3rd & 4th of July

 

From a crazy seafood birthday party to body-aching badminton session to chicken-all-you-can dinner, this weekend really ought to come with overloading happy hormones!!! ;-D

 

The Seafood Party

Good for our barkada, nobody has allergies on sea foods. These are actually our favorite since our ITC days. This party is the celebration of our birthday. Mine was last 13th of May, Gabu and Ate Lanie were last 24th and 22nd of June, respectively. Our last get together prior to this was almost half year ago during our year-end party in 2009.

 

These cakes were gifts from Melay. I wish she was there.

 

I asked Sheh to host the games and she did not fail us! Sheh, two thumbs up from us! The games were awesome! Good job, Sheh! First was Pinoy Henyo. Galit nag alit si Ate Lanie kay Ate Rina kasi hindi nya mahulaan yung “Zambales” :-D

I had my turn and I played it very well! Naks! Hahaha

 

 Food were prepared by Ate Lanie, Ate Rina and Paul! Sa uulitin!

Ang laki na ng  mga inaanak ko... Pauline, Gabu and Adrielle

 

More than ten years of friendship... eto na kami ngayon! Hulaan nyo kung sino sino ang buntis... wahahaha

Tinay, Ate Rina, Ate Malou, Sheh, Ate Lanie and Antuah: Thank you for the friendship and all the support I needed. Thank you for always being ther for me through think and thin. I love you all!

Too bad, I was not able to attend Dave's party! T_T Late na kasi, At 6pm I was still in Cavite. I know naman wraptrac pips are soooooooo understanding, dba? Muah!

Kuya Joel's Birthday!

At lunch, we were able to celebrate Kuya Joel's 38th birthday after we went to church last Sunday. Ate Doll prepared her best Sinigang na Baka! Ang saraaap! And fresh tahong from the sea! Hehehehe. Kuya Joel, thanks for taking care of my sister and my nieces! God bless you!

3-Hour Badminton

Until now my back is still aching! I even have to move my legs very slow so it wont hurt anymore... Nasobrahan yata kahapon. I want to say thanks to Sheh for organizing and to Derek for coming even for a very short notice. Don’t worry, dadayo naman kami sa Raquetas next time!

Being sporty is one of my frustrations in life. I don’t look like one pero nangarap din ako minsan na maging isang magaling na swimmer! :D Wahahaha, anyway I am just happy that I was able to run almost 5 kilometers in one night and do badminton once in a while.

Next week, tara badminton tayo!

Chicken All-You-Can!

Natuloy din sa wakas! We thought this Max’s promo has ended last week but it turned out that it was extended for 2 more weeks! ;-D weeeee! All in all we had 6 quarters, mine is only two! We also ordered Desert Sampler and Unlimited Sago Gulaman, kaya siguro di kami nakarami ng chicken, tapos nag order pa ako ng rice! The fats we burned during our badminton have been offset right away with our dinner! ^_^v wala rin.

 

 

Every labas nung may dala ng Chicken, kumukuha kami... 
... Unlimited Chicken - Awesome!
Unlimited MAX'S Chicken - Ano baaaaaaa!

 

...Untill my next  kwento! Thanks for dropping by!

 

 

Celebrations!

Despite the busy schedule in our project team, we had our year end party last Friday, just an hour to have a good time and a small dinner party.

 

 

I got my gift as wished :D

 

 

Just a few more hours after the party was my sister's birthday and another anniversary. Special days are meant to be remembered and celebrated even just in a simple yet unforgettable way.

To this Special Day! Cheers! 

 

"The" Big Panda

I watched Kung Fu Panda last weekend and most of the lines and scenes totally made me laugh and inspired me in so many ways, though it was a very short movie—just about less than an hour and a half. I was the one laughing the most inside the cinema throughout the movie. I consider this movie as an animated film not just for kids but more so for adults, really for the whole family.

I am not going to summarize here the story (I suggest you watch it too!) but I am about to tell you what are the lessons I learned from “the” giant panda and the movie. I find them very meaningful and inspiring… and very timely.

 

The past and future pitfall hole

 

 “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.” – Oogway

 

I think it was Oogway’s way of delivering these lines that hit me. He is an old sea turtle which gives you a feeling that he is a guy with full of experiences in life. It is true that most of us are very attached to our successes and failures in the past that we fear the most to commit mistakes again today. We make ourselves trap in these fears and we forget that in order for us to be happy is to appreciate the “gift” that we have –- which is “today”…we just have to make the most out of it. Never trap yourself to be worried all the time. If you succeed, your worrying is wasted, but if you really fail, you only worried twice as much.

