I saw a bride's blog about how she wrote down all the places and shots she wants the pictures taken. She even had her sister print her inspiration shots so she can show her photographers. I wish ever again I have done just that. Maybe then my photographers wouldn't have forgotten to take those precious photos. I wish I have splurged more on photos by hiring a back up photographer maybe then my photos will not be incomplete. I feel sad once again and for the nth time regarding this matter. This is the biggest regret I have on our wedding. Such a beautiful wedding but poorly documented. Imagine the big bucks we have spent just to have it just the way it is and not have enough beautiful photos to show from it. I just wish the video will be better. I dunno if I can ask Niceprint to get pictures from them, heard the quality is not that good thou. If I can just re-enact the entire thing believe me I will but unfortunately I can't. I just feel so cheated. My husband said we can get married again after 25 years so I can get the photos I want but I will be 52 years old by that time and I'm sure won't be so pretty. Oh well. Maybe that's the reason why I haven't finished with the photos for the album yet. Seeing them just pains me so much.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
Discrimination Incident on Filipinos at Cotton On Singapore
I was surfing some blogs when I came upon the blog of Jiki, an accomplished Filipino TV Producer now based in Hong Kong, as she narrates how she was discriminated in Cotton On Singapore by a Malay and Indian woman. Apparently, they were called "Stupid Filipinos!" before getting thrown out of the store. Here is the whole story as cut and pasted from Jiki's blog narrated in a complaint letter to the store's country manager.
1. I have been based in Hong Kong for a while doing TV production work and am currently in Singapore working on a project. While on a window-shopping date with my friend, Daphne, a banker holding a respectable position at Standard Chartered bank, we entered COTTON ON which was having an underwear sale. I was already queuing to pay when another item caught my eye, so I asked Daphne to hold my place while I checked it out. Behind me, an Indian lady, who seemed to be upper-class (and cranky) let out a sigh of impatience as I left the line to look at the piece.
2. I returned to my place at the line in front of the Indian customer while Daphne stayed on the line with me, which in good faith, I had not considered to be a problem.
3. Things remained normal, though, and when we finally reached the counter after about 5 minutes, the Malay girl behind the cashier nicely reminded me that Sale items could not be refunded. There were actually no reactions until a new counter opened up and Daphne was invited to pay for her purchases there. This must have really upset the Indian customer because this provoked her to prod the Malay girl with a long tirade obviously directed at my friend in strong words saying: "ASK THAT GIRL TO HURRY UP! FIRST SHE DOESN'T LINE UP AND JUST SQUEEZES IN WITH HER FRIEND. NOW SHE'S TAKING FOREVER TO MAKE A SIMPLE PURCHASE! SHE SHOULD HAVE CHECKED THE STUFF BEFORE PAYING!"
4. This has me in complete shock. Daphne asked me in Tagalog what the Indian girl said and when I told her, my friend proceeds to defend herself. What really upset and agitated me was when the Indian customer blurted out a painful remark that is derogatory to Filipino maids in particular and to Filipino women in general, to wit: "FILIPINOS! NO WONDER THEY'RE JUST MAIDS!"
5. While my friend is a banker she could not of course let this insult on Filipino maids pass. As a matter of principle -- whatever one's position in life -- this woman had no right to talk down on people. A heated exchange naturally ensued.
6. Things took an ugly turn, however, when the Malay girl at the counter, prompted by the Indian customer, snapped and told my friend to take it outside. My friend, who was by then fully worked up, proceeded to leave but angrily started tossing the underwear on display along the way.
7. Even as I stared dumbfounded, thinking that it could not get any worse, the Malay girl at the counter chased after my friend and screamed at us: "BLOODY STUPID FILIPINOS! GET OUT!
The story made me so angry! Too bad I can't comment on Jiki's blog because I don't have a Livejournal account. Where the hell did these people, who are also from Asia and is living in countries with almost the same financial situation as our country's (even worse! India is a wasteland! The culture there is sooo backward that they believe it is still okay to douse their wives with acid when they displease their husbands!) to call us stupid? They are so ignorant! I justw ant to whack them! They should have sued those b******!
Anyway, what more dissapointing is the way the country manager of the Cotton On Store responded. He failed to see how the gravity of the ssituation thinking that a few gift certificates and retraining the Malay staff will do the trick. What a shame. So I decided to repost this so that many will know what kind of management that store has. II urge the readers to do the same so many will know about this thing. I also urge the Filipino readers of this blog who live in Singapore to boycott the store. Stay away from it if you don't want to be discriminated. As of press gtime, I think Jiki already wrote to Today for media exposure. This kind of thing shouldn't be taken sitting down after all. We Filipinos have a dignity to maintain!
2. I returned to my place at the line in front of the Indian customer while Daphne stayed on the line with me, which in good faith, I had not considered to be a problem.
3. Things remained normal, though, and when we finally reached the counter after about 5 minutes, the Malay girl behind the cashier nicely reminded me that Sale items could not be refunded. There were actually no reactions until a new counter opened up and Daphne was invited to pay for her purchases there. This must have really upset the Indian customer because this provoked her to prod the Malay girl with a long tirade obviously directed at my friend in strong words saying: "ASK THAT GIRL TO HURRY UP! FIRST SHE DOESN'T LINE UP AND JUST SQUEEZES IN WITH HER FRIEND. NOW SHE'S TAKING FOREVER TO MAKE A SIMPLE PURCHASE! SHE SHOULD HAVE CHECKED THE STUFF BEFORE PAYING!"
