I AM HEARTBROKEN TOO

this blog of my good friend karla really made me cry...

I remember my 1st day in Sagi. I was seating right next to you. And from that day on who ever thought we'd get along so well. We were just unseperable...imagine from Team Sagi to Team B2B to Engine. San ka pa? There were a lot of instances that you were transferred to different LOBs and were given different tasks but dont you see it? lagi kang bumabalik...hehe! we're just meant to be. Work has never been this much fun, dear. I swear! From kulitans to tulugans, chismisans and coffee sessions to foodtrips to boys to senglot moments to heartbreaks to work stress...we got em all! parang SM lang to. haha! you dont realize it...but i learned to much about you. you made me realize that the world is not just black and white. It's black, white and pink! bow. haha! seriously, I realized that love knows no bounderies. It knows no gender or whatever. That time can never define friendship. Na you dont have to be friends with someone for a long time to find true friends. Andami kong gay friends but I never thought that i had this much gay friends...swear! You were there at the lowest point in my life and like what I always tell you I love your sincerity and honesty. You always listen and never judge. Thank you. Now that you are leaving...well you left na pala. Im torn apart...i swear but I know you need to do what is best for you, for Darwin and most especially for your family. Like I told you before...I admire your love and devotion to your partner and to your family. Good luck to you and you know that you have a sister...a family always waiting here to support you in whatever it is you need. I love you, Gel Mark Gerola. No goodbyes...only see you soon.

source: http://myglamorama.blogspot.com/2009/11/im-heartbroken.html

2016 OLYMPICS

It was a battle between four remarkable cities in the world: Chicago (USA), Madrid (Spain), Tokyo (Japan), which was eventually won by Rio de Janiero (Brazil).

Below was the table of pros and cons on the four cities' bid to host the 2016 Olympics...


The winning speech of Brazilian Pres. Luiz Incio Lula da Silva who said it was time the Olympics goes to a new continent with the promise of opening new sporting frontiers, was what made IOC decide to hand it to Rio;

"This bid is not only ours. It is also South America's bid, the bid of a continent with almost 400 million men and women and around 180 million youngsters. A continent that, as we saw, never hosted the Games. It is time to address this imbalance. For the Olympic movement, this decision will open a new and promising frontier."

source: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2059623#ixzz0SnkUgOIk

**now it is only a matter of time that havaianas will come up with designs for the Rio/Brazil Olympiad!

HOW TO REVVED UP YOUR ENGINE

This is it...

After 4 yrs with IBM... having been associated with two accounts, I am moving again.
I am not resigning, silly, same same IBM but one band higher, and an ALL NEW department.
NEW challenges... NEW environment... NEW process...
But with same set of friends to start on this NEW phase of my profession. Talk about cool.

This new department is IBM itself. We'll gonna be handling and supporting IBM's North America sales team. Unlike the first two accounts I handled, which focus mainly on customer satisfaction and be service-oriented, and is very call-center in nature; the new department of course will be much tougher and challenging. Of course, there's still the element of client/seller satisfaction and good service but this time sans the call-center feel. Forgive me friends in that department now if my expectations are kind of high.

For awhile there, I was really thinking of quitting.. of resigning.. What with all of my friends going out---moving to a different company and/or accounts. It happened before when I was part of a telecomm account. There was downsizing so either stay or transfer or be transferred. So me being a chicken shit and afraid to be left out, decided to transfer to a newly opened account which deals with consumer electronics. Optimism was high back then due to the account being new and my mind was set to a lot of opportunities I could get. Turned out it was a wrong move. A big disappointment. Because my friends who were left in that telecomm account eventually got promoted.


Ok, it was really not so disappointing... If it weren't for the fact that I've meet wonderful, fine people... People that become good friends as well. Friends who turned up to be best buddy and motivator. As this consumer electronics account started to go nowhere, it was those friends that kept me positive. Them friends who made the stress bearable. Injected fun at work and a lot of good vibes... When some friends left, it scared me. Mainly because I am afraid of being left out--that same feeling that got me before. But lesson learned and I just have to charge it to experience.

I just celebrated my 4th yr in the company last September 24th. And a day after, I got accepted to this new department. I am looking forward for more. As the saying goes change is inevitable. Change should be good. It is constant. Being with good friends is my comfort zone. But I know I need to get my fat ass out of that comfort zone to grow.

Now, with my good friends still with me as I step out of that comfort zone, I think I am ready to fire up that engine. To start a new. NEW chapter... travel NEW distance and explore NEW horizon! Just have to inject my fuel with a little more faith and optimism...

Carpe diem, peeps!

TIME FLIES

They say that time flies when you're having fun... And part of fun is laughter...

