Blessed!

I have been busy for the past weeks that I didn’t have the chance to reserve a ticket for my trip home, I was a bit worried because it’s all in the news that too many people are traveling and there’s scarcity of buses. My colleagues were also worried and they were constantly asking me if I already have a ticket. I jokingly told them that there’s nothing to worry because when it’s my time to go home, there will be an available bus and there will be fewer travelers.

We ended work at 3:30 AM today and went out to eat and relax for a while so I was only home at 6 AM. I slept for a couple of hours then had to get up again to get ready for my trip home. I also had to drop by SM first to spend the voucher since it will expire today. Sayang naman hehe.

Few minutes before 12 noon, I was already at Cubao terminal. To my pleasant surprise, there were only few passengers waiting and there were less than ten people lined up in the ticket booth! After a while, they already allowed chance passengers for the 12 PM trip. Great! It’s not traffic as well. Right now (1:30 PM), we’re already in Pampanga.

I also learned that my aunt (and her family) who has a jeep is spending the new year with us so I’ve requested that they fetch me in case I would have a hard time getting a cab when I reach Baguio. She said yes hihihi. Thanks Auntie.

Thank you, Father God for making this easy for me. Thanks teammates for the concern. Home sweet home here I come! :)

When emotions strike

Nalilito…
Nahihiya…
Nagtatanong…
Natatawa…
Nag-akalang saglit lang pero tumatagal na...
Minsan ayaw, minsan gusto (ngayon, mas madalas gusto. Ewan sa mga susunod na araw)…
Hindi umaasa…
Natatakot…
Nag-eenjoy…
Kinikilig ahihi…
Eto pinakamatindi sa lahat: GUSTO KO NANG UMUWI SA BAGUIO!!!! Huhuhu.

Curiosity can kill you. But still, just read, don’t ask questions. :p

When you sing you begin with A B C

To have a short break at work, I called my sister at home. According to her, my niece was already asking her when am I going home. We had a little chat and then I asked her to give the phone to my niece. To my surprise, my niece took the phone and actually talked to me! She’s not shy anymore unlike before where she just listens to your voice but never talks. I think her schooling helped her to be more sociable. I asked her about school. They had exchange gift daw in school and she received a watch for a gift. I also asked what she would like for Christmas. She wants some school shoes. Good girl. Hehe. But then again, even before, we were trained to just have the basic things, well simply because we didn’t have the financial means to aid all our wants (until now :p). Also, I don’t usually buy my nieces and nephews wants. I always make sure that what they ask are things that they really need. Anyway, so yes my darling pamangkin, shoes it is. Can’t wait to go shopping with you. :p

I also asked her to sing me a song and tadda…she sang the ABC hahaha. She missed 3 letters so my sister and I corrected her right away. She also counted from 1 to 10. She said she still doesn’t know what comes next after 10 (I scolded my sister. She should be teaching my niece para bibo! :p). She’s 5 by the way. I don’t even remember the things that I already know when I was 5. But with my niece, I think she’s aligned naman with her age. Gusto ko lang maging bibo sya hehehe.

Funny Christmas stories

My friend was trying to book a trip via Cebu Pacific online and she was trying to use my credit card for the payment but she was always getting a denied status. I then called up Standard Chartered for assistance. After explaining my dilemma, the agent put me on hold for a few minutes while he investigates. Fortunately, he was able to get to the cause and it was fixed immediately. He explained what happened. I was already relaying the information to my friend (I remember using most of these lines – may mali daw kasing nainput sa credit card details ko kaya na-activate agad yung security ek ek…) when suddenly I heard the agent at the other end of the line ask, “Is there anything else ma’am?” . I didn’t know he was still on the line and heard everything I said wahahaha. I had to be quiet for 10 seconds while trying to stop myself from laughing. When finally I was able to speak, I just thanked him. I sensed that he too was also on the verge of laughing (based on his tone). I quickly ended the call and laughed to my heart’s content for that blooper hahaha.

During the time that I’m in the call, my friend also called Cebu Pacific’s customer service for some inquiry. I’m not sure if the line was choppy that she can’t hear the agent or the agent put her on hold for a while. She kept on saying hello and when she got no response, she said “leche ka”. After a few seconds, the agent replied. Hihihi.

There goes my Christmas break

Due to demands at work, I was not able to go home for Christmas. We had to come to work on the days that I’m supposed to be taking my break. It was etched in my mind that I’ll be home for Christmas so that on the 24th, I was a drama queen the whole day while at work hehehe. Added to that the pressures from work har har har.

Good thing I have friends who were willing to adopt me to celebrate Christmas with their families hehehe. It warms my heart and I still feel blessed despite my screwed up schedule.

