How Can I?

This is it! I have to practice my "writing prowess"(as if!)..hehehehe...

But I have a BIG problem as of the moment. I can't seem to consolidate the ideas that I should be writing about. My academic way of writing is slowly declining. How can I do a write-up about a very disconcerting issue like Climate Change? I can't do it in a copy-paste manner, that is not acceptable not even as a student, a no-no! At the end of the paper I should come out with an analysis that should be sensible enough to the reading public(hehe, not really public but at least to those who might read it)

Climate Change, Youth and Asia. Such a broad topic and due to months of being part of a working class I can say that my ability to write had declined. I need practice, I need to read, I need to be aware of the current issues. Anything that may affect us in the coming years.

Time to think things over. Time to contemplate once again. Time to start a new beginning. Time to sow.

And this is my prayer for the moment:

Dear God, let me have the wisdom that I need, let me understand all the things that I should. Help me in what I am doing. Use me as an instrument for your plans for this world. I am sorry if at times I failed but still I hope You will help us. This is all I ask of You through Christ our Lord, Amen.

Don't Quit

**I love this poem. Just want to share this with you..., I remember doing a project back when I was in high school. Though my sister's the one who wrote the poem in an illustration board...hehehe!

Don't Quit
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up, though the pace seems slow -
You might succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor's cup.
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out -
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt -
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

- Unknown -

Yeah...right!(sarcastic)

Time seemed fast paced this past days. Two weeks to go and we're closed. Yeah, due to some financial problem, our office is going to close its operations. I will be (again) one of so many people aspiring for a new job.

We were already noticed last month, so we were also encouraged to search for jobs. I did passed my resume to anywhere I can. At least to those job postings which I think I can do based on my qualifications(can't aspire for a job if you're unfit and under qualified for it, right?)

One day, when I went with my brother to his agency's office. I asked him to inquire if they have job openings. So okay, they said they'll see if they have openings, then after a while they asked my brother for my basic information like name, school, work experience. And I did, only to say after, this phrase(which I find to be stupid-pardon me for saying that 's' word): "Ay, hindi sya pwede kasi over qualified ang kapatid mo, masasayang lang sya dito samin, try nya na lang sa iba"

Yeah Right!!(sarcastic tone) with rolling eyes...hah!

OVER QUALIFIED...for crying out loud!! it didn't even bring smile to my face but rather I must admit I was hurt. I didn't find it as something that I could be thankful for. I find it to be such a stupid thing to say. How can I be over qualified for them? I am a graduate at University of the Philippines-Baguio a Degree holder of B.A in Social Sciences Major in Social Anthropology Minor in Political Science, graduated May 2008. Been working as an Administrative Assistant in one of the NGOs here in Manila since December 2007. This is just my qualifications and yet they said I am over qualified??!(insert harsh word here)

Why on earth, does over qualification became a big deal in hiring people for a job? I think, as long as the applicant agrees with the situation, nothing is wrong to hire an "over qualified" aspirant. I think it would be much better if they told us that they do not have any job opening instead of saying that I am over qualified. I am not choosy in finding a job and I find this quote quite true: "beggars can't be choosers" and since as a job seeker and due also to economic crisis, recession etc. it is harder to find a decent job making me a beggar for work. Therefore, I will grab any job opportunity that will come my way(as long as it's legal). I'd rather be a practical underemployed than to become a bummer at our home doing nothing. After all, everyone must start somewhere lower before reaching the top.

I must admit, I am still pissed off until now.

Edwrecker

1. Put your iPod (or MP3 player, iTunes, etc.) on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. No Cheating! write what the song really is!
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Using windows media player:..hehehe...I don't own an iPod..^_^...I was amazed by this...you gotta try this one...it's awesome!!...really...

Start now...

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Crazy for You - Spongecola

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Shout To The Top - Style Council

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GIRL?
Di na Natuto - Apo Hiking Society

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Whenever I saw your Smiling Face - James Taylor

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
I'll never fall in love again - Dionne Warwick

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
The Weather Report - Cynthia Alexander

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Oh Lori - Alessi Brothers ( I do, cause I have a very dear friend named Lori)

WHAT IS 2+2?
The wood song - Indigo Girls

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Snow ((Hey Oh)) - Red Hot Chili Peppers

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Baby when the lights go out - David Guetta (toinks!)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
How can you mend a broken heart - BeeGees

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Avoid the Light - Pantera

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Hero - Enrique Iglesias (yown!hehehe)

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
You to me are everything - The Real Thing(pwede...hehehehe)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Womenizer Remix - Britney Spears...(wahahahahaha!!wasak!)

