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October 11th, 2010
04:33 pm - Welcome back me!
The last time I was here 2009 was about to end.
I was single.
I was somewhat pissed.
I was somewhat directionless.
Flash forward to the here and now.
Someone called my attention to my last post.
That someone effectively removed the "single" tag from my status.
Thanks Hon!
So many things have changed. So many things have remained the same.
My current work tasks have had me speaking so much about new technology and technology trends that I feel I am somewhat of a TECH Evangelist right about now.
Intelligent networks, Service delivery platform, WiMAX, LTE, Widget. So much technology so little time.
Well hope everyone's well.
Current Mood:  chipper
Current Music: Drive - Incubus
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December 26th, 2009
11:14 pm - Thanks 2009!
As 2009 draws to a close I look back at the year that was.
It hasn't been easy. It hasn't been all smiles.
There were alternating moments of extreme happiness and profound sadness. Great times of elation and dark times of disappointment. I thank God that despite all the darkness the light still overpowered it.
Thanks (in no particular order):
To my Smart family:
My manager Ms. Alen - always positive, a foil to my tendencies to sink into despair and negativity...thanks for all the support
Sol: you know why. :)
HR Solutions team past and present - you know who you folks are... I won't list all of you down...some of you may appear later down in this note... :)
Angie, Cha, Kat - because you guys always made time to listen (really listen) to my oftentimes insane ideas. Thanks too for trying to knock some sense into me.
Tin - for the crazy rollercoaster ride. for the sometimes strange conversations and of course being a friend.
The boyz of HR - always good for a laugh and as sounding boards for crazy ideas (kahit moral support lang)
Daisy and Peace: salamat sa moral support at boto.
All the other HR peeps - I'll miss the fun at Smart HR. Buti na lang one floor away lang ako.
The NPSD folks - for the warm welcome into the fold. Looking forward to greater accomplishments in 2010. Thanks Cynthia, Glen, Roch, Richs, Mona, Sir Byron and Sir Mar
The HR big bosses AVS and CGL - slaamat po for the opportunity to help out
My partners in Public Affairs
The IT peeps who helped me implement eLearning
Our training partners from sales, custcare, it, psg and nsd
To the CSB peeps:
Menchu, Roger, Paul, Ben, Chris E., Potch and the rest: Thanks for giving me the opportunity and the support to influence the youth of the country. The saturday classes never fail to show me a different perspective. And you guys know how to make an Atenean feel welcome in a land tinged with green :)
My students: thanks for bearing with some of my strange teaching ways. May you find something useful in life in my classes
Blue With Envy - Tads, Eric, Wowie - I never thought the band idea would fly. The weekly practices have been fun and therapeutic for me. So how about we cut an album in 2010?
The CCP Saturday basketball group Thanks for all the great scrimmages guys!
The family
My crazy parents - thanks mom. thanks dad. I love you both
My bro RJ - basketball card games and other stuff...keep it up bro
My sis - salamat!
My bro Robert - Don't let darkness overcome you. Let the light blaze forth.
My Tita Ning - salamat salamat salamat!
my Lola - still strong and can beat up people
Everyone who ever attended one of my training sessions.
Anyone who became a student of mine in 2009.
All the new friends. All the new colleagues.
Jelai
Andee
Aen
Trish
Madel
Canoyks
Kelvs
Alecon
Lyla
Mona
Les
KC
Eric S.
Lalley
Lydda
Butch
Ethelle - salamat best friend. although we may not talk as often anymore. thanks. i'll try my best to swing by California sometime soon. salamat sa supporta at payo. Love you!
I won't edit this anymore (well maybe just to add other names in). Salamat!
And to everyone else who was a part of my life in 2009, Happy new year and may your 2010 be filled with hope and meaning! A blessed 2010 all!
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October 21st, 2009
01:11 am - I...not I
It's strange.
You ask a sign from God. God gives you the sign. You don't know what the heck it means. It is true when they say that God works in mysterious ways.
My regular prayer is "God thy will be done." I am not the holiest person on earth. I'm so far from being that. But for most of my life I've readily accepted what has come my way. I like to think that I readily roll with whatever is happening. Despite my public reactions and actions I do go with the flow for the most part.
