0kay...I have a new schedule again...Now I have t0 be at w0rk at 5am...

Well, I actually need it c0z my wife's new schedule is 6AM Sun M0n rest days. S0 I swapped my schedule with 0ne of my teammates...

0h well....At least WE have the same M0nday rest day...



...I miss Zia...

Before I posted this on my blog...I was staring blankly at my pc monitor for about 5 minutes(it actually was more than that)...My family and I are in a kinda financial crisis right now...Its not that serious since I know that we will be able to get through this, but this issue is the hindrance to where we really want to be.

I know that this coming months would be our most trying times as a family as we enter a new year. I still have faith ( together with our determination to work this out) that everything will be fine in the end. Sacrifices and difficult decisions have to be made...

focus...focus...focus...

Was I just bored? Nothing to do?

"Ako ba'y nalolongkot at whalang makaushap?"

"The true meaning of life is to plant trees,

under whose shade you do not expect to sit."

-Nelson Henderson

Most of my friends would tease me that I was too much of a "good guy". I focus more on the welfare of others to the extent that I oftentimes neglect my own pleasures. And more often, I end up with nothing in the end. For every year, every heartaches, every failures, and every dissapointments, I have always promised myself to change my outlook in life. To focus more on myself, my pleasures, and my wants. Enough of "Mr Nice guy" and hello to "Mr Badboy". 'Coz "nice guys do finish last".

But everytime, I always end up being myself again. I'm still the same old person who will not think twice in helping out somebody even at my own expense. I'm still the same person who is willing to devote time in order to help out someone in need. Though my life may be seem unpredictable right now due to some circumstances..Hurts and dissapointments continue to come and go...And some people may still be unappreciative or abusive...I realize that I'm still here and standing...

As I look back to the events that happened the last few months, I firmly realize that life is actually good...There have been some bumps along the way and some sacrifices that has to be made. Not for my own good but for the happiness of the people I truly treasure...My friends, my family, my wife, and my baby Zia...

Though life may still have those occasional jolts that will test my faith and my being...Those things that will try to smack me in the gut...I know that I will be alright in the end..

To end this reflection on my so-called realization in my life, let me share to you my favorite prayer that has always guided me to the right path....

Prayer of Generosity

"Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous: teach me to serve you as you deserve;

to give and not to count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds;

to toil and not to seek for rest; to labor and ask not for reward,

save that of knowing that I am doing your most holy will."
- Ignatius of Loyola

For being one of the Highest-Skilled agent on the ops floor, here is a recent email that we received from management regarding Vacation Leaves:

...Force Desk has advised that:
No VL allocation for all Sundays until February from 11am - 12pm
No VL allocation for all Saturdays until February from 11am - 11pm
No VL allocation for all Mondays until February from 12am - 10am


Pak Syet! Lalo ako ginanahan magtrabaho nito...

"He that always gives way to others

will end in having no principles of his own"

-Aesop

Shut out.

Whenever, whatever, Wherever...My ideas and opinions are never good for you.

You know that I share what I believe is best for you. But it seems that I can never

ever do or say good...And you respond harshly to those suggestions...

From now on, Do what ever you wanna do..I won't stand in your way...

Now I stand a step behind you...just waiting....

"Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be."

-George Santayana, US (Spanish-born) philosopher

There are still a lot of good people out there...

Yesterday, I was at The Medical Plaza bldg in Makati to meet my wife's doctor. I was there to get the doctor's letter (for my wife's employment purposes) certifying that my wife gave birth last 30September. I was suppose to meet my wife and her parents in Glorietta 4. I took a taxi knowing later that I only had 35pesos with me. My money would not be enough and I knew that I had to walk half-way to Glorietta.

I spoke with the taxi driver and told him that I would just be getting down in front of 6750 bldg since I did not have enough fare. And it caught me by surprise that the driver said, "okay lang yun ser! Di ba sabi mo sa glorietta 4 ka?", "Dun na kita ibababa?"

My taxi fare rang up to P50pesos and I paid the man the remaining P35pesos in my pocket and my countless thank yous...

My faith in people is still intact after all these years...

I know fate would reward him well...

"A man's character is his fate. "

-Heraclitus