The Finer Side of Life

From the whining mode, I'm now more upbeat and looking forward to the finer side of life. Of course, it doesn't mean everything is in perfect place and everybody is happy but I'm taking comfort that the difficult days have passed and the rest is more tolerable.

I haven't booked a single trip but I'm glad that my idle mind can now entertain those thoughts and in a week or two I can finalize some vacation plans for the summer. The good part of being tormented early is that you have an earlier shot at a better life after the busy times.

I can now recognize days in a week. I now can hate coding Mondays and Thank God Its Friday again!!! I can now go on lazy weekends... Dinner time with friends (and meeting new ones =>)... Coffee breaks for leisure and not to keep me awake... And just be able to smile at times since there's a life to look forward to... Work a little, Play a little, Rest a little and Live a Lot... =>

The week has been an adjustment more than ever. I'm still trying to detach myself from work. I'm being bored on idle times and still craving the adrenalin rush at each heartbeat-stopping moments. Other than that, I'm all set to move on the finer side of life and I'm glad that I'm starting to meet old and new people outside my usual circles the past month.

I'm happy to see that the wacky photos during the board are out and just going over, labeling and tagging photos has been refreshing and amusing. To think that only about a few of this would be used in the annual report. Wait, the annual report has not yet been done. Well, that stays on my to do lists.

Changes are coming and just bring it. I may not have answers now but I'll come out with something in time. I guess, there's a part of tomorrow we should leave for the future. About the future, I'm off to Bataan on Monday and the rest is a mystery I still have to unravel. Anything goes... =>

Thoughtless Thoughts: Life is not a race, you can be a winner even if you do not finish first.

What To Do Next???

I know I should probably be used to this phase... Neither here nor there but stuck in the middle pondering what is next in line in my list of To Dos... I still have a few in my short list but it's practically now back to the drawing board... For most of the time, I end up in the same place taking safe baby steps each passing day...

But this is the year that I promise to shake things up... A little bit of edginess in my most of the time dull persona... I somehow have given too much of myself in reaching some goals that I'm a bit burned out with rest as the first in line... Yet some opportunities have started to knock and leaves me quite in a crossroad... Not knowing what to do next???

It seems that I've been in a reboot... Some familiar cycles are now something I'm not used too... and some new cycles are appealing to unravel... I guess that's what happens when you pull out from the system, it seems foreign to go back to the common activities... Well, all I can say is I need some time to lick my wounds and then Hello Life!!! I know in time, I'll be out of the middle ground and there'll be some certainty and stability and all I can say is that I know the future is as bright and shiny as we choose them to be...

After all the tormenting days, I thought this week was a walk in the park but I did speak too soon as we were caught in another chase to wrap up the announcement to be among the early few to release the results... A feather in the cap... Yes but to be honest, the effort wasted was not worth it... I'm just glad it's over... or at least, the worst part is over... Annual Report is still an unfinished business...

I guess when you go through a tough stretch, it's such a blessing just getting past it and we were able to share a nice meal at Tower Club after all the busy days with both Accounting Team and Auditors... tormented and tormentors... This time I can't say which is which cause we were all tormented during this period...

Oh well, still have a lot of To Dos... This time for the fun side of life... Still looking at Operation Euro Tour... and those vacations I take on all those long weekends... Work a little, Play a little, Rest a little and Live a Lot... =>

Officially Retired from Chasing Impossible Deadlines

When you take away a full 45 days from your yearend deadline on a late notice, you'd easily say it can't be done. This things takes proper technology, people and planning and a lot of patience. The last two months was difficult taking off from one area to another, resolving one issue after another and the biggest part was really breaking the ice on accustomed traditions, culture and deadline.

And the last 6 days of torment did not disappoint with each almost having us lasting 'til midnight in the office and the barrier of the impossible seemed to be unbreakable for so long. Of course, when you work with what is given, you'll always found a way how and we were able to beat the deadline though I'd say there was numerous times that I almost gave up.

I also learned that it's a thankless job and even if we did beat the clock, some individuals are not designed to be pleased so quite an emotional burden to carry when all the time, effort and sacrifices are not worth it but at least I did say my piece and I think I made my point and impact. I still don't know how I came up with a creative way of stressing my point but I'm glad I did.

