Okay...all excited to be going home. Been looking forward for this since last last week! Going home with mom. I got my schedule all laid down - spend time with bf, get haircut, play golf, spend time with extended family at family dinners...all that...till yesterday's biggest storm that ever hit Manila ~ knocking powerlines, uprooting trees and almost the whole city was in pure standstill with the events of yesterday. Everybody in Manila stayed home and waited for the typhoon to pass....and hopefully the power would be saved...b/ not...as of date.
My flight is tonight (6pm HK Time) and although the typhoon has passed, there is still no power in 80% of the city and internet was down for people in Manila till 10am this morning.
I don't know what I will be expecting...from a very sophisticated and prepared/efficient city as HK...I'll be going home to no power, floods all around and nothing. I wonder what I would be doing for the whole long weekend. I was told that maybe by Sunday, all would be functioning fine but we shall see.
I guess that's why scrapping doesn't take much...I can pull out my stuff at home and do some quick LOs, if need be since no power, no cable, hardly an internet connection....exciting. :P
My mom and I are expecting the worst...but @least I will be "home" and with people that I miss and love. Nothing could dampen my spirits for that!
~Signing out till next week!
Friday, September 29, 2006
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Taking Things a Knotch or Two Down
"I think it would be best if you take things a knotch or two down."
That was what I was told by one of my boss/co-worker a few days ago. I know I've been feeling very burnt out and over-stressed by the littlest of things. Note that this is a very tough thing for someone who was taught to do everything now, not tomorrow or later. My mother trained me to do what was assigned to me the fastest way I can and finish all the work before I leave the office. That's what I did at home and that's what I practice at work. It's great and all as long as the work is correct. The problem comes about if problems and carelessness happens.
I am trying my best to slow things around like take a step back and see what I did before sending anything out. I take more time with my reports...moving around...take a break, chat a bit, scrap a bit then come back to see if what I did is okay and correct. There are times when you do need a change in scenery then come back and see another angle. I hope it makes me less stressed out and off-the-wall with unnecessary request/documentations!
The same goes for scrapping. It's okay if I don't have journaling and more or less can glance what I wrote at an instant but for long journalings, I have to force myself to read what I wrote. I'm not big on reading to be honest...unless it's emails from friends and gossip. :P
Amazing of what Ed did...for once he did what I told him or requested him to do! I'm so happy that I strongly believe that hell just froze over! Can't disclose what he did but I'm glad that there are things he do know matter to me. I'm such a stickler to details. Better safe than sorry. :P As what we both say "soon".
Here's some photos of my nephew that is growing bigger by the day! I think fatter too. :P
@ 6 weeks old~ "laughter"
@ 7 weeks old (close to 2 months) ~ "Sweet Souvenirs"
@ 8 weeks old ~ "Sweetest Smile"
That was what I was told by one of my boss/co-worker a few days ago. I know I've been feeling very burnt out and over-stressed by the littlest of things. Note that this is a very tough thing for someone who was taught to do everything now, not tomorrow or later. My mother trained me to do what was assigned to me the fastest way I can and finish all the work before I leave the office. That's what I did at home and that's what I practice at work. It's great and all as long as the work is correct. The problem comes about if problems and carelessness happens.
I am trying my best to slow things around like take a step back and see what I did before sending anything out. I take more time with my reports...moving around...take a break, chat a bit, scrap a bit then come back to see if what I did is okay and correct. There are times when you do need a change in scenery then come back and see another angle. I hope it makes me less stressed out and off-the-wall with unnecessary request/documentations!
The same goes for scrapping. It's okay if I don't have journaling and more or less can glance what I wrote at an instant but for long journalings, I have to force myself to read what I wrote. I'm not big on reading to be honest...unless it's emails from friends and gossip. :P
Amazing of what Ed did...for once he did what I told him or requested him to do! I'm so happy that I strongly believe that hell just froze over! Can't disclose what he did but I'm glad that there are things he do know matter to me. I'm such a stickler to details. Better safe than sorry. :P As what we both say "soon".
