Sick days

It started on Friday (Jan. 29, 2010) when I feel a bit uncomfortable. I was feeling dizzy and cold inside. In spite of this, I still went to work and continue doing my tasks, though I wasn’t performed it well because of the temperature inside the office. It makes me feel worse. When the clock strikes 6:00 in the afternoon (I arrived minutes before 9:00 in the morning), I immediately fix myself and go home. I didn’t send an email update to my mentor in Atlanta. Well, that’s okay because my activity here is track through a project monitoring tool and my team leader already knows about my status in the project. It usually took me two jeepney rides before it reaches me home. And within this ride, I feel asleep. Good thing I was able to stop at my destination.

Saturday morning when I feel better, so I started cleaning my room and took care of my nephew MJ. I even go to mall and withdrew some cash, and do a little shopping for some groceries. Saturday night when I feel dizzy again and I can’t breathe through my nose because it is clogged. I haven’t a good sleep that night because I feel really cold. My mother woke up because of the noise I made and was worried about me. She took care of me all night, or maybe dawn, till morning. After that, I feel comfy in my sleep and I even woke up around 8:00am. I still feeling cold but better than what I felt last night and then I prepared myself for my usual Sunday fellowship. My mother scolded me for attending the said fellowship when I am not okay. But I responded that God is my strength and will guide me to the fellowship till I go home. So, I still went on to my fellowship. My brothers and sisters in the ministry as well as my BS leader noticed my pale face when I arrived at the fellowship place. They took good care of me until the fellowship is over. It was a half-paying attention to the speaker; by the way the speaker that day was my BS leader, but I managed to keep myself awake as I was praising God to the most high of my energies.

After the fellowship, there was a meeting for the young professionals of God and I attended to it without paying much attention. They even asked me if it’s okay I will be the group’s treasurer and then I nodded to say yes. Then later I realized what I was nodded to: I’m the group’s TREASURER?!? Oh well, that’s the prize of not paying attention to a meeting. That was understood then because I was not okay, but still I am the treasurer, so be it. After the meeting, I packed myself ready to go home and sleep. My mother called a ‘manghihilot’ neighbor and gave me a relaxing full body massage. Wow! Then after that I fall asleep. It was a good soundless sleep. I woke up when it was time to eat dinner. YEPEE!!! I was feeling better that time but my mother demanded me not to go to work tomorrow (Monday). But I insisted because I still have some tasks to do. But I was scolded. It was a long blah blah blah from her that it was my fault that I am sick today. I did not care for my body, etc. So I ended up texting my team leader that I cannot go to work the next day morning. Then, I sleep the whole day till afternoon. Then I made sure my body is ready to work for tomorrow Tuesday for I still have a lot of tasks to do.

And now February 2, 2010 here in front of my desktop, I am writing this blog after reading 100 emails from my outlook, usually coming from my friends in CIT from our mailing list cit@charoot.com. Bye for now, I am now busy with my tasks.

It was a long weekend, though.

Kids are fun

There are a lot of kids at our home. Most of them are my ‘pamangkins’… hehehe… my nieces and nephews. They’re about 10 years old and below. And having them at home means a lot of headaches but most of them, though, is fun, fun, fun.

Here’s the list of some eventful fun while at home with these kids:

Comb your hair
I was teasing my niece, Mimi, because her hair is not well-combed.
Me: Mimi, bati-a nimug nawng oist, Awa ra na imung buhok gubot kaayo! (Mimi, you’re so ugly. Look, you’re hair is messy!)
Mimi: Dai, dili na tinuod oi! (Hmf, that’s not true!)
Me: Tan-awa gud na imung kaugalinun o. Panudlay didto kaw. (Look at yourself. Comb your hair)

Then Mimi goes to my room and combs her hair. I was following her to ensure she will fix herself.
Mimi: [puppy look] Sige lang ka panungog nako dah. Awa lang jud ka. (You’re always teasing me. Wait and see.)
Me: [curious look] Kay ngano man? (And why?)
Mimi: Awa lang inig ka dako nako mo-gwapa ra ko. (When I grow up, I will be pretty.)



