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Lomi haus

2008-11-25T11:39:00.000-08:00

Lomi Haus

About three weeks ago after having a 30 minute jog I roam around the town of Baras, Rizal to look for mami for breakfast but did not find any. While on my way home I stumbled upon this unnamed panciteria. where men flocked around. Curious enough I parked near the place and inquired what they serve, according to one customer they serve no other than lomi. The last time I’ve eaten lomi was way back 2 years ago when I was still working in batangas. I ordered one bowl of lomi but I still have to wait for few minutes.

Lomi

I don’t know how lomi is eaten so I just followed what others are doing while waiting for it to be served. They crashed 3 chilli peppers and 3 calamansi on a saucer. After few minutes of waiting lomi was served hot. Lomi is a Chinese-Filipino dish made of thick egg-noodle mixed with small pieces of meat, usually pork or chicken, and pork liver with other seasonings and kikiam or meatballs. This is best eaten while steaming hot. Price is 25 pesos.

moments...

2008-11-18T21:13:00.000-08:00

Moments...

If I were to trace back to the roots of my family none of them that I know of are into photography. So I don’t why am into this and now am addicted to it. Is it because of the strong influence of online sharing of photos and the availability of digital cameras that is easy to use and learn or it’s my way of de-stressing myself from the stressful work that I have working on nocturnal hours till sun up. I would say those are the reasons why I like photography but how far will this addiction goes? That I don’t know. I even have a plan of grabbing myself a laptop computer next month as an additional gadget for this hobby. From being an engineer to a call center agent to subject matter eng eng to a photographer? Hhmmmm.. Hehe.. Well wherever this hobby leads me, hope this will bring good to me and for a better future.

Photo above is another stolen shot that was taken few months ago at the fish port of Tanay Rizal. This child was waiting for her brothers to finish swimming at the lake. I like taking candid shots for it shows the ordinary moment extra ordinary and it shows the reality within each one of us.

bulak

2008-11-10T18:46:00.000-08:00

BULAK - FLOWER

i've been browsing through the photos that i have in my computer this weekend and i have found my macro shots captured few months ago. there were a few of these capture that were posted on my flickr account which is still a free version coz am not yet sure of upgrading to the pro version, but i have my multiply account that contains more but of lower quality. well, for this shot this was taken at midnight right after the rain coz i can't sleep due to the nature of my work that i work on nocturnal hours. i thought of having photo shot at the garden with my macro filter and a softbox for lighting.

my multiply account: jessforget.multiply.com

mukha

2008-11-05T17:47:00.001-08:00

This is a photo of a face engraved on main door of San Agustin Church in Intramuros Manila. This was taken during the photo walk with friends. There was an ongoing mass during that time when we visited this church and so we prayed before taking in shots. I'm not sure if the faces on wooden door were faces of the saints but there were a number them.

Kalag-kalag

2008-11-03T10:59:00.000-08:00

All Souls day, “Kalag-kalag” in my dialect, is the day of the year where we Filipinos pay a visit to honor the past relatives. Why “Kalag-kalag”? It because “Kalag” in Cebuano means soul. I have asked some of officemate on how they celebrate the All Souls day and what they usually do is they visit their past relatives in the cemetery to pray and light candles and sometimes they bring food because it is one of the occasions where they get together with other relatives. And back on their home they do nothing. But as a family tradition way back home in Negros it’s different. During these days we usually cook “biko”, “suman” or “ibus” in Cebuano, and I forgot the name of the other one but its colored yellow with beans and chicken and other ingredients. We offer these rice cakes together with soft drinks, water, cigarettes, tobacco and brandy on an altar and these foods stayed overnight with candles. And what do with these foods the following day? We eat them.. .

And when one member of the family pays a visit a past relative in the cemetery, before entering the vicinity of the house we throw ashes into that person to drive away any bad spirits that might have come along. So this is how my family celebrate “kalag-kalag”. I think its not only us who celebrate this way but some Cebuano does.

famy

2008-10-27T20:40:00.000-07:00

Bathing in the strong and cold current of the river is really a lot of fun. The water flows from the falls way up the stream. It’s having like a massage from a spa bathing through the current.

Drinking session along the river. Since we have no ice cubes, we have the brandy and juice immersed in the river to have it cold.

Buruwisan falls from a far. To the right side is the way to the Old Buruwisan falls and to the left is the… I forgot the name falls ( hehehe).. can somebody tell me what is the name of the falls?

The second day we headed to Buruwisan falls.

The way to Buruwisan falls is so steep and that you have to face back and grasp on the stones and roots to get your way to the falls.

sorbetes...

2008-10-22T16:18:00.000-07:00

mamang sorbetero in UP Diliman

sweet sorbetes, also called dirty ice cream. i wonder why it is called dirty ice cream, is it because they way it is made? could somebody plesase tell me why? anyway it's been a long time since i've eaten sorbetes. i remember in my childhood that me and my brother would run out of the house with big cups where we want the ice be so that we can ask for free scoops from mamang sorbetero. well not just me and my brother enjoyed the ice cream but also our father.
sorbetes is part of anyone's childhood, so it's nice to see that like this here in the metro. hope people in this business will continue this and children and those children at heart would continue to patronized sorbetes.

tequila

2008-10-12T21:49:00.000-07:00

tequilla for team general assembly in catleya resort in antipolo city. am not used to drinking this kind of liqour so i just took one gulp of this and no more...

Lightroom2

2008-10-12T18:38:00.000-07:00

Lately I’ve been using Lightroom2 to do the editing of my photos for posting. As usual we Filipinos have the inherent attitude of being resourceful, so I learned to use this software without those inches of guide books to teach me how to use the software. During this times there is no need for those expensive guide books just to learn things, we already have the world wide web from which we can search and gather information for certain things for free.
Until this time I am still patiently exploring this software and most of its use is for batch file editing for putting the photos on frame with my signature.

another sunday afternoon

2008-10-06T14:39:00.000-07:00

Another Sunday afternoon at the Parola of Tanay, Rizal. This is actually a fish port area in the morning but this becomes a favorite place for families, friends, lovers and even visitors like me to watch the sun sets at the mountainous area of Antipolo, Binangonan and Morong.

I like the reflection from the bloody sky on the still waters of the Laguna de Bay.

fury of GOD

2008-10-06T14:38:00.000-07:00

Overlooking Metro Manila from Antipolo. Looks like it’s the dooms day for mankind but it is not. If it is, just imagine how the bloody sky would gulp Metro Manila and how pity those tiny human beings beneath it. Fortunately this is not what it looks like.

God has always been very good to us, everyday He creates unique views like this to please our eyes and realize things. This is just one of the wonders that He provides us in our daily living. Because these things that we consider small things happens everyday we often take them for granted and consider them as ordinary.

River Side

2008-10-03T17:41:00.000-07:00

This is the river next to our tents and since it’s a rainy season there were only two groups of campers went to the place. Photo below was taken at around 6 in the morning. There was supposed to be a bridge that connects both sides of the river but it was no longer there so we have to cross the river on foot.

I’d say that this place is haven for nature lovers. Far from the hustle and bustle of the metropolis, you breathe fresh air and what you can only are the sounds of the crickets and the rushing water down the river especially at night.

Sad to say that due to the gaining popularity of this place, the place is prone to be abuse by human beings. Here you can see how undisciplined human beings throw away their garbage. If this is the kind of behavior we have, then most probably this place might be close for years just like Mt Banahaw.

