Monday, December 29, 2008

The Blank Scroll (Fulfilling One’s Destiny)













Believe in your “super dream.”

There is no secret ingredient.
-- Po's dad (Mr. Ping)

“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.”
-- Stephen R. Covey

"There are no accidents."
-- Master Oogway

"Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God for we serve a Great God."
-- William Carey

"Prepare for Awesomeness!!!"
-- Po

Friday, December 26, 2008

Do You Hear What I Hear?

Said the night wind to the little lambDo you see what I seeWay up in the sky little lambDo you see what I seeA star, a starDancing in the nightWith a tail as big as a kiteWith a tail as big as a kiteSaid the little lamb to the shepard boyDo you hear what I hearRinging through the sky shepard boyDo you hear what I hearA song, a songHigh above the treeWith a voice as big as the seaWith a voice as big as the seaSaid the shepard boy to the mighty kingDo you know what I knowIn your palace wall mighty kingDo you know what I knowA child, a childShivers in the coldLet us bring him silver and goldLet us bring him silver and goldSaid the king to the people everywhereListen to what I sayPray for peace people everywhereListen to what I sayThe child, the childSleeping in the nightHe will bring us goodness and lightHe will bring us goodness and lightThe child, the childSleeping in the nightHe will bring us goodness and light

finding bliss in the midst of economic meltdown




Dec 22, 2008
Ang nais ko sa bagong taon...
Isang bagay lang talaga.
Ang magkaroon ng silid para sa malalaking pangitain.
In times such as this I know I should not contemplate anymore on things that will eventually cause my life to get impatient on me.

Unlearning

Nitong nagdaang buwan ay kakaiba at hindi inaasahan.
Para akong naglakad sa isang pasilyo ng kalungkutan.
Maraming dahilan.
Pinilit kong tawirin ito at nagtagumpay naman ako.
But somehow the fragments of the past, although very weak and gradually dying seem to uninvitedly break in my head.
Kainis.
At one point I thought Im plunging myself one more time into a brink of rapids.
Pero tapos na yun.
The rest though is still unwritten.

Learning

Masaya ako at sa trabaho ay ganoon na lamang ang pasensya ng mga bata sa akin.
Totoo.
Sila ang nagtuturo sa akin.
Mga bagay na hindi mo matutuklasan sa isang iglap at wala sa kahit anong libro na nalikha ng tao.
Intelligence is overrated.
Dito walang routine.
The days are never the same.
Isn’t that a gift and a pure blessing in itself?
Bliss.
Every day im being taught what to value in life.
From them I learn about loyalty and love.
And altogether, we learn how to sow seeds of respect with an intense desire that we will grow to be truly caring and concerned people.
Naks!

(dec25,2008)
Emergency Parking

bakit Emergency parking ang title nito?
Di ko rin alam.
Last Tuesday, I had a short but really panalo holiday visit to one of my favorite places up north. It’s a small, cutesy town in Tarlac called Camiling.
I ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner na winner.
I played with Bennet who just turned one, the entire afternoon.
So ayun, sa byahe back to manila, napansin ko lang medyo maraming signage ng Emergency Parking.
Wala lang.

Re-learning
(to be continued...)

Sunday, September 21, 2008

cEleBrAtiNg LiFe! (a DaY @ tHe ZoO)


for the first time last friday ive been to a big zoo here in the country. i know of course that this is a miniature compared with singapore's 28hectares landscape. thing is that when i got there, i was with the best and extraordinary people on earth----my preschoolers. the whole experience was jurassic! amidst the long walks, tantrums, and the weather (the night before), the kids had such a great time :)


(to be continued...)

