Off ko nung Friday. Dahil sa sobrang nalungkot ako na hindi manlang ako nakakuha ng weekend off sa buong Aug. nagdesisyon ako na hindi pumasok nun sabado ng gabi. Hindi naman ako nakapagsimba nung lingo dahil inihahanda kuna yung katawan ko para sa pasok ko ng gabi kaso nung bandang hapon na medyo hindi na maganda pakiramdam ko kaya sabi ko ke Ton, hindi nalang ulit ako papasok. Monday, off ko ulet. Edi ang saya. 4 days akong nasa bahay lang. Ang nakakatawa dahil sa hindi sya planado, wala akong magandang nagawa. Mula Friday hanngang kahapon, gigising ako para ipaghanda si T ng breakfast nya, makipagkwentuhan ke mami, makitang gumising si dadi at mga kapatid ko at makita ko silang lahat na umalis at iwan ako sa bahay. Dahil walang kasama, nanood lang ako ng TV at pinagtsatsagaan kahit ang pinakapangit na palabas pag hapon. Aantukin ako, kaya matutulog. Gigising at maliligo tapos ay magmemerienda. Manonood ulit ng TV tapos hihintayin kuna silang lahat at babatiin sa kanilang paguwi. Ang saya diba? Haha. Yan ang ginagawa ng taong walang ginawa kundi magtrabaho. Pag napagod na, sobra naman ang katamaran. In fairness, sumakit naman ang kamay ko dahil sa pagplantsa ng isang linngong damit namin. Me maganda naman pala akong nagawa.

Ang totong kwento. Babala nakakahiya.

6pm kanina gumising nako para magprepare. Naalala ko kasi kailangan ko pala magtrabaho at sobra na kung aabsent pa ako ulit ngayon. Baka wala nakong balikan na trabaho. Ready nako, hinihintay kunalang si T na umuwi kasi ihahatid nya ko. Pagdating nya dahil sa pagod, hindi sya masyadong nakikipagusap. Nung umupo na kami para kumain, ayon na, para akong sinapian at bigla kong nasabi na “kung ayaw moko ihatid sabihin mo kesa hindi mko kinakausap” sabay iyak, walk out at bitbit ng bag ko. Actong palabas ng bahay sabi ko papasok nako. Habol naman sya. Nag-explain na pagod lang sya at ipinaalala sakin na sya pa nga ang nagoffer na ihatid ako palagi dahil panggabi nga ako kaya wag ko daw isipin na ayaw nya. Sincere sya sa mga sinabi nya pero para akong bata na tuloy2 ang iyak. Pinababa nya bag ko at ni-ready ang baon ko tapos pinaupo na nya ako ulit sa kainan. Hindi ako makakain, tinititigan nya kasi ako at tinatanong bakit daw ako umiyak. Tamang walang patid pa ang pagtulo ng luha at paghikbi kaya hindi ko sya masagot. Bigla sabi nya “siguro kaya ka ganyan kasi hindi tayo sabay matulog ngayon no? dapat ako nga ang umiiyak eh”. Para akong si kukurukuku…. Tagos ba? Ahaha huli ang dahilan sa bigla kong pag-eemote. First time kasi namin matutulog ng hindi magkasabay. Siguro hindi na talaga ako kaya naman kahit hindi ko sabihin sa kanya, bigla nalang lumabas. Kakahiya talaga!

Nung pagpasok ko sa building namin, walang pang isang minuto, gusto ko sanang lumabas ulit para habulin sya at sabihin stay nalang muna sya para mas matagal pa kaming magkasama ngayon gabi. Kaso naisip masyado naman atang mararamdaman ng taong ito na mahal na mahal ko sya. Hehe totoo naman. Bago sya matulog nakapag-usap pa kami. Alam nyo kung anong sinabi. Hindi raw sya makatulog kasi wala raw ako sa tabi nya. Aba’y pareho lang pala kami.

Last Friday, I was on my rest day when our team had our monthly General Assembly. Part of the program was to give credit to the TSRs who have done a great job for the month of June. I am one of them. When I heard the news a day before the event, I was not excited anymore. Not because, most of the time I am being commended already for a job well done but often they do this but give little efforts in making our stay at work more enjoying and less stressful. Not to mentioned, an agent is being credited for this month but there is a possibility that he / she could be enrolled for PIP "Performance Improvement Plan" the next month. How ironic!

Don't get me wrong. I really love what I am doing. It's just that the SYSTEM here is really getting in2 my nerves. As in! Pero salamat parin ke Lord me work ako.

Anyweiz…I do receive little things from our account…I was asked to pick 3 trinkets 2 weeks ago and I got a clock, an I.D. lace, and a plastic tumbler. All company branded that's why I love them very much. The next trinket I would like to bring home is a backpack.

