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Happy Birthday, Michelle!!!

Happy 29th Birthday my pretty cousin dearie, Michelle of Mystique Moments at mystique21.com!

I hope that God will bless you more. May He give you the best life that you deserve. I hope you and I will remain like sisters and at the same time buddies forever! I love you and thank you for all of your patience towards me. Stay sweet! Enjoy your day!

By the way, aren't the party invitations ready yet? Kidding! Lol!

People Always Leave...

This was a painting done by Peyton Sawyer in one of the characters of the TV series I so fond of watching - One Tree Hill. Sawyer drew this when her Mom died in a car accident. And most of the people she care for leaves her with a broken heart.

Sad but true, people just come and go. Most of them leave...

June '09 Top EC Droppers

Top 10 EC Droppers of June '09

The Credit Bum
Beethoven Midi
Cacai's Step And Journey
Blog Mockers
Learning Corner
New Dilemma
Welcome to Bob's Blog
Photography by KML
Proud Mommy
Blogging Ideas

Keep on dropping that LOVE my friends!!!

Nimfa - An Amazing Friend

I seldom find real friends. In this world we live in, it's seldom that you meet people who truly cares about you and loves you the way you are. People who are always there not only during days of fun and enjoyment but also there for you even in the lowest point of your life. When I chance upon these precious friends, I feel so lucky. They are the best gifts that God has given me.

I have talked about my best friend Czarina a lot of times in this blog. Yes, she is one of those true friends I have. Today, I'd like to talk about a person who also played an important role in my life. Her name is Nimfa. She's beautiful inside and out. A great mom of 3 grown up kids, she's 42 years old and married.

I met Ate Nimfa when I was in college. She's friends with Lainy's family. I was amazed of how kind and cool she was. Her good character is one of a kind. She's thoughtful in a lot of ways. She's not at all perfect, but for me, she's one of the best people I've ever known.

Lainy, Nimfa and Me

Ate Nimfa was the one who helped me in various ways. She have been patient with me and she understood my rebellious attitude. She opened my eyes to the beauty of life. She's like a mom to me. She never hesitated in our friendship and loved me like a sister. She even insisted for me to live in her nice home which has a wireless alarm after I graduated in college. She believed in my talents. She was the one who brought me to God and taught me a lot of things. From make up to accessories, to dressing me up and she also taught me how to properly arrange my closet. She cared for me unconditionally, laughed and cried with me.

We are miles apart now. But I always keep in mind everything that she has taught me. Whenever I go home to our province, I make sure I spend time with her. She has just survived from a serious personal problem. Too bad I wasn't there for her physically. I am glad though that she's now back to her feet. Living a happy life again. I admire her more for her strength.

I miss you Ate Nimfa. I will not grow tired of thanking you for being a part of my life. I am so grateful that I have known someone like you. May God bless you more because you deserve it. I love you Te!

Ate Nimfa, Ate Emz and Me

One Word Tag

Hi every one!

It has been a while since I posted tags on this blog. My dear cousin Lainy of Lainy's Musings passed this tag along to me. Thanks a lot Te! And since I feel like doing this, here it is! The One Word Tag!

1. Where is your cell phone? Table
2. Your hair? Black
3. Your mother? Unique
4. Your father? Intelligent
5. Your favorite food? Spaghetti
6. Your dream last night? Forgotten
7. Your favorite drink? Coffee
8. Your dream/goal? Singer
9. What room you are in? Shop
10. Your hobby? Singing
11. Your fear? Death
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Home
13. Where were you last night? Home
14. Something that you aren’t? Stupid
15. Muffins? None
16. Wish list item? Laptop
17. Where you grew up? Polomolok
18. Last thing you did? Napped
19. What are you wearing? Shirt
20. Your TV? On
21. Your pets? None
22. Friends? Priceless!
23. Your life? Ok!
24. Your mood? Sleepy
25. Missing someone? Nanay
26. Car? F150
27. Something you’re not wearing? Eyeglasses
28. Your favorite store? Freeway
29. Your favorite color? Green
30. When is the last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? Forgotten
32. Who will resend this? Anyone
33. One place that I go to over and over? Home
34. One person who emails me regularly? :D
35. My favorite place to eat? KarateKid

Feel free to grab this tag! It's fun!

