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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Sluggish

Can't tell much.. I'm kinda lazy nowadays.

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

My daughter's pet

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Connection

Today we had our broadband connection! I'm now waiting for my own website which the company will provide so I can start working. I'm nervous because I don't have anyone to ask to while working.

May the Holy Spirit guide me while working.

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Bonding

Yesterday, Roel, our daughter - France and I went biking around Phase I of our village and at Olympia 4's playground. We had our bonding moment, na bihira lang magkaroon. Usually kasi we just stay at home watch TV the whole day or nagyayaya akong mag-malling kahit walang pera. hehehe.

I hope maulit ulit ang biking namin.

Getting started..

Last Monday, I started registering to my new job. While waiting for my own website, which is being constructed by the company I joined in, I'm now trying to learn the work process. Medyo nakakalito coz binabasa ko lang ang mga instructions.. mabusisi at matrabaho ata ang pinasukan ko. hehehe. I know I'll get the hang of it kapag gamay ko na ang work.

Mukhang matatagalan pa ang check ko kasi I'm still puzzled and confused.. in God's help matutunan ko rin ito. I'll just keep on reading sa training manual my franchisee gave. Actually, I can call her naman for questions eh.

My the Lord help me as I learn the process.

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Firewire

Last Wednesday when Ron and I went to Southmall to look for his shoes, I got the chance to ask computer stores if they have firewires. Luckily, there's one computer shop that has an available firewire for our videocam. I was about to buy it but Roel said he like to see it first baka mali or hindi compatible yung mabili ko.

Last Sunday, we went back Southmall to buy it. We still need to buy a PCI card for the other end, wala pa kasing USB yung end ng 4-pin firewire na kailangan namin. And right timing si Mama coz nagpapabili ng triband cellphone yung neighbor nya. May darating kasing co-teacher sina Mama, dun namin ipapadala ang mga bilin nila.

Yesterday lang kinabit ni Roel yung PCI card, so gabi ko na na-try yung wire. Thank God at gumana naman ng maayos.

Now, I'm doing all the data captured on our videocam to be converted to .wmv or.mpg then I'll burn it all in a DVD CD.

Friday, January 19, 2007

Looking for shoes

Last Wednesday, Ron and I went to Southmall to look for a shoes, his shoes. Medyo mahirap syang hanapan ng shoes. My daughter and hubby had their bonding moments. We were able to shoes at Alabang Town Center. We ate at McDo first before going to ATC.

After buying shoes, we went home right away. I miss my baby na eh. Grabe, ganun pala ang feeling kapag lagi mong kasama ang anak mo then umalis ka ng hindi sya kasama... mami-miss mo agad.

Iba na talaga kapag nanay na.

Job

Last Wednesday, I started inquiring at PLDT and TI on how to apply on their services. Yesterday, I already applied for PLDT DSL and paid my registration fee for TI habang may promo yung sasalihan ko. Mukhang walang atrasan na ito. Go for it na. I hope matutunan ko kaagad yung work process para naman bumalik na yung pinuhunan ko.

Excited na ako at the same time kabado coz baka matagalan bago ko talaga matutunan. I pray that the Holy Spirit will help me in learning this new work.

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Chinese names

for me: ai, an shun

for my daughter: meng, fu rui

essence of our names: personal character and skills

If you tried to check your name using the same essence, your names changes(?). Why is that? Below's the answer.

Why does your Chinese name tool keep giving me different names?
English and Chinese are two completely unrelated languages. They don't share a common linguistic or cultural history. One of the differences is in the way names are given. Chinese has a relatively small set of surnames for people and no set of common given names. Given names can be chosen from the whole language, though in practice some characters are used more often than others. What this means is that there is no standard way of translating a name from English into Chinese. You can try to pick a given name that sounds like your English name, or you can pick a name with characters whose meaning you like. This is not unique, and will differ based on personal preference. That is why the name tool will give you a different name each time you use it, so you can choose the one you like the best. There isn't a "right" translation of an English name. So far from being a bug or "hidden feature" in the namer, it is a conscious design choice.

