The Home of the Talking Fingers on the Web

This is my favorite spot in our flat (a part of the design/house renovation we did this week; hubi assembled the chairs and the bookshelf. I did the design of the reading corner) - my little corner; where I blog at night; where I read some books I brought from the Philippines, and the e-books I printed here in our new residence; where I gabble on Grand Cadbury chocolates that hubi gave me on my birthday, one of his gifts for me; his other gifts are forthcoming, he said. He should because during his birthday two months ago, I gave him Bose speaker. Haha. Am I counting in here? In fact, I haven’t paid him yet for the speaker I gave him. LOL. (meaning, utang ko sa kanya yung pinambili ko ng regalo ko sa kanya. haha) BTW, sorry for the curtains in the above photo. I wasn’t able to fix the curtains when I took this picture.

We watched the DVD, Ghost, an old movie of Demi Moore last night. Good thing, we bought a DVD player so we could finally use the TV after 7 months. We haven’t bought yet the Receiver so there’s no channel coming out; and I’m thinking hard whether or not I’d want to get the TFC. hehe.

Today’s Mom’ birthday. Last month, I also posted here that it’s mom’s birthday. Yeah, mom got two birth months: February and March - same day. It’s a long story. But her real birthday falls on March 11.

I immediately checked my YM and saw some offline messages from mom. She was telling me that until now, there’s no news yet from brother#1 who left for Malaysia three days ago. Of course, I was already worried, too. So I immediately researched on the company’s number of my brother and dialed it using my mobile phone. We are continent apart; and I don’t know how much that would cost me in terms of call rates. But it didn’t matter to me. All I want is to pacify my parents’ agony of waiting for any feedback about him. And besides, it’s my mom’s birthday today and I wanted her to enjoy this day.

I researched the Web on how to make an overseas call to Malaysia. Dial 00+60+ number. I tried it but it gave me a wrong notice. So I added the number 7 after 60. Presto! Someone answered me. I thought I was just making a local call. It seemed so near. I tried to clear the air by asking about her name if she was the person who was really written on the piece of contact person I saw awhile ago. I introduced myself as the sister of my brother. Fortunately she said, “ah yes, he arrived safely here, and started working yesterday”. I was so relieved at that thought. Good, good. So my brother’s already there, I thought. She asked me if I wanted to talk with my brother. I asked her “is he around?” Then she said, (maybe she’s far from the department where my brother works) instead, “do you have a number where he can call you?” “Ah. I’m in another country (not Philippines) so I guess it’s just OK if you could please tell my brother to contact our parents later if he has the time?” I told her to which she willingly agreed. With the results of my conversation with the company’s HR, I immediately texted my parents. I didn’t want them to worry. You know, the hardest thing to do is to wait in vain, right?

Maybe, my brother couldn’t find a local SIM card yet or an Internet cafe to inform us…He also forgot getting a roaming functionality for his old SIM. Anyhow, I hope to receive some news directly from him.

Last night, we also bought some gadgets for facial and foot spa. I’m going to try them this weekend. It’s part of my gift for myself. I want to pamper myself with some good delights every now and then.

I feel that there’s so much that I have to do in my personal life - like living my life on a daily basis. Not just actually living it to let the day pass by, but savoring every moment of the day. When I reached my age this month,I have learned to slow down. I have learned to let go of the grudges. I have learned to let go of waiting. I have learned to live life the way I wanted it to be. I have learned to value the most important things, people, and events in my life.

Looking back, I realized that I have been blogging about my life here. I remember that I wanted this blog to be a lifetool blog, the inspired expressions of my talking fingers. With that, I originally meant it to be a blog that would help make life productive. I guess, I am not hitting it there yet. I am just writing my heart out. I am just writing the inspired expressions of my thoughts. Maybe, soon, I’d really be able to make this life a productivity blog. But let’s see. I am enjoying the way things are going on in this blog. It’s my way of connecting to the friendships I have developed through this blog, and to some strangers who stumble upon this blog. Maybe, I’d just change this blog from lifetool to humanblog. This is everything about humanity. This is everything about me that makes me human - all about my emotions. I write because I want to share a piece of me; that maybe in one way or another, my talking fingers are reaching out deep down to those who my life has touched or those who have touched me through their precious comments. Or maybe, I’ll stick with LIFETOOL Blog. I think it’s better that way. This is about my life. This is my tool to keep me sane; to reach out, to keep in touch, to touch base with my soul.

…My little corner on the Web that hopes to reach globally, but is touched locally.

Home of the talking fingers on the Web: me, my, mine.

Love,

fingertalks

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