Trends and Cycles...

Looking back, my life has been a series of trends and cycles... Ups and down, lefts and rights... Hay Life... When things are on upswing or downturn, it goes on til something breaks the cycle...

Along the way, there were some jinx, I had to shrug off before things went well... or at least to break a trend... Travelling before has been so elusive even foreign trips handed to me somehow woudn't push through... Until the audit job in Paris in 2003... then came my 4-6 time foreign travel a year...

The trend would then signal another trend... five straight years without a domestic travel... Not for lack of trying but something always came up... I'm just glad that was broken with my Palawan trip last month...

Now, I'm on a mini trend of not being able to attend any recent gathering among my Ateneo friends or meeting any of my Ateneo friends... Again, something always came up... But I hope to break that when I attend MJ and Gina's bash (Postponed by Typhoon last week)... I just hope something won't go amiss this time...

Then again, my social circle has been limited lately but I guess, I'm in those boring patch in the cycle... but the good part, I've taken significant strides in moving out of the pathetic part of my work cycle (though I hope I find a way to miss the Singapore Board Meeting)... Things should now go upswing... =>

A Celebration for Gemma's Wedding

Time has flown so fast that we are now move forward to Gemma's Wedding... Since I joined SGV, I was already part of a cluster, way before clustering was even introduced in SGV... And years after SGV, we now get to see one of our partners in crime in so many clients getting married...

It 's always nice being part of celebrations of life like this... and being with SGV friends Kinney, Therry, Teng and Jo-C makes it a bit more fun... The wedding was at Sanctuario De San Jose in Greenhills and the reception was at North Greenhills clubhouse... My take, Gemma was such an animated bride... She seemed so relaxed with the festivities ongoing... and yes, a charming bride as well...

A nice wedding to witness and a great time to reunite with old friends... =>

Pressure... Please Leave Me...

I don't know if my high treshhold for pressure can pull me off this one... but days into the half year, I can feel the pangs of pressure in my half-year requirements... Still wondering on how to cross over the bigger challenge...

One thing, I know, it'll be over somehow or someway... but the thought process on getting to somehow and someway seems to be an arduous task... Giving up... maybe... though I don't think it's a thought I would entertain...

It's my time to hover that gloomy dark cloud... and I hope that some bright lights would glisten... and that all the pressure packed times would leave... and then again, I'll try my best to remain sane on this gloomy spell... There will always be a good tomorrow to look forward to...

Sick Me...

I'm not feeling well today... looks like another bout of hyperacidity... and to think the pressure is yet to come... and rest was so abundant yesterday with the typhoon leaving me homebound the whole day... Anyway, I'd be ok as always... A glass of milk while writing this blog and hopefully, I'll be fine tomorrow...

And speaking of tomorrow, I should be back to my A Game... as there's a mountain to climb with the load to surpass... no more lazy spells... no more bickering moments... No more random crazy thoughts... at least, til I get past all the challenges of half year... There'll be time for those things... =>

Typhoon Me

It's a lazy Sunday with a Typhoon with my namesake lingering in the country... Typhoon Frank.. It's been raining non stop and sans with the fact that I'm physically sore from badminton yesterday... it would have been a dull day... but on the better note, it's nice time to rest, relax and just bum around (somethigng I wanted to do for quite some time)... It had to be a namesake typhoon to keep me a homebuddy at least for part of the day...

The good part of the weekend was being able to sneak in badminton with SGV friends Anna, Arlyn, Rommel, Macoy and Me... Though the time element was a bit amiss with only me and Anna being present at lunch and on time... but I guess, most of us were still able to catch the 3 pm start of the badminton reservation... still rusty from all the time not playing badminton...

Then due to the typhoon, MJ and Gina's birthday bash was cancelled... which was fine by me since it'll be more time to rest... and now, just to wish that Typhoon don't do much more damage... =>

Odd Dilemma

It was an odd dilemma this morning ... the thought of going or not going to work was wrestling in my mind... I am just not that passionate with work as of late... Thinking if I did something off the habit like miss a day of work for no reason at all... It would break that trend...

It's not a new feeling... I've worked through bouts of lazy spells... I just don't like the thought of dragging myself up for work... I guess, the most logical explanation was that it was my last time to bum around before the work load for half year sets in... We all need some slack...

Funny thing is that I'm not even stress out to feel this way... Am I entering my anti-social shell again??? I guess, there'll be time to have the feeling of wanting to take some time off (uninterrupted, this time)... I just hope that I get to have that appetite for work again in time for our half year crunch... I know I will...

