Am sorry if my posts are so short. I promise I'll update my blog SOON. A lot of things have been happening--career-wise and in my personal life. I don't think I'm having my quarter life crisis (yet). A little bit of patience, my dear readers, and I'll be back writing again.
Monday, May 31, 2010
quick update...
Finally had a Pinay blogger meet up today with Nina of ballerina's closet obsession. Soooo happy to have met her. Truly, I've gained a new friend :)
Friday, May 28, 2010
my boss is crazy.
I have no idea if she's thinking clearly, but I'm telling you she's gonna get us in some deep trouble if this project fails. Ugh ugh ugh!!!!!!!! She is definitely not thinking straight.
Will explain after this weekend. I need to take a breather.
Will explain after this weekend. I need to take a breather.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
will update soon
Hi everyone, I'm back! Am sorry for the 3-week delay. I've been extremely busy and tired with a lot of things the past few weeks. Actually, I won't be posting about anything today, I just wanted to let the blog world know I'm still alive and well. I might be able to post a decent entry after this weekend (after my trip to the beach with my cousin and friends). So...til then! :)
Thursday, May 6, 2010
fail.
I tried to talk to that person today. Well, not that I was expecting a response. I just sent an offline message about something that I hoped would amuse him and jog his memory a bit about an incident 3 years ago. It was actually funny and dumbfounding at the same time. Anyway, no reply. Oh well, I tried although it was a failed attempt. It wasn't as if I wanted to reach out or be friendly friends. But what's the point, really? Ugh. I am AGAIN confused about what I want to happen. Or maybe I'm just gonna have my period which is why I've been so emotional for the past few days. Seriously, I've been getting weepy because of random things it's not even funny anymore.
OKAY. Now that's off my chest, I can tell you guys that I am soooooo psyched for next week's elections. Instead of being assigned on the field, I transferred to the HQ since I'll be coming from work and I can only do night shifts. I'll be observing in our precinct on the day of the elections, though. Then I'll go to the HQ in the afternoon. I am hoping and praying that the elections will go well. For my readers who aren't from the Philippines, just so you know as well, this will be the first time our country will be holding the elections using automated machines. We've been doing it manually ever since we became a democracy (i.e. tallying votes on Electoral Return sheets...MANUAL COUNTING). And now, the 2010 elections is a historical event in our country as it signifies a step to improving the electoral system. However, the Commission on Elections and SMARTMATIC (the private company that won the bidding for being the provider of the software and machines to be used) are having problems with the machines and the CF cards to be used. So how do you expect to reconfigure almost 80,000 defective cards FOUR DAYS before the elections? Considering it took 2 months to program everything...it'll take a miracle. But, I'm still very much hopeful. Negativity won't really help us all at this point. It's good to be realistic about the situation, but there's always something we call faith :)
Have an awesome Thursday, everyone! Mantra for the day should be all about good vibes :)
OKAY. Now that's off my chest, I can tell you guys that I am soooooo psyched for next week's elections. Instead of being assigned on the field, I transferred to the HQ since I'll be coming from work and I can only do night shifts. I'll be observing in our precinct on the day of the elections, though. Then I'll go to the HQ in the afternoon. I am hoping and praying that the elections will go well. For my readers who aren't from the Philippines, just so you know as well, this will be the first time our country will be holding the elections using automated machines. We've been doing it manually ever since we became a democracy (i.e. tallying votes on Electoral Return sheets...MANUAL COUNTING). And now, the 2010 elections is a historical event in our country as it signifies a step to improving the electoral system. However, the Commission on Elections and SMARTMATIC (the private company that won the bidding for being the provider of the software and machines to be used) are having problems with the machines and the CF cards to be used. So how do you expect to reconfigure almost 80,000 defective cards FOUR DAYS before the elections? Considering it took 2 months to program everything...it'll take a miracle. But, I'm still very much hopeful. Negativity won't really help us all at this point. It's good to be realistic about the situation, but there's always something we call faith :)
Have an awesome Thursday, everyone! Mantra for the day should be all about good vibes :)
Monday, May 3, 2010
nth random post
First of all, belated Happy Labor Day everybody! May 1 fell on a Saturday, but thanks to the president it was announced last Friday that May 3rd would be a holiday since it's the Monday after a weekend regular holiday. Yay for long weekends!! I had work on Labor Day itself, though. I had to observe two focus groups with our client the entire afternoon. It wasn't that bad, both groups were interesting to watch. The first group were female yuppies, and the second group were male yuppies. You can really see the difference with how men and women make decisions, specifically with decisions about eating. Hahaha! Women are more irrational and men are more instinctive. We tend to go with our cravings and we sometimes use eating as a way of bonding with others. Men eat when they're hungry, or to alleviate hunger before eating main meals. I can't really go into the details because it's an ongoing study, but yeah it was really nice to see how the male and female psyches work.
