It's all in my head ....

Scorching Heat !

2011-04-26T17:43:00.002+08:00

It's now 5:46PM Manila Time, haven't really gotten much sleep, too many distractions, people here at home are already in vacation mode, and add the scorching heat of the sun... perfect right? and to top all of it... I had a slight asthma attack a while ago.

Anyways even with less sleep, I'm now gearing up for work, I might take the public transportation so I could sleep a bit.

Oh btw, I'm hearing some thunder sound, is it about to rain? errr after the heat... comes the rain... so another asthma attack later.... I hope not...

Got to go now... see yah later ...

Blogger once more...

2011-04-24T18:37:00.002+08:00

What's new with the blog world? its been more than two years when I last posted something here, a lot had changed already, well aside from me being older, there's a lot of things happened already, people had come and go... still single though, but that would do for now. :p

I've though of blogging again before but yet, I was too lazy to do so... all I wanted to do during my free time is to sleep and eat :) and probably my fans stopped checking on this site a long time ago already.... hahahaha.

Anyways, I promise to update this once in a while, or probably start a new blog site that would discuss different things ...

GTG for now... I need to watch the Ginebra Game :)

Out of the Office : business mode

2009-03-31T12:43:00.001+08:00

I've been out of the office for two days now, I've filed a 2 day vacation leave to my manager two weeks ago. I was really looking forward to this day. I'm not going anywhere, not even out of town, I just needed some rest, and time off for myself. It feels good !!! it really helps to get a lot of rest.

Another school year has ended, meaning our family's income is again on halt, time to spend wisely again guys hehehehe. We have a small school which is really the main source of income for my family. We still have receivables but yet we need to spend our money wisely until the next school year comes. As early as now, we're opening the school for enrollment. So to all those who are from Kingstown subdivision in Bagumbong Caloocan, you may drop by to register, we'll be giving discounts to those who will enroll early. Just call us at 9371012 to inquire. (School supplies are free) or visit us at Lots 15 and 17, Blk 10A Kingstown 1 subdivision Bagumbong Caloocan.

Just last week, my folks and my brothers talked about alternative ways on how we could get some extra income. Aside from the summer classes, we're to open also our computer room to the public, yes... you heard it right, we're making it accessible to the public. We've decided to make the most of what we have... since we have some computers used for our computer classes(and still we're going to add more), we'll be opening it up to the public for internet usage, games, etc. Printing and desktop publishing goes with it too. Also my Mom's canteen would also be open for public as a mini grocery and meat store.

At least in doing those things we'll be able to save up on rentals since we already own the place. And the school will not be utilized during the vacation. The school's location is in the middle of the subdivision, just next to the plaza, where the basketball and tennis court is located. Pretty much ideal for a center of commerce hehehehe.

I just hope that everything goes well, I'm planning to have two units of PS2 or Xbox as well to add up.

Lord help us ....

That in all things God maybe glorified.

First Week Action

2009-03-21T17:30:00.005+08:00

It has been since March 15 that I was officially appointed or I assumed the post of a supervisor. The past week has been very busy, so many things to do, time was so short that I needed to extend. I haven't transitioned my old tasks and yet I already assumed new tasks probably the reason why I'm feeling some pressure and stress coming in at this point.

I'm not complaining or anything, but I'm just being honest, I think I am overwhelmed with the task that I have right now, seems like I've swallowed much more than I can swallow. Nevertheless, I know I can do this, I'm looking forward to the time that some of my old task will be transitioned to someone, so I could concentrate with my new designation.

Even though I'm quite tired, I'm happy, finally my hard work paid off, and I appreciate that my hard work is being recognized. My manager usually consults me for several thing regarding the team's operations and stuff.... somehow makes me feel important hehehehehehe.

I'm looking into the days to come and hope things get better as I immerse with my current post.

I'll keep you posted, again thanks to all those who believed and Thank God!!

Promotion 2009

2009-03-21T17:23:00.003+08:00

Finally I've gotten the post !!! Thanks to all those who believed, those who helped me improve and to those who served as an inspiration, Thank God!!! That in all Things God maybe glorified.

Relaxing Weekend

2009-03-07T19:01:00.003+08:00

Thank God for another weekend. It always amuses me on how weekends' really helps in refreshing everybody. Not only that it helps us relax, but it also gives us time to catch up with our friends and family.

So what have I been doing or will be doing for this weekend? Well I think just the usual, stay at home.... I've never really been an outgoing person, during time like this , I would prefer to spend the time on my own. Don't get me wrong I have friends, I have great friends, I love them and I miss them, but sometimes I would like to really keep and give time for myself. Like right now, my folks and my brother went to the mall, but I decided to stay at home alone. I'm contented with what I'm doing, blogging, downloading applications for my phone, updating my friendster and my recently created facebook account (naks), browsing porn (hahahah nah thats a joke).

Wow, God I missed blogging, it's not that I don't have time,but I don't think I have any interesting topic to share... My day seems to be the same each day... well untill just last Monday, that I got another blessing from God, which I am very thankful. Ano un? I'll just tell you guys when it's all finalized ok? hopefully it pushes through, well I have faith that it would. Again Thank you Lord God.

I'd like to dedicate a part of this post also to one of my idols, I'm no rapper but I deeply admire his songs, I've never known him personally but yet I was moved by his music. His songs were part of my childhood till now. Sir Francis Magalona, thanks for the great music, oh oh wait, you know what, I tried singing Kaleidoscope world in magic sing, I usually ended up failing hahahahah. Nevertheless, I enjoyed singing it!!

Cold Summer Nights was one of the songs that I've sang when I was young, and till know I know the lyrics by heart.

May you rest in peace ...

**picture courtesy of GMA

Black and White

2009-02-20T04:54:00.004+08:00

Random Pics

2009-02-11T09:40:00.005+08:00

XMEN Legends

MARY SOL

MARY ZAI

Blogging once again

2009-02-07T22:45:00.004+08:00

Ey guys hows everybody doing? haven't been able to blog for more than a month, I've been very busy, things became complicated at work. Promoted? ehhh hmm nah, I wish..
Lots of things happened, I'm now trying to fill in as a supervisor, stressful than usual but then again challenging and worth it, I just hope that I really get promoted...position wise not just through task hahahaha.

I really would like to post a long entry today,but I'm using my mobile phone in blogging, yeah new phone!! finally!!, thanks to Globe of course. Even though it's not my dream phone, it's worth it! I'm loving it.

My two brothers are using both the desktop and laptop computers, that's why I need to use my phone to blog hehehehe, I'll try to post another entry later.

Got to go, I'll just watch TV for now... C yah soon.

Family Pic : New Year

2009-01-01T20:04:00.002+08:00

Apostol Family

New Year's Resolution

2008-12-31T20:47:00.002+08:00

It's just now that I think I'll be determined with my New Year's Resolution.... I tried checking my weight last week, and I'm almost at 180lbs .... got to lose some weight.....

I must and I will ...

2009 here comes a thinner Jon.

signed December 31, 2008 8:53PM

New WebCam

2008-12-31T09:55:00.007+08:00

I got my exchange gift "webcam" from Carlo yesterday... tested it a bit.... here are some pics with my brother.

Jay

JR and JJ

Looking back at 2008

2008-12-31T09:34:00.003+08:00

2008 wasn't that bad .... there were good things that happened but also there were some down times. Wrong decisions were made, but yet we still are able to make it till today.

What did I learn from 2008? Being thankful ... thankful for everything I have, I learned to treasure life more and what I have. I learned to be humble and be simple. Thankful for the things and people around me. Counting my blessings is better than looking for things that I don't have.

With all that happened in 2008 I hope I grasp all the learning and live by it and hopefully I use them as I go through 2009.

I wish 2009 be better for all of us.... all of mankind...

Happy New Year....

Reginalde - Flores Nuptial

2008-12-28T11:36:00.008+08:00

Last December 12, 2008 my cousin Glenn got married, since Kuya Glenn was the eldest among all of our cousins (well at least for the Reginalde side), it was a memorable event to the whole Reginalde Family. I was part of the entourage, as one of the grooms men, it was nice, Church was nice, as well as the reception. Here are some pics taken on that day, I do apologize some are blurred I just got them through my cousin's friendster accounts hehehehe.

Kuya Glenn and Ate Maricel

Kuya Rob, Me and Jheng

Arvi and Me

Arianne and Me

Cousins

Reginalde Family

Current Events : Thinking Out Loud

2008-12-12T23:56:00.003+08:00

Manny Pacquiao vs De La Hoya :

- its good to have someone that really unites the country, well at least for a day. I'm really not into boxing, I rather pay much in watching Brgy Ginebra's game than Manny Pacquiao, but just what I said he is someone who binds the Filipinos united, so I think it's still good to have a Manny Pacquiao. My comment on the match? hmm, is De La Hoya a boxer? hahahaha. The match seemed to be pre-agreed upon. Boxing politics.

Charter Change (Cha-cha) :

- back in college I had a fair share of reading the present Philippine constitution, admittedly there are some parts of the constitution that I personally think needs revision and further checking but is charter change a way to correct all this? Nah I don't think so... even if we change the Philippine constitution and our form of government but we still keep those corrupt and greedy government officials, the Philippines will stay the same........ or probably FAIL more. Maybe we can start with those who are proven corrupt, erase them and their bloodline within politics. That's where I think we should start.

Marky Cielo's death :

- He's too young, just like Rico Yan, Marky died at the peak of his career, he could have done much. Hope he finds peace.

Oil prices slip below $45 per barrel

- this is good news, hope it continues to go down and extends to the next year. Gas price has been a pain in the ass for the past months, it went up so high that I had to decide not to bring my car to work. Good thing it's now going down.

Lord I Offer You My Life

2008-12-12T23:04:00.003+08:00

I attended Kuya Glenn's and Ate Acel's wedding just a while ago, and a song during the mass made me reflect and somehow made me realize things. Analyzing the thought of the song made me relaxed, it was so instant and it felt so great. Well it could have been with the singer.... I've listened to the song before, it's really a good song, not only that it has a great lyrics but it has a great tune as well. Anyways, I'll be adding the song lyrics with this post, as for Kuya Glenn's wedding I'll just post the pics soon.

Lord I offer you my life - Hillsong

(Verse 1)
All that I am, all that I have
I lay them down before you, oh Lord
All my regrets, all my acclaims
The joy and the pain, I'm making them yours

(Verse 2)
Things in the past, things yet unseen
Wishes and dreams that are yet to come true
All of my heart, alll of my praise
My heart and my hands are lifted to you

(Chorus)
Lord, I offer my life to you
Everything I've been through
Use it for your glory
Lord I offer my days to you
Lifting my praise to you
As a pleasing sacrifice
Lord I offer you my life

(Bridge)
What can we give
That you have not given?
And what do we have
That is not already yours?
All we possess
Are these lives we're living
That's what we give to you, Lord

Keeping Steady

2008-12-03T12:36:00.002+08:00

For some unknown reason I got up super early today than usual, its only 12:40pm here in Manila and I'm already up, yes its PM..... I should be nocturnal this week, and for a nocturnal person 12 noon is not good.

Haven't been blogging much recently, I was only able to post 3 articles for November. Why? I'm really not sure, maybe it's my way of trying to be steady, too much rantings and thinking out loud might cause stress to me and to my readers. It would be better that I keep my positive attitude, things will be better .... with God's help of course. Honestly, even though there are still problems around, I think we're in good shape, there's this different positive attitude from my folks and my brothers now. Hope 2009 will be better than this year.

As for work.... hmmm that's another story. It's just that recent that we were trying to adjust with some changes with the team, slowly but surely we're getting there, struggled a bit but we did it, we all hoped that it would be the last ... well at least for the year, but we were wrong. It's just ironic that whenever an episode ends, it always gives some preview of the next episode. Same thing happens in real life. Some changes are yet to come in 2009..... Hope we all could handle it. It's sad but I respect her decision.

Well, I need to get back to never land ..... or else expect downtimes during my shift hahahaha.

Happy Eaters Club

2008-11-28T20:09:00.006+08:00

Just the other night with too much avail time and enthusiast for food the Happy Eaters Club was formed. Currently the club has 6 members and the first grand eye ball was set last Thursday morning at Bellore Restaurant in Examiner st. for a grand Breakfast Buffet.

Here are some pics.

Bellore Restaurant, Examiner St.

Left : Joyce, Sol and Jon
Right: Aris, Robert and Pia

Joyce, Sol and Jon

Pia, Robert and Aris

We are still open for more members !!! c",)

Season 3 : Episode 1

2008-11-19T17:55:00.004+08:00

Episode one : Life goes on...

Just between the end of October and the start of November, ITHD started its new season. Yes, now we're on season 3, a lot of changes taking place, some people ended their contracts while some just signed up for this new season.

At this point, I'm really not sure how the story would go from here... but nevertheless, I feel optimistic about it. Exciting isn't it? All we can do is take advantage of things that we have right now and try put those we've lost at the back of our minds. Putting a smile each day is not that hard, considering that there are sad moments, this team really knows how to put on a positive attitude.

Hope things go well in the next few episodes.....

Christeta

2008-11-12T08:58:00.003+08:00

I wasn't able to sleep that much last night....

When I got home around past 12 midnight, my youngest brother, Jr, was still up preparing for his exams today. As I was eating my late dinner, he informed me that he never saw Tetay when he arrived up to that very time that we were talking.

As a routine, I usually feed the dogs with left overs alternately with their dog food. With my mid shift schedule, our dogs usually eats twice in a night. First is after the usual family dinner, then the second is after my late dinner since I usually arrive at home around 10:30pm the latest.

As I was feeding the other dogs last night, I kept on calling my Artetay's name... but to my surprise.... she never came. At that point I was thinking where she could have gone and was hoping that she's ok.

Just the other week there's this bald, no good and non sense old man from our neighborhood that called our attention claiming that Tetay ran after him when he was on his way home. The bald man was angry and threatened us that he'll do something if it happens again. Having that in mind, I was disturbed. We don't usually allow our dogs to go out of the house, considering that our village has this roaming team that collects stray dogs and detains them near the clubhouse.
It's just that Tetay is a very clever and hard headed dog. She find ways of going out, even if it means that she'll be destroying part of our steel gate. Also there are times that she takes the opportunity when somebody goes out the small gate.

