By Choice.

Last night, I came from work @ 12mn. My team leader went home early and one teammate and myself were left in the office when the system encountered problem. So both of us fixed the problem and did some data recovery. We finished around 11.30 pm. It was so tiring because I am not used to working this late already.

Around 10 pm, while we were doing some data recovery, my teammate told me that I can leave already. He said, I can left him and he will finish the job. I told him that I will help him finish it. He said, it was okay because I have a baby and my baby will be waiting for me. It was a tempting offer but I felt it would be unprofessional to accept his offer so I decline. I stayed until the job is done.

When I reached home, my Kylie was sleeping already. I felt guilty because every night when I go home from work and everytime she sees me, the smile on her face is priceless. I can see that she’s very happy to see me. Last night, I did not see that smile and I was not able to give her that happiness.

Then I came to realize that it is really very difficult to work and be a mother @ the same time (though this is common already). Especially that my kind of work is very demanding. I have to choose - to be a mother who is there for my baby or to be a hard core employee who works her ass off. If I ask for more work, there will be more demands and to be able to cope up with these work demands means that I will have less time to give for my baby’s needs. Priorities must now be set, because in reality, work-life balance is really difficult to come by.

I have realized that I like it this way. Less demanding job means more time for my family and that should be the equation for a working mom like me, not the other way around.

Work and Others

I had a hell week last week and another half hell week this week. Our crappy system is giving out weird errors (database transaction rollback) that the developers who wrote it can't figure out why.
So this week has been busy doing reprocessing of transactions that were not reprocessed during the first submission. Hope it will stabilize soon and no work for tomorrow.

Speaking of which, I plan to do my Christmas shopping tomorrow. A week and 3 more office days to go and Manila, here we come. I have never been so excited in my life. It has been a year since I have visited my home country. *excited to the nth level*. Actually so excited that I don't want to work anymore. *holiday mode activated*

Plan to go home early today and by early I mean like 6.30 pm. I hope there's no issues so I can escape early as planned.

Ciao for now.

Team Lunch @ Chili's

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Off topic:

You know what sucks?! Geocities is closing down and there will be no free web hosting for yahoo... Huhuhu! All my files were uploaded there including all the smileys I used for this blog. So yeah, you can expect some broken links on this blog when Geocities totally closed down. And this will happen sometime in October. Seesh!

Some updates:

Nothing much is happening now. Just work and family and I am enjoying the best of both worlds.
Kylie is now into swimming and of course, Jay-ar and I are the ones who are really into it. Hehe. Work is not that hectic anymore but soon more work will come. And yeah, I almost forgot to mention... I feel homesick. Am missing the Philippines and I hope it is December already.

That's all actually. Told yah, nothing much is happening. Catch yah on FB! :)

Quickie One

I was inspired to do a quick post while reading new updates from lui's blog. So here I am doing a quick one at work.

I am working again. Yes, same company (HP), different project, different teammates, different location, different client but same boss. I started working again last Aug 16 and so far so good. My office location is about 5-10 mins by taxi from my place. So far, this project is not as hectic as my last project in another client and I really really really hope that it will stay that way.

Kylie is now 3.5 months and she's getting cuter and lovelier each day. I am glad I have a baby now. It really changed a real good deal of things in my life and these changes made me a better me. I am now more inspired in doing things and seeing her smile literally takes away all the negative things around me. She's a real angel.

Next Sunday will be Kylie's baptismal here in KL. We initially planned to have her baptized in the Philippines when we go home this coming December but she will be 8 months by then. Since in our norm (Catholics), the younger the child is, the better, we have decided to have her baptized here then another one in December in PH with our friends and families. There will just be a small get together in our place after her baptismal here in KL to have a small celebration.

Well, I guess that's it so far.. Nothing much is happening. And btw, I am now on facebook... Hehehe! I’d like to play some of the apps there like FarmVille or MafiaWars but I’m afraid to get addicted and will have no time for Kylie so I dare not to try it. So I just use FB to connect with friends and share pics. Hehehe!

Ta-ta for now!

Last Day

Yeah, last day ko ngayun sa HP. Nung first day ko sa HP kahit wala pa kong ginagawa 9:30 pm na ko nakauwi. Kasi yung mga ka-team ko na kakakilala ko pa lang parang walang mga bahay. Hehehe! Isa pa, sa remote area pa yung client site nun kaya wala akong choice kundi hintayin ang pinaka unang uuwi sa kanila para makisabay. Yung 9:30 pm, naawa na lang yata sakin yung isa kaya umuwi na ng maaga. Sabi pa sakin "9:30 pm is considered early pa daw". Talagang nanakot on my first day. Pero nde pala nananakot yun. Totoo pala. Hehehe.