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Moments....

check steven curtis chapman's official site.
particularly his song Cinderella written for his daughters from china.
check the video :)
moving and inspiringly beautiful.
:)

She spins and she swaysTo whatever song playsWithout a care in the worldAnd I'm sitting here wearingThe weight of the world on my shouldersIt's been a long dayAnd there's still work to doShe's pulling at meSaying "Dad, I need youThere's a ball at the castleAnd I've been invitedAnd I need to practice my dancingOh, please, Daddy, please?"So I will dance with CinderellaWhile she is here in my arms'Cause I know something the prince never knewOh, I will dance with CinderellaI don't want to miss even one song'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnightAnd she'll be gone...She says he's a nice guy and I'd be impressedShe wants to know if I approve of the dressShe says, "Dad, the prom is just one week awayAnd I need to practice my dancingOh, please, Daddy, please?"So I will dance with CinderellaWhile she is here in my arms'Cause I know something the prince never knewOh, I will dance with CinderellaI don't want to miss even one song'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnightAnd she'll be goneShe will be goneWell, she came home today with a ring on her handJust glowing and telling us all they had plannedShe says, "Dad, the wedding's still six months awayBut I need to practice my dancingOh, please, Daddy, please?"So I will dance with CinderellaWhile she is here in my arms'Cause I know something the prince never knewOh, I will dance with CinderellaI don't want to miss even one song'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnightAnd she'll be gone

Friday, July 18, 2008

gOoD mOrNiNg tEaChEr CaRmELa! GoOd mOrNiNg cLaSsMaTeS!!! :)



day1:
lahat ng greetings! kaliwa't kanan.
day2:
storytelling.
keneth: wow! galing aman teacher magkwento!
day3:
childreeeennnnn!!!!! please keeeeeppppp quiet!!!!!!!!!
teacher carmela's nose will bleed!
everybody! sit down properly!
day4:
children: wow! galing aman magdrawing ni teacher!
teacher anu po yan drawing mo? :)
day5:
karlo: teacher galit ka ba?
karlo: teacher kumain ka na! sige magugutom ikaw...
para di ka na magagalit! :)

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

What To Celebrate?

this day is usually my birthday.

my views on birthdays:
> it remind us that we were once young.
second, that we have parents.
third, that we are all sons and daughters.
:)

Tuesday, June 3, 2008


the flower that blooms in adversity is the most beautiful and rare of all...

Monday, June 2, 2008

fEaRLeSs cHiCkEn with sTrAwBeRrY-oRaNgE sAuCe ala PrEtTy :-)


chicken thigh or breast fillet
(sliced thinly/marinated in salt, pepper,
and 2tbsp. calamansi extract)
flour
scrambled egg
breadcrumbs
(like the ones sold in
orange packaging for tempura)
salt/ground pepper
oil for frying
Dredge chicken strips in flour.
dip in egg. dredge in bread crumbs.
Deep fry.
for the sauce/dip:
2tbsp. strawberry jam
about a tbsp of orange zest/juice
pinch of salt

mix lang.
:-)


Wednesday, May 28, 2008

cheesy! cheesy!



garlic/onion
diced chicken fillet or ground chicken
salt/ground pepper
pesto and cheese spag sauce
2 tbsp banana catsup
1 medium sized green bellpepper
1 cup grated cheese
2-3 c pasta
(cooked per package directions)

little oil

Gisa-gisa lang.

he’s deaf she’s mute (part2)

He said:
"I like you."

She said:
"I like you a lot also
and I hope you realize that."

He’s deaf.
(or maybe pretending hard-of-hearing)
He never really heard her weep.

She’s mute.
She just kept things unadmitted.

:-(

He’s deaf, she’s mute

I started attending my BSL (Basic Sign Language)
class two saturdays ago.
On our first meeting,
I knew already that its going to be edutainment.
Sometimes my teacher would share to us
stories about the impediments of hearing-impaired people.
May it be at home, MRT stations,
while riding a bus, at school, at McDonalds or KFC,
and so many places else.

The sad fact is that there are not enough
attention and support made available for them.
Like in terms of schooling
or getting a deaf kid a decent education.
At the present time, a limited or only
an exclusive number can enter the special school for the deaf.

Before I signed up for the program,
my intention is just to learn another language.
I initially wanted to learn at least basic mandarin.
But later I came to realize that this didn’t happen by chance.
That my posting this entry hopefully
would be read and understood in a very real sense by others.
Im not pleading for any sympathy for the deaf, mute, and blind here.
Im publishing this for the hearing, talking, and seeing people that one day we may be able to interpret words as works and translate work into a functioning deed.

