Pinay Jade

I have been talking about IVF with a girlfriend who is undergoing through this procedure in the USA. Hubby and I are also considering this option in case we are still unsuccessful in trying to conceive by the end of this year. This program involves daily anti-hormone injections for a period of 2-3 weeks, followed by hormone injections to stimulate egg growth for another 2 weeks. Egg extraction will then be performed with embryo transfer 2-3 days later.

IVF treatment however is not very cheap. In the Philippines, according to  my girlfriend it would be around P300,000.00 ( us $6,468.00) while in Singapore IVF- ICSI treatment can cost from about US$7,000 to $10,000 per cycle.

When I say per cycle it means per trial, you see it’s not very sure that you will be successful on the first time you do this procedure. There are a lot of problems that can happen. That’s what worries me a little bit so I was wondering if there is a Health Insurance that covers the cost this kind of procedures.  It would definitely be a great help.

The coming days I will try to spend some time and read some Health Insurance Articles to have more idea what I will get myself into.

Have you or do you know somebody who has gone through this procedure as well? Please share here your experiences or knowledge on the subject. It would be greatly appreciated.

Hubby just left for Texas this morning for an emergency business trip. His boss called him yesterday early in the morning to tell him the bad news. Five of his colleagues just resigned! That was a shocker! We suspect that his former boss that recently left the company offered these guys jobs in the new company she is working for.

He was actually about to leave in 2 weeks but with what happened, they need to do some damage control and find replacement for his peers as soon as possible. This means he would be extra busy the coming months.

He has been working too much the last couple of months. I wish we can take off sometime and just relax and not think of work or making a baby you know. I am a bit tired from working too to be honest, I need some change.

I wonder if traveling is cheaper now due to the recession and if so would there be cheap Vegas vacations too? I mean Vegas is known for gambling and partying. I always wanted to see Vegas but I won’t be really gambling or so - I just wanna see how it looks like.

Women in general wants to be sexy, feel sexy and look sexy if possible. All cards are out now girlfriend. It is just a fact I am stating here. And I agree with Cristina Aguilera when she said  “we are beautiful no matter what they say”. We have to see our own beauty and feel it as well.

Today women have so many options and ways they can make themselves feel sexy. They can buy shoes, clothes or intimates in which we have so many to choose from. Let’s just take the women’s underwear, there are several types of undies that I know of and they are : tanga , boy shorts, g- string and of course the oldtimer - the granny panites.

Boyshorts is my favorite of all. I personally consider comfort first and then the looks of the garment.  I mean I wouldn’t want to look hot and totally uncomfortable - that’s not cool. Also what I wear for the day depends on my moods. It can be that I am feeling happy and giddy - if so then I might be wearing a cute boyshorts with playful colors. If I wanna have a romantic day with the hubby, I might wear one that is really seductive like something with lace or so.

Valentines day is coming guys! You now have an idea what you can get your wife or girlfriend ;).

On my trips to the Philippines, I make sure I eat lots of seafood. Why? In the Philippines you can buy fresh seafood in almost every wet market and it is not expensive at all. I especially like tilapia, lobster, milkfish, shrimps and crabs. You can cook these ones in so many ways. You can fry them, cook with coconut, grill and so many more.

When I was living in the Netherlands, my girlfriend Marlene would always give me a call to share a crab feast with her. It is always fun to eat with somebody. Ah those are the good old times. The thought of crab is making me hungry and miss my friend of course. I am thinking of cooking a seafood dish sometime this week.

If are already salivating too with the thought of yummy crabs and would like to cook some crab dishes, make sure that you keep condiments to a minimum because the crab itself is already so tasty. The crab should be the focal point of your dish.

Eating fresh seafood is a great way to increase your consumption of amino acids and not to forget the essential fatty acids. But for women who are trying to get pregnant like me, keep in mind that you must avoid fish that has high mercury levels like king mackerel and shark.

I am thinking of setting up business in the near future, this year maybe if our situation permits it. I have always been an entrepreneur by heart. I always wanted to have my own shop but I really don’t know yet what kind of business I am going into.

