In the Lane of Fire

I’ve been to my company’s event this morning. It was a fun run event held every year. Unfortunately, this year, it was held past summer so we expected rains. True enough, despite eggs offering and begging from the sky to let the sun shine, it rained and it really poured. But the show must go on.

There is another person I am extremnely very proud of…I was one of the witness when he was just starting to develop a hobby, to get a grip of his wrist and try his hands on guns.  He found an organization that caters to his interest and turned into something that a spectator would actually want to watch. He has suceeded totally on his own, a self made man, with only his inherent intelligence, tenacity and his dedication. He had a great solid start. By the way, thanks for the copy (he could have a career in movie making too). It was an ultimate amazing firing show. It was everything I hoped it would be. He is a runner too but for healthy reasons not for a competition.

It was kind of surreal to be there watching you play and enjoy. I’m happy of what you have achieved, that I know for sure you will get even better. It is worth every seconds to share your moments and the success of your adventures.

Break a leg Guys! You did wonderfully.

Wet a Day…Bed Weather

I have had an incredibly insanely busy week and I made it through without going into a flare. Last week was painful as well as stressful for me not to mention the bad weather did not cooperate.

Last Wednesday, I found a solution with one of the cause of my headache….I had my tooth extracted and I did it during lunchtime, then I was back for work after an hour to attend for a meeting. That solution to my headache caused me to skipped my Wednesday public speaking session and Thursday schedule of aerobics.

It was also a last minute preparation for our sportsfest which was decided to pushed through rain or shine. Thanks to my 3 angels who helped me all the way. I owe you guys.

Glad to say, I have had a lot of fun though.

I would like also to post some shout outs on fb that I read this week. You see, as I previously informed you, reading shout outs on fb entertained me. It sort of like a way of unwinding for me. So here it is….

“Whatever you give a woman, she will make it greater. Give her sperm, she will give you a baby. A house, she will give you a home. Groceries she will give you a meal. Give her a smile, she will give you her heart. She mulitiplies and enlarges what she is given. So if you give her crap, be…ready to receive a ton of shit”

“I used to believe in forever, but forever’s too good to be true.”

“Dear Sleep, I’m sorry we broke up this morning because of this whole rain thing… I love you, I miss you, and I want you back”

“Ibinasura ang “Pilipinas Kay Ganda” DOT slogan, alin ang pwedeng ipalit para sa mahal nating bayan?1. “Bohol: Go To Hill”2. “Be Cool, Bicol!”3. “Pinas, Ganda Mo Teh!”4. “Cubao, Bow. Sarap Umibabaw Sa Cubao!”5. “Thanks For Coming, Camiguin”6. “Kamuning Get Me”7. “Hanap Mo Ba Maluwag, Halina Sa Laoag!”8. “Babaeng Balbon, Marami Sa Malabon.”9. “Boracay, You Beach!”10. “Aura Na Sa Aurora!”vote na!”

Well, that’s enough for this week – thanks for reading the ramblings.  The weekend is supposed to be wet – so stay dry!

Happy YIppee Tatay

Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers in the world.

MyTatay was not here  last weekend to celebrate Father’s day. He was in the province with my other sister and my mother, He was not in the habit of reading text message nor bringing with him his cellphone so we just greeted him through my sister. 

We sent our greetings for him as someone who is loving and patient father. We Love You Tay. It was also his birthday last June 17, so Happy Birthday too.

I was not in the mood to blog these days since my tooth hurt and still hurts at this moment, it is giving me headache. It hurts like hell. I cant think straight and it is giving me some sleepless nights. I am just waiting for the pain to subside before I visit my dentist. 

Bloody Thursday

I made a humanitarian deed yesterday, I donated my blood to a father of a colleague. It was something I used to do, as I recall this would be my 3rd time. I have found the freedom to do it without fear. It was awesome, I feel good about it. Eventhough I expect to feel woozy afterward. But I did not, maybe, my body got used to it.

They did a health screening at the beginning, checked my blood pressure, pulse, temperature. They poked my finger to check my hemoglobin to make sure I was healthy enough to donate. My finger was poked twice because they need to repeat the process of counting my hemoglobin, which was below average at that time and they told me I might faint once I had a blood transfusion. Well, the needle stick really wasn’t bad. Luckily, I had an average hemoglobin count the second time.

