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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Sayonara 2011! Marhaba 2012!

It's the end of the year again! But then, I don't really believe in endings.. except for happy endings. I think that if something has to end, then that would mean that a new beginning is starting. This is actually the time when we should pause for a couple of minutes and reflect about the things that happened in the previous year. Not every memory would exactly be a good one but let's just say that we learned a thing or two from our experience, may it be a happy one or the latter.

A couple of things I that happened last year that I want to remember and cherish:
- Meeting with my gradeschool friends. Proof that growing old does not mean growing out of friends. These people are some of the nicest peeps that I know!
Burt Jayson Alfonso, Crichton Casama, Rewina Malicay, Lj Manalili, Rea Mojica, Blesilda Liwanag
6 HOPE
January 2011
- The best TEAM BUILDING ever!!!!
The ORIGINAL TEAM 8 plus CHERRY! ^__^

Oh! And I conquered my fear of heights! YEP! THAT'S ME!!! Yebah!
-the last week of my teaching days at ENOZ.
How I miss my colorful and cluttered station.
-The time I returned to Marinduque after almost 10 years. 
How I love this handsome Morion!
March 2011



- The day I finished my 1st 5k RACE. 
Hyundai Run
April 2011
- The Time I became a part time book Illustrator. Ha! One of my wishes happened and I learned that it was pure hardwork! Sorry got no images, my old Toshiba Satellite gave up after the project so I wasn't able to save some of my files. I guess it was too much for it too! - May 2011

-The time I channeled the artist in me. Made a couple of paintings for my special someone and enjoyed experimenting on different genres!
Colored Pencil on Paper

- Facing reality and thinking of getting married! Best wishes to my friend Anessa Lumberio and her husband Joey Navarro. He'd better take good care of her...or else! hmmm.. i wonder when would be the time for us.... hahahah!

Milwaukee, Joey, Anessa, LJ
August 2011
- Deciding that it was time for me to get on with my career plans. APPLIED FOR JEDDAH. - August 2011

- My first WENSHA EXPERIENCE. So relaxing. Thanks to Carla and Glad for the wonderful day!
Carla, Glad, LJ
- The day I left Manila for Jeddah. Goodluck to me!
MNL-RYD-JDH Flight
October 2011
-Booyeah! Greatest Halloween Party Ever! With my MEDX Family.




- Our 7th year Anniversary. We may not be together physically but I believe our hearts are bonded with MIGHTY BOND! hahaha! I LOVE HIM so much. and I'm grateful that God has given me someone like him. 
NOVEMBER 18, 2011 

- Am so proud of my ROOKIE OF THE YEAR!!! I know that this has been a very bountiful year for you. I hope that the blessings will continue to shower upon you dy! EXCELLENT JOB!



- Best Christmas Gift from my beloved! Thank you so much!!!


- Successful Christmas Party! 

Well for now, that's all that I can get.. but surely, I learned a lot of things this year. From friendships to relationships to career and life. Everything happens for a reason. I know that God will not give us something that we cannot overcome. I am thankful for the blessings and challenges that happened in the year 2011. Also, for giving me the chance to experience it all not alone but with friends and loved ones. We may have lost a lot of things this year but rather think that we have gained more than that. I hope that God will continue to bless us with His grace and provide us with a prosperous year 2012. 

Happy New Year! Happy New YOU!

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

11 Things to Know at 25(ish)

I was browsing my Facebook when one of my highschool batchmate's post caught my eye.
11 Things to Know at 25(ish). Hey, I am 25 and even though I don't look like one, I am. And even at my age, I know that I still have a lot to learn and from articles like this? it's quite a heap of help.


So here it goes. This is a very nice article from : http://www.relevantmagazine.com/life/whole-life/features/25956-11-things-to-know-at-25ish