Today is my last day. Ilang minuto na lang expired na last day ko. Kasi Dec 12 is supposed to be my last day. Ilang minutes na lang Dec 13 na. Hehehe!

Kahapon may concall kami until 11 pm. Tapos break tapos resume daw after 15 minutes. Buti na lang sabi ko sa PM ko nde na ko sasali sa pangalawang concall kasi natapos daw yung 2nd concall 3 am. Haaaay! Ang titindi nila mag work talaga.

Yun lang... Babush!

The Return of the Comeback

Hello blog! Did you miss me? I know, I know I have been gone for a while but I am back! Alive and kicking and ready to update you of my happenings.

The reason why I have not updated you blog for a while is due to plain laziness. Yes, I was so lazy to write. Marami naman tlagang dapat i-kwento. Actually yung iba nga nakalimutan ko na. Marami na kong movies na napanood, meals na naluto, parties na na attenan kaya lang tinatamad lang tlaga ako mag update ng blog.

So I will just give you the highlights.

The Work.

Oh yeah. A lot of interesting stories about my work. For one, I have resigned from HP already. Bet you didn't know that. Oh well, if you are close to me probably you have heard that news already. Hindi kasi ako sinuswerte sa mga work ko dito sa Malaysia. My first work here I have lasted for 9 months. Sabi ko, nde challenging. I need challenge. Wish came true. Faith gave me HP. Sobrang challenging naman. Lahat ng pasensya ko sa katawan napiga. Lasted for 10 months! Hahaha! Naisip ko nga minsan sana pinaglihi na lang ako sa pasencia biscuits. Kasi naman, aminado tlaga ko patience is a virtue I do not have. Haaay! Bad for the health tlaga. Wish ko nga sana baby ko mag mana kay Jay-ar na puno ng pasensya. Wala tlagang aasahan sakin pagdating jan. Bad. Bad. Bad.

Nwei, balik sa story. I have filed my resignation last October 13 so technically speaking for a one-month notice, my last day was supposed to be November 13. But my agent requested me to extend it until end of November. Ayaw ko sana kaya lang I was not in the position to say no. For one, I did not even finish the one-year contract so dapat nga mag babayad pa ko for the contract breach pero buti na lang mabait agent ko nde na nya ko pinag bayad. Dinahilan ko kasi ang pregnancy ko. Hehehe! So ayun, sabi ko oks lang mag extend until end of November. After a week, my agent called me and told me HP wanted me to extend until December 19. Aba, aba... Sobra na yan. So I told my agent I can only extend until December 12 provided that I will be working from home starting Dec 1. Okay naman daw sa HP ang ganung setup so since last week, work from home na ko. And I am starting to realize, I cannot be like this for a long time. Nakakasira tlaga ng ulo. Pero ang good side naman dito, I am more relaxed kesa pag nasa office ako na maya maya umiikot ang pwet ko sa sobrang pressure and late pa nakaka uwi minsan. So ngayun higa higa lang, watch watch lang ng TV. Tatawagan lang ako pag may gs2 tanungin sakin sa office. Haaay! This is life. Hehehe!

Pero mind you, nde ko naman tlaga gs2 mag resign. Sino ba naman ang gs2 mawalan ng work lalo na sa ganitong may economic crisis. Sa Singapore, ang dami ng pinoy nawawalan ng work. Talagang effected sila. Dito sa Malaysia, nde naman "daw" sila affected. Pero may kakilala akong nawalan ng work. Sabi dahil daw sa performance nya. Pero hinala namin, baka effect din ng economic crisis. It was a bad news tlaga. Kailangang kailangan nya pa man din ng work kasi sya ang breadwinner sa family nila. Nde lang yun, dun sa same company na natanggal sya, marami ding pinoy na kinakabahan na baka sila na susunod. Then it struck me. Eto ako, tinatapon ko lang yung trabaho na meron ako while others are striving to keep their job. I really felt sad. Parang mali ang desisyon ko. I also had worries. Panu kung pagkapanganak ko mahirapan na ko kumuha ulit ng work?, ganu ko katagal mababakante?, baka mabulok na ang mga alam ko? Syempre, ngayun ko pa man din mas kailangan ng sweldo kasi mag kakababy na ko. I know anjan naman si Jay-ar pero mas oks pa din kung may katulong sya diba. Naisip ko, dapat mahalin ang trabaho. Wala namang perfect job. I know my job can be stressful sometimes pero anung trabaho ba ang hindi stressful? Lalo na nasa I.T. field ako. Bihira ang nde stressful job sa I.T. kaya nga mas malaki ng konti lang naman ang sweldo pag nasa I.T. Buti na lang mabait si God. He gave me a second chance.

