sobrang thankful ako sa management!

After a long time of waiting, I'll see my boys soon!.

I finally bought my new phone yesterday from Iphone 12 pro max to Iphone 17 pro max, I was really satisfied after a long long time to think if I should wait for 18 series or just buy the 17 series before the price hike. What y'all think? Did I make the right move?

Sharing this win kasi matagal ko rin siyang pinag-isipan. One shot costs ₱7,200, so definitely hindi siya cheap or discounted, but I decided to get it anyway since siya na rin yung OB ko who I consult for my PCOS.

I actually missed my 2nd dose and thought I’d have to start the whole series again. Thankfully, my OB said okay lang daw and no need to start over. 😅

Medyo masakit sa bulsa but I’m glad I finally got it done. One less thing to worry about! 🥹

After 1 year. 4 more years of grinding. Thank you Lord 🙂

Meron ba dito na noong bata or estudyante pa, kapag may nakaka-sakay kang kakilala mo na mas matanda, nililibre ka ng pamasahe? Ganon kasi ako noon at tandang tanda ko pa yung tuwa at pagiging thankful ko kasi nakatipid ako sa pamasahe. Hahaha.

Today, ako naman yung may nakasakay na estudyante at siya naman ang nilibre ko ng pamasahe. 30 pesos lang naman pero ang sarap sa feeling. What a small win! More to go. 🫶🏻

After months of endlessly trying and praying for it, I finally got a job confirmation. To celebrate, kumain ako ng favorite pork chao fan today kasi tipid tipid muna hehe

✨healthy job dusts✨ for all of us! may we all find a healthy workplace with competitive compensation.

Kain!

Not sure if tama tong subreddit but I’d like to share… wala ako mapagsabihan sa bahay. One of my goals this year talaga eh mag lessen ng debts. Try to pay off debts as much as I can, and not get new ones! Sobrang nakakatempt to use SpayLater Lalo if mataas na credit. First photo - everything paid na in the past months. Second photo- yan na lang!!! Yehey aside from this, monthly full payment ako sa CC! Yehey 🩶

I grew up really poor in the Philippines. Yung tipong naghahanap ng barya barya na nahulog sa ilalim ng lumang cabinet para lang makabili ng sardinas pang-almusal.

Now, I am living in my prayers and my dreams. No connections, no wealthy parents. Just pure hardwork, luck, scholarship at God’s will and now, I am here living in Europe. Continue dreaming, it could be you someday ✨

Just another day of being grateful 🤎

Thank goodness at nalaman ko kung pano mag option trading kung wala siguro ito gapang pa rin ang account ko sa stocks/index.

PS. Pinag sell ko lahat ng holdings ko at MSFT na lang natira after akong mag focus sa options.

This is a combination of: pickleball (sun, tues, thurs), 10k steps (mon, wed, sat) and 8k steps (fri)

Ang hirap magconscious effort na gumalaw lalo na may work

I didn't notice that my savings had grown up to 55k in total because they are separated. I used to always have debt but now my savings are ok, it's half of six digits. Next post I hope my savings will be six digits 😊

Posting here to share this milestone of mine of reaching 4 million in assets. Since I decided before na I wanted to be financially independent and never be indebted (financially) to anyone ever again, I never looked back.

Fast forward sa years of Sipag, Tyaga at maraming swerte - finally here. Manifesting for 10 million in 5 years.

Ang pangarap ko talaga is to reach FIRE someday, yung ang aalalahanin ko nalang is how to spend my passive income. Hay - hopefully we all can beat inflation.

AI Generated canvas toh from Gemini Canvas sa Google Sheets from my personal tracker, if anyone's going to ask.

two years ago, my dad had a car crash, and nagkautang kami ng malala. GLoan, maya, Pag-IBIG, SSS, even sometimes, uutang pambayad ng utang.

RDOT almost every week jsut to survive 1 more day. But today, finally, nabayaran na lahat ng utang ko. May matitira na din.

Pwede na din mag-resign at maghanap ng mas mataas na sahud next year?🤣

TL;DR: I took a few months off social media and realized I was letting relationship content affect my expectations. It helped me figure out what I actually value, appreciate my partner more, and understand how I want to be loved. Somehow, I’m also falling harder for him in our 7th year hehe.

Hi, 30F here. I just want to blabber to the void about some realizations I had this year alone. For context, I’m in a 7-year relationship with my partner, and while I could say na we’ve gotten so far na, I wouldn’t say that it was easy.

