Super GIGIL!
-abbey
Friday, August 26, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
lately
It's 5AM, and the rains stopped. Been waiting for it to start again, not only because am not in the mood to go to my classes, but also because I love how it sounds--how it drowns out all that I hear, all thoughts I don't want voiced out. Not that I have much of those lately--unwanted thoughts. Truth is, haven't much of anything lately. Just, well, a peaceful existence.
Maybe this is because I haven't had a wink of sleep, and the blogposts from here which I've read so far affected the direction of my thoughts somehow. Apologies if this isn't as profound or life-changing or inspiring, but you're my friends and you'll love me anyway even if I just rant for the heck of it.
Haven't seen Harry Potter yet, too. Unlike Verna though, am not waiting for a date. I just, well, don't feel like saying goodbye to Harry yet. Am not yet ready. Thought I was, but then I saw this trailer where they showed the Harry from way back First Year in Hogwarts and I just couldn't do it. Am not good with closures; you know this. Am always in denial. Couple of weeks ago my Lola [Dad's mom] died, and I didn't even peek at her remains. At all. Last Holy Week when my family visited her because the doctor said she had brain tumor, I stayed behind. Didn't want to see her sick. I prefer to remember the last moment we were together, just making chika. We were good at that, Lola and I. We can go on all day just gossiping. Well.
Would've wanted to be cremated when I die. But our faith doesn't allow this, so yeah. Okay.
And. Am pro-divorce. No divorce in the Philippines, so I'd rather not get married. Not even to The One. Or to the Correct Love.
Have this huge feeling I'll fail the Bar. That said, if I do, we can all talk about it openly, without need of whispers behind my back. Could handle failure fine, I think. This particular failure, I could. I think.
Oh look there's the sun. Here comes the sun. Here comes the sun, and I say, It's alright.
Oh God I need a hug.
-Lynn
Maybe this is because I haven't had a wink of sleep, and the blogposts from here which I've read so far affected the direction of my thoughts somehow. Apologies if this isn't as profound or life-changing or inspiring, but you're my friends and you'll love me anyway even if I just rant for the heck of it.
Haven't seen Harry Potter yet, too. Unlike Verna though, am not waiting for a date. I just, well, don't feel like saying goodbye to Harry yet. Am not yet ready. Thought I was, but then I saw this trailer where they showed the Harry from way back First Year in Hogwarts and I just couldn't do it. Am not good with closures; you know this. Am always in denial. Couple of weeks ago my Lola [Dad's mom] died, and I didn't even peek at her remains. At all. Last Holy Week when my family visited her because the doctor said she had brain tumor, I stayed behind. Didn't want to see her sick. I prefer to remember the last moment we were together, just making chika. We were good at that, Lola and I. We can go on all day just gossiping. Well.
Would've wanted to be cremated when I die. But our faith doesn't allow this, so yeah. Okay.
And. Am pro-divorce. No divorce in the Philippines, so I'd rather not get married. Not even to The One. Or to the Correct Love.
Have this huge feeling I'll fail the Bar. That said, if I do, we can all talk about it openly, without need of whispers behind my back. Could handle failure fine, I think. This particular failure, I could. I think.
Oh look there's the sun. Here comes the sun. Here comes the sun, and I say, It's alright.
Oh God I need a hug.
-Lynn
Monday, August 1, 2011
Rain-dom Thoughts
Death is such an easy way out;
It takes more courage for life's bout.
Some lose the fight even before they start;
Some people start just so they don't depart.
Then some fight for that thing they can't live without;
And then some live for that one thing they cry about.
And then life would be one reason they sing aloud;
And death would be one thing they laugh about.
Then some look death straight in the eye;
Having truly lived, they can finally die.
It takes more courage for life's bout.
Some lose the fight even before they start;
Some people start just so they don't depart.
Then some fight for that thing they can't live without;
And then some live for that one thing they cry about.
And then life would be one reason they sing aloud;
And death would be one thing they laugh about.
