When I was younger, I have always wanted to be an accountant. I love Mathematics so much! If Math is the waterloo of most students, it is actually my favorite subject along with Physics. That’s why when I was in grade school and if I were asked what course I will take in College, I always answer Accounting.
When I was in high school, I thought of another career to push through. I wanted to be an Engineer, a Civil Engineer to be exact. How I admire the engineers who built buildings, roads and flyovers. My love for Math grew deeper then. When I graduated from high school, computer industry has began to grow. The need for computer specialists began to boom as well. I ended up taking Computer Engineering in college. Well, my dream of becoming an Engineer was fulfilled.
I am glad though that I finished a course that is inline with computer technologies. I have been in the call center industry for years but the good thing about my work is that I am a technical support. My first support was Networking devices and now with a well known computer manufacturer.
Computer Engineers didn’t have any board exams because of the fast phases in Information Technology and Computer Industry. It’s a good thing though that there is a university that offers online degree for Information Technology that will enhance my knowledge and skills.
Western Governors Online University offers a good deal with regard to different programs which are very affordable and it is accredited. I have checked the courses they offer and I am planning to enroll in one of their online IT degree. I am actually thinking of enrolling in M.S. Information Security and Assurance.
I hope that I will be able to earn enough money so I can enroll very soon. Of course I would want to have a Master’s degree.
After my mother finished listening to her 60s and 70s music, I played my own CD to our player. It is a collection of dance hits of the 80s! I really love those songs! I am not a dancer though but I love to dance. I love September, Souvenir, Nothing’s Gonna Keep Me From You (My Love), Chilly Cha Cha and Rico Mambo.
Cha-cha is our clan’s favorite dance. When we are younger, my sisters, our cousins and me love dancing Cha-cha. My paternal cousin Catherine and my sister Pauline are the family dancers. When we get together, it will not be complete if we’ll not dance together. Aside from dancing Chilly Cha-cha, Cathy’s favorite dance is Rico Mambo!
My mother and my tita Evelyn always tell her that when she’s just 4 years old, she would often ask her mother to play Rico Mambo so she could dance.
This is the popular inmates of Cebu dancing Rico Mambo
When my sisters and I spend our summer vacation in Quezon then, we always attend the “Sayawan” which is part of the celebration of the barrio’s fiesta.
It really makes me smile while reminiscing those days. We have our own lives and own families now. In fact, we seldom see each other already. At home, I make it a point to have a “dance session” with my daughter (who always notices my chest acne!). We dance to the tunes of the latest dance craze today and my favorite dance songs. It is one of our bonding moments.
I can tell that my daughter will be a very good singer like me! Hehehe! But, I know that she will also enjoy dancing like I do.
Every Sunday morning, we are being wake up by the music of the 60’s and 70’s. My mother love listening to the music from that genre. She said that it was the time of great music and musicians. Since, she’s been listening to the same old songs every Sunday, we get to memorize the lyrics of the songs!
Honestly, I get to love those songs as well. Some of my favorite songs from that Genre are Portrait of My Love, Constantly, Don’t Cry Joni, Sad Movies, Knock Three Times and a lot of more! I just cannot remember the titles of the others
Listen to and watch the video of Sad Movies
I actually saw those big CDs when I paid visit to their house. Decades had past when those songs reached the peak of popularity. I hope that radios will continue to play the songs from that genre even just for a day.
I was just finish watching Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. It is a story of four friends who shared a pair of pants. The jeans fit them perfectly even though they have different sizes. They believed that the pants bring miracles to their lives. I suggest that you get a copy of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 1 and 2. It is a great movie about life and friendship.
America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn, Blake Lively and Alexis Bledel
While watching the movie, I cannot help but miss my friends and sisters, Pinky, Daisy and Ime. We have our own lives now but the friendship bond will always be there. I know that even if we do not see each other very often, our friendship will last a lifetime.
I would take this opportunity to congratulate Pinky for giving birth to a healthy baby boy. We will visit you soon.
Except for Ime, the three of us (Pinky, Daisy and I) have our own kids already. I cannot wait to visit Pinky in Bulacan this March. Daisy and I planned to bring our kids along but we decided not to. We both know that our children will get bored and will ended up asking us to go home. We haven’t seen Pinky in a while and we need a lot of time to patch up with each other.
Last week has been a week of a roller coaster ride of emotions. There had been a happy and sad day. I feel so tired emotionally and physically that I wanted to extend my off ‘til today. :) Well, I have to admit that I cannot just be absent because I have a lot of call backs to do. If I do not care much about my owned cases and my customers, I will not go to work tonight.
Today is a brand new day, a brand new week. I pray to God that I will be able to overcome life’s challenges that I may face this week. I am confident that He will always be there for me and walk by me always. Amen.
Sunday is said to be Family Day. Well, it’s true for us, and I believe for most of the families. It is the day when everybody is present in the family. In our family, Sunday is the day when we get bond with each other through videoke. Oh, everybody in my family sings! I sing, my sisters sing, my mother does sing and even my little girl sing! We have one those midi players that you will find in Quiapo and in Greenhills. Last Sunday was another videoke day! I woke up at around 6AM. Well, that’s too early to have “videoke session”, so I let my mother listened to 60’s music which is being aired over Love Radio. I cooked and ate breakfast. At around 8:30AM, when my mother stepped out of the house to do an errand, I turned off the radio and setup videoke. My sisters and my daughter were having their breakfast then already.
