We won our first paintball match during our company sportsfest. Our boss Nats asked me why I looked unhappy despite the win. I just told her that I was confused with the events, but the truth was, I was unhappy because I felt unfulfilled. I was still alive at the end of the game but […]
Love Makes the Difference
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 […]
The Ex Factor (But Last Night, I Remembered)
Whenever officemates see the pictures of my ex, they always have the same reaction – laughter, a look of incredulity on their faces, then the question: “What on earth did you see in him??” Usually I just stutter, “Um..love is blind?” or else shrug, because in all honesty, after all these years, I had forgotten […]
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 […]
Episkey! (Wand Pointing to Heart)
1 Message Received Sender:Gelle Message:Dee! OMG! May Pic ka sa Marie Claire magazine for the month of May. Yung sa speed dating ni Sam Oh. Page 59. Kasama si Jess. I’m a simple non-popular girl. The only other time my face has been on the page of a publicly-circulated medium (not counting school papers/mags and […]
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 […]