I want to be in love again. I want the "can't sleep, can't eat, and can't think" kind of love. I want a good distraction. I need an inspiration.
Lately, I have been super stressed from work and managing the business. I am starting to handling various accounts at work and I am beginning to experience the birth pains of a business. It can be overwhelming. I guess now I am starting to realize that I am the type of person who can handle it all when I have that special someone who can help ease the stress. I get depressed when I fail to manage it. I know right. There is something seriously wrong with me.
To combat this downward spiral, I have decided to go on a quick escape out of town. I thought a change of scenery would help. It did. But I yearn for something more. I guess what I am trying to say is I want someone to share with my success.
Waiter, pafollow up nga ng order kong love life. Thanks.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
Rules
When I really like someone, I tend to break some rules and forget about the game. Sometimes it pays off. Sometimes it does not. If it does not pay off then at least I know I will not have regrets. The beginnings of a relationship for me is like driving a car at 140 kph. I just have to remember to wear my seatbelt.
Yes, I am back and at my best.
Yes, I am back and at my best.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Productivity
I am an excellent multi-tasker. I get so many things done at the same time. I am also a fast worker. Part of the reason why is that I am also very decisive. I do not mean to toot my own horn but I am just really proud of the things I have accomplished the past few months!
I am graduating! No. Not from college as I have done that 4 years ago. Sometime in August 2009, I was accepted into a management trainee program of a development bank. Out of more than a thousand applicants all over the country, I was 1 of 40 chosen to undergo a year long training in various banking activities - economics, finance, accounting, treasury, trust, development banking, retail lending, etc. Needless to say it was a very intensive training program full of exams, reports, presentations, and on-the-job training. Unfortunately, there were people who did not make it to the end. But fortunately, I did! So yay! Now deployment seems to be the next concern. As with any management trainee program in any industry, your department assignment after is what really counts. I hope the powers that be and the universe will conspire in my favor. I believe it.
My spa business is opening this Sunday! Yes, I am officially an entrepreneur. Sometime in May, I decided to put up a business. I thought of the 3 things I loved most - travel, food, and being pampered. So the most logical thing for me to do is to put up my own spa since setting up a travel agency and a restaurant would need my 24/7 attention. A small spa would be the most feasible business project given my day job. I searched for a good franchise since coming up with own concept at this time would be too arduous. So that's how it started. So the next 3 months were spent planning, meeting with my franchisor, organizing my finances, looking for the perfect location, hiring staff, coordinating with my interior designer, directing the contractor, managing staff training, buying supplies, etc. You know the drill. Looking back, I can not believe I was able to do all those things with all the other events happening in my personal and professional life. So ladies and gentlemen or the select few of you who follow this tiny little blog, The NailXperts Spa: Nail Salon and Body Spa BF Resort Village Las Piñas Branch will have its grand opening this Sunday, September 26, 2010!
The family front seems to be going well too. I mean there are still some issues within the family that have yet to be resolved. But I am confident that the Lord and the law will side with the truth. The truth fortunately is on our side. So to you, my mother's future ex-husband and our estranged loser of a father, beware. Payback is imminent.
Meanwhile, my love life has hit a temporary glitch. Yes, we recently broke up. Ok, maybe not too recently. But it's just now that I have finally admitted and wrote about it. I guess it is true what they say. When your career starts to take off, your personal life suffers. When can I have it all? Because I really do believe I can have it all! Screw that old saying.
So there. I hope and pray that the next few months would be even better. Cha-ching!
I am graduating! No. Not from college as I have done that 4 years ago. Sometime in August 2009, I was accepted into a management trainee program of a development bank. Out of more than a thousand applicants all over the country, I was 1 of 40 chosen to undergo a year long training in various banking activities - economics, finance, accounting, treasury, trust, development banking, retail lending, etc. Needless to say it was a very intensive training program full of exams, reports, presentations, and on-the-job training. Unfortunately, there were people who did not make it to the end. But fortunately, I did! So yay! Now deployment seems to be the next concern. As with any management trainee program in any industry, your department assignment after is what really counts. I hope the powers that be and the universe will conspire in my favor. I believe it.
My spa business is opening this Sunday! Yes, I am officially an entrepreneur. Sometime in May, I decided to put up a business. I thought of the 3 things I loved most - travel, food, and being pampered. So the most logical thing for me to do is to put up my own spa since setting up a travel agency and a restaurant would need my 24/7 attention. A small spa would be the most feasible business project given my day job. I searched for a good franchise since coming up with own concept at this time would be too arduous. So that's how it started. So the next 3 months were spent planning, meeting with my franchisor, organizing my finances, looking for the perfect location, hiring staff, coordinating with my interior designer, directing the contractor, managing staff training, buying supplies, etc. You know the drill. Looking back, I can not believe I was able to do all those things with all the other events happening in my personal and professional life. So ladies and gentlemen or the select few of you who follow this tiny little blog, The NailXperts Spa: Nail Salon and Body Spa BF Resort Village Las Piñas Branch will have its grand opening this Sunday, September 26, 2010!
The family front seems to be going well too. I mean there are still some issues within the family that have yet to be resolved. But I am confident that the Lord and the law will side with the truth. The truth fortunately is on our side. So to you, my mother's future ex-husband and our estranged loser of a father, beware. Payback is imminent.
