Marami sa mga kaibigan ko are in this phase of their careers right now...

Global economic crisis kse dito sa earth...

Pero naniniwala ko Big Man upstairs will provide...

Si SO - design engineer | electrical | preferrably for abroad

Si BFF - medicine | general med instructor | biology

Si SFAM - software dev | system analyst

Si Thesism8 - software | QA | abroad

Iba pang tropa - nurse | medicine | fresh grad | with volunteer experience

Iba pa - messenger | 1 year experience

Ako - side line | work from home | part time during weekend | technology | gadgets

So much for my hope for a good news regarding my lab test but unfortunately I had a recurrence... which I definitely find ironic since I've been really watching out with what I eat and do.

I'm kinda pissed off actually to get it for the second time but what else can we do about it. I had to take a couple of days off from work which is the LAST thing I wanna do right now. The mind is willing but body is weak.

As most of you know, I live alone. I slept the "whole ordeal" in between reruns of Will & Grace Season 1 and 2 DVD. Good thing SO live one barangay away so he gets to check on me once in a while. A bit lucky I guess that it has been raining during early mornings so it wasn't really that hot.

I'm just hoping I'll get well soon ... completely.

Its my 3rd lab test for the past 3 consecutive months. I've been medicated for having an infection a month ago and since then I've been wary to any sudden changes in my body. I've learned from that diagnosis that I should take some minutes to give my body a break every few hours everyday. It's been beneficial to me really -- I became more collected, focus and more productive at work. Plus the fact that I get to retouch my simple make-up. Hehehe...

I guess more people notice the latter than me being more collected. Hahaha. But actually it is the only time in the whole day I could take a deep breath. Instead of staying in the rest room doing nothing I would powder my face and in between I would take deep breaths, stretch my back and say a quick prayer of thanks.

I can't afford to go to a spa or take a vacation but hey it works!

But yesterday I woke up feeling a little ill, marami pa rin kseng nagkakasakit dahil nga sobrang init. The feeling didn't go away the whole day. I was hoping I would get better when I woke up today but I had no choice but to text my boss and say I can't come in (so much for my goal of a perfect attendance this March).

I decided to get retested just make to sure I wasn't recuperating from my infection and this is just a normal flu. As I waited in the lobby of the hospital for my health card form for the lab test. I tiptoed to the weighing scale placed at the side of the lobby. And to my delight, I lost 6 lbs from the last time I weighed myself from the same scale while waiting for my turn a month ago.

Yes! A few more lifestyle changes I would be reaching my goal soon enough. I hope the test would result into something that is not alarming.

After a month, BFF (Best Friend Forever) and I hook up yesterday. We started off the iternary by attending the 3rd Sunday Service since SO (Significant Other) was scheduled to play the the guitar during the church service.

We stayed a little while, giving in to PHD's request for BFF to have lunch for the meantime. Our main goal really was to sit down and have a decent conversation to catch up on things -- past, present and future. So instead of going straight to my apartment, we decided to take a detour to a nearby Mcdonalds to beat the summer heat.

Like the old days, the three of us started chuckling with our non-stop exchange of sentences. The top 2 statements for me were:

- Some Dad actually read a manual entitled: What to say to your daughter when you screw up when they grow up?

Yeap both of our dad screw up just recently, 2 different offenses but the same excuses/dialogue. So instead of wallowing over how imperfect our fathers turned out when they got into a certain age we just ended up laughing on what were the steps in that alleged manual.

- Next statement blurted out by my SO. "WOW!"

BFF was looking like her regular girly self so it wasn't a surprise to me when guys started catching our attention. SO have seen BFF in her best katulong outfit style whenever we hang out at their place so I guess he as mesmerize as the other guys whenever he sees her. (I mean lets face it, guys really take a second look whenever a pretty girl passes by moreso whenever some skin is involved. But not my guy.)

BFF just came back Baguio to iron out some things with their family business. So she took out 1 jar of preserved strawberry jam from her purse and as I suspected SO will definitely like the pasalubong. What I didn't expect was him blurting out a solid mesmerized "WOW".

Hahaha!

Random things over the weekend

- Saw Bamboo performance in a rerun of MP3 season 1 at Ch 5 promoting latest album "Tomorrow Becomes Yesterday". It was aired originally last Dec. It has been a year since we SO got to shook hands with him in their Winston Concert at Island Cove.