4. This has me in complete shock. Daphne asked me in Tagalog what the Indian girl said and when I told her, my friend proceeds to defend herself. What really upset and agitated me was when the Indian customer blurted out a painful remark that is derogatory to Filipino maids in particular and to Filipino women in general, to wit: "FILIPINOS! NO WONDER THEY'RE JUST MAIDS!"
5. While my friend is a banker she could not of course let this insult on Filipino maids pass. As a matter of principle -- whatever one's position in life -- this woman had no right to talk down on people. A heated exchange naturally ensued.
6. Things took an ugly turn, however, when the Malay girl at the counter, prompted by the Indian customer, snapped and told my friend to take it outside. My friend, who was by then fully worked up, proceeded to leave but angrily started tossing the underwear on display along the way.
7. Even as I stared dumbfounded, thinking that it could not get any worse, the Malay girl at the counter chased after my friend and screamed at us: "BLOODY STUPID FILIPINOS! GET OUT!
The story made me so angry! Too bad I can't comment on Jiki's blog because I don't have a Livejournal account. Where the hell did these people, who are also from Asia and is living in countries with almost the same financial situation as our country's (even worse! India is a wasteland! The culture there is sooo backward that they believe it is still okay to douse their wives with acid when they displease their husbands!) to call us stupid? They are so ignorant! I justw ant to whack them! They should have sued those b******!
Anyway, what more dissapointing is the way the country manager of the Cotton On Store responded. He failed to see how the gravity of the ssituation thinking that a few gift certificates and retraining the Malay staff will do the trick. What a shame. So I decided to repost this so that many will know what kind of management that store has. II urge the readers to do the same so many will know about this thing. I also urge the Filipino readers of this blog who live in Singapore to boycott the store. Stay away from it if you don't want to be discriminated. As of press gtime, I think Jiki already wrote to Today for media exposure. This kind of thing shouldn't be taken sitting down after all. We Filipinos have a dignity to maintain!
Monday, June 22, 2009
The Real Picture
I am chatting with an officemate as of press time regarding the Sarah Geronimo concert last Saturday wherein our Agency will give all the concert goers scholarships. Sarah Geronimo is our Agency's new ambassadress so the game plan is to attend her concerts (10 all in all in the country) and aside from giving away scholarships to all concert goers we will orient them on all the Agency's programs. This will serve as the pre program of the concert. Anyway, I guess I shouldn't be surprised anymore when my officemate told me that almost all concert goers refused to accept the scholarships we were giving away. Let me repeat that: THEY REFUSED THE SCHOLARSHIPS WE WERE GIVING AWAY SAYING THAT THEY DON'T WANT/NEED THE SCHOLARSHIPS. Now this just pisses me off. People are always complaining that the government is not doing enough but they are the one refusing the help. Not to rally behind the government's side but being an insider gave me a lot of new perspective. We can bust our asses here and people will still say that the government is no good. Now here is the real picture (at least the scenario in our Agency):
- We have allocated a lot of budget (as in millions of pesos) to give away scholarships. These scholarships aim to help re-allign the supply and demand of manpower. To put it bluntly, there are a lot of jobs but a few people are only qualified. I can say a lot because of my experience as a manpower supplier for BPOs. Sad fact is we can spend hours interviewing hundreds of people a day and we will be happy if at least 2 make it to the work force. This I can prove by numerous jobfairs I have wasted my energy and saliva on in interviewing people and I tell you, most of the people I have interviewed made me wanna weep!
- Anyway, these scholarships are up for grabs by everybody and anybody who wants them. and is transferable if in case the receipient doesn't want them. The simple requirements are just the taker must be fifteen years old, a Filipino citizen and WILLING to study. We have hundreds of scholarships one can choose from. We even have one in Butchering which by the way is in demand in Australia for five years now.
- Our people, the employees in the Office, are giving their 200% just to implement these programs and still we are having a hard time in having takers. We have advertised thru TV, radio and newspapers and gave away a lot of info materials. We even went to high schools and barangays and gave talks to tell them of these wonderful opportunities. But still, we have a few takers. At least fewer than what we have. And now these events! These events have once again proven what we are lamenting for how many years already: that we can eat fire and die with effort but the Filipino people will still say that we are doing nothing. How sad.
This news quotation from TV Patrol will sum my point. It is about a grandma always off attending rallies against the government:
"Matapos ang rally sa Cha-Cha, tuloy ng umuwi si Lola sa bahay nila sa ilalim ng tulay sa kanyang 19 na anak at mahigit 100 na apo."
- We have allocated a lot of budget (as in millions of pesos) to give away scholarships. These scholarships aim to help re-allign the supply and demand of manpower. To put it bluntly, there are a lot of jobs but a few people are only qualified. I can say a lot because of my experience as a manpower supplier for BPOs. Sad fact is we can spend hours interviewing hundreds of people a day and we will be happy if at least 2 make it to the work force. This I can prove by numerous jobfairs I have wasted my energy and saliva on in interviewing people and I tell you, most of the people I have interviewed made me wanna weep!
- Anyway, these scholarships are up for grabs by everybody and anybody who wants them. and is transferable if in case the receipient doesn't want them. The simple requirements are just the taker must be fifteen years old, a Filipino citizen and WILLING to study. We have hundreds of scholarships one can choose from. We even have one in Butchering which by the way is in demand in Australia for five years now.