What you need to know to be a real adult.
When you’re 25-ish, you’re old enough to know what kind of music you love, regardless of what your last boyfriend or roommate always used to play. You know how to walk in heels, how to tie a necktie, how to give a good toast at a wedding and how to make something for dinner. You don’t have to think much about skin care, home ownership or your retirement plan. Your life can look a lot of different ways when you’re 25: single, dating, engaged, married. You are working in dream jobs, pay-the-bills jobs and downright horrible jobs. You are young enough to believe that anything is possible, and you are old enough to make that belief a reality.
1. You Have Time to Find a Job You Love
Now is the time to figure out what kind of work you love to do. What are you good at? What makes you feel alive? What do you dream about? You can go back to school now, switch directions entirely. You can work for almost nothing, or live in another country or volunteer long hours for something that moves you. There will be a time when finances and schedules make this a little trickier, so do it now. Try it, apply for it, get up and do it.
When I was 25, I was in my third job in as many years—all in the same area at a church, but the responsibilities were different each time. I was frustrated at the end of the third year because I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do next. I didn’t feel like I’d found my place yet. I met with my boss, who was in his 50s. I told him how anxious I was about finding the one perfect job for me, and quick. He asked me how old I was, and when I told him I was 25, he told me I couldn’t complain to him about finding the right job until I was 32. In his opinion, it takes about 10 years after college to find the right fit, and anyone who finds it earlier than that is just plain lucky. So use every bit of your 10 years: try things, take classes, start over.
2. Get Out of Debt and Stay Out of Debt
Part of being a healthy, mature adult is learning to live within your means all the time, even if that means going without things you think you need, or doing work you don’t love for a while to be responsible financially. The ability to adjust your spending according to your income is a skill that will serve you your whole life.
There will be times when you have more money than you need. In those seasons, tithe as always, save like crazy, and then let yourself buy fancy shampoo or an iPad or whatever it is you really get a kick out of. When the money’s not rolling in, buy your shampoo from the grocery store and eat eggs instead of steak—a much cheaper way to get protein. If you can get the hang of living within your means all the time—always tithing, never going into debt—you’ll be ahead of the game when life surprises you with bad financial news.
I know a lot of people who have bright, passionate dreams but who can’t give their lives to those dreams because of the debt they carry. Don’t miss out on a great adventure God calls you to because you’ve been careless about debt.
3. Don’t Rush Dating and Marriage
Now is also the time to get serious about relationships. And “serious” might mean walking away from a dating relationship that’s good but not great. Some of the most life-shaping decisions you’ll make during this time will be about walking away from good-enough, in search of can’t-live-without. One of the only truly devastating mistakes you can make in this season is staying with the wrong person even though you know he or she is the wrong person. It’s not fair to that person, and it’s not fair to you.
“Who are you dating?” “Do you think he’s the one?” “Have you looked at rings?” It’s easy to be seduced by the romance-dating-marriage narrative. We confer a lot of status and respect on people who are getting married—we buy them presents and consider them as more adult and more responsible.
But there’s nothing inherently more responsible or more admirable about being married. I’m thankful to be celebrating my 10th wedding anniversary this summer, but at the same time, I have a fair amount of friends whose marriages are ending—friends whose weddings we danced at, whose wedding cake we ate, whose rings we oohed-and-aahed over but that have been taken off fingers a long time ago.
Some people view marriage as the next step to happiness or grown-up life or some kind of legitimacy, and in their mad desire to be married, they overlook significant issues in the relationship.
Ask your friends, family members and mentors what they think of the person you’re dating and your relationship. Go through premarital counseling before you are engaged, because, really, engagement is largely about wedding planning, and it’s tough to see the flaws in a relationship clearly when you’re wearing a diamond and you have a deposit on an event space.
I’m kind of a broken record on this. My younger friends will tell you I say the same things over and over when they talk to me about love, things like, “He seems great—what’s the rush?” and, “Yes, I like her—give it a year.” And they’ve heard this one a million times: “Time is on your side.” Really, it is.
4. Give Your Best to Friends and Family
While twentysomethings can sometimes spend a little too much energy on dating and marriage, they probably spend too little energy on friendships and family. That girl you just met and now text 76 times a day probably won’t be a part of your life in 10 years, but the guys you lived with in college, if you keep investing in them, will be friends for a lifetime. Lots of people move around in their 20s, but even across the distance, make an effort to invest in the friendships that are important to you. Loyalty is no small thing, especially in a season during which so many other things are shifting.
Family is a tricky thing in your 20s—to learn how to be an adult out on your own but to also maintain a healthy relationship with your parents—but those relationships are really, really worth investing in. I have a new vantage point on this now that I’m a parent. When my parents momentarily forget I’m an adult, I remind myself that someday this little boy of ours will drive a car, get a job and buy a home. I know that even then it will be hard not to scrape his hair across his forehead or tell him his eyes are looking sleepy, and I give my parents a break for still seeing me as their little girl every once in a while.
5. Get Some Counseling
Twenty-five is also a great time to get into counseling if you haven’t already, or begin round two of counseling if it’s been a while. You might have just enough space from your parents to start digging around your childhood a little bit. Unravel the knots that keep you from living a healthy, whole life, and do it now, before any more time passes.
Some people believe emotional and psychological issues should be solved through traditional spiritual means—that prayer and pastoral guidance are all that’s necessary when facing issues of mental health. I disagree. We generally trust medical doctors to help us heal from physical ailments. We can and should trust counselors and therapists to help us resolve emotional and psychological issues. Many pastors have no training in counseling, and while they care deeply about what you’re facing, sometimes the best gift they can give you is a referral to a therapist who does have the education to help you.
Faith and counseling aren’t at odds with one another. Spiritual growth and emotional health are both part of God’s desire for us. Counseling—like time with a mentor, personal scriptural study, a small group experience and outside reading—can help you grow, and can help you connect more deeply with God.
So let your pastor do his or her thing, and let the person who has an advanced degree in mental health help you with yours.

