Free at last!

exams are over! finally!  i don't intend to take any optional 3rd exam. ideally, i should so i can improve my grades. however i don't think i would be getting a better grade by taking another exam.  if i did not do well in the finals then it's a 100% probability that i won't do any better in the 3rd exam.  besides i'm so sick of studying.  i just want to watch tv. 

before i really thought that i wanted to take up MBA.  i felt that there is a need for it.  i was thinking that a master's degree can boost my career.  the original plan was to study while working for the senator (btw, this is her official friendster account.)  and once i have a master's degree, apply for a higher ranking job.  well, i thought that with an MBA, i would be better qualified to be somewhere but below the corporate ladder.  but then tiger woods came and all of a sudden i felt that i don't need it.  i just have to be a corporate slave (read: earn an exceeds expectations mark in performance evaluations) and i can conquer the corporate world.  MBA is not part of the exceeds expectations thingy.  i don't think they put a premium in a master's degree.  anyway, i'll reserve the exceeds expectations dilemma in another entry.

do i want to be in this company forever?  i don't know.  for now, i like what i see.  but that doesn't mean that i should focus only on the here and the now.  who knows a better opportunity will come along (probably a career in ADB, how i wish! haha) and an MBA would come in handy. 

am i studying just for credential's sake?  yes.  it's really unfortunate that i'm studying not for intellectual progress but for the sake of a better job.  i remember a friend who once told me that earning a master's degree teaches us to be slaves.  those with master's degrees are better slaves than others. i definitely agree. 

so for now, with the hopes of being a corporate leader someday, i just have to endure three years of MBA studies.

I missed i.ph!

After four months of hibernation, I'm finally back! 

Why on earth are question marks appearing instead of spaces?!  I tried to edit the about me panel and question marks are everywhere. 

some notes on joker arroyo

i think there is this mabangong image of joker arroyo.  taglines like, "pag bad ka lagot ka!" is really very catchy.  it sounds so alert.  crime buster na, constitutionalist pa. 

unfortunately, i didn't see much of his supposed brilliance.  when he is being interpellated on his bills, especially by miranda, he seems to be unprepared.  his bills are mostly on granting franchises and granting Philippine citizenship.  since it's so specific, you kind of expect the sponsor to know almost everything about the bill.  it's disheartening when he asks for a minute suspension to find a fact that he should have known already.  maybe he's just old or maybe it's because he doesn't have enough staff to do research for him.  either way, it makes him look bad.

sayang! sayang! sayang!

meeting his family

i have been writing so much about my dating expeditions and here's another one. haha.

engr invited me to have lunch with his family because it was her lola's birthday.  initially, i hesitated but later on i thought that there was nothing wrong with the invitation and he met my family so why not meet his?! 

a few hours before he came to pick me up, i realized that i acted on impulse once again.  yes, there was nothing wrong with the invitation but i have no business being in another person's family gathering.  but it was too late to back out since he was already on his way to my house.

i assumed that the lunch was going to be at his house and there will be other guests.  but to my surprise, the entire family was dining out pala! kamusta naman di ba?  ako lang ang andun na hindi parte ng pamilya! i should have asked about the details.  pero hindi man lang niya inexplain maigi!

anyway, they were very nice.  i didn't feel out of place.  nanood pa kami ng sine with his ate and his ate's boyfriend.  thank goodness, i had a great time!

huli ako!

it's kinda weird when someone you just met knows so much about you because of your blog.  by chance, emcee (i met her on the day of the proficiency exam and now we're classmates in the workshops) stumbled upon my blog.  i think while going through my blog, she realized that the owner of this blog and the person she just met in UP are one and the same.  now, she knows a hell lot about me especially about my corny love stories since i have been writing so much about them. haha. 

ang daya! she didn't post her url.  tsk. tsk. tsk. 

emcee, basta wag mo na lang sabihin sa iba nating classmates tong blog ko ha. :)

the rest is still unwritten…

i have always been afraid of change.  i just can't handle it.  even the slightest change in schedule freaks the hell out of me. i want things to be the way they have always been.  when i'm used to something, i want it to stay that way.  probably because i am also a control freak.  i want to be on top of things.  i hate sailing on unfamiliar waters.

however, life has a way of doing things for you.  i was forced to confront my fear.  i had to welcome so many changes in my routinary existence.  surprisingly, instead of avoiding the changes i've let things happen.  i was swamped for some time.  i felt that the changes were too much and i was contemplating on retreating to what i was used to.  now, there's no turning back.  i am no longer at the crossroads.  i have chosen a new path.  i have accepted the changes and little by little i'm trying to adjust. 

soon i'll get used to the changes.  the changes will become the norm and then after some time, i will again be reminded that the only constant thing is change.  i wonder what's next.

1 out of 3

thank goodness i passed the accounting proficiency exam! i am not very hopeful about the quantitative and the economics part though. 

if i didn't pass accounting that would really be very depressing.  just last year i enrolled in evening classes in accountancy.  i studied for two semesters and i was doing very well but i figured that my cpa dreams would take a very very long time.  i really love accounting however i don't have all the time in the world.  i've decided to postpone pursuing this passion for a while, hopefully i'll have time for this in the future.

i think i have lost interest in finishing my remaining task here in the  office.  i will finish this, i have to.  i don't want to leave with an unfinished business.  instead of working what do i do?  well, i go blog hopping! haha. i think i am obsessed with checking out other people's blogs.  everybody has something to say.  i think most of i.ph bloggers are of the cerebral kind.  opinionated and sensible. 

akyat bahay part 3

i told jo (my friend whom i traded dates with) that engr came to my house and she was very excited. the first thing that came to her mind was nanliligaw na?! hindi naman daw park ang bahay ko para pasyalan. well, i don't think so.  i think we are still getting to know each other. this is just the third time that we've seen each other but we do talk a lot - text, cellphone and landline.

he just texted that he's home already.  good thing he has a car otherwise it would be penitensya to travel from las piñas to novaliches.  south to north.

note to self: i enjoy our conversations but attraction seems to be elusive.  wala pa ding kilig. haha!

akyat bahay part 2

he really came and even stayed till dinner.  i was actually half-wishing that he would chicken out and change his mind.  i really don't know how to entertain visitors but i think the "dalaw" went fine. 

he brought ice cream for my family and gave me a box of ferrero (my fave ) before he left. 

observations:

• he's madaldal but not annoying.
• feel at home kaagad.
• he has wandering eyes parang bawat sulok ng bahay namin gusto niya usisain.
• he was confortable with having dinner with my family.

he finds my brother very accommodating unlike his brother.  our brothers are of the same age btw.  he doesn't have any comments about my mom.

funny conversations:

while watching tv

engr: ganyan ba talaga ang pambahay mo?

grace: alangan naman na mag-shorts ako na andito ka di ba?

(anungin ba naman pati suot ko.  i was wearing pedal pants btw. )

during dinner:

engr:  ung lola ko po kapampangan.  butangera un e.  lalabas lang ng bahay tapos pag balik may tsismis na na dala.

entire family: lol!

(tawagin ba namang butangera ang lola! ngayon ko lang ata narinig ung salitang un.)

akyat bahay

engr asked if he can drop by my house this afternoon and i said yes.  i didn't ask why, i just said sure.  i want my mom to meet him since she keeps on asking about him anyway. 

what was i thinking?! why on earth did i say yes?! now, i have to clean the house not that it's dirty, i just want it to be visitor-friendly. haha.