Recently I've added "God please grant me understanding." I know the signs are there. I know God has better things to do than tend to my mundane problems. I know that there are many many more people out there who have bigger things to worry about. I just need to understand that the signs have been given and what they mean.
In this life fraught with mistakes and wrong turns I hope and I pray that I did the right thing.
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October 7th, 2009
08:26 am - After Ondoy.
Its been a week since the storm-that-shook-the-country Ondoy hit.
It has been a week and we are still not done fixing the 2 houses. My lolal's and my place. Alot of the stuff are still on the second floor. We still don't have working refrigerators. we've proven how great those Coleman ice chests are at keeping ice in ice form for more than 24 hoursl.
We are still luckier than some of the victims of Ondoy. We still have houses to go home to. We have funds to replace the material items that were lost. We did not need to go to an evacuation center. We are all safe and intact. I do thank God for this fact.
Despite this I can't help but experience a tinge of depression and sadness at some of the things that were taken by the flooding caused by Ondoy.
I lost 90% of the comic books I have been collecting since I was in gradeschool. I thank my brothers because they took care of cleaning that mess up. I couldn't face throwing them away. I just told both of them to just throw everything out.
2/3 of my book collection also got swept away by the floods. I have the list in my mind. And some friends have volunteered to look for the books I lost. But it won't be the same. A lot of those lost books were gifts. They had little notes tucked in between their pages. They had dedications and letters on their back covers. Those things I could never get back anymore.
My baby pictures. My graduation mementoes. Yearbooks, grad pics, diplomas. Gone.
I used to think that memories were enough. If you have them in your brain, the physical items don't matter much. It is still somewhat painful to lose those things.. As if a part of you were stolen. Taken away without a fight.
I know I am rambling. I am probably not writing this with any coherence built in. When Milenyo struck in 2007 I thought it was the worst storm of my life. Ondoy erased that from my mind.
I thank God and know that I am luckier than most. I still feel a deep sense of loss. And despite the happy exterior I raise I cannot help but think that deep down there is this huge pool of sadness waiting to well up.
I look back at the days after Ondoy and begin to question a lot of things I've done recently. I think I owe my tita and brothers an apology for not helping out more in the clean up efforts. I think somethings I shouldn't have done but going through Ondoy made me feel that I should tell some people how important they are to me right now. And work, work seems pale in comparison with all that's happened.
Normalcy. I hope it comes back in a few weeks. I can't compare my grief with those still in evacuation centers or those that have lost their lives and earthly possessions.
I ask for understanding from everyone if it seems I am a bit crazy right now, /i should stop now. This does look like a rambling directionless post.
God please guide me. And thank you for everything,
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September 12th, 2009
11:25 am - Standing on the precipice
As I turn in to sleep. I spare a final thought on you. Like a moth to the flame I am drawn to you. Like a plant in the middle of the desert in search of moisture
I know it cannot be.
Like Sting said when you love somebody set them free. So I sleep and I wait and I pray to God.
That someday I'll get my chance
My chance to be with you.
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March 14th, 2009
03:03 am - Listen to your Friends - New Found Glory
I wake up in a waiting room
With the taste of blood
And a clouded view
I notice there is a tear in my jeans
The sleeves of my shirt have been ripped from their seams
My memory is a little bit blank
The thought of my name doesn't seem to come back
And I turn and scream "what am I here for?"
The nurses yell "you were left at the door"
I'm a stranger, someone left me for dead
And I need to decide what to do next
Oh
Just then I found a note in my pocket, it read:
"I don't ever wanna see you again" and I guess
That explains why I can't remember the rest of the night
I should have listened to my friends
I should have listened to them
When they told me her bad intentions
I remember the string of events
From the dinner receipt
When a grabbed your hand
I know that you went in for a kiss
And I told you "that's not only what this is"
You held me at the end of my seat
And you had that look, the look of defeat
You wish that you could start this over
Instead you left me in a coma
Oh
Just then I found a note in my pocket, it read:
"I don't ever wanna see you again" and I guess
That explains why I can't remember the rest of the night
I should have listened to my friends
I should have listened to them
When they told me her bad intentions
I should have listened to my friends
I should have listened to them
When they told me her bad intentions
Oh
Just then I found a note in my pocket, it read:
"I don't ever wanna see you again" and I guess
That explains why I can't remember the rest of the night
Yeah
I should have listened to my friends
(and I don't ever wanna see you again)
I should have listened to them
When they told me her bad intentions
I should have listened to my friends
(and I don't ever wanna see you again)
(LISTEN TO YOUR FRIENDS!)