Tired, exhausted, rejected and sad at this point of time but I'd take the comfort that even if things didn't all go as it should have been, the job is finish, done and complete while there's always a sense of pride that comes when you did something unthinkable. A heavy feather under my cup and another new milestone accomplished.

I'm glad I did have people to rely on even if at times, you do need to make significant variance on plans just to accommodate certain work approaches that others are comfortable with but there's also a mean streak that I have employed to get the job done. Not really my line of expertise but it has to be there to have some semblance of control in each situation.

I'm glad it's over and I can say that I'm officially retired from chasing impossible deadlines.

6 More Days of Torment

Not the best times of my life... That's how my past few days have been with a killer deadline lurking around the corner and still so many issues that unfolds...

So the good part of the story that in 6 days time it should be over but whether it'll be a day to rejoice or a day to fold up in shame is still something that hangs in the balance... The difficult part is that the worst is yet to come and the next few days will be a test of will, patience and to some extent, even sanity...

I know a lot of people have poured so much already towards meeting this directions and even with everybody tired and weary, I hope to withstand the next 6 days. I just wonder how I'm always placed in this type of make or break situation. I'll just go by the thought that if we get past this with both feet standing, then it'll only make us stronger but I hope this crazy deadline should be a one time thing only. There must be better things to do than chasing impossible deadlines...

Not much for the week this time except continuous whining from everybody (including me) from too much work... going home too tired and thinking only of getting some rest... a lot of meetings... coffee dependence to keep our weary state from taking control... working on weekends... To think this is just the first work week of the year and the second week won't be easy as well...

I did find time to create the FB FAA babies group site and take a peek of some travel packages to Europe (something I have to do after all the work stuff is over... It's always nice to take some time and see the finer days ahead to leave things at proper balance... This hibernation mode is soon to end... and that alone makes the difficult times ahead worth enduring...

6 more days to go and the attempt of getting past it begins with a restful sleep... Ciao!!!

Goodbye BumTown, Hello Stressville!!!

I've been eating, drinking and sleeping the deadline and thanks for so many diversion I did have a great time during the holidays.

Baguio - Bora - Baguio Swing

Short Christmas in Baguio... Drunken Singing Cousin... Visit to the Cemetery... Several more transfer headed to Boracay... Seafood Lunch and Dinner... Underwater Photoshoot... Falling off the Banana boat... Shaken by the Zorb ball... Magnificent Sunset... Mt Luho View of Bora... Bar Hopping in Bora and the amusing people you get to meet... Deadline monitoring (=<)... Massage... Consistent Night Owl... Alcohol overload... Cuts and bruises (I slipped in the airport)... A day in Manila and back in Baguio...

A Simple New Year

Looking for Fireworks... Gift Grabbing... Gift Running... Gift Hugging... New Year Dinner... Limited Fireworks... Pizza Preparation... Fireworks Photoshoot... and back to sleep... ZZZ...

A Time with Friends

Hastily prepared get together with SLU friends... Been ages since I last saw them... Min and Hannah... Roan with Ron... Roseann with Wes and Riley... CJH Manor... Heavy Buffet Breakfast... Nice Pine Tree view and picturesque landscape... Nice time... Until the next time... Still at CJH Manor with Family this time... Lunch... Still with the Photoshoot ... Really full already...

Trip Back to Manila

Back to Manila... Malling... New Watch... Pepper Lunch... Cleaning my room... Organizing Photos... Mountain full of laundry... and stuck with the thought, to shave or not to shave???

Goodbye Bum Town, Hello Stressville

Rough unshaven look... Cold Baguio Weather... Sleep Unlimited... Vacation.... are now part of the past (except for the unshaven look as of now)... To Shave or Not to Shave??? Bum no more but will revisit that option soon... Hello Stressville!!! Few more days before my deadline... Issues to resolve... Work Unlimited... Burn Out... Mission Impossible... Thinking of other work alternatives... Numb mode...

I feel tired just by thinking how to get past the days ahead... I feel that despite the vacation, I haven't let up on the deadline... I feel at the end of it all, I'd be burned out to continue... Well, just have to try a little harder and hopefully at the end of it all, the work will be accomplished... Haay... It will be over soon...