 

The mirror after triumph

 

“The secret is … there’s no secret, just YOU” – Mr. Ping

 

Another trap that we tend to get into is our search for victory or success. Like Po and Tai Lung, both dreamed of becoming the Dragon Warrior and getting the Dragon Scroll, but with different goals. Both achieved the Dragon Scroll and found out that it was just an empty mirror-like scroll that has nothing. The scroll is just reflection of the one looking on it.

Po saved the village and Tai Lung died with darkness in his heart.

 

If you look at the mirror after being successful, will you be happy with what do you see? Will you be satisfied with what you have attained? I think the most significant question is that will you be proud of what you have become?

 

When you achieve your goal and become successful out of dishonesty, a lot of cheating, causing pain and hurting others, or even taking for granted of the people that means a lot to you like your friends and loved ones… this will definitely never make you happy.

 

Never ever give up

“You just need to believe. You just need to believe.” - Oogway

Before the giant panda became the Dragon Warrior, no one ever believed that he will become one, except for Oogway. Oogway even told Shifu that “there are no accidents”. In life, ordinary become extraordinary because we don’t give up with our dreams -- but never exchange your value with your dreams. Po became the Dragon Warrior without losing a pound or changing his passion for food but became his advantage to win the battle.

To my readers, I hope I have shared with you some inspiring lessons in life that I have learned from this animated movie. Go watch it and have some good laughs. If you don’t want to pay for the overpriced movie tickets, you can ask my friend because she has a DVD copy. :D

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I also admire Oogway’s death scene. It was very simple as Oogway disappeared inside a thousand flying leaves of a peach tree. I wish death is just as simple as that.

By the way, I really love the kitty version of Tai Lung! Sooooo so so cute.

 

 

Exhale your Sadness

I believe my darkest days have ended. I see sunshine little by little everyday, and there is a lot more to see. I worry no more about my future but I have a lot of plans for my life… wonderful plans.

 

I can say that I have moved on already. Moving on from a sad experience is very hard process. It takes a bunch of courage, acceptance and forgiveness… courage to accept that no matter how you strive to achieve happiness in your life, something along the way will tell you that you cannot get it; your happiness might not be the happiness of the other. But then again I have to chose different direction even how hard it is.

 

Many times from the past that I told myself that I was already fine, but equal number of times I failed to prove it. The pain is still in my heart but time will heal all the wounds.

A Chat with The Bride

More weddings on the way…

 

This month is Flooney’s, then Henry’s and on March it’s Dave’s.

 

Flooney is very busy. She’s dealing out with her wedding preparations given just for three weeks! But I can see that she is very excited. :)

 

She asked me to be one of her bridesmaids and I said “Of Course!”.  It’ll be my fourth. First was on Sis Doll’s wedding, next was Batotoy’s then Lallie’s. And when is mine???? Hehehe. My groom is still looking for me.

 

Congratulations to all the brides! It’s your special day.

  

 

Flooney's Wedding

Start:	Jan 26, '08
Location:	Tagaytay City

Miciano~Ronquillo Nuptial

Five Years Ago

This month is the last one for year 2007. Few days from now, I have to welcome again another year in my life, another chance to spend my life in this world. I believe I am still lucky to be where I am right now. I am 27 years old but it feels like I haven’t achieved anything yet.

 

Have you ever wondered what your dreams years ago were? Those were the time when you were much younger, when you were still not very interested onto looking forward to what future might be… Well, I do. I just feel sorry for myself that I should have written what I dreamed of those times so I could know if I had achieved or reached what I have dreamed of.

 

Five years ago, I was 22 years old then, just graduated from college a year before. It was already my second year as being part of ITCat Center. That time, I wasn’t really sure if I was good in my field, which is programming, but definitely was never the worst (hmmm…maybe a little closer to worst: D). I got a lot of terrifically jolly friends and had my very first boyfriend. Life was too simple then. I could still remember that I only worry about was to own my very first cellphone. ^_^v But seriously, five years ahead is a very long chapter to worry about. But as far as I can remember, that time, I was already thinking about having a family at my age right now.