Totoo nga yung saying na "you don't know what you've got till its gone". Totoo in my case, and it seems na totoo din para sa mga ka-team ko. Last week, my team had a farewell dinner for me. As requested by me, we ate at Secret Recipe. First time namin kumain sa western resto since I joined the team. Since karamihan kasi sa team e anaps, lagi kaming sa anaps store kumakain. No offense sa mga anaps food lovers pero nde ko tlaga gusto ang food nila. Uber dami ng spices. Minsan tingin ko nde na bagay yung spices, pinag sasama pa nila. Hehehe! Nwei, after dinner, pinipilit ba naman ako mag bigay ng speech. Hello lang! Ang masasabi ko lang ay "thank you". Ano pa ba dapat sabihin? So I just kept quiet. My team was really actually waiting for my speech. Nakatingin sila sakin. Hahaha! Nakakatawa tlaga tapos ako wala naman tlaga balak mag bigay ng speech. So sabi ng PM ko, "ayaw mo magbigay ng speech, ako mag bibigay ng speech". Tapos lahat na ng mga flowery words lumabas sa bibig nya. Kesyo gustong gusto daw sya yung work ethics ko. Sobrang na meet ko daw expectations nya. Pinag support daw nila ako mag isa ng buong system at nakaya ko daw (wala naman ako choice that time kundi kayanin mag isa tlaga). Kinwento nya pa yung day na nag apply ako. Nagustuhan nya daw tlaga ako sa interview kasi I was so positive and assertive. Miski daw dun sa exam mataas daw nakuha ko, etc. etc. Ito naman TL ko, todo back up sa PM. Sabi nya "really, you did an excellent job out there". Wala naman ako blush on that time, pero tingin ko tlaga lahat ng dugo ko umakyat sa ulo ko. Sobrang nakaka overwhelmed tlaga. Sinabi pa nila yun sa harap ng buong team. Parang feeling ko, pag yung sa patay tapos dun lahat sasabihin sayu lahat ng magagandang bagay. Hehehe! Nag offer pa PM ko na bibigyan nya daw ako ng testimonial letter para pag nag apply ako sa ibang company.

Natutuwa tlaga ako sa nangyari pero I find it hard to believe everything that they said. Una, personally I do not really think that I did very well. Siguro akala nila, I pulled it all off with flying colors. Ang nde nila alam, may times na gabi gabi umiiyak ako kay Jay-ar dahil sa work na yan. Mukang I was a good pretender. Honestly, mas gs2 ko pa yung way of work ko when I was in Sunlife. Kasi dun gusto ko yung mga users. Dito kasi inis ako sa mga users. Super demanding. Ang tingin sayu slave kasi nga binabayaran ka nila. Yun ang mahirap pag vendor ka. Haaayzzz... Actually yung praises ng PM ko, nde na masyado tumalab sakin kasi kilala ko sya as ganun. Yung bang konting ang liit liit na bagay mag eemail na sakin ng "good work. keep it up". Hehehe! Pero yung TL ko tlaga nung sinabihan nya ko ng I did an excellent job. Iba e. Sagad to the bones. Sobrang technically good ng TL ko. At sya ang pinaka mataray na lalaki na nakilala ko. Workaholic. Bihira magsalita. Pag nagkamali ka tlagang pagagalitan ka at ipamumuka sayu na mali ka. Sobrang taray tlaga. Kaya tlaga it meant so much to me nung narinig ko sa kanya yun. Nung nde pa ko nag reresign, I never realized that they appreciate my work. Ngayun lang kung kelan resigned na ko. Would I have changed my decision to resign if I knew all these back then? Di ko lang sure. Pero kahit too late na, I was happy I came to know all these. Although minsan iniisip ko na baka pinag loloko lang nila ako, I can't help but to feel happy pa din. Hehehe!

Last week, my PM requested me to attend a meeting with the client. Yung pumalit kasi sakin bago pa sa project so baka nde pa sya masyado makapag participate sa meeting. Nung una ayaw ko nga. E kasi work from home na ko. Chaka iba kasi ang meeting with the client. Marami ng times na umattend ako ng meeting with the client na kasama ang ibat ibang team. Sa team ng iba, marami sila. Tapos ako lang HP representative. Nde nyo lang alam kung ganu nakaka pressure yun. Talagang dapat expert ka sa sistema na sinu-support mo. At tinatanong ka nila ng solution sa problema not only with regard to the system you are supporting kundi pati sa interfaces. Kailangan you always look at the big picture. If you provide solution, dapat alam mo din kung panu maapektuhan nung solution na yun yung mga interfacing systems. Kaya tuwing may meeting, breath in at breath out muna ko. May time pa nga na pinag explain ako sa board kaharap ang mga boss ng clients. Para bang sinasabi nila sakin, sige nga patunayan mo alam mo tlaga yang sistema na yan. Asus! mamatay matay talaga ako nun.

