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Dalawampu't pitong taong gulang na ako. Naaalala ko, may naturang saya ang kaarawan ko noong nakaraang taon. Simula pa lang pala yun. At dumating nga ang isang napakasayang taon sa buhay ko. Salamat sa Diyos.

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part 2 blog post before the year ends

i realized i just wanted to blog about acquisitions and achievements this past month.

first up, my mother and father have new phones. MyPhone A618 TV duo. android phones. mama has a white one and papa a black one. mama’s is a gift from ate and me and papa’s is a gift to himself from his bonus.

buds got ate a white iphone 4s. they too have matching phones.

as for me, i have a broken phone and no plans to change it soon. maybe in a year or more. i also got to fix my old elm which had a sim card detection problem that led to getting mama a new phone. i didn’t get to retrieve her phonebook, though.

acquisitions and achievements, i got myself a working second hand i5-760 and 2x2gb ram and installed them successfully to adette’s supposed evga p55 sli board. i bought a coolermaster vortex plus for it and are now in yonni’s desktop’s case. it’s in need of a proper power supply to run the board and the 2 9800gt’s—one is yonni’s old card and the other, salvaged from miro. yonni’s broken(?) core 2 duo board and cpu are here with me. haven’t really checked it.

with yonni getting himself a ps3 earlier this month and his sisters a 360 with kinect for Christmas, i think an sli rig is but fitting in their household.

in nfs world, i got back to playing the treasure hunt after breaking my 60-day streak last october in favor of a wonderful time out of town with mhae and her family. i broke my streak a couple of times and i’m now in a 9-day streak (i think).

fun thing about that game, it reminds me of how i spend time with mhae on the phone before she left. she had my netbook and she played plants vs. zombies or zuma while i played world. and the t-mobile billboards ingame are a fun reminder of her work at startek. i also realized t-mobile ads in hor pursuit. i now launch hot pursuit in steam so i can get screenshots.

back to world, december got me free cars, the lancia delta and the nissan gt-r vspec. and also back to racing multiplayer. but i still haven’t gone past my 69 wins. just more losses. i’ve also saved for a murciélago. too bad, the yellow (default color) lp-640 hardtop got retired in october. i decided that i’ll be getting the lp-650 roadster. i’ve saved up a few days ago. will get it tomorrow. new year, new ingame car

ah, games. i guess since i haven’t been spending time in movie and dinner dates, i got more time to game. and slack around. and fix my room. ah, yes, my room. its cleaning up is still in progress. good luck to me.

trivial things. small things matter to me. i guess that’s why bigger things matter greatly. oh, and before i forget, i haven’t tweeted since a few days ago. that’s so i’ll close the year with 669 tweets. twitter achievement.

and it’s time to have new year’s eve dinner. new year in an hour and a few minutes. thank you again Lord for 2012.

hindi nagunaw ang mundo ngayon 2012

pero baka natapos nga at nagsimulang panibago ang mundo ko. di ko inakalang magiging ganun ako ka-busy sa mga araw na parating ang Pasko. at kahit pagkatapos. pero hindi gaya noong nagdaang mga taon, abala ako sa choir, hindi sa trabaho. kung tutuusin, pa-easy-easy na lang sa opisina. hala, lagot pagpasok uli. pero di bale, mas kakayanin.

hindi lang sa nagdaang mga simbang gabi at sa kasalukuyang panahon ng Pasko ako naging busy sa choir. sa buong taon. at nitong nagdaang mga linggo, napansin ko kung gaano ako kapalad na makasama sa SMC at kung gaano ko nais maging biyaya sa kanila. may mga kahinaan ang choir, may kani-kanilang lakas ang mga kasapi. konting tiyaga at adjust, tingin ko, kayang maging mahusay ng choir. mahusay naman na ang grupo sa ibang bagay. konting ayos pa sa pagiging mahusay na choir.

sayang, wala si mhae. may impluwensya din kasi yun. naaalala ko, sinabi ko sa kanya na tutulungan kong alagaan ang choir na isang napakahalagang bahagi ng buhay niya. bukod pa sa pagiging messenger sa pagitan niya at ng pamilya niya dito.

natutuwa ako sa presence ni mhae sa choir. kahit papaano, nakasama siya sa Christmas party. kasama namin siya nung nagbabalot kami ng mga regalo para sa mga bata. at naging matangumpay naman ang gift-giving. ang pinanghihinayangan ko ay hindi ko nabigyan ng regalo yung epeleptic na andun. at syempre, na hindi namin kasama si mhae sa mismong pagbibigay ng regalo.

maraming nangyari sa buwang ito na nagpaalala sa akin ng nagdaang taon. sa Christmas party ng SMC, tumugtog kami nina jonathan. hiniram ko yung amp ni dogi, yung floor tom at snare drum, at yung mic. nasa akin na rin ang mic stand, triple guitar stand, at ang bass amp ko. bukod sa SMC isang taon din pala akong na-involve sa Tinola. hindi na lang kami nakaka-jam nitong mga nakaraang linggo pero andun pa rin yung pakiramdam na kasama ka sa iang banda. yung reunion namin nina dogi, hindi na natuloy. hindi ako nakakasama sa jam nila ni thad at balky pero umaasa pa rin akong makakasama ko uli silang tumugtog.

