Relaxed

A month has passed since I became officially unemployed. A few have asked if I have started my job hunting yet and I give them a shrug. Now I ask myself, "Have I?" then I get the same answer.
I get the pressure of being an unemployed graduate (I finished college last year) because once you get out of college, you are expected to have a job a few months after graduation. What happened to me last year was, I started working a week after graduation. I was too overwhelmed to get a job offer, not really thinking if I like the job that was being offered. I didn't even have any idea what it was all about. I was too excited to earn my own money!
A few months passed and I started to feel burned-out. I cannot really say that I didn't like what I was doing but going overtime almost everyday totally made it worse. Life wasn't there anymore. I did enjoy going to the office because of my colleagues-friends. But you really cannot go away with those whom you can't stand seeing (I don't want to do a naming game in here, okay?).
Then it hit me, do my efforts receive enough compensation?
*I can't pay our electricity bill (sometimes I give, most of the time I don't)
*I pay for my cellphone bill
I can't go through the deats really, it's nonsense.
My point is, I was not happy because I cannot give my family enough. okaaay, I know that I do not know how to budget my money, but is it even enough to be budgeted? Hahaha ang arte lang. And I believe that having an undergrad degree is not enough nowadays especially for those like me whose course cannot get them to take board exams after (sa opinion ko lang ha wag kang magagalit, pero maganda ang business course kung gusto mong sa office ka at marami ka nang pera at gustong magsimula ng sariling business dahil mayaman ka nga).
Ewan ko san patungo tong post na to pero ang alam ko nagpa-enroll na ako at mag-aaral na ako uli ngayong SABADO!
What a boring update! Till the next boring one!
Oh, wait. I have new photo albums in my multiply account:
My Share of April 13-15, 2012 photos (my first time in MNL) and
April 13-15, 2012 (MNL-Tagaytay-Batangas-?)
Thanks! Have a great hairday! ||@_@||
 

Hi, Mama Lomie/Lumen, I love you!

 Panglao Island, Bohol circa January 2012

My mom's cool like that.

 circa January 2012

Lola Gaya with her eldest son, my Papa

May 13 is Mother's Day. It's not May 13 anymore but I believe I still owe this blog a post, one for my first love, my mother.

Mama, known as Lomie to some, Lumen to others, is a very simple person. Born in the rural area of Maco, Compostella Valley, Mama lived a very simple life at the province. She would often tell us stories on how poor her family was to make us realize that we should be very thankful for having been provided with everything that we need.

Mama is a smart kid (it never changed). She finished high school as salutatorian of her batch and took up civil engineering in college but gained two titles as she passed two board exams on the same year she finished college. Papa named her "engineer-engineer" for being a civil and a geodetic engineer.

She didn't really wish to be an engineer for she wanted to become a doctor/lawyer. But because of the lack of financial support from her family (they were really poor back then, as she often says), she was forced to choose a course which was available at her school, Notre Dame of Cotabato, that time.

She was then employed at the Dept. of Agrarian Reform regional office and still is an employee of the same until this very moment. She met my Papa at work. Haha! And now, they have 4 kids who love them so much.

My dear mom is a very loving, patient, conservative yet liberated (in a way), funny, witty, and a cool person. She may not be perfect  (no one is), but someday when I become a mother, I wish to be like her.

They say that 75-80% of a child's intelligence is from his/her mother but mine's the opposite, I believe. I have accepted that fact a long time ago and we all laugh to that. Haha! But at least I can brag about having a smart mom! (Si Mama lang muna because this is for her, Papa, stay calm haha

I love you so much, Mama, and nothing can/will change that. Thank you for being the best for us, for the whole family. And I got my looks from you, haha, I must be happy.

Happy Mother's Day!

P.S. The last photo shows my father being a mama's boy. Happy Mother's Day, Lola Gaya! I am so happy to have that day celebrated with Mama and Lola. Hope you had a great time with your moms, too!

I say Hello..

Months have passed and I am still out of words. Or I'm just convincing myself that I am when I actually have a million things to talk about. No, I think I also have a long list for excuses on why I couldn't even give a decent update every once in a while.
Lazy, slow internet connection, in-and-out ideas, too many things to talk about I cannot decide which must go first, lazy, lazy, lazyass.
The best update I can give for now is I am unemployed and I am too lazy to hunt for a new job.
I say goodbye.

February, my good friend

Today marks the additional day of the year (which makes 2012 a leap year) and also the last day of the month (which makes me guilty for not making even a single post). I've always been thinking of doing an update but the sloth in me knockouts the thought. So, to compensate, a brief post of hap/s for this month with a number of photos will do.

(at Tiny Kitchen, 2-4-2012)
(here comes the food)
The first weekend of the month had a lot to do with food and friendship. Those two persons who were with me have been my confidantes since the world began, my real sister, Kikits (notice how we look alike) and my best friend, Krissie (my sister from another mother).
The three of us share a common love: tea and food.

(at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf 2-10-2012)
Jamz, Ilai, and I
We often see each other on Friday nights at coffee shops and the like since it's the only time our schedules meet. I feel really blessed to have met these ladies more than 8 years ago.

(at Grand Emperor Seafood Palace, Valentines Date)
Involves family and food.
They have saved me from the lonesome days of the year, annual Valentine's date with the family is always a better manifestation of love. Always.

(Ash Wednesday)
Photo was taken at Maitre Chocolatier, a time for the start of fasting yet Krissie and I celebrated our Bestfriendship Day, so we feasted on food. Guilt is crawling through me so I will not show photos on of our glutton session.

(at Green Coffee 2-24-2012)
My siblings, along with my best friend.
We first had dinner at Lachi's and had a little fozen yogurt at Yoh Froz before we headed to this place. I love being with these people. They bring out the worst and the best in me. I love us :)

A few days ago, I had my first taste of one of these:
the pistachio-flavored gelato was the one we bought. I just couldn't fathom it's unbelievably expensive price! It is way more expensive than your regular ice cream like Selecta/Magnolia/Allegro! Ha-ha-ha
But because it is ice cream and it is food, it must be understood and forgiven.

If you've noticed, the month was mostly about food and who I gobble it with. Food is essential. Food is life. But food must not get in the way of living a healthy life. Which forces me to go on a diet for the month of March. Hahaha!
Happy first of March!
(it is past midnight and I still have work tomorrow! good night!)