Hall of Fame - The Script (ft. Will. I. Am)

This is one of those inspiring songs you can listen to when you are about to take the board exams, or do a presentation, quiz bees, debate or just sucker punch a bigger bad ass guy. Inspiring indeed :D

"Hall Of Fame"
(feat. Will.I.Am)

Yeah, you could be the greatest
You can be the best
You can be the King Kong banging on your chest

You could beat the world
You could beat the war
You could talk to God, go banging on his door

You can throw your hands up
You can beat the clock
You can move a mountain
You can break rocks
You can be a master
Don't wait for luck
Dedicate yourself and you can find yourself

Standing in the hall of fame (yeah)
And the world's gonna know your name (yeah)
Cause you burn with the brightest flame (yeah)
And the world's gonna know your name (yeah)
And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame

You can go the distance
You can run the mile
You can walk straight through hell with a smile

You could be the hero
You could get the gold
Breaking all the records that thought never could be broke

Do it for your people
Do it for your pride
How you ever gonna know if you never even try?

Do it for your country
Do it for your name
Cause there's gonna be a day

When you're standing in the hall of fame (yeah)
And the world's gonna know your name (yeah)
Cause you burn with the brightest flame (yeah)
And the world's gonna know your name (yeah)
And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame

Be a champion, be a champion, be a champion, be a champion

On the walls of the hall of fame

Be students
Be teachers
Be politicians
Be preachers

Be believers
Be leaders
Be astronauts
Be champions
Be truth seekers

Be students
Be teachers
Be politicians
Be preachers

Be believers
Be leaders
Be astronauts
Be champions

Standing in the hall of fame
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
And the world's gonna know your name
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Cause you burn with the brightest flame
(Yeah, yeah,yeah)
And the world's gonna know your name
And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame

(You can be a champion)
You could be the greatest
(You can be a champion)
You can be the best
(You can be a champion)
You can be the king kong banging on your chest

(You can be a champion)
You could beat the world
(You can be a champion)
You could beat the war
(You can be a champion)
You could talk to God, go banging on his door

(You can be a champion)
You can throw your hands up
(You can be a champion)
You can beat the clock
(You can be a champion)
You can move a mountain
(You can be a champion)
You can break rocks

(You can be a champion)
You can be a master
(You can be a champion)
Don't wait for luck
(You can be a champion)
Dedicate yourself and you can find yourself
(You can be a champion)

Standing in the hall of fame

lyrics from azlyrics

Ram and GIca :D

He is an Engineer…

She is a Nurse…

They say that Engineers and Nurses make nice couples – but I guess that has nothing to do with Ram and Gica being so cutesy and perfect together, even in Facebook! :D

Besides, we all know both fields might as well have their careers as their mistress or kept man.

And here in our country; Engineers and Nurses are somehow destined to go abroad, para kumita talaga sa chosen field…

Technology narrows the miles and miles of gap, but still it cannot really replace physical presence…

Medyo pinagsisihan ko din na nag comment pa ako sa gitna ng kanilang palitan ng sweet nothing; it reminds me of the movie “My Sassy Girl”, sa pinaplano nila sa kanilang first date pag-uwi ni Gica…

Hey it’s a good pre-nup pic idea din :D

I hope they get to pull it off…

I hope they get to see each other soon…

Like some addictive teen love story or chick flick – hindi mo aaminin pero pinanood at sinusubaybayan mo din ang istorya :D

cheesy facebook :)

Humanda Ka!

Kung alam mo na darating ang bagyo, maglalaba ka ba ng madami at magsasampay?
Kung alam mo na darating ang exams, kailan ka mag-aaral at magre-review?
Kung alam mo na ang pagsubok ay darating paano ka maghahanda?


Review and Studying on Commute - Advance Cramming Skill

May nabasa akong about proscastination -- ang sabi daw; kaya tayo ay nagpo-procastinate ay dahil sa natatakot tayo sa task or sa pagsubok na parating.

Ironic, kasi kung alam natin na ang isang issue ay paparating; ang isang requirement ay kailangan, kung ang isang bills ay malapit nang mag-due; bakit inilalayo natin ang tingin natin sa mga bagay na kailangan nating gawin.

"It's always the punch that was not seen, that does the most damage, the punch that can knock any boxer out..."

Focus -- lahat naman ng tao ay natatakot; pero ano ba ang tamang gawin para dito.

Sobrang dali kasing hindi prepare at maghintay na lang ng kung ano ang darating - yung tipong humanap na lang ng rason para masabi na nagawa mo ang lahat ng kaya mong gawin.

Nasubukan ko nang magreview ng maraming beses sa jeep
it makes me reflect kung ano ba nga pinaggagawa ko kagabi at bakit ngayon ako nag-aaral.

