natawa ako sa article na ito: http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/108148/stressful-jobs-that-pay-badly?mod=career-salary_negotiation

lahat ng naging trabaho ko, kasama sa list

 

I am tired from all the travelling I've been doing lately (Iloilo and Bacolod, back to back) but I am so giddy right now that I have to post.

For quite some time, I've never been this excited with the holiday season. But there are lots to celebrate about and I am so happy a lot of my loved ones are coming home this December. Maraming reunions!

Although my mom and dad might not come home this year, the Apolinario family is (I haven't seen Ate Maris for 2 years and Abet, for a couple of months). From my Meris friends, Pia and Daddy Edward are taking holiday breaks. From my UPIS friends, Dom has already bought his ticket (Bren, uuwi ka ba?). I'm sensing (and hinting for that matter) there would be a batch reunion of Broad Majors this year (Jean, Nina, Pauline -- uwi na!!!).

Our project staff consultation would be held this December in Palawan. Amidst the stress and tediousness of work, we'd all be reunited again. Kapuy 'te but happy man ako gid =)

 

Donations, either in cash or in kind, are much needed in the relief operations for the survivors of Typhoon Ondoy. In case you want to help our fellow Filipinos, you can donate to our organization - World Vision Development Foundation.

World Vision Development Foundation is a Christian development, relief and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities worldwide to reach their full potential by addressing the causes of poverty and injustice.

For cash donations:
 
USD Accounts : 
Account Number: USD SA Account # 4254-0050-08
Bank Name: Bank of the Philippine Islands
Bank Address: Matalino corner Malakas Street
Diliman Quezon City
1100 Philippines
Bank swift Code: BOPIPHMM

Peso Accounts:

Bank Name: BPI
Account Number: 4251-0024-15
Account Name: World Vision Development Foundation, Inc.

Bank Name: Banco de Oro
Account Number: 2700-4341-1
Account Name: World Vision Development Foundation, Inc.

For donations in kind (canned goods, rice, water, mosquito net, toiletries)-- you can drop these off in our office, 389 Quezon Ave. cor. West 6th St. West Triangle, Quezon City (near Delta).

Let us continue to pray for each other's safety and peace of mind.

i know i'm not exactly a nice person, but i'm sick of people trying to pull me down.

oh please, you know how i am when i get challenged. you know how i am when i get pissed. stop messing with me.

i am happy where i am. no intentions of going up nor down. i'm just right where i want to be.

but if you want the rest of your life challenged by an up and coming kid, bring it on baby.

 

 

 

i am in shock and grief right now over the demise of an acquaintance, mr. winton lou ynion. he was an award-winning writer whom i hired to translate my advocacy materials in hiligaynon and cebuano.

i have been trying to contact him for weeks now and it is only today that i really got worried and called -- to no avail. i must admit that i was calling him to follow-up on his deliverables. after failed attempts at communication through email and text, i deemed it best to call him this afternoon (since our last communication was july 30).

since his phone was off, i texted prof. eugene evasco, a former prof who referred me to him. and the shock of my life came in a 160 SMS -- winton was murdered. details can be googled. (not verbatim, of course).

mr. winton ynion, palanca-winning writer, found dead in a bloody mess in his bathroom last august 16. bound by hands and feet. i still cannot fathom the violence of this.

i cannot muster the courage to delete his messages. to delete his number. i am in shock.

please. please join me in prayer that justice may be served. and that his soul may rest in peace.

Friends, I strongly believe that Willie Revillame should not and does not deserve to be on TV. His lack of respect for other people, which is arrogantly displayed daily on national television, must be put to a halt.

I strongly urge everyone to support this online petition to oust him.

Sign up: http://www.petitiononline.com/badwilly/petition-sign.html

Children engaged in exploitive labor are oftentimes deprived of their basic rights as a child. Watch this video and learn these rights and get to know the worst forms of child labor in the Philippines. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHmI0UvxOF0

napaka-conducive ng weather for sleeping! and for the past months, i had trouble sleeping. bakit pa nagtatrabaho? magtulugan na lang tayo! =)

i'm so bored with my hair. magpakulot kaya ako? hindi ako pwede magpagupit ng maikli ngayon dahil ma-e-emphasize ang pag-balloon ko.

Friends,

Please support the online petition to immediately pass the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009.

