The 09-20-14 Feel

GLAD TO HAVE NO CHOICE

We were born, and mandatedly have to live this life because in the law of man and God where I live in, suicide is a sin. Well, this is not a suicide entry, I just want to cite a truth that no one in this world decided that they will be born. It's no one's choice. The idealists might argue that it's God's plan. Yeah right. Let's use logic and science first, are we good with that? Thanks. 

In a life that I did not chose, or even the situations I have no control to, I'm just glad that it gave me wonderful people wherein I'd say the almost-cliché line "I won't have it any other way".

These are the people, that perhaps, in this time, are my favorite and had the chance to spend my birthday week with me. 

July 19

Forever Alone with Miles, Aika, Peps, and Lindsay

July 20

With Pam

July 23

With Viber Classmates

July 24 (morning)

Birthday Surprise care of my Girls

July 25 (evening)

With the Fraternal-side Family

July 26 (afternoon)

With Officemates

July 26 (evening)

Boy cousins of both sides

July 27

With April

Maybe we were all forsaken in terms of the choice to live, or not to, but whoever controls our lives surely knows how to even the odds. 

Luckily, we have the choice to whom we share our lives to, and gladly, I had mine sharing it with these great people. In these times and with these people,  I can boldly say that I'm glad didn't have the choice to live. 

Oh My Goodness

Hundred Degrees in Max

Take a glimpse and never look too long

Remember but don't thrive

Treat it as a puzzle piece and not as the whole board

Make it an inspiration and it may never distract you

Befriend your ghosts and they will never haunt you

Reconcile with yesterday so that tomorrow will be a good today

The Cogitation Egress

Memory, as i believe it to be, is a vital cognitive ability of the human mind to store and remember symbols, experiences, pictures(visual images) etc. for the brain to use it to its other cognitive functions. It's like a hard drive in a computer set, but the difference is that, when a brain is full of experiences and thoughts, one doesn't have a spare brain for back-up and retrieval for future use, and with that, I thank the people who introduced blogging to the world.

For 4 years now, blogging has been my way of expressing myself to the world by means of writing. It became an emotional outlet and my personal journal. The Five Pointed Perspective, with its tag line "see life in a star-shaped point-of-view", has became my chronicler in the past mentioned years. 

This is the web, this is the world having a preview on what I really think and what am I going through, why not give my readers if not a good article, a good brand image for my blog. 

The name was derived from my fascination with stars, just to clarify, it is the shape, not the celestial body, and my desire to incorporate it in my blog. After I've conceptualized The Five Pointed Perspective, logic follows that I shall post an entry that explains the header of my blog. In many attempts to do so, I frequently fail. 

But inside my mind, I want to theme my posts in a five pointed perspective way, which again, I failed to do because of the lack of time and inspiration. So there it was, my blog became my online journal, with my header not suited to it. 

Receny, I had this near-payday-Saturday(meaning I am stucked at the couch and thinking what to do) when I decided to make things congruent with my blog title and entry posts. 

The idea is of the title is just simple, it is me saying "Hey, this is my online journal and thoughts;before I forget them, let me share it you". So instead of changing the name into "The Idea/Experience Journal" which  is, I guess, is too lame, I thought of the 2 primordial words of the working title: thought and journal. 

With the help of my digital dictionary application in my phone, I've searched for more intelligent synonyms of the abovementioned terms. After a few swipes and type, these two terms appear exciting: Cogitation which means a thought, and Egress which means exit. 

Thought Exit in its simplest term, yes, this blog is now The Cogitation Egress, because my mind can't bear it all.

(Phone post)

Getting Paid for This

My job description in 7 words. So let me use this hashtag if it's ok? #ilovemyjob #yesido

2013: THE WRAP-UP

At the start of this year, I became so optimistic that it will be better than the year before it, simply because it’s the year of the Snake. Yes, I believe in such astrological predictions (haha). Kidding aside, this year has been good to me, probably better than its predecessor. With that being written, I present to you the items which I’ll be wrapping-up and will now fill its rightful position to my priced memory room.

1.       This Can’t Knock Me Out (TKO: Grand Sales Rally)

Target: Kmock-Out Crew and Bosses :)

-          As an Events officer, TKO: Grand Sales Rally was my first major event. It was an annual sales motivational party in the company I’ve worked for. It aims to set target sales quota, present last year’s sales performance and motivate sales personnel to do better or should I say, sell better, for this year. The event was grace by more than a 100 of sales person from different provinces covered by the company. This was my first proof to the company that I can co-handle such an event as big as this.