So yes, I spent a few hours with my boss’s family and then with A’s. A’s family has planned to go to Star City after lunch on the 25th, but there were too many people when we arrived so we just opted to go to Seaside Dampa instead for dinner.
We so wanted to watch a movie so we passed by SM Megamall. Fortunately, they have normal mall hours so we were able to watch. After the movie and after dropping by A’s place to get my things, I headed home to watch another DVD and blog. Hehehe.

Happy Holidays!

Happy birthday Papa Jesus!

Merry christmas everyone!

Hope you all have a blast!

Randomness

Three days to go ‘til Christmas!

I was in the office last Saturday. The last time I remembered going to work on a Saturday was 3 years ago. That long hehe.

Unfortunately, I won’t be able to take the straight leave this holiday. Fortunately though, I still have a 4-day break (from Dec. 25-28). I’ll be going home early 25th. I don’t want to spend Christmas on the way home so I’ve asked Anne to adopt me for the Noche Buena hehehe.

New term: asaness. Hahaha.

Most parties are completed (Year end, IS & IT, IS APAC). One more is scheduled on the 28th. I’m not sure if I’d be able to attend. I’m still at home at that time and I want to stay home longer.

I was lucky with cash prices this year as observed by our director. I earned a total of P3, 700 (1K cash, the rest GC). It’s from game winnings and raffles. I spent the cash on the same night I won it wahahaha. Well, I actually spent it for the team. :p

No specific wish lists this year.

Last year, I was so excited about 2008. I felt that so many things will happen this year. This time, I don’t feel that way for 2009. Maybe because I already know that for the most part of 2009, I’ll be very busy (busier than ever) with work.

Once during my “me” time, it crossed my mind that it’s nice to get married on 12-12-12. Hahaha.

There are so many things that need to be done at home but I’m just so lazy to do it wahahaha. That’s where the cookie crumbles.

My replacement for my old post has been hired and he’s already on board. I’m glad. I was able to offload some tasks already. But I still need to replace some more!

There are 3 people left that I have to shop for. For family, it will all be in Baguio.

I haven’t scheduled meet ups with Baguio friends yet. I’ll just wait ‘til I’m at home. I may be too lazy to go out anyway. I actually like to spend my break to really rest and relax. It means that I’m not bringing home my laptop and I won’t bother myself with work. :p

Merry Christmas everyone!

Working on a Sunday

ISMT (IS APAC Management Team) had to finish defining some programs for the team by tomorrow so we had to meet on a Sunday. To make it lighter, we decided to do it outside of the office. We thought of Starbucks first but we couldn’t think of a branch that’s accessible to us all and is not busy on a Sunday. We then ended up at my boarding house.

It was a serious meeting despite the venue. The TV was off, no off-topics not until we were done hehe. Though this is a first time for us (meeting on a Sunday), we were able to pull it off. We’ve set a deadline for ourselves on what time to finish and we were able to beat that.

One step higher

They were the team's awardees during the year-end recognition in 2006.

Who would have thought that less than two years later, these 3 awardees will become the leaders of that same team? :)

Trying Multiply

I've decided to post some of my blogs in Multiply now that this site is accessible to me at home. Blocked kasi sa office. :p Plus, whatever I post in Blogspot is automatically posted in Multiply and vise versa. I just wish it includes comments as well. But who knows? That feature will be added soon. :)

Wondering

Lately, I’ve been wondering about what would become of me a few years from now. Hahaha. I have some goals, yes, but it doesn’t cover my entire life I think. I mean, I only have goals for other people but I still don’t have plans solely for myself. I’m entering the big 3-0 next year but I feel that my maturity doesn’t come with my age hahaha. I feel that I am so naïve on so many things. I’ve had movements in my career but to me, these are just new position titles with added responsibilities.

My manager is pressuring me about my lovelife but it has no effect on me hahaha. Don’t get me wrong. Who wouldn’t want to have that special someone to share your life with right? There maybe a few exceptions but generally, we all do (I think). But then again, I can’t just push myself to the one I like or to anyone just for the sake of having one. I’ve actually asked the Lord about it but He hasn’t given me an answer yet :p so when I get one, I’ll let everyone who’s interested know.

Ok, I better stop wondering and get some sleep before I miss my 8 AM meeting. Sheesh. Why does it have to be that early? That’s an ungodly hour for me! See? My body clock changed the past month. I’m awake at this hour and I’m supposed to still be sleeping at 8 AM. Huwell.

Oopps, one last. It just crossed my mind about going to SG for vacation next year hihihi. I have friends there who can take me under their care for the duration of my stay and act as my tour guide so I can save on board and meals maybe? Har har har. But wait. That wasn’t the plan. Ok. Park. Prioritize. Prioritize. Prioritize. Project first. But this is project. :p. Stop. We’ll see.Nyt!

