this month's activities

>> marj's send off @ ma'am eva's condo unit (slides 1-3)
>> carisse's bday @ 15/F pantry area of our office (slides 4-6)
>> halloween party @ our office (slides 7-8)

angeles adventures

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went to angeles pampanga last sunday together with some of the broskis from our church. we heard an awesome lesson from eric mendoza, the church leader there.

went to a local videoke bar/restaurant for lunch after the morning service. sang some songs: natutulog ba ang diyos, broken sonnet, and kung wala ka(a song i dedicated to my ini-irog).

we went to diosdado macapagal international airport after lunch. one of the sisters had to send off a family memeber that day. afterwards, we went to SM city angeles. we strolled for a bit while the other bros and sis were having their dates.

lastly, had to visit my future mother-in-law in cavite to attend her birthday celebration. had pancit, hotdog, and bbq for dinner. overall, i had a tiring but fun day as well.

silver lining

escape

how do i find peace in pandemonium,
in the midst of a busy life
close my eyes and savor the moment
dream of days we shared our lives

listening to our heart's music
i watch other people pass by
ironically escape the chaos around
thoughts of you brings a natural high

a smile sprung from my short escape
enough to make me through the day
this is how i cope while waiting
dreaming while you're away

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i miss you d....

got these replies from the poetry forum
about this poem:

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Guess it is true HopelessRomantic... distance does make the heart grow fonder!
from: Lion~*
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Just so ... thoughts reach far ...

Beautiful.

Love,
Margherita
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This is wonderful. My husband is away for work all the time so I can relate. In fact, our first wedding anniversary is this Sunday and he'll be working in another state for it. It's so good to be reminded that I am not alone. That there are others who feel the same as us.

Thanks for sharing!!
from: treasuredgem
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you totally are a hopeless romantic!!!!!!!!!!
but your poem is the bomb
from: muchoki

the day after typhoon "milenyo"

Typhoon batters Metro Manila, Bicol

'It's like waking up from a nightmare'

THE STRONGEST typhoon to hit Metro Manila directly in 11 years toppled trees and billboards, triggered flash floods and landslides, shuttered offices and the financial markets, and caused a Luzon-wide power outage on Thursday.

Typhoon "Milenyo" (international name: Xangsane) brought Metro Manila to a near-standstill with all flights and sea travel in and out of the region canceled. It also forced officials to suspend operations of two commuter train systems.

AT A GLANCE
• Classes in all levels still suspended in Metro Manila this Friday
• All government offices still closed in Metro Manila this Friday
• At least 18 persons dead
• Luzon-wide blackout
• Thousands of trees felled
• Billboards and lampposts torn down
• Trucks and cars overturned
• Flooding and landslides
• Thousands stranded
• Flights and sea travel canceled
• Overhead trains systems LRT and MRT stopped
• Trading on stock and currency markets suspended


magallanes flyover

manila

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got this news update from inquirer news.

typhoon boredom

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attended my bestfriend's(angel) wedding today. her husband was of
indian origin and his name is praveen. they met at dubai while angel
was managing figaro's branch there and praveen was a regular customer.
it was a stormy day, typhoon milenyo hit makati having signal# 3.

was about to go home after the wedding when i noticed that electricity
was cut from our neighborhood, i think the entirety of manila's power
was cut down because of all the electric posts that were toppled down
by the storm so i decided to go to our office instead.

out of boredom, was browing through my friend's blog and found this
website that calculates one's celebrity look-alikes. it's funny because
i tried to calculate my celebrity look-alikes twice and it generated
the same result. i have jericho rosales, tom cruise, and joshua jackson
in my list hehehe =) also tried to generate one for donna.

stressed out and 2 days of sleepless nights

how much can a heart endure for love?
how long can love wait against our need for it?
how do you keep the love alive while distance takes it's toll?

