CLOUD 9

it all started with a cute but lonesome sound that i and my sisters heard when we were playing on the beach,i could barely remember it was our mother's office christmas party.

after minutes of still hearing it, we decided to check it out. and there it was, the cutest thing i ever seen in my whole life.. a puppy. there was a puppy sale going on that day and sadly, that cute one was the only one left and i guess people put less interest on him. i, on the other hand, just adored him. so what i did was i convinced my sisters to plead on our mum just for to buy the puppy.. haha hey, i was still 11 that time (hence, no money). nyahaha luckily, our mum was convinced...

i remember how we would feed him, get rid of his poo, bathe him, chase him....i even taught him to do the handshake! he was the only dog that made me felt that i have a responsibility... for 11 years, he was my trusted bodyguard, my playmate..and my bestfriend..and i miss him..i miss my pooch :( thank yu mokong, yu were really a one of a kind friend.. yu will forever be in my heart buddy...

last weekend, my 7 year old nephew texted me and asked if we can talk on facebook (a social networking website). a bit surprised and shocked, i opened my FB and there, he sent a PM (personal message). it was pretty funny, we talked for like 30 minutes and he asked me to help him with his game on the site.. haha whew digital age .0_o


chinese garter, skipping rope, patentero, riskate, sungka.. if we will talk about the games i used to play when i was a kid, we could go on and on for a day..it was very fun and very weight shedding games compared to the games being played now a days.. im not saying that the games today are not fun but its just not the same before.. whew i feel like an old lady.. haha...

now, kids are more to online games. PSPs, dota, farmville and all that.. when i was 7, Microsoft Word was the only program i know.. haha... i just think that kids should be more inclined with outdoor games so that they wont be that introvert, they could mingle with kids personally; they will be developed psychologically. :) think about it.

i feel like this happened before. the sobbing of my love ones, the empty room and table during lunch, the closed window shields...



just this lunch, i found out that my grandmother was admitted again to the hospital.. a sudden chill in my spine came up as my father gave me the news. it was like a flashback when i was still in high school and i found out that my grandfather was having a colon cancer. the feeling sucks. you see my grandmama has diabetes. whats worst is her left foot was amputated due to the bacteria.first it was only her pinky toe, ow the doctors cut off her whole left foot. its painful for my part to see her suffer. its an agony.

i just feel so devastated right now. Pls. Lord, let the pain go away. pls. help my Lola..

This is such a late post. haha.. Anyhow, here’s a bit of information on what happened on my 22nd bday and how it turned out to be a special one.

Every year, we anticipate or we look forward to one special day. Some call this her day or his day or your day. Hmm let’s just cut to the chase, shall we? we wait for for our birthdays to come. The funny thing is whenever I greet people on their bday, i get bewildered by their different reactions. For instance, when a board mate of mine back in college turned 20,I greeted her with all smiles but she wept because she reminded me that she’s not a “ teenager “ anymore. Another was my padmate; she jumped for joy knowing that she’s of legal age already. I don’t know why but maybe because she being 18 means she could get married or get into clubs perhaps? various emotions buts its kinda different on my 22nd bday. You see, I got used to the my bday pattern back in college but now that Im working and Im back in my hometown, the feeling is different. A smell of maturity I guess…

Waking up with greetings and hugs and having breakfast with my family. Not that im not used to it but its just because back in college, I never really got to experience that anymore. Yes, they called m but I guess it was the fact that I saw them greeting me on my day. Ok yun… a sense of belongingness.. I belong.. haha..

A sweet gift from my man. I really thought that he slept already but then he called at midnight then the next day, I found out that he did pretty silly but totally sweet on FB. he tagged me on a photo with him holding a cake with a “happy birthday tina and the 3 sweet words sign at the back”. it was cute, pretty slick. Mas ok sana yun kung may mga tinapay… hahahhaaha….