- Our people, the employees in the Office, are giving their 200% just to implement these programs and still we are having a hard time in having takers. We have advertised thru TV, radio and newspapers and gave away a lot of info materials. We even went to high schools and barangays and gave talks to tell them of these wonderful opportunities. But still, we have a few takers. At least fewer than what we have. And now these events! These events have once again proven what we are lamenting for how many years already: that we can eat fire and die with effort but the Filipino people will still say that we are doing nothing. How sad.
This news quotation from TV Patrol will sum my point. It is about a grandma always off attending rallies against the government:
"Matapos ang rally sa Cha-Cha, tuloy ng umuwi si Lola sa bahay nila sa ilalim ng tulay sa kanyang 19 na anak at mahigit 100 na apo."
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Ang Boring na Buhay ni Bibay
Ang Makulay na Buhay ni Bibay lately is not so well, makulay. My days are spent at home just resting. I may be playing Zeus too on my laptop but that is done while I am propped by many pillows in our bed. So in essence, I am doing zilch, nothing, na-da. This is exactly what I have been afraid of when thoughts of having kids pop in my mind - the change in everything. I have always been an on the go person, always rushing to do stuff and having a lot of things going on for me. And I am afraid that all of these will change when we have kids. Don't get me wrong, I want to have kids but the prospect of it terrifies me and now that we are pregnant I am kinda at a loss. Already so many things are changing: I was not able to go to the Sarah Geronimo concert yesterday to help organize our Agency's event which is also my focalship. I failed to attend our magazine meeting in Makati which also happened yesterday. And I cannot go anywhere! I have to hold the trips to Coco Beach and Boracay (thank gawd the GCs are till next year) and also the other places we planned on going to. My new bikini and sun dress are wasting away in my cabinet and a whole lot of other stuff changing in our lives. I guess I just have to accept things the way they are right now. And I love our baby so I'm sure the sacrifice will be worth it. Now that's me convincing myself. Haha! Don't worry, I'll get this soon enough!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Wake Up Call
This statement kept popping up in my mind since I first heard it from a friend.
"Puro ka dating wala ka namang datung."
A lot of people get trapped in this situation. Example, an agent who is supposedly earning more than the minimum is always strapped for cash. Come pay day all he has in his pocket is enough money to get him to the office and the ATM machine. So why is this person who is earning a lot and most of the time even single and has no obligations always strapped for cash? It's because of the statement above my friends. He got so caught up in geting a dating that he is losing all his datung. Why make life hard when it is really simple? Live within your means and enjoy life to the fullest. You don't need to go to Starbucks to bond with your friends. You can easily just stay at home and bond over merienda. Or to enjoy a film, you need not splurge money in iMAX. A simple cinema in SM will do. Seeing the world need not be expensive too. Plan your trips and space them properly. These scenic places won't go anywhere. As for me, this simple sentence has taught me not to eat more than I can chew that I end up working more and more without getting the reward tantamount to my effort. I may have seen it as a sacrifice for greater things to come but as my Mom has put it, the disaster could have a lesser radius that what it has now. Oh, well. Birth pains are esson learned. At least now I know where to concentrate my money, time and efforts.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Uh-oh.
I have noticed that this blog is very different from my previous blog.
If my blog then was action packed, this one is kinda mellow.
If my tabulas blog was always visited by a lot of people, even stalkers and envious women who thinks I am stealing their boyfriends, this one only has 800 visitors so far for the last two months that I have been active.
If my blog then was interesting, this one I feel is so-so.
So what's wrong?
It is either I became a boring person who is all work, work, work
OR
my writing now sucks.
Either way I need to shape up and fast!
I hope this blogpost is a little better than my last ones. For point of reference, you my visit my first blog. Link is here.
If my blog then was action packed, this one is kinda mellow.
If my tabulas blog was always visited by a lot of people, even stalkers and envious women who thinks I am stealing their boyfriends, this one only has 800 visitors so far for the last two months that I have been active.
If my blog then was interesting, this one I feel is so-so.
So what's wrong?
It is either I became a boring person who is all work, work, work
OR
my writing now sucks.
Either way I need to shape up and fast!
I hope this blogpost is a little better than my last ones. For point of reference, you my visit my first blog. Link is here.
Monday, April 13, 2009
On Love and Sharing
In a world where almost everybody is jaded and selfish, it is so refreshing to watch a story about a love that is so strong that is has conquered a lot of boundaries.
I was holed up in my mother-in-law's house last Saturday and I have nothing to do but watch TV. Jay is sleeping at the floor in a mat beside the sofa I was reclining in. I just finished watching the TV Marathon of Santino/My Bukas Pa and unlike Jay I am still not sleepy so I decided to watch Maalaala Mo Kaya. I was so touched by the story that I was misty eyed (yah, misty eyed only. I hate crying; I hate drama. Haha!) all through out the show. You see, the girl was sick (played by Jodie Sta. Maria) and has only 6 months to live actually, but that didn't stop the boy (played by Baron Geisler) to love her with all his heart. So powerful is his love that he believed that the girl will surpass her 6 months taning. He prayed to God so hard daily to lengten the life of his beloved and God did! They ended up getting married (He married her on before the 6 month taning is up. Such faith!) and having 2 children. Hubby doesn't want to have children at first since the doctor said she is not totally cured and she can end up dead but the the woman insisted and because it will make her happy, hubby consented. It was so touching and heartwarming to know that such man and such love exist! It trully is a miracle of love, this story, and perfect for the Holy Week. I know I'll be telling this story over and over again especially to singletons out there that are moaning and losing hope that the man for them is still out there. I was trully insipred!
