a time to breathe...

"United Airlines Check-In support. This is Mitzi. May I have your confirmation or flight number please?" This is our opening spiel. Ang haba anuh?! kaya minsan sobrang nghahabol ako ng hininga jan, syempre dapat masabi ko agad yan before pa magsalita kausap ko. chaka minus din yan sa QA score ko. wala lang parang bigla ko namiss mag-calls, namiss ko ang fastres, ang avaya, ang ao. sobrang dali lang ng account, sobrang madaling matutunan, sabi ko nga eh i can also be on top on this account yun nga lang, ang lungkot. sobrang malungkot. imagine tig-30mins na nga lang ang break, d pa kami mgkakasabay. lagi na lang ako mag-isa, tas d ka pede mg aux4 basta basta, super kelangan dumaan pa sa workforce, sa tl o sa sd. eh pano kung wiwing-wiwi ka na?! tapos you have to maximize your breaks, lahat na gawin mo sa 30mins. na yun kc once you're on call na wala na, tuloy tuloy na yun, lalo na kung queieng. and one thing pa, during breaks din yung mga dots assessment, oto's, kaloka dba?! sobrang unfair! eh work-related yun tas kukunin mo sa break namin. chaka if m well-compensated malamang di talaga ako aalis sa ibm. kaso hindi eh, malungkot mag-isa lalo na kung walang pera, hehehehe...d nman ako sa kinakapos pero m just being practical, ang layo2 kaya ng shaw blvd samin nuh?! tas i have to ride mrt everyday. duh?! sobrang siksikan kaya dun, kaliligo ko pa lang, pag labas ko ng mrt, naligo na din ako sa pawis. besides kaloka sked namin dun. kung mon. 630pm pasok mo, tue. 730pm nman tapos fri.830pm nman, kamusta nman un?! kulang na lang i-program nila sa likod namin ang sked. ano ba kami robot?! pero ganun talaga ang system nila, kaya hindi ako pede sa kanila, kasi magiging sakit lang ako ng ulo ng tl namin. ako pa mandin mareklamo, at d ko matitikom bibig ko hangga't d ko nasasabi o nakukuha ang gusto ko. buti na lang tlga pinayagan nila ko kc pagsisisihan nila pinag-stay pa nila ako, nyehehhe...joke lang! good girl ako pero bad ako pag ginalit 

"United Airlines Check-In support. This is Mitzi. May I have your confirmation or flight number please?" This is our opening spiel. Ang haba anuh?! kaya minsan sobrang nghahabol ako ng hininga jan, syempre dapat masabi ko agad yan before pa magsalita kausap ko. chaka minus din yan sa QA score ko. wala lang parang bigla ko namiss mag-calls, namiss ko ang fastres, ang avaya, ang ao. sobrang dali lang ng account, sobrang madaling matutunan, sabi ko nga eh i can also be on top on this account yun nga lang, ang lungkot. sobrang malungkot. imagine tig-30mins na nga lang ang break, d pa kami mgkakasabay. lagi na lang ako mag-isa, tas d ka pede mg aux4 basta basta, super kelangan dumaan pa sa workforce, sa tl o sa sd. eh pano kung wiwing-wiwi ka na?! tapos you have to maximize your breaks, lahat na gawin mo sa 30mins. na yun kc once you're on call na wala na, tuloy tuloy na yun, lalo na kung queieng. and one thing pa, during breaks din yung mga dots assessment, oto's, kaloka dba?! sobrang unfair! eh work-related yun tas kukunin mo sa break namin. chaka if m well-compensated malamang di talaga ako aalis sa ibm. kaso hindi eh, malungkot mag-isa lalo na kung walang pera, hehehehe...d nman ako sa kinakapos pero m just being practical, ang layo2 kaya ng shaw blvd samin nuh?! tas i have to ride mrt everyday. duh?! sobrang siksikan kaya dun, kaliligo ko pa lang, pag labas ko ng mrt, naligo na din ako sa pawis. besides kaloka sked namin dun. kung mon. 630pm pasok mo, tue. 730pm nman tapos fri.830pm nman, kamusta nman un?! kulang na lang i-program nila sa likod namin ang sked. ano ba kami robot?! pero ganun talaga ang system nila, kaya hindi ako pede sa kanila, kasi magiging sakit lang ako ng ulo ng tl namin. ako pa mandin mareklamo, at d ko matitikom bibig ko hangga't d ko nasasabi o nakukuha ang gusto ko. buti na lang tlga pinayagan nila ko kc pagsisisihan nila pinag-stay pa nila ako, nyehehhe...joke lang! good girl ako pero bad ako pag ginalit 

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Wanna share some quotes...