I stayed up late, I was trying to wait for Tetay's knock on the gate, which she usually does when she breaks free, no luck. This morning, my mom got up early checked on the dogs and still Tetay wasn't there. My mom said to check on the club house before I go to work. But being worried with Tetay's condition I asked mom if we could pass by the clubhouse on our way out. So there we went. Before I could even turn off the engine, my mom and I heard a bark from somewhere, which we both assumed that it was Tetay. But the clubhouse was still closed, and we can't see where they have detained the dogs. So mom and I decided to look around, luckily we found the dog cage at the back part of the clubhouse. Yes !!! Tetay's there along with some other dogs, wagging her tail and crying out loud to bail her. Unfortunately the clubhouse is till close, so we asked around how we could bail Tetay out. A nearby resident informed us that the cage keys are with the security guard. So there we went, since mom needs to go to school, I informed the security guard that I'll be back to claim Tetay. So after I brought mom to the nearest public transportation loading, I went back to the guard house and asked what would be the procedure in claiming my dog back. He asked me to come back around 8am, and I need to pay a penalty of 100 since Tetay was detained for a day. So I said ok, just to get my dog back.

So I went back home, ate some breakfast, went online to email something for mom as I was waiting for 8am. But around 7:57am I heard a continuous banging on our steel gate, I thought it was Kenjie trying to get out, but now it was coming from the outside and it seems that who ever is banging it was in a hurry.

So I looked out ..... it was Tetay .... As I was opening the gate, I looked around to check if the security guard is there, but it was just Tetay on the street. I was asking her, how the hell did you get out... obviously she can't answer back. Till now, I'm still thinking how this clever dog could have gotten out that cage. Never the less I'm happy she's back and safe.

Christeta is not an imported dog or anything like that, but our family already loved her for what she is. She's a Christmas gift from my Tita's family 2 years ago. She's stubborn and never listens at times but that is what makes her unique to all.

Going through Life's Stresses.

2008-10-30T02:18:00.002+08:00

Around 9:58pm October 29 my Bedan brother Jericho called. He was somewhere noisy, I think I missed half of what he was saying, the thing that I understood was that he was asking me how I was doing. He said something that it seems that I'm in a lot of stress right now and it seems that I have lots of things in mind.... Hmmm.... Am I ? hahahah. Well I did answer back, all I said was that I'm ok,and Yes a bit stressed but "tama lang" (just enough). I then said that I was sorry for not being with him and Denmar last week, I was quite busy with some things to help Mom out.

So am I stressed? Am I not ok? Is Jericho right? I'm not sure how my bro was able to formulate that, but I guess he's right. If you are a regular reader of my blog, you'll probably know that from my previous posts, but with regard to my bro, I don't know... I'm not even sure if he even knows that I have this blog. Well never the less, to keep the story short here are the answers....

Are you ok ? Yes, if ok means I still look forward to live each day and try to make it better than the previous day. And yes if ok means that I still call on the Lord to help me with my daily activities and at the end be thankful for what I have and what had happened.

Are you stressed? Yes..... there are changes in my life now that makes me uncomfortable. New things that I'm not sure how to deal with ... Don't get me wrong, this is not just within me, but also with the people around me, people whom I care for. I feel that I must do something .........

Some people say this is normal.... hmm so ok it's normal but does it have to be always? and should it be a part of a routine? I hope not.

Well anyways, I try to be ok..... I try to be optimistic.... I pray to God ........

"There's a rainbow after the rain"

I Don't Want to Live on the Moon by Ernie

2008-10-30T01:51:00.002+08:00

I Dont Want to Live on the Moon - Jim Henson

Well, I'd like to visit the moon
On a rocket ship high in the air
Yes, I'd like to visit the moon
But I don't think I'd like to live there
Though I'd like to look down at the earth from above
I would miss all the places and people I love
So although I might like it for one afternoon
I don't want to live on the moon

I'd like to travel under the sea
I could meet all the fish everywhere
Yes, I'd travel under the sea
But I don't think I'd like to live there
I might stay for a day there if I had my wish
But there's not much to do when your friends are all fish
And an oyster and clam aren't real family
So I don't want to live in the sea

I'd like to visit the jungle, hear the lions roar
Go back in time and meet a dinosaur
There's so many strange places I'd like to be
But none of them permanently

So if I should visit the moon
Well, I'll dance on a moonbeam and then
I will make a wish on a star
And I'll wish I was home once again
Though I'd like to look down at the earth from above
I would miss all the places and people I love
So although I may go I'll be coming home soon
'Cause I don't want to live on the moon
No, I don't want to live on the moon

Random Pics

2008-10-26T02:13:00.002+08:00

Sketch

Blogging must go on.

2008-10-26T01:38:00.002+08:00

I've been preventing my self from blogging these past few days, I really don't want to use my blog site as a venue to air out my disappointment and anger over some things or even for someone. Events in the office are somewhat stressful and uncertain, It has been one hell of a season ender. I know this thing shall pass, and just what I've said in my messenger nick, "I'll be ok"

Well, I'm just happy now that the week already ended, and it ended in a positive note. I spend my Friday night with my friends in QM. We ate at "Banchetto" (a food tiangge at Emerald Ave.) and headed for Medical city to visit Chammy who just recently gave birth to "Wok-wok". We had a lot of stories to catch up with.... One night was not enough for everything, that's why we're planning to have another out of town trip very soon.

I was able to reach home around 6am, I tried to have a power nap for I was expecting a call from my friends in IT for our breakfast get together. I got the call around 8am, they we're on their way. So I rushed to the shower and got dressed. We had a very enticing breakfast in a bulaluhan here in Fairview. After the breakfast, we decided to further enjoy the day by doing some other bonding activities, we were suppose to go to the La Mesa Eco park, but traffic here in Fairview was very disastrous this morning. So we decided to just visit a nearby restaurant with a videoke system. It was so fun, though it was a bit weird to have fun and have some alcohol that early. Never the less, I enjoyed it, and I think everybody did. Hope we'll be able to do it again soon.Just a while ago my best friend dropped by. His office is near my place. It has been a while since I last saw him, though we communicate via text and call, its good to see him again. We had a good talk and some laughs but since it's getting late, he had to go home.

Well I guess that would be it for now, I'm still going to hear mass tomorrow and pray that the coming week will be better for all of us.Have a great and blessed Sunday to all.

SunRise 10/16

2008-10-16T05:49:00.002+08:00

It's been a week since I last posted something here, it just seemed that I was not in the mood to blog even though there's so much thought in my mind that I'd like to share. I was roughly out of shape last week, I've been kinda grumpy and lazy hahahaha, well enough of that!! Hey, its a brand new day!!! I must start this day positively, I need to smile, I need to be optimistic and believe that today will be a better day.

I woke up early today because I had the chance to sleep early last night as simple as that hahahaha. I got up around 5AM, sat in front of my computer and started checking some news sites. My computer is directly located next to a window, a window that directly gives me a view of the beautiful sunrise.Today is one of those rare days that I got to watch a beautiful sunrise. As I was experiencing this God given grace, I hoped and wished for a better day. A stress free and exciting day for all of mankind.

This day seemed to be truly promising, nothing can beat this experience, a beautiful sunrise, some relaxing mellow music playing in the background and the fragrance of a very appetizing breakfast.

Good Morning PILIPINAS

Walk With Good

2008-10-08T03:05:00.003+08:00

FACE TO FACE WITH DARKNESS I WILL HEAD FOR THE LIGHT
TRAVEL DOWN THIS LONELY ROAD THROUGH THE DARK OF NIGHT
I WILL NOT WALK HURRIEDLY NOR WILL I WANDER AIMLESSLY
I WILL KEEP IN MIND WHERE IT IS I WANT IT TO BE

(Chorus)
[I WILL SIDE WITH GOOD / I WILL WALK WITH GOOD]
I BELIEVE IN GOOD
[I WILL / AND I] WALK WITH GOOD AND I WILL BE FREE
I WILL SIDE WITH GOOD
I BELIEVE IN GOOD
SAY I WALK WITH GOOD AND I WILL BE
I WILL BE [FREE / THERE]

EVEN LESS TEMPTATION DRIVE YOU REALLY DOWN
I WILL BE PATIENT, I WILL STAND MY GROUND
I WILL NOT LET EVIL WIN, PRAY THAT ALL MY FOES BEGIN
TO UNDERSTAND, TO COMPREHEND, TO SEE INSIDE WITH GOOD

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge:
I WILL BE GUARDED BY WHAT I KNOW IS RIGHT
AND I WILL SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY
FAITH AND HOPE, TRUTH AND LOVE I KNOW
ALL GOOD WILL FIND A WAY

THROUGH THIS TRIBULATION I WILL DO WHAT I SHOULD
NO FEAR NO HESITATION I WILL WALK WITH GOOD
DOWN THIS NARROW PATH I GO
I WILL NEVER BE ALONE
IN MY HEART I KNOW THERE ARE MILLIONS LIKE ME

(Repeat Chorus)

Pinoy.FM

2008-10-08T02:17:00.002+08:00

I found another great music site.... Now its full of OPM songs !!!! Thank God for friendster's application invites hahahaha. So many good songs that I would like to listen to, I don't know where to start !

IE, FireFox and Chrome

2008-10-07T01:24:00.003+08:00

From the first time I've gone online to the point that I've been a regular Internet surfer, I have been a consistent user of the Internet Explorer. I really wouldn't like to praise this software much for I too had some problems with it before. It just happened that one good thing about this browser is that it comes bundled with Windows, no doubt, its far more accessible than other browsers that you still need to download and install. My brother had downloaded Mozilla FireFox before, but I seldom use it. Some friends suggested that I use Mozilla instead of the IE, but I never listened. IE has been working fairly for me, aside from the times that it became so vulnerable to spy wares.

But just recent, when I was watching "Convergence" on Net 25, they featured a new browser created by Google. It is called the "Chrome". Chrome was described to be a simple and modernized browser, so after the show I decided to download it.Now I have 3 browsers on my machine, I have the IE, the FireFox and the Chrome.

Well to compare all three, it seems that the FireFox is my new favorite. It's faster and I haven't gotten any problem with it. As for the new Google Chrome, I dunno, I really can't say much still since it still a beta version, though I encountered some problems a while ago with Flash, I have Flash installed but it seems that the browser is not detecting it. Hmmm maybe it needs restarting. Never the less, I think I'm going to use Mozilla for a while.

Week Review

2008-10-04T01:47:00.004+08:00

This week was smooth and nice, not until the last part. Well considering that there's an extra rest day because of a national holiday, things rather became complicated as we were ending the week.

Monday - Everything seemed to be ok, Budget running a bit low, but still manageable. A bit disappointed, salary wasn't credited that day. We've all been hoping, hahahaha it could have been a better Monday.

Tuesday - Now budget is almost dried up hahaha. Salary was credited earlier during the day. Yahooooo. Also the thought of going to an extra rest day the next day is all so overwhelming.

Wednesday - Free day !!! well even though I'm on a rest day, I decided to drop by the office to finish some important reports. OT HOLIDAY !!! hmmm an extra income this 15th payroll. The sad part here is that I had a little bit of something with Jesley. Its nothing personal, it just happened that I guess I was on a tight situation that time. Pressured by the "test" thing. Oh also when I was in the office, HR called and informed me regarding my interview with IA.

Thursday - Back to the usual day, but hey when Thursday comes, you'll always feel that another weekend is coming real soon. The team also had some training that day. Its also my interview day with IA, did I pass??? Hmmm never mind. Just when I thought that my day would end just like the other days, I was wrong. Before I got out the office I got a call from my mom, my aunt was rushed into the hospital cause she was having some asthma attack. And now, the hospital that she was currently confined could no longer support her, since it was a small hospital. So I need to go there and fetch them so we could transfer hospitals. That didn't end there. In the new hospital, my aunt needs to be subjected to different test, since the doctor did not recognize or was having second thoughts with the results of the small hospital's tests. And so she did.... during that time I haven't eaten anything for dinner, I told my mom that I need to eat. The only thing near was a set of vending machine. Good thing I have lots of coins and 20 peso bills. So I got myself and mom a cup of coffee and hot Milo then some crackers and some cup cakes. We waited at around 4AM I think for the result. Since my aunt's condition improved the doctor decided to send us home, but if the same thing happens within the day, she needs to come back for confinement. Before we went home, we drove by Mercury drugs for some meds and nebules for the nebulizer. I was able to sleep around 5:30AM.

Friday - Since I slept late and I was tired, I decided to move my schedule at a later shift, I advised my manager and my supervisor about it. With a longer sleep, I was able to recover and arrived in the office at around 2PM. Finished some work, reserved the videoke room for some relaxation after the meeting. Went home around 11:22pm and now, I'm finishing this blog post so I could sleep.

Well that was my whole week, hope my aunt's condition gets better soon. My Aunt's family is staying with us for the weekend, actually I have my cousin sleeping near me, every time he snores it causes me to stop typing, hahahah, well never the less later on I'll be joining him, possible a jamming session coming up. Hahahaha.

Well I guess that's it for today, I'm starting to feel fatigue coming in, for the first time, I could say that I'm sleepy. hahahahha.

To Jesley : I'm really sorry with what happened, I know you hated me for that. It was a very honest reaction my friend. I got disappointed, I vent out, I never thought that people will talk about that reaction. I just became true to what I felt, but it was I guess with the situation, pressured by the thought that I am to be tested and all. I never told everyone with what happened, it was just Zai and Sol who were near me and heard my sentiments. I've learned from this experience and I promise that it would never happen again. Thanks for being a friend.

Another Holiday : Edi'l Fitr

2008-10-01T06:29:00.003+08:00

Finally another national holiday !!! Today is the last day of Ramadan (Muslim Religious Tradition),which they call it Edi'l Fitr. That's why to all my Muslim countrymen, happy holiday to you guys.

Guess what!finally I was able to sleep well last night,considering the fact that I was able to sleep early. I just wish it continues. Even though I'm on a rest day today,I still got up early, well I think it's something usual for someone who slept early, Hmmm let me correct that,not that early but earlier than usual, you know what I mean. I'll try to drop by the office a bit later at least for a 4 hour OT just to finish some reports. I don't usually do this, it just happened that my manager asked me to surrender the laptop that I was using for VPN access. BUT and IF hahaha it rains hard later, I really wouldn't force myself to go to work. We'll see later.

