wishin…and hopin..and prayin…

today is the day….i hope everything will turn out fine…

best times

It’s now signal no. 2 in Manila and i was on the phone with my friend George talking about how i misses what we usually do during bagyos etc where classes and work are suspended. He said those times were one of the best times of his life and to think that we were surviving with our meager salaries, he added…we don’t have to be rich to be happy.

I really like George’s attitude towards everything, so full of optimism and gratefulness.

If i have to make a list the “best times of my life”, I bet it would be a long list too…which only proves that I generally lived a happy life despite of failures and heartaches that pulled me down some time ago and the memories that once in a while visit me .

To name a few:

1. Weekends with friends-it will always be on top. Being together with my friends in foodtrips and laughters were really priceless. I have a lot of sets of friends, those from college years are my closest and those from my previous jobs, etc.  Mallings, movies, dvd marathons, out of towns and long trips.  I really miss going on a long trip to Baguio, Banaue, Sagada on a holyweek, also in out of town beach resorts or just even spending lazy days in DAP Tagaytay. I could never exchange them for anything.

2.Official Travels- even if its work related, its really an energy-booster to be away from the office and work on the field. My Japan trip is something that I will always cherish.

3. Celebrations. May it be birthdays, christmas or new years, promotions, anniversaries, reunions…basta kahit anong holiday a…its wonderful good to celebrate.

4. Being in love. Its damn hard to take this out. It will always be included minus the heartaches.

new address

We moved again *sigh*. I didn’t know our present address yet but its still within the vicinity of family food in Al-Nasser. Malayo lang at mainit lakarin kahit gabi waaah!

I realized how nomad I have been and the rest of my housemates. I already have a bunch of keys which confuses me all the time .  I wonder why I can’t let them go.

Almost 2 years in Doha, I had a record of 5 house move outs and a total of 5 room swaps. The transfer will always be stressful and tiring plus it takes time to go back to normal after disturbing my comfort zone…not to mention the money involve

Happy father’s day

to my tatay and the rest… happy dad’s day!

PS mania

ei, I’ve been out of touch lately. Jomar got me into another past time, fortunately I enjoyed playing it on the web. Pet Society is a big hit. I’ve been reading blogs about it and can’t believe that even “poopoos” were a major concern among pet owners.

PS reflects my character as a person.  Here are the proofs:

1. I am an impulsive buyer. After buying some stuffs for Chuchi, my pet, I have the tendency to resell it. Too bad, the depreciation cost of each item is more than 33%. I’ve wasted a lot of coins. In real life, I get easily excited when shopping and most of the time I end up buying some things which I really don’t need.

2. I am fickle-minded and indecisive. Waaaaaaah! I always change my mind and I do a lot of rearranging in Chuchi’s rooms.

3. Obssessive-Compulsive – whatever I want, I’m always trying my darnest to get it. Sa PS din, may mga bagay na nagrereflect ag pag ka OC ko hehehe, from details ng color, types ng doors and windows pati yung activities, mystery and shopping,  kailangang maperfect and race and hurdles, ball games, frisbee etc, etc.

4. I am generous I give lavish gifts to friends hehehe.

Thats all for now, will update you more of Chuchi’s activities in the coming days!

to all moms out there…

to my mom and the rest….happy mother’s day!

pacman aftermath

it is undeniably the hottest talk of the town.why not, every Fipilino around the globe is standing tall because of Pacquaio and even if you are not a boxing fanatic, you can’t help but join the festivity.

On an early Sunday morning, i got a text from an officemate asking who won the fight. I should have been upset because it snatched me from my much needed sleep but instead i got excited and texted my family in the Philippines. We didn’t subscibe for PPV since we can’t take a leave from the office and we’re kinda sure that minutes after the fight, we could already take a peek of it through the youtube. Although, iba pa rin talaga pag live. A little later nag flash report sa ANC na panalo na si pacman. What a relief! Feeling ko kasi di ako mapakali pag di ko pa nalaman.

