I Want More Mornings to be Like This

I woke up early today (around 6) pero naalala kong walang trabaho ngayon, so hindi muna ako bumangon at nagbasa na lang ako. Hihi. I usually spend Sunday mornings like this. Mga around 8AM na ko bumabangon, kung kelan buhay na lahat ng tao.

Nagwalis ako ng konti and then I decided that I need more petiks time.

I wish more mornings would be spent like this. Simple lang naman ang gusto kong buhay, actually. Yung may kape at tingin-tingin lang sa magazines. Tapos yung tubig na pampaligo ko Evian. Hahahaha. Jusko. Joke lang yung Evian part, ang gusto ko lang talaga ay chill life. Hihi. Mas maganda rin sana kung may poging gumising sa akin sa umaga at babatiin ako ng, “Good morning dear!” Hihihihi.

♥ Dyosaimma

Things I Learned During the First 31 Days of 2012

  1. Hindi nawawala ang mga matatandang insecure sa work place. And by default, they will not like the young people around them and they will also find a way to express their hatred. I’ve learned that the best way to piss off someone who’s already insecure is to show them what a real Balenciaga bag looks like so that they’d realize that they bought a really bad fake version. Hihi.
  2. A good way to stop yourself from buying more clothes is to gain weight.
  3. Trying to lose the weight that you gained over the holidays is also a good way to be thrifty. Cutting back on all the carbonated drinks and greasy burgers–hello kuripot queen! I really had to stop myself from drinking Coke Light, no matter how much I like it, kasi instant bilbil ang katapat nun eh. I just bring my own water bottle instead. Ang tipid!
  4. Doing the right thing isn’t always easy and stress-free, pero mas ok na yung sumakit ang ulo ngayon ng saglit kesa naman mamroblema in the future, tapos bigger consequences pa.
  5. Walang pagkakaiba ang lakad na planado sa spontaneous na mga gala–basta hindi maarte ang mga taong kasama, matutuloy yan.
  6. Pag gusto, may paraan. Pag ayaw, edi kebs.
  7. Ang pinakamagandang reaction sa mga taong nag-iisip na it’s all about the money, money, money ay wala, as in walang reaction, kebs. Let them live believing that it’s all about the money. Telling them otherwise won’t be that convincing to them at hindi ka rin nila paniniwalaan, so might as well just observe.
  8. Bumababa ang police visibility pagkatapos ng Pasko. Siguro kasi wala na silang kokotongan.
  9. Daig ng madiskarte ang summa cum laude.
  10. Kapag ang nanlalait sayo ay mukhang paa, ang pinakamagandang gawin ay tawanan sya. Let the person be bitter–her facial moisturizer is basically an anti-fungal cream, the world didn’t give her that much to be happy about. Hating normal and happy people trying to live a simple life is the only thing that amuses her–let her be.

Sabi nga ni Gang Badoy-Capati sa Twitter kanina:

Ang bilis nga! Whoooosh. Let’s move forward, friends. Remember FIYOLO: Fuck it, you only live once. Legggow!

♥ Dyosaimma

It’s that simple.

I spent my Sunday afternoon exchanging text messages with a sweet and smart girl named Ace. She’s the one nursing a broken heart and yet I think it’s me who learned more. Hihihihi. (Thanks, Ace!)

She tweeted this a couple of minutes ago and I can’t help but agree:

YEAH. It’s that simple. UGH. Napaka-spontaneous naman ng pagpalit ng mood nito. Nawala na lang bigla ang effect ng happy pills. To think na ang dami dami kong stock lately. This sudden shift in my mood could be about something more serious than I think, or it could also be about the fact that I haven’t had beer for more than a month.

♥ Dyosaimma

Bookish babe

This is the library/home office of one of my clients/nanay ng student ko:

That’s just one wall ha. The room where the books are is actually half entertainment room, half office. Whenever I’m in this certain room, na-i-imagine kong ma-lo-lock ako tapos dun lang ako for two days. Hihi. Yung shelves naman sa isa pang wall, puro workbooks for grade school students.

Someday, pag nagkaroon na ako ng sarili kong bahay, kailangang may magandang lalagyan ng books. Hihihihi.