Oh btw, we also have this typhoon named "Pablo" coming in today. Metro Manila is under signal number 2. I just hope it wouldn't rain that much and the signal number is another PAGASA mis-calculation. Hahahaha.

Anyways, I need to eat breakfast now, till my next post people.

Before Tomorrow

2008-09-30T02:39:00.002+08:00

Before Tomorrow - South Border

Once Again

2008-09-30T02:30:00.002+08:00

Whenever I hear this song, it reminds me of some things way back in college...

Once Again - Southborder

you've always been there for me
and i never cared enough
you've always love me prefectly
and i never shared some
and you never said a thing
you gave it all just for me

i treated you so selfishly
and you rest here by my side
instead you give so selflessly
and i didnt have to try
to show you ive missed you so much
how can i be so insensative

once again
i come to you
this time i'll never make it slip away
hold my hand and together we will wait
for the day that we will be as one

you know i prayed a thousand times
and you never did the same
you made me see that i was blind
you wiped those tears away
you showed me your true love
and now im thinking how i can repay

once again
i come to you
this time..i'll never make it slip away
hold my hand and together we will wait
for the day when we will be as one

i know that there were times when you almost gave up
and i couldn't blame you if you did just that
but still you chose to stay and suffer all the pain
you held on..gave me hope..believed that i could change

i'm coming to you...
once again
i come to you
this time..i'll never make it slip away
hold my hand and together we will wait
for the day when we will be [gonna wait for the day] as one
[baby i come back to you once again]

baby i come to you..

Animo San Beda : Congrats Red Lions

2008-09-30T01:42:00.003+08:00

Champions Once More !!!

NCAA

San Beda Red Lions

Napadaan lang

2008-09-27T02:48:00.002+08:00

It's 9/27/08 2:48AM Saturday morning here in Manila, I'm still up and can't even feel any sign of sleepiness. Nothing new right? well no problem with that cause I'm already on my rest day c",) My Friday work shift ended earlier than usual since I was on the morning shift for the officer's strat planning. It was a bit tiring yet we were able to finish a lot of things. Well anyways, that's done, and now I'm trying to relax with some music from Imeem. I really don't have much to blog about tonight, well considering also that I'm a bit tired to think. Well anyways, till my next post...

Another Q and A post

2008-09-25T02:27:00.003+08:00

I got this one from Toni's blog. Thanks Toni !!!

Did anything brighten up your day today?
** No, actually it was a dull day... I'm too lazy

How are you feeling at this exact moment?
** hmm What I'm feeling right now, I don't know, I just can't describe it. It's like a mixture of
things. never mind .... Sleepy na nga lang.

Are you someone who worries too often?
** YES, definitely a big YES !!!!

Do you ever wonder how other people see you?
** Yes ... often times, but the hell do I care !!!

What is one good thing you're known for?
** Uhmm, one good thing I'm known for is that.... I'm good hahaha !!!

When was the last time you sang an entire song?
** just a while ago.

Are you the type of person who likes to be out or home?
** I prefer to stay at home.

Do you like the last person who sent you a myspace message?
** I don't have a myspace account ... Well I have one but I forgot the password and I forgot the email address that I used.

What time do you normally go to bed?
** Recently that's my problem, I usually go to be around 5:30 AM

What is one thing that is currently bothering you?
** Same thing... our business

What did you do today?
** woke up > work > went home

What does your appearance look like right now?
** Tired I think ...

What was the last thing that you ate/drank?
** rice and pork chop / water

Has anyone ever said i love you to you and not meant it?
** I think so ...

Do you realize it when you curse?
** Yes, I say it will all conviction hahaha

Who did you last talk to in person?
** my brother JR

Last phone call?
** Jesley, asking me to hurry up, I'm late for a presentation hehehe

Did you ever have that one teacher that loved to humiliate their students?
** Yes

What was the last test you took?
** hmm it was an online test for networking, something to check my skills in networking.

Where will you be 2 hours from now?
** I wish I'll be on my bed... sleeping.

Have you ever kissed someone whose name starts with a J?
** Nope

Does anyone love you?
** I hope

Can you make yourself sneeze?
** No, and why should I ?

Where were you at 9am this morning?
** My bed.... sleeping

What does your last text message read?
** I don't have my phone with me right now, but I think it was a joke from Wally

Are you too forgiving?
** Yes I am

What are you doing tomorrow?
** I'm going back to work.

What did you do last night?
** I worked till 1AM, went home and browsed the net till I was too tired and was ready to sleep.

What are you doing tonight?
** Same as what I did last night

Do you like someone?
** Uhmm Yes.

Where did you last sleep other than your house?
** At the office break room

What is the last thing you did before you went to bed last night?
** set my phone's alarm

Have you ever had a dream about people you love dying?
** just like Toni... died yes, wag naman dying ...

Who was the last person you cried in front of?
** none, I cry alone....

Have you ever changed clothes in a vehicle?
** Yes a lot of times....

Is heartbreak really as bad as it sounds?
** No comment

Do you believe girls fight too much?
** uhmmm I'm a guy, should I know this?

When is your birthday?
** May

Can you live a day without TV?
** Yes

What are you listening to right now?
** OPM love songs though Imeem.com

Night out or night in?
** I would usually choose night in, but If I'll be with my close friends, I can bend ....

Do you think you're wasting your time on the person you like?
** No

The Real Spiderman

2008-09-24T00:36:00.003+08:00

Here's the real Spiderman...

Had some spare time a while ago, I played with Dens' avatar image a bit.

Dens, hope you don't mind I've posted your pic here.

A day in Munti

2008-09-22T02:36:00.002+08:00

It's now 2:42AM here in Manila, I'm currently waiting for a video file to be downloaded completely.... hey it's not a porn movie ok? hahaha. My brother will be using this video for his class tomorrow, so I really need to finish this. I'm really not in the mood to blog today, but hey I must do something while waiting right? Sunday was quite exhausting, we had to start the day early and travel around 50KMs down south. Good thing for my mom and brothers they just sat while I drive. Well its not all that bad, weather was good, streets were cleared of heavy traffic, what more can I ask right?

Today we had the chance to visit our relatives in Muntinlupa. Hmm for some reason that didn't sound right..... we'll just to be clear, they're not inmates, and its not the new Bilibid prison that we went to. c",) Our relatives lives in Lake View homes just next to Munisipyo ng Muntinlupa. It's Tito Peps' birthday today, and Tita Glo's birthday the other day that's why we celebrated a bit. There was lots of stories and jokes to catch up with, imagine the last time that we went there was last January 1st, took us long time to get back. There were no videoke nor billiards matches today because I was too busy playing and setting up their new laptop. I thought Tito Peps' some sites wherein he could download some themes and games for their mobile phones. And installed the SE PC suite so he could copy some applications and music to his phone. They now also have Internet access there, I was able to visit friendster a bit, but connection keeps on timing out, and from the way I experienced their service, I really wouldn't recommend it.

God, this download is taking forever, What I'm downloading is an educational film that my brother will be using for his history class. It's a 16 part video that I got from Youtube. I was able to download all 15 videos without any problem. I'm cutting this post here, I'm getting irate with this damn video..... I'll probably sleep why this darn thing is still downloading.

Q and A

2008-09-20T01:53:00.002+08:00

I got another posted bulletin in friendster... It's from Pia....

01. Real name:
- jon joseph reginalde apostol
002. Nickname/s:
- jay, jj , kuya jay, eyaji, surgeon, cge sama na natin ang jonathan... sbi ni boss rey.
003. Status:
- single
004. Zodiac sign:
- gemini
005. Male or female:
- male
006. Age:
- 28
007. Birthday:
- May 28, 2008
008. course:
- BSC maj CAIS
009. Residence:
- Fairview
010. Hair color:
- black
011. Long or short hair:
- very short
012. Smoke:
- nope
013. Drink:
- occasional hahahah
014. Available:
- i think
015. Are you a health freak:
- hahahah, is this a joke, I think not... well not much.
016. Height:
- 5'5
017. Do you have a crush on someone:
- yes
018. Do you like yourself:
- I have to ....
019. Piercing:
- none
020. Righty or lefty:
- righty
021. Tattoos:
- none
022. First surgery:
- tonsils
023. First piercing:
- None nga eh...
024. First bestfriend/s:
- berwin, jewel
025. First award:
- Naku.... I can't remember
027. First pet:
- si Yammy ..... I miss him
028. First vacation:
- Naku ..... I can't remember
029. First date:
- hmmmm
030. First crush:
- kababata ko dito
049. Like Eating:
- hahaha, hindi masyado halata
050. Fave Drink:
- Coke hahaha.
052. I WAS about to:
- go to sleep
053. Listening to:
- my playlist in Imeem. OPM love songs
054. Staring blankly on space:
- hindi ko ata gets...
055. Pets u have:
- dogs ....
056. Color/s:
- blue and white, red na rin Bedan ako eh.
057. Number/s:
- 2 and 5
058. Want kids:
- yes
059. Want to get married:
- yes
060. Careers in mind:
- singing and dancing career hahahaha. joke
068. Lips or eyes:
- eyes ... smiling eyes to be exact
069. Hugs or kisses:
- hugs
070. Shorter or taller:
- shorter
072. Romantic or spontaneous:
- romantic
073. Nice stomach or nice arms:
- basta nice ok na ...
074. Sensitive or loud:
- sensitive
075. Hook-up or relationship:
- relationship
077. Trouble maker or hesitant:
- hesitant

HAVE YOU EVER :
078. Kissed a stranger:
- nope
079. Drank bubbles:
- yak
080. Lost glasses/contacts:
- lost glasses several times, pwede rin bang i-count ung destroyed?
081. Ran away from home:
- nope
082. Liked someone younger:
- yes
083. Older:
- nah, not my type
084. Broken someones heart:
- I hope non.... ay meron pala... sorry naman, pero friends naman kami ngayon.
085. Been arrested:
- nope
086. Turned someone down:
- meron I think
087. Cried when someone died:
- yes, ako pa, iyakin ako

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
089. In yourself:
- I try to ...
090. Miracles:
- yes
091. Love at first sight:
- nah
092. Heaven:
- yes
093. Santa claus:
- yes before I caught Mom and Dad and saw the presents in the cabinet.
095. the more you hate, the more you love:
- nge yan hindi ako naniniwala dyan.
096. Angels:
- Yes

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY :
097. Is there one person you want to
be with you right now?:
- person? hmmm siguro people.... Oo
098. Do you regret leaving someone:
- Haven't left someone eh....
099. Do you love someone more than u love yourself.?
- No....

Singing Bee

2008-09-19T01:08:00.003+08:00

Every time that life stresses me, it's always music that calms and refreshes me. From around 5 or 6 years old, I've already shown my interest with music or singing. When I was still young my mom bought this 4 piece multiplex cassette set, it contains nursery rhymes and other children songs. Among the 4 tapes, it was tape number 4 which was my favorite. It contained slow songs, such as "Greatest Love of All", "Somewhere out there", "Where is love" and so on. On occasions that I'm with my cousins we usually sing songs of the group Smokey Mountain.

I think it was in grade 3 when we were asked to sing individually in front of class, I was a bit shy that time, but yet I'm confident with what I'll be singing. During that time it was "Closer you and I" by Gino Padilla, that was on top of the charts. It was so popular that I even ask mom and dad to buy the album. Even though it was the most famous song that time, I opted to sing a different song. Though it was still with the same album, I sang "Gusto Kita" instead.

The class was noisy at first, since I was in an all boys school, teasing was something usual, but to my surprise when I started the first stanza, I guess on the second line, everybody stopped talking and was listening to me. This frightened me..... I was hoping that my classmates continue with what they're doing and not mind me singing. Never the less, the show must go on... hahahah. My teacher asked me to finish the song... and so I did....

At the end of the song, my teacher said something about my singing, but I was not able to really hear it, cause I was trying to rush back to my seat. During the time that I got to my seat the class was clapping.... and my seat mate said, "galing mo" ..... weh hahahhaha.

Well the solo singing in class was like an classroom elimination for a much bigger event. After everyone had sung in front, the teacher selected people to bring in "minus ones" for another round of elimination. I was asked to bring one....

With this, I told my dad, I need to find a song, with a minus one that I can sing.... It was Nonoy Zuniga's album that I asked my dad to buy. It was "I will be there for you" that I wanted to sing. I practiced, and I brough the tape in class.... when the teacher was asking the people that she selected to sing in front with the minus one, no one stood up, my classmates didn't bring any minus one and said that they're not prepared. Since I'm really shy during that time, I just hid my tape back in my bag and claimed that I was not also prepared..... Sad? nah, though that big "what if" still keeps on haunting me, my dad and mom was excited for me that time, but I was so shy to show my musical powers hahahaha.

After that you know what? I shifted career hahahaha, well I guess that's another post.... It's the time where "dancing" entered my life.

Here's a copy of the Lyrics of Nonoy's song and a sound clip from Imeem.com

I Will Be There For You - Nonoy Zuniga

I Will Be There For YouArtist: Nonoy Zuniga

I know it's hard to open your heart again
You've been through too much hurt, to many lies
So many times you've seen a love you thought would last
Then Suddenly you'd see it swiftly die

I know it's hard for you to learn to trust in me
Your heart is too afraid to fall again
You can't believe me when I tell you how I feel
'Coz you're thinking of how soon my love will end

CHORUS:
But if you ever change your mind
Remember these words I'll say
I have never loved this way before
And in love I'm gonna stay

REFRAIN:
I will be there for you
I will be there for you
('coz) If there's one thing in a world of lies
That you can't beleive will hold true
Just take a look over your shoulder

And i will be there for you
I know it's hard 'coz I've been through the same before
I trusted once too much, I've felt the pain
But since you came into my life, I vowed to myself
I'll never let a love like this leave me again

(Repeat Chorus 1 & Refrain)
(Repeat Refrain except 1st two lines)

60 things you didn't know about me until you read this

2008-09-16T23:54:00.002+08:00

I got this one from Jelax's post in Friendster. Interesting, I decided to post it here.

>What color is your toothbrush?
* The one that I have here at home is a blue and a white, while the one I use in the office is blue and a transparent part.

>Name one person that made you smile today?
* Jesley... She always does make me smile c",)

>What were you doing 45 minutes ago?
* I was looking through my friends' friendster accounts and blogs.

>What is your favorite candy?
* Foxes, I just ate one a while ago.