So sa meeting, akala ko ako lang ang attend at yung kapalit ko para ma try na nya kung anu nangyayari sa meeting. Little did I know na aattend pala sa meeting yung PM ko at yung boss ng PM ko. Oh well, kahit naman andun sila, ako lang din mag sasalita ng mag sasalita dun. Para tuloy may judge lang ako dun na tinitignan kung panu ko sumagot sa meeting. Lagi pa man din nasa hot seat yung system namin kasi sya pinaka malaking project sa buong telco industry sa Malaysia. Pero oks naman yung meeting. Mejo tamed nung mga panahon na yun yung client namin. Di sila masyado nag tatanong ng kung anu anu na pipiga tlaga sa utak mo. Mahilig sila mag tanong ng "pwede ba to? anu ang effort? anu ang technical impact? anu ang buss impact? may ma sa-suggest ka ba na better way? drawing mo nga sa board how does this work so we can understand fully, etc. etc."

After the meeting, the boss of my boss (boss ng PM ko) talked to me privately. Sabi nya, gusto daw nila ako kunin ulit after I gave birth kasi daw gusto daw nila ang trabaho ko. Ganun pa din, tulad ng sinabi ng PM ko. Pero ito tingin ko, sinabi lang naman sa kanya ng PM ko yun. Kasi nde ko naman tlaga nakaka trabaho sya. Naka base pa ko sa client's site so nde naman nya talaga alam kung panu ko mag work. Chaka big boss na sya e. So ang basis nya na lang is yung mga kwento ng PM ko. Sabi ng boss ng boss ko, ang gagawin daw nila, parang naka-terminal or sabatical leave lang ako. Tapos after I gave birth, back to work na ulit ako. Napaisip ako, wala naman mawawala sakin kung mag okay ako sa setup na yun. It will save me the cost of applying for a dependent visa here in Malaysia and will save me from the hassle of applying for another job. Tapos kung nde ko tlaga gs2, pwede naman ulit ako mag apply sa iba. At least, nde ako mababakante. Haaay, talk about blessing. So I agreed. And the plan is by June, back to work na ulit ako. That's like half year na pahinga. Hmmm.. may alam pa kaya ako pag balik ko ng work? Hehehe! Bahala na si Batman. So happy naman ako. Makakapag pahinga ako tapos after that, may work pa ulit ako. Sabi pa ng boss ng boss ko, I will be involved more on development when I come back. Ngayun kasi more on support ang work.

Kaya I thank God tlaga for this second chance. Tignan na lang natin ang susunod na kabanata. Kasi verbal agreement pa lang naman yun. Naisip ko baka after 6 months, magbago pa isip nila so I am just hoping for the best. Pagbalik ko dito next year, dun pa lang rerenew ng agent ko yung working visa ko so by that time pa lang tlaga ako sure.

By the way, HP gave me this beautiful PDA phone as a thank you for my hardwork daw. Sweet!



The Pregancy.

Marami nag tatanung sakin "ano ang feeling?". Sagot ko "ganun pa din". Hehehe! Hindi naman ako nahirapan mag buntis. Wala akong pinag lilihihan. Si Jay-ar lang. May times na may mga gs2 ako kainin pero normal cravings lang yun e. Kahit naman nung nde ako buntis may mga cravings din ako like "parang ang sarap kumain ng ganito, parang namimiss ko na ang ganun, etc. etc.".

So far, ang pinaka mahirap lang na naranasan ko ay ang uber kati, uber pula, uber daming rashes. Thank you sa Palmer's Cocoa Butter Cream to prevent stretch marks.



My friend Apple recommended it to me. Effective daw. After I got my rashes, dun ko lang naisipan na mag research about it and I found out na for some, effective yun pero a lot of people during pregnancy are allergic to cocoa butter and I am one of them. Never, as in never in my life pa ko na allergy sa kahit ano. Kahit nga mumurahing make-up nalalagay ko sa muka ko and wala namang allergic reactions. Kahit anung food kinakain ko. Wala akong allergy before, ngayun lang. Nagiging sensitive daw tlaga ang skin pag buntis. So instead na that cocoa butter served it purpose to prevent stretch marks, tingin ko pagkapanganak ko, pwede nyo na akong tawaging queen of stretch marks. Kasi naman sobrang kati ng rashes nde ko mapigilan nde kamutin.





