Starbucks saved the day!

Yesterday morning while I was on my way to the office, I suddenly felt a certain kind of indescribable discomfort, I can’t figure out if I can’t breathe, if I want to throw up, if I’m feeling cold or do I have a fever. I don’t know exactly what I suddenly felt all I know is that, I’m not ok. I was thinking of taking a medicine but which? Going to the doctor could be possible but what am I going to tell him?

So I went to the office and tried to assess what I am really feeling, I suddenly thought that maybe I need something to perk me up, something to get me back to normal, so I thought of having breakfast. But the nearest Mc Donalds offering breakfast is a 10-minute walk and that will be too much for someone like me who’s not feeling well. So, I went down the office and went to Starbucks to buy myself a Dark Mocha Frappuccino and a Ham and Cheese Croissant, yes those two are my medicine for the day that I prescribed myself. I indulge myself on my favorite coffee and the yummy pastry and while I was eating, it felt like I have regained whatever strength it is that I need for the day, thanks to Starbucks.

But now, I have another dillemma, I’m craving for it again for capricious reasons…hahaha….

Will High School ever end?

I finished High School way back March 2002. After graduation day there were still calls, emails and text messages from friends every now and then but as time goes by, the frequency waned from everyday to once a week to once a month ’til no more. Thanks to friendster and facebook that enables each and everyone of us to somehow stay connected to people from our past more specifically our high school friends.

But last Friday, August 21 it felt like entering a time machine. My high school best friend visited me in our house and we chatted for like eight straight hours from career to investments and of course, love life. When she was about to go home, we saw another friend from high school whom we lost contact for some reasons. We said our hi’s and hello’s and chatted about everything. But those two encounters were not enough, ’cause even before that, a friend from high school was inviting me to join his church group. This friend is some sort of special way back high school and it’s such a surprise to hear from him again and got an invitation alongside. But all these weren’t still enough, someone texted me last monday telling me that my ex-boyfriend wants to make amends with me for old time sake, yes, my ex-boyfriend is another high school friend. Our story is sort of connected to the special guy. I don’t know the real intentions of my ex-boyfriend suddenly appearing to be so apologetic about the past but I do doubt if his intentions are pure. I really believe that there is something malicious behind it, I know him and I’ve had enough of him for me to feel this way. The thing is, he’s trying to reach me again through our common friend who used to be our “bridge”, so high school.

I’m glad to once again hear from those three friends I’ve mentioned but the “ex” thing is something I’d rather forget. Those three people still played their same roles, the special friend still makes a buzz the moment I mentioned him to them, the ex thing is still interfering with the sudden revival of my friendship with my “special” friend. Oh well, will high school ever end?

Lost moving on

“It’s better to get lost moving on than to get stuck stranded and broken.”

This is one of the few lines that I’ve been telling myself everytime I feel so down. “At least, I’ve move on”, I’m now far from the pangs of that one person who ruined the faith that I have in myself, it’s something I am yet to regain. I am not happy with my present job ‘though, I don’t feel any sense of fulfillment, my finances are better now but it still feels not enough. Maybe, I am greedy or I am too ambitious, it could also be that I have so much pride inside of me that I am a CPA, I am not trained for this, I am not destined for a copy paste job.

Once again I found myself in the same scenario, browsing jobstreet, updating my resume, googling everything possible to find trails on where I can find the job that I’ve been looking for. They were right, the real world is not easy to live in, gone are the days when just having a flat one or just merely passing your subjects means the world to you.

Now, I want to prove something, that I am of significance to this world. I want to be more than who I already am, I want to strive for greatness, for excellence, I want more than what I have but sadly I don’t feel like I am in the right place. Many would say that greatness and excellence can be achieved anywhere as long as you strive for it but as I said in my previous blog entry, one needs the right material. Maybe, I could be the greatest accountant to copy paste transactions, the boss might say I did an excellent job copy pasting those but the question is, is it the field where I want to excel and achieve greatness.

I quit my auditing job almost a year ago for some reasons that maybe I’ll be able to blog soon. Having done that makes me feel that I’ve moved on, I’ve moved on indeed but I feel lost in the middle of this dark forest. Where do I go from here? This isn’t the kind of job that I’ve dreamed of, I want a more challenging one, I’ve got so much to give, to contribute to the real world that I know needs my contribution somehow.

I need to find my place in this concrete jungle, the place where I can further nurture my God given intelligence and strengths while making a significant contribution to an institution’s achievement as I make a liveing alongside. It sounds easy but it’s not.