This is a gift from Mother Nature and this is something that we should treasure. Let us all be responsible for our actions. We go to places like to enjoy and have fun and in return let’s dispose our waste to the proper disposal. If we were able to get all those stuff up then we should be able to get them down. I think it’s not too hard to do. It doesn’t look to the eyes to see things such as this. Let’s give the others a chance to see this place as we see it now. There ain’t much garbage yet but as early as now let’s be responsible to take our garbage properly and if possible take some those garbage left by others down like what we did.

Famy Laguna the second time around.

2008-10-02T15:53:00.000-07:00

For the second time around I went back to Famy Laguna to spend my weekends with nature. Famy Laguna is about 2 hours trip via bus f rom Juction, Cainta Rizal. With me are my friends from others sites of the company with their friends.
The plan was to meet-up at Robinson’s Cainta at 1pm but as you know we Filipino’s have the habit of the "Filipino Time", you know what I mean guys. So I arrived first at the meeting place at exactly 1pm with no faces of members of the group until around 1:45pm. The bus going to Infanta usually passes by the area every one hour. We were able to take the bus at around 4pm.

We made a stop over at a certain barangay of Laguna for about 30 minutes. There are a couple of small restaurants around the place where travelers from far places can stop and have a quick break before continuing their journey.

We arrived at the jump-off site at 6:00pm for registration and had to prepare all our things before starting the trek. Few minutes after arriving at the camp site another group of hikers arrived for the same purpose. It was already dark and the sky wasn’t clear and looks like we are about to get wet on our way to the camp site. We had to get our flash lights out and some of us had to change our clothes.

We were expecting that the trek would be more difficult than before since it's a rainy season, but we were wrong. The previous trek was muddier that it took us about six tiring hours to get into the campsite accompanied by heavy rain pour on our way to the top and going to the campsite. But this time, the rain wasn’t that heavy and only lasted for about few minutes. I think it was a blessing that for the second time when we were almost at the peak of the mountain a freezing cold from heaven would welcome us.

Finally after three hours we reached campsite and immediately unpacked our heavy loads and plunge into the river to wash ourselves from the mud. The water was freezing cold but we have no choice but enjoy it.

Oblation

2008-09-20T21:18:00.000-07:00

the UP mis-adventure. this was my first time to step my foot in the UP campus, though i've already been in this campus many times but never sit my foot since i was just passing by on my way home for a shortcut to avoid traffic. this is a late posting already, this was taken about two months ago with friends who are also into photography.

thinking.....?

2008-09-20T21:15:00.000-07:00

i wonder what's this you man is thinking... hmmmm... anyway this was taken on sunday morning at Haven of Rest Memorial Park in Baras, Rizal. this is where i usually have my weekly exercise after a very stressful week of work. families and barkadas gather together in this park to have their weekly exercise .the park is situated on top of the hill so this is a nice place for exercise and perfect place for an overlooking view the towns and the great laguna de bay. this town is far hassle and bustle of the metropolis and the air you breathe is fresh....

who am i....

2008-09-20T12:16:00.000-07:00

bekla? what a word...

2008-09-19T22:31:00.000-07:00

I don't know if these kids are gay or they just want to pose like that...

bata

2008-09-19T22:02:00.000-07:00

Another post from the Intramuros visit. Together with me is my buddy Vic with his Ex and other friends. Photo below is just one of the kids playing around the Manila Cathedral. I gave this kid five pesos to sit and pose infront of the camera.

2008 blog awards

2008-09-11T15:15:00.000-07:00

I’m voting for Lagalog (www.lagalog.com) for 2008 Blog Awards. This is my favorite travel-photography blogs, reading thru his blogs is like setting my foot on places he’s been into.

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kutsero

2008-08-21T21:39:00.001-07:00

Kutsero comes from the Spanish word cochero which means carriage driver. This was taken during our visit to Intramuros Manila. I wanted to try commuting on this but don’t have chance.

Pakil, Laguna

2008-08-01T14:12:00.000-07:00

It’s been quite a while since I last updated my blogs. i wasn’t in the mood to make one I think, but anyways here’s my new post. Two or three weeks ago drove to one of towns in Laguna, Pakil Laguna. I was not able to mark on how far the place will be from baras but the travel time took about an hour. The route going to Pakil Laguna is not new to me since I’ve been to caliraya and pagsanjan already. The purpose of going to that town is capture photos of their three century old church.

Picture below is St Peter de Alcantara Parish Church.

I was allowed by the church care taker to stay inside and tour myself around though he is already closing the doors. And yes, i had fun taking in pictures of the inners of the church. View more photos here: http://jessforget.multiply.com/photos/album/61

Intramuros

2008-07-07T07:07:00.000-07:00

Saturday was supposed to be planned photo ops with friends at work but it was canceled due to unavailability of the others. Saturday noon I received a message from an officemate that they are going to intamuros with his friends. Immediately I packed up with my gear and hurried to intamuros. It was an adventure going to intramuros since I don’t know where the place is and I was just asking people around for directions. Getting their was just three rides from home. Taking LRT from Santolan to Recto then Mabini Harrison to PLM. We took pictures of the walls of intramuros. There are canons facing towards the outside of intramus guarding the against its enemies. It was one hot sunny afternoon, so refresh ourselves at McDonalds. We went to Fort Santiago and took pictures of around the place.

Intramuros Calesa

The prison cell of Dr. Jose Rizal

The Manila Cathedral

Intramuros road pavement

nah....

2008-07-02T04:53:00.000-07:00

have this feeling again.. there is something bothering me. i can't sleep.. feels like i wanna go somewhere to get rid of this feeling that i even don't know. where ever i am, at home or at the office, i have this odd feeling.. hope i can figure this one out. am thinkin of going home tomorrow in baras rizal but not sure yet.. hayz... does this has something to do with the heart?

kyot da bah....??

2008-06-18T07:28:00.000-07:00

baywalk

2008-06-15T22:15:00.000-07:00

Photo taken at baywalk last saturday. Thanks to shiela for accompanying me to spend my Saturday weekend. There are no longer those establishments on the place since Lim was installed as mayor again in the city of manila. My guess is they moved to MOA where there are bars and restos located at the back. Good idea by SM, after a day of window shopping and movies, people can hang out with friends and families at the back where bunch of bars and restos are available. Well, it’s not just a place for gimmick but its also a place where you can bring your special someone and watch the famous sunset of manila bay. it's also a park for children to play and run they want.
if you have plans of doing this in one place, MOA is the best place to do all this. :)

everything is gonna be ok...

2008-06-12T18:04:00.000-07:00

if you think everything has fallen, don't be afraid for tomorrow the sun will shine for you...

Mt Romelo Hike

2008-05-13T18:14:00.000-07:00

Late posting for the Famy Laguna hike. It was last week of February that we went for hiking in Mt. Romelo, Famy Laguna. It was a 6 hour trek to the camp site. Most of us is new to this fun activity with only two out seven have experience in hiking. We arrived at the registration at 7:30pm and we started the trek at 8:00pm. The trail was muddy and dark with only three flash lights available. The muddy and dark trail was accompanied by rain which gets heavier when we reached the peak of the mountain. It was about 12 midnight when we reached the peak but the campsite isn't there yet. From the peak we still have to follow the muddy the trail that even get worst due to the heavy rain pour. Some of our things were taken ahead of us by the horseman. We only have few things with us and the bad news is we don't have enough water with us. With me is my camera while the others have some canned foods with them and water, but not enough for the group. Though we were all tired and arrived at the camp late all was paid off when we woke up in the morning and saw the beauty of the place. Right next to our tent is the free flowing river water of the river. And sarap matulog sa tabi ng ilog since all you can hear was the sound of the flowing water rushing down the river going into the water falls.