*****
I was writting this piece when an outburst of some sort caught my attention. Some officemate of mine is having a tirade for having received a solicitation letter from UNICEF. In his words (translated to Tagalog since it was said in Kapampangan): "Bakit naman ganun? (referring to the letter he received) Lahat ba tayo me ganito? Yiiii!" Sabay hampas ng letter ng UNICEF sa table nya. Another co-worker seems to be in agreement with him thou not expressing in verbally. I can just see her agreeing eyes.
I was in total disbelief. Are these people for real? I mean, you don't have to give if you don't want to. But to have a tirade over it? Oh, man! ANG DAMOT NYO! I can't help but retort: "UNICEF yan, international org na tumutulong sa mga tao. Buti naman nagbigay sila ng ganyan para makapagbigay tayo. Balak ko talaga magbigay. Nagbibigay talaga ako sa mga ganyan. Wala lang, para makatulong naman diba? Di ka naman magugutom sa magkano na ibibigay mo."
That shut them up. The guy who was so irked by the letter walked out of the office.
What has this world come to? Are we that materialistic and unkind that we are unwilling to help others? That we are even outraged to their reaching out to us? What gets me the most is that these people are such braggarts - always bragging about their new stuff and where they have eaten and gone to. They are showing others that they have money to spend. So howcome they shut up when they have to shell out a measly amount to help someone?!
Two such different posts, eh? The irony of the world.
I was holed up in my mother-in-law's house last Saturday and I have nothing to do but watch TV. Jay is sleeping at the floor in a mat beside the sofa I was reclining in. I just finished watching the TV Marathon of Santino/My Bukas Pa and unlike Jay I am still not sleepy so I decided to watch Maalaala Mo Kaya. I was so touched by the story that I was misty eyed (yah, misty eyed only. I hate crying; I hate drama. Haha!) all through out the show. You see, the girl was sick (played by Jodie Sta. Maria) and has only 6 months to live actually, but that didn't stop the boy (played by Baron Geisler) to love her with all his heart. So powerful is his love that he believed that the girl will surpass her 6 months taning. He prayed to God so hard daily to lengten the life of his beloved and God did! They ended up getting married (He married her on before the 6 month taning is up. Such faith!) and having 2 children. Hubby doesn't want to have children at first since the doctor said she is not totally cured and she can end up dead but the the woman insisted and because it will make her happy, hubby consented. It was so touching and heartwarming to know that such man and such love exist! It trully is a miracle of love, this story, and perfect for the Holy Week. I know I'll be telling this story over and over again especially to singletons out there that are moaning and losing hope that the man for them is still out there. I was trully insipred!
*****
I was writting this piece when an outburst of some sort caught my attention. Some officemate of mine is having a tirade for having received a solicitation letter from UNICEF. In his words (translated to Tagalog since it was said in Kapampangan): "Bakit naman ganun? (referring to the letter he received) Lahat ba tayo me ganito? Yiiii!" Sabay hampas ng letter ng UNICEF sa table nya. Another co-worker seems to be in agreement with him thou not expressing in verbally. I can just see her agreeing eyes.
I was in total disbelief. Are these people for real? I mean, you don't have to give if you don't want to. But to have a tirade over it? Oh, man! ANG DAMOT NYO! I can't help but retort: "UNICEF yan, international org na tumutulong sa mga tao. Buti naman nagbigay sila ng ganyan para makapagbigay tayo. Balak ko talaga magbigay. Nagbibigay talaga ako sa mga ganyan. Wala lang, para makatulong naman diba? Di ka naman magugutom sa magkano na ibibigay mo."
That shut them up. The guy who was so irked by the letter walked out of the office.
What has this world come to? Are we that materialistic and unkind that we are unwilling to help others? That we are even outraged to their reaching out to us? What gets me the most is that these people are such braggarts - always bragging about their new stuff and where they have eaten and gone to. They are showing others that they have money to spend. So howcome they shut up when they have to shell out a measly amount to help someone?!
Two such different posts, eh? The irony of the world.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Financial Crisis Hits the Call Center Industry
It is so scary when a big company, such as Sykes Asia, is hit by the financial crisis. I know that the call centers and the government has given us assurance that the hiring won't stop but it is now very hard to ignore the facts. I have heard before from the grapevine that Accenture has laid off a lot of people with no account to transfer to. Then next is TRG. Some of its former employees even gave me their contacts so they can apply to my clients. And now, the latest is Sykes Asia! It came gradually, actually, the tell tale signs of poverty. First, they won't join the Colympics because, as we deduce, they can't afford it. They are giving us a lot of reasons but we didn't believe them especially when they haggled if they can join only two sports. They don't have 20K?! Oh my. Then came the P100/employee deduction from their employees outing fund. Then there will be no summer picnic anymore and shorter OT hours allowed. And now, the inevitable has happened. A 100+ engineers will either be forced to resign or have to settle for a lesser account because Sykes Asia lost their CISCO account! Apparenty, they also lost 2 or 3 accounts to Teleperformance and I dunno how recent this is but also 21 freaking accounts due to Emerson moving out. Ouch! Sykes Asia is considered to be a giant in the call center industry and it boast of being one of the pioneers here in the Philippines. Seeing this happening to them really scares me. No one is safe anymore! Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Fair Weather Friends are sooo Damn Easy to Find
Fair weather friends: Friends that are only there when they need something from you but are never, never, NEVER there when you need them.
