Saturday, June 18, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
2011 Anihaff
Sinulog 2011 - I had a renewed interest in participating with the events during the festival. I joined the walk for Mary procession, watched the Sinulog sa Kabataan, attended the Sinulog Mass with my family (aunties) and watched the Sinulog Mardigra with friends. I finished Sinulog 2011 with a henna tattoo,a sumptuous dinner at one of the restaurants located at the Ayala Terraces and watched the fireworks display, and a very very tired feet! :D Viva!
Feb 2011. CDO, is my very first city in Mindanao. Attended the wedding of my friend Louwil Denopol and Shy. Then experienced the White Water Rafting (Advanced Level). Pasalubong: 2 weeks worth of sunburn!
Feb 2011. Returned to Manila for some EK and Manila Ocean Park fun with my SpEdmates and my sister. Me and my sister also toured Luneta, Intramuros, and the National Library. I showed her how to ride the MRT, visited some Malls. I think she doesnt like to live in Manila seeing all the chaos compared to the still manageable life in Cebu.
My second time in EK. It was fun! I got to ride again the roller coaster and it still feels the same, the thrill! We had so much fun we stayed until it closed and watched the fireworks display.
Sugar Beach, Bantayan Island. I've been here 4 times in 4 months! Yes that's right. February with Amabelle and Mae-an along with Steel and MJ. March with Opinionology peeps. April with NCR officemates and lastly but certainly not the least, May with Highschool friends. I never get tired of the white sands and swimming (even though I really dont know how to swim).
The rest of the summer were spent at the BEACH!
Moalboal beach and island hopping with Opinionology friends. Hadsan Beach resort with family for Auntie Georgette's birthday celebration. Cebu White Sands lunch buffet and swimming with Ex-Epson friends. Lilo-an beach outing with family for Mama's birthday. Fiesta with relatives. Finally, Costabella with NCR officemates and friends for our summer company outing!
To sum it up, that's 9 beaches bitch!
Aside from that, I got to join the 2nd Cebu City Marathon, 5k (January) and singing my heart out at RedBox Ayala Terraces (Mye2x's birthday). Liempo night (and sometimes alcohol|) with NCR friends.
Wahhh! This is a long list to make and that is just the first half of the year!
Is anxiously waiting for the other activities in-store for the rest of the year.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
People
People
There are a lot you will meet
But few will remain
Friends, foes, or in between
You'll love, loathe or be mean
Thanks for the memories
I will forever keep
In my heart, in my soul
In a place that is safe from the unseen
This is not goodbye yet
That's far, far away I bet
Im saying thank you, to you
Its nice to know
I'm not an island in an ocean
Monday, June 13, 2011
Sa Kadtong Elementary Pa Ko
Tig-dala ko sa yawi sa among room kay duol ra among balay sa eskwelahan. Mo-abot ko didto mga alas 6 sa buntag nya mangabli sa room. Nya sugod na dayun sa pagpanilhig. Ig abot sa akong mga klasmeyts kay manglingkod dayun na silas ilang desk. Nya ako ug ang akong usa ka kauban kay adto sa gawas manilhig sa dahong laya, mananom ug mayana ug golden doranta, ma-mubo sa tanom.
Di ko kibaw mobasa ug musuwat sa grade 1 ug grade 2 ko. Kibaw ra ko mu-ihap kay tigbaligya man ko taga recess sa among room. Ako man tigkuha sa basket gikan sa canteen nya ibaligya sa among room. Sige ko ka kuha ug "Very Helpful" sa akong card taga grading period. Nya "talkative" and bad points sa likod sa card.
Taga section K d ay ko sa una, nya ang uwahi nga section kay N. Dili tantong layo. Pero sa akong nahihumduman kay wala man ko nagbasol. Lingaw ra man ang katong akong nasinati. Ang sa ako lang sa una kay malingaw ko dagan-dagan ug ligid-ligid sa bundo sa eskwelahan ig human namong da-ub ug guna.
Maynalang gani kay pag grade 3 gihinay hinayan kog tudlo sa akong mga ig-agaw pagsuwat ug pagbasa. Unsa man sad ning mga ginikanan nato nga sigeg trabaho walay panahon para mo tutok sa edukasyon sa ilang anak. Basta nakahibaw ko mubasa ug musuwat, pinakatay pa jud!
