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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

I've been blog hop-hop-hop-hopping tonight...

And...

Everybody's bored.

Ay naku. Ganyan talaga. Ano ba masasabi ko... um... ewan ko. Hindi naman ako masyado bored. I mean... sinusulit ko na ang mga nalalabing vacation days dahil alam kong sooner or later, ay magtatrabaho na rin ako. Naiintindihan ko yung sinabi ni She na ayaw pa niyang matali sa responsibilites pero ayaw niya rin namang maging bum for life.

Hay... narealize ko tuloy... There are somethings na kapag una kong ginagawa, nageenjoy ako. Pero kapag yun at yun na ang ginagawa ko, napapagod na ako. Nagsasawa na. Kinakatakot ko, baka ganun din mangyari sa akin kapag nagwork na ako. Naku... kelangan talaga may passion and committment tayo sa mga magiging trabaho natin. Kung hindi, wala tayong kapupuntahan. Kaya as of now, oks na oks sa akin ang contractual. Kasi, fresh grad palang naman tayo. Wala pang experience. So it's better kung makakuha muna tayo ng experience. Then after ng mga contracts natin, mas may chance na tayong makuha sa mga nicer companies kasi may experience na tayo... ewan ko... ganun ang naiisip ko...

Teka, about my holy week naman.

We had our 4-day church camp sa Paenaan Camping Farm, Antipolo. Bali, kasama namin ang mga daughter churches at mga affiliated churches. Lahat ng iba't ibang churches na ito ay under one big umbrella called Fellowship of Ministers and Christian Churches or FMCC. All in all, there were 500+ campers.

Grabe, campsite talaga yun... sobra. Walang kapuno-puno. Lahat ng puno nasa gilid. Tapos yung gitna ng camping field patag na patag sa ilalim ng MATINDING sikat ng araw. Yun ang pinakamainit na camping sa buong buhay ko. Nung first day, dumating kami dun around 10 pm. Edi, tent pitching na. isa ako sa mga na-assign na maglead ng group ng youth. (Bale, may 3 groups lahat yung youth ng church namin). With the help of my group mates, tinayo na namin ang tent namin na good for 10 people. Grabe... sobrang init talaga... sobrang dripping talaga yung pawis ko sa baba ko... Thanks sa sunblock, hindi naman ako masyado nangitim.

Tuwing tanghali talaga hindi namin matambayan ang tent namin dahil sa sobrang init... bilad na bilad kasi sa araw. Buti nalang may mga sessions kami sa umaga at sa hapon. Bumabalik lang kami ng aming camping area kapag lunchtime. Tapos, balik ulit sa session hall para sa iba'tibang activities.

Pagsapit ng hapon, ok na. Nakakatambay na kami sa tent. At, oras na ng paliguan. Buti na lang, isa sina papa at mama na nakapagrent ng dorm within the campsite. So bedroom sha na may matinong CR. Ang hirap maligo dun sa CR within our camp area. Hehe... sementado naman. Yung CR eh isang mahabang row ng cubicles. Pero yung kurtina na nagsasara dun sa mga cubicle ay bitin! Puwedeng puwede kang ma-peekaboo ng kung sino mang papasok. Kaya kapag maliligo yung iba naming kasamahan, maramihan sila. Para maraming bantay. Pero kami ng sis ko, dun kami naliligo sa room ng parents namin. Hay...

The best kapag gabi. Malamig na. Tapos ang daming stars!!! Kapag around 7pm palang to 10pm, nakikita ko yung Orion's Belt. Pero pagdating ng around 11pm to midnight, yung Big dipper naman ang nakikita ko. Wala na yung Orion's belt. Ang saya! I therefore conclude na umiikot talaga ang mundo! Hehe! Ang daming stars talaga. Feeling ko ang daming constellations pero hindi ko alam kung ano tawag at alin dun sa mga yun... nakaka-amaze talaga. At ang mas masaya pa nun, Full moon!!! Ang ganda ng buwan... Hay... Kung hindi lang malamok, mas gugustuhin ko pang matulog sa labas ng tent namin... Para makapag star gazing ako...