Meron namang medicine that I can take to ease the itchiness. Safe for pregnant women daw and no effect on my baby but I do not want to take any chances. So ang ginagawa ko na lang, pinapaligo ko na lang ang Calamine lotion. For a few hours, natatanggal nya ang kati then babalik na naman tapos mag lalagay ulit ako. The rashes lasted to two weeks and for two weeks I had sleepless nights dahil nagigising ako dahil sa kati. Ang guess what, the calamine lotion was supposed to be mild and gentle on the skin but it burned my skin. So nawala nga yung kati, I mean napagaling nya ko after two weeks, nawala ang redness at itchiness ng rashes but it burned my skin. So muka akong may malaking balat sa chan. Super supportive naman si Jay-ar. Sabi nya "mawawala din yan".. hehehe! Kaya love na love ko yun e.

Isa pang hirap pero nothing compared to rashes e ang pag inom ng sandamukal na vitamins. Okay lang sana kung maliliit lang e kasing lalaki ng bato ni Darna ang mga vitamins. Nung una, 2 vitamins lang iniimon ko. Fish oil supplements and folic acid. Both for baby's brain development. Ngayun 3 na vitamins na. Calcium, Multi-vitamins with folic acid at yung fish oil supplements ulit.





Kita nyo ba sa taas yung ganu kalalaki yan? Minsan nga natatakot ako na baka yang pag inom ng vitamins ang ikamatay ko... sa bulon. hehehe! Minsan ubos ko na yung tubig sa baso at bloated na ng tubig ang chan ko nde ko pa din nalulunon yung vitamins. Haaay! syempre kailangan tyagain dahil para kay baby yun.

Nung first few months ko, mejo insecure ako. Feeling ko kasi ang laki ng chan ko para sa month ng baby. Ang sekreto kasi nun malaki tlaga chan ko kahit nde pa ko buntis. Hahaha! Pero ngayun, going to five months ang baby maliit daw tignan ang chan ko. Okay naman ang size ni baby. Okay din heartbeat. Every month kasi sya ultrasound. Last month, pinatry namin patignan sa doctor yung gender nya. Sabi ni doc, too early to tell pa daw. Sabi namin try lang. Ang first reading, it's a girl! Weeeeh! Gs2 namin ni Jay-ar girl tlaga. Pero oks lang din naman ang boy as long as healthy and normal! This coming Friday ako mag papa detailed scan. So malalaman na namin for sure ang gender ni baby. Sana baby girl nga. May name na din sya pag girl "Mikaela Ysabelle". Pinagsamang pangalan ng 2 babae sa buhay ni Jay-ar. Hehehe! Pag lalaki, wala pa e. Iisip pa lang. Last ultrasound pics ni baby.





Yesterday was the first time I felt my baby kicked and moved. Actually nung dati pa na feel ko na sya kaya lang nde ako sure kung chan ko lang yun o si baby na. Pero yesterday was so obvious, si baby tlaga yung sumipa. After nun, lagi ko ng nararamdaman ang pag sipa at pag nagalaw sya. Excited na ko makita si baby. By April next year, malalaman namin kung sino mas malakas ang genes samin ni Jay-ar. Hehehe!

The Christmas.

Excited na ko. This is the first time na matagal ang bakasyon ko sa pinas. I will be staying sa Pinas until end of January. December 19 ang flight namin pabalik ng Pinas. Christmas tlaga is the most wonderful time of the year. Dun umuuwi ang papa ko so dun lang tlaga yung time na nakukumpleto ang family namin. Tapos dun din nakukumpleto ang mga friendships kasi yung ibang OFW friends, umuuwi din sa Pinas. Unlike pag nde pasko, iba iba ang time ng uwi namin.
Busy na kami ni Jay-ar sa Christmas shopping ngayun. Ako excited na tlaga. Sya mejo nde pa kasi may tinatapos pa daw sya na task sa work. Hehehe! Haaay.. lapit na December 19. Uwian na!!!

Ayan, mejo mahabang wento yan para sa pagbabalik. Tingin ko mas makakapag update na ko ng blog especially ngayun sa bahay na lang ako. Wala na magawa. Hahaha!

Till then. Ciao!!!

Balik Trabaho

Sobrang bilis ng bakasyon namin. Natapos ng hindi ko namamalayan. Hindi bale, mabilis lang naman ang 2 months. Sana hindi ko din mamalayan na October na pala at uwi na ulit sa pinas. Hehehe!

