The recent tax deduction made me so mad upon realizing how devastating my Christmas and New year would be. So I spent almost 3 days of tweeting hoping that the #cashbadlyneeded hashtag will be trending to at least let our company know that we almost want to burn the office particularly finance department to tell them how inconvenient it was on our part.
Anyway, the reason why I’m writing this blog is not to discuss about my tax, but it came to my realization yesterday that I am still lucky despite of the Tax impact on my salary this period. Why? Because of the wrath Sendong left last Thursday. The number of people who died in this calamity is almost 600 and counting, and thinking how Christmas will be spent by their families is truly depressing. Watching the news, really made me feel guilty of complaining, about how my Christmas and New Year would be since I have my whole family to celebrate it with.
Maybe, I suck handling my finances, that if only I assumed the implication of last month’s low tax deduction then I should have handled it differently. I feel saddened for the victims of Sendong, I’m sorry Jesus for being so selfish. Starting today, I will avoid complaining about the traffic, I will avoid complaining why I am fat, I will avoid every little complain about anything on earth that has impact on me, and most of all, I should be thankful of everything I have on my plate. After all, Christmas is not about being rich, not about having extravagant celebration but it is rather the time to celebrate the day when Christ was born and the day to celebrate it with your family.
PS: For those of you who are wondering how they can extend their help with the victims of Sendong. You can donate as low as 5.00php just by texting through Philippine Red Cross.
Here’s how:
For Globe subscribers: via SMS, c/o Red Cross – text RED <amount> and send to 2899 – valid donation amounts are P5, 25, 50, 100, 300, 500 and 1000 (For ex, RED 10). Transaction is free. via GCASH, text DONATE<space><amount><space><MPIN><space><REDCROSS> and send to 2882
For Smart subscribers:
via SMS, c/o Red Cross – text RED <amount> and send to 4143 – valid donation amounts are P10, 25, 50, 100, 300, 500, 1000 (For ex, RED 10).
I am so excited for the new year to come. Of course Xmas too...but what's making me more excited is the birth of my website on Jan 01,2012 www.wix.com/chuchurnaeklabu/365daysprojectoflala
I came across the blog of Ms. Paula who founded BC Bloggers Secret. It's interesting to know that there's a fastest way to connect to other bloggers without the hassle of commenting to each post, putting your link and begging to be followed back. Kudos to Ms. Paula for having this idea.
photo courtesy of http://dorrys.com/jack-of-all-trades/
Have you ever considered yourself a person that is competent with many skills, but cannot be considered the OUTSTANDING in any particular skills your good at? I think I can consider myself as one or maybe not.
My boss recently told me, “Lala, you are really such an exceptional employee. When I told you to finish everything, you meet the deadlines, you’re also good using your common sense and that’s one thing I admire you best. But (OMG there’s a big BUT?) You lack specialization; you’re more of a generalist than becoming the best. I am grooming you to become the best so I hope you can improve that part of you. All in all you’re GOOD. “
I don’t know but it seems to me that he wanted to reiterate that I’m a “Jack of all trades but a master of none.” Haha or I’m just being so judgmental. On the contrary, I really don’t want to assume its negative, because everyone is entitled to their opinion. My opinion regarding this is that a specialist imprisons himself in one dimension, making him stagnant. While a generalist, finds his way to improve more, learning new things, and enjoy the process of pursuing excellence.
So if someone told you, you are indeed a Jack of all trades, master of none, it doesn’t always mean negative. But if you think I maybe wrong….I tell you...this is my blog so I’m right. LOL
I seriously have no idea why am i writing this shit right now..I think I;m having a bad day. I'm happy though because a lot of interesting and fun things are going on in my life ....but I guess boredom strikes now.Well let's define boredom...boredom is not, contrary to popular belief, a result of having nothing to do. It's very hard to come up with a situation where a person's options are so limited that he or she can literally do nothing. It stems from the situation where none of the possible things taht a person can do realistically appeal to the person in question. This renders the person inaactive, and generally unhappy. DAMN THIS DAY REALLY MAKES ME FEEL SO BORED!!!
I miss blogging. A lot of things happened to me lately and I’m still on the verge of adjusting to the changes. Let me share them. A friend breaks her silence for being in a hell of a relationship with his husband, and decided to call it quits. Another friend, break up with his boyfriend after finding out that his married. And it may sound really weird if I say another friend break up with his fiancé after being in love in a complete stranger. Since, I’m a friend; I became the emotional sponge for all of them.
