Just another ordinary day … what is Aero-kae-bo?

Another day is about to end, not truly a good day but not too bad either. A little misunderstanding or a little exchange of sought after words occurred. Well, maybe because the other person is trying to get into the situation. Or perhaps, she might as well precise but the person receiving the line of words does not welcome such proposal. A normal day that happens in a family, and both are ready to let go and forget the situation that took place and of course the words that was spoken totally beyond.

Went to the mall in the afternoon to buy some personal stuff and allotted only few hours. No traffic jam, no hassle along the way. Home, now writing a little post for her blog and then in a little while, will do a promised burning of compact disc. Pledged she did to herself. Will actually copy a borrowed cd from a friend, aero-kae-bo. LOL

What is Aer.Kae.Bo. Aero – stands for aerobics, kae - for karate and bo – for boxing. This morning was actually my 3rd day of doing aero.kae.bo, and wow undeniably relaxing..(naks!), especially the ten minutes combination. Good for starter like me, easy to follow that even the kids joined me. I just hope that I would be able to do it regularly ;) Yap, we need to try or do any work out to keep our body fit, to stay young, to look young and BE HEALTHY! along with proper diet of course… (are these lines familiar? huh!) but if you are already doing it, carry on! ;)

What if the Head of the Family is away?

Most of the time, Mothers are left to take full responsibilities of the children, to play both the role of the father and the look after. Often, the head or the father is in the part of the world, with the purpose of earning more and to support the needs of his family. This is mostly the case in Asian countries. And this is the case with my couple friends, Janice Fulgueras full time mom and Michael Fulgueras, loyal husband and father, who is working in Brunei Darussalam. Quite stressful for Janice or moms because they are the one left home with kids. So, here are little help and tips on how to lessen the pressure of being alone bringing up the children ;)

Make a schedule, for your motherly life to be less stressful. For everything that should be done, make a list. Mothers are often leaving no time to rest. But you can lessen your work, such as preparing meals ahead, then you can just reheat the prepared meal, this will give you time to relax or spend longer time with the kids. Play with your kids. This is as well the best time to interact with your children, to recognize the negative sides and help them to overcome such pessimistic aspect. Doing home chores is not an easy task, so mothers, as early as possible train your children to help you with the house hold chores. Training could be fun and educational at the same. Make some strategies for it not to be boring.

If you want time to relax with your fellow mothers or girlfriends, set a day to have coffee with them or perhaps invite them to come over and catch up, this can even bring closer bond between your kids and your friends. As mothers, you need to make time for yourself; you deserve to be revived, doing stuff that will make you feel pleased. Mothers, unwind and be happy, for you to be a better person and a great Mommy to your children.BE HEALTHY!!

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How to deal with your Complicated Boss

One of my dearest friends, Gadiel Gabriel who is based in Dubai, shared with me how bad he felt when his boss uttered unkindly words for him. He was so annoyed and sad of what happened, and didn’t really expect such behavior from his superior. How are we supposed to handle and how are we going to work with complicated boss? Take some of these advices:

Since you are in a place of work, don’t take it too personal. As long as you know what your duties and responsibilities are, don’t easily get frustrated. There might be some reasons beyond your work that makes your boss annoyed. Yet there are supervisors or big bosses that didn’t undergo management training, if this is your case, then talk to them, clarify and know their expectations from you and ask them how you and they can work together as a team.

There are kind of boss whose habit is to shout and humiliate their employees. If these are your kind of superior, explain how such practice has big blow with your performance. If you have a part on the conflict, admit and suggest some resolutions for you to be productive on every assignment.

Try also to recognize and deal with your own negative reactions. But this doesn’t mean you blame yourself, instead evaluate your job performance and if needed try to improve your manners.

Never ever think you are the only person to deal with this kind of boss, irritating, arrogant, or whatever negative that best describe them. Find your shock absorber or a mentor that will guide and advice you all the way. But if you think enduring your boss’s attitude will spoil your career, then take this advice - Quit!

Laughter – is it really the Best Medicine?

Don’t we feel relax and calm every time we bout a laugh? Study shows that everyday laugh may protect us against heart diseases. It reduces the pain and boosts our job performance. So then, true indeed that laughter is the best medicine.

Laughter is the key to having a positive and closer relationship to other people. At work, it increases our performance; our creativity and eagerness to solve compound problems and helps to having a good association with our colleagues. Yet, people often laugh because they have reasons to; healthy people especially have more reasons to laugh. Some has the personality to handle better on some issues in life.

Exercise regularly, healthy diet and avoid doing unhealthy acts and activities. Include laughter in our daily activities. What if we have no reason to laugh? Then why not, watch funny movies and magazines and books with humorous topics and partake in humorous conversations. Sitting and laughing while watching, reading or listening isn’t costly. There is no reason to deprive ourselves to enjoy and relax.

We don’t need to see a doctor and ask for a prescription to laugh. It is all free, so live each day with humor and laugh a few minutes. Laugh, for it is if not the best, maybe a good medicine! BE HEALTHY!

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