the Rain....

i woke up today with an unusual feeling of coldness... yeah..

its not the usual coldness brought by the AIR-CONDITION but something else..

as it was... it was raining outside.. for a moment i thought i was "HOME"..


i let my self dream for some more time.. snuggling further in a blanket, imagining the aroma of hot BATANGAS COFFEE boiling in a pot just like what we always have in "NANAY PELING's house...

the freshly bake "PAN DE SAL.. my mother's cooking, my Tatay's warm smile, my grandma's stories.. even my siblings bantering..

i miss them all...

i wish i could be anywhere but HERE...

HERE in the country where people like me..
...work their ass off..
... give-up the comforts of home..
... leave the family and friends behind,
... endure the pain of being alone..
... miss the family reunion..
... miss the weddings in the family..
... miss birthdays of love ones..
...miss anniversaries..
... miss CHRISTMAS... miss NEW YEAR.. =(

... i miss being PINOY... i miss being THERE... i miss the feeling of HOME..

because THERE is where i really BELONG.

HERE, i am nothing but a part of the minorities and you,r e going to be treated as one.

yeah.. people like will be paid far more better than what we get at home
but at the end of the day... you would ask yourself.. WAS IT Fu***ng WORTH IT???? Considering what we need to GIVE UP.. in exchange for a few more bucks...was it worth it????

Hell NO!!.... not at all..... =(

the COOKIE

I had recently received a Not-So-Very-Good-News. And in life if it is a BAD news, no matter what level it is, it is still bad news all the same. Well, I had to admit that it doesn't necessarily makes me the most "kawawa" in the whole universe but it still "crippled" me in a way.

I would need to make certain adjustments on plans...

i need to change tactics..

i need to re-divert my focus..

i need to accept that things may not be the same as before... (for now)
and i need to still live my life as if everything is just alright when, i know very well that it is otherwise.

in all these.. the latter is the hardest thing to do.

We don't have much options these days, do we? Not when the famous "recession"is on going and all the people suffers from it. Life is foolish sometimes, it gives you THREATS, but the most foolish are the people who takes these THREATS seriously. We people were born warriors, maybe not on a same level as the others but we are equally equipped to fight any battles thrown on our way. On a lighter note, think of ourselves as a SMILEY COOKIES.. they still smile though they know they were made to be eaten... alive... heheh

As Paulo Coelho once twitted : (huh close kami!!! as in)

"Dificuldade" é o nome de uma ferramenta criada para mostrar à pessoa quem ela é.

"Difficulty" is the name of an ancient tool created to define who we are !

So guys, lets greet each day with a great smile on our faces and let's show the world what a TOUGH COOKIE WE ARE ALL MADE OF!!

=) Mars

the martial law.. part2??

PGMA had declared a Martial Law in Maguindanao and nearby provinces. Factual basis is said to be inexistent.. HUH! what's next?? Could these lead to declaring martial law on the whole country... beware Mrs. president.. people of the Philippines would surely never take things sitting down any more!

Let's not history repeat itself this time. enough is enough..

the readings..

Today I just spend the whole day catching up with my readings. Pepe had given me a copy of Cosmopolitan mag (Philippine issue, hah!) as pasalubong upon my request when she went for vacation few months ago. Mommy Joy (of AIAN delos Santos) was so generous as she gave me a lot of her foreign mags.. EMS had phoned from VS office telling me that she had reserve for me some magazines (courtesy of VS of course!) Seems everyone is so aware of my reading addiction and very much willing to support me on that... luv you guys!!

I was on a relaxing mode today so to speak! Setting aside (for the meantime) the daily life troubles (and ignored FB for once) and secluded my self in the myriad of words, facts and fictions, fashion, interesting thoughts.. liberating ideas, inspiring messages, good news/bad news,business, arts..

it's so exciing to read.. you can be ANYONE or ANYWHERE in just one flick of a page!

hayyy.. simple pleasures are really the best.. above all.. it's free..

howbout chuuu?? do you ever read??

the C's.... (the Champ, her Cries.. and her Chanel..)