Samples:
1. You are in a hospital for an operation. All your other friends came to visit except FWF. Her excuse? She's very busy. FWF factor: The hospital you are confined in is just across her office building. After a few weeks, you find your phone always ringing because FWF is always calling you up. The reason: She is asking every question she can think of to land the same scholarship that you have. I thought she is busy? So why the every two minute phone call?
2. You are interrupted by phone calls and incessant text messages that always happen in the most unusual hours because everytime you are needed by FWF he doesn't care even if it's the middle of the night to ring/text you up. FWF factor: When it's your turn to ask for a favor or even to invite FWF to a party/event that is important in your life, your phone calls and text messages go unanswered. Even if the event is at the same vicinity/compound as FWF's work is (Meralco Compund), he still can't spare a minute for his "dear" friend.
The second FWF irked me the most because as of press time, he has the gall to get angry at me and hubby for asking something that belonged to us which is a taco used for billiards. You see, this taco is very important since this was given by hubby's ate in Saudi. FWF borrowed it last year and gauging from the months that went by has no intentions of giving it back soon. He has a history of borrowing things from hubby and not giving it back like the time hubby was "borrowing" slacks from him only to find out that the slacks he was "borrowing" was his in the first place. FWF didn't give it back for two years. And what's irksome is, he didn't acknowledge that he just borrowed it from Jay. He let his mom believe that Jay was the one borrowing the slacks. Hmp. I actually don't need it the darn taco, as I have mentioned in the demand text I sent him. I just want it back because I really got so mad at the thought that hubby was contacting him since December to 1. invite him to our company's gig last Christmas 2. invite him to come with us as we visit one of their close friends from college 3. invite him to Nanay's birthday celebration 4. invite him to w@w's anniversary party since he was supposedly getting married and finally 5. to ask for his support as we open the Colympics last March 28 which happened at Meralco where he just happens to work. I just hate the thought that Jay is lookinng like a fool as he call and text him incessantly and he doesn't even have the curtesy to answer the darn call or text back a reply. And I won't accept the excuse that he doesn't have celfone load because we are using Sun Cellular because that's his celphone provider and we all know for a fact that Sun has unlimited call and text so if he really wants to call us and text us he can very well do so for it's for FREE. He switched to Sun so that he can contact his girlfriend, whom I really don't like because of her social climbing tendencies. The ironic thing in that scenario is I wrote the stupid love letters this guy gave to her to win her over. Yuck, if only I've known what kind of girl she is and what kind of guy Jay's friend really is then I wouldn't have lifted a finger to help them get together. Anyway, I've had enough! This guy has been using us for quite some time now and I want to get back even just a little and the last thing he borrowed from us is that taco where he called Jay like 10:30PM to tell him he went to their house to borrow that thing but he wasn't there and Jay was not answering his text messages because as usual Jay was so busy to reply back and so he decided to call him up even if it's late at night and Jay and I are both ready to retire in our bed. Such consideration eh just to get what he wants. So I texted him this last Sunday: "Ey. Paki soli na yung taco ni Jay within the week kelangan na kasi namin sa Colympics." (I didn't put thanks and why would I?" As usual, no reply from him so come Wednesday I texted him again this: "Ey, nasoli mona ba yung taco?" to which the fool replied (to our surprise because he actually replied): "Sensya na ha. Isasauli kona!" Notice the exclamation point? But I didn't put any meaning to it because I never pegged him as someone who knows his punctuation marks and I don't think there is something offending in my text messages. After all, I phrased my messages politely and isn't the taco ours to demand? But apparently, he was indeed mad as Nanay told us how rude he was with her when we handed back the taco he borrowed from us eons ago.
Can you believe this guy?
I dunno what kind of values he has for being the way he is. He was known to be only there when his girlfriends break up with him. The last time he was single, he hanged out with me and Jay like a leech and when he got a girlfriend he was no where to be found except when he needs something. He was also known to be really matampuhin to things that he doesn't have the license to make tampo in the first place like the time he was borrowing wedding money from their rich friend (he was actually borrowing 300K coz that's the demand of the social climber girl friend else she'll break up with him which she did for 3 weeks) and when their friend didn't lend him the money he got mad and never talked to their friend again! He is that irrational! And so I am so mad at him now. So mad that I'm glad that he is mad at us so that he won't bother us again. People like that should be ditched. They are emotional vampires, sucking positive energy out of people. They are always taking and taking and when they don't have anything to take anymore, they drop you like a hot potato. Now who needs anybody like that? Definitely not us! So Jerome, goodbye! And please know that the only reason I still agreed to invite you in our wedding is so that I can rub to your faces what you can't afford and what you cannot have! Dream on!
Samples:
1. You are in a hospital for an operation. All your other friends came to visit except FWF. Her excuse? She's very busy. FWF factor: The hospital you are confined in is just across her office building. After a few weeks, you find your phone always ringing because FWF is always calling you up. The reason: She is asking every question she can think of to land the same scholarship that you have. I thought she is busy? So why the every two minute phone call?