Nasubukan ko nang hintayin na maaubos ang mga customer at mawala ang mga nakapending kong burgers nung nagta-trabaho pa ako sa Jollibee. Hindi sya nangyayari, maya-maya kailangan ko nang magluto ng tatlumpung burger habang may nagmumurang supervisor sa background.

Nasubukan ko nang maging reactive sa mga pinagawang tasks at umaasa somehow maglalaho ang mga issues; and that usually ends up in far worst scenario.

Patapos na ang 2010, at darating ang 2011 kahit na yakapin o murahin mo pa sya :D
Paano nga ba ulit maghanda...

Short Term...
Mid Term...
Long Term...

The Best is Yet to Come...
Happy Holidays Ulit Guys! :D

LRT’s Advance Lessons

Last month the LRT subscribed me to a rather advance lesson, in span of at least 5 minutes – I realized I lost my phone…

I lost my N73 – the phone I kept for 4years now gone…

Wow…

LRT tulad ng alam ng lahat, ay isang matinding contact sport. Ugali ko naman talaga na ilagay sa harap ng bag ko ang phone ko, para secured. But that morning October 21, natiempuhan talaga. Nasa bulsa ko at nasalisihan ng mahusay.

Hay…

Matinding inconvenience talaga! Wala sa immediate budget ang para sa phone eh, tapos eto sya ngayon… Nawala.

There I am, trying hard to stay positive.
Pero wala eh medyo mahirap wouuu!

Lesson Learned: “Security is always seen as too much until the day it’s not enough”
Well actually William Webster said that…



Gerbera - my well trusted N73


Hayay... hindi na ako magtataka kung makikita ko sya somewhere sa Isetan Recto or sa Grand Central Monumento, ang tingin ko tuloy sa mga cellphones na nakabalandra sa mga 2nd hand shops eh mga nakaw na phones, at sa likod nila ay mga inconvenienced owners.

Oh well...
Life do teaches hard lessons neh...

LRT and the Door Syndrome

LRT Door Syndrome - Siemps kinuhanan sa ibang date wehe


With the LRT new stations, Mukhang hindi maganda ang pagkakaplano ng kung sinong department na nag-a-allocate ng kung sang station lulusot ang mga skip trains.

Today (Sept 20, 2010) nalampasan muna ako ng anim na tren bago nakasakay, tatlong skip trains, at ang lahat ng tren na huminto sa Monumento ay nasa kalahati na ang laman.

Katulad pa rin ng dati may mga "wais" na tao pa rin na nakabalandra na agad sa harapan ng pinto. Di bale na yung mga bagong papasok, basta nakaprente na sila sa pwesto nila. Di naman sigurado siemps kung malapit sila o malayo pa, pero naman! pintuan yun eh...

Eto lang yung medyo kinabahan ako, hindi pa humihinto yung tren, sumundot na agad ng tulak yung mga tao sa likod...

"Woh... Teka lang!"
ang nasabi ko...

"Hindi mo na mapipigilan yan"
narinig ko sa bandang kaliwa...

Di mapipigilan...

May bago nang level ang mga walang pakialam na sumasakay sa LRT. Mas mataas sa level ng mga umuupo sa gitna ng tren, bumabaladra sa harapan ng pinto, yumayapos sa safety hand rail, nagpapatugtog ng malakas ng MP3, mga lalaking nakikipagagawan ng upuan sa mga babae, matanda, buntis at may kapansanan, sa mga magkakatropa na nagkukwentuhan nagtatawanan ng napakalakas, hindi naninipilyo at may matinding bo.

sobrang sapaw na nila yung mga taong nagbibigay ng upuan at nagbibigay space para makahawak ang marami sa hand rail.

"Di mapipigilan... "

Mukang malapit nang ma-o-0bsolete yung pagsakay ko sa LRT ng maaga, parang dapat ata linggo pa lang ng gabi umalis na ako, o bumili ako ng sarili kong sasakyan (kung sakaling kaya ko na), pero mata-traffic din ako sa umaga, tama umalis na lang ng linggo ng gabi. Ganun pa din

Dibisyon nanaman... Hindi naman ng mahirap at mayaman, kundi ng may pakialam at walang pakialam, ng naniniwala sa Pag-babago at walang Pag-asa, ng Good Filipino at Bad Filipino.

Lupit talaga ng epekto sa akin ng LRT

But of Course YOU have to Start First :D

PNR

PNR -- the masses

Last week, nasubukan ko na ring makasakay ng PNR, Philippine National Railways. Ito rin yung Train System na sana eh na Rehabilitate ng North Railways Project.