When its time to have my blood drawn, the Nurse told me not to move my arm anymore once he inserted the needle because I have a thread-like and moving veins. And I could feel the needle in my arm the whole time. It wasn’t painful like the initial needle stick, but just aggravating. It took about 20 minutes. I had a cousin who died leukemia and I know how important every drop is.

The thought of being able to help and save people’s lives everytime I donate blood makes me feel like a better person. Despite the distance, the long process, long wait and poor ventilation, it was one of the best times I ever had. It felt like I had a blood compact and makes our connection stronger…. and I am not referring to the patient.

Performance Level

The other night, I had to stand at the middle of around 20 people to have my first prepared speech.  We were asked to prepare speeches about ourselves and initially I was beginning to prepare one for myself starting also from my childhood. But after one paragraph, I realized I don’t have anything sad or bad to inject on my speech that will catch interest to my listeners, maybe I tend to forget those things and just counted on my blessings. So I started to compose about the blessings that I received and good times that happened. After 3 pages, I stopped. We were given only 4-6 minutes and if I was going put all those times, it will take me forever.

I decided to settle on one of my learnings, which some of the information I exaggerated, some has just a touch of truth, some no truth at all and several were very authentically true.

I’ll share to you my speech Guys, its for you to guess, what are the truth and what are the lies. Here it goes….

Ladies and Gentlemen A Pleasant Good Evening

Tonight, I want to share to you one of my interest, which I think you would also find interesting. Do you believe in destiny? Well, I do, I do believe in destiny but I also believe that we create our own destiny.

Let me tell you a story….. several years ago, I had a minor surgery, I had a tendoin cyst removed from my left wrist. After the surgery, I just stayed at home waiting for my wounds to heal. While at home, I kept looking at my hands and I realized then that I have many lines on my palm. I got interested on what it signifies.  Learning my interest, a cousin gave me a book about palmistry. From then on, I tried to interpret every single lines on my palms and my siblings’.

One time, a  friend requested me to read her palms saying she has a lot of doubts on the basic issues like ‘who she is and what is the link between her and this Universe’ She said, she was searching for the answers for years in the quest for truth, whatever it was. I was a bit skeptical in the beginning to read other palms aside from my siblings of course, but I tried my very best to interpret every lines on hers. After a month, she came back to me and said  that she was really surprised that I was able to read her palms accurately. She was very happy with the turned of events and thanked me with my grace to enlightened her and prepared her for what was coming

January last year, I made another reading with one of my colleague, who is No BF Since Birth like our Helen here,  and I told her she will have a partner by September. And she really worked hard for it to make it true. She got a BF in September and they broke up in October.

Generally, whenever I make my readings they would ask about petty things like when they were going to become rich or when they were going to get a partner. Such mundane things are not important. What is important is to know about your self and  your mission in this earth.

But, I am  thrilled whenever I heard that my readings are correct and were coming true in their lives.  Sometimes, I also felt that I was intruding in their lives. It is giving me deep insights and understanding in the life of others, that in some way, I maybe touching their lives. Do I hear testimonials from this side?

Some would be doubting my interpretations but its for you to believe. I’ve learned how to get random readings of the future, and even the past and strong senses of the feelings and thoughts of others. There is nothing necessarily unique to learn these, it is not an acquired talent either, everybody can learn about it…but there must often be a strong trend for coincidence. Based on the feedback I’ve got, I have 95% hit rate. Not bad! I might consider a change of career. I can actually make a living out of it. You will be surprised, there are many who really wants to know what the future holds for us.

Few years ago, majority of those who wants to know their future were girls and I thought probably boys were more in control. But recently, I noticed that boys are also inclined to know their future and I think they already lost control.

Is this for real? It’s for me to know and for you to find out!!!

By the way, you can visit me at my booth at Pan Pacific Plaza in Malate every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I also accepts Managers check. Just kidding, I’m doing it for fun. I hope I wont find you lined up before me tomorrow for your readings.

