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| Thursday, December 21, 2006 |
| Purpose In Life |
Yesterday, while practically doing nothing because I am just waiting for the go signal of my boss whether to push thru on my implementation or not, I visited one of my best friend’s blogmate’s blog. I’ve been a follower of “Fresh Mess” for few months now without knowing him actually. I always visited my favorite blogs every morning before starting my day work. And I am really having so much fun reading all his posts. Though we don’t know each other personally or even online, I am somehow beginning to know him little by little by his posts which I think one of the reasons of blogging… To share and let others know your thoughts.
I began to get snoopy on his latest post about this one guy named David Eric Poarch, a Filipino-American who decided to go back to the Philippines to find his purpose in life. I recalled Neil also mentioned this guy to me a long time ago. This guy also has his own blog “Coconuter”. To satisfy my curiosity, I started to read his blog one entry at a time. Little did I realize that I was already reading his entire blog! From the introduction, resume, ‘til every single entry he posted. To be honest, I was moved, I was touched, that I kept thinking about it until now. I even reminded myself to visit his blog today which I did. I don’t know but I felt sincerity on his writings.
Emotionally stressful life experiences, it's like the feeling you get after watching a very dramatic and sad movie, that’s how to describe it. Maybe I am a bit emotional about it because I see myself in him. Maybe not on the same intensity and adversity, but the objective is somehow alike, because like him I am still in search about my purpose in life.
I chose to live my life far away from my family and friends, to live in a new environment - to learn how to live on my own. Like him, I wanted to pursue my happiness and liberty. For a moment, I was reminded about those questions that I keep asking myself. I can't believe that for months now, I was already here in another country busy with work, with my materialistic thoughts, my so-called single life that I actually forget to reflect and breathe. I miss my family, my funny friends, and even my chaotic life with my siblings back home. But I chose to live right here, right now so I just have to experience everything in life… from the sweetest stroke of own-sovereignty to the bitterest taste of living independently, and practically doing everything on my own. Every man has his own battle, and for each step we take, should be a learning experience. Oftentimes, I need to be reminded.
Soon, I hope to travel and see the other part of the world. And I know I need all the courage, strength, and confidence to do that. I’ve done that when I resigned with my previous work. I chose to leave my comfort zone in exchange with greener pasture and liberty. So I know I can do that again in the right time.
Soon, I hope to be in a so-called “real” relationship, and that also need all the courage, strength, and confidence. Soon, I will be making major decisions in my life, and it will need all of them too. And when I get there, I will always remember the story of him.
"It's not enough to have a dream, unless you're willing to pursue it.
It's not enough to know what's right, unless you're strong enough to do it.
It's not enough to learn the truth, unless you also learn to live it.
It's not enough to reach for love, unless you care enough to give it.
Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them."
- Samuel Smiles
Date Scribed: December 22, 2006
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| ABC Tagging Game |
Hello!!! Finally, here I am again. Work and my gym sessions have been terribly tasking these past few weeks, and all I could think of is lying in my bed and saving those few remaining brain cells and energy for the next couple of days. Work has been my constant solace other than gym. Insane as this may sound, work proved to be a good companion back in Accenture Manila. It keeps me sane every single day haha.
At times when I feel depressed and longing for my family and good old friends, it is ever present to divert that unbearable longing to unbearable guilt, ticking like a time bomb when deadlines are way behind schedule. And whenever I feel alone and lonely, I just make myself busy at the gym.
Ok enough of this… I need to go back at work. My manager gave me everyday task that I need to execute. I'll just continue this next time. For now, I am gonna post the ABC tagging game that Neil tagged me.
ABC tagging game...
A - Available/Single? YES! Very much single and available… Hit me up!
B - Best Friend? Neil dela Cruz! I miss you bro.. see you soon… =)
C - Cake or Pie? I love cake
D - Drink Of Choice? For alcohol, vodka and tequila. . For juices, iced lemon tea.
E - Essential Item You Use Everyday? A lot, not just one… All these things that I use on my morning regime such as lotion, deodorant, perfume, gel, toothbrush and paste, toner, facial wash, moisturizer, and creams….
F - Favorite Color? Blue
G - Gummy Bears Or Worms? Gummy bears
H - Hometown? Manila, Philippines
I - Indulgence? Chocolates, chocolates, and chocolates.. waahhh =(
J - January Or February? January coz it’s the start of a new year.
