hay buhay!

put@*#^! meron na namang bagong in-implement ang admin. and we were all taken by surprise.

it's payday and yet everyone was so disgusted again with the pay they received. why?! they implemented a new computation scheme on the salary. okay lang sana kung di nila tinanggal yung allowance e. so eto kme ngaun parang construction worker ang sweldo. f*ck! this is so disappointing. i am just wondering when it will end. sunud-sunod e! it makes me think if staying here is still all worth it.

is this a wake up call or something?! i'm seriously considering to jump boats. i hope they will do something about it.

cold days

the weather is extraordinarily cold especially at night. its really freezing cold whenever the wind hits your face. there's a chill in the air as if its only december. grabeh... kaya naman ang sarap matulog. hehehe....

my left ankle still hurts but not as much as the pain i felt on the first day i noticed it.

i've been planning to try out the fitness video yoshie gave me. the original plan was last friday but i can't seem to get up early for it. it's too cold and i want to stay in bed as much as i could. however, i really have to make time for it because my belly is bulging more each day. yup, lumalaki na naman sya. i was able to shed some weight but because of the holiday season i gained weight again. i have to shed some pounds and inches from my waist because i don't find the bulge attractive. i think everybody does. uy! conscious... hehehe...

same old day. however, i don't find each day boring anymore. i knew the boredom was just a phase. i hope this continues. by the way, it's just a week's time and i'll get regularized. i hope i am pleased with the increase getting by that time. God speed. :)

my left ankle still hurts. :(

novena for impossible requests

again, this is from the girltalk forum. i just wanna share it. :)

Hail Holy Queen....

Virgin of the Incarnation, a thousand times we greet thee, a thousand times we praise thee for thy joy when God was incarnated in thee.

Because though art so powerful, a virgin and mother of God, grant what we ask of thee for the love of God.
- mention your intention
- repeat above for every intention

Memorare

Remember O most Gracious Virgin Mary that never was it known that anyone who fled to they protection, implored thy help or sought thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee. O virgin of virgins, my mother to thee I cry, before thee I stand sinful and sorrowful. Mother of the word incarnate despise not my petitions but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.

Blessed and praised be the most Holy Sacrament of the altar in Heaven, on earth and everywhere.

prayer for financial healing

i've got this prayer from the girltalk forum. the author entitled it prayer for financial healing. i just want to share this with you. :)

Loving Father, you are our creator, our Refuge, our Strength and our Great Provider. You made us all that we are the source of all that we possess. I come before you trusting in your goodness and great love for me. In response to your call," Come to me all of you who are weary and i will give you rest," I come with expectant faith believing that you are a God who answers all prayers in a way that is best for each one of us, especially what is good for our soul and in accordance with your will. I now have deep financial problems, Lord, and I have no one to run except you. Forgive me for all my past failures and actions that may have led me to this crisis and help me learn from them. Inspire me with ways and means to help ease my financial burdens. Guide me in the proper management of my finances. Deliver me from the tendency to want too many things, especially those that are unecessary. Deliver me from envy when I see blessings of people around me. Send to me generous hearts that can help alleviate my financial troubles and help me to be trustworthy, responsible and dependable in all my dealings with them.

Thank you for always being there to bring me love and hope in times of despair and frustrations, courage in times of fear and doubt, and peace in times of anxiety. With confidence in your love and mercy, give me the patience to humbly wait for your answers to my prayer for financial healing.

These I pray in Jesus' name with Mary with all the angels and saints. Amen.

By: Marivi garcia

my left ankle is aching. i sprained this seven years ago when i fell from the stairs of our college building. it hasn't ached for years now and i'm wondering why it suddenly does. haayy.