2.       Largest of ‘Em All (Hanjin Village Grand Inauguration)

Picture Collage of the Event (photo credit to Fiesta Communities Inc. at pinterest.com)

-          Only two months after TKO, another big event was being cooked. It is the inauguration of a partnership project of my previous company and a foreign company. Since the partnership is large by itself, it is quite deserving of a grand celebration that was graced by the 2^nd most powerful man in my country which is the Philippine Vice President, Hon. Jejomar Binay. The coordination as I remember was 70% more strenuous than TKO. The guests, home owners, and the performers totaled to approximately 700, yes, my largest attendees in an event I co-coordinated. The event was successful and our team was even given an incentive for its success. To date, I consider as the largest and most beautiful feather in my cap.

3.       Conquering the Party Paradise (Summer 2013)

Saturdays at Boracay :)

-          My country boasts coastlines which has plenty of beautiful beaches, and undoubtedly, Boracay islands from the Central Philippines is the most popular. April this year, I got to visit and spend a vacation in the party paradise that I introduced in the beginning of this entry. Much more with being with my friends and having a vacation, I got to try a lots of things for the first time like: traveling via plane, parasailing (my favorite), driving an all-terrain vehicle, helmet diving(very enthralling), watching in a beach concert feat. An international artist (Jay Sean), and Flying Fish riding. The experience was really a blast and I can’t wait to another adventure like this in the coming years.

4.       24 on the 24^th (Birthday 2013)

My Office Birthday Surprise :)

-          Of course, this is a regular entry. Leveled with Christmas Eve, this is my favorite day of the year. The day when greetings swarmed over my social networking accounts and spending quality time with people I dear most. One thing significant happened on this day, and that will be saved for spilling in my next entry.

5.       Career Shift (from Events Coordination and Public Relations to Television Productions, again)

Opening Billboard shoot with my colleagues in my new job :)

-          Yes, I’m so back in the television production world! My birthday for this year was also the last day working for a land developing company as Events and Public Relations Officer. Fortunately, a cable TV network, which is just 2-blocks away from home, posted a job vacancy which I applied. Luckily I was hired and got the proper compensation deal that my previous company didn’t reward me to have. New work place, new people, and new experiences came my way in my stay in my company so far. The company though was not as promising as the previous, but geared with the proper determination, dedication, and hard work, the company will soon prosper. Having been said that, I’m excited to contribute in the growth of the company in the coming year.

-          NOTABLE MENTIONS

o   Ultimate Dance Challenge- a regional dance challenge aired for TV and Radio (as Floor Director for TV, and writer for AVPs)

o   Tap Team – a magazine show featuring online-based stories (as an Executive Producer and Episode Writer)

o   Sagip Visayas – a fund raising telethon for Haiyan/Yolanda victim (as Executive producer and Floor Director)

o   PepTV Station ID – (producer and lyricist for the song, Writer and Executive Producer for the music video)

6.       Cupid Missed, Again (can’t think of a subtitle)

-          Love issue entry that I would like to keep to myself. Haha

7.       My Mahabharata in a 3-Inch Body Art ( I got inked)

-          My close friends and seatmates probably can justify on me having a tattoo. Since I was a child, I am a big fan of visual arts that is embedded skin deep. While in class, I used to draw scripts and tribal figures in my wrist. Since it’s my year according to Chinese astrology,  I opted to plot within the year a possibly forever mark in my life, and that is to be inked. The explanation will be featured with my upcoming posts. 

8.       Oh Holidays!( Yuletide Holidays of 2013)

As always, party, food and drinks overload 

-          FCI PROMO Christmas Party

FCI PROMO -- my former colleagues from my previous company

-          TK Xmas Party

TK short from Team Kalasing -- a peer group that consists of mostly my former students from my first job

-          FAB Christmas Party

My  College Peers :)

-          PEP DU Christmas Party

My Recent Colleagues

-          Christmas 2013

Christmas Eve with my Maternal Extended Family

-          Hensons go to the North. (Baguio 2013)

Henson Cousins. Celebrating Holidays at Baguio City with my Fraternal Extended Family.

Other Notable Mentions:

-          FCI Promo Night-Out

-          Shot sessions with my Henson Cousins

-          Coffee and Movie Dates With Friends

-          Family Gatherings

-          Random Dates with My former Students

-          Meeting New Friends

 

Being presented one by one, now let me wrap them up carefully as I store them to where they should be, the past. Same time next year, I’ll be doing such post again, and hopefully it’s filled with better items to be presented and to be wrapped. Cheers to the 2014!