6. Seek Out a Mentor
One of the most valuable relationships you can cultivate in your 20s is a mentoring relationship with someone who’s a little older, a little wiser, someone who can be a listening ear and sounding board during a high change season. When I look back on my life from 22 to 26, some of the most significant growth occurred as a direct result of the time I spent with my mentor, Nancy.
The best way to find a mentor is to ask, and then to work with the parameters they give you. If someone does agree to meet with you, let it be on their terms. Nancy and I met on Wednesdays at 7 in the morning. I guarantee that was not my preference. But it was what worked for her life, so once a month I dragged myself out of the house in what felt to me like the dead of night. It also helps to keep it to a limited-time period. It’s a lot to ask of someone to meet once a month until the end of time. But a one-year commitment feels pretty manageable for most people, and you can both decide to sign on for another year or not, depending on the connection you’ve made.
7. Be a Part of a Church
Twenty-five is the perfect time to get involved in a church you love, no matter how different it is from the one you were a part of growing up. Be patient and prayerful, and decide that you’re going to be a person who grows, who seeks your own faith, who lives with intention. Set your alarm on Sunday mornings, no matter how late you were out on Saturday night. It will be dreadful at first, and then after a few weeks, you’ll find that you like it, that the pattern of it fills up something inside you.
8. Find a Rhythm for Spiritual Disciplines
Going out into “the real world” after high school or college affects more than just your professional life. Where once you had free time, a flexible schedule and built-in community, now you have one hour for lunch, 10 days max to “skip” work and co-workers who are all over the place in age, stage of life and religion.
In those first few years of work-life, it’s easy to get too busy, too stressed and too disconnected to keep up spiritual habits you may have built in school. Figuring out how to stay close to God and to grow that relationship through activities and disciplines that complement your new schedule is critical for life now—and those habits will serve you for years to come.
One of the best routines I adopted in my 20s was a monthly solitude day. In addition to my daily prayer time, I found I lived better if once a month I took the time to pray, read, rest and write, to ask myself about the choices I’d made in the past month and to ask for God’s guidance in the month to come. Some of the most important decisions I made in that season of life became clear as a result of that monthly commitment.
9. Volunteer
Give of your time and energy to make the world better in a way that doesn’t benefit you directly. Teach Sunday school, build houses with Habitat for Humanity, serve at a food pantry or clean up beaches on Saturdays.
It’s easy to get caught up in your own big life and big plan in your 20s—you’re building a career, building an identity, building for a future. Find some place in your life where you’re building for a purpose that’s bigger than your own life or plan.
When you’re serving on behalf of a cause you’re passionate about, you’ll also connect in a deep way with the people you’re serving with, and those connections can yield some of your most significant friendships.
When you serve as a volunteer, you can gain experience for future careers. Instead of, for example, quitting your banking job to pursue full-time ministry, volunteer to lead a small group, and see where it goes from there. Use volunteer experiences to learn about causes and fields you’re interested in, and consider using your vacation time to serve globally.
10. Feed Yourself and the People You Love
If you can master these things, you’re off to a really great start: eggs, soup, a fantastic sandwich or burger, guacamole and some killer cookies. A few hints: The secret to great eggs is really low heat, and the trick to guacamole is lime juice—loads of it. Almost every soup starts the same way: onion, garlic, carrot, celery, stock.
People used to know how to make this list and more, but for all sorts of reasons, sometime in the last 60 or so years, convenience became more important than cooking and people began resorting to fake food (ever had GU?), fast food and frozen food. I literally had to call my mom from my first apartment because I didn’t know if you baked a potato for five minutes or two hours.
The act of feeding oneself is a skill every person can benefit from, and some of the most sacred moments in life happen when we gather around the table. The time we spend around the table, sharing meals and sharing stories, is significant, transforming time.
Learn to cook. Invite new and old friends to dinner. Practice hospitality and generosity. No one cares if they have to sit on lawn furniture, bring their own forks or drink out of a Mayor McCheese glass from 1982. What people want is to be heard and fed and nourished, physically and otherwise—to stop for just a little bit and have someone look them in the eye and listen to their stories and dreams. Make time for the table, and you’ll find it to be more than worth it every time.
11. Don’t Get Stuck
This is the thing: When you hit 28 or 30, everything begins to divide. You can see very clearly two kinds of people. On one side, people who have used their 20s to learn and grow, to find God and themselves and their dreams, people who know what works and what doesn’t, who have pushed through to become real live adults. Then there’s the other kind, who are hanging onto college, or high school even, with all their might. They’ve stayed in jobs they hate, because they’re too scared to get another one. They’ve stayed with men or women who are good but not great, because they don’t want to be lonely. They mean to find a church, they mean to develop intimate friendships, they mean to stop drinking like life is one big frat party. But they don’t do those things, so they live in an extended adolescence, no closer to adulthood than when they graduated.
Don’t be like that. Don’t get stuck. Move, travel, take a class, take a risk. There is a season for wildness and a season for settledness, and this is neither. This season is about becoming. Don’t lose yourself at happy hour, but don’t lose yourself on the corporate ladder either. Stop every once in a while and go out to coffee or climb in bed with your journal.
Ask yourself some good questions like: “Am I proud of the life I’m living? What have I tried this month? What have I learned about God this year? What parts of my childhood faith am I leaving behind, and what parts am I choosing to keep? Do the people I’m spending time with give me life, or make me feel small? Is there any brokenness in my life that’s keeping me from moving forward?”
Now is your time. Walk closely with people you love, and with people who believe God is good and life is a grand adventure. Don’t get stuck in the past, and don’t try to fast-forward yourself into a future you haven’t yet earned.
Give today all the love and intensity and courage you can, and keep traveling honestly along life’s path.
Shauna Niequest is the author of Bittersweet (Zondervan). This article originally appeared in the May/June issue of RELEVANT.