Here's my pic 1 day after the event. I let my ofcm8 take a pic of me in case I lost this very priceless sheet of paper.(wag nyo na pansinin yung multo sa likod ko) haha!  

This meme I got from ate mei's home. I really don't want to tag myself but since she's presently enjoying it why not try it myself.

Here's it goes:

THE RULES: Leave a comment on this entry and I wil..

 1. Respond with something random about you.

2. Challenge you to try something.

3. Pick a color that I associate with you.

4. Tell you something I like about you.

5. Tell you my first/clearest memory of you.

6. Tell you what animal you remind me of.

7. Ask you something I've always wanted to ask you.

8. Pick a song that reminds me of you.

You then must post the same meme and my response in your blog.

Lets all try this...

Here's ate mei's answers and my comments:

1. Random. mickey-mouse fan since birth :)
- korek! Friend nga talaga kita of more than 10 yrs.

2. Challenge. Clean the toilet and show us a picture, hehe.
- ate no! please! Have mercy! Sabi na nga ba dapat hindi nako nagcomment. Hindi ko kaya promise…pwede ba si ton nalang gagawa for me. Ika nga ni O "conjugal propertly" daw haha.

3. Color. Of course, Green.
- meron pabang iba?

4. Like. I like your relationship with mami, every girl should be that close to their mommy.
- iba talaga ang mga mommy, they're the best. Hope we could be good moms someday…sure naman ako dun.

5. First/clearest memory. our youth ministry days, and when we posed for the camera sa Great image, haha!
- gusto mo ipost ko yung picture natin on my next entry? Pag hindi kuna gagawin yung challenge hindi ko sya ipopost.

6. Animal. Daga? coz of mickey =)
- ayoko ng totong daga, pero sige maybe you think im as cute as mickey mouse.

7. Question. Kelan ka magkaka-baby? Dali na nang may mahiram ulit! =) dapat girl!
- wag ka alala darating si baby. Me papahiram narin kami, galing ka naman alaga.turuan mo kagad magblog. 

8. Song. It is your Love. :) remember?

- Wahhhh…naalala mo pa ang super blushing moment ko sa pulpit? at yung muntikan nako pagtripan nila O na taasan pa eh halos mapatid na nga ang litid ng lalamunan ko sa taas nung kanta. haha

 Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-fi

Synopsis:
A modest building manager named Cleveland Heep rescues a mysterious young woman from danger and discovers she is actually a narf, a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the treacherous journey from our world back to hers. Cleveland and his fellow tenants start to realize that they are also characters in this bedtime story. As Cleveland falls deeper and deeper in love with the woman, he works together with the tenants to protect his new fragile friend from the deadly creatures that reside in this fable and are determined to prevent her from returning home.

Seeing the 1^st movie trailer, I was kinda hesitant to watch it. It was not even in my "next movie to watch" list. I watched "Signs" and "The Sixth Sense" of Night Shyamalan but I was so disappointed with "The Village". Not like what I have expected it to be when I saw the trailer and I thought "Lady in the water" is just another movie I will regret watching. But after I saw the full trailer, I changed my mind .

Ate nida (my cousin's girlfriend) gave us two premiere tickets of the movie. Good thing, it was my rest day yesterday so I didn't have to apply for a vacation leave…saying din yun.

Anyways, I have already given the synopsis of the movie above so I'll cut this short…

Being a movie critic, would I recommend that you watch it?

YES! 

Next movies to watch:

Showing

Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy

Once again thrown into the world of the supernatural, Captain Jack Sparrow finds out that he owes a blood debt to the legendary Davey Jones, Captain of the ghostly Flying Dutchman. With time running out, Jack must find a way out of his debt or else be doomed to eternal damnation and servitude in the afterlife. And as if this weren't enough, the Captain's problems manage to wreck the wedding plans of a certain Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, who are forced to join Jack on yet another misadventure.

About the editor / creator of TITANIC : TWO THE SURFACE

"Hello!" to everyone taking interest in who I am. My real name isn’t Derek Johnson—that is a pen name that I decided to use for this project. My real name is Robert Blankenheim. I am 25 years old, reside in Los Angeles, CA, and am a graduate of Chapman University. I came up with this Titanic parody trailer idea over five years ago, but at the time I wasn't technically able to create it. In the past five years I have learnt how to use programs such as Adobe After Effects and Lightwave and they have helped me to transform my trailer idea into a reality

This trailer was entirely of my own making—including the editing and the visual effects. It took 23 films and months and months of work, but I finally released it on April 3rd. Since then it has been viewed over 1.5 million times—more than I could ever have imagined! On one hand I wish I could have released it 5 years ago to beat the whole “mashup trailer” boom, but then again, I wouldn’t have had as much DiCaprio footage to cut from. So in the end I guess it was better that I waited.