Yesterday, we pretty much spent the entire time at home. I had to prepare two trays of lasagna for my mom's college block's reunion that evening. Twas a fun night getting to know my mom's blockmates. They're all noisy. Hahaha! They thought my brother and I would be shocked with all their stories about my mom in college. We just told them she already told these stories to us before and my mom's not a totally different person now. She's still a bit loud when with friends and she's still super duper obsessive compulsive. My mom even told them that she's passed on this trait to my brother and I, much to the dismay and amusement of everyone. They couldn't believe it when my mom told them that at an early age my brother and I already discovered using highlighters for reviewing, that we also loved collecting post-it note pads, and that we use planners. I was so tired last night I couldn't stay up and wait for everyone to leave. As per our helper, everyone left around 1 in the morning already. Am glad my mom had a lot of fun.
I spent the first half of the day with a bit of pampering. I woke up early and had a very relaxing foot spa and hand spa. In the afternoon, I hung out with my friend Mishi at Cafe Breton for a chika date. We were supposed to watch Iron Man 2 but when we got to the mall, there weren't any seats available anymore! So we decided to just do a bit of window shopping.
Just to share, and it's really quite embarrassing I'm sharing this...yesterday, when my mom and I went to the mall after church service, we decided to check out Aldo. I fell in love with a pair of shoes but I had to walk away from them. I could afford them, but I knew that if I spent my money on just a pair of shoes I'd later on regret it since there are quite a few things I need to save up for. And also, my grandmother's not here because she's visiting my uncles in the US so my mom and I are sharing the household expenses until the end of the month. I got teary-eyed walking out of the store (to my mother's disbelief). I'm sorry...I got emotional about it, I don't know why. Hahahaha! It's so funny now, and it's actually lame that I got emotional about a pair of shoes. There are bigger problems and issues that deserve my tears, not shoes.
A week to go before the National Elections!!!! I'm volunteering again for NAMFREL, an election watchdog group. This is my second time to volunteer. The first time was in 2007 for the Senatorial and Local Elections. This is gonna be exciting. I was assigned to the headquarters of NAMFREL in 2007 to man the NCR desk. This time, I'll be on field! I got my brother to volunteer this year so we're both assigned to observe our area's precinct. We'll be there the entire day on May 10th. Hopefully this will be a peaceful election. And I'm really praying that the next president will really LEAD our country. I know that God's will WILL be done. Whoever wins this elections will be the Philippines' president for a greater purpose.
How was your Labor Day weekend? :)
Yesterday, we pretty much spent the entire time at home. I had to prepare two trays of lasagna for my mom's college block's reunion that evening. Twas a fun night getting to know my mom's blockmates. They're all noisy. Hahaha! They thought my brother and I would be shocked with all their stories about my mom in college. We just told them she already told these stories to us before and my mom's not a totally different person now. She's still a bit loud when with friends and she's still super duper obsessive compulsive. My mom even told them that she's passed on this trait to my brother and I, much to the dismay and amusement of everyone. They couldn't believe it when my mom told them that at an early age my brother and I already discovered using highlighters for reviewing, that we also loved collecting post-it note pads, and that we use planners. I was so tired last night I couldn't stay up and wait for everyone to leave. As per our helper, everyone left around 1 in the morning already. Am glad my mom had a lot of fun.
I spent the first half of the day with a bit of pampering. I woke up early and had a very relaxing foot spa and hand spa. In the afternoon, I hung out with my friend Mishi at Cafe Breton for a chika date. We were supposed to watch Iron Man 2 but when we got to the mall, there weren't any seats available anymore! So we decided to just do a bit of window shopping.
Just to share, and it's really quite embarrassing I'm sharing this...yesterday, when my mom and I went to the mall after church service, we decided to check out Aldo. I fell in love with a pair of shoes but I had to walk away from them. I could afford them, but I knew that if I spent my money on just a pair of shoes I'd later on regret it since there are quite a few things I need to save up for. And also, my grandmother's not here because she's visiting my uncles in the US so my mom and I are sharing the household expenses until the end of the month. I got teary-eyed walking out of the store (to my mother's disbelief). I'm sorry...I got emotional about it, I don't know why. Hahahaha! It's so funny now, and it's actually lame that I got emotional about a pair of shoes. There are bigger problems and issues that deserve my tears, not shoes.
A week to go before the National Elections!!!! I'm volunteering again for NAMFREL, an election watchdog group. This is my second time to volunteer. The first time was in 2007 for the Senatorial and Local Elections. This is gonna be exciting. I was assigned to the headquarters of NAMFREL in 2007 to man the NCR desk. This time, I'll be on field! I got my brother to volunteer this year so we're both assigned to observe our area's precinct. We'll be there the entire day on May 10th. Hopefully this will be a peaceful election. And I'm really praying that the next president will really LEAD our country. I know that God's will WILL be done. Whoever wins this elections will be the Philippines' president for a greater purpose.
How was your Labor Day weekend? :)
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