the shenanigans of eenamorata

Today I woke up feeling that I was meant to be someone great and famous. It felt nice to wake up like that, but I know that getting there is another story—the fulfilment of such greatness needed a plan. So, I crafted some options inside my head to try and fulfil the greatness that I was feeling at present. Option 1: WORK REALLY HARD TO REACH THE TOP WRUNG OF THE CAREER LADDER I am an industrious and driven individual. However, considering the fact that I’m just your average Jane; the CEO part of the story would have to be somewhere in the end part when I’d be stricken with old age already. That would not be something great. Option 2: DO BUSINESS AND BECOME RICH They say that business men are the real deal when it comes to becoming rich. Thing is, am not really good with it; the nearest to success that I can remember with me doing business was when I was selling iced candies in our village. Failure might have the greater percentage when it comes to this option....

This is not an advertorial, I just want to blog about it... A residential community of three low-density, Asian-themed enclaves with 70% generous open spaces, ASiA Enclaves Alabang is perfect for start-up families, empty-nesters, and young professionals who seek the most convenient access to Makati. It is less than thirty minutes from Magallanes or Buendia in Makati City, even during morning rush hours... ( read more ) It has already been a pretty cool one year and nine day shenanigan in this work place and I am thankful for everything that has transpired since. After a year of having a lot firsts, I can therefore conclude that being an engineer is fun, challenging, and fun and fun again. I got to have first hand experience in building structures (its just the electrical part in my case) kaya I can always brag na about it whenever I pass-by SLEX, I can now tell whoever's with me na "oi. oi. I helped build that one there oh. I was in-charge of the electrical aspects, I t...

May is a huge month for my family because we are celebrating two events during this time. One is my birthday (definitely a biggie) and the other one is my parent's anniversary. Today we celebrated their 25th.  I was hoping or rather I was dreaming of giving them a huge party, but since my meager income is barely sufficient to cater to all my whims and fancies, I only went as far as a bouquet of flowers for my mom and an advanced coffee maker gift for my dad. These two are among the greatest blessings that the Lord has given me throughout my entire lifetime. They taught me, without them telling me, the importance of a family... be it small (like ours) or big like everyone elses. We had a small celebration with some of their cell group friends from church. I got to hear a friend's story about how some people's only dream is to get married and when I asked her if getting married is even a valid dream. She immediately said yes, then I realized that it ...

Finally! I thank God for the awesome year that He has given me, it was definitely worth the wait of the 30-day countdown. If some of you were wondering why I'm doing all this DAY-ish something posts, its because I'm doing a countdown for my birthday, just to get me excited and for the conceited purposes of announcing it. Happy girl, am a very happy girl today.  Woke up early and had a tapa breakfast and brewed coffee with my roommate, went to work did some useless cramming on our documents and got surprised when one of my electricians came in the office with a big cake. My electrical team gave me a cake! I am deeply touched by the gesture. See they are workers; I understand that it is very unpractical for them to buy such a thing, and them buying it was very very touching.  Two things I realized from this cake.   1. That I am already an Engr. (this is my first cake with an Engineer in it) 2. and that somehow I am doing things right in terms of treatin...

DAY29: my second GRAY HAIR The first one was removed by a curious friend. This one came up after a year of working in the construction industry, I think this is gonna be the first one of many more to come. Hopefully it will bring more wisdom as it comes... I'd like to think that this gray hair is a sign that I am gaining more wisdom albeit the stress it brings along.  DAY28: rain I am thankful for the rain that came late last night; it was a refreshing one excited na for tomorrow! :)

May 16 2011 first day of work in this crazy industry called construction I am thankful that I got into this profession and that I got into this company exactly a year ago. It has been an enriching experience; there might be heartaches and heartbreaks on the side... But the happy things exceed all of it.  I've gained a lot of new friends, experienced a lot of new things, gained a lot of new insights, gained weight and I've been very happy in general. This year was an adventure that I'm glad I didn't miss.

Lymphatic body types gain weight all over the body , and have a cuddly baby doll appearance. Weight gain occurs very easily because lymphatic types have a very low metabolic rate . They also have a dysfunctional lymphatic system resulting in generalised fluid retention, which makes them look fatter than they are . They are prone to deposits of fat swollen with lymphatic fluid, which can cause severe cellulite . This type of cellulite gives them thick puffy limbs so that it is hard to see their bone structure. They often avoid exercise and crave dairy products , both of which will exacerbate their cellulite. Often chubby since childhood , the lymphatic-shaped woman gains weight evenly all over- like Roseanne or Oprah. She craves dairy products and salty foods. Soft, cuddly, and often a couch potato, she just hates to exercise!  ( see here to know your body type ) This is my body type; since I cannot do (or afford) anything to change it, I'd rather be thankful for it ...