>Have you ever been to a strip club?
* Yes, but not that recent c",)

>What is the last thing you said aloud?
*hmm.... "882" "883"

>What is the best ice cream flavor?
*What was that again? hmmm Pistacio, did I get the spelling correctly? Pistaschio? Pistachio? basta yun na yun.

>What was the last thing you had to drink?
*Coke.... Libre ni Boss Fred.

>What are you wearing right now?
* nothing ... hahahah joke, a shirt and a basketball shorts

>Who is the last person you sent a comment/message on friendster?
*None

>Do you like Chinese food better than pizza?
*If I'm in the mood for a full meal, yes....

>Do you drink your soda with a straw?
* sometimes. If straw is available why not.

>What did your last text message say?
* a big bull shit. hahahaha

>Are you someone's best friend?
* I think so.

>What are you gonna do tomorrow?
*Go back to work

>Where is your dad?
*he called last Sunday, he said their going somewhere near Greenland this week.

>Look to your left, what do you see?
* Dinning area

>What color is your watch?
* Stainless, but I don't wear it much.

>What do you think of when you think of Australia?
* hmm Kangaroo.

>Do you use chopsticks?
* if there are no other options....

>What is your favorite color?
*Blue

>Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive through?
*If I have time, I'd probably dine in and if I'm not the one driving, drive through is also good hahaha.

>Do you have a dog?
*Yeah, Kenjie, Christeta, Tabachingching, Julio and Beauty.

>Last boy you talked on the phone with
*boy? Boy Abunda.... hahaha Joke, I don't talk with boys on the phone.

>Last girl you talked on the phone with?
*Hmm I can't remember.... Ah I remember, she's a girl from a credit card company hahahah.

>Do you dye your hair?
* No... nothing to dye.

>Biggest annoyance in your life right now?
* Difficulty with our Business... Pay up People !!!

>Can you say the alphabet backwards?
* Probably.... but why should I?!?

>Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time?
*well for work I usually use a black leather shoes, during rest days, I'm happy with my sneakers.

The Green Lantern and the Justice League

2008-09-14T17:22:00.002+08:00

SPOON - Thank you

2008-09-13T16:13:00.003+08:00

I've been a bit under the weather for the past few days, it was also the reason why I decided to take a vacation leave last Friday. Well considering also the "weather" isn't really that great either. Yesterday I stayed in bed most of the day, sleeping, watching TV and trying to catch my breath, I had asthma and a clogged nose combo meal. Hahahahaha.

Since I was on a TV marathon, I ran across this TV show, its a cooking slash talk show called "SPOON" and it is hosted by Janice de Belen in Net 25. Well to be honest I've seen this show several times before, specially during times that I cannot sleep at night. I like the show, though I'm really not into cooking but I guess it's the talk show part that I'm fascinated on.

I'm not a Janice de Belen fan, I really didn't like her hosting style in "SIS" for the reason that it's really evident that they are reading some idiot board and the fact that they (Janice, Gelli and Carmina) are always shouting. I don't know maybe they think shouting makes their scripts fascinating.... I think not.

Hosting "Spoon" is a different thing.... yesterday her guest was Clair Dela Fuente. Aside from the fact that I like the disk that they cooked, they posted an interesting conversation. Nothing deep, it was more on how Claire spends her time and what she was at home, as a Mom and as a business woman. Little did I know that Claire's husband already passed away. As she was telling the story, I was amazed with her words saying that even though she had lost her husband there are still a lot of things to be thankful of... reasons to be happy and reasons for continuing life.

Wow, I was amazed with her words. To be honest right now I really have lots of questions going on my mind .... with things that has been happening with us. Things that makes me question God's will and plans for us. A lot of "whys" .... but with what I've heard with Claire and Janice.... I've realized some things that I never though of before. Things that I could have taken for granted. Even though we're experiencing a non comfortable situation, we're still blessed in someways.

I tried reflecting and counting the things I have right now.... I can say I'm still blessed even though challenged. To start my list of blessings, I'm still alive!! after being in an ICU last year, I'm still ok and I'm still strong.Second is that even though my Dad is working abroad, were complete. There's open communication and our relationship is at its best. We're still eating 3 times a day,despite the increase in prices, there are even times when we eat more than 3 times. The luxury of driving my own car to work, despite the increase in oil prices, having the luxury of having a cable TV, DVD and an unlimited DSL Internet access for entertainment and relaxation. So many things to be thankful. Spoon - Thank you.....

Kanlungan - Noel Cabangon

2008-09-13T16:06:00.002+08:00

It's a not so old song that I like. Just recently heard it through the television.

kanlungan - kanlungan

Kanlungan

Chorus:
Pana-panahon ang pagkakataon
Maibabalik ba ang kahapon?

Natatandaan mo pa ba
Nang tayong dal’wa ang unang nagkita?
Panahon ng kamusmusan
Sa piling ng mga bulaklak at halaman
Doon tayong nagsimulang
Mangarap at tumula

Natatandaan mo pa ba
Inukit kong puso sa punong mangga
At ang inalay kong gumamela
Magkahawak-kamay sa dalampasigan
Malayang tulad ng mga ibon
Ang gunita ng ating kahapon

Refrain 1:
Ang mga puno’t halaman
Ay kabiyak ng ating gunita
Sa paglipas ng panahon
Bakit kailangan ding lumisan?

[Repeat Chorus]

Ngayon ikaw ay nagbalik
At tulad ko rin ang iyong pananabik
Makita ang dating kanlungan
Tahanan ng ating tula at pangarap
Ngayon ay naglaho na
Saan hahanapin pa?

Refrain 2:
Lumilipas ang panahon
Kabiyak ng ating gunita
Ang mga puno’t halaman
Bakit kailangang lumisan?

[Repeat Chorus]
[Repeat Refrain 2]
[Repeat Chorus]

Not so nice and not so well

2008-09-12T01:45:00.003+08:00

The weather these past few days was not pleasing at all. Rain was so hard that driving to work was a challenge. Now I'm starting to feel some fever coming in. I had some chills last night, and tonight I think it's back. I'm also having some sudden mild asthma attacks, sigh....

I hope I'll be ok later today so I could report for work.

Friendster

2008-09-08T00:12:00.004+08:00

After adding almost around 500+ of my friends and years of compiling them, last May I decided to delete my friendster account, sigh... Yeah, you're right, what am I thinking of? I dunno... I just suddenly grew tired of that account. At first I felt a little dismayed with what I did but I think its just right.

For the longest time since I deleted the account, it never really occurred to me to open another account, not even the slightest thought of it ... but never the less, walahhh, I have a new account hahahaha. Just what I've said with my previous post, it's not me who created it, it was my best friend. Actually, the new account was for some test that he wants to do, but since it's already there, why not update it again hahahaha.

As I was adding my friends just this morning, I felt like that I'm in a time warp of some sort. Not only that I was adding friends from the past, I was also listening to music from the 80's. Songs that my friends and I grew up to.... It's so nice to think of people you've grew with. Some actually are married already, some of them are still in touch while some .... I think were sucked into a vortex or a black whole because just after graduation, their location is suddenly un-identified and they just suddenly disappeared from the face of Earth.

Oh here's a funny thing, just after I went online this morning, I went to my room and watched TV, unconsciously I fell a sleep. I had a dream.... guess what, my dream was so populated with people..... people from grade school, high school and even college days..... imagine it was so crowded hahaha. The setting was like a team building or a reunion of some sort.... I was in it, as well as my friends from my past mingling and chatting about things that happened before and after graduation. And when I woke up, I was stressed hahahahah. It felt like I've talked too much, and talked with so many people hahahahaha. Moral lesson? never sleep after going to friendster.com hahaha.

Anyways, I'll have to stop here cause any minute now I'll be going to my room to sleep, I don't want to attend another reunion......

Dull Saturday

2008-09-06T18:28:00.004+08:00

Ey guys, its now 6:29pm here in Manila, haven't done anything exciting today.... I slept late last night,actually it was around 4am this morning that I was able to sleep. Got up at around 6:00AM to check whats for breakfast hahahaha. Got to chat with my brother for a while, before he left for our business. After he left, I got back into bed and slept a few more hours. My youngest brother woke me up around 10AM I think, just to say that he's leaving for an anime convention at UP. After that I got back to sleep and woke up just past lunch time. I wanted to go out, but I was waiting for Mel, an agent from the publishing company that mom is writing a book with.... She was to get the other drafts that we made, unfortunately the agreement was that she'll be here in the afternoon, but till now I haven't heard from her. I should have gone somewhere else....

Arrrg,this is my third post for the day,all I've been doing today was just to sleep and go online. Don't have much people to chat with on both MSN live and YM, most of my friends are offline aside from my friends from work, I tried chatting with Joyce from the office but it seems she's busy with some issues at work.

This day is so boring hahahhaha,also considering the uncomfortable weather outside. Another thing, Mom is still in the province with Tita Valsie because Lola Minyang had another stroke two days ago I think, hope she recovers soon.

If only I knew that Mel won't be coming, I could have gone somewhere....

My Imeem OPM playlist

2008-09-06T10:17:00.000+08:00

My Playlist

Aug 29 Night out

2008-09-06T09:12:00.019+08:00

Last August 29, I had the chance of seeing my friends from QM. I really missed these guys, even though I left QM more than a year ago, our friendship has stayed the same and is getting better each day. I can say that these people were with me all the way, even during the time that I was in the ICU last year. Everytime I spent with them were always fun. Well Anyways, here are some of the pics that we had.

Me and Chams

Aidz, Dianne, Pangky and Cha

Chammy, Pangky, Dianne, Myles and Cha

Me, Chammy and Aidz

Aidz, Dianne and Pangky

Dianne, Pangky, Myles and Cha

Me, Chammy and Aidz

Pangky, Myles, Dianne, Cha and Tops

Me and Chammy

Dianne and I

Me, Dianne, Cha, Chammy and Pangky

Chammy, Aidz and Pangky

Cha and Chammy

Browse... browse.... browse.....

2008-09-05T00:32:00.003+08:00

Ey guys,just as promised, 'm back and I'm going to blog hard hahahaha. Well I was suppose to post something with regard to my unpleasant experience with PLDT people. But I rather not, I saw a lot of blogs and comments through forums that speaks of their pathetic service. I just hope someone from PLDT would compile and create some action items regarding those issues. It's just ironic that PLDT is a big company, but it can't even provide a steady and reliable service. well anyways... it's their problem and not mine.

It's so nice to be online again here at home, I was able to visit my new friendster account... that my bestfriend Eric created hahahhaa. I'm back to compiling my friends again. Hey to all who wants me to be their friend, add me up, my email address is jay_apostol@hotmail.com hahhaahah hmmm I'm really not so sure that posting my email address is such a good idea.... hahahaha
I'm blogging again, I've visited sites that I can't visit from work.... Wow I'm really browsing my heart out.

I'm currently creating my playlist in imeem.com, I'm enjoying it,so many songs, it's faster and better. I've compiled song from my favorite OPM artists. Songs that I would surely include if I'll have a chance to have my own album hahahaha.

I guess I'll try to go to sleep now, I still need to go to work later today. C yah

Back Online, Back to Blogging

2008-09-04T11:48:00.002+08:00

Ey guys, After two weeks of non blogging, I'm finally back!!! There were some problems with my Internet connection here at home,that's why I haven't been online much, I'll try to post that in a separate article.

It's now 11:51am Manila time, just got up. I haven't taken anything yet, I dunno if I should eat breakfast food or lunch already hahahaha. One thing is for sure, I need to take a bath and go to work hahahaha.

Anyways till my next post...

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2008-08-15T03:55:00.004+08:00

Ey, Good morning Pilipinas !!! its 3:56am here in Manila, as usual I'm still up, alive and kicking hehehehe, though this time I'm not at home hahahaha. I'm somewhere else, I won't tell where I am... Cause I don't feel like telling hehehe. Clue : KROW

Anyways, this is the first time that I accessed my blog here. I really don't blog here. I guess I just had the urge of doing so.

I won't post a long one this time, just wanted to update my frequent readers on how I'm doing. Friends, I'm still ok, though I'm tired.... I'm happy. It really feels nice to be with people close to you... fun crowd. Then again for sure when I get home, I'll be in never never land in no time.

Well got to go already, I'll just update you of my long weekend. I'm excited, I'll be out for 4 days.... Nice? nah it's awesome hahahaha, you know what for some reason I hate using the word awesome. Is there such thing as awesome? nah I don't think so.... which is better great or awesome? ahhh never mind hahahah....

BTW, can't think of a good title, if you have suggestions text nyo naman ako ... winner gets a prize.... send your answers to 2366 hahahaha.

Early Monday

2008-08-11T01:40:00.003+08:00

It's now 1:41AM Monday here in Manila, just like the other days... I'm still having some issues sleeping. I tried not going online, and tried going to bed but still unsuccessful. I turned off the lights and closed my eyes... I was able to sleep.... but yet a simple sound woke me,damn I was only as sleep for roughly 20 minutes. I never reached never never land. I tried going back to sleep ... I can't... So I decided to stand up and watch TV. The TV in my room is currently out for repairs, so I need to go out to the living room. Nothing amusing in the TV, well aside from Harry Potter. So I decided to go online. I Checked out some sites, I started of .... from News websites...to checking my Email... to blog hopping from one Friend's blog to another .... oh I even went to a Porn Site hahahahah..... still nothing !!!! Still not sleepy, hmmm well maybe the porn site was a bad idea. c",)

So here we go with August's Work week 2... Hope things run smoothly this week. I'll try to be calm and steady, no let me re-phrase that .... I'll be calm and steady this week. I'll do my work and be happy, well anyway this is a payday week.

Oh btw, remember the books that mom is authoring, where I'm helping her out. I was able to finish the book for Grade 2, all mom needs to do now is to proof read it and add some more exercises. I'm about to start another book this week, I might do the one for HTML/Flash and or for VB. Well the good side of having this sleeping problem, was that I was able to make it a productive time.

To all barangay Ginebra fans.... the gin kings lost game 3 to air 21 :( Helterbrand was not able to play due to an injury last game 2. They started out great but air 21 has just too many good people playing.

Vent out ....

2008-08-08T23:44:00.003+08:00

Ey guys what's up ? I just got home from work... Haven't posted something recently.... Kasi I think I have a sleeping disorder na, when I go online after work, I stay up till 4:00 am. Nahihirapan ako matulog lately. There's so many things that I'm thinking of right now, things that's really bugging me. Ano yun?