Then some look death straight in the eye;
Having truly lived, they can finally die.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Anxious / Excited
Spent the whole day training on Six Sigma. I needed the refresher course on it since i'm mentoring three people who i'm planning to promote to AM hopefully this year. If everything goes right, i've promoted a total of 5 staff to officership positions. I think these are little great trophies in my 5 years at BPI. Looking back there are about 4-5 i would have wanted to promote too: Rona and Nervs from FTD (now RPD), Raul, Nelson, and Bryan from West Cash Center. Here at Leasing, aside from the 3 i am currently mentoring, im looking at two oldies... Won't mention their names just in case anyone from Leasing gets to read this.
Back to the training. HR-Training premises are fully-booked that my training this morning was relocated to our office canteen. How pathetic. For consolation, it was conducted inside a conference room with wide windows where you can see the Enterprise building and the few 'BPI Trees'.
The facilitator was good. All in all i think i yawned twice only. But i must confess that in between her rabid discussions i couldn't help but notice how sunny and windy it was outside. Perfect weather for me. Texted Arvin that it's a beautiful day! He said: Tama! Replied to Kenneth's text informing me that he was on SL (he wasn't sick but he said he badly needed rest) that it's bright and windy here at HO. He texted back: Happy ka? And i said: Yeah!!
There's something about today that made me excited. Maybe because i could see that it's bright outside, uber windy and im freezing cold at the sametime (killer airconditioning buti na lang i have my ratty old jacket) and that reminded me of the holidays. Then it dawned on me that August is fast approaching and the 'Ber' months will soon come in. How many holiday get-togethers will i have this year? and with whom? Thinking about it makes me really excited. =) Will have one with my family of course! Yogi. Minnie. Rae. Rg. and Me. I think i love how my sister's wedding changed our family dynamics. It makes our lakads extra special since we now consciously make an effort to bond. And our lakads lately have been like barkada thingys... Food trip here. Food trip there. And you'll love how refreshing this is to my Papa and Mama. I think we now have the youth vote when go out kasi 5 na kami and 3 of us are kiddies. Syempre i think the fact the all of us are earning also adds to the new dynamics.
Will also have one with my Super Friends. Friends I will never get tired of. Thone. Zen. Lyn. Arvin. Jervin. Reuel. Mako. Kristi (i miss). Isama na rin natin si Llou at Paga. Siguro aside from my family, my faith, Paeng, sila na siguro ang pinakablessing for me. Super thankful to have them. Somehow i feel that our dynamics are changing as well. I think slowly but surely each one of us are living our own lives na. Mako i think took the lead about 2 to 3 years ago. But i love how he makes it a point to organize biglaang roadtrips or foodtrips from time to time. Lyn has her Law, her home-based job and Mcdo Gang. Kristi naman hello motherhood. Jervin's newly promoted, busy with Sugar and has been so diligent sa gym. Reuel i haven't heard much since. I think busy rin at sumasabay. Renzen has his Kuya duties at NEU. Llou is also gym-ing and went back to being a labor statistic. Paga i don't know. Haha. Then there's Arvin, who i think is busy making plans for changes in his life. And i am excited for him. Siguro a year ago i'd be jealous and emotional about this. I mean my friends having lives outside our friendship. But now that it is happening, ang happy pala ng feeling. I don't feel threatened at all that we'll drift apart. I feel pa nga na okay siya kasi exciting na magsama-sama ulit. And i'm dying to hear their stories.
I would most probably have a dinner with Verna. It'll be our quarterly what's-up-with-your-life meeting. This one im excited about kasi Verna brings in a different perspective. So it would be wonderful to see things thru her eyes. Of course im also excited to hear a good dose of chikka and gossip on personalities from my past life. I would most probably see Karol and Ernie as well. It would be a raucus to have us four for dinner. Pero i like a moment with Verna muna. Then another lakad with all four of us.