I can’t turn my back on them, and sometimes it’s good to know that they need you in times like this, I may not be an expert, but I love giving advices to my friends. It feels like you are free to scold them and tell them everything you want to say whether it’ll break their hearts into a million pieces. However, I can’t help myself from being so emotional especially if they’ve become a part of your life.
Anyhoo, I don’t want to go into details, rather, I want to take this opportunity to share what I think the most essential tips in breaking up with a guy. I received this way back from a friend who wanted to open my eyes about guys. I’m glad, I finally moved on, happy with the one and only man in my life…my son!
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If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away.
If he doesn’t want you, nothing can make him stay.
Stop making excuses for a man and his behavior.
Allow your intuition (or spirit) to save you from heartache.
Stop trying to change yourselves for a relationship that’s not meant to be.
Slower is better.
Never live your life for a man before you find what makes you truly happy.
If a relationship ends because the man was not treating you as you deserve
then heck no, you can’t "be friends."
A friend wouldn’t mistreat a friend.
Don’t settle. If you feel like he is stringing you along, then he probably is.
Don’t stay because you think "it will get better." You’ll be mad at yourself
a year later for staying when things are not better.
The only person you can control in a relationship is you.
Avoid men who’ve got a bunch of children by a bunch of different women.
He didn’t marry them when he got them pregnant,
Why would he treat you any differently?
Always have your own set of friends separate from his.
Maintain boundaries in how a guy treats you.
If something bothers you, speak up.
Never let a man know everything. He will use it against you later.
You cannot change a man’s behavior. Change comes from within.
Don’t EVER make him feel he is more important than you are...even if he has
more education or in a better job. Do not make him into a quasi-god.
He is a man, nothing more nothing less.
Never let a man define who you are.
Never borrow someone else’s man.
Oh Lord! If he cheated with you, he’ll cheat on you.
A man will only treat you the way youallowhim to treat you.
All men arenotdogs.
You should not be the one doing all the bending...compromise is a two-way street.
You need time to heal between relationships...There is nothing cute about baggage.
Deal with your issues before pursuing a new relationship.
You should never look for someone to complete you. A relationship consists
of two whole individuals. Look for someone complimentary, not supplementary.
Dating is fun; even if he doesn’t turn out to be Mr. Right.
Make him miss you sometimes. When a man always know where you are, and you’re
always readily available to him—he takes it for granted.
Don’t fully commit to a man who doesn’t give you everything that you need.
Keep him in your radar but get to know others.
I ALWAYS SAY THIS, Heart is the most resilient thing, and it can be broken up into so many pieces and in time put itself back together. And we are human just like man!
They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciatethem, a day to love them, and an entire lifetime to forget them.
PS. I wanted to add this song. :P
See my days are cold without you (without you)
But I'm hurtin while im with you (with you)
And though my heart can't take no more
I keep on running back to you
See my days are cold without you(without you)
But I'm hurtin while im with you (with you)
And though my heart can't take no more
I keep on running back to you
Baby I don't know why ya treatin me so bad
You said you love me, no one above me(above me)
And I was all you had
And though my heart is beating for ya
I can't stop crying (crying)
I don't know how
I allow you to treat me this way and still i stay (stay)
See my days are cold without you (my days awww)
But I'm hurtin while im with you
And though my heart can't take no more (no more no more)
I keep on running back to you
See my days are cold without you
But I'm hurtin while im with you
And though my heart can't take no more
I keep on running back to you
Baby I don't know why ya wanna do me wrong
See when I'm home, I'm all alone (alone)
And you are always gone
And boy, you know I really love you (love you)
I can't deny
I can't see how you bring me to so many tears after all these years
See my days are cold without you
But I'm hurtin while im with you
And though my heart can't take no more
I keep on running back to you
See my days are cold without you
But I'm hurtin while im with you
And though my heart can't take no more
I keep on running back to you
Oohhhhh
I trusted you, I trusted you
So sad, so sad
what love will make you do
all the things that we accept
be the things that we regret
too all of my ladies (ladies) feel me
c'mon sing wit me
See, when I get the strength to leave
You always tell me that you need me
And I'm weak cause I believe you
And I'm mad because I love you
So I stop and think that maybe
You can learn to appreciate me
Then it all remains the same that
You ain't never gonna change
(never gonna change, never gonna change)
See my days are cold without you
But I'm hurtin while im with you
And though my heart can't take no more
I keep on running back to you
See my days are cold without you
But im hurtin while im with you
And though my heart can't take no more
I keep on running back to you
Baby why you hurt me leave me and desert me
Boy I gave you all my heart
And all you do is tear it up
Looking out my window
Knowing that I should go
Even when I pack my bags
This something always hold me back
It's Ber months so it means were near Christmas time.