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i left my cellphone at home today. i'm getting old. nagiging makakalimutin na ako. :)

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it seems that i have to buy my dream camera within this year by hook or by crook. yoshie has plans of getting married by december 2008 and she wants me to take their pics aside from the professional photographer that they are going to hire. this is also true with my officemate who asked me to do the same thing on the same month of the same year. i'm so in demand. hahaha... just kidding. because of that i've decided to compute for the total amount i should come up with by november 2007. here is the breakdown:

37, 000 - canon eos 350d (as per muradito.com pricelist)
3, 000 - extra rechargeable battery (as per muradito.com pricelist)
3, 300 - 2 GB Ridata compact flash card (as per muradito.com pricelist)
900 - tanner TR 301R lightweight tripod (as per muradito.com pricelist)
44, 200 - grand total

pretty expensive... hehehe... i hope i can come up with that amount by november this year. i really have to cut my expenses. all for the love of photography and my friend. :)

thoughts to ponder

the final blow to our never ending legal battle for financial support from my dad just came last thursday. all the efforts exerted went to waste. too bad, my mom just realized it last thursday. i must admit she is the only one persistent on this and she's been nagging me to do something. don't get me wrong. i did my best to help her though, i know that the result will be futile. just for my mom's satisfaction... for her peace of mind.

as for me, this battle ended a long time ago. i've told her several times that i would rather work hard and earn a living rather than waste my time fighting for something that will not have a favorable result. and in the process will bring back all the hurt that were long time forgotten. and i was right. i know our rights though i'm not an expert. from that knowledge, i know that the chase is already over unless you launch the fight legally. which, we definitely can't afford. we are even struggling to make both ends meet each month because of a desperate need to relocate from the area we are currently living. the reason, it's my grandmother's (from my dad's side) property and all my dad's relatives live in the same area. just imagine how difficult it is for my mom.

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while we were asking for some legal advise last thursday, i made a mental note of all those things that the lady was explaining. as i came to understand what the law mandates for all uniformed personnels, i had this in mind: never marry a uniformed guy unless you have a lot of money to spend for your legal rights or unless you are dead sure you will not end up on your own separate ways. i know it does not make any sense. for you, yes... but for me it does. i bet you would never want to be in my shoes if you know what kind of situation my family is into. just be thankful your not. :)

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i usually hear this from my mom's acquaintances whenever they discover that i am already 28 years old and still unmarried. "buti di pa naiisipan ng anak mo na mag-asawa". hahaha... funny. i think i might not or rather not lalo na kapag naiisip ko ung situation ng nanay ngayon. but to be honest, the thought of growing old alone frightens me. i just hope this is not what fate has instore for me. :)

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i hate being stared at because i hate attention. and i hate those people who stares at you from head to foot as if they themselves does not have any imperfections. i am always a victim of those people. i am just wondering if it was the first time they ever saw a human being wearing a shirt and jeans with a backpack. argghhhh!

i hate those people who ride in a public transportation vehicle like the jeepney na ayaw mag-abot ng bayad ng mga katabi nila. i vividly remember this big guy na katabi nya ung nag-aabot ng pamasahe and yet deadma sya. i doubt it kung di nya nakita o napansin dahil nasa harapan nya mismo ung kamay nung nag-aabot ng pamasahe e. the hell! what's wrong with you??!! mababawasan ba ang lakas mo kung iaabot mo ung pamasahe nya sa driver! haay.

don't get me wrong. i'm just disturbed with this fact that i first handedly experienced most of the time.

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angst ba toh?!

nope. just expressing my thoughts.

di ako galit sa mundo.

though, most of the times life seems unfair.

i don't dwell.

i'm too numb for that.

i'm still optimistic.

i believe that i have to live for today and not in the past nor the future.

i have to see life as something beautiful and worth living or else i'll end up miserable.

i don't want to be miserable.

i'll continue to live my life as i've always wanted it.