When You're Gone - Music Monday

I'm an Avril Lavigne fan. I have performed some of her songs on stage when I was a vocalist of an alternative band back in college. I like her because she makes her own songs and she really rocks!

My Music Monday features Avril's song that I have been practicing with my guitar these past few days. It's entitled "When You're Gone".

Enjoy!

Song Lyrics | Avril Lavigne lyrics

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Eye Problem Rant........

My eyes have been hurting a lot lately and I have been having headache almost everyday. My job as a call center agent doesn't only have to do with answering calls for our clients, but we also spend the whole day at work in front of the computer. Apart from that, dropping ECs for my two blogs, I believe, contribute to this eye problem. To sum it up, being in front of the PC make my eye condition worse.

I used to see people's faces clearly even if they are a few meters away from me. But now, my vision is so blurry, I even mistake a stranger to someone I know! Duh! I think I have no choice but to go to an ophthalmologist to have my eyes checked! I hate to even think about wearing eye glasses soon, but I really don't have a choice, do I? As to what I have seen from friends and cousins (Michelle and Lainy whom I teased as partially blind), wearing glasses is really a hassle.

Well, enough about my ranting. I'd still end up wearing those glasses anyways. Lol!

Have a great week everyone!!!

My Gitara!!!

Woohoo!!! I finally bought my own guitar!!!

Czarina and I went to Quiapo yesterday because we were told that it’s the place where we can buy good quality guitars in a cheaper price. It was raining when we got there but we didn’t mind because we were seriously canvassing guitars in the music stores. We stopped and checked out the guitars, talked with series of salesmen who are definitely got enchanted with my best friend’s charm. And just so everyone knows, I got the guitar in a cheaper price because of my best friend! Lol!

Who wouldn't get enchanted? Take a look at that beauty!!!

In the end, even before we got all wet and exhausted on the search, we finally found it! My gitara!!!

Errr...Val wants to play it too. Lol!

After the guitar search, we went to SM Manila to buy Czarina's school necessities. She's back to school by the way and I'm so happy for her. It's time for her to go get that diploma she so deserve!!! Go gat! You can do it! Lol!

We both got hungry after shopping so for our second meal, we went to Karate Kid which is one of our favorite restaurants.

I'm just so happy I have this guitar. I might play songs for you sometime soon! Time for me to practice!

Out of the way Val! Time to work! Lol!

Not a rant post.......

Being a call center agent is not at all easy. Taking calls everyday and dealing with different types of customers is very stressful. Yet, being in the call center industry for more than 3 years now make me realize how this job have helped me develop my skills.

It helped me enhance my English skills. Lol! Since our clients are Americans, that's the number one skill that needed enhancement! I have learned how to speak the language in a conversational manner. I even overcome my public speaking fear since I have become confident with the manner of my fluency with the language. It also helped me develop my interpersonal skills since not only will deal with my customers over the phone, I was able to gain more friends at work.

Regrets for this job? I don't think I have! I enjoy the good pay and of course, I enjoy the job and love it!

Hah! Not a rant post at all, isn't it??? Lol!

Burnt Out

Burnt out - I think that's the best excuse I can give for not updating my blog recently. A lot has been going on at work and I honestly got tired of blogging. I apologize.

Work has been stressful lately. Me and my team mates are dealing with another drastic change. Change that none of us expected. Our supervisor has to be on leave for a long time and we were assigned to different supervisors. So here we are, we have no choice but to adopt to the sudden change. Nothing is constant anyways so we have to deal with it.

And my way of coping up with stress is not updating my blog, sleep a lot, eat and watch stupid movies! What a pity! Lol!

Moving forward... Thanks to all of you who took time to comment on my post. I'll try my best to get myself back to the blogosphere!

