Chinese Proverbs...

The tortoise said that it always travels with its musical instrument in case it meets other musicians.

Stressing a state of maintaining a state of preparedness.

Tell a child to wash his body, he washes his stomach.

This is a sign of immaturity.

If the yam used in sacrifice does not die prematurely, it will eventually germinate.

Things will eventually improve despite the present difficulties.

Knock a valiant man on the ground and the shouts will be tremendous.

The downfall of a famous man attracts public attention.

Kill a warrior during skirmishes at home, you will remember him when fighting enemies.

Don't destroy your leaders.

Teasers Galore!!!

Here are some photos I edited for our fund raising...

The first one is for the first week. The one below is for the week that followed. The one that Doyle commented on is the 2nd one.


Unfortunately both didn't make the cut since they didn't comply with Accenture's standards. But I had fun doing them and learned some tricks a long the way. Appreciated LAYERS more now that I understand how we could manipulate the tools in Photoshop. By the way I used CS 2 for this. But you have to make sure that your memory is more than 512MB to be able to work around CS 2 without having to wait for your mouse pointer to move!

we give in sometimes

I had this office mate. She's pretty but stern looking. Every time I look at her and try to smile, I have second thoughts because there's no hint of smile on her face. She's not that friendly, well not as I hoped she would be. She's the only one in her batch I haven't said hi to. But then, her birthday came. Days before that I added most of their batch mates's YM's to my list. And so on her birthday I sent her a message crossing my fingers that she'd reply... And she did!On the way to Mylet's cube to get my lunch I dropped by her cube and said my greetings. Since then, I can officially say she's one of my acquaintance. I thought I would never get the chance to talk to her. I thought I would probably have this feeling of loathing when she's around. But its gone now...We do give in sometimes....

I finally decide to get out of the way. Its hard coz he's always around and people talk. One thing I've learned so far is not to be too trusting. Doyle and I admitted to ourselves that we have lots of acquaintances but not too many true friends. We can never tell who'll stick around to pick up the pieces when you're all down and broken. Weeks before I was stuck with the matter of friendship versus my pride. Friendship versus my feelings. Friendship versus self worth. Heck, he should have treated me differently. I am supposed to be different. I am supposed to be conservative. But I gave in to the idea of me breaking free of my old self. I listened to my cousin's voice: let loose, you're too frigid. And look what it got me. Funny how we often do stupid things before we learn. I gave in, got hurt and bounced back. I need to bounce back, I only have once choice...MOVE FORWARD!

As always, in an environment which is so conducive to change I try to blend in. I coexist. That's they only way to survive the wild jungle. But unlike the call center I worked before, people don't move out that often. And they come in most of the time. We're growing in number and we move a lot depending on the project. And now that I'm moving out of my current project yet to be welcomed in another, I'm filled with excitement. I'm kinda looking forward to it. You should have seen me a month ago. Too hesitant to be transferred, very scared of change. But now, I'm glad they've given me the break. Its up to me now to prove my worth. Wish me luck!





word's from the wise:

Sometimes, you just have to try not to care no matter how much you do.
Because sometimes you mean nothing to someone who means so much to you.
Its not pride, its called self-respect.

Busy week, such a busy week

I couldn't complain anymore. Got lots of task this week that I thought my life was a whirlwind. We had to design a postcard for a fund raising event. I never thought I could actually put my artistic side to good use. I had to pull out my flash tutorial from one of my hidden folders and tried to review it but then we ended up doing just a simple design in JPEG. We can't think of ways to embed flash to our emails since we need to email it to the entire Accenture population in the Philippines. Anyways, on top of that I was already given work from my boss in Manila. We had to do teleconferencing everyday just to discuss the task. My "tagalog" was polished to the brim. I'm unfortunately not too fluent with our national language. It's not that I hate it, its just that I get my tongue twisted most of the time. I also had to organize a give away present to two colleagues from our team who were going back to Manila. Whew. Emails left and right. YM's and AIM's here and there. Lots of questions which need answers. All I could think of was to shout: S T O P!!! Please...let me breathe for a second...My team mates from Creative club, my batch mates who have love problems, my TL!!! But then again, who am I to complain? I kinda wanted this, busy life! I wanted to be preoccupied all the time. So that I won't think of words such as LONELY, SAD, DISAPPOINTED, GONE, LOST and HEARTBROKEN. When Friday finally came, I ended up sleeping the day off. So much for that...

LESSONS LEARNED:

If you want to speak make sure that what you're going to say is true, necessary and kind.

Avoid talking about your love life and most importantly, don't ever preach about your sex life to just anybody!

You can only give as much as what you have.

Hanazakari no Kimitachi e...

You might be wondering why I haven't been blogging lately. For one, been busy with work; with the non-deliverables that is. Recently joined one of the demo meetings of Silver and White Toastmaster's Club. I still don't have that much load at work so I decided to join. Maia told me to do things on my own, which meant me being involved with activities without having my close friends tag along. She told me to do things which would eventually let me meet other people outside my circle. And its great, being out of my comfort zone. It was such a wonderful experience for me so I decided to join which meant more meetings...

Secondly, been having some badminton sessions every Tuesdays and Thursdays with my officemates. I'm still a neophyte at the game but at least I get to have a dose of exercise twice a week.

Thirdly, every time I get home I feel so tired and sleepy that I don't want to turn on the computer anymore. I just get to check things at the office but my eyes retire right away as soon as I step out. Been to an eye doctor lately. There's actually a difference between an Ophthalmologist and Optometrists. Ophthalmologists are trained and licensed to perform surgery and prescribe ocular, oral and systemic medicines. While the Optometrists on the other hand are not doctors but only received 4-5 years education on vision science, eye health and optometry-related areas.

Having this unveiling serious issue with my eyes, I decided to visit Dr. Yong Larrazabal's clinic in Cebu Doctor's University Hospital. I even met up with Dr. Yong face to face. He told me my eyes currently have allergies. I think it was because of what happened last Sunday. I was wearing my contact lenses with make-up on. Put on some mascara. And because I kept on laughing with tears in my eyes, some of the mascara dripped towards my eyes. I had to take off my contact lenses because it stung like hell. The optometrist who took preliminary examinations of my eye told me that while working, which entails me facing the computer more than 8 hours a day, its not advisable for me to be wearing my contact lenses since unfortunately I have dry eyes. She advised me to put on some eye drops to relieve the dry eyes. Dr. Yong prescribed me some eye drops and some eye vitamins. I'm off the contact lenses for now and I also had to have the lenses of my glasses changed. It turned out I have 300 myopic 75 astigmatism on my right eye and 300 myopic 25 astigmatism on my left eye. Its kinda alarming that my grade kept on increasing. Dr. Yong also suggested the Lasik surgery but then I still can't afford it for now that would have to be put off till later.

I recently finished the last episode of Hana Kimi Japan. Its a Japanese series which is full of funny scenes and heart-warming conversations. Even if you're not fond of Japanese series, might as well watch this because it has some moving learnings along with its intelligent humor.

I'm looking forward to my French class and my Yoga class...

So, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e. By the time we'll meet again, I'll still be here for you in full bloom! =)