Talking to my Blog

Aldrich and I will be going to Tagaytay tomorrow for our 'summer' outing. We were supposed to go to Wonder Island but changed our minds because of the weather. It's scary to ride a boat to an island during strong winds and high waves...so off to Sonya's we go! We'll also have merienda at Bag of Beans. Aldrich can't wait to get his hands (or mouth) on the apple pie again. It's his absolute favorite!

Right now, I'm still researching on another place to go to in between Sonya's and Bag of Beans. I'm thinking of the Flower Farm, also in Tagaytay. I considered People's Park in the Sky first but it might be dirty and there were some negative comments in Virtual Tourist.

I just need to get our itinerary in place then I have still some other things to think about...
1) I've decided to take Bikram Yoga Classes - Thought Level 9. This has a dependency to # 2 though
2) Actualization of Finances - I did get my last pay but I dont' want to splurge coz I already paid my dad 20k out of the 48k.
3) I'm planning to invest around 10-15 k from my remaining 25k. My sister-in-law, Gwen, suggested that I invest in one of Philam's plans; she recommended this and has also put her own money and kids; money in the plan. I still have to contact her sister Grace so she can tell me how it works.

Recently, I feel I've become more family oriented and less rebellious. (Slowly saying goodbye to teenage rebellious phase! 6 years late!) I have Aldrich to thank in part since he's a super family oriented guy - this he made clear - ala expectations setting - when we were still starting out.

I've also found it easier to participate in Church activities coz I see my parents, especially my Dad getting involved in them, too. I never imagined this would happen, but as we know, nothing is impossible with God!

I've attended a couple of Wednesday career group meetings and our newly transferred pastor, Bro. Kervin is really a great speaker and motivator. Attending the meetings openend my eyes to the wrong notions I had about faith and Christianity (sheesh, after all these years!), and also made me ponder about the status of my relationship with God.

One of the most important eye-openers to me is that the basis of our faith, of our being a Christian should be Jesus Christ. No one else, nothing else. Our faith in God should not be based on feelings alone. For example, I often say "I'm not in the mood, I don't want to go to Church anymore "or "I'm sleepy, so maybe I'll pray later or read the Bible next time". It's not something that we do when we're happy and comfortable and have extra time. It should be part of our life. It's not a religion, it's a way of life.

I've never really thought of it that way and the more I attend the meetings and mull over things, the easier it is to follow the 'pathway of life' (this is the title of the book we're reading). Of course, it will take time but what's important is the willingness to follow it and for the rest, God's grace will suffice.

It's such a pity that I have classes on Wednesdays and Thursday this term! I've rechecked the schedule but there's no other good date option. I'll miss our meetings and practices as well :( .

I Have a Life!

I have a life!

I realized I have a life after attending my friend Cathy's baby shower! I haven't seen or spoke with this friend for like 3++ years. We worked together in the airport during the modeling days!

I am also able to meet up for coffee with my high school friends who work around Makati since I now get out of the office at 'normal people' time. Wow! I didn't realize that going home early from the office and not rendering frequent overtime and not equating your life with work would have an effect of such a great magnitude to my life!

Wow, I can now say that I have a life!

The best thing right now is not only having a life but also getting paid higher for the same things that you do before.

Way cool!

All's Well That Ends Well

All's well now... Aldrich and I are both on normal shift. He's experiencing the 'adjustment week' syndrome I had during my first 2 billable weeks... the super-charged but tired feeling and temporarily shifting into a morning person.. but that too will pass! I know so, hahahah!

I was just looking at my current company's outing photos and it looks so much fun! But just coming from a different company, we couldn't help but compare company organized outings.

Old Company
- GP2W Organized
- A sponsor project is chosen to help in logistics, food, games, etc.
- basically, it's very organized!

New Company
- HR Organized
- everyone is to just enjoy and have fun!
- there are games and activities but not everyone was compelled to join

The not-so-good things we encountered were waiting to check in to our rooms.. like a 2 hour wait? and waiting to check out of our rooms..like an hour wait on the bus..and it was 1pm but we still hadn't had lunch and when we did a stopover, there was a sudden change of venue coz some person from another bus called to say that paseo de sta rosa had more options.. oh yeah but they were in a hurry and told us just to take out our food. Huwat? how can you say that to hungry and grumpy people? Our heads were shaking, tsk tsk.

What we enjoyed though was the free time and not having to account for where you are. We were even able to get out of the resort and ride a tricycle to the town market to buy some pasalubong fruits, kakanin and pies. That was nice :)