I am completely amazed at how much my work has delighted so many people. I have received e-mails from people from all over the globe. I heard that the Hong Kong newspaper printed an article in their newspaper about my trailer, and a German company interviewed me last week for a feature article on their website. In addition, my trailer has been seen on VH1's "Best Week Ever" blog, CNN Headline News (TV), and a variety of other media channels

haven’t cut any other trailers yet but the ideas are sure starting. If anyone has any questions I would be more than happy to answer all of them

I almost though it was real.

If it was, I will definitely wait for the movie release date coz I have one BIG question in mind. How would someone turn a tragic love story movie into a sci-fi one? Haha…

I hate it when im almost confident to get something that I wanted, then, I'll get the exact opposite.

For the whole month of June I was given the chance to have a good schedule and rest day. Because of my sched, I was able to minister and attend church for 2 consecutive weeks (still counting my last 2 weeks). Got the chance to be with my YAM friends and hve our breakfast at eastwood. Mangulit at mangasar ng mga kapatid. Magplantsa ng 1 lingong damit ni ton (but I actually love doing it for him). Bringing my favorite inaanak "Gelo" to our place and let him sleep over. Although, we don't have plans of doing it again dahil sa hindi kami pinatulog ng batang iyon.  But you know, kahit inaantok kami the next day at masakit ang ulo nawala when we saw him smile at us as soon as he opened his eyes. His dimples are sooo cute.

Anyways, here's the bad news...while I was on my way to office this morning my officemate/friend texted that the sched for July is already in and that I will be on a I10 shift for the 1^st week (8:15am-5:45pm) with sat / fri off. Succeeding weeks will be on a I14 shift (8:45-5:45pm) with a mon / fri off. WHAT??? I've been working real hard and this is what I get. Working for the whole month of July without a hazard pay. Meaning no taxi fare of P220 a day. That's P4600 for the whole month. I will not be able to minister nor attend church…. I wanted to cry.REALLY! I've been texting and talking to my officemates pleading to swap scheds but it seems that they love their scheds already.

I still have 2 more days before they get the swapping form and submit it to our work force.

O Lord,please help me.

I promised to post the answers to the "Lateral Thinking" quiz. Some of the answers are actually funny.

1.      The man is very, very short and can only reach halfway up the elevator buttons. However,if it is raining then he will have his umbrella with him and can press the higher buttons with it.

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2. The surgeon was his mother.

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3. It was day time.

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4. A square manhole cover can be turned and dropped down the diagonal of the manhole. A round manhole cannot be dropped down the manhole. So for safety and practicality, all manhole covers should be round.

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5. The poison in the punch came from the ice cubes. When the man drnk the punch, the ice was fully frozen. Gradually it melted, poisoning the punch.


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6.. The man had hiccups. The barman recognized this from his speech and drew the gun in order to give him a shock. It worked and cured the hiccups-so the man no longer needed the water.

Thanks for reading.

Not in the mood to post lately. Naglilihi ata, hahaha joke lang!

Special mention to Pearl and Chie who never stops visiting. Love you 2!

For YOU, who have come to visit, lets test your LTA  “Lateral Thinking Abilities.” O well, here we go again, another brainteaser! But I had a great time answering the questions although I got only 2 correct answers.

If you are good in lateral thinking, then you can be a good strategic thinker or... be a part of Think Tank. Here is an interesting quiz.

1. There is a man who lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way unless it's raining! Why?

(This is probably the best known and most celebrated of all lateral thinking puzzles. It is a true classic. Although there are many possible solutions, which fit the initial conditions, only the canonical answer is truly satisfying. )

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2. A man and his son are in a car accident. The father dies on the scene, but the child is rushed to the hospital. When he arrives the surgeon says,

"I can't operate on this boy, he is my son! " How can this be?

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3. A man is wearing black. black shoes, socks, trousers, lumper, gloves and balaclava. He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps off.

A black car is coming towards him with its light off but somehow manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?

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4. Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones? This is logical rather than lateral, but it is a good puzzle that can be solved by lateral thinking techniques. It is supposedly used by a very well known software company as an interview question for prospective employees.

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5. A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early. Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die?

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6. A man walks into a bar and asks the barman for a glass of water. The barman pulls out a gun and points it at the man. The man says 'Thank you' and walks out.

(This puzzle claims to be the best of the genre. It is simple in its statement, absolutely baffling and yet with a completely satisfying solution. Most people struggle very hard to solve this one yet they like the answer when they hear it or have the satisfaction of figuring it out. )

Think! I’ll post the answers soon…

Nakakamiss rin na makatanggap ng text o tawag galing sa mga taong malapit sakin at nagtatanong anong maitutulong nila kahit na minsan ay nakukulitan nako.