at itong desktop ko, isang taon na pala ito. tingin ko may sablay ako sa pagkabit ng cpu cooler pero umaandar naman siya nang maayos. hindi lang siguro best temperature performance. napupuno na rin ang HDD kaya napa-backup ako ng mga movie download na naging libangan namin ni mhae lalo na niya. nakakapuno rin ng harddrives yung mga nirerecord ko pag practice ng choir at ng banda. malaki rin ang space ng mga picture at video na kinukuha gamit ang phone ko.

aba, malaki rin pala ang serbisyo sa akin ng xperia pro ko. kailangang mahanap ko na ang resibo para maipaayos ang nasirang saksakan ng earphone/speaker. sira pala, kaya nahirapan kaming walang accompaniment nung carolling. mag-iisang taon na tong phone ko bago matapos ang Enero.

nagpapasalamat ako sa nagdaang taon. puno ito ng musika. panalo talaga si mhaelord, napilitan akong mag-record. sinimulan niya kasi sa nakakatunaw ng pusong music video para sa monthsary namin gamit ang audacity at windows movie maker. ako naman, ginamit ko ang naka-setup na mic dito at yung b2.1u ko para magrecord ng kanta para sa kanya. ang laking bagay ng musika sa buhay ko. salamat sa Diyos at binigyan ako ng kasintahang mahalaga rin ang musika sa kanya. at salamat sa Kanya na ginawa akong techie at sa kalagayan namin na madaling mag-communicate gamit ang internet.

at salamat sa mga magulang ko; sa nanay ko na inaalagaan ako pag may sakit, lalung-lalo na nung umuwi akong lasing (at nagsuka sa jeep) pagkagaling sa Christmas party; sa tatay ko na kahit nahihirapan na, tuloy ang kayod sa hanapbuhay para mapanatiling maganda ang kalagayan ng pamilya. salamat din sa ate ko na kahit may sarili nang pamilya, hindi pa rin nawawala ang pagiging kapatid sa akin at anak sa mga magulang namin. at kina tito nonong at tita chato at sa mga pinsan ko at sa lahat ng mga kapamilya ko.

hindi nagunaw ang mundo sa taong ito. pero natapos at nagsimulang muli.

11 months through 2012 and it’s been great

the month started with my mother recovering from her operation. i spent a night there and she went home with us the next day. by now, she seems fully recovered.

the following days were mostly dedicated to helping mhaelord prepare for her trip to the netherlands. spent an afternoon at caloocan with her and her family. it was her cousin’s daughter’s first birthday. later that night, it was her despedida party here with SMC.

kuya jho was not with use then because he had a concert in baguio and wasn’t able to be with us the week after because he was in samar for his father’s funeral. those days, tita beth also passed away. i got to go for her wake on a friday after meeting with mhaelord in sm fairview. long commutes. wow.

got to watch skyfall at glorietta. i took the afternoon off that day since mhaelord was in makati for some requirements. great movie. finally got to watch 007 on the big screen with the one i love after 2 failed attempts. the sm fairview trip was also for a movie. i took the day off to get to see breaking dawn part 2 with her. a promise fulfilled. surprisingly, it was an ok movie. i liked the action and it was a break from depressing stories.

i also got to give her the minion stuffed toy, now named Min Min, and got her little sister a gift. we earlier got her kid brother a gift, and that’s actually when we saw the Min Min in the new gift factory at glorietta.

come november 17, it was the day of her flight. it almost became uneventful when she was not allowed to go out to us after going through immigration and completing the procedure before waiting to board. alas, she found a way to go out and meet with ms.anne and daisy. pictures, smiles, tears, and i gave her a hug and a kiss before she got back inside. before the plane took off that night, i we got to speak to each other on the phone. next conversations would be on skype the next day.

and i slept through most of the day. she went online in skype late in the afternoon, manila time. skype calls every 48+7 hours since then. eases the sadness of longing. time apart isn’t going so bad. i guess that’s how right we are for eavh other. i’m so blessed to be in love with her.

the past few weeks at work have been quite fulfilling getting to complete some worksheets for “easier” modeling and design of tanks in STAAD. pace went down, though, and tardiness went up. not in the critical zone yet and not really in a blunder, i think i’ll manage to get things done right and on time with less pressure and sooner than i usually do.

there’s the sense of status quo that i am comfortable with. last weekend, i went with kitchie for that antel homes something tour. nice houses and place but i’m not really thinking about it now. bank account isn’t ready. later that night, google plus time. i discovered how awesome the hangouts at g+ are.

then i forgot that it was our monthsary. apparently, mhaelord remembered but she was also occupied with making google+ work. i think that’s one monthsary milestone: google+. and like some of our previous celebrations, it was with friends. 2nd and 3rd day of 8th monthsary wasn’t very eventful. count it as a 1st online monthsary if anything. will resume the celebrations next year. i miss her.

looking back at the past month, i really should be greatful—and i am—since i feel and know of God’s grace and mercy. it’s the start of the advent season this sunday. i should be back on track and pace up in preparing myself for that great future ahead.

family 1st

Buwan ng rosaryo ang oktubre pero para sa akin, buwan ng pamilya. Sa bagay, the family that prays together stays together. Na-miss kong magsimba kasama ang pamilya. Bahagi ng dahilan ang napagkakaabalahan kong choir. Pag kinaya, dapat mapilit na makasimba pa rin kasama nina mama at papa.