Bumabagtas mula Caloocan hanggang Alabang, pinakamurang transportation sa napakalayong distansya, noong 80s umaabot pa ito ng Bicol.

Isang beses pa lang akong nasakay ng PNR, mula España hanggang Sucat Parañaque. Kung gusto mong makita ang "unflattering" side ng lungsod, ito ang subukan mong sakyan, marami sigurong aktibista ang na- "inspire" ng tanawin sa PNR.

Hindi katulad ng LRT, LRT2 at MRT, ang PNR ay walang perimeter fences sa maraming area, talagang tumatawid ng highways at minsan sa mga make-shift residences. Meron ding palengke, estero at mga tulay.

Entertainment factor din ang mga pasahero, may umuupo sa gitna - maaring matisod ang iba kung di sila mapapansin. Matindi din dito yung "Pinto - Syndrome" eto yung pagsakay ng pasahero, kahit malayo pa sya pupuwesto sya sa harap ng pinto, ewan ko ba, ang tingin ko kasi dito eh pagiging walang pakialam sa iba, "basta ako nakasakay..." pag natulak ng mga taong sasakay, maninisi pa...

"T*ng *na! Ayaw kasing pumasok sa loob eh!",

"Kung ayaw mong matulak, mag-taxi ka!",

"Sapakin mo!"

Ganyan yung mga comments na maririnig mo pag dating ng FTI, Siksikan na no'n, Amoy mo na din kung ano ang pinagdaanan ng mga tao sa araw na yon.

"Woou! Roller Coaster!"

Maririnig mo naman sa mga mag-kakatropang sabay na umuuwi, habang yumuyugyog ang tren.

Ewan ko ba, bumigat ang damdamin ko pagbaba ng PNR, Mula sa perspective nito -- malayo o lumayo ang Pilipinas sa inaasahang pagbabago o paglago, malayong - malayo. Pero air-con na ang PNR, sabi ng tatay ko dati walang harang ang bintana at pinto nito dati, may ibang pasaherong tumatalon papasok at papalabas at kung swertehin ka eh mababato ka ng basura at dumi (ng tao) at least ngayon safe ka sa ganun elements.

Improvements?

Ano na nga ba ang nangyari sa North Railway Project? Malapit nang mabuo ang MRT - LRT-1 Extension, pero yung mga lugar na dine-molish, gubat na ng damo at puno ng Aratiles, Medyo mahirap maging optimistic pag ang nakikita mo lang ay ang Lungsod mula sa PNR. Moral Revolution, Change, Progress. Marami pa tayong dapat gawin, kung pag-unlad at pag-unlad din lang ng Pilipinas, kasing labo pa ito ng pagpapatuloy ng North Railway Project or ng kasabayan nitong ZTE Broadband, Fertilizer Scam, at kung ano-ano pa…


waiting for the train -- waiting for a change

How Far Will You Go

The roads going to LRT along Mc Arthur are under repair again, as uncanny as May 2010 elections...

"If I leave 0630H, it will likely be 0730H when I reach the LRT, i'll only have 1 hour to make it to work, and thats the same as 15 to 20 minutes late..."

There i asked myself...

"How far am I willing to go, to be on time..."

I can sleep early, wake up around 0445H prepare in an hour, be able to leave at around 0545H.

And there I was... Less traffic and the LRT crowd not yet too pushy...

How far can you go?
What efforts are you willing to take?

With an open and pro-vocable mind, one will be able to see, that efforts made and well thought plan can go a long way...

In a grand scale, it is much how we go with our daily lives, the routines and habits we keep are same one we chose, when we are started to focus on what we want to achieve, on where we want to go.

The question that would beg for an answer will be, what must we focus on and where we want to go, why we must get there...

I reached the office in time, with a mindset that i want to make this day count... Short term goal that would count for my Mid-term goals, Mid-term accumulating for bigger and longer one...

Keeping this up, We'll be on a roll... Keeping this up we go further. Yey, lets go!


Sunrise on LRT Baclaran Feb2010

Perspectives

There really are times one can't help to think and ask...

"Why am I here...?"

Philosophical since time immemorial, never failed to baffle the average minds since it made self-consciousness and realization, and so it baffles me.

I come to work, so does the countless others. Who knows how many asks the same question? Who knows how many mindlessly just jump to the day so it would be over soon, so they can go home and have their rest? Who knows how many struggles for significance, trying to prove their worth and to make a difference?

It just depends on the mood, on a sunny morning i just savor the moment -- happy that i am alive; on a gloomy one its different and i am indifferent as well.

And as we move along our lives, we realize the forces strong and formidable to contest, principles we realize we must follow, the consequences if one is to challenge them.

