The Gift of Being Single

Read this from Ria Leila.  After reading this, I've come to think that there's something I need to ponder on before "Mr. Right" comes… "emotional maturity"… di ba, Besku?

The Art of Contentment

For most of us, being single will be more of a phase than a final destination . This is the best place to practice the art of contentment. Some day, I'm sure most of us will fall in love and get married. But the thing is, love will always be tested. Someone more handsome, more charming, richer, funnier,
sweeter would come along. If you have not practiced the art of contentment as a single person, chances are you would be tempted to want that and not cherish your chosen one. Practicing the Art of Contentment as a single person means that you take what life gives you, good or bad, you're willing to see it through. It means you don't walk away everytime things get tough because it builds in you patience, perseverance, understanding and a hundred different virtues that people in a hurry will never have.! Being single means you would find how it feels to be alone thus, allowing you to cherish every moment you spend with your chosen one. The art of contentment means you wouldn't mind if life had to make you wait for so long to find the love of your life, because you know that the waiting would
only make the finding much sweeter.

A Choice Between Good and Best.

Sometimes the dilemmas we face are not between what is absolutely bad and absolutely good. Sometimes, it's between good and best. Treat this stage of your life as a phase to evaluate who is good for you and who is best for you. Sometimes, you won't hear music, or feel magic to know who's best for you. The heart just knows and it doesn't need any romantically charged scenario to decide on the matter. Trust in your heart, and trust that time will eventually lead you to, not to the perfect partner, but to the most suitable partner for you. Being single is a phase of life that we need to be thankful for, because being single means our hearts have yet to choose the best one for us. Take your time, the world will wait.
Being married doesn't guarantee that it will make your life happy. It doesn't guarantee anything at all.
Sometimes, it only brings two miserable people together only to make their life even more miserable. Without the right intention, the emotional maturity, financial security and of course, unwavering love, you're better off unattached.

Whole Day Tawanan

Marahil ito na ang sa pinakamasayang araw ko sa trabaho.  Sa dami ng dapat kong tapusin, hindi ko matrabaho ng ayos sa sobrang kakatawa sa “Tambalang Balasubas at Balahura”… Andiyang maiyak ako sa kakatawa, hindi ako makapagtype sa kakahalakhak at nawindang ang utak ko sa mga naririnig ko kay Nicole Eala at kay Chris Tsuper… Ansayang tumawa kapag madami kayong tumatawa,, ansayang mabulol sa mga tongue-twister at sa mga toinkable thots ni Nicole hahaha Ansaya ng buhay pag ansaya saya ng masayang kaygandang maghapon…

Eh ano nga ulit ang apartelle, Nicole?  Eh ung english sa tinga?  Tingers? 

<Hi Besku, Matto and Jacquikay… miss you na!>

A letter from Carlo

Read this in my inbox just this afternoon….  

Good day everyone,

Carlo Cruz

Slowly but Surely

Yesterday while on my way to the canteen, I heard three personnel talking about performance appraisal and monetary rewards attached to it.

Staff 1:  I do my job in the best way I know that I can do it.  I know for a fact that I performed well.  If in case, I don’t get appraised for that.  It doesn’t matter anyway.  All the more that I need to do well and to do more.

Staff 2:  How about the chances of getting appraised?  Don’t you get upset that despite your efforts it won’t be compensated well?

Staff 1:  I am compensated with the work I do now.  Additional incentives is something beyond my control… it’s the management’s prerogative not mine… all I have to do is to work well.  That’s why I am hired.  To do what I am supposed to do.

Staff 3:  What makes this job more rewarding?  I’m getting paid with the kind of work I already know.  I know the ins-and-outs of it.  I know my job and I know how to do it… well and good.  I’m happy that I need not to be disillusioned.  I know it very very well.

<flashback>

Hmm… good to know that my attempt to establish a career in IT… started on a good ground… Initially, I thought that it was slow-paced and informal that’s why I decided to move out and look for the formalized way of doing that.  In its entirety, it wasn’t something that I can consider a left-out strategy for a jumpstart.  “Slowly but Surely”.

Good that I started out with Development to Systems Engineering to Functional Documentation to Quality Assurance to Project Management.  All the more that I appreciate everything that happened… fit for a good reason and cause. I passed through all that?  <Weh> Who would have thought that I started out on Ground Zero?

Oh well, I must be thankful to my mentors, Ms. Myca, Sir Tatan, Sir Debs, Sir Dan and Sir Eman. This is what I’ve long been trying to walk into in this career… IT Management… delivering end-to end solutions.