Some sites purport to translate your name into Chinese, but only pick a stock, meaningless transliteration of the name. It may use Chinese characters, but it is not a Chinese name and would not be used by a native Chinese as a name. A Chinese name has a one (or less commonly two) character surname followed by a one or two character given name and it differs from person to person. My namer tries to do a slightly better job, but to get a good Chinese name, you still need to talk to a human, preferably one who knows your personality.

source: mandarintools.com

Monday, January 15, 2007

Sidecar "project"

Last Friday pa tapos yung pagpaint sa bike at sidecar. I waited for my bro for 2 days para lang buuin (kesho sumakit daw ang katawan at nanghihina sa pagod) yun. Unfortunately when he tried to assemble it, di raw nya kaya at syempre gumastos na naman kami para lang ipa-assemble. Napaka-walang kwenta talaga ng utol ko, walang alam.

Thank God at natapos na yung "project" namin. We restored our old sidecar for me and my daughter's strolling. The bike and sidecar were used when my bro is about 6 years old, we used it as his school service. Imagine gaano na katagal yun pareho. My daughter needs some outside air (fresh air?) and for her to see the things around her. Exercise ko na rin ang ipasyal sya and it's cheaper than strolling around in car kahit medyo marunong na akong magdrive.

After assembling it, we started strolling right away. We went to Olympia 4's playground, it is near my tita's house and umikot sa Chrysville Phase 3. Nakakapagod at ang sakit sa puwet ng upuan. Nakakatuwa nga itsura naming mag-ina, may dala akong malaking backpack with our things (esp. my baby's stuff and milk) at coolman, with my water. Seatbelt ng anak ko ay luma kong belt, syempre for safety, hehehe.

I enjoyed strolling kahit pagod, I hope my daughter likes it too.

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Beerday Party

Yesterday, we attended Patit's beerday party... sarap ng food kahit kokonti lang - pansit malabon at canton, hamroll, tacos na super dami dahil pulutan din.

Ang gugulo nila Basti at D.A., agawan ng laruan. Natulak at nahampas nga ni Basti si France eh. Neneng ko is the only girl kasi kaya she's playing alone na lang.

Umaapaw sa tacos at popcorn for pulutan. Videoke at inuman session started early para walang pa-morningan.

Minsan lang naman magpakain si Patit pag birthday nya... thanks. Wishing you happiness and good health.

HAPPY BEERDAY!

Saturday, January 13, 2007

Almost finished..

Yesterday, nakuha na namin yung pinagawang upuan for our sidecar. I drove the lite ace again to get the seats and it was rush hour time.. tense me pero I managed.

Today, I hope my bro will assemble everything so that by later this afternoon my daughter and I will be able to use it na for strolling. But my lazy bro is still sleeping.. lasing kasi kagabi at kauuwi lang kaninang madaling araw.

I don't like the way the bike is painted... basta gumawa si Marie, our maid, walang quality - basta-basta lang. Yung sidecar eh okay naman ang pagkakakulay.

Post ko pic ng transpo namin ni France soon.

Batch Reunion Pix

Here's a link for some of the batch reunion pictures, shared by Marius - thanks, bro. It took me days to upload coz of my dial-up connection.

Enjoy!

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Work

I can't explain how I feel... I hope it's already Jan.15 so that I can really decide on pushing through this home-based job or not.

Pro's
- Can help with financial status
- Can help in saving for my daughter's future
- Can buy new cellphone
- Can buy clothes I need
- Can buy toys I want for my daugther
- Self improvement

Con's
- Divided time between work and my daughter, esp. when I'm still learning the process
- Expenses like internet connection and electricity, which cannot be avoided
- Meeting deadlines

But I'll be doing this for my daughter and for myself.

Greetings..


mwah!

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Transpo..