Nya nag grade 4 ko. Naa toy reading comprehension exam pag 2nd grading. Gipabasa ko unya naay mga pangutana bahin sa gibasa ig human. Sa kalooy sa Ginoo nakatubag man sad. Ug didto naa na dayun koy partner nga akong tudlu-an ug basa. Maayo naman kuno ko mubasa. Ug sa grade 4 ko kay nahimo ko nga top sa among classroom. Top 1 sa section M. Last section kay section N. Proud kaayo akong mama ug papa ato kay naa akong ngan sa katolina Top 1 sa section M. Brayt kuno ko, brayt sa mga bugo. Bahala na basta brayt!
Pag Grade 6 na ko kay maayo kaayo akong titser sa science. Kay kahinumdum jud ko nga ganahan kaayo ko sa subject ato. Naa pa mi ato mag lumba-anay ug answer, pirmi jud ko ka daug ani. Nya maayo na kaayo ko mananum kay nindot na ang garden sa among classroom. Pero wa mo kay nka 93 ni sa NEAT doh! Section G pero brayt. whaahhaha :D
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Kung Naay Ganahan Manlibre
Salamat Sa Libre Master Harvey :D
Independence Day 2011
We were in full type A uniform. Cap, scarf (that itch like hell), yellow colored official tshirt, jacket, silver buckle, fatigue pants and metal-toed combat boots. Tucked in and stiff that makes viagra dependent dudes envy.
Walking at high noon for some 5k is horrendous, much more agonozing carrying those flags with it! I remember constantly being asked by my company if "kaya pa?" - I was and still is not that conan the barbarian type physique.
Gladly I survived, barely. After arriving at the school grounds and after the flags were placed, I went home and called sick for 3 days.
Today, another independence day celebration is underway and the only thing that it brings is hassle. Major thoroughfares are closed to traffic-all day! The parade already ended but the streets remain closed. Grrrr.
Celebrating independence day which is not a holiday off from work is of no significant value. Honestly. I salute those courageous people-heroes- who sacrificed their very lives just for our freedom. And now we are a free people.
But we are not really free.
Yes, we are free from foreign powers, but are we really free? Look around us, we are enslaved much worse than when we were under the sovereignty of other races. We are enslaved by corruption, ignorance, political cronyism We are slaves of our evil selves.
Im still happy with my freedom, but it can be more than this.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Unfinished Business (4). The End.
Her house is not so accessible from the road. It takes time to walk through a market, an unfinished flyover and a chapel. Then to my horror, dogs! Five of them! My instinct tells me to run. Run for dear life. But I was holding these books and she doesn't even bother. She shouldn't because its her dogs. Damn.
I was hoping I was hit by a truck or a train, which is impossible since there are no trains here. I was imagining telling my mother how badly it hurts - I didn't. I was imagining I was in the hospital to be treated like a dying person, to be cared. I was not.
Restless, sweaty and uneasy does not reflect too well on your face. I was there sitting on her house but can't even smile because of these dogs! Everytime they pass me by, my heart skipped a beat. Literally. She's polite enough not to laugh at my phobia, and offered a drink and bread. I hardly ate.
Then my horror. My achilles heel. I have something to tell. I began searching for modest words for feelings. A knock, and what began as promising was dashed straight to the bin. This tall, muscular schoolmate of ours was there. And he gently held her, and they hugged, and they hugged more. My heart skipped a beat. Maybe, figuratively. I just learned to have feelings and at the same time learned of anti-feelings.
...and suddenly there was I, in the middle of the road. Stunned. Can't move my feet to the direction of the sidewalk to not get hit. Then I blacked down.
Unfinished Business (3)
"So can we go out to lunch?" I said. It's like time frooze and I can sense every breath I take. All my other senses yielded to boost my hearing, waiting for the answer. It was one of the longest split second of my then very young life. "No, I'm going home..." The world came crashing. Hoping no one heard I ask her to have lunch with me.
The doctor said that I'm going to be fine in a few days of rest. No major organ was affected or damaged or whatever. I was lucky. But there is a pain no medical instrument can reveal. A pain in the heart. I wish there is an anti-emotion pill I can dose myself, to forget that I have feelings and that they are real.
But can you go home with me since we dont have classes in the afternoon? She said it. I didn't know how to react, my knees felt weak. Yes. I said, with a smile. Make that a big smile it might have been scary. As we were walking waiting for a jeep I carried her books, typical gestures of a boy with feelings.
