Just this morning, my mom received a bad news --that yesterday, my uncle got 40% burned because of an LPG explosion. according to her (this story may no longer be 100% accurate as I got the news from my mom, who got the news from my uncle's sister), my uncle noticed that it's been smelling gas in their house so he went near the LPG tank to see what's wrong, when his carpenter's phone rang. Immediately after the carpenter answered the phone, a fast and strong flame surged from the phone, passed through the atmosphere then burned my uncle, his helper who happened to be in the kitchen too, and of course the carpenter -the most injured among them. I wasn't able to grasp the exact incident but I imagined it as a quick fire that just passed through, scorched whatever it touched then disappeared as quick. the house was not burned, there was no big explosion either.

google didn't give me much explanation when I typed in "LPG" and "cell phone" except for a related news here. yes there was an LPG blast --caused by the phone, said by some official, but that theory was never proved.

then I searched mythbusters' site (I do remember this was tested and busted):
http://mythbustersresults.com/episode2

It says:
Using one’s cell phone while pumping gas/petrol can cause an explosion: BUSTED. A properly-working cell phone poses almost no danger of igniting gasoline, even when surrounded by gasoline vapor with the optimum fuel-air mix for ignition. The actual risk comes from an electrostatic discharge between a charged driver and the car, often a result of continually getting into and out of the vehicle. (This myth was revisited in episode 14 and it was busted again.)

but how about LPG tanks? would that make any difference? I'm no guru at this, but one thing for sure is that cell phones can (highly, possibly) ignite LPG. I don't know how, I don't know why, I don't know the scientific basis ...but I do know that it happened to my uncle, who I've considered as my "most gwapo" uncle --moreno, matangos ilong, close to richard gomez during his youth.

so there, I hope this post will avoid the same incident to others ...by telling everyone to PLEASE, BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS when dealing with gas and cell phones at the same area especially when it's indoor. it's ok to be hesitant, it's ok to be doubtful about this matter (or about this myth. whatever you call it) ...but it's a lot better to practice a known precaution by just turning off our phones. wala naman mawawala.

right now I have no idea how my uncle is. all I know is that he's still in the hospital, and will probably there for the next N days. we can't visit at the moment, so this morning I just prayed, asked God to help him recover, then thanked Him that after all that happened, my uncle survived.

Upon entering the office, I unloaded my stuff as always, grabbed my kikay kit then went to the bathroom, ready to spend the next 15 minutes freshening up (hilamos after commute, make up then ayos buhok).

As I looked at myself on the mirror, I then realized how God can take away your face, your skin, your whole body --in just a snap. for a reason you wouldn't instantly understand. and so I offered a tiny sacrifice ...I skipped that few minutes of vanity, went back to my cube, then again prayed for my Uncle, who I hope would recover as soon as possible...

I can't believe it's already christmas! (well, almost)

weeks ago I was pondering too much on how I'd fix stuff before I leave --do errands, settle bills, buy pasalubongs for bacolod, etc etc... now I'm left with just a few thoughts. like how I'd go to the airport tomorrow, plus the fact that I haven't packed my bags and that I'll go home late tonight coz of cie's wedding, blah blah blah... minor stuff (slash vacation dilemmas) you know, problems I'd gladly have 10 times! hehe.

I'm quite jittery as this will be my first parent-less christmas. Though I'm happy for them, I know they have so much to make up after 5 years of not seeing my sister. God's so good, He gave my parents that chance... then gave me the inventados, who can adopt me for the holidays :)

I'm also glad that work's over this year. hehe.

I have a wonderful christmas to look forward to... :)

Merry Christmas everyone! and have a safe new year! :*

today I turned 25 :)

It's not as extravagant as I imagined... but I can say that this day is a lot more special compared to the past days and the coming days of 2008.

for one, I took a whole day off from work just so I could watch tv the whole morning. and yes the ruffles thing pushed through, along with N comfort foods which I started eating (sinfully) last night. I can't remember doing that in my entire AC Corp life!