She is the talk of the town right now..

not only because she is the wife of the CHAMP..

but because of the tears she shed on a supposedly one of the victorious times of their lives.

a lot of women would trade even their mother to be in her shoes..

She almost got everything...MANNY ..then the money. then the fame.. then the fortune, what is there to cry about?? It would take more than a simple problem to make a woman cry like that in front of the public. Not on the times when she should be happy.. or .. shouldn't she??

This "crying"story which is all over the Philippine national TV, tabloids and the net should make us realize that money cannot buy real happiness. We simply cannot get everything in the world.

To those who would rather live the life of others than the life they are having should think twice before wishing. For we do not know the burden that the others are carrying.

The best things in life aren't THINGS...

Pity.... coz I really like her CHANELs.... ;-)

The Fist.. (that delivers the Punch!)

Manny Pacquiao had once again proved to the world that Filipinos are people worth reckoning with. He made history again by winning the match with his recent opponent Miguel Cotto who himself is a title holder of .. whatever. I am not actually a sports-minded person. I know nothing on the technical side of any sports, boxing all the more, but it gives me a great sense of pride everytime Manny Pacquiao wins a boxing match to whomever he is opposing with.

Manny's victory is the victory of all Pinoys. His fight is our fight, his loss would also be our loss. He is the string that pulls all Pinoys together, wherever we are..the whole archipelago stops whenever he has a fight. Regardless of the time differences, he could make all the Pinoys awake in any part of the world just to watch his fight and watch history unfolds.

Sabi nga ni MARK LAGULA on one of his FACEBOOK STATUS: There is ZERO crime rate in the Philippines pag may laban si MANNY. It seems that even the most heartless crooks in the Philippines (not that we are proud of them!) stop at their unlawful deeds when Manny is on the ring. (kasi daw money and Manny sounds the same din naman! hehehe).

Anyways, I could only hope that Manny, in all his blessed glory, would not forget his kababayans, especially those who were greatly affected by the calamities that recently brought the Philippines to a total KNOCK OUT too.

Para namn di lang si Mommy Dionisia ang happy.. di ba??? ;-)

the TEAM..

the VS team on a NIGHT OUT! (clockwise) REK, MARS, TIN, CORNEY, TAMER, VIVEK, FATIMEH, GLO and Walid

My laptop continue to run slooooowww... i decided to do a clean up and defragment the disks..

browsing , deleting, discarding irrelevant and "jurassic" files..

i was surprised to see quite a lot of "trashes" im keeping in this tiny-winy piece of electronics. no wonder its "performance"had deteriorated already.

and then i stumbled upon this picture... a picture i never thought i had..and a surge of melancholia had strike me..

it was just like yesterday when Richard Branson's group had requested Dnata to provide a "fresh team" to handle the Virgin Atlantic Flight in Dubai. Our batch being new to the field was lucky enough to be chosen to "man" the RED counter , after rigorous training and the key preparations the VS Red wings had graced the Dubai skies on the 27th of March of 2006. And the rest was history...

Looking at the pictures had made me realize how things had changed for the past 3 years.. a lot of faces were no longer there.. a lot had moved forward , few had stayed, new faces joined and became an integral part of the Team. Before we were like a new laptop, full of spaces for challenges and motivation. Performances are always on top notch. Idealistic. Works in its highest efficiency. Because then.. we were VIRUS FREE. It was not easy breaking the drive that we have. That was then.

We could only wish that the spirit of TEAMWORK will remain alive in each others hearts, coz.. like my laptop... a teams performance also deteriorates.. if not given proper clean up and integration..

VS TRAINING-LAST BATCH of '06- VIVEK, AHMED,REJNU, MALAK, SHEILA,REK, MARS, ALI, RASHAD, RR, ZIAD, WALID, TAMER

Three years ago, a camaraderie had been formed. By coming together we BEGIN, by keeping together we have PROGRESSED, by working together we hoped to continuously succeed.