It’s a task.

We will have our final recital in June.

Song interpretation.

Our teacher-interpreter said its not our hands that will
shed light on the song but rather our hearts.

:-)

Thursday, May 22, 2008

el alza mínima del precio


ahora estoy pagando ocho Pesos mi precio del jeepney!

qué podemos hacer?

echoosa...

Friday, May 2, 2008

tHe mOveMent

from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/movement : a series of organized activities working toward an objective; also : an organized effort to promote or attain an end.

hindi nga ba ito ang kailangan nating lahat ngayon?!

let's ask Ploning.

te, ano sa tingin mo?

Ploning: " nagmamahal. kasi ang nagmamahal, nagtitiwala."

whew!

Monday, April 28, 2008

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Grams, april 20


Brian missed me.

He scheduled a cutesy lunchdate
for the two of us.

Happy-sad.

Things between us might change years from now.

It wont be too surprising.

Time and again I would remind him to push through with his Aussie plans.

I know he’ll make it really “fabulous” there.

Told him don’t be a brian gorrell or a heath ledger.

Brian and I during the short length of time
we had together in the office,
made it really bongga!

We both have a special heart for casual talks a.k.a chikahan, food, walking,
K mags, pag-ibig concerns, and everything else that is light, not too crappy, and not too cultured. Sometimes we would talk about our own families, personal goals, career plans, crushes, who’s who, places, prayers, and so much more.

Our smiles are like paintbrushes effortlessly making beautiful strokes
in our very own canvass called life.

Hmm…almost poetic.

Love it.

rice crAp anyone?!

its worse than the ZTE.

nasan ang bigas?

lacking in supply?

or we are just slowly, painfully losing our absolutes?

unbelievable?

its rice crAp.

Friday, April 18, 2008

The Dante Perez


Over the years that ive gotten to know this man, I realized that it wasn’t really the things he’s done or achieved so far that made him earned his peers and employers’ reliance. Not so many people know or may understand that beyond the gates of his brilliance, it is but the life he had lived that made him plough through.

What keeps us sane is our love to laugh and share bloopers together.

The Dante Perez is really full of “it.”

He shines.
(literally/figuratively.)

Easily gets annoyed to lousy political and social mediocrity.

He super adores Manang.

He super likes nilagang okra and other “to the max” gulays.
(he eats rice too and tonkatsu in the form of wasabi…opps!)

emotional/sentimental.
(teary eyed— “di lang ito tampo bes.”)

He’s simply the best!
(yun na!)

Wow!

See you soon!

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Saying Sorry Is Overrated

One time in the office, cm (client mngr.) walked past an agent and
heard the latter said something in tagalog.
Easily gets pissed to non-compliance to
simple rules like the English-Only-Policy, she said,
"Hey! When did you learn EOP?!"
the agent unsure of how she will react just said, "Oh! Im sorry."
In slight annoyance CM told the agent, "Saying sorry is overrated."
Then to my surprise this agent with an explosive
suddenly, sillily came out with
"Ah ok, I apologize!"

Funny. Silly. True.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

sa office...


Extras that ill miss:

Typing on HP keyboards.
(Ive learned to type fast.)

Vendo coffee.
(yung huli kong attempt na magkape
nacapture pa ng vendo yung 7 pesos ko! hahaha!)
Caramel Macc or Frapp at starbucks (i won't really miss the store
but friends i shared my coffee breaks with)


Earmuffs/Headset.
(paano kita mapasasalamatan?)

meal/internet/medicard.
(this is where your taxes go.)

Love In The Time Of Cholera.

Spanish supcalls.
(whoa! Besides English and Filipino,
Ive learned to speak and
convert some supcalls
into payments--in Spanish!)

Water/TicTac mints/Reeses.
(pag nacoconfiscate ni boss, swerte nya! :-)

Dial 8-McDo.
(anytime.)

Breakfast at Grams.
(with brian.)

Overbreaks.
(nasa Loop lang pala.
sorry TM Gay, di na po mauulit!)

PBB House/Pinoy Dream Academy.
(goodmorning housemates!)

Gabby Lopez.