In the afternoon I went to ystilo (festival mall) for a foot spa and pedicure. then I went to starbucks for a coffee, also to finish my danielle steel book which I left half-read 2 months ago.

then paul and I met up for my birth-date. he treated me to ramen tei, a jap resto in festival which we've been planning to try N months ago. then finally, for dessert, we had choco lava cake at delifrance Ü thanks so much paul! really, I enjoyed the night with you! Ü

I actually planned for a photo shoot in a real studio prior to my birthday (semi-nude, no kidding) as I wanted to keep photos of my youth before I reach mid-20s. I also planned to go out of town, at least within luzon so I could relax and unwind more. but since I'm on tight budgeting due to my bills and coming malaysia trip, none pushed through.

at first I was sad, but now I realize this day's not bad after all. besides, today is just my birth date... I have 12 more months to do all the craziness and adventures I planned for my 25th year :)

for those who remembered, and greeted me through text, call, friendster and ym, thanks so much! and for those who didn't... no biggie, I forget birthdays too. haha!and thanks too Ü for you've been a part of my life's first quarter (that's if I reach 100! hehe)

(just wanna share this. got this link from virg. hehe)
http://sports.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20081006-164767/Ateneo-apologizes-over-bonfire-incident

 
(I was tagged by jennina. she didn't force me though Ü hehe)

Rule : Post 10 things that recently made you happy then tag 10 people and force them to post this meme on their blogs.

♣ Successful BIR POC Presentation
♣ Buying a new Danielle Steel book
♣ HelloPol for Precon exhibit
♣ Attending mass with Paul
♣ Saturday night foodtrip with Paul
♣ Sunday night HBO with Paul
♣ Mama's pork teriyaki for breakfast
♣ Chowking's spicy wanton noodles
♣ Paying my last gym fee
♣ Finding the bug in my web service code

listed according to date. not by happiness level. hehee. I'm tagging my friends who I often see in my LJ friends page... aldrich c, bev, bianca z, carla p, charles, cza, lee, kai, mela & tasj Ü
 

I'm blogging here more often now. It's my old blog actually (older than my LJ and blurty!) which I just decided to revive. I'll be checking my LJ friends page still once in a while Ü

Arroyo orders release of P750M for GSIS, SSS ID system
By Joel Guinto
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 16:04:00 02/19/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered the release of P750 million to speed up the implementation of he Unified Multi-purpose Identification (UMID) system, her spokesman said Tuesday.

The UMID, which is different from a national ID, aims to unify the ID systems of the National Statistics Office (NSO), Social Security System (SSS), Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), and Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Philhealth), Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said.

Arroyo ordered Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya to release the amount at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday after SSS president Corazon dela Paz briefed the President on the status of the UMID.

"The President ordered Secretary Andaya to release P750 million to complete the requirements so that the UMID will be implemented," Bunye said, "This will further accelerate the implementation of the unified multi-purpose ID system."

Paul showed up after work, with a long stem rose! cute suprise, knowing that thursdays are not paul-days. I even had plans of spending the whole night at the gym. At late afternoon I had a hint though ...coz when I told him that queza and I will hangout in ATC for a while after work, he immediately said that he can join us and that he can pick me up by exactly 6pm. that was 5:30. dlsu-alabang trip normally takes an hour! I then asked him what happened to his thurs night agendas, he just said "wala", no explanations, no dot dot dots, no smileys. I asked him why his messages are weird, he said "may ginagawa ako e" ...then again take note it was already 5:30 and he could pick me up by 6. hahaha! apparently he didn't have plan B excuses. hehe.. :P 

anyway, it was really sweet. it was still a surprise, as i thought he just made it a point to see me on valentine's day. but no, he had something for me, and the thought of carrying that long box from casa susana made him more gwapo hehee.

to cut the long story short... queza backed out before paul came coz she can't wait for an hour (she gets out at 5, me at 6), so paul and I had dinner at d'mark's then had dessert at dulcinea. it was impromptu for me, but for him it's all planned. hehe. ay ay, the churros were heart shaped!!!

