There are many ways in which God works in our lives, but it is the same God who
does the work in and through all of us who are His.Y
--1 Corinthians 12:6
tenkyu DA for the picture and mr. samuel stennett for the lyrics :)
Monday, April 17, 2006
how nakakangarag: first day of workif you call it work.
kagagaling ko lang from the manila observatory which is in ateneo dahil dun ung ssip* namin ni janel. *it's blahblah internship program-- i don't know what the s's stand for pero for sure, summer ung isa dun. use your imagination na lang. it's probably.. shayne's summer internship program. i dunno.
naggising ako earlier than the usual. gaya nga ng sabi ng tita ko, "kelangan magpa-impress ka. first day mo pa naman." alryt. i will pa-impress. so i was there at 9. janel came a little later on, like 9.03. we were waiting ever so patiently in vain. ang dami nga naming napag-usapan e. sa sobrang dami, umabot sa point na pinag-usapan namin ung name ng fair na issponsor ng batch* at pati si JANG GEUM. grabe. umabot na nga ata kami sa sukdulan. she was fun to talk to naman kaya ok lang PERO kung mainit ang panahon at usually tulog ka pag ganung oras, you'd rather die. so instead na magpakamatay kami sa sobrang pagkapiss off, pumunta na lang kami sa happiest place on earth next to disneyland, JOLLIBEE. so dun muna kami for a while. balik na naman. kwento-kwento ulet. "hey, moments of love." "yeah, moments of love. majika. encantadia." "o yeah. grabe, di sila nagsawa ke angel locsin!" "harhar." *no FAIRking [on both sides]. walang FAIRa. and the best of all, school fair. gosh. me gaganda pa ba dun?
until.. dumating si domo at mark jason na nagwwork din sa ateneo kaya lang sa materials science sila. more chikachika kasi wala rin pala ung boss nila at sa tingin ko, me mas right tong dalawang tong magcomplain dahil since 7.30, nagsstroll na sila sa ateneo. could you think of anything sweeter than that? pero mas ok daw ata sa kanila un kesa dun sa pcmc [where vinna works; btw, thanks vinna for the testi. really touching :)] kung san breastfeeding ung research. OMG. woah... BREASTFEEDING. breast milk.. isn't that the very first thing you ever tasted in your entire life?? nakalimutan mo man ung lasa nya, makakalimutan mo ba na sya ang pinakaunang nagsustain ng buhay mo? syempre hindi. enough na siguro na wag mong kalimutan yun. di mo naman na siguro kelangang magresearch about it noh? *lolz.* c'mon.. boys sila e. let us understand.
the pretty hideous me: ano bang gusto nilang gawin sa milk? domo/jason: i-preserve. the pretty hideous me: ok. di ba pwedeng lagyan na lang ng asin?
the moment i've been waiting for: LUNCH. before naming kumain, daan muna kami sa LSC to check out our friends. they weren't there though. nakita namin si jirah [did i spell that right?]. di bale, next time, mag-sisit in kami. tapos, nakasalubong namin sina potchi ko, zy at garrick. tapos humabol si nave. we ended up eating at pizza hut. libre ni domo. yey! :) balik na naman sa work by 1.
kwento ulet. nadedepress na si janel sa sobrang paghihintay. imagine ba naman, nakapag-jollibee-pizza hut-LSC visit at lahat-lahat and worst of all, napag-usapan na namin sina juday at piolo, wala pa rin si boss na kapatid nga pala ni mam simpas. so nagdecide kami na umalis na lang. leave na lang daw kami ng message ke boss so humingi kami nung message slip. ang hirap maglagay ng dedix. ano naman kasing isusulat namin? "hey dr. simpas/fr. McNamara*, we don't wanna wait in vain. we resign." haihghasghhagohop. [pouts] *i don't know how he's related to robert McNamara. tanungin ko pag pumasok na sya. baka mamaya, great grand son pala sya or cousin. who knows?
until..