I've been seeing Ziggy alot lately since i hang out alot at Moonleaf Tea in Maginhawa. Ito na siguro ang bagong tambayan for 2011. Although maaga pa baka meron pa sumulpot sa mga susunod na buwan. Most probably will have another lunchout. I met him nung Holy Week for some Unholy burgers. Francis/Nikko naman quit Manulife and he's now here in Makati as in walking distance from my office. He asked me to have dinner but no firm commitments so far. Most probably i'll make it a point na matuloy ito. I was so happy to bump into him at Starbucks but i'm equally guilty as well because i spent like 10 secs with him because i had to go back to the office.
For my Leasing family and BPI na rin. I promise i'll exert more effort joining your invites. I know. Movies. Dinners. Inumans. Joggings. I've said no to all of them. But I promise i'll join you guys soon. Last ko yatang movie with you guys yung Esther pa. Im sure pasabog na naman ang xmas party natin.
I'm also highly expecting that i'll be spending alot of time with my BPI Teamates/Tea Tea Mates. I think this year's roster is way more fun and closer than our team last year. We saved some money for more midnight volleyball games at Ninoy and Xavier. If ever we ran out of moolah there's always Project 8. We've discovered our common interest in Tennis (Last year Badminton) recently so our Sunday afternoons fully-booked na. Late nights at Moonleaf Tea would surely continue specially now that Ritche includes it in his after-class regimen. Yam just im'd me that we'll be having a tune up game with JT Team next month. Something to look forward to. I'm happy how Ken, Kenneth, Jeff and I have developed this healthy type of friendship. I think i may have found life-long friends in them. Ana/Gian and Ritche are on the same league. Actually the whole gang of Subic 10 is - Jo. Mark. Yam. Rob. Kiko.
While thinking all of these makes me excited, it also dawned on me that there's one person who i won't be seeing this coming holiday season. Jeff's leaving for Singapore this August. Last day here at BPI on July 29. I think of all the people in the team, Jeff has been my best friend. I will miss his 'One More Chance' type of humor. Yes the corny but endearing type. Lately, Ana/Gian, Jeff and I have been bus/mrt-mates when going home. I don't know why all of sudden we do this after office bonding. Im enjoying it but at the same time i know it'll kill because im gonna miss this when he's gone.
Gusto ko pa sana magsulat. Pero tapos na si Gian maggym. Nandito na si Jeff sa harap ko. Nawala ako sa mood magdrama.
-abbey
Back to the training. HR-Training premises are fully-booked that my training this morning was relocated to our office canteen. How pathetic. For consolation, it was conducted inside a conference room with wide windows where you can see the Enterprise building and the few 'BPI Trees'.
The facilitator was good. All in all i think i yawned twice only. But i must confess that in between her rabid discussions i couldn't help but notice how sunny and windy it was outside. Perfect weather for me. Texted Arvin that it's a beautiful day! He said: Tama! Replied to Kenneth's text informing me that he was on SL (he wasn't sick but he said he badly needed rest) that it's bright and windy here at HO. He texted back: Happy ka? And i said: Yeah!!
There's something about today that made me excited. Maybe because i could see that it's bright outside, uber windy and im freezing cold at the sametime (killer airconditioning buti na lang i have my ratty old jacket) and that reminded me of the holidays. Then it dawned on me that August is fast approaching and the 'Ber' months will soon come in. How many holiday get-togethers will i have this year? and with whom? Thinking about it makes me really excited. =) Will have one with my family of course! Yogi. Minnie. Rae. Rg. and Me. I think i love how my sister's wedding changed our family dynamics. It makes our lakads extra special since we now consciously make an effort to bond. And our lakads lately have been like barkada thingys... Food trip here. Food trip there. And you'll love how refreshing this is to my Papa and Mama. I think we now have the youth vote when go out kasi 5 na kami and 3 of us are kiddies. Syempre i think the fact the all of us are earning also adds to the new dynamics.