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i'm tired... soooo tired

funny quotes

"Guys, let's call it tonight!"
"All of a suddenly..."
"C'mon! Let's get it on with it!"
"When it rains, it's four."
"Thanks God!"
"The nerves!" or "The nerd!"
"The idea crossed at the back of my mind."
"(name of person), eat your hat out!"
"This is our rooster of clients..."
"The more the manyer."
"It's a no-win-win situation."
"Burn the bridge when you get there."
"What are friends are for?"
"Well well well. Look do we have here!"
"Been there, been that."
"Base-to-base casis."
"You're barking at the wrong dog."
"I'm only human nature."
"The feeling is actual."
"Get the most of both worlds."
"Please me alone!"
"It's as brand as new."
"I couldn't care a damn!"
"what's your next class before this?"
"nothing in this world is perfect except the word change."
"Im sorry, my boss just passed away." (translation: kakadaan lang ng boss nya.)
"Hello,.. for a while, please hang yourself..."

fallen

felt unloved, alone today
confused from some of your ways
unholy hours filled with longings
i know everything has an ending

i lie with awakened thoughts
my body aches for comfort
drained from this struggle
exhausted from this battle

i seek and reach for you
hoping your love is true
i fall, every second counts
you're nowhere to be found

i bleed, my spirit broken
from the heights i've fallen
scattered pieces of my soul
i thought you'd make me whole

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i suddenly woke up @ 3:30am and
i can't go back to sleep, so i just
decided to purge the bad stuffs in
my heart.

sunday service and ethel's birthday

sang 'natutulog ba ang diyos' in our service last sunday.
didn't have enough time for practice, just bought the videoke
cd sunday morning and practiced for about 1 hr only. eventhough,
i still managed to pull it through. played with zack after
the first half of the service who's getting stronger and
smarter everyday =)

went to ethel's birthday celebration later that day. there
were lots of food on the table, lumpiang shanghai,
pimiento cheese rolls with sugar sprinkle, carbonara, spaghetti,
potato balls, chocolate mousse cake, turon, and pork mechado.
good thing we had ariel and his van with us, we didn't have
a hard time going there.

a tearjerker communion message

jonalynquita: edwin, musta? ang daming nagcoment re: ur message
me: hehehe :D
me: ganun ba? puros nagative comments ba?
me: hehehe
jonalynquita: not negativ....so heartfelt dw...naiyak dn dw sila
jonalynquita: :)
jonalynquita: usually mga married sisters ang nagcoment
me: ah talaga.. it was really uncalled for
me: ewan ko bakit biglang nagka ganun
me: actually rush ko lang talaga na prepare yung message 12nn d2 sa opis ko ginawa
me: eh sabi ko ko lang kay God, gusto ko lang talaga ma inspire yung mga disciples sa communion, kaso lipas na isang oras wala pa ako na c compose
me: so i just settled for that story
me: sobrang familiar na sakin.. kaya sabi ko yun na lang
jonalynquita: maganda nmn ung mesage mo e
me: sabi ko, bahala na basta mabigay ko na lang yung communion message... pero gusto ko talaga bigay yung best ko
me: kaso yun lang talaga
jonalynquita: kaso di napigilan ang pagiyak hehe:)
me: tapos ayun, nung kumanta ako bago mag communion.. bigla na lang nangilid luha ko
me: halong kaba.. halu halu na
jonalynquita: ahhh
me: ayaw na tumigil nung luha.. hehehe :D
me: anong sabi nila sayo? hehehe
jonalynquita: :) overjoyed ka cguro sa grace that u have that privilege to talk
me: nakakahiya nga eh, feeling ko pipiyok ako habang nagsasalita
jonalynquita: sabi nila nahawa rw sila :) ok nga e kc communion naman un e
jonalynquita: :D
me: nakakatuwa naman kung ganun, at least na glorified si God
jonalynquita: it's the heart that counts
me: hinanap ko na nga lang agad si zack, para ma divert yung attention
me: hehehe :D
jonalynquita: :D
me: pagkatapos nung communion :D
jonalynquita: better to be heartfelt than talking with only your mind :)
jonalynquita: or mouth
me: hehehe... haaaaaaaaaaaaayyy.. i'm just glad it's over
me: tapos ako pa rin pala yung mag p pray
jonalynquita: hirap nga lng tlaga magsalita pag ganon...but u did great bro:D
jonalynquita: hehehehe
me: naku, eh pag nag p pray ka.. haaaaaaayyy
me: lalu na
me: ang hirap magsalita hahaha :))
me: thanks for sharing kung ano response nila
jonalynquita: one technique na tinuro saken ni mama pag nahihirapan ako magsalita dahil sa kaba or iyak...huminga ng malalim at lakasan ang boses
me: at least maganda naman pala yung kinalabasan
jonalynquita: yup!

