Choose wisely

Always choose zen over moolah.

Good night! xxx

This week

This week, daily, I have found myself uttering these words inside my head:

Always choose peace over money.

Looking forward to peaceful week ahead.

Good night xxx

Tropical Garden in the making

Happy to share progress of the tropical garden I am trying to achieve at the back alley of my humble abode. More to improve but satisfied to see this though.

Will be hanging more trailing plants.

I will be sleeping with a happy, green heart tonight.

Good night xx

Good again

Hey, been a while. :-)

T'was a good day today. Nothing so special but I felt good today. Rather, I felt good again.

You have no idea what kind of demons I have been dealing with the past months but I have found a way how to deal with it. And that is by not dealing with it. Deadma in short - and just trust that it will all pass by little will I know.

But not dealing with it still doesnt change the fact that you still have these demons inside your head. And it will recur without any clue nor advance notice. Then, you have to deal with it agin. Process goes on.

So today, I have decided to let go and just try not to take control of everything that revolves around me. Try I said 'coz I know it's not gonna be instant. We'll get there.

I used to be on top of everything - my life so to speak. It was when I can't steer a situation towards certain direction I got frustrated, and started to doubt my self, my worth.

Thank God I came across Shaira Luna again. She was the genius kid my generation grew up with. She was the talk of the town. Perceived to be the would be youngest doctor in the Philippines, she derailed her focus from sciences to photography. Or maybe, she just realized sciences were really not her interest from the get go. Putting earplug on both ears, she pursued something else. She pursued happiness.

And she never regrets it.

So what's my point? Hmmm nothing. I mean, expect nothing. Live free. Be kind. Be happy.
xxx

Trying to be more understanding

The past 2 days had tested my patience. Big time.

As much as I wouldn't want to release the beast in me, I just couldn't when situation calls for it.

I had a deal with an online seller about a pair of shoes less than a week ago. We agreed to meet at St Leonards Station (Sydney) last night. Roughly 3 hours prior our meet I asked if it's okay to move the meet up place to Town Hall which was less than 30mins by train.

To my surprise, his reaction was hysterical. He called me disrespectful and many a word that pushed me to match his uproar. Never had I imagined that a simple question would burst this man's bubble. He could have just said no.

To make the long story about back and worth exchanges of points, he decided to sell the item to next in line - which was totally rude.

He even sent me screenshot proving that someone will be getting the item. To my dismay, I told him that he will be reported to the online community, but he blocked me after that.

Me being stubborn (Well, Jonah in the bible was indeed stubborn. I just live up to the name), I grabbed his personal photos and posted in the online selling platform describing him as a disrespectful seller. BUT that particular post was not approved to go live because of selling standards violation. So I just accepted and moved on.

However, after a few minutes someone sent me a message informing that the seller who just blocked me decided to honor his commitment. Of course, I obliged mainly because his price is the cheapest in the market. Period.

So he unblocked me and we started to chat again, and he confessed that his friend saw his face posted in the market. LOL! Why was it posted when it was not approved form the get go? Weird!

We met, and fulfilled the commitment. I had the shoes! Thank God!

 You wouldn't believe what happened the next morning. I'll tell you about it in my next post.

It's been 12 years

Good day, mate!

It's been a long while since I posted. To say that my hiatus here was spent in a rather busy time is an understatement.

Currently, I am based in Sydney - been residing here for almost a year as I write this. Prior my emigration, I've toured around Europe, Africa, Australia and most of Asia in which I was and maybe still thinking of sharing some of my experiences. God, I hope I could still recall some of those as 6 years worth of gallivanting was no joke - as far as recalling events is concerned.

So, forgive me for leaving you for quite a time. And trust that I'll try my best to post as regularly as I can not just about my journey stories but life in general as well.

Let's start a brand new refresh, guys! :-)

Speechless

Smart Communications North Luzon Area held its annual rewards and recognitions program April 3, 2008 at Magalang, Pampanga.

Teams and individuals were awarded in different categories.

Proud to say our ACeS team was hailed as this year's receipient of Dream Team Award. Each team member was given a certificate and a 2-GB Kingston USB.