Take care everyone!!!

Not Perfect Timing...........

I enjoy referring friends to apply in the company I am working for since I get referral bonuses whenever one of them gets hired. Aside from helping them to land a job, I get to enjoy extra incentives. Isn't it great?

Just recently, I came across an old friend in the train when I was on my way to see my best friend Czarina. That was about 2 weeks ago. She was a nursing graduate but she told me she still doesn't have a job yet. We exchanged numbers and a few conversations and she liked the idea of me referring her to apply as a call center agent.

Just earlier, I phoned her and asked if she's already interviewed by our recruitment since I've given them her name. I just learned from her that she was confined in a hospital. Too bad she doesn't have any insurance plan like Medicare supplement which should have taken care of her hospital bills. Now I have to ask our company's recruitment to have her initial interview rescheduled. She apologized and said that she's really interested to apply for the job. The timing wasn't just perfect.

I hope for her betterment though. We were just thankful that it wasn't the dreaded Ah1n1 virus that she got confined for.

Get well soon Nancy!

Bad Weather and The Flu...

It has been raining heavy lately and most of the time I come home from work dripping wet! The rain is like teasing everybody because at first you'd thought that it has stopped and then it pours hard every now and then. You really should be prepared with an umbrella everytime you go out of the house!

Just recently, all of us employees at work were given free shots of flu vaccine since the Influenza A (H1n1) has been confirmed as evident in the Philippines since last month. I'm glad that our company has taken this step and that it saved us from spending money for the vaccine. I still get paranoid though if one of my colleagues at work keeps sneezing or has a flu. As what I've heard in the news, the famous influenza has a possibility to cause an outbreak and might be harder to cure.

The bad weather here in the Philippines lately adds up to the possibility of one getting the flu.

Here are some preventive steps to fight the flu:

1. Get a flu vaccine.

2. As much as possible, take the necessary vitamins to strengthen the immune system.

3. Wash hands often with soap and water or bring along with you alcohol and hand sanitizers.

4. Avoid close contact with sick people. Don't go to crowded places as much as possible.

5. More importantly, drink plenty of water.

Prevention is still better than cure! God bless everyone!!!

I promise! I promise!

Promises are made to be broken. I'm not talking about personal romance drama. I'm referring to the promises I made to myself. Lol! Well, I'm actually talking about my promise to jog in on my rest days so I can burn some calories and hoping for my belly to flatten soon! My hopes has somehow vanished since I never kept that promise! A lot of rest days hast passed but never have I gone jogging on the streets of Makati. Duh! I might as well get myself one of those best fat burners in the market so I can get the body figure I so wanted to achieve soon!

Anyways, as usual, I'd set my alarm at 4am so I could at least try waking up early tomorrow. I'll try to keep that promise. I'm hoping I can!

May 2009 top 10 EC droppers........

Despite my absence you guys have been consistently dropping on my website. I'm sorry if I haven't returned the daily drops you guys made this month but I hope I can make it up to you!

Thank you my top 10 EC droppers for this month of May!!!

Hello Kitty Gifts	31
Lisgold	31
Cacai's Step and Journey	30
Losing Weight Intentionally	30
Welcome To Bob's Blog	30
Proud Mommy	30
Computer Aid	30
The Way I See It	30
Prove Me Wrong	30
Lisgoldmemoir	29

Thank you as well to those who didn't make it to the top 10. God bless!!! Will be back with a veangeance! Promise! Lol!

Take care everyone!!!

Figure Dilemma

Michelle, Lowela and I have been ranting about our bulging bellies! Lol! Personally, I have been planning to exercise or jog on my rest days. Evidently, the plan hasn't taken place up to now. I still have flabs on my tummy which annoys me sometimes. My belly isn't really that bulging but it's still annoying. I can't wear my fitted shirts and blouses because people might get disturbed with my figure!

I get lazy to wake up early during my rest days. Partly because I don't have a company whenever I plan to jog. Too bad my best friend lives faraway from our place. It would have been nice if I get to jog with Czarina.

