Twilight Soundtrack

I thought of this song as something that could best describe the love of Edward and Bella. They should include this in the Twilight Soundtrack.

“Anywhere”

Dear my love, haven’t you wanted to be with me
And dear my love, haven’t you longed to be free
I can’t keep pretending that I don’t even know you
And at sweet night, you are my own
Take my hand

[CHORUS:]
We’re leaving here tonight
There’s no need to tell anyone
They’d only hold us down
So by the morning light
We’ll be half way to anywhere
Where love is more than just your name

I have dreamt of a place for you and I
No one knows who we are there
All I want is to give my life only to you
I’ve dreamt so long I cannot dream anymore
Let’s run away, I’ll take you there

We’re leaving here tonight
There’s no need to tell anyone
They’d only hold us down
So by the mornings light
We’ll be half way to anywhere
Where no one needs a reason

Forget this life
Come with me
Don’t look back you’re safe now
Unlock your heart
Drop your guard
No one’s left to stop you

Forget this life
Come with me
Don’t look back you’re safe now
Unlock your heart
Drop your guard
No one’s left to stop you now

[Chorus]

[Silence]

Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah

[Fades out]

Halloween Masquerade and UFO

I got an E-mail yesterday from HR announcing that we have a Halloween Masquerade today. Employees were advised to wear something spooky (but to those who are already looking spooky, you may come as you are) HAHA! I know a few wink wink. I haven’t seen anyone wearing anything spooky yet. Well, I’ve seen some with those horn headbands that light in the dark and whatsup with those red ribbon ties that look like those of the chippendales, I also saw someone with some lucid wings and a head dress that looks like a bird’s nest, damn I want to see a vampire, a mummy, a werewolf or an alien will do. Oh let me tell you something……

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Last Sunday, we had a power interruption at home and it lasted for an hour or so. Aldolito opted to stay in the terrace as it was windy and the splatters of light from the moon, clouds and the overcast created a magnificent facade so he took out the tripod and set up the camera. And then I heard him calling me abruptly “BEH! BEH! BEH!” I was in dismay, I thought something bad was happening to him, I thought I was going to have a heart attack. I went to the terrace to check what happened, and there he was telling me that he saw an object flying in the sky, and he is confused whether it was a plane or something else. He said that there was a light coming from it and it was flashing but not like the usual flash from the plane. If you have seen the typical light from the plane, it flashes constantly like every other second, the object however was not flashing like that as he described. It flashes a light in a certain spot for a second, and then its gone and at an instant its visible again – it moves in an unbelievable speed. Damn, the moment I heard it I thought he was just making fun of me or perhaps he was hallucinating. I also made an assumption that maybe it was just a falling star but he was utterly convinced that it was something else and so there goes my alien fascination once again. I started to ruminate like maybe, that’s why we are having a power interruption because they are visiting us and they are absorbing our power. Damn, its so cool. I stayed in the terrace for a brief moment even if I wasn’t feeling well because of my flu just to raise my hope of finally seeing a UFO. After 30 minutes or so of looking up and keeping my eyes open in all directions……..no flying objects were found…much to my disappointment…I went back to my room with pouting lips.

The Sick, The Bad and The Bastard

The Sick….

 

I am sick again. I remember it was only a few months ago when I had a bloody flu, if my memory is not tainted I think that was in late July of this year, oh well, what can you do, I’m fleeting towards affirmation of mortality on earth. I was two days absent from work. I spent my two days mostly in bed but today I’m back at work. I’m supposed to take my Excel exam on November but due to inevitable constraints the proctor set it on an earlier time which is on Friday Oct. 31st. GOSH! I am so behind and now it feels like I’m losing my guts. I have so much stuff to do and now I’m running after time, considering that I only halted for two bloody days. This is so unbelievable. Nov. 3, Monday is my deadline for my freelance gig, I’m not even halfway yet. I need to get my voice back, I have to make a podcast of 2000 words and phrases and have it delivered by Monday.

 

The Bad….