My First Buffet Experience

I believe that good times call in for a celebration. After almost a month of unending phone calls and inquiries, my Wacky was finally able to release one of his pending orders for Ford. His first one! Thank God! So, we decided to have a ball so I can greet him Chuka Hamnida! (although I'm pretty sure he won't understand it! lol!)  I wouldn't want to eat out and celebrate his first car release by dining out in places that we have already eaten for like, a thousand times before. And so, I searched the net and stumbled on Eat all you can buffets in the metro. I haven't tried this yet but am excited to do so! Finally, I picked the nearest one and the cheapest for starters like us.

I've heard about Tramway from a college friend way back when we were thinking of doing a mini reunion but never got the time to finally do it. From the other reviews, I think it was fairly judged and criticized so I guess it is worth checking out first hand. The Tramway Tea House in Banawe and The Tramway Garden Buffet in Timog are the only ones that I've heard about before. I didn't know that they had recently opened a new branch in Shaw Boulevard until I read one comment from one of the blogs that I have been reading about it. Good thing he provided a link to the main website of Tramway giving me an insight on what to expect about visiting their buffet. http://www.tramwaybuffet.com/index.html

Of course, after loading their website, I clicked on PROMOS and this is what I got!

Hurray for promos!!! LOL!
Anyway, we finally went there last Saturday, July 16, 2011 and I guess we were fairly satisfied.
It was freaking hot outside even though it was already 6 pm so we hurriedly went inside the Worldwide Corporate Center building. Good thing it was air conditioned! We were greeted with smiles and were seated immediately. After getting our order for our choice of beverages, the lady said that we can already start. Looking around the room, there were posters on tips on how to make the most out of eating in a buffet. They also specified there that they charge for leftovers per oz.

 The place was big enough to accommodate all their hungry customers and their chairs are fairly positioned so it was not very crowded. We started with the main dishes. I didn't want to have left overs so I took a small amount of the things that I liked. Starting off with Fried rice, chicken, meat and mushrooms, some fried wanton and steamed fish. It was simply delish!!! I was surprised with how the wanton tasted so juicy! I finished my plate and went for my second round. I sampled the pasta and poured some white sauce in it. Again with wanton and meat. Wacky said that I was eating  Ox tongue but it was just so tasty that I didn't mind it.

 The delicious wanton and meat and mushroom.

Chicken and I'm not sure what was that so I didn't try it







We went to the side dishes and desserts section after finishing our second plate. It wasn't so full when we got there especially with the California Maki. I guess people just rave about sushi huh? There were only a couple of fruits that you can choose from like pineapple, watermelon, pineapple-watermelon (seriously!) and papaya. I also tried their dimsums and had my first taste of Century egg (yep! my first! and it tasted like.......an EGG! lol!)



After going back a couple of times more we decided that it was time to go home.We paid for the buffet and 30 pesos for the extra orange juice that I ordered. Free water anyway.