Will also have one with my Super Friends. Friends I will never get tired of. Thone. Zen. Lyn. Arvin. Jervin. Reuel. Mako. Kristi (i miss). Isama na rin natin si Llou at Paga. Siguro aside from my family, my faith, Paeng, sila na siguro ang pinakablessing for me. Super thankful to have them. Somehow i feel that our dynamics are changing as well. I think slowly but surely each one of us are living our own lives na. Mako i think took the lead about 2 to 3 years ago. But i love how he makes it a point to organize biglaang roadtrips or foodtrips from time to time. Lyn has her Law, her home-based job and Mcdo Gang. Kristi naman hello motherhood. Jervin's newly promoted, busy with Sugar and has been so diligent sa gym. Reuel i haven't heard much since. I think busy rin at sumasabay. Renzen has his Kuya duties at NEU. Llou is also gym-ing and went back to being a labor statistic. Paga i don't know. Haha. Then there's Arvin, who i think is busy making plans for changes in his life. And i am excited for him. Siguro a year ago i'd be jealous and emotional about this. I mean my friends having lives outside our friendship. But now that it is happening, ang happy pala ng feeling. I don't feel threatened at all that we'll drift apart. I feel pa nga na okay siya kasi exciting na magsama-sama ulit. And i'm dying to hear their stories.
I would most probably have a dinner with Verna. It'll be our quarterly what's-up-with-your-life meeting. This one im excited about kasi Verna brings in a different perspective. So it would be wonderful to see things thru her eyes. Of course im also excited to hear a good dose of chikka and gossip on personalities from my past life. I would most probably see Karol and Ernie as well. It would be a raucus to have us four for dinner. Pero i like a moment with Verna muna. Then another lakad with all four of us.
I've been seeing Ziggy alot lately since i hang out alot at Moonleaf Tea in Maginhawa. Ito na siguro ang bagong tambayan for 2011. Although maaga pa baka meron pa sumulpot sa mga susunod na buwan. Most probably will have another lunchout. I met him nung Holy Week for some Unholy burgers. Francis/Nikko naman quit Manulife and he's now here in Makati as in walking distance from my office. He asked me to have dinner but no firm commitments so far. Most probably i'll make it a point na matuloy ito. I was so happy to bump into him at Starbucks but i'm equally guilty as well because i spent like 10 secs with him because i had to go back to the office.
For my Leasing family and BPI na rin. I promise i'll exert more effort joining your invites. I know. Movies. Dinners. Inumans. Joggings. I've said no to all of them. But I promise i'll join you guys soon. Last ko yatang movie with you guys yung Esther pa. Im sure pasabog na naman ang xmas party natin.
I'm also highly expecting that i'll be spending alot of time with my BPI Teamates/Tea Tea Mates. I think this year's roster is way more fun and closer than our team last year. We saved some money for more midnight volleyball games at Ninoy and Xavier. If ever we ran out of moolah there's always Project 8. We've discovered our common interest in Tennis (Last year Badminton) recently so our Sunday afternoons fully-booked na. Late nights at Moonleaf Tea would surely continue specially now that Ritche includes it in his after-class regimen. Yam just im'd me that we'll be having a tune up game with JT Team next month. Something to look forward to. I'm happy how Ken, Kenneth, Jeff and I have developed this healthy type of friendship. I think i may have found life-long friends in them. Ana/Gian and Ritche are on the same league. Actually the whole gang of Subic 10 is - Jo. Mark. Yam. Rob. Kiko.
While thinking all of these makes me excited, it also dawned on me that there's one person who i won't be seeing this coming holiday season. Jeff's leaving for Singapore this August. Last day here at BPI on July 29. I think of all the people in the team, Jeff has been my best friend. I will miss his 'One More Chance' type of humor. Yes the corny but endearing type. Lately, Ana/Gian, Jeff and I have been bus/mrt-mates when going home. I don't know why all of sudden we do this after office bonding. Im enjoying it but at the same time i know it'll kill because im gonna miss this when he's gone.
Gusto ko pa sana magsulat. Pero tapos na si Gian maggym. Nandito na si Jeff sa harap ko. Nawala ako sa mood magdrama.
