3days ago

It’s already a Friday. The week is almost over. Being busy really makes time moves faster. I hope we get our salary tonight. I’m hoping to buy some stuffs. I rendered overtime work last night for about an hour. That’s a start. I hope to continue up to next week. Been busy all morning again today. I hope I can sustain such momentum here. I really enjoy my time here. There’s practically no stress on my part. Although, it seems some guys are making fun of me. I feel old.

I think I’ll lay low for a while. I really want to buy a new DC comic TPB. Sigh. It’s been years since I bought something new. I hope to be able to go to Power Books or Druid’s Keep to buy some stuffs one day.

I do like to get a hold of some stuffs I neglected to get or I’ll have to buy a laptop to download everything from Torrents. I do like to treat the kids out this weekend. Inah’s tonsil is swollen and she’s currently in medications. She almost collapsed yesterday. Doc Marg said that it’s because of lack of oxygen. It’s a miracle her food intake is normal. Most people with tonsils that swollen can’t eat properly according to her. She told me she weighs about 75 kilos now. She’s probably as heavy as me. I wonder how much I weigh now. It’s been more than a month since I worked here and I feel my pants are getting tighter on the waist. I doubled my Metformin intake since yesterday just to stay even. I wonder how that will affect me.

I need to go online tonight. I’ve some stuffs to write about. Yesterday was probably the last one I have articles for.

I hope this time I’ll be blessed enough to earn more with this company I’m in.

We plan to save money starting this month. I hope we can do that.

Lunch time’s over. Going for a nap

Started this afternoon with a cup of cappuccino. This is my 2^nd cup for the day. Done with my daily routine and am just waiting for the some stuffs to do. The day is half done and I’m eagerly awaiting dismissal time. I got my salary today. January is practically half done. Man, 2 weeks of the new year is almost over. I’m not getting bored or anything like the time I was with ETDV. That place was stressful. Tomorrow will be a breeze. The weekend beckons again. I hope to go somewhere this weekend.

I read my musings for the year 2001. LOL, I got no blog during those times! Too bad the years 2004 onward files were corrupted.

It’s already 2pm. 1 hr to go before the afternoon break.

I hope I can use the email tomorrow when they do maintenance work for the system here at the plant. The day is almost done. With 22 minutes before the break this afternoon, time will move like a walk in the park.

It’s 2:47. It’s only 17 minutes before the afternoon break. My head is aching like hell. I think it’s time to stop drinking coffee today.

Spent P30 on snacks today. Sigh. Getting fat again somehow.

There’s this march with some union workers from Nestle outside the plant. I wonder if they’re still employees here.

Less than an hour to go before I go home today. I want to treat the kids to a pizza pie again. I feel tired. I took half of my medicine for high BP. My head was aching earlier this afternoon. I think it was too much coffee.

I want to buy 2 controllers for our play station 2 today. Sigh.

Logging off.

Reflections on my birthday

When I was younger, we celebrate my birthday with my sister’s. We have the same birth month although 6 days apart. Every year we celebrate together. My younger brother celebrates alone. I, on the other hand, like my 2 kids celebrate jointly. It’s been a long time since I celebrated my birthday. We didn’t celebrate it for years since my sister died in 1989. I felt really alone all these years. Sometimes it seems like we can’t move on. I loved my sister so much. This coming Sunday she’ll be celebrating her 42nd birthday had she lived. My mom will always be sad and lonely with the fact that her daughter died before her. My dad will always be in denial that she misses her so much.

Birthdays are both happy and sad at the same time. Happy for the moment that another year has been added in your life and sad knowing that you grow more older by the day.

in reflecting on my life these past few years, it’s been a blessing so far. God never seem to abandon us no matter what the circumstances we’re in.

I’m not alone in celebrating my birthday. I have my family and friends. All loved by me.

Another year has passed and this new one is looking brighter.