It is true that setting someone free is the hardest thing to do..
it's not the tears you cried that mkes it so hard..
but the small pieces of hope
left inside your heart..
that someday,
you'll still end up together...

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Who has the power to end a relationship?
Is it the guy or the girl?
You may think that it's the girl who has it!

But your wrong...
In reality,
it is "the man who says it all.."

for once he's given up..
"there's NO TURNING BACK"..

'cause most women
"break it off"
only for the hope of
"A SWEET COMEBACK..."

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Habaang mhal mo ang isang tao,
kumilos ka..

Wag mong hayaan na dumating ang isang araw
na magsisi ka.

Dahil wala ng pag-asa,
at sbhin nia sayong

"Asan ka nung mnahal kta?"

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Takot na ako mgmahal pa dhil nsaktan na ko...
Hirap na ako ngumiti kc umyak na ko...
Ayaw ko na lumaban dhil natalo na ko...

Pero tama lang nman ang mgmahal..
ang mali ko lang...

Bakit dun pa sa taong di  ako pwedeng mahalin?

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Nagmahal ka na ba ng sabay?
Naranasan mo na bng pumili s kanila at iwan ang isa?
Paano kung nagkamali ka ng pagpili?
Babalikan mo pa ba ang iniwan mo,
o pipiliting magsaya sa piling ng pinili mo?

here are some of the digiscrap i made...d pa kc ako mkatulog, sobrang sirang-sira na ang body clock ko, kc iba na2man sched ko, from 3am, 730pm na ako ngaun. ganun tlga if you're working in a call center. mahirap mamuhay sa pilipinas, hehehe...

My labs told me about this and na-touch nman ako but when I watched this naiyak tlga ako. Sana kau din...

Well, since my schedule for this week is 3am, I have all the time to write a blog. Yeah, you got it right, 3am ang schedule ko. Kamusta namn!? From Tondo going to EDSA Central, Ayuz! Sana lng one week lng itong schedule ko na ito. Buti na nga lng 2-10pm sched ni Jubs at least my mghahatid sakin, kesa namn mag-taxi ako na hindi na din safe sa panahon ngaun. Aside sa tatagain ka sa fare baka sila pa mismo mgpahamak sau. Like what happened to one of my colleagues, yung mismong driver ang nang hold-up sa kanya. Galing ano!? Anyways, ang topic ko ngaun ay digital scrapbooking. Mahilig ako sa mga ganitong work of art thingy kesa I'm not good in letterings eh, mas gusto ko ung mga ngcu-cut out tas ayus ayus na lng dikit dikit na lng. Tas last week ata yun, c Vans, my friend, sent a link, actually blog site un ng isang mom who is into scrapbooking and photography tas yung daughter nya ung object nya palagi. Ang cute lng aside sa naging hobby nya na ito napagkakakitaan nya pa yun. Ako ever since gusto ko ng ganyang work bukod sa hawak mo yung time mo kc freelancer ka at the same time ngeenjoy ka sa ginagawa mo. Although ngeenjoy ako sa work ko, pero kc minsan nakakatamad ung meron sche-schedule na ganyan eh ako pa mandin si late as in. Try ko muna pagpractisan ung mga pix ko, hehehe... Here's what I did...wala lang, palpak pa eh   