 

As years go by, my priorities became different. At one point in my life, I was obsessed with trying my luck abroad. I was dreaming of leaving the Philippines and permanently staying in another country… with my very own family. To have at least 5 kids was also one of my dreams because I grew up from a family with few siblings. Five years ago, these were my dreams but none of them I ever achieved.

 

Now, it is my time to dream about my future, five years from now.

 

The year will be 2012. My age is 32 by that time, cannot to be seen anymore in the calendar as they say…Am I still blogging in this site? :D I really want to have my own family by then, a contented family. I want to be  d-e-s-t-i-n-e-d  as a loving wife and nurturing mother to my kids. It really makes me smile every time I would visualize this in my mind. I believe that dreams do come true. It is just a matter of choosing the right direction.

 

"Five years from now, am i still breathing?…"

 

Simple Words (Part II)

It was already 8:30am when I woke up from last night’s exciting/with some “kilig” moments/semi-heartbreaking episode of my life. My eyes and my heart were restless again.

 

I went to church with Sis Doll and Cool Jo. So as to hide my very visible eye bugs (–due to some emotional anxiety attack last night), I was forced to put some eye liner and eye shadow this morning. To divert the focus to my ears, I wore big and very noticeable bangle earrings, hehehe. The Minister’s sermon was inspired by the upcoming year-end Thanks Giving Celebration this year that will be held next week. But then again, my mind was sailing in the deep sea of my thoughts from time to time. Well, my subject was none other than, Mr. V, along with the things that happened last night. As I promised to myself, I am writing about it.

 

Late last month, I started having this speculation that Mr. V was intentionally making me lose my trust to him. Or something that he wanted to prove that he really wants his freedom; that he could decide whatever he wanted without having to consider other people. Last Friday, I got an invitation from Mr. V to go out on Saturday. I said, “Ok”. Details were discussed that day, but none of it happened as planned (or should I say, as said) except for the movie watching.

 

Lesson learned:

-          never expect (no. 1)

-          live at present, not on the past nor future

-          live as if it is your last

-          practise spontaneous acts

 

After the movie, he took me home. I missed the scene, so much. Thanks to the traffic, we were able to spend some more time inside the car. Then we talked a little more at home. It was nice to feel that I was able to share again to someone my emotions, especially to him. I could consider o-u-r shared dreams in the past are like ruined drawings in a canvass. There is no more wonderful colors and images of happines. Everyday, another color turns to gray...

 

Everything that he's going through right now is his very own choice. This is not because he is a Sagittarian (although, Sagittarians are really emotional persons), but because he wants to start anew with h-i-s life.

 

I just want to support him and give him back the love and understanding he has given me through the years and it really doesn’t matter if that new chapter of his life means I might not be part of it. It just really hurts me to get all the rejections i am receiving now.

 

"He just taught me how to love and how to hold on….and now, how to say goodbye. "

 

Simple Words (Part I)

“If only those simple words were said….”

 

How can you hold on to someone when that person just gives you more than enough reasons not to? Is it a test of love? Or just hints that you can’t really be together forever? Is there such thing as forever anyway?

 

I just had an official date after almost one and a half months. My date and I had a wonderful dinner and a nice light-hearted movie.

 

While we were inside the car, my mind was just as busy as a bee thinking what to say, asking my self what to do next or how to react. He was talking to me but even simple words won’t come out from my frozen lips. Actually, I couldn’t stop myself not to get emotional again but things just made me feel sad because I am still living from the memories of the past and that past is special no more.

 

I’ll try hard to recall all those thoughts that were running from my mind. As far as I remembered, here are some :( subconscious thoughts were in Italics):

 

-          “Meeyeow, don’t cry!”

-          “No, I’m not crying….I hope you know how to make me stop.”

-           “I am crying because I am hurt every time you make me feel that in the end there are no us anymore.”

-          “I don’t need material things, I need you!”

-          “All good memories are still inside my heart, those are what keep me holding on.”

 

 

….It’s 12:00 midnight and I am so sleepy, I’ll post the rest of the story tomorrow…promise!

 

Angel and The Birthday Boy's Year-End Party

Start:	Dec 29, '07 12:00a
End:	Dec 29, '07 5:00p
Location:	Shadow's Mansion

The group haven't done this kind of party yet. Shadow will be hosting the party. Raedis in-charged in the games.

Special No More

What makes the month of December as special as everyone considers and makes out of it? Maybe it is the feeling of the cold breeze, the celebrations, being thankful that everyone is still standing despite the challenges in life for the past years and spending the season with the special people in our lives.