Here's my pick for the buffet: Chicken, Fried Wanton, Fried rice, Meat and mushroom, Dimsum and Buchi


I guess we were appeased with our experience in dining over at Tramway. As first - timers, we were unsure on what to expect out of this. We were satisfied with how some of the main dishes tasted. Yes only some because i thought that the white sauce was a little bland for me and I had to add in some meat because it doesn't have anything in it. Also, I hoped that there were some cheese available for the pasta since I think most peeps eat theirs with some cheese. As the main dishes were always filled, I think they lack a bit of more variety for side dishes and desserts. There were not a lot of choices for fruits (I think I'd prefer SM Supermarket's Fruit and Salad station over theirs) and they could've added cakes or muffins or ice cream for more enticing desserts. But then again, for a price of 218 pesos, we get what we pay for. It was nice but wasn't great. Good enough for two starving people with a minimum budget in their pockets. I would recommend this place for small group meetings or get together because the place is good and is very accessible.

Anyway, this has been an eye - opener for me and my beau. To try out new things in the metro. I guess with me leaving Manila soon, we should make the most out of our time together.  But definitely, when money and time permits, I swear I'll make sure we visit the SPIRAL in Sofitel.

I'd like to post this top Eat All You Can Buffet list so that people can have more choices and hopefully, one after another, I can visit it too! Take note that these prices are not updated since I only got this list from : http://www.cosmo.ph/board/index.php?topic=4451.0 and it was way way way long ago.


1. Something fishy, (breakfast time) Eastwood Libis. 12am-10am

2. Kamay Kainan with bottomless Iced Tea, Market Market, 295/head.

3. Chinatown, Banawe QC , 400/head FULL MEAL!

4. Saisaki/DAD' s/Kamayan, 500/head

5. Dragon Prince, BF homes Pque. (Lunch Buffet) P180 per head. (Panalo ang Sashimi nila)

6. Cabalen - all branches, P275/head. forgot kung how much yung eat all you can merienda nila at kung what time...

7. RCBC Plaza Food Center , Makati 95/head (Breakfast) & 65/head merienda. (ok to ah, budget meal talaga!)

8. Blue Bay , Quirino Grandstand, 350/Head.

9. Brazil brazil - Metrowalk & Powerplant Mall (meat all you can 650/head)

10. Dimsun 'N Dumplings @ Shopwise (cubao) - Unlimited Siomai either P99 or P125 lang

11. Sweet Inspirations along katipunan, eat-all-you- can Mongolian Buffet
php300/head

12. Seafood Club(Red Crab) Greenbelt3 - dinner 275/head

13. Chubby China ( Greenbelt ) - dimsum(fried & steamed) breakfast at 88/head. with yang chow rice, crisp noodles at single serve iced tea. order all you can lunch - 295, merienda - 88, dimsum all you can w/pancit canton, noodles and congee - sulit na 88 mo!

14. Red Crab ( Greenbelt 3) - alimango-all- you-can

15. Circles, Shangri-la Makati, expensive but very large buffet!

16. Spiral, Westin Philippine Plaza, expensive din but bigger buffet than
Shangri-la

17. Cravings, salad all you can Katipunan infront of Ateneo

18. Tong Yang Hot Pot, Eat all u can

19. Siamese Grill, Pasta all you can, 85/head Bluewave Marquinton, Marikina

20. Tramway, Banawe, Chinese food eat all you can, 160/head

21. Mongolian Stop, OJs Eastwood

22. Popeye's Chicken (seasonal)

23. Don Henricos, Eat all you can Tuesdays and Wednesdays

24. Red Kimono, The Fort, 499++/ head

25. Mandarin Palace , Ongpin, 150/head

26. Tokyo Tokyo, rice all you can (all branches)

27. Yamcha Teahouse in Timog (Lunch/Dinner Buffet Php349)
(over 60 chinese dishes to choose from)

28. Aling Nene's BBQ/Ihaw, Eat all you can (Fridays & Saturdays), Magallanes, 200+/head.

29. Alba's Restaurant - Tomas Morato, Libis, Jupiter St. - Spanish cuisine - Php550, but still, it's the food that counts!

30. Jestine's Restaurant, Jupiter Street Makati, Breakfast all you can, from 12AM to 12PM (tapa, tocino, varies) P99.00

31. karate kid (rice and drinks)

32. Cabalen (at the back of stalucia East Cainta ) Eat all you can merienda P88

33. Emperor Villa - ongpin st., binondo - lunch 180-200, dinner is seafood buffet at roastings (asado, lechon de leche) @ 350.