MGE Taxi.
(pag closer ako/alanganin uwi
salamat sa hatid sa tingin Chow.)

Conversations and laughters.
(with boss, bryan's silly jokes, roni, chel,
edver, brian, errol, von eric, andrew, chawis,
ruby, mommy crem, mommy joan
--thanks mommy sa paniniwalang
ill make a good daughter-in-law.)

Low risk/high risk deffects.
(ive had commendations to share as well.)

Stories of over a thousand customers/accounts
all over america that i worked on and dealt with.
(the calls are unpredictable. sometimes life changing.)

cLeARaNcE & aLLeRgY

April 11, 2008
As a final point, I had my clearance accomplished last night. Twas a terribly busy day for me. I arrived in the office at 8pm (of april 10) and finished the work past 2am (of April 11!). Under my own steam, I struggled to have it all done as quickly as possible because of two things: first, I intend not to stay for too long in the office since I might get emotional once I finally get to “officially” say goodbye to the people whom I worked, laughed and had an indelible moment of friendship with. Grrrr…il miss them.

My boss, despite of his loaded to-do list (monitoring calls from newbies, manning the floor, talking, thinking, taking supcalls, checking his mail, and the very usual-texting) wholeheartedly helped out and made my task a bit lighter. well, he may literally have done nothing as I did all the walking and waiting but his just being there made my agenda a lot easier to get done. I must also not forget the Reeses cups that I brought for the team which boss victoriously took and gobbled up like a kid. Good thing I have rescued some for E (sana lang hindi nilanggam sa locker).

Second was this bullying skin irritation I got from the bagoong I ate that afternoon. Weird because for a long time, ive got no known kind of allergies particularly on food! I sometimes get hypersensitive to subsequent exposure to strong laundry detergents but never on food. Nearly midnight when they (again) started annoying me, twas a success that I began to chill as well. I called up bestfriend athan for a jacket and asked him to fill in a glass with warm water for me to at least temporarily relieve the unpleasant coldness. He’s in the middle of a seemingly important meeting with his bosses so he had to run back in his office. Ive been to the clinic already for an anti histamine. Red patches like the ones bitten by a colony of mad bubuyog were all over my arms, and upper torso (then halfway home, they’re everywhere already).

So paano ko naman nalaman that it was really the bagoong I got the irritation from?

Secret.

As I write this entry, I have technically been away from the dialer for exactly 12 days now. Glad I was able to see my closest buddies in the office from the security guards who have been dutiful enough in guarding us. hehe. Pantry staff who made my every meal quite unforgettable, despite of the food unceasingly get criticized left and right by most agents, my sisterets, chel, chawis, ruby, teammates from DareDevil and Human Torch, TMs, TLs, QCs, and all my wavemates.

Sigh.

My 13 months of stay there was really extraordinary. There were so many things Ive learned along the way, and so many others as well that I need to unlearn and relearn.

But in the midst of it all, my mission for tonight was accomplished…with a smile.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Ready, Get set, Kitty GO!!!

i understood kitty when she candidly put into words how silly sometimes pinoy could get. during an interview made by tv patrol world in hongkong, kitty made a remark about the latest bomb of manila's affluent kids vs brian "ang naisahan" gorrell. kitty said (obviously irritated) na kailangan pa talaga na mga outsiders ang magreklamo sa atin bago maging malinaw ang lahat. at the end of the interview she blurted out "....this people should be hanged from their Hermes belts!"

Funny but true.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

resignation

two days ago ive written down something on my cutesy-shades of purple-polkadot-notebook. twas as it looked to me a timeline of my work adventures, how, when and where i started. (to be continued...)

Monday, March 31, 2008

acute tonsillopharyngitis

ngarag ang ilong at tonsils. sinipon ako. kainit ng panahon at malamang dahil sa acu at carpet (ulit) kaya ganito. doc gave me virlix (anti histamine), nasatapp (for coughs and colds) and co amoxiclav (for everything) and a week of rest.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Monday, March 3, 2008

P.C.














“The pages in this book describe moments I have lived, stories I was told, and thoughts I’ve had at every stage of the river of my life” - Paulo Coelho

Wednesday, January 23, 2008