Hello, Goodbye

I know I haven't been posting much recently, but that's becasue I've been setting up my diet & fitness blog slash, the blog that attempts to keep me accoutnable to my weight loss and fitness goals, say HELLO to;

Clean, Lean, Mean, Happy Raha

Please feel free to head over there to check it out :-)

Other than that, I'm good, reading a lot, learning a lot, got my hair done. Now I have long curly locks, with a little bit of bbrown highlights, I love it. Pictures soon.

We opened school this week, classes start on Monday, really I have no idea how I'm going to say GOODBYE to these two:

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Please don't judge me, but, I am so addicted to these two! I'd even consider take evening classes so I don't miss them, no lie! Especially Pasion de Gavilanes, seriously, I would take that DVD instead of an engagement ring j/k. Seriously, I don't even watch TV, let alone Telenovelas, but these two are CLASSICS!

Apart from that, I'm good. More updates later. Hope your all OK.

xx
Jo

Saturday News and an Introduction to William

Today I read:

• Genesis 31:17-32:12
• Matthew 10:24-11:6
• Psalm 13:1-6
• Proverbs 3:16-18

I loved all the drama in Genesis with Jacob and Rachel and Laban, but mostly I loved these two parts;



Proverbs 3:16  Wisdom offers you long life, as well as wealth and honor. 
Proverbs 3:17  Wisdom can make your life pleasant and lead you safely through it. 

and

Psalm 13:5  I rely on your constant love; I will be glad, because you will rescue me. 

Pretty applicable considering all my School issues this week.

On a not-so-great note, I won't be going to Church tomorrow. My mom traveled and my brother and I have to go pick her up. My brother's coming in the morning, leaving his car so we can take ours. I don't really have to go, here's the deal though, the only person who drives the car at home is me. I know every detail about it, I know that sometimes you have to double click the alarm because one door is slower than the rest, I know just the right pressure to apply on the gas pedal to make it pick up seamlessly, I just know the car. I just love this car. It might look old, it might not be worth much, it might have ropes sticking out any and which way, it might be the Nokia 5200 of cars, it might not be the BMW X5 I was parked next to last Sunday, but I love it. It even has a name William Pro. Named of course after William Levy, the hottest man alive a.k.a Juan Miguel San Roman.

(Side Note; if you've read my past posts in which I mentioned William, yeah, I call him William because him and I are tight like that ;-)  after looking at this photo can you now understand my grown-up crush on this man?!)

My brother on the other hand doesn't appreciate William Pro at all. He drives it like men drive cars, pushing it and pushing it until now sometimes it sounds squeaky like an old pick up carrying 100 kilos of something. He promised me he would help me buy William Pro a new sound system, and when the day came, (and to this day I'm still upset with him for it) he reneged and put me in a bad and stressful situation when he told me to borrow from a friend he would pay me back, so after a lot of waiting he started dodging  my calls, and telling me he was sending me money and he never did, and I ended up getting money from my mom. And it wasn't even a large amount that I needed from him I'd already paid like 97% all he needed to give me was around Ksh. 600. I hate debt more than anything and I couldn't imagine going to bed owing someone money. And that's been a brief intro to my not-so-reliable brother. He ended up apologizing a few days later, so, there's that...

Anyway, angry story aside, I put in a new radio and sound system into William Pro and it sounds amazing. And I'm following my brother on this long distance trip because I don't want him to mess around with it. You know how big brothers are with small sisters, he'll think he knows better and mess up my perfect settings or not double click the alarm leaving William Pro vulnerable to thieves or he'll do some other damage like scratch the underside or crack the exhaust and bring the car back without fixing it. Maybe I'm overreacting, but since we've already established that I'm the one who'll end up paying for any theft or damage, I'd rather overreact and protect my investment.

So, for Church, I know this won't go down as a valid reason for missing it, but it's been ages since I've gone on a road trip and I love traveling, so there's that. But, I'll try my best to go, since big bro will probably be late anyway, but in case he's not, then I'll have to wait for the sermon notes to be posted on the website, and I'll be following the haps on twitter. 

Right now, can you believe, I actually have plans on a Saturday! Is it a date? Is it study group? Is it babysitting? Is it a family function? Is it a date? Is it a date? Did I already ask if it was a date yet? Anyhoo, I'm not spilling :-)

William Pro and I are off!!! 

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Me, The Financial Erudite

In other news, this week I learn the basic intricacies in International Financial Management. I love finance and I love money and seeing how money works...I'm kind of not that great at saving, though because I always find something that I need to buy, shoes for Ksh.500, new sunglasses for Ksh. 250, Nivea lip balm for Ksh.200, chips from the neighborhood joint for Ksh.60, oh, chips have to go with a samosa that's Ksh.30, a nice cold Alvaro to drink that's another Ksh.30 etc. etc. (From this, you can probably deduce that I am a fat, well-dressed, broke girl lol j/kidding, haha, I'm not well dressed.....again, I'm just kidding) But my lack of prowess in keeping money in my pocket is just the incentive I need to learn about how to keep money, far away from my hands and into financial instruments. So, yes I can say with utmost authority, big spenders are the best financial minds :-)
I don't know, I just feel like corporate finance is my thing, its where I need to be, and if I could find a way to tie that in with marketing then that would be even better. I always dreamt of being this jet-setter, you know those women you see at the airport dressed to the nines, her assistant pulling her suitcase, and her handbag in one hand, laptop in another. Dream destination would be Italy, where I'd have important meetings with investors etc etc. Now that I've grown up though, my dreams are a lot more tamer, the meetings may not be in a Rome office, but Nairobi will do just fine. (Although I'm still planning on learning Italian this year, you know...just in case.)
Some people dream of starting their own businesses, but I don't think I have a single entrepreneurial bone in my body. I'm the 'climbing-the-set-corporate-ladder' type.

Anyway IFM deals with exports and international trade and the forex markets and I cant wait to see how everything works. My biggest fear when it comes to this dream though, is whether or not I'll be able to get what I need out of school to land that amazing job, competition is ridiculous and coveted First Class degrees are hard to obtain. Adding to the pressure, I'm a bit of an introvert in that, unlike for example my cousin who got a job right out of High School (W.T.H??????) I'm more book smart than street smart.
I'm worried but I'm counting on the fact that this isn't the first time I'll be stepping into a new territory armed with nothing but my books and a large dose of prayer. And anyway, aren't I supposed to be content, knowing that I'm protected. Safety in hope, right?


So I know my Bible-In-One-Year-Thingy, lesson-learnt-whateva for today was about contentment, but darn it, I watched Cuidado con el angel again today, and isn't Juan Miguel a.k.a William Levy just sooooo dreamy! When he defended Marichuy and stood up to Estafania, it was all I could do not to jump up and hug the t.v! Or in Dahil ma Isang Ikaw when Ella finally found Miguel who's in a coma but he's screaming in his subconscious mind, "ELLA DON'T LEAVE ME! I'M HERE AND I LOVE YOU SOOO MUCH"
Ahh! I could just faint, I swear, I cry when I'm watching these things. Like, real actual tears! Not for any other reason except that its just so beautiful, I mean that sweet, incredible, passionate love....ahh!! Call me emotional, but I honestly cry!
So the way I see it, I have two options, a) Quit watching these soaps or b) Seriously I don't know what else I can do because I love watching them. I wouldn't say I'm addicted, in fact this is the first time I'm watching anything Mexican or from the Philippines since 2007, since I was doing evening classes, but now with my classes spread randomly throughout the early parts of the day and  I got nothing but time. How I choose to occupy myself in this time is to watch Miguel, Ella, Juan Miguel and Marichuy! :-D