When you drop a glass or a plate to the ground it makes a loud crashing sound. When a window shatters a table leg breaks or when a picture falls off the wall it makes a noise. But as for your heart when that breaks it s completely silent.

it's been awhile since the last time i post here, and i missed writing to myself. school is very demanding, there's tons of work! i definitely missed the weekends : (

whenever i'm depressed, thoughts of coffee talk calm me. latte & carrot cake, mango tart, mango crepe. sigh!

"Leadership springs from within. It's about who I am as much as what I do."

this sums up what i learned from class today. oh, i really love going to school. amidst the assignments and paper works, nothing beats continuous learning. didn't i mention that in my previous blog already? talk about stressing a point.

after i survive this term, i might take 2 subjects next term. let's see.

i receive a mostly meet rating in my job evaluation for last year's performance. i felt i exceeded expectations though.

i'm not a fan of the "ber" season

just happy that in few weeks time, i will be back to school. although i fear the idea of studying, assignments, exams and research -- nothing beats continuous learning!

i'm going back to school again. yipee!

august 1, 2009
3:18 am

by ninoy aquino for cory aquino

i have fallen in love with the same woman three times
in a day spanning 19 years of tearful joys and joyful tears.

i loved her first when she was young,
enhanting and vibrant, eternally new
she was brilliant, fragrant,
and cool as the morning dew.

i fell in love with her the second time
when fist she bore her child and mine
always by my side, the source of strength,
helping to turn the tide.

But there were candles to burn
the world was my concern
while our home was her domain
and the people were mine
while the children were hers to maintain.

So it was in those eighteen years and a day
'till i was detained, forced in prison to stay

suddenly she's our sole support
source of comfort,
our wellspring of Hope
on her shoulders felt burden of Life.

i fell in love again,
with the same woman the third time.
Looming from the battle,
her courage will never fade.

Amidst the hardships she has remained,
undaunted and unafraid
she is calm and composed,
she is God's lovely maid.

do you expect me to plan? naye, i will not wait for long anymore.

it is during times like this when i'm alone, flashes of memories play like a movie in my mind. i miss japanese. i miss coffee. i miss mickey.

if there is one thing i love doing, it's travelling. nothing beats the joy of discovery. i'll be posting my travel destination from now on. and i am starting with the most recent one, the Hongkong trip. the first trip for this year and yes, finally, mickey & i met.

Hongkong is one of the world’s principal port cities and a leading financial center of Asia and the world. Hongkong offers a host of memorable tourist attractions within its compact area, always reinventing itself balances old traditional charm with modern sophistication.

....before meeting mickey ...

had a chat with an old friend and we were reminiscing the good old days. brought me back to memory lane where everything is so familiar. conversation of what was life back then and how it has changed now, the usual exchange of souvenirs, our petty differences, the number and our shared "Credo".

the "Credo" which speaks of our need to be understood and to be accepted.

A Credo for My Relationships with Others

You and I are in a relationship which I value and want to keep. We are also two separate persons with our own individual values and needs.

So that we will better know and understand what each of us values and needs, let us always be open and honest in our communication.

When you are experiencing a problem in your life, I will try to listen with genuine acceptance and understanding in order to help you find your own solutions rather than imposing mine. And I want you to be a listener for me when I need to find solutions to my problems.

At those times when your behavior interferes with what I must do to get my own needs met, I will tell you openly and honestly how your behavior affects me, trusting that you respect my needs and feelings enough to try to change the behavior that is unacceptable to me. Also, whenever some behavior of mine is unacceptable to you, I hope you will tell me openly and honestly so I can try to change my behavior.

And when we experience conflicts in our relationship, let us agree to resolve each conflict without either of us resorting to the use of power to win at the expense of the other's losing. I respect your needs, but I also must respect my own. So let us always strive to search for a solution that will be acceptable to both of us. Your needs will be met, and so will mine--neither will lose, both will win.

In this way, you can continue to develop as a person through satisfying your needs, and so can I. Thus, ours can be a healthy relationship in which both of us can strive to become what we are capable of being. And we can continue to relate to each other with mutual respect, love and peace.

Dr. Thomas Gordon

hmmm... so easy to say

i was just reminded that it's the season once again. and like what i wrote last year, i don't exactly look forward to it. i feel more lethargic. like, i want to go some place else and just wait till it's 2009. so 2009, please hurry up.

yey, i'm going to buy that red laptop bag today. better hurry up!
thanks to The Seeker who inspires me, love those shoes.

drink responsibly, it's a global thing

celebrating life every day, everywhere.

i'm loving every day. i'm energized with every new discovery. i'm proud of where i belong. i look forward to destination 2011. cheers!

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in preparation for my job interviews, i have been reading the-so-called-serious-books lately. not fiction this time, maybe while i am busy looking for better opportunity. now, discover your strengths by Marcus Buckingham talks about each person's greatest room for growth which is in the areas of his strengths. and so, i decided to take the exam honestly. this i discover -- one of my strengths is adaptability.

Adaptability - you live in the moment. you don't see the future as a fixed destination. instead, you see it as a place that you create out of the choices that you make right now. And so you discover your future one choice at a time. this doesn't mean that you don't have plans. you probably do. adaptabilitydoes enable you to respond willingly to demands of the moment even pull you away from your plans. you don't resent sudden requests or unforeseend detours. you expect them. they are inevitable. indeed, on some level you actually look forward to them, you are, at heart, a very flexible person who can stay productive when the demands of work are pulling you in many different directions at once.

and as for my applications, i have my final interview tomorrow. if i got this job, it will be a 360 degrees change in environment but a great opportunity for me to grow. let's see.. what will be, will be. sounds Adaptability to me, cheers!