'til all my dreams become a reality. :)

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one happy thought yesterday, my mom and i made peach crepes. made the crepes using a pan because we don't have a crepe maker. everything went well except that i forgot to buy cream for the crepes. hahaha... ok na rin... masarap naman e. :)

ang bilis ng araw. off ko na naman. but as usual, i still can't rest til friday. actually, i'm still not sure if i have no sched on fri. haayy. my mom's nagging me about coming with her tomorrow. so what can i do but give in. honestly, i dunno where we are going. haayy. will blog more next time. :)

afternoon delight :)

i forgot to blog yesterday. i got so hooked with an ebook i got from an online forum called girltalk. the novel was written by a fellow gilrtalker. i was so hooked that i almost finished the entire ebook yesterday. i just finished reading it a while ago and to my disappointment, the last 5 chapters of the novel was to be continued. i have to buy it once it was published on feb. oh well... i still have something to thank for. that ebook helped me get by the boring hours yesterday.

i've been into reading forums lately. last year, i joined girltalk due some friends' persuasion. this year, i joined a couple more of forums, pex and abs-cbn's forums. d naman halatang sobrang bored ako and i just wanted to have something to do. hehehe...

i went to work early today to submit my stool to patient's first. that will complete the requirements for my annual physical exam. from there, i walked going to our office building. i took the walkway from landmark going to the enterprise center. i passed by an electronic store beside the ayala museum. i went in and looked at the cameras in their showroom. i was so delighted when i saw a canon eos 350d on display and you can actually touch it and toy with it. syempre na-excite ako at dinampot ko agad. hehehe... ang sarap hawakan! ang gaan sa kamay... i did not expect na ganun sya kagaan at ganun sya kaliit. it fits perfectly in my hands... haayyy... sana isang araw meron na ako nun... i can't wait. :)

lucky me???

luck has been so good to me since last night.

parang microwave sa init ung fx na nasakyan ko going to work today. nice. i'm so pissed. just like last night.

i was in a hurry to get home last night so i thought of riding an fx. i didn't mind paying extra just in order to be home early. i was the third person who rode the vehicle last night and we waited for the vehicle to be full. unfortunately, the long wait was futile so finally the driver decided to leave. dahil di pa puno ung fx nya, umikot pa sya ng isang beses dun sa me makati med then to ayala again. here's the best part, he changed route. instead of passing through kalayaan ave. then to c-5, he went straight ahead to edsa to get passengers. great! ok, sige, admitted, they are trying to earn a living. ang kinakainis ko, i should have saved money if i took the bus kse same time rin naman ako makakauwi e. it was so frustrating lang talaga. so what's the lesson?? don't take an fx during weekends... imbes na madali ka pauwi mas lalo kang tatagal! one more thing, i was so starving last night... that's why i'm more pissed.

last thursday, i ran some errands for my mom. i went to robinson's metro east to attend to our landline phone. its been busted since november 2006 and it seems that they have no intention of restoring it. so we decided to have it permanently disconnected. it was not supposed to be part of my sched last thursday but my mom was nagging me about it and some stuff. i must confess i got irritated so i left and went to robinsons.

friday. i met abba, yosh and ands to apply to gamepal. as usual, im late. i had to go somewhere pa kse. oo nga pala, i woke up late kse i can't sleep the other night. ang ingay kse ng wallclock ko so i had to remove its battery just to fall asleep. mabuti na lang no brainers ung interview sa gamepal. but it's more formal than the interview i had with voisworx. so ayun we all got the job. they signed up the contract minus me. so i end up waiting in the lobby. sobrang inaantok na ako nun and nagugutom. after that we ate in mexicali. i had soft tacos. sarap nung shrimp burrito na in-order ni abba. i was so stuffed. that was in megamall. got home at 11:30pm. was so tired to fall asleep but eventually, i did.

tiring restdays as always...

i cant seem to write anything. there were a lot of things that had happened to me since thursday but i can't seem to write them down.

congrats to yosh, andie and abba. they will be working at gamepal starting next week. i'm glad yosh and ands have finally graduated from being a bum. hehehe.

i came with them yesterday and was suppose to sign up with gamepal too. unfortunately, i am not so pleased with their offer. i'd rather wait for my regularization and will see what will happen next. i just hope things will be a lot better in the coming days.

this will be all for today. will blog more tomorrow. hopefully, i'll be in a good mood to blog. hehehe...

