Yes! the world revolves around me.
Friday, January 28, 2005,9:08 PM
Er?
Just got home... it's friday... and no where to go... last wednesday, tinext ako ni Paul, nagpapatulong para magdecorate ng church... para sa Chinese new year.., sayang short notice, siguro i'll give them some ideas and suggestion na lang...

Talked to Carla just a while ago, downplay na lang daw ng idea... sabi ko, sige i'll just wait for their feedback.

Buti di masyadong matao kanina... nakauwi din ako ng maaga (relative)... maaga aga pala...

Nothing much to blog... dito na muna
 
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Tuesday, January 25, 2005,7:45 PM
Balentayms?
While on my way to work... aba naman... walking along the street, biglang sumabog yung gulong ng jeep na nasa tabi ko, bigla tuloy nagising ang antok na antok kong ulirat... mukhang masamang pangitain ito...

at masama nga, pag sakay ko ng jeep... ang nakatabi ko?... mag jowang sobrang makapag "PDA"... eto ang score... bago bumaba yung babae, naka 5 kissing scene yata sila... HELLLLOOO!!!! malayo pa po ang balentayms..... Get a Rooommmm!! :D ops ops opss... wag nyo akong paratangang ingit... di po ako enget... nakakailang lang kasi, halos lahat pinagtitinginan sila... atsaka... bat kasi napatabi pa ako dun... pakiramdam ko tuloy kasama ako sa eksena... hwehehehehe....

As usual, kahit di naman masyadong matao kanina sa opis, pakiramdam ko, busy busyhan... ang hirap lang talaga kasi 2 na lang kami ni sir Mike... di na nga lang siguro kami makapagreklamo sa kabusyhan... sana dumating na yung kapalit ni abby...

Kahapon, may na receive akong postal registry... hmmm... napag-isip tuloy ako kung sino nagpadala nun... ang problema ko lang, kung kelan ko mapipick up yun... sana bukas ang post office ng sabado, kahit half day lang... excited na tuloy ako.

Ey guys! I need your feedback, pa check naman kung ayos sa browser nyo 'tong bago kong skin...

dito na muna... Ciao!
 
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Monday, January 24, 2005,10:27 PM
U-Turn
Pauwi ako nung isang araw at napadaan sa greenbelt, ang ganda na talaga ng ipinagbago ng greenbelt park, pero nagulat ako na natawa, "the works" talaga ang park, meron pang in-house pato... it was really a pleasant surprise na makakita ng ganto... communion with nature baga...


Mga pato sa greenbelt



As you can see, new look ang aking blog... courtesy of Rcie... (like you have a choice, hehehe, thanks bro.!) Malamig ba sa mata...though di ko pa rin maaninag kung ano ba 'tong background ng blog ko, got some bad news from a friend... well, ganyan talaga ang buhay friend... sometimes wala naman tayong choice sa mga uncontrollable circumstances na ganyan... pero it's still your choice and dapat may will ka pa rin to rise from that situation... basta itutuloy naten yung valentines date naten ha :D... kung mabasa mo man to...

Malapit na naman matapos ang buwan... kailangan ko na yatang kumilos... mali ang direction ko, mukhang kailangang mag U-turn.

... And by the way, it's my Dad's birthday.
 
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Sunday, January 16, 2005,6:20 PM
Bad Saturday... at Great Wedding ni Marge
Yesteday was really a bad day for me... lahat palpak... may OT kami dapat for the documentary clean up kaso di din tuloy, di daw nakahingi ng approval from head office so wala kaming access sa database, and I was informed when I was almost at the office, well, sabi ko, ok lang, might as well mag ikot ikot na lang since nasa makati na rin ako. Dumaan muna ako sa isang ukay ukay, I was trying to look for a funky shirt... kahit may meningococcemia scare :D mamatay din naman tayo lahat...