Yesterday, we started restoring our old bike and its sidecar. I drove my hubby's lite ace to Pacita, pinaayos namin yung bike. Then we went home and thank God na-drive ko ng maayos yung van. After returning from Pacita saka ko lang tinext si Roel for the info. Ayaw ko namang i-secret yun. Yehey! Medyo marunong na akong magdrive... my only problem is parking the van.

Today, nagpagawa naman kami ng upuan at sandalan ng sidecar kasi nasira na yung original nya. My brother started painting them. Hopefully by Friday, magamit na naming mag-ina para magstroll. Exercise ko na rin yung stroll namin.

Syempre gusto ko namang minsang i-stroll ang aking anak kahit within the village at nearby village lang. I know that my daughter needs it... it's not enough na nandito lang kami sa bahay watching Barney and videoke or reading her fairy tale books.

Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Fascinations for..

Daniel Radcliffe a.k.a. Harry Potter of Harry Potter movies.

Jesse Spencer a.k.a. Dr. Robert Chase of House, MD TV series.

Tom Welling a.k.a. Clark Kent of Smallville TV series.

Sunday, January 7, 2007

Technology

If I were rich I wannabe a person who has the latest gadgets the technology can offer. But reality bites, these are the only gadgets I had/have -

I had an Easycall pager during my college days. Most of my boarding house doesn't have any phones - mama, bro, classmates, sometimes bfs(?) and friends just left a message.

Mobile Phones
I can't buy a new one pa kasi may binabayaran pa ako sa credit card ko and I want to start first sa home-based job ko para yung makukuha ko dun yun ang pangbabayad ko. At nililigawan ko pa hubby ko for it. hehehe.

Ericsson GA628 – it was my bro’s cp way back 1999... this was the 1st mobile phone I ever used. The simcard costs P1500+ then.

Siemens C25 – It’s my 1st mobile phone, mama bought this for me as her graduation gift.

Nokia 8210 – It’s a gift from Roel (my hubby), we were boyfriend-girlfriend then when he bought this for me.



Nokia 6150 – I bought this mobile phone for my globe #. It’s a reconditioned phone.


Nokia 3310 – I borrowed from my aunt, she has a new one from office, but my bro is using it.

Desktop Computer



Bought Apr.1998


Bought Jul. 2006

Look how many years the difference before we decided to really buy a new one. The specs of the old one is Pentium I pa.

We also have videocam courtesy of Mama. She bought it sa US pa coz its cheaper there... but we can't find a firewire for it so that we can burn the videos on a CD or DVD CD, tape pa kasi ang gamit ng cam.



Soon, we'll have digicam na, again courtesy of Mama.

Mahirap mag-keep up sa technology... 1st is it's expensive and mabilis ang growth ng technology, naluluma agad ang binili mo after a few months.

Saturday, January 6, 2007

Smallville Soundtrack

I love the soundtracks of Smallville.

Here's the theme song:

Save Me (Smallville Theme Song)
Remy Zero

I feel my wings have broken
In your hands
I feel the words unspoken
Inside
When they pull you under
And I would give you any thing you want
You were all I wanted
All my dreams are falling down
Crawling round and round and round

Somebody save me
Let your waters break right through
Somebody save me
I don't care how you do it
Just save, save
Come on
I've been waiting for you

I see the world has folded in your heart
I feel the waves crash down inside
And they pull me under
And I would give you anything you want
You were all I wanted
All my dreams have fallen down
Crawling round and round and round

Somebody save me
Let your waters break right through
Somebody save me
I don't care how you do it
Just save, save
Come on
I've been waiting for you

All my dreams are on the ground
Crawling' round and round and round

Somebody save me
Let your waters break right through
Somebody save me
I don't' care how you do it
Just save me, save me
I've made this whole world shine for you
Just save, save
Come on
I'm still waiting for you