Kaya ngayun eto, back to work na ulit. As expected, na enjoy ko naman ang bakayson namin ni Jay-ar. Sobrang bitin nga lang. Palagi naman ganyan pag OFW at uuwi ng pinas. Sobrang nabibitin sa bakasyon.

So anu na nga ba ang aming pinag kaabalahan sa pinas.

Unang una, umuwi tlaga kami para mag pa executive check-up. At sobrang nawindang ako sa mahal ng check-up at gamot. Ang tagal tagal ko na kasing nde umiinom ng gamot. Since mataas ang cholesterol level ni Jay-ar at may UTI naman ako, kailangan na uminom ng gamot. Hehehe!

Sobrang na enjoy ko din ang birthday celebration ng aking cute na cute na pamangkin. Sa susunod ko na upload ang pics pag nagka time ako. Nag silbing reunion ng mga Recaldes ang birthday na yun kaya walang pumapansin sa host kundi mga kids lang. Ang mga adults busy sa chikahan and catching up with each other's lives. Hehehe!

Nakapag meet ako ang isang group ng college friends ko at nag check-in kami sa hotel para magkulitan, mag wentuhan ang mag kantahan gamit ang bago kong biniling magic mic. Hehehe! Nag punta din kami sa isang comedy bar at swerte naman kami kasi andun si Inday Garutay, Booba at si Chocolate kaya sobrang nakakatawa at enjoy tlaga.

Nag stay ako ng mga 3 days sa Calamba para makipag bonding sa mga relatives ni Jay-ar. Hehehe! Walang araw na nag stay lang ako sa bahay kaya sa sobrang dami ng gs2ng gawin at sa sobrang konti ng time, nde ko na nagawang makapag pa facial at makapag manicure and pedicure. Pero nakapag pa spa naman kami ni Jay-ar sa Calamba.

Tapos malling. Pero ang napuntahan ko lang na mall ay MOA at glorietta. Napadaan nga lang ako ng glorietta kasi dun ang meeting place namin ng mga college friends ko. Hehehe!

Haaay, super bitin tlaga. Kasi siguro dahil sa executive check-up kaya ganun. 3 beses din kami nag pabalik balik sa St. Luke's para dun. Nde ko na nga na meet ang VILLMA at JoBarCo kasi sobrang kinapos na tlaga sa oras. Pero sa October, I will make it a point na ma meet ko sila. Haaay, ang sarap sa Pinas. To follow na lang ang pictures. Sa uulitin! Babush!

Happy!

Weeeh! tuloy na tuloy na ang uwi namin this month. Pinayagan na si Jay-ar sa leave nya. Happy tlaga! Then this coming weekend, we are going to Cameron Highlands! Excited na ko. Tagal na naming nde nakapag out of town. Weeeeh!

Today, I received a birthday gift from HP. Actually, matagal na kong ini-email ng secretary to go to HP office to claim it. Wala akong balak claim yun for three reasons:

1. Hassle pumunta sa HP office kasi naka base ako sa client site so nakakatamad
2. Malamang the gift would be kung anu-anung HP items lang (My PM gave me HP clock, HP shirt and HP calendar before).
3. I don't like HP. Not the office location, not the office, HP mismo! Hehehe!

But then, my good PM got the gift for me and hand it over to my TL ko give it to me kasi nagkita kami sa meeting kanina sa client site. You see, super abnormal para sakin yung situation ng team namin. We have a big team actually. Pero hiwa-hiwalay kami. My PM is usually in HP office, my TL, well I don't know where he reports for work then I am on client side. The rest of the team, yung dev team nasa India. So ganitong setup, parang wala akong ka-team. Loner sa client site. Pangit noh? Hehehe! But anyway, back to story, so my TL handed over the gift to me today after our meeting. I was surprised because it's a 4GIG PenDrive. So nde pala sya kung anu-anung HP item lang. But PenDrive is still an ordinary item right?

But this makes it extraordinary. It has my name engraved on it. Na-touched ako ng konti kasi it's personalized. So mejo nawala ng mga 1cm yung pagka ayaw ko sa HP. Hehehe! Sa bahay ko na lang nakita na may naka - engrave pala kasi when my TL gave it to me, dedma lang ako. I didn't show even the slightest amazement. Sabi ko lang "thanks" then yun na un. Hahaha!

When I was in Sunlife, kapag birthday ng employees, may card kami from CEO with a gift voucher worth Php300. Ewan ko lang kung tumaas na amount ngayun kasi mahal na bilihin. Hehehe!

Oh well, yun lang ang kwento. Wala akong ginagawa sa office this whole week. Next week, paktay na naman ako. Pero bukas I need to go dun sa isang site ng client (yung remote site, remember?) to support a testing. Asar. Hehehe!

