sand bar

What suppose to be a sand mass compared to a cadbury bar now turned into m&m size sand bar... it's just a comparison i made accdg to what the kapitan of the banka said about how the area of that islet has decreased over time. It was blamed to some men taking out the sand during night time so that no one would notice them. It's a crime.. but it's never a crime to visit beautiful resorts, seeing and feeling the fine sand on our feet as we stroll along the shore line. Ever wondered where and how did that once-was rocky shore became now a comfort for our feet to walk on? Sigh...

Anyway, we sailed last November 28, paid the whole boat trip 4K, ate a lot of food, swam around corals and sea weeds. We avoided fish sanctuaries due to budget constraints, hahaha... Just being with friends was worth the fun.. I mean, where can you get your worst nosebleed in your life? We are not from BPOs.. we're actually just trying hard to practice the language. Thanks to the initiatives and creative minds of the Wrong Grammar's Club - Where you can never be WRONG!

Thanks for the wonderful shot that ace and lotte took.. I used my camera much less because I was afraid of getting it wet... unfortunately, I grounded my Sun phone with my water bottle inside my bag. That's so unlucky of me.

7 non-working holidays

...remaining days that I look forward to spend and celebrate!

august 31 - national heroes day
september 21 - end of ramadan
october - none
november 30 - bonifacio day
december 24,25,30,31 - christmas holidays, rizal day and last day of the year

i have nothing to write. i just want my blog updated. i feel bad that may birth month has zero philippine holiday. so my bday wish is this - make a GOOD difference for my country someday, so we can finally have a holiday for october, but i hope to see that dream come true while i'm still alive...filipino heroes get the honor when they're 6ft underground already. hihi... something you get for asking too much. (just kidding)

new template

as you notice, i've changed my template. somebody commented on the previous one that i used. the background is black, so it's not very easy to read. i was having the same trouble and i couldn't agree more with meeche's comment but before she could even blurt out her concerns, i was already trying new ones. i like the way it looks now. i remember though, i intended to have that dark blogger porfile so it wouldn't be very easy to detect from the other people's prying eyes when i check my site.

i hate the margins from both sides though, it eats up a lot of space. i think all templates have that.


blogging tips: i am having trouble pasting my composed write up sometimes. what i usually do, i paste everything on the "edit html" tab instead of "compose". it is in text format and you can't choose any font, courier is the default. what you do after you paste the content of your blog (no pictures yet), go again to "compose" tab, the contents will not be erased, so you can choose any font you like. if you like to add pictures, it's very easy because you can just drag the pictures when you've uploaded it already.

daydream come true

one day, isang araw, while i was walking on the sidewalks of cabantan, headed to the office, i stumbled into a thought of a creamy, sweet-sour taste of mangoes melting delitght on my mouth. hmmm.. so instead of crossing my way to the office, i had a reroute to the metro grocery to grab the basic ingredients in making mango float. my thoughts were racing on how i would be able to prepare them in a very limited time and lack of kitchen gadgets to use. I thought of the basic stuff that we had at the pantry, there was a knife, no can openers, no tapalan, i have 3 plastic containers where i can put the final product and i have a team with a very healthy appetite. of course, it's not for free, everybody has to pay the expense but no labor will be charged to that. it was a test.. that i hope would succeed!

it was surprising, it surprised me also, i made 2 1/2 boxes of mango float in a span of what.. 20 mins?! haha.. when one of my teammate saw me scraping mangoes, he thought, ooh.. i was shifting to fruit snack instead of the usual green salad. they did not really know what i was making, so it was the perfect chance to introduce to them my 20min mango float. bwahaha.. and so we ate all of it during snack time and i'm glad to hear that they liked it. they were my inspiration in starting a small business...i thought about it.

after the work week ended, i decided to make more floats! i never thought of orders.. i was thinking of selling! haha.. so i made 7 boxes, 1 goes to me (reward for my labor). I sold it out in 4 days.. whew! it was something new for me. i wouldn't do that again if i don't get orders beforehand, it's hard to sell when you're market is not sure.

On the second thought, this was not new to me at all... i tried this before when nampa was still here in Cebu, i remember the SamPat tandem.. now its just me. I'm not stopping at mango float, there's more to come!!

u tube

this is the life! i wonder when's this going to be blocked again.. haha..

run

Running is good and healthy. So far it has proven its point during the last 2 runs that I participated in.