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then we just spent the rest of the night watching the finale of amazing race asia 2.  frustration frustration.... marc and rovilson didn't win. they're not even the 2nd! they're the last! adrian and collin won, then the 2 girls. and it's all because rovilson was the one who had to arrange the country flags in order based on the sites they visited, but it was marc who had a better memory. bad move, sayang sayang. I still love them though for doing great in most sites. and for being the comedians! ang daming makulit na hirit, chill lang maglaro, not tensed yet so good. at least they're not total losers ...I dunno if it's true, but I read from somewhere that they already have $20,000, free gas from Caltex, 4 Sony Handycams and a tour to South Africa. cool!

A friend and I talked about Valentine’s Day just a while ago. Then I realized how my views about it have changed over time. I used to be jittery during Valentines Day, for the simple reason that I always want something special during this season, yet I don't get it from someone who I'm expecting to do it.

I'm not really into mushy Feb. 14 stuff, you know... the flowers, chocolates and stuff... not really that. It could be anything, big or small, extraordinary or not, anything that was prepared just for me by my special someone coz it's that once-a-year chance to show that his girl's so special or because there are some things during the past year to compensate for. You know what I mean?! I'm not mushy but I guess I've been a hopeless romantic. I'm sure at least 2 or 3 girls out there understand me! hehe :D

Now, I'm just so happy with Paul. That I almost forgot that tomorrow's Valentines Day! I am so apathetic about it now. I guess he has done so many special things for me already, that he doesn't have to do anything this season to make me feel special.

He makes me feel that I am loved ...whenever he shows that he cares for me ...whenever he's happy over something great I've done ...whenever he tells me that he loves me ...and whenever he prays that we'd always have a God-centered relationship.

Even through little things, I know I'm loved ...whenever I receive that "good morning my palangga" message each time I wake up ...when he picks me up in the office and brings me home safe ...when he makes potato salad for me ...when he tries to cook the dishes that I love ...when he reminds me of the things I tend to forget ...when he makes sure I get the best part of the pizza, when he makes sure I sleep first before he does ...when he ...ok you know what, this blog post's not enough!

Every day’s so much better than one Valentine’s Day! I'm so unworthy, yet I'm so blessed, what more can I ask for?! Ah well there's more to ask actually. I pray that God would teach me how to love him the way He wants me to. And that I can be with him forever. :) *punas luha* (tears of joy hehe)

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

 
We watched the premiere of The Bucket List (Paul and I, and some CCS faculty), a fund raising thing for St. James’ Singles Apostolate.

It’s a cute movie, both funny and heartwarming. Tear-jerking too, coz some scenes are really touching. Ah well, I just don’t know …mababaw talaga luha ko pagdating sa ganyan e haha. Though at several scenes, I heard some “aaaws” from the audience :)

It’s a feel good movie, letting you realize that life is short so we must make the most out of it ---we must do the things we love yet we haven’t done. Like skydiving! Haha I like that scene!

After watching, I suddenly wondered what’s in my own bucket list. ok, skydiving is one. Bunjee jumping is one. Spelunking from Lumiang to Sumaging is one. But at the top is the one-night stay at least in Burj Al Arab. I wish I’m a millionaire too. Hehe :D
 

 
christmas this year wasn't as exciting ...as always there were just 3 of us who celebrated noche buena. we planned to skip it, but I pushed myself to cook ham, thus forcing my mom to set the table n all. haha. bunsos out there... can relate? :D and the worst, very worst part of this season... Paul's in Bacolod :-| hay anlamig ng pasko ko!

though there are some things I loved this season... the newby presentation in AC corp, the bonus (ooh moneeey $$$ kaching kaching), the long vacation, circles and una mas buffet, christmas shopping and of course the christmas dinners with different groups of friends!


someday we'll know: ako sa keyboard,
jason sa guitar, dang and mart singing.

I think I just revived an old hobby. so now I'm dying to buy my own keyboard. it's in my must have list for 2008. weee :)

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we're about to leave 2007!!!

