Hahaha!

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

MORAL :

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.

2. Free your mind from worries - Most never happens.

3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.

4. Give more.

5. Expect less from people but more from God.

I miss you Paulo!

Books by Paulo Coelho:

The Manifest of Krig-há

Theater For Education

Hell Archives

Practical Manual of Vampirism

The Pilgrimage - haven't started

The Alchemist - first booked i've read

Brida

The Greatest Gift

The Valkyries - unfinished

Maktu

By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept - done!

The Fifth Mountain - haven't started

Love Letters from a Prophet

The Manual of the Warrior of Light - done!

Veronika Decides to Die - done!

Essential Words

The Devil and Miss Prym - haven't started

Fathers, Sons and Grandsons

Eleven Minutes - done!

And on the Seventh Day

The Genie and the Roses

Journeys

The Zahir - haven't started

Revived Paths

Like the Flowing River

The Witch of Portobello - unfinished

Life: Selected Quotations

The Winner Stands Alone

The Aleph - i want!!! :)

i want!!!

Weekend

Saturday, after shift, hubby and I went to Megamall. We had to wait for the mall to open. Hihihi! Lunch was at Bigby's (nothing extra ordinary!) and after that we visited my favorite nail salon. Tips 'N Toes wherein we had our mani and pedi. It was hubby's first time to experience a footspa! Hahaha! Then, he surprised me with a new cellphone! Samsung Galaxy Mini. I looovveeee it!!! Thank you so much! Mwah! Mwah! Mwah! We got home around 5pm so tired... :)

Sunday, is lunch with the in-laws. Hubby's uncle was not able to attend our wedding because they were still in Bicol at that time. Upon arriving from the province they came over to visit us. We cooked Menudo, Pansit and Sinabawang Maya-maya (which they loved!) Success! Mama was so happy to see them.

Another great weekend!

Sunday Date Night

Espresso Cream with extra chocolate coated beans (while waiting for the movie to start).

Before Ever After (almost done!), a movie date and

late dinner with a bucket of KFC!

Thank you hubby for a wonderful weekend... Love you! ♥

Sunday

Finally got to watch Babae Sa Septic Tank. This is our first movie together. Hahaha! I didn't know movies are 190.00 each! Yay! Too expensive na! But love it! It's been a long time. I think it will be a new habit for us. ♥

After, did some grocery shopping and had dinner at BBB. It was good. It was like Good Burger but I love their bun better. Liked the way that they grill their buns a little to make it crispy and their Fries (skin on) was heavenly!

Not too big and not too small. Price is reasonable. Just right! Will be back for more.

Thank God!!!

Got an email today.

Our leaves were approved!

Yaaahooooooo!!!

I can't wait!!!

Pangasinan/Baguio with some of our officemates in September!

Excited!!!! :)

Oh please! Pretty please!

Yet another get-away coming soon...

Please!

Pretty please with icing on top!

Please!

Approve our leaves!

I'll be a good girl! Pwamis! :)

...

Had another productive weekend.

Was able to go out Saturday night even if it was raining. Went to Metrowalk and had a one-on-one with hubby at Kudos. Got a little bit drunk and ate at Yoohoo after. I missed their chicken and barbeque. Yummy talaga! :)

Got home around 2am.

Sunday, bathe the dogs and went shopping with mudrabells. She did the shopping and I window shopped. Hehehe! Had a nice snack at The French Baker. Love love love the soup in the bowl!!!

Got home and slept early. And now I am awake...

Another work week! Hay!!!!

Hopefully a litte less stress cause it Skip Week! Yahoooo!!! ♥

Happy Weekend!

Tuesday the angels arrived from their one-month-vacation. Couldn't be better to start my week.

I have more time now to go online. Hubby is sleeping and I can't sleep :(

What to do this weekend... Hmmm...

We were supposed to be going with Esther to Tuguegarao but our leave was not approved. Hay...

Oh well... Sana naman sa birthday ko makalayas na... Hehehe!

Happy weekend! ♥ ♥ ♥

Before Ever After Virtual Tour by Samantha Sotto

Before Ever After by Samantha Sotto - Official Book Trailer

I can't wait! ♥ ♥ ♥

Good news in so many ways...

Yes it was!

When we learned that not all of us will be sent to Bacolod, in a way it was disappointing but when I thought about it, I will miss a lot of things here at home and I know it was for the better that I stayed behind.

I love the account that I am in right now. I'm getting used to it so much just like Collection plus the fact that I am now a Floor Walker kinda makes the job more easier - but the stress level is still the same! Hahaha!

TL Red tried his best to keep the same team. Imagine for almost two years now, I still have the same TL since I started working there and though a lot from the original team have resigned and have been assigned to a different team, every now and then, for some of us, we still meet up and have our occasional breakfast. Iba talaga ang Team Rude! Este Team Red!

Now, there are only the five of us come Monday. Ron will be back from her maternity leave and that makes me so excited! Will have my kachica buddy back in action! Unfortunately we will be TL-less for about a month, though TL Red knows that we could behave and stand independently and what's wonderful is that he assured us that although he will be supporting Coastal for now, he will still go back to Michigan with us! Yahooo!