My first major run this 2009 was the 33rd Milo marathon. It was a 5k fun run. The street near the Abellana grand stand where the marathon would start is packed with noisy students at 4:30 in the morning. I did not expect student's participation on that event. Later, I found out that it was required by their shcool. I wasn't prepared for the run physically and mentally. I wasn't conditioned for running that far! I only run at the gym on a treadmill for 20mins max and the environment is very much different. I finished 5k in 32 minutes. It wasn't bad... but I was so tired after that run. After breakfast, I went home and dozed off for around 2h. I feel that my body was recuperating from shock of that 5k run.

The second was the Great Lapu Lapu Run. It was the first marathon they put up. There was no 5k on the category so I chose 6k, the closest to 5k. The additional 1km was a challenge for me. This time I prepared my mind for it. Physically I wasn't but before that day I went to the gym and ran 30min straight without stopping and walked 10min on a treadmill. I was prepared I thought because I did not feel muscle pains after the trial run. haha... At 4:15am I was up already, ate bread, drank milo, showered and took off by 5am. The weather condition was unlikely because it was raining. It was a rain or shine event. I found that the starting point was in Gun-ob rd., a place that I am very much familiar of. I never thought I'd be back on that street again. I remember the last time I walked through the raod was the fiesta of the baranggay. No vehicles were allowed to enter the road as it would cause further traffic. The scene that morning was just the same...only that almost all wore the same shirt which spells "RUN"... I finished the run of course, it was my ticket to become a member of our runner's club.

It was surprising to see an elderly woman run in native costume with matching dangling ornaments and bolo. There was a male version also which we jokingly called Lapu Lapu. It was weird. I got to see Donna Cruz in person, she was just 2m away from we were sitting at the gym. And I was amazed to know that she joined in the 20k category. There were still 20k runners just finishing the race when we left the gym. It's rare to see celebrities go to such limit...

Today is a day after that great run and I feel just fine... no pains what-so-ever...

As long as the registration fee is affordable and I get to earn double points for my club - bring it on! Btw, I am not ever going to try 20k.

chocolate (2008 movie)

a movie title that i could associate to willy wonka, a fantasy story, or maybe a dog with reasonability, etc.. but contrary to the sweet and almost innocent title of the movie is a story based on vengeance. an arena of martial arts display. a typical death,vengeance story. it is a thai movie, i would give perfect 10 for the stunts itself. not to mention the skills possessed by the main character - an autistic girl (not in real life). for her first major role or first appearance, she's superb. i see her as a female version of jackie chan, a dare devil. hahaha..i just think she performs her own stunts! i had to read subtitles because it is in thai... even though the translation is bad. they don't talk while fighting.. so it's ok. haha...i'm amazed and entertained. i think i'll just continue kicking balls, smashing shuttle cock and running around. just sticking with something that will keep my face, nose, limbs, etc. intact....?!.?@#$@

watch it guys!

yakarob

I wanted to write everything in blog about our boracay trip but I'm too tired to put in details per day... so I just iterated the unforgettable stuff that we did, went and found out...
This blog is dedicated to my boracay buddies: tito grape, bruk, cele, lotte, rubai and ace.

Mt. Luho - highest point in boracay where you can have a goof look of the beautiful beach shore line, lush color of the coconut trees add to the wonderful scenery too. Different water activities can be seen from the tower's peak: banana boat rides, jet skis, para-sailing...

Pukka beach - this part of the island is not fronting the big waves brought by the moonsoon wind. Not so many people come in this place bcoz it's quite far. We we're just lucky to be able to rent a cab and tour us around the area.

Station 1-2 - If you think you've had enough of the white sand at station 3, you should walk further down to the last resort at station 1 (the fridays resort). The sand there is much finer, you'll have better view of the sunset, the grotto is in station 1 also, carefully placed on a rocky islet.

Unknown bar - there is this bar located at station 3 (near dead end, where you'll find private owned beach houses). We've discovered this place because of the unusual native lamp attached to a tree in fron of it and the drums they have which they let the customers borrow while hanging out. At first there were just to 2 djembes, the barrista let us borrow as many djembes we would want to play. haha.. It was like a therapy for anger management. Just drumming your heart out.

Fire dancers - you have to go out and party with the people!! But NO, I did not party with people, but you really have to go out at night. If you're exhausted from the morning tour, you may ride a trike on your way to station 1 (assuming that you're staying somewhere in st3). Fire dancers are the easiest peeps to find at night... just look for unusual light motions along the streets or along the shore.