nakakaloka!it's 1226a and i have work, actually training ng 7am. so sa tingin nyo, makakatulog pa ako nito?! ang labo kc e! yesterday sobrang lakas ng ulan at hangin n frank, 4am palang gising na ako. ewan ko ba pero takot na takot ako kahapon, feeling ko babagsak ung bubong namin at mababasag ung mga binatana. pano ba nman sa lakas n frank, although all our windows were closed, it's really banging. kaloka! so ayun na nga, 4am gising na ako, mgsims sana ako kaso bgla nman nawalan ng kuryente. just imagine, d ka makatulog at walang magaWA?! then mga 10a na ata ngka-kuryente. matutulog sana ako kaso gising na c jieon nun so ayun laro laro. around 12p, for the first time na stay ko d2 sa tondo, inabot kami ng baha d2 sa loob ng bahay! as in baha! kaya maloka loka ako. mataas taas na itong bahay pero binaha pa din kami. naisip ko tuloy how much more d2 sa mga katabing bahay namin!> so sumilip ako sa 3/f then i saw na almost buong cavite earnshaw binaha, ung isa nga kapitbahay namin niloloko na ilabas na nya ang bangka nya, heheheheh....kulet!
anyway, ayun na nga so linis at limas to the max kami. around 4pm humiga na ako sabi ko tulog muna ako kaso ngtuloy tuloy na at ayun nagising ako ng 1130p. Until now umuulan pa din, iniisip ko nga kung pano ako mkakapasok ngaun, i need to be in the office before 7a tas dapat siguro 5a nsa lrt na ako. eh kaso d ko alam f my  masasakyan na ako kc walang tigil c frank. ang lakas nya ha?! kaya gud luck gud luck sakin mamaya sa training.

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oo nga pala, ewan ko ba kung san ako dadalhin ng ibm...imagine after Y! i was supposed to be in UA bag, kaso nga lng due to oil hike increase, ngpa-freeze hiring ang  management so we have to be deployed in other account. so we were interviewed by apple, ang siste, pambihira ang interview, "how will you measure Super Ferry?" o kaya "how will you describe color "blue" to a blind person?" o diba pang ms. universe ang tanong.,...hehehehe...actually, if i would answer that masasagot ko nman xa, yun nga lng kc at that time i wasn't looking forward to work in apple. love ko tlga ang bag, kaso hindi tlga xa ngopen..so ayun na nga, sa 8 samin na ininterview 2 lng kami d natanggap, pero d ako bitter kc in the first place ayoko nman sa apple tlga. anyway, luckily, ng open ang UA res so ok ok na. ang kaso nga lng, i felt insecure coz ung mga kasama naman aside from they have pre-process, sila sila na from the start so they have already built rapport and talagang ma out-of-place kami n mark. ay, what's funny pa, si mark ever since i started in ibm mgka-batch na kami tas til sa ua, mgka-batch pa din kami, hehehe...la lang/!but days went fine namin during our training sa res, ok nman cla lalo na ung trainer namin, magaling xa and am really having fun while learning. then last fri. they need 7 agents sa ao from our wave kaya super brainstorming kami kc nga we're only 13 tas mas madami aalis sa res. so naisip ko, ao is much easier than res, kc imagine, 11 week training ang res while ang ao is 4 weeks lng. eh nkaka 1 week pa lng kami sa res, sobrang dami na ng dapat naming malaman. actually, kakayanin ko nman tlga kaso coming from a non-voice account tas bgla ka isasabak sa voice baka ma-praning ako pg ng take na ako ng calls tas i can't put a customer on hold, kalurky un ha! hindi pa mandin ako madaldal na tao..correction madaldal pala ako, pero s amga kaibigan ko lng. sa mga kakilala, hindi tlga lalo pa kaya sa strangers, total strangers ha! so i've decided to move in ao, kahit d ko memorize ang 280+ na airport codes at uax din. sobrang risk sakin itong decision na ito. tapos ung mga ksama ko pa sa ao ung mga group na makukulit at magugulo, kamusta nman. cguro mangyayari sakin, mgisa ako kakain, mgisa ako uuwi, mgisa ako mgtoothbrush as in mgisa lng ako. c mark kc ayaw nya tlga sa ao, mas gusto nya sa res. kung ako din nman kung alam ko na kakayanin ko y not dba/? ok ung mga natira sa res, ok ung trainer tas ung res kahit san mo dalhin tlgang magagamit mo, pero m not after sa future lng eh, kc i need to prepare myself first bago ako sumabak sa pang lifetime. basta sana lng d ako ngkamali sa decision ko. sana makayanan ko at ma-certify ako or else bye bye ua na ako at malamang bye bye ibm na din ako..