What were you thinking? My mother blurted in composed anger. I'm sorry. Is all I can say. The pain is becoming real by each passing second. Not the pain from the needles on my wrist. But the aching beating of my heart. It devastated me. Scarred me for life. Bitch.
Unfinished Business (2)
Breakfast that day was good. I had eggs, and a few pieces of bread. That's the usual food during this time of the day. A hot choco is spreading its aroma and is making me hungry even more. After eating and brushing my teeth, changed to my school uniform and Im off to school.
First period was Math. I'm not a fanatic of Math, but doesn't hate it. But today is not about Math. Today my attention is only for that particular person. There "she" was, seated 2 chairs behind me. Today is the day, I said to myself, breathing deep breaths. Today is the day.
Finally, a hand touched my forehead. Is he Ok? Is he going to be allright? I heard. Didn't really recognized who that voice was. Is it my mother? My senses has still not returned and I'm left in a state of what I can best describe as vegetative.
The bell rang and it was lunch time. I stood up from where I was seated and started approaching her. I put a smile on my face, but I felt it was too awkward and funny I shut my mouth and looked down. I passed by her. Today is the day, I promised that to myself. Well it was just noontime, I still have around 6 hrs more. I comforted myself.
Time is tricky. Sometimes you are bored to death and it seems there is a lot in your hands and you waste it. Yet, quickly you pray that you be given an "extension" because you have still many unfinished business- your disagreement with your parents, your fight to a friend, your unspoken affection, the forgiveness you seek.
I passed by her. And I turned back having mustered some courage. "Can we go to lunch?" - sounding like I rehearsed this line my entire life.
Thursday, June 09, 2011
Unfinished Business
It was a headlight hanging above me, Im quite sure, swaying back and forth. I can sense it, cant see it nor hear the creeking sound of the swaying, I was lying on my back facing that light. My instinct tells me not to move, stay still. My eyes are still closed but the light overhead seeps through my closed eyelids, sending signals to my brain that I was in some place.
Earlier before the sun was up, I was excited. This is the day I will tell her. Tell her about the feelings I so kept hidden for months, maybe a year? I forgot counting the days because it is immaterial compared to the significance of this day. This is the day, so to speak.
So I went to my routine. Cleaned up, dressed up. An extra feel of happiness surrounds me. A halo of inspiration is invisibly hung above my head. I've taken my breakfast, drank my milk and off to school.
It was a good day, school went fast and I didn't even noticed the time. All that mattered is I will tell her, today, not tomorrow but today. So who is this "her" I am referring about? You'll know.
My body aches as I tried to move to my side. I call "mama" in a voice I could hardly mutter. No one answered. It was too silent. Or was I just deaf? I tried to forcefully open my eyes, and all I can see is a blur. Is this heaven? It couldn't be. Heaven they say is full of happiness, laughter and angels. I don't hear nor see angels. Definitely I am not in a happy state, I am in a state of pain though I feel so numb to know if I was in pain.
--to be continued--
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
the love that never was
can be tearfully joyful, yet blue
seek in me the truth, cause all youll see is you
but dont be fooled because that love was never you
yes it was a love that never was
maybe not as tender as our hearts
cause for all these years were through
i did never forget the feeling so true
and in time we'll find our destinies
forgive me and the time I've wasted
fate and faithfully praying
well see each whom we've fated
originally posted on: Thursday, May 28, 2009
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Birthdays Past
| My Shittiest Birthday | for everyone |
By saying "family" - I'm not limiting to my parents, my siblings - but also my aunts - everyone that surrounds me.
Im not looking for praise, not even attention. Im just looking for appreciation. A simple "thank you" should do.
And what do I get? I always fell short of everyone's expectations, Im not giving much. Im selfish. Im weird, Im this, should be this. We've done this, you should do this. Everyone is testing my patience, everyone is hurting, Im hurting... you happy?
To tell you the truth I am not living in luxury, Im living within my limit. I dont suffer so much money trouble because I know my expenses, I budget, Im earning, Im spending on things that I need.
I get sick and nobody cares for me but myself, I dont even know why your comments matter, maybe there is some truth behind those words, but can you give me some leeway, it's my damn birthday!
A simple thank you should do.
| 27 | for everyone |
The younger version of me would have never guessed what Im doing with my life or how I turned out to be. When I was in my teens and early twenties I always thought that I will be having a family of my own when I reach 25 (which many of my friends knew). But here I am 2 years after the 'deadline' still single, not committed and in the wild so to speak.
