so much for shined shoes

had an ok jog last night. and we’ve already registered for the milo marathon. i got race bib number 21968. goey got lucky and got 21969. i need to improve a lot, though. i almost had cramps on our 9th lap and all 10 took an hour and a half.

i can’t remember much of office day yesterday except that i’m lucky to have arianne in my team. yes, she and our ojt’s get distracted easily but i think they get much more work done than i do.

venjo’s yellow raincoat is also already mine since last night. and today, it rained. i wished it would rain when i left home for work. by noontime, it was raining hard. nice. i hesitated at first but i still got to use the raincoat on my and ailene’s way back from bdo med plaza.

rain stopped late afternoon. it seemed that it would start falling hard again when bianca and i left. i walked home with my raincoat as she went to her ride. not long after, i took it off as it was merely drizzling. i bought some instant yakisoba for ate and the ac spliter adapter thing i’ve been meaning to buy at waltermart. it started to drizzle and i put my coat on again. it stopped when i was near home and i arrived perspiring. haha.

it felt nice to have dinner at home again since i didn’t have dinner here last night. not to mention praying the rosary with mama, papa, ate, and buds.

i can’t believe it’s already friday tomorrow. i think it’s turning out to be  a good week. i’ll just have to clean today’s shoes and also clean up some stuff tomorrow.

sloppy

hindi mabuti ang simula ng araw ko. di ko matantsa kung bumuti paglaon. tila naman. dapat naman.

hindi ako nakapag-mayjerowtee… kanina at nabusog sa pa-birthday ni adette na chicken all you can. nakaka-tatlong beses na ako at consistent na apat ang nakakain ko. hehe.

midweek bukas, bukas ang office workstation ko ngayon. dapat makapagpasa ng mga kailangang ipasa. dapat major progress. siguro sa thursday, may maayos na akong work strategy plan schedule thing.

big day bukas. submissions sa umaga at hapon sa office. catch up din sa training sa gabi. hindi na pwedeng maging sloppy.

columns of tasks

i really have to get the rush going for me. i also need to turn distractions to inspirations.

another easy monday today. nothing much to say about it.

shoe boxes

nakapag-ayos ako ng mga box dito. medyo. yung mga “kalat” sa malaking box, nalipat ko sa ilang box ng sapatos. nilipat ko na rin yung plastic box sa ilalim ng drafting table. may na-recover akong floor area dahil nailalagay ko na sa ilalim nitong upuan ko yung stool. sakto pala.

nakapagwalis-walis din ako. medyo maaliwalas na ang kwarto ko. medyo. marami pa ring random na pagkakatambak. mas organized na lang ang kalat ko. hahaha.

kasabay nito, sana mas umaliwalas na rin ang buhay.

shoe shine

it wasn’t a good morning. i woke up 3 times before getting up. and it was raining still. i wasn’t feeling good though, even after it stopped.

but i just had to get up and go. the rain has stopped and it would have been great to go out and play. there was even slightly enough catalyst for me to sign out of ym and facebook just after finishing some work related conversation with kevin. i was ready to go out, maybe buy, a plug adapter at handyman and do some atm stuff but bibingka got me. then cornic. then grape juice.

i did quite a few little things here today, disconnected from the internet. i managed to fix my sister’s room’s door’s problem. the bottom hinge needed to be removed so that the door could be closed properly. there’s an misalignment issue. most likely due to warping of the wood for the door jamb.

i shined my shoes and found out the use of shoe stretchers. i now have my two pairs of leather shoes with them. i also realized, i relearned the use of the vice grip while my father and i were fixing the rusty screw on his old shoe stretcher.

later, i went oc mode. i made a database of my handkerchiefs and pants. i actually meant to tidy up boxes but the handkercheifs were there and just had to be logged now. haha.

dinner here was great. max’s fried chicken. i greeted tito nonong a happy birthday again. it was quite embarassing to forget to greeting him the other day so i also greeted him a belated happy birthday last night when i got home.

maybe i’ll do the boxes after this. maybe i’ll get back at writing or practice some cover songs. weekend’s turning out to be ok for me. i hope it carries on. there really is that fear that i may not. but yes, most of it is upto me.