Humo-hopes and dreams na naman akooooooo. I promise to start working maya-maya. Aalisin ko muna yung sakit sa likod ko. At ulo.

Back to hopes and dreams na lang muna nga. Hihihihi.

♥ Dyosaimma

Watchmen

Konti lang ang mga relo ko. Kasi ayaw ko naman nung bibili ako ng murang relo tapos hindi naman tatagal or di naman maganda tingnan. So ayan, ang ending konti lang sila. (Bukas madadagdagan ng isa! Na cuuuuuute! Wheeeeeee.)

Dahil I will reward myself with a cute toy watch tomorrow, bigla ko na namang naisip ang pinakapinagnanasaan kong watch. Huhuhu.

Say hello to the Cartier Tank Francaise watch. Say hello to beauty. Unang kita ko pa lang sa kanya before I turned 18, iba na talaga na-feel ko eh. Huhuhu. May Patek Philippe watch si Papa, na sadly ay nawala nya dahil nautakan sya ng sarili nyang uncle. Naalala ko pa yung watch nya na yun at naalala ko pa rin ang mukha nung uncle nyang pumitik nun. Buti hindi na sya nagpapakita sa amin ngayon, siguro masaya sya sa watch ni Papa. Oh well.

One day mabibilhan ko rin ulit si Papa ng Patek. Tapos ako naman magkakaroon na nitong Cartier. Okay, it’s now time to chant: Pera, pera nasaan ka? Pera, pera nasaan ka?

Habang sadlak ako sa kahirapan (actually mas sadlak ako sa kakuriputan than sa kahirapan hohohoho), magiging excited na lang muna ako para sa cute watch na mapapasakin bukas. YAY! Hihihi.

♥ Dyosaimma

THE SIMS IS HERE!! YAY!! ♥

Call me old, call me old school–I won’t give a damn. After waiting for gazillion hours, my happiness is here! YAY!!

It’s been years since me and my sisters have played Sims. At Sims 2 pa rin ang the best version para sa aming tatlo. Kaya yan ang version na binuno kong i-download. There were limited sources for the Mac version of the game, pero worth it ang lahat ng pagod at paghihintay. (As if malalim ang tinutukoy eh. Hihi.)

Sims 2 is where all our dreams come true. Hihi. I love designing houses eh. Hihi. Puyatan na ito. Sorry sa kausap ko bukas ng umaga. I’ll try to be matino. Pero I’ve waited for this thing for soooooo long. Wheeeeeee!!

♥ Dyosaimma

 

Educated, Unemployed and Frustrated (From NYT)

Educated, Unemployed and Frustrated by Matthew C. Klein (Taken from the New York Times – Opinion Pages)

WE all enjoy speculating about which Arab regime will be toppled next, but maybe we should  be looking closer to home. High unemployment? Check. Out-of-touch elites? Check. Frustrated young people? As a 24-year-old American, I can testify that this rich democracy has plenty of those too.

About one-fourth of Egyptian workers under 25 are unemployed, a statistic that is often cited as a reason for the revolution there. In the United States, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in January an official unemployment rate of 21 percent for workers ages 16 to 24.

My generation was taught that all we needed to succeed was an education and hard work. Tell that to my friend from high school who studied Chinese and international relations at a top-tier college. He had the misfortune to graduate in the class of 2009, and could find paid work only as a lifeguard and a personal trainer.  Unpaid internships at research institutes led to nothing.  After more than a year he moved back in with his parents.

Millions of college graduates in rich nations could tell similar stories. In Italy, Portugal and Spain, about one-fourth of college graduates under the age of 25 are unemployed. In the United States, the official unemployment rate for this group is 11.2 percent, but for college graduates 25 and over it is only 4.5 percent.

The true unemployment rate for young graduates is most likely even higher because it fails to account for those who went to graduate school in an attempt to ride out the economic storm or fled the country to teach English overseas. It would be higher still if it accounted for all of those young graduates who have given up looking for full-time work, and are working part time for lack of any alternative. (To continue reading, click here.)