Im always finding ways to improve myself (maybe not physically...), I try not to be bounded in my comfort zone, I try to always think out of the box, do adventures and experience life, seeing new places and meeting new friends.And yet I always find myself thinking, am I a good son? The answer is maybe, it is a hard question to answer and can only be answered when Im dead, maybe in my eulogy.
As I have written a year ago, my saddest birthday, now that I'm 27 - no more celebration (the food, party stuff). Starting with this birthday I will go to church and thank the lord for giving me another year to grow, maybe treat myself a good lunch or dinner, reply to those who will greet me and that's it, I will call it a day. I have other things in mind - but it is exclusively void of any celebration with many people.
And yes, I am not that scared compared to way back then when I was 25 and I asked myself what will I be, right now Im pretty confident that I can be something of some use soon. I will not rush life, but take it a step at a time. As I am getting older (more mature?) I realize that life is a one pass cannot-be-rewound event, so I have to carefully live as what I'd like to live to minimize regrets.
I would like to grab this opportunity to thank those who remembered. :D
| The Birthday Blog 10202010 | for everyone |
So first things first, I've scrapped the how old (or young) I am from the title. Maybe its not about adding one to your years but adding a multitude of experiences to yourself which is important.
The next thing I realized is that this is the 3rd year that Im celebrating it with new officemates, 2 yrs ago it was with Ideyatech, last year with Playtech and now with NCR. Which is to say that I've been in 3 companies for the past 3 years! It's not like I'm job hopping, circumstances beyond my control is mainly the reason for such jumps. But I'm not complaining universe! I'm just stating a fact.
Aside from new work, studies are not progressing yet. Ive delayed to fulfill my masters in education because of financial matters. I may continue it next year if I have the chance, the time and the money.
Family is ok, though we are not anymore complete because my sister has left for Australia to get married and live there for good. But we welcomed a new member of our family, a new baby girl from my youngest sister. Aren't babies the cutest beings of all (and also smells good).
Even though I was laid off from work this year (my first ever) it's still a good year. I paid my insurance, bills, and most important of all gone to Bora! Yes the most popular island in the Philippines-checked!
Ahh,this fact just springs to mind, most of my batcmates in highschool and in college are either in a committed (and hopefully loving) relationship or married (or those states past marriage), or have babies. Im just totally happy for them for their courage to take on new roles and responsibility, kudos to them!
Celebration? I didn't treat my officemates because I am still shy and doesnt have that rapport to all of them save a few. At home, I asked my aunt to cook buttered chicken and sweet and sour pork for dinner. I also bought ice cream.
I also attended Epson's web team farewell party at Zao and met my previous bridge engineer to say my thanks in the years that I was working in Epson.
Well I guess that's it for now. Maybe next year the universe will cook up something good for me.
Enjoying my day, ahhh it's already night.
Accidental Poet
Throw me a dime
Words doesn't jumble
I just mumble
Want to write that can't be said
Saying to myself just get laid
Enough of imagining and start realizing
The beauty of the world, stop stargazing
Working hard, working late
Is this why you graduate?
Be your own boss,
carry your own cross
Looking at your friends now
They got married somehow
Look at yourself lonely
You ain't got nobody
Family's amazing, always entertaining
Kids running, grandmother is fuming
Shouting to keep the kids at bay
When nothing keeps them to stay
Staring at the computer screen
Writing the words that you've seen
Liking the effects of each line
As they make a beautiful rhyme
Monday, June 06, 2011
The Sign
Perfect in every sway
No, nothing is comparable
There's just nothing worth mentionable
You, girl that my eyes are set
Look at me this boy that's beset
You shine and live life as red
Im blue as the ocean have no clue
We are opposites, a north and a south
A head and a tail of the same penny
Maybe looking at the same sky
But standing on the opposite side
So that's the truth
I lay it out
Don't you hear this cry
Silent but you can see it in my eyes
Not showing as tears or frown
But a smile on my face year round
To Share
But it is not true that being on the wrong side of things you are freer. No, I dont believe that rubbish. For being free there is a huge responsibility. It is not always about yourself! The earth does not revolve to satisfy your every need. Sometimes you yourself needs to satisfy those of others.
Yourself is not anymore yours. You share it, but how can you share it when you don't care for it? Would you consume an expired good? Not unless you want to have an upset stomach. In service to others, yourself should be top class, potable, beneficial and not the other way around.