Buying a treadmill crosses my mind sometimes. However, there will be not enough space for it to fit in our apartment. I am not even ready to spend money for me to enroll in a gym. Phew! What a dilemma!

Angels And Demons - Movie Review

The movie Angels and Demons is presented as a sequel of the movie The Da Vinci Code. Just like it's predecessor, the movie hit the no. 1 in the box office and gained as much controversy.

Both movies are based on Dan Brown's best selling books. Just like the books, the films are much talked about since it involves the Vatican and outraged the hierarchies of the Catholic church. Director Ron Howard and casts of the movies were even called anti-Catholics.

Angels and Demons is starred by Tom Hanks as the symbologist Robert Langdon. When a physicist Leonardo Vetra was murdered followed by the death of the Pope, the Vatican seek help from Langdon which lead them to discover the secret society- The Illuminati. Upon tracking down the secret brotherhood, Langdon and Vetra's daughter, Vittoria discovered that there was also a conspiracy on the Pope's death and they only have little time to save the four cardinals who are candidates for papacy being kidnapped by the notorious Illuminati. There's not enough time to save Vatican from destruction, too.

I enjoyed watching the movie. It was indeed my money's worth! To those who are intrigued and haven't watched the movie yet, here's the trailer:

Talking about Typhoon???

Typhoon has once again hit Luzon. It really doesn't bother me. It's better than hot climate since I get to sleep well on my slumbers.

However, I also miss summer sometimes. I remember one summer escapade when I get to sit on those outdoor chaise lounges relaxing with my best friend Czarina. That's after the jumping and swimming on the pool. I miss that. I hope we can do that again sometime soon.

Anyways, back to the present climate. My family and relatives back in the province were actually quite alarmed about the typhoon hitting Manila. Ah! I think it's just the media sensationalizing the weather here. I actually don't get too alarmed with the present climate. Or maybe not watching news lately helped not to be frantic. I just phoned my Mom today and she told me to be careful when going to work and take vitamins everyday so I won't get sick. She obviously worries, like other parents does.

I just hope that this weather won't get any worse.

Wishing for Weekend Rest Days

How I wish my rest days are set on Saturdays and Sundays! I am really hoping that our schedule will change next month but unfortunately, the management had it moved on August! I don't have any choice but to wait.

I do a regular 8-hour shift at work everyday for 5 days. But I'm thinking about having it changed to 10-hour shift but I will only get to report to work for 4 days in a week! I think that schedule is better for me because I can get to choose my rest days. I really want a Sunday off since I got a lot of things to do during that day. I have church to attend to and now that I accepted a duty at the treasury, I have to stay longer as needed. With the work schedule I have right now, I am really deprived of sleep on the weekends. I can't even attend to my blogs! My current work schedule really suck! Phew!

Just this Saturday night, I went out with Michelle and her boyfriend Jon to see the movie Angels and Demons. The movie started late and I still have work the following day. I just hate it when my sleep got deprived! I was pretty messed up at work trying so hard to fight my drowsiness! Lol!

Well enough about my whining! I'm hoping I'll get better work schedule come August! For now, I hope you guys who frequently visit this blog and seem to tolerate my rubbish posts would understand why I can't update this blog more often. I guess this is my best excuse! Lol!

Let's enjoy the rest of the week!!!

Getting to know.......

A few months ago, Me and Michelle went to my Dad's hometown in Bulacan. We went there to attend a death anniversary of one of their colleague's relative. We basically went there to eat prawns and crabs since Bulacan is known for having a lot of seafoods.

Anyways, me and my Dad never talked when he was still alive and I never had a chance to ask him about his family nor his ancestry. I just got some vivid information from my mom about him growing up as an orphan and that he struggled a lot while he was growing up. My mom said he is an only child and that he was raised by his relatives. Too bad I never had a chance to ask him about his life when he was still alive.