Tulad ng pagsisimba, dapat mabalik ko sa aking routine ang pangungumpisal sa unang weekend. Nagawa ko nitong oktubre. Sana matuloy ko. Pero syempre, sana mawala na yung routine ko ng pagkakasala.

Sa unang dalawang linggo ng buwan, halos nabigay ang oras sa paghahanda para sa pagkanta sa kasal. Masaya naman ako at maayos ang pagkakakanta. Ang ganda ng till i met you ni mhaelord. At ang saya talaga ng smc. Maingay lang at maraming flash sa camera at lighting para sa coverage kaya migraine kinagabihan.

Ayun na naman ang bittersweet migraine. Inalagaan ako ng mahal kong nanay at tatay nung gabing yun. Sana maging mas resistive na ako sa stigma. Ayoko nang atakihin ng migraine.

Buti bumuti pakiramdam ko at natuloy kami sa bicol nung 16. Nakasakay na ako uli sa eroplano at 1st time ni mhae. Libot sa legaspi tapos akyat sa bundok papunta sa bahay nila. Napagod sa biyahe kaya tila andaming tulog pero yung oras na gising ay napakasaya.

Main event siguro yung bday ng dingdong. Pinakamasayang party ata yun dun at ang saya ko rin na naging bahagi ako nun. Masayang maging bahagi ng pamilya ng minamahal mo. Huwebes ng gabi kami umuwing makati at biyernes ng umaga na dumating.

Nasayang ang ilang pasalubong dahil may sakit pala si mama. Medyo sinisisi ko sarili ko na hindi ako naging responsable para asikasuhin ang hindi maasikaso ng nanay ko habang may sakit sya. Nakabuti rin sana yun ng pakiramdam niya.

Wala halos pressure sa opisina pagbalik ko kinalunesan. Konting palit ng title block sa slfm tapos konting kunyaring basa para sa meralco. Sakto, 4-day workweek at 26 pa yung holiday.

7month celebration, simpleng mga dinner lang at konting tampuhan-bati. Next month, mag-a-adjust na sa kung paano ipagdiriwang ang 3-day celebration.

Pahabol celebration yung moa date. Dahil walang mahanap na winter jacket, sumakay na lang kami sa sm eye (yun nga ba tawag dun) at nagbumpcars. Nag-dinner tapos sinundan sina kuya jo para sa tshirt sa walter at nagpractice onti at final meeting bago ang teambuilding kinabukasan.

Sabado-linggo, matagal na akong hindi nakakasama sa team building talaga. Nakakamiss yung ganung mga bagong activity. At panalo rin kasi may balance ng productivity at pag-e-enjoy. Swimming at videoke, ang saya. Buti di namalat ang boses. Tila konti ang tulog pero masarap.

Extended ang oras namin pero sulit. Panalo ang new smp-sip. Pagod-pagod na nga lang pagdating sa misa pero buti kinaya. May mga natira pa namang hindi paos at nakakatuwa na kumakanta pa rin ang mga kami kahit paos o hirap huminga.

At kagabi, kailangang bumalik ang focus sa direktang pamilya ko. Habang kumakain kami nina mhaelord, amelia at kuya jho sa pancake house, tinawagan ako ni papa. Umuwi ako dahil isusugod sa ospital si mama. Pinagdarasal ko ngayon ang mabuting kalalabasan ng kanyang operasyon. Unang beses akong nakasakay sa ambulansya kagabi. Mabuti at andito si tita para alalayan si mama mula nung sumakit ang tiyan niya nung hapon hanggang kagabi sa ospital.

Sumama ako pero marami akong ginawang paghihintay dahil si tita at si papa na ang bahalang umasikaso. At least andun ako para magpakita at naramdaman naman sana nila ang suporta ko. At panalo rin ang suporta ni mhae at amelia na hinatid ang natira kong pagkain at tira din ni mhae. Buti na lang daw naiwan niya susi niya sakin kaya pumayag akong sumunod siya. Yung delivery niya ang dinner namin nina papa at tita.

Magaan ang pakiramdam kong nakita kong ngumiti at mas ok na si mama. Sinundo ni tito nonong kami ni tita chato kaninang mga 1am. Nasa operating room na si mama ngayon. Mayang onti, aalis na kami ni ate papunta dun.