Readings and interpretations like this are just a guide, you have your own freewill, use it. It will bring us to our own destiny and we might consider it as wonderful stroke of luck

I know you are all waiting for me to share some very personal information like the other speeches, I wont dissapoint you. If some of you here are wondering on what category I belong, I am very much single…by choice. I am enjoying my single-blessedness and my adventurous and exciting life. I have a significant others whom I’ve met years ago and who is dragging me everywhere and anywhere except the altar.  Im not a very complicated person so whatever we have,  its giving me  joy. I dont know about him though (laugh). We leave it at that…for now. That’s my destiny and I saw it on my hands.

Thank you everyone for listening and thank you for laughing.

The audience were very responsive on what I was saying and it was kind of entertaining after the three melodramatic and heartbreaking speeches prior to me. They talked about their lives from childhood to adult,hood from rags to riches, from sadness to gladness and from bad times to good times..

I earned so many Ha Has and just a few Ahms and the guests commented that it was a performance for the night considering that I didn’t talk the very safe subject and instead took the risk and shifted on a more complex subject.

Well, not bad tor a first time speaker.   
  

Meeting My Son

I had a very interesting dream which lasted  about 10 minutes but I picked up all of these senses and and it was a very vivid dream. It was like watching a movie….with me as one of the main characters. You might think its weird.

The setting was at the airport, we were looking at the digital signboard, waiting for our flight to flash (I dont know where we were heading). I was with a man, we were standing side by side, he is taller than me because when I moved my face sideward, I  was bumped by the side of his ribs and realized his arms covered by a jacket were on my shoulders. I looked down, he was wearing a black boots and black pants. Inside the jacket, he was wearing a white shirt and I saw on my peripheral vision that he was wearing a blue cap. I was wearing a black jeans too, a white three fourth blouse and 2 1/2 inch black shoes but he is still taller than me. We were sort of having small talks and  commenting on people around us. He was leaning at the wall on his left side and I was leaning on him on  my left side too.

On my right side, there was a crib with a baby boy about 12 months old. I could sense that the baby was mine.  It was like a natural thing that the baby is mine. He was sitting at the middle of the crib playing animal toys, wearing a blue shorts, white shirt with a touch of blue cartoon character and baby blue shoes. He is bigger than his age, light complexion, small nose, little chinito eyes, brown hair standing,  blown away by the air and he looked so perfect.

The baby crawled to the side of the crib, made a grasp of his little hands at the handle and slowly stood up. He made a small steps to to the corner of the crib where we were standing. The visual of the baby is so clear - he was giggling at us with joy making some sounds and lifted his arms. The man beside me made a move, picked up the baby and returned back to where we were standing carrying the baby. We were sort of making weird sounds to play with the baby, who kept on giggling showing  his four front teeth. I

We kept on tickling the baby before I realized I was being woke up by my sister saying I was whistling in my dream. I picked up my cellphone and saw it was 5:08am.

This probably coincides with the life I am having now? I might be in the stage of nurturing  and growing phase, as well as making some big changes in my life? Is this dream just recognizes all the things that I want to accomplish in my awake life? Or my sub-conscious is just picking up some things that needs to re-consider?

Whatever does it mean, I welcomed the baby into my dreamland world. He might be the son that I will never have. Nice meeting you Baby.

Intensity

Summer has just started and its getting hotter….Nope, I am not referring to the weather (I like the  weather, its still cold and I enjoy sleeping long hours). I am referring to the emotions of those around me. My cousins, who are siblings has a decade of generation gap. They really clashed and they  continue to give headaches to each other.

He is a generation removed from his sister. This creates an interesting family dynamic. The thing that I realized is that they are having a hard time to have a harmonous kind of relationship with each other. But I am doing everything I can to help them realized that they need each other. It saddens me because they are like brother and sister to me.

I was lucky enough to have a very harmonous relationship with my siblings. They just make me feel old sometimes but they made my life at home much more interesting. I am eternally grateful that I have an immense influence over them.

April Fools Day!

Hello everyone, I´m back. What’s up guys!

Well, you might be wondering why I was off for a while. Its been extremely active and eventful March for me. A cousin from Australia is having a vacation here with his partner (he will be leaving on April 5 pa - thanks couz for the bag, perfume and shades) and we’ve been out almost every other night. Had some steamy hot breakfast right there and then (thanks for the time and effort). A niece graduated from Grade 6 (Congratulations girl, you made it, we were surprised). We comemmorated the 1st Death Anniversary of my cousin (We know he is happy wherever he is now). And I managed to greet someone birthday while I was undergoing an endoscopy procedure (Happy Birthday, I hope it was a blast).