too busy to write something today. too busy keeping myself busy. labo ba?! hehehe... i brought my doodle sketch pad which was given by abba. brought it to have something to do today other than taking in calls. i'm successful today in my battle against boredom. i didn't finish the sketch though. will finish it on saturday when i come back.

here's my sked for the following days:

tomorrow. will run errands for my mom and watch some dvds. go to the market perhaps. make peach crepes. hehehe...

friday. will see abba, yoshie, blythe and lemuel. will apply somewhere. wish us luck. :) will get the starmagic catalog for 2007. i badly want to have this. i hope i can still get my copy. :)

saturday. back to work and will finish my sketch. back to boredom. hehehe...

hey, dont get me wrong. i love my work. i really do. i've been through a lot of stressful work already and this is the kind of work i've always wanted to have. i just have some issues with the pay though. i think everybody does. hehehe... :)

my favorite painting

this is my favorite painting of my favorite artist and the artist i look up to, vicente manansala. sana ma-achieve ko rin yung ganyang style ng painting in the future. good luck sa akin di nga ako nagpipinta e... hehehe... puro kse camera and photography ang inaatupag ko... hehehe...

battle against boredom

it's 3:37pm and i'm a little bored. i only had 5 calls for the past hour and a half. don't get me wrong... i like how relaxed my work is but i just dunno why i've been feeling this way since the start of the week. this started when they moved my off from friday-saturday to thursday-friday. it's not a big deal, though. it doesn't matter what days my offs are as long as i stay on my current shift... bonus na if i get the off i wanted. hay... im bored.

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i saw an old colleague on tv (homeboy) this morning. her name is nyay, sister of nyoy volante and she was my officemate at convergys. she left the company earlier than i did. we were just acquaintances. i don't even know if she will remember me if we bump into each other. anyway, i'm just glad to see her on tv with his brothers. it seems like she's doing good. :)

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it seems like from this day forward. i'll be up to my battle with boredom. geez... i think i should bring something to read here or bring my sketch pad and pencils and do some doodles while i'm letting time pass by. oh well... i hope i succeed in this battle. wish me luck! :)

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i'm meeting up abba on friday. hopefully, yoshie and andie will be joining us too. the reason... i'll post it here soon. secret muna... baka ma-unsyami pa e... hehehe...

caleruega

i hope i could go to this place. looks like a nice place to take pics. :)

upsetting payday

i chanced upon my highschool classmate on a jeepney ride going to work. she was one of the prettiest girls during that time. we were seatmates and good friends too. i just realized that it had been years since the last time i saw her. ung natitigan ko sya ng malapitan. i also realized that time flew a lot of miles already and that we had changed a lot... or should i say we had aged a lot. i can still see on her face the same young person i used to know whenever she smiles but honestly, she aged a lot... maybe its because she got married early. i'm just happy that she has her own family now and i'm happy to see my 3rd cousin doing great for the longest time that i haven't seen her. i hope she continues to be happy.

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i reached the office at 1:41pm. i usually head to the small pantry where the ladies room is located and a big mirror that serves as our powder room to do my kikay rituals. there, i chanced upon some officemates who were on training since last week. they were all upset on the salary that they received. it seems like everyone is complaining about their pays and would like to have their payslips as soon as possible. hmmm... which makes me think... will i be experiencing the same thing???!!! oh well... that is for me to find out... i have to be psychologically prepared for whatever i will find out... and i think i have to do something about it too... maybe jump boats soon. it's still my dilemma until now that i can't seem to make up my mind. it seems like the company is consistent on disappointing its employees. and i can't risk this kind of financial instability. but i can't risk jumping boats again and again and later on regret that i left the company that gave me the most relaxed working environment i've ever had. for now, i'm clinging to that but until when?? i dunno. but one thing's for sure... i can't fail mom.

