oh no it's mah birthday!

Phew. I just turned another year older today and yeah people keeps saying i still look so much younger than my age. Everyone I know tells me and my sister the same thing over and over so I’ve gotten used to the compliments and whathaveyous. I need not complain because others will die to look younger. There really isn’t any fountain of youth, it’s living a healthy lifestyle. Don’t smoke that’s my advice. Smoking will make one look older than he/she actually is.  Maybe if my sister and I did not quit junk, deep fried foods, ice cream, cakes,  anything too sweet, unhealthy etcetera etcetera we’d be  miserable by now not being able to fit into any clothes or whatever.  It was never an easy effort. Imagine quitting smoking? It’s possibly as difficult as that to quit eating/binging on foods you used to eat and consume haplessly.

Anyways, moving on, I can’t stop talking about living a healthy life because I am now and I just became concern with my well being a year ago. I never had any remorse not consuming the same foods I used to eat. Indulgence equals avarice at a certain point. There’s no harm in giving yourself a li’l pat in the back or reward for doing a job well done but indulging on foods that ‘s not beneficial for the body is also selfishness.  

Happy birthday to me and my sister. It seems like a day ago when we celebrated our last birthday in Singapore last year at boats of river quay...another year has gone by. This is the first time my sister and I  would be at work on our birthday (damn) while I should’ve been somewhere in Hongkong chilling or Thailand perhaps? My sister and I was not able to fulfill our self-made pilgrimage to another asian country for this year (whimper). Better luck next time eh? Maybe next year again..well see.

But then, still all good since I’m loving our new abode. Our family paid us a visit and brought along foodies like some spag and pancit malabon (our fave). So, my sister and I bought this junior cake from Swiss Baker. I did not enjoy the cake but t’was still ok.

Speaking of our new house, it’s huge and cozy with 2 bedrooms and quite furnished so we didn’t have to provide couch, dining set and lots of chairs. I can also sleep soundless except yesterday ‘cuz someone from the neighbourhood was mowing their lawn so imagine how NOISY it was. I can also hear our daushund neighbors howling from time to time. Oh geez.

Woohoo! Almost done with training! 2 more weeks to go I guess and we’re on fishbowling again (if you’re from a BPO company I guess you’ll know what I mean hehe). I enjoyed the training except for the exams. God knows how I hated studying so I’m glad we’re almost done and over it.

All is well. I’ve never enjoyed being home J

lethargic mode again

i'm exhausted that's all. i guess i just need a really good sleep. lots of it cuz whenever i lack sleep everything else follows suit. sometimes, i just wanna go home and sleep in the evening. i think i'm getting old because a night's sleep has turned really precious for me. haizzzt! i hate days like this. why oh why?

gadh. i need some sort of diversions to veer me away from reality again. work and all is just wearin' me down. arrrrgh! somebody save me from this slumber.

me in my lethargic mode again.

song playing in my head...heaven's a lie (lacuna coil).

sprout like a mushroom

i've been on hiatus again for quite a while and yeah as usual time flies. i've been busy with my new job, training as usual. i love to learn new stuff but nothing work related really. it feels like school again and i hated school because of all the studying and stuff. phew it's such a drag.

anyways, my sister and i met up with a friend of our from our former workplace. we missed them and the talk was endless hadn't its morning and we're all exhausted from the night shift we could've bonded more. we had some italian deli at volante in camp john hay which is just across our former office. i saw my crush from my former job and yeah i guess he already knew that i like him. geesh. what?? i feel like in highschool again. darn it. he looked our way and he was just across so i guess he knew i was there teehee! why is it always mutual eh?

alright then, my day was complete yesterday. err my entire week rather amidst all the groggy-ness and endurance keeping myself awake at night. i think i missed him hehe. i guess he knew i'd be 'round the corner so he came around hoping to have a glimpse of meh! i know right? he even did a second glance before he completely left. i think he's on his way home.

oh my working in graveyard shift is a freakin' killah. i'm so immune to coffee i guess. it won't keep me awake anymore!

i'm pretty busy lately. we moved yesterday to our newfound crib. it's cozy and quiet as well. whew, i feel so home with the big rooms and living area. i luv it. my only problem is...mobile and tv signal is not so good. geesh again.