Tapos pumunta ako sa waltermart... sabi ko, sige, ill just buy some stuff na dapat nabili ko last time. Nagpunta ako sa Watsons, at pumili na ng aking mga bibilhin, pag dating sa counter... I gave my credit card to pay for my items... aba! sabi ba naman ng cashier... kung pwede daw, cash... kasi first sale ako... Gusto ko siyang sigawan at sabihing "Anong bullsh*t superstition yan!? alam ba to ng boss nyo? alam ba ng may-ari ito?" Sabi nya, yun daw ang instruction ng manager nila... Well good for them, Swerte sila, nalugi lang naman sila ng 600 kasi di ko na lang binili yung stuff... balikan ko na lang daw, pag may unang bumili ng cash, saka ko daw pwedeng balikan... kayo na ang humusga kung anong merong service sila... sabagay ano ba naman ako sa milyong milyong sales ng sm... Ang masasabi ko lang... SANA MALUNOD KAYO SA PERA NYO!!! pinaglalaban ko lang naman ang rights ko bilang consumer... di ko naman ninanakaw yung pinamili ko... di ako galit sa cashier... galit ako sa may pasimuno nung kung anong kalokohang pamahin nila!

Kudos (Not!) to Watsons


Tapos late in the evening, biglang nag off yung monitor ko... ano ba naman tong araw na ito... palpak talaga... Sinet ko na na dalhin na lang sa monday yung monitor... para ipaayos... pero buti naman gumana this morning... whew...

Fiesta ng Santo Niño today... ang daming nagpapabinyag kanina... Inimbita din ako ni Trish na mamyesta sa kanila, taon taon na lang daw lagi ako may excuse para di pumunta sa piyesta.... Di ako makakapunta, kasi may kinantahan kaming wedding ng friend, sa Christ the King sa may Greenmeadows... Well, Marge really looks great sa gown nya... kamustahan din with old friends... mga kasama namin dati sa singles... Best Wishes kay Marge...

I guess that's it for today... at sa Watsons... Wala lang.... SANA MALUNOD KAYO SA PERA NYO!!! Bwahahahaha!!!!


Wedding Scenes
 
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Sunday, January 09, 2005,8:49 PM
I guess am doin fine...
Been visiting my friends blog just a while ago, mukhang lahat sila nagpalit na ng skins for their blogs... I wish I have the time... or rather the inspiration para baguhin 'tong look ng blog ko... It's sunday today, attended the usual mass... after that, had lunch sa rob place at napabili ng silya ng di oras para sa room ko... tsk tsk... gastos na naman.
Nothing new lately, except that nag resign na si abby sa amin and medyo nag aadjust pa kami ni sir mike since kulang nga ng isang tao... minsan napapagod na rin ako... sabi ko nga, wala naman akong reason if I leave my present job, ok naman ang mga officemates, yung trabaho? nakakayanan din naman kahit papaano, yun nga lang... di ko masasabing dream job ko 'to... konti pa siguro... malapit na din ako... pero who knows... baka di pa ako tapos sa dapat kong gawin dito...
Fate has always been kind to me... pero nung isang araw... nag dasal ako... sabi ko, sige na Lord, balato mo na sa akin to... gusto ko talagang mag work dun... up until now... parang wala pa rin akong naririnig na sagot... o ayaw ko sigurong pakinggan *sigh*
Nuff rantings... *think happy thouhts* Am getting used to this new room of mine, though namimiss ko minsan yung old room ko... takot kasi ako sa space :)) teka... amoy daing na bangus... mukang yun ang ulam namin... *hilo*
Got to go... kain muna
 
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Friday, January 07, 2005,9:37 PM
Misplaced Priorities can Mislead a Nation
Gusto ko lang ibahagi 'tong article na ito na nabasa ko... sana matauhan tayo

