My 32nd Birthday

It was my birthday yesterday. It was one of my happiest
birthday... I felt so contented with everything... and I
feel peace within me. Full of gratitude ako kay God sa
lahat ng blessings Niya. I can't think of anything less...
puro more...

On the eve of my birthday, my mother surprised me with
a Black Forest Cake from Red Ribbon... Eh yun yung
favorite cake ko of all... Siyempre ingats ingats ako sa
pagkain dahil baka maimpatso ko... Aside from the great
taste of it, mas naenjoy ko yung mga pamangkin ko na
mas excited pa sa akin sa pagkain ng cake. In fact,
nakalimutan ata nilang akin yun... hehehe... pero masaya
talaga kasama yung mga pamangkin ko... Kahit minsan
pinapatulan ko sila, forgive and forget naman sila sa
katarayan ni tita...

Bukod sa cake, super entertained ako sa bago kong
cellphone... It's a Nokia 6120 classic. I bought a samsung
U700 cellphone first but the camera and video are
terrible... so I switched to Nokia... It's definitely better.
Siyempre mega store ako ng songs ni Josh Groban...
Nung mismong birthday ko, we decided to order 2 18"
pizza from Yellow Cab. Kaso, may training pa ako from
2 to 5 so we again decided to place our order at 4PM... I
had to make the training quick nga eh... kasi otherwise,
di ko maaabutan yung pizza hahahah.... so medyo
shinort cut ko ng konti...

Pag balik ko sa office, pinatawag ako ng boss ko... pag dating ko sa office niya he gave me
a firm handshake and a warm greeting... siyempre super
appreciate ko yun...

So after about 40 minutes, dumating na ang pizza...
siyempre tsibugan na... super gulat ako kasi meron pala
silang biniling cake for me... Red Ribbon ulit...
kakatuwa... tagal ko na ulit nagblow ng candle.... hehehe

Pagdating sa bahay my family went out for a dinner...
super busog ako... pero looking forward to the next day
kasi nagtabi ako ng birthday cake ko eh... hehehe di
naman ako matakaw eh... mahilig lang talaga ako sa Red
Ribbon na cake :) After namin nag-dinner nagkantahan
ng konti tapos bumili kami ng ice cream sa Robinsons...
tuloy ang kainan sa bahay...

Ganon ang nangyari sa 32nd birthday... It was a long
day but it was definitely one of my happiest.

Helpless with No Option

I am so frustrated today... I was trapped kasi in a situation that is a consequence of other's actions... and I have no choice but to resolve it... The bad thing is... they didn't know that they caused it... and if they did... No difference... they can't do something about it... because they simply do not know what to do... Kainis di ba?

I was exerting too much effort to control myself... I tried to keep quiet but evil thoughts keep on coming to my head... I tried to go out for awhile and I burst into tears... It's the best thing I think... honestly, it's even more productive than confronting the concerned people who cannot do what they are suppose to do.

My Confession

This is one of my favorite songs of Josh Groban... Feel na feel ko kasi yung pag-po-propose ng Guy sa kanyang love... hehehe... As if On Bended Knee...

Kwento ito ng guy na di pinapansin yung babae... Kaso nung nawala si girl, ayun! Sobra niya na-miss and he felt that his world is starting to fall apart... All the while pala eh he's getting too much strength from the girl. Now, it's his turn na to beg... read ninyo yung lyrics... tapos try ninyo pakinggan yung song... Sobra kayong matotouch...

"My Confession"

I have been blind, unwilling to see
The true love you're giving.
I have ignored every blessing.
I'm on my knees confessing

That I feel myself surrender
Each time I see your face.
I am staggered by your beauty,
Your unassuming grace.

And I feel my heart is turning,
Falling into place.
I can't hide
Now hear my confession.

I have been wrong about you.
Thought I was strong without you.
For so long nothing could move me.
For so long nothing could change me.

Now I feel myself surrender
Each time I see your face.
I am captured by your beauty,
Your unassuming grace.

And I feel my heart is turning,
Falling into place.
I can't hide
Now hear my confession.

[Bridge:]You are the air that I breathe.
You're the ground beneath my feet.
When did I stop believing?

Cause I feel myself surrender
Each time I see your face.
I am staggered by your beauty,
Your unassuming grace.
And I feel my heart Falling into place.
I can't hide
Now hear my confession.
I can't hide
Now hear my confession.
Hear my confession

And there was silence...

My morning is a little chaotic... with users complaining about their hard times on the new look and feel of our legacy system. I spent the morning working on fixes for user's issues which I should upload during lunch break while everybody is away from their pcs... taking that power nap... As expected, after I deployed the fixes there was silence (hahaha)... the phones stopped ringing and for awhile we had peace in our group...

My afternoon? well i did data cleansing on records with unbalanced item totals on purchase records. Actually, those records are the ghosts of my bad software engineering... I failed to anticipate... or rather... I ignored the fact that my system might be extended to provide more functionalities and features... My mistakes are now haunting me!!! Lesson learned? Always consider extensibility when designing an application...

