2009 quotes

Dahil sa 5S, i was forced to clean up my cube at office. and consequently, i have to let go of my 2009 desk calendar given by sir john =(. over the past year, whenever i come across nice quotes, i made it a habit to write i down there. and so now, i transfer the quotes i listed down to my blog, a better way to preserve words of wisdom hehe

January

Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be part of - Geri Weitzman

The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will - Chuck Palahniuk

The toughest issues any of us face are those involving "right vs right". The problem? There are no wrongs to avoid. - David Cottrell

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope - Martin Luther King Jr.

February

Generosity is giving more than you can and pride is taking less than you need - Kahlil Gibran

Those truly linked don't need correspondence. When they meet again after many years apart, their friendship is true as ever - Deng Ming Dao

Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all - St. Augustine

Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in the same direction - Antoine de St. Exupery

Aim at the sun, you may not reach it, but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object at level with urself - Joel Hawkes

March

For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will see me and find me when you seek me with all your heart - Jer 29: 11 -13

April

To open your hear means risking it all, to experience great joy and profound sorrow - Tom Mathhews

May
Welcome true love not by finding the perfect person but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly - Angelina Jolie

Today I am grateful for all those things that go missing because their absence reminds me of how blessed I am to have had them all - Kate Novak

June

Someday, somewhere, anywhere, unfalilingly you'll find yourself and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life - Pablo Neruda

Every beginning is a consequence, every beginning ends something - Paul Valery

Always keep your words soft just in case you have to eat them - andy rooney

I keep mm ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart - Anne Frank


Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing - Optimus Prime

July

Creating the space to allow others in your heart means letting go of old issues - Tin Touber

Wisdom says do all you can within your strength, then trust him to do what you cannot do.

Life isn't a matter of milestone but of moments.

Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give him yours - Zig Ziglar

If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place. - Nora Roberts

But what is happening except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? - Albert Camus

If you enter the world knowing you are loved and you leave the world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with - michael jackson

the significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain - kahlil gibran

August

The shortest way to do many things is one at a time - Richard Cech

Courage does not always roar. Sometimes it is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying I will try again tomorrow. - mary ann radmacher

adopt yourself to the life you have been given and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you - Marcus Aurelius


September

Give the world the best you have and the best will come back to you - Madeline Bridges

Knowledge is realizing that the street is one way. Wisdom is looking in both directions anyway - anonymous

October

Surprises by their nature come in disguise, masked sometimes as disappointments or detours when they are in fact dreams turning solid if you'll just step aside and give them some air - nancy gibbs

when you are sorrowful look again in your heart and you shall see that in truth, you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

A habit for all of us to develop would be to look for something to appreciate in everyone we meet. We can all be generous with appreciation - Carl Holmes

Losers see thunderstorms, winners see rainbows. Losers see icy streets, winners put on ice skates - Dennis Waitley

November

A difficult time can be more readily endured if we retain the conviction that our existence holds a purpose - a cause to pursue, a person to love, a goal to achieve - john Maxwell

appreciate people, nothing gives more joy than appreciation - Ruth Smelter

Buliding and understanding support and acceptance begins with earning trust - David Cottrell

When you finally allow yourself to trust joy and embrace it, you will find you dance with everything - Pat Rodecast

December

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was thank you, that would suffice - Meister Eckhart

The greater part of happiness depends on dispositions and not on circumstances - martha washington

somedays there won't ba a song in your heart, sing anyway - emory austin

picking up after the storm

as typhoon santi is moving out of the philippines, i stand here and pick up the pieces..
(mejo drama post ulet..)

literally

we were cleaning up our backyard due to the debris left by the storm, and my mom kept on saying that it was aggravating cause we don't have trees but now we have to clean up the leaves that fell from our neighbor's. also, nagka-brownout this am. good thing the power came back quickly.

figuratively

work problems came up last night. so panic mode naman ako. buti na lang i was obedient enough to listen to my dad's order to go home immediately or else i would have been caught up in the office trying to solve the problem with the storm brewing outside. i know ill be answering lots of questions on tuesday and ill have to face the consequences of my decisions...

realizations

during storms in life, there are a people you think of that you can run to. i have once again proven that you'll always have your family behind ur back. but its also sad because some of the people i thought i could run to weren't there when i cried for help. there's also the people you thought wouldn't bother but surprisingly held your hand when you needed them.

indeed, storms break bonds, form loyalties. but most important of all, there's you and you alone. you have to be strong and to keep on fighting. because after every storm is a brand new day and its just up to you to stand up and continue with the fight...

postscript

suddenly i am reminded of this inday joke:

Amo: Inday, bakit nagkalat ang basura sa likod ng bahay?!

Inday: A change in the weather patterns might have occurred wrecking havoc to the surroundings. The way the debris are scattered indicates that the gust of wind was going northeast causing damage to the path it was heading for.