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it was just brought to my attention that the other department in our company that handles creating wallpapers and other stuff has not been doing anything for two months already and yet they get paid 20k plus a month. great! isn't it??!! i think the management should do something about that and they should know which department they should prioritize. people from the operations are suffering because of their cost cutting measures and are working their ass-off only at the end of the day what's waiting for them are demoralizing disappointments that keeps on piling up. the next thing they know they already lost their employees. i hope the management realizes this soon.

sunday

sunday. im lazy again. i've been feeling a lot sleepier than usual since january started. i used to get up at about 9:30am every morning during work days but now i'm too lazy to wake up at 10:30am. i am also supposed to bring my stool sample to patient's first for the renewal of my hmo card but as i have mentioned i'm too lazy. oh well...

it's sunday. and i have work. i almost got late because the fx i was riding had to wait for his unit to be fully loaded by passengers before he will leave and drive to makati. good thing i made it on time.

sunday. i'm all alone here in my post. it's my partner's off today so i'm left here all alone to do our work. pagkakataon ko na sanang makabawi ng sign ups but unfortunately, kahapon pa nagda-down ang internet connection namin so we had to log out. so eto ako ngayon nakatunganga at walang ginagawa kungdi magsulat sa blog na di ko alam kung kelan ko maipo-post. i just hope that the connection will resume soon. i badly need all the sign ups i can get today and tomorrow. i'm hoping that i'll reach the 91 sign ups by january 27 to get the highest amount of incentive. this will help us a lot... me and my mom... God speed.

i had a weird dream last night or was it this morning. all i remember was i was talking to my brother, my father and some people i don't remember meeting in a house i don't even recognize. i was not even talking. i was pouring out my anger. i was shouting at them. it's just so weird. if you will ask me if i feel any hatred towards my father after leaving us in favor of his mistress and stopped giving my mom financial support and placing on my shoulders the burden of supporting my mom... honestly, i can't answer that question... the reason... i don't feel anything... i'm just too numb to feel anything... that's why that dream was so weird. up to this moment, i'm thinking what does it mean and why i dreamt about it when i never wasted my time thinking of them nor the things they did to my mom and me because i don't dwell. i don't want to... so i can still see the world as a nice place to live and that my life is still worth living... weird dream... really...

lazy day

i haven't blogged for three days. i didn't get the chance to blog last wednesday because i had a bad headache at that time and i had to fill in for a different work here in the office so i was literally thrown everywhere that day. so i didn't have enough time to write.

yesterday, i met up with abba and accompanied her to blanc gallery in makati. she asked me to come with her to submit her folio to the said gallery and so i did. we had a nice time walking from velasquez park where we parked to blanc gallery which i dunno what building that was. it was just so funny because we were asked to go to the lobby and leave her folio there... the thing is... the building has this huge metal gate before you can enter and the guard was near the reception which was a few meters away from the "gate". i really dunno how to open the gate... hahaha... i was poking and slightly pushing the gate and wondering how we can get in... hahaha... finally, the guard approached us and opened the gate for us... oh well... pasensya na... wala kse sa bundok nun e... hahaha...

all went fine kaya lang nahuli kme ng traffic enforcer sa makati. beating the red light. i didn't know what exactly happened because i was texting. i was surprised when that old man in a yellow uniform stopped us. so nalagasan ng 250 pesos si abba dahil dun... she was telling me after na di ko man lang daw sya binigyan ng moral support while she was talking to the traffic enforcer. i told her i dunno how to react kse it was the first time that i experienced it. sorry abba. :)

after that mishap, we went to the 35th floor of raffles building in emerald avenue ortigas to submit our resume to voisworx and be interviewed by the company's president and another executive. it was the most informal job interview i ever had. and we were not asked to take any exam too. and the great thing is... we are already accepted... thanks to the referral of a friend with connections... hehehe... but i think i won't be pushing for the job because it's telemarketing at isinusumpa ko ang telemarketing... hahaha... though, they are promising a lot with regard promotion and stuff, i'd rather stick with my current job for the meantime and wait what will happen to me next month. if things does not improve by that time, i think i need to consider other options. i just hope i'll make the right decisions by then. :)

we ate in greenwich at the ground floor of raffles after the said appointment. we ordered the greenwich special square pizza with 2 medium iced teas. we finished the entire pizza. hehehe...