Receiving greetings via cyberspace. You see back in college, whenever someone turns a year older, the group always plan out of something. It may be a very resourceful and cute greeting card, or the “surprise the celebrant” gimik. In my case, I got a dozen of roses on my freshman year, a shout out in the DC radio when I turned 19, a cake and a sim card (my fone got lost) on my 20th bday and the never ending greeting cards in my senior year. Now that we graduated, they still remembered my day and sent me their sweet greetings via FB or plurk . Nagreet siguro sila dahil nakita nila na b-day ko sa FB bday reminder.. haha waaa. but still, matsalam gyapun. Love yu fellow journalts, dibcum pips, agtang girls, ADdU friends, hiskul pips.

Greetings from new people. Now that im working, I got to receive greetings with my colleagues in the office. It was kinda cool.. More greetings,twice the fun.. haha..

Lunch prepared by my grandmama. Some people, when they get old, prefer to unwind the whole time. But not for my Lola, when she found out that it was my bday, she prepared delicious foods. I kind of missed that from her because she wasn’t able to do those stuff when her diabetes worsened.

Candelaria. After my work, I went to the church and to my surprise, there were so many candles in the place. It was only then I found out that Febraury 2 is actually the day where people commemorates Jesus as the light of the world. Thus, according to the priest, people who were born on Feb. 2 should be named Candelaria. So… uhmm Hi, my name is Candelaria Morden Egnar.. that would be a BIG no-no.. haha.. Im happy with my name thank you. But thank you Lord.

Jamming and Videoke Session: So how did i really end my bday? well my erpat surprised me with a jamming session. and so we sang, we laughed and some us got wasted. Haha…

though it was not that bonggaleycious but knowing that all the people i love remembered me on my bday,it really made a difference. matsala guys, sa uulitin :)

I could barely remember when I was still in high school, before my aunt died of pneumonia; I opened up something to her about my problem in few of my classmates’ backstabbing. She told me that if a certain person does that, the best thing to do is to divert my attention to something else and should never put any attention on what that person said. What she said to me absorbed in my head until I entered the real world. Now that Ive grown up, my mum kinda repeated what she said coz I was having problems again but she said it in another perspective. She said that in every organization, there’s always a person or even a group of people who will pull you down or make you feel bad. and the same thing that my late aunt said to me, my um said that I should never be affected of what they say. She added that I should focus more on my job and should not let them bring me down.

They’re right. Sometimes life gives you challenges or problems that will test your patience and skills. Challenges that will mold you to be a better person. Challenges that either you will make or break. In my case, il definitely be more patient and be more optimistic…I will surpass this and make it.

happy new year guys!! :D new year, lots of things to do.. woohoo and also new tasks.
For instance, my partner in the office asked me to do a design for the Local Project MOntioring Committee evaluation this coming Tuesday. Im a bit nervous, i mean hellooo, i edit and design but just for fun but this was some serious stuff. Despite of the slight pesimism and should i say fear,i took the task and challenged myself.

ok the conceptualizing part is for me, the most difficult step. In thesis, i think this is the introduction part, the part where you have to think on what to put on your paper or in my case, what to put on the design. Thankfully after 2 hours, with God's grace, i was able to think of a concept.

The next stage, the implementation part or bringing the idea on the table. it was hard but not that difficult compared to the first part. so there i was facing the computer for a day (cut me some slack ok, im an amateur :D ).


My colleagues gave some tips to make it better which is ok (criticisms help :D ).

and voila, after a day and a half of brainstorming, monitor staring, and filling some changes, i've finished the design and here it is.

im some kind of losing my sanity right now in just choosing my retro outfit for tomorrow's party. this is madness! God knows im not a fashionista.. i thought that a hippie shirt and bell buttom jeans would do the trick but its not enough..poof.. a little help pls...







our office will have our christmas party tommorrow night and our boss suggested to have a retro theme. at first i said "my hippie shirt and faded jeans is cool enough" but as days passed, i realized that all of my colleagues are taking it seriously and they are really and i mean serously dressing up for the party! this is one of the reasons why i dont attend too much parties. i love to mingle with people but i really dont like the "looking for the purrrfect outfit" part.. i just dont know how those fashionistas do it. and now, im forced to look for a retro dress..and i only have less than 24 hours to do that. im doomed..