I’m stuck here at home right now, sick and all…  I turn on FB and see this

(Thanks to J for the pic)

I ride on this line all the time.  Scary, huh?!?

The disappointing thing about this weekend is that it actually has to end.  You then find yourself on a very manic workday, especially when you start hating it - the job.

I had a conversation last Friday with my former manager - basically our annual one-on-one.   I came out of that meeting quite nostalgic and satisfied about my stint with the team and the company.  My last three and a half years in the firm has been an adventure.  I have gone through a lot of downers, but in those times I have also found people, in high places, that believed in me.  That’s why I felt nostalgic and grateful.  I thanked him, and essentially the other manager that believed in me.

There is a lot of closure going around, as far as my meetings and these annual talks are concerned.  When I think of my past times with the firm, I am happy.  That’s in a lot of contrast to my present predicament, night and day contrast, because presently I am not happy there.

I just pray that the change will happen soon.  Very soon, I plead…

Just push on, whatever happens!!!

My engines are running on this mantra these days.  There may be a lot of disappointments and mishaps that can discourage me, that is given when you are creating a new path for yourself.  I have decided to push on with blinders and all, with guns blazing… etc etc

Whatever debacle I encounter, this time I will choose to move forward with unrelenting hope.

This will be a great week

During the Basyang attack, all our neighbors’ roofs decided to park at our garage and garden…

Yes, that’s a statue of St. Michael the Archangel in our garden.  I believe he protected the house.

The Metro in general also didn’t fair well against mother nature

This was a couple of weeks ago.  Sorry for the late post.  I totally forgot about these pics

The team feasting at Dad’s… yum yum

We are the true architects of our lives. Only we as individuals and individuals alone, carry within us, the inner ability to make any changes to its blueprints. - Robert M. Hensel

Mediocrity sets in when a person surrenders his right to navigate his fate to another entity.  Let’s say to lay the blame of non-progress to your firm, government or even poverty, that’s surrendering your individual mastery over your own destiny to them.

This is how I think about it: although He has given all these guidelines and laws, and He put the universal karmaic law in the universe, even God granted men free will.  I take that as a hint.  We are ultimately the masters of our fate.

Last Sunday, I woke up with a hunger - a hunger for something better in an aspect of my life.  The feeling has not left me since.  I think this is a pain that I will continue to bear until I have settled into a new path

Time to face this challenge again, with hunger and passion this time.

With hunger and passion

If you are serious about your goals, drop the conditions. Go directly to your goal. Be your goal! Conditions often disguise strategies for escaping accountability. Why not just take charge and create the experience you are looking for? - Eric Allenbaugh

I’ve met quite a few people who take too much time enumerating their hindrances and shortcomings, that they entirely miss the bus… if you know what I mean. Well, this message is not for them, since I also made it a point not to try to sway them to a more positive point of view. It’s so fruitless that it will just ruin our day hehe

This is for all of us, positive thinkers! Good afternoon!!!

A generous prayer is never presented in vain; the petition may be refused, but the petitioner is always, I believe, rewarded by some gracious visitation. - R.L. Stevenson (Motivate Us)

Prayers are very seldom answered immediately.  Sometimes, what we ask isn’t even answered at all.  But it is not up to us to question if God has abandoned us in our present endeavor, because he never does that.  Maybe the question is if we are ready to receive what we ask.  Even if we think we are ready, maybe in God’s infinite wisdom, He sees that we are not; if we will ever be, well that is another possible answer.

You see, maybe right now you feel  that what you want is what you need, but maybe God has other plans for you; plans that are likely bigger than what you have for yourself

Maybe the non-answer by God is an answer in itself - the divine intent of our very own prayers.

Have a great week ahead everyone!!!

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.  - Anatole France

There is never any profound change without pain.  It’s the pain that serves as the flame that cauterizes the wounds where the part of us is severed from.

We’ve always been an unconventional family, having become a mixed group of relatives, neighbors and childhood friends that have come together throughout the years.  We have been bounded by blood, love, support and loss through our years as a family.  Even if admittedly we only get this complete during the holidays, more or less you could say that we are a tightly-knit bunch.

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I was reading up on this (idle at the office at the moment) yesterday

How to turn a Windows PC Into a Mac

By the end of the day my PC’s desktop looked like this

Neat, isn’t it?  I didn’t even have to resort to hackintoshing my PC hehe

I skipped the Windows Blinds part though.  Being a PC user all my life, I never got used to the minimize-maximize-close buttons…  So I had to be a little creative and just looked for some Mozilla Add-ons to get the look for my browser.  I also deployed some Yahoo widgets as you can see

Anyway, just some nice stuff

Nephew came in from the US last night and got the belkin one for pasalubong

One down, three more to go!

Meet my Nike+ mini me hehe

It’s a nifty program on Nike+ that creates this cute animation for your facebook account.

See it on my facebook now

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength. - August Wilson

I was inspired by this quote today because doing self-reflection these recent days, I have discerned that I still sometimes cringe at the thought of some bad memories.  Sometimes the feeling of embarrassment is still there even though it has been such a long time since these things have happened.  A case of temporal embarrassment, you might say.

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This is my current wishlist - in the gadgets and accessories category hehe

The Timex Ironman 50 Lap Sleek watch for my interval training - for my runs

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