Picture above is the water fall. Other campers prefer to have their camp near the water. But it’s a bit dangerous especially when heavy rain pours there is a possibility of overflow of water. The water is so cold but you I’d say you haven’t gone to this place if you do not plunge into the freezing water of the fall.

Jackie? She’s from UP Pampanga unfortunately not able to get her number.

Above is the trail during the trek. You can imagine how difficult the trek was.

Jumpshot at the peak of the mountain. This was taken at around 4 in the afternoon. unfortunately Lester is not on the picture. he went ahead of us on horseback ride. Thanks Aileen for taking the picture. :) on the picture: Dianne, Me, Boyfriend ni Dianne, Santy and Paul ( Buddha)

want some chocolate?

2008-05-09T17:03:00.000-07:00

THE HOT CHOCOLATE STORY...

A group of university graduates, well established in their careers,
were talking at a reunion and decided to go visit their old professor,
now retired.

During their visit, the conversation turned to complaints about stress
in their work and lives. Offering his guests hot chocolate, the professor
went into the kitchen and returned with a large pot of hot chocolate and
an assortment of cups - porcelain, glass, crystal, some plain-looking,
some expensive, some exquisite. Then, he told them to help themselves
to the hot chocolate.

When they all had a cup of hot chocolate in hand, the professor said:
"Notice that all the nice looking expensive cups were taken, leaving
behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want
only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and
stress.

The cup that you're drinking from adds nothing to the quality of the
hot chocolate. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some
cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was hot
chocolate, not the cup; but you consciously went for the best cups...

And then you began eyeing each others cups.

Now consider this: Life is the hot chocolate; your job, money and
position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and
contain life. The cup you have does not define, nor change the quality
of life you have.

Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the hot
chocolate we have.

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Thanks for
your all your blessings And enjoy your hot chocolate forever.

And always remember...

The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make
the best of everything that they have!

time stamp

2008-04-28T17:27:00.000-07:00

Here is the time stamp for last April 19 trip to Anawangin.

11:05am etd from caloocan
12:00pm san fernando pampanga
12:30pm stop over at double happiness resto
1:00pm dinalupihan bataan
1:45pm olongapo
2:45pm san antonio
3:20pm to 3:45pm san antonio to pundaquit
4:20pm to 4:45pm pundaquit to anawangin

On the next day

3:30 anawangin to pundaquit
4: 45pm to 5:00pm pundaquit to san antonio
5:15pm to 6:00pm san antonio to olongapo
6:00pm to 7:00pm chowking
7:00pm to 8:30pm antay bus
8:30m pm etd from gapo
11:15pm cubao terminal
12 mn.. home

expenses

250 from manila to san antonio
20 from person from san antonio to pundakit ( tricycle)
800 per banka ( good for 4 person ang 1 banka)
50 entrance fee
20 from pundakit to san antonio
37 from san antonio to gapo
182 from gapo to cubao
100 pesos food

No problem sa tubig kc meron water station where you borrow the container and return on the next day
Meron din palenke don to buy the food
Ang bayaran ng banka is after nila tayo sunduin on the next day
Need to bring tents, burner, sounds, flashlights, camera, googles, banig, extra batterry( if you want to take lots of pictures)

anawangin cove

2008-04-27T09:03:00.001-07:00

April 19, the day I was born 20 plus years ago, I went o Anawangin cove in San Antonio Zambales. With me was Sheila and Dianne. We joined a group of people from DELL whom we just meet on that trip. It took us about 3.5 hours to reach San Antonio. Another tricycle ride from San Antonio to Pundaquit and a boat ride from there to Anawangin Cove. The boat ride ride was quiet rough since it was around 4:30 pm already and the waves during is a bit strong. Good thing the boatman we have is a veteran maneuvering the boat against the waves. It’s exciting since the last boat ride I have was way back 4 years ago from Iloilo to Bacolod where the boat was being shake and hit by waves on one side.

From the blogs that I’ve read about the place, what they say about is real. It is a place where you can relax, ponder upon things. Away from the sound of the busy metropolis you can spend time and enjoy nature. There is no electricity and no signals for cellphones and without these things somehow, sometime in our life we can get ourselves detached from things that we can’t live without them in the city.

Anawangin is considered a photographers haven for those who are into photography like. It is most known for people who are into mountaineering, photography and those who like to go out of town on a weekend.
Getting into place is not that difficult. From Victory bus liner terminal in Caloocan to San Antonio Zamables will be around 3 hrs, 20 minutes tricycle ride from San Antonio to Pundaquit and from there around 30 minutes boat ride to Anawangin. The boat cost 800 pesos for maximum of 4 people and that is 2 way already. So they will pick you from Anawangin on the following day depending on what time you want to be picked up on the following day.

You need to bring your own tents, portable cooking paraphernalia, flash lights, clothes that will be for 2 days, snorkeling, etc. There is no problem for food since you buy food to be cooked in San Antonio market. There is also a water station in town where you can buy water and borrow the container. The amount that will cost you going to Anawangin will be around 900 pesos.

It’s better to get there during summer to enjoy the place and since you will be camping and all your activity will be done outdoor. Fresh water is available through 2 deep wells, 2 comfort rooms and 2 bathrooms made of kugon. The locals who maintained the place also sells softdrinks but they cost too much, twice the price actually, so better buy softdrinks before going to Anawangin.

photo op

2008-04-04T19:49:00.000-07:00

these pictures where taken at 3am sunday morning. i thought having an expirement on taking pictures at this hour since since the moon is up on full circle. i expiremented using different modes of shots. though it takes time for the shutter to open after pressing the button the result of the picture is great. i want to learn more about photography.

binibining pilipinas

2008-03-11T21:20:00.000-07:00

this one video that i don't wan to watch... i can't believe this woman winning the pageant..

boarding-house

2008-01-13T07:07:00.000-08:00

this is my boarding-house for five years in Bacolod when took my degree in engineering in la salle bacolod. this picture was taken when i had my vacation last december with my younger brother on the side who happened to be my big brother since he is bigger than i am.

finally

2007-12-19T16:50:00.000-08:00

it has been a few months since i last updated my blogs.. don't know if someone have read my blogs but anyways i finally got my new nikon d40 camera. i bought the camera 2 weeks ago and been trying to explore what my camera can do. unfortunately i don't have a hard copy of the manual since the manual that i have on my pc won't allow me to print it.
yes! finally after 3 years i can spend christmas with my family.. am leaving tomorrow morning and have my flight to bacolod. my parents knew that am goin home but they are expecting me to be home on saturday.. so it's gonna be a surprise for them... am planning to lose weight and burn fats on my tummy.. :) hope i can do it.. dont know how but in any possible way.. i will

..

2007-11-13T21:54:00.000-08:00

it's been a while since i did my last blog. many things happened, some are good but most of them are not. there's no week that i encounter no problem and i've been struggling this past few weeks due to emotional anxiety. it has been for many months that i wanted to buy my nikon camera but seems that faith won't allow me to have that camera at this time for some reasons. faith seems to get hold of my finances at this times. christamas is nearly comin and i should have had purchased my plane ticket back home already but then again for some financial reasons i wasn't able to and now the price of the tickets are goin higher. if only they pay me i shoud have bought my nikon camera and plane ticket already. 4 years already that i haven't spent christmas with my family. thinking about it is really frustrating. well all i can do for now is wait and hopefuly i get paid and have my nikon and have my vacation home.

hope i can get back to sleep after this. 2 consecutive days with only 3 hours of sleep ang working on night shift.

gud bye

2007-10-03T03:03:00.001-07:00

this was the last email of mark on his last day with the company.. so sad that we're lossing members of the team and has to leave the company but life has to move on....

