A Tribute to Jurn and Chelsie

Two of the nicest people I’ve met. We’re not very very close as friends although sometimes I act as if I am. Whenever we had a problem, they were always always always ready to help. I needed a lot of help to survive in this job. Both of them are really nice, but Jurn was the one I approached for help a lot.

Jurn was easily the most approachable guy in the Sydney EB2 office (apart from Mike and Arnel). Not only did he help me fix problems, he also taught me how to go about it on my own. His accommodating personality also gave us the courage to ask questions, and in turn, learn a lot more than we could have otherwise.

Chelsie knows everything about front end web stuff. She’s the guru when it comes to this. Chels has a very laid back and “real” personality that’s just amazing. I really appreciate someone who can tell it straight. Oh, she’s also as approachable and as nice as Jurn.

FYI. Both of them are married to each other. What a sweet couple!

It was really a sad moment when they left the office yesterday. I really felt a loss. I didn’t know they were leaving this soon. You know it affects you when you start thinking, “I should’ve gone out more.. should’ve spent more time..”. Knowing that they were going really made me sad. Really sad.

These two aren’t huge company personalities in EB2. They’re just programmers, lower-level like most of us. Simple as they seem the Manila office showed how great they were yesterday, as they were about to leave. Everyone stood up in a circle and said a proper goodbye. They will certainly be missed around here.

Nice guys like these always finish first in my charts.

2.5

…hours of sleep that is.

It’s really really weird how I’m still able to go trekking in Taal (last saturday) after only 2.5 hours of sleep the night before. Blame it all on wanting to hanging out with friends. (which I really enjoy by the way). This usually happens on friday nights. Sometimes thursday nights too.

Last night, the only sleep I got was from 12:00am to 2:30am. That’s another 2.5 for me. (Don’t ask why. Hehehe). The weird thing is that I don’t even feel tired at all. Not even the slightest bit of sleepyness. There’s just this lingering thought in the back of my head that makes me think that I might just get sick all of a sudden.

Ok ok.. I promise to take some coffee, take my vitamins, and to get some sleep tonight after basketball.

seems like one of these days, I’m going to go nuts.

Serendipity

ser.en.dip.i.ty (n) - the art of making happy discoveries, or finding the unexpectedly pleasant by chance or sagacity

(wikipedia also has a similar definition)

I saw the movie Serendipity last night. It was really great. Actually, it’s very quickly climbing up the charts of my favorite movies of all time.

If you think about it using reason, it’s very hard to believe in destiny, on the universe pointing you in a direction, on stars being aligned, on having a pre-destined soulmate. It just doesn’t make logical sense.

It takes faith to believe in something like this. You need to be a jackass for this to work. Today, I decide to be one.

It doesn’t mean that I’ll be sitting around waiting for things to unfold. It means that I’ll go out and do things I normally wouldn’t do. I’ll meet people. I’ll talk to strangers. I’ll go beyond my comfort zone. I’ll do all these in an effort to find myself. I’ll dive into uncertainty and thrive in it.

I really don’t know what’s going to happen. I really don’t know if this is the right path I should be taking. I really don’t know if it will be worth it in the end. But that’s the whole point! When you start listening to the universe, you’ll hear it whispering. You’ll see signs you’ve never seen before. But first, you have to believe.

Today, I’ll leave my life in destiny’s hands.

 Ok ok… I just reviewed this due to constant public comments of this blog being BADUUUY. (lamat dude!)

Yup, it is.. and the only expanation I can give is that it wrote what I felt at the moment. so excuse the mushiness. I bet everyone’s gone through something like this. And.. it’s my blog  

Gotta Get A Life

 Wow, I didn’t know I worked this much. 80 hours overtime in about a month and a half. Come to think about it, I worked twice as much when I was in SunLife… man, what a loser!!! hehehe.

 Anyway, this is very very very bad for pogi points. I mean, think about it, I could potentially be using a line like: “Hey, did you know I did 80 hours overtime in a month and a half?” BADUUUUUUUY!!! 

