Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Happy Birthday Matt!

Isa sa mga “pioneer” friends namin sa aming trabaho si Matt, ang look-a-like (daw! hehehe) ni Vince Vaughn.


Sa aming grupo na tinawag na “Addiks”, isa siya sa mga kasama na namin noon pa mang 2002 sa isang contracting company na nag susupply ng manpower sa companies dito sa Saudi Arabia, ang Hadi Al Najrani Establishment (HNE), ngayon ay mas kilala na SISCO (di ko na alam ang buong pangalan). Hanggang sa isa-isa na kaming “sinulot” at maging direct-hired employees ng Tasnee.

Magkasama kami sa iisang department pero pag oras ng trabaho, trabaho lang kami (unless nakaharap sa computer namin at busy kami sa chatting ng grupo sa aming Outlook hehehe). Bihira ko makitang magalit, pero madalas naiinis sa mga makukulit na customer ng aming department. Ang akala ko, ako ang mabilis mag init ang ulo sa mga makukulit na ito, iyon pala ay siya rin. minsan ko na na-feel ang ma-guilty dahil feeling ko nahawa sya sa akin! Hehehee…

Simpleng tao lang si Matt.
Sa haba ng panahon na magkakasama kami, kilala na namin ang bawat isa sa grupo, through the years ay naging intact ang grupo kahit pa sabihin mong may mga nagpenetrate pero kalaunan ay na-evict din…hehehe. Tinanggal na sa Tribal Council! Kami na ang final members ng “Adikks”, at walang jury na kailangan humusga sa amin…walang ala-alliance. Iisa lang kasi ang alliance namin…

At sa araw na ito, isa sa mga kaibigan namin ang inaaalala ang araw ng kapanganakan.

Isang simpleng pagbati sa iyong kaarawan. At nagwi-wish na sana’y makamit mo ang mga hiling ng puso mo para sa iyong pamilya, sa mga mahal sa buhay at para sa iyong sarili. Sa kasabihang “nobody is perfect”, tandaan mo na sa mga pagkakamali natin makikita ang ating kahinaan para maging kalakasan at maging instrumento para maging mas mabuting nilalang (sounds familiar!).
Maligayang birthday muli sa iyo….


Saturday, November 20, 2010

Test lang...Mail2Blogger

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…


Edgar Reyes
Edgar Reyes
ادغار ريس

A Prayer for Healing

A close friend of mine is sick...and i literally mean she's seriously sick. She has been diagnosed with Stage 3 ovarian cancer 3 weeks ago. there is already a big lump (size of a fist) inside her which needs to be immediately removed.

it pains me to hear that. you dont know that pain until it happens to someone dear to you...and you wish that it is just easy and healing will soon be there...but it is not.

she went through the operation last week for the removal of lumps. through the process, she went critical as her hemoglobin went down to very low level, so blood transfusion was required. after the operation. she was advised to go through 6 sessions of chemotherapy.

judie is a jolly person, a very responsible daughter who looked after her mother and family. an unselfish person....but now, she's afraid...she feels helpless...

i offer a prayer for your healing and requesting God to free you from any pain and hardships as you go through this. i also pray that He leads you where financial needs will be provided. in all these, we know that our strength no matter how strong is nothing. we know that our finances no matter how huge is useless. and we know that no matter how knowledgable we are, our intellect is of no help.

we put our faith in His will and acknowledge that only Him is the Great Healer....

"Jesus, You are the Son of the Living God. You are the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Yes Lord, you are the source of my life. Therefore healing is with you more than with any one else."

"There is salvation in no one else" (Acts 4:12)

Friday, November 19, 2010

"Pilipinas Kay Ganda" Logo, kinopya lang?

hindi na kailangan ng isang genius para i-analyze at malaman kung ginaya nga ba o hindi ang bagong logo ng Department of Tourism from Poland's logo...sabi nga ni Manila Boy, NAKAKAHIYA.


And worse, in an interview the DOT Secretary said, "There are similarities, pero sa pagkakaalam ko...sa atin mas makulay...". ahahahhaa, jinustify pa! parang walang alam, as if they're taking it lightly!

isa na namang kasiraan sa administrasyon ni PNoy.
the people giving comments at internet sites are generally disappointed sa isyu na ito, pero may ilan rin na parang they look at the lambasting of DOT as paninira lang at walang maitutulong,

"Kahit ano pang ganda o originality ng ipalit na campaign logo dyan, knowing na karamihan sa mga Pilipino e utak talangka at mahilig manglait ng gawa ng kapwa e babatikusin na pa rin. Kung tutuong napagkagastusan na ng malaki yan e ituloy na ng malaman kung epektib at maganda naman ang mensahe.
Ang karamihan naman ng turista e papasyal hindi dahil sa Logo na yan kundi dahil sa rekomendasyon ng mga ahente, kaibigan at kakilala. Pag pinanatiling maayos ang lugar natin, maganda ang paligid, mabait ang mga tao at maliit ang insidente ng krimininalidad e dadagsa ang Turista.
So itigil na yang panghahatak sa DOT logo and move on. If you have better ideas then send your suggestions at least mas makakatulong pa yun kesa sa mga walang kuwentang panlalait
"

- by geethreeg3, comment given at ABS-CBN news

napaisip ako....pero hindi iyon ang punto na ito'y isip talangka. its about professionalism, it is about our image, its about our own reputation that we want to improve...wagtayo basta tanggap lang ng tanggap, we should be giving our opinion sa mga mali para it will not happen again next time.

i did not vote for PNoy, but i respected the people's choice....with high hope that he will be the "better President" we have been wishing for....
sana lang...sana nga lang...

on a lighter note, ang Pinoy nga naman, ang Pinoy ay magaling sa pag convert ng problema sa isang katatawanan....try nyo ito for those who have Facebook account:


thanks to Manila Boy, i have linked some parts of his post.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

TripWow: Try lang

hi to all!

been offline in writing for quite a long time, found it really difficult maintaining a blogsite like this...mahirap mag isip ng isusulat. mabuti pa ang friend kong si dantespeaks (http://dantespeaks.blogspot.com)...anyway, time to warm up muna..hope to find something good to write and sustain it. hehehe

saw this in the net, an easy way of converting your pictures into a nice video...try ko muna and il make a better one for our trip to Riyadh tomorrow.

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