obeer

uwian nang 3pm. obeertime kasama sina sir fx, liza, erick, daryl, bianca, tristan, iris, at dan. naka-2 pale pilsen lang ako. hahaha.

medyo sablay at hindi na naman productive sa office. may take home. dapat magawa. week to impress all next week. go!

tahimik na kaninang konti pero bumubuhos na naman ngayon. sana tumigil na nga ang ulan. sana umaraw na ngayong weekend. at sana hindi mag-iwan ng bakas ng lungkot ang ulan.

stay-in

morning work was stressful since i was asked to attend the conference call. i don’t know if i should feel good or not about it when it was going on. had lunch at little tokyo with my boss then i concluded that our sales attendant at pc express sucks.

afternoon was funny and light. after work, apparently, it was raining hard. i rushed to mmc to be of help since my mother was having the chills. she got a fever. good thing ate’s already able to walk. she’s ok now.

been texting with best, iris, jj, dan, tristan, and biance since ate was using the sun wireless on mama’s laptop. i’m using it now on my netbook which i charged at the office while i was at the site.  iris is still at the office. hope she get’s home safe later.

too bad i can’t be friendly with ate’s nurse this shift. i heard her name is stephanie and she lives in las piñas. she’s pretty. i think she’s prettier than the one the other day. oh well.

i don’t know how calm or not it is outside. the storm’s pretty heavy. buds insists that he stay here for tonight and we think it’s best that mama have her rest at home. i’m guessing papa and buds will be able to go here by 11pm.

bantay ospital

i'm at makati med. will be sleeping here tonight since buds will go home.

i've set up mama's laptop and my office pc for remote access. ah yes, the simplicity of windows live mesh. i even returned to the office after having a slice of pizza to connect my workstation the the network. i turned off the ip phone avr when i left the office earlier. good thing, the office is not 3 minutes away.

problem is, as expected, i won't be able to do any work. sleepy. gotta get home and back to work early tomorrow.

work hours were fun despite the pressure. from pet and street names to carlo magno with white flowers for the fair beauty to breaktime. quite productive still. quite. hope tomorrow will be as fun and still more productive.

outside work, i downloaded what if..., wasting light, and awesome as f**k last night. i haven't listened to green day's live album, but i gotta grab a cd of the two. well, i might get the third, too, but as of now, i'm liking foo fighters', and mr. big's is just great. music, ah yes. what awesome distraction, what awesome relaxation.

cork

nakakakaba ang trabaho. nararamdaman ko na ang pressure. buti may mga makakatulong sa akin. bukas, mapapasabak. aayusin ang ilang buwang worth ng sablay.

may hindi magandang balita sa opisina kanina. pumanaw na si sir roman. siya’y aalalahanin. nakita ko kanina ang binigay sa akin ni angel na cork na galing kay sir roman. “simbolo ng walang-hanggang pagkakaibigan.”

kauuwi ko lang mula sa ospital. nagpapagaling na si ate. naghihintay lang maglabas ng hangin sa tiyan. mabuti rin at mabuti na ang pakiramdam ni mama at kasama ni buds, sinasamahan nila si ate ngayong gabi.

kailangang matulog nang maaga ngayon. kailangang gumising nang maaga bukas. may mga kailangang matupad bukas. sa biyernes, magkakasiyahan kami nina bianca, iris, dan, arianne, at kung sinong iba pang sasama.

rainy days and mondays

always get me down. i slept from throught the afternoon to early evening, from 3pm to 7pm.

i’ve always thought holidays are healthy breaks from work. it should be true depending on how you spend it. yep, the problem’s with me. maybe it’s also because of the difference of these days from last year’s. holidays aren’t healthy for me unless i do something about it.

my mother’s not feeling well and my sister’s having her operation tomorrow. gotta be a good boy these coming days. who knows, i might get used to it and be the good person i’ve been needing to be these coming weeks, months, and years.

beer belly

araw ng mga tatay ngayon at sa simpleng selebrasyon, nabusog ako.

text, tulog, at konting nood ang ginawa ko ngayon. malamig ang panahon dahil sa ulan. nakaka-relax. nakaka-relax nga ang araw na iyo.