First is our business, it's just now that I'm helping my mom and my brother manage the school, kasi pakiramdam ko hindi nila natututukan. First problem may nag resign na teacher and mom is having some issues finding a replacement. Second is nahihirapan kami maningil, back accounts is now at 100+K and counting.... Nagagamit sa school yung pera na dapat na eenjoy namin, as well as yung ipon....pano naman yun?

Sa work... my immediate supervisor has just resigned, well to be honest, nde lang siya sup sakin, he's a friend.... yes again another friend is going to leave the team.... Ang hirap hirap naman oh. What is an analytics team kung JON lang nandun? Hindi ako imature... sabi ko nga, its something na I can't be comfortable of. And natatakot ako, kasi most of his work are replicated to me before in his absence, eh ngayong permanent na siyang mawawala. Buti sana kung mapropromote ako, but sbi nga ni Big Boss before.... "Pag may mag resign na sup... hindi na tayo kukuha ng kapalit" End of story ....

*** Oliver, I just wish you well, I know this is something that you wanted long long time ago na... and it's here.. make the most out of it. Sbi ko nga kay Marvin non, see yah around, ingats and keep in touch.

- Jon -

Coming this November

2008-08-05T00:55:00.002+08:00

Beautiful in my Eyes - Joshua Kadison

2008-08-05T00:29:00.002+08:00

Here's a song na gustong gusto ko right now, actually it was Oliver who introduced the song to me during the time that we attended Chev's birthday. Eh meron pala sa Magic sing.... and usually kinakanta namin ni Ruge pag nag jajamming kami, lalo na last week sa shift,though actually sing and dance kami ni Ruge eh, nasisingit lang tong song hahahaha. Here's a copy of the lyrics of the song... kung nde nyo lam pano kantahin, call me kantahin ko para sa'yo heheheheh.

Beautiful in my Eyes - Joshua Kadison

You're my peace of mind in this crazy world.
You're everything I've tried to find, your love is a pearl.
You're my Mona Lisa, you're my rainbow skies,
and my only prayer is that you realize
you'll always be beautiful in my eyes.

The world will turn and the seasons will change,
and all the lessons we will learn will be beautiful and strange.
We'll have our fill of tears, our share of sighs.
And my only prayer is that you realize
you'll always be beautiful in my eyes.

You will always be beautiful in my eyes.
And the passing years will show
that you will always grow ever more beautiful in my eyes.

When there are lines upon my face from a lifetime of smiles,
and when the time comes to embrace for one long last while,
we can laugh about how time really flies.
We won't say goodbye 'cause true love never dies.
You'll always be beautiful in my eyes.

You will always be beautiful in my eyes.
And the passing years will show
that you will always grow ever more beautiful in my eyes.
The passing years will show that you will always grow
ever more beautiful in my eyes.

INNOV8

2008-08-04T01:27:00.004+08:00

I was browsing through http://www.gsmarena.com/ to check some phones out, I'm planning to buy a new phone if I won't be satisfied with what Globe will offer me. Currently they're offering me the Samsung Armani phone or some other models of Blackberry. Getting the free phone would me that both my plan and my mom's supplementary plan will be locked for 2 years and a half. My mom has plans of upgrading her plan so I decided to just call back if I'm to avail the phone. I talked with my mom just tonight and she asked me to discontinue her plan and that she'll be applying for her own plan this week. I also asked Globe if the offer would still stand if I cancel the supplementary line, they said a very thunderous "NO" hahahahaha. Pero I could call them daw to check what they can offer. So I think I would, after I get Mom's plan cancelled.

So ayun nga, I really wanted a Nokia N82 black series, tagal ko na inaabangan yun, naging available lang last month, but I haven't bought the phone yet, kasi medyo nag dadalawang isip ako with the keypad. If Globe will give me this phone for free, naku I don't mind locking my plan for 2 years again.

Going back, I was browsing kanina, and came across this 8 megapixel camera phone from Samsung. I never looked at any other phone before, I've been a consistent Nokia user, well at least for the phones I buy and use. Pero sa ngayon gamit ko kasi back up phone ni mom which is an SE Jurassic model hehehehe. Going back to the Samsung phone, not only that it has better camera compared to N82, it also has almost the same features..... and and it has the latest Symbian OS. Usually kasi yaw ko ng ibang phone kasi iba ang OS nila, ang hirap gamitin and medyo walang third party software na ma-install. Now since this phone runs also in a Symbian environment, its like the N82. Unfortunately the phone is not yet released, but the date said it would be this August, before Nokia releases N96. Hmmm magkano naman kaya ito.... Sana kaya ni budget hahahaha.

** thanks GSMARENA for the pics. You may also visit their site for the review and specs.

Email coming from my friend Lina.

2008-08-04T00:34:00.004+08:00

It's been raining here in Manila for 3 days now. No typhoons just LPAs (Low Pressure Areas) well 2 of them to be exact, thats why I decided to spend the weekend at home.

Got enough sleep and got enough rest. I filed a vacation leave last Friday, that's why I had a long weekend. Remember the book that mom was writing ? I had to help her finish the first part last Friday, that's why I decided to go on leave.

Well just earlier this evening, I was about to generate a report for Charles but my connection via vpn kept on going on and off as well as my dsl, well it could have been the rain triggering it. Never the less, I still had a chance of checking my personal mail, through hotmail. It's been a while since I last checked it. Upon checking, it says that I got around 8 email and 16 junk ones. 2 coming from JP (a friend from HS) 2 were from Karlo (a friend from college) 2 from a horoscope site (I signed up before, kala ko horoscope tlaga, just recently I read it, Love horoscope pala kaya panay love ang nakasulat) and lastly 2 from Lina ......

Just the usual, I placed a check mark on the horoscope email and deleted it. I read JP's and Karlo's email which was more of a forwarded email. Then it was down to 2.... yes, it was Lina's email .... usually I never read Lina's email.... but this time something inside me told me to open it... so I did ....

Lina was recommending a lot of things .... things that were enticing .... tempting ..... persuasive.
Di ko lam, iba ang pakiramdam.... Should I or should I not ? bakit naman hindi ?

I think I'll give it a try .....

Pics pics pics

2008-08-01T19:31:00.012+08:00

As I was going through some files a while ago, I saw some pics.....

I'm going to share this with you guys ...

Here's a picture of our school under renovation. Renovation started last April, actually this is an old pic, kasi almost done na siya ngayon, just needed some polishing and some final touches. Eto ang dahilan kaya malaki ang pag titipid namin ngayon hehehee.

OUR MOTHER OF GRACE SCHOOL

Kingstown I Subdivision

Sa mga taga Bagumbong Caloocan dyan ....

Next few pics will be during Tet's pregnacy ay delivery na pala hehehehe, Actually nanganak siya last Good Friday.

Yan mga pups feeding

Tets in the box

Julia and Spot, pareho na silang wala na dito sa bahay. Hope both of them are ok.

Eto yung kambal si Julio at Julia. Julia is already with Charles.

Going to the weekend....

2008-07-31T23:10:00.002+08:00

I just ended another shift.... and we're also about to end another work week..... isang araw na lang yahoooooo

This week has been entirely different for me.... well I think it's something good actually. I got to experience things that I did long long before ..... and I guess something that I've been looking forward in doing again.

So many things took place this week, uhmm to start out, Jesley and Charles were sent to a training in Makati, then our new manager is now on board.... and lastly I get to manage the team for three days....

Well I was excited at one point but yet nervous at the other end. The last time I managed a team real time was back in M*N when I was the A shift HIO. Do I still have what it takes to lead? From the time kasi na I joined the Quality team, it seems like I was working solo that time. What we were doing was not real time, it's really a support group type of a team. I don't need to make abrupt decisions nor manage a queue.

IT Helpdesk is just like the M*N helpdesk how hard could it be? hahahahah So since last Tuesday till today, I moved my shift to an earlier time so that I could oversee both A and B shift. Everythings pretty cool. Sobrang na enjoy ko, well don't get me wrong... It was not because I was the boss that time, but its more on, I made myself available for the team, I got to relate, talk, converse.... ano pa.... bond with the team, well at least for A and B shift. I feel na I'm a lot closer to them now than before. Dati kasi ako yung tipong naka upo lang ako sa station ko doing my stuff, without worrying about things behind me....

I've learned a lot from this experience, even though its more load for me, ok lang I don't mind. These 3 days were the busiest days of my ITHD career but hey I liked it. Pati shift report nagawa ko na .... hahahaha ano pa hindi ko nagagawa ? ha ? VLAN change ? hmmm someday hahahaha.

Ay also yesterday.... Jen, one of our specialist needed to go on VLWOP to do something important... at one point natakot ako, kasi I know na we might encounter difficulties with the queue since kulang ng tao for the shift, also I know that Jen is also the escalation point of the team. Pero sige lang, I never asked anyone to extend, I had confidence with the other B shift members. Even though there was a pinch of fear in me, sabi ko ka sa kanila kaya natin to .... I told them I believe in these 3 guys na natira and just made a small huddle just in case we need to pull something up in cases of call spikes. Pucha I have a power house B shifters.... what could go wrong ? I even called them "the Veteran team" hehehehe and the theme was 1970s hehehehhe.

Ruge, Jeff and Sonny .... ala akong masabi sa nyo guys !!! Sobrang saludo ako sa nyo ... ala kayong kahirap hirap kausapin, a job well done mga dudes, and syempre it also goes to the A shifters, Mela, Joyce, Sol and Mae and the specialists, Mia and Jen. Kudos. Oh Dex also .... Dex ang galing mo !!!!

Reason for staying up late ......

2008-07-31T01:45:00.003+08:00

WINDOWS VISTA !!!

My desktop is acting strange again ..... I'm getting a blue screen
I took the error and checked it with some forums, it seems that it's a conflict with the settings on my board, I have to enable the ACPI on the BIOS. which I did, It seems that its going though this time, but I need to be sure , I've gone to the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool to check. Though there's this Status thing at the bottom of the screen it says "Hardware problems were detected. To identify and repair these problems, you will need to contact the computer manufacturer." Nge .... sino tatawagan ko hahahaha.

Hope it goes through this time, I might also update the BIOS, nyay walang tulugan ito.... Mom needs the files there....

SONA

2008-07-30T23:14:00.002+08:00

Ey whats up ? I'm back, got time to blog tonight. Medyo late na post ko for the SONA hahahaha, nakikihabol lang sa uso. Actually this is not a reaction to SONA, since I wasn't able to watch the actual state of the nation address, even sa TV, I'm going to tell you a story, it happened way back in high school during the SONA. Kaya till now may impact sakin ang mga SONA.

To start with taga Fairview ako, so most likely everytime may SONA, people from Fairview ang naapektuhan, well not with it's content, but the thought of having a SONA.... hahaha you know what I mean... kung hindi bahala ka .... joke, If you got it right, yes it's the big traffic that Commonwealth avenue experiences during this day. Dami rallies and programs I should say. Back in high school, I was still studying in Claret (It is located withing Teacher's village in aDiliman.) Second year to be exact, I was in school, classes was not suspended but at around noon time there was this announcement, that classes will be shortened. Yes it was due to big rallies that would salubong .... (hehehehe ano english ng salubong ???) basta, rallies that would make salubong the SONA. So pinauwi na kami ng maaga. Usually kasi hatid sundo kami ng brother ko from school but this time, my brother was in the hospital, actually his last day, he'll be discharged that day. Since ala pang celphone non, I never knew na makakauwi pala sila ng maaga. So that time sbi ko mag cocomute na lang ako.....

When the bell rang, I hurriedly fixed my things and got ready to go home. During that time, my bestfriend approached me. Oh btw his name is John Vincent, though I call him Ebay, his nickname. Si Ebay kasi yung buddy buddy ko that time, he also resides in Fairview and I knew him since grade 7. So ayun lumapit cya, sbi nya "Jay sabay na tayo umuwi, pero meron pa akong remedial hintayin mo na lang ako" (I can't really remember kung remedial yun or tutorial but it would last I think for 2 hours) So since medyo matagal ang hihintayin ko, sbi ko, "tol una na lang ako.... ala akong kasama maghintay" So ayun sumabay ako sa iba naming friends, during that time pag dating namin sa City Hall, It's already traffic and so HARD to get a ride, until we decided to take a bus, maski nakatayo. Awa naman ng Diyos sandali lang nakaupo rin kami siguro it was just a 15 minute wait, pero the weird thing here, nsa UP pa lang kami ...... pumasok kasi yung bus sa loob ng UP since Commonwealth is not moving.....

Guess what, from UP Philcoa to Ever Gotesco took 4 hours..... AND thats not all.... just passed the lot where St. Peter Parish resides, vehicles can no longer pass, dahil sabrang dami ng nag rarally and there was a human fence made by the police. So everyone went down the bus.... tried walking in between of the police and the protestors. Kakatakot, the water canons and tear gases were on standby, shet magkagulo to nasa gitna kami.....

After passing them, kala ko tapos na.... since ala ngang nakakalusot na sasakyan, all of us has to walk ..... from Sandigan bayan to Fariview .... pucha , it was the longest day ever.

Maski shorten period kami, I was able to reach home around 9pm na. Galing di ba. Hindi pa natatapos dito ang story.....

So ayun pag dating ko sa bahay nag pahinga ako .... changed to comfy clothes..... then suddenly .....

Mga siguro ..... 15 minutes after I arrived, aba ayan na yung kotse namin ... bumubusina, aba naka uwi na sila.....

So I just asked the maid to open the gates and assist mom sa pag park.
Pag pasok ng Mom ko sabi nya sakin, "o Nandyan ka na, anong oras ka nakauwi?" so sbi ko "kakauwi ko lang din, ang hirap sumakay tpos ang haba ng nilakad ko"
Sbi ni Mom... "sinubukan ka namin habulin" "dumaan kami sa City hall to check kung nandun ka" "Ang nakita namin si Ebay, so sinabay nanamin at hinatid namin" "Nung trapik na, nag merienda muna kami sa may Tandang Sora"

Nung sinabi ni Mom yun pucha nag flash back nung sinasabi sakin ni Ebay na hintayin ko siya ..... Nde ko alam kung mapipikon ako, with what had happened, pero ok na rin at least naisakay nila si Ebay....