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Picture taking
I was taking a picture using my cellphone when my nephew, Edong, approaches me.
Edong: Ate Ann, nag-unsa ka? (Ate Ann, what are you doing?)
Me: Nag-picture2x sa akong kaugalingun gamit akong cellphone (I am taking picture of myself using my cellphone.)
Edong: Apil ko ate, picture-e sad ko. (Me too, please take me a picture.)
Me: Okay.

So he did a model-like pose in front of me and took him a shot. When it’s done, he came to look at the picture.
Me: Tara, tan-awa imung picture o. (Here, look at your picture.)
Edong: Wow! Maayuha pag-pintura oi! (Wow, it is painted well!)



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Sailor Moon
I bought a set of Sailor Moon and stick it to my notebooks, pens, cellphone, etc. My nieces, Vivian and Yen-yen, are helping to put on the stickers on some of my things. Sailor Moon was aired 1992 and I was a kid like them so they are curious who the characters are.

Vivian: Ate Ann, kinsa ni sila? (Ate Ann, who are they?)
Me: Si Sailor Moon ug ang iyang mga kauban. (It’s Sailor Moon and her team)
Yen-Yen: Kinsa na si Sailor Moon? Gipasalida na karun sa TV? (Who is Sailor Moon? Is it currently aired on TV?)
Me: Wala na. Bata pa ko ato katung gipasalida ni siya. (No, not anymore. I was a child then when it was aired.)

They both nodded. Then we continued on what we’re doing. Then they noticed most of them are girls with short skirts and a guy in a black suit. There is also a cute kid with pink hair.
Vivian: Naa lage bata dire Ate nga pink ang buhok. Kinsa ni siya? (There is a kid here with a pink hair, Ate. Who is she?)
Me: Chibiusa! Siya si Sailor Chibi Moon. Anak nila Sailor Moon ug ni Tuxedo Mask. (It’s Chibiusa, the Sailor Chibi Moon, Daughter of Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask)
Vivian: Kinsa ni siya Ate? (Who is she, Ate?) [pointing to Sailor Mercury]
Me: Siya si Ami Mizuno – Sailor Mercury. (She’s Ami Mizuno as Sailor Mercury.)

And so on until we reached to Pluto but noticed that Earth is missing.
Yen-Yen: Kinsa diay si Sailor Earth? (Who is Sailor Earth?)
Me: Wala’y Sailor Earth oi. Si Tuxedo Mask ang sa Earth. (There’s no Sailor Earth. Tuxedo Mask represents Earth.)
Vivian: Ngek! Lalaki? (Ngek! A guy?)
Me: Oo, lalaki. (Yes, a guy.)
Yen-Yen: Si Sailor Moon diay? Dili diay siya sa earth? (How about Sailor Moon? Doesn’t she represent Earth?)

Me: Kanus-a pa man nahimung Earth ang Moon? (When did the Earth becomes the Moon?)
Yen-Yen:

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Message tone
I recorded my baby nephew’s laugh through my cellphone one day and used it as my message tone. I was with my niece, Mimi, one afternoon while watching TV when my phone suddenly received a text message and played that tone. Upon hearing the tone, my niece reacted.

Mimi: Naa sa sulod sa imung cellphone si MJ (my nephew’s name), Ate. (Is MJ’s there inside your cellphone, Ate?)


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Missing her so much!

This was once a woman I meet during my interview for working scholar application. At first glance, she seems to be so strict and doesn’t even know how to smile. But then again I kept my poise and answer her with my satisfying responses. After all, she’s going to be my mentor and my head supervisor in her office. At my first few weeks, I can tell she’s indeed strict especially on office rules and attendance. I felt I’m going to lose it (my scholarship) but I keep going on with it because this is the only way I knew where I can finish my college. Yes, I am a working assistant in her office. As time passed by, I begin to know her more and realized that the first impressions never last. She is caring and lovable – just like my mother. She is also a good counselor and a good friend. She is also pretty especially when she smiles.

I also remember the time when we shared stories with each other every lunch time. Also, the pressures we shared during office hours and the relief we felt after every successful task. Haayyzz, I miss them all so much.