34. Paolo's Resto - - Kalayaan ave. QC... buffet Breakfast nga lang (parang something's fishy)

35. Dad's (Glorietta) - 95 ata (basta below 100) merienda, from 3-5pm

36. Kamayan (Glorietta) - 250-300?

37. Oki-Oki (MOA) - Japanese - 375 - Adult - Weekends

38. Dimsum 'n Dumplings at greenhills - 100 pesos siomai all you can

39. Mongolian Quik-stop Robinsons Ermita, SM MOA - 198 + vat

40. Steak MD, Tomas Morato - Eat all you can Steak (TBone) - 500
















Friday, July 1, 2011

Pending Much???

Seriously..I've been thinking a lot of blog topics that I could write here for months now...and yet, I still haven't got the urge to do them. I don't know why I never got around in finishing them.Maybe because I still feel that it's not yet complete? Right now, I have like 6 blog posts that are not yet published because of apparently, a lot of different reasons. Haha! I have this really bad MANYANA habit.
I used to have this kind of attitude especially in waking up early to go to work. And yes, USED TO!
I am proud to say that I have gotten rid of this annoying habit because of the motivation and trust that my TC Marian and other team 8 members had embodied me. I'm very thankful to them for helping me take my worst habit to trash. I just hope that I could continue it on my next job.

Anyway, going back to blogging... I'm still definitely up for it!
This month, I'll finish the lot and blog it out!
Hopefully I can master enough strength to stop procastinating! lol!

let's toast to BLOGGING!!!



Friday, February 11, 2011

Faith

I've been studying religion ever since like, forever. I wasn't even going to school yet but I do remember participating in children's bible study groups. I've learned the way we Christians are taught the life of Christ and how being good follower of God will make you count as a good person.

From all the things that I studied about religion and life, I have learned that having FAITH is the most important of all. I say that because, yes, you can be devoted, you can pray and say your novenas all through the day or you can give all the alms you can give but what exactly are you doing? I have seen people going  to church twice or thrice a week but still do curses and things that I can't imagine a real religious person would do.

I don't go to church very frequently. Maybe because I have been exposed to it too much? (Is there such thing?) I do go there once in a while, to thank the Lord for giving me such blessings that I don't deserve and ask for strenght to be able to go through life. During Sundays, my mother always asks me to attend the mass with her in our village chapel but then, I always refuse. My reason is actually not because I am too lazy to get up on a Sunday but because the preaching is not that good. I have heard a lot of priests whose words touched my heart and made me ponder on God's words from the bible. I always tell her that not because I don't go to church, it would mean that I don't belive in God.

There was one time that I was riding a pedicab with an old woman and just right after we passed the bridge, she saw her grandson with his friends coming out of the computer shop. She then immediately shouted " Pu***** bata ka! Anjan ka na naman sa p***** shop na yan! (&**)&* ka! Malilintikan ka paguwi ko P*@^#&^ ka!!!". The boy immediately hid himself away from the eyes of his grandma. The woman told the pedicab driver, "P*** bata yan, ang aga aga, yang p*** laro na naman ang inaatupag! Magsisimba pa kasi ako sa Quiapo, pag-uwi ko, hala, matatamaan sakin yan! I was so speechless that day. She was boasting that she was in fact, going to Church but then, she acted like, hmm.. I don't know, a tramp?

When I was already in college and was not already obliged to attend school mass and sunday preachings, I had less time going to Church. Yes, less time. That would mean from weeks to months without going to church but my faith in God didn't falter at all. Instead, it grew stronger. I prayed through silent whispers at random times everyday. I don't forget to be thankful for the blessings as well as the trials that I encounter because it made me learn of things that made me who I am today. I may not be a devoted Christian but what I believe is, as long as I don't use the name of the Lord in vain and have a strong faith and fear of Him, I'm good. And as long as you do too, we're all good.

Faith is the confident belief or trust in the truth or trustworthiness of a person, concept or thing.

Friday, January 28, 2011

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Monday, January 24, 2011

Do you know ENSOGO PHILIPPINES?

I checked out my gmail account today. Something that I super rarely do because I only use it for application / business / work purposes. I was suprised to see an email from Ensogo Philippines and someone in the name of Emiliana Sision has sent me an invitation to join Ensogo. I don't have any idea on what it was but from what I saw in the email, it was something about deals and promos and the lot.

I clicked on the link and checked out their site.
NICE!!!

It was a perfect site for getting good deals. And if I say good, I say that it's really good. Like a complete discount haven!!! Some deals goes as low as 85% off! There were some items that are out of my league but still, it's interesting.

Like for today, their deals are as follows:




 Another nice thing about this site is they have this. CHILDREN'S HOUR and of course, Customer Support.