1692011

i almost forgot, today is the 169th day of the year. it would have been a great day to have max’s chicken-all-you-can with the group today. i might be having it with college friends tonight, though.

talking about android phones (and bashing the nokia n8) made me want to have a droid for myself. good thing the xperia neo is just too pricey for me. i like the idea of gadgets to distract oneself from depression. although i really like gadgets. well, not so much buying them.

i don’t know why i mentioned it but i’m lucky with my gadget purchases. just right for me. no wanting/needing to sell/give away any of these—my cellphone, my netbook, my pc—just because i found out what i have isn’t what i need. or maybe i just don’t change my needs much.

it might rain but i’ll leave my windows open. i hope it doesn’t rain hard tonight. unlike before, i’m unsure if i’d be happy or sad if it did.

mushroomy

hindi masyadong nakakabusog pero naaliw ako sa pagtrip. pupunta sa malayo at babalik din pauwi. mushroom burger katipunan kasama sina ailene, tristan, at gp.

medyo naaliw at hindi naman nabaliw sina arianne, dan ojt, at iris ojt sa mga column strength interaction diagram. si bianca naman, nabigyan naman sana namin ng morale support sa retaining wall challenge niya.

light week. cool lang. may kulang lang din—dasal, exercise, oras sa sala. long weekend bukas pero tila magtatrabaho pa rin. kaya to. paano naman kaya pagkatapos ng weekend at bagong work week na? antabayanan.

gutom ako. kakain muna ako nung patatas thing na binili malapit sa city hall.

green lantern

not such a good day for me today. i hope i end it well. a bit more than an hour left.

late for work and still doubtful of how much good my cool-headedness is compared to how bad it could be. i’m looking forward to good outputs tomorrow and next week. we gotta get up above the basement levels and on to the podium.

i didn’t go to the centennial celebration. i guess being part of mass sentimentality is not for me. it doesn’t discount the fact, though, that i am glad of what’s being celebrated—100 years of education.

but seriously, i think it was meant that the green lantern started to be shown in cinemas today.

chicken run

shop drawings at medyo petiks sa office kanina. midweek, goodluck. tingin ko, maganda ang progress na magagawa ngayong linggo. hindi pa rin tinatamaan ng stress. ok ito. kanina, 6pm, naghanda na ako para sa kumain.

nagbabalik si tj sa chicken holocaust 3 na sponsored ni yaluts. ayos. naabutan din namin ang green lantern sa 5th floor ng waltermart at nakapag-treadmill papuntang basement parking. kumpleto.

jog trip

jogged/walked for 2 hours with 1 hour rest time throughout then mini food trip with sunny. veggie ramen and chilled taho.

i’m not absorbing as much stress at work. maybe things will go well. i’m more charged up to do well.

invasion or importation

parang ang bilis ng araw kanina.

nagising ako na may random characters sa aking twitter at facebook status dahil nahigaan ko ang cellphone ko nang nakabukas ang twitter app.

halos 9 na nakarating sa opisina. maraming kailangang gawin. maraming nagawa/napagawa pero marami pa ring utang. hanggang kailan ba ako negative? impressive ang dalawa naming ojt. kailangang ma-challenge pa lalo.

6:09pm, nag-out na ako. nabibilisan ako sa oras o sadyang mabagal lang ako.

manila manila

had a ride on memory lane today with trips to some parts of manila.

in the morning, my parents and i heard Mass at Espiritu Santo Parish and had brunch at the house of a friend of theirs. from there, we bought groceries at cash and carry. memories of recent years there.

in the afternoon, i went to bryan’s wedding with sheila, patrick, and wang. vicky was there, organizing. i remember the place, we did some projects there. reception, jeff, kenneth, and felix came too. i was rather silent. i wasn’t even able to ask vicky about the girl in a red dress with black linings. memories from 5 or 6 years ago.

yeah, i remembered most was how silent i used to be just like how i became for most of the day today.

cara got a temporary phone yesterday. she’s right, we gotta go hunting soon.

starbucks coffee and burger machine

masarap talagang matulog sa sofa.

