Who’s Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone?

My sister, Becky, and nephews, Juaf and Foncy, are leaving for Dubai soon. I am not worried about them because I know that they will be fine. They will be with Frank, my brother-in-law, and this makes their family complete, as what families should be. It will also give them a chance to be on their own which is what I think my sister and brother wanted. They will be attending the Victory church in Dubai. They have a beautiful and spacious home with a gym, playground and swimming pool. Other perks? They have centralized air-conditioning and free electricity.

Although I know in my heart that this is part of God’s plan for them, it still breaks my heart to be apart from my one and only baby sister and my nephews, whom I love like my own. I always tell Juaf that I love him and Foncy, and that I would miss them. He would answer, in a sing-song manner, “Who’s gonna miss me when I’m gone?” And I always tell him that I will miss all of them and I will think of them always and never forget them. Even when he was younger I told him that I will always love him and I explained what “always” means. I hope that he will remember. Foncy is just nearly 2, I hope that he will not forget me and Molly. I will never forget how he says, “Mimi, lab yuuuuuuuuu!” with matching gigil.

My sister and I tell the kids that even if they’re cousins, they should treat each other like siblings. We tell the boys that Molly is their baby sister and we tell Molly that Juaf and Foncy are her brothers. I tell the kids that I love their Mommy, who will forever be my baby sister even when we get older, and that they should love each other like that.

Intellectually, I know that they will be fine in Dubai. The kids will go to a good school and Becky will find a job (if she wants to work) and that they will be able to establish good friendships there, they will be discipled in Church, but I just feel sad that we will be saying goodbye.

We plan to visit them by December. Please pray that God will provide for our trip.

So, who’s gonna miss them? I will… definitely.

Pic of Becky with Frank, Juaf & Foncy; Foncy wearing Lolo's straw hat.

Bathing Suit

Molly's Ninang Sandee gave her bathing suits as pasalubong from the US. Molly really likes clothes and she was pretty excited when I gave her the suits.

Thanks, Sands! : )

Module 1 Done, 5 More to Go

It's the last day of my HR Ops & IT. I'm really glad it's going to be over in a few hours. Our group was the first to present so i have time to blog... thank you weroam! surfing inside the class. sarap. it's the best way to battle antok!

Ivy and Cherrie will be my classmates in the next module which is really a good thing. The next class is industrial relations, i think that would be very interesting.

This is it for now... until july 2 when the next module starts...

A Significant Moment

Rod came in at around 1am this morning. His shift started at 4pm yesterday and ended at 12mn. I woke up just when he opened the door, he came in and smiled and waved at me. He’s happy to get to spend the night with Molly and me. I smiled back and motioned for him to lie on the bed beside me. Molly was sleeping ever so deeply in her crib.

I woke up around 3am because Molly was crying. I went over to her crib and gently stroke her head and her back but she was still whimpering. She’s probably hungry, I said to myself, and went over to the table to get her a bottle of milk. Her cries were getting louder so her Dad decided to pick her up and put her on our bed. I gave Molly her milk and she began to drink. After that she went back to sleep. Her back was resting on her Dad and Rod’s right hand was resting lightly on her thigh, both of them facing me, Molly’s face a small and softer version of her father’s. Both of them have chinky eyes and thin lips, indeed there’s no denying that she’s her father’s daughter. Both of them looked so peaceful, so content to have each other.

As I look at them, I told myself, this is definitely a significant moment, one of the things that money can’t buy, one of the things that can bring so much joy in my heart that I was compelled to kneel on the floor and thank God for my Molly and my Rod. Then I rested on the bed, facing Molly and Rod. I held Rod’s hand on my right and Molly’s little hand on my left. I felt at peace, secure, contented and grateful. I thank God for this moment.

ANALYZE THIS!

How should I say this without sounding bossy and pushy? Well, there is no other way; I just have to emphasize that YOU, ALL OF US SHOULD LEARN HOW TO ANALYZE!

This is how you define your value in the organization. If you learn how to analyze simple data then later learn how to analyze more complex data then your value as a worker and as an employee increases. For example, if your boss asks you for the list of computers, you just don’t give a list, you give the total number of computers, the average age of computers, number of computers per department, per model, etc. Another example, if you give your boss an update or project status – you just don’t list the things that you did, you should give things done, not done, ongoing, percent of completion, budget, issues and concerns, recommendations to address issues and concerns, etc. That is analysis! That’s how you should do it.

If you analyze data it becomes information. From this information your boss will be able to understand the situation and make decisions.

I got a nagging headache from an officemate whom I expected to analyze the data but instead got the nerve to tell me that I do my own analysis. I can do that but what is his value? Is he just supposed to gather data? Then he shouldn’t be in a supervisory nor managerial position – he should be a data collector. In my opinion, he should get a good “spanking” from his superior. He should learn to analyze.

If you’re young worker and you want to move up the ladder or be an expert in a certain field, please, please, do yourself a favor, learn how to ANALYZE!