My Wednesday

It’s already a Wednesday already. The week is almost half done. Time really flies when you’re so busy. There are really lots to do here. Although my position as project clerk is very routine. All I do is read and list the readings on the meters of every pump, machine and equipment here at the plant. We measure water, air, steam and fuel for most part of the day. No wonder these contractual will have their contracts at an end soon, they’re doing nothing. If the bosses looked for their output then they’re in a bind. Sigh.

Now we’re talking bad movies here. This is the life here. Once your routine’s done then you’re on standby for any task given to you. Reminds me so much of my old job at TNC. The problem there was I really don’t have the stomach to follow the over righteous boss I have. That’s why I availed early retirement there. I still have a loan with LCN though amounting to P17K. Sigh.

My emails are being recorded. Firewall all around.

They’re just playing here. Sigh. It’s just a bit now before we eat lunch. We eat lunch around 11am so basically we’re on break till about 12:30pm or even 1pm. That’s life here at the plant. Work’s not that stressful.

I got my taste of my overtime form being crumpled. Sigh. This is the 1st time I had that experience in any office I ever worked with. One of the weirdest things ever in my career. Damn. I feel so stupid. This is all because of erasures. This is all like a joke to them. I feel something very depressing coming.

It’s all in a day’s work. I guess I have to live with it.

Lunch time is upon me so I guess that’s it for my AM report.

Well it’s my break time and I want to sleep this off. I’m going to have my nap now. I just woke up. I let ERR sign again my DTR. Now all I have to do is wait for ABO again so I can have him sign this one. Sigh.

It’s the start of week 1 since Monday and already it’s half done.

I miss my days in Makati only because I miss my friends. We constantly call each other almost every day and we see each other weekly if we really want to. I miss those days in starbucks doing nothing but talking DC and Marvel comic books. Those days seem so long behind me now. Gradually we became friends not just in comic books but in life as well.

It’s 2pm and I don’t have anything to do but prepare for tomorrow’s routine.

The contractual workers are complaining about their take home pay. Comparing with other’s pay. Same old habit of employees from every office I worked in. They’re gonna die of envy. I hope to earn more.

Breaktime’s over now. All I’m gonna do is wait for 4:30pm for dismissal time.

2011 the start of a new decade

Well, 2010 is but a memory. 2011 is now. I can’t believe it’s been a decade since Y2K. A lot has happened in 10 years. Although amazingly we only have 2 presidents during this decade, 3 if you count ERAP. I had 3 job changes during this decade. I met a lot of people thru the DC message boards this decade. Facebook, plurk, twitter and all them social media appeared like mushrooms during the last 10 years.

The kids have grown so much during the last 10 years. My eldest is about to graduate high school. It makes me feel old. Comics have grown during the last decade. The Philippines seem to have fallen backwards during the last 9 years before P-Noy took the presidency.

Japanese, Chinese and Korean culture has swept the country by storm in this last 10 years making the Filipino culture almost unknown to most of the Filipino people. Churches have flourished and have divided also. It was about 10 years ago that my family transferred to the vineyard and about 6 years later gone to do house churches. I also appeared on TV during this decade. My feature in 700 club Asia seem to be replaying over and over the last 6 years I think. My dad has shifted religion from Christianity to the more legalistic Jewish traditions. My mom aged horribly during this last decade. I was diagnosed with diabetes 3 years ago, now I’m in medication ever since.

My kids were elementary and now high school during this decade. My kids won’t win any loyalty awards since they had different schools during their high school life.

Well, a new year means new hope. I’m no believer in new year resolutions because often than not it isn’t really followed. It’s like broken promises.

I think this year will be a good year for us, unlike the last 2 years where we really struggled in every aspect of our lives. This year shows promise.

Welcome 2011.

Dec.21 and 22 musings at the office

Dec.21

We had a fire drill this morning. If it was a real fire, a lot would still be left within the building. Joyce have a 2 day seminar since yesterday in Sta. Cruz, Laguna. I miss her. I think I should stop texting. I’m getting too tired of it.