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Our vacation leave was not approved. We were too late when we submitted our request. Oh well... maybe next time. I wanted that vacation pa naman. Hay...

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Another good news though, the angels will be back this week! Yes! Excited with all the dried fish I requested and not to forget the home made bagoong!

Hubby and I don't need to go home as soon as shift ends or wake up a little early so that we could take care of our dogs. I will miss their kakulitan and Edward's lambing. Speaking of Edward, he was really behave yesterday when I trimmed his hair. It was so easy! Even the hairs under his paws. Before, it was really a battle between us whenever I try to groom him but yesterday he was really behave. Hhmmm.. I wonder why.

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Weekend's over. Another work week ahead. Hay! 4 x 11 Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Friday and this is until end of August when another shift bid starts. Good news is that I know I'm in good standing ( a better chance of getting a good schedule) but the downside is, there is a possibility that all of us will be reshuffled. Hay! AYAW KO!!! AYAW KO!!!!!!

I remember what Jhem said about having a 4x11 sched, magastos daw. It is true! 3 days off? what are we supposed to do??? Aside from eating outside and trying different restaurants or dining at the same resto over and over until we have tried all the food they have, body massages, home visit from our favorite manikurista, malling, dvd marathons, cooking our favorite food, going out in the wee hours of the morning trying to find a good place to eat or simple drinking one on one.. LAHAT MAGASTOS!!! Pano na ang mga plano! Walang ipon sa gastos! Hahaha!!!!

But all that I will miss if I was sent to Bacolod. Kaya dito nalang me sa Manila. :p

???

Though no final words yet, I'm both scared and excited.

It looks like I'll be gone either for 3 weeks (minimum) or 2 months (max) by end of July or first week of August.

Scared, that if ever it pushes thru it is the longest time I'll be away from home. Huhuhu! I'll miss my hubby. Our dogs. Our angels. Our bed. Our room. Our house.

But! Of course I'm also excited that I was chosen to be sent and everything are all expense paid by the office! Yay!!!

Details soon! :) :) :)

Sunday

Just got home from church. Feels good that Love was able to persuade me to go to church every Sunday now. Hehehe... I know i've been a bad girl! Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!

Anyways, will be cooking ginataang alimango later or alimasag... Whatever! Will try this without Love's help. Hhmm... Can't wait.

Happy Sunday!!!

...

And so this is what married life is... Just feels so right. Nothing more nothing less.

I'm happy.

And he's getting used to my katopakan. Hahaha! ♥ ♥ ♥

Our Special Day

Quezon City Hall

we are man and wife by michelle featherstone

4.29.2011

Woot!

Sabi ko na nga ba... The inevitable already happened. No matter what I do to veer from it, NO WAY OUT NA.

Just because our TL suddenly became an STL. Hay..

Last Friday, I don't know what to tag it, good or bad news ba? My TL and I had a heart-to-heart talk. I was in the verge of being terminated due to my absences - to think it's only April! Really, I was no mood to go to work na. I wanted to stay at home lang. I was ready to submit my resignation letter. Love was ok with the idea that I stay at home. But God had other plans pala for me. After pioneering 3 LOBs TL said I deserve this. It's my time to shine and even offered a bargain if I want to have an extra leave after the wedding so that I could rest. On which I replied ok na, kahit wala nang rest rest after the wedding. Hehehe!!!

After almost two years of working as an agent, I have now an extra responsibility as a Floor Support or POC. I dreaded that extra job. I hate calls that turns into sup calls (as much as possible deescalate!) and I hate the idea of receiving the sup call. Hay! Because TL is now a STL he is required to only have 8 agents and all must be POC. And luckly I'm one of the chosen one to join the rest of the POC's that we already have in our team. Dagdag stress! Dagdag responsibilidad! = NGARAG!!! Sad nga lang we have to say goodbye to 4 other teammates who are not POC's.

Monday, started as a good shift for me. Wave 3 of MI Billing are at their ABAY, we're not queuing anymore - THANK GOD!!! and the schedule I got is the best! Wala masyadong sup calls. Hehehe! I'm getting used to it na. I'm happy. 3hrs off phone everyday is not bad. At least I get to rest.

TL, said it is an elite team. I'm glad I'm part of it. We'll see what the future holds. Hopefully it is a start of something big... Next... ATL??? hahaha!!! I'll cross the bridge when I get there. ♥ ♥ ♥

THIS IS US - keisha cole

Cakes & Flowers

Yey!

Off to Taytay later to visit a good old friend. Happy to bond with a newly married couple. Love will cook his very spicy adobo as our potlock. Can't wait! Inuman na!!! Hahaha!!! ♥

Rings

♥ Happy 1st Anniversary ♥

i love you!

♥ ♥ ♥

Dinner

Onion Rings, Double Pepperoni (medium) and Puttanesca

This is one restaurant that I've heard a lot of good review but only had a chance to try just now. The onion ring was good, I love the sauce. Pizza was just perfect and the pasta was tasty. Although love didn't like the pasta. Price was right. For the food we ordered, it was good for 3 to 4 people! Hahaha!!!