Anyway, I will just upload Cameron Highlands photos soon. Ciao!

Ps. Alam nyo ba na kasing layu na ng Singapore ang Cameron Highlands from KL (5 hours by bus)? O ngayun alam nyo na. Hahaha! Joke. Trivia lang.

Now What?

Wala lang akong maisip na magandang title so please bear with it. Hehehe! It has been almost a month now without a blog entry.
I am not busy. I will be busy next week but for last week and this week, I have a light work. Oh by the way, our project is now in Production! I'm so happy at least I can say meron na kong isang project in HP na na-rollout na... Ang saya diba. So ngayun, production support. Pero tingin ko nde gusto ng PM ko yung idea na nag prod supp lang ako. Tingin nya kasi sayang ang binabayad sakin kung mag iintay lang ako ng reported problem sa system. So I have this feeling na nag hahanap na sya ng ibang project sakin. I said I will be busy next week kasi start na ng last part ng industry testing. This time, they will do this industry testing in production environment using "controlled" live subscriber numbers. Meaning, real mobile numbers na ang gagamitin pero these numbers do not belong to real subscribers. Basta yun na yun. Hehehe!

I have a good news pala. Well, good for me. Remember I was ranting about how remote is the office location of our client where I am reporting for work? Well, guess what? Pumayag silang i-relocate ako ng office. Same client din pero this one is in different location. Our client kasi has like 5 offices yata. So now, I am located already at KL Sentral. Yeah, its a nice office location. Maraming kainan and madali pa ang transpo unlike before that I need to book for a cab every night. Ngayun, katapat na ng train station yung office ko so okay lang. But then meron pa ding catch dun. Wala pa kong permanent seat sa bago kong office. Dun muna ko sa "common" vendor area na pwede kang umupo kung san mo gs2. So dapat maaga kong papasok para nde maubusan ng upuan. Hehehe! According to my PM, this setup is temporary only. Hahanapan din daw nila ko ng permanent place. Kaya lang, this is my 2nd week here in this office and I haven't heard anything about it from them. Gs2 ko na nga follow up pero nahihiya ako. Hehehe! I'm worried kasi baka isipin nila I am so demanding. 1st demand ko is to change location then 2nd demand is this. Hehehe! But I know I need a permanent place for me. Yung vendor area kasi is for the other vendors that is not based in that office. Unlike my case, I am based na tlaga dun sa office na yun. Oh well, I know I need to make a follow up about it pero sana my PM will not take it in a negative way.

I didn't have blog entry for a long time. Bakit nga ba? Kasi walang maisulat? Hahaha! More like it. My life for the past month is so routinary. Office during weekdays then malling and watching movies every weekends. Na-bored na nga ako kaya I am asking Jay-ar na mag out of town naman kami. Kaya lang he's so busy at work. He even goes to work during weekends. Nanganganib pa kasi ang leave nya this July. We have a ticket na going back to the Philippines. Ako pinayagan na for my one-week vacation. Si Jay-ar try nya pang pilitin ang manager nya. Na-taon kasi na ang dami nilang ginagawa ngayun. Sana tlaga payagan na sya. Excited na nga kami umuwi pareho kasi 4 months na kaming nde umuuwi! As I've mentioned, puro malling and watch ng movies ang past time namin during weekends. So far, the movies that we have watched are KungFu Panda, Hulk, Doomsday and Wanted. I liked KungFu Panda, it was so hilarious. Pero ang pinaka-fave ko is yung Wanted. Sobrang astig!!! Jay-ar enjoyed it so much also. While we were watching it, I can see in his eyes na yun tlaga ang dream job nya - maging astig na assassin na pumepektus pa yung bala! Parang bowling. Hehehe!

Anu pa ba ang kwento? Well, we bought a mini-grill and this past week mejo na addict kami sa kaka-grill. Nag grill kami ng fish, shrimp and pork chop. Masarap naman lahat. I have pictures but next time ko na lang post. I guess that's all for now. Yan na lang muna ang kwento. Until the next post. Ciao!

Movies and Others

Yesterday marks my first anniversary of working here in Malaysia. O diba, naka 1 taon na ko! I was on halfday leave yesterday kasi I went to Putrajaya to get my expatriate card then I went to my agent's office to open a new bank account in CIMB and forced him to treat me and few of his colleagues for lunch. Pumayag naman sya. Half mabait, half uto-uto.. hehehe! Joke lang.