I know I have to wait, not because God created the universe in just 6 days it means that he can give answers to my prayers right away. For now, I should be contented that I’ve moved on, to find the right path towards my dream will follow soon. For now, all I can do is pray and entrust everything to God.

Jan Di shoes – Boys Over Flowers Tidbits (Part 8)

I thought my addiction to Boys Over Flowers (BOF) won’t cost me a centavo, except for the time, electricity and internet hours I spent but I was wrong.

A week before watching the Korean Drama, I was at the mall looking for a perfect pair of flats to replace my then worn out shoes, I saw a pair from Zara but I hesitated since it’s quite above my self-imposed ceiling price.

As I was watching BOF, I was shocked to see that Jan Di was awed with a shoe which is quite similar to the one I’ve been eyeing, the dark silver shoe with gem-like stones.

About a week after finishing the drama, I went to the mall and found the pair that I’ve been eyeing, it was marked on sale. Seeing it on sale and watching an almost similar pair part of my favorite Korean drama, I can’t anymore fight the urge of buying them so I asked the saleslady for my size. As I was fitting the shoe, I saw another pair, OMG it was exactly the same as Jan Di’s, so I grabbed it and asked for my shoe size, it’s also on a discount much lower than the pair that I was originally eyeing, so I’ve already decided that I will buy it as I was hoping that they still have stocks. But then, it’s the last pair, awww….. it’s not meant to be. So, I settled on buying the pair of flats that I originally wanted.

Oh well, I might not be able to buy the same exact pair but I was able to buy the sister of “Jan Di shoes” (as I fondly call it). So, my BOF addiction made me shell out some bucks but I’m happy everytime people are telling me how cute my shoes are.

Things to do after CIA

It was September last year when I attended the orientation for the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) review. It’s almost a year now and I still haven’t take the test. I applied last March for the examination permit, it got released last June. I am scheduled to take the exam late this year. I must admit that the efforts I am currently exerting is not as intense as compared to my efforts for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) board exam last October 2006. Maybe, because I’m more confident now or because there is lesser pressure now since only a few knows that I’ll be taking the exam. I am not really sure why but I really want to attain the designation, furthermore, it has costed me nearly 50,000 pesos and that amount for me is no joke, so from this day forward I’ll be exerting more effort. But for now let me list down the things I want to do after CIA:

1. Take a trip to Hong Kong and Macau (plus Shenzhen if my means will permit me to do so)
2. Read New Moon once again to refresh my memory for the movie which will be shown on November 25 here in the Philippines.
3. Watch Twilight movie, again.
4. Watch the movies I’ve copied from my friends. My Hard Disk is screaming now, it’s fully loaded.
5. Post in this blog more often.
6. Go to Quiapo, to search for the tagalized DVDs of Meteor Garden, Princess Hours, Boys over Flowers, Full House and watch them again.
7. Begin writing some short stories.
8. Join Singles for Christ (SFC).
9. Begin my scrapbook project.
10.Most importantly, look for the job that will give me hapiness, fulfillment and prosperity in my career.

Lord, please help me attain the CIA designation in just one take. Thank you.

I don’t want to go

I don’t want to go because if I will do things such as that, I want it according to my faith.

I don’t want to go ’cause I don’t want to be seen by the people we know sashaying the streets with you. I know what they’ll be thinking is none of my business but they’ll hunt me for clarifications, they’ll disturb my peace.

I don’t want to go, ’cause I don’t feel like I can face these strangers and you’re the only one I know there so I might be clingy.

I don’t want to go, ’cause I don’t want to go.

I know you’ve got good intentions, so please forgive me. Maybe, you’re thinking that I need some help, maybe I do, thanks for all the efforts but it just doesn’t feel right.

A firm built on friendship

This is a delayed post, it should’ve been last August 7, 2009.

Today, the country’s leading professional services firm, known for being the best and for hiring only the best in its field is celebrating its 63rd Anniversary, my beloved SyCip, Gorres, Velayo and Co (SGV & Co.).

Since I had my first Accounting subject, I’ve already dreamt of becoming a part of SGV & Co. As a Thomasian, I am so proud to share the same alma mater with two of it’s founders, Washington SyCip and Alfredo Velayo.

It is known in the business world that SyCip and Velayo are more than just business partners, they are bosom buddies. Their friendship started since their first grade and then on, their lives are almost joined to the hip. Their friendship is deeply rooted that even their houses according to sources are only a block apart. They share a life, it’s so touching to hear them both saying that they can’t imagine a life without each other.

