Stress with a Capital S

It's a difficult week with the first three days having me stuck in a barrage of meetings... and energy level was down as early as Monday... and I don't see things becoming less turbulent this week...

"Time moves at a pace you least prefer... Too fast when you are busy and on a deadline... Too slow when you are bored and waiting..."

With so much crammed in the so little time between those meeting, time was at its frantic pace... Some line renewal coincided with the half year closing plus some recurring disturbance along the way... so that's stress with a Capital S... also means extended work hours during the weekday and additional hours on Saturday... and there's still a stressful week to go...

Today was spent catching up some lost sleep and even at my numerous attempt to do something, I can't will myself to get out of bed... and also blame it to the bed weather... If not for some pangs of hunger and the fact that I'm due my visit to the grocery, I might have not even bothered to get out... The rain was really falling hard today... and even the short drive to Rockwell was difficult due to the strong rains... At least, I get to recharge for next week's stress with a capital STRESS...

Excess Inkblogs: Amidst all the difficult times, I may have recovered my travel appetite with China board meeting next week and R&R in Davao in August... and will probably think of some travel alternatives after all the craziness has gone...

Thoughtless Thoughts: "The wheel of life revolves and brings us on top at times to appreciate the view and at time below to appreciate what we are missing."

Thoughtless Thoughts V. 1

" Whining doesn't get the job done but it takes some stress off. "


" Quitters never win but some quitters do move on. "


" Life without challenges is like food without its spices. "


" Planning is one thing... Reacting is everything... "


" Failure is one way of telling us that not all questions need to be answered. "


" If everything is right then how would we know when we are wrong. "


" Which would you prefer? The Painful Truth or a Sweet Lie??? "


" Life is product of events and our reaction to events. "


" Time moves at a pace you least prefer... Too fast when you are busy and on a tight deadline... Too slow when you are bored and waiting... "


" Patience has its limits for a reason... "

Tough Grind Ahead

Less than 2 weeks to go before the board meeting in China... and it's an uphill climb... and tough grind ahead starts tomorrow...

Audit Planning meeting in the morning... I never look forward to this and for it to come at crunch time, it's an added burden... It's SGV's alumni homecoming day tomorrow and the thought of coming haven't even entered my mind... Most of my friends are out of the country and the few that remain, I get to see often... and somehow, I feel stucked within the same SGV circles with the year round audit work... Maybe should find new circles to explore...

Apart from the planning meeting, I'll be stuck in two more meetings with banks and probably endless executive meetings the next two days... and then there's the rigid chase of a deadline on the half year financials... A plant tour and some finance and accounting stuff to finalize... I just got tired thinking about it...

If there's one thing I know... All deadlines will pass and all the work will go away at some time... so no use whining about it... though whining does help to relieve some stress... I'm just leaving on a day to day status... I usually give that answer when people ask me how long I can stand the tough grind... and probably been on a day to day status for such a long time... Sounds, non commital but probably more on a non-complacent attitude that tomorrow could always be something different... so must live the day by the day as much as I can...

Lazy weekend... Not this time... Spent time with friends preparing some stuff... time at the mall... at the spa... and some time to exercise a bit... I really need to lose some weight... I'm a bit on the heavy side... I'm also now on a conscious effort to relearn the art of window shopping without actually shopping... I've really been impulsive shopper as of late... Any progress??? I would like to think that everything I bought this week were things I needed and not things on impulse...

I wonder why I'm still up when I'm coding tomorrow and with tons of things to do... Oh well... Cranky Franky Times Ahead as well... =>

IF

" The great moments of your life won't necessarily be the things you do, they'll also be the things that happen to you. Now I'm not saying you can't take action to affect the outcome of your life, you have to take action, and you will. But never forget that on any day, you can step out the front door and your whole life can change forever. You see the universe has a plan kids, and that plan is always in motion. A butterfly flaps its wings and it starts to rain. It's a scary thought but it's also kind of wonderful. All these little parts of the machine constantly working, making sure that you end up exactly where you're supposed to be, exactly when you're supposed to be there. The right place at the right time."- How I Met Your Mother

An old professor once said that the saddest word in the dictionary consist of only two letters... "IF." It always makes you end up wanting and aspiring for something different. Never happy for what is here but always looking back on what could have been. A hindsight perspective to see all the things that mattered and could have made a difference.