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here's the scripture i've used:

46Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

Acts 2:46-47

yep, it's official...

by God's grace i made it =)
six months in 'h e a d s t r o n g' is challenging but also a blast!

@ trained for 2 weeks about Oracle JDeveloper, ADF Framework, Oracle Workflow, CMMi
@ sang at our valentines party last february =)
@ had our company outing at club morocco zambales
@ started project implementation last april
@ joined our company's basketball tournament =)
@ sang and played the guitar for the birthday celebrants here =)
@ enjoy working with my team
@ and finally, be a regular employee! yey!

more to come...

about true love

true love begins only when one falls out of love, because it has to be willed. there's got to be a decision involved. while you're in love with someone, love is involuntary. you just love. (the feeling of love falls on you like a brick from the sky hitting your head -- wham! -- and you don't know what hit you.) but when you fall out of love, and you still make a choice to love, then that's the beginning of true love.

The Road Less Travelled
By: Scott Peck

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i just finished reading "how to find your one true love" by bo sanchez and i liked what he quoted above =) made me think about where my relationship with God is at. often times i would ask myself why go through all the hardship fighting to make the right decisions and to be a good person where in fact i see others do the opposite and not feel any guilt about it? why go through the weekly church service eventhough there are days i don't feel like it and not inspired anymore? the quote above made me realize that i do the things i'm doing because i made a decision to love God(which i often times fail), i willed it, and i felt a pinch in my heart because this is what true love means and it just keeps getting better through the years.

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also, had our lunch at teriyaki boy at mall of asia. i ate
gyu asupara blah blah... hehehe =) it was delicious, short slices
of asparagus veggie wrapped in thin slices of meat(beef) and soiled
in special barbeque sauce. my officemate ordered tofu rice
toppings with kani(veggie salad with caviar).

we strolled for a while and spotted mercedes benz's exhibit which
featured their formula 1 race car.

21st century communication

thank God for the internet, we can commmunicate and see
each other at the same time via webcam and voice chat.

i can't imagine how people from the past handled their
long distance relationships. expensive calls and conventional
mails!



@netopia SM Makati, 08.06.2006

unfortunate event on a friday again!

had a morning and afternoon interview for two european
companies. ate lunch together with my sister at enterprise
towers. had a headache after my morning interview,
i also got 1k stolen by thieves from my wallet when i
took a jeepney ride back to the office. lucky thing
was that i got my wallet back and lost only the cash
inside it. i can imagine the hassle of processing all
the cards i could have lost. i'd be more careful next time,
i just look back and think that something worse could
have happened. i'm just glad that i wasn't hurt and only
lost a minimum amount of money.

pungok jr. =)

daniela veronica q. dela cruz (7th week)

cutie cute cute!

my handwriting

You plan ahead, and are interested in beauty, design, outward appearance, and symmetry.
You are a person who thinks before acting, intelligent and thorough.
You are diplomatic, objective, and live in the present.
You are not very reserved, impatient, self-confident and fond of action.
You enjoy life in your own way and do not depend on the opinions of others.

What does your handwriting say about YOU?

mitchikoy's dolphin encounters =)

i've had encounters with polar bears, panda bears, sea lions, and siberian tigers...

i'd love to see a live dolphin too! sooo cute =)

inside me

"inside me"

lonely alone and depressed
why do i feel all this emptiness?
frustrated, angry and confused
i ask myself, where is happiness?

i seek for the reasons why
having questions left unanswered
i don't want to hear a lie
and have my hopes shattered

what is life without you?
can't you see i'm sad and blue?
what is real and true?
then i realize, all i need is you

you fill all my emptiness
in you, i have peace
in the midst of my sadness
i found you, my missing piece

07.19.2004

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a poem i wrote inspired by amy lee's song "october".


to the One who completes me, thank you for filling up
the void and eternal portion in my heart.

"...He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end".
- Ecclesiastes 3:11

scripture to meditate for one more year

He has made everything beautiful in its time...

Ecclesiastes 3:11

friday escapade

went to mall of asia with my officemates and project manager to have our lunch. we ate at chef d' angelo. i ordered fish and chips with green ice tea. 'twas also the first time of joey to visit MOA and also the first time for us to meet engel's gf. rushed back to office after a scrumptious lunch =)