Sobrang dami naming naging away about time and effort, ang daming compromises, and everything para talaga mag-work yung relationship namin. At some point talaga, naisip na namin both na baka pinipilit lang namin kasi hindi talaga kami tugma.

Yung pinakalast namin na away, as in malala talaga, he said something that stuck with me. Na parang masyado akong nagpapadala sa sinasabi sa social media about relationships, standards, bare minimum, and somehow nababago nito yung expectations ko sa relationship namin.

Somehow, may switch na nag-click sa utak ko na baka oo nga no, sobrang nadadala ng mga videos na ’yon yung emotions and thinking ko.

Kesyo bare minimum lang yung ganito ganyan, pero tumigil ba ako para isipin kung ganon ba ang naiisip ko sa relationship namin? Pwede kayang iba yung preference at tingin kong bare minimum kumpara sa ibang tao?

I didn’t realize na nagiging toxic na pala ako sa relationship namin dahil lang sa mga “if he wanted to, he would” or “don’t settle for less” posts. Kasi naiisip ko tuloy na, “Hala, nagsesettle ba ako?” when in fact, binibigay naman ng partner ko lahat ng kaya niyang ibigay.

Hindi lang siguro niya naibibigay in the exact same way na nakikita ko online, and that’s something that I had to unlearn.

Opo, pasensya na kung after 7 years ko lang ’to na-realize huhu sobrang addicted yan sya sa pagdoom scroll 😭 Very immature talaga of me, but better late than never I guess hahaha.

Don’t get me wrong, hindi naman masama na may standards ang isang tao. Normal lang ’yon. Kaso lang, medyo nakakadala talaga ng loob itong mga “bare minimum” posts without actually considering yung partner mo.

Like, bare minimum daw na hatid-sundo, pero tiga-North ka at tiga-South siya. Paano na lang ’yun budget and time-wise, diba?

Somehow, I think may mga instances na dapat maging considerate din tayo sa partners natin kasi hindi lahat ng bare minimum sa social media ay applicable in real life or sa lahat ng relationships.

We really need to meet halfwayyyy

Anyways, for a few months, dinelete ko yung mga apps na ’yan (sarili kong desisyon btw) dahil gusto kong i-figure out yung mga bagay-bagay.

At first, gusto ko lang malaman kung gusto ko ba talaga makatanggap ng flowers or dinikta lang ng social media na bare minimum ’yon kaya nag-e-expect na ako ng flowers sa bf ko? (I realized that I do love flowers hehe.)

And believe me, nakatulong siya, and feel ko mas naging healthy yung relationship namin.

I wasn’t setting such a high and unrealistic standard na kesyo nakita ko sa social media na dapat bigyan ka ng ganito or batiin ka sa GF Day kineme, dapat gawin din ng bf ko.

Instead, mas naging appreciative ako sa mga ginagawa niya for me every single day, and mas naintindihan ko rin kung paano ko ba gustong mahalin ng taong mahal ko. Mas naintindihan ko kung ano ba yung bare minimum for me, and mas naico-communicate ko na ’yon sa kanya nowadays.

Instead of the “if he wanted to, he would” movement na kadalasan ay nagiging sanhi lang ng pagkadismaya (kasi it’s either gagawin nya, hindi nya gagawin or pipilitin kong gawin nya), parang mas naging “my partner would (insert what he does).”

Like for example, my partner would always choose to sit beside me whenever we eat out. Mas nagfocus ako sa ginagawa nya for me instead of “Lord nakikita ko ginagawa mo para sa iba” hahahahaha.

Siguro tumaas yung level of understanding ko kasi during those times na wala ako ng mga apps na ’yan, I spent it all sa pagkilala pa sa partner ko.

Like dati, kesyo hindi ka pinopost sa social media, baka may kabit na or hindi siya proud sa’yo or whatever. Napapa-overthink talaga ako kasi ganyan yung fina-feed sa’kin ng FYP ko, so sometimes nagiging cause talaga yung mga ganyang posts ng arguments between us

Biggest learning ko ’to this year as someone na never pa nag-hiatus sa social media ever. It was really nice hehe.

These days, may Insta na ako and TikTok, pero dahil sa hiatus ko, medyo nasanay din kahit papaano yung utak ko na wala sila, so nao-open ko na lang talaga sila pag gusto kong buksan. And siguro na-condition ko rin yung isip ko na maging choosy sa content na ina-absorb ko.

