Gratitude Poem

I have encountered a beautiful poem that resonates deeply with my current feelings. It is a heartfelt poem that celebrates the simple yet profound act of being thankful. I am very pleased to share it here on Chartotem's blog.

Gratitude

by Edgar Allan Guest

 

Be grateful for the kindly friends that walk along your way;

Be grateful for the skies of blue that smile from day to day;

Be grateful for the health you own, the work you find to do,

For round about you there are men less fortunate than you.

Be grateful for the growing trees, the roses soon to bloom,

The tenderness of kindly hearts that shared your days of gloom;

Be grateful for the morning dew, the grass beneath your feet,

The soft caresses of your babes and all their laughter sweet.

Acquire the grateful habit, learn to see how blest you are,

How much there is to gladden life, how little life to mar!

And what if rain shall fall to-day and you with grief are sad;

Be grateful that you can recall the joys that you have had. 

Some link love to Allpoetry.com

will post more insights soon here in Chartotem's Blog

 

 

Happy Birthday April Dudettes! 2024 Edition

In April, our family's quite a sight,

With birthday cakes bursting with light.

We raise a toast high,

To those born 'neath the sky,

Another year older, but ever so bright!

• 11 - Raven
• 21 - Leslie
• 26 - Ate Pye 

March Marvels

 🎉 Happy Birthday to the March Marvels of Our Family! 🎉

• March 7 = Tatay Romy
• March 30 = Marlouie

As the gentle March breeze brings the promise of spring, it also ushers in the celebration of life and joy within our family. To those who add the sparkle to our days and the warmth to our hearts, we wish you a birthday as magnificent as the march you make around the sun each year.

May this month be filled with laughter, love, and countless memories that bloom like the flowers of spring. Here’s to the happiness that you bring to our lives just by being you!

Cheers to another year of wonderful moments! 🥳

And special Happy Birthday in heaven greetings to my Mama Cely (March 3) We love you always!!!

Hooray for February!

Happy birthday to my family and friends celebrating their special day this month! I know February can be cold and dreary, but you always light up any room you walk into. Let’s get the party started and celebrate how awesome you are! 🎈🎁

• 1 - Corinne
• 4 -  Aura
• 8 - Tonyo
• 11 - Bea
• 13 - RJ
• 21 - Rakki
• 23  - Wino
• 28 - Annel

Whether you are Aquarians or Pisceans, I want to tell the whole world how super awesome you are!!! Happy Birthday Fam!

PokemonGO

Naglevel up ako sa PokemonGO nung weekend. Pero parang wala lang 🙍 :-(

Nawala na kase excitement sa larong ito. Maraming factors. Una yung remote raid changes. Next yung pag alis ng mga changes at perks na nilagay nila dahil sa pandemic. More details on this sa Niantic Hear us link. Wala na rin yung raid xcite factor, yung excited ka mag-raid pag weekly raid kasama mo mga friends at officemates mo pag Wednesday. 

Sa totoo lang, ang isa sa dahilan ng hindi ko pa pag uninstall nito ay yung pag-remote raid namin ng kapatid ko, ako nasa Maynila, siya nasa probinsya, at isa itong good bonding experience for me. Excited rin kme mag-lucky trade pag umuuwi ako probinsya pag bakasyon. Nakakatuwa rin na isipin dahil dito sa laro na ito natuto ako mag youtube video upload at mga basic youtube channel management skills, pati na rin yung mag-maintain ng isang alt account sa social media na ang focus ay game lang (mainly pokemon go tapos pag ibang game pede rin pailan ilan tweet)

Sa ngayon, steady lang. Carry lang na hindi kumuha ng isang pokemon go gym na malapit sa office pag RTO ako. Pero kuha kuha rin ng gym sa weekend pag kaya. 

Pwede pa rin kase mag-mash up at i-align sa health activities in the future .So pag ganun baka pede pa rin ibalik ang sigla sa PokemonGO kahit pahirapan na ang exp para sa next level (need 27M exp e).

Wish me luck sa PokemonGO at better health journey ko :-)

March Birthdays!!!

 Happy Birthday sa mga March Celebs!

• 3 - Mama Cellie (+)
• 7 - Tatay Romy
• 30- Marlouie

February Greetings

 Hello World!

2023 na! I am reviving the monthly bday greetings post here in Chartotem. Simulan natin this month of February:

• 1 - Corinne
• 4 -  Au
• 11 - Bea
• 13 - RJ
• 21 - Rakki
• 23  - Wino
• 28 - Annel

Happy Birthday sa inyong lahat!!!

Book Reading: The Greatest Salesman in The World

I will greet this day with love in my heart.

And how will I act? I will love all manners of men for each has qualities to be admired even though they be hidden. With love I will tear down the wall of suspicion and hate which they have built round their hearts and in its place will I build bridges so that my love may enter their souls.