Aside from all that, I’ve been a part of big meetings and events at the office and has yielded some new  breakthroughs.

As you can see, March has been a very busy month for me, but I am certainly not slowing down as April is just as eventful. I hope to do more exciting stuff this coming months.

Aux

I will be leaving my blog for a while to perform some task. I will try my best to be back as soon as possible to give you updates and more entries.

 Please don’t get tired of visiting my blog. Hope you still be there when I get back.

What movie is the story of your life?

Why does my bed seem more comfy in the morning ?

What a week it was!!!! After a week full of meetings and deadlines, today we ended our week in a settlement house.

Oh, I loved weekend, it is always most comforting to just lie back in bed and have my Zs till noon especially on weekend when you dont have to worry of anything. But I had to pull myself up for the day’s activity. I had to activate again my social responsibility awareness. Anyway, there is another day to oversleep.

It was not my first time I have ever visited an institution, but everytime I go to that kind of place, I am always moved. We threw a simple party to the childrens ages 2 to 7 years old. We booked the nearby Jollibee to deliver the some food and brought the masscot. We also rented a face painter  (we also enjoyed painting with our face and arms) and prepared a movie for them to watch. It was surprising that they also prepared some entertainment for us.

When we arrived at the settlement house, I personally experienced again the joy of brightening other peoples lives, even for a short moment of touching their lives. And remind myself again not to complain about little things when some people cannot get those little things. It shows how it is important not to take things for granted. It shows us we are more privileged than we think.

The children were so excited with the games, prices and give aways. It felt like Christmas.  We knew that what we share to them was so little compared to what they really need.  It was  also comforting  to realized that we gave something to these children without a doubt. And the most satisfying  thing for us after few hours of loving them was the look in their eyes, the smiles on their faces,  their appreciations and the sad goodbyes which were priceless. We will just continue praying for  both the children and the parents, knowing that was all we could do.

It was great time spending a few hours of our weekend.

Kiss and Tell

     For this Valentine, a four year old son of my friend created a new kind of Kiss, he called it Weapon Kiss and you can choose from -  shotgun kiss, a pistol kiss or a machine gun kiss.  We just  thought different kind of kisses like the butterfly, forehead, French, or even Hersheys, among others but we never heard of Weapon Kiss. Whew!!! Her mother did not dare to ask for the explanation for each kind  of kiss. All she was thinking is if he will be a chickboy or inventor someday. I said he might be a terrorist. My readers, you might want to give your own explanation, no right and no wrong answers. Kissing, who does not like them? Everybody enjoys it, from toddlers to elders, the sensation of it gives delight.

The topic brought my friend to share the story of her own first kiss.  (This friend of mine is the same friend whom I had previous entry with about having spooky experience in Tagaytay). She never had a boyfriend before but she met this guy whom she got along amazingly. They were practically neighbors and started out as friends. Sometimes, they would go out and watch movies and would kiss each other goodnight at the cheek. Then one night, when he brought her home, at her doorstep, instead of kissing her at the cheek he found her lips and they had a liplocked for few seconds.  It seems that her whole world was turning and Angels were singing from the haven. He knew it was her first so he let it slow , gave her time for her to go with the flow and catch the feeling to make it magical for her. She was caught offguard and open mouthed.  She stepped back afterwards and felt her cheeks burning. She was frozen in place and it felt  like her soul was deeply touched and warmed. She could hear her heartbeat echoing thoughout her head, causing her to second guess herself.  They said goodnight awkwardly.

And she even thought of slapping him if he did not dare kiss her again next time…(well, I did not know if she was serious or not or if she would dare do that!).

And they went out again the following day. When he brought her home at her doorstep and time to say goodnight she closed the door behind her. She knew what was coming. And he did not disappoint her, he grabbed her at the waist, kissed her full in the mouth. It  began as being  simple and very innocent at first, pressing their lips together,  but what was happened afterward  was a whole new experience for her. He trusted his toungue inside her mouth. She was taken aback and just held his arms for awhile, not moving her mouth on his. She never felt wonderul and glorious in her life.  The energy he brought into her body was completely erotically electric.