[2-2.30 pm]nanjan na si dr. simpas! woohoo. yesss. finally. first assignment: maghubad ng wires at matutong magsmolder. first time kong ginawa ung mga un ever in my entire life. malayong malayo sya sa inoculation at aseptic techniques na pinagsawaan ko na sa lab tech. me advantage si janel since basic electronics ung elective nya. pero still, nagtry ako. hindi man ako makasmolder, nakakapag-err.. naman. di ko alam tawag sa ginagawa ko. pero para san ba yun? baka naman for fun lang un ng mga taga-MO, more like an alternative to gym or spa. well siguro, YES. partly for fun but mostly for SERVICE. project un ni sir john ong. a device to look for groundwater. wouldn't it be nice to have an easier way to find a water resource in remote places? if i will have to do thousands of it, provided that every filipino will benefit from what we will be working on, kahit mag-extend pa ung 120 hours ko of ssip at kahit maghintay pa kami ni janel nang 5 hours for someone na galing pala sa conference kaya di kami napuntahan agad, ok lang sa kin. OA ata un pero seryoso ako.
to domo and jason na di sinipot ng boss nila, have fun. alam kong maeenjoy nyo ang elastomers as much as i am enjoying stripping off covers from wires.
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this is getting pretty long. i doubt na me magbabasa nito up to this point pero nabbother ako nito e.
tumawag dito ung company ng tatay ko sa dubai. malay ko ba na araba pala ung kausap ko nung una so tinagalog ko sya and she was, "wutt??" grabe. napa-english ako nang wala sa oras. hinahanap niya tatay ko so sinabi ko, "he's in egypt." "HUWUTT?? HE'S IN EGYPT. egyptegyptegypt??" goodness. shayne, sablaysablay. baka bawal sabihin kung nasan sya so sinabi ko, "yeah. egypt. it's a place. how old are you? how come you don't know that egypt is in malate?" tapos minura nya ako in arab, kala nya di ko naintindihan. lolz. JOKE LANG. like i wanna dare. edi, napaisip nga ako na baka dapat di ko dapat sinabi na nasa egypt sya so sinabi ko na, "i actually don't know where he is." "but wait.. is he really in egypt?" "NO."
tawag agad ke mama, "ma, bat hinahanap si papa ng burnthill? di ba nila alam na nagresign na sya dun tas lumipat na sa egypt?" malay ba ni mama so nakipagchat ako sa tatay ko. kinwento ko.. and he went: "WOAH.. BAKIT MO SINABI?" as in all caps. "ama, tinataguan mo ba sila?" kasi it appears to me na concerned lang naman ung burnthill kaya hinanap nila ung employee nila. parang tinakbuhan ng tatay ko ung company. it made me so upset. "hindi ah. nag-email ako sa kanila." ako to myself: email lang pala e. bakit di personal? OMG. pa, ethics.
ang tagal kasi ng processing ng working visa sa dubai so kung magsstay dun ung tatay ko, para syang TNT na tinataguan ung mr. inspector so mahirap unlike sa egypt na mabilis agad syang nabigyan ng visa. secondly, ung mga araneta at zobel lang makakatira dun sa dubai. patis nila dun, emperador na sa philippines. ang mahal ng stuff. ang sarap tuloy magpakamatay. sorry sila, fajutagana lang kami e. pero still, i don't understand kung bakit hanggang email lang ung resignation letter. argh. feeling ko, tatawag ulet ung araba.. alryt. magiging close kami nun.
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i really really doubt na me fan ako na kayang magbasa up until here, pero kung meron, eto..
dahil mahilig ako sa christian rock at gusto kong ishare kung gano kaganda ang genre na un, I ADVISE YOU TO LISTEN TO NU107.5FM, EVERY SUNDAY, 1pm. it's the best because it's the only christian rock show in the philippines. ayokong magsalita against other genres pero eto lang ang masasabi ko.. kung na-eenjoy mo ung songs na me mura at other explicit content at tungkol sa love at humps, ano pa kaya ung mga kantang tungkol ke Jesus na nagbuwis ng life Nya para hanggang ngayon, makakanta pa rin tayo? it's not just about banging your head to loud christian music, it's all about HIM to whom these artists are dedicating their talents unto. kung mag-iingay na rin lang tayo, we might as well make noise for HIM who deserves more than that. rock for Christ&you won't regret it. wanna rock?.
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to end my ever so long post, with my nalalabi and kakaunting strength [in ate nika's words], i would love to type something that made my stressful day worth it, an excerpt from vinna's testimonial for me:
.....she listens..she encourages..she inspires..yes..though she's not as hot as angelina jolie, her faith is burning that when you get close to her, you'll get that same passion she has for God... be shayned.
being not as hot as angelina jolie is worth it after all. :)
http://beunashamed.com -- be unashamed of what WHO you believe in. i don't think He's ashamed of you. [the image there should be shaking]
