I seldom get the chance to talk to my friends and keep them up-to-date with what's going on with my life...
well, this is it. My online journal. Yah, another personal blog,just exactly what the world needs now. Let's be realistic, it's cheaper than overseas calls. Less tiring than novel-like emails.
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Our skycable connection is back!!! :-) I immediately opened the TV when I got home, after surfing the channels, I just turned the TV off.. :( I wasn't able to find any interesting show last night. It's fine.. tomorrow is AI night. :-) Have to be home by 11:30pm tomorrow...
We had an implementation yesterday, (which was successful by the way) and I got home around 5am this morning. When I reached our door, I realized that I forgot my keys… so I had to call my mom on her cellphone to open the door for me. I was sooo tired so I dozed off to sleep after freshening up and changing into my pajamas. I can't even remember if I was able to finish the song I played on my iPod after lying on my bed.. I was that sleepy.
I then felt someone pounding me with a pillow, it was my 1-yr old nephew. My mom brought him to my room and they are both forcing me to wake up – It’s just 11am :( It’s hard to be in a bad mood if you see a little kid trying to hard to wake you up, right? (my dad had a different style, when I was a kid, used to make me up by pinching my nose until I get irritated and open my eyes haha.)
So why were they trying to wake me up? My mom and 2 aunts will go out today for shopping, and they want me to join them. I am still sleepy and I was not planning to go out today, not even in the mood for shopping. My plan was that I will just sleep for the entire day, but my mom convinced me that If I sleep the entire day, I may have a hard time sleeping at night (since I’ll most probably end up oversleeping).. ok ok.. I bargained for another hour, I just want to stay in my room and listen to some music.
After a few hours, we were already in the mall… and the shopping started. It's just the normal shopping.. they were checking out shoes and clothes. So what did I buy? cute little t-shirts for my nephews and board shorts for my weekend getaway (haha board shorts - duh? as if I am going surfing)
Rudy, Amy, Nicole and Paul were the ones who got cut today. I was already expecting that Amy and Nicole will be the first one's to be out.. not sure about Rudy though. I wasn't able to watch him perform last Wednesday (I did watch AI - the 12:30am run in Starworld), but fell asleep in the couch while watching. :(
My favorite ones are Blake Lewis and Lakisha Jones. I wasn't expecting that Blake is good, but after hearing Somewhere Only we know... I was impressed. ;) It was my first time to hear that some (talk about being delayed..haha) and it was nice. I had to find an mp3 of that song, and again, I am sooo lucky... it's within reach.. Christian has it on his phone. Yipee.. I had it transferred to my phone as well.
Somewhere Only We Know by Keane
I walked across, an empty land I knew the pathway like the back of my hand. I felt the earth beneath my feet, Sat by the river and it made me complete. Oh, simple thing, where have you gone? I'm getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when, you're gonna let me in, I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin.
I came across a fallen tree, I felt the branches of it looking at me Is this the place we used to love? Is this the place that I've been dreaming of? Oh, simple thing, where have you gone? I'm getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you're gonna let me in, I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin... AND if you have a minute why don't we go, Talk about it somewhere only we know? This could be the end of everything. So why don't we go, somewhere only we know, Somewhere only we know.
Oh, simple thing, where have you gone? I'm getting old and I need something to rely on. So, tell me when you gonna let me in, I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. AND if you have a minute why don't we go, Talk about it somewhere only we know? This could be the end of everything. So why don't we go, so why don't we go, Hmmm yea,
This could be the end of everything. So why don't we go, somewhere only we know, Somewhere only we know? Somewhere only we know.
I got a text message from my mom this afternoon that we have lost our skycable connection. (Yes, I paid my bills!!) ;) My mom said that our neighbors also lost their cable connection, not just us hehe. It didn’t bother me too much when she first told me about… however, when I realized that it’s the 1st elimination night of American Idol, I immediately called SkyCable to check what happened or if there’s an ongoing maintenance in our area.
After waiting for more than 5 minutes on the phone, finally, an agent attended to my inquiry. He said that they are installing something in the cable lines and they are encrypting the connections. The sad part is that they would have to install an analog kit for each subscriber and that has to be scheduled. (WHAT?!?!) Imagine, they didn’t even notify us that they are going to install something.. and they installed it without even planning ahead of time when they are going to set-up that analog kit!! Grrr...
I wasn’t too excited to go home today, since I won’t be able to watch AI. When I got home, I immediately turned the tv on, hoping that there is a miracle… and there is one! We still do not have cable, BUT one of the local channels (ch 5) had American Idol. I am still lucky… the 11pm run has just started. :)
It was May 2001 when the company I work for sent me to St. Charles, Illinois for a 2-week training. I was sent there along with six other Filipinos for a Professional Development Client Engagement Readiness Training. There were a lot participants from other offices – approx 360 participants across the globe. I could still recall some of my classmates/teammates from my training - Kitty (from Canada), Gunther (Austria), Rebecca (California), Bernardo (Brazil), Saheed (Nigeria) and John (Oslo). Of all the friends that I have met, I feel so blessed that there is still at least one of my classmates then that I am still friends with. I have exchanged a couple of mails with Saheed after our training in 2001. He is a really nice friend, and despite the distance we were able to remain friends (somehow I also had a role in his wedding - I created the invitation for his wedding with Nike - A special wedding invitation created in the Philippines.)