Banana boat - whoa!! fast and furious ride. I have a tip for first timers, do not sit in front of the boat. Trust me unless you have protective glasses properly tied to your neck, so you won't loose it,, this will shield the water splashing your face.

Island hopping and snorkeling - i've been to many island hops already, I can recommend only you to take this if you want to see the crocodile island(s) and go snorkeling. The fish sanctuary is ok, not so fancy, I enjoyed feeding the water creatures (fish).

Have someone take a picture of you with the sand castles made by the locals. Taking pictures with the sand castle would cost you a donation.. take note "no coins"..??? bwahaha...

Bug cars, Parasail - this I would like to try someday. I think it would be nice to experience riding a bug car, even though I don't know how to drive. It would be nice also to scream out loud when you fly high while wearing a chute tied up on a speed boat...

Underwater walk - this is expensive. for those who has a budget for exotic experience, try this. you'll have a glass bubble mounted on your head so you can breathe underwater and have a clear view of the underworld... for 15min or so, you'll feel like you're ariel, except for the big hair dress... ehehe.. i wasn't able to try this one. if you're afraid to try, then don't.

Jonah's Fruit shake - this one is indeed a FRUIT shake not an ice shake. Yummy! one order can be shared by two, how sweet...

Red Bean Halowich - they serve the largest bowl of dessert I have ever seen.. hehe but I wasn't able to dig in the mountainous joy... that time I was having problem controlling my gastric juice secretions, eww! It was a choice between few minutes of melting taste in your mouth or enjoying the rest of your boracay stay...

We stayed at the Orchids Resort. One thing that attracted us to stay there is that the room rates are not costly and they have a good reputation coming from those that stayed there before. And I would like to commend their staff for a job well done. We were able to save during our stay at the Orchids because they allow guest to cook their food. What we did was to buy the ingredients that we need from the wet market talipapa and cook our own stuff. They let us borrow everything that's in the kitchen, from cook wares to utensils. We also prepare our tables, wash our dishes and clean the kitchen before we leave. We only cook our dinner and have sandwiches and coffee, milo in the morning, and eat out during lunch.

So that's about everything....

for the love of the game

i miss playing soccer already. this past 2 months instead of running around the grassy field, i would run for 30min on a stationary rotating belt. instead of kicking balls, pushing opponents, and practicing my foot coordination, i would carry dumbbells; do crunches, tightening my loosened fats using several gym equipments. it's boring me sometimes, I don't get to talk to someone or laugh at awkward moves i see, even laugh at myself for doing crazy stuff. everyone else is so serious... not like those people you find in the field.

yesterday, july 7, was the first time i stepped back into the field where i've learned the sport since i voluntary kicked my self out of the company. we played 3vs4 for 2hrs. i teamed up with maddie, dex and rina(ping) versus the group of gary, chanix and oddie. i worry so much that i will not be able to make a fly ball... i am just glad that i was still able to make the ball fly, haha... for this particular game, only ground balls are credited as a goal. whew.. I really enjoyed it, it’s nice to be back but I won’t be able to play 2x a week now. It’s too costly for me… 

There is still hope for me to continue my passion for the game. From where I am at now, they too have FC. The club just started early this year... I hope to join them on their practices on of these days.

planning for boracay

looking back, boracay seemed so impossible place for us to go, especially this year, with all the lay-offs going on, no overtime rules, leave enforcement all because of the turmoil in the US economy. that time i was still with an automotive american firm and that really hit our company hard. still we did not loose hope. char... it sounds as if going to boracay is the most important thing on earth. i just refuse to think that there's no life beyond the crisis the depression is offering or that we have no right to enjoy when hope is the only right we have during such times. why can't we hope and enjoy at the same time. bwahahaha...

they always say prices soar high when you go there during peak season, so we planned the trip months ahead. the date of the trip was based on the following criteria: the month should be off-peak, should have at least 1 holiday that will occur on a friday/ monday, ample time to save up (should be atleast 2 mo. before we decide to book our accomodation). coming up with the date was a little hard decision, there were 2 dates were looking at and it was all in june. not until i have booked a june 12-16 round trip tickets. the downside however of the decision was, the seat sale automatically closed in the moment i purchased my ticket on line. the group had no choice but to stick with the date but take a different route. i felt bad, but im just happy to know they decided to stick with me (and tito). they could've decided to take on the other date but thank goodness they didn't. hehe... after our tickets have been booked, lotte moved in and displayed her talent in hunting for superb accomodation. the booking she made was thru email and it was built in trust mostly because you really don't know the person you're dealing with. of course, lotte researched the reputation of the orchid resort and because they were good, we agreed to book at the said dates.