-The Greatest Salesman in The World, Og Mandino

Scroll 2 na ako sa aking book reading. Kakaiba ang pagbasa ng librong ito kase positivity and habit forming sya. Happy lang ako kaya sharing dito sa blog.

Book Reading: TGSitW

 “Today I begin a new life.

Today I shed my old skin which hath, too long, suffered the bruises of failure and the wounds of mediocrity.”

-The Greatest Salesman in the World

By Og Mandino

Im reading this book and its refreshing. Scroll 1 pa lang this week. Good habit ito and wish me luck on forming good and better habits.

Yun lang muna. Til next post. 😊

-M

Hello Chartotem Blog!!!

Dear Chartotem's Blog,

Sabi nga ng Nike Just DO it!!! kaya today e meron akong mga pagbabago na sisimulan.

Unahin natin muna yung fitness goal.  Sabi ng app nag-aaverage daw ako ng 2200+ steps/day this year. 

Naalala ko pre-pandemic mga 5000+ ito. or parang goal pa nga is 10,000 steps/day ito.

So starting today, this month gawin ko 5000 steps/day ang target at mag update ako dito blog monthly.

Idagdag ko rin cycling distance, pero sige baby steps muna kaya STEPS muna yung ilagay ko sa post na ito.

Meron din changes sa ibang  mga bagay-bagay (e.g shift focus sa content creation vs usual pastime) pero again isa isa lang muna pero para sa ibang post yun sa ibang araw!

Wish me luck Hello world!

Hanggang sa susunod na blog post!

Nagmamahal,

-M

March Birthdays

Happy Happy Birthday to my fam members who were born in March

• 3 - Mama
• 7 - Tatay Romy
• 30- Marlouie

May you have more birthdays to come!!!

February Dudes and Dudettes

 Happy Birthday to the February celebs! 

• 1 - Corinne
• 4 - Au
• 11 - Bea
• 13 - RJ
• 21 - Rakki
• 23 - Wino
• 28 - Annel

Wishing you and your family good health and abundant blessings.

Netflix Recos: Coronavirus, Explained

Happy New Year!!!

Bagong taon, bagong buhay! Bagong pakulo, bagong gimik, bagong post! 

Gusto kong mag-recommend ng mga paborito kong palabas sa Netflix. Nandyan ang Money Heist, Lucifer, Mystic Pop-up Bar at marami pang iba. Pero simulan natin sa napapanahon at kapaki-pakinabang na show ang: Coronavirus, Explained

image credits: Netflix.com

In 2020, the world changed. This topical series examines the coronavirus pandemic, the efforts to combat it and ways to manage its mental health toll.

Napaganda at napaka-informative nitong short series na ito about Covid-19. Dinidiscuss nya ang pandemic, ang history at impact nito sa atin, ang iba't ibang uri ng vaccines, ang herd immunity at ang mental health impact ng Covid19 sa atin. 

image credits: Netflix.com

Short series ito, so 3 episodes na mga less than 30 minutes bawat isang episode kaya hindi nakakainip.

Panoorin nyo kapag me Netflix kayo at siguradong magiging makabuluhan ang oras ng panonood ninyo!

Yan ang ating Chartotem Netlix Recommendations Part 01 at sana ay nagustuhan nyo ito!

Hanggang sa susunod na post!!!

ECQ Day 106: Farmville at Harvest Time

June 28, 2020

Naaalala nyo ba na nung ECQ Day 27 ay naikwento ko ang aking mga tanim na gulay? Heto na sya ngayon:

Pechay nakatanim pa, ECQ Day 106

Naharvest na! ECQ Day 106

Ang ulam namin: Nilagang Baboy with Pechay, ECQ Day 107

Tunay nga po ang kasabihan na "Pag may itinanim ay may aanihin (at may pagkain tayong kakainin) ! Bow :)

-M

Late post on July 5, 2020

ECQ Day 79: PPE Kit for Ate

June 1, 2020

Yehey! Dumating na ang PPE kit/PPE Care Package para kay Ate Cielo!!!

Masayang masaya ang Ate ko kanina nung binabalita sa akin sa FB messenger.  Masaya rin ako at nakarating na ito sa Quezon Province kase alam ko mahirap pa ang mga padala-padala papuntang probinsya.

Ate, take extra care and always be safe dyan sa ospital.

Salamat sa Trend Micro Pilipinas at sa lahat ng mga taong tumulong para maipadala ito sa mga kapamilya naming mga Trenders!

Try ko pag magpost ng actual pic ng PPE pag nakuha ko na ibang pics.

