Someone who chase the darkness into the light

 Cause when I need two arms that can hold me tight
A tender loving kiss that can make it right
Someone to chase the darkness into the light
I know it's true..
Baby, there's none better than you

Three-fourths of the day, I am bombarded with several problems at work… all demanding serious actions and decisions.  I find it hard to smile actually. 

On the latter part, I got good news from my bro and mom that really made me happy…
Before the day ends, I got a call from a special friend who made me forget what I was thinking early on and chase the blues away…

Sumakto pa si "Better Than You"… Uuwi tuloy akong hindi ko matanggal ang ngiti sa mga labi ko…
While humming the song…. Baby, there's none better than you….

A great weekend to you guys!

Thanks for making me happy, Big Baby!  Hehehe

On great list

The Corporate Autograph

I struggle to organize my thoughts on how to better implement procedure restructuring at the office.  I am looking at people, the management, the company and the clients on a macro to micro-perspective.  To source out the problem cause and to initiate the take off could be one best legacy I could bring in to the people who trusted me that I can.

I’m at lost with the current slipshod approach where all the SOPs and traditional concepts in project management are nowhere to be found.  Residing at someone else’s mind… Coming from a very structured management… I tend to learn that laxity should never be a part of everybody’s desk.  Not at this kind of business where service delivery and efficiency of work are the most essential push to profit.

I’m reviewing all that I have learned from Dr. Estepa and Dr. Montemayor and I’m about to apply it here… The Harvard Cases need not to have a Harvard Approach to solve… Resistance would be part and parcel in each and every attempt to make change… the only ingredient… the desire to make things happen.  

Bring me to Life as I begin to autograph my work with Excellence.

November 15

Rowell and Minette's birthdays fall on the same date… November 15.  So we prepared their favorites… Pizza, Choco Mousse, Donuts, Pancit, Choco Sandwich and Ice Cream…  But before going to Matto's house…

Up until I knocked at their door.. this was what's running in my mind.

Good that friends came over to cheer us up…
Thanks to Raymond, Tita Amy ni Matto, Donna and Paul..

And thanks to Rocko also… for always staring at my plate everytime I bite… Patay-Gutom talaga.
Lagi akong kinokonsensya…. Ikaw ba naman, hindi ka maaawa sa hitsura ng asong ito?  Hehehe

Lady Bug

Na sad ako.  Nag-email sa kin friend ni ladybug sa California.  She was asking what happened to ladybug.. Parang pagexplain ko what happened, nalulungkot ulit ako. 

Sis, sayo lang ako nakakapag-open.. sa yo ako nakakaiyak.

I was in the middle of a happy conversation with friends when I received this text last night.  I pause for a while and took a deep breath.  The smile on my face was replaced instantly.

It takes  a supernatural strength to find courage to move on and accept things that happened in your life only to find out that a single memory will bring you to the same scene and you will see yourself back at square one.  The hurt brought about by death of a loved-one takes time to heal.

My mind turned to Rowell.  Everytime I hear somebody asking me to share what happened… in my mind this is what actually happening..

Mind :   Here we go again…
Heart:  Is it okay with you to share it once again?
Mind:    Hope this is the last time I'll be sharing this.  Cause it will take a hard time for me to make an upstart again.
Heart:  Don't be sad.  Sometimes, you need to share stories.  Others might learn something not on the manner in which it was shared but on the toughness in you to deliver that.
Mind:    Acceptance.
Heart:  Yes.

My message to a friend:

Everytime you'll be tasked to tell stories about Lady Bug, always bear in mind that she might be just around the corner watching how you would enumerate what happened.  She would surely be sad to see you crying. 

Tears of Joy

On the same fx, I heard David Pomeranz's "Born For You"…

This is the song I played as a surprise gift to Ate Raquel and Anei on their wedding along with Looking Through the Eyes of Love sung by Yancy.

Ate Raquel smiled at me and whispered "Thank you" when she heard the first few notes of it.

When she asked me if I'll be willing to be part of the entourage, I said "No."  She didn't know either that I was coming to her wedding.  She was surprised to see me playing for them.

When a close friend is getting married, you'll always find me teary-eyed or crying during the ceremony.  That's why I prefer water-proof mascara and makeup on such instances… Hehehe

Tears of Joy… for an overwhelming experience of having been a part of their single lives and witnessing  just how you'll entrust a friend to someone they chose to love.

And what I usually say to the groom?

Ikaw na bahala sa kanya ha.  Ako ang kaaway mo pag tumakbo yan sa akin at humahagulhol.  Hehehe

I never went to the reception because I need to go back to Manila for work.  This is I guess, the very first time that I'd be sorry for not being there at one of my closest friends' very special day.  I just want you to know that it was special for me too… and I cannot afford to let it pass without seeing you dressed in white as you walk the aisle to meet your man.

That's why I played it for you guys…
I rarely play piano for friends… only to those dear to my heart…

It's my way of saying…
Thanks for being a friend… 
Remember me with the song I played.

Stuffed Toys

Saw several stuffed toys placed in front of the fx.  Since I was the only passenger at the time, I sat on the front seat.  I asked,

Sheggz:   Manong, ano bang meron sa mga stuffed toys. 
                Lagi akong nakakakita nyan sa mga sasakyan.
Driver:     Naku, sa bunsong anak ko yan.  Inihilera nya yan dyan dati pa.  Noong
                unang bili ko palang netong sasakyan.
Sheggz:   Madudumihan lang po yan.  Mahirap pa namang labhan yan.
Driver:      Oo nga.  Hinayaan ko na.  Sabi kasi ng anak ko, nilagay niya yan jan para                  daw pag nagdadrive ako at namiss ko siya, tingnan ko lang daw ung
                mga laruan.  Para na rin daw siyang andito sa tabi ko.

(Bigla akong natahimik.  May sentimental value pala yung mga stuffed toys na inookray okray ko lang)

Sheggz:    Nakakatuwa talaga ang mga bata pag naglalambing
Driver:      Oo nga.  Yung anak kong yun napakalambing.
Sheggz:    Ilang taon na po ba?
Driver:      Dapat ngayon mga 7 years old na yun.
Sheggz:    Dapat ngayon?  Bakit po?
Driver:      Namatay  kasi ang anak ko sa leukemia.  Ikalawang anak namin.  Hindi na
                 naagapan.  Kaya kahit madumi na yang mga laruan niya, hindi ko inaalis
                 dyan… at hindi ko na talaga aalisin.  Iyan ang habilin nya sa akin eh.
Sheggz:    Ganun po ba?  May angel pala kayong bantay habang nagdadrive.
Driver:       Oo.. ung bunso ko.
Sheggz:    Ma, dyan na lang po ako sa tabi.  Salamat po.
Driver:       Walang anuman.
Sheggz:    Salamat sa kwento.  Naiintindihan ko na kung bakit may mga stuffed toys.
Driver:       Hahahaha