The next day .... malayo pa ko ..... sbi ni Ebay "sabi ko syo dapat sabay na lang tayo eh"
Moral Lesson : Dapat kasi walang iwanan, Maniwala sa mga kaibigan... minsan kasi mas alam nila kung ano dapat para syo ..... hahahaha

Hmm I just wonder where and what happened to Ebay, it was I think 2004 kami huling nagkita. Hope everythings ok.....

Still Up ...

2008-07-27T02:35:00.004+08:00

It's now 2:35am here in Manila, I'm not yet sleepy, doing some task to help mom. Money is on the line here that's why I need to help. hehehehehe

I can't sleep, probably I slept most of the day. And I guess I got enough sleep from yesterday, since I went on a doubleshift from Thursday to Friday, freeing up my Friday afternoon. I'd like to thank also Mary Joyce for keeping me up. Before it's Shiela that I always chat with during the night, just recently it's Joyce who keeps me company pag nde ako makatulog. Just like Shie, Joyce has a lot of topics in mind, im getting very sensible talks, emotional once as well hahahaha.

Now, there's this damn dog outside our house, not sure what he's doing there, nasapagitan cya ng gulong ni Bab and our terrace's wall. I'm not sure kung nde siya makaalis or naipit siya dun. Well he was not there during the time I parked. It's just late tonight that I heard him bark there, well nde nga ako sure kung "he" un eh. Nakakainis na kumakahol cya like he's asking for help or something, siya lang kumakahol, tahimik naman mga aso namin, Kenj, Tets and Chingching are sleeping, si Julio lang at si Beauty ang gising pero tahimik sila. Etong lintik na aso sa labas ang kahol ng kahol, Naiirita ako kasi , my room is next to the terrace and rinig na rinig sa kwarto ko.

I just got out, para tingnan yung aso, whenever I go out, he stops barking.... sa ngayon tahimik siya ulit, I got a flash light to check kung naipit siya, it seems nde naman, nde ko lam kung nde lang siya makalakad. Well basta ang good thing he stopped.

Next week Mike will be boarding on to ITHD, may manager na kami ulit. We'll see what happens, it seems that medyo mahaba ang kwentuhan namin, since Jes and Charles will be out from Tuesday to Thursday because of a training.

Oliver.... nasan ka na ? Kung meron man sa inyo nakakakita kay Oliver o alam ang kanyang kinalalagyan, please ipag alam lang sa aming tanggapan.... hahahahaha

PBA Update : Gin Kings 3-0 / NCAA Update : Red Lions 4-2

2008-07-27T02:16:00.004+08:00

I have to post this.... hahahaha.

Yes, Brgy Ginebra is on a 3 - 0 record in the Semis, against Red Bull Barako. I really did not have the time to watch games 1 and 2, since I have work, though I was able to see a glimpse of the game through our pantry during my break. Good thing, I did a double shift on my Thurs-Fri sched, giving me a time at home to watch the PBA game of Ginebra and Red bull.

First Quarter, I expected Red bull to come back in game 3, and they did, Ginebra was trailing and Red bull was playing aggressively. Chris Alexander and Mark Caguioa are having some issues scoring. It was just the second quarter that the Kings had a stable rally. There were several deadlocks during the game, and there was several lead changes as well. Good thing Ginebra sustained their game and was able to win the game.

Tomorrow will be game 4, hope I could watch live, but I'm a tight budget, and sino naman kasama ko, ala mahilig sa basketball dito sa bahay, and so as with my close friends.... teka nasan na nga ba ang mga close friends ko? hahahahahah. Ang nararamdaman ko lang mga close friends ko sa office eh.

Well anyway one thing is for sure, I'll watch sa TV tomorrow.

As for NCAA, My beloved Red Lions are now on a 4-2 record, kita mo nga naman natatalo pa pala kami hahahaha. First lost was with JRU, sino yung pangalawa? got the data from www.gmanews.tv anyways, sa finals na ko ulit manonood... hope its a better finish this time.

Reflection 2008

2008-07-24T01:42:00.004+08:00

A lot of things going through my head, everything seems to be out of hand.
I never had this feeling before, something that I could not confide anymore.
I wonder if I've done something bad, or have I gone over with what I must have had.
Some people say problems are challenges, but would it always be in every instances?
Am I now stronger? but why am I been shaken by this boulder?
Maybe I need to learn more, or could it be that I wasn't paying attention before?
For what ever it is , hope I could deal with it at ease.
My faith will always be with him, for I know he'll help me up to be firm.

Monday

2008-07-22T02:09:00.004+08:00

I guess its back ...... is it really back ?..... the Monday sickness that I have....

Well to start with, I'm really not a Monday person. Ever since my Elementary / High school days.... I never really enjoyed Mondays. I dunno whats in a Monday that I hate. Kasi pag Monday... sobrang traffic early morning, so many things to work on, so many things to start .....

Back in High school, specially when I was in 4th year that I have to drive myself and my brother to school.... sobrang traffic, tpos pag dating pa sa school you have no where to park because everybody is rushing. Tpos syempre submission ng mga home works/projects that we took home for the weekend. Grrr kagulo tlaga. Same with college, specially during the 1st and second year, most of my subjects were early morning, pucha ang hirap sumakay pag Monday.

Nung I was working medyo naiwasan ko ang Monday, lalo na nung I have the chance to select my own sched. I never eyed for a Sat Sun off before.... I usually pick, Sun Mon as my rest days. Baket? kasi I really hate going out on a Monday, yaw ko makipag siksikan, yaw ko makigulo sa mundo hahahahaha.

Its just with QM that I had the Sat Sun off, masmasaya pla, pero during that time kasi I was more on night shift, kaya nde ko dama yung rush tuwing Monday.

Now here in IT, well I really don't have problem naman, since I'm in mid shift, pero kanina, I was sick kasi. Stupid Rhinitis, sakit ng buong mukha ko, hanggang panga, and bahing ako ng bahing. Supposedly I have an appointment kaninang 8AM in Ortigas, I had to have it cancelled because of it.

So is my Monday sickness back? Wala lang, Tamad parin naman tlaga ako tuwing Monday eh, pero now ..... It is Tolerable.

* got the image from the web, Thanks to http://images.zwani.com/graphics/days_of_the_week/monday/images/6monday33.jpg

Birthday .....

2008-07-20T18:37:00.001+08:00

Happy Birthday

Marvin (July 20)

Ala akong masabi eh?!?

Basta Happy Birthday na lang .... kng nasan ka man.

The Dark Knight ....

2008-07-20T00:41:00.002+08:00

Ey guys, whats up ? How am I ? I'm ok, though my feet still hurts, it hurts when I sit, I hurts when I try to run... basta it hurts, un yon. It hurts but pain is worth it.

Well anyways, I got half of the day sleeping, Nahirapan kasi ako matulog kagabi, kumikirot likod ko. Got up just in time for lunch, hehehehe, syempre kain kagad, then watched some noon time shows, its around 3pm that I asked Mom and JR to get dressed so we could go to the mall. I really wanted to watch The Dark Knight. So there we went, We weren't able to make it to the 4pm show, so we decided to go around a bit, we bought a new Video Card for our desktop, it has been out of order for quite sometime now, so I decided to buy that darn card so we could go on with our lives, heheheehe. After that we went to a fast food chain to buy some burgers for the movie.

The Dark Knight .....

Well so far, I can say that I've watched all the Batman films. So there's no way that the "Dark Knight" would come pass my way. Just like Batman Begins, I expected the movie to be serious compared to the other Batman sequels. And indeed it was serious and long ..... I expected some twists with the story, since the first Batman also featured Joker as the villain, Story was different this time, no flash back on how Bruce's parents died, so in this movie, it's not Jokers fault that his parents died. Oh Two face is also included in this movie. Yes that's right Harvey Dent is the new District Attorney, who was the current boyfriend of Rachel, yung gf ni Bruce sa Batman Begins. Oh BTW I don't want to be a spoiler but, Rachel died in the movie, reason for Harvey to hate everybody....

The movie was long .... at one point, you'll think how this movie will end. Ay one more thing, remember during the last part of Batman Begins, the Wayne Mansion went down to ashes?

wherein both Alfred and Bruce was planning on how to rebuild it... Well in this movie mukhang nde natapos yung mansion, yes I would assume na nde natapos. Why ? cause Bruce was living in the Wayne enterprise building within the city. Yes, and he kept all the Bat things sa basement, including the bat suit, bat mobile, and even some computers. Actually uunti nga gamit compared to the bat cave. It was like a large space with the bat mobile and a piece of cabinet which housed the bat suit. Parang naka condo si Bruce hehehe.

Friday would always be Friday....

2008-07-19T01:42:00.002+08:00

Ey guys, even though "technically" it's already Early Saturday morning, I decided to use Friday for my blog post's title. Its because everything that I'll be writing about took place yesterday.

I don't know what it is in Friday's that makes me appreciate it, yes maybe its because for sure Saturday will follow next, and could be because I know that its the last working day in a week. Back in QM, usually Friday is the most relaxed day for me. In QM, we have what we call the activity declaration. In the activity declaration file, its where we schedule most of our activities for the incoming week. Yes we get to plan everything a week ahead. Doing so, what I usually do it that, I schedule most of my meetings and important tasks from Monday to Wednesday, freeing my Thursday and Friday for retrieval. And since I'm a fast worker, and I guess I've developed the easiest way of retrieving calls, at times I am able to finish ahead of time. With that I usually have a vacant and stress free Fridays. Hey, thats not cheating, cause I have a full load, its just that I'm fast in doing my work, don't get me wrong I don't sacrifice accuracy for my speed. Hey I'm a Quality Management Associate, I would know that my work deserves more accuracy than anyone else.

Now in IT, its a bit different, activity declaration is good, but I think everything is different here, its like were in the operations that every second, every minute deserves a different approach. We might be relaxed at on point, but queue may come in the next minute. It's like we should not keep our defense down.

So what is it in this week's Friday ? Why do I have to use Friday as my topic? Well, lets just say something new happened today. Aside from me on 1st half vacation leave. I decided to play basketball after my shift, something new right ?

Well its been quite a while since Aidz, Darwin, Rugene has been asking me to join them play, every Friday, but I usually turn them down. I'm a bit lazy with this kind of things, but don't get me wrong, I like basketball. It has been quite some time since I last played, I think last basketball game that I played was in third year college.

Well last week I promised Aidz and Rugene that I will play, so there I went .... I played just several hours ago. Just like what I expected, my game(naks para naman ang galing ko, pero to be honest meron naman akong decent mid range jumper at kaya ko sumalaksak) , wasn't there anymore, I can barley run the whole court and my feet started to ache. Isang game lang nilaro ko , pero para akong nag championship series sa sakit ng paa ko.

Hahahah, parang larong laro noh, well, nde naman, ano ba , I just got 2 attempts sa basket pareho pang sablay.... hahahaha, well nde naman ako nalulungkot kasi pucha for someone who just played basketball in an instance ok na sakin yun, To think that I really didn't know whom I was playing with, buti na lang nandun si Charles. Basta... It was a new experience, medyo nahihiya lang ako sa mga nanonood hahahaha, mahiyain kasi tlaga ako hahahahaha. Just like sa tinanong ni Charles kanina, "Did you enjoy?" the answer is YES, but I guess I'm too conscious kung ano naiisip nung iba, baka natangahan sila sakin sa laro ko hahahaha. And for Charles' second question.... "sasama ka ba ulit sa susunod?" the answer again would be YES, but I would certainly be "more" comfortable, and relax if it would be more on ITHD peeps, or Aidz and Dmac ang kalaro ko.....

Birthday ulit

2008-07-17T23:49:00.001+08:00

Happy Birthday Charina (July 17, 2008)

Kailan na videoke natin ?

Laki laki ng sweldo mo eh hehehehe

See yah soon !!!!

Peak of the Week

2008-07-17T00:53:00.002+08:00

How's everyone doing? I was about to post something here last night but I was dead tired to do so. Tuesday was a bit tiring, remember the article I posted last weekend, the summary thing of my last week's activities? I said there that Tuesday was boring right ? well this week Tuesday was something different. Yeah, it was something un-ordinary. I started my day pretty early than usual, I need to be in the office at around 8am.... and its not SITC that I need to be at, it was Kpoint.

Well good thing I got a wake up call from Jesley, early morning. After the call, I got up, took a shower, a few food to digest, got into Bab and went straight to SITC. Good thing Ruge offered us a ride to Kpoint, kasi pag dating namin, ala na parking eh.

We had a training in SQL from Sol of the IS team, It was good, this is something that we all needed, It's just too early for all of us hehehehee. After the training, Zai, Sol, Mae, Madz and I went back to SITC for our shift, ayun this time medyo ngarag na, Jesley and I need to finish a lot of things for the SKIP presentation. We even had a meeting. Finishing everything, I was able to leave the office at around 11pm. So I was at work from 8am to 11pm last Tuesday.

Today, I planned to be in the office earlier to print some of the data needed. But due to the fatigue brought by Tuesday, I got up a bit late. Upon arriving at the office, I immediately booted my computer and started printing. It was less than 30 minutes before the presentation, haaay the tension of SKIP presentations hehehehehe, but never the less the good thing here is that, the presentation was quick and seems like this was the best SKIP we've ever done, well thanks also to Boss Arvs for presenting.

The rest of the afternoon, shift was pretty ok, we tried to relax a bit and enjoyed the rest of the day.

Stress Level

2008-07-14T23:03:00.003+08:00

I got this from Maya's Blog .... I tried using it .... and here's the result.

Well according to the result I have "High Stress" weh? nde nga? Nde naman masyado hahahaha.... I dunno if this thing is correct or what, but never the less, Jesley I think I need to file a VL.

Click here to test it out.

Early Bird

2008-07-14T22:35:00.004+08:00

Ey, whats up ?? heheehe. It's still early and I'm already at home. Daylight saving time ? nope hehehehe. Started my day a bit early than usual. Why ? well 2 reasons, first is that I made a lot of bank runs early Monday, Mom asked me if I could do it for her. Second is that, we have a SKIP presentation to Fred this Wednesday, and data and graphs are badly needed. I helped Jes with the data and graphs, its kinda "madugo" with how our data with business insight turned out. I tried doing a manual computation, but it seems my algebraic and my statistician skills did not help hehehehe. Well even though I was not able to get the result that I wanted, I tried naman di ba ? Sorry na ah ....