Clap! Clap! Clap! Galing!

Sometimes, formal training is not a pre-requisite to good performance and task handling… you'll learn a lot in actual implementation.

Balahura Greetings

Wooohooo!!! Got a text from my Besku just this morning!

"har har har binati ka best ni NICOLE" "CLOSE? Ha ha ha… "

Kamusta naman yun… sobrang natawa ako… whatta day!  Kahapon kasi topic namin si Nicole Eala at ang Tambalang Balasubas at Balahura habang kami ay busy na nagtatrabaho sa conference room… Binati kasi ang isang officemate ko na narinig naman ng isa pa naming officemate… so ayun…. nagsimula na kaming magreveal na halos lahat pala kami ay fan at avid listener ng "Gravacious Levelacious to the Maximum Levelacious" at gusto naming mamemorize at mapronounce ng tama ang pagkahaba-habang tongue-twister nilang bye-bye remarks.

Hehehe

Thanks a lot, Nicole!!! Napasaya mo kaming lahat! Woohoooo!!!

Prayer

Dear Lord, I thank You for this day. I thank You for my being able to see and to hear this morning. I'm blessed because You are a forgiving  God and an understanding God. You have done so much for me and You keep  on blessing me. Forgive me this day for everything I have done, said or thought that was not pleasing to you..

I ask now for Your forgiveness.  Please keep me safe from all danger and harm. Help me to start this day  with a new attitude and plenty of  gratitude. Let me make the best of  each and every day to clear my mind so  that I can hear from You. Please  broaden my mind that I can accept all  things. Let me not whine and  whimper over things I have no control over.
And It's the best response  when I'm pushed beyond my limits.

I know that when I can't pray, You  listen to my heart. Continue to  use me to do Your will. Continue to  bless me that I may be a blessing to  others. Keep me strong that I may  help the weak… Keep me uplifted that I  may have words of encouragement for others. I pray for those that are lost  and can't find their way. I  pray for those that are misjudged and  misunderstood. I pray for those  who don't know You intimately. I pray for those that will delete this  without sharing it with others. I pray for those that don't believe.

But I thank you that I believe. I believe that God changes people and God changes things. I pray for all my sisters and brothers. For each and every family member in their households. I pray for peace, love and joy  in their homes that they are out of debt and all their needs are met. I   pray that every eye that reads this knows there is no problem, circumstance, or situation greater than God. Every battle is  in Your hands for You to fight.

I pray that these words be received into the hearts of every eye that sees it.

Gabriellanism

While browsing the PBBCE Forums, I found out that aside from being enlisted in YaYonatics [hehehe], my name is also included in Gaby dela Merced's "Gabriellanism Community" [hehehe].  The moderator I guess found that my footer on the forums includes Yayo and Gaby.. well well well… not bad. I see familiar names of co-forumers in the previous seasons of PBB…

Yeah Gaby is my next bet…. I find her sooo tough.. Astig!! She reminds of Gretchen Malalad talaga…

Bow talaga ako sa mga Astig na Athlete..

Me?

"No one knows exactly what I truly feel."

Though many have attempted their own share of perceptions but nobody came so close at describing sheggz.
I just smile….

I can come to you unguarded of thoughts.
I can come to a friend, lean on her shoulder and reveal what I am thinking.

Just what I think… not what I feel..

I'm bound to keep the deepest emotions to myself.  And sometimes, the hidden shadow becomes visible in the corner of my eyes when I'm unguarded.

Sometimes, when I see myself embracing a friend… it's my way of saying…. "Sometimes, it's hard to be me… but it's not easy to divulge it…"

The 3 R’s

This one is from my friend, Bing.

Somebody once said that the lives of people these days can be summed up in 3 words:

HURRY, WORRY, BURY.

A lot of people are in a hurry and carry a lot of worries.  Rediscover the 3 R's in life:

RELAX.

REFLECT.

RENEW.

Great Brains

A piece of thought:

When NASA first started sending off astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in 0 gravity.  To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion developing a pen that writes in 10 gravity, upside down, under water, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300C.

The Russians used pencil.

- Reader's Digest

The moment I read this from Abbie, the first reaction was to say "Whehehe…"   Sometimes people tend to think so complex when things can be solved with the basics.  This is one proof to that…

Why bothered by the complex thinking and complicated people… when you can just walk around and deal with the world at your simplest and natural being…

Hehehe… that's one of the principles of being TIMANG….