Hayee! I'm back from blogging!!! I've been gone for sometime not because I'm so-so busy but because I already have The Sims2 Family Fun stuff collection, har..har...Alam nyo nman na once I started playing na nito, naku! kahit d na ako kumain at matulog makapaglaro lang. Especially now that I have a collection. Eh dati nga The Sims2 lng carry na, how much more ngaun na I already have The Universtiy, Business and Family Fun Stuff collection!? So uber saya tlga! chaka magdamagang "siming" na nman ito! hehehehe....Ang adik anuh!?
Ewan ko ba! I'm really fascinated with it.It's maybe because dun ko fully na eexpress or nagagawa ung mga bagay na gus2 ko gawin na d ko magawa in real life. And honestly, am fond of day dreaming and tend to forget to plan a course of action. Kaya feeling ko ang tamad tamad ko. Feeling lang daw oh?! ahahhaha... sabi nga dun sa quote na nasa pantry, I forgot the exact wordings; basta parang ganito lng; a dream will never come to reality unless you have made an action..totoo nman un kaso nga lng ganun tlga ako eh, hehehehe... Chaka I really enjoy building houses...wish ko lang magkaroon na ako ng sariling bahay. Sobrang dream ko un, cno nga ba namn ang hindi nangangarap mgkaroon ng house. Kaya nga am really praying na matuloy na kami.

By the way, thank you for those people who have prayed for Jub's IELTS. Sobrang ngkaiyakan pa kami dun kc nga his no  longer expecting na aabot ng 5 ung score nya for speaking. Sabi nga nya sakin after the speaking, kahit daw tagalugin ung tanong di nya masasagot. Mas gugustuhin pa daw nya tanungin sya about Electronics, wag lang daw about dun. Imagine, for him, if his gonna rate his speaking 3 lng daw ang score nya, eh he needs to get at least 6 sa speaking. But God is really good! Thank you tlga for those people who prayed.

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As of now, I'm doing the summary of Juber's job description while Jieon is busy kakakulit sakin coz he wanna play Sims...look, pati anak ko naloloko na sa Sims, hehehhe...kakaiba! my kaagaw na ako sa laro. tawag nga nya diamond eh; "play ako diamond momi", heheheh...

Please pray for Juber's IELTS exam. It's today 9am at Dusit Hotel while his speaking exam will be on Monday. He need to get band 6 as over all score.
Please pray for him. Result will be release on the 23rd of May. Thank you!

I've been receiving text quotes made by Bob Ong and I find it really cool. I did a researched about him and he has written six books na pala. I like his writing style huh..

Here are some of the quotes I got:

"Kung nagmahal ka ng taong di dapat at nasaktan ka, wag mong sisihin ang puso mo. Tumitibok lng yan para mag-supply ng dugo sa katawan mo. Ngayon, kung magaling ka sa anatomy at ang sisisihin mo naman ay ang hypothalamus mo na kumokontrol ng emotions mo, mali ka pa rin! Bakit? Utang na loob! Wag mong isisi sa body organs mo ang mga sama ng loob mo sa buhay! Tandaan mo: magiging masaya ka lang kung matututo kang tanggapin na hindi ang puso, utak, atay o bituka mo ang may kasalanan sa lahat ng nangyari sayo, kundi IKAW mismo!"

"Nalaman kong hindi final exam ang passing rate ng buhay. Hindi ito multiple choice, identification, true or false, enumeration or fill-in-the-blanks na sinasagutan kundi essay na isinusulat araw-araw. Huhusgahan ito hindi base sa kung tama o mali ang sagot, kundi base sa kung may kabuluhan ang mga isinulat o wala. Allowed ang erasures.

"Ayokong nasasanay sa mga bagay na pwede namang wala sa buhay ko."

"Hinahanap mo nga ba ako o ang kawalan ko?"

"Mag-aral maigi. Kung titigil ka sa pag-aaral, manghihinayang ka pagtanda mo dahil hindi mo naranasan ang kakaibang ligayang dulot ng mga araw na walang pasok o suspendido ang klase o absent ang teacher (haaay, sarap!)."

"Nalaman kong marami palang libreng lecture sa mundo, ikaw ang gagawa ng syllabus. Maraming teacher sa labas ng eskuwelahan, desisyon mo kung kanino ka magpapaturo. Lahat tayo enrolled ngayon sa isang university, maraming subject na mahirap, pero dahil libre, ikaw ang talo kung nag-drop ka. Isa-isa tayong ga-graduate, iba't-ibang paraan. tanging diploma ay ang mga alaala ng kung ano mang tulong o pagmamahal ang iniwan natin sa mundong pinangarap nating baguhin minsan..."