Misplaced Priorities can Mislead a Nation
"He who can take no interest in what is small will take false interest inwhat is great."
John Ruskin
Jasmine Trias visited the Philippines very recently. Everyone was agog waiting to welcome her. The excitement was remarkable as the media and manyof our "kababayans" flocked to the airport to see her. This scenario istypical of Filipinos. Sadly, it reflects our country's misplaced priorities.
Contest of the Mind.
Another young girl came back to the country just a couple of weeks ago. Her name is Faye (not her real name for very sensitive reasons). Unknown to her countrymen, this eleven year old girl brought honor to the Philippines. She represented the country in the Intercontinental Science Quiz Net inAustralia. Out of 57 countries represented, Faye garnered First Place for the Philippines. Germany came in second while the United States came in third.
In stark contrast to the hooplah extended to Jasmine Trias, Faye's arrivaldid not make any noise. Not a peep.
In an earlier competition, "Mathematics for the Young Asians" in Indonesia,Faye also came out in the Top Five. But just like the Australian event, thisfeat did not receive any recognition in our country at all.
Our interests seem to be set on other "priorities." We are more interested in promoting celebrity guests instead of educational and intellectual pursuits. Indirectly and quite obviously we are teaching our children that development of the external image takes priority over educational achievement.
Faye's story is inspiring. She comes from a broken family. Her father falsely claimed that he was unmarried when he married her mom. When her mom found out, she decided to raise up her daughter alone.
Despite the difficulty, Faye in no way used it as an excuse for complacency in her studies. In grade school, she was a consistent honor student. She took every academic requirement as a challenge. And she delivered. At onetime, she submitted a project thesis in Australia that won "The Best Physics and Science Award". The award qualified the Philippines to be one of the top10 countries that would compete in Australia, among the 57 countries that joined.
Considering her family's financial constraints, she and her mom asked help from our government for their trip to Australia to claim the "Best Physics"award and to join the Science competition. They saw this challenge as a rare opportunity offered to Faye and her country, considering that only two Asian countries qualified - Japan and the Philippines. Unfortunately, our government had other priorities.
Mother and daughter then tried to ask help from individual senators and congressmen. All turned them down except for one who was willing to help, on condition that Faye should give public credit to the senator for supporting her even in the earlier competitions she joined. Out of integrity, the mother could not accede to this arrangement. Thus no outside help was found.
Faced with this situation, Faye and her mom took out all their savings and went out of their way to secure by themselves the additional finances needed. The only driving force behind them was their desire to give honor to God and to the Philippines.
With the little resources they had, they went to Australia on September 17,2004 for the competition. They claimed the trophy and cash award for the"Best Physics" thesis Faye submitted in Sidneyand then flew to Brisbane for the quiz competition.
No kababayan welcomed them in Australia except for a kind Filipina they met in the plane who assisted them. As they were checking in at a hotel, the"kind" Filipina who volunteered to help them disappeared taking with herFaye's and her mother's bags, passports, and plane tickets. At that point,they literally had nothing left except for the few pieces of clothes and their faith in God. They had to sell the extra clothes left to be able to buy food.
In need once again, they sought help from some of the Filipino officials inAustralia but to no avail. Oddly, the Filipino officials there were too busy with other priorities, not minding to help a young girl and a mother who had no other desire but to bring honor to our country.
Given a budget for only a one night stay at the hotel, mother and daughter had to check out the following day. Leaving their luggage on deposit and without money for transportation fare, they decided to walk two kilometers to the competition venue on their native Filipino costumes.
If walking a two kilometer distance was bad enough, how much more would be walking the distance on their native costume along the highways ofAustralia!
Upon arrival at the competition site, Faye and her mom were very surprised when they discovered that the delegates from each of the other countries were well supported by a band, a cheering squad, and a flag, while Faye only had her mother and the anxiety of lost passports and plane tickets. Worse,representatives of each country were required to decorate their booths.
With only the three-piece costume they had on, Faye and her mom were evenmore surprised when the organizing committee awarded their booth as "TheMost Creative" booth.
In the early part of the competition, Japan, Braziland Spain were eliminated. As the only Asian country left to compete against six Western nations, the Philippines was cheered on by Japan. Faye was encouraged by herJapanese cheering squad, but in her heart, how she wished that she had her own countrymen to cheer her on.
When Faye finally won first place and Philippines national anthem was being played, she prayed silently thanking God for making her a Filipina. Despite all the painful experiences she had with her country, her priorities did not waver. A Japanese diplomat was the one who helped Faye and her mom to secure temporary pass so they could return to the Philippines. The money they won was just enough for their fare back home and their temporary passport. When Faye was relating this story before a crowd, she said, "Let us love our nation, for nobody else will."
Faye did not allow her painful experiences to tear down her loyalty to her country. She is not a celebrity but a servant out to serve her fellow Filipino.
A Small Way to Greatness.
Our concept of leadership in this country is pitifully skewed. We mistakenly think that leadership is about "lording" it over other people. Christ corrected this distorted thinking when he said, You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you, instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all - Mark 10:42-44
Sadly, we are far from the precept of this truth. It is no surprise then that we have a dearth of real leaders in this country-leaders who would setthe nation's interests above their own. In the same way, our concept of citizenship is damaged. Those seeking for social good for themselves are never willing to grant the same good to others. Hence it is common for us hear stories of Filipinos who take advantage of their fellow citizens. We want to be served, but we are unwilling to serve.
We dream of becoming like Jasmine Trias. We want our children to be like her. We would rather spend on things that would make us look good instead ofthings that would make us grow in character. We prefer stardom glitter over service-oriented endeavors.
Quite the contrary, Faye spend sleepless nights studying to win the competition because she knows her priorities. Unlike Jasmine Trias, Faye did not receive a hero's welcome when she came back, but, young as she is, she keeps calling on Filipinos to love the Philippines because every Filipino is a valuable gift of God.
Life, really is not a matter of intelligence but a matter of setting our priorities right. The question is, what's our focues on "grand" things that make us superficial or on simple things that lead us to greatness?
Faye's story reminds us all to look within ourselves. This eleven year old girl could have complained to the media, but she did not. She went out ofher own small way to bring greatness to this land.
Right priorities grant us wisdom. When properly set, priorities point us to the right people we need to invest in, the right use of our energy, the right resources to draw from, and the right endeavors support.
From the words of Faye's mother, " We all wanted to win, but success is not measured through by merely winning. It is measured through our hearts, if it is truly attuned with God all the time. It is all that really matters for we have only an Audience of One. Whatever we have achieved, big or small,remember one thing: it is for God and God alone. The King of the Kingdom of a higher world.
(Bread of Life Ministries)

