Bad sore throat

I had a terrible sore throat last June that lasted for days. 1 cup of warm water and a teaspoon of rock salt would normally make me feel better. I would gargle when I wake up in the morning, afternoon and before I go to bed. This time though the sore throat didn't go away. I had to take panadol in the middle of the night because the pain wouldn't let me sleep. It was that bad. I decided to see our GP and she told me to buy Difflam Throat Gargle and Difflam Throat Spray . I went home after I bought these products from the chemist.

I was very amazed because after 1 day, the stubborn sore throat was gone and it never came back!  I wish I didn't buy the spray though because I didn't get the chance to use it as the gargle made me well already. I wonder if I can get a refund hehehe...

Junk mail from Jonah or June?

It has brought to my attention that some of you received a junk mail from me like "pharmacy" "viagra" or something like that. Kindly ignore it and if it keeps coming back please delete my email address.

I have been receiving a spam mail from my high school classmate's email address as well and I know he doesn't know this. I hope YAHOO will be able to help us fight spammers.

Thank you!

How old am I?

I celebrated my birthday last month with family and friends at our humble home. I was also greeted by family and friends from all over the world via email, karaoke site and facebook. It is funny how I always say I am 28 years old and the truth of course is that I am way older than that. Those friends who knew about the number "28" will say "you are 28 again!" hahaha... I guess I stopped counting the years when I reached 28. I had to remember my real age though after a new gym instuctor asked for my age and I said "oh my gosh, I don't know!". He thought I was being funny but I was serious! I can't remember how old I really am!

Anyways, it was great to be 28 again hehehe! So many great things happened and I am looking forward to more success!

My Cough

Every time I feel like I am going to get sick, I panic! That is because it takes forever to get rid of it. My cough and cold would hold on until it takes all my energy. Well the bad news is that I got sick last month. I was coughing for more than a month! I went to the doctor and he sent me to some test including a chest x-ray. Took some antibiotics but nothing happened. I had to drink honey almost every hour, drink lots of water, took 2 capsules of Vitamin C, and had some ginger tea and all sorts of tea. My cough was still non-stop. I had to stop teaching for weeks as I hate to see my students get sick because of me.


After more than a month, my cough finally subsided! Hurray! I still cough but not as bad as the last few weeks. If anyone of you out there has the same situation, would you be kind enough to share me any information’s about this kind of cough?

Take care everyone!

June is now on Facebook!!!

I am blessed with friends all over the world, some of them prefer to be called as June's fans but I call them my friends. My personal facebook account is full of music and singing, so a friend named Celine originally from France who now lives in Texas, USA suggested I create an artist account so I can separate my personal facebook account and share music related topics in my artist account instead. I did think about it but it took awhile for me to create one. I finally made one on the 3rd of this month, March and how I enjoy posting just anything about music!

If you want to add JUNE "JONAH" TOMADA in your facebook account please click the link below or copy and paste the link to your browser's address bar and push the "enter"  key on your keyboard;

http://www.facebook.com/pages/June-Jonah-Tomada/374279070785

Hope to see you all there and once again thank you Celine Lajoie for the idea!

Driving

I was hesitant to take driving lessons when we first arrived at the Central Coast. I was too pampered in Asia where we have drivers and to employ one is also pretty reasonable, so I guess I thought I don't need to drive again. I thought I can get away with a public transport but I soon realised that it wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. Hubby got a few projects to work on in Asia and this requires him to be away for weeks. Although I have some relatives in the area, their time is not suitable to mine most of the time. The thought of accidents while my husband is away and no one can drive us to the hospital scared me the most.


So then my journey in getting a driver’s license begins. First I had to read the Road Users Handbook that has 175 pages. I took the Driver’s Knowledge Test and got a 100%. Thanks to my supportive Mum in-law for driving me to the RTA!

I had 3 driving instructors and all of them had different styles and techniques of teaching. All are great in their own rights but sometimes no matter how great you are if you don’t have the connection to your students as well as the passion to do your job; it is in my opinion a waste of time. However, I would like to thank all of them for sharing me their knowledge and helping me familiarise the road rules of NSW.