Touching other people's lives - positively, what a long way for me to be.
Sunday, June 05, 2011
Anticipating
And yet when time comes
It comes unexpectedly
Im afraid of what's going to happen next.
Many say Im going to fall for you
People who know me says so
And they saw me fell in love from ago
Will they be prophets to predict us too?
In a few months, make it two
It's me who will breathe the same air
Tangibly feel you from the inside
Will it be paradise-like when Im finally within you?
Will the two us dance like a pair
Or lose affection, that mysterious attraction
Will it be the start of forever
Or the beginning of an ending?
Will I come back for more?
Or leave and never come back
Will I leave my heart?
Or leave a memory that sucks
Questions I ask now
Time will answer soon
Let me take that plane
Is Singapore on my lane?
Thursday, June 02, 2011
Bible Story
Reflecting on this particular story, maybe is the source of the saying "Obey first before you complain". Obeying is sometimes a tough choice when you know that obeying will hurt you. Or simply it is hard to obey when you can't see the benefit of it on you. But as shown by Abraham, he obeyed God and take note that it is his son to be sacrificed! It is safe to assume that if I was in the position of Abraham I would have chosen a different path, thank God I was not him.
Why am I talking about obedience right now? Because recently I've been a blabbering stick of disobedience. From accessing the internet on company time, to not taking myself to the doctor for checkup, to not listening to my parents, to not listening to my friends, to not listening to myself. I've been disobedient and I'm not proud of that.
I hope there is redemption for me, because I'm trying, very hard to follow rules and not break them or if I need to break them have the paperworks to prove them.
And maybe this is just the virus talking.
Ours Was A Good Story
Our situation just slide to disband
Cursing and yelling we did not do
Just an indifference of me towards you
Now that we have been apart
Not missing you is not a good start to tell you now
Cause that will only add the hurt I inflicted on you somehow
I do believe that someday, true friendship will bloom our way
A friendship that is not based on tragic love
Of lust, experiment and young years love
Until that day will come
We have to wait and experience other persons
In our lives and sometimes out
Because we should not lose hope in the promise of love
Year after year we get nearer to the finale
Anticipation builds and we prepare our sorries
Cause at the end, believing ours was a good story
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
That
Maybe
You made me tell my story
A geniune me is in your hands
You tell me your stories
Your fights and your worries
A genuine you, a person that's true
However, times changed
Truths becomes lies
Sadly lies becomes good enough truth
To ease the pain
Of being open, and being seen
Stories we tell
Are now half truths, half baked in an oven
The fire still burns but it does not burn the same
How did we come to this when we started
As true as the sun and wind?
Going back maybe
I confessed
I told my story
I'm genuine in your hands
But
You were just MAYBE.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Book
The dictionary only provides the definition
But its not the meaning my heart is bound.
In our last kiss our bodies were together
Yet we know that time passes and we were sure
This moment lasts nowhere near forever
In my mind, I keeep imagining that there must be someone else
Whom have gotten the sweet love that we once have
For there is a rule that nothing is lost in this universe
On my journey to my next princes, or my maiden in distress
I'm hoping a great fire of desire
To quench this aching and blistering heart and soul of mine
But most of all, aside from burning passion and ecstasy of love
The desire to have someone, always, Im looking at that book
Buried deep inside my heart that tells the story of who I am
Friday, May 20, 2011
Real
I remember when I was very young, my parents tell me not to get married early (or get someone else pregnant). I can safely say that they have succeeded in teaching me to enjoy life being single and unattached.
Have I been to a relationship? Absolutely. Many quotes says that it is important to love, be loved and experience love and of course warns of its evil twin, hurt. Have I stumbled? Yes!
Does this makes me jaded of sort about love? Maybe. In my observation from the people around me, close friends, relatives, not so close friends - even those of showbiz, it is hard to keep a relationship.
So what's the point of being in a relationship? Someone you can share something about? Someone to touch or hold your hand in the cold? I guess most of those things apply and more.
Being single doesn't mean Im alone though. I wasn't looking but then as fate would reveal, there she is staring back, not at me but through me.
No words escaped my mouth as she can read my mind. She holds my hand and it feels like Im holding eternity. The feel of her warmth on my skin is heaven on earth. She is perfect, and I found perfectness.
There is only one problem.
She is not real.
--Untitled--
Your friendship is a thing I want back. That's the truth, nothing less and nothing more. No agenda, no conspiracy.