Here are more of the soundtracks:
Inside Out
The Reason
Lifehouse - You And Me
Zed Silencer - Renegade Fighter
Third Eye Blind - Never Let You Go
Sum 41 - Motivation
Stereophonics - Maybe
Cake - Love You Madly
Fuel - Bad Day
Sixpense None The Richer - Don't Dream It's Over
Bruce Hornsby - The Way It Is
The Calling - Unstoppable
Jude - Everything I Own
Eagle-Eye Cherry - Long Way Around
Papa Roach - Last Resort
Fear the Clown - Inside The Memories
Better Than Ezra - I Do
Lifehouse - Everything
Binocular - You
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
Embrace - Wonder
The Calling - Wherever You Will Go
Weezer - Island In The Sun

Source

Thursday, January 4, 2007

Christmas gifts

Below are the Christmas gifts my daughter received this Christmas:



The money she earned are already in her savings.

Last Jan.1, ate Ivy called us to go with them because they're having reunion at kuya Ed's side. Frances received 3 gifts: a doll, Hello Kitty food utensil set and a P160 bucks.Not bad for a pahabol. I also received some gifts from kuya Ed's ates.

Wednesday, January 3, 2007

DCPI Memoirs: Summer Outing

Summer Outing was at Dioko Resort and Butterfly Farm at San Pablo, Laguna. The administration divided all the employees into 2 groups. The company has 500+ employees then. Most of the office staff are in 1st group. We had games and lots of food. We did stroll around the resort and gathered these images:




I only have 2 pictures during our 2005 company outing at Pansol, Laguna. I was 5 months preggy then.


Monday, January 1, 2007

Batch '96 Reunion

Last Dec. 30, was had our batch reunion at D'Orioles Resort at 4th St. Pacita Complex.

Batchmates attended:

Faith - 9
Castro, Marvin
Diaz, Genesis
Gavino, Arvin
Hader, Ernest
Almeida, Monica
Andaya, Pamela
Constantino, Tinay - of course, she did all the work
Sajulan, Shane
Vallo, Jocelyn

Charity - 1
Condino, Ronald

Hope - 10
Edquilag, Jhigz
Landicho, Marius
Solis, Bart Jr.
delos Santos, Sheila
myself, Aase
Flores, Demz
Ga, Retchyl
Mosquera, Zarah
Salvacion, CJ
Tagum, Lulu

Justice - 3
Albano, Wowie
Abad, Jay
Saminal, Marianne

Patience - 7
Chio, Roland
Eusebio, Eric
Gella, Kris
Hasil, Francis
Amoroso, Shari
Libuit, Jace
Ornillo, Cheryl

Courage - 12
Ceballo, Sheldon
Consignado, Romeo Jr.
Laus, Arnel
Perez, Archival
Pineda, Randy
San Luis, Joey
Santilla, Allan
Cabrera, Ava
Detera, Jean
dela Cruz, May
Simon, Maanne
Valenzuela, Mary Rey

Awardees:
Earliest Bird - Cheryl Ornillo
"My God, ikaw ba yan?!" - Sheldon Ceballo and Ava Cabrera
"My God, ikaw pa rin ba yan?!" - Romeo Consignado and Cheryl Ornillo
Stars of the Night - Eric Eusebio and Sheila delos Santos
Mr. and Ms. Batch '96 - Adrian Albano and Jay Abad


Below are some pictures taken:


We had games like, Anatomy 101 and Pinoy Henyo. Eventhough kokonti kami, I can say we had fun. As one of the coordinators, ang hirap maghanap at magtawag ng batchmates. Yung iba kasi naghihintayan ng barkada na pupunta. As for me, wala nga yung mga close friends ko but still pumunta ako ng reunion. I just kept myself busy tidying the tables, table hopping (lahat medyo kinausap ko, hehehe) and helping Tinay with the program, etc.

Pagdating ko palang inaasar na ako ni Romeo kay Allan.. sayang lang at di pumunta si Daph (said yes) kundi lagot sya sa akin.. takot yun kay Daph eh. Even Suzanne didn't attend, but she said yes. I went home 4am na.. syempre spent sometime with my batchmates. Drank 1 bottle of SanMigLite.