Thursday, August 30, 2007

Buenas Swerte =)

Today is the last day of our Mexican guest from Guadalajara(GDL). Since last day na nila today, we had lunch out..Hayy, sobrang busog ako kaya hanggang dinner today, hindi na me nakakain. Nag pineapple juice na lang ako para ma-cleanse out yung fats, cholesterol at bad lipids na na-intake ko, lagot ako sa katawan ko kasi eh, hehehe...

Teka, parang ako yung nasiyahan dun sa lunch ah, hindi yung mga guests, ahehehe...Masaya kami kasi si Jose, yung taga Matlab din from GDL ay matapang magtry ng kahit anong pagkain. Ang dami ngang order na pagkain, may bulalo, sisig, adobong pusit, lechon kawali, chopsuey, grilled tuna at sweet and sour lapu-lapu..o dba, sabi ko naman sa inyo ang dami eh, kaya lang sayang, hindi ko nakunan ng picture yung mga yun..kakahiya naman kaya, nandun ako sa malapit sa mga mexicano..hihihi..

Anyways, back to Jose, nakakatuwa siya kasi kumuha siya ng tissue sabay bunot ng ballpen at pinalista sa akin yung pangalan ng mga pagkain, tapos sulat naman niya yung equivalent ng ganung dish na mexican..Isa pang ikinatuwa ko ay nung almost lahat tapos ng kumain at nagkukuwentuhan na lang, kumuha pa siya ng lechon kawali at sumubo pa bago nagsitayuan para bumalik na sa work, hehehe...Namiss ko tuloy si Abi =( Naisip ko, mahilig pala tlaga siya kumain, o gusto niya lang tlaga try ang lahat kaya early this week mejo sinamaan na siya ng tyan since try siya ng try ng iba't ibang pagkain nung weekend...


Matagal ko na rin winish na sana matapos na yung training ko with Jose, siguro dahil mas maraming work, kaya kakapagod but I feel bad na last day na nila ngayon. Nalungkot ako nung we had to say bye bye na..Sobrang bait kasi niya at matulungin..At tsaka it feels good to have interaction again with other people, I mean exchanging technical knowledge(technical person ba ako?) with experts...nabuhay ulit ang malapit ng maging stagnant na brain ko..during the training I again felt that I loved my job, hindi ko na kasi naramdaman yun lately...


And one more thing that made me happy is I learned more than I know before of Mexican culture..




Have to take a souveneir with them kaya niyakag namin Jose (checkered polo) and Ramon (black shirt) sa Matlab office for picture taking =)


One more please...


Pwede bang wala kaming pic?! Meron din syempre, kinapalan ko lang mukha ko magpicture habang nasa sasakyan ni Sir Roger (isa sa mga manager ng department namin) nung pabalik na kami after lunch...

Mas lalong kapal muks pa nung nagpakuha ako kay Ma'am Sha (supervisor ng section namin), hihihihi...

Sunday, August 26, 2007

just thinking aloud...


A friend forwarded an SMS to me:

We choose how we see people. When we want to like someone, we can be so tolerant. When we want to be irritated by people, we focus on their faults. It's not other people's behavior that determines how we feel about them - it's our attitude. - optimus prime, transformers

Napanood ko naman yung Transformers pero bakit parang hindi ko napanood yung part na sinabi ni optimus prime eto, hmmm...may ibang ginagawa?! ...napanood ko siya sa pirated DVD kaya nung watch ko yan, sinasabayan ko ng pagluluto, kaya siguro namiss ko yung part na ito...Anyways, after reading the message, it made me think of how I deal with the people around me in my everyday life.

Sa tingin ko tama yung sinabi ni optimus prime..once in my life, I have been so tolerant with this one person, that eventhough my friends say that this person is no good, I dont mind it, its because I want to like that person...hmmm...to end the story, I outgrew this tolerance (just recently) and erased this person in my life...for GOOD...