It came to me maybe significance is over rated -- we are here to live, to the fullest, to travel and to be a witness of history unfolding. Because if we know the principles and will not go against them, and best to uphold them -- significance on its own would be realized.

Now, if consequences would just be a little more caring – maybe it will not bite me in the ass.

Geez...

I am really getting old...

Ignore All

I'm ignoring a lot of things right now...
I'm ignoring that my monitor is not working, as it sits lifeless



I'm ignoring the fact that i might not be able to replace the darn thing until December.
I'm ignoring the Disconnection Notice.



I'm even trying to ignore the noisy guy sitting beside me in the LRT, talking loudly to another person over the phone, not caring if he is actually speaking too noisy.

At times ignoring things is a way to cope, that at life you would still make the shot given the odds and actually make both ends meet. But the same draws a very thin line on being lazy, a responsibility placed on hold and oneself spreaded too thinly.

I'm ignoring that i haven't written anything for a while. The same way a haven't reflected about any, that i'm on the last quarter of the year with circumstances almost the same.

Now as i look on things i have ignored, i get to see more the things i have tried to pay attention to. To set views that are crooked, to sight on things that really matters.

It goes with the thought that when you are on a very loud environment, you get to appreciate silence more. Like water to drought, like sanity to madness, like relief to pain, like joy to sadness.

Blanks

Ok, eto yung isa sa mga moments na alam mong wala kang maisusulat...

Nakatingin ka sa blanko at malinis na papel pero walang bumababa dito...

...

Ano nga ba...

Kasing significant nga ba ng malinis na papel ang ginagawa kong trabaho araw-araw? Eh kung gumawa kaya ako ng bagong analogy? Hehe pwede kong inalogy ang pangungulangot sa pakikipagsapalaran sa buhay? Paanong ang mahirap abutin ay hindi mo pala gugustuhin pag nandyan na, nah... Malamang may nakagawa na nun... May nakagawa na kayang magpatay-patayan para lapitan ng mga vultures? Tapos bigla mo silang gugulatin? Ganun din daw minsan manghuli ng peke at plastic na tao -- kunyari helpless ka na, or kunyari hindi mo sila naririnig para malaman mo kung ano ba talaga ang iniisip nila sa'yo, malaman mo kung tunay ba silang kaibigan... Tanong lang kung alam mo ang isang bagay pero hindi yun ang gusto ng karamihan, i-pu-puwersa mo pa rin ba ang alam mo? Sino kaya yung sumulat ng script ng Totoy Bato at nagkanda-leche leche ang kwento nito, nagbato ata yung writer... Bakit ina-sociate ng Korean girl band Wonder Girls ang maganda nilang kantang Nobody sa vowel movement? (may jebs factor na tuloy sa akin yung song). Wrong move din minsan yung ginagawa ng TEN The Evening News yung pag-insert or pagkahalata ng personal biases nila, pero sana mas dumalas po yung Word of the Lourd... Ayoko ko na ng Ako Mismo dog tag--dami nang gumagamit eh... Bakit ba yung kapitbahay ko nagtatanong ng kung ano ang sira ng PC nya kung pangangaralan naman nya ako na gumagana naman ito ng maayos... Matinding dedication pala ang mag-aral ng Photoshop, feasible pa rin kaya magbenta ng personalized t-shirts? Tagal ng bagong episode ng Chuck. Galing ng patama ni Gloria kay Mar Roxas nung SONA, hindi daw pamumulitika yung pagbibigay ni Villar anim n house and lots... Kailan kaya mauunawaan ng mga Filipino na ang boto nila ay higit sa limang daang piso or supot ng bigas, instant noodles at kaunting delata. Meron ba talaga o possible ba talaga ang moral revolution kung tayo ay walang bait at kayang paikutin ng mga nagi-iyak iyakan sa tv? Kung hindi ka politiko, artista o basketball player at susunod bang pinakamadaling paraan para umasenso ay mag abroad? Ano ang dapat itawag sa teacher na hindi pinapayagang pumasok sa klase nya ang isang estudyanteng hindi bumili ng cino-py pasted nyang manual? May gig or nagkaroon kaya ng gig ang Finqwins? 256bit video card kaya ang ire-require ng Modern Warfare 2? May silbi pa kaya ang mga watchers sa 2010 elections? Magbigay ka nga ng cases sa Pilipinas kung saan ang involved ay mataas na tao at napatunayan na nagkasala sya ng graft and corruption, nahatulan at naparusahan dahil dito. May limit ba kung ilang beses lang puede patawarin ang isang tao? Ano ang hiwaga sa galit at inis sa taong wala naman ginagawa sayo pero nababadtrip kang makita sya?

weee!

Magulo ang utak,
Maingay ang isip...

ano nga ba ang gusto kong isulat...