"Sabi nila, sa kahit ano raw problema, isang tao lang ang makakatulong sa’yo – ang sarili mo. Tama sila. Isinuplong ako ng sarili ko. Kaya siguro namigay ng konsyensya ang Diyos, alam niyang hindi sa lahat ng oras e gumagana ang utak ng tao."

"Hindi lungkot o takot ang mahirap sa pag-iisa kundi ang pagtanggap na sa bilyon-bilyong tao sa mundo, wala man lang nakipaglaban upang makasama ka."

In my previous life, before I was reincarnated as a mother of three, I wore clothes that fit and matched.  I wore makeup and curled my hair every day.  I had my eyebrows waxed and my nails done.  But no one gave me graham cracker kisses.  No one ever told me how pretty I look in sweats.
     In my previous life, I read Time magazine and the newspaper.  My repartee of regular television viewing transcended Arthur and The Magic School Bus, and I devoured all the bestselling novels.  But no one asked me to read The Velveteen Rabbit at bedtime.  No one ever requested The Little Engine that Could.
     In my previous life, I had a career and friends who were more than three feet tall.  People asked for my opinions and entrusted me with important projects and confidential information.  I had conversations where not once was mentioned snacks or potties or play dates.  But no one asked me my favorite color or why the sky is so blue.  No one ever wanted me to sing.
     In my previous life, I had a life.  I frequented aerobics classes, restaurants and the theater.  I hosted parties where the themes had nothing to do with Star Wars or Winnie-the-Pooh.  I shopped for myself and slept late on weekends.  But no one made me Valentine cards.  No one ever gave me dandelion bouquets.
     In my previous life, I traveled, and my destinations did not hinge on theme parks or swimming pools or nap schedules.  The Mayan ruins of the Yucatan, snorkeling in the Caribbean, museum hopping in Italy, Kabuki Theater in Japan . . . these were my playgrounds.  I was the queen of the road and my destiny.  But no one asked me to push the swing higher.  No one ever invited me to splash in puddles or roll in the snow.
     In my previous life, I held my emotions in check.  I did not stomp my feet or grit my teeth.  I could not easily be diminished to tears or tirades.  I considered my demeanor as laid-back and easygoing.  But, no one made me care enough to cry.  No one ever just loved me, anyway.
     In my previous life, I was free.  I could carve my own path and follow my dreams.  Nothing stood in my way.  But the path was unsure and the vision blurred.  No one ever gave me purpose enough to soar.  Now, I endlessly rearrange piles of laundry, crumbs and toys.  I am pulled and tugged, hassled and harassed, stepped on and sat upon, and desperate for some solitude.  I am jean-clad and juice-stained, bleary-eyed and graying, underpaid and overwhelmed.  And, sometimes I wonder who I am and what I've become.  Then, one of my children shouts, "Mommy, I need you!" and it is perfectly clear.
     I am the center of the Universe.  I am MOM.

My Previous Life
By Gayle Sorensen Stringer

I was in a hurry.
I came rushing through our dining room in my best suit, focused on getting ready for an evening meeting. Gillian, my four-year-old, was dancing about to one of her favorite oldies, "Cool," from West Side Story.
I was in a hurry, on the verge of being late. Yet a small voice inside of me said, Stop.
So I stopped. I looked at her. I reached out, grabbed her hand and spun her around. My seven-year-old, Caitlyn, came into our orbit, and I grabbed her too. The three of us did a wild jitterbug around the dining room and into the living room.We were laughing. We were spinning. Could the neighbors see the lunacy through the windows? It didn't matter. The song ended with a dramatic flourish and our dance finished with it. I patted them on their bottomss and sent them to take their baths.
They went up the stairs, gasping for breath, their giggles bouncing off the walls. I went backto business. I was bent over, shoving papers into my briefcase, when I overheard my youngest say to her sister, "Caitlyn, isn't Mommy the bestest one?"
I froze. How close I had come to hurrying through life, missing that moment. My mind went to the awards and diplomas that covered the walls of my office. No award, no achievement I have' ever earned can match this: Isn't Mommy the bestest one?
It doesn't fit my resume'. but I want it on my tombstone.

---Gina Barrett Schlesinger