For more information and to sign this petition, please click on this link:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/ecpatphi/petition.html

For more information on the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009, please read this http://www.congress.gov.ph/press/details.php?pressid=3253

Let us protect our children's right to dignity.

finally have time to blog!

been MIA because been really busy. thank you to everyone who greeted me on my most dreaded birthday yet! heheh :P it was a low key celebration and i loved it. much love to my colleagues/work mates in ABK 2 and World Vision =)

may 7-9 was supposed to be my big celebration with aaron and dom (who took time off from australia to celebrate my birthday, aminin mo na dom hahah). we had everything planned out for our anawangin trip except for one, the weather. come may 7, signal number 3 was declared in zambales. so our anawangin became a batangas road trip with tats. from nasugbu, to lemery, to taal, to anilao/mabini. yun nga lang, signal number 1 naman so minimal swimming but still managed to get sunburnt.

week after, i was in dumaguete for our project's media launch and stakeholders' consultation. now, i just got back from cebu for another project event. masaya sana ganitong sunod sunod na biyahe kaso sobrang nakakapagod and minimal enjoyment. although nakapag-night swimming ako kagabi =)

also, thanks to OPS - the best drinking buddies ever! we had a post erik-pima-ryan bday celeb last week. ok na rin ang attendance considering nagsilayasan sa maynila yung mga doktor (except for mcoy). emman, upload the pics pls :)

AI comment -- wow, what an upset!

friends, i am in urgent need of a writer can translate texts into cebuano and hiligaynon. only requirement needed is writing skills (that's why i phrased my sentence that i need a writer), aside of course from capability to write in the abovementioned dialects. cebuano translator can be different from hiligaynon translator. basta i need someone who can translate texts =) i'm currently developing the IEC materials for our advocacy campaign.

please reply to this post or contact me at pima_arizala@wvi.org/09178619466 if you are interested, or know someone who is. thanks and blessings!

those close to me know how much of a big fan i am of american idol. but for the first time ever, i don't feel like watching today's episode. i know of the decision and its really heartbreaking for me.

oo na, OA sa pagka-affected. but that person was really my big bet.

on another note, kara is getting less hot for me. because she's pikon, its no longer fun to watch her.

anyway, lazy day for me. its strongly discouraged in our family to get out during lenten season. i'm bored.

its my first time in dumaguete and though our hotel is not exactly high-end, its pretty decent. nasa sentro siya and close to everything necessary i can think of.

maybe some of you are thinking, "wow, she gets to travel a lot". i actually tell some friends that i am sawa of certain places (like cebu for instance) and tired of travelling. what they don't get is how sad it is to be travelling a lot and seldom enjoying the beauty of your travel. take for instance, me in dumaguete. i'm here but haven't been more than a few blocks away from where we're staying, save for the supplies store and grocery.

best part: i'm still working. 9:45pm.

i just hope we can find time to unwind even for just a night. two weeks ago, we were in tagaytay and all we were able to do was take a 1 hr coffee break at about 2am in starbucks. that's depressing. sabi ko nga, "buti na lang hindi tayo natuloy sa palawan. siguro na-depress na tayo nang husto ngayon" (originally kasi sa palawan dapat yung activity na yun).

i lost my official work phone so for the meantime, you may contact me at my old personal number.

ang galing galing noh!

nadukutan ako habang pasakay sa mrt-ayala station kagabi. i just came from a meeting at nag-mrt instead of cab para mapabilis. ayun ang buhay. pagkasakay ko pa lang ng coach, alam kong nakuha na yung phone kasi hindi ko siya maramdaman sa bag ko. pero hindi ako makagalaw sa sobrang SIKIP ng tren. hindi naman ako pwedeng gumawa ng eksena d ba at sumigaw ng magnanakaw magnanakaw heheh. malaki kasi ang posibilidad na noong pasakay ako at nagkagitgitan sumimple ang mandurukot. prayoridad ko rin kasi noon na ma-protektahan ang dala kong laptop. hay ang saya. i-a-assess pa kung negligence ito kasi kung oo, babayaran ko. malas.

moral of the story: there's always a first time for everything. unang beses kong nawalan ng cellphone.

eksena pasado alas 9 nitong umaga sa isang FX. biyaheng Quiapo-T. Kalaw. nagsakay bandang fairview market, ako ang unang pasahero lampas nito. bandang Batasan...