Coffee and Glazed Donuts

I don't usually drink coffee alone...

Yes I do drink coffee...
But not the expensive ones alone.

Such fine coffee goes best with someone, together with a fine conversation, together with good laughter, that fulfilling feeling.

That feeling that in this world, in this dog eats dog world... Everything is still fine, everything will still be ok...

That later to bed, the night will still offer happy sleep, and tomorrow will shine anew.

I miss it... So miss it...

I stopped today to drink coffee alone, watch through the looking glass as people rush through their day... That later i will join them as well, chasing time, chasing deadlines -- chasing urgency.

Thank God for such coffee, for every little things... Even for glazed donuts.

It makes easy the thought...
It makes easy the preview,


of dying alone...

FrancisM

editted image courtesy of 112506 of symbianize.com

Francis Magalona's contribution to the local music scene is undeniable, and he left relatively young.

What i admire the most about Francis is the hope and strentgh he have shown as he battled against a very dreadful illness, his multiply blog is a picture of faith and optimism that is pure faith.

There is so much to reflect on this part of his life, to reflect what he have realized, that life is transient, cancer or no cancer. We are but passengers...

His songs and passion is admirable, a reminder that in this life, we make mistakes -- we don't stop there, we learn, we cry , we laugh and move on.

That to live fully is to live without regrets... For life in a nutshell is a Happy Battle.

Questions of Discipline

Naging roller coaster ride talaga para sa akin ang nakaraang mga buwan.
Talagang halos ang araw-araw parang lumilipas lang na oras.

One must then decide when to pause, stop and reflect.

"Sharpening of the Saw..."

Ano ba ang mga pinaka-epektib para maka-pagunwind?
Eto yung mga pang-unwind na ginamit ko -- yun lang feeling ko parang kung alternator lang ako malamang na sunog na ang coil ko.

Maglaro ng Devil May Cry 4
-- i have played this game for over hundred hours na ngayon, geez pag natatapos ako dito sa laro na to, parang feeling ko parang gusto kong manakit eh parang riot yar!

Mag DVD marathon ng Series
-- Burn Notice, Big Bang Theory, Mythbusters, House, Chuck - every week sinusubaybayan, additional stress na rin sa akin halos ang writers strike sa US. It is a personal debate din sa akin na hindi ko naaapreciate ang local series, i felt that its an obligation that i do, pero bukod sa News at sa "Word of the Lourd" Segment sa TV5 Top Ten (yung News din nila) eh wala naman na akong nasusubaybayan. Geez... hanep sa guilt trip! :D

Matulog
-- ng wala sa oras... ang hirap i-recalibrate ng nawala sa ayos na body clock, matutulog ng 2am at gigising ng 8am, average 6hours sleep pero ang pakiramdam ko drained pa rin ako. nyah!

Mag Browse ng Forums at Manga
-- hehe, naaabusong office resources at nasasayang na time. tempting to do from time to time, but it leaves bad after taste. Sino ba ang ayaw na maraming ma-acomplish diba?

Stare at Blank Space
-- is this even an activity? geez...


And after 3months, i finally get to pause and write another article.
Wow! what a superb comeback! :D

Seriously... I'm bringing back my Reading and Reflecting Habits.
if i keep things unchecked like this -- i will keep on hurting myself and give other people lots of inconvenience, if i keep living in this pace -- i will not be able appreciate and moments will be lost, if i keep living unhealthy -- i might just catch some cardio disease and that can't be good.

Recalibrate Mode.

Ahedres

Binabalikan ko ngayon ang isa sa mga laro na feeling ko eh hindi ako nag-improve over the years. Charaa aan ang Chess



Hindi ko sure kung ano ang secret ng game na ito, may kaibigan kasi ako na medyo bulagsak sa school pero di ko matalo sa Chess. I guess ibang field of intelligence ang game katulad ng Chess -- Spatial siguro?

Pero ang tumitimo sa akin sa larong Chess, siguro ung "Insight". Bilib ako sa mga players na may gusto talagang may gustong palabasin sa formation nila. Parang nakikita nila yung susunod na pattern, clairvoyance sa bagay na paparating palang. Complicated but yet simple.

Sa pag gawa ng "next move" mas madali makita ang maaaring maging galaw ng kalaro mo sa 8x8 na board ng Chess. Sa buhay mas kumplikado, parang marami kang piyesa, sabay-sabay ang kalaban. Naghahanap ka ng pattern na hindi mo matatagpuan. I am planning my future move that might be smacked down the moment I lay it. But with insight your next move that you will have to enact seems to be appropriate.

How many moves ahead have you planned? Are they rigid or adaptable to change? Or you even haven't decided yet.