Christmas at Gilmore

I have always been fascinated with the Christmas decors being sold at Gilmore. I always wanted to take a picture of it for the previous years but haven’t had the chance. Tonight I had but I was not in the mood to do it. Besides, it was still a little early when we were there so there were lots of cars passing by and lots of people. I felt uncomfortable. And lastly, I know I look haggard so I don’t want my pictures taken har har har. But I still want to. Ranji, kain uli don next week ha? This time, kailangan ko na talaga magpicture! Hihihi.

Choices

Sabi nila lagi tayong may choices sa mga bagay-bagay. And naniniwala ako don. Pero sa nalaman ko nung isang araw, dito ko napatunayan na pwede rin palang no choice na talaga kundi yun lang kasi kung pipiliin mo ang other way, baka umabot ka pa sa isa pang no choice. Medyo nakakainis lang kasi noon ko lang nalaman. Ang sabi nila, alam na raw namin pero ako na dapat unang nakaalam, hindi ko naman talaga alam na may commitment nang nangyari. Hindi ko lang alam sa iba. Akala ko, proposal lang yun. Yun pala, expected nang ganon ang mangyayari. Kumbaga sa ibang traditions, di pa kami pinapanganak, identified na ng mga magulang namin kung sino mapapangasawa namin.

So eto na. Ako ang sumalo non. Medyo natatakot ako pero hoping for the best pa rin. At least may ilang araw akong magpreprepare emotionally.

At oo, may mga pagkakataon talaga palang no choice ka.

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Di ko pa rin alam kung saan ako sa holidays. At this point, 90% na Manila ako. Huhuhu. Kung dito nga ako, sana may umampon sa akin sa Noche Buena :p

May choice naman ako actually na umuwi sa Tagaytay para mas malapit eh. Pero hmmm…Baguio pa rin gusto ko!

Uy, may choice ako dito hehehe.

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Pinag-iisipan ko pa kung ililink ko na rin sa Multiply ang Blogspot ko. Ayaw kong gawin noon kasi blocked ang Multiply sa office. Paano pa ako makakapag-update di ba? Hihihi. Pero ngayon kasi, accessible naman na sa bahay. :p

O ayan, choices na naman!

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Malapit na mag-1 year ang Outdoor club sa office! At for renewal na kami next year. Syempre may utang pa kaming (mga nautusan hehe) BMC curriculum sa aming POC hehehe.

Ito hindi na may choice or no choice. Choices lang ang name ng umbrella group ng different clubs sa office. :)

???

May nagawa akong katangahan kagabi. Naging irrational ako sa mga bagay-bagay. Alam ko namang the moment na nassabi ko yun, mali ako. Di ko na lang nabawi. Fok talaga. Inis ako sa sarili ko after that. Naiisip ko ngayon ang laging sinasabi ng mga magulang ko na maging makatao lagi, ang aming mission-vision nung high school na maging maka-Diyos, maka-tao, maka-bayan at maka-kalikasan, ang lagi kong pinapaalala sa sarili ko na dapat maging fair and rational and sensible ako lagi. Lahat ng yan kagabi, kinalimutan ko. Naglahong parang bula.

So, ummmm…forgive me? :)

Christmassy home

I wanted so much to decorate my munting lungga so I bought some decors last November but until now, everything’s still in the plastic bag lying on the floor waaaaa. I wanted to clean the house first before decorating but I am so tired on weekdays that I just want to be a couch potato on weekends huhu. Good thing that yesterday morning, I was able to get my momentum and started cleaning. I’ll just do it by batch until I’m done. By hook or by crook, I should be done by Friday. Good luck to me.

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I don’t have the time and energy again to do my laundry. No choice but to have it done by a laundry shop. Hay. Hassle pa naman magpalaba sa malapit sa amin. They don’t even do pick up and delivery. Ang lapit ko lang naman sa kanila. And uber bagal nila mag-asikso sa customers. But right now, I don’t have any other options. Tiis-tiis na lang.


So, night for now. I have another cleaning to do in a few hours.

Non-stop challenges

I just got home from another long meeting (we started at 9 PM, ended at 3 AM, with 1 hour dinner break). We are having challenges in one of our projects. What’s harder is that I just got on board the project management team. I don’t know what the agreements were before. I opted not to dig deeper anymore and just concentrate on what we currently have and what we’ll need to do next. I am optimistic that my team will understand why it has to be that way.

Now is not a good time to get sick. I’m actually feeling the symptoms again (my lack of sleep for a month now is probably taking its toll on me already) but hopefully it goes away quickly.

I don’t want to plan yet for Christmas as it might get screwed up in the end.