JM - Pre, text-text pa din. Good luck sayo at sana mapromote ka na TSR3. Stick to one para wala masyado sakit ng ulo. Tingnan mo ko. Loyal. Ü Iwas ka muna sa “commercial.” If you need anything (discount card, etc) text ka lang. Ü

Molester - ‘Tol, wag masyado mainit ulo. Hindi pare-pareho agents. Me fast learner at merong not so fast learner. Karamihan sa mga yan mas matanda sayo. Konting respeto naman. Eventually mawawala din mga yan. (scenes from the movie “Walang matigas na SME sa mainit na Agent” played by Lester and Ward) Hehehe. Pero wala ako masabi sa galing mo kumalikot ng computer. Kala ko dati itlog mo lang alam mo kalikutin. Hehe. You deserve your position. Kaw lang nakakaintindi ng CM ng buong-buo. Good luck with the newbies at ke Abbie. Pagbigyan mo na kasi. Deepthroat yan.

Remy - Pare, d ako magtataka kung magtayo ka ng UNION isang araw. Just out of curiosity, nung college ka ba madalas ka sumali sa rally sa Mendiola? Hehe. Joke lang. Bilib ako sa prinsipyo mo sa buhay. Keep fighting for what you believe is right. Konting bawas lang siguro sa init ng ulo. Oh, and one more thing… stay away from firearms. Ü

Ward - Wag ka na magalit ke Pol kung sinira lovelife mo. Marami ka namang reserba. Hehe. Ingat ‘pre. Imbitahin mo kami sa kasal mo. Ipon ka muna bago ka magpamilya para wala masyado problema. Ü

Jess - ‘Pre SME ka na. Tingnan mo nga naman o. Payong kaibigan lang pag dating sa babae, magkakaiba yan. Me hard to get, meron ding palaban. Kelangan marunong ka mag-decipher. Kung ako sayo, sunggaban mo na si ano at baka maunahan ka pa ng iba. Wag ka babagal-bagal. Kiss to kiss basis yan. Ü Nga pala, wag mo kalimutan close yung windows. Hindi wendows… Pambehera ka naman dudung. Ü

Lea - Good luck sayo at sa pamilya mo. Sana some day magkasama-sama na kayo. Salamat din at naglalagay ka na ng “attempts” sa case logs mo. Pinagrosaryo ko pa yun e. Hehe. Ingat.

Abbie - Put@#$in@! S%I&! Ga$o! Hehe. Hinay-hinay sa pagmumura at baka magulantang newbies sayo. Alam ko namang you do understand English. Hehe. Kumusta mo ko ke Jun Fabros. Ü

Ning - Isa ka pa. Hinay-hinay din sa pagmumura lalo pag di ka naka-mute! Hehe. We’re glad that you’re on your way to recovery. Ingatan mo na yang kalusugan mo at tigilan mo na kakayosi. Wag ka na din masyado magalit ke Lester pag tinatalikuran ka pag nagtatanong ka. Wag mo gigripuhan. Hintayin mo na lang dumaan ng Caloocan. Ü

Ai - Eewww! Pagbigyan mo na kasi si Lester. Eewww! Thanks for sharing your “videos” with us. For that reason alone, we’re glad that you became part of our team. Eewww! Hehehe. Ü

Pol - Di na kita kelangan sulatan dahil sabay tayo mawawala hunghang. Hehe. Pero sulatan na din kita at baka magdrama ka pa. Bihira lang taong katulad mo na sobrang bait. Pareho kayo ni Jed na parang di marunong magalit. Ang kaibahan lang si Jed matangkad. Ikaw mataba. Haha! Pero pareho namang gwapo. Ayun e. Brokeback pa ata. Joke. Good luck sayo. I know you said you have some financial problems that’s why you still have to look for another job at a call center even if you have a degree and license in MedTech. Wag ka mag-alala. Sa bait mong yan, di ka pababayaan ni Lord. Sobrang bait mo nga baka kunin ka nya agad. Kidding. Ingat. Text mo ko.

Jed - Good luck sa inyo ng bata mo sa 31^st. Mukhang seryosohan na ata. Hehe. Ingat. Pag ayaw mo na magcall center try mo apply sa PBA. Laki din kita. Hehe.

Stan - Wassup nigga? Hehe. Mukhang marami tayong nabolang chicks ha. Ano ba sikreto mo? Ilang inches ba? Thoroughbred ka ata. Haha!

Ponty - ‘Pre, pareho tayo wave 3 at matagal na magkasama sa team pero di tayo nag-uusap. Siguro kasi pareho tayong tahimik. Mas close ka pa ata ke Len. Anyway, I still see you as my friend. Good luck sa mga plano mo sa buhay. Kumusta mo kami sa gf mo. Ingat.

Lindy - Kelan kasal nyo ni Ron? Balita ko pumasa ka na ng pagiging flight stewardess. Yun naman. So di ako magtataka kung maging member ka na ng “mile high” club. Hehehe. Are you familiar with that? Ü

Mina - Ikaw sakitin ka din. Ingatan mo kalusugan mo. Tingin ko kulang ka lang sa exercise. Di na ba kayo nagaabot ng asawa mo? Ü

PJ - Salamat sa pagshare mo sakin nun ng pagkain mo. Sensya ka na kung nauubos ko lalo pag asar ako sa customer ko. Hehe. Good luck sa plans mo of going to the States. At last makakasama mo na fellow Caucasians mo. Keep in touch. Ü

Dyan - Salamat sa pagbigay mo sakin nun nung SIL mo nung aug 3. It was my son’s birthday. It meant a lot to me. Thanks for being kind. Ingat ka ke Lester. Hehe.

Vic - ‘Pre, good luck sa mga plano mo sa buhay at sa pagweweights mo. Baka sumobra laki ng dibdib mo nyan. Wag ka magfocus sa isang part lang ng katawan. Baka lumaki nga dibdib mo pero lumiit naman ano mo. Wala rin. Wala kang magiging syota. Ü

Jasper - Hi! Nag-usap ba tayo ever? Hehe. Di tayo masyado close pero salamat na din sa mga naitulong mo sa team lalo pag magdedecorate ng kung anu-ano.

Mitch - Kumusta Lola? Sayang nahuli ka lang. Ikaw sana ang aking yakap-yakap. We had something special going on between us. Bwahahahaha! Joke. Good luck with your trainees. Sana makahanap ka na ng papa.

Nova - Thanks for being a very kind and considerate QA. You’re the kind of QA who looks at the bigger picture. Yung totality ng call. You don’t focus on minor details. We appreciate you because you THINK LIKE AN AGENT. You UNDERSTAND what the agent goes through during a call. We were lucky to have you as our QA for quite a while. Thank you.

Betchang - Salamat sa words of wisdom mo. Meron ba? Puro pambababae ata alam mo. Hehe. Ingatan mo yang mga bata mo. Stay neutral especially during these times na merong mga problema. Maaayos din naman mga yan basta tama ang proseso at hindi personalan ang banatan. Salamat sa mga payo. I’ll keep them in mind.