Meanwhile, my love life has hit a temporary glitch. Yes, we recently broke up. Ok, maybe not too recently. But it's just now that I have finally admitted and wrote about it. I guess it is true what they say. When your career starts to take off, your personal life suffers. When can I have it all? Because I really do believe I can have it all! Screw that old saying.
So there. I hope and pray that the next few months would be even better. Cha-ching!
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
My Ultimate Dream
When people ask me what my dream is or where I see myself 5, 10, or 20 years from now, I would normally answer something related to being young, rich, and successful. That is true. I do want to remain young or at least look young for a very long time, have loads of money, and be a very relevant force in my field. I also have goals of having my own foundation geared towards the alleviation of poverty or some other worthy cause befitting a beauty pageant winner. I dream of love like anyone else. I want someone to be a witness to my existence. Those are goals worth pursuing.
But really, my ultimate dream is to take some time off from my life and just wander the world. I want to travel. I want to leave everything I have behind for a year and just have the most life-changing and character-building experiences I could ever have. Life is too short and to see the world from a whole new perspective would be something worth aspiring for. I want to be a backpacker with no plan whatsoever of where to go next. I will sustain myself by getting a job I could never really do as myself in my own world. I could be a janitor in some obscure village in Chile. I could be a bartender in a little known town in Spain. I could be a simple farmer's helper in Mongolia. Anything goes.
But then reality check. I hold an effing Philippine passport. I can not have my life-changing and character-building experience if I have to worry about getting denied entry because my country is not wealthy nor powerful enough! Crap. No wonder it is those caucasians from Europe and North America who can get lost in Asia or South America and have those experiences.
Ugh. I want to be European in my next life. Wait. Make that Western European.
But really, my ultimate dream is to take some time off from my life and just wander the world. I want to travel. I want to leave everything I have behind for a year and just have the most life-changing and character-building experiences I could ever have. Life is too short and to see the world from a whole new perspective would be something worth aspiring for. I want to be a backpacker with no plan whatsoever of where to go next. I will sustain myself by getting a job I could never really do as myself in my own world. I could be a janitor in some obscure village in Chile. I could be a bartender in a little known town in Spain. I could be a simple farmer's helper in Mongolia. Anything goes.
But then reality check. I hold an effing Philippine passport. I can not have my life-changing and character-building experience if I have to worry about getting denied entry because my country is not wealthy nor powerful enough! Crap. No wonder it is those caucasians from Europe and North America who can get lost in Asia or South America and have those experiences.
Ugh. I want to be European in my next life. Wait. Make that Western European.
Hongkong Holiday
News do tend to sensationalize. Yeah, I was a bit worried about going ahead with my planned trip to Hongkong with one of my best friends. All this talk about a backlash against Filipinos was indeed a cause for concern. But seriously, no untoward incident occured while I was there. I expected to be at the receiving end of some disrespectful behavior from a local, but I was treated like a valued tourist instead. Isn't that great?
They served good food. They assisted me while I shopped. They politely answered when I asked for directions. All the things my mom said could happen, didn't. So that was great.
Meanwhile, I did encounter some Filipinos there and I must say that if I were one of the locals, I may be annoyed by Filipinos too. Some Filipinos can be just so loud and inappropriate. Some domestic helpers would make latag their banig in the middle of a business park and make tambay there all day. Businessmen clad in their suits would pass by and understandably glare at them. Some Filipino tourists would shop like they are the only ones there. They would converse loudly in a language people around them do not understand. Even I was really irritated with all the banter. I was already inside the fitting room and I can hear one of them shouting at her companion on the other side of the store, "nakahanap ka ng size?!?". I felt like someone has invaded my personal space.
Now I do not mean to generalize. Hence, I said some Filipinos - not all. But I guess you could say that this can be true for all other nationalities. Some Indonesians can be like that too. Some Malaysians can be that way as well. Some Indians can just be the same. But so far, I have not encountered such. Admit it or not, it is usually the Filipinos creating so much raucous.
They served good food. They assisted me while I shopped. They politely answered when I asked for directions. All the things my mom said could happen, didn't. So that was great.
Meanwhile, I did encounter some Filipinos there and I must say that if I were one of the locals, I may be annoyed by Filipinos too. Some Filipinos can be just so loud and inappropriate. Some domestic helpers would make latag their banig in the middle of a business park and make tambay there all day. Businessmen clad in their suits would pass by and understandably glare at them. Some Filipino tourists would shop like they are the only ones there. They would converse loudly in a language people around them do not understand. Even I was really irritated with all the banter. I was already inside the fitting room and I can hear one of them shouting at her companion on the other side of the store, "nakahanap ka ng size?!?". I felt like someone has invaded my personal space.
Now I do not mean to generalize. Hence, I said some Filipinos - not all. But I guess you could say that this can be true for all other nationalities. Some Indonesians can be like that too. Some Malaysians can be that way as well. Some Indians can just be the same. But so far, I have not encountered such. Admit it or not, it is usually the Filipinos creating so much raucous.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Love Language
My love language is quality time. That is how I show love and affection and that is how I feel most loved in return. His is words of affirmation. That is how he shows his love and affection and that is how he feels most loved in return.
I guess that is why we are at this sad and frustrating state in our relationship. It will not be a big surprise if one of us starts looking for happiness with someone else.
I guess that is why we are at this sad and frustrating state in our relationship. It will not be a big surprise if one of us starts looking for happiness with someone else.
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