Here's some photos of my nephew that is growing bigger by the day! I think fatter too. :P
@ 6 weeks old~ "laughter"
@ 7 weeks old (close to 2 months) ~ "Sweet Souvenirs"
@ 8 weeks old ~ "Sweetest Smile"
How adorable. I can feel so excited and happy for my brother and his wife. :) With a face like that...whose heart wouldn't melt! These are the moments when parents take photos of newborns by the days or by the weeks. Heehee!
I feel like using the 8 weeks photo again soon. I got so many titles in mind so that would be great to use again. Love love this photo of him aside from my current number #1 photo fav which is the feature photo of the Laugher LO. :)
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Thailand, Bloomberg Class & ScrapSubmit
Some random thoughts since last weekend.
Thailand: The coup was a bit of scare over here since I am in the hedge fund industry heavily invested in Southeast Asia. It's funny also though but coming from the Philippines (Manila) wherein those things are attempted like once a year with two years (1986 and 2001) being successful, what I see Thailand's soldiers and citizens do is closely the same as what we encountered during the "revolutions". Although the 1986 one was a bit more serious than the 2001 one, I always feel the sense of justice prevailing and I feel so patriotic with all that's happened.
Bloomberg Class: been to three already as of today. Enjoy the amenities (sandwiches and huge pantry) than the classes though the latter is pretty interesting. Used a big bag today as per lesson learned from my previous two classes - to stuff more food and stuff to bring back to the office to share. :P Went there decently early but never really visited their pantry since their pantry used to be under-renovation and just getting to the place is just murder! Now that all the renovations are done (amazing work contract with what they did with the place, I'm sure), I was able to check out and finally get my drink before class instead of having to eat a dry sandwich (but good - it's from Oliver's). I was struck on how huge and amazing that pantry/kitchen was! It's like a huge 7/11 store and even looks like it can be for a kitchen cooking show! I had my choice from the immense drink stash and there were tons of food, candies, chocolates, cereals, etc! I wish I can just work for them. :P I won't have to worry about cooking at home. I can just live of the office! My next big plan - if DJing won't pan out or even get me a job, I'm applying at Bloomberg! :P
ScrapSubmit: I always wanted to start my Scrapbio but never really know what to put since I wasn't in any Design / Creative Team nor had my work published. Now that I am part of a Creative/Design Team, I ventured further to look for a place where I can have a scrapbook resume online. I still use Twopeas for my complete portfolio but it is nice to have found ScrapSubmit.com to help me direct my submissions better...and most importantly - it's free! Don't know if I would get published because it would all depend on
Thailand: The coup was a bit of scare over here since I am in the hedge fund industry heavily invested in Southeast Asia. It's funny also though but coming from the Philippines (Manila) wherein those things are attempted like once a year with two years (1986 and 2001) being successful, what I see Thailand's soldiers and citizens do is closely the same as what we encountered during the "revolutions". Although the 1986 one was a bit more serious than the 2001 one, I always feel the sense of justice prevailing and I feel so patriotic with all that's happened.
Bloomberg Class: been to three already as of today. Enjoy the amenities (sandwiches and huge pantry) than the classes though the latter is pretty interesting. Used a big bag today as per lesson learned from my previous two classes - to stuff more food and stuff to bring back to the office to share. :P Went there decently early but never really visited their pantry since their pantry used to be under-renovation and just getting to the place is just murder! Now that all the renovations are done (amazing work contract with what they did with the place, I'm sure), I was able to check out and finally get my drink before class instead of having to eat a dry sandwich (but good - it's from Oliver's). I was struck on how huge and amazing that pantry/kitchen was! It's like a huge 7/11 store and even looks like it can be for a kitchen cooking show! I had my choice from the immense drink stash and there were tons of food, candies, chocolates, cereals, etc! I wish I can just work for them. :P I won't have to worry about cooking at home. I can just live of the office! My next big plan - if DJing won't pan out or even get me a job, I'm applying at Bloomberg! :P
ScrapSubmit: I always wanted to start my Scrapbio but never really know what to put since I wasn't in any Design / Creative Team nor had my work published. Now that I am part of a Creative/Design Team, I ventured further to look for a place where I can have a scrapbook resume online. I still use Twopeas for my complete portfolio but it is nice to have found ScrapSubmit.com to help me direct my submissions better...and most importantly - it's free! Don't know if I would get published because it would all depend on
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