few days before june12, chakka backed out. celeste almost did but because she had an assignment (job related) in boracay, she decided to join the group. if only AH1N1 did not swarm the philippines, chakka wouldn't have missed the experience. hehe

tales up... i'll write about the trip on my next blog, this will my first blogging saga... wekekeke

"white beach, the finest white grains i have ever seen! i have been to banatayan but there's no way the sand can compare to what's in boracay." - pats

the mirror principle

the mirror principle

today, june 30, is my turn to do a report on the mirror principle. the topic is taken from the book written by John Maxwell, Winning the People. I've read the topic over and over for 9.6h last monday just to absorb and understand it better. whew! i couldn't get at first...basically because i am not interested with the topic and 2nd it defies my built-in ideas i already have in mind, so i can't justify anything written about it. i wouldn't be able to explain the topic however if i don't open up my mind and respect the author's thoughts. so what made me open my mind to his ideas? by defining and believing in the purpose of the principle. there are many routes to take to help people improve and develop. this one is a popular version...and not to mention it is written.

so goodluck to me!

clap, clap, clap

After almost 3 hours of sitting inside Cinema 2, I found myself clapping at the end of the famed movie: Transformers 2. I've heard bad critics about the movie on the first day of the showing, but that didn't keep me from not seeing it. I guess I am just another easy-to-please person among the crowd. I totally forgot about nature calls and the need drink water..I left my water bottle unopened until I got out of the movie house.

I am not going to write about the details of the story, my advise is that if you're reading and you have not seen it yet, go watch or get a copy of it.

...here's some scenes, lines, just anything about the movie to ponder

1) my officemate's comment on megan fox's first scene / appearance -- "igat"
2) old robot line "take my parts", mistakenly heard as "take my spark". Well he took the blue ball inside of the old robot which I think is the spark, but then optimus magnitized all the parts from it which made him transform into a super robot.. but with a little rusty touch - hehe
3) i wonder what kind of make up line megan is wearing, it doesn't loose its touch even with all the action taking place... hehe the secret is - retouch
4) i can't tell megatron from his assistant (i dunno the name) - they should put some colors to the decepticons... ?#@$ pink!!
5) The fallen - a robot name! which i thought was referring to the decepticons as a whole or megatron, but no...
5) my opinion on sam's near death experience - "i see dead robots"


weeeeeee... happy viewing!

weekly meeting

Just this afternoon I almost missed our weekly meeting. The meeting invite did not register into my calendar. There was no reminder that popped so I really I forgot about it. I was starving and was ready to go out for a snack but my officemate ask where I was going as I changed my status on the locator board “OUT”. Whew! So, I changed my status again as “IN”. A charge of P1 is donated by the offender every time you miss to update the locater board, hahaha…

I am surprised on how things are being done here. A topic presenter leads the meeting and discusses the subject to the team. Before starting the meeting, a prayer is said which is a very good thing. The topic is taken from a book. I wasn’t able to take note name of the book or the author. The topics usually relates in promoting team work, work ethics, etc. After the discussion, there would be usual interaction between the team members. Comments and questions and entertained. My initial reaction to this kind of meeting is – a waste of time. But later I realized it would help the group. Knowledge wise and relationship wise towards the team members. I will have my turn in presenting also, soon, but not now or this month, I hope. I wonder how they pick the topics to tackle.

camotes island

Camotes Island (May 1-2, 2009). The final decision as to where I and my friends are headed for the long weekend was decided late afternoon of April 30, Thursday. Everybody was busy emailing each other, extracting our minds to destinations that we could possibly go. Time was something we did not have. Planning and budget for the trip was supposed to come first before anything else. But it came dramatically and luckily we were able to agree to go to Camotes and even the budget was okay for the most of us. We planned for to stay there for 2 days and 1 night only. Thanks to Chakka for calling up Masamayor on the last dot and reserved for us 1 family room.

