GOODBYES AND HELLOS

L300 van

Last friday this van came into our possesion, this our first family van. It has more passenger capacity, that is more convinient to us, especially we have a big family :). Also, it can give us an additional income by letting it be rented by other people. Welcome our family! :)

Our first family car

This is our first family car. Sadly, we need to sell it for additional budget for the maintenance of our new van. This car is very sentimental to us, aside from it's our first car, we got to different places because of it. To our car, we will miss you, good luck in your new owner.

Chances and Choices

" Indeed, there's no such thing as "unconditional", not even the friendship that I offer to those who are willing to accept it. Perhaps I might loose her, but in the long run, I'm hoping to gain something, even if that "gaining" is not for me."


Chances and Choices-- I’m always thorn between these phenomenons. Is life always based on the chances we take, or the choices we make? What are the average numbers of chances you give to a person?

In my case, perhaps everyone’s case, we give more chances to those people we want to share most of our time with. But until when you’re giving your chances? When everytime they waste every chance you give, they are already thinking for the chances you might give for the next time.

I’m bound to loose a friend. Sooner or later, one of the people closest to my heart will leave me. Not because we are in a fight, but because of the choices she made, and the chances that were not abused.

Since then, I’ve been always accountable with my friends, I find pleasure when every time I guide them or mentor them. Pleasured aside, I always ask this question: until when will I do it for them? I’m not superman that is always on call. In short, I always, will always have a threshold for everything. Even in patience.

I’ve given this friend of mine chances; I mean so many chances to be responsible for herself. Is that too hard to do for her own good? Where in fact, I tend to think that I’m doing overboard in reminding her how much time she wasted.

Then came this day, the day which I grew tired of being accountable for her. It was also the same day that I don’t care anymore, not at all.

If this is the price she got to pay, then so be it. Unless, she proved that she can make it without me, but I guess she will.

Perhaps life is a mixture of both chances and choices. We end up loosing the chances that we have when we choose not to take them. I choose to loose a friend, but I presume she find this chance to prove to me that I had the wrong choice.

This decision is giving me a hard time, but I guess that’s just the way the story goes. GOODBYE.

FAREWELL JUDAY

Juday is our librarian, her name is Judith, but Ma'am Beng, our cashier often call her Juday. Remember my blog before about our librarian leaving? Well this is the sequel of it. She's about to leave our country for greener pastures abroad.

Though I'll always play pranks on her, I will surely miss her very long and detailed stories, her humor, and her full blast blush on. haha

To Juday, sail on, and fulfill your dreams in the Mapple Country! You will always be remembered! :)

Ma'am Judith and Kuya Dennis

Sir Jan and Ma'am Judith

Sir Ranie and Ma'am Judith



L-R: Mam Judith, Ma'am Beng, Ma'am Jay, Kuya Dennis, Sir Jan, Sir Ranie, and Kuya Mon



CPDFI staff on Juday's farewell party

Juday--you will always be remembered. :)

Valentine’s Day—My Way

Yeah, it’s heart’s day once again, and my v-day this year is a lot different from last year. Because this year, I have a date! Haha

Carnation for the veeeeery pretty date of mine.

No further details. I'm so lazy to detail it out. haha

Me in Action II

These were my last 2 career orientation (I hope so) for the marketing season. It is in Assumpta technical school, where we got 9 applicants, and  in Narciso School Inc. where we got 25 applicants.

Assumpta Technical School--San Simon, Pampanga

Assumpta Technical School--San Simon, Pampanga

Me, stting-up our presntation--Narciso School Inc., Angeles City

Narciso School Inc., Angeles City

A Weekend of Everything that Flies



The 16th Hot Air Balloon Fiesta! :)



It’s my first time to attend the annual Philippine Hot Air Balloon Fiesta not as a guest, but as an exhibitor.

Yearly, the institution that I work for, joins the festival for an exhibit, this year, FEATI University merged their booth to ours, making the cost and effort for the exhibit lighter.

The whole 4-day exhibit is not tiring at all. In fact, it is fun, because in my spare time, I have the chance to visit other booths and watch different kinds of kites, hot air balloons, and aircrafts.