Hanggang sa susunod na post! :)

-M

ECQ Day 49: Achievement Unlocked

May 2, 2020

Mga ilang araw na rin na inis at init na init na ako sa buhok ko!!! Ito yung tipong hairstyle ni Logan (aka Wolverine) na minash-up sa buhok ni Dr. Hank Mccoy (aka Beast/X-Men). Imagine-in mo na lang, sya yung tipong hairstyle hindi na sumusunod sa suklay at palaging magulo. Mas masaya sana kung Wakanda haircut level e (pang T'Challa (aka Black Panther) o M'Baku man lang) pero hindi eh. Tapos kase nga under lockdown pa rin, so bawal lumabas, walang barbero. Dahil nga ECQ pa,  tiis tiis lang muna!

Ang solusyon: nagpabili ako online ng electric razor ke Raven (aka Maui). Hindi yung mahal na brand, yung ok ok lang ang presyo.Tapos siya na rin ang mag-gugupit sa akin :)

So Achievement Unlocked: ECQ Haircut on May 2, 2020

Before and After Haircut. ECQ Day 49.
Photo edits via Befunky and Snapseed apps

Special thanks to Raven! Panalo ang skill levels nya sa haircut and hairstyling. Iniisip ko pa kung mag-unboxing post ako para sa electric razor sa main blog, kase OK sya in my opinion, brand vs price vs quality. Alam nyo naman, me kasabihan tayo na: mag blog post blog post rin pag me time! :) hahaha!

Naka ECQ-status variant pa rin ang lungsod ko so baka may part 2 pa itong haircut post na ito. Abangan natin yan...

Mas dadalasan ko na rin ang pagpost dito sa Chartotem blog, promise! Hanggang sa susunod na blogpost!

-M
posted May 26, 2020

ECQ Day 46: Sore Throat

Got bad case sore throat  And this really a bad case as it comes with headache 😟

This is the kind of sore throat that I feel when my tonsils are inflamed. But this cannot be tonsillitis na, because I've undergone tonsillectomy several years ago 😁

Solution: gargled warm water with salt, NO cold water and other cold drinks muna. Cut off coffee too 🙁 Tsaa tsaa lang rin pag me time 😁

Seriously, I refrained from all sweets and cold for the mean time as some precautionary measures. Drank meds for the headache too and rest from my usual work-from-home by sleeping. Since I have to report all related health issues as part of my companies WFH initiative, I reported sa internal website/tracker namin, but stressed that I have no coughs, no colds, no fever.

Paranoid...

Nakakapraning!

But good thing I was feeling better during the night na...

-M

Ang Covid19, ECQ at Work-from-Home, Bow!

Kakaibang experience ang dulot nitong covid-19 na ito kaya nagdecide ako na magpost tungkol sa Covid19, Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) and work-from-home (WFH) experience ko ( at namin na rin siguro) dito sa Chartotem's Blog.

Since ECQ Day 28 na ngayon, mag backdate na lang ako ng mga post ko at ang plano eh with pictures sya. Kapag may maayos na topic flow baka pede ko sya ifeature sa main blog pero secondary na lang yun.

Simulan na natin...
Ang aking mga bagong halaman at gulay

my seedbed with petchay taken ECQ Day 27

the petchay plant tranfered to the hanging plastic pot taken ECQ Day 27

Isa sa mga i-backdated post ko ay nung seeds pa lang sya.

Syempre papasikatin ko yan pag harvest time na! Wish me and Raven and our plants good luck :)

Stay safe and healthy!

-M

Update on May 26:
Yehey! Meron na ibang ECQ related posts ECQ Day 46 at ECQ Day 49 Achievement Unlocked

Happy Birthday Mama!

Today is my Mama's Birthday!!!

I'd like to be with her on this special day in the province but I will do some shoutout and birthday greetz here now (and  babawi na lang next month pag-uwi ko ng Quezon).

So in the tradition of my free six video and free six greetings, here are my birthday messages for my Mama Cellie!

You are the person that I can always count on for support, good advice, or a shoulder to lean on. I love you so much, Mama. Happy Birthday!!!

Mama with the fam in Misibis 2015 

On this special day, I’d like you to know that without you, I would be nothing. With you by my side, I have discovered the best in me. Thank you and happy birthday Ma!!!

To my mom on her birthday: Thank you for bringing me into the world and for caring for me all my life. Have a wonderful day and a joyous year ahead!

Being a mother is one of the hardest and most important jobs in the world. I am so grateful to have you as mine. I love you, Mama. Have a wonderful birthday!

With a loving heart and a warm embrace, I send my birthday wishes to the best mother in the world!

Happy Birthday, Mama. If you didn’t have a birthday, then neither would I. Have a great day. I love you so much. Hugs and kisses. From Maui and me :)

Sending some link love to this site, for these wonderful birthday greetings text.

Hello 2019

Hello 2019!

Solo bike ride. 

Tiendesitas.