Posted on May 12, 2010 at 11:27 am | 1 Comment »

Under Events, Family, Life, Vacation

It’s been a while since I last posted here.. The past few months had been very busy for me as I continued struggled with my job, and landed a part-time job… As well as family matters.

So far, this year has nothing but bad memories for me. Last March, the car I was using (which is my mom’s very old car which my dad uses right now cause they refuse to sell the old thing) got stolen. I was out with friends and when we were on our way to a bar, we were looking for the car, and it just wasn’t there. We reported everything to the police, and 3 days after, they found the car. But, everything was stolen. The car was working fine, but all our other stuff inside the car was stolen.

Next up, just a few days after the car being stolen, an elementary classmate and friend died…. I had to go home earlier just to be able to attend his wake as well as his funeral, so I went home Thursday afternoon, than the usual Friday afternoon.

Rough patch huh… That’s merely 2 of the stuff that I had to go through this year. At least for now. It’s only May, anything can happen in the next months.. (like say our elected President being someone that will not live up to the names of his parents and cause chaos in this country) Please be good to me, to us, 2010…

In other news..

I’ve been planning the past weeks. I confronted my mom about wanting to go with my sister to the US this October and look for a job there, and go back to fix my visa, and then work there. But, instead of saying that, I said I wanted a vacation. Then she said, “Why not get our Graduation gift then? Where do you want to go..?”

EXPLANATION: I did not have a grand debut party unlike the one my sister had last December (another reason for the busy months before because I was running back and forth helping out). I only had an overnight with my High School friends and that was it (well, my parents gave me iPod speakers as well, but that’s just like a birthday gift like any other birthday and not the debut gift itself). I said I wanted a tour. But as the months passed, I thought that I needed a laptop that time, more than a tour. So I asked for one. And thus my MacBook.

And now that I have graduated from college, instead of asking for anything else, I asked for the tour I wanted for my debut. Where may you ask? They always thought that I wanted a tour around Korea. The truth is, I just wanted to go there because my friend lived there and I wanted to visit her. But now that she’s not there, I don’t think I’d want to visit, unless if I’m with family. So, where’s the tour? Europe.

I’ve been searching around the web for cheap tour packages around Europe and so far I have lessened the costings by half than I originally found. From I think around $11k, I had it cut short to $6k nearing 7 including airfare (the $11k didn’t include the airfare and was limited). Not bad, huh. I just hope that my mom would agree because I worked so hard to be able to find the cheapest tours around Europe and so far I found the cheapest. But of course, I’ll have to save up for the trip too (just in case she doesn’t agree on the proposed tours and for souvenirs).

This website will undergo a revamp anytime I get the inspiration to design. Being a graphics designer is making my creative room dry up. I need to find something to inspire me…

Posted on September 2, 2009 at 9:40 pm | 2 Comments »

Under Events, Family, Work

Hi! I’m back. I’ve been gone for almost a month now and a lot of things had happened. First thing is my grandfather who passed away (thank you to those who commented and said that his version of the Swan Song was great). After that, we’ve had a rough road in the family… My sister had an accident I think that was the week after his burial.. The wheel of a truck suddenly slipped out of the truck itself and crashed into my sister’s car. Luckily she was not hurt or anything. Not even the wind shield was touched. So, yeah… Lolo (my grandfather) had been watching over us.

BTW, I edited the Swan Song. I had a few errors upon trying to read my lolo’s handwriting… I just fixed it before typing this entry.

After that, our van came next. It had been showing its defects since last year but they couldn’t see the problem here so my dad had to bring it to the city to have it fixed. And it was. And then just today when my dad was to get the van from Chrysler, our Honda Accord 1996 edition was again in an accident. Someone hit them at the bumper at the back while they were on their way to our condo. Luckily, again, everyone is safe.

So much had happened the past month… Heartbreaking, and also pocket breaking (monetary issues) since everything goes out and only a bit comes in… But, I guess it’s okay… It’s not like this happens every month for every year. Maybe everything just fell into place at the same time…

Enough with the sad things. I’ve been job hunting since June and only this week had I been called by 4 companies already (including the one that just called me today). Yesterday I had 3 job interviews and I will have another one on Friday. I’m not sure on where to go. Lol. I also have another offer coming from the US but this offer will be home based… I’m not yet sure if I can take on that offer because I don’t work as well as much as I would if I knew someone is watching over me. So, yeah… I’m still giving it a thought though. It is an opportunity for me… A step to the US I guess.

Give me your thoughts about the US offer.

Posted on August 4, 2009 at 3:59 am | 2 Comments »

Under Family

The Swan Song was written by my grandfather (may he rest in peace) and I would like to share this song (I’m not really sure if it’s a poem or a song) to you guys… He wrote this years and years ago (maybe during the 1940’s) and I just tried to decipher it a few minutes ago with my dad which gave me a terrible headache..

When I have crossed the bar my dear
Shed no sad tears for me
Just let me lie where you are near
Then sweet my trip will be

Goodbye then no more I can tell;
My life is ebbing thus:
Just share me prayers so farewell
My dear fellows, adieu

He’s been saying farewell to the world for the last how many years through this song… While I was typing it, I cannot help but shed tears. I will truly miss my grandfather…. Even though for the last few months of his lift he couldn’t even remember my name, and not to mention who I was… But I don’t care. I love him no less. He had always been my birthday-buddy since we only had a day separating our birthdays… And he was the very first one who taught me how to drive when I was like 4 years old… (the steering wheel, I mean).

Please pray for his soul and that may he rest in peace with everyone else…. I know he is in a much better place now… And he will always be there to look after us. Love you lolo….

Posted on July 4, 2009 at 3:32 am | No Comments »

Under Events, Family, Friends, Games, Life

Weird things had happened for the entirety of this week. But before I get to that, I just wanted to say that I took the qualifying exam for the Japanese Government Scholarship for next year’s batch last June 23rd. I don’t know if I’ll pass, but I have a very, VERY strong feeling that I won’t… So I won’t count on it anymore and just look for a job so that I can save up to take a certificate degree at the Philippine School of Interior Design. I always wondered how my life would have been if I took the Interior Designing course instead of taking the Computer Science course. So, I am gonna save up for it and try to enter there by next year, hopefully.

The past week I’ve been staying at my sister’s place in the city because I attended a Job Expo at our school. But, I only went one day though. ANYWAYS… I also went out with my college friends and we went Laser Tagging! It was fun… But it got a bit annoying when you kept on being shot and you don’t know where it’s coming from only to find out that there are people all around you. But bottom line, I had fun with them.

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Posted on June 12, 2009 at 1:53 am | 7 Comments »

Under Family, Philippine News, Vacation

And so summer had ended and A(H1N1) cases in the country had increased, drastically.. :( 4-6 cases had already been found in the university where I used to study so the school has been closed for 2 weeks… And now, all universities in the country had pushed their school opening for another week because of all the cases.

Anyways, I just came home from a summer vacation from an island in our country last Monday… El Nido, Palawan to be exact. It was SO fun! I haven’t had so much fun ever since we visited the United States.. Everything was a new experience to me since this is really the first time that I had fun in the water.. I discovered that I love being on a boat! Funny I know..

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