People close to me knows whom I get irritated with nowadays..hmmm...I'd say get very irritated instead mmmm....get very, very irritated to the most...haha...Siguro nga, nagfofocus ako dun sa faults niya, pero though I do, I always try to understand kung bakit ganito yung mga ginagawa niyang actions, kung bakit ganun yung mga decisions niya...Tao lang siya, at gaya ko rin, pwedeng magkamali..pero naman...ulit-ulitin ba yung ganun...tingin ko hindi nako naka-focus dun sa faults niya..Alam ko, mali yung ginagawa ko, kaya pinupuna na lang ng sarili ko yung gawa niya...I dont blurt it out to others as I do sometimes, I usually keep my mouth shut now and do more important things to attend to instead..I will keep in my mind what optimus prime said, hehehe, sana nga maalala ko lagi....

Saturday, August 25, 2007

ole, ole, ole!!!!

Been busy this past few days..Weve got the GC-IC expert from Mexico to support us in the equipment check and procedure training for needed analysis of what we manufacture here in our company..He gave us this when he arrived..hihihi..syempre dapat may pasalubong...

Flavored Candies..kala namin d masarap kasi d masyado maganda amoy...nung nabuksan na, packaging lang pala yung d kanais-nais, ahehehe...
In ilonggo, we call this bande..in tagalog, its panutsa..in spanish, let me ask first, hehehe....


Monday, August 20, 2007

Family and friends that have left Hicap but will stay in my heart forever

Marami sa mga kasama ko dito sa work ang umalis na to find greener pastures..kakalungkot kasi matagal ko na rin sila kasama sa four years ko sa Hicap..Since October of last year until now, ang dami talaga nilang umalis...siguro inggit lang ako, hehehe....Miss ko na kayo...


Si Ate Kitchie, kaharap ko siya ng table..siya ang ever galing at madiskarteng tao na kilala ko sa buong Hicap, taga panggising ko kapag antok ako at tagapagpatawa ko kapag pansin niyang lungkot ako...

Si Shaue, (2nd from the left to the back) isa sa mga staff ko, piniling mag VRP..nung na-approve, nagulat at nalungkot at naiyak..i really felt bad about it too...si Roxie, (yung girl sa kanan na nakakapit sa lalaking naka-yellow) technician ni Ma'am Jamie, iniwan na rin kami...naging busy me ulit at lalo Ma'am Jamie regarding washing water issues nung nawala siya...hehehe..


Si Ma'am Abi at Ma'am Apol resigned na rin..Abi will migrate to Canada and Apol is now working in Dubai. Apol is in pink and Abi is between the two guys standing..


Matlab group pic nung umakyat kami ng Makiling para makita yung mudspring...Pagod na pagod na pero pose to the max pa din...

Kulitan shot lang before magmorning meeting..From left to right: Cel, Zeny, Roxie, Mars, Grace and Karen. Cel and Karen were approved sa VRP din..

Taken at Splash Island with Ma'am Ai, Abi, Jamie and Apol (L-R). Ako na lang and Jamie ang natirang matibay...Ma'am Ai also resigned December of last year =(

Matlab group picture at Splash Island after namin magsplash sa water at mga slides doon...Dik and Diony, two guys from the right, nag VRP na rin...




Sunday, August 19, 2007

Cable car ride to Sentosa Park...

I went to Sentosa Park with Ate Shee October of last year. Second time ko yun in Singapore..hindi ko na pinalampas ang pagkakataong yun, pumunta na me ng Sentosa Park..Sabi ng tour guide sasakay kami ng cable car papunta dun...kinabahan ako nung narinig yun, takot kasi ako sa heights...after the 10 minute ride, nahimasmasan ako, hahaha...



Dun nagstart yung cable car ride..


Kahit kinakabahan, kelangan may souveneir, kaya pose na...


View from below the cable car lupa pala ang babagsakan namin kung sakali..hehehe...


Mukha pa bang kinakabahan?!

Lapit na isang station na pwede ulit magsakay...masaya na me dahil hindi na kami naka-hang ulit..


Nyeks..tubig na ang ilalim..naging safe lang kami ng ilang segundo pagdaan ng station, ayun paglabas tubig na pagbabagsakan..hehehe...