So the whole day of sunday at the office was spent browsing and watching the fight, reading forums, posting shout outs sa facebook, twitter at kung ano ano pa. Grabe! I was overloaded with information but I was still wanting of any newsbits, anecdotes and reactions of all people. Its the time to connect with friends elsewhere and chat about the experience. It was really a universal celebration.

My sister told me that our town was affected by electricity black out the week before and all people were really problematic where to watch the boxing match. Its really of national concern! Since we have a generator, most of our neighbors flocked in our little house to watch it and my sister described it as almost chaotic the whole time.

Last night, di pa kami nakuntento, Nanood pa uli using a projector. Ang saya, para na rin kaming nasa ringside hehehe…

Its really funny everytime something victorious for the Philippines happens especially if its about the Pacman. I think it will last for weeks or so. During our luchtime, we talk about the same old stories that everybody knew but still its good hearing it mga adik!

I’ve said this I think a lot of times but still can’t get over it… Galing talaga ni Pacquaio! Mabuhy!

Sept. 8, 2006

…reposting old write ups. I got this from one of my blogs na nakalimutan ko ang username and password, hehehe. This was written Sept. 8, 2006…

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Still here at the office after a grueling meeting at DAR this afternoon…as usual, eternity ang meeting and more than that, there’s always an aftermath after every meeting …we end up having more tasks to accomplish for the next 3 weeks…i feel sick.

Should i still be talking about my duties and responsibilities here? aba, baka naman barilin na ako sa luneta nito! ayokong maging bayani huh…

Ok, for two nights straight,i didn’t sleep at the boarding house coz bobit, my childhood friend’s hubby (na si joan) went to cebu and she invited me to sleepover at their condo, in short kasambahay ang role ko…well, there are pros and cons of accepting her invitation. Pros. 1. i get to sleep comfortably in aircon mode. 2. We’ll have dinner buffet somewhere in Makati, and she’s a starbucks addict 3. She’s got lots of chocolates in her ref 4. I can stay up late to watch the US open 5. I can temporarily forget my job because she requires a 6pm on the dot office log out and 6. She’s a walking charitable insitution (hehehe), so whatever I like in her closet or in her shoe rack, i’m gonna get it, basta hindi yun yung favorite nya.

So, even its unlikely of me to leave the office at 6pm, I found myself walking fast the shangrila district to catch the MRT…I got a text, she’s in starbucks daw. So yun, inabutan ko siya with her officemate and then we end up at Bacolod Chicken Inasal. Well, it was a heavy meal…

While waiting for a cab near SM, we were planning for her bday bash over the weekend. Never thought we’d be waiting for ages and we’re both exhausted, kung ano ano ang napag-usapan namin pero di na take up yung mga issues that day…

Issue #1:That we seemed not into a “party mood” for her b-day, na according to bobit di na siya love ng mga friends nya…
Issue #2:That bobit got offended because of our request to reschedule supposedly our tagaytay weekend.
Issue #2: She was alarmed that I texted George and Rey re bobit’s comments… “ano nalang na panumdumon nila iya” was her statement.
Issue #4: Na bigla akong naging vegetarian

Teka lang? I think I jumped into the Cons na, hehehe…Yun! aside from having difficulty in commuting to Makati, having to pack up things and getting up early, those issues will be haunting me…

Lately, Ive been away from the much needed socialization and I am swayed to believing that I was too tight with myself, had always to carry a laptop, still working at home, and I realize I miss my friends too esp. that loryycbk went home to redo her wedding a Boracay! Am I so strict with myself?Yes. Because I was in Boracay the same day george and lory were there and I didn’t know! I totally forgot about it…I can’t even remember that I have a cellphone!It slipped off my mind and I hate myself so much.

I think, midlife crisis doesn’t just happen during an individual’s mid-life years (depende malay mo talagang midlife na namin hehehe)coz look at us! Each of us had a taste of midlife crisis recently…Maiinit ang ulo, Insecure, Palaging nang-aaway, depressed, tired sick, broken hearted and badtrip palagi…ano ba yan!