 

" Ooops, another anxiety attack! "

 

I won’t lie that this is my most hated season right now. The excitement is not enough for me to forget my loneliness. Why? because a lot of special moments before were as not as special this year… One of the things I learned in life is that I must live each day as if it is my last. I have never regretted this much emotionally in my life. Last year, I spent the December season in United Kingdom with BettyB’s family and friends. It was special because I made a lot of new friends; I was given opportunity to travel that far; and most specially, BettyB’s family made me feel really special to them. Sadly I was away from Tatay, Sis Doll’s Family and to Mr. V (not knowing that the preceding year was the last).

 

Two years ago, I organize a small party at New Year’s Eve. It was a very private family affair. With the money I solicited from Batotoy, my brother, and BettyB, I bought some raffle items. It was a wonderful party indeed. Then at 12:00mn, we prayed altogether to thank God for all the blessings.

 

I know the feeling of being special to someone that is why I know how it is not to be. No more small notes of ‘hi and good night’, even saying ‘I need you’ and ‘Can I see you?’…

 

I hope I can still push myself to be as happy as I was from my previous December seasons.

 

The Cat Is Starting To Fall Out

When I started blogging in this site two weeks ago, the way I spent my day has changed. I have been very excited to start my day and at the end of it, it feels good to reminisce everything (especially the good ones but there were still awful ones), like what I am doing right now.

 

Even though I woke up as early as 5:00 this morning, I was still late for my 8:00am target to arrive at the office. Instead, I came 8:45am. I found myself trapped watching ESPN show while eating my breakfast alone (Tatay was not feeling well due to his stomach pain from last night, I ask him not to prepare anything for me this morning and just have a rest). The show was an Australian Dog Competition and the dogs were all amazing. You could see them jump as long as 29 meters on the pool, racing on an intricately designed obstacle course, and a lot of running competition events. The dogs were so gorgeous and smart. It was so amazing that no dog was destructed by the people watching and cheering over them. One owner was crying while being interviewed by one of the hosts because of happiness and being so proud of his winning black Labrador. By the way, the competition was sponsored by Purina.

 

At the office, we had a free food for lunch, courtesy of Flooney. We only provided the rice, drinks and our own utensils. Flooney’s family celebrated their town fiesta yesterday and she brought Menudo, Pork Steak, and some sweets. Mr. Shadow, Jewel and Snowbell joined us over lunch at the east campus (they came all the way from west campus). We had some good laughs again while recalling some old funny experiences and good memories.

 

Earlier this afternoon was the schedule of the Lantern Parade made by the different offices of our company. Our office's lantern was made by used cables, cartons, and disks courtesy of the Technical Personnel headed by Henry Boy. Raed was also part of the working committee and they even rendered overtime last night just to have the unique lantern ready for the parade. It was a “belen” – a bahay kubo which depicts where the place Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus. The funny thing was that among the offices who joined the parade, our office was the only one who brought a UPS (uninterrupted power supply) in order for the lights decoration to be lighted while on the parade (with matching speakers playing the mp3 of “Jingle Bells”:D)

 

But here is the awful one, I got disappointed again with Mr. V because we were about to meet tonight but I just received a message from him while I was on my way to SM City that his violin class was cancelled so he won’t be going to SM City tonight. I don’t know, but as soon as I read the message, I felt really angry and disappointed. Not the usual reaction I gave when he started doing hurtful things to me. Am I starting to fall out? Am I already tired of just accepting everything without seeing any proof of his sincerity? Maybe I am just disappointed up until now while writing this blog entry. I am even seeing him online right now at Windows Live Messenger! Maybe I am disappointed to know that he doesn’t really want to see me anyway and upsets me even more knowing that I bought him that damn neck pillow last night! Before, I would just say to myself and accept that he just can’t do something that he promised because of some reasons. But he is just proving to me now that we are OVER and some good things NEVER really last.

 

I am eating French Baker Supreme Pizza for dinner because Tatay wasn't able to cook dinner for the two of us. So I ordered two slices and I am so full right now.

 

I am so excited what's going to happen tomorrow. It is December 5, 2007 - a day away from BettyB's birthday!

 

 

When I Say Sorry, It Means "It Was My Fault"

When it rains, it pours. I could not anymore count the broken relationships I am into right now. Family, friends, and some people I treasure most in my life. I wrote a letter to my sister who got hurt after our phone conversation last Thursday.