2. You are interrupted by phone calls and incessant text messages that always happen in the most unusual hours because everytime you are needed by FWF he doesn't care even if it's the middle of the night to ring/text you up. FWF factor: When it's your turn to ask for a favor or even to invite FWF to a party/event that is important in your life, your phone calls and text messages go unanswered. Even if the event is at the same vicinity/compound as FWF's work is (Meralco Compund), he still can't spare a minute for his "dear" friend.
The second FWF irked me the most because as of press time, he has the gall to get angry at me and hubby for asking something that belonged to us which is a taco used for billiards. You see, this taco is very important since this was given by hubby's ate in Saudi. FWF borrowed it last year and gauging from the months that went by has no intentions of giving it back soon. He has a history of borrowing things from hubby and not giving it back like the time hubby was "borrowing" slacks from him only to find out that the slacks he was "borrowing" was his in the first place. FWF didn't give it back for two years. And what's irksome is, he didn't acknowledge that he just borrowed it from Jay. He let his mom believe that Jay was the one borrowing the slacks. Hmp. I actually don't need it the darn taco, as I have mentioned in the demand text I sent him. I just want it back because I really got so mad at the thought that hubby was contacting him since December to 1. invite him to our company's gig last Christmas 2. invite him to come with us as we visit one of their close friends from college 3. invite him to Nanay's birthday celebration 4. invite him to w@w's anniversary party since he was supposedly getting married and finally 5. to ask for his support as we open the Colympics last March 28 which happened at Meralco where he just happens to work. I just hate the thought that Jay is lookinng like a fool as he call and text him incessantly and he doesn't even have the curtesy to answer the darn call or text back a reply. And I won't accept the excuse that he doesn't have celfone load because we are using Sun Cellular because that's his celphone provider and we all know for a fact that Sun has unlimited call and text so if he really wants to call us and text us he can very well do so for it's for FREE. He switched to Sun so that he can contact his girlfriend, whom I really don't like because of her social climbing tendencies. The ironic thing in that scenario is I wrote the stupid love letters this guy gave to her to win her over. Yuck, if only I've known what kind of girl she is and what kind of guy Jay's friend really is then I wouldn't have lifted a finger to help them get together. Anyway, I've had enough! This guy has been using us for quite some time now and I want to get back even just a little and the last thing he borrowed from us is that taco where he called Jay like 10:30PM to tell him he went to their house to borrow that thing but he wasn't there and Jay was not answering his text messages because as usual Jay was so busy to reply back and so he decided to call him up even if it's late at night and Jay and I are both ready to retire in our bed. Such consideration eh just to get what he wants. So I texted him this last Sunday: "Ey. Paki soli na yung taco ni Jay within the week kelangan na kasi namin sa Colympics." (I didn't put thanks and why would I?" As usual, no reply from him so come Wednesday I texted him again this: "Ey, nasoli mona ba yung taco?" to which the fool replied (to our surprise because he actually replied): "Sensya na ha. Isasauli kona!" Notice the exclamation point? But I didn't put any meaning to it because I never pegged him as someone who knows his punctuation marks and I don't think there is something offending in my text messages. After all, I phrased my messages politely and isn't the taco ours to demand? But apparently, he was indeed mad as Nanay told us how rude he was with her when we handed back the taco he borrowed from us eons ago.
Can you believe this guy?
I dunno what kind of values he has for being the way he is. He was known to be only there when his girlfriends break up with him. The last time he was single, he hanged out with me and Jay like a leech and when he got a girlfriend he was no where to be found except when he needs something. He was also known to be really matampuhin to things that he doesn't have the license to make tampo in the first place like the time he was borrowing wedding money from their rich friend (he was actually borrowing 300K coz that's the demand of the social climber girl friend else she'll break up with him which she did for 3 weeks) and when their friend didn't lend him the money he got mad and never talked to their friend again! He is that irrational! And so I am so mad at him now. So mad that I'm glad that he is mad at us so that he won't bother us again. People like that should be ditched. They are emotional vampires, sucking positive energy out of people. They are always taking and taking and when they don't have anything to take anymore, they drop you like a hot potato. Now who needs anybody like that? Definitely not us! So Jerome, goodbye! And please know that the only reason I still agreed to invite you in our wedding is so that I can rub to your faces what you can't afford and what you cannot have! Dream on!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Events of Different Kinds
Marie Jean Lacaba, the only female kidanap victim of the Abu Sayaff, has already been released! Thank God! I really feel for these people. I mean, they were there helping us Filipinos and this is the pay off they get. I am praying that the two more victims will also be released soon.
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I was watching The Probe Team last night and they have a segment about Global Warming. That is one issue that is really making me worried. I vow to help out in my own little ways like organizing a tree planting event and pushing the Global Warming talk in the Colympics c/o WWF-Philippines. The thought of it just scares me to death! And imagine all the wild life that will suffer. Tsk.
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I'll be having a bad hair day for at least 2 months. I have this horrible haircut since last Monday and I have been wearing my hair either in ponytail or in half a pony tail. It's a Korean cut wherein the ends are in shagi. It's not the haircut I specified! It is so hard to grow my hair and now I have to do it again since the shortest is a little below the chin. I so hate it! I feel so unpretty. Hmp.
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I was watching The Probe Team last night and they have a segment about Global Warming. That is one issue that is really making me worried. I vow to help out in my own little ways like organizing a tree planting event and pushing the Global Warming talk in the Colympics c/o WWF-Philippines. The thought of it just scares me to death! And imagine all the wild life that will suffer. Tsk.