If you are reading this and would like to get a good instructor at the Central Coast, I would suggest you call this person;

Laila of Avenues Driving School --- mobile # 0410651830

My hesitant to learn was replaced with fun. I guess I was more scared of the road rules in Australia because where I was driving (in the Philippines) we don’t follow most of the rules lol.

Oh by the way, I got my full license last February 24, 2010! Thanks to my Testing Officer who has got all the patience in the world and was very nice! I was so nervous because of the horror stories I hear about testing officers. I think gone are the days where they have to make sure they have to look and talk scary or are they?

My daughter and my car!

HAPPY 2010!!!!

I hope everyone had an amazing 2009. It was an interesting year for me and my family. We moved from Indonesia to Australia, I had my New Year (2009) in the Philippines, I went to Bandung with my Mum in-law to shop at the factory outlets, tried the "Eat Right for Your Blood Type" diet, my Mum got really sick, we enrolled my daughter to a big school  for this year (2010), had Christmas with my in-laws in our home, I got my Learner's permit to drive, I met some friends on SingSnap at Myrtleford, Victoria!

So for this year I am wishing everyone a good health, wealth and happiness. Let's all have a successful 2010!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

June Tomada

Thank you all for the prayers!

Thank you all for the prayers! Thank you Shane aka Badiguard for initiating all these, I didn't want anybody else to know but I thought if I can at least ask my friends to pray for my Mum, I am sure she will recover the soonest.

For those of you who didn't know, my Mum was admitted to the hospital last Dec. 26, 2009. She was in and out of consciousness that day. She wasn't feeling well for weeks and didn't even had the strength to celebrate her birthday last December 3. She went to the doctor a week before Christmas and had some test. She was given a bunch of medicines but it didn't do any good to her. She was finally rushed to the hospital as she couldn't breath and stand anymore. She needed a blood transfusion and was given insulin as her sugar was very high.

Yesterday, we finally had a chat on the phone for 3 minutes, she got tired after that. She is much better now but she is still very weak.

I decided to do a song for her to let her know how much she is loved by all of us. She has been a great influence to me, woman of strength, a mother who wants nothing but the best for her family.

http://www.singsnap.com/snap/watchAndListen/play/c0122f941

Thank you all once again for your prayers, it means a lot to me and my family!

Merry Christmas to all!!!

We are hosting a Christmas dinner and a boxing day with hubby's family this year! What a great way to welcome us back in Australia! I realise though that I didn't have a maid to help me with all the preparations :(  but then I am lucky to have the most wonderful husband who is more than willing to help! I am so blessed and I love him so much for being so helpful, understanding and responsible. He is doing so much and still manages to smile the whole day( i love you sweety!).

To all of you out there who are celebrating with your family, relatives and friends; to those celebrating alone; to those who are working on this day, to those who are out there sharing food and drinks with the charity or homeless people, to those who are sick (get well soon, I will pray for you), to all of you that I don't even know, and to the whole world .... GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

(this photo is from the face in hole)

The 1st Get Together in Australia

Sing Snap is a great karaoke website where you can meet different people from all over the whole sharing  their passion in singing. I became a member of this lovely karaoke community 2 years ago. I have met different personalities from annoying, problematic, amazing, funny, supportive, serious, poor me attitude so on and so forth from the forums. The main reason I join is so I can push myself to practise my voice and to learn new songs. However the more I sang the more listeners I got and I always enjoy having a happy audience. Before I moved back here in Australia I opened "Welcome To The Land Down Under" (TLDU) thread in the message board. It is not just for Australians but those who love or visited the country as well. Beyond my wildest imagination after 2 years at Sing Snap I finally met some members last 28th November, and it was our first SingSnappers get together in Australia! It was a bit of a travel but when I got to Myrtleford, Victoria where the gathering was held, it was worth it! Everyone was so friendly as if we have known each other for ages! We had fun and didn't want to end the night but the motel was closing. I wasn't able to meet all TLDU members but I am hoping to see them next year. I wish that one day though I will get to meet all my SS friends from all over the world, I am sure my Australian friends will love the idea as well. Singing is my profession and my passion but when you get to met humble and lovely people whom I can now call friends makes me think how lucky I am to choose music to be a part of my life!

SING SNAP http://www.singsnap.com/