RJ and derik had their own issues and just always everytime, everyhting goes back to the issue of “having sorry for what you’ve done” well can’t blame rj too…he has his reasons…pinag awayan ang unan! hayyy kaka stress but at the same time i have been entertained seeing rj so pissed off at lumalabas ang mga classic lines nya! sometimes its a delight to my senses…

So now, its (9:25pm and i am still at the office with claire, chat etc. makes me wonder if i’m gonna do this for the next five years! grabe, wag naman

so low batt.

shutting down…

ganito ako ka hyper dati

 …i got this post from my other blog…when i was still doing senseful things, hehehe.

Usaping Connectivity

 I remember during our christmas party last year at Discovery, there was one question that we have to answer before we can have our gifts…bubunot ka sa box and have to broadcast your answer…my question goes “What is it that you would want to achieve for next year”…without a second thought, I answered “connectivity”…Now, I realized December is getting near again, yet connectivity is far from being achieved.

Of course, im talking about internet connection in our project areas..o di ba, ganyan ako ka dedicated sa trabaho ko- blog nalang about projects pa rin ang nasusulat ko…

After a bad weekend with my prepaid weroam which cannot be connected, my entire week was full of anxiety…I should have been relaxin’ after my 5-week travel but hell no! ive been attacked by text messages from our project beneficiaries demanding for their internet connection (our fault because we promised, well be back after approx. 3 weeks to install their wireless: aka weroam)…i can never get over the fact that Smart Bro’s survey on our area gave us a not feasible result…

So! I had a nerve wrecking review of the options that we can use for the areas…my realizations regarding weroam over my bad weekend was not so encouraging, first is the technical capability to troubleshoot the gadget in case it won’t function properly (e.g no connection or unable to browse etc.), second is related…the support service they would need in case troubleshooting technique is impossible…my goodness, as of now, alang support service sa mga probinsya- its either you text a friend in manila to call the customer service or you call the CS long distance para lang ma address ang problem mo…i’ve said this several times during the launching activities…I don’t wanna receive text messages from all the fans (ahem, we call them our fans-panay text e) pero this early i received several inquiry on how to’s and what to do and even may sira na pow! gosh promise, pag tumunog ang cellphone ko at makitang kong galing ito sa mga fans talagang inaanticipate ko nang trouble ito…3rd, i think is a major issue-the quality of service e.g speed etc., i can’t help but *sigh*….

Anyway so yun…why don’t i try emailing people who might be able to know some info, first tanong tanong kay kiroj kaso hindi clear usapan namin e-kailangan yata isang overnight saty sa tagaytay para maintindihan ko ang technolohiya nila, i tried posting sa yahoo group ng CeCs, fortunately after a short while, merong sumagot sa akin, head pa ng filed office ng NCC…i was given a few information sa mga options, although some of it I already tried contacting…i appreciate it so much then nabuhayan ako ng loob upon knowing na may CeC sa caraga na dream vsat ang gamit…we already requested a proposal from dream before kaso pagkakita palang ng $$$ na babayarin nadiscouraged na ang lahat ng tao-now looking at the financial status of project, i thought baka kaya pang i squeeze in ang vsat na yan sa budget…tried calling and medyo maganda ang usapan namin- set ang meeting sa wednesday but i was not contented, i tried to contact ASTI again- natatawa ako kasi dati ko pa rin silang kausap before na hindi natuloy2 because mahal nga ang mga quotation or hindi serviceable ang areas namin…Now im trying again…Nakakalap ako ng tsismis este information sa ASTI that PCARRD will be using Globe wireless in some of FITS or Consortia…is this the USB modem? Oo daw so naexcite ako- asked if they could check our areas at kung anong magagawa nila…

Hindi ako mapalagay, i tried calling Globe and asked info re their wireless service, later that day, i got an email na ipapacheck na nila ang site namin..