Hayun. Siyempre hind mawawala ang mga sessions. The praise and worship were very glorious. Ang sarap talaga magworhsip kay Lord at magbigay glory sa Kanya. You worry about nothing... your focus is just on Him. And my heart just bursted with passion to worship and praise Him with all of His glory and splendor.

Sa bawat session, may nagsi-speak na pastor. Yung theme namin is "Building with Gold, Silver, and Precious Stones" based from 1 Corinthians 3:12. The main challenge of every pastor that spoke sa mga session is that, there will come a day that the works of every believers will be evaluated. They will be passed through a fire. Only those works that are made up with gold, silver, and precious stones will surivive the fire. But those works made up of wood, hay, and stubble will be burned into ashes. Sa heaven, hindi lahat pantay-pantay. It's not enough to get saved and to get assured that you are going to heaven. Dahil sa heaven, may parang "awards day" doon. Only those whose works that will survive the test of fire will receive rewards. But those whose works are burned into ashes will receive no reward. Yes, they are saved. They will be in heaven. Pero... sad to say, nasa bandang edge nalang ng heaven. Pero yung mga makakarecieve ng reward, sila yung malapit kay God. Man... it would be so awesome to worship right before God! Right before His footstool! So, why settle for a work made of wood , hay and stubble diba? That's the reason why we need to store up treasures in heaven by doing works that are worth with gold, silver, and precious stones. Siyempre, one must be first assured of his or her salvation. Or else, every work that he or she has done will worth nothing. He or she will still end up suffering the consequences of sin...

So for those four short days... kahit mainit, kahit malamok... parang bitin yung camping. Kasi, it's where you refresh yourself . It's where you draw back your strength. Like the way they put it allegorically, us christians are like warriors in a big battle between good and evil. Each of us have our own battles in life. Battling with temptations, battling with emotions that shifts our focus away from God, battling with fears, battling with bad habits... it's a raging battle out here. That's why from time to time us warriors need to retreat back to our camps. To take a rest. To gather strength. Kaya nakakabitin ang camps. Gusto mong magrest pa. And it feels safer in your own camp diba than outside the battlefield. Pero... kahit anong gustuhin man namin na humaba pa ang camp, it's time to set forth in the battle again. Thank God, He is always faithful and gracious enough to equip us in our battles. That's why, here I am again... fighting... determined to win the battle for the Lord by His grace.

So after the camp, we went home na. Hayun. That's what happened during the holy week. I hope everybody had a great and meaningful holy week as we remembered how the spotless Son of God paid the wages of our sins...how He suffered and endured every lash, every torned tissue, every drop of blood, every cut, every thorn, every, pierce, every spit, every curse, every mock... just to give Glory to the Father by fulfilling His will to save His rebellious creation from the consequences of sin... hell. But we rejoice as well upon knowing that He has been raised from the dead and He is forever be the only living God! I hope... everybody would accept this gift of salvation. It's a free gift to us. Humankind have two choice: receive it, or reject it. Rejecting it would mean suffering the consequences of sin. But receiving it is renewing the connection between God and man through Jesus. And the assurance of heaven.

Hay. Napost ko na rin ang holy week escapade ko. Hehe. Hayun.

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Siya nga pala, hanggang ngayon hindi pa rin tumatawag ang Monde sa akin for interview. hindi ko alam kung busy lang talaga sila, or may nakita na silang iba. Sabi ni Gladys, tumawag daw sha doon. (kasi, nagtest din sha doon at tatawagan din daw sha for interview pero hindi pa rin sha natatawagan) Sabi sa kanya, on hold pa daw yata yung mga applications. So may paga-asa pa. update ko nalang kayo later... got to go...

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Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Is it Monde... Or what?