Once in a Blue Moon (By Sydney Forest)

This song is about a person waiting for his/her lover to come back. Probably, the person is asking for another chance... The melody is great because it is so relaxing. I recommend it being played late in the afternoon. Mga 5:30 PM while watching the sunset.

the room is empty
the lights are dim
and my heart wonders
if I'll ever see you again

my tears are hungry
for an open door
when your arms held me
I never felt that way before

I'll be waiting
I'll be watching
under a blue moon

the taste of heaven
only happens
once in a blue moon
once in a blue moon

do you remember
when the wind blew free
and we fit together
so naturally

if the wind closes a door
it will open another

Busy Monday

It was a tiring day... I usually consider the day with lots of development stuff as a tiring one but I think attending to meetings is even more tiring. Actually, I'm wondering why... Maybe, there is too much effort in letting others understand what you mean... what you want...

I attended three (3) meetings today: the first one concerns the implementation of one of our newly developed system. The second was a confidential one. The third is concerned about data cleansing. Aside from that, we also received several calls from users wondering about the new enhancements in our purchase requisition system. I'm just glad I had the time to chit chat with my team... It's so fun when we discuss nonsense things... It makes me remember for awhile that the world is not all about monitors, keyboards and CPUs...

My friend from U.S. also left me an offline message... Well, she just assured me that if by chance she would meet Josh Groban, she would ask for his autograph and send it to me. It made me excited for awhile :)

My former officemate also replied to my birthday message... We'll be going out on our annual date and again I got excited.. I suggested for us to just go to brick water in CCP. There's a place there (I forgot the name) with so many restaurants and a coffee shop. We might just have dinner and then spend the rest of the night in the coffee shop catching up with stories about ourselves, our neighbors (hahaha)... bahala na...

My Names are:

Well, at this point eh nag-uupload ako ng files... waiting for 55 minutes to finish uploading(which i hope is not true)... eh medyo nagreminisce ako ng kaunti... Just want to let all of you know ang different names ko...

Yolly - yan ang tawag sa kin ng almost 95% ng mga friends ko. Kahit mga bagong kakilala ko Yolly din ang tawag sa kin... yan na rin ang name na binibigay ko sa mga ka memeet ko lang... Di ko matandaan kung sa'n nanggaling ang nickname na yan.

Yols - yan ang tawag sa akin ng isang best friend ko... Oo isa... sorry na lang kasi very fortunate ako to have two best friends that I treasure and dearly love... Sila ang best found ko nung college ako... Thankful nga ako kay Lord kasi pinipray ko isa lang... Dalawa ang binigay... hehehe

Yolanda - yan ang tawag sa akin ng tatay ko... wala siyang ibang pangalan na itinawag sa akin yan lang... yan din ang tawag sa kin ng nanay ko pag handa niya na ko paluin. kaya pag yan na ang narinig ko, mega-run na ko palapit dahil kung hindi... isang malapad na tsinelas ang dadapo sa katawan ko. Yan din ang tawag sa kin ng isang teacher kong terror... Grabe! Ilang beses akong pinaiyak nun... Pag tawag niya sa kin ng Yolanda... sabay manlalaki ang mga mata niya... kaya medyo traumatic sa kin ang name na yan... Feeling ko pag tinatawag akong Yolanda, may galit sa akin yung tao... hehehe

Andang - yan ang tawag ng mga kapamilya ko... yung katukayo kong si Cynthia siya ang nagbinyag sa kin yan... Bilang ganti, tinawag ko siyang Enchang(bwa hahaha)

Dang - yan na ang tawag ng mga kapamilya ko sa kin dahil dalaga na raw ako... Pati si Enchang yan na rin ang tawag sa kin. Kaya bilang gantimpala... tinatawag ko na rin siyang "Chang"

Yolly Babes - yan ang tawag sa kin ng mga officemates ko sa first work ko... Dahil ako ang pinakabata sa team... at alam ninyo na... tinawag nila akong Yolly Babes. Kaya inis na inis ako sa palabas na Babe... kasi feeling ko mukha akong Baboy(oink! oink! oink!)

Yolly Bolly - yan ang tawag sa akin ng isang boss ko sa former office namin... Di ko alam kung bakit... Buti na nga lang at di naging "Yolly Bully" kasi di naman kapani-paniwala di ba (arrrr! arrr! Arrr!) Anyway, nag-iisa yata siyang tumawag sa kin ng ganyan... Siguro kasi magka-rhyme kaya naisip niya... SIguro poet siya (hihihi)

Yowli - yan ang tawag sa kin ng foreigner kong boss... at ng iba naming foreign clients... Actually di naman ow ang spelling niyan... long O as in Oh... sosyal nOh!

Meron pang isang tawag ang mga kapatid ko... Kaso di ko pwedeng ilagay dito... kasi pag tinatawag nila ako nun... naaasar ako... eh ayoko naman maasar habang nirereview ko ang profile ko diba... Kaya wag na lang...