Mr. SyCip once shared a story that when he found out that he was making more money than Mr. Velayo did, he decided that whatever it is that they earn must be equally divided, of course, Mr. Velayo agreed and asked why, Mr. SyCip simply answered “Because, we are partners”. But then Mr. SyCip declared, “But I will always be the founder and you will be my co-founder”. The curious Mr. Velayo asked again, “Why?”, “Because I am older than you”, according to Mr. SyCip who is a few days older. This story made me smile how these two successful people managed to remain friends up to this day. As we all know, many friendships are ruined by business and yet these two highly successful people were able to prove the world that real friendships does exist in the business world.

SGV was founded on one of the strongest friendships to ever exist, I guess. Maybe, it’s also the reason why for SGVeans like us, we’ll always treasure SGV not only for training us to be the best in our field but also because of the people we were able to meet in the firm.

I am not the friendly type of person but I can say that I made a lot of really good friends in SGV. Our circle are not necessarily composed of the people with the same likes and dislikes, in fact, we are so diverse. Sometimes, I even ask myself how was I able to make friends with these people. I guess it’s true that strong friendships are built based on the intensity of what you had to go through together. We’re together more than we’re apart during busy seasons. We were there for each other when we need encouragement to go on and also to rejoice on each others triumphs. And since, we work so hard, we play harder. Out of town and out of the country trips with them are really enjoyable. Even just a simple movie night together is something worth reminiscing each time we dine out together. I couldn’t fathom how were able to built such kind of friendship.

Now, that I’m in another office, there are times when I keep on convincing myself that I am just out doing fieldwork because I really miss my friends, my SGV. It’s sometimes so hard to adjust with a new set of people, who despite of being kind-hearted enough doesn’t share the same wavelengths with you, you can’t laugh with the same jokes, can’t relate to the same stuffs.

As the title of this blog goes SGV is a firm built on friendship, no doubt many of us SGVeans found true friends here. When it’s time to leave the firm, leaving these friends behind is the hardest, ‘though I believe that in friendship there are no goodbyes.

Once an SGVean, always an SGVean.

Happy 63rd Anniversary! More Busy Seasons to come.

The Wedding- Boys Over Flowers Tidbits (Part 7)

Pretty, right? But how about this one?

Now, who’s your bride?

I just watched the recorded episode of the tagalized BOF some minutes ago, thanks to xiaoyiu for uploading. Based on the teaser at the end of the episode, today will be Jun Pyo and Jae Kyung’s wedding day or should I say the judgement day for Jun Pyo, will he end up marrying Jae Kyung, or will he do something to save himself from eternal damnation? What do you think?

Of course, most of us know what the ending will be thanks to the torrent files available for download and to the pirated DVDs that abound almost every corner of the streets. But I’m not gonna tell what will come out of this wedding.

I remember how I felt watching it the first time, it was already 12:30 AM when the episode had its cliffhanger ending. My eyes are telling me that they need to rest for they still have to wake up early the following day but the better part of me knows that sleeping will be next to impossible seeing Jun Pyo and Jan Di in a situation like this. So, why prolong the agony? I’ve got the next episode on my hand so, I continued watching until it reaches the part that made me afford to sleep. It felt like I am Jan Di, I was on the brink of losing hope, of losing sanity, seeing Jun Pyo walking down the aisle. Yes, he did walk down the aisle.

I’m so looking forward to today’s episode, unfortunately, I have to wait ’til tomorrow to watch it since my office hours ends at 6pm and my travel going home is about an hour at the fastest rate.

To the Filipino fans who still don’t know yet what’s gonna happen next (if there’s still any), Enjoy!

Lost and Found

Last Tuesday, I lost my umbrella case. I just found out about it a few hours before going home from the office while I was organizing my things. Being the OC that I am when it comes to stuffs like these, I was really a bit sad, I looked for it everywhere hoping for any possibilty that I might have left it at home but no it was really somewhere else. I don’t like ballpens with missing caps or canisters without caps, so I began thinking of ways on how to remedy my newly bought umbrella with a missing case. I even googled for St. Anthony’s prayer since he is the saint known for aid on finding things lost. I was really upset that I even told two of my friends and my mom about it.

Today, I saw the same tricycle which I rode last Tuesday, I asked the driver and he pointed me to a piece of cloth inside his tricycle and there it was, my umbrella case, I was really smiling as I thanked the driver. Now, my umbrella case is back, thanks to the driver and to St. Anthony.