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!

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.