well..i think i need to update this bloggie more often ;)

government offices sucks!

i was so exhausted since tuesday completing all my pre employment requirements. its such a pain. we started out tuesday with our cedula (community tax certificate) and court clearance (which for some odd reason is being required while we already have our nbi clearance! gadh).

a trip to any government office is such a pain. why? because employees in government offices are grumpy, rude and not helpful at all (well not really all but MAJORITY of them). government offices looks like a maze at times because of ample doors that leads you here, there and everywhere. if you bother to ask clerks there they will point you out to a direction which is nowhere but into the void. damn. that's why i never wanna work in government offices despite of 'good' benefit

s. that even ghost employees gets paid. yeah right.i know. my dad worked in the government for roughly 30 years. the corruption is so severe that he availed his optional retirement ahead of time.

there, i was able to get my cedula after gruelling trips (back in forth from our house to the municipall hall). why again? i was asked to present my company id and any current payslip which for some ongodly reasons never ocurred to me back in manila. just a simple 'i'm looking for a job' excuse will do and they will issue you a cedula for less than P20. to make the long story short, i paid P112 while me and my sister has the same salary and tax deductions? if you ask the clerk she will possibly say talk to the hand. so why bother with all the shit.

baguio is a small world but going to goverment offices is such a pain and i feel like i never wanna come back anymore. it's just upsetting why people who supposedly serves the public treats them like they're wasting their time while the public is the reason why they get paid right? their wages are coming from the taxes of the people, their blood and sweat so a little courtesy will do. actually not a little but AMPLE courtesy should prevail. the people in RTC (which is at the back of the municipal hall) were actually nicer than the ones in the city hall, they're much more courteous and on time.

moving on, my sister and i finished our clearance with our now ex-job and it was such a relief so we could use our remaining days for a li'l vacay before we start with our newfound job. you know it's holy week so we should join the entire christendom to reflect and recollect. at this point

while writing this bloggie i'm home in our parents vacation house just chilling and eating more veggies. haizzt. i can't believe we survived completing all our pre-emp requirements in two days inspite of all the hustles. damn. it's like amazing race againts time. arrgh.

i'm busy with tami hoag's secrets to the grave ebook. it's really good. there are just books that pulls me through from time to time.

anyways, here are quite a few songs that i feel like listening to lately.

let it go by cavo

call your name by daughtry

coffee & cigarettes by michelle featherstone

rock on..

i had a good night sleep last night.

so there...

time for another cool change

whew, t'was my last day at work last night with my now ex-job. i had a great and rough time though. during the first few months t'was a struggle though i emerged victorious during our graduation. but then, life there wasn't always easy having been an achiever in this industry where i've been for the past going 9 years now. i guess i should stop aiming for the best at all times and just learn how to chill as things don't go always as planned. haizzt. i guess as well i will miss some folks at work and my daily routine. everything just happened in an snap. it's like it hasn't even sinked in. just few days back i was really dealing with all the worries cuz i don't know how it'll work by not rendering the usual 30 day scenario. but..all went well the least i expected. geez. why did i even bother worrying while the only repercussion was i won't be eligible for rehire anymore because i went on immediate resignation? i could've just continued on and read chelsea cain's ebook instead of worrying.

moving on, i will miss some people at work but i guess life goes on. this cold city is such a small place not to bump around someone you used to know unlike in manila. i think i'd rather stay in a small town than go back to the south and endure all the shit. i never thought i would enjoy living a simple life around here. 

on that note, my sister and i will start with our new found job next week. haizzt. i guess we'll be spending our birthday at work and not be able to pursue our out of the country getaway. that's sad but i know we're better off now. i just wanna be in a stress free and less intelligent job but earn more. i mean, it's all about money baby. i may sound so practical but hell yeah, i really am and being smart doesn't mean you need to be on a job for smart people but earn less. whadda heck? i don't wanna be hero anyways. i'm better off in my own little bubble. 

i know it's quite late for my new year's resolution but i just realized that now that tomorrow's plan begins today so i wanna end the year not meager. i just don't wanna waste my time away like i did with my now previous job. time flies and flicks away so fast though life here is so sluggish. but then, i'm done and over with the big city life in the south. so my new thing is to just chill.