 Hehehe. At least it’s not as bad as what my friend did. He went: “Baby, –paused and lit his cigarette lighter– can I light your fire?” Bwahahahahaha! That’s the worst! Although if you were trying to make her laugh, I bet this would really, really work.

 Hehehe. I know, both lines are totally lame anyway.  

 The good thing is that I didn’t file a single overtime hour last week plus, I didn’t come to the office during the weekend. For someone like me, that’s progress!

Injuries

I easily get banged up nowadays. Both my ankles are sprained, I can barely walk, my back hurts after long runs, and I still have a huge 3-week old bruise on my left arm.

As I limp my way around at work, I ralized something: OMG! Im turning into a male version of Claire. hehehe

 I’m really, really, out of shape right now, but I think I’m on the right track to getting better. So bring on the injuries!!!

 ”Injuries are caused by 90% bad conditioning and 10% bad luck”

Meet My Sunlife Family

I sometimes miss my neighborhood in Sunlife. There’s Nanay Joyce, Tatay Gali, Kuya Jas, Ate Cla, Ate Lian, and Esti the dog (JOKE!!!). There’s also Lola Cynthia, Boss Mike, Tita Wilma, Tita Beth (ang nanay ng bayan), Tito Ed, and other married-with-kids titos and titas. I also have distant cousins like Van, Mich, Leslie, Terto, Bullet, Crab, Tin, Francis, etc…  (Feeling close ba? hahaha)

Anyway, I also have neighbors from the Ingenium family. That family has a lot of kids (bagets) that I love haniging out with. If Channels is my immediate family, then these are my barkada. There’s Cami “crush ko dati”, Junie a.k.a “The Legend / The BIG deal / the Package”, Ron a.k.a “Manyak”, Pao “the Cow”, James “pala-utot”, Lloraine “The Main Man”, Sol “The Destroyer”, Cherrick a.k.a. “Nanay”, Jelly “Jude Law”, Ms Leigh (nanay ni Cami) , Ms Joy “pink”, Ms Dhey (na magaling sumayaw), Mote (the elder very-hip cousin), Ms Jan, and Florencio “I’m having support problems” Palmaria.

Of course there’s also the barangay captain Dennis, and his trusty assistant, Ms Louie. There’s also the local siga named Tenatz. The, other neighbors in Ops like Roslyn, Rico, Ning, Jon, Rhedd, Cocoy, Alvin, and others.

There’s also the “Dos Companieros” in Glenn Mundo and Mar Teope. Mga idol ko ‘to who really helped get me stated in my career. Teka, nasan na nga ba si Mar???

The point is, although I don’t see these people much, thinking about them always brings a smile to my face and a warm feeling deep inside. Just like family.

p.s. I hope no one gets offended.. To those not mentioned here, pasensya na di ko kayo na-mention dito dahil hahaba ng sobra ng blog, pero naalala ko pa rin kayo no!
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Losing in Basketball

There are two feelings you usually get after losing a game.

One: you feel guilty, you feel you could have done more. There’s regret, there’s guilt. You tell yourself and others, “Sorry guys. my bad.” This usually comes after a game in which you didn’t do your best. When you didn’t dive for that loose ball, you didn’t box out, you didn’t put enough effort in it.

The other feeling is contentment, when you keep your chin up. You know you did all you can. You sacrificed your body and played your heart out. You can look at yourself in the mirror and say a sincere “nice game”.

I realize that effort alone cannot win games, but effort can give you self-respect.

Anyway, I recently played this game of two against the world. We lost, but I’ve been able to keep my chin up. I made a lot of mistakes during that game, but deep inside I know I did all I could. I believe we both did well, we just didn’t have enough.

I wouldn’t worry. There are going to be other games, with other teammates, against different opponents, and maybe in different courts. Hopefully, with the expericence gained, we could win a game this time.