Bowling

Bowling is really not my sport. Not my forte. But when you work and bowling is one of company events for the year, you have no choice but to learn how to play. The first time I played for the tournament, i can be given the "Canal Queen Award"... Practice makes perfect as they say.

A month from now will be the beginning of the Annual Bowling Tournament of the company. Yaiks! This is one of the events that everybody is waiting from start to finish..

The reason?

First, the game starts at 4pm every Friday... Meaning every Friday for 2 months everybody in the office will just sit, relax and wait for the time to leave for the tournament venue (no kidding, literal talaga na wala kaming ginagawa pag bowling day). And we are paid for the whole day!

Second reason is that all players will recieve Php100.00... for allowance.

Saan ka pa diba? No deduction for the day because you leave the office around 3-3:30... then you get to have an allowance. For the awards, you get a trophy or medal PLUS cash. That is why everybody is doing their best to win and be on the top 3 (i hope i will be included again just like last year)...

Can't wait for bowling to start...

Currently reading

I bought this book yesterday.

"Have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation, one more chance to make up for the lost time when you thought they would be bere forever? If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one wish you had back..."

I will surely enjoy reading this...

What will you do?

Story.

This morning, I sat beside a man (who has in his hands a passport and mobile phone) in an FX while I was on my way to work. He asked me how much is the fare hanggang sa Quezon Ave MRT station. I told him Php30.00. Silence. I got off along Edsa-Quezon Ave. He got off too. He asked me again “may masasakyan ba papuntang Quiapo dito?” I told him yes. I crossed the street, he also crossed the street. Pumara ako ng FX uli at sumakay. Sumakay din siya doon at magkaharap kami sa may likuran nun FX… Stalker???? Nawawala ba siya???.... As I was about to pay for my fare, he got money from his pocket and also paid for his fare and told me “huwag ka nang magbayad, heto na lang.” I looked at him and told him “Ay, huwag na po. Thank you na lang.” He insists but I stand firm with my decision not to let him pay for my fare.

I am not in favor for a stranger paying anything for me. Am I bad if I my mind is thinking that if I agree to let him pay for my fare he might ask for something from me? Or is it just his gesture of thanking me for answering his questions?

If you’re in my shoes, what will you do? Will you accept or not?

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In another story, last night while I am on my way home, a girl asked the lady beside me if she could use her mobile phone to send a message to her friend because naubusan na siya ng load. The lady beside me was hesitant at first. But later on allowed the other girl to send a text message to her friend. The message is (being said out loud by the other girl) “Paloadan mo naman ako kasi naubusan na ako ng load. Nakigamit lang ako ng cell”.

Will you let strangers use your phone?

Song that tug and hug

I have been tagged by cess.. Here is my list:

1. How to Save a Life: The Fray. The song being played in my blog. I love the tempo of it. It reminds me of the scene sa Grey's Anatomy. When i was a child, i wanted to become a doctor. Then when a friend of mine got cancer, i wanted to shift my course to Medicine... Frustration ko.

2. Reflection: Christina Aguilera. Many of us are like this. We hide what's really inside of us. WE're afraid of what people will say and think about us.

Look at me
You may think you see
Who I really am
But you'll never know me...

...There's a heart that must be
Free to fly
That burns with a need to know
The reason why

3. Jesus Takes the Wheel: Carrie Underwood. and 4. I believe: Barbra Streisand. Makes me feel that I am not alone. In every problem and trials that i encounter. I have Jesus by my side.

5. I finally found someone: Barbra Streisand and Bryan Adams. My wedding song.

"This is it!
Oh, I finally found someone
Someone to share my life
I finally found the one to be with every night.
'Cause whatever I do, it's just got to be you
My life has just begun I finally found someone"

6. Ice, Ice Baby: Vanilla Ice. High school days. I remember that during the Vanilla Ice concert, katatapos lang ng NCEE namin and marami sa schoolmates ko watched that concert.

7. Some good things never last: Barbra Streisand. Indeed some good things never last or they aren't meant to last.

On friendship

What really is our basis in choosing our friends? If you have a friend and she/he betrayed or did a bad thing about you, will you still consider her as your friend?

In my life, i have witnessed friends who have come and go. Friends who just wanted to be your friend because they wanted something from you. Yung tipo ba na kapag wala ka nang silbi sa kanila, iiwan ka na lang sa ere. Sa office lang maraming ganyan. Hindi mo lang sila napagbigyan, hala, masama ka na para sa kanila. What do i do with people who are like that? DROP THEM FROM MY FRIEND's LIST.

Friends who are pretending to be your friend because they wanted your reaction on something and if you do have the "reaction" that they are waiting for, they would "quote" you for it. I have been a victim once. Be careful with those kind of people.

Many years ago, i belonged to a group in my workplace, our group name: FRIENDS. 6 individuals with different personalities. We vowed that whenever our group would encounter misunderstanding, we would patch things up and we will not let the others know that there's trouble in our group (people in our office are always looking forward to those kind of incident, for gossip nila). Unfortunately, it was short lived. The reason? Nagkampihan. Instead na ayusin yung misunderstanding ng 2 magkaibigan, ginatungan lang yung galit ng isa. The result: nagkarun ng lamat yung friendship. And it was ireparable. We all tried to be "like it was before" but once the damage has been done, hindi mo na talaga maibabalik ang nakaraan. Now we all try to be civil and professional in dealing with each other.

Still, there are friends who through thick and thin, kasama mo. Friends whom you could entrust your deep and darkest secret - the "it's just between you and me thing". Friends who have accepted you for what you are and not for what you could give or offer to them. I am glad I have that kind of friend.

