Holiday 2009

I am so glad that I was able to take a break from work this year. Now, I am at home since December 23. I went home with only the following on my list: meet with Jen and visit Riza, movie date with the kids, gimik with teenager cousins, weed the flowers and have some rest. Now, my social calendar is almost full. Errr…Lookie…

• December 24: store keeper while Mama went to town for groceries. Went to town in late afternoon to do some personal shopping :)
• December 25: simple salo-salo at home with some relatives. Baby sat my new niece as well for most of the day :)
  
• December 26-27: attend a reunion (mother’s side). Do some home supplies shopping before heading back home.
• December 28 AM: movie date with nieces and nephews
• December 28 PM: gimik with teenager cousins
• January 1: Lunch with relatives at home. As always :p
• January 2: Go back to Manila
• January 3: Chill...get ready for the first workday of the year! How about a short run at UP D? Hmm...we'll see about that :p

Have yet to schedule:

• Visit Riza
• Tutor Aiza
• Weed the flowers
• Load more MP3s in my Ipod
• Sleep????

What I love about being home is that the time is oh so very slow. :) I feel I can do a lot of things the whole day. Just today, I was able to wash some clothes and fix my things after my cousins left. And then of course the whether. :)

The downside? There’s no fast internet connection. I’m only using Smart Bro prepaid. The speed is that of a dial up connection. So no YouTube for now. Also, we’ve got poor signal for ABS-CBN. Can’t watch PBB huhuhu. Miss ko na Melason moments :(. I miss my big TV and its clear TV signal :p. Oh well, I know I can’t have it all. Of course I’m more glad to be at home. :D

Again, happy birthday bro! :)

Happy Birthday Bro!

Happy birthday Bro!

Thank you for all the blessings. I love you.

Merry Christmas everyone :)

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Striking a Balance

Fourth year high school was one of the times where I had to do a major decision – select a course. I initially wanted to be an environmental scientist but one of my teachers negated because I am a girl daw. Another choice was to take up Agricultural Engineering since my family’s main and only source of income is farming and through that course, I maybe able to learn new techniques in farming. But then again, I wanted something different, totally new from what I was doing all my life so that my knowledge won’t be all about agriculture. And so to satisfy this longing, I chose Computer Science since I knew then that after graduation, there’s no other option for me but to plunge into the corporate world.

So yes, after graduation, I became a slave of the corporate world. But no, I did not forget my old life. During the first few years, I still worked in the farm whenever I was home. I felt the balance then.

But eventually, I was not doing anything farming related anymore. There were a lot of times where I would go home without even stepping into the farm. I became wrapped up with all the stuff that the corporate world has to offer. I became busy climbing up the ladder. It became more stressful. Several times, I came to a point where I find myself missing the farm. And lately, the desire to re-experience my life at the farm became stronger. So I’ve decided to do some farming. My brother and I will start planning when I go home for the holidays. I’m excited. :D

Melason Fever Over!

I have never been this hooked to previous PBB seasons. Only now and only because of Jason and Melissa or Melason. Hay! Sobrang kilig to the max. At talaga naman, puyat kung puyat makapanood lang ng livestream wahahaha. I love love love their date-all of it- from the C4 dressed as ninjas climbing up the wall to Melay and Jason’s goodbye hug and kiss. Hindi pa sila naging sila ha. Ayaw muna nila. Paglabas na lang daw at tuloy daw ang MOA nila yihee!

These two have great chemistry. And they are so real! This is I guess the main reason why many people became their fans. Jason is so amazing and smart! Alam nyang artificial environment lang ang bahay ni kuya kaya ayaw pa nyang umabot sa bf-gf ang relationship nila. Magbestfriend lang daw muna sila. Then paglabas, pag-uusapan uli nila. At “I miss you” lang daw muna, wag “I love you”.

Hay! Sobrang kilig to the highest level talaga hehehe. Can’t get over it pa rin hehehe. Over!

Lord, pa-clone naman po si Jason please? :D

Sorry, just blabbering here. If you want to know more, just search for PBB Double Up. I’m sure there are a lot of better write ups hehe.

Ok, off to YT to watch their date again hihi.

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25 Days

Merry Christmas! It’s 25 days to go before His birthday! Wow, that was sooooo fast :D. I’m not too stressed about parties this year as we don’t have the usual annual company party. They’ll only give out gift baskets this year in consideration of the global recession. So no party clothes shopping for me today. Relieved :D.

Nothing special feelings for the upcoming holidays. I am just excited about the long break which I’m hoping to have. Tutal naman last year, taong opisina talaga ako at di ko man lang nagamit yung mga naipon kong in lieue. So I’m hoping that this year, I’ll be home for Christmas.

I have one special wish though. I fervently wish and pray that next year will be the year that I’ll finally meet you, my Gilbert Blythe. :)

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Christmas Shopping

I am almost complete with my Christmas gift shopping. Only 4-5 more gifts to go. I also shipped a gift to my godchild’s mom already hehe. The other gifts will be shipped this weekend maybe. I am almost complete with cash envelope for family as well. I just need to breakdown the bills and I’m all set. :D

I’ll start gift wrapping by tomorrow. I’m targeting to complete it by this weekend.

What's with my name today?

We had a con call last night and the clients kept on mentioning my name. I don’t get it. In less than 1.5 hours, they addressed me 19 times! Yes, we’ve tallied it. If we had the tally at the start of the call, it may have reached to around 30. That’s in less than 2 hours. Whew. When do they do that? Whenever they discuss their process, they need me to validate it. Duh! Since when did I take on the role of validating their processes? Amp. It became our entertainment though. We were on mute mode whenever it was not our turn to speak because we can’t help but laugh and anticipate the next minute when my name would be mentioned hahaha. But it was my first time to be mentioned that much in a call. Gah!

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Payday Saya!

November 30 payroll and 13th month pay are in! Yippee! I’m excited to do my budget later already. Umm, most of it will go to project 1. Not sure if I can still allocate for project 2 but hopefully I can :D. Not much on shopping but it’s ok.

Checklist Checklist Checklist!

Yay! How long will this go?

• Complete Christmas list - people and gifts
• Budget month end salary
• Shop for gifts
• Put up cutie little Christmas tree
• Clean the house - check unused stuff, decide what to do with it :p
• Familiarize Belletoday
• Research freight rates
• Pack stuff to send home to Baguio
• Facial, hair treatment
• Go to seamstress for alteration of some clothes
• Buy books for donation

I have to create my project plan for all the things I need to accomplish haha.