Sometimes I think about doing ancestry dna or some sort of tracking his life down in Bulacan so I would be able to know my dad and my relatives on his side too. It would take sometime though. I know it's too late but atleast I'd get to meet some relatives and eventually get to know my dad some more.

Rest Day Plans..........

At last it's my rest day from work tomorrow until Thursday! What a relief! It's time for me to do DVD marathon tonight! Lol! And also a chance for me to read the last book of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga - Breaking Dawn! Michelle actually gave me the book as a birthday gift! I'm excited about it already! Since it's the final book, I am so much looking forward to more excitement and of course, a happy ending for Bella and Edward!

On Eclipse, the story ended with Jacob going astray with a broken heart after accepting his defeat for his love to Bella. I wonder what's going to happen to him in Breaking Dawn!

Well, I'll definitely make the most of my rest days! I got to start with my DVD marathon now! Goodnight everyone!!!

Noisy Kids in the Building.....

I live in a building here in Makati right now where people with kids also reside. I seldom sleep peacefully especially when I do graveyard shifts. Kids run along the hallway and make a lot of noises. They will only keep quiet if me and Michelle get up from our beds and reprimand them. Phew! Why do their parents let them play in the hallway anyways?

I actually pity these kids. I was once a kid and I understand how good it feels being able to play. However, the building that we live in is not conducive for families who have kids. Children need playgrounds or a house where they can freely run and play at.

I remember when I was a kid, me and my best friend Anne and her little sister Jacquelyn used to play house in their place. After their dad setup the gazebo kits which is placed in their yard, it became our hiding place. We played with their dolls and pretend they are our babies. We pretended to cook in a plastic cooking pans and eat in plastic little plates and other little kitchen utensils. It was really fun!

Back to the kids here. I just hope their parents would be able to provide them a house where they can be free.

"Don't Know Why" For Music Monday

In line with the previous post, this is the song I was talking about! Here's Nora Jones on her live performance of the song Don't Know Why.

Enjoy!

Come join Music Monday and share your songs with us. One simple rule, leave ONLY the actual post link here. You can grab this code at LJL Please note these links are STRICTLY for Music Monday participants only. All others will be deleted without prejudice.

I need a breather!!!

Summer is over. It's now winter season here in the Philippines. I love it because I get to sleep well on my slumbers. However, since it has been raining, I don't like going out a lot. I'd rather stay in the house, do movie marathons or read novels with my cup of coffee. Besides I don't want to get sick because of the rain.

Too bad that summer has ended with me stuck at work. I haven't spent vacation yet since I got transferred to the new account. But I really wanted to have a vacation one of these days. I might end up on one of those Orlando Vacations!!! Hah! Dreamer!

Seriously, I think I need to take a break before I get burnt out with work. It has been stressful lately although I have been doing good with my metrics. I need a breather! Lol! Got to file for a vacation leave one of these days!

A Fan of Nora Jones

I have been a fan of Nora Jones ever since I heard her song "Don't Know Why" which was included on her debut album "Come Away With Me". It won Album of The Year at the Grammys in 2003. Her music was embraced by a lot of people because the combination of mellow, acoustic with soul and jazz in her songs are really relaxing to listen to! I was even more amazed when I learned that she play piano on most of her concerts. I just love the unplugged versions of her songs! It make me think about relearning my piano skills.

During my freshman and sophomore years in high school, I actually had piano lessons in the Adventist school where my mom enrolled me at. I just love that experience! Even though I was alone in the big auditorium in the school the whole day, I wasn't scared at all. I loved it when I was able to memorize the piano pieces that I picked for the recitals in that school. The first time I joined the piano recital (my Dad was there by the way)I won the first prize! I was so glad I made my father proud of me that day!

Playing the piano is actually one of my best experiences in music. I was just not able to further hone that craft since I never owned that wonderful piece of music instrument - the piano. My Dad actually said that he'd buy me one but it never happened. I promised myself though that when I get rich, I'd buy one for myself! Lol! Who knows? I can also be a piano teacher!