Cafe solo y cigarillo rubio

My mind floats like a cumulus clouds. I sit in a corner of my crib staring the curtains blankly. Different thoughts, good and otherwise, play with my brain. I know the my friend is about to visit me.

Boredom kills. It almost kill me couple of years ago. I was on the verge of losing my sanity and my grip to the reality. Now, I don’t want that this beast will consume my being once more. It may be so powerful like a lion but it will became a domesticated pet if handled appropriately.

Instead of giving in to its bosom, I stand up and walked out my door and grabbed my favorite mug. Pour some hot water and mix my instant coffee. Voila! I made my first move to fight boredom. Then I reached a stick of cigarette and lit it. Very unhealthy combination that can kill me in the long run.

I am not a coffee lover nor a heavy smoker. Yet I resulted to this kind vice every time I am bored.

After a few zip and puff of the dreaded stick, I began to regain my composure and thinking. Then I started scribbling down my thoughts. Well, I have to give credits to my boredom. If not because of it, I am not able to scribble a beautiful poem (to be published separately).

It is not the situation that determine whether we will be productive or not. It is our reaction to the situation that justify that ends. Most of us are just too reactive to the situation that more often than not pave way to loss our focus and tend to do the least thing that we are expected to do.

Since I found you ….

Christian Bautista’s vocal prowess made him a star and shine that brought him to conquer not just the Filipino crowds, here and abroad, but the locals of Indonesia and Malaysia. Though Christian didn’t bagged the title of Star in a Million (2004) still he managed to produce several albums and original songs that added to his  success.

One of his songs that capture me is his song Since I found You is track # 9 of his album Completely released in 2005 under Warner Music. The song is penned by Andi Rianto & Seto Harjojudanto.

The song Since I Found You reflects my true feelings for your Schwa. You may not know how i truly feels since we are miles apart but I do love you much..
Schwa this one’s for you…. Hope you like it…

Since I found you ….

I think of you in everything that i do
To be with you what ever it takes i’ll do
Cause you my love, you all my heart desires
You’ve lighten up my life forever i’m alive
Since i found you my world seems so brand new
You’ve show me the love i never knew
Your presence is what my whole life through
Since i found you my life begin so new
Now who needs a dream when there is you
For all of my dreams came true
Since i found you
Your love shines bright
Through all the corners of my heart
Maybe you are my dearest heart
I give you all i have my heart, my soul, my life
My destiny is you
Forever true… i’m so in love with you
Since i found you my world seems so brand new
You’ve show me the love i never knew
Your presence is what my whole life through
Since i found you my life begin so new
Now who needs a dream when there is you
For all of my dreams came true
Since I found you
My heart forever true…
In love with you..

 

Christian Bautista

Never too early…

Thanks to Cebu Pacific Air, a lot of Pinoys are now able to afford to make foreign travels to our neighboring ASIAN countries. For the past years, the number of Pinoys making foreign travels had been increasing despite the fact that life here is a bit difficult.

I am one of those lucky ones to avail of air fare promotion of CebuPac. In fact I made several future bookings. Before it is difficult to avail such promotions if you don’t own a credit card. But now their website has improved tremendously. Not to mention the speedy transactions and the site now allows you to book your trip and pay using your ATM card under the conglomerate of Bancnet and even over the counter deposits to some selected banks like Metro Bank, Banco de Oro, Robinsons Bank. So booking your preferred flights at promotional price is never that thorny.

The recent promotion of CebuPac dubbed as “On your Clark, get set, go” my partner and I were able to book our dream trip to Bangkok, Thailand on February 15-19, 2010 via Clark. Imagine an Php 11,000 saving we made from the said promotion. That amount would be enough for the two of us to enjoy Bangkok, don’t you think?

I’ve been on the look out for this kind of promotion since August after we decided to visit Thailand next year. Prior to this promotional fare, round trip ticket to Thailand for two will cost us approximately Php 20,000.

Thank you Schwa for making all the effort to book our flights despite the fact you are having some trouble due to some restrictions of your Bank and country. So far this would be my most precious early Christmas and birthday gift for me..

 

Recollecting 1st of November

Whilst everyone is busy preparing for the festive celebration of All Saints Day today, 1st of November, and All Soul’s Day tomorrow, I am stuck in my room doing nothing but to slouch in my air bed thinking of what to do today. With the thought of spending the day productively I grab my 2-year old notebook and started scribbling the ephemeral ideas exuded by my nutshell.

Well, I got no loved ones buried here in Cebu so I think I don’t need to go to the cemetery while everyone is heading there. I just hate overly crowded places.  I will be visiting the nearest church perhaps to light some candles for my deceased loved ones – my mom and dad and other relatives, to let them know that they are still remembered.

On the lighter note, I remember vividly when I was in high school that I used to spend the 1st of November in my classmate’s house. Together with my other high school friends and classmates we gathered in Amylen Moy’s, now Dr. Amylen Moy-Gabino, to celebrate her birthday as well. I often missed some family friends and relatives visiting our house due to my absence. I just find it fascinating  to recollect the memories and wish that one day we’ll get together once more after so many years of struggles and challenges building our own names in our chosen careers.

