the kite runner
while watching a movie, i noticed the trailer of The Kite Runner. so immediately i got myself a copy of the book by Khaled Hosseini.
reading the first part of the book, i find myself loving it. simple writing which compels me to turn page to page. i hope to finish reading before the film's showing day.
the Kite Runner is about 2 friends who got separated by events. setting in Afghanistan, which shows a vivid picture of the country. and apparently the Afghan government has banned the film from being shown because of ethnic tensions that the movie pictures.
2/18 i am now reading chapter 8 and indeed this book interests me so so so much. it's not just a plain simple writing but it is full of surprises, and pain.
elias
where i am mean, he's kind
where i am shallow, he's deep
where i am vindictive, he's forgiving
where i'm arrogant, he's humble
despite all these, he understands and loves unconditionally. and as i watched him, i couldn't help but be thankful to the One who sent him for me to love
27 dresses
at times like this where we have a number of political and government issues, a feel good movie is a breather.
the beautiful Dr. Izzie Stevens of Seattle Grace Hospital is Jane Nichols in the movie 27 dresses, the "always a bridesmaid, never a bride".
izzie is really pretty and cyclops is equally handsome.
a busy day 01.31.08
the day started with a meeting with our planners and warehouse personnel to talk about our consignment programs which is an advantage in the cash flow due to the delayed payment. however, it seems so illogical that we don't have any min-max inventory in placed. since i need to complete a pending action item, i have to meet concerned people and discuss the proposal to standardize this agreement. at the end of the meeting, the only issue raised was the delivery-on-time reporting. what the **!! i couldn't imagine how on earth can some people care about some reporting when we could have enjoyed the "real" benefit of the consignment agreement. oh earth, talk to me. where's the common sense in this world?
a conference call with other sites followed the meeting. a surprise conference call for me as i didn't have any idea what it was all about. talk about job delegation here. During the call, I couldn’t help notice how difficult it is to understand other site’s representatives speak. Having difficulty understanding them seems that my tongue was twisted and is having difficulty too. This leads me to my next topic, communicating clearly.
A working lunch for us, learning session on leadership values which starts with communicating clearly. This is an hr program which will be facilitated by the management team. The spoke person was our GM. He is a good speaker, makes him the best person to discuss the topic. The most important thread to tie all leadership value: clear communication. Good leaders are good communicators.
It was a well participated learning session. It emphasized the importance of clear exchange of thoughts and ideas. I know our GM as a good speaker, it was a disappointment for me on how he delivered this seminar. It was clear that he didn’t prepare the material as he skipped most of them. The slides were too lengthy and too wordy. You can almost read everything that was supposed to be said and described. Apparently, it was hr personnel who prepared the material although he provided the source book. As mentioned, the learning session and inputs sharing was effective… less the other participant’s way of uplifting themselves with the use of phrases like “i-did-this-and-it-was-effective”, “i-found-out-this-and-you-may-consider”, and all the other “i-so and so”. Oh, shut up you people.
The rest of the afternoon was spent reading emails, follow ups for quotations, updating the rfq file, revising purchasing process for proposal and until finally I have the time to do some research for my paper. Thanks to the available materials in the document center as I’m such a neophyte when it comes to demand management and forecasting planning.
Time to go home, I dropped by my brother’s place as he is leaving the country tomorrow. This makes me nostalgic, (how I love this word, nostalgia) Got to give him the neck tie for his job interview, he will definitely look good on it. And I get to have his old books. Yippee! A treasure for me
Nice seeing him… some thoughtful brother he is. He forgot to inform me a little detail of his life. He got married a week ago and his beautiful wife is having a baby on my favorite month – May. Yeah, I almost had a heart attack upon hearing that news. Good thing that I remember I don’t have any heart failure or illness, hehe. Nevertheless, uninvited and uninformed as I was, I am truly happy. I love them both dearly.
Then, a well deserved dinner with Elias.