While setting up the videoke, Patty mentioned that she is already planning to resign from her current work and look for any jobs in administration. She said that she wanted something different and she knows that she’ll succeed in it. I told her to apply and be sure to get hired first before resigning. It’s so hard to lose a job these days.
When I finished setting up the videoke, they are all done with their breakfast as well. Our youngest sister Pauline is already browsing through the song book and reserving the songs she will be singing. I selected couple of songs as well, then Patty had her own choices as well. Our family’s favorite singers are the Carpenters and Abba. Oh, who would not love those great performers!
One of Patty’s favorite song is Super Trouper by Abba. Since we have 2 microphones available, I joined her singing Super Trouper. It was really a lot of fun! We also started singing couple of songs together. :) Like other siblings, we often have misunderstandings and “tampuhan“, but at the end of the day, we are still sisters who will be there for each other. We just need to end our videoke sessions due to church calls. Sunday does is a family day!
I looked around the web and found this video. I know that you guys will enjoy this. I know that Abba’s legacy will be passed on from generations to generations. Their songs will continue to linger and bind many families. Enjoy!
I just finished video hopping. I hope it’s the right term to use. I went to my friends (Manoline and Julius) youtube account and viewed some of our videos. Most of the videos I watched this morning were our team building videos. Mostly spent at KTV bars. Well, as far as I can remember we went to the same Family KTV bar when I was still in Concentrix. It is the Corinthian’s Family KTV bar along E. Rodriguez Ave. going to Cubao. I remember we spent our team building and our team Christmas party there. How I miss those days when we are rockin’ out!
I really hope that “the get together plan” before Julius leaves for Singapore will push through.
Another week had past, yet another week has begun. I am so glad that my vacation leave for today has been approved, I have an extra day off! Yet after today, there would be four more sleepless nights again. I need to work hard for my family, especially for my daughter. I can see the sign of these hardships on my face. My pimples are driving me crazy. I know I should start reading different acne treatment reviews. Hopefully I would be able to find something that will help me minimize these pimples.
As always, last week had been tiring and stressful. That’s why, when it is my off I really make the most of it. Don’t worry, I’ll share with you my weekend activities!
While I am looking for Sam and Antoinette’s pictures from my file, I ended up finding the pictures for my last Christmas party at Concentrix, which was December 2008. It was a memorable Christmas party because I was part of the company’s band who serenaded the employees while enjoying the mouth-watering dinner prepared by the company’s chosen caterer. I was able to find also the video that Julius took while I was singing Breakaway.
Oh, how I miss my friends. I have been very busy with my current work but hopefully the planned videoke session will push through. Maybe we can also spend vacations together on Outer Banks. Well, whatever plans will be, even a simple breakfast at Something Fishy or at any fancy resto in Eastwood will do. What is important is that we would be able to spend time with other.
It’s Monday again. How fast the day flies. Later this evening I would be reporting for work again. Hopefully, it will be a good day; a good day to start the week with. I hope that I will be able to manage my AHT because it is really suffering. Well, I guess I am used to performing comprehensive troubleshooting steps to resolve a certain computer or networking problem. That’s why I always end up sacrificing my AHT. In any case, though my AHT suffers, I feel good and fulfilled whenever I manage to solve a problem. But, my RS and my Team Manager are calling me out already, so I still need to work on it.
Speaking of my team manager, he will be on leave for the whole week for he will undergo a certain surgery. He mentioned what kind of surgery it would be, but I don’t remember anymore. The medical term is not that easy to remember. Well, I hope and pray that whatever operation he will undergo this week, it would be a successful one.
Before anything else, let me tell you what happened to me this weekend and hopefully you would learn from it, as I do.
To others it may sound “not really a dream car”. Because when you say dream, it is something that you have wanted and have imagined to have all your life. Well, I wasn’t born to a wealthy family. And I have ride on a public vehicle all my life. I love to travel and go from one place to another with my family. Therefore, if I will be asked what my dream car would be, then it is Hyundai’s Starex Van.
Oh I really love that one! :). I wonder how much an auto insurance quote for Starex would cost this day. Well, I hope I will be able to get one of those vans any moment soon.
Honey arrived to spend Christmas with us last December 26. Since, we have limited time to be together (because I need to go work), we didn’t waste any moment and went to different places as much as time permits.
Our original plan was to go to Star City but we thought that we might not be able to enjoy there as much as we wanted. It was a Saturday and a day after Christmas day, so we knew that there would be a lot of people in the theme park. We decided to go instead to Market! Market! As always, my youngest sister was with us :).
It’s just about 30 minutes away from we live. We took an FX first and got off at Buting, then took a jeep ride going to the mall. My daughter loves going in there. It has a large recreational area where she can run and enjoy the fountain. There was a huge Sponge Bob Square Pants balloon on display. Of course, we had our pictures taken with it using our videocam!
We had our lunch at KFC. We strolled around the mall and let Antoinette play at its Amusement area. I know she was having fun. Well, she missed her father so much. It has been 2 months since we last seen him. So, she was really excited.
We really had a lot of fun! Antoinette was so tired that she fell asleep on our way home.
That’s why when I was in grade school and if I were asked what course I will take in College, I always answer Accounting.
I know I should start reading different 
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