Weekend Window Shopping

♥ Peach Mango Love ♥
from my favorite coffee shop

Last Sunday, went to Cubao to window shop for our wedding ring. Had a good recommendation from a good friend who recently got married. We're still undecided though. I don't want to spend so much in our rings but I don't know. Love is eager to have it his way. He's gonna buy daw our rings. Hay!

Before going home, of course have to have that drink from Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf! Loving the new Peach Ice Blended.

Chicken Mami House 1958

Crispy Pancit Canton (with the bread P168.00) , Pork Siomai (P20 per pc. it's siksik and very big!),
Fried Bread, Red Gulaman (P68.00 a bit expensive) and Lumpiang Shanghai with Fried Rice (P68.00)

This was our second time to try out this new restaurant beside our office. I forgot to take pictures of what we ordered. It was really good. My Love liked the chicken mami and I liked their big siomai. We had their set meal for two which was two siopao - your choice if asado or I forgot the other one! Hehehe! But also good coz the bread was really siksik and the palaman is not your usual siopao, very yummy! And two chicken mami.

Last night before work I had some craving for their food. Posting this makes me want to go back again! Whaaa!!!

Check List

• Birth Certificate

His/Hers - CHECK!

• CENOMAR

His/Hers - CHECK!

• Baptismal Certificate

His/Hers - CHECK!

• Barangay Certificate

His/Hers - CHECK!

• Cedula

His/Hers - CHECK!

We got all the papers we needed now! Yeepeey!!! ♥ ♥ ♥

Sunday Treat

Soooooo effing hot!!! but yummy! I love Sundays...
I learn a lot of recipes from Love. Next - Bicol express!

Food

Carinderia Buffet in V. Luna

Hay...

38 days to go. So much to do. Whaaaaa!

Kopiroti

From top: Hot Choco, Soft Boiled Eggs, "Roti" French Toast,
Kopi bun, Siawmai (really good!) and Home made "Roti" Kaya Toast


One of our stress buster! Breakfast after shift at Kopiroti, Katipunan.
Although it so close to where I live, this was my first time to try out this place.
Yummy food! Will definitely go back for more!
Love it! ♥

Forgiving is not forgetting. It is moving on!

To forgive is to realize the importance of establishing a good relationship with yourself more than holding on to resentment you have towards others. It is not an act of benevolence given to those who have wronged you. It is a clear statement by your lucid heart to the world that no one but you has control over your emotions. ~ Dodinsky, The Garden of Thoughts

Human papillomavirus

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a member of the papillomavirus family of viruses that is capable of infecting humans. Like all papillomavirus, HPVs establish productive infections only in the stratified epithelium of the skin or mucous membranes. While the majority of the nearly 200 known types of HPV cause no symptoms in most people, some types can cause warts (verrucae), while others can - in a minority of cases - lead to cancers of the cervix, vulva, vagina, and anus in women or cancers of the anus and penis in men.

More than 30 to 40 types of HPV are typically transmitted through sexual contact and infect the anogenital region. Some sexually transmitted HPV types may cause genital warts. Persistent infection with "high-risk" HPV types-different from the ones that cause skin warts-may progress to precancerous lesions and invasive cancer. HPV infection is a cause of nearly all cases of cervical cancer; however, most infections with these types do not cause disease.

All HPV infections involve the transmission from one infected individual to another through direct skin to skin contact. This may occur through skin to skin transmission through the epidermis via direct contact of a plantar wart virus with broken skin, sexually during intercourse, or orally during sexual activity or kissing. (source)

Last March 9 had my first HPV vaccine through our company's insurance. Much cheaper compared to what my Gynecologist quoted me. Took that chance. Why not! And it hurt so much! I had it during my lunch break and after a few hours I felt I was going through menopause. It was crazy! I felt cold and the next minute I felt I'm having a fever plus I had a splitting headache. When I got home, had a shower and took paracetamol and slept like a baby. Till now only my left arm hurts.

If you could, get the vaccine. Get the protection you need.

It's better than none. ♥

Hhhmm...

♥ ♥ ♥ April 28 or 29 ♥ ♥ ♥

Jay & Tet's Wedding

Mt. Carmel Church, Q.C.
3.5.2011

life...

A WISE elder woman once said …There comes a time in life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh, forget the bad, and focus on the good. So, love the people who treat you right & pray for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down...is a part of LIFE, getting back up is LIVING!

Sunday Treat

Adobong Manok = YUMMY!

Closer To You : Ann Colville

I can't find a decent video of this song and even the lyrics.

Nonetheless, I love the song...

...

Hello weekend!

Another looong rest day for me! Yey! :)

Oscar Weekend

From these movies we watched over the weekend, I liked Inception and 127 Hours the most. The former, for all the special effects and twisted plot (it's so crazy) and of course - Leonardo Dicaprio (drool). The latter, the triumph of the human spirit. The instinct to survive. If I was him I would have died with that bolder and when he finally got off that bolder, man! I felt it too! Hehehe! And I looove James Franco! (a soooo talented actor).

Sunday Treat

Love's favorite - Menudo.

I love our rest day! I'm learning different recipes because of our love for food. It is my request that we try to cook Filipino dishes every Sunday (and so that our angels could rest also). He does all the cooking while I watch and be his assistant. I'm pretty challenge with Filipino dishes but other recipes from cook books I could easily make but too lazy to do... Hehehe!

