An officemate read one of my blogs and said, “Ang galing mo magsulat ah!” (You write really well!) I thanked her and explained, “It’s because I love to write and when you love what you do, you tend to be good at it.” I realize that that is especially true of me. When I was still […]
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
I signed up for the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People signature program being offered in our company. It was a three-day session which meant tons of emails and problematic invoices for troubleshooting likely to pile up, but I felt that I badly needed this and could do with the consequences. I sure am glad […]
Bucket List – Things to do Before I Die
Here is a list of things I want to do before I die. I will cross through each one I accomplish. Attend a masquerade ball in costume Bake a cake Be a bridesmaid Buy my own laptop Get a perm Drive a car Dye my hair a noticeably different color Eat in Hai San (the […]
A Title is not Necessary for Success
“What’s your course?” “Accountancy.” “Are you a CPA?” Typical conversation. All Accountancy grads are of course expected to take the CPA board exam. So, right after graduation, I followed the expected path and went to Manila with my classmates to review for five months before taking the board exam. I had never failed any major […]
Makati Girl
My dad’s here and I decide to go with him to Fairview (dubbed as “farview” by some people because it’s so far from Makati) to visit my stepcousin Airic. Stepcousin. Now there’s a term you don’t hear everyday. Airic is actually the son of my dad’s sister. So that makes him my aunt’s stepson, and […]
Seek and You Shall Not Find
Have you noticed that when you misplace something and you turn the entire house upside down searching for it, you won’t find it? Then just when you’ve already forgotten about it, or worse, you’ve already bought a replacement, you suddenly stumble across it. Happens to me all the time, that’s why I’ve learned to stop […]
Lonely at the Top
Lately, thanks to the wonders of compressed DVD’s, I have been able to redicover Ally McBeal episodes. In one episode, there was a case wherein a janitor was petitioning the court to allow the hospital to let him and his bestfriend the CEO exchange hearts. Long story, but what touched me there was when the […]
My Johari Window
It always interests me to know what people think about me. Not that I need to win their approval or anything, I just need a self confidence boost every now and then. The Johari Window provides just that. Here are my results. Arena (known to self and others) cheerful, confident, independent, witty Blind Spot (known […]
Unfinished Business
Another project of Performing Musician’s Guild (PMG), an org in our company, is to host voice and guitar lessons. They were both held today, and despite typhoon signal number one, I dragged myself to the office to attend them both. In the morning we had voice lessons. All my team mates (from cluster 3) — Jo, […]
Ode to Mothers
Zenie’s mom and her sister are here in Manila for a three-week vacation. They are staying over at our apartment during the entire duration. On their first day, you could already detect a difference in the apartment. And it has remained so eversince. The apartment’s actually clean! The floors are free of dust, the sink […]