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Plates

I have been seeing a lot of square-shaped plates lately and I find them cute. Now I'm contemplating on buying a set for me hehe. Hmmm. Magkano kaya? Gastos again hehe.

Weekend Trip

A friend invited us to their new home in Pampanga so off we went last weekend.

 

Highlights:

• Only 3 of us were able to go :(. Other ICOF were not there. I guess we all have our own lives now. Anyway, there will still be other times.
• My godson is already so big. Pero mukhang kasya pa naman nabili kong gift sa kanya hehehe.
• J’s new place is awesome. It’s just near SCTEX so the trip from Manila is in less than 2 hours if there's no traffic. They transferred to Xevera Subdivision, a new subdivision that opened I think just last year.
• The subdivision offers free Elementary and High school. Gosh, how cool is that?
• They only have duplex (nga ba tawag don? Basta yung dikit dikit) but they are strict in terms of personalizing the house. They have standards which they strictly implement. 
• The owner of the subdivision donated a municipal hall building for the town. Yes, building. Nagsusumigaw na color blue. Lucky for those people working there.
• Tricycles inside the subdivision are not allowed. They do have roaming multicab for those who leave far from the entrance.
• The subdivision has their own wet and dry market. There are also other business establishments already.
• I wish I have more than enough money to invest there. It’s selling like hotcakes. I really want to. Hmm. Thinking…thinking…thinking.
• We also went to Clark for window shopping…err actual shopping hehehe. Nah, I did not buy the whole place. But their Puregold is amazing. My gulay. Maloloka siguro nanay ko pag dinala ko sya don hehehe. Papatok kaya yung mga tinda nilang sangkatutak na sabon sa amin sa Baguio? Hmm. Matry nga. I just bought some a few items to be sent home. Magugulat siguro nanay ko at magtatanong kung san ko pinagbibili yung mga usual stuff na narereceive lang naming sa once in a blue moon package ng mga kamag-anak hehe.
• I attempted to look for gifts for my godchildren but wasn’t able to look for items appropriate for their ages. The aren’t babies anymore! And most that I see are for toddlers. Amp.
• Oh, I was able to buy a graphif headband from Nike for half the price. Nice. And there's the Nike Zoom running shoes for half the price as well. I was so tempted to buy it but decided againts it in the end hehehe. Priorities, priorities, prioritites. :p
• My friend and his wife also brought us to a store of lighting fixtures. Isa pang my gulay. Gah! Can’t wait to shop for my own lingting fixtures. Sobrang mura. Or baka dahil 50% off nung pumunta kami kanina. Pero sobrang mura pa rin.
• Because of this visit, my already confused mind got more confused about the interior decorations of my future place. Gah! It sure is a lot of work!

'Til the next adventure.

Christmas List

It’s 40 days ‘til Christmas. Have you started with your shopping yet?

I was able to buy for one godson last weekend hehehe. So yes, I’ve already started it and I want to complete it by the end of this month, hopefully. I already have my list of people to give gifts to. I just need to identify what gifts to give them. This is actually mostly for officemates and godchildren. I have allotted a budget for each one. For the item I bought last week, it was actually over my budget but I allotted an extra moolah so it went there already. Therefore, I have to stick to it or if possible lower, for the other gift items. I actually need to ship 1 gift pa so sticking to the budget is really a must. I’m looking forward to all that shopping though hehehe.

For immediate and extended family, I’m giving them money. It’s not because I don’t want to make an effort but it’s what’s more practical for my family actually.

Right now, I’m contemplating whether to buy myself a bed in Baguio or not. My brother and sisters ditched my old, dilapidated, home-made bed months ago (or was that even last year?) and I have been sleeping on the floor with just the mattress since then. But then again, I don’t have the budget for it yet. Olats. But we’ll see.

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Tipid Mode

I have been on tipid mode since last week because of several reasons.

• For the completion of my first project as I really wanted to start with project 2 already.
• While there’s still project 1, I’m planning to start saving up for project 2 already even if it’s just for a small amount per month.
• Christmas is just around the corner and I have not completed my Christmas budget yet, plus there are additional people to give gifts to hehe.
• We are going to HK next year and I really want to splurge on shopping when we get there. I learned that July is also their sale season so I want to get ready for that wahahaha.
• I want to get an insurance and I want to start in January 2010. Since almost all of my salary, including my bonus and conversions come year end is budgeted for project 1, I have to cut cost on other things so that I’ll have budget for this. The monthly contribution is cheap, cheaper than my expense in a “splurge mode” gimik actually hehehe. So if I can spend on gimiks, I might as well spend some for my futre (or my beneficiary’s) as well. :)
• I am working for almost a decade now but still not financially stable. I want to start working on investments already.

It’s a rather long list hehehe. Hay.

I have been vocal about this to some of my teammates. One is asking me to teach him wahahaha. I can’t at this point. I’m still not sure if I’ll be able to do it. BUT, I’m still trying hehehe.

So how was it so far? Great! Hehehe. I was able to save a few bucks to add to my Christmas budget. 100 bucks to go and I’m complete with the budget for gifts for others. It’s still hard though, especially now that it’s the season to spend and it’s hard to resist the malls hehehe.

The good thing about it is that, every cent (not just peso :p) counts now and before I spend on something, even on food, I really need to think about it first. So now, I’m avoiding all the fastfood chains. I did my grocery shopping for food last weekend and until now those are what I have been eating. And since I’m on tipid mode, I need to stick to what are only essential, therefore no junkfoods for me. Good for my wallet, good for my health as I’m really missing my bones. :p

Another good thing about this is that I went back to listing down my daily expenses, which I stopped doing months ago. It helps because through the list, I’m able to see whether I’m overspending, spending on unnecessary things or on the right track. :)

Wish me luck. I will make this happen in the most reasonable way of course.

*Pic from here.*

The Search Is Over for a TV Rack :)

It’s been more than a month now since I have been looking for a TV rack. The old TV rack said goodbye a few days after Typhoon Ondoy when it was subjected to flood water. I’ve searched for different malls several times to no avail. It’s either the racks that I see are too big for my little space or not my color preference. I saw one that can pass at Puregold E. Rodriguez but I did not like it very much so I did not buy it yet. When I went there last weekend, I saw another model but it was already the last piece and it has scratches so it was a no no for me. I was informed though that stocks are coming last Thursday so I opted to just wait a little longer.