 

I’m bad, NO, I’m very bad. WHY? Because I dislike too much stuff from people. I can hardly tell the difference whether its just me who is judgemental or people are really engaging in moronic stuff. Perhaps I’m in utter dementia. I don’t like it if I dislike too much stuff from people. WHY? Because it makes me a bad person. I am not a connoiseur in the self control department particularly in some areas and I’m trying so hard to be clement but I know that one inevitable day I will be standing in the edge and I assure you that you will never like what is going to happen. GOSH! But for now I’ll carry on with IGNORE and PRETEND. Sometimes they are such good friends.

 

The Bastard….

 

Forgive my profanity but I am not referring the bastard as myself, damn I can see your faces in utter aghast. LOL I tried the practice test again today and thrice the bloody error had successfully knock the tar out of me. What a bastard. GOSH!

My Friday Vent

 

 

It’s kind of wrong to vent on a Friday as Friday is supposed to be a fabulous and a spectacular day, at least for me. It is a day of gladness and pure fun. It is a day filled with looking-forward-to-embrace-the-weekend mood. A day of relief thinking that you are almost on the halt of drowning yourself from vexation and crappy hours at work. Friday means dress down day which is tantamount to expressing your innermost self in a form of aesthetic escapade, glamorous style or whatever suits you. Friday also means that you can get out of the office a little early so you can meet some friends, dine, hang out and unwind with them to a fabulous and fun spree places. To some, Friday is a DATE day. To others, Friday can be mezmerizing as you can stay up late, spend it on movie marathon with a bowl of pop corn while cuddling with your boyfriend/girlfriend or simply just spend it with your beautiful self. Today however, I just have to vent. WHY? Please see below:

 

1. My younger sister was rushed to the hospital last night due to bad stomach, fever and vomitinig. The doctors suspected that she was having Appendicitis turns out she has Amoebiasis. It caused a hysterical commotion in the entire family especially my mom who is suffering from hypertension. Its really hard living away from them. Tsk tsk

 

2. I’ve sent an email to all the Systems Managers in all facilities requiring them to send a sign off on the recent change that we have made on a certain policy, so I can reflect the change accordingly, out of seven I only got two responses so far. So I decided to bug them everyday, and today I sent another email asking them to send their respective sign offs as two of them have already agreed and guess what, someone has responded. I guess I will have to do this every single day until I get a response from all of them. Jeez so now you know how adventurous it is to work here? GOSH!

 

3. I’m in the midst of completing my Excel practice test and suddenly an error popped. I was a little slow to apprehend so I failed to read the freaking error and I hurriedly clicked on OK and then BOOM! everything was gone, which means I have to start all over again. So I started again but the bloody thing came back. What do you want me to do? Start all over again? Dammit! ARRRGH!

 

4. I miss the company of my “real friends”. Lately, I’ve been alone. Where are you bitches? Mayank is probably too busy with himself or who knows maybe he is devastatingly affected by the US economy recession, but how would I know, he never responds to any medium of communication I have used just to reach him. SU is out of the country for vacation so its ok, I understand. Dawn is too in love and preoccupied with Jaimie, she’s too incoherent to listen to me, but its ok I have a big heart to understand. Aldolito has to stay at home, he needs to get well and thats the most important thing to me.

 

5. I miss my lover RAIN. Where are you, I need you to pour and touch my soul once again. I’m draining….fill me……Mr. SUN is a little harsh lately, his scorching UV rays get on my nerves. Where are you my lover, come and see me in the meadow of our dazzling abode. My life had been swirly lately with bits and pieces of shrapnel that languidly eats my fortitude. Please console me.