Ano na nangyari sa aking job hunt? Here's the update:

Ayun, isa sa mga napuntahan namin sa Makati ay tumawag sa akin nung April 7, friday. Nagtest ako, hiwalay from the rest of the applicants taking the test dahil psych daw ako, 3 psychological tests, puro personality test. Tapos ininterview na agad ako. Pinagsubmit ako ng sample ng psychological report. Pero ipassa ko nalang daw next week, monday or tuesday. Then balikan ko daw ng wednesday. I passed it on tuesday through fax. Binalikan ko nung wednesday, wala naman na yung head na magiinterview sa akin. So sabi sa akin tumawag na lang daw ako next week monday para iverify. (Hay naku... sayang ang get-up ko nun. Ganda ko pa naman...hehe...)

Dumaan ang holy week, dumaan ang camping (i will have a separate entry for that. :D) At hayun, pagdating ng lunes, tumawag ako. They sched me for an interview ng tuesday. Which is today, April 18. Pagdating ko, medyo matagal pa akong naghintay kasi hinanap pa nila papers ko. (naman... walain daw ba?) Eventually nahanap nila. tapos yun, kinausap akon ng head. Sabi niya papagawan niya daw ako ngtest interpretation. Pero before that, inadministeran muna nila akong DAP. Syempre, confounded na yun... but I tried my best to be mangmang para hindi naman masyado maconfound. Hayun, after that naginterpret na ako ng isa sample ng DAP test. natapos na ako ng 1:30. Hindi na ako naglunch kasi wala naman akong kasam maglunch. Hindi ako sanay na kumain sa labas na mag-isa lang. Nung matapos na ako, sabi nung staff, iinterviewhin pa daw ako. Eh kayalang, hindi pa daw dumadating yung head from lunch. mga 2pm pa daw. Tapos marami pang nakapila for interview. Eh marami pa akong kelangan gawin. Kaya i requested to have my interview resched nalang. Ok lang naman daw. Tatawagan nalang ako. Tapos pag labas ko ng building, nakasalubong ko yung head nila, si Ms. Jopen. Namukaan niya ako agad. "Tapos ka na?" she asked. I said, "Yes ma'am. But ma'am I'm sorry I won't make it sa interview this afternoonl. I have other appointments kasi." Sabi niya, "Ah it's ok. Papatawagan nalang kita."

Kaya ngayon, heto ako, kakapakapa... Sa Monde na nga ba ako magwowork? hay naku...

Ang dami dami kong iniisip ngayon. If ever na matanggap ako sa Monde, sana pumayag sila na magstart ako kahit 1st or 2nd week ng May. We have a mission trip kasi sa Tumauini on April 26, 27, 28. I really like to join that mission trip. Marami kasing nangyayari sa mission trip. You get to have a full blast of God's presence, glory, and annointing. You may have a fresh revelation from God as well. I had one during my 1st mission trip in bontoc. And I long to receive more revelations from Him. Also, you get bonded with the your other co-ministers. And most of all, the ultimate reason of why mission trip is so exciting, is because you get to minister with the people there for God's glory. You experience of being a vessel used by God for His glory. Parang... you experience of being a channel of His annointing, of His blessing... What a joy i when you bring Glory to our King, to God!

Kaya... sana talaga, makasama ako dito sa mission trip na ito... But of course... let His will be done. Let his perfect plan be fulfilled so I may bring glory to Him.

At marami pang bagay na bumagabag sa isipan ko... hay... i'm praying that God will take away all unnecessary emotions especially those that don't come from Him. And replace these with His peace...

Hayun lang... sige, yung tungkol naman sa camping ang ipopost ko... :D

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Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Thursday, April 6, 2006, I had this eekieee water-filled swolen skin on my two pinky toes. Lintog daw tawag dun. The way I understand it, it's some kind of a "skin defense mechanism" when it gets burned. Like, kapag natalsikan ka ng mantika habang nagpiprito, maya maya yung area na natalsikan magsu-swell tapos may water sa loob. Yung water daw sa loob ay nagsserve as a protection para dun sa burned spot.