K - Kids & Their Names? N/A
L - Life Is Incomplete Without? LOVE (cliché but true)
M - Marriage date? Not in the near future for sure
N - Number Of Siblings? 3 (1 older sister, 1 younger brother, and 1 older half-brother)
O - Oranges Or Apples? Apples… I eat 1 apple a day.
P - Phobias/Fears? I still don’t know…
Q - Favorite Quote? A lot… here are just some:
“We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.”
“Stand up for what you believe in, even if it means standing alone.”
“In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away.”
“You know you're in love when you don't wanna go to sleep at night because your life is better than a dream.”
R - Reason to Smile? Simply because life is beautiful… Despite of all the sorrow, pain, disappointments, frustrations, anger, and all negative energies that came along my way for the past years, I still believe that life is beautiful, it’s funny, and it’s good.
S - Season? None in particular.
T - Tag 4 or 5 people? Whoever reads this, do one now coz I am tagging you!
U - Unknown Fact About Me? Just ASK ME if you wanna know!
V - Vegetable you don’t like? None. I eat almost everything. I am not really choosy when it comes to food.
W - Worst Habit? I don’t wanna share… too personal bwahahaha X - X-rays You’ve Had? Huh? Is this really important? Hmmm when I had my med exam.
Y - Your Favorite Food? Vege and Chicken.
Z - Zodiac Sign? Libra.
Date Scribed: December 21, 2006 |
| posted by Joseph @ 7:26 PM |
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| Wednesday, December 20, 2006 |
| Double Birthday Blast! |
Last Saturday, we celebrated Ellen and Ato’s birthday. Ato is one of my housemates and currently working as IT Consultant for more than 4 years now while Ellen is working as branch Manager of Burger King. The party was held in Sucasa hotel where Bong, Ato’s friend, temporarily lives.
The party started at 8PM. We were roughly around 20 pax in the room mostly from IT. But there are also some invited managers of Burger King and few ladies all the way from Singapore. They prepared spaghetti, crispy pata, pork chop, roasted chicken, grilled tilapia. And we have choco-banana cake and leche flan for the dessert.
As usual, we never failed to have the videoke session! Well, we should always expect this at every Filipino party hehe. Of course, beer will also not be missed! But I no longer drink much beer so I wasn’t drunk.
The party ended around 5AM ‘til we all feel tired and sleepy.
I was glad to know new acquaintances here in KL, at the same time, I had so much fun partying with my new found friends here.
Date Scribed: December 11, 2006 |
| posted by Joseph @ 6:55 PM |
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| No Place to Go |
I really don’t know what to write. A lot of things in my mind right now but I have no desire to write all of them. Maybe in the future if I am in the mood hehe.
Christmas and New Year is just a few weeks from now and yet I still don’t have any plans to do. To be honest, I really don’t know where to go and what to do on these days. I won’t be going back home this Christmas vacation, instead, I chose to spend my vacation on Jan 3 – 13.
In short, I will be celebrating my Christmas and New Year here in Kuala Lumpur. Two months ago I was planning to go out of town or go to beach for Xmas and New Year but I ran out of time to prepare and book a flight so I ended up just stuck here in KL. So what am I gonna do here? Hmmm most likely, I’ll just go to mall to do a little bit of shopping after attending mass. Or maybe watch movie if there’s a nice one. I’ll be alone definitely, unless I’ll meet someone along the way haha. ( in this place, I doubt! dang). And on New Year, I might go to KLCC to watch the fireworks. Basically, that’s it. Just like an ordinary day… nothing to look forward to…
Two years ago, I celebrated Xmas and New Year in Philippines. Last year, I celebrated them in USA. This year, I’ll be celebrating them here in Malaysia. I hope next year iI’ll be in Europe! Hahaha ( wish ko lang) J
That’s all folks… I’ll better go back at work now.
Date Scribed: December 7, 2006 |
| posted by Joseph @ 6:52 PM |
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| California Fitness |
I am back! It’s been quite a while… I was so pre-occupied this past few weeks and I can barely find time to blog. But here I am again… back in action… =)
One thing that makes me busy these days is my gym schedule. If you’ve read my posts from the past months, I am really trying my best, pushing myself, to be on shape. We have this small gym in our condo that I used to go everyday to do cardio exercises. But I came to the point that I was beginning to feel bore stiff and plateau. So to not lose my interest, I decided to enroll in a fitness center near my place.
There are only two widely known fitness center here in Malaysia, California Fitness and Fitness First. Both offer a reasonable fee with their state of the art equipments and facilities. But I chose the first one because of the location, just near my office and home.