I should have listened to them
When they told me her bad intentions
When they told me her bad intentions [x2]
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March 2nd, 2009
09:09 am - The Vampire Quiz
Your result for Which Vampire the Masquerade Clan Are You? ... The Lunatics {Malkavian} 3 Assamite, 17 Brujah, 11 Gangrel, 21 Malkavian, 8 Nosferatu, 7 Toreador, 2 Tremere, 3 Ventrue, 6 Lasombra, 5 Tzimisce, 9 Setites, 7 Giovanni and 11 Ravnos! The Malkavians are mad they say. The violence of being turned from humans into monsters has scarred them irreperably so that every one is hopelessly insane. Some Malkavians see their madness as a gift and are completely aware of it and it's uses. Most, however, are victims of their violent mood swings, homicidal urges or complete memory loss. They tend to dwell in a world between reality and fantasy, fiddling with the devil and exposing their naughty parts to God. They are the most feared and reviled of all vampires due to their unpredictable natures. For you to be a Malkavian means that your entire reality probably resembles tea with Alice and you're the mad hatter...or possibly the door mouse. It's hard to keep your attention at best and it's hard to keep your victims blood off your nice clean trenchcoat at worst. It's not that mommy didn't hug you, it's not a chemical imbalance, you're just crazy. This doesn't mean, however that you can't mix your ridalin, prozac and antipsychotics. Actually you should cuz it gets pretty interesting....oh wait, you're undead. You see and remember what others ignore and have forgotten. You are truly enlightened, now give me back my "my little pony" you sick freak! - You scored 3 on Assamite, higher than 17% of your peers.
- 94/100 You scored 17 on Brujah, higher than 94% of your peers.
- 78/100 You scored 11 on Gangrel, higher than 78% of your peers.
- 97/100 You scored 21 on Malkavian, higher than 97% of your peers.
- 64/100 You scored 8 on Nosferatu, higher than 64% of your peers.
- 29/100 You scored 7 on Toreador, higher than 29% of your peers.
- 5/100 You scored 2 on Tremere, higher than 5% of your peers.
- 11/100 You scored 3 on Ventrue, higher than 11% of your peers.
- 40/100 You scored 6 on Lasombra, higher than 40% of your peers.
- 18/100 You scored 5 on Tzimisce, higher than 18% of your peers.
- 51/100 You scored 9 on Setites, higher than 51% of your peers.
- 51/100 You scored 7 on Giovanni, higher than 51% of your peers.
- 51/100 You scored 11 on Ravnos, higher than 51% of your peers.
http://www.helloquizzy.com/tests/which-vampire-the-masquerade-clan-are-you
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March 1st, 2009
10:18 pm - look at my band's album!
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Create your own album, instantly
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1 - Go to "wikipedia." Hit “random article”
or click this link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
2 - Go to "Random quotations"
or click this link
http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
3 - Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click this link
http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
4 - Use photoshop or similar to put it all together.
5 - Post it with this text in the "caption"
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galing sa Facebook ko hehehe :)
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10:34 am - Breathing
Breathing
by Lifehouse
I'm finding my way back to sanity, again
Though I don't really know what
I am gonna do when I get there
Take a breath and hold on tight
Spin around one more time
And gracefully fall back in the arms of grace
I am hanging on every word you say
And even if you don't want to speak tonight
That's alright, alright with me
'Cause I want nothing more than to sit
Outside Heaven's door and listen to you breathing
Is where I want to be
I am looking past the shadows
Of my mind into the truth and
I'm trying to identify
The voices in my head
God, which one's you?
Let me feel one more time
What it feels like to feel
And break these calluses off me
One more time
'Cause I am hanging on every word you say
And even if you don't want to speak tonight
That's alright, alright with me
'Cause I want nothing more than to sit
Outside your door and listen to you breathing
Is where I want to be
I don't want a thing from you
Bet you're tired of me waiting
For the scraps to fall
Off your table to the ground
I just want o be here now
*chorus*
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February 12th, 2009
11:43 am - leave one memory
leave one memory
*** I like this one.. so please please post some!;)
Leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember! Don't send a message, leave a comment on here.
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