I'm also loving that beginning Monday we will have the same schedule. Yes! No more waiting for me for three hours so that we could have breakfast every now and then after shift.

Plus I'm on leave tomorrow. Yey!

Ricky Martin - The Best Thing About Me Is You

I'm as happy as I can be
'Cause I’m allergic to tragedy
The doctor says something’s wrong with me
The smile on my face has no remedy

So baby, don’t say no
Come on and just say yes
You know it’s time to keep it simple
Let’s take a chance and hope for the best.

Life is short, so make it what you wanna
Make it good, don’t wait until manana
I think I’m cool cause your name’s on this heart shaped tattoo.
Now the best thing about me is YOU
Oooooh

(Joss Stone)
My crying days are now history (history)
I had a change of philosophy (philosophy)
I take each day as it comes to me
And I won’t take myself all that seriously

So Babe, don’t say no
Come on and just say yes
You know it’s time to keep it simple
Let’s take a chance and hope for the best

Life is short, so make it what you wanna
Make it good, don’t wait until mañana
I think I’m cool cause your name’s on this heart shaped tattoo.
Now best thing about me is you

It’s you (whoa oh)
Now the best thing, the best thing
It’s true. (whoa oh)

(Ricky Martin and Joss Stone)
Kick off your shoes, lay back, and take a load off
Give me your blues, let me love it away
Nothing to lose, so don’t act like such a grownup
Stay out all night in the moonlight with me

Don’t say no.
No, no. don’t say no.
Just say yes.
Come on and just say yes.
You know it’s time to keep it simple
Let’s take a chance and hope for the best

Life is short, so make it what you wanna
Make it good, don’t wait until mañana
I think I’m cool cause your name’s on this heart shaped tattoo.
Now the best thing about me is you

It’s you
Now the best thing, the best thing, the best thing
About me is you
Now the best thing about me is you.
The best thing about me is you.
The best thing about me is you.

Yey!

Weekend's here....!!!!

hApPy BiRtHdAy

a little surprise for Love after his work...

Love you...

Love, it's a special day
We should celebrate and appreciate
That you and me found something pretty neat
And I know some say this day is arbitrary

But it's a good excuse, put our love to use
Baby, I know what to do
Baby, I will love you
I'll love you, I'll love you

Love, I don't need those things
I don't need no ring
I don't need anything
But you with me
'Cause in your company
I feel happy, oh so happy and complete

And it's a good excuse, put our love to use
Baby, I know what to do
Baby, I will love you
I'll love you, I'll love you

Yeah, it's a good excuse, put our love to use
Baby, I know what to do
Baby, I will love you
I'll love you, I'll love you

So won't you be my honey bee?
Giving me kisses all the time
Be mine, be my Valentine

So won't you be my honey bee?
Giving me sweet kisses all the time
Be mine, be my Valentine

Ohhh, Oh woah, Be my Valentine

Happy Heart's Day

Celebrating our first Heart's Day together. A simple white wine (though I'm more of a red drinker). Hehehe! Love you! Mwah!

Sunday Treat

I asked Love what he would cook for our Sunday lunch. He said he wanted something with ginataan -again! Anything with coconut milk he can cook it (being a Bicolano). Ginataang Tulingan. Soooo delicious! For snack we cooked the Banana Fritters.

Another week starts tomorrow. Back to work after six days of paid leave. Hay! Lazy to go back but have too. Kalimutan ko na ata mag-english! Hahaha!!! "Thank you for calling - - - -. Ina speaking, how may I help you?" Whhhaaaa!!!! Ayoko pa pumasok! :)

Meanwhile, movie marathon...

FB

CitiVille, my own city! :)

Emergency/Vacation Leave since Tuesday gave me enough time to recover and do a lot of things on FB... Game that is. Last year I created a second account to be my real account and the first account became my gaming account; as I am so hooked with FarmVille, Mafia Wars, FrontierVille, Farm Town and most recently CityVille. I know, so childish! But it is so addictive! But now, I'm down to two games, FarmVille and CitiVille. Hehehe!!!

Boyce Avenue

Love & Edward

Love them both.

Love

Thank you so much Love for being there.

Thank you for being my strength when I needed it most.

Thank you for all the understanding, comfort and love.

I couldn't ask for more. You are truly wonderful.

Thank you for holding my hand while I sleep.

Love you so much.

I miss you already.

Tomorrow feels a century. Can't wait to be in your arms again...

Bad Luck

Pak shit! Kung minamalas ka nga naman oh! PAK SHIT TALAGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tsaka na kwento.... Hay!!!!!!

Love

"Sometimes the things you want the most don't happen and what you least expect happens. You meet thousands of people and none of them really touch you. And then you meet that ONE PERSON and your life is changed "- -Love and other Drugs.

Weekend

Went to Bacoor, Cavite to see our TL. It was nice seeing him again.

Then off to Tagaytay with the gang. It was fun and so tiring. Loving the cool weather! Of course had bulalo for lunch. Got to try Rowena's at last! Bought Buko Pie which was really good, not too sweet, just right! Chocolate and Blueberry Tart - YUMMY!!! and Sylvannas - i really love it when it is room temperature and it just melts in your mouth.

