a friend ...

They say that misunderstandings between you and your friends strengthen the friendship. This way, you’ll both realize your mistakes and differences, and will understand each other much better than before.

When we experience misunderstandings or quarrel among our friends, we think that it’s just right that the person who made the mistake should be the one who’ll apologize and make a move to reunite the friendship. That’s how we think.

Pride hinders us to apologize to someone we had hurt. Sometimes we want to apologize but we don’t know how to approach them and we’re too afraid that they might just ignore us. What we don’t know is if someone really values you as a friend, we don’t know need any explanation and even a single a word is useless. Just a simple smile and hug from a friend is enough to ease all the anger and restore the friendship.

This is what I learned from these past few days. Yes, it is true that the one who made the mistake should be the one who’ll apologize, but sometimes it’s not really important who made the mistake, who should be sorry or who made the first move to reconcile. The important thing is your eagerness to save the friendship and value each other.

“Birds with the same feathers flocks together.” Yes, it’s true but in some case it’s the other way around. No one is perfect. We all have our own differences. Maybe we can both learn from each other’s differences. We can’t change them for what and who they are in an instant. It’s just in the way how we understand and accept them. If anything about them we don’t like and affects your friendship, maybe we could approach them and told them nicely. That way, they would know how we feel about it and who knows?.. they may change slowly.

Being a friend is not just lending a shoulder to cry on when their sad. Sometimes, it’s more on understanding and accepting them for who they are. It’s not that we just sit and be silent whenever we don’t like how they act, it’s how we handle and approach things.

Goals for 2012 ...

* will be more industrious and passionate in writing blog posts.
* will seriously pursue a work / career abroad.
* will go in a diet to lose some weight and fats . ( hopefully, I can do this .. )
* will read more books compared last year.
* will try to save money and be more financially wise.
* will be stronger emotionally and logically.

That’s all for now .. ^_^

I hope I can do it all !!..

it's all fun !. fun !.. fun !.. :D

I don’t know why but I found myself looking at the pictures stored in my laptop, specifically the pictures of us taken the weekend before my friend went back to work abroad. That weekend was great.

Once said , “there’s always a first time ..” Well, I can say that everything we did that week is a “first time”.. ahmmmm .. maybe not everything but sort of .. J

Last 7^th of January, we went in Araneta Coliseum to watch the PBA Game between PETRON and TALK N’ TXT basketball team. I admit, I’m not really fond of watching basketball games unlike my friend. I only watch it on TV sometimes, only because my father or brother asked me to, just to check on the scores and the winning team. But watching it for the first time LIVE is different!.. I never thought it could be so much fun and I could actually enjoy watching the whole game, cheering and yelling whenever PETRON (my bet winning team that day) shoots the ball. When my friends and brother texted me my whereabouts that day, I was really proud telling them that I was at the Araneta Coliseum watching the game LIVE, when in fact they’re just watching the game that time just on TV. Hehehe .. silly me!.. The game ended with PETRON winning the game that day, just like as we wanted. I think our cheers and yells just worth it unlike the girl beside me who I don’t know which team is she yelling to.. :P

Then the following day, we went to the BOWLING CENTER located at the SM Mall of Asia, I was able to experience the sport she’s into in Abu dhabi.. That was really fun especially when you're able to knock down the pins from the frame, but there were times when I wasn’t able to hit even a single one. Maybe I could make it even better next time. Actually, I am now thinking whose friend of mine here I can influence and let me join with me to try it again next time. Although, up until now I can’t still understand how the scoring of it works. All I know is, it’s like the feeling of a child who’s excited and just wanted to knock it all down. :D

After that, we went at the seaside blvd. of SM Mall of Asia. They’ve set up a few rides there, an additional excitement and fun for the people who goes there, plus the view is very beautiful especially at night. We rode and played like children in BUMP CAR, the funny thing is it’s just the three of us who’s adult there, most of them are children. It was a great feeling to be like a child once again even in just a few moments. Also, we managed to ride in the Ferris wheel despite of a mix nervous and excitement feeling. It was indicated there that it is the tallest and biggest Ferris wheel in the Philippines. I can still remember how nervous my friend is even during picture taking when we’re up there, she never did let go of my hands even a second, she grips on me very hard, I can feel her shiver in nervousness and she never tried to look below the ground, her eyes were focused in front her husband who’s really enjoying taking picture and making fun on us how nervous we were that time.. hehe.. When you look at it from the ground, you’ll actually feel nervous especially when you are afraid of heights, as if you don't want to try it anymore .. but when you’re already up there you’d feel nothing unlike any other rides that you almost wanted to vomit. Although, looking below the ground from up above is a different feeling. It's good that we still tried , no regrets , it was great !..

All the experiences and fun was worth it!.. Thanks to normie and her husband for such a nice bonding time after a few years of not seeing each other.

*** see u soon !.. :D

Goodbye 2011 .. Hello 2012 !.. :D

Whenever a new year is on , I tend to think what I did in the past year and wonder what opportunities and other new things does this year will bring for me.

2011 was a very challenging year in my career life. On the first quarter of the year , there have been countless re-alignment on the office which affects our work. We are always told by our leads that there is nothing permanent on our work , that we should always expect for changes because it’s in the nature of the business. It’s really hard on our part because we have been doing a certain type of work then all of sudden we have to do something different , it’s something to do on workload inventory issue of the client. That time , I am one the persons who are greatly affected , decisions made by the management affects my productivity performance. Fortunately , all of that stressful months has ended. I surpassed it all !.. My superiors is happy with how I was able to pass it , my performance scorecard improved. They say that they like how I reacted on those months that I was coached and monitored , that they liked how I take it positively and was able to prove to them that I can excel like any others.

I renewed friendship to someone whom I thought is hopeless that time. Now , we’re in good terms again like before or shall I say much better than before. I noticed that she’s changed now. She’s no longer as stubborn and immature like before. I’ve made new friends and have bigger circle of friends now , which is a good thing.

I was able to stand on my decisions made no matter how hard it is on my part. Anyway , it’s for the better and for my own good.

Now it’s 2012, I don’t know what this year holds for me but I am positive about it. I admit I made countless mistakes in my life for the past years, things I never thought I would do. I don’t like to entertain the feeling of regrets now instead I wanted to focus on things I’ve learned and realized after all that happened before. May this year be a great and wonderful year for all of us. May we have the courage to live our life as we wanted , on what we desire and which is for our own good.

Hello 2012 !!.. :D