It was first introduced to me by my officemate Agnes. She’s been a member of this center for a year now. I set an appointment with one of the gym consultants to basically find out what they can offer. They toured me on the place and showed me all the facilities. I was really overwhelmed. It is a 5-floor fitness center situated in Sultan Ismail (Raja Chulan station), 4 stations away from my place. The 1st floor is the reception area where they accommodate all their guests. 2nd floor is the Physical Training area and headquarters of the personal trainers. 3rd floor is where you do your cardio exercises and other classes like cycling, body pump, yoga, pilates, dancing, etc. 4th floor is the resistance area where you can find the weights and other equipments for building muscles, kick boxing ring, etc. 5th floor is the shower, locker, and sauna and steam bath rooms.
Right then and there, I enrolled for a year and a half plan which they gave me a considerable discount. At the same time, I hired a personal trainer for a month to help me achieve my goal and to monitor my day to day training activities.
I was really excited to enroll in a gym. So this is finally it! I have no expectations or whatsoever… I’ll just go there to have fun… =)
Date Scribed: December 4, 2006 |
| posted by Joseph @ 6:47 PM |
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| The Champions |
Last Sunday, our own pride Manny Pacquiao defeated Eric Morales by TKO for the second time around. I just don’t feel to elaborate this… If you really want to know what happened and know more details, just do the research. For sure, there’s a lots of articles about this bout. Anyway, congrats Manny for your victory!
Last Sunday Roger Federer won the Master’s Cup title in Shanghai, China. He defeated James Blake in the finals (6-0, 6-3, 6-4). With no doubt, he’s the master of the tennis court. Blake has really no match for Federer. He took the title with no sweat. Just an FYI – for this season, Federer only lost 9 out of 180 plus matches and won 3 grand slams but French. Congratulations!
I am not an avid fan of boxing but yes, I do watch once in a while especially when the fighter is my countrymen. I am not keen with the technical rules and regulations. All I know is that, you have to knock your opponent down haha.
On the other hand, I can say that I am a follower of tennis nowadays. I love watching every tennis games either for men or women. I am a fan of Roger Federer (the world’s no.1 tennis player – men’s division) and Maria Sharapova (currently world’s no. 2 tennis player – women’s division). They’re both superb and spectacular players.
Oh well, nothing more to add… =)
Just a side note: Sadly, the Filipino couple team in the Amazing Race Asia was the last team arrived in the pit stop leg in Indonesia and was also the first team eliminated in the race. But we still have one Filipino team standing! But despite of that, we’re still proud of you. =)
Date Scribed: November 22, 2006 |
| posted by Joseph @ 6:45 PM |
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| Food Poisoning |
Friday is my favorite day of the week or should I say most of us do. Do I need to explain more? But last Friday was disaster and dreadful for me.
I started the day with delight waiting for the weekend to come. I came to the office early so I can go home on time. But I was forced to go home early with appalling reason. I was FOOD POISONED!
We just decided to eat our Friday lunch-out on the Filipino canteen that we usually go for lunch everyday. I ordered fish and vegetables which were just the same as what my friends ordered too. I was so full as always. Right after lunch, three of us went to the Maybank’s cafeteria to buy fruits. I bought a slice of papaya and ate it on my cube. It was just ok.
But after an hour, I started to feel something strange. My stomach started to react oddly. I thought it was just a normal stomach ache or slight diarrhea. But it even got worst after a few minutes or so; I puked twice and started to feel dizzy. Since I can’t concentrate on my work, I just decided to ask for a leave and go home immediately. I vomited twice at home and suffered from painful stomach ache. Vomiting 4 times really makes my body weak. Honestly, I don’t know what to do. I don’t even know what medicine to take. But I know it was really something about the food that I ate. I knew I was food poisoned. So I drank a lot of water so I won’t be dehydrated, I ate chocolates as what my housemate told me, and had enough SLEEP. When I woke up, I already have a fever but I felt a bit relief on my stomach. I just took a paracetamol for my fever and ate solid foods for dinner. The next day, I was glad that I was already feeling OK. Though I still have a slight fever, but I know I just need to take more rest and I’ll be ok.
THANK GOD that it wasn’t really that serious. THANK GOD that it happened on weekend so I won’t have to take a leave of absence. THANK GOD that I am OK now.
And from now on, I’ll just buy FRESH fruits in the market and will PREPARE it myself.
Before I forgot, thanks Anai for researching and giving me info about food poisoning hahaha.
Date Scribed: November 20, 2006 |
| posted by Joseph @ 6:40 PM |
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