Des - TL! Tingnan mo nga naman. Pareho lang nating best friend si Jerus but look where we are now. TL ka na. TSR3 ako. Si Jerus? Ayun nagcocols. Hahaha! How the tables have turned. Seriously, salamat sa lahat ng nagawa mo at paghihirap para sa team at sa program. Alam ko minsan gusto mo na bumigay with all the work that you’re doing tapos ang liit pa rin ng sinasahod mo. Sensya na sa mga sakit ng ulo mo minsan samin, sakin. I appreciate everything you’ve done for us. Alam ko you did your best. But I guess it’s really time for me to go. No one can question your integrity as a TL dahil alam ko ginawa mo lang trabaho mo as fairly as possible. Pagpatuloy mo lang ginagawa mo. As long as you know that you’re doing the right thing then don’t mind what other people think. You deserve to be where you are right now. You don’t deserve the way that you’re being treated. Kung me kelangan ka, wag lang pera dahil matagal ako magbabakasyon, text ka lang. Thanks ulit sa lahat. Ü

TL Anna - TL, sensya na dahil yun pa din tawag ko sayo kahit alam kong SOIC ka na. Miss na miss ka na namin kahit kumain lang tayo recently. Mula ng nawala ka nagbago na lahat ditto. Marami na nagresign because they’re not very happy with the program. Ibang-iba nung ikaw nagpapatakbo. Things would have turned out differently if you were still here. But we had to accept that change. Di naman talaga habambuhay tayo-tayo magkakasama sa team. We’re happy that you got promoted. You know, Dek often told us that he was on our side. Kakampi daw namin sya. The problem is we never felt it. You never told us that you were on our side. You never had to. We always knew that you were. You were willing to take the heat for us, basta hindi sobra-sobrang kagaguhan na ginawa namin. Dun ka namin namimiss. Pasensya na TL dahil sabit na naman ako. I’m sure you’re disappointed. Pero wag ka mag-alala. I’ll make you proud. I learned my lesson. Salamat sa mga payo. Stay cool. Ü

P.S. Sana wala ako nakalimutan. Hehe. Pahinga muna ko guys and gals. For donations (pambili ko ng Nintendo Wii habang nakatambay sa bahay) you can reach me through my cell phone numbers: 0918-5018983/ 0906-4634817/ 09063038745 or email me at buratsky@gmail.com <mailto:buratsky@gmail.com> Seriously, a text or email from you guys saying “hi” is enough for me. Thanks.

dinner at seafood island

2007-10-02T18:22:00.000-07:00

last monday we had out KONA training for sales. we are re quired to have that training though the module for that training is not really meant for our department but since we sales if there is opportunity then we do. not like the other departmen which is really into hard selling. any the training was about 5.5hours but i came in late since i still went to calamba laguna that morning to get the replacement of my atm. right after the training we went to seafoof island to have dinner with the team. we ordered magelan's landing good for 6 to 7 person. magelans landing has shrimp, pusit, tilapia, chicken, talong, chicken and danggit. others also ordered a different menu on there table.

before

after

before ( si jed nabitin nakisalo sa kabilang table)

after

deal or no deal

2007-10-02T03:29:00.000-07:00

I've seen today's episode of deal or no deal and the player just won 1,250,000 pesos. he chose number 5 as his lucky number. he said he chose number 5 since it's his younger brother's birthday who already passed away and he dreamed of his brother the other day. also one sign that made him took number 5 as the lucky number was that he found a 5 peso coin in the abs cbn compound. he was offered 1,250,000 and he made a deal with it. as what would Kris says to her players " where will your fate bring you" and " which one will you chose is it the peace of mind for having a lower amount of money or regrets that you should have accepted the offer of lower amount than chosing the wrong decision"

butch's daughter

2007-10-01T16:27:00.000-07:00

just last friday that i've heard the news that the 11 years old daughter of butch, one of batchmates when i was hired in etel, died because of dengue. actually two of his siblings was confined in the hospital because of dengue. luckily the younger brother survive dengue due to obvious symptoms. unfortunately the eldest did not survive since there was no signs of dengue like the others because in her case it was internal accumulation of fluid around the heart that force her heart to have difficulty in pumping blood. if only she was able to breathe a few minutes she would have escaped death. but maybe it was her time to that God took her life away from this world.

we went to the wake with some friends and spent few hours with butch. late in the afternoon some of his friends and relatives arrive to spend sometime. TL Ruwi bought a tarpoline of clarrise, butch's daughter, that reminds him more of his daughter so much. he had fallen into tears seeing the picture of her daughter on a big tarpoline. it's hard for one to have lost member of there family but that's life. we all are going to the same direction only that others will have to go ahead of us. we don't know when will be our time but it's better to be prepared. so how prepared are we? are we prepared now or do we still have to wait for tomorrow to prepare?

my mug

2007-09-23T18:59:00.000-07:00

When I visited my first jobs workplace in ortigas 2 Saturdays ago it's amazing to see that after more than two years after leaving the company, my mug (centered colored blue with white) is still in once piece. The place is still the same when I leaved the company except for many new faces since most of colleagues have already moved out of that company to find a greener pasture in another company. The equipments in the same are still the same; the arrangement is the same except that the entrance door was transferred. When I was still in that company they were planning to renovate the workplace or transfer to another floor but until now that never happened. But I would say I still love the place, the view from the 28^th floor of the building, the people and the work environment which is really my field of studies.

Here is another picture from the pantry area overlooking SM Megamall and the Ortigas MRT station

movies from the net

2007-09-18T03:21:00.000-07:00

if you wanna download movies from the net with dvd copies i could suggest the http://movieforumz.com/. in this web site you can watch streaming videos on the whole movies. some of them can be downloaded into you computer. some of these movies are not yet release here in the philippines but its already posted on this website and ready for viewing. among the this forums is http://veoh.com/ where you can download there software as shown below that will served as the downloaded to the movies and also the player. i have been downloading and watching movies from this website for the past few weeks. so you might wanna try it.. it's cool

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2007-09-17T08:48:00.000-07:00

4 agents are absent among the team 1 is on prolonged leave of absence due to rheumatic heart desease and she needs to be undergo operation. so since we are the openers we are heavily taking in calls one after the other. others in the mid shift were ask to take in calls early to accomodate calls waiting.
i still have hung over from last weeks dilemma. i was absent last friday to coz i know for sure that i cannot concentrate on taking in calls having the not so good feeling.

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2007-09-13T10:08:00.000-07:00

right now its day 4 of work and am not feelin good at the moment. i just want time to run fast and end the day go home and sleep. am planning to be absent on day 5 of work. wish i dont have this feeling. feeling of being in love with somebody, coz it realy hurts when that somebody cannot love you back. does GOD allow me to have this feeling so that i will visit HIM always in his place? because what i usually do if i got this feeling is i would go to edsa shrine where i would have my sunday mass or pray and something happen after that will ease my feeling. since last night i have this feeling already but i didnt go to the church before i went to work today thus i have this odd feeling till now. i cant even concentrate on my calls and am thinkin of her. (sigh) i should have dropped by the church and pray for this to him.... maybe this is the way HE is calling me to come and talk to HIM.... :( :(

opportunity

2007-09-10T11:19:00.001-07:00

1. if someone prays for patience, do u think god gave them patience? or he gave them the opportunity to be patient
2. if they pray for courage, he gave the opportunity to be courageous
3. if someone prays for the family to be closer, do you think god gave them the fuzzy feeling? or does he gave them the opportunity to love each other

excerpts taken from the movie Evan Almighty. this movie has been on the theater few months but wasn't able to watch movie. so i just donwloaded the movie from veoh.com and watch it.

so did we ever notice that we ask for somethin and that somethin that we ask for was just right infront of us? waiting to be recognized... no.. right? its becoz we are expecting that it will be given to us directly. we just dont know it that we already have that chance and because we are blind enough to see simple things we've just lost the opportunity to recognized what we've asked for... if we recognized it may be too late... too late that we may never have that same opportunity again...

september 2

2007-09-01T22:33:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was supposed to be the general assembly of my team that will be in momarco resort in tanay rizal. so we just had our breakfast at ruffo's near citibank in libis QC. momarco about an hour and 30 minute drive from quezon city. The GA did not pursue due some conflict of schedules of some team members. So the GA was postponed will be planned to pursue on the 1st anniversary of our program on the month of november. so that GA will invite more members to come and its not just gonna be our team who will be there but the whole program that is of 2 teams. according to our inquiry of the resort the hotel room is gonna cost 1700 for 4 person and that includes dinner and breakfast and horse back riding. mura d ba? and you can stay there from 5 pm to 5 pm the following day. the entrance for adult is 250 for overnight stay but the kids 12 and below is gonna be free. the resort is still doing its construction of facilities. last july we went there with my sister's and brother's family and the resort is totally awesome. you can never find any resort better than that once you've gone there. its totally nature.. trees around you.. fresh air.. wide swimming pool.. see it for yourself at http://momarcoresort.com

digital camera

2007-08-24T09:47:00.000-07:00

in the next few months i will have you in my hands.....