Sentosa...at last (",)


Friday, August 17, 2007

pics and more pics

Here are more pictures...

at Sofitel Hotel during the SEIPI convention, June 2007

During a bus ride oing to Bukit Batok, Singapore October 2006

This is my favorite photo. I intended to take this picture for my desktop background at work. Still in Singapore - Sentosa Park.


Guess where is this....mmm...Sirit? SM Mall of Asia, at the Bayside

Another view from bayside of SM MOA


Thursday, August 16, 2007

blog addict na!

I skipped lunch today para makapagblog..hay naku, nakaka-addict pala ito...ilang beses ko kasing inaayos yung format ng paragraphs, pictures, etc, etc, etc...i have many things to learn pa...hayyy...

i thought, ang dami ng mga nangyari lately sa buhay ko na sana nai-blog ko na before..d bale, itong weekend, career ko blog, hehehe...

i missed them...


Two days ago aftter work, I met with my high school barkada...lima kami pero tatlo lang kaming nandito sa manila ngayon...Via, Jaja at si ako...Via flew to Saudi last night para magwork dun. She's a dentist by the way, and she will be working there for two years. Nagwork siya sa Sta. Rosa a year ago kaya paminsan minsan ay nagkikita kami.




Si Jaja naman ay nurse, triple degree holder na nga siya eh..double major ang course niya nung college bago siya nag-aral ng nursing..yaman kasi yan..She's working in Manila, sa isang nursing review center dun..She's been in Manila for sometime already pero nung Tuesday night lang kami nagkita.


Nung magkakasama kaming tatlo, marami akong pinaghinayangan..sana matagal na kaming nagkikita-kita at nagkasama..I miss the times na magkakasama kami nun. After kasi ng high scholl, nagkahiwalay na kami though kami ni Jaja ay same university ang pinasukan, hindi naman kami same course kaya iba din ang mga naging ka-berks namin...




Ngayon, malayo na si Via, I'll try to find time to meet up and have fun together with Jaja...Ingat ka bru lagi jan sa Saudi, dont worry, I'll text you para d u malungkot...Ja, kitakits ulit...

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

my very first blog entry


I dont know what came to me this afternoon during lunchbreak, i just wanted to free myself of emotions that i can't let out verbally. Nag-isip me ng venue na makabuluhan at pagkakaabalahan ko pag wala me work at pag may work at nababagot na ako, something to look forward to kumbaga...naisip ko magsimula ng blog, kaya eto na me sa first entry ko,hehehe..thanks to Ma'am Jamie..siya ang nagpa-appreciate sa akin nitong blog =)

Isa rin reason kung bakit gusto magblog ay dahil sa gusto ko i-keep yung mga pictures na nakakacapture ko..feeling ko kasi may talent me sa photography..sabi nila, magaganda daw kuha ko, lalo na sa mga landscapes..at least may record ako ng mga kuha bago pa me maging professional, hehehe... see some below at judge niyo kung okay ba o hindi... =)


Pre-Departure Area, New Thailand Airport...tagal kasi dumating ng mga kasama ko..alang din masyado tao, kaya yun.. picture, picture...
One of the many temples in Bangkok, can't remember the exact name..pero pansin niyo ba? eto yung temple na vinisit ni Gian..ok ba Princess hours fanatics? hehehe...
View from Peninsula Hotel room, Singapore gusto kong mag ikot nitong time na kinuha ko tong pic, kaya lang hilo-hilo ako nun, highblood pala me..kaya pinicturan ko na lang yung bargain center..yung building na may triangular roof..sa ilalim nun yung underground bargain center...
Singapore Airport, area before mag-check in. Ang aga namin dumating ni Ate Shee sa airport, d kasi namin alam na delayed ng three hours yung flight namin, kaya d muna kami nag-check in...d ko na pinalampas yung ganda ng airport..ganda noh?

Pre-departure Area, Singapore Airport...sa wakas, makakaupo at makakapahinga na rin kami..kakapagod mag-ikot sa duty free...sakit ng paa, sakit pa sa bulsa, hahaha....