So this evening, I paid a visit to Puregold again hoping that this time, I’ll be able to buy one already. It must be my lucky day since they have the model I like but it was already the last piece. Gah! However, it’s still in excellent condition so I bought it right away. It’s for delivery on Monday. Hopefully, I won’t have problems with that. So there, new rack for my newly cable connected TV hehehe.

Patience is really a virtue. :)

Btw, Puregold was also on sale so I bought a set of curtains and some pillow cases. Blue this time hehehe. I was torn whether to buy a Christmas themed throw pillow cover or not. The “tipid mode” me is telling me not to because I’ll only be using it during December but the “gastador” me is pushing me to buy. End result? I did not buy hehehe. I need to think about it further.

So Fast

It took less than two hours to inquire and have the cable connected at my place. Yes, that fast hehehe.

Some background. I applied for cable installation last August and they were supposed to have it installed a few days after my application. Come the supposed date of installation, which happens to be a weekday btw, it did not push through because I was already out of the house when the technicians came. I waited for them until late afternoon. It turned out they came maybe an hour after I left and since I was not around already, they informed the neighbor that they’ll just call me. But then I didn’t receive any call. Last October, I followed it up and they gave me another schedule. This time, I took a leave from work to ensure that I’ll be at home when they come. This time, they came but said they can’t find my address. I was so pissed off because I was only informed late afternoon when I texted the contact person to follow up. With cellphones now, I don’t think it wouldn’t hurt if their technicians are issued company phones to contact their clients. That easy. Gush, poor customer service! Sayang. I really wanted that cable company pa naman sana even if it’s more expensive. I’ve even requested for additional channels with corresponding additional fees. Hay.

Anyway, so last week, I asked my landlady regarding their cable company. I’ve also mentioned that I’m planning to get one. When I woke up this morning, I saw a flier by my window. It came from my landlady, I learned later on. I tried texting the number for inquiry. They just got my name and address and in less than 30 minutes, they were already at my place. In another 30 minutes or so, I became an official cable subscriber. Yippe!

Now, I’m reacquainting myself with the programs of the different channels. I’m thankful that at least there’s still something to watch on TV on days that I get home in the wee hours of the morning hehehe. And also, there’s another thing to do aside from FB. :p

My cable provider? It’s Global Destiny. Damage: Php 500 per month.

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Prices not yet stable

I dropped by the supermarket last Saturday for some stuff and I was surprised by the prices of vegetables. Cabbage alone was at around Php150/kilo. Gah! Tsk tsk. Prices had as high as 300% increase when Typhoon Pepeng hit Northern Luzon thereby Baguio and Benguet (where the main sources of vegetables are) became isolated because all major roads going to the place were closed. But maybe, even now that major roads are already open, vegetables are still quite expensive due to scarcity as most, if not all plants were damaged during the typhoon. So, there goes my craving for green leafy vegetables. I miss home and sayote.

I believe the government issued a prize freeze a few weeks ago so that business establishments won’t take advantage of the situation and implement unreasonable increase in their goods. But even though, it was on the news tonight that pork and chicken prices have increased. I hope the government does something about it and I hope the businessmen won’t abuse as well. I understand their need as they also need to make sure that they don’t incur loss otherwise they’ll go bankcrupt but I hope they don’t exaggerate it.

KFC!

I love KFC chicken! Both original and hot and crispy. Yum! So you could just imagine how excited I was when, during blog hopping, I chanced upon a blog that has the recipe ala KFC. :D Weee! Errr…one problem though. I’m not a good cook. Wait, that’s an understatement. I don’t know how to cook – as in really cook – at all – even the most basic Pinoy recipes ahihi. But I want to try this still, perhaps this weekend. :)

Here’s the link: http://pinoyfoodblog.com/recipes/kentucky-style-fried-chicken/#more-158

Thanks to the blog’s author for sharing the recipe.

This Is It

Yes, MJ’s “This Is It”. If you haven’t seen it yet, go watch it in the big screen and have a glimpse of how MJ is during rehersals. He’s very professional, really very hands-on, perfectionist and humble. MJ is one great performer, he uses his whole body. Man, the moves! There’s no one else like him.

The entire crew of his supposed London concert is very lucky to have worked with him. Imagine being coached of dance steps by MJ himself. I would say it really was a priviledge.

One thing that struck me was when he said this to the crew: “You are all very talented. Continue giving your all”. What a way to inspire people.

MJ, your music will live forever.

Baguio Gimik

After accompanying my mom to do the grocery last Sat., I texted my childhood friend if she was in town and if she would like to meet up. Fortunately, she said yes.

I had to wait for her though because she’s still in school for her tutor class, which was ok as I also needed to do some work stuff. I went to Cordillera Coffe, located in SM Baguio. The main reason I chose this place was because of their free WIFI but of course they also serve good stuff – from coffee to cakes to pasta to rice meals. My friend arrived at around 6 PM. We had a little chit chat over a cope of coffee and a slice of cake.

Not wanting to go home yet at around 8:30 PM and feeling the urge to sing, we went to look for a Videoke hehehe. Unfortunately, the one in SM is already closed and we did not know of any other place that has videoke. Darn! The next time I’m there, I should already know of a place. I know there’s one…there should be! Hehehe.

We then decided to go to Le Fondue, located at the 4th Floor La Azotea Bldg. along Session Road. It’s a small resto-bar with live music, mostly folk. There were around 2-3 singers that night who took turns. There are some tables on the small balcony overlooking Session Road. That’s where we took our seats. San Miguel is around Php35-40 while cocktails at Php55-120. I’m not sure of the exact prices. If you want to just chill and have a quiet conversation while enjoying the gentle evening breeze, then this place is ok.

Next stop is at Ayuyang. Sounds familiar? Yes, for those of you who’ve watched Piolo and Juday’s movie, Don’t Give Up On Us, this is the bar where Piolo was working. All along I thought it was further away from the city but I was surprised to learn that it’s just at Upper Session Road, where the old Victory Liner terminal was wahahaha. It was the opposite of le Fondoue. There were different bands, all of them into rock music, very opposite of what’s depicted in the movie ehehe. We can’t talk, and the rare times we attempted, we had to shout hehehe. The place is ok though and the crowd is still pleasant. But based on my observation though, they invite different bands each night so maybe some nights have different music as well.

We called it a night at around 11 PM.

So there, happy holloween! :D

Until my next tour in my hometown hehehe.