A Leader Touches the Heart before He Reaches for a Hand

I'm teaching myself Adobe Photoshop CS3 and one of the early crap i made is this timely "A leader touches the heart before he reaches for a hand"...

Hay... very timely...
Wala lang...

Sloth

Sloth
Setting: Usual Morning

Character(s):

Eman: a technical/vocational college student taking up a Computer Science – unsure of the path to take, enjoys the company of his friends, a typical easy go lucky guy

Tiffany: pregnant friend of Eman
Ryan: Tiffany’s Boyfriend

Greg: Eman’s Sales Engineer friend

Nora: Nurse – Mang Gusting’s Daughter

Narrator:
(Eman walking holding a paper bag of pandesal and eggs)
Eman is walking – doing his normal routine in an early morning buying pandesal and eggs for breakfast, he is noticeably in smiling mode, since the family will be feasting on adobo this morning, left over from last night’s party thrown by Mang Gusting whose daughter just came home from United Kingdom as a registered nurse. The morning is good and the neighbor is still in festive mood sharing the kind fortune bestowed upon the humble and kind family of Mang Gusting.

(Eman Still Walking)
Eman is making a mental run down of what he is going to do today – he is scheduled for an interview as a crew for a fastfood not to far from his school, he is still having some second thoughts since the fastfood is too near from their school – he is imagining his classmates teasing him when he gets to be in those uniforms

Eman: If only I got in that fastfood near the palengke, it would not only be convenient for me it would also save me being teased by my classmates, if father would just be more than a jeepney driver worked abroad perhaps I’ll be enjoying more of my youth. Damn… (Eman slight shaking his head)

(Eman walk across Tiffany and Ryan)

Eman: Hi Tiff – how is it going?

Tiffany: (Holding back his bulging belly) Nothing much, besides no longer going to school, you know I’ll be giving birth soon because of your bastard friend over here. Who got me pregnant.

Ryan: Nah – like you didn’t enjoyed it, see? I’ll be graduating by the end of summer, our son would be my graduation gift, my parents will be handling the expenses for now but as soon as I get a job we can make it on our own.

Tiffany: Nice plan Ryan – minimum salary, yeah our lives are really promising (sarcastic tone)

Ryan: Well it’s not the a very elaborate plan but what else do we got? This is it.

Tiffany: Enough of you already, (facing Eman) so how was your interview there in Jollibee near the palengke? If you got in maybe you can endorse this friend of yours, maybe he an grow some spine.

Eman: I blew it, those interview questions are hard and tricky – they got me with a question I wasn’t able to answer quickly

Ryan: What was it tol? (Ryan placed his arms around Tiffany)

Eman: “Where do you see yourself in five years”

Narrator: Five years… even Tiffany and Ryan paused for the question, “Where do you see yourself in five years?” Uncertain – Tiffany was thinking about her baby, Ryan – thinking how to feed his would be family, Eman – just baffled.

Eman: It is not like I don’t have a plan – but (raised head wondering) maybe its just rough yet, five years is a long time.

Ryan: Tol just remember you really don’t have to be that honest for these interviews – you’ll just be flipping burgers what do they care about that.

Tiffany: Yeah genius (slightly slapped Ryan on the face) – think about five years as well, (faces again Eman) oh well Eman, I hope you get that job from the fastfood near your school, requirements can be expensive you know. Anyway we have to go now – Bye.

(Looked back to Tiffany and Ryan as if woken up from a short day dream)

Eman: Una na kayo? Bye…

(Tiffany and Ryan moved along)
( Eman Walked opposite from them)

(As Eman walk away he bumped on to Greg – Greg is wearing long sleeves and carrying a plastic case with folders and papers in it, Greg walking with head a little bowed mumbling words)

(Eman instantly checked for the eggs if none of them were broken)

Greg: Ooops Sorry Eman – I was mentally practicing for my sales pitch I didn’t noticed you sooner, your eggs ok?

(Eman faced Greg)

Eman: My eggs are ok… where are you going in that formal wear? May cotillion ba?

(Eman smiled)

Greg: No, this is included on or dress code. I got accepted as a Sales Engineer! Not much on the engineering and techie stuffs and compensation is just minimum wage – but there is a very good commission package – I just have to sell enough get on a quota and I can earn double even triple a month! Plus the products are very good, I know I’ll just have to get this straight and this would be good.

Eman: Commission? Those Engineering equipment are priced by the thousands, ten – hundred thousands even. How can you make sure that you’ll get that quota?

Greg: That’s the challenge right there! I would just have to stick to my go get attitude – and my long term plans are really my motivation. I’m not planning to be a sales man forever, I plan to have people working for me as well.

Eman: You got those kind of plans laid out? Wow.