Apparently, the certificate was not handed down to me personally. I was on duty. Had I been there my speech would have been:

" First of all I would like to thank God for the talents and knowledges given to each of the team members. These traits collectively gathered were instrumental to the success of the monumental Batavia Project. Many thanks also to the SEs for their guidance and support. Sir Joel as well for always being cool. To my dearest co-JEs, working with you is always fun and exciting. Reminder lang, don't forget to encode the test calls results before your shift ends. hehe. Again, thank you and have a nice day!"

Pang-Oscar's ba? hehe

Actually, none of the winners were priviledged to have an acceptance speech. Yet, they winners and non-winners had pure fun in a picnic-like awarding rites at an exclusive farm.

Congratulations to all the winners. May these recognitions inspire us more to outdo ourselves always. Kudos ACeS team!

Green Thumb

Finally after months of delay (due to laziness :p), I was able to push through with the landscaping of our path way. With the help of my aunt who came all the way from Bicol in time for her short vacation, I was able to come up with a pleasant (sana) landscape.


My tita, who is a nun/missionary based to different remote areas in the Philippines has a green thumb like her sister, my mother. So do I. :p


8am, she arrived to our house, had a breakfast then we planned about how our pathway landscape will look like. She reckoned of removing the 2-foot money trees already planted for they will grow tall not appropriate for the design of our pathway.


With my sister, my aunt went to Guiguinto, the Garden City of Bulacan to buy loam soil and clay pots. I was not able to join her because I had to settle the payment of the two memorial lots we acquired 2 days ago. The memorial park is great. Every epitaph is uniform and our loved ones were just laid in equal footing. Same material, same grass. No extravagant designs of tomb. Plain, simple and uniform.


Going back to the landscape...


We started gardening after lunch. Old plants were removed and additional soil was added to create a landscape appeal. To avoid soil spilling, we put scrap fan tiles and bricks excess from the driveway and columns of our gate. Small plants then were put in at the bottom of the landscape for they will grow fast but not bushy. Some money trees were replanted at the middle portion for accent.


Haayy, the sun was up. Ang init! We had to finish this. hehehe (to avoid too much exposure from the sun.) For final touch, I added small garden stones I bought a month ago.


Here's the outcome:


Drum rolls...


Janjararan!



That's my tita, feeling senorita!


Ayos ba ang landscape?

Boring Week

Bored. That's how I feel now.

Working for 4 days without breathing fresh air gives me the urge of going home. Plus the fact that it's holidays. I am supposed to be home reflecting. I wanna come home. Pasaway. While doing this post, MIchael Buble's "Home" is playing. Huhuhu. Anyway, a little less than 5 hours from now, I'll be free from incarcenation (at least for 3days).

Everytime my weekly sched nears its last day, I get excited. Yes very. Beacuse I will be seeing my family, Mika and Mhilen and "supposedly" take a long long sleep. Probably for one whole day.

But ironically, I don't rest during my rest days. I go out. Meeting friends. Dental checkup. Malling.

Feeling deprived of freedom to mingle to the outside world during my Subic stay might be the reason why I indulge to these stuffs instead of staying home.

Anyhow, as long as I enjoy it I don't mind taking 3-4 hour-ride from SUbic all the way to Bulacan.

GarIn

I was asked yesterday by Felix, an Indonesian Inmarsat manager who is currently crossposted here in ACeS Subic, to capture photos of the existing equipments of Inmarsat Network. I started doing it last night. pinagpatuloy ko lang this morning dahil hindi ko nakuhanan ang dalawang satellite antennas kagabi dahil madilim na.

Meet Garuda and Inmarsat (afar). The two satellite antennas. Inmarsat is the new friend of Garuda. But their frienship is short-lived. Soon, Garuda will bid goodbye na.

I would love to share to you the photos pero hindi puwede i-post ang mga equipments. Kaya eto na lang ang ishe-share ko.



Bulaga!

Bleeh! Bagong kuha. Mainit init pa! Siyempre hindi ako papaawat, kinuhanan ko din ang aking sarili habang nasa labas hehehehe