 
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Sunday, January 02, 2005,6:16 PM
Christmas Recap
Finally, nakuha ko na din ang bluetooth ko, sabi ko kasi, di muna ako magpopost pag walang picture :D. Busy, busy, busy ako nung pasko... pagkakuha ko ng bonus ko, paid some of my bills at bumili ako ng pasadyang sofa bed at linolium for my room... funny sa sobrang laki nung sofa bed pag nakalatag, di ka na pwedeng maglakad lakad sa kwarto... sakop na ng kama yung buong kwarto... Natawa pa ako nung nag text yung sis ko to inform me na dumating na yung kama, sabi sa text, "Anya, nasukat mo daw ba yung kama? ang laki... di yata magkakasya sa room mo" Reply ako, "Kasya yan, sinukat na namin ni mommy", Nag text back, "Sabi ni mommy, yung buong kwarto yata ang nasukat mo!" Nag dagdag bawas kami ng mga gamit sa kwarto ko and Lo! and Behold! nagkasya naman sa awa ng Diyos... :D


Room makeover

Mid December din, I was invited for a panel interview sa head office, tungkol sa Customer Service, went well, binigyan kami ng certificate saka token gift na book ni John Maxwell. Witty ang mga tanong at sagot ng participants.


SBC Panel Interview, Mel and Jay? asan kayo?

At siyempre, ang simbang gabi... na love-hate ko... love dahil pag simula na ng simbang gabi, dun na yung trigger sa akin ng pasko... sumasaya ako... hate? 4:00 in the morning? need I say more? eto ang time sa aking "singing career" na hirap na hirap ako! kung pede lang lumabas ang buong laman loob ko habang kumakanta... , pero iba pa din yung thrill pag secretly tinitingnan mo kung sino sa mga kasama mo ang meron pang morning glory sa mata (nyuknyuk nyuk) syempre sa lahat ng sacrifices mo, di mo na iindain yun, pag naalala mo yung baby sa sabsaban? shut-up na lang ako :D


Simbang Gabi

And last but not the least, ang walang katapusang kainan at Christmas parties, halos magkasunod ang Christmas party ng area namin saka yung sa branch, yung sa area namin, sa World Trade Center, sa Makati Skyline, saya din... tapos yung sa branch naman, kumain lang kami sa Red crab, sa Greenbelt... after eating a lot of crabs, pakiramdam ko umiikot ang paligid... Dyuskupu! Da king, di pa ako ready... wag mo ako isasama!


Pasko ng Bangkero

Then...
Tapos na ang pasko... bagong taon, its' been a year now na nag blog ako... Nung new year, bisperas, di ko maiwasan maiyak...tapos na din... masaya, malungkot...
In the end... wala akong masabi sa Kanya...kundi.. Salamat po... Samahan mo ako ulit... bagong taon na naman po.
 
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