Sunday Treat: Love cooked sinigang na baboy. Sinfully yummy!!!
Look at that fat! My gad! Hypertension here I come! Hahaha!!!

A Miracle

A picture began circulating in November. It should be "The Picture of the Year,"... or perhaps, "Picture of the Decade." It won't be. In fact, unless you obtained a copy of the U.S. paper which published it, you probably would never have seen it.

The picture is that of a 21-week-old unborn baby named Samuel Alexander Armas, who is being operated on by surgeon named Joseph Bruner. The baby was diagnosed with spina bifida and would not survive if removed from his mother's womb. Little Samuel's mother, Julie Armas, is an obstetrics nurse in Atlanta. She knew of Dr. Bruner's remarkable surgical procedure. Practicing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, he performs these special operations while the baby is still in the womb.

During the procedure, the doctor removes the uterus via C-section and makes a small incision to operate on the baby. As Dr. Bruner completed the surgery on Samuel, the little guy reached his tiny, but fully developed hand through the incision and firmly grasped the surgeon's finger. Dr. Bruner was reported as saying that when his finger was grasped, it was the most emotional moment of his life, and that for an instant during the procedure he was just frozen, totally immobile.

The photograph captures this amazing event with perfect clarity. The editors titled the picture, "Hand of Hope." The text explaining the picture begins, "The tiny hand of 21-week-old fetus Samuel Alexander Armas emerges from the mother's uterus to grasp the finger of Dr. Joseph Bruner as if thanking the doctor for the gift of life."

Little Samuel's mother said they "wept for days" when they saw the picture. She said, "The photo reminds us pregnancy isn't about disability or an illness, it's about a little person" Samuel was born in perfect health, the operation 100% successful. Now see the actual picture, and it is awesome...incredible....and hey, pass it on! The world needs to see this one!

Sad News

I just received a text message from my supervisor today (who was on paternal leave since last week). His son, who was born January 27, died last Saturday night and the body was cremated thereafter. We still don't know the cause of death. But I knew, together with his wife, they did what they could to have a safe pregnancy. They never missed a doctor's appointment and this is their second child already - first boy supposedly.

My heartfelt condolences to the Yerro Family. I know this is not easy and things will get rough. Be strong. My prayer's with you.

For little Jaden Dominic, may you rest in peace. You are now an angel to seat beside our Lord. In your short time here on earth, you are loved by many.

Weekend

Spent the weekend at home loved the cool weather.

Was able to washed Mandy after 3 hours of pleading and bargaining.
Movie marathon since Saturday night.

And while Love cooked the Ginataang bilo-bilo for our Sunday treat,

the angels sung their heart out with their new found hobby - Magic Sing.

A new week awaits.

Yey!

Happy Sunday morning!!!

TGIF

Yey! Week's almost done. Last day tonight! Down to the last five days of abay... Hay! Almost there though... Have to past the last test and we are certified! Yahooo!!!

Last Monday was really ngarag day! Felt like giving up with all the hard calls we got. Almost cried in front of my monitor. Hahaha! But as the days go by, everything became clear and with all the support from our Trainer and our very nice TL (both from our North America offices) well, we are surviving and excelling beyond what they expected from us...

Got a good news today also. Finally Team Red is the top team for the 4th quarter and TL Red is the top Team Lead (who by the way is now a Senior Team Lead)... Way to go TEAM RED!!! Very proud of what our team have accomplished. We left Collections with a big bang! Now, trying to get our feet wet with Billing... Hopefully everything will fall into place and we all get what we want - to be successful for this new campaign and prove to our North America counter part that we can do it! Aja!

Sixteen months in a call center and I have pioneered three major campaigns! Hay! I'm still enjoying my stay and my work. New challenge to face yet again. Still proving ground. Waiting for the right time... :)

Weekend's here! QT with Love... Missed him so much! Can't wait to cook something for our Sunday Treat!

Late Post

Last January 6th as a celebration of our 9th month together (1.4.2011), we decided to try this restaurant in Tiendesitas - Bistro Mateo. Loved the clam chowder, tasted just right. Pasta Ysabel was good also but Love did not like it, he said it tasted bland (he likes his food salty kasi) and Pasta Stroganoff was "nakakaumay" because of too much oil. Nachos was plain and simple, which I surprisingly liked, not your typical pulutan na nachos. Love, ordered Calamansi with honey - it was forgettable! Hehehe! Will try another restaurant for the 10th monthsary! :)

Sunday Lunch

Lab cooked one of my favorite viand - Ginataang kalabaasa with shirmps! So yummy! While Ate Lita grilled some Bangus... Had lunch with the rest of the angels and Rey... After that, videokokak to the max! Hahaha! Off to the mall today... Shopping shopping shopping! :)

Thoughts

Last day of training! Final exam! Graduation! Weekend! Yey!

Finally! Our two-week training ends tonight. What have I learned? Rate Codes! Doc I.D.'s! Promos! And all the nitty gritty stuff about billing! Hopefully I will pass our final test. Huhuhu! Shame if I don't! Hahaha!!! :p

What I'm most excited about is our graduation breakfast with the whole MI30 gang and our trainer after our shift and of course spending weekend with Love...