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2007-08-23T10:11:00.000-07:00

i have been activated as sme for the past few weeks. at first it was good coz i was not taking in calls. but being an sme is not easy coz you have to assist your coleagues with their calls. they have calls that are difficult to assist since being an sme doesnt really mean that you know everything or you know the solutions for all the customers problem. especially when problems has something to do with the system of the customers computer. but questions navigating the software is easier. lastweek i was tasked to do the kb id tracker and acd tracker. acd tracker is easier to do but the kb id tracker takes lot more job coz you have to look at every case that my coleagues did. doing the kb id tracker is really a mess. and I did the tracker yesterday and it took me the whole shift to do it. todays shift i am not activated as sme so i have time to surf the net more and read blogs. and here is one blog site i've read today from antons blog

http://anton.blogs.com/awesome/2006/05/index.html

i like to travel go places where i've never been into. so wish i could do things like anton does

bagyo daw

2007-08-16T04:44:00.001-07:00

day1. late declaration of classes

day 2 when NDCC declared no class on all levels of school in NCR and nearby provices

gone for the week end

2007-08-07T05:30:00.000-07:00

i usually spend my weekend in baras rizal a town before tanay rizal. i went motoring sunday afternoon just to gas up so i did bring with me my helmet. but then after i gas up i just thought of going somewhere that ive never been into. i decided to go straight down the highway. until i reach a crossing. both ways leads to laguna. but i decided to turn right since ive never been into that place. it leads to pililia and jala jala rizal. both towns reflect the simplicity of life. in the

province. no jollibee no mercury drugs store. just those simple karenderia that you can find the market. small drug store and small business for ahrware. you can see people along the street conversing with their neighbors. children playing on the side walks or on the steet since there is not much vehicles. not only that you can see the simplicity of there life but you can actual feel it when you try to observe them.

going farther to jala jala you will pass by the abandoned infrastructure of shell and an electric power plant. along way the highway is covered with branches of tress on both sides of the road.

also one side of the higway is the laguna de bay and on the other side are the mountains from where cool fresh air is comin from. on both sides you can see rice fields.

monday morning i went motoring again i went up to the mountains of tanay to look for the known daranak falls. i kept my eyes for any signs of daranak falls till i finally found it. the way to the falls is concrete but half of it is already rough road. the view was breath talking looking at the mountains and the trees along the way. arriving at the place i immediately entered the the resort and explore the place. it took almost an hour to explore the place. i took pictures and videos around the place. going back home although the way was uphill and rough was not that difficult but one thing made me nervous was that when going uphill i saw that the gas was blinking indicating that i almost out gas. but i was wrong its just that the indicator did have the right reading when going up since all the gas went on the backside of the tank...

next stop will be somewhere in laguna..... while finishing this blog z gores just won against ortiz...

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2007-08-03T09:05:00.000-07:00

my ate just left last week for qatar with her husband and daughter. and tomorrow my elder brother will be goin back for riyadh with his wife. they leave me additional responsibilities aside from being a guardian of my niece and nephew. i need to pay the bills not just on our house in marikina but also in the new building that they bought. also i need pay monthly the payment for that new building they bought from the bank. since the building needs repair so i need to supervise the repair and all the expenses needed. another thing we had our new house maid, the problem is she doesnt know how to cook food that we are used to here manila since she came from our province. so i need to help her out how and what food to cook for us. shes already old at the age of around 55 plus and i worry how she's gonna buy all the needs for cooking for the whole week during sunday where sometimes i am not in marikina since i am always in baras to acompany the mother of my sister's husband during weekends.

well let's see if i can take care of these responsibilities that i have.

marie digby

2007-08-02T16:41:00.000-07:00

this is one of my favorite video of marie in youtube you might wanna check her out.

finally i had my smart bro!

2007-07-29T20:17:00.000-07:00

finally i had my smart bro installed last saturday after 2 days of delayed installation. it talk about 2 hours to install but because of abstruction of other buildings they need to add another 10 feet of tube to be able to get a signal from the nearest smart tower and i need to pay additional 450 on top the initial payment. now i can surf and download more.

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2007-07-23T13:03:00.000-07:00

i just had a call just about 30 min ago... i was lying my side on my chair while troubleshooting with my customer with my eyes close. i was talking with the customer regarding his problem when suddenly i just mentioned the word " water". after hearing myself say the word water i immediatelty get back on my feet and talk to the customer about his issues. i was on the way of going to sleep and i was thinkin of the beach. good thing i mentioned the word water coz if not i would gone to sleep. :)

smart broadband

2007-07-20T08:57:00.000-07:00

yesterday i just applied for my wireless broadand of smart. am excited of having my own internet connection at home. i can download and surf more for long hours during the weekend. i just recvd a text message from smart informing me that my internet will be installed next week thursday.

a glimpse of momarco resort

2007-07-11T12:41:00.000-07:00

momarco resort is located 8 kms from the tanay rizal. its way is going to sampaloc where former president estrada is held for house arrest. momarco is few kilometers farther than daranak falls where most of the shots for some movies are taken. the resort is not yet complete and is still being develop. this resort is in the middle of the woods and you realy feel nature. they one big swimming pool which has a depth of 4 to 7 feet. they have 1 pool with fountain that the water flows to the big pool. they also a man made water falls with 2 feet swimming pool that you can play arround and the floor of the pool made of pebbles and the water from that 2 feet pool flows to the next pool that is about 4 feet deep with cactus plants in the middle.

more pictures: http://jessforget.multiply.com/photos/album/19

june 11, 2006

2007-07-11T11:02:00.000-07:00

yesterday i had difficulty having sleep during the day after shift. i only have 3 hrs of sleep and that is not enough. i woke up around 3:30 in the afternoon when my niece and nephew arrived from school. after that i can no longer go back to sleep. i just stayed in bed hoping to get to sleep again till 5pm but was no good. so i got up of my bed have merienda and open up the computer and continue the video from the video camera to the computer so that i can burn it on cd and have our parents watch the video during our vacation in negros and our swimming in momarco resort in tanay rizal. after i finished copying the video i had my dinner and went to bed again still i cant go back to sleep. i decided to be absent from work that eve since i realy to have enough sleep. but my supervisor wont allow me so i just go on halfday from 5am till 9am the following day. unfortunately i got my last call that lasted for more than 2 hours and was not resolved and needs a call back to continue troubleshooting. and while am doin this blog i got a call of same software which is also unresolved. bad days bad calls really comes...