Amo: (nosebleed)

xoxo

thank you black label

drama ulet =p

i am quite proud of the fact that i have a high tolerance for alcohol. out of the several situations that i have had myself drunk, i can say that i have come out relatively unscathed and with minor booboos. but now i have discovered the drink that should just be wiped out of my system for my own protection - dear mr black label.

i was relatively fine drinking red wine and baileys and i knew that i could still take an inventory of what was happening when i did the stupidest thing and decided to drink the DEARest drink. And then that's when i lost it, all the worries and emotions that have been haunting me came crashing down - couple that with Him singing my song piece in the karaoke. i just wanted to cry and get myself away from him. which i did- i spent the rest of the night crying myself out in the pool and running around the place when i felt him within the radar.

as told by my dear procurement friends, and from the bits and pieces that i do remember, i spent the night alternating between the pool, the karaoke place and the billiards place. i also remember crying myself out to sir larry, ms saza and julius, 3 of the people i totally trust and love in procurement. buti nlng kahit lasing pala ako i still choose the people i go to and cry on, proof that my self defense mechanism still works kahit high na ako sa alchohol =p.

and so as i write this today, i come to a few realizations:

1) i am still not over him (haay charity tanga)
2) i am generally classified as a cheerful person but i can say that at this stage in my life that im tired and that my thread of cheerfulness is running out..
3) i need answers soon. mahirap pag ndi mo alam ang purpose mo in life
4) ang tagal ng "in god's time"
5) i am a depressed drunk
6) always make sure to surround yourself with the people you trust when you're drinking para safe ka haha
7) workaholic pala ata tlga ako, as told by april, kahit pala lasing ako i kept rambling about a supplier hahahaha

and of course-
stay away from black label

xoxo

cookie boost

long time no post! =) seems i rarely have time to blog these days. haha

updates:

just celebrated my 1st year in procurement last july 20. time flies so fast! as i reminisce and think about my first PO/nego, I begin to ask myself - fruitful ba ang first year? my answer? i'm not sure.. haha. still thinking if i made the right choices in life haha. pero happy naman din. i think. ang gulo!

well, back to the reason why i blogged, just wanted to share the pic of the special cookie that made me smile last thursday. this was given by my boss, sir john. super touching and surprising lng cause he's not the malambing type who does such kinds of things. he was on training last thursday when he texted ms sol (my teammate) and i asking how we were at work. he mentioned that he was going to pass by after training so i jokingly replied na "pasalubong", knowing well, na ndi naman un kakagat cause ganun lng tlga cia, cool and distant. and so i was pleasantly surprised when he did come back from work with cookies for our team. =) ewan, parang nagchchange un since his wife gave birth. mejo nagiging softie. well buti naman. hehe.

and so the reason for my post- the special cookie. at least i have some validation that im still doing the right things in life especially nowadays na things are changing and confusing. ndi naman masyado halata na nagdrdrama ako haha. post nlng next time. or maybe sa next post ko mas happier na ang tone. haha.

xoxo =)

everything happens for a reason..

impromptu gimik with some of the coolest people from procurement

(pic L to R: julius, me, ms saza, rizza, richard, sir larry)


imagine going on a trip without any room reservations during the summer peak season! well what happened? an almost 11 hour drive that brought me from manila to laiya batangas, and finally to la virginia resort at lipa batangas for a weekend getaway that just took my breath away!

not bad for an impromptu trip huh? =)

P.S.

lessons that I learned from Julius, my driving companion during the whole trip =p:

1) all things happen for a reason
2) what's past is past, it shouldn't be bothered with anymore
3) goodbye means another chance

super funny

forwarded email from ms. cha =p

hats off to mr. bob ong tlga

*************
Dear Mr. Bob Ong,

Matagal ko na pong nililigawan itong chik na nakilala ko recently sa isang party. Nasisiraan na ako ng bait. Pag nakilala mo siya, tiyak matutunaw ang utak mo sa kakaisip sa kanya.Hingi lang po ako ng advice. Paano ko po siya mapapaibig? Bibigyan ko ba siya ng tula ? Haharanahin ko ba siya? Roses? Kalachuchi? Chocnut at sampaguita?In lab na po ako. Ano po ang gagawin ko? Is she the one?

Lubos na gumagalang,-
MATT

-- ANG REPLY

Dear MATT,

Hindi ka talaga sasagutin niyang nililigawan mo. Napaka-old school kasi ng mga tactics mo. Wala nang gumagawa ng ganyan. Sa panahon ngayon, lahat ng bagay, nagtaas na. Nagtaas na ang gasolina, nagtaas na ang presyo ng bigas at mga bilihin, nagtaas na ang pamasahe, at lalong nagtaas na rin ng standards ang mga babae. Hindi na uubra yang siopao at suman mo. Lalo na yung huli mong binigay, hopia at santan. Ano ba pare? Ano’ng era ka ba pinanganak?Pero don’t worry. It’s not too late. May pag-asa ka pa. Hindi pa naman siya kinakasal at di pa niya sinasagot yung crush niya na basketball player. Kahit lamang siya ng sampung paligo sa’yo, daanin mo sa utak at creativity. Dahil aminin na natin, iyon na LANG talaga ang pag-asa mo. Heto, bibigyan kita ng mga simple, tried and tested na mga regalo para di siya mapurga sa hopia at siomai. Sundin mo ‘to, tiyak na lalaglag ang bagang niya sa’yo. Mga medyo more than your usual regalong panligaw:

