50% Davaoeña-50% Bulaceña, 100% Steemian
One of the things we try to maintain at our home is Transparency. As a young lady, I got into all sorts of trouble because of the things I kept from my family and the only time those troubles disappeared was when my mom or my siblings intervened. So I make it a point to ask my daughters how their day was in school and if there was something that happened in school that they wanted to share to me. It's the first thing I ask them when they get home and I use the same question on the dinner table to suggest that we are open for discussion while eating. Red and I try to show them how it's done and share a great deal to them. They generally know the state of our family's affairs. How their dad earns, what I do with what their dad earns, what we are doing in Steemit and how much more time it would take before their dad and I could get married.
Red and I share our plans too and since last year, we've been telling them about the big possibility that we will be moving to Davao soon; 3 years max. Lucy, who grew up there, is excited about the prospect. While Sam, who pretty much spent her entire life in Malolos, gets anxious while airing her concern about how she doesn't know any other Bisaya word aside from "kaon" (eat) and "unsa" (what). Her voice notch up into a squeak while asking what would happen if she doesn't like it there.
I really couldn't blame her. While I was growing up, I never wanted to leave Davao; I could not imagine living anywhere else! But alas, Life had other plans. I moved to Makati City when I was 20 because of work and though I stayed there for over 8 years, it never felt like home to me. Red and I rented a small condo unit where we could sleep and rest so that the next day, we could work again. It was that way for 8 years until in 2013, I was able to "retire". I badly needed a break from the city so we decided to settle in Bulacan. Besides, Red's family is there and that's where Sam grew up and we didn't want to move her into an entirely new environment.
Davao & Malolos
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Steemit
Steemit is one of the biggest blessings that 2017 has given me. I will never tire of saying that my experience in the platform is truly life-changing. This experience has become even more meaningful because of all the activities we have with our SteemitPh family. My girls and I had a memorable time that day in September when we joined Alinaga and @steemph in A Day Of Hugs, a Music and Art therapy session with kids with special needs. Lucy and Sam were also there during the Steemph year-end party and were just as pleased to finally meet the humans behind the steemians.
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All of these are supported by my partner, @steemitph. I will gladly return the favor now that he has decided to finally hold a meet-up here in his hometown. Besides, Malolos has been a home for me as much as Davao is and I am equally excited to meet all the Steemians here - truth is, I'm always excited to meet Steemians!
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Our friend, @enjieneer who has been campaigning this meet-up to her friends in Facebook, will be bringing along 6 friends. (Thank you, sis!)
So we now have a total of 21 attendees. 9 slots are still available so if you'd like to join, comment down below. There will be an introduction to Steemit for the non-steemians, lessons on basic text and formatting, powering up (the importance of keeping your steem power and the benefits of doing that), and we will also touch on the communities within Steemit (utopian, sndbox, and steemph).
The proposed venue is in CAFE+ in Plaridel, Bulacan and the tentative date is on February 17. @steemitph will be posting an update by the end of this month for the final details.
Moving is a big adjustment especially for kids but luckily they are also very resilient and can adjust fairly well to change. When we decided that we would be moving back to the Philippines, we also discussed our plans with them 2 or maybe even 3 years in advance. Our daughter at that time was around 8 or 9 and our son was 5 or 6. I remember her getting excited as it got closer and closer to the time we had to move but our son was so worried about missing his friends. But now, almost 2 years later since we came here they are both very happy and they continue to make new and hopefully lasting friends.
Aww. I'm glad your kids are enjoying Pinas. I love what you shared here. Thank you for this wonderful comment, @jazzybells! I'm nominating this in @steemitph's Hooray Monday post. If you also found a thoughtful comment in one of your posts, do share it with him. Here's his post if you'd like to find out more about it.
https://steemit.com/steemph/@steemitph/hooray-monday-rewarding-thoughtful-and-helpful-comments-on-monday-posts
Good post! I like both places; Davao & Malolos! It's very great to know that your neighbors are generally pleasant and you know each other.... It's safe place for your girls indeed!
You did very wonderful projects for Steemit and the coming Steemit Meet Up is well planned..... Good job! ;)
Thank you my friend! I'm happy that you find the projects useful. Much love fro. The Philippines!
It's my great pleasure! A lot of hugs from Thailand! ;)
I am from Malolos and I have so many friends in Davao for years already but I've never been there. And I always wanted to have a house in Davao whenever I want a vacation.
And I know you and your family had a great neighbors because I know a lot of Davaoeños, they are really sweet people..:)
And I am looking forward to meet you po soon!
Aww. Thank you fir your kind words about Davaoenos, @rruubbiie! Yes, please join us in the meet-up. We're still looking for the best place that can accomodate all of us. CAFE+ daw would be too small. @steemitph will be posting an update about the meet up before the month ends so we'll finalize everthing by then. If you have questions, you can just leave a comment on any of our recent posts. We're also on Discord using the same names. ☺