trabaho at sa labas ng trabaho

dapat nasa subic ako sa mga oras na ito with my officemates. kaya lang, sabi nga ni raffy, baka mamatay na kami kung tumuloy kami kaya di na lang. wala naman akong balak mamatay ngayon. sayang, kasi excited pa naman ako. una, kasi first time kong magsu-surf ever. pangalawa, unang out-of-town gimik ko ata ito with teammates. well, hindi counted ang mga company offsites, ha. pero natutuwa na kasi ako ngayon dahil kilala ko na mga teammates ko. dati kasi (i.e. less than a year ago), halos wala akong kilala sa kanila. yun lang ang mahirap kapag matagal kang nasa ibang bansa. pero miss ko na rin ang cincinnati. ibang kuwento naman yan altogether.

i miss having something to look forward to every saturday. dati kasi, lagi kaming may laro sa sportsfest. kung hindi man kami, pwedeng basketball, volleyball or badminton ang meron so papanoorin ko. masaya rin kasi kahit na taga-cheer ka lang. mas ok kung nananalo yung team nyo. pero kung hindi, ok lang din. enjoy pa rin namang manood.

sa totoo lang, masaya na sa office. andiyan ang g girls (di ko masabi dito kung ano talaga ang tawag kasi baka kung anong masabi ng ibang tao) --- beng, auds at aj. actually, sa kanila ko talaga nasasabi ang mga sama ng loob at hinanaing ko sa trabaho. although same kami ng kumpanya nina pogs at rose, meron akong experiences na sila beng, auds at aj lang siguro ang nakakaintindi kasi pinagdadaanan din nila. so iisa kami ng sentiments. although baka maging iba na ang sentiments ni auds soon. *wink* pakain ka ha!

andiyan din yung project team ko. although ang madalas lang namin napapag-usapan e trabaho at madalas lang kaming magkita dahil sa project meetings, natutuwa talaga ako sa kanila. wala akong masabi sa sipag at galing nila. feeling ko nga, mga anak ko sila. well, i-exception na lang natin sina mavie at jade although feeling ko mas matanda pa rin naman ako sa kanila. sabi ko nga, naging masaya ang first time kong mag-lead ng project dahil sa kanila.

andiyan din yung subteam ko. kung ang mga nasa project team ko e karamihan junior, karamihan naman e senior ang kasama ko sa subteam. so ang dami nilang perspective na nabibigay sa akin. maraming inputs parati sa team. di ko na sila kelangang tanungin. sila na mismo ang magvo-volunteer.

kasama ng iba pang mga tao sa office, sila basically ang dahilan kung bakit nag-e-enjoy akong pumasok. kahit na minsan e sobrang hectic at sobrang dami ng kelangang gawin, carry pa rin.

rainy days and wednesdays

this morning, my manager sent me a text message saying that we can work from home today if we will find it hard to go to the office as long as it does not affect our work. ummm.. i had no choice but to go to ortigas because i left my laptop in my trolley. so i forwarded her message to the rest of the team and went on my way.

the traffic was slow from sucat to bicutan and somewhere past that. by the time we got to nichols, the traffic was at a standstill! i left our house at 930 am and i was at nichols at 1230 pm! the bus driver was telling us that walking would be faster but i was apprehensive to walk from nichols to magallanes even though it was not raining at that point. by 1 pm, i decided to take his advise and got off the bus. yes po, naglakad po ako sa south luzon expressway. the other passengers seemed to know what they were doing so i just followed them. i walked from nichols to the fort bonifacio gate and took a jeep going to guadalupe. things were becoming better until we were about to disembark and then heavy rain fell. my shoes were soaked and my clothes were wet! it was really not my day.

i brought my laptop home today. i want to be sure to be able to work from home just in case this happens again. i am not about to do this twice in a row!

like and love

a friend told me indirectly that i have no taste. in my defense, i think that speaks well of me since it shows that i consider personality more than i do looks, right? it's not as if i don't take looks into consideration. i'm not going to be self-righteous and say all those hulabaloo --- that what is inside is more important than what is outside ekek. this may be true but let's face it, it's part of the reason why we're attracted to someone. di ko rin naman minsan nage-gets kung bakit niya crush yung mga gusto niya. siguro, di lang talaga kami pareho ng taste ng kaibigan ko. good thing na rin yun. at least hindi kami mag-aagawan ng crush. hahaha! :)

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i was asked to be the featured person in our company's newsletter. one of the question was, "do you remember your first love? (give details)". it made me think, who really do i consider as my first love? i've had huge crushes on people, so can i consider those? does it have to be reciprocated before you can call it love? when do you consider yourself in love?

i may have been in love twice. the first one, he may not have known. we were really close friends. he had a girlfriend then and although they were having problems then, i didn't want to be the one to break them up. i was even advising him on what to do to patch things up with his girlfriend. we parted ways after college and our lives just drifted apart eventually. i haven't heard from him for a while but i think he's happy.

the second time, he may have known. i think he did. but as the song goes, "life has a funny way of sneaking up on you when you think everything's ok and everything's going right". he went to another country and things eventually went downhill from there. it turned out for the best and he's now happily married.

i have yet to find that happy-ever-after love. not the fairy tale kind, because i know that things are not always smooth sailing. but you know what i mean. in the event that it does not happen, then i have to accept it. but for now, let me wish and hope that it will.

astig!

i've always been a jet li fan so i was really so excited when i saw the new san miguel commercial.



jet li is soooooo cool!

hay naku

ok, so i am liking someone. but i am not supposed to like him. bakit? basta. basta hindi pwede. pero sabi nga nila, you can't help who you like. or love ba yun? pero hindi pa naman siya love. and i don't think i am in any danger of doing that. well, not yet at least. pero i am scared that this might develop into a full-blown crush. e hindi nga pwede diba? before any of my friends who read this start speculating, let me say he's not married. parang yun ata ang hindi ko pa nagagawa... ang magka-crush sa may asawa. not that i am planning to. nakikita ko na ang sasabihin ni rish, "if the love fits, wear it, baby". that's just it. it's not fitting.

sabi nga ni chris daughtry, "be careful what you wish for, 'cause you just might get it all and then some you don't want". ayan tuloy.

we are the champions!

WE WON!!! WE WON!!!



the adsi green goblins are the champions in women's bowling! i am so proud of my team and so thankful to our coaches!!!

to the team, especially auds, aj, melai, carlyn, mommy jo --- ang galing natin! kath, lenny and jena, we wish you were with us!

to mac and x, thanks for all the advises and for helping us improve our game. next year, sana sama-sama tayo sa finals! woohooo!!!!

to beng and eric, salamat din sa mga advice at encouragement!

to jackie, next year, dapat kasali ka na rin! :)

to all the people who were there to support us --- ryan, mark, majel and paul, sol, sarah, eric, gino, pia, raffy, marvin, roy, marco, jill, kookie, beng and especially to jim --- maraming salamat sa panonood. touched kami!

it was an unforgettable event. sobrang saya! sana next year ulet! GO GOBLINS!!!!