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Truly the greatest gift from God is the fact that we can eat.
I’ve been craving for yummy dessert since last week; I hate myself for reading several blogs about pastries and feel sorry for not having enough budget to buy the cakes, different expensive pastries they keep ranting about. OK- fine! Bitter.
Anyhoo, I’m ecstatic when I finally got to taste HAPPY LEMON. Me and my friends tried the best and the uber famous COCOA WITH ROCKSALT AND CHEESE. I was like???? Really Cocoa with cheese?
Since we’re all first timers when we went to Happy Lemon, we tried the biggest talk of the town the rocksalt and cheese drinks, and true enough…IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST ZIP.
I love the cocoa and the milk that goes with it, the idea of sweet, salty and everything inside your tongue is really heavenly. I am a fun of salty foods and sweet goodies and I always make sure that if I eat sweets, I have salty food to blend with it. So when I tasted Happy Lemon’s bestseller, I shouted with glee and uttered, CAN I MARRY YOU, Happy Lemon?
Their rock salt and cheese base drinks are best consumed by sipping directly from the cup. It’s really yummy, and will definitely comeback for another one.
And here ends my Happy Lemon experience…happy lemoning :P
Have you guys fallen in love? Do you come to a point that you almost lose your sanity just because of loving so much?
Last week, September 14, 2011, Shiela Macapugay shot his husband and accidentally killed an innocent guard of a famous Quezon City Mall. According to news, Shiela confronted her husband publicly and shot her husband inside the mall and planned to kill herself after, but she failed shooting herself when the guard Ricardo Inamac intercepted which resulted to Inamac’s death.
“I said to myself, before I die, I have to kill my husband first. I just couldn’t accept the fact that he abandoned us for his mistress.”
Days later, a thirteen year old boy shot his alleged 17- year old boyfriend before firing the .22caliber to himself in front of a restaurant chain inside a famous mall in Pampanga out of jealousy. Both were rushed to the hospital, one was declared brain dead and the other one in a critical condition.
Amidst all this, I can’t think of anyone to blame for the circumstances that happened leading them to this. The only thing I’m certain is LOVE. We cannot blame Shiela for killing his husband; we cannot blame him for taking the life of an innocent guard because we were not there when it happened. We do not know what exactly is going on with her emotion during that time when all she wanted was to escape from the reality of being hurt, ridiculed and cheated by her husband. On the other hand, we cannot blame Abel for choosing his mistress over Shiela because we do not know exactly the reason of Abel’s infidelity. We also cannot judge the 13 year old boy who love his partner so much resulting into a tragic end of their love affair.
I don’t know what in the world is happening today. God save us from another tragedy.
Okay, another boring day in the office that leads me to listening to songs available in my iTouch. I listened to a lot of different genre so I have Pop/rock, Alternative, R&B and acoustic songs in my iTouch. I decided to play r&b songs this time, all because I’m into a weird feeling of missing someone right now.
A few months back, I’ve been dating a guy whom I feel a little into. I like him and I wouldn’t deny the fact that I feel happy knowing him. It brought me to life once more, and gave me another chance of opening my heart again. I am a single mother, and as a single parent, I have many responsibilities and priorities in life. I will be very honest, I’m afraid loving someone again, trusting my heart and become broken. It’s not that I completely gave up on love but I promised myself not to be in a relationship without fixing my broken heart. He was one of the perfect guys out there to begin with. He loves my son like his own, and visits my family asking if they will allow him to court me. He also finds time to bond with my friends and never missed a single opportunity of making me special.
Lately, things did not get used to what I’ve been wishing and praying for. Although, we still constantly chat, I know this will no longer be a soon to be “serious relationship”. Its looks like he gave up on me already, because he’s having a hard time dealing with me.
