Inspire me, my Airbed.

When my dad came in Manila sometime last year, I urged him to buy an airbed that costs around two thousand pesos. Since the room we are renting is very small, we can't afford to buy space-consuming mattress for visitors like my Dad. That's why.


My Dad used it that same night. And it was just the other night that I was able to experience the airbed when some relatives stayed with us for an overnight. I lab it. I enjoy it. I actually wish to just spend a couple of days lying on it, dreaming of a job interview or reading a good book, and has cheese-flavored Pringles on the side. I miss that kind of life. Now, aside from looking for a new job to replace this hell life, I am also literally searching for a reason to use for my resignation that would not look very bullshit.

To Do's

This is like a business plan for myself this year 2010. And like any other business plans,this aims to give definition on what I want and the direction I'll be taking to accomplish them.

The list I came up with is short, but I enjoyed doing it. It really helped me in defining "myself." If year 2009 was a bit of a headache for me because of work, I plan to have a fun and, yet, stable life this year 2010. The things I plotted down are inclined more to achieve personal fulfillment and happiness. Like...

photography and photoshop. Let's put my dslr into full use. I admit I wasn't able to find time to practice or learn photography. Now, I really want to work on it. Maybe find friends who will teach you or, at least, help you discover a talent in me... :) And of course, I want to gain more skills on photoshop too.

beach. I am not really into beaches. But I like the sight (and the scene maybe?).

pilipinas. I really like to travel. Go sight-seeing and take pictures. But seems like I'll be poor for a month or so and I have been outside the country three times already.. So I would just like to have the traveling within the country (but outside Luzon please!). Besides, there is still a place to go here in the Philippines that is worth-seeing.

career. This is actually a preparation for the coming years. Of course, I want to save more money so I could plot more bonggacious "to do's" next years like traveling outside the country or buying new camera accessories or new laptop or whatever better that I could achieve. But other than that, I want to have a happy stable career this year.
Work affects my life like hell. It's consuming 90% of my life. So it better be good.
I want to start a job that I would work on with for yearssss. I don't want it to be temporary or just have it for the sake of being paid. I want to literally have a wallpaper that says "I heart my job" and mean it. I want an employer who would value you and reward you with what you deserve and who doesn't step on other people to do these things.

I aim to update this list from time to time... to assess my achievements and plot new things to achieve. May God help me on this.. :) Aja!

The Bright Side

Di ko naman sinasadya at hindi ako nagising ni Ice today. Siguro para lang hindi na ako sumakit ang ulo ko kakaisip kung papasok ako o hindi, hidni na lang ako ginising ng maaga. It's a sign. Pero sa totoo lang, hindi ko kasi sinet yung alarm. Akala ko kasi automatic nang gigisingin ako para pumasok... Hindi ko pala nasabi sa kanya na may punyetang pasok ako pag Sabado.

Anyhow, ang daming signs ni God para sa akin. Minsan nakakalungkot. As in heart-breaking. Kaya nga I've been wearing that galit-ako-sa-mundo face for two days already. Pero kumakabig na din naman somehow. Kasi ang daming magagandang opening na jobs ngayon. Magandang companies. And nabubuhayan ako. The heart-breaking sign na pagkaudlot ng resignation ko has something to do with this recent heart-pounding sign. Kaya siguro hindi natuloy yung offer sa akin to move to a new company dahil meron pang mas magandang plan na pwede kong kunin. Positive ang lola mo ngayon kaya walang kokontra please.

Brighter Side, Where Art Thou?

It's the pessimism talking, again. That's why I might as well tell this to myself and remind me of the enthusiastic and positive motto I plotted for year 2010.

"No one has ever injured his eyesight by
looking on the bright side of things."

Now, I am looking at the brighter side. There is such thing as resignation. Di ba? Di ba?

Hopeful Heart. Welcome 2010.

It's my first time to get hold of a new cellphone since 2005. Remember last year? I was wishing for an E66. It didn't materialize. And all of a sudden, this year, I was able to buy myself an E71, something I should thank my employer for, I suppose. It was really sudden. I didn't plan it. Really. Big thanks for my salary, my 13th month pay, my OT pay and to my relatively huge tax refund I received at the end of 2009, and to my N3660 that went black out for two days and has not been working properly to date.

Getting hold of my new phone is nothing but love. I was about to put notes and to-do's on the 2010 planner one of my bosses gave me for Christmas when I stumbled unto the warm welcome of Ice, a name I gave to my E71 (because its color is white)which I will eventually forget (I did name my DSLR "Noami," but I don't really use the name). It accommodates me with my OC and media and, not to forget, my MS Office needs (I actually wrote this blog with Ice). But I'm not saying bye bye to my planner. I'm thinking of having it as a diary... maybe put some of thoughts and things I did for a certain day on it... And maybe take note of the status I posted on FB. And maybe... I might as well post here what I posted on FB... Just to let you feel the conviction I have with what I wrote on the 'about me' section beside my photo. Here it goes: "Recognize that some things in life are just not fair. Sometimes we have to accept that injustice is a part of life, but I'm not tolerating. Let's start the year with a hopeful heart."

Yeah, for a change, let's embrace life positively.