Part of our growing up is knowing these cartoon characters that we idolized either for their heroism, beauty, strength, selflessness, and immortality--or just their being silly. But what if these cartoon characters aged as well? You know, like us humans over the passing of time will deteriorate and will also show some signs of human aging? Curious how barbie may look like if she's REALLY celebrating her 50th bday?

Got this from an office e-mail and just wanna share to you all.

Barbie losing her figure but still keeping her cyber coolness

Batman & Robin still BFF amidst attack of Alzheimer

Superman is SuperGramps!


Spiderman will now be S-pity-man

Might-Thor no more


Wonder Whore-man

And tweety the bird, can't tweet no more!

Just keep in mind...

"Life is short, forgive sooner, love with true love, laugh without control and always keep smiling. Maybe life is not the party that we were expecting, but in the mean time, we're here and we can still dance....."

dine in or take all?

got this from one multiply user... funny! patama sa kasalukuyang namamahala... =)


magagalit nyan ang mahal na pangulang pacquiao..


**peace**

I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE UNDER MY FEET

Change is inevitable...
Change is like breathing; it's part of life...
The only constant in this world is change.
With change comes movement.

They say that to grow is to change...
To change is to move to something better...
This made me anxious because I'm not good at it...

Change is something that I cannot easily accept.
For it means that I have to move out of my comfort zone...
That zone where the world --my world-- rotates steadily

Everything is familiar...
Familiar faces...familiar places... worn out but familiar...

I remembered during the big earthquake of July 16, 1990. It was the first time that I became aware that the world does move. Literally it was moving under my feet. My parents were not around and I was awakened by the sudden move of my bed--I was in Grade 3 then. I was not scared--I was petrified. But I did not move an inch. I thought that if I did, my bed where I was lying will be gone. That the walls of my room will crumble. I wanted to emblazoned in my mind what my surrounding looks like before everything changes. I was trembling like hell.... I did not move... I did not run... I just stayed...

This was the first time I learned what change is...
No matter how hard we try to stay the same, one way or the other, our outside world won't.
I thought that if I didn't move amidst earth's shaking, everything will stay in place.
But that earthquake propelled us to relocate.
It was a change, a move, that made it hard for me to accept for quite some time...
The aftermath affected me in a way that if there's change, or the need to do so,
I am afraid to grab it...

It dragged till now that I am in a relationship...
Few instances have shook me in a way that should have prompted the need to change.
Change myself. Make a move. Start a new.
But I am still stuck.. Stagnant...

Suddenly the memory of me back in my bed 19 yrs ago, dumbfounded while everything around me moved, is coming back..

The past weeks here in the office have all been about change.
Colleagues resigning, transferring to different process...
A friend had her heart broken...but not her spirit...
Teammates left... but my team partner remains...

My outside world is shaking. For the third time in my life, I feel the earth move under my feet..
All of them are moving... My surrounding is changing...
What frustrates me the most, is that I am still like that child two decades ago that had a hard time accepting the change...
That nothing is permanent... Life has to move...

I am not good in goodbye.
Nor I am best in adapting to what the change might offer.
But this time, I have to get over that shadow, the fear that hunts me till now whenever an earthquake strikes..
I know the best defense not to lose balance is to go along with the move..

There will be little tremors coming...
But the aftermath will not have me crumbling anymore...

my bday wishlist

march is almost ending.. and with april coming, another year will be again added to me...

below are five things that i wanna have for my bday... to my friends out there, come on be generous and kind enough to make my wish come true..

5. MITCH ALBOMS' For One More Day

► For One More Day is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one? This is a haunting novel about the family we love and the chances we miss.

4. AMEN SHIRT

► saw this one in Anthology at the Archeology Wing of PowerPlant Mall... Loveeetttt!!! Small or Medium, pls...

**model not included.. but for my bday, why not wrap him as well... hehehe...

http://mensroomph.multiply.com/photos/album/21/Project_-_A.MEN_Shirts

3. SONY ERICSSON X1 AND/OR IDOU

► saw this new phone from SE's website and my jaw dropped and i almost drool of sheer delight with the iDou!!! it's like the phone asked me to buy him and hypnotically i said "iDou!!!" bwahahaha!!!

http://www.sonyericsson.com/idou/

2. SOFA FOR MY MOM

► ok, this is more of a personal plan as part of my house development... my mom's bugging me about this as well since her bday last march 9th... might as well include a ref and a washing machine...

