Learnings

It's my second day in Iloilo and it's been a good stay so far. Last night I was reading old Kerygma magazines my mom piled in my room. Since I have claimed this trip as a 'soul searching' vacation, I have decided to write down my daily learnings in my handy dandy notebook. At least I can keep track of my thoughts and reassess myself once I have completed my vacation. Let me share one learning.

God won't do for you what you can do for yourself. 

On top of that learning is a blessing. Company A called me for an interview tomorrow and thought I'm doomed to lose the chance because HELLO I'm here in the province? hahaha But they were very gracious and kind to schedule me on my date of availability. So I immediately said I'll be back July 12. She scheduled me for an interview on the 13th. I'm super happy they're very understanding.

And lastly, I am working on a new blog. I have yet to post anything but I already signed up the blog URL under my account para reserved na diba? hahaha I will launch it (charing) at the right time. hehe

A wish most people overlook

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to all the dads and grand-dads and dads-to-be!!!

A few minutes ago I watched on Mel&Joey a Father's Day feature on a bride whose dad passed away before she walked down the aisle. What's very touching about the feature was that during the reception, her mom read a letter written by her dad 10 days before he passed away. It made me teary eyed. Her dad never stopped being a father even at his deathbed. Then I realized a wish that I have never entertained in my thoughts evarrrr.

I want my dad to walk me down the aisle. 

Yun lang. 

A SPECIAL HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO MY DAD! I love you to bits.

 And to my brother Jom, Happy Father's Day also. 

Now Mr. Right, all you need is to show up! Fast! AHAHAHAHA

Super Week

 I am on a SUPER VACATION MODE right now. I'm super excited to go home and catch up with my high school friends.

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I shall kwento my day. Today I went to another interview- this time with a clothing brand. I like the job I applied for. It's called District Manager- which includes responsibilities such as managing the operations of the assigned stores, checking on the store supervisors, addressing customer feedback and complains in the stores. You also have to know why certain products sell and some don't because the boss will ask you and best of all, you get to do visual merchandising in the store- a.k.a. work on their displays. To quote the interviewer... 'You also make bihis yung mga mannequins.' OH SAN KA PA DIBA? I am not exaggerating. She really said that.

Anyway, it's been a crazy week for me. I had two interviews and one company call. That's like the most number of companies I have accommodated in a week! Just when I stopped sending resumes because I don't want to be disturbed during my break, these companies started calling me. I think it's a blessing though so okay lang talaga. hehe

I also had dinner with some friends last night. I was with Punky, Emm, Nica, Jam, Leslie, Jaz, Pat and Tim. Punky and I were together to get our transcripts,  then I texted Emm, Punks texted Tim and Pat. We saw Leslie and Jaz saw us then Nica texted me, Jam also arrived then Emm. GRABE DIBA? haha It seemed like for a moment, we were still in school. Just a normal tambay day when we'd have chikahan sessions then spur of the moment fishballs snack. 

Tomorrow, I'll be eating at Red Kimono with Jom, Sarah and Julian. Finally, my craving for good Japanese food will end tomorrow. Whew.

And finally, here's another super treat for all life-loving people like me (haha)!

photo from enjoythebest.ph

Basically, ENJOY is a privilege card you can purchase at Php 1,495. It entitles you to so many perks, freebies and discounts in sooo many establishments in Manila, Cebu, Boracay and other places around the Philippines. One year nga lang sila valid and wala pa akong work so what are the chances naman na masusulit ko yang binayad ko sa card. The red color is so gorgeous though! So very sosh! I will get one soon. If I get a good paying job. HAHA It's available in Fully Booked and other partner merchants. :)

Hodgepodge of Whatnots

Yesterday was a crazy day for me. I needed sometime to make things sink in so I didn't blog about it. I'm okay now. haha Here's a brief lowdown of my Monday (June 15).

1. Timmy's Birthday- HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

2. Went to the mall to buy my plane ticket and the tote bag I was telling you about in MFG. The ticket system was down so I was requested to come back at a latter time. I went around and dropped by MFG. When I got there, lo and behold the bag was sold out. There was one piece of the white version left but I had my heart on the black one. The only branch with the black tote was in the outskirts of Lucena. GOOD LUCK. I was super sad so I went to National Bookstore to buy a book to keep my mind preoccupied. I got this...

and this...

I officially love Sidetrip Magazine. I plan to subscribe or well, I can just buy in National Bookstore. haha

3. I got a text from (codename) Company A, a huge food company that I bet all of us has tried at least thrice hahaha. They were asking if I'm interested to know about their training program. How can I say no? So yeah, I said yes but waited for their reply. I decided to wait until 5 pm, after office hours for the reply before I buy my ticket just in case I need to move my flight.

