Surviving

Its been two weeks of being left in charge of a team composed of all sorts of people between the ages of 23 to 36.

I can't believe that I'm still alive and sane.

Aside from tons and tons of report and administrative duties, I have to deal with juggling different people with varying personalities! Nice people, rude people, irritating people, people of all sorts! Its crazy!

But at the end of the day, despite feeling soo tired from all the work, I still feel happy because I realized that I am capable...I am able. =)

Moments

Seeing things like this and capturing its splendor is definitely a moment where you find yourself in awe at the marvel of God's power and wisdom.

Reality Bites...and It Hurts!

I just had an affirmation of how harsh and unfair the world can be.
Right in my face, I realized that there are people in this world who can never play a fair game. I've always known this. I'm sure a lot of people have but never in my life has it been rubbed in face, not until today.

I've always believed in justice. That I get what I deserve. What I do is reciprocated by the exact same weight of what I've done. I always believed that this is how things should work. That was the beauty of life for me. You dont get everything. You just get what you deserve.

Unfortunately, I was wrong. Some people can get more than what they deserve and get away with it with a smirk on their faces.

He didn't deserve it. It was unfair. Not to me but to the rest of his supposed equals who never got the chance to play favorite. And what did he do to deserve it? Nothing. He didnt even make an effort.

Not for anything else...

Witnessing injustice can be quite harsh to someone who has always thought that there is always justice and goodness in each and every person's heart. Who am I kidding to actually believe in this kind of "fairy tale" belief?

In the end though, despite all the rants, there is only one way to deal with such an experience.

Deal with it.
Learn from it.

I definitely learned a very very important life lesson today.

Not everyone can be fair.

But I can be. I am. And I will always be.

Quickie

Im so tired.

Pagod na pagod ako. Latang lata pa.
Kung may choice lang ako, ayaw ko ng magtrabaho.

I just want to stay at home all day.
Sleep.
Eat.
Surf the net.
Eat.
Blog.

Hay.

Hi Five Video (Tribute to the High Five...commonly known to Pinoys as "Appear!"

A Short but Fun Weekend Getaway

Jenny, Eggy, Miguel, Rico and I met up my hometown at Sto. Tomas, Batangas last Saturday. Initial plan was to visit the Parish Office of Sto Tomas to inquire about how we can reserve a date for our wedding this year (which will hopefully push through either by October or December). With no other plans and not much cash as well, we set off early in the morning so we could evetually come home early as well (sure sign of old age, hehe).

We were so worried that traffic was going to be horrible based on our experience last Dec 30, 2007. Luckily, the roads were clear and the weather was fine so our trip was just a breeze.

Our first stop was definitely the church since it was closed during our last visit. It was timely that there was an ongoing wedding so we had an easier time imagining how our (Miguel and I) wedding would look like. The church had beautiful chandeliers and a magnificent altar yet it didnt seem too grand, thus it looked and felt perfect to me. Another plus factor is the fact that this was the same church where I was baptized, I had my First Communion and Confirmation. Having our wedding there just made perfect sense.



After several pictures later, we headed off to Rose and Grace Restaurant. Any tourist who finds himself in Sto Tomas must never leave without having eaten in this restaurant. It serves the most sumptuous Bulalo and other Batangas specialties like the "tulingan". Look at our pictures, its very obvious that we ate to our heart's content!



We still had so much time left after lunch that we decided to head off to Talisay, Rico's hometown and my childhood hometown as well. He said he had Batangas brewed coffee prepared for us so who were we to say no to another treat. We drank and drank and drank coffee and after all the caffeine rush, headed off to nearby Taal Lake for a little site seeing and more picture taking, of course!









At the end of the day, everyone may have been tired but we were all just soo happy, content and mentally recharged as well.