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
My Immortal - Evanescence

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Beautiful in my eyes - Joshua Kadison

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Rosie's Lullaby - Norah Jones

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Just the two of us - Al Green ( di ba greatest thing ito???.wahehehehehe...sira ang shuffler ko...lol!^_^)

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Let Me Fall [From Cirque du Soleil] - Josh Groban (astig ah...swak!^^)

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Carribean Blue - Enya

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Balang Araw - Siakol

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
She's Gone - Hall & Oats

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED
Legende - Gipsy Kings ( wasakan na ito ng pangarap!!...)

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Love like this - Natasha Beddingfield ft. Sean Kingston

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
New York, New York – Tony Bennett

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Nuages – Gipsy Kings

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Mandatory Suicide - Slayer

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Edwrecker - Feadz

Memory

Leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot. Don't send a message, leave a comment on here. Next, re-post this in your notes and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty cool (and funny) to see the responses.

**Grabbed from Rosan Aliya**

LIFE in a multi-tasking era

Today, multitasking is the hype. If you can't multitask you will be left out. Worst, you'll not get the job you wanted or not given a chance to stay with the company you are working in. The competition is high, especially now that the population is getting bigger each day(which reminds me that our family had an additional member, a new baby girl), anyway moving on, bigger population, greater number of workforce but less accommodation for jobs. Most businesses were after the profit/profiteering and less workers were being employed for a task that can be done by more than one person. That's why, there evolved many advanced technologies that can help people do their tasks in a minute or two. People today do things in haste so they can attend to their other tasks. If we are going to look at it deeper, we can say that multitasking is exhausting though helpful.

Yes, multitasking is great, it pumps our adrenalin but have we paused for a while to ask ourselves what this era of multitasking had brought us?

Life as we know is a series of ups and downs. We try to compensate our losses with blessings seeking the ultimate equilibrium. We do a lot of balancing, we do our tasks in perfection as much as possible. We do things in a slow paced motion, we always care to think things over. That was then, at least in my belief.

Multitasking brought us new kind of idealism. Giving us(people) the 'power' to do more things. Little did we know that due to this, our way of life also changed. Yeah, "the only constant thing in this world is change" (such a cliche noh?..hehe!) but I want change that leads to betterment of life (maybe you too).

In my observation, multitasking can also be associated with those people who are multitasking with their relationships with the special person of their lives(bato-bato sa langit ang tamaan pasensya na lang). Okay, we do multitask with our relationships with friends, families and our special someone. Giving quality time for everybody as much as possible. Quite tiring huh?! but we must also admit that it gives us happiness. Though there were also times when we cannot fulfill our tasks due to the fact that we only have one body, twenty-four hours a day, opppsss! make that nineteen waking hours at least but we have many people to stay connected with, right? we have to make them feel that they are still parts of our lives.

That was another issue. I believe, multitasking with friends and families were a given in this life, for us to cope with it. We need them to back us up and lift us when we are down. But, what about those engaging in more than one romantic relationship. I mean, those who enjoy having many "lovers"? Does multitasking still work here? Can a person give his/her best for those who s/he is involved with. Here in this kind of scenario, where sanctity of relationship matters to me, it will never be the same. Just like working in haste due to multitasking which gives less quality, the quality time given to that special someone will be less too.

Anyway, that was just my two cents over there. Just an opinionated write-up.

Finally...UP Baguio Graduation Rites will be on April 24

Finally, I will be attending the graduation. After thinking for several times and considering many aspects, we've arrived to one decision: to go to Baguio for my graduation this April. Well, my family did most of the thinking, I was just following what they want. After all, I am considered a graduate already, with or without the graduation rites/marching since May 2008..hehe!

I am posting may Graduation picture that was taken last Dec. 2006. I realized, the picture that was edited by those who took our picture was quite pale for my taste, so I re-edited it last night using PARC Technique and some color/saturation etc. Or maybe it was my eyes na naman..anyway..here it is..

This is the one they've edited:




Here is the one that I re-edited using PARC Technique

Thinking of you by Katy Perry

It's painful to walk the path of life with someone else when you still thinks of the other one you left behind. I always force myself to let go and forget my "sweetie", but every time I do something always happen. Letting me hold again what I am wanting to let go. My mind says "let go", my heart says "I'm tired" but still something inside me still believes that dreams do come true and magic do exist. One thing is for sure, I will wait and accept my fate according to the writings of God, my saviour. Maybe, the scenario in the video that I am embeding is the scenario that I really don't want to be in someday.

Here is a video..hope you will like it too...:)



Comparisons are easily done
Once you've had a taste of perfection
Like an apple hanging from a tree
I picked the ripest one
I still got the seed

You said move on
Where do I go
I guess second best
Is all I will know

Cause when I'm with him
I am thinking of you
Thinking of you
What you would do if
You were the one
Who was spending the night
Oh I wish that I
Was looking into your eyes

You're like an Indian summer
In the middle of winter
Like a hard candy
With a surprise center
How do I get better
Once I've had the best
You said there's
Tons of fish in the water
So the waters I will test

He kissed my lips
I taste your mouth
He pulled me in
I was disgusted with myself

Cause when I'm with him
I am thinking of you
Thinking of you
What you would do if
You were the one
Who was spending the night
Oh I wish that I
Was looking into...

