Panibagong Simula

Wow! Bilib din ako talaga sa blogspot. Kahit na ilang buwan or taon mo siyang pabayaan ay nandiyan pa rin siyan. Kahit na walan nagbabasa ng mga post ko at di na talaga ako active sa blogging, andito pa rin tong blog na to.

Anyway, pangarap kong maging kolumnista (kuno) at magsulat lang nang magsulat ng mga bagay na may kwenta lang sakin. Parang ala-marley and me lang. Siguro sa mga susunod na araw yun ang gagawin ko.

19 days

Exactly 19 days since I quitted my job. 19 days of sleeping more than 8 hours. Sleeping late, waking up late. Eating what I want to eat when I want to eat. Playing with Kaleb most of the time or reading books. I'm bored. There's nothing to look forward to lately.

Options

Just when I thought that the next 2 years of my career will be spent in the same company and I'll have a solid 5-year experience at the manufacturing industry, something happened and changed everything. Expectations were not met and I went home frustrated.

Was my performance not good enough? No, I've already given my 100%.
Was I expecting too much? No, I think I deserved it.
Tight competition? Perhaps.

Suddenly, I was eager to leave and shift to other field. It's not too late. I'm only 25. I'm fully placing my plan under God's hand.

Bakasyon

Matagal kong inaasam-asam ang magbakasyon. Para sakin, hindi sapat ang long weekend. Kung pede lang ubusin ng isang bagsak ang 15 days na allowable leave with pay ay gagawin ko. Kundi lang masama magsinungaling ay sasabihin kong may sakit ako at kelangan ko ng tatlong buwan na pahinga. Marami akong gustong gawin. Marami akong gustong ma-experience habang bata pa at single.

Pero ngayon ay mukhang mabibigyan nga kami ng mahaba-habang bakasyon at di sigurado kung kelan ang balik. Dapat "Yehey" na ako ng "Yehey" ngayon. Dapat pinaplano ko na ang long vacation ko. Pero hindi ganon ang kaso. Imbis na saya ay lungkot ang nararamdaman ko. Hindi para sakin kundi para sa ibang tao. Maraming tao ang nanganganib mawalan ng trabaho dahil sa krisis sa ekomoniya na ramdam na ramdam ng aming kompanya. Maraming tao ang mamomoblema kung san sila kukuha ng pangaraw-araw nilang gastusin sa mga susunod na araw.

During these times, I pray that they may feel God's goodness, God's love. May they put their hopes in God and see His faithfulness.

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Dapat uber sa drama tong post ko. Pero sinala ko na lang kasi gusto ko maikli lang. Sakin na lang yung iba kong thoughts. :)

At Muli Itong Nabuhay

Kamusta naman? Nov pa ang huli kong entry at Oct 19,2008 na ngayon. I'm sure excited na si Marye sa unang post ko sa taong to. E wala naman talaga akong gustong sabihin. Gusto ko lang magblog. Wala rin namang interesting na mga pangyayari sa buhay ko. Pero sige sige konting kwento sa aking dilemma ngayon...

Nung Oct 18, 2008, 3 years na ako sa trabaho ko. Marami namang dapat ipagpasalamat sa work ko. Marami akong natutunan. Maraming naging kaibigan. Basta marami pero ayokong i-enumerate (kasi di pala ganon karami). Pero ayoko ring mag-rant. Sabi nga nila it is a matter of perspective. I choose to look at the positive side of my work..for now or else..basta. I am praying for a change in direction sa career path ko. Noon pa man alam kong gusto ko na sa research ako mapunta..di lang basta research, marine bio research pa pero di ko na papangarapin pa to kasi engineering ang natapos ko at panigurado tataas ang kilay ng aking mga magulang kung sakaling sabihin ko sa kanila na gusto ko ng bio at magpursue ng marine bio later on. Pero yun nga, balik tayo sa research. Gusto ko ng research kasi dynamic siya. Data gathering, analysis, new discovery etc etc. Kahit research assistant nga lang ok na sakin. Utusan ng batikang researcher..not bad! Basta gusto ko ng research. Medyo geeky pero ganon eh. Pero gaya nga ng sinabi ko I'm still praying for it. Masyadong malaking desisyon para sakin ang magshift ng career, di naman dahil nasa comfort zone ko na ako kundi maraming problemang haharapin kapag nagkataon.

