She's a BIG GIRL NOW!

Not sooo long time ago... Cathy's news of her getting married... was truly a shocked for Pot, Reng and Me... Whoa... who would've thought, Cathy is the most dorky, nerdy and so "manang" among the barkada. Not to mention that she does not even miss class no matter how much we convinced her and among the barkada I am the one who actually considers housewife my ultimate career. NOW she is finally a wife to Marvin and a mother to Yuri. Yuri is our first baby and with his coming I know it opens another avenue for us to be closer all the more. Actually, in all those tough times I know no matter the distance, we always have each other... Funny, how things can be so ironic at times. I always wanted that kind of life: Housewife and a Mom... But this isn't about me... This is about Cathy. Now seeing how are things with her and how she manages to see through it makes me soooooooo proud of her. She is sooooooooo grown up now. From us talking about work, books, latest cellphones and all sorts now to us talking about marriage, real-life issues, and most of all about YURI.

Congratulations Cathy and Marvin.

Not another HR THING!

It's been weeks now since I am trying to find this book: Tomorrow's HR Management: 48 Thought Leaders Call for Change, but I failed everytime. I don't know why this is not so commonly available and after browsing through its outlines and reading the reviews this seems to be very helpful. It opens a different perspective on how HR can be a business partner instead of the usual routinary admin and personnel thing.

Anyhow, as I was calling all the big bookstores I know here in the country the Customer Service Rep was kind enough to let me know that there is already a new edition: The Future of Human Resource Management: 64 Thought Leaders Explore the Critical HR Issues of Today and Tomorrow





Well, change is really inevitable. So here I am trying to figure out if buying the new edition is better (well for one, the new edition is available) and it is really very costly. Yeah, education and learning is really a cost. Hayyyyy!

Well this can be part of my WISHLIST... Anyone?

On my own now?

Well... last September 1st I finally went out to be on my own... hahaha! Well, to some of my friends this is a bit tiring since I have moved out twice this year already hahaha! Can't really make up my mind... but yeah... this time around is different: I AM ON MY OWN...

It was a mixed feeling of excitement and anxiousness... Really... I am so excited to finally have a place of my own... I feel so grown up... hahahaha! Most of all, it feel so liberating... yet I am also a bit scared: loneliness, errands, responsibilities all sorts...

Well... the first 2 weeks was not that good at all but still I know I am blessed... I slept on the floor with matress on, I only have Electric Iron, Ironing board, electric pot, some kitchen utensils, and my books... I was even sick on the first week. Maybe it has something to do with the paint fumes... but wait I have some interesting stories to tell:

There was this day when I went down to get something assuming that I left the door unlocked... when I came back... it was locked. I was on my PJ's and yeah the keys are inside so I have to climbed through the tree, off to the roof then to my window... well... it was quite liberating when I managed to get in through the Window Grills... I need to destroy the lock and really I did it... using the Saw and hammer... Well... I'm a big girl now... Later that night, I went to buy lock for my window... I know you will laugh your heart out if you'll know that the following day I did the same mistake again... but since there are still good people left... someone came to help... a Neighbor of mine... and yeah He is married... hahaha... so not another romantic story... hahaha...

Want more? Well... the reason why the apartment is quite cheap compare to the usual rent here in MAKATI is simply because... it gets flooded everytime it rains. Yeah... it can go as high as your waist. I am not kidding...well... that's what the people said but yeah... one day I'll take a picture and I'll post it here. Though twice this month already, I managed to ride a "PEDICAB" (its a bicycle with a side car, that's the best definition I can give.... hahaha!) with your feet up... and it was fun! Really it was fun... seeing the kids actually swam through the flood... I know for most its gross especially that the water is so dirty and all... but it reminded me to be grounded and learn from the faith of a child.

