Simple Pleasures

Just when I thought I will be doing just fine, a "rock from above" has hit me and has completely inverted the way I feel about myself......right before our deadline.

I was completely dazed in front of my LCD screen for hours. Bad trip. Now I have to get my concentration back.

Next week, my team will be complete and we are going to fast track our activities to catch up with everybody as far as product releases are concerned. We got tons to release by May and I can feel the weight in my shoulders that there are a lot of things needed to be done despite the fact that we are just starting anew and we have absolutely no idea what the fuck we are doing.

Tough luck.

I moved my stuff over the other side of the cube which used to be Mike's place. I realized I still had tons of junk that needed to be disposed such as dried flowers from former suitors, empty boxes and tons of scratch papers.

Seems like for the past week, I've done nothing but cleaning. I must be starting to become domesticated or something. *shivers*

I'm also starting to consider taking this weight loss program from herbalife. My weight is already bothering me and sports is not making my situation improve. I mean, I will always have a bad knee or get too lazy to get up and run around the village. The will is willing but the body is weak or was it the other way around? So I'll do the easy way...which is take the bitter pill to see if I get the results I want.

If I were only rich, I would have gotten that bloody liposuction. Hahahahaha!

There are a lot of things I want to do to this house. After ten years, it has grown out of its old glory. The roof needs repairs and more junk needed to go out of this house especially junk coming from my parent's room. I already envisioned the layout I wanted which is converting the Lanai into a sitting room and convert the living room into a dining room/family room. Also, I want to fix the a lot of things in this house but I have to save huge amount of money to afford it. I won't be able to start the repairs and renovations until I am able to save around 200k.

In the meantime, I'll start with fixing my bedroom.

Tired, weary and mentally drained I was as we are nearing the end of the project. Soon I will be home early than usual and bringing back my social life with family and friends.

So many things to do and yet I only have two hands and one head to worry them all.

Work should not be my priority and I should not dedicate my everyday life with this job. I even opted to get myself out of the annual company summer outing just to be in its release. Geez!

Btw, I got my free 21" WEGA tv. Yay! I can't wait to install it in my room. But first I have to fix my brass bed this weekend and get my room to become habitable once more. Hahahaha. Feels weird though sleeping in my room again after almost a year. After the bed and installing the mattress, I should start thinking about fixing the electrical wiring in this house and maybe our roof which has been long overdue for repairs.

I am also looking forward for a vacation after getting my crazy schedule straight. Anywhere will do. I wish when Ros gets back from SIngapore, we find a place to stay during the weekend and relax.

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Nani Nipon-jin riyouji ga suki desu ka?
What Japanese food do you like?

Soba wa totemo suki desu.
I like noodles very much.

Daijobu soba desu ka?
Noodles alright with you?

Hajimemashite!
How are you?

Doozo yoroshiku onegaishimasu
Please be nice to me.

My mom always has this thing of sorting through my junk and ask if she can have it. Same with the stuff that I was about to throw away and my mom would reel in the garbage bag and put it in her room.

Her bedroom is worse, it's like a private smokey mountain in there. She is a certified pack rat. Aaargh! I can't even enter the room without avoiding some of the moundful of junk ranging from old clothes, boxes full of old paraphernalia, a theater size broken down tv and other stuff.

This morning, she saw some of the garbage I was about to throw away after clearing out the space in my room. I got some little trinkets that are not important to keep scattered amongst the pieces of scratch papers, empty boxes and plastic bags. When she saw the stuff, she begged for me not to throw away. I stood my ground as I told her, I have to throw them away later and she should get the stuff she wants now while it is here. However, she is about to leave for work which leaves her nothing to save from the fate I sealed over those useless items.

Mwahahahahahaha! Score for me. Maybe I should start fixing her room and see how she reacts.

BTw, starting today I will start posting a few random japanese phrases similar to what Sacha Chua did in her blog. It is interesting how things can stick in your head when you read it than actually hearing it from my audio japanese lessons:

Anata wa dokou desu ka? Watashi wa dare desu ka? - Where am I? Who are you?
Anata wa Monika Isa-a-ku des. Anata wa Piripin-jin desu. - I am Monica Isaac. I'm am Filipino.
Dindin-san wa isogashii desu. - Dindin is busy.
Dame desu. - No way! Out of the question.

I just had a hectic week.

It started with the death of Lolo Pering which surprised everybody in the family but somehow was already been expected given his old age. We were there keeping up for hours to entertain relatives and friends during the wake.

I've also got my very own iPod video. It was sold to me by a friend of my Aunt which was only used for two days. It includes a leather case and iTrip to play my songs on the car audio. I think I fell in love with it already. It was hard to configure at first with iTunes but the experience of bringing my music along with me is priceless.

Japanese classes has already started. The company has enrolled me, Mike and Cza to attend for our preparation for JPLT Level 4 exam this coming December. I'm sure it will be fun learning another language and meeting new people despite Mike's objections.

Chris and I are going to Pangasinan next weekend to attend a family reunion with his mom's side of the family in their ancestral house in Rosales. I'm not exactly sure how I am going to blend in but as long as he is there, I'll be fine.

That's very much an update from me. Till then.

Receiving far too many bad news in one week can be emotionally taxing. Take for instance, three deaths related within your social circle added by two pregnancy woes from very dear friends then top it up with bad bonus reviews.

I am not exactly sure how I can handle all this but even if I choose not to care, the negative vibes can still catch up with you.

There should be something good happening soon to balance all this hoobaloo.

Just recently, I just broken away from the comforts of my old life to face a new beginning with something that has been there for so long. And as I walk away, I feel ecstatic as I couldn't wait to experience this different level of awareness that I wasn't able to grasp before.

I am happy that I finally realized that my heart was for someone who I've known for half my lifetime. Maybe this is the one thing I've been always praying. I hope this time it will last until the end of my days.