year and 0.493

i’m not really sure how exact that is. what i’m sure about is how the year is practically midway and i didn’t accomplish much the past month. i know there are bits of progress although i wish i went faster. lucky 7 july? maybe.

there were definitely good times and some adventures. flood and traffic last week made me have one. i estimated that to be a 690-meter walk, about half of it with the one i love.

i’ve had 2 ramen sessions with jeff and those went pretty well. i miss drinking and somehow had a couple of bottles with kiko and jason. conflicts keep rising in the choir but the newbies and kuya jo’s showing up get things going for the better.

i’ve got a couple of DC games in my PC (no) thanks to steams sales and i’ve less productive at home.

yep, still pretty good. i’m still living up to the happy day every day, somehow inspired by the 100 happy days thing around the net. i need to outdo that. oh, and the savings thing, i think i’m getting back at outdoing the savings scheme that got popular around the same time during the start of the year.

maybe this year, especially it’s world cup time, is gonna be like a futbol match. it’s gonna be low scoring, what’s important is winning. let’s say i’m in a draw now against my counter self (or something like in the justice league’s counterparts in injustice). off to the second half. goals are to be scored.

Almost the Last Day of Summer on the 31st of May

Parang ang bilis ng summer ngayong taon. Baka dahil na rin sa late nag-Holy Week.

ilang minuto na lang, June na, at minamadali ko tuloy ang post na ito. bakit ko nga ba minamadali? ah, oo nga pala, busy kasi kaya ngayon lang naka-post. busy sa pagiging busy talaga at busy sa pagpapahinga sa pagiging busy.

apat at kalahat ang weekend nitong buwan na ito. mukhang nasulit naman din kasi sa lahat ng weekend, may nagawang masaya. may mga sablay nga lang na medyo malaki. ayun, hindi pa pala nakakabawi. isa sa mga short term goal para sa june, kailangang makapangumpisal dahil sa hindi pagsimba at matagal na rin akong hindi nakakapangumpisal.

bale nung May 3, kaarawan ni papa at nag-antipolo kami. masaya kasi 1st time makasimba ni mhae dun.

May 10-11, nag-bakasyon kami. dun sumablay kasi di nakasimba at di rin nakapagdiwang ng mothers’ day. pero kahit papaano, masaya pa rin. at yun nga, babawi rin.

sumunod na linggo, bday naman ni Ate. maliit na bahagi ng weekend pero panalo.

last week ang siya namang pagdating ni aboy sa nilipatan ni mhae at simula ng sandaling bakasyon ni unang.

at kanina, fashion show ni mj tapos star city tapos ang pagbabalik ni kuya jo sa praktis.

may nauso o nauusong 100 happy days sa internet. kailangang i-document. di ko kailangang gawin yun. umaabot ng 366 ang happy days ko sa isang taon. kahit may konti o malaking dahilan para maging hindi masaya, meron at meron pa ring ikatutuwa sa araw na iyon at sapat na iyon para maging 1 happy day. summer days, rainy days, happy days.

turn 1 page at a time

this month, well, last week, we didn’t really get to celebrate our monthsary. we did have a winner celebration on our 24th month. since we didn’t get to celebrate our first year physically together, we waited for 2 years before counting the years more importantly than the months. numbers, the bigger numbers seem to make the celebration less remarkable.

april was also about many more things—trip to bicol; the lenten season ending, holy week, easter starting, and the choir activities with that; cv420; some drama in SMC; a new workplace at the office; getting really closer to the finish line with my project; and geekery, finally getting to transfer sli-pc to the nvidia chassis.

bicol was relaxing. it’s actually great how neither mhae nor i got ill afterwards.

holy week was spiritually uplifting. i think it was a success. mhae collapsed during the easter vigil but thankfully recovered quickly that same night. i think it was another memory to hold to remind me of God’s hand caring for me and my loved ones despite my many offenses.

cv420 was simply awesome. oh, and i think it got me to get more instagrammy.

drama in the choir started to happen again but is getting resolved, hopefully. i feel like i’m getting old for teen flick stuff.

the workplace is getting more worky towards the hopeful conclusion of the batasan project. r.v.mitra’s done but also is bianca’s time with the company. i’m quite affected. it’s an end of an era. well, i’m welcoming that in a new cubicle. i think it’s working for me much better than my workplace for 5(?) years has been for the past couple of years. oh, i’m turning 7 at the office on saturday.

migraine hit me the other day after a long time. it was bittersweet once again, being nursed by mhae, this time. i am forever thankful for the times my mother and father put up with me when i had migraines before. it feels like a call to get back into shape, though.

last weekend, two recent popes, one who was the pope i first knew, saint john paul the great, and saint john XXIII. they were popes of our time. i seem to continue to have mishaps in my road to be a saint. i pray, someday, with all these that happen in my life, the good and the bad, i may look back with enough satisfaction that after all these turned pages, i have finally achieved my goal.

turning points on month 3

maraming pagbabago sa mga nagdaang taon ang nangyari sa buwan ng marso. marahil ang pinakapanalo para sa akin ay ang pagbabago dalawang taon na ang nakalilipas.

ang mga katapusan ng klase noong elementary at high school ako, marso nagtatapos. mas turning point ata mga yun kaysa pagsimula kasi mas ramdam. mas may katuparan, may level up.