Interesting right? Well, this will top it all... I went home late one evening from a weekly meeting with my SFC friends when a man with a child approached me... he was asking for help since the child has been sick for days and it seems that it gets weaker everytime... I was with Ate Cha and so we decided to bring them to the hospital. As per the father, will proceed to Pasay Gen Hospital and so we went... wow... it was a surprised for me since it seems that I went to wrong place... when in fact i knew we were supposed to be in the emergency room... and we really are... its just that the people are so into it already that they don't seem to be panicky about things... well not that they should be panicked but I somehow expect that they will attend to every sick people who came in immediately. Well, since its a public hospital, you need first to buy the things needed before they'll attend to you... and so maybe, its not that critical for them... Will give them the benefit of the doubt... Anyhow, hours passed and it seems that nothing has been resolved. I was asking Ate Cha if we can leave and just give them money since really the family don't have any at all... :-( and I was humbled when she said "will stay a bit, they need us physically here more than the amount we can give"... and yeah... so we spent the whole time, helping the father with the medication for the Kid... comforting the lola who feels so down... asking about the mother? Well... they have issues to solve and so she left just that morning... But there's a light to it: at least they own a house here in the city and that they have people who are renting some part of it. There are just a few lessons we all need to learn... I particularly learned from there. I was confronted by the two things I fear the most: Ending up with the wrong person, at the wrong time and at the wrong reasons and growing old and not happy with my past. Whew! God is soooo good!

Now, I managed to buy some other stuff I need: Refrigerator, Rice Cooker, Mini Table, Some Accessories.... and all sorts... in the words of my friends: "Isa isa lang... you'll get by"
What's the best part: its so liberating and it gives you a better perspective of yourself - now I can finally call this MINE and not OURS! hahaha!

So here's some of the pictures I took... :P

Wanna visit me? :P

Relaunched again?

For a while now I am thinking if blogging is for me... hahaha... especially if you have friends who makes blogging part of their daily lives... well... i am really trying... so I can be as consistent as possible...

So this is it...

I am modifying my previous blog so I can share it to everyone... and of course... to grant my friend's request to make blogging really a hobby... well... what do you expect... HE IS THE FATHER OF PHILIPPINE BLOGGING and most of all a BLOG GURO! and yeah being one of his closest friends makes me just so proud of him: GWAPO NA... MATALINO... MAYAMAN PA... so single ladies what are you waiting for??? Visit his site: http://www.yugatech.com/blog/

So here's to more blogging...

Online Relationships...

On line friends? On line lovers? Familiar ba? I know this kind of relationships happen once in a while yet the fact remains it can be.

Sometime in 1999, this friendship was made. I was sixteen then and after all these years... the friendship have truly evolved... from us spending weekends on fun fun fun activities... from overnight outing to billiards to bowling or just simply chill out at Yuga's pad in Bangkal. Now we truly share each other's triumphs and defeats. We have gone this far to even healing broken relationships and keeps on forgiving each other. There were days of zero visibility and yet we always have that connection and bond. Most of all, we never leave no one behind yet we allow them to have their own space and time to be on their own.

How did it started? Well... we have knowned each other through the famous REBELDE.COm to Grabeh.com... who have thought after all these years... we still do have each other as family... There were new additions... there were those who left and we know as time changes and as we have our own different lives we still have each other.

How sure I am? Well... Kuya Alwell and Ate Vicky, Kuya Chuy and Ate Charmaine were online lovers... and after all the odds... they both are happy couple and all of us share the responsibility of rearing and making sure that Heaven, Louis and Thor will grow as a better individual.
Gen and Benee, wow after three long years of separate lives who would ever thought they can still share future together as a couple and even willing to go back to zero just to start all over again. At the end of the day, what is three years compare to eternity?

For Yuga and Me? There's more to us being single... hehehe. Yuga can testify how much the friendship have gone beyond our online community and even his current online communities... and for how far and great he is right now advocating blogging here in the country and outside, we truly are proud of him. "Si Yuga pa... anak nga naman ng Diyos yan..." Well, as for me, I am so assured that this is a friendship for keeps.

And asking for impossible? The reunion last Wednesday and the wedding last Thursday was a great start. Broken relationships? Well, Ali and I are somehow ok. All things that starts well, ends well. We have one great friendship then, we are still not there really friends... but we're getting there... in time. And for whatever happened in the past, I think it helps us become better and stronger... even the friendship becomes more enduring. With Tin's addition to the group, and surely more will, as we expand and grow in our own pace... and someday settling down.

Online relationships is a once in a lifetime opportunity... I know for I have seen few... at the end of the day, its how much you make things work and how much love you have given into it that matters. Compatibility and backgrounds are just secondary.