Day 1

Woke up 4:00 am and went out the boarding house with Ping at 4:30 am and meet up with the rest of the gang at chowking. At exactly 5:00 am we boarded the bus to Danao already. The trip from Mandaue hi-way to the Danao port took about 45-50minutes. Going off the bus, we ran towards the boat to catch the 6am trip. After setting ourselves on the boat, I completely forgot about the time. Although we weren't able to sit at the benches of the boat, it wasn't so bad because we sat on the floor “yaka" with an open view of the sea just behind our back.

San Francisco/ Masamayor/ Mangodlong

We were picked up by the jeep provided by Masamayor. The family room was okay, it can accommodate up to 5 peeps. It has 2 double beds and an extra mat can be provided for an excess person. We did not expect to engage in day tour for that day because it wasn't even included in our budget. The driver guy asked if we wanted to avail the land tour and there was another guy that asked us if we'd like to see the other side of the island, and to go to Mangodlong Beach resort, by riding a pump boat. Lear group (composed of 2 lear and 3 ex-lear gals) and Lexmark group (jae, anj, joanne, ian and ruchi) decided to share expenses for the boat trip. The whole day was spent swimming and not to mention the tireless picture taking over and under water.

The experience was fun. We were all a bit tired already when we came back. While waiting for the CR to be vacant, we kept ourselves busy with the soccer ball that we borrowed. What's also nice with Masamayor is that they let their guest borrow soccer, volleyball balls, frisbee and skim board for free!! When everybody was all tidy, we decided to dine out to another resort just few walks from our place. It started raining though so we sheltered ourselves to the nearest karenderia. The rain didn't stop for a while and everybody was hungry already and we decided to eat there. We had pork bbq, pancit canton, noodles and isaw. Yum2x! We saved a bit of our meal budget that time.

The rain finally halted and we still did not dismiss the thought of visiting the resort near by. We checked the menu for some luck we can have desserts but they did not have that on their menu. We went back to our place and ordered mango shake while watching TV and reading some magazines. Masamayor's bar was very cozy. It felt like I was just sitting in our sofa. Even ping early that afternoon had a short nap, haha...

Lotte, cele and ping went to bed early except chaka and me. Curiostiy, curiosity... We went to the beach as there were guys near the shoreline with a traditional lamp. We got as close as we can without disturbing them and giving the slightest hint of our interest towards what they were doing. They felt our presence when we got closer and lit their flashlights towards us, so we retreated. It wasn't a good idea sneaking around, hahaha... We went back to borrow a flashlight and used it to check out the creepy aura of the beach. The beach from a distance was very dark. It was a perfect place for stupid things like jogging, practice our cat walk (in my dreams) and even see how we do cartwheels, which chaka and I did, bwahehehe…Everybody was sleeping like a baby when we came back, it was late I guess, I wasn’t able to check on the time. It wasn’t that late for Jae though, few minutes after dozing off, she knocked loudly on our door. From that ungodly waking, I knew right then she was up for a dare which she admitted morning after.

Day 2

At 5:00 am we were roused by my beeping alarm clock. It was time rise and experience and see the sunrise. The sky was still dimmed lightly so we opted to play a little of frisbee catching, soccer and enjoy the cold waters of the beach. We also tried skim boarding. It was really a thrilling experience. I remember falling hard twice. haha...Lotte was just around capturing every action packed moments. After a while, we grew tired and head our way to the karenderia where we had our dinner the other night. We ordered food and while waiting for it to get cooked, we washed and changed into our traveling clothes at same time also packing our stuff.


Going back

The boat ride back to Cebu Island was behind schedule. Stress, heat and discomfort from the boat ride starved us pretty much. Ping having much experience with the food from the Port (which I forgot the name), lead the group to the popular place. They had lots of grilled sea food readied for the guests there. The grilled fish was cooked already but tinderos and tinderas heat it up before serving. The price is right, just right to feed our hungry tummies.

It was the last memoirs we had from the weekend galore.

PS. Pictures will be posted as soon as I get the copies from celeste and lotte.

What’s new?