Ayun, Boss Arvs even called, and said we need the data by hook or by crook. That's the time that we made "Bembang" to IS to help us with the data. Well I sent a pretty decent and friendly email naman, di ba Jes ?

Tomorrow would be another story .... I have to be in Kpoint at around 8AM, sbi nga ni Oliver "kamusta naman?!?" I'll be attending an SQL training.... well to be honest, this training is great and would be an added learning for me again. I know SQL but its kinda rusty already. Two things that I don't like though would be the time and secondly the place..... sigh***

Well tingnan na lang natin.... Oh I forgot, lam nyo ba na nakatulog na ko? I got home around 8:15pm, ate dinner around 8:30pm, I was able to sleep around 9pm. Now I'm awake !!!! goodluck.

Weekend Update

2008-07-13T22:43:00.002+08:00

Weekend was pretty dull, I was totally Lazy for two days. Been in bed for almost half a day, I wanted to get out to the mall, but then I was all lazy to change clothes. Bab was parked outside, and stayed at home as well. I did a lot of blogging, a lot of singing, a was almost online the whole time. Shiela was a regular chat buddy, hahahaha every night na nag oonline ako may shift kasi cya....

Last night, we had a conversation with JC din, ayun took us I think till almost 3am. Ako unang sumuko, pagod na ko eh, pero It was a good talk, may sense kausap tlaga mga taga help desk. Tpos kaninang umaga, I got the chance to chat with the morning and mid shifters, with Jesley syempre. Well kanina medyo katuwaan na lang, kulitan and all.

Well sa ngayon, I have this head ache and an active rhinitis. Sama pa natin ang Sinus, ang sakit ng face ko .... ulo ko ..... starting from my eyebrows down to my nose and cheeks.

Jesley VL ako bukas .... hahahaha joke. Well anyways .... bukas back to work...

Birthday Ulit

2008-07-12T23:52:00.002+08:00

Happy Birthday Chammy Cruz (July 13)

Kailan ang pa-kain mo ?

Mis ko na kayo dyan sa OSMA.

Hope I could drop by one time.....

Again Happy Birthday!!!!

Chev's Birthday

2008-07-12T16:24:00.009+08:00

Here are some pics from Chevy's Birthday...

Thanks Chev's for the pics ....

(Smile .... Oliver Sykes Jacket, ang ganda ni Jesley dito noh, syempre kainan yan. Joke )

(Birthday girl sa gitna syempre ...)

(Joyce,Chevs, Jay and Jesley)

(Yiheee, muling ibalik ang tamis .... )

(Hmm.... un lang)

Random Pics (Memory Lane)

2008-07-12T01:45:00.007+08:00

Some pics from the past.... reminiscing lang. got it from bespren Eric's blog links

Pagudpod

(Jay, Joy, Cielo and Eric)

M** Helpdesk

(Top: Petson, Mikey , Glenda, Royce, Dionne, Zaldy, Sandy, Sherwin, Jay, Jod, Sonny, Eric, Ge.
Raffy, Faith, Dheng, Jepoy, Joyce, Gilbs, Che, Jay, Maya, Mia, Kat
Jordan, Cookie, Olan, Dona, Kate, Knought, Badz and Day)

A shift

(Jay, DOne, Day, Knought, Olan, Badz, Maya
Eric and Mia)

IATS ECHO (Left: Nick, Vince , Jay, Parky, Right: Ivo, Dennis, Jovi, Amie, Eric)

Bagaberde Pasig (Eric, Knought, Toni,
Jerie, Mia and Jay)

More pics soon .....

The week that was...

2008-07-12T00:26:00.003+08:00

Thank God that it's another weekend....

Time to relax, time to enjoy and time to see friends and family.
The past week was somewhat ok, many things took place, but nothing major.

Monday - same old manic Monday, I still had some problems with the team stats, nawala lang naman ung data namin. I did a manual computation on some of the attributes, I'm not sure if the computation is that accurate, but hey I think its the nearest thing that we could get. Pak shet ang hirap non ah.

Tuesday - Same pa rin ... problem with stats. Wala boring ang Tuesday.

Wednesday - Started my day a bit early, met up with Jes and Oliver in SITC and Marvin and Joyce in SM Centerpoint(yihee). Pumunta kami Birthday party ni Chevy (ex ni Vino, joke former ITHD Associate) sa Sta Mesa. After that monthly meeting ng team, syempre dami food nanaman, busog c",)

Thursday - Oliver left for the states .... hahaha nde joke, basta somewhere... secret kasi .... hmm secret ? baka sa Bat cave. One on one with Bossing.

Friday - Haay sarap ng Friday, pero lam nyo maski Friday eto ... nothing to look forward to ... it was dull and boring.

Ayun, so those were the happenings for the week. I hope Saturday and Sunday will be better.

EGO

2008-07-11T00:18:00.003+08:00

Now I know .... where all these things started.

I learned something today, probably a million dollar answer to the biggest "why" that ever came to us. I won't say what it is or say who it was, but I think everything boiled down to what we call.... "EGO". Yes, ego with a pinch of self importance and a bulk of insecurities.

The LASTs.... (got this from Mia Bernardo)

2008-07-10T01:59:00.002+08:00

I got this from Mia's Blog... natuwa lang ako ...
Thanks Mia...

Last cigarette: Never tried .... asthmatic ako
Last car ride: Kotse kong si Bab, pauwi kanina
Last good cry: Nde ko maalala? nanonood ako ng Wish ko lang? hahahaha joke
Last Library book checked out: NA hahaha pwede ba NA dito ? I sleep sa library yun lang.
Last movie seen: Ano ba ? naku last Month pa ata yun, Indiana Jones, Haven't gone out lately.
Last food consumed: Yung handa sa Monthly meeting, busog pa ko pag uwi ko eh.
Last crush: V.A. hahahaha goodluck
Last phone call: Teka check ko, si Chevy, kaninang papunta kami sa birthday nya.
Last TV show watched: Eto Chalk Zone sa Cartoon Network.
Last shoes worn: Leather shoes lang, tinatamad ako punta room to check on the brand.
Last CD played: syempre Jay Durias ....
Last item bought: Isang bag at isang shorts, nde ko lang sure kung ano ung na last na punch nung cashier.
Last downloaded: MP3
Last disappointment: Kanina lang
Last soda drank: Coke
Last thing written: yung post ko sa blog kanina : PHMNLJAY001
Last words spoken: "Cge Ingat..." kay Sonny, kasi sabay kami umuwi eh
Last sleep: Kagabi .... nakatulog ba ko sa office ? hmm nde hahahhaa
Last IM: Dalawa sila , si Mia and Charles pero kng pinaka last... si Charles ay si Chammy na ...
Last sexual fantasy: Sexual Fantacy ? ilalagay dito ung last sexual fantacy ko ? nge wag na kaya
Last ice cream eaten: vanilla lang, nde ako nakakain ng ice cream kanina, busog ako eh
Last time amused: Hmm eh?!?
Last time wanting to die: Nyay ala pa naman po
Last time hugged: Mom ko , nag hug kami, kasi na lulungkot ako
Last chair sat in: Eto sa may PC
Last web page visited: Mia's blogspot.
Last fruity photo taken: NA ulit hahahahaha

PHMNLJAY001

2008-07-10T01:17:00.003+08:00

I think lately my blog has been a repository of things in my mind that I feel like dumping somewhere....

Well its more on thoughts, siguro kasi masyado na mabigat ulo ko kakaisip?!? hahahaha
"ang hirap kasi syo Jay masyado kang nag iisip !!!!!" - anonymous

I can't say if its all bad, kasi may mga light things din naman ako nilalagay di ba ?
Its just that I have a lot of things going on sa utak ko, sa life ko today... at home .... at work .... at ? at ? at ? LOVE? nge MALAKING NGE ala nga .... potah. OR baka kailangan ko na ma-inlove? double nge, sarili ko nga nde ko maayos eh....

Hahahaha Sometimes I feel ok .... sometime I don't
Baliw na ko ?

Cge teka himay himay natin

What makes me happy ngayon ?
1. My Family (Mom, Dad, Jheng and JR)
2. Jesley, Oliver, Charles and Darwin
3. ITHD (***kasama mga resigned)
4. Chammy, Dianne, Cha, Chi, Myles and Kuya Aidz (Mga Monsters sa QM E**rson)
5. Denmar and Jericho (mga kapatid kong Bedista)
6. Magic Sing ... **thank you magic sing

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What makes me un-happy ?
1. B****
2. Exaggeration
3. OA
4. Plastics
5. Difficulty with Business

*** data used : July 10 pakiramdam

Ayan ... so ano yan ? Question : So what does the data tell you? Answer : YES hahahhaa

NYAY ....

Birthday Corner ... ulit

2008-07-10T01:08:00.002+08:00

Ey Again I would like to share a space in my blog to my friends.

Happy Birthday to Jericho Jimenez (July 8) and Chevy Aguatis (July 9)

..... susunod mag lalagay na ko ng pic.

Chevs I think I have the right pic to put here hehehehe.

SOON

Amplifcation to the Nth power

2008-07-09T00:10:00.006+08:00

Ala lang I think its something that I encountered today....

It's just funny that sometimes things are amplified several times, for it to be significant or I guess something noticeable. But in the real scenario .... its just like the title of my blog ..... "It's all in our heads"

Amazing how our brain, processes things, but don't you think that imagination is something more fascinating ? Imagination creates a different world, it makes things look more realistic .... It makes small objects look big , and makes big objects smaller than usual.

Am I pointing out to exaggeration ?

I dunno, Its for you to find out.....

Birthday Corner c",)

2008-07-05T19:06:00.002+08:00

Happy Birthday Denmar Ong and Eric De Vera

July 5

Mabuhay kayong dalawa !!!!

Mga Best Friend ko yan

Brgy Ginebra 9-8

2008-07-04T23:51:00.002+08:00

Even though im not able to watch the PBA recently, I still have time to check game results through PBA.PH.

Sa title pa lang obvious na I'm a Brgy Ginebra supporter, tagal na, high school pa lang ata maka-Ginebra na ko. Now that they're record is improving sana manalo ulit sila sa game nila againsts Alaska on Sunday....

Well I love basketball even though nde ako masyado nag lalaro lately. Pero I watch, PBA games, I watch NCAA games and UAAP games. I play NBA Live hahahaha sa Playstation. Unfortunately I was not given the height to play, and the talent.... hahaha pero I can play the game, bakit ba...

If you are given the chance to ask Jesus Christ one question .... what would it be ?

2008-07-03T23:36:00.000+08:00

As I was driving home kanina, I openned the radio after I dropped Mia off sa Cubao.

They have this dating game sort of thing, it was at Barangay LS. The DJ has 3 callers on the line, 2 boys and 1 girl. They were talking and chatting and just like a normal dating game, the girl was throwing questions to the guys. To start with all the callers were I think young, kids kung baga, they were still in college. What struck me was the question thrown by the girl... "If you are given the chance to ask Jesus Christ one question, what would it be?" wow di ba, pati ako tuloy napaisip, kung ako yun ano nga ba tatanong ko? Parang nde lang isa ang gusto ko itanong... hahahaha.

Actually sa radio program, yung isang guy, alang nasagot .... as in wala sa mundo yung sinagot nya, he was saying something like "tatanong ko ..... ahhh.... ano .... kung pwede maging boyfriend..." leche ang tanga .... I think if I was the DJ, I might have flushed him out of the line. Yung isang lalaki naman, sobrang lalim "if Jesus doesn't want people to suffer daw, bakit daw nya inembento ang love..." naks naman..... leche hahahhaah.

Ako ano kaya heheheh ? cguro one question na ask ko sa kanya kung tlagang one lang ang pwede
Jay: "Jesus, how am I doing ? can you rate me from 1-5. 5 being the highest" hehehehe pero kung marami .... siguro ang dami kong follow up questions....

Sit down sit down you're rocking the boat....

2008-07-03T23:25:00.002+08:00

Well that's what I did most of my shift, I just sat down and did a lot of reminiscing ..... yes you read it right .... reminiscing....

Reminiscing all the Top Drivers that we have from Jan 2007 till present c",)

Galing noh ?

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Team Substitutions

2008-07-02T23:27:00.005+08:00

Ey guys whats up ? Its 11:32PM here in Manila, kung nasa Pilipinas ka Magandang Gabi, but if you're somewhere else Hello na lang hahahaha.

Hindi pa kasi ako makatulog that's why I decided to blog a bit. So ... bakit Team Substitutions and title ng post ko? nde ko rin alam hahaha. Basta just read on and you'll know what I'm pointing out.

I started my career with Sykes last 2002, and yes I've been with the company for 6 years na. In the span of 6 years I've done lots of tasks, been through different posts both lateral and promotions, been with different bosses, followed different processes and procedures. One thing lang ako nde nasanay..... that is Team Substitutions.

What do I mean by team substitutions, actually its the term I just use for attrition hahahaha, kasi I look at it as a substitution eh, kung baga parang sa game. Its like where somebody replaces somebody...

Back in 2002 my first team was the Echo team. Were the fifth batch of our account. I really miss this team, sobrang swak tlaga personality namin, I mean all 16 of us. Upto now actually may communication kami yun nga lang less na pag kikita, well to be honest na stop na eh. It would really be nice to see them again, pero not all are in the company anymore, some nga not even within the Philippines eh. Kakalungkot noh. There's only 3 of us in the company right now, ako, si Park and Joyce but guess what, tig isa pa kami ng site so we don't see each other.

Next team that I got attached with is the IATS Helpdesk Team, eto sobrang cool ng mga tao, technical na marunong pumarty hehehehe. Though hati kami into 2 shifts pero mag nag sama sama ibang klase. Sa team na to is where I stayed the longest so far... through thick and thin tlaga kami nag sama na buong team, its just sad that the account has to end. Some of my co-leagues are still with Sykes, with an another Broadband ISP account, and some are already with another company. Ako lang ang medyo naligaw kasi I moved to Quality Management. I was terribly depressed that time and was technically scared. Maski ako nag apply sa QM, para nde malipat sa Q**st, natakot ako syempre kasi ala akong ka close sa QM, not even a single soul.