It’s Christmas in about 4 days. I still don’t know my schedule for this week and next week. I hope they give me overtime pay. Sigh.

I think I’ll check tomorrow on my ATM card. It’s a week already since I applied for my account at UPCB.

I hope we have money before Christmas. I don’t know when we’ll be going to Marikina. I hope we go there before the 31st. It’ll be great to spend time with the clan. We seldom see each other now so it’s a good feeling to just come at our annual reunion. I hope to see my aunt and uncle.

I wonder whatever became of our application to Canada. I hope in due time we’ll also get there like my cousin.

I suddenly have something to do here. Sigh. It’s almost lunch time here. People at the plant eat around 11am up to whenever.

Joyce will be home later. I hope she has some good news. I’m thinking of going to mom’s house tonight before I go home. I hope I can create again. I want to create something nice this time.

I wish I could met the guys before the year ends. I miss their company. Those guys have been part of my life since 2002? It’s been that long. I miss the comic book scene immensely.

Finished my nap.

Started my afternoon tasks such as it is. I’ve been doing Milo intakes since I arrived here at work. Yesterday I didn’t drink anything so I felt a bit tired and I feel I lack sleep last night. Which I think is my fault entirely.

Still sleepy. I hope my wife arrives home okay today. I miss her.

The engineers have another meeting. I’m still a bit sleepy. JM called me on some stuffs. There are problems that need solutions that much I know. If they won’t tell me stuffs then how can I do it? I’m not middle management here. I’m just a grunt. They’re the front liners. I hope the afternoon moves a bit faster. I want to see my wife and kids. Christmas is fast approaching and I thank God that I have a job. It feels a bit different than last year. During my time in ETDVWAMS, it felt like too much burden has been put in my shoulder. Too big responsibility yet my pay was so low and the guy makes us look like idiots and corrupt at that. Dealing with the BIR was the lowest point really. They’re so corrupt.

I hope Joyce’s bonus or salary would be released today or tomorrow. We’re still adjusting financially. Sigh.

My brother and his family will go to Cagayan De Oro tomorrow. They’ll spend Christmas there at my aunt’s house. I hope next time we can go down there. The kids would love to go there. If we’ll be going down there, we’ll bring papa and mama with us.

I hope I can get my ATM tomorrow. I’m drinking an average of 4 or 5 cups of Milo since I started working here. That’s per day. I hope I can give the kids their Milo.

I think we’ll just commute going to Marikina this year. Papa and mama don’t know if Dodo has other plans.

It’s almost time to go home. I will drop by mom’s house tonight.

Dec. 22

Well, it looks like a good day. I uploaded my pictures from my sim card to my flash drive so I guess I can upload it at FB anytime now. The kids would be thrilled to hear about this. I hope I can use some computer time tonight with a faster internet connection. I’ve to tell Joyce that we have to be online a bit earlier just to avoid the rush of people.

We’re getting ready for Christmas dinner. We have 2 houses to celebrate. We’ll be at mom’s house for 7pm dinner but we need to go home for the 12am dinner come Christmas morning.

I didn’t think the house would look good this season. Joyce and her mom are ironing out their differences so as not to be sore this Christmas. I hope we have a nice Christmas this year.

I’m a bit worried over the figures that I’m seeing here. Sigh.

Confronted by the Truth

By: Ruel Guerrero

In 2003, I was asked to speak at a nearby Vineyard church. I asked the
Lord what he wanted me to say? He said, “talk about the theme, love
one another.” I didn’t know the people in the church where I was to
speak, so I said, “OK if that’s what you want, but what passage should I
use?”
I heard him say “John 15.” As I recalled, that chapter was on abiding in
Christ or on bearing fruit. I checked again. Sure enough it was on both.