-abbey
Monday, July 18, 2011
The Fisherman and the Businessman
Got this from Paulo Coelho's Blogsite. This isn't his btw. he just reposted it.
There was once a businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Brazilian village.
As he sat, he saw a Brazilian fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore having caught quite few big fish.
The businessman was impressed and asked the fisherman, “How long does it take you to catch so many fish?”
The fisherman replied, “Oh, just a short while.”
“Then why don’t you stay longer at sea and catch even more?” The businessman was astonished.
“This is enough to feed my whole family,” the fisherman said.
The businessman then asked, “So, what do you do for the rest of the day?”
The fisherman replied, “Well, I usually wake up early in the morning, go out to sea and catch a few fish, then go back and play with my kids. In the afternoon, I take a nap with my wife, and evening comes, I join my buddies in the village for a drink — we play guitar, sing and dance throughout the night.”
The businessman offered a suggestion to the fisherman.
“I am a PhD in business management. I could help you to become a more successful person. From now on, you should spend more time at sea and try to catch as many fish as possible. When you have saved enough money, you could buy a bigger boat and catch even more fish. Soon you will be able to afford to buy more boats, set up your own company, your own production plant for canned food and distribution network. By then, you will have moved out of this village and to Sao Paulo, where you can set up HQ to manage your other branches.”
The fisherman continues, “And after that?”
The businessman laughs heartily, “After that, you can live like a king in your own house, and when the time is right, you can go public and float your shares in the Stock Exchange, and you will be rich.”
The fisherman asks, “And after that?”
The businessman says, “After that, you can finally retire, you can move to a house by the fishing village, wake up early in the morning, catch a few fish, then return home to play with kids, have a nice afternoon nap with your wife, and when evening comes, you can join your buddies for a drink, play the guitar, sing and dance throughout the night!”
The fisherman was puzzled, “Isn’t that what I am doing now?”
Sometimes..it's right under your nose. Or sabi nga ni Carrie Underwood: "What you've been out there searching for forever is in your hands". At kung fan ka ni Paulo Coelho, same theme sa The Alchemist.
-abbey
There was once a businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Brazilian village.
As he sat, he saw a Brazilian fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore having caught quite few big fish.
The businessman was impressed and asked the fisherman, “How long does it take you to catch so many fish?”
The fisherman replied, “Oh, just a short while.”
“Then why don’t you stay longer at sea and catch even more?” The businessman was astonished.
“This is enough to feed my whole family,” the fisherman said.
The businessman then asked, “So, what do you do for the rest of the day?”
The fisherman replied, “Well, I usually wake up early in the morning, go out to sea and catch a few fish, then go back and play with my kids. In the afternoon, I take a nap with my wife, and evening comes, I join my buddies in the village for a drink — we play guitar, sing and dance throughout the night.”
The businessman offered a suggestion to the fisherman.
“I am a PhD in business management. I could help you to become a more successful person. From now on, you should spend more time at sea and try to catch as many fish as possible. When you have saved enough money, you could buy a bigger boat and catch even more fish. Soon you will be able to afford to buy more boats, set up your own company, your own production plant for canned food and distribution network. By then, you will have moved out of this village and to Sao Paulo, where you can set up HQ to manage your other branches.”
The fisherman continues, “And after that?”
The businessman laughs heartily, “After that, you can live like a king in your own house, and when the time is right, you can go public and float your shares in the Stock Exchange, and you will be rich.”
The fisherman asks, “And after that?”
The businessman says, “After that, you can finally retire, you can move to a house by the fishing village, wake up early in the morning, catch a few fish, then return home to play with kids, have a nice afternoon nap with your wife, and when evening comes, you can join your buddies for a drink, play the guitar, sing and dance throughout the night!”
The fisherman was puzzled, “Isn’t that what I am doing now?”
Sometimes..it's right under your nose. Or sabi nga ni Carrie Underwood: "What you've been out there searching for forever is in your hands". At kung fan ka ni Paulo Coelho, same theme sa The Alchemist.
-abbey
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