that's sad... not so...

hay... reading that somehow made me sad. if i were in that same situation, i probably would've done the same thing. i understand completely. do i have a problem with that? i guess so, having been sooo used to it and knowing that it's always just there, but there's nothing i could do. it's not mine to keep... nothing ever is. everything is just a borrowed something from Him. some things come, some things go. some things aren't as good as the others though, but as with every new dilemma (dilemma's too harsh!)... but as with every new challenge (it's not a challenge!)... but as with every new mandatory event, you can't do anything about it but accept it as it is. as the prayer goes,

"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."

and i pray for that constantly =)

lost track

haha lost track of the day count. lousy. tama ba namang numberan kse ang days. ang corny. lack of interesting title?

oh well, oh well...

shopping take 10(?)
what happened last saturday? we went to shop ulit. goodness it's so mura here! ano ba itu? free land? hehe! well, didn't get that much kse may NJ pa ko sa weekend. i heard there are a couple of good stores dun, plus wala raw tax. neat, eh?

sisters(?)
after the shopping mania, we dropped by lisa camacho's house to just hang out and... uhmm... eat? videoke? hehe. i wonder? is lisa really my sister? hello?!? both our dads died on the same month and year! january 1997. we were starting to freak out when we have the same year... but the same month? hehe... the ultimate question was: what is your father's first name? hehe iba naman. so we're not sisters. we're just... ummm souls entangled in a mesh of coincidences (ano yun?? babbles itu!).

lunch + bingo!!!
sunday was pretty much a pigging out day. ree and paul (lovely lovely couple, lovely lovely hosts) and ernie -> doggie and jack -> big kitty and harry (was it harry?) -> bigger kitty invited us over for lunch. ay big slab of steak itu... plus corn and veggies. sarap! grabe! i never thought i could consume that much food! and i keep on complaining how my tummy's grown this big in just a week! haha! after the feast, we played bingo in their comfy backyard (yup comfy itu!). i won this toy... it's a... can't describe... ball that you bounce using a paddle (?). hehe. it's a toy! bingo was saya! super! with the participants getting serious to win the major prizes haha! we were wondering if they could include ernie... or the house... or the car in the we were really gulo no! after the game, we had ice cream pa plus like a pet show where ernie, jack, and harry (?) showed some tricks =) cool!

telebabad
ano ba? con call with michie, acy, thecx last night. for an hour! and then ate elaine called. we talked for almost an hour, i guess? ano ba? e kung gabi-gabi makikipagtelebabad ako sa mga taong kikitain ko dito, wala na kaming mapapag-usapan pag nagkita na kami. ayos! haha! but just the same, i love hearing from them kahit na tawa lang kami nang tawa. can't wait to see them =)

training
haha isingit ba ang training? oh well, i browsed through some training stuff... na nde ko rin naman masyadong na-absorb. kase naman... hehe.

day 8

2:08pm
cook/praning - wow it was my first time to cook dinner for them. sinigang na chicken and beef. hehe matabang. i was alone in the apartment for a couple of hours. i didn't join them in their shopping 'cause i cooked dinner nga. i was imaging things. what if somebody forced his way in and steal things or just kill me? nyay! what if the phone rings and a scary voice beats the hell out of me? hehe so the phone rang a couple of times and i was all jumpy and freaky hehe...

sleepy - i'm always sleepy! i don't think this has something to do with the time zone ekek... i could sleep pretty well at night and i can't stay awake at day. hmmm... antukin ako. that's unusual... kainis.

vacation update - camille's ready to buy those tickets woohoo! tita marie will shoulder the fare daw. more woohoo!!! talked with acy to and she might join us on the 22nd. =)

2:08pm
vacation update2 - tickets here woohoo! off to dinner with the girls. bye! have a great weekend!

day 7

ok... i have an entire entry for my 7th day complete with time stamp. the page expired and post was gone. chuva!

ok... let me recall...

today was the 1st day of engineering training. nothing much. di talga ko bibo... hush hush lang kahit pigain hehe ayaw ko sumagot ever!

i guess everybody's crazy over papa b and his blue green eyes hehe. too bad di na sya ang trainer namin so lamang ang mga bruhang analyst bwahahaha! i was able to have a good chika with him yesterday though. syemps katabi ko sa dinner say nyo? haha. mega chika! talked about the beaches in the phils. so i was actually luring him to come over the phils haha. ano ito isda? ni-lure. syemps nichika ko rin how his wife and daughter are doing diba... i bet his daughter looks like angel. kung anong puno syang bunga diba? hehe... todo bola itu. basta i bet i earned a thousand points for that hehe.