pagdating ng college, medyo naiba kasi simula ng abril karaniwang natatapos dahil sa trimestral system. pero sa mga panahong iyon, walong taon na pala ang nakalilipas, noon kami nailigtas sa sunog. may mga paalalang nawala, natupok ng apoy o nasira ng tubig, pero mula noon, nagsimula ang mas pagpapahalaga sa mga bagong alaala.

noong isang linggo, ipinagdiwang namin ni mhaelord ang dalawang taon namin bilang magkasintahan. sa lahat ng march turning point, ito sa ngayon ang pinakamasarap. kinabahan nga ako na baka sumablay sa 3-day celebration namin, ni hindi nga ako nagkaroon ng pagkakataong bumili ng mga bulaklak, pero masaya pa rin. salamat din sa kanya na very appreciative and very giving.

sa ibang medyo mas maliit na bagay, matagumpay kong na-cancel ang loan ko sa citibank. nadaan sa bola pero buti nabawi rin. nakapag-extend din kami sa batasan project. napasa na ang tier 2 report. magulo pero pwede na. sana lang, matapos na talaga bago matapos ang abril.

sa makalawa, maglalakad na ng mga papeles sa adamson si mhaelord. isa na ring turning point sa buhay ko ang pagbayad niya ng unpaid dues niya noong nakaraang linggo. malapit na ang panibagong chapter sa buhay namin kung saan magiging estudyante na uli siya. panibagong mode ng pagiging supportive boyfriend ito. sa mga nagdaang supportive boyfriend role, masaya naman ako at sulit na sulit. swerte talaga. ay, mali, pinagpala pala talaga.

2 years ago, this month had 29 days

i just got back from my hatid services. after mhae’s successful training at west, she’s started her night shift. we still had the past couple of weekends but starting this weekend, we’ll only have quite half of saturday. actually, last week, we didn’t get much of saturday, but that was my work’s fault. that aside, i think our schedules are ok with us. it’s much better than the time differential between here and the netherlands. i also think we got to make the most of the weekends we had. though much was spent on the couch napping or watching tv, we did get an lrt adventure with ara and aboy for aboy’s pup entrance test.

one lacking saturday though was bugyot’s wedding where i wasn’t able to ask for a second seat. she did get to see me in a coat and tie before i left and after. although i wish she was with me at the actual wedding. ah, yes, that night. it was also another of those feel bad then feel good at jolly dopey times. back to bugyot, i had a surreal feeling, an affirmation that dreams do come true. it was still akward, though, to be in the malate lit folio crowd after the longest time. to think i’d say, 10 years ago that that was my crowd. well, we change. but still, bugyot’s new life chapter overshadows the distance and akwardness.

i guess my crowd is now the choir. although the past few months until the past few weeks seemed to be leading to a disruption, i have to commend kuya jo, kiko, and everyone else’s efforts that led to how SMC is at now—back to getting better.

and speaking of better, i finally got to run some benchmarks. roughly, my i7 pc at work is definitely better for work and my i5 home pc is surely for play. this got reinforced just yesterday when this i5 ran the sap2000 model at about half the speed. very well, then. but this is still much better for play. hahahaha.

what isn’t a game is love. hearts day was spent with the usual dinner with the family. i didn’t get to bring mhae along because she had work. nonetheless, we had breakfast at greenwich libertad and got her flowers. the flowers were pre-ordered, though, not like when we had our first “date” there. the rest of the day was like a holiday since i took a leave. we failed to watch a movie and saved the movie dates for later. we watched starting all over again the following week.

and work stuff, more not a game, it’s getting tighter. i’m missing deadline i set. present tense. still hopeful as usual. it can get a bit relaxing, too, but the 2 nights at UPLB for the perform3d workshop still hit the sleeping habits a bit. it was fun learning and teaching, and i really hope to get to do or facilitate something similar. someday.

UPLB is a breath of fresh air to me. the chocomilk and buko pie successful pasalubongs are more plus points. the environment and the learning experience and the fact that i don’t have to go to the office made the need to return that friday and go home saturday midday not so bad afterall. not getting our objectives complete was a bit of a downer, but as i said, we’ll get through this.

performance based design, the concept, i’ve gotten it long ago. the application, i’m getting there. i’m a slacker, i know, but the potential to contribute in something this big to the company i work for and the profession i’m in, it gives me the drive that i think i’ve lost before. this is future stuff.

and speaking of future stuff, i finally got convinced by citibank to do that loan thing. i just need to clarify stuff. but i did get to get a checking account. my mother is very skeptical about these loans. i think i have to find a way to positively counter that skepticism soon.

that day i got my checkbook, something meant for future payments, mhae and i watched the lego movie. it was also the 3rd day of our 23rd month together. we watched at moa for the first time together. previous dates at moa for us both were with different partners. i finally got to movie date with her, my future. and lego, it’s a building block of my past. i’m glad she enjoyed the movie. next month, we’ll be on our second year. the profession of love happened 2 years ago on the 29th. that was one eventful leap year. i’m glad it happened.

when i got home from our date, i realized that was when tita chato was to be confined at makati med. next day, the results of her biopsy were found to be favorable. another thing to thank God for.

and i’m successfully getting sleepy, offline. i wish internet is back when i get back home later. or in the morning. gotta wake up early. internet dependent. being offline, and having some important work stuff to do, i felt that need to fix my room again. last week, i started drawing in cad the east side of my room to estimate and make working drawings for the two shelves i need. i don’t know when i can continue that. maybe i’ll get to finish my 3d model for my room. just basic shapes, not accurate models. something to play around with when trying to rearrange. yep, something to do, another thing pending.