Came wednesday, nagkita nakami ng dream boy -still giving us 70K one time payment but well see daw if pwede pang inegotiate sa presidente…I am not atechnical person but i tried probing a little- so yun papasa daw sila ng proposal…

Mukang ayaw na naman ng boss ko at sobrang mahal daw-concerned siya sa sustainability kasi the cooperatives might not be able to pay the recurring charges… *hay again ako*

Pinabayaan ko nalang muna, in the meantime follow up ko kung anong nangyayari sa weroam prepaid na yan at ayaw gumana- tried calling the customer service-after a half day dial here there and everywhere, presto! may nakausap din akong tao-akala ko pa nga machine siya e-muntik ko nang maitanong “totoo na ba ito?” So yun may pinagalaw lang siya and it eventually worked kaso ayaw magbrowse sa internet…grrrrrr, punong puno na ako…kaya dinedma ko na…hirap ng hindi techi…always dependent sa support service.

Friday, that’s today, I got a call from Dyna of Innove- medyo maganda ang usapan namin plus yung pricing mukang kaya kasi kung wireless nga siya and 1 year lang lock up plus DSL quality din so we might as well opt to tap it rather than VSAT. Ichecheck pa daw nila…positive….positive…positive…

Later this afternoon, the dream boy also called and giving me a news blast- they’re offering the dream vsat to 35thousand! can you believe that???well, i don’t know hindi ako fully happy, parang may nagbabadya…suddenly, ADA arrived and talked to me- sabi daw ng taga CICT, one-way internet lang ang dream and it does’nt work well daw *waaaah!* ayoko na talaga, so ano nagagawin natin niyan?

Try nga uli ang weroam sa desktop kasi baka lang may mga settings na di namin nagawa- ayun gumana siya- with all my excitement i texted Nica, Elen, Lenie, Chris and Elgene- sabi ko im delighted to tell you that im using weroam connection in my PC right now so pwedeng pwee na nating magamit ito sa baba- nakikinikinita kona ang ngiti ng ipe! Message sent.And then it went blank again. I can see the aircard icon with a big X on it- *sigh* relax, nagloko lang konti try shutting down. Launch uli…ala pa rin…so ayun

Lesson learned? Huwag masyadong emotional. Stay stoic until such time na proven nang magwowork ang ginagawa nyo…ang hirap palang hyper ka, tapos bigla down tapos hyper tapos down uli…

_shut down_

target: european tour

nope, di pa ako nag european tour-nagbabalak palang hehehe…

been trying to squeeze my little brain to produce a good write up to no avail. tagal ko ng walang post, nagrereklamo na ang mga parokyano ko hehehe!

well, what’s new?not that much except that I got some stuff my from friend debbie in italy through roda. roda is my friend here in qatar who went on a european tour and met debbie through me. Debbie is my college classmate way back Philippines, now she’s based in Italy and having a great time traveling Europe whenever she can.

since i got aware of how wonderful traveling is, i’ve been dreaming of strolling the streets of italy, france, germany spain, switzerland and all nearby countries. I dunno if i can ever fulfill that but im working on it. inshallah!

in a quick email exchange with my good friend korky in korea, she told me that she’s planning to go on an eu tour this year before going back to the Philippines. wow, i really envy her. makes me regret why i gave up my quest for M.A scholarships, sigh! It seems that pursuing for further education in other countries has a lot of perks. Aside sa free education and allowances, one can have the chance of traveling in between school breaks.

Last night, i had a quick visit to roda with my friend mijie to get the stuffs debbie sent. roda told us how nice it was to travel even if she’s alone. Her Switzerland pix were panoramic.nakakainggit talaga. As in. I’ve had too much of her stories that I promised myself to backpack next year, maybe August since Debbie said August is a month long holiday for her, meaning we can make gala everywhere we want. Sama din daw si mijie kaso kailangan daw puntahan din namin ang Greece dahil feeling nya nandun ang soulmate nya hahaha!

Well, ito lang naman ang mga gusto kong puntahan:

Milan and Venice, Italy; Paris France; Vienna, Austria; Barcelona and Madrid, Spain; Germany; Holland; SWITZERLAND; and PRAGUE.