One of my teachers told me that doing something that being stuck with a job that you don’t like (or love) can also be classified as being underemployed. Hindi nga lang with respect to the working definition of the word “underemployed”, kasi you may be stuck with a job that pays well naman, pero yun nga lang, hindi mo lang talaga gusto yung ginagawa mo. I know that there are a lot of young people out there na hindi nag-iinarte sa trabaho nila dahil marami silang priorities sa buhay. Sana isang araw, magkaroon ng malaking malaking turn-around moment. Tapos lahat ng tao, magkakaroon ng trabahong ginusto talaga nila, ganon.

Wishful thinking lang naman yan sa part ko. Pero sana talaga, one day, magkatotoo yan. The world will be a happier place.

♥ Dyosaimma

You gotta know what love is and I want you to show it to me.

Ang theme ng araw na ito ay lalake. Medyo sineswerte ako lately at medyo inuulan ng gwapo sa mga tinatambayan/pinupuntahan ko. There are days na sila Piolo at Diether ang ulam. Yan eh pag swerte talaga ha! Pero dumating na rin sa point na halos araw-araw ko na silang nakikita, kaya medyo naumay na ako. Pero hindi ibig sabihin eh ayaw ko na silang makita.

So. This day turned out to be semi-maaksyon and semi-life-changing. Medyo maaksyon lang, kasi wala akong inaway eh. Hoho. I had to talk to some people (guys) ng early early early morning (early for work, that is). Hindi ko pa alam though kung anong kahihinatnan ng project namin ng mga kausap ko kanina though, dahil nasa negotiation/planning stage pa lang kami eh. At hindi pa namin inaabot yung stage na na-re-realize namin ang mga costs ng mga ideas namin (opportunity cost at yung talagang gagastusin para mangyari yun), kaya kailangan pang maayos ang ideas. Anything can happen. Anything! (Enter fireworks! Chos.)

After lunch, kung kelan talagang nagsisimula ang work ko, dun na medyo naging fun. At akala ko magiging normal day lang eh. Pero hindi pala. Actually, very extra-ordinary ang araw na ito para sa akin. Medyo life-changing nga sya eh.

Kasi ganito: I saw one of my bosses/clients today and he just came from an out-of-the-country work assignment. He was gone for a whole week and I can tell na kung sya ang masusunod, i-gu-glue nya ang likod nya sa kama at matutulog na lang muna for two days. Tapos tsaka na sya babangon at magtatrabaho ulit. When I saw him, I had to pick up my heart from the floor. Bakit? Kasi he went out of his way just so he’d see his kids. Kasi sabi nya, late na late na sila dumating last night at di nya nakita ang mga bata. WAH. His smile was soooooooo nice when he was saying this and I just can’t help but wonder kung meron pa bang clone ang bossing ko na yun.

So. This day is kinda life-changing. Naisip ko, gusto ko yung magiging Mr. Imma Frias ay in love sa akin. Pero dapat mas in love sya sa mga anak namin. Dapat walang ibang laman ang puso nya kundi love. Love-love-love. Kahit hindi na sya pogi at mayaman, basta masipag, matalino at mapagmahal, keri na.

Ay wait. Kelangan din pala mas mabigat at mas matangkad sya sa akin. Tsaka dapat din pala eh medyo bulky sya. Hahahaha. Nako good luck naman sa akin. Ang dami kong arte, talo ko pa ang DFA sa dami ng requirements.

Here’s to moooooore gwapo moments. Mga gwapong lalake na may mga gwapong puso.

Love,
Dyosaimma

ChE + CPA

More than three years ago, naka-experience ako ng bonggang ArtStud1 field trip sa Ilocos. The cost of the trip was more than half of a semester’s worth of tuition in UP Diliman, but it was money well-spent.

Sa picture na yan, pinag-aagawan ako nila Leo Angelo A. Padasas at Carlo Miguel B. Cruz. Isang bagong chemical engineer na si Leo ngayon at si Carlo naman CPA na. I probably won’t be able to coerce them into taking another picture na kapareho ng theme ng nasa itaas, pero ok lang. Ang bilis ng panahon, dati proud na proud ako dahil may picture akong pinag-aagawan ako ng mga lalake. Ngayon proud na proud ako dahil board top notcher si Leo at CPA na si Carlo.

I’m proud of you boys. Congratulations!

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