I suddenly remembered the word if. What if??? I don't see much ifs and the more I look back, I somehow realize that everything has gone through the motion and everything is moving forward. Not really a perfect existence but something acceptable.

Then there's always the timing on how events unfold. The right place at the right time. I can safely say that if some events came at different times, I could have done things differently but things do happen for a reason. If some events does not sound reasonable then you are still not at the right place and right time meant for you. In time, everything will make sense.

Every time, there's an IF then there's a rationale that you'll come to see one day. I always want to believe that no matter how much we dwell on what could have been, life should still be lived moving forward. No amount of wishing to change a fragment of the past could bring you back to that moment and be able to change it but these are life's lessons that can change the trajectory our destination.

Life is product of events and our reaction to events. This leads us a step closer to where we should be at the right place at the right time. =>

Can Time Creep Slowly???

Just checked on the calendar... and I'm surprised that it's the 10th day of July... It's the second half of the year so soon... and just a few weeks short of another dreaded board meeting... and I'm sure wish that time to just creep slowly... No more frantic anticipation for weekends... just a snail paced "tick tock... tttttiiiicccckkkk ttttoooocccckkkk..."

I guess time can't creep slowly.... with all the craziness the world has to offer... It'll just be a bleep and it'll be board meeting time... Even another peek at China does not entice me a bit to look forward to this day... It sucks being in the center of attention and burdened by all the queries... Nothing I can't handle but always something I don't look forward to...

Glad that even at warp speed time, there's still good movies that come... Transformers a few weeks ago (I really love the movie)... Ice Age 3 (Funny)... and next week, it's Harry Potter (I'm sure the book is still better)... A monotony breaker of my a little bit boring routine...

Anyway, I may take another breather after all the crankiness that half year reporting brings... and probably resume my jet setting mode... there's still some areas to cover... and some thoughts that needs fresh air to unravel...

Better cut this short or I may be surprised when I do my time check... Back to Work...

Excess Inkblogs: Greetings portion... Happy Birthday FAA (July 9)!!! Happy Birthday Ruth (July 11)!!! and Happy Birthday Diane (July 11)... =>

Outdoors

I've been outdoors for the past three days... and after all those lazy weekend... comes one that is nowhere near lazy...

Spent Friday with our very much delayed plant visit to Bataan as preparation for half year closing... Early trip out and a nice meeting and a refreshing change of atmosphere from the usual office routine... I just hope we have made some progress on half year closing... and the trip was smooth except for snail-paced traffic entering Manila...

Attended Al's wedding in Tagaytay... The black and red motif was unusual but it did look nice to see everybody in red or black... Al was a pretty bride... Nice to meet SGV friends Arlyn, Jo-C, Emer and Mark... The venue of the reception, Balai Taal, was really scenic which is just a stone throw away from Taal Volcano... It was also nice to be able to have a long drive again, except for the traffic due to the Skyway extension... There goes my Saturday...

Sunday was spent with Arnold and my Inaanak Charm... Charm is cute and active... Always fun eating at Tiendesitas... and Charm had a blast in the nearby Fun Ranch... This place is such a haven for kids with all the rides and the playground... It was fun watching Charm playing around in the playground... Nice to meet up with Arnold and play around with Charm... Had coffee at Rockwell before calling it a day...

Well, there goes my weekend and I better take some rest or else it's gonna be a grumpy me on coding Monday morning... and I guess, "ang gamot sa antok... tulog."

Nyt Nyt!!!