trick or party treat?

tonight is holloween night— as if i had celebrated halloween in the past. the closest pre and post halloween celebration i could think of is watching magandang gabi bayan and maala-ala mo kaya’s halloween special. exciting, noh? funny how i recall those days when i am stupefied and terrified by those tv specials. as for the traditional trick or treat, it’s a corny game only rich kids from the block play, so exclude us to that! hahaha!

and how will i spend tonight’s halloween? well... another class reunion to celebrate ian and daping’s double birthday blow-out!!! yipeeeee! i’m so excited to chit chat with the gang.

***tsk. tsk***

simple words of appreciation makes me extra-proud of myself and of what i have accomplished for the past months. it may not be clear if i’ll get what i intentionally purport to achieve, nevertheless their encouragement, appreciation and recognition to my work fulfills me even greater. when people share to you their confidence, you just can’t prevent yourself from getting any better.

***tsk. tsk***

and on the feast of all saints and feast of all souls, let us pray and remember our dearly departed.anyway, happy halloween.

thank god it’s friday on a wednesday

at the office, we had TGIFriday’s come over for our team lunch in celebration of tita nild’s and mon’s last week in the office. why do they deserve such grandiose lunch and merrymaking? because they have been with the company for so so years (30 years for tital nilds and 15 years for mon—imagine that!) of dedicated service. i can attest to that even in my less-than-a-year stay in the office. i’ve seen them worked so hard especially tita nilds (whose my cubicle-mate, by the way) that i could not even imagine she is also a mother to growing children my age. i would see her work until the evening (fyi, we are service-mates on most evenings) and even on saturdays just to finish her work. if i were her son, i would already have been jealous of this company for taking away so much of her time. but then again, as she said, this is the company that placed food on her family’s table, who would have argued with that?

though it’s not yet closing time, it’s time to move forward—to spend the rest of their lives at the comforts of their homes and enjoy the fruits of their hardwork and labor. meanwhile, we, who have been so much inspired by their loyalty and service, will continue be inspired and emulate their hard work. cheers to life!

where was i?

by this time, sugary sweet bacolod is at its busiest as the infamous maskarra festival is fast approaching. i can imagine the busy streets, un-emptied coffee shops, extravagant parties, and overflowing food. huh!

fast rewind, where was I during this time last year? –in my dorm’s library, rushing through my notes and books, feeling confident while palpitating a little bit on the inside counting the days, hours, and minutes before my board exams.

fast rewind further, where was I two years ago? –in the yearbook office, forcibly finishing, polishing and editing yearbook dummies and profiles just in time for press-in in davao that same month.

and back to the present, where do you think am i?—as it has like been every year, here i am in my cubicle, again finishing quarterly submissions and corporate compliance, and blogging to pass my boredom after attending an on-the-spot meeting.

***tsk. tsk.***

a generous officemate/friend just arrived from vacation in the US and gave me some stuffs—gap boxers, joe boxer socks, a zippered old navy wallet (similar to the wallet i had been eyeing for weeks in esprit, nonetheless the old navy is a cool –ala quicksilver design—alternative ), and some chocolates. merci beaucoup!

palm day

i had my palm read by a co-worker who had psychic abilities. this was after some eager persuasions by another friend. besides, i was never a fan of fortune telling and related stuffs… so i really need some persuasion. for me, these stuffs should not be taken seriously, rather purely for pleasure and entertainment. ironically, some people tend to pattern their lives to whatever fortune/fate they are told of to the extent that unknowingly, it already dictates their lives. anyway, just for the fun of it, i subscribed to my friend’s persuasion.

how did it go? she told me that she feels that i have even stronger family ties now. she feels that the closeness in my family is slowly resurging. true enough, i feel more closer to family than before, especially with all these happenings in my life. i feel more loved, not that i was spared of it before, but I just felt more and more coming. add to that, i am deeply inspired with how relationship is getting tighter in my mama’s family. time may have outgrown them physically, but never had it affected their relationship with each other.

what else? she told me that there are two significant persons in my past haunting or looking for me. my initial reaction is to find out whether these are ghosts or some supernatural beings. to my disappointment, she doesn’t have the answer. so, i’d like to believe that they are human beings, happily searching for me. hehehe. i was also told that i’ve had 3 significant relationships in my past and 2 more significant coming. besides that, i’ve had and will have several petty relationships on the side. generally speaking, she told me that mine will be a colorful life. weird though, coz’ memory lane fails to tell me who/what these past relationships are? huh! tsk. tsk. i might check on that again.

every once in a while, these fortune telling stuffs maybe an effective avenue for self-affirmation—of how things are presently positioned in our lives. maybe, they also serve as little warnings of what has yet to come. or perhaps, maybe they also give us less than great expectations of the future—of life and of love. …just maybe. while we satisfy our selves with these affirmations, warnings and less than great expectations, we should always remind ourselves that there is nothing far greater than hope and faith in whatever He will provide for us. God is just so good.