Home sweet home

I went home last weekend as it is a long weekend and a holiday as well. It’s All Saint’s Day and All Soul’s Day. This is one holiday where my family usually prepares to remember our departed family members. Sometimes, it’s just us, the immediate family and our neighbor. But most of the times, relatives (especially from my mom’s side) opt to just come to our home for the event. So last week, I wasn’t surprised when an uncle texted me asking me where I’ll be on Nov. 1. When I said I was going home, he told me that they’ll be coming to our home that day so we’ll just see each other then.

When I got home last Sat., my brother was busy preparing and I can’t force him to accompany my mom for the grocery. My sister who was supposed to accompany her was not available all of a sudden. Left with no choice, I volunteered so an hour after I arrived, we went to town again, with me almost without sleep and straight from my trip. I realized I was dead tired and hungry when we were already at ths supermarket I can barely push the cart haha. Most of the time, I just stayed in the aisle and wait for my mom to just drop the stuff there hehehe. I asked her to make it a little faster so that we can grab some brunch, which she did. After that, we went to one of the restos to grab a bite. I ordered coffee first and that did the trick. I was revived hehehe. We finished everything in 4 hours. We had to wait for my uncle who will be servicing the groceries home though as we texted him late.

On Nov. 1, it was only when I realized most of my uncles and aunts and their families came. Usually, the lighting of the candle and of course, the prayers – both Catholic and traditional way are solemn. Other than that, everyone’s making a happy noise hehehe. My cousins are all grown up now and can already relate to the older ones. I even saw one of my cousins took a shot of vodka wahaha. I don’t know if it’s legal though. And he’s studying in SLU – my alma mater, taking up BS IT, just like my course. Would it be that I have influenced him? I’m not sure.

My teenager cousins were asking me for a treat (aka gimik) that day but I did not feel like going out and besides, I didn’t have the budget so I just promised them a treat in December. Another bonding moment for us. It will be a dent on my wallet though hehehe. But then again, I’m happy and so are they so it’s ok. :)

Panic Booking?

Last Friday, I received an email from a friend about Cebu Pacific’s domestic and international seat sale. She was also asking me if I wanted to join them in their Japan trip. Because the fare is so cheap (only Php 1651 round trip), I said yes right away :D.

While waiting for news for my friend, I also tried booking for other destinations. When I checked on HK, it’s less than Php 1300 for a round trip ticket. I immediately texted another set of my friends to ask if they’re interested. Ayun, pumayag sila :D. So I started booking hahhaha. Bahala na kung alin sa 2 ang matuloy. The website was really slow. I guess a lot were trying their luck hehehe. As for me, I only have 30 minutes to do that since by hook or by crook, I need to leave at 12MN for my 1 AM trip to Baguio. So I tried and waited and waited. I encountered errors along the way so I had to restart several times. On my Nth attempt, it went through until payment section. But on the confirmation page, I got an error message. Damn! I can’t repeat it anymore since I might double my booking. And then before I can do that, I have to check with my credit card company if I was charged for the previous one. So there, I immediately accepted that it was not meant to be hay. Haha.

Before finally shutting down, I gave a final check to all of my emails. And what do I get?! A confirmation from Cebu Pacific! Woohooo! Apparently, my booking went through after all ahihi.

Now, we need to work on our IT. And I need to do a lot of saving up because I want to do some shopping there :D. Good luck to my wallet :D.

And oh, btw, my friend’s friend wasn’t able to book for Japan. We’ll see about that in the next promos though hehe.

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On Hold

The project that we’ve been working on for more than a year now was put on hold due to the probable changes for the company by the end of this year (which by the way excited us when we first learned about it :)). This is the very project which caused too much stress to the team members. Stress level was high that it drove some people to submit resignations. And almost everything and anything related to it was oh so full of drama.

You see, prior to the announcement which we did last Friday (just a day after confirming the changes from the business owners), the management team met to discuss what will be the possible impact of the changes. We have anticipated negative reactions which will be normal given all that went through with this project. But we were also hoping for open-mindedness from the team as this is something that we never saw happening. But during this time, I did not get any reactions from my team. I thought perhaps they are still in the process of internalizing what was just announced or maybe they are too shy to ask the director directly. Yes, we asked for his help for this as well hehehe.

So last Tuesday, I met with my project team to really know how they are feeling about the changes. And I was in for a lot of surprises more than what I expected.

Here are some of the feedbacks:

• It’s sad because I feel that our efforts are just wasted but the director is right that we gained a lot of knowledge during the duration of the project, not only in terms of our skills but also on handling situations involving the project. I just want to know what’s next for us.
• I feel bad about it because of all the efforts already exerted will be wasted but more than that, I feel relieved.
• I actually did not feel anything. My concern now is what we are going to do now that the project is on hold.

I was blown hehehe. I did expect about them being sad and all but to hear them that what’s concerning them more actually are their next assignments really PLEASANTLY surprised me :). I felt their maturity about the whole thing and they are more on the positive side! Note that these same people have been part of the rollercoaster ride for this project so to hear them say those things was happiness for me.

I am one proud and grateful boss :D.

Longest

I had the longest employee evaluation last night. It lasted for almost 6 hours. It was a very tiring and draining experience. But I’d like to give myself a pat in the back because I was able to easily switch roles during that time – from being the strict manager to someone who is empathizing with him to an outsider observing the exchange between the officer and the employee and trying to comprehend everything and quickly thinking on how to handle it. The greatest thing though was that, I kept my cool…and that’s an accomplishment in itself because I’m not known to be very patient when it comes to discussions that go around circles. :p

But then again, I’m not yet done with that. There’s today to tackle still, which I don’t have any idea until this moment how I’m going to hanle it. Perhaps, it will all dawn on me, after I have my hearty lunch. :D

And in the middle of the interesting discussions last night, I learned that I have to attend a meeting at 10AM today. Good luck. Right at this moment, I feel lightheaded due to lack of sleep. I may be a Dory for most of the day hihihi.

Blog Facelift

During the weekend when I opted to stay home because of typhoon Peping, I found myself toying with the idea of changing the theme of my blog (after sticking with Blogger’s classic template for almost 4 years now). I thought it was that simple, but lo and behold, it took me almost 5 hours to complete the major part of the task, from looking at themes from numerours selections to deciding on what theme to use to do a little tweaking to customize it further to my taste. But I’m not completely done yet. I want it more personalized but I haven’t gotten to that yet.

Anyway, after those grueling hours, from this:

To this:

What is your message?