Got too comfortable in a land of smiles, milk, dreams and honey.. it was sheer love and happiness. DAY25: Club Pasilyo Hahaha! The perks of being an engineer: I get to be one of the firsts to use the pool that we are building.. :P I was supposed to go straight home after work, but after seeing the pool and an office mate already doing laps in it... it was game over. All of us immediately dipped in the beautiful pool with changing lights. It was such a stress reliever after work. Buy na a unit at our condo complex! we have a great pool! :D hihihihi (and I was the boss of sorts with the electrical stuff so you get to remember me when you see the pool lights and stuff).   DAY24: Nanay I thank the Lord for nanay who brought me out of this world and gave me so much things that I could never ever pay back. Unconditional love, patience, generosity, time DAY23: being a Filipino Ako ay Pilipino at nagpapasalamat ako sa Diyos na ako ay isang Pilipino. Isang pagpapa...

DAY20: MERALCO... for the Yellow Card For all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams (hahaha), am still is thankful to MERALCO for Day20 because they gave me the yellow card for my project. Though its not yet the final stage, its konti na lang before my application finally gets done. The MERALCO yellow card made me a happy girl today Leaving would be a little less stressful now... DAY21: Network/ Sphere of Influence It was my first time to sit down and perform this "family tree" activity; due to time constraints, I basically just doodled whatever it is that came first in my mind. The mechanics is to simply draw five concentric circles, put your name at the center, the names of your immediate family at the next circle, names of household on the next, relatives next and affiliations on the last one. I've realized that if only I had more time and more sipag to do this, a single sheet of A4 paper would not be enough for all the people I have dealt w...

I am thankful to God for giving me bright ideas every now and then. Excited much on doing a bit of an eccentric yet community service-y project with some friends from college. It is supposed to be inspired by Candy Chang ( see her website here ), and it will be executed by us. If president Obama's speech writer wrote his brilliant speech in a starbucks coffee shop, us friends crafted this idea on a facebook thread. Wonderful isn't it? Should be writing about the realization of the said idea soon. :)

Photos grabbed from the victory Alabang website. Boy I'm glad I went to church today. I went house hunting with friends around the Mandaluyong area and the sun did not spare us from his wrath. We started with high hopes, but ended up defeated because we were not able to find a place to stay. It was very hot, sweaty and tiring. I was actually planning to skip church and go straight home to rest; but, I rode the bus to Alabang upon impulse and decided to go to church anyway since I'll be able to catch their 6pm service. A cool lemonade on a hot, sweaty and tiring day. That was church today. It was refreshing... it quenched my drenched soul... I was refreshed with the following tidbits during service: my God is a personal God, He loved a wretched one like me, and He is very much interested in me not my will, but the Lord's will the ways of God are 1000 times more pleasing than the ways of this world (so its ok if I do not understand some of the ways of th...

Immediately dropped in bed when I arrived home yester-night (thus the late post), been too tired even to lift a finger. DAY17: Ate Czarina Ate Czarina is my roommate, she was my former BS leader, I come to her for advice—she gives me a lot of it and I am privileged to have known her. -                    Today, I woke up to the sound of her doing her laundry in the bathroom.            I greeted her good morning.            She replied good morning as well.            Then she said… MAGBOYFRIEND KA NA. (in the freakin morning!)            And that’s when I died. She always tells me that I should be in a relationship already and that I am too old for not having one; and every time she does—I die. By this time, I am well aware that I can do some things better than o...

unexpectedly left my things at the office... laptop, clothes, and other miscellaneous items DAY15: Olay Before I turn twenty four, I thank God for introducing me to Olay. Raul B. or Olay as we fondly call him, is the utility person at our office. He is a bit bading (homosexual) or rather he is really bading, sometimes pamali-mali and he is funny. I am thankful for meeting him because its amazing to see someone as passionate as he is, even though he's just following orders all day long. He's become a regular part of my day: he'd be the first one I'd greet good morning at the office, he'll ask us our orders somewhere in the middle of the day and we'd ask him "Olay ano na ang Olam?" and he'll answer us "Ma'am fried Checkin, Kari-kari and paksew olo". Its sometimes hard to decipher his language.. but we do get by. At noon, he'll serve us our lunch, and he'll tell us his misadventures sometime in the mid afternoon. I...

was suffering from bad internet connection and power outages lately... DAY13: Labor Day Thankful for the holiday that was yesterday where I was able to celebrate my second year of being officially a part of the labor force. I also got the chance to sleep-in, do the domestic chores that I like and prepare a little bit for the upcoming transition period. DAY12: Long and lonely bus rides I use these times for thinking, and the long bus ride for this day made me realize that I am not very fond of kids. Two moms with a kid each, that looks like he/she was gonna throw up anytime soon, sat beside me; though the bus was comfortable and air- conditioned, I wasn't able to relax until they got of the bus. I was very wary of the vomit that each child might bring me.  Not that I do not want to have kids in the future, I might not be ready lang for it yet. I am your typical working girl who plays tough on the outside to gain respect and have her subordinates follow he...