"kinki"

2007-07-06T11:02:00.000-07:00

this what we call "kinki" in our dialect, in tagalog lampara. my family have been using this thing to provide light when darkness comes and when there is no electricity especially in times of typhoons and rains. we have a couple of this at home and one of them is the one on top. if i could remember it right we have this lamapara since i was in elementary and so that was a long time ago. it is amazing to think that after many years of being away from home and when i had my vacation last june we still have this lampara up and burning when the we lost electricity due to the rain.

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2007-07-04T13:51:00.000-07:00

matagal ko na pinapangarap ang umakyat ng bundok unfortunately never get a chance to do it. i know nobody here in my department na mahilig or may gusto akyat ng bundok. last year chance ko na sana na makaakyat. everything is ready and packed already pero unexpected things happen kaya d ako nakasama with my friends. right now that i am spending my week ends sa rizal since may bahay ate ko doon and now that they have this new motorcycle i can explore rizal and discover places never been in to. i can go as far as laguna and quezon. this picture was taken in negros. the vast green fields of sugar cane with one of the mountains of negros at the background.

cebu pacific

2007-07-03T09:31:00.000-07:00

inside cebu pacific air flight bound from bacolod to manila. more than a week long vacation but i only stayed in negros for 4 days and back in manila for the rest of the days.

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2007-06-21T11:15:00.000-07:00

jun 22 2:15am, its my break time for 15 minutes. Just a few minutes ago i had a coaching session with my SME. I was the topnotch among the rest for that needs to be coach for violations hehehe. Not really that grave but not following some of the newly implemented rules. Well there are new rules given to us to be followed, i find it difficult to do so especially we are given only a few minutes on call logging so there is not time to finish the logs for each calls. What they want is to make different cases for different issues of the customer. so what if the customer is calling about 5 issues, do they want us to make 5 different cases and we are only given 2 minutes to log the call? Wow!! They should think about it. Anyway the coaching was done already and have given my reason why is it so. Now am back from break and need to login but still no calls comin in.

today will be last day for the week and am goin home negros for a week vacation. With me is my brother and his family. Our flight schedule is 6pm so we’ll arrive late in the evening today.

I feel excited and not excited. Am not sure to how to describe the feeling exactly but its just that I am excited that well having a family reunion and the whole family well be complete. Not excited because my family wanted me to resign in my current job for the reason that they worry about my health that I stay late at night working. So I worry of what’s gonna happen when I arrived home this evening.

Am I gonna enjoy my vacation or they’re gonna fry me until I decide to resign.
Am I gonna see my ex-girlfriend because she’ close to my family so probably they want her to be present in the gathering.
:D

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2007-06-20T17:53:00.000-07:00

last night i woke up at 1150pm and that is 10min before my shift starts which is too bad... and i was late again for the 6th time in this quarter. we are only allowed for 3 lates in a quarter but i made more than that so... am expecting to recieve a CITE form from my supervisor which may affect my promotion which is bad for me. no promotion no raise of salary..:( i hate this new sched that we have and we're gonna be having this for the next 6 months from 12midnight to 9am..

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2007-06-20T13:34:00.000-07:00

i just found out yesterday that using the urge in windows media player 11 only allows you to create 3 accounts for free on the same computer. once your 3 free acounts is already expired then you can no longer create another accnt and you will have to pay for it already... :(

MUSIX

2007-06-18T14:15:00.000-07:00

Working in call center and if there are no calls comin could sometimes be boring. So the only to make yourself stay awake is to drink coffee or any drinks with caffeine or chatting with your seatmates or have fun chatting on the chatroom.in my case its worst, I’m cast away from the rest of the team. My team is in one quadrant where they could have fun when there are no calls comin while I am alone on the other quadrant together with the other teams whom I don’t know since every week people in my quadrant are constantly moving from one quadrant to another… so I am listening to musix online. I am using AOL Music and windows media player. What is good about windows media player 11 versions is that you can download and listen to unlimited songs. Just look for the artist and you’ll have all their songs. The songs are categorized by artists, albums, genre, song titles and year. Though there is a payment for it but you can try the free trial version for 14 days and you can listen to unlimited songs. You can download songs but it can’t be converted to mp3. If my trial version expires what I usually do is create another account using any email address even if it’s non-existing. So why don’t y0u try it and have unlimited songs . J

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2007-06-07T08:29:00.000-07:00

we have a change of shift for the month of june from 9pm to 12am shift. its a bit difficult to adjust to the 12am shift because i have been in the 9pm shift for past 6 months and suddenly there is a sudden change of schedule but that's ok i'll get use to it. so what happened last night, well i just got this frustrated customer calling about her problem in her software that it closes when she merge names of her contact person in the program. i was verifying her information and i could hear her taking a deep breath. i can sense that this will not be a good call. so when i asked her more info about the problem she doesnt wanna explain to me further about the problem anymore. so inorder for not to be eaten by the frustation of the customer i stand firm that i should ask her further info to better know what she's exactly doing that leads to the problem. but the frustrated no longer wanna talk to me so he gave the phone to her boss who was able to explain to me further about the problem. her boss was very nice that she allowed me to ask more further to better solve the problem in less than 5 minutes. so it was a good thing that the caller gave the phone to her boss to trouble shoot the problem coz if not we would have been on a long call. and on the last call that i have for the day which lasted for 2 hours and was even escalated to my supervisor due to a problem that was found to be a glitch on the program. i find it hard to duplicate the problem of the customer because i also had prob on my program which i would say is worst than what my customer has. fortunately i had one of our subject matter expert in tucson who was listening to that call and he was able to duplicate the customers problem that finally lead to a conlcusion that i was a glitch of the program.

8:00 am

2007-05-21T16:56:00.000-07:00

my shift is over and i was supposed to be out ay around 630am but got somethings to do and have to wait for company in goin home.. so few minutes from we'll be goin home and have to sleep and good thing is it seems that the weather for today will be good since ia haven't seen yet the the scorching heat of the sun which is really difficult specially with added traffic and pollution when commuting...

vacation - june

2007-05-21T15:53:00.000-07:00

few weeks from now am goin home to the province of negros together with my brother and sister with her family.. also my sister from the province will be comin over here in manila to spend a 2 weeks vacation so we will be goin home together maybe on the 23rd of june... the last time i went home to negros was last march with my younger brother since he had his 2 months vacation here in manila.. hope i could spend more time with my family this comin vacation and have more than a week of vacation but am afraid its not possible.. we are not even allowed to have a week vacation but for us leavin in the province we have consideration since our family is not here.. ok i dunno whats gonna happen.. maybe my mom will keep on telling me to resign and look for a day job because she realy worries about my me since i am workin in the evening and as far as we know sleepin at night is realy far different from sleepin at day.. am counting the days for vacation.... .