Even if Saheed already resigned from the company where I work (just last year, Saheed and his family moved to Chicago) he never fails to remember or even send a short note to say "hi" -- just like today. :)
Ha! I found the friendster account of our "bestfriend" in the office. Actually, I was thinking of putting the things I liked (?) and didn't like about him when he was with us... but then I realized, it's not worth it. I'll put it the upward feedback :) Thinking of putting an entry -- "The Manager Part 2".. yah, maybe I can create one... maybe later.
My day started fine – did the usual stuff when I got to the office, logged into my laptop, logged into AIM, read my mails, got some coffee, put on my earphones and turned on my iPod. After countless days, I finally have something new to listen to in my iPod. My former teammate gave me a copy of the songs from Nina’s cd last night. I was excited to listen to her songs, but after a couple of songs, I felt sad. Most of her songs got to me…
Is it Over By Nina
Lately, you and I haven’t been talking Lately, you and I were not connecting For me, You seem so far away Distant and lost in a hay
Got me thinking of what I have been neglecting… I have put a lot of things aside, and somehow got me thinking about my priorities. For the past weeks, I have been preoccupied with a lot of things – work, work and work. Managing a lot of things, but for some reason I could not manage to put my lovelife back into my schedule. :-( Not good…
Woke up early today, I was already in LTO at 8am. By 9am, I am done with my written exam and in the taxi going to the office. The taxi driver seemed to be a nice guy. He was quite talkative though, he started telling me stories of the traffic jam in Dangwa (famous area where flowers are sold). It was quite expected, given that it’s valentines day. Roses that used to cost 5 to 10 pesos each, now costs 30 to 50 per piece. He then told me the story about the flower vendor who rode in his taxi the previous night and how lucky he was – he was able to buy 6 roses for only 50 pesos. He gave the roses to his wife when he got home that night… an early valentines present. It was funny that how some women would actually wish that they receive flowers (ehem ehem), most married women would prefer that the money used to buy the flowers were put into practical use, like buying food for their family. He was quite right, I guess when you get into that stage of your life, you get to realize there’s more to life than just gifts or flowers. There are other more valuable things – time spent with loved ones, seeing them happy or just being in the moment.
He then told me the story of how he and his wife met. The challenges he had to endure because of the cultural differences. His wife came from a rich, Chinese family, while his was just an average family living in Tondo. He said that everything was all worth it and he had no regrets in terms of fighting for their love.. Sounds too cheesy? But he was right, they are still happily married after 19years.. and they have 2 wonderful and loving daughters. I felt like I already knew a lot about their family.. (what do you expect, there was a traffic jam.. so instead of just staring blankly in the cars outside, I decided to continue talking to the taxi driver.) He said that his wife gave up a lot of things for him, and this includes her costly-way of living. He said that he tried a lot of jobs, and at some point worked abroad for his family, but it just made things difficult for him. Living far from his love ones… He decided to come back to Manila and work as a taxi driver. It pays just enough for their day-to-day living. Just having enough is okay.. having a lot of money doesn’t make one happy and sometimes shortcomings test relationships or for most people, brings couples closer. Sometimes having extra money can even cause conflict, since one can have extra money to spend for their vices. But if you have none, couples would just stay at home or go places that are not expensive – because the important thing is who you’re with, not where you are. You can travel the world, stay in nice hotels, eat savory food, but if you’re not with the one you love – none of that will make you happy, no matter how hard you try to convince yourself. I learned a valuable from the taxi driver today…a very timely lesson. :-)
Valentines Date? Nope, didn't have one and it's fine. :-) We can make each day a valentines day.
I went to the Land Transportation Office in Tayuman today to apply for a non-professional driver’s license. I was hoping that it will only take me at most 30 minutes… that maybe I could just have my picture taken, and have my cousin take care of the payments and paper works. ;-)To my dismay, I still had to take a drug test… after which I had my picture taken. I was already waiting for my name to be called for the written exam, when I got informed that the next schedule will be at 1pm. What?! That means I’d have to wait for 2 hrs for the exam? No way, I have to get back to the office… I had to have my exam rescheduled…
It's just February, and it's already hot outside. (Yah, I know it is always hot here, but compared to the previous days when the wind is a bit cooler.. it's extra hot today... or maybe because I left home late today. :(
How I wish I am in the beach... just sitting in the sand or snorkling while trying to catch some fish. Or better yet have a massage in the beach... Days like these, how I wish I am just daydreaming in some place far far away...
Instead of daydreaming of the beach, I just decided to revisit some of my favorite summer outings... (with hopes that I can have a nice summer vacation this year).. Maybe I can take a week-off from work (wishful thinking?!)