4. I decided to kill time by reading Sidetrip at Starbucks. Got my caramel frap and sat in a corner table and began reading. I occasionally looked around just to see what types of people hang out in this branch of Starbucks. Well, this is not the laid back-book reading- laptop toting students that I am used to in the Katipunan branch. These are from all walks of life- nursing people, 'pa-cool' teenagers, med students reviewing, foreigners with their Filipina partners, and  couples having 'coffee' for a date. As a matter of fact there are only two tables with occupants who are reading- that's the two med students on the couch area and myself. It was also a noisy Starbucks. Probably because it was small so the churning of the blenders is audible even from the far corner of the area. The music was loud. In general it was just really far from the Katipunan ambience which I really love.

5. I was very much entertained with my new magazine, straining my eyes and forcing my ears to shut off the buzzes and loud music.  I decided to rest my eyes for a few seconds so I did one of those occasional looking around and there it was. THE BIGGEST HELLO IN MY FACE- A NURSING STUDENT WAS TOTING THE EXACT BAG WHICH WAS SOLD OUT. She even sat on the table in front of me. I was cursing the whole time especially when I saw how pretty the bag is when it's outside the store (you know, eliminate store ambience to see the aesthetics of the bag). Well, I knew I was never gonna the bag so I went back to reading. I left minutes later and decided to go back to MFG.

6. Back in MFG I somehow wished another stock of the bag would appear and forced the sales lady to check again. hahahaha that was how far I'd go. She wouldn't remember me anyway. haha I thought I'd but the white version but it was the last piece and the stitches were worn out- probably a lot of people held it already. So I decided to drop it and forget about the bag.

7. Five pm came and I went to purchase my ticket. After that I bought take home dinner because I was too drained to cook. While waiting for the sisig from Gerry's, I got another text for an interview on Tuesday- that's later this afternoon by the way. hahaha I confirmed anyway even if it meant risking a cut-short vacation. I just said to myself 'Mahaba pa ang week. Bahala na si Lord.'

8. When I got home my brother told me he saw a multo (ghost) outside my room walking toward the sala. He saw it twice taht afternoon daw. The other time was while he was feeding Raffy, the shi tzu. I'M LIKE WTF DON'T SCARE THE HELL OUT OF ME. I was having goosebumps the whole time. My imagination was running wild.

9. Because of the multo, I prayed so hard before I went to sleep. I was curled up in one side of the big bed. I was so scared to spread my limbs (like I usually do) because I was so afraid to feel something. HAHAHA Slept at 1 am. I kept twisting and turning in that side of the bed. By 5 AM my eyes were wide open and I couldn't sleep. Literally gising na gising na ako. It was still dark so I decided to spend my time online in my room. I told myself I'd go out of the room when it's already daylight. I was even able to chat with my brother (who was at the other room lang haha). 

10. Now it's 9:30 AM, I already had breakfast and coffee. I am already sleepy. But I can't coz I have an interview this afternoon. I hope tonight I'll have a better sleep. Nothing happened last night. Maybe my prayers worked. I was busy praying I barely had time to sleep.

Whattaday diba? Just when I decided to take a vacation, these calls happen. Sabi nga ni Cheska 'Parang boys lang yan. You'll never know when the'll call.' hahaha I still consider them as blessings. Sino ba naman ako to not appreciate it diba? I just know things will work the way it has been planned for me. But I am sticking to the decision of pushing thru with my vacation- even if that meant letting opportunities pass. Because I think I really need this time to rethink things, reassess my goals and have some 'me' time first. Maybe it's just not for me. hehe

Black or White

...or black AND white? gaaaah.

I think I have another funny dilemma. But before that, here's an update about my sleep problem. I have finally achieved a good sleep last night. It wasn't looong because I am obliged to wake up at 12 noon to cook lunch. But it was good coz I fell asleep only minutes after I put my ipod to a halt. (yehesss, big word. I have been inflicted by the Art Ilano ways of blogging hahaha) Anyhooo, you know what solved my problem? The Air conditioner! hahaha Thank you for a cold, comfortable sleep Aircon! Tonight again yey!

Now back to black and white... I dropped by SM yesterday afternoon to grab a quick early dinner as I was too lazy to cook. After buying for Jom and Sarah half a dozen dessert squares from Brownies (which are soooo good btw), I passed by Marithe Francois Girbaud (MFG) and found out they were on sale! Well, most of the stores were on sale actually. I think it's in celebration of Independence Day. Anyhooo, well I still haven't found THE bag for mom. But I really want to get her one. The Lacoste tote I saw was too expensive I'd blow half of my measly savings if I buy it. Maybe I'll get one for myself when I get a job. 

Now here coms MFG with their new collection (sorry I couldn't find their photos). The totes weren't on sale so no reason to purchase it immediately. Coming from the tote hunt (see previous post, problem number 1), I have this craving for a lightweight tote in the perfect color. And poof, it was there- in black and white colors. I liked the black first but then I also saw the white one. Unfortunately it had black handles which sort of makes it not as classic as the black but still lovely to use. The best part is... it's only 1250 each. PLEASE LORD, DON'T LET ME GIVE IN TO TEMPTATION. HAHAHA I was thinking I'd get one of each for me and my mom. But she might kill me if I get both so I dunno. I'll prolly* consult her first. 

*props to Archie Mancol for this hahaha