In the case of my two pinky toes... hindi sila talsikan ng mantika. Nasobrahan sila ng friction against my sandals nung kami ay pumunta sa HSBC ortigas, tapos sa GLOBE Telecoms sa Boni, at sa 6750 Bldg sa Makati... ang init na, ang sakit pa sa paa. Medyo corporate pa ang attire. Buti sana kung tshirt, maong at rubber shoes lang... hay...

So, our adventure in oritigas-boni-makati went on like this...

Orange, Gladys, and me met at robinson's galleria. Kumain kami. Tpos nagsubmit ng resume sa job fair. Sa Sykes Asia. Tapos nakita namin si Leah with Iman. Ang saya ng feeling ng makakita ng classmate after sooo long... Namiss namin ang yakap ni Leah. :D Nagsubmit rin sha ng resume sa job fair sa Sykes rin. After that, yun, bye bye na. Patuloy ang lakad naming tatlo...

Pumunta kami sa HSBC mula galleria. Lakad lang. Medyo masakit na aking paa. Wala pa kami sa kalahati ng aming lakad para sa araw na yun. Pagdating sa HSBC, nag washroom muna kami dahil feeling namin amoy sunshine na kami. At bilin rin ng aking mama (na isang HR head) mag freshen up muna kami bago pumasok sa offices. Dahil tiya, mangangamoy EDSA kami (*Amoy edsa = Amoy usok, sunshine, pawis, at lahat na. Kahit wala ka sa EDSA at ganito ang amoy mo, amoy EDSA ang tawag niya dun.) Kaya sinunod namin ang kanyang payo. Pero pagdating sa mismong floor ng HSBC, si manong guard lang pala ang haharap sa amin. Pero ok lang, at least, mabango na kami. At looking fresh ulit ang mga mukha. Pero the moment na lumabas kami sa building ng HSBC, hala... there's haring araw ulit making lusaw sa aming powder...

Hayun. Tuloy ang lakad namin patungong Globe sa Boni. Mula HSBC naglakad ulit kami papuntang Shaw MRT station. We went through megamall para makariting sa MRT station. Somehow, nalamigan kami kahit kaunti. Pero no hope para sa aking mga paa... (*Buti pa sa orange tsinelas ang suot. Pero hindi naman halatang tsinelas...)

Matapos kami sumuot sa megamalll, narating din namin ang MRT shaw satation. Ang layo... ang layo ng nilakad namin. Ngayon, amoy sunshine ulit kami.

So pagdating sa MRT station, bigla kong namiss ang LRT2... hay... So hayun... sakay kami. patungong ayala. At pagdating sa ayala... pagbaba ng station... hala... "Where are we?" Nakita namin ang Oakwood. At ang Ducit Hotel. At ang Glorieta. At ang iba pang unfamiliar buildings. Kaya pumasok muna kami ng Glorieta. Nagpahinga at nagusap. Si ghala nagventure out muna habang kami ni orange ay nag-iisip ng iba pa naming dapat gawin for next week. Na-realize namin na kung mag-eexplore kami sa makati dapat explore lang at naka tshirt maong at rubber shoes lang. kasi kung pagsasabayin namin ang pagaply at explore, mahirap kasi nakatakong kami. at naka-corporate attire dapat. At habang pinagiisipan pa namin ang mga dapat naming gawin, dumating si glady. punta daw kami sa 6750 bldg dahil marami din daw companies dun. so kahit sakit sakit pa ang mga paa namin, lakad pa rin.

Sa 6750 nakapagaply kami sa 4 companies: Monde Nissin, Caltex, Microsoft, at saka... meron pang isa... hindi ko na maalala. Ah, Procter and Gamble.

After everything else, umuwi na kami... hay sa wakas... umuwi na kami... at yun nga, pag-uwi ko, i discovered this eekie swolen skin sa aking dalawang pinky toes. buti nga ngayon wala na.