When I was growing up my parents have had several businesses; a bakery but I was still very young so I did not really learn anything at that moment, a mini grocery that sells all kinds of everyday household items where I did some experience by manning it after school hours.

But I am not building a bakery nor a mini grocery, I am more of an artsy fartsy and a fashionista so if I were to have a shop, it would be something fashionable or crafty.

I saw a site called Costco where you can order custom bags. That just gave me an idea! I always had the passion for bags, so setting up a bag business is something that really speaks to me. Looking at their sites I saw that they do have a lot of products to choose from. They have very nice zipper bags which are the safest type of bags if you ask me. No need to worry about losing your stuff. You can either order bags with metal, nylon or Pin-locking zipper pull. Other items that they offer are mailbag, pizza bags, cooler bags , deposit bags and so much more.

Well I really need to think this through and come up with a very good business plan.

A lot of blogs are holding contests online with the usual prizes like entrecard credits, cash, blog templates, free advertisements and etc. What I have seen lately that seems to becoming a trend is items like promotional bags t-shirts, mugs, bears with the blogger’s name on it. I think it’s a cute blog advertising gimmick and it will definitely be a hit because traditional companies do this to sell more of their products.

What do you think is the most important accessory to men? Don’t know? Most of them would say watch or to the workaholics their laptop or blackberry.

Watch is the safest gift you can give a guy but if you are going to buy a man a watch make sure you take in consideration their lifestyle choice. Are they sporty? Then an Oakley watches would be great for him. Are they brand conscious? (And do you have a deep pocket ) A Rolex it is then.

Before you make the choice put yourself into his shoes to know what he would like and dislike so that you don’t waste your money.

Biometric has entered our lives in almost every aspect of our lives. Right from entering your office to public places like railway stations, airports, etc. Now this amazing system has entered our homes by way of fingerprint lock system. This is nothing but a lock to your home which would open only with your fingerprint. This is current rage among the home buyers. You would also be much interested in buying them once you know the amazing benefits it has.

I am the sort of person who would lose the key most of the time but with this fingerprint lock, I guess it would be hard to leave my fingers elsewhere huh! This would be really great for somebody like me. With this lock it is only you and people you authorized  can gain access to your home. This is even far more safer than giving our children the keys itself.

One might ask, what if someone had chopped our fingers to enter our homes? This is very unlikely unless you are very high profile person and has something in your house that somebody would want to steal.

The fingerprint lock system is truly a great innovation, I will definitely considering this when we build our own home.

I just wanna say that I am glad I have met so many wonderful people through blogging, yes you too included and I hope to see you more this coming year.

I have written some goals and plans for myself for this year

My Goals for 2009:

1) Have a baby – That’s no. 1 on my list, but of course I will try not to forget enjoy the process of procreation. I do not intend to stress myself on this subject. It will happen in due time. And besides I am not that old yet so there is no rush.

2) Earn a steady online income. I want to learn more about SEO and all that stuff and develop my sites furthur. I just love the idea of earning while I am just at home, I never thought it was possible.

3) Develop my writing skills. I always love writing and now that I realized I could earn from that I would like develop my skills further.

4) Meet blogger friends in real life. It sounds fun!I hope that this year I can meet at least one of my blogger friends. I will probably meet Makoy here in Singapore one of these days. It’s a pity Ria and I didn’t meet last year here in Singapore but there’s always a next time.

5) Explore my country of birth. I have been to several countries but sad to say I haven’t really seen much of my own birth country. Philippines is such a beautiful country.This year hopefully we will have the chance to do that.

6) Try to become more organized. That’s not really my forte but I will try and try until I die.

7) Be more active. I am becoming lazy. All I wanna do is blog. Blogging made me wanna stay home all the time. When I am online I forget about the time - it’s probably a good thing because instead of spending money in useless things I am earning money. But I do need to be more active so I can lose a few kilos.

Prepare a business plan for the eco resort I want to start. It would be alot of work that’s why I need to do some preparation for this. I don’t know yet where to start.

9) Start the building of our house in the Philippines. This needs to happen within this year.

10) Live at the moment and enjoy life. This has always been my life’s motto. I always try to do that because hey we will never know when it’s over he’.

11) I will update this when I remember.

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