abba met her cousin tj at shangrila where she dropped me off because she needs to kill time. she's going to pick some relatives at the airport at 12am. i bought some books before i went home. got home at about 9:30pm. ang haba kse ng pila ng fx sa megamall and traffic was so horrible. i was sitting at the middle part of the adventure so masikip talaga. i was sitting beside a medium built lady who refuses to squeeze it on the person sitting next to her. so ayun... i was barely sitting as in talagang kapiraso lang inuupuan ko. if i didn't do that the person sitting to my right will not be able to close the door. so that was the scenario til we reached the end of floodway. just imagine how tiring that position was. tapos ung driver pa ang pangit mag-drive. aapakan nya ng todo ung gas tapos biglang bibitawan. major ang impact sa akin nun kse di ako nakasandal. so when i reached home, i had an aching arms, back and butt.

today is the laziest day i've ever had. we had a network problem in the office so we were logging on and off whenever the system goes down. i just dunno why during this day, it seemed like eternity at work. time was so slow... weird... oh well...

i'm feeling weird today because i'm not used to going to work during saturdays. i know it was just a month since i had the friday-saturday off but it just feels weird.

earth horse forecast for 2007

HORSE

Personality

Cheerful, quick-witted and popular. With a happy outlook, independent, subjective and self-centered. She is also good at handling wealth. A person born in this year is said to be cheerful, popular and quick- witted. He has raw sex appeal rather than straight good looks. Earthy and warmly appealing, he is very perceptive and talkative. His changeable nature may lead him to be hot-tempered, rash and headstrong at times. The unpredictable- able horse will fall in love easily and fall out of love just as easily. In most cases the Horse will leave home early. If not, his independent spirit will goad him to start working or to take up some career at an early age. An adventurer at heart, still he is noted for his keen mind and ability to manage money. Self-reliant, vivacious, energetic, impetuous and even brash, the Horse is a showy dresser, partial to bright colors and striking designs to the point of being gaudy on occasion. The horse loves exercise both physical and mental. You can spot him by his rapid but graceful body movements, his animated reflexes and fast way of speaking. He responds quickly and can make snap decisions. His mind works at remarkable speed and whatever he may lack in stability and perseverance, he will certainly make up for by being open-minded and flexible. Basically, he is a nonconformist.

The Horse likes: Riddles, Eat in Restaurants, Compliments, Conversation, Challenges and Kindness.

The Horse dislikes: Violence, Cold, Cheating, Noise, Bad Food and Lateness.

Your Luck In Year 2007

Overall Forecast

Horse will live with happiness and liveliness the whole year. Everything whether in life or at work will be arrangement with regularity and difficulties will be resolved with a helping hand. Just take such a good opportunity to focus your mind on your own business. Yet you should avoid gloating when you are in luck because strained personal relations will hinder your luck.

Career

Under the influence of general luck, your career will run full. Horses’ great capacity in imagination and creativity can be deployed. Youngsters will receive appreciations at work, which can improve your self-confidence greatly. Never quit, and you will be successful in job-hopping pr undertaking. A great social network at work can get you out of troubles which will scatter your strength and hinder you from going further as well.

Love

Your love life is just like a colourful picture. It will be a life full of imaginations and romances. Single Horses will experience pleasant surprised. Your bona fides will return warm amour. Affected by your luck, family conflicts will be resolved with reciprocal respect. Your good mood will also make you think more about how to improve the life quality. In conclusion, your love life is bright with happiness.

Wealth

Due to the good condition of your work, your income will keep stable additional returns sometimes. Just manage your money reasonably. The only fly in the ointment is your social conflicts which result in financial loss. If you benefit yourself at the expense of others, your image would be damaged, of which the loss could not be estimated by money. Business Horses will enjoy your investing luck but don’t exploit this luck.