Manic Yesterday

I stood up from my workstation at 6:55 PM last night and walked to the computer where the logs are gathered I typed in my ID and hit LOG OUT and then to my utter disbelief I stared at the computer once again to make sure I have typed the correct ID, and yes it is correct but the error was still there showing idly “YOU CAN’T LOG OUT BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT LOGGED IN”. Do you know what does this mean? It means that I have to file for my timesheet and have it approved from my two superiors and subsequently forward it to HR for another approval – approval from HR will take a minimum of three emails just to make a follow up, if I won’t bug them and get on their nerves they will never take any immediate action. I remember I have forwarded this exact message for three times just so I could get a response “Please let me know if my timesheet has been approved”. So sick sick sick. I’m starting to think that their previous jobs are from a filthy government office where they do nothing but chitchat and wait for lunchtime so they can sleep, pick their noses or whatever the hell do they indulge their pathetic selves, GOSH!

 

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After a brief episode of vexation, I got out of the building and walked to Greenbelt 3 or 4 Oh I’m not sure lol, Greenbelt can be confusing sometimes I can hardly identify 3 from 4, although I’m pretty sure its just me who is having this difficulty. Anyway. I entered Abenson Avant and looked for a new set of headphones and mic as I need it pretty badly. WHY? Because. There are a lot of odd things that have happened lately particularly in my family. My long lost cousin has shockingly contacted everyone in the family, well she’s not really lost its just that she had lose touch to each and everyone of us a long time ago like I say maybe 3 -4 years back, i’m not sure if its long enough although it seems to me that it was a long long time ago because it feels like it, sometimes people can make you feel like this – the last time you have spoke to each other was like 3 years ago but to you it feels like centuries. Anyway. Knowing her, she’s not internet savvy nor deeply anxious to whatever is happening to the family but shockingly and suddenly she is concerned. I got an email from her saying that she has a webcam and a mic and she is ready to talk via yahoo messenger if I have the time. For three consecutive days until today we’ve been talking day and night; so now you know why I had to get that mic set. Another thing is, just when I was thinking about possible ways on how to make more money BOOM!!! the answer is laid out on me in a form of an email once again – one of my previous clients contacted me and offered me another writing, translation and podcasting freelance work. So thats another reason why I needed the mic set. GOD IS GREAT INDEED.

 

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Going back to Abensons Avant. After testing my fabulous mic set, I hurriedly got my receipt and hit off the door. As I walked through the door, I was busy responding to Garnet’s message, we were supposed to go to the church together but he has this habit of changing his mind at the very last minute everytime arrrrgggggggh….I was walking parallel to BodyShop which is the second store next to Abensons Avant when I suddenly remembered that the guard from Abensons Avant politely bade “Thank You Maam” when I darted at the door. I realized, my behavior was utterly not acceptable and it was very mean of me not to even consider on acknowledging his amiable way of courtesy in a form of a response to “Thank You” which is “You’re Welcome” or if I was too busy I should’ve just gave him a smile, after all, he’s been standing there for nearly 9 hours just for a little consolation of a minimum wage. For the first time in my life that I felt so bad like that, although that was not the first time that I have ignored someone like him I’ve been doing it to anyone who wishes me courtesy when I hit off the door of a store or a mall. Today however and onwards; I know what to do.

Confessions of a Shopaholic

 

Cunningly Witty and Frolicsome

 

 

 

After reading a book - Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella - these are the reasons why you should read it:

 

1. It sheds light to those who are unable to think with clarity whether what is right between frugality and being able to make more money objectively as a remedy to unrestrained money spending.

 

2. I can so relate with the book and surely can you.

 

3. It presents realistic details about women go utterly demented over material yet fabulous and extravagant things.

 

4. It is hilarious in a smart and cunning way.

 

5. It teaches readers to live life full to the brim without forgetting accountability and responsibility of one’s actions.

Pass the Test

I’ve been spending most of my precious time at work in MS excel practice tests as I’m about to take a Microsoft Office 2003 Excel Specialist Certification in November. Its a pretty tough thing to take and I hope to pass. I am elated and grateful that the company has taken this initiative, after all, this could serve as a monumental grandeur as part of their retribution for an excellent employee like me (bwahahahaha) – it wouldn’t hurt them to reciprocate through giving free certification exams like this. You see, things like this can make me happy, at least I had something good to tell you about my work and not just blab and continously rant and rave over it like a maniac.