Greg: Yeah, and this is where it will all begins.

(Smiled contently and proud for Greg)

Eman: I hope the best for you bro. “Galingan mo!”

Greg: Thanks pare…

(Greg walked away)

(Eman raises his head wondering – day dreaming again,)

Narrator: A laid out plan or a carefree attitude – Eman got him thinking “five years? where am I gonna be five years?”

“Will I still be earning minimum wage?”
“Will I get another degree?”
“Will I be taking care of a child?”

“Five years?”

He realized how such simple question baffled him.
How he wasn’t able to get the job flipping burgers just by the same

Five years…

It is more than that.
It is more than the plan you committed yourself into.
It is however short, if you decide to be lazy and never made such decisions

(Eman continued walking…)

Five years

It is short if you will allow yourself to just sloth away youth, and be regretful of the wasted time.
Or decide your action NOW, Plan, dream and chase for them
Success or Failure both of them don’t come in a day or won overnight.

Both of them are slow process, determined by the questions you answer today

(Nora’ Mang Gusting’s Daughter walk pass Eman on her nurse uniform)

As Nora – Mang Gusting’s Daughter passed Eman – Eman got to think.

I can be a winner to.
It just have to start today…

(Nora exits…)

Eman smiled… he will not just be having pandesal, sunny side ups, adobo and sinangag for breakfast.




(End.)




nah... was requested to write a play -- :)
and since i haven't decided to write anything; just opted to post this one...

Clarity

It was already 1600H when I get to read Bam's SMS round 1210H.

"Read my e-mail? Endorsement? SWO? Malupit na definitions or testing? Hmn..."

Geez, no more surprise assignments please, just had enough to keep me awake for all night and my body clock is almost 3 weeks out of sync.

"Naah... I'll check when I get in the office, surprise me later".

I then decided to hold the suspense and grabbed some more snooze.

Rested and fed for the graveyard duty, it’s as usual -- colorful subjects, inspirational and funny forwards, overseen pending, for sure the night will not be boring.

Then I get to check Bam’s e-mail.

CDS Alumni Homecoming? It made me somehow checked Camp Smart making sure how long it was since then. My tenure is 2years and 2months. Whew, 2years since the CDS. Thinking back it seemed so short, but somehow I vaguely remember the details of that 2years, as if it just passed through me.

But nonetheless it is nostalgic. I can even smell the Tagaytay pineapples. I still can’t picture my surprise that I actually made it in Smart and now its two years.

Wow.

1230AM – Corniest Name Awardee | Originally 30

It’s almost like first day in school. And the whole CDS Program felt like a big field trip. Complete with seminars, walkthroughs, massive note taking, group activities and even the written exams! All crammed in six months plus graduation. With parting is such sweet sorrow cliché, time also came for the batch to be individually be assigned to their respective teams.

Friends we made through college are friends we most likely to keep our whole lives and that’s 5+ years. Amazingly enough, it only took six months to give my confidence that the batch I am with, will be such friends just the same. We may not be that updated with each others lives, may not be that together all the time. Sometimes we get to meet only though casual meetings and consolidated isolations but the “at home” feel is really… all the same

Like real graduations there were tears of joy, of little sadness – looking all back it was promising, now as the year pass, its just as good as it gets and the best is yet to come; challenging, at times frustrating, and satisfactorily rewarding and everyone’s success not just radiates to the team where an Astig belongs, but marks a score to all Astigs, as refreshing as the joy that we are happy for a friend’s success and achievement.

“San na tayo next?”

Like friends we would share frustrations and happiness of success – like heck, Batch 12, we are 2 years old in this field and still counting. As we all reckon what would be our next move, as we complete or draw setbacks on our next projects. Or discuss our next small scheme, like when are we really going to complete that green jacket with the Overdose brand? (I will not stick my nose to our next gimmick since I’m usually one with those who get to miss it. Next to those who are situated in the provinces J) we get to realize where we are to proceed next.

“Kaya nga… Where are we going next?”

One of the lessons I learned from that two years is being Objective. Harsh as it may be, it’s regardless of the efforts we make, winning is either a yes or a no. it’s either a met deadline or a mediocre late one. Ironically winning does not equate to success, for success is a process, an everyday choice and commitment much like friendships, the relationships we have with our colleagues, family and everyone around us, and the Astig’s friendship makes a good fit in the process.

“Pero san nga?”

Life is a Journey naman dibs? So we journey on. Strive through more promising and challenging projects. The Network Wars is sure more cut throat than ever. That’s a good focus – stay on top, continually evolve and stay ahead of the game, and at the end of the day when success meets the winners, we will all be defined with clarity to have settled for nothing less. The day after that we will still be prepared and enjoy another horizon looking forward way ahead.