I've been pondering on how my life went this 2007. isa lang masasabi ko. TELENOBELA! eek hehee. though as much as I'm sqeamish about it, I'm happy...VERY happy for the blessings that God gave me: renewed faith, paul, new friends, better income, soooo many out of town trips, and lots lots more. as for my family, He healed my sister, and blessed my parents with 2 new grandkids, sophia and jp :)

then again, I feel old. I must share this... the other day, a new friend asked me how old I am. I said, 24. 24! do you know that it was actually the first time I used 24 in a real conversation? being 24 never really sunk in during my birthday. it's just now! eek. and saying that really made me NOSTALGIC.

imagine. 2008. omg. minus 1983, is 25. maybe I should plan a silver birthday celebration or something for next year. haha. Time flies without me knowing it so... what I said when I was 16, that by 25 I should be married already... I'm extending it. it's all negotiable.

I don't have any resolution yet. but right now I just pray that He teaches me to take care of the best gift I received this year, the way He wants me to :)

happy new year everyone! :)
 

 
I just finished reading Who Moved My Cheese? by Dr. Spencer Johnson. It's a really good book that talks about change: that we should anticipate it, accept it, deal with it and adapt to it. Haw and Hem's story was a highlight... They've been consuming the cheese in station C till they realized one day that it's all gone. Eventually Haw decided to move on, to take a new journey he's unsure of as he knew it's time to search for New Cheese. He left Hem who decided to stay, who's hoping so much that cheese will come back to the same station. he just can't get over the lost cheese when apparently there's something that has changed, and that change requires him to move on and to adjust.

When I transferred to AC Corporation, things were generally ok... then things started to stress me out at the 2nd month. My PM can no longer drive for us to and from Philhealth everyday since he's assigned to a different client now. Then I started using my personal resources for work like the added fare for my transportation, the flash disks to migrate files and the internet connection at home when I need to send an email ASAP. Then they gave me a new laptop which I must bring everyday. yeah I know it's supposed to be a good thing, but now it's gradually becoming more of a hassle as it adds extra load on my back during back pain attacks, and makes me a potential holdup victim as a pasig-alabang commuter.

For the past week I've been wondering if I made the right decision 3 months ago. was it good or bad? I know moving to AC had pros and cons, as much as the pros and cons if I stayed in CAI-STA. but the past few weeks had been really stressful that all I could think of are JUST THE CONS I've been encountering ever since I moved to AC.

I'm Haw when I decided to leave CAI-STA. I wasn't sure of what's ahead of me, but I left because I knew it was time to do so. for the simple reason that I no longer have a sense of fulfillment developing software applications I'm not specialized in. and for my goal that at mid 20s I should no longer be coding like fresh grads do. I knew I have to do something, and so I moved. and I seemed happy about it at first, taking the baby steps to being a project leader.

But now I'm slowly becoming like Hem. I've been waiting for the same comfort to come. I've been doubting and ranting and cursing for it's been 3 months now, yet I haven't fully adjusted to AC's ways. nor I have adjusted to the new responsibilities of being a project leader. I guess I've been refusing to adjust. or I haven't let go of the comfortabe life I had in CAI-STA or the life where I could just sit, let the leaders do their jobs and wait for the solutions to come.

Yeah it's time to move on for reals, to take the journey and to find the new cheese! and I shall stop at every note which Haw had left on the walls:

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Movement in a new direction helps you find new cheese.

When you stop being afraid, you feel good!

It is safer to search in the maze than to remain in a cheeseless situation.

Old beliefs do not lead you to new cheese.

Change happens
They keep moving the cheese

Anticipate change
Get ready for the cheese to move

Monitor change
Smell the cheese often so you know when it is getting old

Adapt to change quickly
The quicker you let go of old cheese, the sooner you find new cheese

Change
Move with the cheese

Enjoy change!
Savor the adventure and enjoy the new cheese!