-text from licensedslackers.wordpress.com

dilemma... again??!!!

today, i've been logged in for 25 mins already and yet we have not received a single call. i dunno if it's a good sign or not. i still need 48 sign ups to get the 6700 pesos incentive. oh well... i can settle for a lower incentive anyway but as much as i could i'm really aiming for the highest incentive... lalo na ngayong wala na kmeng allowance. :(

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just imagine how relaxed my work is. i can even blog while working. hehehe... that is the same reason i don't want to leave the company. :D actually, this is one of the reasons i got into blogging. you can say out of boredom but i think it's more of looking for a venue to express my mind... wow... parang totoo... hahaha... or should i say to make my brain work a little harder than it usually does. hahaha... so here i am now a certified blog addict. hahaha...

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i really can't help but worry about the current situation of our company. though, they implemented that harsh cost cutting measures, our operations manager assured us that the company is stable. but still, di pa rin talaga ako mapalagay. i can't afford to lose a job lalo na ngayon na ako lang inaasahan sa bahay. but the thing is i'm getting regularized by next month and i am hoping that i will get a good amount of salary adjustment but still there is no assurance. haayy... dilemma na naman... i think i'll study my options first before deciding. i just hope that whatever happens it will turn out to be a good decision. God speed. :)

post birthday blues

i had a blast on celebrating my 28th birthday this year. i celebrated thrice... hahaha... kawawa naman bulsa ko... hehehe... i had a pre-birthday celebration last january 5 with a few friends and my mom. the next day, january 6 (sa mga di nakakaalam, ka-birthday ko si ate shawie... hehehe...) my mom and i went to see a movie because i promised her that we are going to go out on my birthday and so we did. yesterday, i had to treat my officemates because rio, one of my friends here at the office bought a mango roll for me. favorite ko un e! yummy! hehehe... so yun medyo broke ako ngaun... not to mention ung mga SVI friends ko who are asking for a birthday treat... waaahhh... oh well... i'm sure i'll be able to handle this... hehehe...

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i'm still in a dilemma... i dunno if i'll be leaving my current work soon or wait for my regularization and decide by that time... oh well... bahala na! :)

pre-birthday celeb

i've decided to have a pre-birthday celebration last january 5 with a few friends and chose my bestest ones. unfortunately, blythe was not available because tamtam had an accident. so the three of us, abba, yoshie and me together with my mom had a pre-birthday celebration. abba cooked for all of us. she prepared her famous pasta marticiana, fried chicken breast fillet with capers and some vegetable salad with vinaigrette dressing. oh, i almost forgot to mention abba's peach crepe with chocolate syrup... yummy! hehehe... i will post all the pictures after yoshie have cropped them... hehehe... for the meantime, here are some of the pics. :)

mouth-watering peach crepe... hehehe... too bad i was so stuffed that i can only afford to eat one. hahaha...

me and my girlfriends :)

i had fun that night. my mom did too. sa birthday ulit ni yoshie... hehehe... :)

happy new year frogs!!!!!!!!

the management just started the year with a bang.

today, we were informed that the management is under cost cutting measures as per instructions of our seattle office. how nice of them to think of retracking our monthly allowances as part of the cost cutting measures! they are such genuises! they deserve a big round of applause and a standing ovation for such action. wala lang naman ung allowance na un e... those were for food and transpo only. ang ganda, di ba?! what a way to start the year. thank you, HR and admin! it's so encouraging! we appreciate it!

God is still good. good thing, i have some options to consider. ibm called me today asking about my pending application with them and i think they were just right on time. fortunately, i did not close my doors from them and asked if there are any available positions aside from csr. the girl told me that she will assess my resume and will call me back. i just hope she does.

in the next days, i will definitely contact some of my friends who can help me get a new job the soonest possible time. i might jump boats again but hopefully i'll be on the right boat this time.

what a way to end my work week! and what a nice birthday present for me! :( thanks a lot!

health matters

i had to wake up early and leave home today to have our annual physical examination at patient first glorietta 3. i didn't know that there will be a lot of people who are going have their physical examination too. i arrived at about 10:30am and was done by 12:10nn. i would like to write here what happened inside the physical exam room but i'd rather not go into details. hehehe... i'm pretty sure everyone knows what was happening inside that room. hahaha...

i forgot to mention that i saw some of my officemates there who's going to take their APE too. after the last exam we underwent, we went ahead and ate at goldilocks and left glorietta at about 1:30pm. we decided to take the cab so we will not get late. unfortunately, we had a hard time getting a cab at glorietta and was stuck in traffic in ayala. so, we were late. ang masaklap pa nun... 2 minutes lang... hehehe... oh well, goodbye incentive! hahaha...

