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A New Venture – A Family Business

January 14, 2025 By Cille Anne Leave a Comment

Travel Bug a Family Venture

It feels like our life’s work experiences led to this.    The road to here may initially be fueled by our desperation to find new sources of income, as our current livelihood can no longer sustain our needs, especially that my therapy is ongoing until 2029. But as we navigate the set-up and permits of…

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Replacing G-Shock and Baby-G Watch Battery | Price via Authorized Service Center  

January 10, 2023 By Cille Anne Leave a Comment

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At the height of the pandemic, three of our G-Shocks and a Baby-G watch need battery replacement. It turns out, it’s challenging to get the batteries replaced properly.   We went to Time Depot store in SM City Cebu expecting that they will be able to service our G Shock, since they are an official distributor…

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Online Filing of SSS Maternity Benefit Application, Fast Approval Too!

July 1, 2021 By Cille Anne Leave a Comment

sss maternity filing online

My online filing for the SSS maternity benefit application (MBA) is easy and approval is fast. Thanks SSS for the quick and easy processing of claim. I’ll be sharing on this post how to apply for the maternity benefit and other info like how much contribution to get the maximum amount. A short background –…

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Filing for SSS Sickness Benefit – Forms, Requirement, Processing Time

April 7, 2021 By Cille Anne 2 Comments

sss sickness claim

The Social Security System (SSS) grants sickness benefit to qualified members. For this year, most branches requires applications and claim filing via dropbox, instead of walking-in on a branch.  This is a sharing of my experience in filing a sickness benefit claim under voluntary status, the list of documents I submitted plus how many days…

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Love Affair With Chocolates

December 10, 2020 By Cille Anne Leave a Comment

CHOCOLATE love affair craving

Chocolate. You make life sweeter! Long time friends know just how much I love chocolates.  Back in high school, junior year, Cheddie and I would buy 1 piece Dutchmill chocolate bar almost daily, after lunch. No kidding. The day feels isn’t complete without a taste of that affordable chocolate bar from the school canteen.  I…

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The Love of Reading

April 21, 2020 By Cille Anne Leave a Comment

famous quotes love of reading and books

I love reading, so much so that on our high school yearbook I’m tagged as “engrossed reader”. It’s a compliment and then again it’s not, for the title was earned when I wasn’t paying attention in class hehe. It was our Geometry class on Junior year and I was reading a novel. Not sure if…

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Finding Peace in the Midst of Community Quarantine

March 28, 2020 By Cille Anne 2 Comments

Finding Peace, Community quarantine struggles, Covid19 Lockdown Experience, Stay At Home Quarantine, Coping with quarantine

My husband blurted about the possibility that ‘cabin fever’ have hit us hard, during yesterday’s breakfast.  A little background – both me and my husband works from home (WFH) so we fatefully and actively joins and follows the call of community quarantine. We thought being holed-up at home for xx straight days and weeks would…

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