Be ready to change quickly and enjoy it again and again
They keep moving the cheese

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Wherever there is change, including the smallest aspects in our personal lives, this book fits. I'm so glad paul gave this to me as one of his birthday gifts. I needed it so badly. Thanks! :)
 

 
Paul asked me if we can just spend the senorita day at his place (that's how he calls a saturday, a whole day for me when I can get anything I want :>) I thought he just wanted to impress me by cooking something or perhaps he just wanted to save money by not eating somewhere else and so I said it’s ok. So yesterday, I went to his place...

...When I opened his door, white n green balloons welcomed me! At first I thought he attended a birthday party of some prof’s kid and that he took home all the green balloons coz he knows it’s my favorite color, and so I asked where they came from. stoops pa reaction ko, I asked "o bat may ganyan... san galing yan?"

He just grinned. Then said, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!"

Oh. Haha! I didn't expect that! How thoughtful he was to add “props” for our lunch, when in fact it’s not yet my birthday!!! I was so giddy about it that I didn’t notice the bulk of what he prepared. apparently there's more to his balloons. It took me about 10 seconds before I saw what’s for lunch...

There were lots of food!!! like Red ribbon’s banoffee pie, yellow cab’s meatball pasta, hotdogs with marshmallows, bread with cheese, AND potato salad which he himself prepared! so plenty!

I was so touched and amazed and surprised and overwhelmed AND LAHAT LAHAT NA! teary eyed, I hugged him, saying "wow" and "aww" and "thank you" over and over. I just can’t help it! For the simple reason that no one has ever cooked party foods for my birthday, except for my mom! ...and that since my last kiddie party which was what, grade 2 or grade 3, I never had hotdogs and marshmallows in my birthday celebrations! when in fact I sooo love it! Hahahaha babaw?!

*sigh* you’re too good to be true! Hehe :P Palangga ta ka kaayoooooo... Thank you!
 

i hate most manila taxi drivers. they don't give the right amount of change whether or not you intend to give a tip. don't get me wrong, ndi sa pangunguripot. It's not as though I'm not willing to give that small amount of extra. infact I gladly give tips when drivers are really kind. I just hate it when they assume and take what's supposed to be given as a change. for me, bastos. kung may pakiusap pwede pa.

last night, a cab driver was like this. so after paul n I got off the cab, I closed the door really hard, enough to annoy the driver. also enough to aggravate the girl who was supposed to ride on the same cab after us. But I didn't care, I just wanted to show the driver how disappointed I am.

regla? hehe

paul reminded me that there are things we do sometimes that unknowingly hurt others because we act hastily before we think. and I knew he was right. I knew I was rude, I was disappointed with myself as well. It's been my weakness that I still haven't fixed --I react to things immediately sometimes w/o thinking. I was experiencing the same struggle once again. so I was quiet the whole time as we waited for the mass to start.

then here comes fr.jun AGAIN with his striking homily. he said: we shouldn't waste time thinking what's in eternity, what heaven's like, what's the difference between heaven and earth, or who'd be with us after we die. no one really knows but what we're sure of is that God has set something really beautiful for those who love Him. what we should think about now is how we'd prepare ourselves for it. and so we must ask ourselves now: are we generous and forgiving?

aw! that hit me a million times!

I was selfish and unforgiving, hurting ppl unknowingly. and it was already too late to apologize. so as I prayed, I asked for His forgiveness and hoped that there's still some way for me to tell these ppl I've hurt that I'm really sorry (pwede kaya...?) then I thanked God for fr. jun for constantly using him as His instrument. several times before He used him to cheer me up when I needed affirmation. when I had questions in entering a relationship, He used him as well to give answers. now, He's using him to nudge me when I make mistakes.

then I thanked God for paul, for taming me, for loving and accepting this so bitchy girl, and for being there all the time to correct my mistakes.

before fr. jun ended the mass, he asked all november birthday celebrants to stand infront to be blessed and prayed over. paul gave me a side hug, and said "go!" with a smile.

then I thought... after all I've done, this is what I get. wow. I wanted to cry... I am so unworthy! yet God is so good!