Hay... wish Kuya Chuy and Ate Charms were there... one day... soon...

You may visit this site for more pictures: http://www.yugatech.com/photos/

Love is lovelier the second time around...

What about love for the second time?

Last June 27 was a blast for us: Vicky, Alwell, Ali, Tin, Yuga and me. It comes so surprising yet we can’t help but feel happy for Kuya Bes.

It started with Ate Benny leaving for the states to work… well… as the cliché goes: “Long Distance relationship don’t work”… so three years ago she broke up with Kuya Bes. But all these years… we all knew that someone is hoping and for whatever it takes I guess it’s all worth it for Kuya Bes.

Sometime this June, Ate Benee came home… sabi nga… sa hinaba haba man ng prosesyon sa simbahan pa din ang tuloy… this time might not be in the church but yeah… they finally tied the knot last June 28, 2007 at the municipality of Taytay, Rizal. It was a very intimate celebration, it was only the family of the couple and Us – their beloved second family who were there to celebrate with the newly weds.

What can I say? Love is truly lovelier the second time around...

Congratulations Kuya Bes and Best Wished Ate Benee!

one fine day! so How about TOWING?

originally posted last June 26:

The day has been so hectic and busy... well... like any other days... but still it was a fine day... What could I say? In these days that change is so possible and things could happen the least you expect it, it made me smile and excited in the days to come... but so much with all these work and busy days... minsan na bang na tow yung car nyo? Layo no? But yeah... did you ever experience that hell of negotiation?

Hay... We were in Starbucks Levisted this afternoon for a meeting... and yeah... we park exactly in front of it and we even pay the parking. Came five in the afternoon, the guard told us that they are towing the car kasi bawal na daw pag five o clock... and they really did... well... What can we do but negotiate... It was really a shame kasi andun pa ung ka meeting namin and here I was in dress and a bit formal... negotiating not to tow the car... kawawa naman si RB... Kainis talaga! RB owns the car and yeah... he wasn't at all agreeable to the idea to bring his car... and yet... na tow pa. Grabe talaga... ask how much we pay them? Hay... its Php 1000.00. Ayaw pa ng 500 ha... well... if only we were not in a hurry that time and if only its my car, I don't think I will negotiate...

Sabi nila... dapat hindi daw dapat tow ung car kasi naabutan pa namin silang mag tow pa lang... and still... hayyy... but lesson learned talaga yun... I was a bit upset at that moment... but I think it was a pretty cool experience... at least may naiba today...

Still a one fine day... Oh by the way, my officemates are in Salt and Pepper right now, its the turn over party and announcement of the new Social Committee Members here in our office. I am actually one of the new members... so... cheers and good luck to me! and to them... :P

Where do you go when you're LONELY?

Wohoo... is this truly a nice start?
Well... not because I am lonely these days... and I am not being defensive here... because I don't think I am... this is just because one Saturday, I came across this YM status message of a friend/officemate... and it made me wonder? yeah... where do I go when I am lonely?

When all things failed and whenever I feel like the whole world is upon me... wow... lalim naman... but yeah... whenever I need someone to vent with... I usually seek refuge to my dad... I told my friend... I usually go home in my province just to breathe... So the next question is: How many times do I usually go home? Well... my answer to this would only equates to how many times I used to be lonely... well... and for the record... last year was a hit... I went home nine times in just a year... So it must really be a lonely year... LOL! Well... I guess I can't hide it...

But really... I know this is truly a cliche... but some people said that being alone doesn't mean their lonely... For years now, I have been living on my own... and there are days I just want to be with the crowd of people but there are days really that I wanted my own space... and yet there are days that even if I am with a crowd of people I still feel that I am invisible... HUh... Zero visibility... seems like a familiar line huh!

And with every phase... you learn... for at the end of the day... its the lesson learned from those circumstances that matters... ika nga... to each its own... and maturity comes from the way you handle it... for loneliness it just a phase and a state of being... it is truly healthy to be lonely at times only if you see yourself through it. As the line goes: "At the end of the day when it comes to it... all we really want is to be close with somebody..."

So that's why there's friends and families and special people in our lives ready to be there to hear our woes... Ayt?

So where do you go when you’re lonely?