My college alma mater is doing a profiling of all of its alumni. A student sent me a template to fill out with the usual stuff - employee profile and then some message. At siyempre kinarir ko pagbibigay ng message. Pero dahil prinessure nya ako, hindi ko na na-organize masyado yung thoughts ko :p. I'd like to share it still with you though so here goes.

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Kudos to the students and faculty behind this idea. I hope it will become accessible via the Internet as well so that alumni can also view and update their own profiles. :)

To the students of CICS, while you are in our Alma Mater, make the most out of it. Learn what you can, seize all opportunities to be the best of what you can be, and of course don’t forget to have fun.

If you’re aiming for a career in Software Development, love your SAD (SMA in your curriculum) and Database programming and get serious with your thesis :). These are some of the fundamentals that helped me when I stepped out of college.

You may have heard it before and I’m saying it again. It’s a lot different in the real world aka work place. But it’s not as scary as it sounds. It may be a struggle at first but once you get the hang of it, it becomes enjoyable and you’ll soar amidst all the tight deadlines, extended work hours, changing business requirements or project deliverables, and everything else that comes with the so called corporate world.

Let me give you a glimpse of the real world:

• Proactive - one of the key words you'll always hear from companies. It simply means "magpakabibo" and yes, that doesn't only apply to kids. Employers will appreciate colleagues who can contribute to the team. Don't be afraid to voice out your opinions.
• Trainings - some companies have, some don't have. But you should not rely on companies to give you opportunities to learn new things. On your own, you are expected (YES, expected) to learn the skills needed for your job or any other skills that you want to pursue. Besides, trainings, even the advanced ones, only cover the basics still :).
• Fear of the unknown - don't be afraid to ask questions or admit that you don't understand the project requiremets. I always say this to my subordinates. It's ok to ask questions. Asking questions doesn't mean you are not capable. Understanding is the key. You cannot successfully finish the next phase of the project unless you have a solid understanding of the requirements. The absence of it will always lead to reworks at the end.
• On project assignments - here's one from my former boss. The mere fact that you are given projects to work on means that the management still trusts and believes in your ability to deliver the project. And so I say, don't frret if you need to extend work hours just to meet the deadlines. It's just like staying up for the night just to complete your school assignments really. Don't fret if you are given more tasks than another colleague. That's actually a good sign. Besides, it won't always be the case. There will always be days or seasons that you'll be idle to the extent that you'll be bored to death. So a little of those "I'm so busy I can't go out to gimiks anymore" moments wouldn't hurt. :)

There are endless opportunities in our field. Don’t be afraid to explore until you find your niche.

And while being busy in your studies and later on making it big time in the corporate world, do make sure that you don’t forget your social responsibilities – caring for Mother Nature, giving back to the community, showing support for our country. How to do this? The options are endless, and it starts from within oneself. :)

Go CICS, go Louisians!

Cheers!

* Image from here.

Flood in my apartment

Less than an inch to go and it will conquer my floor!

When September Comes…

…the next thing that comes to mind is that Christmas is just around the corner! :) 116 days to go before Christmas.

For the past 2 years, I’ve created a long list of wish lists. This time, I only have one: to be home for Christmas. Last year, I was not able to go home. Sigh. I’m crossing my fingers for this year.

On a cheerful note, advance Merry Christmas everyone! :)

Mark

Leaving a mark at Malcapuya Island.

*Coron Palawan Philippines*

~blogging from mobile~

Malcapuya Island

We're spending a few hours in this paradise! :D

*Coron Palawan Philippines*

~blogging from mobile~

Duyan

Sa tuwing napapalakas ng konti ang alon ng dagat, napapangiti ako kasi para lang kaming idinuduyan. Ang sarap ng pakiramdam. :)

Pero syempre, hindi pa rin natatanggal ang kaba lalo na kung magsimula nang maglikot ang aking imahinasyon-na paano kung biglang bumagyo at lumakas ng katakot-takot ang mga alon...ooppss reality check-maaraw ngayon at kalmado ang dagat! :d

Buddy

My feet's other best friend while enjoying the seas of Coron.

*Coron Palawan, Philippines*

~blogging from mobile~

Siete Picados

Part of the whole Siete Picados. We are currenty between these small islands. No one wants to get down though hehe. We're just attempting to feed the fishes with rice as we forgot to bring some bread.

Where to?

Entrance to the Baracuda Lake. Only some of us checked out the place.

*Coron Palawan, Philippines*

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Banol Beach

Small beach with white fine sands where we had our lunch and some swimming.

*Coron Palawan Philippines*

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Sunrise

Taken a few minutes ago. Now, the sun is way higher.

*Coron Palawan, Philippines*

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Waking up

Coron view from Mt. Tapyas. I can hear the roosters crowing, dogs barking, birds chirping and the tricycles going around places. This charming simple town is slowly awakening, ready to greet another day.

*Coron Palawan, Philippines*

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Mt. Tapyas

Atop Mt. Tapyas. We've been coming here since Day 1. :)

*Coron Palawan, Philippines*

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Waves

Bigger waves creating a jumpy boat ride

*Coron Palawan, Philippines*

Fishy

Just a foot away from where I was standing playing alone...mindless of other creatures including me.

Step

Leisure walk to where the corals are

*Atuwayan, Coron Philippines*

Mark

Leaving a temporary mark...which will eventually be washed away...

*Atuwayan, Coron Palawan, Philippines*

Chill

Stop over for a while...hot noon

*Atuwayan, Coron Palawan, Philippines*

Far away

Right here is where we are spending the rest of the afternoon...away from everyone...

*Atuwayan, Coron Palawan Philippines*

Buddy

My feet's best friend while I continue to wander around Coron, Palawan, Philipinnes.

Unity

Land, sea and sky all together...

*Coron, Palawan, Philippines*

Waves

Gentle waves that lulled me to sleep for a while.

Coron Palawan, Philippines
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Middle

In the middle of the sea...there's signal :p

Coron Palawan, Philippines

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Coron Checklist

Done:

• Coron IT
• Accomodation arrangement for the 18th (for the rest of the trip, it’s care of our other companions)
• Email Coron contact for flight details

Things to do:

• List of things to bring
• Buy personal stuff
• Pack this weekend
• Charge camera battery
• Delete pictures in memory stick
• Arrange for Culion tour upon arrival

Still needs to decide on:

• To bring or not to bring laptop? Hmmm…
• To buy or not to buy a snorkeling set? Another hmmm…this is so expensive :(

Prayer for the trip:

Lord, please have the weather cooperate during our travel. I don’t wanna play with the strong, scary waves ahihi. And also, please make Wednesday a Special Non-Working Holiday for QC :). Tenchu!