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a colleague of mine just brought up the topic of cervical cancer to me today. it's been bothering her because she visited an OB to have herself checked. she was told that she is prone to have the said cancer. natakot ako... kse sabi daw ng doctor, women in our age should have their regular check up with their OBs. bakit ako natakot? kse i don't go to an OB and i don't even have an OB to start with. i just don't feel that it was necessary most especially if you are not sexually active. oh well... i think i should include that in my list of things to do this year... i just hope i won't find out anything alarming. :)

gratitude to 2006

i cannot say that i had the best 2006. i had my own ups and downs. but i can say that i had made the right decisions on a lot of things during that year and i think it is only right to say thanks to all the people and the organizations that made the past year generally good. so here it goes:

to convergys: thank you for the years of experience and the good reputation i acquired from working there.

to amn: for the experience i got from working as an internet researcher.

to teletech: for the knowledge i got from all the pressures that my product trainer gave me and the sleepless days i had because of that pressure. i owe you all the technical knowledge i know right now.

to abba: sa walang sawang pagbasa ng blog ko... teka isip ako ng mas madrama... hehehe... seryoso na... thanks for the friendship and sa paniniwala mo na magaling akong photographer at merong potential na artist. :)

to yoshie: for making my boring afternoons at work worthwhile dahil sa walang sawang pakikipagchat sa akin. thank you for the friendship at laging pakikinig sa mga far from possible wishes ko kasama na ang mga rants ko. hehehe... :)

to blythe: kahit na laging wala ka sa eksena... alam ko na busy ka sa buhay mommy ngaun... salamat for the gift of friendship. :)

to love: for the friendship that defied distance and time... ano pa ba masasabi ko?! i know that i'll always have a friend in you and vice versa. :)

to meera: who never failed to check me out. ang nag-iisang friend ko since elementary til now. hehehe...

to my sups here at bluefrog: thanks for believing in me. i'll do my best not to disappoint you guys! :)

to the new friends i made last year: i'm glad i met you guys. thanks for the gift of friendship :)

to the angel who made my employment at bluefrog possible: i owe you a lot. if not for you, i won't find any working place this enjoyable. thanks a lot! may the good Lord bless you.

to my mom: for putting up with me the entire year. i hope i can give you a better life this year. :)

to all of those people who have been part of my life last year. i am looking forward to more years with you. :)

there were not so good things that happened to me and my mom last year but i don't wanna dwell on those anymore. i just want to think of the good things that had happened so i can start the new year right. i hope all of you guys will have a prosperous new year too! cheers to 2007! :)

happy new year!

it's already 2007. how time flies. the next thing i know i grew another year older. hahaha... it will be just a few days from now. hehehe... but for now, i'd like to greet everyone a happy new year. thanks to all the people who have been part of my 2006 especially to all of my friends. most especially to my bestest friends... abba, yosh and blythe. more years together and i hope our bond will be stronger as the years pass. :) i love you all! to my best buddy, love, i hope you find whatever you are looking for this year. i love you. to my mom who has always been my strength, thank you. i'm looking for more years with you in our new home. i don't often say this, pero alam nyo na mahal ko kayo. :)

i'm really looking forward for this year. in fact, i have high hopes. i hope that i'll get to keep my job and get regularized and eventually get a decent salary increase. i hope this year my mom and i will be moving to a new house and will celebrate christmas and new year there. i hope to start my computer shop this year, too. hopefully, i'll be able to finally buy my dream camera. i just hope that everything will fall into their right places. God speed. :)