It may be hard and I may fail but this time it doesnt matter if I win or lose as long as I tried. I'm getting tired of me being your 3rd letter of the alphabet in reverse, and I assume that you too feel the same.
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Dreamful Day
Anyways, back to the dream.
I was walking towards the airport entrance. Then suddenly out of nowhere, I see a lightning strike, and heard a booming sound. I was scared. Then I saw this dark swirling clouds and it became very dark. My id or a picture of me was swept away by the wind. I decided not to go with my flight and instead go home.
I was hopping from stone to stone because the roads are flooded.
Somehow I reached home. When I was there, Clyde wanted to borrow my ipod because he wants to play with it - in an arcade game with someone else's ipod. I said no. An unrecignized lady asked me to install some software on her ipad. I realized that her ipad version is 6, while my ipod version is 9.
Then I was with Juvy, she said she is coming by May and would see us on the 15th because she only has a few days to stay and very busy.
-and with most dreams it ended.
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Friendster. Diary/Scrapbook/Social Networking. 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Broke 2.0
Sweldo came in just now and I dutifully paid my 2 credit cards, and telephone bill. What's left is a number divided by 15 and the result? 300 pesos per day. What happened to the days I can incessantly go to the malls and watch movies, splurge on techy devices, eat anything I want. Now. Gone.
I miss those days I can just go anywhere else without worrying if I'm breaking my budget. I don't even worry about money - before! Now, I even caution myself not to go the malls because it is very easy to spend when you are surrounded by beautiful and yummy things. Sigh.
A part time job that is not so stressful and not so tasking is all I need to correct this budget deficit I am currently encountering. But what part time job will make me at least 3000 a month? I can go for online work but I'm not quite sure what type of services I can offer, like web programming or anything.
Maybe on the next sweldo I can breathe a little more than this month because finally I already paid my 20k PC purchase last February. I hope so, or I'll be dammed.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Broke
My current job pays decent. I just got a raise but Im not feeling the effect because I opted to have 10% of my earnings go automatically to a fund. I cant get out of it yet or I can resign and get my money -but that's a decision I will not make soon.
How about finding another part time job? This always comes to mind, but I dont know, I dont have the energy to pursue finding one. Im not thrilled to do web developing too- I just want to sleep and travel and be out under the sun.
The travels, I agree I had many and its just half of the year! But to make it clear, those travels are comparably cheap than the travels I've had in the past. They are all within Cebu province and one Bohol-but even that Bohol trip is budget friendly so to speak.
Gadgets. Let me think, the last one that broke my wallet is my 20k desktop PC. But it's worth it because I'm using it as my work PC at home, which currently is just my downloading station and social networking pc.
I totally hate being in this state of money-less. Its sad to note that money literally is a figure of speech and that you only see it but not feel it.
Money money money in a poor man's world - is indeed a treasure and by treasure I mean rare.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Uninspired
Times have changed, when I was a kid, I remember being told not to get out of the house because the "hudeyos" will come and get kids. There is also caution on being wounded because it will not heal. Binignit is cooked after hearing the 7 last words of Jesus. And most of all no more bathing after 3pm on Good Friday.
Stores were closed and there is little to no programming on tv and radios - or if there were only those of religious nature.
Now? Some stations offer reruns of their soap operas and or movies that doesnt really fit "religious". The entertainment variety show arm of the networks are in day off because most of their actors and actresses are lounging in the beach or outside the country for their much needed beauty vacations. Binignit is still cooked though and most malls offer half-day to no work on some days.
For the common household like ours, the internet is at its peak of use. With all the members of the family at home, bandwidth is at an all time high. There is only an occassional lull moment but it is a far cry from the nothing-todo era of the bygone decades.
Like Christmas, I've lost the feeling of the Lenten season- it just become another holiday that gives us a couple of extra days away from work. I would like to do some religious activity but my cousins are not "game" and it is tiring to just go to a religious place alone without transportation.
I wonder what it might have been years ago in the time of my grandparents where tv and the internet is virtually non existent. How would they spend the days, those very hot summer days?
It is a question some can answer because they still have their grandparents to ask, but for me it would be forever a question.
Friday, April 15, 2011
2 Million Madness
I know, crazy right?
Well for me it is. From the very first time I heard the ruckus, I kind of felt shaken and not a good kind of shake. Outright let me say, management is just being lazy with this gimmick!