Few more days to go! I’m traveling with D (Deuter backpack) this time hihihi. I’m giving C (Conquer) a rest for the meantime as it has conquered mountains last year already.

Coron IT

Day 1: August 18, 2009
0730: Assembly at the airport
0945: ETD Manila
1100: ETA Busuanga
1200: ETA Lunch + Lunch
1330: Free time
1600: Mt. Tapyas
1800: Makinit Hot Spring
2000: Dinner

Day 2: August 19, 2009
0600: Breakfast
0730: Island Hopping (Culion)
1630: ETD Island Hopping
1730: ETA Town
1900: Dinner

Day 3: August 20, 2009
0600: Breakfast
0730: Island Hopping (Coron)
1630: ETD Island Hopping
1730: ETA Town
1900: Dinner

Day 4: August 21, 20090600: Breakfast
0730: Island Hopping
1630: ETD Island Hopping
1730: ETA Town
1900: Dinner

Day 5: August 22, 2009
0700: Breakfast/free time
1100: Early lunch
1200: ETD Coron
1500: ETD Busuanga
1600: ETA Manila

Blabbering

I’m supposed to go home tonight but Mama texted a few minutes ago telling me to just cancel my trip because of the bad weather. Not safe to travel.

*****
Deployment of the project was cancelled and for the past weeks, we revisited the requirements and now doing some changes. Sigh. Now, I’m just looking forward to the time when we can finally deploy it.

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Coron trip is in less than two weeks. We’ve impulsively changed our trip schedule two nights ago to accommodate our preferred IT. We’ll be traveling with another group and their proposed IT lacks some places that we want to visit, thus we added some stuff for our group. It was a blessing in disguise that Cebu Pacific changed their flight schedule (they moved it to 40 minutes later) so that when we inquired about changing our schedule, they did it without any additional charges. Weee! Our changes? We’re traveling on the 18th – first flight instead of the 19th and we’re leaving Coron on the 22nd – last flight :D. Err…hello kaitiman hihihi.

My dilemma right now is the things I need to bring. I haven’t been to places this year so I’m not used to packing things again wehehe. Although I promised myself to pack earlier and not the night before, we’ll see about that this weekend.

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How I wish I have even a little of creativity in me. Hay. In colors alone, there are so many to choose from. So which goes with which? Amp. And when doing selections, why do we have to be presented with many options? Can’t we just have black or white, A or B, 1 or 2, true or false? But then again, where’s the fun in that? Hehehe.

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Ok. Enough blabber. See you when I see you.

Friday Stories

One of the things that pisses me off the most are the taxi drivers who don’t know the fastest and trafficless way to get to my destination. And they still have the nerve to ask me what route to take. Since that’s their profession, aren’t they supposed to know it in order to provide the best customer service? :p

On to happier things. :)

It’s Friday already! Yey! Looking forward to mall visit after a whole day meeting with the client. Uber excited to be off from work :D even though I forsee work this weekend :p.

Meeting with client so far is relaxed and less stressful. No raised voices, no competing with talk time, no cutting while you’re talking hehehe. I wish it would be this way as often as possible.

Looking forward to a run this Sunday but to be able to do that, I should be in UP tomorrow morning for the registration. So it’s up to me still wahaha.

Still an addict with FB’s My Farm…I’m one hapy farmer :D. Can’t wait to harvest tonight hehehe.

Have a nice weekend everyone!

The Big Night

No, it’s not about PBB. It’s just that Friday night was a big night for the triumvirate of the team. It was just supposed to be just a sumptuous dinner and chilling with the team but apparently, it was not. I don’t want to elaborate further. Suffice to say that the event sucked all of our energy and left us with negative and ill feelings after. As a result, I temporarily disconnected myself from the rest of the world this weekend – personal and office phones remain untouched and away from me, on silent mode, except when I had to text a colleague and a friend, minimal internet, no meet ups with friends. I just had a quick visit to the mall and for the rest of the weekend, I was a bum at home.

But much as I’d like to be on hiatus a little longer, I can’t. Anyway, I have a few more hours. I’ll reconnect full time later.

Now, I’m wondering what happens this morning. But still, I’m hoping for the best, and for world peace hehehe.

On a positive note, once again, I’ve proven that our director is supportive of us :).

The Rookie

I just finished watching that movie in a local channel and it made me shed some tears :p. It’s a story about a boy who wanted so much to play baseball but his dad’s work required them to transfer from place to place until eventually, they settled in Texas where baseball was not known. Some years later, when he already had a family and is teaching high school, an opportunity came for him to play baseball. He joined the try out and eventually was able to become part of the league. It is a feel good movie.

It also made me realize that your dreams stay with you forever even if you set it aside for other priorities or maybe because the situation calls for it. But someday, you may be given opportunities where you can pursue it finally. And you only have two options, whether to go for it this time or let the opportunity pass and wonder about all the “what ifs”.

Lastly, I pray that I would be able to support all my future kids’ dreams. :)

Everyday is a blessing

Everyday is a blessing – a reminder to me, and to others who sometimes tend to focus on the day’s lowlights instead of going beyond these lowlights to find the highlights.

Everyday is a blessing – let’s start counting our daily blessings. There are a lot…if only we discern some more.

Everyday is a blessing – let’s be grateful.

Everyday is a blessing – let’s be a blessing to everyone, simply because we are part of this “everyday”. :)

Just tired

This is not a rant. Just plain tired. Been working long hours this week and it’s taken its toll on me this early, on Thursday hehehe. Usually I do last until the weekend but not this week wahahaha. Oh well. Hopefully I’ll bounce back tomorrow…even if it’s already Friday hehehe.

Oh there’s the good news. HR has already confirmed the correctness of the MYC data. Now we can update the records, validate that it reflects in the systems, wait for HR’s confirmation again, and FINALLY unlock the database. Weee! A few more minutes and I’m off for some chillin’. :p

Enough

"Enough, enough now." ~ Love Actually

Tama na raw hehe. Oo, sinasabi ko yan sa sarili ko at hindi sa kung kanino pa man. :p

With You

I'm happy and thankful for I had the opportunity to spend time with you no matter how limited it was.

No, I'm not expecting anything. I'm just enjoying the moment...and life itself. :)

Don't push

I know I’m not your ideal girl but please don’t push me to someone else, especially now that you’re still my ideal man…

It’s 80% Go!