pumasok ako sa opisina nang mga 1130 at kumain kami nina boss dan at sir gary sa little tokyo. pagkatapos, hanggang mga 2pm ata kami ni boss sa pc express para dun sa 3TB 6gbps hdd. pagbalik, halos nag-ayos lang ako ng mga gamit at nag-take home. wala kami masyadong tinrabaho ni tristan. sinumulan na rin namin ang case study kung alin nga ba talaga ang problema, kung yung pc mismo, yung outlet ng kuryente, o yung avr.

uwian, nagulat si dian sa akin kaya hindi umabot ng 8 hours na OT. nilibre ko siya ng libreng starbucks. nung maghiwalay na kami ng landas, dumaan na rin ako sa burger machine para bumili ng pangsabay sa kape ko.

sa bahay, nakatulog ako habang nagdadasal. tsk. akala ko pa naman nagpapagising ang kape.

bukas, piyesta sa Espiritu Santo. doon kami magsisimba sa umaga. sa hapon naman, kasal ni bryan. matapos ang matagal na panahon, makikita ko uli siya, si vicky, si patrick, at si sheila.

5 stars

although the pizza only had 4 flavors.

got a good amount of learning on the seminar today and confidence, too. and don’t forget to count the enthusiasm.

and dinner, it was heavy. and i think i did feel a genuine sadness despite the fun. but it was fun, just, lacking.

it was a good day thank you.

6/9 2011

mabilis na rundown:

maaga sa seminar. number 6 registrant. seat number 69/3. cool ka-breakfast at small talk si sir jit.

nakakasindak ang pbd pero baka kayanin. mukhang kaya naman. nakuha kasi ang interes ko, e.

dumaan ng office para mag-uwi ng trabaho at mangulit nang konti at mag-ayang gumimik bukas. ewan kung tuloy bukas.

nakausap si krys sa selepono at mukhang ok naman siya. sana ok ang lahat ng mga kaibigan ko ngayong araw na ito.

6/9 ngayon. bday ni thad at bday din pala ni wesley. anniversary nina tito nonong at tita chato at kakain na. oh yeah.

ulan buong araw

it was raining when i woke up. it’s raining until now.

today had a few accomplishments and some set commitments. haha. set commitments—not to be confused with met commitments. shangri-la project, i don’t think i should be having as hard a time with it as i’m having now. good luck.

in the afternoon, i had fun at the meralco pre-bid meeting. ah, yes. first time in a while that i said i’m having fun with my work.

but the best thing today, i was able to go to confession after hearing Mass wearing my new shoes. start anew. more or less the gist of today’s lesson.

about the shoes, my phone says i did about 9000 steps today. i don’t know if the rather rough ride on the mrt added a lot to the steps. i doubt it, though. i think i actually did 6000 to 7000 more than i usually do. i did walk to greenbelt, back to the office to pick up forgotten stuff and chat a bit, and then home.

i guess the number of steps compensate a bit for the failure to go jogging tonight. less time to prepare. gotta get pumped up for some big runs.

speaking of runs, i’ve seen the first preview of nfs: the run today. and the amd fx processors and scorpius platform were in quite good news, too.

pretty nice day today except for a few absences. but generally, nice. which is nice.

running shoes

anong bang nangyari ngayon? parang ganun lang, tapos na ang araw at tila marami pa rin hindi natapos. isang natapos halos, yung ginagawang column schedule ni narch. medyo masyado ko ata siyang binantayan at medyo nagsisisi ata ako na mababa binigay kong grade sa evaluation niya. sana lang, maganda ang kahinatnan.

hindi ako natuloy sa jogging para bumili ng cross-training shoes sa landmark. nakabili naman ako ng running shoes. hehe. bukas, kailangang tumakbo. at dapat maisimba ko ang bagong sapatos sa umaga.

midweek bukas, dapat ok at dapat madala ang pagiging ok hanggang homestretch. kung tutuusin pala, huling araw na ng workweek bukas dahil may seminar sa huwebes at biyernes. ayun, mas dapat pagbutihan.