I made it through the first year...

Today marks the 1st year anniversary of my Blog. Actually, I became an "active" blogger in the last quarter of last year.

The song currently playing in my blog reminds me of the episode of Grey's Anatomy that I'm watching last night. Yan yung song na pinatutugtog while everybody is busy doing surgery or hospital stuff... Sharing with you the lyrics...
How to Save a Life

step one you say we need to talk

he walks you say sit down it's just a talk

he smiles politely back at you

you stare politely right on through

some sort of window to your right

as he goes left and you stay right

between the lines of fear and blame

and you begin to wonder why you came

where did i go wrong, i lost a friend

somewhere along in the bitterness

and i would have stayed up with you all night

had i known how to save a life

let him know that you know best

cause after all you do know best

try to slip past his defense

without granting innocence

lay down a list of what is wrong

the things you've told him all along

and pray to god he hears you

where did i go wrong, i lost a friend

somewhere along in the bitterness

and i would have stayed up with you all night

had i known how to save a life

as he begins to raise his voice

you lower yours and grant him one last choice

drive until you lose the road

or break with the ones you've followed

he will do one of two things he will admit to everything

or he'll say he's just not the same

and you'll begin to wonder why you came

where did i go wrong, i lost a friend

somewhere along in the bitterness

and i would have stayed up with you all night

had i known how to save a life

5.5 days Vacation

My five days "Holy Week" vacation will be officially over in less than 2 days. Now i begin to think and ask myself, "What did i do during those days???"

For starters, last Holy Wednesday, we had work (buti na lang at half day kami). I went straight sa supemarket (panic buying, hehehe) for my scheduled grocery. Wow! kadami ng tao! as in, promise! (next year, hindi ko na gagawin uli yang grocery na yan) I arrived sa supermarket at around 4pm at nakauwi ako sa amin ng quarter to 7. Isang oras ata ako pumila sa counter. What I did, ipinila ko na yung cart ko, then i asked the person na kasunod ko to watch over my cart (buti na lang at mababait sila) I have a basket kung saan dun ko nilagay yung mga pinamili at kung puno na siya, i would go back sa cart ko para ilagay yung items then alis uli... When i was about three carts from the counter, i noticed (actually 2 kami nakapansin, yung kasunod ko) that walang assigned bagger yung cashier. I thought, kaya pala mabagal kasi the cashier is also the bagger... Sheez! when it was already my turn, i asked the cashier where is her bagger, she answered me "ma'am ng babar-code po". Ha!???? Calling Mr. Henry Sy! Sa taxi bay naman, namimili yung mga cab drivers ng pasahero.. Tama ba yun! ... lastly for that day, i watched the

First season of Grey's Anatomy (slept around 3am na ata)

Maundy Thursday, Binago ko yung theme ng blog ko. Went to hear mass and slept early para macompensate naman yung puyat ko.

Good Friday, nagkarun ng Mumps yung daughter ko. Irritable siya. Had another puyatan thingy with Season 2 of Grey's Anatomy.

Black Saturday, i went to the mall to buy a hairnet (yung pampusod) for my daughter. She needs it for the dance they will be doing later in the evening during the mass. As i watched my daughter perform, i can't help but say to myself, "malaki na siya". Before, kapag ganitong occasion, kasama din siya sa sayaw pero yung para sa mga maliliit na bata... Now she's with girls na on theire pre-teen years. HUHUHU. I'm proud but at the same time I'm sad. Ngayon nga hindi na Barbie Dolls ang gusto niya. May caller na rin siya (girl friends). Fashion conscious na din. I let her choose her clothes, pag medyo di ko type, i would tell her. Pero siya pa din ang masusunod. She's into drawing, before she told me she wanted to have her own store, yun daw nagdedesign.... Slept early...

Easter Sunday, ngayon yun. I was introduced to the World of Warcraft. Yung mga mahilig maglaro ng computer games such as Ragna, Fly for fun, etc. alam nyo yung sinasabi ko. Will be watching again the continuation of GA Seson 2.

Tomorrow, last day of my vacation... Bahala na kung ano ang gagawin ko. Foot spa siguro.. Pero definitely, i'll sleep early.

April Fool's - Palm Sunday

Happy April Fool's Day everyone!

Yngat, yngat tayo ngayon... Ako, heto at nagpapahinga para sa graduation ng aking unico hijo mamayang hapon... Kailangan maayos ang lola kasi aakyat ako ng stage para magpin ng kanyang Merit Award.

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Kagabi, habang kumakain ang aking anak na lalaki. Napunta kami sa topic ng graduation nila. Minention niya yung mga classmates niya na may mga awards din... May sablay nga lang siya...

Son: Ma, si ____ award niya, Most @#!lP (di ko maintindihan kasi may food pa ang bibig niya)
Me: ano? anak, ubusin mo muna yung pagkain diyan sa bibig mo
Son: (after niya lunukin) Most ...(ganun pa din)...
Me: Most Industrious?
Son: hindi! Most.... (ganun pa din) Yung mahilig magbigay...
Me: (Tiningnan yung Programme nila) ah. Most Generous! Asus! (yun pala ang generous para sa kanya, yung mahilig mamigay)

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Kahapon dahil sa sobrang init, andun lang ako sa may terrace... Ang ganda ng kalangitan very cloudless talaga...

Pumunta ako sa may kalsada at eto ang aking ginawa

Very cloudless at very deserted yung kalsada (around 3pm ata yan).

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Today is also Palm Sunday. Start of the Holy Week.