the client treated us (again) at dave and busters. it was a pretty good bonding time for us all though it's a bit hard to jive with them siguro dahil sa cultural differences. hello mahirap makipagkwentuhan at jokan sa english no! but they're all nice naman.

ok. vacation update: boss didn't allow me to have a few days off on our way home. she said we'll be pretty busy na raw by that time so we can't afford to have absences from work... too bad. but my vacation (vaccation talga, hindi training hehe) must remain untampered. i'll head off to NJ on the 16th instead. =) woohoo! so i could still meet camille and (what's left of) the camacho clan - 5 lang sila hehe. plus michie and thecx will visit me here on the 22nd and sama na lang kme sa spi people sa tennessee. so i get to meet all my friends pa rin diba? woohoo!

this is worth posting: my mom reminded me to pray for the pope's soul. i haven't done that yet and i haven't said a thing about my sympathy for it... i'm just touched on how he has been an inspiration and how he has touched the hearts and lives of millions of people, including mine. he will forever be an inspiration =)

day 6

killing some time again. i guess i can't do this tomorrow na. the engineering training starts tomorrow so medyo busy-busyhan na yun malamang... hehe. i'm a little bit nervous 'bout it not having a good exposure in engineering work. dapat super mega attentive diva?

we went to circuit city last night, pero wala naman akong nabili. wala yung mga bilin, wala rin akong nakitang interesting for me. ended up buying a couple of make-up for my mom and titas. good buy daw yun. hehe malay ko ba, di naman ako nag me-make up. asus.

talked with camille, michie, and thecx again. finally, my plans are having good directions na. michie and thecx will probably go here to visit me na lang since my last weekend will surely be packed. i dunno maybe we could just scout some interesting places here. anything is interesting basta may kasama naman akong friends =).

tapos, i'll probably spend the weekend with the camachos in NJ and then with camille on monday and tuesday. sana ok. i heard my boss said daw na sana wala munang mag-absent when we get back to manila... i hope this is not a bad sign. i hope she'll allow me to have a few days off. i hope i could see my friends. i hope i hope i hope... =)

off to training again. =)

day 5

hmmm... days 1 to 4 are missing hehe. didn't really have much time to update my blog. now i'm in day 5. so what's up? just had lunch.

yesterday, we hads tons of food intake hehe. heavy lunch and a tabo of icecream courtesy of the client. and i thought, "we're paid to do this?" cool! hehe!

when we got home, we had another pictorial session and jogged + played basketball near our place. sus... sporty sporty daw, mamya madapa na naman ako. medyo trauma na nga ko pag tumatakbo eh =( feeling ko madadapa ako any minute. hehe. praning.

i guess i've adjusted na. i'm not THAT sleepy anymore. pero sleepy pa rin. ayan na. start na naman ng antok. heavy mata... waaah!

410pm: eeew... i have an hour to kill. training's done and we're not going home 'til 5pm. during training, we were observing the other team while they're doing their exercise. i was standing behind leah and janette and i swear, i could fall asleep nang nakatayo!!! promise! pumipikit mata ko waaah! i was imagining i'd suddenly pass out hehe.

* sometimes, i do checks and i'm not really sure what my current status is hehe. ano nga ba? ano nga ba? hmm...

some pics:
narita, tokyo airport. pictorial agad? hehehe...


malou and nannie's place. bait bait couple =)


videoke itu... moonlight over paris. ano ba? di pa sawa? hehe!


shopping! with the rest of the gang


tita pat and tito ver's place1


tita pat and tito ver's place2


stairs with the girls and yongca's roderick. yihee bayong!


tago poste with tin and dacks hehe payat naman eh pedeng magtago


ay, f na f ang pag-upo sa grass... basa! mwehehe!


mas f na f... solo pa!


ano ito? hehe...


'di namin apartment yan. kamuka lang.


patulan pati slide ng mga bata


hmm... mga baliw? hehe... pinagtinginan lang naman kme ng mga dumadaang sasakyan asus.

dito na

Here na… first day sa office. We just had a tour of the office. Kay laki… hehe.



Somehow, I still have my days and my nights all mixed up. So evening mode ako ngayon ‘cause it’s tulugan time sa pinas. Can’t really keep my eyes open. Tapos pag gabi, I swear, super buhay ang diwa ko. Hay…



I talked with a couple of friends na: Camille and Irish. Maybe I’ll try to head off to new jersey to meet the camachos before I go home hehe… and Camille in NY. Also, michie and thecx might try to see me when I get there… di naman ako masyadong excited to see them all =)



We went to a couple of malls here to shop. =) met with some of the filipino communities. They were all kind and hospitable =).