"ma, bayad ho. dalawang highway," sabay abot ng P500 yung nasa likod kong mga ale.

si manong, kinakain ang kanyang salita "wala ho akong panukli dyan," at ibinalik ang pera.

nagbayad na ako para may pandagdag panukli si manong. buti na lang, sakto pambayad ko.

sumunod pa itong katabi ko, "bayad ho, highway" at P100 naman ang inabot.

sambit ni manong, "niloloko niyo ba ako. wala nga akong panukli. ang aga aga nang-aasar kayo. eh kung magsibaba na lang kayo."

syempre, nawindang kami. akala ko lahat na kami pabababain. si manong, kinakain salita niya pero galit na.

"bumaba na lang kayo!"

bumaba agad katabi ko, iritable syempre. yung nasa likod, hindi naintindihan. nag-chikahan pa. eh di syempre lalong nainis si manong. "ang aga aga, walang panukli dyan. para kayong nakakaloko eh. bumaba na lang kayo!"

doon na lamang naintindihan ng dalawang ale. nag-sorry sila kay manong at bumaba. bandang St. Peter na yun, bago mag-ever. naawa ako sa dalawang ale kasi mahirap nang sumakay pa-Quiapo na FX mula roon. higit sa lahat, ang tindi na ng tirik ng araw noon.

naisip ko lang, pwede namang nagpabarya si manong sa gasolinahan. yun nga lang, hindi lahat ng istasyon, matulungin sa ganun. pero tingin ko, parang ang salbahe ni manong. gayong hindi ko siya masisi. unang biyahe niya noon eh.

gintong aral 1: kung namamasahe, dapat laging may barya. kung ako sa inyo, yung mga buo niyo, sa gabi ninyo gamitin para mabaryahan at may pambayad kayo sa umaga.

gintong aral 2: wag sumakay sa mga tsuper na matanda't kalbo na. (hmm...)

gintong aral 3: mainam talagang hindi mahuli sa pupuntahan. pumasok nang tama sa oras. (good luck sa akin)

gintong aral 4: kung buo at malaki pera niyo, magbayad ng maaga para may panahon si manong magpabarya at masuklian kayo.

salamat sa OPS - kanila ilian at kanyang mabait na gf na si zeena, edong, erik, rene, emman, at mark gomez, sa pagdamay sa aking kalungkutan noong nakaraan. espesyal na pasasalamat kay emman na abalang-abala pero biglang sumipot nang nalamang malungkot ako (hinatid pa ako hanggang welcome para madali akong masundo ni ian); at kay mark, na nakuha sa drama ng aking text at mata at nag-alok ng tulong na hindi basta-basta maibibigay ng sino man. maraming salamat.

salamat din kay erwin at nakiramay siya sa pamamagitan ng teknolohiya ng cellphone.

salamat kay ace na kahit hindi sumipot ay text nang text na hahabol kuno.

salamat sa inyo dahil alam kong may kaibigan pa ako.

p.s.: nag-post ng pictures si gomez.

yesterday, my 80 year old grandmother was victimized by swindlers, charlatans, or whatever they are called these days. from what i gathered, after going to church, some guy chatted her up outside and pretended to be her orthopedic doctor. since fairview church was few steps away from feu-nrmf hospital, she wasn't surprised. my lola has poor memory now so she probably was too embarassed to admit she didn't remember him. said doctor was selling to her a refrigerator for P15,000 on staggered payment scheme. the story obviously sold and my lola who had wads of cash that day (she was supposed to pay bills, she told me) went home, probably got more cash, and headed off early in the morning to ever gotesco commonwealth, where they were supposed to meet up. my poor lola waited in the mall for almost six hours, without taking a leak in fear that she might miss the doctor. to her dismay, he didn't show up.

that night upon arriving home, i asked her where she went early on and mentioned to me about the ref she was planning to buy. she didn't mention she had already made the payment. she just asked me to accompany her to the hospital to talk to the doctor. because of her age, i am used to her incoherent and sometimes irrational stories. but she wanted it badly so i told her i would call up the hospital tomorrow and ask the doctor what happened. my cousin and i then talked and were afraid she might be victimized by budol budol gang so i told him not to let mama ning slip out of the house tomorrow after church. apparently, we were too late.

i only learned of the incident this morning, when a friend of hers from church called me up. my lola didn't want to go home, so embarassed and disheartened with what happened. gusto na nga raw niya mamatay sa kahihiyan as how her friend put it. we are assuming she was victimized by members of budol budol gang. this may be another facet of their modus operandi or maybe a totally new group. i really don't care as of now. we weren't able to file a police blotter because her blood pressure shot up to 180. i asked my cousin to fetch her from her friend's house. my lola arrived home really pale, maybe because of shock, trauma, or what nots. she lost P5,000, $330, and an old ring with her birthstone on it. binuksan pa nga raw ang bag niya to check what she has to offer.