Nakakamiss na mapagod at mag-asikaso sa bawat detalye at serbisyo na kakailanganin para sa magaganap na kasal.

Nakakamiss na makipagtalo tapos ay makipagayos ke mami dahil bandang huli yung suggestion naman nya ang tama tapos yayakapin kunalang sya at sasabihin “sorry, tama kayo.”

Nakakamiss na kumausap ng mga taong hindi munaman kilala pero dahil sa kailagan mo ang serbisyo nila at kailangan karin naman nila eh magkakasundo nalang kayo at magtutulungan mapaganda lang yung magaganap na okasyon.

Nakakamiss mangulit, tumawag, makipagkita sa mga kaibigan para lang pag-usapan ang ano pa ba, edi ang nalalapit na kasal. Nakakamiss pero nakakasawa noh?

Nakakamiss na mag-papicture para me mailagay lang sa projector na gagamitin para sa program ng wedding kahit na halos yung mga ngiti naming e iisa lang nagiba lang ng posisyon at lugar.

Nakakamiss mag-alala at kabahan kung ok na ang souvenirs, flowers, caterers, photo &video cov, cake, at invitation.

Nakakamiss yung mga tanong at pangungulit sakin halos araw2 kung ano feeling ng ikakasal. To the point nasusuka nako at gusto kuna silang iwasan pag nakikita kuna sila dahil para bang me nakalagay na “Ikakasal kana” na word sa mukha ko kaya naman walang ibang usapan kung hindi iyon, iyon, at iyon.

Nakakamiss rin isipin yung itsura at naging reaction naming nung malaman naming me taong tumawag sa opisina ng “La Veranda” at nagpanggap na ako para lang sabihin na hindi naraw matutuloy ang kasal at ipapakansela na yung reservation namin sa venue e isang buwan nalang. O diba, grabe no!?

Nakakamiss na samahan yung mga kasama sa entourage sa patahian at makielam sa sukat ng damit nila at design na sa simulay palpak.

Nakakamiss makakuha ng iba’t ibang bagay galing sa mga malalapit na kaibigan para lang mapaganda ako sa araw ng kasal ko. Makatanggap ng kung ano2 na ngayon pag nakikita ko’y natatawa ako.

Nakakamiss yung “Stag” and ”Bridal Shower” in 1 na ginawa sa bahay. Yung makita kong ang lalakas kumain ng  mga kachurchmates ko lalo na nung nilabas na ni dadi yung sushi.

Nakakamiss yung iba’t ibang salita galing sa kung sino2 na minsa’y nakaka-disappoint dahil bat kailangan pa naming malaman e hindi naman makakatulong sa amin.

Nakakamiss yung pakiramdam na gagastos nanaman at me babayaran kami pero na-eexercise naman yung faith namin na hindi kami magkukulang at ang lahat mababayaran bago pa man dumating yung araw na pinakahihintay namin.

Nakakamiss yung mga pagkakataon na gusto kung wag kausapin si Ton kasi nagtatampo at inis ako sa kanya, pero lulunukin kunalang yung pride ko pag maaalala ko na magpapakasal na kami at dapat lang na matuto akong magpakumbaba at taggapin ang kung ano mang paguugali nya na hindi naman mababago basta2.

Nakakamiss na kumain ng marami para magpataba at biglang magpapayat dahil hindi kumasya yung gown ko sakin 2 linggo bago ang kasal.

Nakakamiss yung kakaibang feeling nung araw na iyon na hanggang ngayon hindi ko mapangalanan. Para bang kinakabahan na excited na natatakot hindi ko naman alam kung bakit. At the same time gustong maluha sa tuwa na ang lahat ng ito e eto na at maya2 lang ay tapos na. Alam nyo kung ano yun? Pakisabi nalang sakin.

Nakakamiss rin, pero tapos na…ngayon naman ibang yugto na ng buhay meron ako.

Medyo me dumating man na problema ngayon, iba pala ang feeling pag alam mo na me tao kang makakausap, taong alam mo na hindi ka naman pababayaan ano man ang mangyari.

Kaya naman, nakakamiss man…ilalagay kunalang sa alaala ang lahat at magtitiwala naman na sa tulong ni Lord lahat ng araw na darating ay lilipas din…

Clap. Clap. Clap.

I’ve been trying to create a new entry since last wk kaso……I don’t know what to say or how to start…SPEECHLESS!  upto now…so I’ll let our pics tell the story…

Click -à http://community.webshots.com/user/mysourceofjoy

*** Thanks gals for waiting***