Mama Miah!

Are you afraid to get vaccinated? Me too! I also have doubts but I keep on praying for signs and He gave me a lot. I keep on praying before and during the day of my vaccination... And He calmed my anxious mind and I wasn't nervous anymore when it's time to get my first jab... 

They checked our temperature and Blood Pressure before we get vaccinated. Usually, my BP goes up every time I had it checked because I'd get really nervous. But I was surprised because this is the first time that I get a normal BP result on the first try. Prayer works! :) 

Everything goes smoothly after I got vaccinated with Coronavac (Sinovac), with no other side effects aside from the pain at the site of injection. It's been 3 days since I got vaccinated and so far I feel good with just a little muscle pain on my upper arm and sometimes feeling tired and sleepy.

Not all people who got vaccinated experience the same side effects, but these side effects are normal because this is a sign that our body is building immune protection.

Other people will experience common side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine such as:

• Some pain, swelling on the arm where you received the vaccine
• Chills, or mild fever
• Tiredness
• Headaches
• Joint pain or muscle aches

I am glad I decided to get vaccinated, I'm looking forward to my 2nd dose before the month ends. Hopefully, it will go smoothly too with no complications. 

By the way, the day I got vaccinated was also the day that I became officially part of theAsianParent's #TeamBakuNanay. I am proud and happy to be a part of this wonderful community that conducts informative and meaningful campaigns which aim to educate everyone about the effectiveness of vaccines in protecting our family's health.

Hopefully, more people will be encouraged to get vaccinated, too. As for me, I choose to get vaccinated to protect myself, my loved ones, and the vulnerable people around me. 

Thank you, City Government of Davao! The vaccination site was well organized and the process goes smoothly and orderly. 

Praying for everyone's safety. Stay safe everyone and ALWAYS follow the protocol when going out even when you're already done with the 1st and 2nd doses of the Covid-19 vaccine! :) 

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In these trying times, people get so busy beating the deadlines at work, homeschooling your child, managing businesses, keeping up with the household chores, and attempting to remain sane with the current pandemic situation. Trying to juggle all these or some of these tasks every day can affect our mental and physical health. 

Why Everyone Needs a Trip to a Spa? Well, we all owe ourselves to have a little time to unwind and relax from all the overwhelming tasks and challenges we face week after week. Thus, going to a Spa is the best way to help you release those accumulated stress from your body so you can be at your best self once again and ready to conquer another week of challenges.

Here are some of the benefits you can get when going to a Spa:

1. De-stress. 

Spending a few hours at the spa and having a massage is one way to help release the built-in stress that you have in your body, making you feel calm and relaxed. Other spa services like foot spa, facials, and body treatments also help you feel refreshed and recharged.

2. Improve Your Sleep. 

Getting a proper amount of sleep is very important for our physical and mental health. But factors such as stress can affect our sleep. The stress hormone cortisol increases when we are stressed, which can lead to insomnia. So, having a relaxing massage at the spa can help to reduce our stress because it decreases cortisol and increases serotonin and dopamine (the neurotransmitters responsible for helping to stabilize our mood). 

3. Detox. 

Our lifestyle and unhealthy habits can expose us to toxins. Fortunately, there are some ways to help you detoxify, such as going to a Spa. Spa treatments and services like foot baths, sauna baths, body scrub, and massages can help in breaking down and releasing some of the toxins in your body, making you feel energized and rejuvenated. 

4. Have a Healthy Skin.

Spa treatment such as facials helps improve the appearance of your skin. Whether you have acne or acne scars, blackheads or whiteheads, eye bags and dark circles, and visible signs of aging, skin treatments will help leave your skin looks clear, healthy, and rejuvenated.

A trip to the spa and getting the proper facial that your face needs, will give you a healthy and significant glow and fresh-looking skin that you deserve.

5. Improve Blood Flow and Circulation

Having a body massage has numerous benefits, and one of them is improving your blood flow and circulation. You feel relaxed after a massage which helps you de-stress. And as we all know, stress is one of the causes of high blood pressure, thus maintaining a healthy blood and oxygen flow throughout the body is very important to have a healthy life.

These are just some of the best benefits you can get from having spa treatments; no wonder numerous people go to a Spa nowadays. 

So, if you need utmost relaxation from your overwhelming and exhausting workloads, you might need to schedule a trip to a Spa right away. ;)

And while you're searching for a spa near you, you might be interested in checking out the real estate for sale in Whistler. Good luck and happy de-stressing! 

Two weeks from now, and it will be our 5th Home Anniversary! Wow! Time goes by very quickly! I can't believe it's almost five years already; it feels like just a year or two has passed. I can still remember the day we visited our place, it was still bare, but now it has many plants and fruit-bearing trees. We love gardening, and if you've been reading my blog, you have already seen some of my gardening posts. 

A lot has changed over the years; it's been a roller coaster ride with the good, and not-so-good memories of the pandemic happening. My husband lost his job for a few months; we're struggling with our finances, especially the bills and our house mortgage. Luckily, he got hired on his new job, and since then we have been strict on budgeting and established our savings goals with the help of tools we found online. We still have more years to pay for our home, and having tools like online calculators helps us figure out our budget, saving, and mortgage payments. 

Five years have passed, and there's still a lot of development needed. We don't have a proper fence and gate yet, but we're working out on that. Hopefully, we'll be able to achieve our goals one by one in God's time. :) 

Here's a photo of me when we visited our humble place. It's been our wish to have our own house, and having this photo will keep us reminded that dreams do come true if we work hard to make them happen. "God designed us to work and trust - not just trust." This is one of the lines in the book that I read entitled 8 Secrets of the Truly Rich by Bo Sanchez, which really inspired and motivated me to work on our goals.

My daughter has her Ukulele for almost a week now, and she's been practicing this song every day - "Happy Birthday". It is the first song she learned from her Ukelele. She chose this song because she wants to play and sing this song for her cousin, Dylan.

I don't know how to play the Ukelele, so we rely on video tutorials on YouTube at Andy Guitar's Channel. So, if you want to learn how to play Ukulele, you can visit his channel or search "How to Play the Ukulele for beginners"; that's how we ended up on Andy's channel. ;)  

Did you know that I also practiced and learned to play this song too? LOL! It's not too late to start and learn a skill, right? Anyways, here's Miel playing the Happy Birthday song on her Ukelele (fingerstyle). :) 

Playing Ukelele is just one of the activities that she does during her summer break. It keeps her busy, and this activity also reduces her screen time. She's been glued on her tablet after her online class ended, so we came up with different activities to keep her occupied, have fun, and learn at the same time. :)

For months, I have been busy creating content on my Blog, Instagram, and Facebook page. I haven't updated my YouTube Channel, and I missed doing Livestream already. It's been a while since the last time I've played online games. I used to play games, and do Livestream on my YouTube channel - Mama Miah, and had fun playing with my viewers in real-time. 

I love playing games, especially strategy games like tower defense and puzzle games. Even if I'm already a Mom, I still play games, whether on PC or mobile. I play games to relax and have fun; it is one of the things I do on my "Me Time". ;)

So, today, I decided to play online games to reduce stress and have some fun for a while. I have found this online site plays.org that offers free games on their website. No need to download the games since it's web-based, you can play the games directly using your browser. There are numerous games to choose from but what I love the most are classic games like Pinball, Space Invaders, and Tank Wars. These classic games remind me of the games we used to play on our Family Computer, so nostalgic.