What I'm NOT excited about is the start of our Abay this coming Monday! Whhaaa!!!!

HAPPY WEEKEND EVERYONE!!!

Love...

I miss you so terribly... I wish it's weekend already... :(

Random Craziness

*photos taken 11.16.2010

On Love

When we fall seriously in love...
we always wish that the feeling would mutually grow and stay forever...
but sometimes no matter how perfect a relationship may seem...
how many months or years you have been together...
"people just change and forget their promises of forever"...

Hay....

I'm having a separation anxiety! Hay! Kakatamad talagang pumasok!

Instant Scary Admirer

I don't even remember the last time I rode a jeep. I always take a cab wherever I go, for convenience and faster travel. Never did I thought that I will be bothered in riding one, until now.

I know a few people who does not want to ride a taxi alone, but my philosophy, "kung malas ka, malas ka" - with regards to holdappers and whatnot.

For more than a year now, I've been taking a cab in going to work and going home. The longest time it took me to travel from my house to Tiendesitas was 45minutes because of the holiday traffic and the shortest one was 10minutes. So, on average it will take me 12 to 15 minutes. Which I really love because I'm not stressed; I could leave the house 30 minutes before logging in and still have time to lit a cig. And going home is not a problem either. No traffic, no hassle, no stress.

Taxi drivers.... Well, kung malas ka, malas ka talaga. Hahaha!

Most of them are silent during the ride. A few will start telling stories (may it be their life or how they feel about the government) or engage me in a conversation because most of the time I look half asleep, disinterested, or I would just laugh or say nothing at all. I'm not very keen in conversing with them unless they are half asleep! Some of them would sing (this one I love, especially when I still have a Tues to Sat shift and I would go home Sunday morning and they have oldies but goodies playing in the background), some would ask personal questions like how old I was, or if I'm married already. Conversation will stop with the third question. Some would start to flirt with me and usually it will end me saying that I already have three kids and is happily married.

But, yesterday was a different story.

I left for work a little early because I was meeting Love at Tiendesitas, we wanted to have dinner before going to work. By the time I was hailing a cab, he was already there waiting for me.

So, just a typical taxi, typical taxi driver. Two minutes of travel, I could feel him looking at me from his rear-view mirror and when I caught his eyes, he smiled. I averted my eyes as if I didn't see anything.

Then the questions begun.

Taxi Driver: "mam ilang taon na po kayo"

Me: "30"

Taxi Driver: "mother nyo po ba yung kasama nyo maghintay?"

Me: "lola"

TD: "mam, may asawa na po ba kayo?"

Silence. Usually conversation stops here. I do my disinterested look and they usually stop asking question.

TD: "mam! ano mam, may asawa na po ba kayo?"

Me: "oo kuya!"

TD: "may anak na po ba kayo?"

Me: "magkakaron palang!"

TD: "mam, swerte ng asawa nyo...."

Me: "at bakit naman?"

TD: "kasi ang ganda-ganda nyo po eh"

Me: "ah okay salamat kuya"

Silence. I was not smiling throughout this conversation, I was looking at my watch and kept looking at the window. But, he was really persistent. And I notice that he was driving really slow and some cars were overtaking us. Hhhmm.... He was taking his time!

And I could still feel him looking at me. God! I was thinking of going down and hail another cab but then I was really running a little late. So I did my best to ignore him.

TD: "mam pano kung may magkagusto sa inyo, ok lang po ba?"

Silence.

TD: "mam ano ho? pano kung may magkagusto sa inyo? ok lang po ba?"

Silence.

TD: "mam..."

He turned to look at me while driving with his manyak grin. This is along Eastwood Libis already, as if waiting for my reply. I was scared we would hit something I quickly answered.

Me: "di na pwede kuya may asawa na ako, seloso un."

TD: "pwede naman nyang di malaman eh. mam, pwede po bang mahingi ang number nyo?"

Silence.

At this time I was feeling really really really scared. I was even thinking to jump off the cab. I was praying he would hurry up but he was even going slower by the minute. We were along Hinduja and approaching the intersection of C5 and Ortigas and he was driving 20miles per minute! God! I wanted to scream. My feet started to feel so cold and I was shaking. I wanted to call Love but I felt numb, I couldn't move. I was frozen.

TD: "mam number ko nalang po kunin nyo tapos text text tayo. ano mam? sige na mam. kunin nyo na."

He was really persistent and I was thinking if I won't get his number maybe he won't let me off his taxi, and I was paranoid that he will kidnap me or rape me! I was in the verge of crying.

Me: "ako nalang po kukuha ng number mo kuya."

I quickly wrote it down in a piece of tissue paper and almost missed my turn.

Me: "kuya kanan tayo dyan!"

Me: "kuya sa tabi nalang."

I quickly got my money and paid him, almost dropping the money cause I was in a hurry to go down. I didn't want our hands to touch.

He turned to me and said...

TD: "mam text mo ako ha tapos kita tayo ha."

