For someone who is struck with Lupus like me, the summer season is truly a dreadful one. Last year’s summer was terrible for me, my constant “flare” made it difficult for me to even walk around. The relentless heat was felt all over the country (perhaps even the whole world) and for “Lupies” the sun and the heat are synonyms of flare and pain. I’m not sure how I endured the tormenting weakness I felt, the butterfly mark on my face were so noticeable that most people thought I was just blushing, the overwhelming fatigue is what I hated the most. I think I’ve spent more money in sunscreens than I ever spent in shopping alone. When everyone else is enjoying the sun in the beach, I am locked in my air-conditioned room, shielding myself from the sun. As I patiently wait for the sun to go down so that I could get a glimpse of the beach.

Every morning, I find myself praying for rain or at least to feel the coldness once again.. I’ll say to God “Please let it rain today, let there be a cloud to cover the sun and embrace me in chill factor so that I can go outside!”

I can already feel the summer heat and I am somehow terrified that even though I am currently Lupus flare-free the sun will trigger a flare and I have to go through all that again. Argghh, the pain and suffering of having this chronic illness can sometimes be annoying. But I am keeping the faith that no matter how the weather may be or how the global warming affects my Lupus, God is way stronger than all these and He will carry me along and help me get through it.

Take care my fellow Lupies, and for everyone suffering from any illness. Take heart and know that God is always in control.

My cousin from California finally convinced her parents to let her move back here in the Philippines. She wanted to study here and pursue her dream of becoming a marine biologist. It was a tough decision because she’s only seventeen and her whole family are now residing in the US and it only means she will be living here on her own. Her parents will help her settle in and they’ve decided to have some of their furniture sent here, so that their daughter will no longer buy new ones. International shipping cost quite a lot but sitting at the couch that they sent to us a few years back, I think it’s all worth it.

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My father is an overseas Filipino worker and we rely so much on the dollar he sends every month. Maybe it’s a bit selfish on our part but I prefer the previous exchange rate, back in the days where a $1 is about Php50 oh, how I wish. Especially, nowadays when I am also earning dollars from blogging. They say that a strong peso means a strong economy, really now? I am aware that the US dollar is quite weak because of the US economy but I hope the exchange rate will somehow be fair for everyone who are working their hearts out in other countries and sacrificing their families just to earn a decent money for their loved-ones.

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I need to go hurry to the mall today so that I can pay up my credit card bills. My billing due date was yesterday and I forgot all about it since I had so much to do. I have always been very disciplined in paying up my bills, as much as possible I pay my bills before the due date. I just want to avoid to have any bad credit credit cards, this is bad for my financial reputation and it something that any entrepreneur would like to avoid, and you should too. Always pay your bills on time.

A fine day for blogging..

I was in the middle of updating this site, maybe you could notice that I’ve been changing my template hoping to find something suited for my taste but I don’t know if I’m just picky or what but I just kept on trying out for more. I want my template to be simple but stylish, I also prefer to have it in my favorite color… pink and lavender. While I was updating my sidebar, I found out that this blog is now PR 2 and I am so happy. After the big pagerank drop, it was something that I’ve always wanted. For the past months, I really didn’t blog too often and I already lost hope that this blog will regain its PR 4 but I don’t what happened but I am thankful to at least have some PR again in all of my blogs.

For someone who suffers a chronic disease and someone who are more prone to drug allergies such as I am, it is always important to know what you will do in case of an emergency. I remembered an incident where I fainted in a mall and my friend brought me to the emergency room of the hospital since I was unconscious I couldn’t tell them that I have Lupus and I’m also allergic to most medicines, it was a good thing that my friend called up my mom and she got there just in time before the medics give me anything. This is the reason why, I carry along my pocket a note stating the dos and don’ts for me in case of emergencies. If only we could have a medical ID bracelet that can make the medics to give precise treatment and to avoid any errors. I think this is also very helpful for children and infants so that a Child Medical Alert can be treated properly whenever you see the bracelet or the necklace. I really hope we can also have it here.