1. FINANCIAL AND CAREER GROWTH

► this for me is something for that will give me peace of mind. i am wishing that there will come a time that me and my partner will be free from debt. that time comes when the pay we are receiving every 15th and end of the month doesn't just turn into receipts. we wish that time comes that out of 8 credit cards will have none or just this three... or four.

i miss those days when paying in cash was my only option.

career wise, the only thing that keeps on bugging me is that i am not growing. i am working in ibm for more than three yrs now and i know in myself that it's high time for me to move up. have you ever felt that you're paid for doing something you're over-qualified for? that's the situation i am in now and i don't like it. i wanna grow... i think i even wanna move up...

i can c ur halo

ever since i heard toni g snag it on asap last sunday i fell in love with this song!!!

just could not get it off of my mind... na LSS ako ng bongga!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ0FhVZce2o

halo by beyonce

love this song when i heard toni g sang it on asap last sunday...

just could not get it off of my head... na LSS ako ng bongga!!

(video c/o of youtube)

espresso talk

coffee after shift before we head onto the weekend off is one of the things that i look forward to before. this was our way of keeping update with ourselves--personally, emotionally, family and relationship-wise. it is also a great stress-buster; talking about anything and everything and opening up.

we usually do this--me, kalay, aj and jhong. then jhong transferred to TP and the three of us though we're still with IBM got busy every now and then that our coffee session was halt for awhile...

then just before our shift ended, kalay cajoled me to have breakfast. since i was not that hungry we decided to just have coffee. so off to starbucks we went....

it's been a while since we did this last, and at first it was like we were back on the getting-to-know each other stage. we catched up on our individual relationship--me with darwin; her with nikki. then it was just like before. the comfort of coffee enveloping us as we started telling details of what's going on with who. shared secrets, family concerns, personal feelings, been each other's counselor and confidante.

i really like talking to kalay. people may have an impression of her as someone as a spoiled brat, a snob, a princess... but over a cup of coffee, i am so thankful that she's giving me the chance to get to know her better. the real kalay beyond all the glitz and glamour. we're both an only child (technically) so with her it's like confiding to a sibling (a younger sister) that i never had. i trust her of my emotions, my thoughts. and in return she's pouring our her feelings and sentiments with trust as well.

those precious seconds we get to spend is something that puts a smile on your face. it makes you feel lighter knowing that there's someone listening, mirroring...

keeping the love alive is what best described our coffee session for today. our love for our family... for our partner.... for friendship.... a love that is unselfish... sacrificial... love that makes us go on... endure... strive... struggle... and love even more...

See it First: ABS-CBN 2009 Summer Station ID

saw ABS's summer station id! aylabeetttt!!!!

when i saw this vid, super na-feel ko na summer na talaga.

aside from the scorching hot obvious temp this days. plus sung by kantoboyz which makes it even hotter!

it's no brainer that ABS has been known for great production numbers. i practically grow up witnessing their grand spectacular numbers every Xmas. and i can still recall before ABS had like monthly station id.. for once i followed my heart, now i can see i am back where i truly belong--to my family..

here's the video... enjoy!

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GALAW GALAW SA SUMMER 09!

saw ABS's summer station id! aylabeetttt!!!!

when i saw this vid, super na-feel ko na summer na talaga.

aside from the scorching hot obvious temp this days. plus sung by kantoboyz which makes it even hotter!

it's no brainer that ABS has been known for great production numbers. i practically grow up witnessing their grand spectacular numbers every Xmas. and i can still recall before ABS had like monthly station id.. for once i followed my heart, now i can see i am back where i truly belong--to my family..

here's the video... enjoy!

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Last Hoorah for Eheads

A week had past and me and flora still could not get ahold of ourselves off the eheads mania that stuck to us like a potent perfume. Friday I got an SMS alert from Team Manila that they will be selling 2nd batches of the limited edition Eheads Team Manila Shirt.

So after shift I immediately went home to Bulacan to visit the folks. Slept a little, then off to Rockwell I met my girl friend. She was actually there earlier than me because I instructed her to fall in line while waiting for me. When I arrived at the archeology wing the line was already stretching as far as till the national bookstore area!

There were lots of people and usi and the conyo's of Rockwell asking what the line was all about. I was wearing my shades when a foreigner approached me telling me that I look like rizal in the banner of team manila. Geez, all i could say was thank you!

so after about lining for more than 1 hr. we finally got our shirts. and mr. raymund marasigan himself was there and signed our shirts and my two concert tickets!

pictures....

waiting for the shirt

with the drum master himself--raymund marasigan

THE shirt...

(front)

back view of the shirt! with the last three songs that the guy sung during the three for the road part!

flora made raymund signed opposite the song sembreak because this is the song that raymund wrote. majority of the songs were written by ely.

my shirt...

(front)

back view

the 2 concert tickets. reunion (with the autograph) and final set

a taste of summer...

this what summer is all about...

sand....

<< SUN >>

Sea...

more sea....and sand....

and of course ME....

(more pictures of my CORON trip soon...)