I reread the entire passage. Yes, it was on abiding in Christ, and yes, by
doing so we would bear fruit. But, I began to realize that the entire pas-
sage was founded on loving one another. It was time to read the chap-
ter with a fresh perspective. I read through the first few verses until I
came to verse 8: “This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit,
showing yourselves to be my disciples.” That caught my attention. For
quite some years now, there has been much focus on worship. The de-
sire to glorify the Father and to become truly intimate with the Lord was
the reason for the focus. Verse 8 drew my attention because for me do-
ing ministry had to glorify God or it was worthless. Worship and ministry
both are all about glorifying God. So here I found Jesus’ words about
how to glorify His father.

This put me on a quest. Jesus said that in order to glorify the Father, I
must bear much fruit. But what really is bearing fruit? The standard an-
swer I always got was that it had to do with evangelism. Verse 5: “I am
the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he
will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” I’ve heard this
verse interpreted to mean that in order to bring in the harvest one must
spend sufficient time in prayer and worship and be able to hear God’s
voice in the course of evangelism. This verse does say that to bear
much fruit, a man must remain in Christ. How does one remain in
Christ?

Verse 10 speaks to that: “If you obey my commands, you will remain in
my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in
his love.” To remain in Christ, I must obey Christ’s commands. It doesn’t
specifically say devotion, nor does it talk about hearing God’s voice.
What are Christ’s commands? If this verse is referring to all biblical
commands, goodnight! We would never be able to remain in Christ’s
love. Thank God the Old Testament commands are over. But we have
Christ’s commands in the New Testament.

Then I came upon verses 12-13: “My command is this: Love each other
as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down
his life for his friends.” Jesus was actually focusing in on one major
command—loving one another. This is the new command he gave. If
the first and greatest commandment is to love God with all your heart,
soul, mind and strength, and the greatest love of all is to lay down your
life for your friends, then Jesus loved and worshipped God by doing the
greatest love of all—to lay down his life for all of us. His was the great-
est and most supreme act of worship!
©2003 All rights reserved. Permission granted to copy and distribute freely for free.

Back then and now

You know back then all the anime features were dubbed in English nowadays it's all in Filipino which is not bad. Back then when listening to FM radio we could have good music, now we get novelties and jokers. Gone are the good progressive radio stations and popping up like mushrooms are the corny ones which clearly states the reality of Philippine music. Back then kids would study because they needed to learn much, now kids study because they want more money. Back then our TV was a national B&W with closing screen doors, now we have big flat screen LCDs. Back then we learn from our mothers at home and by watching Sesame Street, now kids go to computer shops to play and play. Back then we write our reports or we type them, now we copy paste and print them on the computer. Back then we show our parents respect, now kids don't know how to do that.
Back then we dream of our comic book heroes to have live movies, now we get saturated with reboots and remakes of all rehash plot lines using our favorite characters both in the big screen and on the tube. Back then, the military looks respectable and the police are good, now the military is pit of liars and the cops are fat pigs.
Back then I was small now I'm big, then I was young, now I'm old....
I'm freaking ranting....sigh

A night in Eastwood

I spent Sunday with my family including my brother's family and my parents. In the morning, we went to GCF-Sta.Rosa then we went to my aunt's at Marikina. In the evening we went to Eastwood. The kids played video games at Time Zone. My aunt who had no children played with her grand nephews and grand nieces.
We ate dinner at Il Pirata Ristorante & Pizzeria. Pastas and meter long pizza. My body is not used to eat like that anymore. Really was full. Service sucked by the way. But all in all, what counted was we met as a family. I hope we can do that again sometime soon.

Something you should know

We the people are the ones who give these people in government be it elected, appointed or the simple government employee their salaries. It's from our taxes. They should be held accountable on any and every transactions they do.
I discourage any bribery in order to facilitate their jobs. These bastards must learn to serve the people.
And for all these billboards on project made, remember who's money their pork barrel came from. From us, the people.
Stand up for your rights.