Eeeeww!!!! Imagine him saying that with a sultry voice! He wanted to grab my hand but I quickly went down from the taxi, crossed the street from Transcom to Tiendesitas. But I could still feel his eyes on me and I could see him from my peripheral that he did not drove away but waited where I was going.

Finally I was able to see Love from the distance and I finally released the tears I was holding back. I was scared. I felt trapped. I felt the world grew very small inside that taxi, with that 20minute ride. I felt stupid that I did not handled the situation well. I felt I made him feel comfortable conversing with me, which is a big NO NO NO.


~to be continued~

Answered Prayer

Thank you so much Lord!
Can't wait for Jan. 10 to start!
So excited!

New Year

Hello 1.1.11!!!

Paulo Coelho

Never give up.

When your heart becomes tired,

just walk with your legs - but move on.

Thoughts

MI 30 or Soft-Disco MI???

Decisions... decisions... decisions...

What am I to do???

Thoughts

I don't know if I should feel flattered or scared. Flattered that I was hand-picked from so many agents or be scared because it is totally a new ball game - again.

I don't know... I'll think about it when January comes. For the meantime, enjoy what's left of 2010! :)

Paulo Coelho

Love perseveres. It’s people who change.

Thoughts

"Fate brings you together, but its still up to you to make it happen. We may meet someone by chance, but keeping that someone
is still a choice."


And I'm definitely keeping you. Love you...

For My Love...

The greatest thing in life is finding someone who knows all of your mistakes and weaknesses and still finds you completely amazing and will never walk away...

On Love

If we lose love, we lose it for a reason. The reason may be hard to understand, but know that God takes away when He has something better to give.

Gifts

Thank you for all the gifts Love...
Really really loooveee them all :) :) :)

Hhmmmm........

cno itey??? girlaloo o boylaloo? secret walang clue! HAHAHA!!!!

Laying All The Cards Down

What's the difference between loving someone and being in love with someone?

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I couldn't sleep for the past few days. It was like I was carrying something heavy and I was irritable.

Every little thing he does makes me angry or hate him.

I knew I had to tell him something about how I really felt deep inside. In truth it was me that I hated. It was not him. I was just projecting how I felt about myself. It was a constant battle inside me. I was mad. I was angry. I was frustrated.

Guilt.

Guilty for not feeling the same way he felt about me. For not giving the same way he is giving himself to me.

And I wanted to cry out every time I felt the pressure.

I asked him to come by at our house at 2 in the morning. I really felt the need to speak to him no matter what the time was. Whether he was sleeping or not, I felt I needed to see him. Good thing he couldn't sleep too.

I told him everything I needed to tell him without fear of rejection. I owe him that. The truth.

He felt a little bit hurt. But he said it doesn't make him love me any less. He said he is willing to wait.

Ever since then, I felt free. I feel no pressure.

At least now I don't have to pretend. I don't need to pressure myself and it felt liberating.

I feel I'm learning to fall IN love again.

Little by little.

I'm enjoying and appreciating all the things he shows and gives me. His little lambing and being open with our relationship. And I'm not pressured to do the same.

He said, "In your own time."

It felt good.

It feels good.

Thank you love... Thank you for everything...

Thank you for coming into my life.

Hahaha!

"The hypothalamus is one of the most important parts of the brain, involved in many kinds of motivation, among other functions. The hypothalamus controls the "Four F's": fighting, fleeing, feeding, and mating."
~Unknown psychology professor in neuropsychology course

Thoughts

"I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime."
- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Love...

Thank you for making the day special and for all the gifts. You really know how to spoil me. Love them all! Hihihi!!!

Had a very tiring day but everything was worth it. Mega kanta ako maski I don't like singing. Once I started you couldn't take the mic away, maski sintunado na. Hahaha!

Love you!!! Mwah! Mwah!

Later another celebration with my girlies. Miss them so much...

Whaaaa!!!

Can't wait for later... I'm so freaking excited! Finally, it's Friday.

Keeping my fingers cross for something hopefully nice later...

Hmmm... Just hoping he did got my subtle hints... *wink* *wink* *wink*

:) :) :)

Lemar - The Way Love Goes

The Way Love Goes by Lemar

i never thought that i would ever love again
i might be wrong cos i can feel it happening
a little scared but i am not petrified
i love forever, i promise to stay by your side
heart broken, my first and never spoken
i waited to hear and i gave it a year
so i stopped holding on and then you came along
and then you came along
i’m gonna, i’m i’m i’m gonna

i hold you, i love you the best that i can
until you understand that i need you
and i can’t dance alone cos the beat’s just too slow
that’s just the way love goes,
that’s just the way love goes (uh uh)

i used to think that i would never get to be
in love again cos that was the only one for me
and now i feel that you have come and saved me
this heart of mine awoken by your smile
heart broken, my first and never spoken
i waited to hear and i gave it a year
so i stopped holding on and then you came along
and then you came along
i’m gonna, i’m i’m i’m gonna

i hold you, i love you the best that i can
until you understand that i need you
and i can’t dance alone cos the beat’s just too slow
that’s just the way love goes,
that’s just the way love goes

i hold you, i love you the best that i can
until you understand that i need you
and i can’t dance alone cos the beat’s just too slow
that’s just the way love goes,
that’s just the way love goes