You're the best
And yes I do regret
How I could let myself
Let you go
Now the lesson's learned
I touched it I was burned
Oh I think you should know

Cause when I'm with him
I am thinking of you
Thinking of you
What you would do if
You were the one
Who was spending the night
Oh I wish that I
Was looking into your eyes
Looking into your eyes
Looking into your eyes
Oh won't you walk through
And bust in the door
And take me away
Oh no more mistakes
Cause in your eyes I'd like to stay...

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Happy Valentines!!...hahahahahahahahaha!!!^__^

Just got this from my e-mail...share ko lang, sa iba pang-asar lang...wahehehehehehehe!!..;p

*** To My Friends Who Are ***
SINGLE
Love is like a butterfly.
The more you chase it , the more it eludes you.
But if you just let it fly, it will come to you when you least expect it.
Love can make you happy but often it hurts,
but love's only special when you give it to someone who is really worth it.
So take your time and choose the best.

*** To My Friends Who Are ***
NOT SO SINGLE

Love isn't about becoming somebody else's "perfect person."
It's about finding someone who helps you become the best person you can be.

*** To My Friends Who Are ***
PLAYBOY/GIRL TYPE

Never say "I love you" if you don't care.
Never talk about feelings if they aren't there.
Never touch a life if you mean to break a heart .
Never look in the eye when all you do is lie.
The cruelest thing a guy can do to a girl is to let her fall in love
when he doesn't intend to catch her fall and it works both ways...

*** To My Friends Who Are ***
MARRIED
Love is not about "it's your fault", but "I'm sorry" .
Not "where are you", but "I'm right here."
Not "how could you", but "I understand."
Not "I wish you were", but "I'm thankful you are."

*** To My Friends Who Are ***
ENGAGED

The true measure of compatibility is not the years spent together
but how good you are for each other.

*** To My Friends Who Are ***
HEARTBROKEN

Heartbreaks last as long as you want and cut as deep as you allow them to go.
The challenge is not how to survive heartbreaks but to learn from them .

*** To My Friends Who Are ***
NAIVE

How to be in love: Fall but don't stumble, be consistent but not too persistent, share and never be unfair, understand and try not to demand, and get hurt but never keep the pain.

*** To My Friends Who Are ***
POSSESSIVE
It breaks your heart to see the one you love is happy with someone else
but it's more painful to know that the one you love is unhappy with you.

*** To My Friends Who Are ***
AFRAID TO CONFESS

Love hurts when you break up with someone.
It hurts even more when someone breaks up with you.
But love hurts the most when the person you love has no idea how you feel.

*** To My Friends Who Are ***
STILL HOLDING ON

A sad thing about life is when you meet someone and fall in love,
only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be
and that you have wasted years on someone who wasn't worth it.
If he isn't worth it now he's not going to be worth it a year or 10 years from now.
Let go.....

TO ALL MY FRIENDS
My wish for you is a man/women whose love is honest, strong ,
mature , never-changing, uplifting, protective, encouraging, rewarding and unselfish.

ANYWAY I WISH YOU ALL

TILL THEN MY FRIENDS.

Pilipinas(Philippines)

I had this picture taken at UP Diliman. During our photowalk, first photowalk around UP Diliman (which is by the way my workplace for more than a year now). And while I am post processing my pictures yesterday, something hit me, real hard that made me enter the "contemplation mode" setting.

Am I capable to do a leap away from my dear country? Still I am thinking to go somewhere for greener pasture. At my age, I am always thinking for my future. Can I go somewhere or must I stay here in the country?

Some days were so-so but most of the time I feel happy. Happy that I am near the people who are so dear to me. I got so much to do, time is ticking I know. But I also tend to look for my "comfort zone" every time I feel uneasy. Can I, in exchange of a "better" future go somewhere and leave behind what I already have?...hays...

No matter what happen and no matter what decision I will make, one thing is for sure. My heart belongs to the Philippines. I will never get tired of hoping for a better governance. If ever God had paved a way for me to go far from Philippines, I will always look back and surely will come back to serve my countrymen.

Dreams and aspirations that I am aiming is not just for me. I want to help people, I want to guide people and I want to start some change by touching some lives.

I once said to a person I had conversations with: "Bahala na, sabagay may pag-asa pa naman sa Pilipinas, hindi pa ako nawawalan ng pag-asang aasenso pa rin tayo dito sa Pinas"

Maybe I am not really convincing/talking to her, but more to myself. I am pressured by myself that's why ...hehehehe!...Yes, I am...I AM A PUSHER for a better LIFE!