That time, slapping him was very far out of her mind…instead she thought that if nobody claims him within 30 days he would be hers…that planner hahaha. (He must be something!)

And the kisses that followed instantly dissipated her fear and she would always kiss him back, leading  to the most romantic embrace with both of them smiling between each perfect kiss. Her hands would moved  around to the back of his neck to pull him closer to her.  She said he is a very good kisser and a good teacher too. They became even closer, just talking for hours on the phone laughing and having a great time. It would be forever etched in her memory.

But of course, it would become special when you have your first kiss with the person you love, and you’re in the right place.

Did he become hers?? Did her plan worked out for her??….Your guess is as good as mine. Some things are really meant to be and some are not.That’s a fact of life that we need to accept. And other things never really change.

Time check…time to go home, there might be somebody waiting for me at my doorstep .

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. Spread the love. Make sure you received a kiss this Valentines Day. Muah !!!!

My floral personality

It is supposed to be my Valentine’s entry but I took the test earlier so I might as well published it.  Anyway, I found something to write on Valentines Day….some stories brought back  of my reunion, watch out for it. And by the way, to my very few readers please read again my previous entry cause I edited and added something on it, things that totally slipped my mind when I wrote it yesterday.

So here it goes my floral personality

It’s said that flowers have a language all of their own. Long ago, when men found it difficult to say what they felt to the women they were courting, they sent gifts of flowers to express what they could not say. That tradition has persevered in modern times, although not everyone is aware of what the flowers symbolize.

Just like an orchid, I am exotic and beautiful. I represent the best of both worlds: tough but delicate. It takes a strong woman to be able to stand toe to toe with anyone, and I do that admirably. I am a risk-taker but not to the point of carelessness, and my bravery inspires the same in the people around me. What can we say? I am a natural-born leader. Just like this exotic bloom, I am able to thrive in some harsh conditions, but I make even the toughest challenges seem like a walk in the park.  My presence somehow takes the edge away, and people can’t help but be drawn to me.

How about you? Are you a sweet peony, a sophisticated rose, a free-spirited daisy, or a sturdy orchid?

Circa 90

Its now February, and another set of activities coming up. Just yesterday, I attended a reunion with  my friends and former officemates in my previous company. It was organized by the generous group, thanks a lot guys for a very successul event.  They connected us through text, call, email, chat, social networks, you name it, they did it.  Thanks also to our previous bosses and those working abroad who shouldered part of the event’s expenses. All of us were so excited even before the actual event.

It was memorable times of our lives when we were in the same company…the bonding and friendships were different, sabi nga there were always reasons to celebrate or go out during those times…. like magkasakit lang ang alagang aso ng isang kaibigan or naipagbili ang isang manok, lalabas na at mag iinuman, ganun kababaw pero ganun din kalalim ang pinagsamahan.  During those inumans, there was one ritual that you need to pass…..the 1, 2 and 3 ritual among the guys and sometimes even the girls…it means you have to enumerate who among the girls or guys of the company you like most and there were several couples who found (and few avoided) their destiny and partners in life through that bonding moments.  

We could say that one main reason that we are happy to keep in touch with each other is that our foundation of friendships were solid. It strengthen and build our healthier and stronger relationships with one another. We found friends there whom we know always there to help and  whom we know we can have lasting and exciting relationship.  Having said this, Thanks guys, nice to see you all again after all those years. As one of our previous boss says, we touched part of each other lives if not our whole lives.

Hope to see you all and more again next year.

Kung Hei Fat Choi

2011

Are you one of the luckiest for this year?

Accordingly, the year 2011 will be the luckiest year for those people whose BIRTH YEAR and AGE on their 2011 birthdays adds up to 2011! Be thankful and say a little prayer if you belong to this lucky group!

I bet you are…

cont…..

“Masasabi mo bang BOBO ako? Kung IKAW ang laman ng UTAK ko?”

“Ipa-bloodtest mo kaya ako? Para malaman mong ikaw nag ang type ko?”