So ayon, ang unang entry ko sa taon na to ay tungkol sa career. Kelan naman kaya ang problema tungkol sa lovelife?Haha

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"Hello world."

I was supposed to change the layout, the color, the contents, add pictures, update my links etc etc butwas not able to do so for I was busy chatting with my friends here and abroad. It has been more than 8 months since I spent more than 2 hours in front of my PC. Next time na lang ulit. Yey!Masaya ako ay blogger na ulit ako ;)

More Sleep

Since it's already dark by 5 PM, my body feels like sleeping by 7 pm. I am struggling to finish Angela's Ashes even though it is a fun read about the author's memories of his childhood. Music is not helping either, it even lulls me to sleep.

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It will be December in about 5 weeks. This one will be different for I will be having a white Christmas and I will not be spending it with my family. In addition to that, I have to report for work. No place for Christmas in a country that believes in Buddha and many other gods. For most of the people here, Christmas is a mere holiday of literal exchange gifts and drinking parties. I bet most of them are not aware that Christmas is all about the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

But what's good about Christmas here in Japan is that it is less commercialized. It makes you reflect more on the real meaning of Christmas.

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Autumn is about to end. Temperature is starting to decrease gradually. Coldness. Literally. Figuratively.

Me

Ok, it has been a while since I shared something about my life here in Japan. One, I am not eager to write about it. Two, I'm getting tired of blogging. Three, I just don't want to .Haha

But OK OK, since I don't have anything interesting to share anyway and I'm smelling rotten eggs, here's a little update about me.

Haircut
New hairdo. I've been fancying bangs ever since it became the "in" thing this mid-2000. I never tried it though for I was too scared to try a new look for my hair was "one length" since I was in kindergarten. So anyway, I have bangs as in bangs but not the cleopatra bangs. As for the length, back to the old shoulder length (medium) hair.

Pastime
So there for visualization, these are my new pastime. Still struggling to learn the japanese language. New word for the day is kariru which means borrow. I used this word to borrow plastic beaker from the analysis room. It went like "Sumimasen, bee-ka kariru" then Miwa-san replied Hai.
Still finding the "gana" to read books, it is Angela's Ashes for now. Fun read. Very witty author. It's a pulitzer prize winner. I don't really know if it is a good read or not. I just read what stirs my interest. If I feel young, then I read something from Roald Dahl. If I feel "intellectual", then I read something philosophical like "As I See It" which is a compilation of Matsushita's work. If I feel nothing, then I will just browse the internet and just wait until my eyes get tired of the blinking screen.
Still trying to finish the Bible, I'm in exodus now. I've learned a lot of new things upon reading chapter after chapter of genesis and exodus. Sunday school made things simple and easier for the kids to understand the stories. Of course, kids eh!But when you actually read the Bible, there are a lot of compromises and controversies that makes you ask the question "Why did God do that?" So there, I will not elaborate on this one.hehe Still doing the "Dear Diary" thing (the black notebook with gold circles) which keeps me sane and quiet.
Oh! Before I forgot. I am also into puzzles now. That above was the first puzzle that I completed while listening to U2's 18. Penguins are such adorable creature. There is something about their behavior that made me like them. As to what it is, just watch Happy Feet or Good Luck Chuck or just research about them.

Gala
Aside from biking around taking fall season colors, if I am not in front of the PC then you'll see me in APITA (new mall) which I like for its huge bookstore. You can read the books here for free just like Powerbooks. I am usually at the foreign books section because that is where the English books are. If I am not in APITA, then I am just downstairs at Arianne's place.


For major gala, then that would be our last road trip in Osaka. We went to see elmo, terminator, E.T, spiderman, t-rex of jurassic park at Universal Studios Japan, Osaka.


So there not much really.