Group/ AKA’s
1) BFF – bruk (Paris), mummee (Lindsay) che and me (Britney)
2) Dambus – are pretty, lira, juvy, yaya, racs and me
3) Loser – is yaya
4) Sheep – baldu, juvu
5) Donkey – yaya
6) Patu Patu – is me

Where I have been lately?
1) Kan-irag Nature Park – nature tripping, food tripping, resting, feeling the clean air
2) Lagkaw Beach Resort – ate lunch and swam the waters across the little isla
3) Bisita Iglesia – Regla, Carmelites, Mabolo Church, Cathedral, Sto. Nino, Sto. Rosario and St. Joseph
4) Colon – bora outfit shopping
5) Handuraw – where the best pizza I’ve ever tasted

What’s keeping me busy lately?
1) Job hunting – PEZA and Lexmark from January to April
2) Lexmark interviews, physical exam, requirement processing from March to April
3) Tendered resignation last April 1, 2009
4) Turn over workload
5) Signing of clearance
6) Clearing my r2d2

What’s next?
1) April 27 – first day in LDRC R&D
2) May 1 – Carnaza IF yaya decides to return on a Sunday, otherwise I won’t go
3) June 12 – Caticlan, Boracay hopefully IF my leave will be approved

Working with Lear for 3 years and 8 months has been an experience. I’ve literally grown up in terms of attitude, outlook in life, and even physically (hehe)! I became responsible of my self. From being dependent from my parent’s care now I’m living alone and surviving daily life struggle. I have problems of my own and the freedom to decide how to deal with it. With friends, life became comforting also. With the help of my church community, it installed in me the sense living life the way it should be lived. Now, I will be facing yet another chapter of my career and I’m wondering how this experience will affect my life. :D

out of the office

Hi,

I am already out of the office and will be back on XXX.

Regards,

Kristine

63 32 340 7950 loc 6011

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FYI – For future Substances of Concern (SoC) reports requests, please forward them to XXX. She will assume Compliance Engineer position effective April 27, 2009. You may reach her through email: XXX@lear.com and phone: 63 32 340 7950 loc xxxx.
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you are invited

What: Lunch
When: 24 April 09, Friday – 11:00 AM
Who: kinza interested mkipag-salo-salo and willing mg-contribute ug food
How: bring yourself, bring food, habhab, paiyakun si Chuchai..zimpol!!
Why: ky last day ni Chuchai. Arun mg-amardz xa zamut..arun mabuzog pd ta!

For more info, coordinate with sender of this invite.. you know hu! ;D

spooky

January 20, 2009 - I had the weirdest experience this morning. I woke up 30 min after my alarm rang. I took my uniform from the “sampayan” and took out the flat iron. I noticed though that my extension was full, I thought, I only had my TV and electric fan plugged but why in the world was my rice cooker plugged!?!?!? I couldn’t figure how that happened. I checked the water inside the cooker and it was hot, not boiling, I checked the floor mat and it was ok, not melted. I was afraid I’d let it all night but I know I did not put that thing ON last night because if I did the water would’ve evaporated! I knew very well that it only had little water in it. I did not mind it all until now. It is something unexplainable to me. Last night, I asked Jae if she would like to have a cup of hot milo. The problem was we did not have enough water in my container and so I dismissed the thought. I already had gargled Orofar that time so it was perfect excuse not to drink milo. I did not touch my cooker last night. So, I was wondering, how did my rice cooker get plugged? spooky… I’m trying to shove it off my head now. I don’t want to think that there’s someone, something, somebody else’s living with me in that room.

hot sunday

January 18, 2009 - the first hottest Sunday fever I had this 2009. What I hoped to be an adventurous Sunday ended up lying almost the whole day in bed watching TV, napping, feeling my knees aching, head spinning and nose suffocating from solidified membrane blocking my airways to inhale properly. Ewe!! Hehe… I was sick after last Saturday’s visit to SM. I enjoyed very much watching The Curios Case of Benjamin Button. I didn’t realize how sick I was until we got out of the movie house. My knees went wobbly due to lack of sleep the other night, my temperature was slightly up and I had to run down at Watson to buy Bioflu while my dinner was being ordered by Ace and Bruki. I was still determined after eating to watch the fireworks competition. But before we went out the parking lot, we passed by a crepe store which Lira and I was always planning to visit. So, I bought blueberry flavored crepe. Yum!! I’m looking forward to try some of their flavors some time soon… but not now. I still have sore throat to treat and cold giving me slight headache from time to time. Why do I always have sore throat?!! And why wouldn’t this cough go away?!! My friends would always ask me and I just simply have to answer them that I’m allergic to stress, cold weather conditions, to pollution, etc. I really don’t know why I’m like this. Hehe…must be the price to pay for being hyperactive.

mission – failed

January 12, 2009 (Yesterday) – I carefully planned my diet and for breakfast, I’ll start with Nesvita. The inspiration to lose weight is triggered with my discomfort towards my TTh uniform. The long Christmas holiday was by far my busiest vacation as far as I can remember. From December 24 to 31 my schedule was already full. Almost all activities I had however, invites you to EAT and celebrate (e.g. reunions, weddings, birthdays, dates?? wek!). I was busy celebrating and at the same time - eating!!!

