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Being Green Is Not That Easy

Really.. it’s not as easy at it seems to be.. it’s even harder than I thought.. Oh, let me make it clear.. When I decided being green I know I will have to face a lot of problems, and the one I considered to be my greatest hindrance would be my laziness. Yep, my laziness to bring my own bag. Indeed for the first few weeks, I was lazy to bring my own bag.. as the weeks pass, it has become a habit. So we usually bring eco bag on grocery, on malls, on buying bushnell legend, on buying toys, almost every where.

When we buy produce at Farmer’s Market, we also use our own bags. When it comes to wet goods and meat, we have no choice but to use plastic bags. And that’s what I thought.. it dawned to me that in every meat part we bought, we are actually using not just one plastic but 2. The butcher usually put the meat in two plastics.. OUCH! So I made a very bold decision.. I will have to stop using plastic even on my wet goods.. on meats, on sea foods.. From then on, we bring wares to serve as container for the meat and other wet goods.

We’re still not 100% plastic free as I am still thinking of way to buy rice without having to depend on plastic bags.. Maybe I should invest on sacks.

I thought my dilemma will end with self discipline but it does not. In fact the battle has just started. The thing is.. saying no to plastic gives me a lot of trouble.. Not all malls/ establishment that I went to understands me, specially when I told them that I don’t use plastics. The worst I experienced was, I was escorted from the cashier to the main entrance. How discriminating that can be???? I feel a bit ashamed of being escorted but I know I am doing a worthy cause. It actually happened on the same store twice. My initial reaction is.. I WILL BLOG ABOUT IT!!! I was so mad hahaha and then I thought of boycotting the store.. Then I realized, what it would do good? nothing.. but rage.. I thought buying in that supermarket and making a point that I do not use plastic might actually influence others to stop using plastic too. The crew/ employee on the store might be even curious. So yes, I am still buying in that store and still being escorted.

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Advantage Of Having Older Siblings

I have my older sister but since she is just 1 year and some months older to me, it feels like we’re off the same age. Another factor is, she was spoiled during our younger years since she was the first grand daughter so she doesn’t act like an older sister most of the time. I never felt how it was to have an older sibling, someone that I can look up to and someone who would take care of me.

When I had my kids, I promised to myself that it will not happen to them. I have to give all my best so that my first born would understand his role to his siblings and his responsibility to them. And I am really happy that he is caring for his younger siblings just like what a kuya would. I remember once when I was out and his younger brother fell asleep on the floor, he carefully lifted his brother’s head and placed a pillow on it (as told to me by my sisters), isn’t that super sweet?

They have their tantrums and petty quarrels too, they would argue who will be the one to play first or what channel they would watch on TV. Good thing we still hadn’t bought samsung 3d tvs or else, their dad will argue with them too.

The good thing and advantage of having older siblings aside from having someone to take care of you is they go to learn earlier than their age. And they learn to share. All my boys did not give me a hard time in potty training, since they have their Kuya to look up to, they learned it all by themselves, specially my third boy. And as early as now, he is 3 year old, he wants to try to wash his bottom. As for my youngest child, since she have older brothers, she is very talkative and communicates well and also understands things earlier than her age.

But of course, all things will not happen if I was not very keen on preparing them on the arrival of a younger siblings.. check out my articles on how to prevent jealousy specially when a younger siblings is about to arrive.