 

Anyway.

 

The pratice test is of 79 items and the passing grade is 90%. The certification covers everything that you could think of about excel from working with worksheets, workbooks and cells, formatting texts, cells and numbers, Page setup and printing, functions and formulas, charts, objects and data, working with macros, pivot tables, collaborating with workgroups among many others. The test is excellent because it underscores practicality – you will get to apply everything you have learned through practice or action unlike any other tests that are theory-driven, speculative and promote idealism.

 

Before taking the test you are given a monthlong preparation by watching a Microsoft Excel 2003 training video via CBT Nuggets – CBT Nuggets provides content-driven IT training that works both on the job and  for certification; it also provides videos that show practical application of a particular subject that you are learning. The trainers are proficient and they deliver excellent training videos of their chosen subject.

Our First Pet Cheebah

 

HELLO WORLD MY NAME IS CHEEBAH

 

We have a new member in the family, a very cute and oh so adorable CHEEBAH an almost adult male Shi Tzu. He has a combination of fluffy white, sandy gray, gold and a little black fur. He has a gushy round black eyes that glisten in the dark. His audacious ardor puts us all in a different plane of amazement and joy. Most of the time he likes to pee on a soft surface like a couch or a pillow (VERY BAD CHEEBAH), as a result we are in the process of training him to pee and poop outside the house because he gets very spoiled and sometimes he fails to give us a heads up that he is about to pee or poop (HE IS A VERY BAD BOY). He is very playful and not shy.

My Latter-day Indulgence

 

 

 

 

I was never a morning person which means I’m lethargic in the morning – I do not engage in any physical or mental activity in any part of the morning, my blood is sluggish in the cockcrow and most of all I hardly eat breakfast. Lunch is the onset of my day but I guess it would depend on one’s definition of lunch and in this context I am realistically defining lunch as in midday. As the world has reached its modern times, industries that we haven’t perceived to emerge have emerged and brought an astounding international recognition for innovation and niches for technology and marketing, one of these industries is the call center. This is not an obscure reality as most of you know that people who work in a call center have become nocturnal. When I used to work in a call center I have defined breakfast as a meal in the evening specifically at 9 PM, lunch at 3 AM and dinner at 12 PM. And now that I have managed to get back in my diurnal nature, gradually I was able to adjust myself back in the normal schedule. In the recent expeditious change that has happened in my life, I became a morning person. Not a day goes by that I have skipped breakfast and lately, I would wake up at 5:30 in the morning religiously  and yes it is extremely unusual of me - seemingly paradoxical yet I’ve been doing it for almost a month now. Much to my amazement, I found myself flabbergasted that breakfast isn’t bad after all and its always a good thing that I’m receptive to change; moreover, I know its a cliche that breakfast is the most important meal of the day but aside from that, these are the other reasons why you should eat breakfast:

 

1. Skipping breakfast won’t make you thinner.

2. Breakfast makes people perform better.

3. Breakfast is the springboard for the rest of your day.

4. Breakfast is brain food.

Nuggets of Truth

 

These are the unostentatious truth:

 

1. I miss my very own abode – WHY? – So I can explore things spontaneously; I hate walking on eggshells, I would rather walk and let the clumsiness in me surface; I need to manage my time according to my needs.

      

2. I need a major change – a new horizon – a better episode with a new set of antagonists and supporting roles because seriously I’m drowning in boredom.

 

3. I’ve managed to visit the emporium of my arbitrary indulgence surreptitiously and I’m gloating with a pair of golden happiness and a few other beautiful ones inconspicuously placed in a box of my provisional sanctuary.

 

4. I wish for crystal-clear and free flowing stream of gladness; an immaculate pond which harbors a colorful parade of wild lilies and enchanting butterflies; A meadow of green and yellow with running horses and flying birds of different species; and a sea of blue and green lucid waters with all the amazing creatures bountifully moving in a perfect cadence.

 

5. I wish for my sun to recrudesce once again and stay with me for eternity.

 

But then again these are just nuggets.