We have a project that’s supposed to be implemented in the next few weeks. But due to its complexity and the many prepartions that the concerned teams (including ours) need to do before implementation, the project team set up a criteria for us to help evaluate if it’s a Go or No Go with the deployment. Of course I’ve always wanted it to be a Go.

Today is the review of those criteria…today is the Go or No Go day. So the project team met up to review the criteria and see if everything has been met, or if not, will these items still be addressed before implementation? After a tiring but fulfilling discussion, it’s 80% Go! And the 20% is for the confirmation of some items which the two teams still need to resolve. Yey!

It was a buzzer beater again for our team for the sign off of the modules that are included in the Go No Go decision. Last night, we have one item for confirmation from the client, and this morning, they raised another issue which we had to address as quickly as possible. I endorsed it right away to the Engineer in charge and had to rush to the meeting. When I was in OSMA, I learned from Gelo that the client is already signing off so we excitedly waited for the email confirmation. Whew! Now, everything’s a yes for our team’s criteria hehehe.

There were three directors in today’s meeting and it’s funny to see them make fun of each other hehehe. But when it comes to the discussions, they are quick to make comments, verify things or make decisions right then and there. Maybe that’s one of the things that make them directors. Having meetings with them is a good way of observing how directors think.

After evaluation of criteria of the two teams, it seems that the project team is already on a positive note so we did not have to present our team’s criteria anymore. We only had to present the business continuity plan. I was shocked and my sleepiness flew out of me when Gelo told me it was my turn to speak. Ugh! I knew I was going to present, but still I almost freaked out hahaha. We’ll convene again Tuesday next week for the final assessment. :)

Anyway, so there! We are good to go. Thanks team for all the hard work. We are now towards the end. Let’s enjoy the last leg of the journey! I know it was a rough start and journey for all of us but we’re still here standing…emerging victorious in this challenge! :) Tara nang magdeploy! :)

And so, hello long weekend of sleep and vanity hehehe!

*****

Dress code of the day: anything green! But one director came in pink-almost red blouse, and she was the reason for the 20%…hehehe.

Maliwanag pa!

Would you believe that I was already home at this time? Hehehe. I don’t remember the last time I went home this early, or if I ever had one for the previous months. But then, here I am already in the comfort of my little living space, starting out the long weekend hehhe. Well, we had to prepare for today’s meeting so I haven’t slept all night and going back to KPT after that draining but fulfilling meeting was impossible because I was already starting to do a headbang in front of the directors hehehe. So, after sending out some emails to the team, I called it a day. :)

The bank

I passed by BDO this morning to deposit a check but iunfortunately I wasn't able to complete the transaction for the sole reason that they can't get my account number from their database. I was told that I can only get my account number from my branch of account. I argued that one teller from the Broadway branch was able to give it to me after providing her with my EPCI account number. The teller informed me that they have a new system implemented where they are restricted to check accounts from other branches. They're not centralized anymore. Ok fine! Just to be sure I verified that if I already have my account number with me, can I still deposit the check in that branch? She said yes. If so, how are they going to validate the correctness of the account number that I'll be placing in the deposit slip then? Duh! Nuninuninu. The analyst in me is still in slumber that's why I was not quick enough to bombard the teller with questions hehe. But what's with my account number anyway? I simply forgot to write it down hehe. I'm used to having trnasactions online that I didn't bother to memorize it ahihi. But now I'm definitely writing it down wehehe.

While waiting in line for my turn, I saw their announcement about the new interest rates for Peso Savings Account effective April 1, 2009. It's now 0.625 % per annum. Yep, that low. And their motto is “We find ways.”. They find ways to make interests lower? Hehehe. Dyok onli!

There's no other light but green...

*Email sent by a colleague. Just wanted to post it here. And yes of course. Go! Go! Go!*

Mga kwentong opisina

Kanina lang, tinanong ako ng kasamahan ko sa trabaho kung uuwi pa ako. Sabi ko syempre naman. Pero kaya nya natanong yun kasi magkasama kami sa meeting kahapon ng 10 AM at nakwento ko ngang umaga na ako nakauwi at umidlip lang ako saglit bago pumasok uli. At hanggang ngayon, nandito pa rin ako. Ganyan talaga paminsan-minsan. Isipin mo na lang kung parati na lang pareho ang routine mo. Asan na ang tinatawag na spice of life? (oo na, sa akin ito ang spice ng buhay ko ngayon) Hehehe.

*****

Kahapon naman, nakita ng kasamahan ko sa opisina yung ginagawa ko. Tinanong kung bakit ako ang gumagawa non (alam nya kasing hindi dapat ako yun). Sabi ko, kailangan eh kaysa mapag-iwanan yun dahil hindi maasikaso. At alam ko rin naman na hindi dapat ako yun. Pero nakiusap na lang ako sa kanya na wag na naming pag-usapan kasi gusto ko lang matapos yun at ayaw ko nang mag-isip ng kung anu-ano pa. Buti na lang nag-agree sya. So positive thoughts lang. Ok? And go for GO!

*****

Yes, go for GO! ang motto ko ngayon. Mahirap pero mas mabuti na kaysa "prolong the agony" ika nga. Backround lang ng motto. Meron kaming project na pagdating next week, pag-uusapan ng mga kataas-taasan (at naririnig ko rin pala kanina na dapat daw kasama din ako doon sa pulong na magaganap...pwedeng wag na? Taong bahay na lang uli ako hehehe) kung itutuloy ang deployment nito o hindi. Ang tawag doon ay Go-No Go meeting. Ako gustung-gusto ko na. Pag hindi kasi natuloy, sa January 2010 na ang next implementation. So why prolong it di ba? Kaya kahit alam kong mahirap, gusto ko pa ring ituloy. Marami na kasi akong ibang bagay na hindi naaasikaso dahil dito.

*****

Kahapon sa meeting, isa akong Dory hahaha. Pero kung si Dory ay 10 seconds, sa akin naman ay 10 minutes. Malaking difference yun ha! Marami akong natanong sa meeting. Pero may isang tanong na feeling ko parang natanong ko na pero hindi ko talaga sigurado. So nung itatanong ko na, sinabi ko na hindi ko alam kung naitanong ko na pero itatanong ko pa rin. Pagkatanong ko, ayun, confirmed. Naitanong ko na nga earlier. Dory moment. Ikaw, may Dory moment ka ba?