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2007-05-09T10:42:00.000-07:00

this previous weeks we dont have much call comin in so we have some time to surf over the net when we dont have any call and reading blogs from other people somehow keeps me awake coz i find there blogs interesting. and today its a miracle that we can acces youtube and friendster. maybe the IT dept allowed it to and thats good news but we dont know how long will this be.... maybe tommorrow when we get back we can no longer access again the above mentioned website. anyways today is the last day of m y friend ana guillermo "a.k.a anna banana" and we used to call each other as "doy". she started to call me by that name coz thats how they call there friends in Gen San and so i call her by that name too. i took pictures of her with our team mates while some of them were taking in calls. anna is from Gen. Santos City and she speaks cebuano like me and its only here in the office that i can speak the language. anyways am gonna miss "doy".

answered prayer

2007-05-09T10:25:00.000-07:00

from my friendster blog March 3 2006

Two weeks ago i drop by edsa shrine before goin to baras, a town of rizal. i drop by the church to pray. While prayin i remember that i made prayer to HIM when i was in Laguna asking that HE will give me job somewhere in Manila so that i could pay HIM a visit everyday where used to when I was working in Ortigas. Right at that moment, i realize that God gave me what i've prayed for. Opportunities comes but i throw it all away and accepted an offer somewhere in Batangas. It's just that i forgot what i've asked HIM and did not see things that it's already there. Lesson learned? Be patient... HE hears all our prayer. Sometimes kasi we think that our prayers are not heard or answered. But it does... d lang natin nakikita that it's already there. A little more patience..........

road trip

2007-04-27T09:00:00.000-07:00

this picture was taken last easter sunday on the way to real quezon. we just used the honda tmx motorcycle to get there. it took us about 1hr from siniloan laguna to real quezon. groups of riders are also going to real quezon that day for road trip and beach. we went to one of the beach resort and took pictures and video of the big waves on the beach... after taking pictures and video we head to the town proper of real quezon to gas up... we went back to siniloan laguna and head our way to pagsanjan laguna to take our lunch and wento caliraya lake in laguna. caliraya lake is actually a man made lake on the mountains of lumban laguna. this lake powers the hydroelectric power plant of laguna.
caliraya lake

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2007-04-24T11:15:00.000-07:00

ei!! its been a long time that i haven't updated my blogs in here... anyways so many thing had happened after making the blog before this one... i resigned from my job in batangas and had a new job in eastwood quezon city.. i haven't gone home last december to celrebrate x mas with my family... broke up with my gf (that hurts).... well thats life if your messin around, its payback time... what else... hhmm... i got regularized in my new job... my brother had his vacation here in manila... after my bro had his vacation here we both went home and had my vacation in my hometown last march for 1 week.. i went back here in manila alone by ferry and since am alone so i took the cabin to make myself comfortable on the whole trip but my family doesn't know that i took the cabin because they don't want me to take it.. so the trip goes well with 6 hours of delay but the good thing is all the meals was made for free.. but it was kinda lonely trip coz not much people are on board going to manila that time... this picture was taken while passing on an island but i duno what island it is.. :) it would have been a better trip if i took a different ferry on adifferent day...

a visit to cebu

2006-09-13T07:30:00.000-07:00

Saturday 5am was suppose schedule of flight from manila to cebu.. but the someone from cebu pacific gave me a call informing me of the delayed flight schedule and the new schedule is at 640am. after training class at 12am saturday we went down with my friends and have a drink at blue onion.. at 4am i prepared my self on the way to the airport... i wasn't feeling sleepy that time due to the excitement of getting to back cebu after 2years and of course am excited to see my sheila.. when i checked in at the airport i ask the person (i duno how do they call that person) to give me a seat at the window side of the plane. while on board the plane a kid sat beside me with his dad next to him. it was the kids first time. while the plane was preparing for take off this kid started to scream and he was doing that the whole flight... the dad can do nothing to stop the kid and what i did was to listen to my mp3. the kid just stop screaming when the plane already landed. when i got out of the plane i went straight to the arrival area to get the bear for my shiela.i was wondering how would she look like since 2 months that i haven't seen her.. after getting the bear i went out of the arrival area and outside was my shiela waiting for me... :)

sunday...

2006-06-25T06:17:00.000-07:00

yesterday trip was realy somethin... well the way back to sto tomas from lucena took about 2 hours.. and i was freezin inside the bus the whole trip... i was just wearin short and sandals and grabe ang lamig since kunti lng pasahero and umuulan pa.. i arrive home at around 830pm.. i was so tired sa trip ko but it was worth anyway... we have a drink with my housemates and our neighbor sa apartment.. we have beers and videoke... in the end d ko kinaya sa dami ng nainom ko i went to sleep first and i still have to go to baras the next morning and i have to leave at 6am.. :(
ok i didnt make it as 6am i was late for an hour since ang sarap pa matulog... i made it to baras rizal at 930 am and took pictures ng bahay ng ate.. and am doin that every week since nag start ang pag gawa ng house....
thats it for now....

Trip ko sa laiya

2006-06-24T00:39:00.000-07:00

last night i was thinking of goin to bgy laiya san juan batangas. i was not sure yet if am goin or not coz ive never been into that place and realy i duno how to get there. i just saw the beautiful shore line of the beaches of bgy laiya in the internet from the web site of coco grove and laluz beach resort. ive also blogs from people who were able to get there. so when i woke this morning a t 7am am still not sure if am goin or not. i took a bath still thinkin... (grabe..). i went to tanauan batangas at 830am to withdraw since its time to pay sa hirap ng pinagtrabahuan namin... after taking some money in my atm i said ok that's it i said its am goin to laiya, bahala na any i had the money namn so its not a prob when i get lost.. :) i took the aircon bus goin to lipa bumaba ako sa harap ng city hall ni vilma santos and took a jeepney ride goin to the city proper. kumain muna ako sa mcdo at around 930am since medyo malayo ang byahe ko.. after that i ask some folks of lipa kung saan ang sakayan to san juan batangas.. i was kinda lost ng kunti kasi lumampas ako. finaly i was able to get the terminal and medyo matagal bcoz they have to wait for more passengers goin to san juan. the ride took for more than 30 mins mabilis namn yung jeep kasi malayo nga lang kasi 40pesos ang pamasahe.. when i got into san juan i thought malapit lng don ang laiya na trisekel na lng sakyan ko... mali pala kasi when i ask the pasenger na katabi she said i need to take another ride sa jeep goin to laiya.. i said wow adventure talga to... fortunately meron agad jeep goin to laiya na dumaan ng bumaba ako sa jeep from lipa.. that's nice coz i dnt have to wait na.. the pamasahe from san juan to laiya was 25pesos so parang malayo nga yun.. while nasa jeep ako ask the young lady infront of me since 2 na lng kami passenger sa jeep. i ask her kung malayo pa an g coco grove resort.. she said mga 20 minutes pa.. oh my god ang layo nga.. :( sabi rin nya na mahirapan daw ako umuwi kasi madalng lang ang byahe na papunta don... baka raw di ako makauwi agad.. so i said bahala na..:) finaly i got into the entrance ng coco grove at around 11am.. when i got inside the resort.. wow the place was nice.. they have tree houses beautiful shore lines... clear water.. white sand.. very nice place.. so i rested muna under the tree.. parang ang sarap maligo tough it was so mainit and pinagpawisan tlaga ako sa byahe it was worth it naman seeing the place... i took some pics and video of place to remember the trip i had sa place..:) there are other resorts actually na katabi rin ng coco grove ne mas mura, unlike sa coco grove that you have to pay atleast 1500per person.. sa iba 2500 isang room na for at least 5 person.. ok na yun..:) so thats i have to leave the place na kasi baka d ako makauwi.. i took trisekel sa labas ng resort papunta sa sakayan ng jeep goin back to san jaun.. when i got to san juan walang fastfood doon kasi its just a small town so i waited muna sa tabi ng hi way.. since i dont wanna to take the ride again goin to the city of star for all seasons kasi medyo d ako comfortable kasi punuan ang jeep.. i decided to either go to lucena city or batngas city since aircon bus ang papunta don and when i get either of the two cities aircon bus din ang sakyan ko pauwi ng sto tomas.. so ok lang.. medyo matagal ang pag aantay ko ng bus so i said kung aling bus na na aircon na batngas city or lucena ang dadaan yun ang sasakyan ko.. but i was thinking twice of goin to batngas since i already got there last april... well good thing is nauna ang lucena na bus so got in and here i am now in sm lucena doin this blog... :)