 

She’s a loving mother, a model sister, and a best friend to me. She is tough and always fighting what she thinks is right yet has a soft heart for her love ones. I couldn’t let her birthday pass (on December 06) that our misunderstandings not being discussed and resolved. That is why, I wrote her an email yesterday and it goes something like this.

 

 

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BettyB, Hello :)

 

I’m sorry about last time on the phone. I know how irritated you are to me until now; but trust me I don’t have any intentions or anything to disregard your feelings.

 

First and foremost, it was a huge misunderstanding between us about my actions towards you as being a part of my Bison application. I have no intensions of making you feel blamed or anything similar to it because it was never like that. I was so focused on that application that time. I really shouldn’t have felt that if ever I email you, you might think that I was pushing you to follow up my application. Where in fact I should have just said hello and told you what was going on to me and the rest of us down here. It was already been done and let me say sorry. I mean it. Sorry talaga.  I know saying sorry is not enough para mawala yung galit mo dahil matagal mawala yan.

 

You were the reason why I had that opportunity. You were the one who helped me to get there in the first place. Thanks to you and kuya, I was using all your resources in order for me to pass all the requirements. And until now, it is you who worked so hard in following it up. Forgive me for hurting your feelings and for all the things that I haven’t done which I was supposed to.

 

About us not telling you what’s going on between Mr.V and I, is our decision. We are just going through a process to repair things up in our relationship specially those things that were just doing routinely. It was like every week is just the same week as the last. So in order for us to change something, we had this arrangement that we won’t see each other but we still have our communication. As I’ve told you, I learned a lot of things through this and I also have patched things up with Tatay. I am doing things that I haven’t done to him while my center of attention is on Mr. V. I know my family will be one of those who will be first hurt with the idea of our separation but we both have our own equal doze of contribution with this. Please don’t get hurt and have false thinking that I was ignoring you, my family, in my life.

 

From now on, again, I’ll give you updates on what’s happening to us here in the Philippines. Thanks for understanding. Your anger may not subside on one shot but I am hoping you will lose it someday.

 

Give my regards to Bro Reg and KJ. Tell them not to get angry with Mr. V because he hasn’t done anything wrong to me.

 

 God bless you and let's all hope that things fall right into places. Thanks.

 

Meeyeow

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I haven’t received any reply yet, but I am still looking forward for our reconciliation.

 

My First Divisoria Adventure

As planned a week ago, Raed and I met yesterday early in the morning at SM Bacoor for our Divisoria Shopping + Adventure. As expected, I was late (…sorry Raed) because I slept at 12:30am that morning. I greeted Mr. V a happy birthday by calling him at exactly 12:00 midnight on my watch. Actually, I’ve already told him that I was going to call earlier yesterday while we were texting.

 

Too bad I forgot to get cash from my ATM last Friday, so before meeting Raed, I went to ATM area at SM, which made me very very late. While on my way to the ATM area, I saw her at SM Bacoor overpass looking straight at me (naka smile naman, wheww). Shocks, buking! I was thinking of telling her that I was jammed by long lines in the ATM while withdrawing some cash. But since she saw me, I can’t lie anymore because I was the only one withdrawing. :D

 

Then we took the San agustin bus going to Lawton and that was the start of my first trip to Divisoria.

 

Uhuh, I have never been there since I was a child. My officemates were so amazed that I haven’t gone there yet until yesterday. Then from Lawton, we took a jeep going to Divisoria. Few more minutes we’re there and at 8:00 am, a lot of people were already there. I guess because it was the start of early Christmas shopping (since it was the first day of December). And I think most of the employees already got their 13^th month pay like I do. ^_^

 

As soon as I saw some cute bags (goodbye for now Guess/Girbaud) on the sidewalk, my shopping instincts became alive! But as quickly as I walk closer to the booth, Raed told me not to be so hot to shop since I might see more interesting designs inside. And so I obey her because Raed is a lot more experienced than me :D. We went first inside Divisoria Mall where Raed bought lights and décor for her Christmas tree. After browsing some more shops (I still can’t decide what to buy), we went to 168 Mall where the place is nicer. The first thing that I bought for myself was a skinny jeans for only P250 pesos: D I was not so sure about the quality of the jeans but I found it cute and it fitted to me well. Then my loads became heavier and heavier :D ; blouse here and there, pants, shorts, slacks, etc. Then I checked my cellphone, I received a message from my sister, Sis Doll. Her text was something like this: “ Bili k ng pang gupit sa damo, my mura lang dyan sa divi. Ingat lng sa mandurukot.” Whaat?? A grass cutter? It was a heavy sharp tool, measuring 1.5 feet which I carried the whole day.