Our kiosk demo/presentation in PhilHealth went well... thank you Lord. I was so nervous the whole time ...it was my first time IN YEARS to present a system and my very first time to present to abt 20 non-techie, high-positioned ppl in the REAL BUSINESS WORLD. at the same time I was giddy --ever since I started working in 2005, It's only now that I created a feel-good software. fulfilling :D plus I knew that I don't have to worry about my bacolod trip anymore. muhaha!

Last year my officemates and I booked tickets for iloilo, and planned to stay in Guimaras. Unfortunately, the oil spill in guimaras affected Costa Aguada, the resort where we planned to stay. and so we called it off. Early this year, the same group planned to go there again (for oct 4-7 supposedly, including the Guimaras-Bacolod tour). UNFORTUNATELY AGAIN my new PM didn't allow me to take a leave since we had tons of deliverables for PhilHealth that time. It was sad not to go with cie, janet, lei and randy ...but I understood the situation.

I had no choice but to rebook my tickets. Paul suggested to have it rebooked and rerouted to Bacolod since it's masskara festival anyway (which I've always wanted to seeeeee!). And so we did. wooooo paul! para-paraan! haha jk. so there. I'm going to Bacolod with Paul, tomorrow Ü oh, before somebody says "uuuy meet the parents!" ...I wna let you know that I already met them last month ;)

Last night I remembered one of Fr. Bob's homilies in greenbelt chapel. He quoted CS Lewis' line, (something like) we'll spend the rest of eternity thanking God for prayers He didn't answer. Then I remembered my past 2 iloilo-bacolod-guimaras trips that were canceled. I've been wondering why God keeps on canceling them. Now I realized that He canceled my trips for some sneaky reasons. And now I’m thanking Him for that. He's now giving me a chance to know Paul even more through his real home. Ü Perhaps God's thinking ...It's my turn this time. whaha!

btw, I'm finally done with my Bantayan blog post (opens in a new window!) after 10 centuries! Before I packed up, I made sure it's 100% done or my bacolod trip will add up to my backlogs. hee. Ü okay o siya o siya... I'm off to Bacolod. stories n pix when I get back. bye!

 
paul and I spent the long weekend at tanya's house [san pablo laguna] to celebrate yana's first bday. it was a kiddie slash overnight slash swimming party SUPPOSEDLY, I don't know what happened but it turned out to be another HS-kada reunion, minus lots of ppl. whehe pasaway kase :P at least paul and I stayed for 2 nights, and we brought swimming stuff too ...I guess it was only me n paul who took the 'swimming party' invitation seriously :P

some pics from tanya's cam:


mum and yana, hu just turned 1 :)


boyfriend n bestfriend :)


pao, leeanne, aids, pat, dax, tanya, me n paul

when i think of yana, and little kyle comin up, i really feel that i'm getting old. and seeing tanya take care of yana makes me say sometimes that im not yet ready for all those stuff. but at the same time, it makes me want to rush things ...simply coz i don't want my kids and my bestfriend's kids to have a long age gap. whahaha! i think too much!

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we left her house early this morning to catch mama's bday lunch for ate lo. even if ironically, the birthday celebrant's in texas. hehee. thanksgiving na rin daw for ate lo's 2nd life. tama nga naman, it's one good reason to celebrate. anyway, happy birthday ate lo! :)

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alt tab. i'm supposed to be giddy now for masskara festival... but my work milestones for this wk are still not ok. i hope by tues they're all ok, and i really really hope our meeting/demo in philhealth pushes through this wednesday or my bacolod trip will be cancelled for the third time. or at least i'd still go, but i won't enjoy as much thinking of the work i'd be leaving here. hay. please pretty please.... :S
 

 
My first 4 days at AC Corp was quite stressful. Not that I don’t like the new environment ...it’s just that it was really hard for me to deal with so many NEW things:

(1) Work starts at 8 am. I used to have a flexi sched in CAI-STA ...I'd wake up at 7:30 or 8 then arrive at the office at around 10am. now I have to wake up at 6:30 ...or even earlier if I want to savor my morning rituals! :O

(2) Sched’s very dynamic. Since my current project will be used for Philhealth, normally we’d stay in the office for 1 or 2 hrs till Daryl (my PM) finishes all his office agendas, then we'd go to Philhealth to do most of the coding part (in Pasig HA :O Daryl drives the company car. thank God I don’t know how to drive haha), then go back to Alabang at around 6pm.

