So BZ... but it's OK

I am so busy but I’m not complaining… I’m afraid that if I complain God will take these blessings away. I am just thankful that I am able to do these things by His grace.

Thursday night – I was with Trixie and An working on 2 projects in Miguel’s office in Makati. I got home around 1030pm.

Friday - I was busy at work because of new performance measures that we need to implement in the team and the list of my to-do’s seems to go longer and longer everyday. Friday night – I delivered the franchise agreement to the salon. Molly and Rod went with me. I waited for Karen and her friend to finish their facials. And Mr. Quickie was ff-up my proposal for the FGD but I’ve sent it to them a couple of days ago. Then we went home and had my favorite Pinoy comfort food, sinigang! Buti na lang Ma was in the house and cooked for us.

Saturday – was a busy, busy day. I was in the office, rushed to revise WSI’s SLA, checked the work plan for the single domain migration, etc… Went to Rustan’s in the hope that I would find a gift for Sharyn but didn’t. Went to Lasalle and enrolled in my HR Management class (their enrollment system should be improved!), then attended class for 7 hours, from 1230pm to 730pm. Rod and Molly picked me up and we went straight to Sharyn’s. We all had fun there, as always, because Sharyn and Jens are such good hosts. The food is super! Kateh slept over. I was so tired I almost fell asleep on the floor while Rod, Kate and I were watching Amazing Race. Kateh said she watched TV til 230am.

Sunday - We slept late Sunday morning and attended church service at 11pm. We were blessed with Pastor Jun Escosar’s preaching on leadership. He’s an anointed speaker and his message is so powerful that Rod even asked for the copy of his PPT slides, unfortunately we didn’t bring our memory stick and we were not able to get a copy of the slides. I think we were there to listen to Pastor Jun for a reason. I am just thankful that the Lord is stirring our hearts and is calling us to be leaders.

Molly was so noisy during the service! She was playing with the offering envelopes, I thought we should give at least 25pesos and indicate that it’s for the envelope that Molly played with. We saw our cell group and cell leaders after the service that made me realize that I miss them and I would like to build our family’s relationship with them.

Anyway, lunch was at Tempura, Molly was so magulo and was really in the mood. We went to Robinson’s after lunch. They were having a 3-day sale so there were a lot of people in the mall. Molly tried on around 6 pairs of shoes. We got her a pair of red shoes and a shimmering shoe – buy 1, take 1; 7 pairs of socks; 1 shirt from from Baby Guess; and 1 dress from Oshkosh.

After that we went home and finally slept. I woke up and found out that Ma and Pa are at home. We went to my office to pick-up my computer. I prepared carbonara then we had dinner and Rod went to work at around 915pm.

Tomorrow is the start of a new week… busy, busy week… but I’m not complaining. Bring it on!

Don't Get Dooced!

I read this from a Business Week article forwarded by one of my bosses...

DOOCED – An expression used when someone loses a job because of blogging. Firings occur when a company finds an employee’s post questionable or too revealing about sensitive data. Where does the name come from? Heather Armstrong, who lost her job because of her website dooce.com introduced stinging satire of her former employer.

Fellow bloggers, keep blogging positively : )

What would you do...

What would you do if you weren't afraid of making a mistake, feeling rejected, looking foolish, or being alone?

Take a moment to think about it...

Have Pen, Will Write

I spend many times reading books, reading stories… other people’s stories. I am inspired by great authors who wrote classics and popular books, I am inspired by writers who received local and global recognitions, I admire people who started writing at an early age and has kept volumes of journals, I am admire people who write about nothing and everything, and I am encouraged by people who have the courage and the passion to write.

I think one way to develop your insight is to write. As you start to write, your mind becomes focused and you just write down whatever it is that’s in your mind until you get a realization, an Aha!, an insight. Something inside you tells you, “Why didn’t I see that before?” In writing, as a good teacher once said, your voice awakens. Writing enables you to take a step back and take yourself apart from situations that are happening in your life or around you. It gives you a chance to reflect on how these are affecting you and the people and things that matter to you. It gives you a chance to look at the past and see how it has molded you into being the person that you are now. It gives you the opportunity to visualize the future and somehow allows you to prepare yourself so that you can face it with calmness and grace.

Yes, I will continue to read books, lots and lots of books and yes, I am now starting to write my own stories!

Try This!

Does Your English Cut the Mustard?

Greet Me! Greet Me!

Two years ago, my officemate Grace, greeted me a happy mother’s day, and I wasn’t a mother then, in fact, Molly wasn’t even conceived at that time. She was quite embarrassed about that, but looking back, her greeting was quite prophetic because I got pregnant that same year. And now that I have Molly, she and the others can officially greet me ‘A Happy Mother’s Day!” Yey!

So, to all my friends who are already mothers, to my Lola, Becky – my sister, my mother-in-law and my mother, A Happy Mother’s Day to all of you! Now I know what it’s like to be a mom – sugar and spice and everything nice and not nice but altogether wonderful. I’m proud to be a mother. :)
Note: To my husband, I know you want to make mother’s day special for me so to make things easier for you, here are some ideas: give me lots of hugs and kisses PLUS any or ALL of the following: a bunch of flowers, chocolates, shoes, running shoes, bike, spa treatment, pretty notebook or take me out on a date with Molly. JTB