Pero I was wrong.... so eto na, my third team QM E**rson. Kala ko at first nde ko ma-eenjoy yung team, pero I was wrong. Ok pla maga tao doon. The team was half external hires then half internal hire. And there were some familiar faces na galing din sa dati kong account. The only difference this time, panay chicks ang kasama ko, hehehehe, well masaya nga eh. Dito yung team na umiyak ako when I was about to leave. Exact naman kasi na my last day with the team is the date for our teambuilding. So it was like a farewell party for me, well and for Kuya Chops. I remember na umiiyak kami lahat sa room habang nag mamagic sing and pumapapak ng liempo at chocolate cake. Ang hirap mag paalam sa mga taong ito. Yaw ko sana umalis, it just happened na I passed sa job na tlagang gusto ko from the moment I entered Sykes.

Now I'm part of IT Helpdesk.... Nung una natakot ako, kasi buo na yung team before I entered, people were almost tenured, maliban sakin. Though Eric and the rest of the sups were accomodating, may point na natakot ako. And another thing na different this time, I am being called "JON" hahahaha, kasi from my first team to QM, I am being called by my nickname eh. Its either they call me Jay, Jay jay, or pati kuya Jay. Pero ok lang JON is good, its still me, nde lang ako sanay. Pero now, I met new great close friends, si Jesley and Oliver. That I can say whatever I would like to say and be the wacky person that I am... Sila yung substitute sa mga mahal ko sa QM. Ang hobbies namin, manlait ng tao syempre hahahaha, joke lang. Pag magkasama kasi kaming tatlo tawa lang kami ng tawa, sobrang madugong tawa. Technically, marami pang ok sa team, too bad na nararamdaman na namin ung team substitutions na kinakatakutan ko. Started out with Chevs last year. Si Chevs was ok, though aminado ako kulang yung time to bond with her. Ang medyo nahirapan ako, is the substitutions na nangyari this year, kasi medyo naka bond na ko with the team eh, pero eto another adjustment. Baket kasi people leave eh hahaha, napaka imature ko eh noh, pero kasi minsan nde maganda timing when bonds are already created. Well I guess just like in a ball game, substitutions are made to have a renewed team, siguro it would be a time to bond with other players kung baga, para balanced. Then Boss Eric, ok pa naman siya na boss, tpos halos sabay JC and Jason, though kulang din bonding time namin ni Jason. Hirap noh. Pero Its one thing that everyone has to adjust on, nde lang naman ako eh the whole team experiences this. Nde naman pwede sama sama forever, maski nga mag asawa nag hihiwalay eh. Hahahaa. Right now ok naman ako eh, yun lang nga a bit shaken by people leaving, just recently si Marvs, then now lilipat na rin tito Ruge. (Well upon posting nito nde pa nya alam), hahahaha. Just hoped that everything turns well for them. At sabi nga ni Charles..... We Will be Missed .... (nyak)

Questions

2008-06-30T23:50:00.000+08:00

ey its been quite some time since I've posted something here, I guess it was more than a month ago. Its not that I don't have time to blog, but I think that I don't have much to blog about. I think the feeling that I don't like is back... I'm again in the state that I'm over thinking things again.... I dunno, I'm having negative thoughts towards my work and we're having some issues with our family business.

Am I just carried away because of people leaving the company ? am I affected with my co-leagues rampant application to other post / company? Or Am I really overstaying already with my current company ? Maybe its time to move.... but how do I know its the right time.
I guess that's one problem, am I overly relaxed and comfortable with where I am? Don't I have plans in the future ? or have I stopped dreaming?

Last Sat, I was in antipolo with my team mates having our Teambuilding. I was sitting at the corner of the room, having my feet all stretched and listening to some officemates sing. Then this friend "Marvin" sat beside me.... we started our talking and chatting about things... no specific topics actually. We talked about songs, we talked about people, we talked about the future....

Don't get me wrong I like talking with this person, prior to that conversation, we had some great chats, the difference is its only now that we talked about our plans....

Vino, has already resigned and will be on terminal leave till his last day. One striking question he asked me is ... "where do you see yourself 5 years from now?" Interview eh noh? But that question was the thoughest question I got from that friend. To be honest I was stunned, and never got the chance to answer back, well at least not in the nearest 2-3 minutes. Before I could answer he said... "kung nde mo alam, ibig sabihin ala kang goal.." Aray !!! it struck me deep, I wanted to stand and leave him ... hahahaha pero no I have to face it. After that line, there was silence. It was a nearly 10 minute gap that I started to answer back. Sbi ko "nde naman sa walang plans Marvin, nde pa clear yung situation ko, kaya nde ko masabi. I want to go out of the corporate world, I want to have my own business" thats what I told him, And I want it in the near future. 5 years I think would be long, with this feeling that I'm feeling now. Maybe the things that I'm thinking of right now is not even Marvin's concern. Easy for him to say, He's leaving for SG this July to work.

Ang mahirap kasi sakin, ako panganay.... I can't just plan things for myself without thinking of my family. Oo I still have my mom and my dad, but dad is in another country, I have to stand up and be a proxy.... be the head in his absence.... who doesn't want to grow ? who doesn't want to have a bigger salary? I think my mom needs me here more than the money I could bring in. We have a business, which I think would require all our efforts. My physical being would be important more than anything else.

Ey don't get me wrong, I don't hate Marvin for what he said, I guess it was just something that cought me off guard, that my defense was all down. That one line question made me think again ....

Corpus Christi

2008-05-26T23:30:00.000+08:00

Yup today is the feast of the Corpus Christi, our subdivision's Feast day. Time to feast and have fun, but I'm really not feeling well since last night. Yes for some unknown reason, I'm not in tip top shape. I was able to sleep late than usual, I got my sleep at around 4:30am, too tired to wake up for mass. Got out of bed at around 12:30 pm, just in time for my Tito and Tita's lunch party. Good thing, their house is just near from ours.

Even though I'm not feeling well, I was able to eat like normal heheheh, I was able to finish two plates. Wala talaga akong masabi sa luto ng mga kamag-anak ko, our family is simply the best in terms of cooking. I guess that's one reason kaya malulusog kami lahat.

At around, 7:30pm kanina, I felt somewhat irritated na, mainit, and I felt like having a shower. Kaya I walked home na to freshen up. Mom and my brothers still stayed in the party, until uwi na ung iba kong Tita.

Now I'm here blogging at my brother's room, kasi medyo nde maganda sa kwarto ko ngayon ginawang CR ng mga tuta ko yung garden just next to my room's windows.

Hope I'll be ok tomorrow, theres so many things to be done sa office, Need to finish a lot, since I'll be out on Wednesday for my birthday.

Well again Happy Fiesta to All homeowners of Palmera Homes Sta Monica Novaliches!!!

Movie Rewind...

2008-05-25T09:30:00.000+08:00

It has been quite some time since I last blogged, seems like I'm not living up to what I promised that I will be updating this blog once in a while. I'm thinking of using Friendster's blog sites instead of this one, but for now I'll update this.

For the past few weeks/months I've been constantly watching different movies during my rest days. Here are some of the movies that I've enjoyed so far.

The Forbiden Kingdom

- Its a classic movie, no one can really match Jackie Chan !!!! sama mo pa si Jet Li. Movie was very enteraining, no dull moment. It's a movie full of action, martial arts and some comedy.

If your into martial arts and an adventure movie, this movie is for you.

Iron Man

- Another great movie for 2008 from Marvel. To be honest, in the cartoons I'm really not a fan of Iron man, all I know is he is a part of the Avengers. In the old game in Sega, I never used Iron man as a character. But things changed when I watched the movie. Now everything seemed to be interesting with Iron man. Now that it seems that an Avengers movies will be on the way.

Speed Racer

- Speed racer hmm, at first I was excited with this movie. Its one of the coolest cartoons that I've watched before. Movie was ok, specially the races and the stunts, though it was too colorful, too retro. There were some dull moments, at one point, I even felt sleepy. Movie makers incorporated some family drama withing the scenes. Well those scenes were important, but I wouldn't agree to the length of the scene. But never the less it was still a good film.

Well thats all for now, I'm planning to watch Indiana Jones within this week.

4 Day Weekend

2008-05-01T15:07:00.000+08:00

Ey Happy Labor Day to all .... hehehehe, yes its a Holiday !!!! Another rest day for me. Spent most of the day sleeping, well its not that I over slept or something, it just happened that I slept late yesterday. Weather was pretty good, cold enough to pull me back to bed. I wanted to go to the mall, but unfortunately its my car's coding today, so I just decided to sleep more hahaha.

Oh one thing I did though was to sing my heart out, yeah you heard me right. Kung umulan sa nyo kaninang hapon? I do apologize, I guess its me who caused it (lol). I was able to sing my favorite songs, No one was home to stop me, the mic was all mine. There was just one thing that stopped me from singing, what ? well the rain was growing too strong that I can't hear myself, and I was afraid that the rain would go stronger because of my song.

Tomorrow. I'll be on vacation leave, so many things to do in the morning. I'll be paying bills, bills and more bills. Tomorrow also will be Lite Ace's last day with us, haaay after 12 years, I'll always remember this van, he thought me everything, he's my first ride. Sa kanya ako natuto at gumaling mag drive. Well we have to give him up, I'm sure he'll be happy with his new owner. I'll miss u Lite Ace....

Sabi nga ni Mom, we don't need to be sentimental about it. We need the money for our school's expansion, and I guess it's about time to change him, we needed something new that would fit the family. Lite Ace already fulfilled his purpose and its about time to move on.

Anyways, more to come this weekend, We'll be going home to the province on Saturday for our reunion, not so sure though if I really like to go home, seems like I want to stay behind. It's not that I don't want to see our relatives, but Solano is so far away, its an 8 hour drive from Manila.

Guess what !!!! Ironman is now showing, I would really like to watch it before we leave for the province hehehehehe. Well anyways, hope everything turns out to be ok tomorrow.

That in all things God maybe glorified.....

C yah all soon.

Just Another Sunday....

2008-04-28T19:35:00.000+08:00

It's now 7:53pm, I'm here in my room... browsing, nothing important to do. Just checking on some friends through their friendster accounts and blogs. Everything seems to be ok.

I can't think of anything to rant about ... nor any good thing that I could share.... This day has been one of those days that really sailed so smoothly. Very neutral in nature hahahaha.

Tomorrow is a start of another work week, whats exciting though is, it's another PAY week, hahahah, and there's a holiday coming. It's something to look forward to....

Hope Dens, Je and I could go out again soon, oh hope Marge could come also. BTW, Marge Happy Birthday !!!!

Speaking of birthdays, my birthday is fast approaching than expected. Well haven't planned for that day yet but one thing is for sure, I wouldn't like to report for work on that day, so a possible VL on that day.

I'm planning to buy a new phone on that day... It's time to give myself something again hehehehe, Phone or PSP ? hmmm haven't decided yet. I've been looking forward in buying the Nokia N82 Black edition.

Basta balitaan ko kayo kung ano bibilin ko .... Anyways got to go, I need to eat muna.

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2008-04-27T19:35:00.000+08:00

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A different Holiday

2008-04-09T02:39:00.000+08:00

In times that I though my day would be dull and redundant.... Something great happened.

Yes, something different happened yesterday, it's one of those holidays that I really enjoyed. I thought my "Araw ng Kagitingan" would just be the usual holiday wherein I wake up late... eat ... go back to bed .... go online ... eat and again go back to bed...

I was wrong, As I was trying to retrieve my Mom's files (which I accidentally deleted), Jericho called and asked me if I could accompany him to a family friend's wake in Claret, having nothing else to do but to retrieve the files, I said yes and agreed to meet up with him at SITC. Before going to the wake we decided to eat first at Chilis in T. Morato. We tried to call Denmar but there was no answer, probably he was still in the Spa with Norvin. Finally when we were about to leave, Dens called and asked us to wait for him.

After some good laughs and reminicing, Dens called Marge. Marge to her excite from monumento she went back to T. Morato to meet us. Now its really a party... we had a great time teasing each other, sharing insights and opinions. Hope the night wouldn't end.

Around 11:30pm were still laughing and all, we almost forgot that Jericho needs to attend to a wake in Claret. So we said goodnight to Marge and headed to Claret. Now here's where the problem started, from T. Morato, we were able to get to the wake at around 1:30am... traffic ? NO. We had a problem with the Car ? NO? Sirit ? there were 3 things, that stopped us from being there... 1. Is the steel gates located all over UP Village. 2. Is Road closed due to constructions. 3. Barangay tanods can't provide us with the right route. Grrrr, this was the only time that I had a hard time going to Claret. Oh well "awa ng Diyos" we were able to pull through.

After that experience with UP village, we decided to have a massage, Jericho suggested that we go to Wencha in Pasay. It sounded very far from where we were but hey, its already early Tuesday, no traffic and we got there in just less than 30 minutes.

As we enter the locker room, I saw this pool on the Spa's wet floor area, like Jericho I decided to have a dip in the pool, or use the steam room. Everything seemed to be ok, I took a shower, then went straight to the steam room, it was great sarap mag papawis. The place wasn't that crowded that day, though there were some people who kept on walking in and out of the steam room to the shower and to the pool. As if they were looking for something. One challenge though was going in the pool ..... without other people seeing .....it (gets?) I think there's something wrong with the physical setup of the wet room. A movie is projected to a big wall for viewing, but the wall is in front of the pool, so every one watching the movie will be able to see everyone who dips in the pool. So just imagine, how you would be able to dip in the pool without beeing seen naked? challenging right ? How did I do it ? secret c",)

After a good bath, we headed for the massage. As usual, tuloy pa rin ang kwentuhan naming tatlo till we got the chance to sleep.

I was able to reach home around 6am Tuesday, I still have my shift at around 1pm. It's a big sacrifice to have only a few hours sleep but then again, I wouldn't like to trade this experience with my friends to anything else. Bihira lang kami lumabas na tatlo, but yet it rocks when we meet....

Another Beginning

2008-04-02T02:29:00.001+08:00

Today is a start of another blogging career. I've just deleted my old blog. Why ? well I've grown tired of updating it. Why ? Lets just say I had the time to read all my posts there, and it seems that everything I had there were mostly rantings. It was more of a non productive site. And to add up, there were some imature people that were flooding my tag board with unrespectful comments and spams.

Anyways, I promise to update this blog as often as possible...
I'll try to make this blog as entertaining and informative. More stories and pictures. One thing I can't promise is the absence of rantings.

Till my next post guys, c yah ....