new discoveries

i am still awed by the new things i learn about people everyday. iba nga siguro kung una mong nakilala ang mga tao sa trabaho kasi yun lang ang alam mo tungkol sa kanila. kasama mo sa project. magaling sa trabaho. then you get amazed when they show you another side of their personality.

sample na lang si aaron. i've known him to be really good in his work and everyone knows that he's an expert in his module. but try to listen to him sing. ay, ang galing! seriously, i am a fan. si jim din! nagulat ako nung sumama siya sa amin mag-videoke. he really can belt out tunes! melai can dance. as in really dance. kahit na sa practice at sa bowling games ko lang siya nakikita magsayaw, obvious naman. carmel, may katapat ka na dito sa manila. :) pat is gifted in drawing. nakakatuwa yung cartoons na ginawa niya for our newsletter! pong is a good guitarist. pwede ngang performer ang batang ito kasi kayang kumanta, sumayaw at tumugtog. saan ka pa? raffy has the gift of wit and he really can make you laugh. pwede talagang pang-stand up comedy. wag kang makikipagsabayan sa hiritan dito kasi matatalo ka. oj can compete with the contestants in america's next top model pagdating sa projection sa camera. pwedeng mag-artista!

and to think these are just a small part of my team in the office. and everyday, i see people show something new and something good and i am just blown away.

ugh!

i hate it when people cancel at the last minute. i even cited this as my pet peeve. siguro kasalanan ko din dahil pina-plano ko ang takbo ng buhay ko sa iba. so when they change plans, i am left hanging. no worries, i'll try to make sure this is the last time this rattles me. next time, i'll make sure that i think of myself first.

pacquiao wannabe

i recently took up boxing. yesterday, to be exact. this is due to the prodding of aj, who had this weird notion that she was fat. so since we're on the same sphere (south of manila), she invited me to go boxing at elorde in southmall. i thought, i'll give it a chance. it's something i haven't done and i guess i can try it once. so off we went yesterday and signed up.

aljo and karla have told me that it was difficult but i guess i had to try it out for myself. edison is my trainer, unfortunately for him. we were asked to run six rounds around a small track and i was out of breath after two rounds. i have no idea how i was able to finish six. sabi pa ni edison, "akala ko, nag-shopping na kayo." that's how long it took me. he then taught me some combos, had some rounds with the speedball (which was so difficult!) and with the punching bag. i was even pathetic doing the jump rope. talk about out of shape! one thing is for sure, i don't have a future being a boxer. i can't believe that they are doing this as a regular training routine. well, this times a hundred, probably. imagine what manny pacquiao has to go through for his fight. ugh!

even though we did some stretching before and after the session, i was still sore all over. my shoulders and arms hurt the most. edison told me that it's expected and i should go back for another session if it hurts. so that's what i did today. i went back, even with sore limbs. i did not do better on the running but i think i did better on the routines and the speedball. or maybe that's just me. my body is still hurting and i'd probably ask myself tomorrow why i followed what my trainer told me. but then, it's good exercise. maybe this will get me into shape. or not. but for now, i'm still enjoying it. let's see in a couple of months if i'll still be singing the same tune.

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!!!!

now and forever

my friends are getting married.

after rish-vin and reno-minerva last december, andrew-tintin got married last may. next month, it will be jo and robert who will be tying the knot in baguio. come december, myn and lloyd will be getting married as well (this is probably the most awaited wedding in our college barkada). frances, a childhood friend will also be getting married before the year ends. martha and bert, another pair that was formed in our previous company will (finally) be tying the knot early next year. manong glenn will be getting married next february and midori, frances' sister (and another childhood friend) will be wed to her long-time boyfriend by may.

wow. this is after having a year of my college friends getting married almost all in the same year.

rose asked me once if i was jealous of my friends getting married. the truth is, i'm not. i am just truly and genuinely happy for them. they've finally found the one person they have decided to spend their life with and that in itself is a celebration. i wish their love for each other will only grow as time passes by. i hope that one day, when we're old and have our grandkids, i'll still see them holding hands, whispering sweet words or teasing each other. i wish that they'll realize their dreams together and live long, happy and blissful lives.

an early congratulations and best wishes to all of you! much love from now until the years to come.