SO. when we go to Philhealth, work time’s cut down by 1.5 hours due to travel time :> Except when we have to stay in Alabang the whole day coz of meetings (or absence of one). In fairness I’m starting to love the alabang-pasig-alabang trip ...coz It’s my only time to have 100% non-techie conversations with Daryl and Jason (we three develop 3 different projs for philhealth). well, we still talk about techie/geek stuff though, once in a while. Haha! After work, we talk about food coz the bldg canteen deprives us of decent merienda. hehe, tsk!

(3) food’s limited to canteen food, both in Alabang and Pasig. no 7-11s, no Ministops. No Foodpatio-like restos. Closest fastfood is ATC’s mcdo. In philhealth, there’s KFC, chowking and shakey’s. but OMG, the elevator traffic’s sooo bad. going down would take 15 mins! So the good is, I don’t spend so much for food now! Everything’s cheap, whether in Pasig or Alabang...in fact the sum of my food and transpo’s still cheaper than my transpo alone in Makati!

(4) The technology is new! I'm a java person (sometimes C#) but currently I'm working on a kiosk project that uses VB .net at the front end (though most of the backend’s still java). I'm loving it though coz I know that in the end this whole thing will increase my market value right? Besides, working on java could wait as this project will end (hopefully) at the end of Sept.

also, I'm now working on Biometrics -–facial/fingerprint recognition stuff! So ST!

change means stress! But I do know that it’s a part of my decision so I do not regret anything ...at least for now! Coz I’m learning A LOT :)

Anyway, finally my first week at AC’s almost over. This weekend, I can sleep longer! then say that I’m almost 100% done with adjusting! (I hope)
 

 
It's only now that I feel jittery, I'm excited to start at my new work place at the same time I'm not sure if things will work out well in the end. and yeah, I feel sad for leaving some things behind *sighhhhhh* But then again, there's no point of feeling nervous coz I already resigned! I shall start facing the pros and cons of my decisions for reals! mwehehe...

tonight I'll start to bring home some personal stuff that have already piled up here in the office for the past 2 years. I still have that "manyana" habit so perhaps I'll bring home the light stuff first then the heavy ones at the end of the month. anyone who's willing to drive me home by then? hehe

I already started sorting out things in my drawer and I can't imagine how I came up with all these trash aka dust collectors --empty sports bottle, empty coffee bottle, wrecked piggy bank, old nokia charger THAT'S NOT WORKING, backup hairbrush, expired eye drops, and lots of work documents that are no longer needed.

aside from those I have NINE disposable chopsticks (naipon from Bento Box I guess), mugs, a jar of green tea along wid its tea pot, coffee filters, ketchup and creamer sachets, plastic knives, straws, EXPIRED cards of all sorts, personal CDs, body sprays, lotions, girly toiletries and lots moooooooooore. goodness I've been a pack rat! hahaa!

I should start bringing them home (and yeah, give away/dispose the unimportant ones) or my last day here will be so chaotic. waaaaaaaah! haha!
 

 
ONE, it's in alabang. TWO, it's java (and plus plus). THREE, it's more Soft Tech than IT. FOUR, the position's few notches higher. FIVE, the salary's not bad after all (and I'd be able to save 2k for my transportation).

so, I grabbed the chance without any idea actually how my life would be once I move out of this comfort zone. and with the knowledge that I could be fired if I won't be able to handle such responsibility. haha oh no!

What I know is that if I take the risk, I'd take my career somewhere farther. so. Last thursday, I filed my resignation. my last day in CAI-STA is on Aug 31, and my first day in AC Corp is on Sep 10. like what I said ...c'est la vie!Ü