Last weekend, Jay-ar & I watched Forbidden Kingdom, which was astig and Iron Man, which was double astig. Ganda ng Iron Man. Parang Transformers. Hehehe! We also planned to watch Over Her Dead Body kaya lang nawalan kami ng time. Probably we'll see it this weekend if it is still showing. Ang tagal ko ng gustong i-post ang mga SIMS 2 activities ko dito but as I have mentioned before, I prefer playing SIMS now than blogging so I always procrastinate it. So maybe next time na lang.



Nothing much story to tell. Work is okay but I don't like it again. It's not because of the work per se but mostly due to work environment. I won't elaborate now, maybe next time. As much as possible, I want to lessen my complaining moments. I had enough of it today so I'll tell you about it next time.

Well, that's pretty much it. Laterz!!!

Updates

I am not into blogging nowadays. I blame it on SIMS 2. But I really love that game. It's so time consuming, so enjoyable to play. Every night or every time I have some spare time, you can find me in front of my laptop playing SIMS 2. Anyway, here's a recap of what transpired these past few days:

1. My work is not that hectic anymore now that our project is in UAT phase. Though I heard that another project is coming so need to brace myself for that.

2. It was my mom's birthday last April 24. Happy Birthday ma! We love you so much!

3. Last weekend, Jay-ar and I were so busy.

Saturday: Jay-ar played basketball while I went to Redbox with my former officemates in FCS then we went to Time Square to play bowling. Then at night, we attended Jay-ar's company's annual dinner. We had a free laptop bag as a door price but we were not eligible to participate in the raffle coz we came in late. Too bad!

Sunday: Was a very tiring day. Never been so tired like this as far as I can remember. Our housemate left already so we got to move in to the master's bedroom. Even though it seems easy to move to another room, it's not. First we clean the whole room including the bathroom, then we move all our stuff and fix some things. Then we went to Mydin to buy other stuff that we need. Then I also clean the kitchen. We were so exhausted. Not to mention that both of us were lacking of sleep that time because the night before that, we slept already around 3 am due to our addictions (SIMS 2 and Hold'em Texas Poker). Hehehe! Tonight, we will have a new housemate. I just wish all of us will get along very well.

We also planned to watch two movies (Over Her Dead Body and Forbidden Kingdom) last weekend but due to our busyness we had no time, maybe we'll just do it this coming weekend or on Thursday, which is a holiday btw. Then we also plan to go to Sogo to buy bed sheets and other stuff and we also plan to clean some parts of the condo (we weren't able to finish last weekend)... We have lots of plan!!! Hehehe!

Anyway, I'm glad we had a productive weekend and wish to have the same this coming weekend (but not as tiring as last weekend!)... That's all for now. Bye bye...

Ps. Some pictures below were taken at Redbox and Time Square Ampang Bowling. For more pictures, click here.

Mitsikoy and the Chipmunks

Last night, Jay-ar and I got to watch Alvin and the Chipmunks and I loved it! Theodore was so adorable. I remembered my niece while watching the movie because his name is also Theodore and he is as adorable as the cutie chipmunk. Scratch that, he is MORE adorable! I know it's an old movie but we were not able to watch this in the cinema and only got the chance to watch it now. Thank you MiniNova.

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We are now in the UAT phase of our project in HP. Aside from supporting users in their UAT, I will also be involved in the industry testing. We will test our system together with the other network operators in the entire Malaysia. I am so nervous about this because my TL will be on leave for 3 weeks during this industry testing so I will be on my own. People will approach me if they have questions regarding the system. So if there is something I do not know, I will be in big trouble! Oh well, I just hope no major disasters will happen during those times. If I will be lucky, no minor disasters as well. Pray for me please and wish me luck. I will be needing it... badly!

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Tomorrow Jay-ar and I together with some friends will go to IKEA to window shop. Hahaha! We are going to eat at IKEA's resto and treat ourselves with IKEA's very (as in very) delicious meatballs. At night, we plan to eat at Fatty Crab. Yummy! There goes my diet again. Hehehe!

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One thing that keeps me occupied nowadays, aside from my super hectic job is this (special thanks to the uploaders for uploading!). I really loved this when I was a kid and even until now, am still enjoying watching it. I used to be the Sailor Mars by the way & my sister was Chibi Moon. Hehehe! I had a Sailor Moon collection before that I passed down already to my younger sister. And now, that collection is a history. My sister didn't know how to take care of a precious treasure. The collection consisted of all the Sailor Moon stuff that you can think of! I really liked Sailor Mars because our traits are somewhat alike not to mention that we are both beautiful! Hahaha! I used to have long black hair as well and I like his power of fire. Oh well, those were the days. Hehehe!

That's all for this post. Got to go now and watch Episode 11 of Sailor Moon. Ciao.