So back to my weight loss program - when I came in the office I waited for Pretty to arrive so we can join for breakfast. Juicy however had some packed stuff set on her table but was carefully placed at pretty’s side waiting for her arrival. I already had a bad feeling that somewhere in that plastic ware is a luscious meal for free and assumingly I’d be invited to that small buffet. A minute after I swiped in Pretty followed. It was time for breakfast now and I had my nesvita on my pocket. Opening the lid of the plastic ware, I was expectantly asking for some sign that I could say pass to it and have my nesvita. Unfortunately, it contained chorizo and bihon and uhmm.. I couldn’t resist the invitation. Nope, I decided that I’d have my healthy cereal drink tomorrow (that means today), and yeah that’s what I had for breakfast matching it with a hotdog. Haha… I was looking for hotdog since Sunday and was happy to be able to taste again my all time favorite junky. Hehe ;D

wary thoughts

I came in the office having quite the excitement to check on my outlook emails today. I am expecting a lot of work now compared to what has happened yesterday. To my dismay, outlook status was still DISCONNECTED. What’s next?? No internet connection or worst total lock out access of our PC meaning we’re counting just hours to make our exit from the place I’ve grown to love for 3 years. Hehe.. I love this place and the friends I have made here, not the work, not the management. Salary sustains me but only enough to maintain my not-so-fancy lifestyle. I don’t want to worry about the things that I could not see before my eyes. But it is always best to prepared for the worst thing that could happen.

The future is not certain - almost all companies here are affected. Stable companies are ok but still anxious with the global crisis making it more difficult for jobless ones to apply because there isn’t any hiring!! First 3mos of the year has always been the time to hunt for new jobs. But now there seems to be a scarce of just about anything related to money. Last December when businesses started laying off workers, I found myself also alarmed so I prepared items that I could use for future application. I was looking for the one necessary thing needed in all application, long white letter envelope. Department stores were even out of it. “Clearbook” was also out of the shelves.

So far, application I sent was always online (to my fellow bom writers: shush...let’s keep this to ourselves, hehe). There’s no need for the stuff I bought lately. And so far, that’s all there is and I am still waiting for responses of companies which I sent my CV. Hay…

disconnected until stabilized

January 12, 2009 – I thought my outlook was corrupted or something then I noticed the status below my outlook “Disconnected” has never changed after I closed and reopened it again. I asked my colleagues and they too are experiencing the same down time. This means for most of us – less work. But today for me, it means LESSER work except from updating DR tracking and shift codes. I still have my private mails to check, few applications to submit, bom site to update and catch up with the latest company stability status.

It has been a harsh 2008 for some of our company’s employees. And I don’t want to think what will happen 1st quarter of 2009. One our engineering department has issued mandatory leaves for their associates. The thought of mandatory leave came originally from “forced” leave. It was changed that way I guess not to scare some associates. Hehe It was explained later to me about their difference. Mandatory are paid leaves as long provided that you have saved a lot of paid leaves from the past year. Also, 2009 paid leaves can be used to cover the leave. Forced leave however are unpaid.

How long will our paid leave sustain until our company regain stability? And how long will our outlook succeed in trying to connect and re-connect. Hehe…

foggy monday morn

Monday, January 5, 2009 - was my first time to catch the earliest AC trip from San Carlos City to Bacolod. Ultimate destination would be Canla-on View, Subd., Murcia. I fell asleep during the ride and woke up approx. 1km away from Bangga Domsat. Ehehe.. it was a funny experience knowing that I paid only 1km short from where I was dropped off. The kundoktor didn’t even bother to comment seeing me with heavy eyes and tipsy stance.


So before I sank into deep sleep I remember being numb from the icy cold temp inside the bus. The weather conditions somewhere Don Salvador was not so good that time. There was rain and what I thought was a cloud surrounding the mountainous route was fog. brr… as in brr…