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I'll be having a bad hair day for at least 2 months. I have this horrible haircut since last Monday and I have been wearing my hair either in ponytail or in half a pony tail. It's a Korean cut wherein the ends are in shagi. It's not the haircut I specified! It is so hard to grow my hair and now I have to do it again since the shortest is a little below the chin. I so hate it! I feel so unpretty. Hmp.
Monday, March 30, 2009
1st on the Agenda
The weekend has been one hell of a ride. The Colympics has finally began and I can't wait to blog about it but this article has been bugging me since seeing it yesterday so I want to blog about this first. Besides, the photos of the Colympics are not yet complete. So on to the subject of this blog entry.
The Spratlys have been a long standing debate between the Philippines and China. This issue has given birth to the article I've posted below which was written by Tsip Tsao, a stupid Chinese Man who has a memory of a gold fish and has forgotten what kind of morals his people have. Read on:
The Spratlys have been a long standing debate between the Philippines and China. This issue has given birth to the article I've posted below which was written by Tsip Tsao, a stupid Chinese Man who has a memory of a gold fish and has forgotten what kind of morals his people have. Read on:
The War At Home
March 27th, 2009
The Russians sank a Hong Kong freighter last month, killing the seven Chinese seamen on board. We can live with that—Lenin and Stalin were once the ideological mentors of all Chinese people. The Japanese planted a flag on Diàoyú Island. That’s no big problem—we Hong Kong Chinese love Japanese cartoons, Hello Kitty, and shopping in Shinjuku, let alone our round-the-clock obsession with karaoke.
But hold on—even the Filipinos? Manila has just claimed sovereignty over the scattered rocks in the South China Sea called the Spratly Islands, complete with a blatant threat from its congress to send gunboats to the South China Sea to defend the islands from China if necessary. This is beyond reproach. The reason: there are more than 130,000 Filipina maids working as $3,580-a-month cheap labor in Hong Kong. As a nation of servants, you don’t flex your muscles at your master, from whom you earn most of your bread and butter.
As a patriotic Chinese man, the news has made my blood boil. I summoned Louisa, my domestic assistant who holds a degree in international politics from the University of Manila, hung a map on the wall, and gave her a harsh lecture. I sternly warned her that if she wants her wages increased next year, she had better tell every one of her compatriots in Statue Square on Sunday that the entirety of the Spratly Islands belongs to China.
Grimly, I told her that if war breaks out between the Philippines and China, I would have to end her employment and send her straight home, because I would not risk the crime of treason for sponsoring an enemy of the state by paying her to wash my toilet and clean my windows 16 hours a day. With that money, she would pay taxes to her government, and they would fund a navy to invade our motherland and deeply hurt my feelings.
Oh yes. The government of the Philippines would certainly be wrong if they think we Chinese are prepared to swallow their insult and sit back and lose a Falkland Islands War in the Far East. They may have Barack Obama and the hawkish American military behind them, but we have a hostage in each of our homes in the Mid-Levels or higher. Some of my friends told me they have already declared a state of emergency at home. Their maids have been made to shout “China, Madam/Sir” loudly whenever they hear the word “Spratly.” They say the indoctrination is working as wonderfully as when we used to shout, “Long live Chairman Mao!” at the sight of a portrait of our Great Leader during the Cultural Revolution. I’m not sure if that’s going a bit too far, at least for the time being.
Chip Tsao is a best-selling author and columnist. A former reporter for the BBC, his columns have also appeared in Apple Daily, Next Magazine and CUP Magazine, among others.
I'm sure your mouth is agape like mine is after reading this trash. Good thing someone retaliated with this award winning write up:
A Chinese writer Chip Tsao published in the Hong Kong Magazine calling us “a nation of servants”. Tsao or Chip fails to see that everything in the world is temporary, as an Asian he fails to see the wheel in our lives that sometimes he who is on top could be at the bottom and those at the bottom could be on top. Perhaps what he did which is to insult us is to please China which has a claim over Spratlys- a lip service or a kiss mark on China’s ass.
The fact that we have domestic helpers in China or in the Middle East or even in the United States or Europe does not make us a nation of servants. And even if we are, what’s wrong with it? It does not make us slaves. It does not make us less human. We like any other people in the world have a right to be given our due. This is a person who thinks he is so high, so mighty, he forgets that he too is human and that makes him a monster.
The Bible tells of humble people who rose up to their station despite being merely slaves in Egypt or servants in Babylon. These are people who were chained, flogged, enslaved and yet they still cling to hope that one day there will come a time that the wheel of fortune will turn for on their side.
Mr. Tsao must have forgotten history, he has forgotten the Chinese peril where Chinese coolies worked to build railroads in the United States, and in fact a judge there pronounced “Here you are, all the laws of Texas, and nothing in them says it’s a crime to kill a Chinaman”. Has he forgotten that his signs in Europe insulted his ancestors with signs prohibiting dogs and Chinamen from entering in restaurants and here he is trying to insult our countrymen, our workers who worked in his country not because they want to serve, but because they view it as a way of bringing the bacon to their family here at home.
One day Mr. Tsao- you will eat your words because what is true now, may not be true in the future and the fact that Hong Kong now may seem to rise, it may be charcoal in the future. You and you descendants will reap what you sow because you fail to understand, the fact that one is toiling or laboring, does not make that person smaller or meeker, that in fact makes him or her bigger and greater, society and capitalism only made that so.
Listen Mr. Tsao and perhaps you will hear---
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.