 

One of the reasons why we went there was to buy something intended for our kris kringle in the office. Sadly, we only bought something for ourselves: D hahaha. For my shoes, I was a bit choosy. It was hard to choose because there were a lot that I was seeing. We jumped from one building to another unitl I found what I have been looking for (the one on the picture above). Last on my list was the maong fabric for Tatay. It was the only thing requested by Tatay so we hurried to the fabric section. That was around 1:00pm. Maybe it was not complete if I didn’t experience the real Divisoria events where people queuing up and pushing others back to move forward. Oh my God, it was like EDSA 2 revolution, hehehe. People were shouting, screaming, sweating. We’re stuck there for about 30 minutes just to go to the fabric section. We were walking for just an inch per second. After I bought 4 meters of maong fabric, we decided to go home because we were running out of cash and very very tired walking.

 

But our adventures didn’t stop there. Since we could not found any FX van straight going to Imus, Raed suggested that we took the Baclaran route then later just look for any bus going to Cavite. While inside the jeep , we spend 1 more hour inside Divisoria because of the *heavy* traffic. I also remembered that the driver told his passenger, “Yung mga hikaw nyo at alahas, pakitanggal na at marami pong mandurukot dito.” Good thing I was already warned by Raed not to wear any jewelries and do not bring bags anymore. I just put the money on my pocket. To tell you, I have a lot of experience about these thieves at Aguinaldo Hi-way in Cavite (so medyo sanay na ako). While we were passing this community area in Divisoria, there was this guy who rode at the back of the jeep. Unfortunately, a woman was texting her husband informing that she already left Divisoria and was going home when the guy grabbed her cellphone and immediately run heading to an esquinita. Everyone was screaming yet no one ever stopped the guy from running away from our jeep with the woman’s cellphone. Every one of us inside the jeep was shocked because a lot of bystanders saw the incident yet no one helped. Maybe it was an ordinary scene in that area. People were used to it… Hay :(

 

The whole day was very tiring yet with so much fun! When I got home, I gave my family my pasalubong. Maong fabric and socks for Tatay, 2 hand bags for Sis Doll, slippers for JellyPot and Jaja. I texted Raed and said “thank you” for making my First Divisoria Adventure fun and possible…

 

 

You Against Yourself, and Me Against the Whole World

According to Paolo Coelho, “And when you want something, all the universe conspires you to achieve it.”

 

This is such very encouraging words from the novel “The Alchemist”, which I think pushes me to yearn for something and make it happen. But in this life, trials and sufferings are always part of it.

 

Him and His Guilt

He said he needs to do something and if he doesn’t do it, he will ruin everything. His guilt feeling over falling for other girl really gave him tons of heart stubbing shame of coming back to me…All I know, he is still giving me a lot of reasons to stay and hold on.

 

Me and My Friends

I guess it is a universal reaction from close friends to get really angry to their friend’s ex-boyfriends who cheated on her. It is a common expression for them to say: “You don’t deserve him! You’ll soon find the right guy.” It did make me feel better for a while but I guess that is not the answer. I am really thankful that I have them through thick and thin. It is very nice to know that there are people who are really there when you need them, even when you don’t.

 

Me and My Family

Just this morning, I heard my sister and Tatay were talking about me not being open about my current love life situation. I even overheard that I was not coming to work because of that. My mind is shouting: “Excuse me….those were official leaves!”. But then again, I can’t blame them to have these kinds of opinion about what is happening on me because I don’t gave them the real story. As I’ve said on my previous blog, I am not yet ready to tell them the truth because I am afraid they might do something about it.

 

Me and Everyone Else

It really upsets me every time the broker of the house texts me and asking when will she going to get the documents needed for the processing of the loan. But it even upsets me twice whenever the deacon asks if he has attended the worship service every Thursdays and Sundays. Everybody is asking me how he is doing in his new work in the city... "oh, please stop it"...

 

Me and Myself

This is a new experience to me and the things that I just learned were never taught in school or even by my family. I was not prepared but I know deep inside my heart that there’s a sun after the storm.