What would I do if I win this prize? Technically I'm not yet part of the 1st draw this June due to the rule that states "at least one year of service". Anyways, if in the succeeding draws I will win, it would be goodbye company N. Yes, no hesitation, I would take it as a sign from above that its time to move on.
Why such negative feedback to this?
Many. For one the company has 4 million worth of money they can't even sponsor pity (as they say) allowances like a rice, grocery, project allowances that employees can readily consume. Yes the intended purpose of the amount is for the lucky winner can jumpstart owning a house and lot or car.
Yes (count the number of Yeses on this entry, it may reach 2 million, wahahah) they say that salaries are now competitive based on performance and that these pity allowances are now part of the "re-aligned" pay. Im not really sold. But that's beside the point, 4 million a year (divided by approx 500 employees) can do so much to uplift the spirits of a lowly software engineer.
This is just my opinion. Im not protesting because management has already explained the purpose of this "loyalty" program.
As I said I think they're just being lazy. Period.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Chat Room
It's guilt free, I was doing these pseudo-documentation for my upcoming development, and honestly it doesn't in itself interest me to just sit down and read them and edit them and reread them. Im not that kind of person. Im not a reader, Im a talker. But it's not the case that I ignore them, I do finish them and ask guidance from my manager who by the way is halfway around the world, which means if I send email the reply would be 12 hrs later which translates to "tomorrow".
Also it's guilt free because I am ftp-uploading this gargantuous VM Image file which takes forever.
Reasons. I have many. But the chatter lately is because the topic is so close to the heart, talk about life (love, family, s*x), work, aspirations and dreams. Not to mention occasional topic of places I would like to visit one day.
I know I am paid to work. And it isn't like Im not working, I am.
But Im just slacking a bit and then back to serious work when all these frustrations (not job related) are shared and my mind is clear.
Friday, April 08, 2011
A Note on Death
Somewhere someone celebrates life! A birth of a new baby, a chance of second life, a cure of a disease, a food on their plates. But somewhere someone also grieve for a dear one's life lost.
Death does not follow a pre determined state, and almost always catches us by surprise! It doesnt always follow a predictable path.
I've known a few that bit the dust too soon and unexpectedly. There's my cousin who was shot dead. My uncle who unexpectedly died on his sleep. My other uncle who succumbed to an unknown illness.
That is why I remember a few years back, I promised myself to live life to the most extent that I possibly can. To live by not just breathing but making each breathing moment count.
To live without regret, to always learn and never stop learning. To touch other's lives. To explore the world and not just see it but live it.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Fairytale
A frog you must kiss
I may not turn out to the the handsome prince
But let me promise you this, you will be
My one and only princess
I may not have a horse
Or carry a sword
That will protect you from the witch
But let me promise you this, I will be
The one to kiss you when you fall into a deep sleep
Out of the billion
You are my only maiden
That can fill this shoe
You left when we danced
When we danced in the rain
I may not come from a ship
That makes you wish you have feet
My love is as big as the ocean
Let me give up my breath
To be with you beneath
Long hair, red hood, skin white as snow
Doesn't really matter
For they are just skin deep that time can erase
A horse or a noble steed
I have not
Even chariots, or cars I can't even rent
But let me promise you this, we can travel
Together holding hands as long as we have each other
How May Times Will It Take?
Uncertain
When my thoughts are peg
On you?
How can I move on
When my inspiration is
Still you?
Can't I run
Away from your shadow
For maybe just awhile
Without losing breath?
Can't I live a day
Without you in my thoughts
That hours seems to stand still
Where every second pierces my health?
Is it really you?
Or am I just imaging an us
Maybe the reality is
You, me but not we
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Conspicuous Theory
Like many things unused (examples: appendix, body hairs, wisdom teeth), it is either shrunk, or totally erased in the next iteration of homo sapiens species.
Sometimes I wonder if people use a fare share of the brain power that's been alloted by nature in which they can tap into. Aha! There are times they don't because they let some blood pumping organ do the thinking that's supposed to be done by the neuron-rich member.
Common sense is after all not that common they should be renamed as uncommon sense for those people.
I'm just disappointed because I for one is guilty of not using the common sense that I've been blabbering about. Sometimes I just like to ask and ask unintelligently. It's a part of my charms. But not all the time. Not always. Not in a life-and-death situation. Not in a defining moment of your life or your career. Not in time of making friendships and building teamwork. There are limits. Boundaries. Line.