They have a lot of payment options like:


Click on the link below and sign up!
http://www.ensogo.com.ph/manila/invitation/?s=7dc2fb38016527a27e901667ca1165a8

Check out their PAST DEALS! I can't believe they had Laser Hair Removal for only 1,200 pesos valued at 6000! That's already 80% discount! Another one is the Dinner Buffet last December at Sofitel. It was normally priced at 4,800 and they released it for 1,500. Wow. Can't wait to see what's next!

Hopefully, they would come up with interesting deals in the future so that we can enjoy it too!



photos from : http://www.ensogo.com.ph/

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Face Value

Issues at the office actually makes me ponder about how people look at life.
Indeed, physical qualities and how one presents himself is an important factor because no matter how everyone says that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, simply said, life doesn't work that way. Let's say, you want to apply for a job that is professionally recognized as an office type. Normally, you would go with your best shirt, pants and shoes. The things that you know that looks good on you. You want to look your best because how the interviewer sees you at first sight can affect how the application would turn out. Yes, looking your best is important. But have we all forgotten the  most relevant thing? QUALIFICATION. Are you fit for the job? Are you capable of accomplishing the task? Are you a multitasker to take on the demands of the boss?

I never wanted to work at the ER. Working as a part of the TRIAGE team never lingered in my head...even in my dreams. Why? Because I don't think that I would be able to do the task properly. I don't have the skills to be one of them. Yes I know that there can be training, but why would I train there wherein I didn't want to be there in the first place? Another thing is that I know that I can do training, but I know my capabilities, my limit and my specialties. I never saw myself as an MT. lol. I know that if I tried to go in that department, I would be mocked, laughed at because I'm not fit for the job. My petite body is not fit to get all those bloody bodies work their way to the stretcher and anyway, I'm always mistaken as a child and they are going to wonder if I'm really a REAL nurse. Reality bites and sometimes, it pisses me off. So, anyway, like I said, one should know their capabilities before dipping themselves into an unfamiliar territory.

I remember what Patricio Soyao asked me when I first applied as an online english teacher.
"Did you see the people outside? That's how they teach. Do you think that you can do it too?"
I vaguely recall that my answer is a very shy "YEAH SURE".  In the back of my mind, I was thinking what the heck am I getting myself into? I'm not a teacher. But I guess I'm really that determined to try it. I know that my english is not perfect. Yes, I can speak because I've been studying the language since like forever. I was trained to have good grammar skills and a neutral accent (actually trained to have an american accent) when I was still working as a call center agent. So I guess my only problem now is the teaching skills. HAHA. As far as I know, whenever I conduct a review for the upcoming examinations for my brother, it usually ends in tears. I don't know. But I don't have a lot of patience and he doesn't have a long one as well. Anyway, I'm good at copying. Actually, that is my forte. Copying skills. So I thought that I'll just look at how they do it and mimick it. I guess it worked. I'm still here, teaching for the past 9 months until of course, the end of February.

So, my question is this. Would you endure being laughed - at at your back because you keep on trying to fit in to something that is let's say, not your forte? Or just pray that your pretty face can cover up the grammar lapses?

No judgement guys. God is SOOOOO good. So sturdy well ok? lol!

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Adam Sandler: Just Go With It

For years, I've been watching so much of Adam Sandler in the boob tube. From The Wedding Singer to The Grown Ups. He has never failed to make me laugh and think where can I find a guy who can make you feel so special like how he does to all his partners in the movies.

His antics and humor is quite the simple yet there's a punch to it. Napakagaling humirit kumbaga. He delivers a pun so simply that it actually makes it so naturally funny. I can't wait to watch this one though. Oooh Lala!


Thursday, January 6, 2011

I AM NUMBER FOUR


I AM NUMBER FOUR


I like Alex Pettyfer.
Haha. I've only watched one movie by him but I simply loved his accent.  He looks great on cam. It's that simple. I was originally waiting for his movie with Vanessa Hudgens, BEASTLY, but it was moved to be shown I think during the summer of 2011. I found this one thru a friend's page and got curious about it.

Hopefully, it's worth watching coz I'm not going to watch the Breaking Dawn part 1 until, they had released the part 2. It's the same thing that I'm doing with the last movie of Harry Potter. My Reason? I don't want to feel so bitin pag pinanood ko cia sa movie. I know, its good but, it would be better if I get to watch the ending at the same time. Right?

Alex looks so good no matter how haggard (tama ba?) he is..
LOL!

by the way, this one is originally a novel, so I'm gonna get the book before I watch it!