But what stressed me out is that most of my workmates didn’t follow their shift schedules, which made me the only one to monitor our booth, while FEATI University’s staff is always complete and always on time.

Also, I learned a lot of marketing strategies, which I saw on the booths of other exhibitors, which can also contribute in the upcoming exhibits that my institution plans to put up in the future.

Day Before the fiesta

Friday's

Day1: Me at our booth

Day1: Me behind PATTS exhibit

Day1: at Canon Exhibit

Day1: at a motorcycle exhibit

Day1: Living Statues

Day1: under Japan Flag

Day1: all female Air Force drill

Day1: Me and Mam Ai under the Philippine Flag

Day2: at the yellow CAB

Day2: Sancktime for me(Zagu Melon) and Mam Ai(Buko Haus).

Day2: A sudden rain shower occured and flooded our exhibit

Day2: good thing I wore, rubber sandals :)

Day2: Sir Pereyra stucked



Day3: Near sunset, hot air balloons starts to inflate




Day3: Me behind the balloons




Day3: and the night comes




Day3: Dark Vader balloon




Day3: Paraglider




Day4: Last day of the fiesta



Day4: meet my lunch buddies, Soda, Cheese Burger, and Fries :)

Day4:L-R Mam Teng(Feati), Mam Cora(CPDFI), and Mam Myla(Feati, it's also her birthday then)

A Special Birthday Celebration

Birthday girl: Joyce, ready to blow the candles of her birthday cake.

“They are called special child not because of their disabilities, but because they make the lives of people around them special.”

-Iwitness

Last week, February 3, my only sister celebrated her 15^th birthday. My sister, Joyce, is a special child. Her umbilical chord was wrapped on her neck when she’s still on my mother’s womb, that’s why the passage of oxygen in the brain was impeded, causing her disabilities today. She was diagnosed with mental retardation.

I think I’m her closest sibling. Though sometimes she always throws tantrums on me, and on my brothers, I consider her the sweetest sibling that I have.

She is our lucky charm, our only gem, our priced posession, our princess, and we love her so much!

02-03-2011:Happy Birthday Baby Joizy!

Still a Place of Milk and Honey

Manila 2011

This entry is posted late because of poor internet connection in the office and a busy schedule. Anyway, last week, I, together my officemates, visited the busiest place in my country: Manila. The visit is an official business trip wherein we must also visit CAAP, Asia Foundation and Rex Bookstore.

Sir Jan, our I.T Specialist, also joines us in this trip. Ofcourse, we also have our driver, Kuya Ramil with us.

Sir Ranie and I-- We took our lunch at Jolibee, ironic as it seem, we traveled all the way to Manila just to take our lunch in a fastfood that is very common in our province. Well, nothing beats N2.hahaha

Kuya Ramil and Sir Jan, having coffee after our lunch. Actually, Kuya Ramil's drink (in green) is mine.haha



Me and my Green Tea Frappe :)



CPDFI staffs met Asia Foundation for book donations.

Mr. Ocampo shaking hands with me, for formality sake.haha

Sir Rannie at Rex Bookstore, look at the right side of this photo, that's me!

Food Trip! Sidewalk stalls near FEU.

Noisy, populous, busy, polluted, dirty--that's how I describe Manila in our visit, however, it's still a mystery to me why this place remains to be my country's place of milk and honey. If it's not, why would all of the people in Manila still wish to venture there?

Me in Action

When I was transfered in the Administrative section, my work primarily is to recruit possible students to our institution. Since our budget for marketing is insufficient, the only effective way to recruit students is to conduct career orientation talks.

Here are some of the schools I visited for a Career Talk:

St. Joseph Academy--Mexico, Pampanga

St. Joseph Academy--Mexico, Pampanga

St. Nicholas--Guagua, Pampanga

St. Nicholas--Guagua, Pampanga

Lunch Time :) before going to New Era University. (L-R: Me, Kuya Ramil, Sir Jan)

New Era University--City of San Fernando



New Era University--City of San Fernando