“Ampalaya ka ba? Kasi kahit anong sinapit ng buhay ko sa iyo, ikaw pa rin ang sustansya ng puso ko.”
…
“Di mo pag-aari ang katawan mo. Ipinahiram lang yan sa iyo kaya kung may nangangailangan ipagamit mo”

PEACE! =)

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Husband: Hon, musta na ang tindahan?
Wife: department store na!
Husband: ang tuba-an?
Wife: KTV bar na!
Husband: ang trickad?
Wife: taxi na!
Husband: ang dalawa kong anak?
Wife: lima na!

……… enjoy your weekend guys!!!

Status please!

I open my Facebook account almost everyday…not to update my information or status but to know what others think or  feels or what they are doing (may pagka tsismosa daw sabi ng sister ko). No, its the other way of reaching out to my friends, not all of them I get to talk often. Its part of socializing. Sometimes, its my way of unwinding from all day work or from whatever I am doing. I am having fun reading no non-sense and other times no sense at all. We need to be able to tell someone how are we feeling, and the Internet was there to listen. In Facebook, we have a choice whom to be friends with.

While in blogging, most of the time we do not have any idea who are we sharing things online, we are just lucky if we know our reader but we feel the support of the community of strangers can provide.  They would know and understood us. Through them, we found what we needed to know at the strangers perspective, they are not afraid to express what they think.

Let me share you some status and shoutouts I read recently in my FB:

“Napapasmile everytime I read over and over yun card I received… Hindi dahil sa message kundi dahil sa penmanship…hehehehe…”

“the only time life is easy is when you have laid down to come to permanent rest i will always miss and love you jeff. till we meet again… goodbye ♥

Sa tingin mo photographer ka na porket may DSLR ka? Nagkakamali ka…HINDI LAHAT NG MAY DSLR, PHOTOGRAPHER NA!!!

“I’m wearing a stealth suit, but you won’t see it cause its invisible.”

“often, saying “NO” is a talent!…”

“You can’t change your past and you can’t predict your future ~ but you can always live for today”

“Una,kaloskos lng naging anino then later nakita ko na…..”

“Sorry,d kta pnansin noong nagppansin ka,kaya cguro di mo rin ako pinansin noong nagppansin ako.”

“Fb asked me whats on ur mind?same with fs and ym….close ba tau? Oo naman …”

“hindi ka ba nagiisip o hindi mo lang ako iniisip? waaaahhhh..”

Trick or Treat in January

 Many people are fond of listening to some interesting stories about ghosts. Although they are quite terrifying, you get thrilled while listening to them. You might want to read this story happened to my friend just last weekend.

“We stayed in one of the hotel in Tagaytay. We we’re so thrilled when we saw our room, it was a nipa hut, with veranda overlooking the taal Lake, sorrounded by trees , and  was so quiet. When the night comes, my husband decided to go to the veranda and eat, I followed him so I can take pictures,  when I did the first shot, I said ” oyy parang may nag jump, teka lang ulitin ko ha.” On the second shot, nanlamig ako, kinilabutan, I saw a feet at the back of my husband, parang may nakaupo sa may veranda sa likod nya, naka hang yung feet nya, nataranta ako, I gave the camera to my husband and went inside our room. I prayed, dahil sa reaction ko, my husband deleted the picture. Naisip ko baka wala na available room kaya pina delete ko,  sayang, but it was so clear na may tao sa likod nya. My husband went also to our room and look for a rosary and give it to my son. We decided to transfer to another room, but when I dialled the front desk, no one’s answering, natataranta talaga ako. Finally, the front desk answered and granted our request. The name of the hotel ? Secret! In fairness, they have good service and good facilities”

I just remembered the experience of my cousin, also in Tagaytay, at my other cousin’s resthouse. We spent the weekend there together with our other relatives.  She was supposed to take a bath but as soon as she closed the bathroom door, she felt there was somebody or something behind her. She can see the tiles of the bathroom beside her  and there was really a shadow. She did not dare look back but the hair at the back of her neck stood up. She got out of the bathroom as fast as she can and decided to just take a bath at her home in Manila. She said it  was cold anyway. At least we took a bath before going there. And we did our restroom visit in twos or left the door open…hahaha. And we no longer interested in spending the weekend there.

Spider’s Cob-web Letter