Is it bad?...well, I hope not...

Valentine's with the family??...hmmnnn...^_^

**Today, I over-slept again...I went to bed last night at around 7:30, haven't eaten my dinner 'coz I was thinking to just take a nap..when I checked my watch it's already 3:20 am and I am so hungry, I was planning to go down stairs to eat something that will ease my hunger but to no avail I can't seem to force myself to get up...I am so sleepy, so I just ignored it and dozed off and enter dreamland again..7:45 am, still sleepy but managed to do some stretching exercises..^_^

About the title, yeah, I've been thinking and actually had planned to go home with my family to spend the valentines day with them. February 14 fell on a Saturday and my brother came back from working overseas as a seafarer, my sister will have her birthday on Feb. 11 so there will be a small family gathering.

Since, I don't have a date...hehehehe!...I guess it will be much better to spend it with my family..:)

I hope I will have some good photos and stories to share when I come back here in Manila.^_^

I made some good deeds yesterday...^_^

Tuesday, another ordinary day perhaps...I prepared myself to start the day for work. I was "late"for my view (but we have no time-in and time-out at the office). I was the only one in the office, doing the tasks that I was told to do.

I was so excited to talk to Les because the favor he asked of me was already done. I told him the things/information he needed about the phone that he was eyeing to buy when he is already here in the Philippines. It made me happy that I made someone happy yesterday. Conversations went on and on. He thanked me to the nth time!...hehehehehe...De Nada mi amigo!:)

Past 12nn when I was browsing the net and my YM list of friends when something caught my eyes. It was Kat looking for some good musical scoring for their documentary. So I asked her what titles or genre she wants to have, blah...blah...blah...conversations just went on and on. I am browsing my music files/folders and I found what she might be needing. I suggested it to her using imeem.com and I uploaded some files too at multiply. So she can decide on what music I will send to her. Since she's not in her computer table, I just waited...

After some time, she buzzed me and told me what files she liked, wanted to have and will be using. So I send it trough yousendit a total of 4 music files. I hope I made her life easier. She was so amazed on how I helped her and I was just so happy that I made somebody happy again on that same day.

Time passed on, I chatted with some friends when I decided it was time to go home and I had to have some files to be photocopied at the UP student center. So off I go...Nothing unusual really, I was just ecstatic and I feel so light and unburdened.

Later that night I checked the Manila Bulletin that I had bought earlier before I went to the office. I was a bit upset and actually thought that there was no "Picture Perfect" included. So, I browsed the broadsheet and finally found what I was looking for!

Read...and looked at the pictures when a familiar picture caught my eyes. The picture taken by Pot that I really love and one of my favorites. Whew!...a friend got published and I was so happy and excited, I can feel the emotion even though it was not me...hahahaha!!...So I called him over and over again,but he didn't answer his phone. I texted him and yet no reply. Direk called and I already told him the news and we were both happy for our friend Pot then talked for a while.

I called Pot again and I thought it was him I was talking to, I was blabbering when the other one on the phone stopped me and said: "Chat, hindi ako si Pot"...I was shocked, paused for a while and laughed hard. "Direk?,hehehehe,,,sensya na akala ko number ni Pot ang nadial ko eh"...magkasunod kasi sa log list and number nila...haysss!!...all my excitement was somehow mellowed too. Another try, I called Pot again and finally he texted me, his phone was not with him he said. So I called him and finally told him the good news! and he could not even believe me...hehehehe..

I convinced him that I am not doing some pranks on him. Again and again he asks me if it was really true, hehe! I know he could not believe it but he did made it! I was just so happy that I even texted a common friend who happened to be in New York and she's not on roaming. I was just so happy and ecstatic that in just a matter of hours I made so many happy people.

Happy people always gives me the fire to move forward and stay on the tracks of life. ^_^, I had always thought that I am a lucky one and I am not mistaken, I once used this statement: "Yes, I am the luckiest woman in the universe. Want some luck? then come near me and I will spare you some"- truly, I did tell my best friend Jam earlier today that phrase, gave her my blessings before she proceeded to her job interview. I received a text message from her telling me that she is scheduled for training next week...Yippeeeee!!^^


Live life to the fullest, I do things the way I think it should be done. I talk mostly on a sarcastic tone but it is me, I cannot do anything about it. I am a straight-forward person but I do test the waters sometimes. I am a peacemaker but I can terrorize too. It depends on how you view my opinions, it is how you articulate. To be friends with me you have to cope up. Here I go again terrorizing people!..hahahahahahahha!!!..;p, I may sound conceited but this is me, live with it or just shrug me off and I would not care. uhmmm, I will care for a while maybe, hehehehe...but surely I will ignore it in the coming hours...*winks*