It was time to go back to work. I forgot to send the meeting minutes earlier. And lastly, time to finalize my paper. I am back to the world of demand management, forecasting planning, material replenishment scheme, reorder point etc…
Oppps… caught BF. He just left a few minutes ago. He slept in the car again!
lesson from india's ancient wisdom
the easiest thing to be in the world is you.
the most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be.
don't let them put you in that position.
01.28.07
while writing this, i'm having an online conversation with old friends... sigh, time flies fast.
01.23.08
conversations: exchange of messages through email, sms, and chat between marlon, chie and i.
email conversation 012308
marlon: fw. Heath Ledger found dead in New York
blanca: yeah, we were talking about it
marlon: it's going to be really scary watching him as the Joker in The Dark Knight.OM
blanca: the more we need to watch
marlon: heath's death made me realize one thing. filipinos are really showbiz oriented. "dito sa opis" (here in the office), i never heard any locals discussed abt this news "pero kami ni jopet dalawang beses na cguro namin napagkwentuhan" (but jopet and i were talking about it probably twice already) since this morning hahaha "mamaya ulit sa lunch pag nakasabay namin yun ibang pinoys "(later again during lunch time with other filipinos) i wonder how is it "sa opis nyo?" (in your office?)
no comments heard from chie
marlon's correct, we seem to show so much interest with the lives (well, death on this matter) of showbiz personalities. news about them are everywhere, be it the newspaper, television, internet, etc
good or bad? i can't tell.
lon, ang hirap mag transalate ha!
p.s. i love you
a movie based on a novel by cecelia ahern is on its first showing day and i wouldn't miss it for anything. (not even a steam bath or sauna, wink*wink*)
the story is about a married couple so deeply inlove with each other, having a time of their life when suddenly death comes in between them. Gerry’s death takes the life out of Holly. However, morbid as this sounds, Gerry left her letters that will take her to new adventure and each ends in “P.S. I love you”. I was already in tears after few minutes of watching the movie. It was like feeling Holly’s every pain. I was moved by her struggle to move on and their undying love.
a journey of rediscovery in a story about marriage, friendship and how a love so strong can turn the finality of death into a new beginning for life
the movie differs to the book in several ways but i couldn’t choose one over the other.
keep a dream diary
to quote an article in sixty-four tips from india's ancient wisdom "to do lists are the secret ladders to achieving dreams, make it a practice to write everything you want in life - including simple things". if i am to write in my dream diary it will be ...
myself in a perfect fit body enjoying the view in fort ilocandia *that's what we call detailed*
taking pictures in batanes using a new lens for my camera
enjoying my graduation party
having a perfect valentine dinner
driving a new black honda civic named skywalker *i love the star wars*
using a mac notebook *how i wish*
a lot more which i perfectly picture in my mind ....
"look at the list every day with a quiet smile and remember to drive all your activities towards realizing them one by one"
a fall will always make a wise man wiser
is it a plain excuse for the wrong things we've done in the past or truth that we learn more when we fall?
sometimes even if we know the right choice, we give in to what we think can make us happy. and in the end made an excuse that the fall made us wiser? does it? or does it only prove we have brains and yet we choose not to use it?
we learn when we fall. we fear the consequences we faced when we made that mistake. we became very careful in our decisions.
why can't we just be wiser and not fall? ahh, my wishful thoughts...
disney on ice
what a wonderful feeling to see the glow in the eyes of the kids while watching the disney on ice show! i had fun myself... more on this on the coming days. (have to sleep first.)
random
cancelled my dentist's appointment earlier, too sleepy to go there
been searching for a blog which i can not decipher until now. been doing this for days already. it's like solving a mathematical equation or an integral calculus, i'm hopeless.
this internet thing has become an addiction already. i need some rehabilitation.
argh, why i can't i write something sensible, intelligent? must be the lack of sleep.
blog award
thanks to myautumndream
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