 

I am jut pretending to be brave, that I can handle everything. But the very truth is, I am just waiting for Mr. V to come back. That’s the shocking truth and I don’t know if it is the right thing to do.

 

 

Why on earth I am blogging about this even I have told myself that I already moved on?

 

 

I Ended the Week With Laziness Too Z z z z

I didn’t sleep well last night. I suddenly woke up at around 2:30 in the morning because of the heavy rain. I tried to sleep again but the sound of the rain was too loud for me to get some more serene sleep.

 

Then I texted someone whose suppose to call me the night before. It was not that I expected it too much but someone has to be more careful in telling promises. It was not really normal for him to forget something like that, though.

 

I got some real sleep at around 3:30am I guess, then Tatay woke me up at 5:00am. I forgot to tell him that I will not go to work today. But since the breakfast was already on the table, I joined him for breakfast. The rain was still pouring and according to Kuya Kim of “Umagang Kay Ganda”, the rain was due to Monzoon winds. He also mentioned something about Fujiwhara effect, for an instance, with two storms some 900 miles apart, the stronger typhoon (Mina, in this case), will pull or suck the weaker (Lando). Well, goodbye Mina and Lando, I think Nonoy is next coming. (Hehehe, parang casts sa telenovela no?

 

Since, I did not come to work; I sent email to (Information Systems)IS Team for their tasks. Not that I don’t trust my Team if they're doing their assigned tasks without me supervising them, but it will be their guide for this day.

So, go IS!

 

By the way, I am currently reading "Veronica Decides To Die" by Paolo Coelho while I am waiting for Sophie's World from a friend. I'll do a review about this maybe next week.

 

I Started The Week With Laziness Z z z z

It is Monday today and I am Home. Yes, I am here at home instead of doing all my pending office jobs from last week. I woke up this morning at around 5:30am (my alarm during weekdays) and I just felt that I was not in the mood to go to work. But wait; before someone calls me a slacker, we had this offsetting scheme at the office that if I happen to have accumulated extension hours, I can use it as official leave. I have been in the office working for the last four consecutive Saturdays that is why I can use it as official leave!

 

When I woke up and finally decided not to be productive today, I put a message on top of the rice cooker (so there was no way for Tatay to miss out my note) saying, “Tay, Hindi po ako papasok today, meeyeow”. If I didn’t inform him about that, he will prepare everything for me just as he does every morning.

 

• Buy pandesal for our breakfast (sometimes with pansit or champurado)
• Cook rice and prepare lunch meal (Because I am now enjoying eating packed lunch with Flooney, Raed,  Neilandrei and Prue. We just started two weeks ago)
• Boil water for our coffee and hot water for my bath
• Shine my shoes
• And wait for me on the table so that he can make his morning “sermons” for me

 

Tatay has been very supportive to me especially after he learned that Marc and I broke up. His “sermons” were always about heartaches and trial s in life, which I find very timely for me. He’s the one always talking and talking and then I was the one just listening and eating. I don’t speak up to him that much. That’s why he told me that family is always there to help you in good times and in bad times…

 

After I put the note, I got back to sleep and woke up at around 9:00 am. Before I got out from the bed, I texted Muriyama and Prue informing that I was not coming to office. Then I went out of the room and ate the pansit and suman on the table while I saw Tatay gardening outside. After my breakfast, I washed the dishes and I got motivated to clean the counters and the bath room. I remembered that I bought a scrub and Domex for that purpose. While I was in the middle of my cleaning sessions, I suddenly dropped the pail I was using, I screamed and the pail broke. My sister (Sis Doll) rushed in and asked what happened. She saw the broken pail and asked me silly questions again (like yesterday):

 

Sis Doll: Hindi ka din pumasok?

Meeyeow: Diba pumasok ako nung Saturday? Offset ako ngayon.

Sis Doll: Ahh pareho pala tayo. Ba, himala naglilinis ka? May dadating bang bisita?

Meeyeow: Wala.

Sis Doll:  May bago ka na bang manliligaw? hehehehe

Meeyeow: Sira, wala.

Sis Doll: Hahaha! (nang aasar mode) Akala ko may bago ka nang manliligaw.

 

She left and was successful again in disturbing me. Hehehe.

After few more minues, Jaja came. (Sis Doll's youngest daughter)

 

Jaja: Tita, bakit hindi na napunta si Tito V dito?

Meeyeow: Eh kasi madami syang ginagawa eh. Busy sya.

 

Hay, like mother like daughter.