Ok, I'm glad I had that off my chest, now back to the real world...

Detached

I was able to detach myself from work over the weekend... lucky enough to leave my office PC open (automatically downloading my mails... meaning no mobile access for me... hehe)... Finally, was able to catch the chance to go home... It's been odd that I go out more than I go home to Baguio... Finally, was able to bring home the stuff I brought from Australia...

Took the deluxe bus with my sister to Baguio friday night and the first order of business the next day is to catch some sleep... Funny how I dreamt about the same story as the show running on TV while asleep... In the afternoon, went to Good Shepherd to buy some Ube... then SM... then finally played mini golf with relatives... I placed 2nd, missing the top spot by 1 shot... hehe... but it was a more fun game than a competitive one... Dinner at Don Hen and then back to sleep...

Woke up early the next day to go to strawberry farm to get some strawberries... Not really in season but was still able to get some... then not much really just relax a bit while waiting for our early afternoon trip... and was back in Manila early sunday evening to watch the Hulk (Better than the old one)...

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A nice breather and glad that I'm able to catch some break... and again, it's back to work again... but at the very least, I had been detached for a while to enjoy some time in my hometown... =>

Missing Weekends...

It's just the first day of the week and with the barrage of special kids at the day care (my work has revolve to this low... hehe) ... I'm now somehow, missing my weekends... waking up at noon and just bumming around... I guess when you find your week welcomed by impossible demands by seemingly all-high-and-mighty individuals, it makes you wish that you just move on further on the let the weekend roll in...

I'm not one to complain (except probably on this site) but as it appears it isn't enough to handle three departments at once and on the verge of a funding breakthrough... I now am stuck by an improbable deadline (somehow, I know how to meet it but I am just out of words with the odds stacked up in front of me)... It's not in me to fail (or at least, I know I'll always strive at a goal)... but I'm just stuck with the thought that if this be the one time, I won't deliver...

That's always a possibility but at the very best, I'd definitely give it a good run... I can't bear the weight of the responsibility... and somehow, it's the adversity we face that defines who we are... and I just would like to see it in a positive light that this isn't the first time, I'm stuck with such odds... and that if tomorrow seems impossible, then there is always such a thing we call... HOPE... Hope that weekends would come so I can now bum around... hehe... =>

Excess Inkblogs: I did have a nice weekend... Rest.... Gym... Kung fu Panda (Moral: It's cool to be fat!!!)... Narnia (Better than the first one!!!)... Manila Ocean Park (Still needs a lot of improvement!!!)... =>

Tired and Weary

I had the impression that this week was light after my Cambodia trip... and sad to say, impression was all it was, as I remained busy as ever... hay... when can I ever have a decent rest??? I never thought that raising funds was such a time consuming and energy reducing activity... but this is the milestone I want to achieve so I'll have to bear more burden in the next few months...

It just so happened that even at my mad rush mode... there are still amusing personalities that make life a little bit difficult... Kryptonites as Jing calls people who drain much of your energy while working with them... There's one who goes on a redundant call for attention (In the wave of events, there's more important things to do than receiving email follow ups every three hours)... Then there are special people who require special attention and the volatility of how they thinks just drive me nuts (then who isn't going nuts, nowadays)... I guess there are some distortions on what people do and what they should be doing...

I'm obviously, tired and weary... and now I'm stuck with the dilemma of spending a portion of my long weekend in my Hometown Baguio or just spend the rest of the time catching sleep and rest that has evaded me as of late... I guess, I'll sleep over that idea... Before my mind goes of some place working out various career escape scenarios... I guess rest is the great equalizer... =>

Workends

If having meetings at lunch or dinner is "meating" then I guess working on weekends is "workends..." It was a strictly business this time as we flew to Cambodia on Friday to tour our facility there and wrap up the due diligence...

Welcome perks includes however, a business class upgrade from PAL, thanks to an overbooked flight... and a very reasonably priced 5-star Raffles Hotel Le Royal in Phnom Penh... A busy week culminates in a workends... The transit and travel time was a bit tiring (spent more time on this than work)... but the good part was that everything went well...

Back home last night, which happens to be a Sunday... leaving my weekend fully utilised on the trip... So there's a bit of a layover today and would rather take things slow. After all the travel the past few months, I hope to get back in those boring weekends, bumming around the house on rainy afternoons... jet setting mode off for the mean time... and just try to reconnect with the other stuff that has been absent as of late... =>