my lola is old, maybe a bit naive, but some points that sold her:

1) supposed doctor chatted her up from the church and had someone else with him who was also buying refrigerator from him;

2) supposed doctor recalled some details of how they met (di ba pasyente kita? dinala ka pa nga ng apo mo noon)

3) supposed doctor asked about me, knew i was working in GMA (when she haven't admitted yet of the swindle, this bit alarmed me of the possible fraud. i don't actually tell i work in media unless directly asked and i don't immediately share what network i work for)

three theories:

1) maybe my lola thought the supposed doctor mentioned those details but it was actually her giving the information. she just didn't realize she was sharing too much information from simple questions (e.g. di ba pasyente kita dati? ah oo, dinala pa nga ako noon ng apo ko)

2) my lola has been chatting with this person for more than a day now. she just didn't realize again, she was giving too much information

3) they actually know us or did some background check (this freaks me out)

whatever happened, i sure hope that you tell this to your loved ones. this group has apparently victimized more than three elderly ladies who goes to fairview church. i guess this gives their victims a false sense of security since they met someone from church. they also target ladies who walks/commutes alone. please share this to your loved ones, especially the elderly. i can feel my lola's helplessness in the situation, and now she is really pale and traumatized. please pray for her health and peace of mind.

i hate 2008 and i'm sure happy to bidding it farewell. hello 2009! =)

as my scary age is looming (i am actually terrified of turning 25), i'm slowly making amends with my life. i won't do it fast because again, i might crash. slowly but surely is the way to go baby! (wt? what's with the rhymes?!!)

anyway, happy welcoming 2009 everyone! :D i'm welcoming it with a big bang! *wink*

p.s. i'm happy ending the year with absolut, friends, and love :)

i've been a bit down lately because a lot of my big plans did not push through. God is good though and showered me with my friends' love. pia and i had tea last monday. later that day, dom and i strolled trinoma with aaron and his cute niece, wayawaya.

the next day, dom and aaron came over my house and we had a really good time drinking and teasing each other. aaron also got to know ian a little better and he gave his thumbs up (that's a big thing for me! :D).

today, went home during the wee hours of the morning. was supposed to watch ai ai's movie last night but lo and behold, its fully booked in trinoma (apparently, its a big hit). dom, luch, and i decided to have coffee instead. and because i wanted to maximize my precious and rare moments outside my dingy house, i insisted we drink. luch has to go a date so dom and i were left to drink our hearts out in tomato kick. i'm so happy because i finally got to spend time again with bren, geo, and win. lucky me they're just nearby. the fun we had reminded me how much really want to live in teacher's village or sikatuna area. a lot of things i like and love are accessible there like UP and friends. anyway, thanks to win, i got home safely :)

i really missed them and i'm so looking forward to our reunion on the 30th. however, i'm dreading the teasing because apparently, i'm the only one who didn't lose weight this year. they missed a whole year when i was thin (but sickly looking). oh well. bring it on :)

enjoy the holidays everyone! :D

got this from cholle. you'd only know the questions if you promise to answer this as well :)

1. myself, Ayen Cariaga
2. Gerwinson Turaray
3. Pia Larin, Dominic Sadsad
4. heheh si Densio Matias nga ito! Hi Densio! or si Tats
5. Tin Limlingan, Chan Tana, Jessica Corado, heheh
6. Ean Aguila, Owel Alvero
7. Kate dela Cruz, Marius Oczon
8. Karlo Cruzada, Allan Balbido
9. Abet Apolinario
10. Ian Bagamasbad :)
11. Alvin Fama
12. Jean Estrada
13. si Ayen na ito! height na lang talaga ang kulang ;)
14. Ghe del Rosario/Ilian Eusebio
15. Raab Hizon
16. Reev Robledo
17. Jeco Placio
18. Emman Balamban, Kitty Caragay (sabi niya dati, hahah)
19. Mika Palileo, JC Soriaga
20. Pancho Reyna
21. parang Kurt Fang ang gusto kong isagot rito :P
22. Karlo Cleto, Jenny Orlina
23. Dexter Mantes
24. JoAnne Deauna
25. Cholle Diswe, Karen Regpala heheh
26. James Madrio
27. Ryan Advincula
28. Dado Cedilla
29. James Madrio
30. miss you friends! :D peace tayo, heheh