To end, choose wisely. Don't get carried away by that sudden rise of emotion that shows physically either as a rosy cheek or a tear. You have other faculties you need to take into account rather than that raw feeling that most if not all the time you will regret. Don't be stupid, or more aptly don't be stupid MOST of the time.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Wish That I Can Honestly Say "I Love You Too
Because if that happens all the searching will finally end.
Because when that time comes forever will not be enough.
If I am just being stubborn right now, I wish it would go away.
If I am just blind right now, I wish I will see the light.
If I am just lost, I wish I find the way.
Because if in the future I am destined to be with you and you are gone forever and will never be mine, the universe should be ready for my wrath.
I honestly pray that you will find the one. Right now its not me. If in the future it "may" be me and you are with someone else, read above.
If you are hurt by me, I am more hurt because what kind of person would like to inflict hurt to others? Unless they are enemies, but we are NOT enemies, though right now we are neither friends.
It pains me to know I'm the cause of your pain.
That shouldn't be.
If that's the case then we should probably stop trying to be friends again.
Treat me as your foe.
Hate me.
No! I take that "hate me" phrase back.
You should not hate me because you will still care.
Just altogether ignore and don't care my existence, my presence, me being here.
Let me be extinct in your world.
I am an optimist.
Time heals all wounds and recovers the wounded.
Everything has its time and I deeply pray to my God that one day you will truly forgive me.
And that one day I will forgive myself.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
March Madness
What I'm referring to is the calamity that has happened recently in Japan. That 9.0 magnitude earthquake followed by the tsunami that leveled many towns and that nuclear reactor melting down is sort of maddening. Is the world ending. I don't like to think so.
I wanted to live. Live like until I'm 80 or so. Live to see what the world becomes in 2060's. Are there still computers like we have today or will they be in a new "form"? What would be the killer "app" by then? Will there be a first step on Mars? Things like this makes me want to live longer.
Right now, it seems that the world has many incidents of earthquakes, tsunamis, glacial melting, volcanoes erupting - but according to one online article I read, thats not true. The earth just had "average" occurrences of those events, the problem is that many people are living on these zones that's why the increase in damage. Also that we are now so connected that what happens to an individual who has a twitter account will quickly update their twitter accounts and let know the world.
We should take care of our environment, it's ailing and it needs our help. We should be responsible for each other and that we may pass this Earth to our future generation in a "livable" state.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Manila, Manila, I keep Coming Back To Manila
The song is in my head! And yes I’m coming back to Manila albeit only for a very short vacation starting this Friday until Sunday! Wohooo!
I planned this trip with my sister last year but had to cancel because the holiday was cancelled by our ever dearest new president Abnoy (oopss, Noynoy I mean).
Aside from my sister I am also with my SpEd classmates but they will be going there earlier than me, we will just meet there when I’m there.
It’s been almost a year since I was in Manila. The last time was last June when I went to Bora and had an extra day to stay. I miss living in Manila, I’m not like everybody else that loathes it. I actually love the place, but not as much as I love my own Cebu City.
Itinerary includes: Ocean Park and EK. Although I’ve been there I’m still thrilled to go there again. I’m sure I’m going to ride the MRT (I miss the MRT) and go to the malls.
Even though it is just a short stay, it’s enough to quench my Manila thirst.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Stuck in a Moment
It’s been a month since I am on this state, “limbo”-like, though I’ve never been to limbo, but I guess limbo is like this. You await for something, knowing that you are waiting for something yet you must do something before that something you await comes… – confusing? My point exactly!
I thought that finally I can stay put on someplace – this place – yet I’m already thinking otherwise.
It’s just some feeling though, I’m not finalizing it yet, and if there’s anything I’ve learned from the past is to NOT be compulsive about my actions and decisions. I promise to myself that I will study and learn as much as I can and weigh the pros and cons of the situation before I make any decisions.
For now I guess I’m just tired of the “beach” outing last weekend that I’m just so low in energy.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
The 3am Blog
To what beach? Bantayan island. The last time I was there was like ages ago back in 2005. As I remembered it, it was a beautiful white sandy beach.
I don't know how to swim, but I like to just be on the shoreline watching the waves, the beauty of nature including those that walks. I like to be on the beach because it pauses time away from the razzle dazzle of city life.
I've been standing here and being bitten by mosquitos bit by bit waiting for my ride, where are you newfound acquintance?
So excited already, my camera's gonna love the love!