1. Bili ka ng century tuna. Ilagay mo sa isang napakalaking box—yung sinlaki ng TV o kaya box ng desktop PC mo. Tapos balutan mo ng magarang pambalot. Kuntsabahin mo na yung teacher niya sa Calculus. Sa gitna ng klase, bigla kang kumatok sa classroom. Pero dapat, incognito ka. Magsuot ka ng LBC jacket, magshades, at magsuot ng surgical mask. Pagpasok mo sa classroom, iabot mo yung box sa teacher, at papirmahin mo ng acknowledgement receipt. Tapos pabuksan mo in front of everyone. Tignan mong mabuti ang reaction sa mukha niya.Later during the day, pag tinanong niya kung bakit Century Tuna ang binigay mo, iikot mo yung lata at ituro mo yung sign na “Omega 8.” Pag tinanong niya kung ano yung Omega 8, sabihin mo: “because you’re good for my heart.”

2. Mangolekta ka ng isang dosenang hanger na libre mong nakukuha tuwing nagpapa-dry clean ka. Tapos, sa bawat hanger, isulat mo: “I miss hanging out with you.”

3. Instead of roses, kuha ka ng tissue paper sa banyo ng school mo. Gawin mong tissue paper roses. Gawa ka ng isang dosena. Pag-abot mo, sabihin mo, “Ganito kalinis ang pag-ibig ko sa’yo.”

4. Bili ka ng tetra pack ng mantikang Minola. Tapos bilugan mo yung “with Omega 8.” Hindi na siya magtatanong kung bakit.

5. Bigyan mo ng ice cream cone. Dapat cone lang at walang ice cream. Pag hinanap niya yung ice cream, sabihin mo, “natunaw na kakatitig sa’yo.”

6. Bili ka ng sandosenang box ng crayola. Kolektahin mo lahat ng black. Lagay mo sa isang box ng crayola. Sa likod, isulat mo: “Walang kulay ang buhay kung wala ka.”

7. Bigyan mo siya ng mumurahing bumbilya. Alam mo na siguro by this time kung ano ang isasagot pag tinanong niya kung bakit.

8. Itext mo siya ng: “Hindi tayo tao, hindi tayo hayop, hindi tayo halaman. Bagay tayo. Bagay!”

9. Bigyan mo siya ng calling card ng MMDA. Sa likod, isulat mo “para pag nagkabanggaan ang puso natin.”

10. Padalhan mo ng Happy Meal pero huwag mong ibibigay yung libreng laruan. Paghinanap niya, sabihin mo: “Ako yung freebie, at ikaw yung meal na nagpapahappy sa’kin.”

11. Sunugin ang kanyang bahay at padalhan ng hallmark card: "aanhin mo pa ang bahay mo, kung matagal ka nang nakatira sa puso ko"

12. Pagkatapos sunugin ang kanyang bahay, padalhan siya ng isang box ng posporo, Guitar brand. unahan ang kanyang galit at sabihin, "ayan ang posporo na ginamit ko sa pagsunog ng iyong bahay, match na tayo"

13. Sa kalagitnaan ng isang malupit na bagyo, pasalubungan sya ng "salbabida", wag payong, o mainit na mami. Pag nagtanong bkt? ang isagot mo ay " ayaw kong malunod ka sa pag mamahal ko."

14. Pag pumayag na siyang makipagdate, dalhin mo siya sa canteen at huwag bibitawan ang kamay. Pag tinanong niya kung bakit, ituro mo yun sign na “don’t leave your valuables unattended”


Handang tumulong lagi,

-Bob Ong-

my 09 birthday celeb

April 13: on leave. buhay baboy =p

April 14: was surprised at work by the decorations in my cube c/o my beloved procurement-mates ms. sol, april and ms. cha

lunch time: my pizza and mangoes bday treat =p














April 15: Cyma dinner with my teammates, sir john, ms. sol and bryan. nadulas si sir john about a video for me from vendors so kinukulit kulit ko pa si ms. sol that night asking for it nyahahahaha.

April 16: lunch surprise from the whole procurement team! naka-training kasi ung supervisors nung tuesday and wednesday so i guess they decided to postpone my bday celeb. i honestly thought that the decorations prepared earlier was the end of the surprise for me, pero may lunch pa pala. nakakatawa lng kasi i was in my cube working when sir boy, our dept head, approached me and apologized for not being able to go to my bday lunch. syemps nagulat ako - and the lunch surprise being prepared for me was spoiled of some sort. hahaha.

during lunch they also showed the video from the vendors that sir john mistakenly mentioned the night before. thanks to the efforts of ms. sol, they were able to get a video from one of the vendors i have a semi-crush on nyahaha.

and that afternoon, as a culmination of my bday celeb, they gave me flowers, the biggest and prettiest flowers i've received in all my life!



so yep... my 09 bday was super great! :) :) :) thanks to my wonderful procurement family.