Good eh?
As for my opinion, which I have repeatedly expressed in the threads in Multiply:
I have read the article of this Chinese man and he was really out of line. I was surprised his trash got published in a magazine and that he was "supposed" to be a former BBC writer. Chinese media has no morals; like the other acts of the Chinese (melamine scandal, lead infested toys just to name a few) they don't care if they are out of line or will hurt others just as long as they make money out of it. I'd rather be from a land of servants than from a land of money hungry people with no morals.
And now the stupid Chinese man was issuing a public apology? Interesting. Has he finally seen that his people are more disgraced that he has painted us Filipinos? He can shove his apology up his ass. Damage done. Sorry, old man.
A cheerier post tomorrow, I hope.
And now the stupid Chinese man was issuing a public apology? Interesting. Has he finally seen that his people are more disgraced that he has painted us Filipinos? He can shove his apology up his ass. Damage done. Sorry, old man.
A cheerier post tomorrow, I hope.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Power Overwhelming
The Colympics is two days away and I still have loads of things to do! A while ago I woke up the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep because my head is so full with things to do. If only I have a pensive like Dumbledore's! I need to siphon all of my thoughts to gain bearing. I'm so overwhelmed right now that I wanna cry! The Colympics is such a big thing; the biggest in my career to date and pulling it off will really make the mark we are seeking in the Call Center Industry. Bibay, breath in, breath out! Mantra: The Colympics will be a success. We will be a success. We can make it!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
P.A.W.S.
I have always been an animal lover. I've had countless of pets; from cats to dogs to rabbits to rats, I loved them all. I'm lucky because all of us in the family love animals that me and my brother are always free to bring home pets whenever. It doesn't matter if they don't have any breed, we still love them dearly. So dear that aside from feeding them and bathing them (yes, even the cats), we cuddle them, stroke them, buy them clothes and toys and even talk to them! To date we only have two dogs (our askal doggies died last year) - Alfred, my Rottweiler and Twinkle, my sister/parents' bunso/Shitzu Maltese brattinelang Deng Deng, and 6 pusakals - Tuki-Tuki, Mamoth, Tagpian, Tails, Whitie and Bubongers. Bubongers used to be a stray cat who found her way to our roof. Every meal time she would meow her lungs off so that we would feed her also. After several months of doing this, we finally gained her trust and now she joins our other cats in eating in their plate.
I learned about The Phiilippine Animal Welfare Society last year when I was surfing the internet. Being the animal lover that I was, I imeediately joined the group. They are dedicated in advocating animal rights and welfair. They also run a shelter wherein they save homeless and abused animals and rehabilitate them so that they can be pets to someone in the future. I really admire them for doing this because all animals, with breed or without, deserve to be loved. We don't choose our pets because they are pretty. We embrace them to our home no matter what they look like or how they behave. I remember having a cat when I was young who came from the streets. She would bite or scratch me for no reason whatsoever but we still loved her with all our heart. In a world where there are a lot of human suffering, animal welfare can be often overlooked. But this shouldn't be the case. Man cannot live in this world alone and the animals are created by God to help us. It is therefore our duty to take care of them.
***Help care for the animals. You may visit PAWS at www.animaladvocates.multiply.com.
***Help care for the animals. You may visit PAWS at www.animaladvocates.multiply.com.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
March 28 is fast approaching!
March 28 is fast approching and we are super busy these past few days. March 28 will be the much awaited opening of the 1st Call Center Olympics that our company Popcorn Events Production has produced and organized. We are so, so excited about this project since it will be our biggest project to date. We are just sad that we weren't able to get as many sponsors as we are hoping for. It is only in that aspect that I have felt there really is a financial crisis. Even call centers are cutting back expenses even if they are making million of pesos in just one month for only one account!
Anyhoo, aside from the adrenaline rush the event is giving me I am also busy day dreaming about the things and conveniences our income from this event will bring us. I am just aiming to spend it on three things:
1. Finally pay my mom the money I borrowed to start a venture;
2. Go to Palawan for my birthday/our honeymoon;
3. Buy a SLR camera (still dunno if I want a Canon or a Nikon).
Coco Beach from Puerto Galera also emailed me yesterday wanting to sponsor our event by giving gift certificates. I'm hoping for a vacation in Pureto galera in the horizon now too.
I'm so looking forward to the Colympics next year. We have learned a lot from the first one that we are hoping that next year would be a little easier for all of us. Also, the event would have gotten mileage by then making it easier to get sponsors. But for now we are still hoping Cebu Pacific would come around and give us free tickets to Boracay or Cebu! That would be really awesome!
Anyhoo, aside from the adrenaline rush the event is giving me I am also busy day dreaming about the things and conveniences our income from this event will bring us. I am just aiming to spend it on three things:
1. Finally pay my mom the money I borrowed to start a venture;
2. Go to Palawan for my birthday/our honeymoon;
3. Buy a SLR camera (still dunno if I want a Canon or a Nikon).
Coco Beach from Puerto Galera also emailed me yesterday wanting to sponsor our event by giving gift certificates. I'm hoping for a vacation in Pureto galera in the horizon now too.
I'm so looking forward to the Colympics next year. We have learned a lot from the first one that we are hoping that next year would be a little easier for all of us. Also, the event would have gotten mileage by then making it easier to get sponsors. But for now we are still hoping Cebu Pacific would come around and give us free tickets to Boracay or Cebu! That would be really awesome!
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