*****

Kahapon pa rin. Nagkita kami ng POC ng Outdoor club sa hallway. Buti naman behave sya at hindi ako tinalakan dahil medyo hindi na ako nakakasama sa mga Outdoor activities (dahil na sa sobrang dami ng ginagawa). Pag nagkataon, nakipagtalakan ako sa kanya sa harap ng mga teammates ko wahaha.

*****

Marami palang nangyari kahapon? Hehehe. Hmmm. Eventful.

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Break mode ako ngayon kaya ako nakadalaw dito. :p

Akalain mo

• Akalain mong sa tinagal-tagal ng isang SQL job para sa isang application, nakitaan ko pa sya ng misplaced HTML tag. Kaya pala hindi nasusundan yung nakaset na formatting sa kanya hehehe.
• At akalain mong limot ko na ang HTML tags na dati kabisado ko years ago hmmmp!
• At akalain mo rin na si www.devguru.com, yung site na madalas kong bisitahin pag may HTML o Javascript o ASP o XML katanungan ako nung ako'y baguhan pa lang sa trabaho e buhay pa rin hanggang ngayon at sa kanya ko pa rin hinanap ang tanong ko tungkol sa HTML ahihi.
• At sana pala pwede rin gumamit ng CSS sa SP. Pwede naman kahit wala. Nitatamad lang akong magformat per statement kaya ko winiwish na meron :p. Sinubukan kong magtanong kay Google pero iba naman ang lumabas. Di ko na tinuloy muna maghanap.
• Eto pa nakakatawa. Nagseset ako ng Database Mail profile sa DB. Dahil nangongopya lang ako sa existing profile at dahil hindi ko matandaan lahat ng values ng fields, minabuti kong i-screenshot na lang yung dialog box at i-paste sa Word. May mga buttons syempre yung dialog box (like Save, Cancel, etc.). After kong makagawa ng new profile, nakalimutan ko na yung screenshot ko. Akalain mong nung nakita ko yun after a while e ina-attempt kong i-click yung Cancel wahahaha. Nung ayaw gumana, saka ko narealize na screenshot lang pala yun hahaha. Amp.

Dis is it!

Dis is really is it!

I finally was able to submit my bank documents to HR after almost errr...2 months because of my 2008 ITR which was not available when they released it last April grrrr!

Anyway, this is just the perfect time for that naman eh. Galing talaga ni Lord magset ng timing. :)

* Crossing my fingers that it will be approved. And sana madagdagan din hihihi. *

Hmmm...

Makulit ka lately ha.

But iluvet! Hehehe.

At pareho pa tayo ng current goal ahihi. Di ako nanggaya ha :p.

Hanove!

Last Thrusday, my mom texted me that I need to go home for the blessing of my uncle’s house (whose family I stayed with for almost a year when I was in Junior college). So on Friday, I decided to go an early shift (with the blessing of my boss – thanks mami! :)) so that I can leave Manila by 5PM. Unfortunately (and for reasons I don’t know), many people are still going up to Baguio so I was only able to board the 6 PM trip. I was assigned to seat # 2, just behind the driver’s seat. It looks like the bus is new. Its interiors are different from the old Victory buses. It has a small flatscreen TV.

When we were along NLEX, there was a sudden long sound (like that of a siren) from the bus. It lasted for about 2 minutes and it only stopped when the driver decided to pull over. After a few minutes of checking, we resumed the trip. The driver did not give us any reasons for that.

When we were in Tarlac for the first stop over, the driver did not park in the usual parking lot. We were in a different area which I could not locate. But beside us is another bus which was being repaired. I’m not sure whether the driver had the bus checked as well.

Moving on to I guess Taloy, when the road is already uphill and zigzag, we heard the siren sound again. Weh! Good thing we were near one small stopover for other buses so that’s where the driver pulled over for the 2nd time that night. This time, they asked us to get down and board another bus – at 12:30 AM. Scary waaaa!!! Three Victory Liner buses passed by and most of the passengers boarded those buses. I opted to just wait for other buses rather than competing with all the other passengers for a seat. I was already sleepy and I didn’t want to be standing for the rest of the trip. Besides, I just heard about the Puerto Galera incident and its cause was overloading. My praning self imagined that with a lot of my co-passengers wanting to get to their destinations already, they will all board those buses no matter how uncomfortable it will be for them and then the bus might be overloaded wehehehe.

Anyway, after 15 minutes, the driver told us that it’s already ok to board. Since there were only a few of us passengers left, and since none of the other passengers opted to wait for other buses and just get back in our bus, I followed suit. When everybody were settled and the driver was about to start the engine, the condoctor said, “alalay na lang pare”. Waaaaa. Scarier! Right then and there, I wished I could have just boarded one of the other buses earlier. The trip was slower this time because of it, and then it was foggy and it was already drizzling. What a combination.

Based on the driver and conductor’s conversations which I was able to eavesdrop (hehehe), the bus overheated and the siren sound was a warning. And according to them, it was a good thing that the bus had the siren, otherwise they would not have known that the bus already overheated. I don’t want to imagine what could have happened then.

After 30 gruelling minutes, we finally reached Junction Marcos Highway, where my uncle and brother were waiting for me. After a few more minutes, home sweet home in one piece :). Whew!

Lotto!

Just saw in the news that the winning stake is now more than Php 166M. Gosh, that’s a lot of money and if you are wise enough to manage it, you’re good to go for your whole lifetime.

No, I haven’t tried betting on it. Last Sunday when I was at SM, I saw a lot of people lining at the lotto booth to buy tickets. I wasn’t tempted then, will I be tempted and try it later? Hehehe.

What’s in store for the week?

• IL UAT. No, I’m not yet done wehehe. So good luck later this morning. :p
• Voices set up
• Escalation process review - first round
• Meetings
• Scrums
• RAM
• Set up new laptop
• MYC review
• New hires orientation
• Etc. etc. etc.

*updated 6/3/2009*

Chillax mode: Angels and Demons

Date with Anne and Mira on Saturday, May 23.

After regenerating a report that’s needed to be sent to the vendor, I rushed to Gateway to meet with Mira and Anne to watch Angels and Demons. I arrived few minutes before the movie started at 7:30 PM. Buzzer beater hehehe.

I haven’t read the book. I got feedbacks from others who have already watched that the book is better than the movie. But I enjoyed the movie. And now, I want to read the book ehehe.
After the movie, we had dinner at the food court. And of course chit chat. We called it a night at around 12 PM.