(gotta get strong, keep moving on)

someone’s coming to save me
someone’s coming to save me
save me, save me, save me

i hold you, i love you the best that i can
until you understand that i need you
and i can’t dance alone cos the beat’s just too slow
that’s just the way love goes,
that’s just the way love goes

i hold you, i love you the best that i can
until you understand that i need you
and i can’t dance alone cos the beat’s just too slow
that’s just the way love goes,
that’s just the way love goes

One More Chance

"Siguro kaya tayo iniiwanan ng mga mahal natin dahil may darating pang ibang mas magmamahal sa'tin - 'yung hindi tayo sasaktan at paasahin... 'yung magtatama ng lahat ng mali sa buhay natin." :)

Us

Soft-Disconnect 1st Anniversary
October 17, 2010
Elbow Room, Metrowalk

Excited!

Celebrating our First Anniversary!

Comcast Soft-Disconnect

Elbow Room, Metrowalk
October 17, 2010 8:00pm

Thoughts

I was checking my other FB account when my cousin started chatting with me.

The usually how are you. How's everybody blah blah blah...

And then out of the blue she asked me if I'm already married (as if they won't know if I was). Told her I was busy with work that marriage is out of the question. Then she said "YOU'RE OLD NA AH?" Thank you very much my dearest cousin. I started forgetting my age when I hit twenty-seven. I stopped counting. Sometimes when people ask how old i was I seemed stuck with that number. And mindfully say, twenty-seven!

I know! I'm turing 33 in about... exactly 11 days from now. But! what I know, I don't look my age! Hehehe! I fooled a lot of people from the office. They think I was in my mid-twenties. It feels good to be old and not look your age. Hahaha!!!

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Honestly, I really want to be married. I want a church wedding but sometimes I just want to elope and escape all the preparations and stuff. But I know, it is every girls dream to be married in a church. I'm not in a hurry. Not now. Not yet.

A friend of mine is getting married next year. I'm happy for her. So, in my barkada 6 are married and 4 remain single. Who will be next???

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One experience changed my perspective about marriage. I don't know why. Maybe the experience was too painful and at this point I'm just being careful and a little bit pessimistic. I can't help it! You were led to believe that it is the relationship that would lead to that and all of the sudden it was over. It broke my heart and changed my life.

No, I was not married before and got separated.

I was in a long-term relationship and it ended badly.

Why a change of heart with marriage when it was only a girlfriend-boyfriend relationship?

I don't know.

My five cents, no matter how much you love a person, it will never be enough. It will never be enough to secure the relationship. It will never be enough to bind you together. It will never be enough to make him happy. So what does a piece paper guarantee you? When separation and annulment is a piece of cake now a days.

I'm sorry. I'm being grumpy. I don't intend to burst any bubbles out there.

BOTTOM LINE, I believe, is that I'm so scared. So scared to give my all and be disappointed in the end. To be hurt again and to experience that kind of loneliness and sadness I thought I almost died.

I did died...

I lost a part of me that day and I never saw her again.

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Don't get me wrong. I love him. I do love him (that someone in my life right now). Although at times he would look at me and ask me why he's feeling that I'm not giving my all. That sometimes I'm so far and he couldn't get to me. One thread is not connecting no matter how much he tries to reach for me. In which I reply his imagination is running wild again. In truth, I'm scared to give him my all and fail in the end. Traumatize? Yes I was.

Sometimes, when I look at him, I see myself. The way he loves, the way he unselfishly give his all without question and the jealousy part! My goodness! Hands down! Hahaha! I'm scared for him sometimes, but one thing is for sure. I've been there and as much as possible I don't want him to feel how painful it was to lose someone you loved with all your heart and soul.

I know, it will take time for me to give my all but I know I'll get there. Sometimes it is just hard to pretend or rather be as happy or excited as he is whenever he talks about our future. He's doing all the planning and he is expecting that I'll be doing my part by next year. That I don't know. A part of me is excited to be getting married and living with him and a part of me is uncertain.

What I'm sure of, is that I want to be whole when we do decide to bind it. Not out of utang na loob, not out of kahihiyan or awa, not because I'm old. I did it because I believe and feel I'm IN LOVE with the person I'm going to spend my whole life with.

Right now, I'm not forcing anything. I just don't want to be rushed. And I just hope that he'll give me time and space sometimes.... :(

Hehehe!

Dahil sick leave ka, sick leave rin ako... :p

Differences

It is so hard to argue with someone who does not want to argue back. Who keeps calm when you are in the verge of losing it. Who keeps quiet when you're trying to make a point and would just nod and look at you as if you are a mad woman.

GAD! Why do you have to be quiet and calm, when all I want you to do is be mad as hell and shout back. But no, you have to be - - - you. Simply you. The one who is willing to take all the wrath and analyze things before you open your mouth.

I hate it.

It makes me hate myself more.

I know I was just trying to make you lose it. In the end it was me who suffered my own doing. Maybe you are just testing me or maybe someday you'll lose it too and be as crazy as me...

Maybe. Maybe not.

:(

Contemplating something really big.

I could almost hear my Nanay's payo, "when in doubt, don't."

What am I to do... Think. Think. Think.

:(