Being said and jotted, I reached for my phone and sent a birthday greetings to my dear friend Amylen. Apparently, it’s good to have your natal day falls on a national or public holiday for some obvious reasons that your friends will never forget your day. Too bad mine falls on an ordinary day. However, ordinary day may it seems still my friends never fail to remember my day.

An ailing notebook

My notebook is acting weird lately. I guess a malicious malware has infected its system which greatly affected the performance its performance. A performance comparable to a limp horse. So I decided to check on what’s inside it. I was so amazed to see that most of the contents are my collections of music, my photos and some foreign languages I used to study. Those files I thought would be futile were dragged towards the trash bin.

The files were very important to me so I wanted to save a backup copy of it. My 4GB flash drive won’t be enough so I took some of my DVDr to save the files. Bang! I was dismayed to discover that my disk drive is not working fine. Hmmm. I don’t wanna buy another flash drive knowing that it won’t be sufficient to save all my files. But the price of external hard drive is out of my budget for now. Darn, I am left with no option but to be contented with not so commendable performance of my notebook for now until I procure an external drive and bring my notebook to the nearest service center.

One thing more, no more notebook in the office. And I have to learn how to use ubunto then. Let’s see how fast I can have this notebook get repaired. What about a month? A month would be fine then.

Black or white – an ELI Global Christmas Party

With my long absence in this world of information, I almost forgot that Christmas is around the corner. Then i found myself in a crowd of people who dressed up in elegant black or satin white. New sets of workmates and friends who are ready to party on the night of Dec 12, 2009 at Marriott Hotel, Cebu City.

Oh! I failed not to update you that at long last, I am no longer connected with Teletech after 2 years and two months of employment. I am currently working with ELI Global – a new yet expanding company based  at the heart of Cebu City. I love talking about the transfer in another entry.

Going back to the Black or White Party. The party features the 1st ELI Awards night, where everyone seemed to be very excited to receive some special citations with their hard work and contribution to the company’s success for the past 8 months of operations. The party was so fabulous which showcases the ELI Global bunch of talents including the managers themselves.

Of course the party was graced by the company president Greg Linberg from USA with his lovely wife.

The party turned out to be a bit light when Mylene and Jeff G, both from our Manila offices took over the stage to host the Celebrity look alike. Jeff was such a fantastic host. Perhaps a comedian. Every word that comes from his big mouth surely made a mark.

A party is not a party without a food, am I right? Marriott Hotel is known for its delicious and mouth-watering menu. The food was superb that everyone was not able to finish all what has been prepared for the group.

I’m back

After a month of silence, of not updating my personal blog, at long last I finally find sometime to sit and work my nuts out. Whew..

I’ve been busy with my personal life lately, trying to test some waters to see if it works for me. But then again, at the end of the day, I found myself succumb to sleep all by myself.

After all, I come to realize that I don’t need someone to be completely happy because I can be happier even I taking a solo flight, which I used to live.

Expect more regular updates on my blog moving forward.

The Ruins

This is one of the best churches I’ve ever since here in Cebu. I do apologize because my memory doesn’t serve me right that I can’t really recall the exact town where this church is located. If anyone of you know the town down south please let me know.

I took these photos while on our way to Sumilon Island. Due to nature’s call we dropped by a gasoline station to pee and refuel our service. It was the owner of the gasoline station who suggested to visit the abandoned church.

I can see that indeed this magnificent infrastructure was a bit for quite sometime. But today, it’s undergoing a total face lift.

Sumilon Island here I come

After a long time of dreaming to explore Sumilon Island, at long last it’s a dream come true. Tomorrow will be the day of its fulfillment. I would like to thank Karla Paner and her team in letting me join her team for this trip.

And then you called…

And then you called.. and my world was in great trance. I don’t know what to do next. I’m completely lost for words.

Catch me I’m fallin’

What is this I’m feeling I just can’t explain… When you call it feels not the same… I tried to hide it.. try not to show it.. it’s crazy… how could this be…… I’m falling for you.. finally my heart give in and I’m falling in love… I finally know how it’s been.. so this is love..

Malapascua Island’s Guards

Malapascua Island is blessed with pristine waters and nice, fine , white sand shoreline. Though I’ve seen countless numbers of tourists visiting the magnificent island, yet I haven’t seen any security guards moving around to check and make sure that the place is risk-free. However, dogs are everywhere.  Dogs seemed so friendly and accommodating. They will walk along with you. These dogs are so lovely to look at, though I am not a pet lover really.

Private Guard

Private Guard

Private Guard

The Watcher

Breakfast Delight

Blue Water's Resort, Malapascua Island

Filipino Breakfast

American Breakfast

Cran with Farmer's Breakfast

Sunset at Malapascua Island

Sunset at Malapascua Island

Malapascua Sunset

Malapascua Island