Wonder who she is? She is none other than (drum roll) Engr. Coleta “Bea” Y. Lim-Esplanada. She is the IMC – Chair, Residuum Coordinator and the former Mathematics Department Chair in Cebu Institute of Technology. She is my second mother whom I cherished very much, my mentor who molded me into a better person and a model whom I followed and dreamed to be like her.

I miss you, Ma’am Bea!
Hope to see you soon.
mwahhugz!

Jesus in my life

Before I accepted Christ Jesus in my life, I am living my life on my own. I study at school, do assignments and school projects, going to malls, concerts, videoke bars, etc. But I suffer more on worries and anxieties. Worrying in debts, projects, tasks or the future itself. Worst, I am a sinner and remained a slave of sin. I can’t say no to things I know not good and not pleasing to God.But now I have Jesus in my life sitting on the throne in my heart, I have life in harmony. Nothing to worry about anything, school, projects, debts, even now in my work as a programmer. Plus, I am living in abundance, though sometimes I am in trouble in terms with money but I only pray to God and He provides.See how Jesus himself changed my life. Of course He can do the change in your life. All you have to do is accept Him as your Saviour, let Him rule your life and that’s it.
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Jesus in my life

Before I accepted Christ Jesus in my life, I am living my life on my own. I study at school, do assignments and school projects, going to malls, concerts, videoke bars, etc. But I suffer more on worries and anxieties. Worrying in debts, projects, tasks or the future itself. Worst, I am a sinner and remained a slave of sin. I can’t say no to things I know not good and not pleasing to God.

But now I have Jesus in my life sitting on the throne in my heart, I have life in harmony. Nothing to worry about anything, school, projects, debts, even now in my work as a programmer. Plus, I am living in abundance, though sometimes I am in trouble in terms with money but I only pray to God and He provides.

See how Jesus himself changed my life. Of course He can do the change in your life. All you have to do is accept Him as your Saviour, let Him rule your life and that’s it.
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Self Confidence

Noun: self-confidence `self'kón-fi-dun(t)s
A freedom from doubt and having a belief in yourself and your abilities.

Sounds like a very common word we have today and frequently applied in our everyday lives. It gives worth to you and pride for yourself. But how are you going to rate your confidence when you’re asked how confident you are in a certain thing? For example, in doing some things you usually love to do. For my case is drawing some gown designs on my own. It is not some kind of fashion design thingy but rather it is just merely a simple drawing. Some may be a copy of other’s design but I just tend to draw it for fun. I’ll just think of something that might make me look great if ever I am given a chance to wear it. But surely, how confident am I to show my works to others, especially to my closest friends? I know how to draw or I don’t know that I can draw, but I keep on telling myself that my drawings don’t deserve praise, not until our professor in Arts Appreciation says that I can really draw. That adds up my confidence in drawing and made me tell to myself that I should continue on it and strive to leave more about it. But there are also some factors, like lack of time that could hinder my striving to learn in drawing. Honestly, I dreamt of being a good painter someday ever since when I was in elementary but I can’t boost my confidence then so I’d keep it myself instead. There are also chances that my works in drawing would reveal especially during art work activities in elementary and high school. My friends as well as my teachers would encourage me to go on with this habit. I go on it but later on, slowly failing and started to give up. After another art work activities, my confidence then re-boost and fail and the cycle way round loops. Until such time when I go to college, it was during the time when I have to decide which college curricular program I should take, that made me decide that this thing I love to do is something that serves as my hobby to recreate a fun day for myself. I will draw whenever I wanted to and I should give a very good reward for myself and not to please anyone else. It is between me and me anyway. Hmm, sounds selfish huh? But we all know that we cannot please everybody. I don’t have the courage to show my art works to anyone, even to my family and to my closest and best friends. I can only appreciate it myself.

The question now is where is the confidence? Do I have a doubt on myself and not to believe on my abilities? Well, I can say that I could be proud my abilities if somebody else would appreciate my works. It may sounds like I’m a loser for someone else out there but I can’t help it. Maybe I should gain more self-esteem that could boost up my self confidence thereon. But taking it too much is a no-no!