MY 2011 HANDBOOK

I received another nice email from my Tita Vie this week.
I was actually getting ready to think of the things that I want to do this year.. let's try to check this out.. with my commentaries of course!!! I'll be highlighting the ones that I'll try to follow!

 HANDBOOK 2011

Health: 
1.       Drink plenty of water.  - I need this... I've been trying to this eversince.. haha!
2.       Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar. - I  can't follow this! I love food!!! But I'll try to do running as much as I can! 
3.       Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants..  - This one will be difficult but I think it will be a good idea!
4.       Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy - I always try to be full of energy. Get rid of the nega vibes!!!
5.       Make time to pray.Always do!!! Never forget to say thanks! 
6.       Play more games - I  like this. ENJOY life!
7.       Read more books than you did in 2010 . - I love books... I'll try to find more time to do this.
8.       Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day - and ponder....relax.. saraaap!!!
9.       Sleep for 7 hours.  - hahaha!!! ASA PA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10.    Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile. - hahaha.. I'll just try to run.. don't wanna look goofy smiling at everyone I see!

Personality
: 

11.    Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about. - ok ok.. laitera kc ako.. so mahirap cia gawin.... hahaha..
12.    Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment. - TRY AND TRY AND TRY!!!!!!!!!!!! hahaha
13.    Don't over do. Keep your limits. - I  always try to explore the things that I didn't knew that I could possibly do!
14.    Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does. - When was I so serious anyway?
15.    Don't waste your precious energy on gossip. - CAN'T DO THIS!
16.    Dream more while you are awake - It's fun to do this.. especially in the office! lol!
17.    Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.. - Will be difficult.. I was thinking of trying to be so content with what I have.. except for career!
18.    Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness. - Yep! I don't want to be reminded as well anyway... 
19.    Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others. - Love everyone...but I'm going to be so plastic.. nah... I pick my friends.. and I don't love my the people I don't like.. lol
20.    Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present. - I forgot about it already?
21.    No one is in charge of your happiness except you. - and the people around you... ^_^
22.    Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn.  Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime. - sometimes, I feel like I want to drop out.. but I think life is a roller coaster.. so something exciting is bound to happen anyway..
23.    Smile and laugh more. - Makes you more and more prettier.. I believe..
24.    You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree....Of course, if you say na panget ka.. di nako aangal pa..  

Society
: 

25.    Call your family often. - means? hearing more problems? no thanks... OOPS! I forgot! be optimistic!!!
26.    Each day give something good to others. - I gotta pocket full of SUNSHINE!!!
27.    Forgive everyone for everything..  - Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.
28.    Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of  6. - It will make so much difference in my life and with their lives..
29.    Try to make at least three people smile each day. - So should I just smile at them then?
30.    What other people think of you is none of your business.- Why should I anyway?
31.    Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch. - Yes, I want to do this!

Life
: 

32.    Do the right thing! - But there are times that I want to learn....  
33.    Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful. - Oh YES!!!
34.    GOD heals everything. - With faith and trust... HE surely does.
35.    However good or bad a situation is, it will change... - Again... be optimistic!
36.    No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up. - Yeah.. but my body is so difficult to command to!
37.    The best is yet to come.. - and be happy for it!
38.    When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it. - Every day is a gift from GOD, that's why it is called the PRESENT!
39.    Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy. - YES SIR!

Last but not the least
:
 
40.    Please Forward this to everyone you care about, I just did.    (VERY OPTIONAL) - But I'll share it!!!

SPECIMEN NO.002

There are times that we tend to regret.
Thinking that we should have done this or we shouldn't have done this.

I really liked this jacket. Priced at 280 but I still didn't buy it. It was still too high for me. It's already UKAY!

Now, I regret not buying it. waaaaah!!!


cherry brought the shirt that she was wearing...
wish i did toooooo!!!!!

Sleep Deprivation

I really need SLEEP now... I miss it so much!!!

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Artsy Heartsy

Yey! I finally finished my first art for the year!
Thanks to Thina, I regained my passion for arts.
Here's my Station Walldecor for haha.. ME!!!

THE LOOK!

 2 SIDES OF ME... (obviously!!!)
 Shows how much I CAN GET SO ADDICTED TO COMPUTER GAMES!!!
And my love for HAPPINESS and CHILDHOOD!

I hope I can continue this. I'll be making commissions for my team mates. Hopefully, I can finish all of them before I leave the company.. WAAAH!!!

LIST :
1. LEAH - Butterfly 
2. VENICE - Mystery Girl 
3. SHEM - PEACE
4. MAXINE
5.  NIKKI
6. EMK - BARCODE

Friends, please pray that I will have lesser classes so that I can do your requests!