So I can relate to this song right now:
"Almost"
[Verse 1] Can you tell me How can one miss what she's never had How could I reminisce when there is no past How could I have memories of being happy with you boy Could someone tell me how can this be How could my mind pull up incidents Recall dates and times that never happened How could we celebrate a love that's to late And how could I really mean the words I'm bout to say
[Chorus] I missed the times that we almost shared I miss the love that was almost there I miss the times that we use to kiss At least in my dreams Just let me take my time and reminisce I miss the times that we never had What happened to us we were almost there Whoever said it's impossible to miss when you never had Never almost had you
[Verse 2] I cannot believe I let you go Or what I should say I should've grabbed you up and never let you go I should've went out with you I should've made you my boo boy Yes that's one time I should've broke the rules I should've went on a date Should've found a way to escape Should've turned a almost into If it happened now its to late How could I celebrate a love that wasn't real And if it didn't happen why does my heart feel
[Chorus] I missed the times that we almost shared I miss the love that was almost there I miss the times that we use to kiss At least in my dreams Just let me take my time and reminisce I miss the times that we never had What happened to us we were almost there Whoever said it's impossible to miss when you never had Never almost had you
[Verse 3] (sometimes I wanna rub ya, some nights I wanna hug ya) And you seem to be the perfect one for me You (some nights I wanna touch ya but tonight I wanna love ya) You're all that I ever wanted And you're my everything yes its true Boy its hard to be close to you My love I know it may sound crazy But I'm in love with you
[Chorus] I missed the times that we almost shared I miss the love that was almost there I miss the times that we use to kiss At least in my dreams Just let me take my time and reminisce I miss the times that we never had What happened to us we were almost there Whoever said it's impossible to miss when you never had Never almost had you
I missed the times that we almost shared I miss the love that was almost there (sometimes I wanna rub ya) I miss the times that we use to kiss At least in my dreams Just let me take my time and reminisce (but tonight I wanna love ya) I miss the times that we never had What happened to us we were almost there Whoever said its impossible to miss when you never had Never, never almost had you (but tonight I wanna love ya)
Tonight is the start of Monday madness in the office. I work night shift for the longest of years and been used to sleeping late in the morning, drinking beer in the morning and saying good morning to people even if it’s literally evening in our location.
I don’t really have something in my mind right now, but when I saw this “boss” I knew I have something to write about.
He was from US and a lot of pioneer agents from here know him. His attitude, the way he works, the way he see things and the way he bring people into a chaos.
I hate this guy; I hate his face, his body and him as a person. He is so pathetic, ill mannered and a childish human being who pretends to be one of the educated, professional human being in the office. Hey man! You’re not from here! So stop treating us, as if you own the place. (I wanted to tell this to him.) Everybody seems to honor him, obey him, and love him all for the love of power. Here, if you belong to his group you’re considered one of the untouchables. Untouchables are the society he grouped together to serve him, and gave him information he may need to know, whether office related, or personal information.
Hey, did I just say personal information? Yes, this man loves invading your privacy and creating issues which leads to broken relationships, friends having issues about trust and feeling disappointment and lack of motivation towards your job because of unfair treatment.
Whenever he’s here in the office, it’s like everyone hates their job. It’s like everyone has their fair share of issues and if you’re lucky you become the “hot item”. I once experienced this but I never wanted this whole thing affect me! After all, I came here for work and not to gossip. Now, all I wanted is to have a different boss (he was actually not my boss) but since, he works for the US accounts, he do the trainings for all of US HR agents.
They have a new hot item in the office, and I kinda wish her the courage to battle all of this Sh*t. I hope, she can handle all of the nasty comments, the unfair promotion, the bullying untouchables and this hard headed guy whose really a pain in the friggin’ a**.
I also wish the management of our office find this real soon. But of course, nobody will tell the managers, because they are afraid of losing their job. Of course, who’s not afraid? But, I did try once, I tried talking to my manager with all this but, it did not materialize. Because, all he can say is to let go of the Bad Vibes, they will eventually get a new issue and the topic about you will just die a natural death. True enough it did, but the pain, the friendship being in question, the hopeless wish to step up did not materialize to. = (Sadly, this continues everyday and I suck for tolerating this.
Welcome to my second attempt of BLOGGING ANONYMOUSLY.:p
WHY ANONYMOUSLY BLOG?
My experiences are something I really want to share, but I want to make it a little private by keeping my identity anonymous because I don’t want them to know it’s me. Although I have an active blogspot account and a wordpress account. I decided to try blogging anonymously to see how this is going to be patronized by the readers.
WHAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF BLOGGING ANONYMOUSLY?
I was given the idea of writing a blog anonymously because it’s more of an experiment to know if people will still going to believe you despite of not revealing your identity. Also, I believe that it’s not the person that makes the blog interesting it’s about the experiences, the lesson and the passion to write. And not to mention blogging anonymously is one of my bucket lists.
DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
I am a mother, a fighter, a comedienne, a loving daughter, a friend, a bitch, a traveler, a fashionista, a stupid girl, a bratinella, a believer of God and anything I can be without trying so hard.
WHAT AM I GOING TO WRITE?
This is going to be all about my experiences, good finds, travels, politics, work, and anything under the sun.
WHO CAN READ?
Anybody, any invertebrates or vertebrates who can read, appreciate, hate, love and whatever! Enjoy!