phone reset

last night, i successfully set up my email client here on my desktop and on my netbook. i think what made me sleep at around 3am was the attempt to fix my phone. just now, i uncenventionally reset it and alas, the security secure connection works. step 1) connect the phone to pc and run update/repair. step 2) impatiently disconnect phone. step 3) pray. it worked. seriously, it really works when i pray like when i fix computers here at home.

fresh start for my sony ericsson elm. probably in time since it’s “partner” has found a new owner. i was sad at first, really, but i just thought, it’s and elder sister caring so much for her younger brother. and to think i was part of that, it’s great. and it takes away the sadness to know that the diconnection has long been gone.

fresh starts for my techie stuff since yesterday. hope i don’t need to reformat my netbook and my myphone doesn’t seem to be complicated enough to need repair.

not much at work today outside the bentley software demo, the crazy column designation, still unfinished commitments for shangri-la, and bianca’s birthday blowout.

there seems to be sadness on the opposite end of the text line on my globe sim. wish i could be there, but maybe and i hope that the constant reminders to be happy would lead to happiness indeed. just like my cellphone. i sure think it’s great that i didn’t lose hope.

upgrades complete

matapos ang mabilis na proseso ng pag-backup, reformat, at install ng windows, matagal na proseso ng pag-update hanggang sa makagawa ako ng “fresh install” backup. o.c. rin kasi, e. ang nagpahirap pa sa proseso, mainit. naglipat din ako ng files mula sa laptop ni mama papunta sa laptop ni papa.

ang hindi ko pa lang naayos ay yung setup ko sa email. inalis ko na ang pop3 account sa netbook pero hindi ko pa na-setup dito sa desktop. at hindi ko pa rin na-setup yung imap sa netbook. baka bukas na lang.

nakakaaliw din ang pag-carry over ng settings na tila napaghandaan ko naman nang tama. smooth lang.

malamig na ngayon sa kwarto ko dahil naka-aircon na. wala na rin masyadong activity sa pc dahil settled na. kulang na lang ay ang product key na ilalagay ko in 30 days.

feast of the ascension ngayon. sa totoo lang, ako mismo nag-down sa sarili ko sa nakaraang linggo. lagi na lang bumabagsak. sana magawa ko, sana sa loob ng anim na buwan siguro, masabi ko sa sarili ko, naiangat ko ang sarili ko palapit sa langit. at ang iba rin, silang mahahalaga sa akin. minsan, gaya ngayon, tingin ko nakakatulong naman ako sa pagbuhat ng mabigat na damdamin. sana hindi ako magsawa. at sana patungong langit din ang pag-angat na iyon.

need for speed saturday

leveled up from 17 to 18 with free rented audi a1 clubsport quattro. wow. well, that’s done. I have to limit my gaming to an hour per day. I think I could have gamed more today but that would be just sad and could turn out bad.

I actually slept through the morning and didn’t spend most of the 24 hour rental time. I’m not sure about this estimate but I was online on nfs world last night for 2 hours, maybe another 2 in the afternoon and finally, 2 more hours tonight until the last minute of the “rental” after many team escapes, some lengthy and a lot of short pursuits, and a couple or three lost multiplayer races. I’m still at 69 wins with losses at 110 and counting. wow. I still think it’s a lot of time spent.

I woke up at around 12 since I wasn’t able to hold back on finishing the episodes that I copied from bianca (whose birthday is today). community is pretty ok. so much for watching an episode a day. I’m downloading big bang theory now. I hope I can limit that. I watched the pilot this afternoon.

on other techy stuff, my elm is not working well. I haven’t found a fix and lost P20 airtime load trying to troubleshoot. apparently, it’s a problem accessing secure websites or something. I guess I’ll be using snaptu for tweeting and opera seems to not be affected by the problem. still gotta fix this though. soon. but I’ll be patient.

outside my gaming (on my desktop), watching (on my netbook), and web connection problem solving (on my cellphone) which are rather lonely activities, my papa won a netbook today. it’s an asus 1015pem in matte black. hurray! awesome things about that, he won’t need to borrow my netbook when going to trips and my mother will have “full ownership” of the 14” acer.

techie day today. tomorrow, I’ll be reformatting my desktop and hopefully give more time for prayer and more physical activities. one thing, I need running shoes.