- Missed my 1 and only niece, so I called Kuya via 3g to say a quick hello

- Things I wanna do with my 3 fave person (SO, BFF, SFAM - sistah from anodah modah) Go to a vacation spot that requires a boat or a domestic plane. Go to either Hongkong, Japan or Singapore for the first time

It's a good advice, that you just didn't take
And who would have thought it figures

- Alanis Morisette, Ironic

Yeap. Marami sa atin ang sakit nga ito: magdunong-dunungan sa situation at sadyang pasaway na hindi nakikinig sa payo ng iba. Experience is the best teacher but prevention is better than cure. Keep of the grass. Don't feed the animals eheh bat tayo napunta dun sa last two?

But come to think of it we see a lot of signages all around us. Gaya na lang ng sinabi ko kanina.

Don't feed the animals

Baket sa tingin nyo ba sadyang gustong gutumin ng zoo keepers ang mga feracious pet nila? Syempre hindi noh! Malamang sa hindi may minsan ng nagpakain sa mga animals na to at masyadong naentice ang tiger,for instance, sa pagkain na inaalok ng tao na yun na pati ang kamay ng nag-aalok eh ginawa nyang tanghalian.

Ikaw gusto mo bang maputulan ng kamay dahil sa mga kamag-anak ni Simba?

Thus, sundin ang karatula dahil magandang payo ito.

Slippery when wet

Medyo bitin ang advice na to kse kailangan mo pa ng konting common sense para maintindihan kung bakit nilagay ang babalang ito sa kalsada.

Para sa mga di gaanong pinalad pagdating sa IQ eto ang isang comprehensive explanation:
Kapag basa ang kalsada, madulas kalye. Pagmadulas ang kalye at matulin kang magmaneho swerte mo kung di ka maaksidente. Pagnaaksidente ka malamang mayuyupi sasakyan mo (tsk, tsk lagot ang insurance neto), maaari pang mabangasan ang fez mo at di kayanin ni Dr. Belo na irestore ito to its original form.

Kawawa ka naman ala ka na ngang IQ, may peklat pa ang mukha mo for life. Ang panget di ba?

Kaya hinay-hinay lang sa pagdidrive ng Ferrari mo kapag wet ang daanan. Ergo, sundin ang magandang payo.

O gusto nyo pa ng isang sample? Di ka pa nasiyahan ha....

Heto pa ang isa, Flush the toilet after use (especially when you just did a number #2 in a public toilet)

Okey given the possibility ng not so great atmosphere it would create after you're done with the deed at definitely nakakahiya na may pumasok na sa cubicle na kakagamit mo pa lang at nakitang ikaw ang last user. Pero, heller?
Gusto mo bang maanalyze nila kung anu-ano ang chinibog mo the whole (for some, the past couple of) day/s base on your fecal? Naranasan mo na bang ngumasab ng sweet corn at makitang buo pa ito sa iyong manure?

Hahaha, think CSI Las Vegas. Sa pamamagitan ng iyong bombang iniwan malalaman nila na sadya kang matakaw dahil sa iba't ibang chemical content nito. So try mo naman pahirapan ng onti sila Grissom at iflush ang toilet para sa poso negro sila maghanap kung alindun ang sau. Gandang image di ba?

Hence, this is a very sensible advice kaya sundin mo.

With that said, marami sa atin ang nakakaranas ng iba't ibang problema ranging from different issues in life. And at some point we feel like you have reach the dead end -- no one to talk to, no one to listen, and no one who understands the pain you are going through.

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Marami ng beses akong pumalpak, dahil tulad nyo matigas din ang ulo ko. Swerte lang ako dahil despite sa mga napagdaanan ko eh di naman umabot sa punto na nasira ang buhay ko. Dinaanan ko lang yung mga yun para patatagin ako. I truly believed that in the midst of the situation, may Higher Being pa rin na nagbabantay sa akin. Giving me subtle advices in a form na hindi nakasulat sa mga rectangular-card board or plywood.
I was given advices through seeing the lives of others and realizing how a good advice can actually save me from losing my sanity to the circumstances.

Bilang pagtanaw ng malaking utang na loob sa mga tao, pati na rin babasahin at mga palabas, na nakatulong sa akin to survive a number of ordeals, I have compiled a list of sound advice under different possible topics that might help you when you find yourself in a sticky situation.

Feel free to come back to this post anytime, these are topnotch reminders from the most expert in all things. It was given to us for a reason but like the rest of us, we are just either too busy to notice or too self-absorb that we won't even recognize it even if it would be written in pink gigantic tarpaulin in EDSA just like what BF of MMDA does to get people's attention.

so, go ahead click a link, it might actually save you from sleepness nights...

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