Sige, sa susunod na post nalang ang iba pang kwento... mahaba pa yun eh... heheh... paalam. :D

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Wednesday, April 05, 2006

JOB HUNTING...

So, this is how it feels to look for a job... Masakit. Mainit. Umaasa. Pinagtatabuyan. Sinusuga. But above all these, in fairness, nag-enjoy ako sa pag-walk-in namin sa mga companies sa ortigas. :D Jollibee, Meralco, Union Bank, Medical City, at isang hindi kilalang pharamaceutical company na hindi ko na rin maalala ang pangalan. Ha! The best ang company na yun. Pagdating pa lang namin sa entrance ng kanilang glass door, hayun at may nakapaskil na papel: "DROP YOUR RESUME HERE:". Tapos, may arow na nakaturo sa baba. On the floor ay isang kahon na nakabalot ng gift wrapper. Dun daw namin ishoot (or ishyut) yung resume namin. Hala naman... malaki ang pag-asa... malaki ang pag-asang maitapon lang kung saan ang napakaganda naming resumes. Nyahaha!!!

Ang pinak nag-entertain sa amin ay ang Meralco. Grabe... ang ganda pala nun sa loob! Naalala namin bigla si Lele. :D Hayun, dun kami pinasuga-suga ng mga guards hanggang makarating kami sa HR Department. At doon, inentertain kami ni Ms. Dang Sarabia (Lele, do you know her?) Binigyan niya kami ng test: essay. 30 mins ang time. 2 questions. At least 20 sentences each. Hay... yung 1st question, nagawa ko pang istretch ng 20 sentences. Pero yung pangalawa, hala, wala pa yatang sampu ang nagawa ko. Pero I'm confident na na-express ko naman ng maayos yung sagot ko sa tanong nila. Hindi nga lang 20 sentences. Magpapaikot-ikot lang yun pag pinilit ko pa... baka lalong hindi nila ako tanggapin.

Ang ganda rin ng uniform nila. Basta. Sana pumasa kaming tatlo nila Orange and Glad dun.

Tapos, tinry pa rin namin ni Glad sa Medical City. Although si Orange, ayaw niya na talaga. Talagang ayaw niya na sa Medical City (after ng aming industrial practicum dun). Nung pumunta kami ni Gladys dun... hala... bumalik ang lahat ng alaala ng aming practicum... (with Myk and Pai). Ganun pa rin yung amoy ng corridor along HR... amoy ulam. Tapos--Myk, Pai--si Ma'am Leanne preggy. Tapos may mga bago rin. Nakasalubong pa namin yung head ng HR na si Sir Crispin. Pero hindi niya na kami nakilala. :D At wala na ring opening sa HR pero pina-iwan na rin ang resume namin for future references.

Hayun. Ang saya ng aming adventure sa Ortigas. Super sakit lang talaga sa paa... as in... Sa thursday, Makati naman ang susuyurin namin. Naku... kahit ayoko dun dahil clueless ako dun, kelangan naming iexplore. It's about time. Maramin ring magagandang companies dun.

Well... we have no idea of what's to come and what's to happen. Basta, all our plans are laid down before the Lord. We entrust everything to Him. Wherever He leads us, we know that it is the best path for us. We have to allow Him to lead our lives in order to walk on the right path. Sure, there are many paths ahead of us. And the choice is in our hands which path to take. But I am very sure that only one path that would lead us to our true success, and that is the path that God Himself has chosen for us. We have to let God lead us to that path if we want to achieve true success. I know that all of us believe that it's not all about money or achievement or fame when it comes to success. If you fulfilled the calling God has given you--may it be a housewife or a president of a company--you are trully successful. If we love God and allow Him to work in our lives, His desires become our desires as well. We will love to do whatever God commands us to do.

Kaya, I'm looking forward to see all of us successful in God's eyes. God bless you! Miss you na! :)

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