a1 ko ba

ewan ko. parang fail ang naiisip ko pag binabalikan ko ang araw sa office ngayon. at oo, hindi nga ako sanay makatanggap ng compliment. at medyo kinakabahan pa rin pag may higit pang nais sabihin bukod sa compliment. at tila masyado kong sineseryoso ang pagiging swabe kaya minsan, hindi nahihingi ang balak hingin. haha. player mode? ewan.

parang nung isang gabi lang, napansin namin ni venjo pareho yung audi a1 sa poster(?) sa audi sa fort. hindi nag-sink in sa akin na iyon nga pala yung libreng kotse ngayon sa nfs world. nangangatog ako ngayon pagkatapos ng isang successful evade sa hot pursuit kaya tinigil ko muna. medyo magastos nga ang hot pursuit (yung sa nfs world, hindi yung mismong game na hot pursuit na hindi ko pa nga pala uli nalalaro). magastos sa powerup. pati yung team escape kanina na muntik nang hindi ako umabot. nagpahinga rin ako pagkatapos dahil sa intensity. tila mapapalaro ako nang marami hanggang bukas para masulit yung 24 hour rental. sana makapag-level up man lang nang isa.

hindi ko pa rin alam kailan bagay gamitin ang nakuha kong 3-day rental ng r8 sa pagbili ko ng hot pursuit. sana masulit ko rin yun at maka-level up siguro nang tatlo. haha. freeloader. pero bakit ba? free to play naman, ah.

games. makapag-l4d nga uli sa mga darating na gabi. nabili ko na ang a4tech op-620d kahit mas mahal sa pinagbilhan ko nang 80pesos kumpara sa pc express. mukhang sa sunday ko gagawin ang reformat. tila marami akong oras sa harap ng pc ngayong weekend. dapat makahanap ng oras at sipag sa exercise at kanta.

medyo sad na gaming ang binoblog ko ngayon, pero kaysa naman trabaho. hahaha. kailangang maging fruitful weekend at kailangang gumimik next friday.

start bad, end well

kahapon yata noong hinirit ito ni tristan. may sense nga naman.

bukas, patapos na ang work week. dapat tapusin nang mahusay. itong araw rin na ito, medyo hindi maganda ang simula. late pa sa pagpasok. pag-uwi, inasistihan ko si arianne sa pagpunta niya para makipagkita sa mga kaibigan para sa lakwatsa nila. pagkatapos, matagal ako sa waltermart, kumain ng shawarma, namili sa robinson’s, sa handyman, at sa cdrking.

halos dalawang oras din ako sa waltermart. napaabot ko ng at least 2,000 pesos ang pinamili ko sa robinson’s. medyo off lang kasi 2,400+ lahat at 400 lang ang isa. ayos lang. kailangan ko rin naman yung pantalon at maganda naman ang mahal na polo.

nakabili na rin ako sa wakas ng bumbilya para sa dining room. nakakaaliw ang spiral na cfl. mas maliwanag na. mukhang kasya pa rin naman yata kahit hindi spiral yung cfl pero ok na rin. ayos pa pala, 169 ang isang bumbilya. isa pang nabili ko sa wakas ay ang adaptor na may switch para sa laptop ni papa.

last stop bago umuwi, cdrking. bumili ako ng ps/2 to usb adaptor para gamitin sa lumang laptop sa office at tama ang sabi ni kuya marlon, 50 pesos lang. parang ok sana kung yun na lang binili ko dati para sa netbook pero ok na rin na usb keyboard ang mga binili ko noon.

pag-uwi, kain, kwento, dasal, aircon, internet. nakakainip ngang mag-weekend pero may isa pang araw para matapos nang maganda ang work week.

half jog

I think that was an ok jog/walk coming from an inactive daily routine. as per step counter, I did 10,000 more than my daily average of around 4,000. that’s the daily target in a bit more than 2 hours. I need to improve my pace, and stamina, though. and schedule my meals and prayers. I have yet to have dinner.

I got through that jog pretty well. that could count as a success for my cause. I hope my best will be back on track to being well. yosh. I need to go running not just for the milo marathon. gotta run for fun.