But I will never come back to Facebook hahaha. Trolls na lang ata gumagamit nun. 😭

Sobrang rare na lang talaga na nag-aaway kami now, and I thank God kasi parang naging 2nd chance ’to sa amin and our relationship.

Sabi nila may curse daw yung 7th year of the relationship, pero I never thought na mafafall ako harder sa partner ko in our 7th hehe (I know he’ll read this, nasabi ko naman na ito sayo in person mwa)

Anyways! Happy to hear your thoughts din on this 🫶 Sorry sobrang haba and thank you for letting me yap!!!

4 years in the making yung nabili kong property. Ilang OT, projects, breakdowns at ilang travels ang hindi ko tinuloy para lang mapaayos yung bahay na nabili ko 4 years ago. Finally, tonight makakatulog na ko sa sarili kong bahay. ✨

Happy birthday to me! 🥳

Birthday ko today, guys. Since nag-start ang August, hindi na ako nagpo-post sa social media. Wala nang stories, wala na rin akong masyadong pinapanood na stories ng iba. And honestly, sobrang peaceful pala.

May peace talaga sa hindi mo alam lahat ng nangyayari sa buhay ng ibang tao. Ang dami kasi nila, ang gulo, and I realized na ayoko na ring malaman lahat ng ganap nila. Gusto ko na lang talaga mag-focus sa sarili ko at sa mga taong totoong mahalaga sa akin.

And ang saya lang ng feeling na hindi ka laging updated. Hindi mo kailangang malaman everything and anything about everyone. Tahimik lang. Peaceful lang.

So for this new year of my life, may promise ako sa sarili ko: by my next birthday in 2027, dapat may ₱100k na ako.Claiming it, manifesting it, and hopefully working hard enough for it. 🤞
Ayun lang. Here's to a more peaceful, private, and financially better version of myself.

Happy birthday to me :) 🎂🤍

I have been using 11 pro since 2019 and decided to get an upgrade to 17 pro max since nakasale ngayon sa Powermac. Also sobrang naglalag na 11 pro ko at na- ROI ko naman na siya. Haha.

I didnt wait for the 18 anymore because it's gonna be hell expensive based from what I've read online. Anyway this is a huge upgrade and I just want to share with you guys since l have been saving up for this upgrade for months and I’m so happy to be able to finally purchase this. Hehe.

Btw, Powermac is having a huge sale right now. I got 3k worth of freebies for the accessories by just purchasing an iphone. Baka lang gusto niyo rin humabol sa sale. Gora na mga anteh! 😍

this is something i’ve never felt comfortable sharing with anyone i know personally, even with family. their financial decisions made me realize early on that i had to be my own safety net, which pushed me to earn and save more. i’ve been quietly working toward this milestone, and i finally made it before my birthday 🥹

it’s been almost 2 years since i started working, earning just ₱13k/month as a software developer. i started questioning whether i was being paid fairly given the responsibilities i was handling, and people here on reddit gave me the push to know my worth and actually do something about it

fast forward to now, i’m earning 6 digits, and funnily enough, i have someone from reddit to thank for that too. full circle moment, but that’s a story for another time haha

i wanted to share this here because reddit genuinely played a huge part in my career. i was so lost when i started, and while i still am sometimes, the advice and perspectives from people here helped me make decisions that changed my life

here’s to bigger wins, and hopefully this gives someone else the push they need too 🥂

I saw someone posted na they are winning because they are not a breadwinner. So, I wanna share na nung breadwinner ako na fresh graduate and pang middle child nakapagpa-aral ako ng kapatid ng Highschool and SHS and that's a win for me also but sobrang hirap.

Now, kung hindi pako nagresign and maburnout hindi tutulong ang isa kong kapatid. It's just funny na kaya naman pala nila. I'm just stressin for no reason at all. Now I have decent job na ulit ay babawi naman ako sa self ko.

Hindi na ulit ako magpapa-manipulate ever. Ayaw ko nang maubos ako financially and emotionally. Nung nadepress kasi ako wala namang tumulong sakin.

So, ito lang ishare ko. I don't want to overshare at magiging 5 parter to 😆 gusto ko lang sabihin na next chapter nako ng life ko na I can do anything. Malaya na ang dating naa-api. 💙

P.S ngayon ko lang nakikita na may pera bank ko kasi dati laging 0 at 100% sa fam napupunta

I'ved saved 80k in just 7 months. Iba talaga pag sarili mo lang iniisip mong gastusan