“Astig Me…”

<play Little Wonder by Rob Thomas J>

Start of Classes

first day -- blockbuster

Sobrang late for first day of school tong article ko neh? Considering July na ngayon, after few more weeks magbabayaran na ng Prelims. Hindi na ko estudyante pero directly affected pa rin ako ah.

Natambay ako sa Jollibee one late afternoon, while waiting for my colleagues, at sa malapit na table nao-overhear ko yung ibang estudyante.

Somehow on this light conversations nagsisimula ang well, greater friendships and stuffs. I overhear them talking about difficulties about algebra, how hard it is to stay alert when you're too tired from a part time job, kwela ba ang mag fastfood crew, bakit masungit si ma’am poodle -- kulang lang ba sya?, heads-up lang kay sir ano kasi smiling lang sya pero nambabagsak.

Those were the days…

Mas light ang buhay nung estudyante pa – ang totoo mas light ang buhay nung mas bata pa… smaller circle simpler problems. Small circle, small circle, big circles… kaya siguro yun tinuturo nung kinder ano?

I like the idea that all of us are students of life, enrolled lifetime, we do small graduations just to be enrolled on another class, even if we like it or not…

Can’t stay on a subject too long… must face the fact that we still need to graduate.

Hah… moving on, moving on :)

Goals and Teamwork – a DOTA Analogy

Have you ever heard people who says that DOTA, Warcraft or Violent Videogames are evil? I mean instrumento daw ng demonyo yada yada? Sabay sundot ng mga Bible Verses na nagpapatunay dito? I guess depende naman talaga yun sa kung paano mo i-digest ang ini-intake mo…kung nagiging bayolente ka pag katapos mong maglaro ng DOTA or ng Counter Strike or ng kahit anong game for the goodness of everybody wag kang maglaro – although personally hindi ko gets kung ano ang gustong message ng GTA (Grand Theft Auto), laro ba yun ng medyo matindi ang pangangailangan ng stress reliever? Nah – kaya hindi ko yun nilalaro.

Of course there can be better analogy stuffs that we can employ to discuss Goals and Teamwork, but for my entry – I’ll be using DOTA hehe… enjoy!

DOTA All Stars – Hindi lang puro patayan :D

Know your goals, whatever it is. Set it up – vision it happening, Plan your course of action, know the requirements and sacrifices, skills or tools you might need and help you might employ. Para sa analogy na to, target nating buwagin ang Frozen Throne, and to vanquish evil forever! Woooooh noble!

Second Thing about Teamwork, Know Yourself – para sa malupit analogy na to, I’ll be using Shadow Shaman -- Rhasta Baby tadah! Know your strengths, know your weaknesses, embrace them both. Your Strengths give you guts and confidence, your Weaknesses keeps you humble and focused that tells you to work smart and efficiently. And so you know yourself. After that know your team, what they can do, their strength and weaknesses. If possible, amplify their strength and cover-up for their weaknesses. Likewise, they will do the same for you and as part of your goal – you must be aware of what you are up against.

Disablers and HP Tanks – Playing to Strengths and Weaknesses

Knowing what you are up against, the team can work efficiently to on who will going to face who, who can work on a certain task according to his strengths. For this game Rhasta chose to face Morphling.

Rhasta vs. Morphling –Keeping it Safe

According to Stephen Covey, the Maturity Continuum can be classified to three levels, Dependence, Independence and lastly Interdependence. Simply putting, Dependence is the lowest aspect of the Maturity Continuum, maybe you don’t have the necessary skills yet – kailangan mo ng alalay, ng tulong, dependent. Independence is when you can take your own task confidently on your own, after being taught or acquiring new skills, Interdependence is when you can finally join in a team because you can give something to the team. You bring your strengths to help the team, it the only way you can be helpful and efficiently grow – staying with your strengths.

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Serpent Wards – Standing your Grounds, Playing to your Strengths

As a member of the team – you should be aware with how the other team members are doing as well. If they need help or anything – likewise keep them updated with how you are doing.

Listening to the sound of the forest – Keeping updated with the Team

You can sometimes encounter hardships – but don’t falter, when you fail, stand up, reflect and move forward

Everybody wants to go to Heaven – But nobody wants to die

With experience, and a positive outlook to failing – you can move forward. and if you encounter something similar, you can do better.

Retreat – Not always a sign of Cowardice

As the team progress, you can finally get Interdependence to work. Synergy does magic, when the team works as one the team can do more.

Synergy -- Working as One

When the team flee because the odds are overwhelming, make sure nobody is left behind.


Fleeing – looking for each other’s back.

Attack smartly and efficiently. Keeping the focus on one goal. No ego-tripping, especially when the life of the team is at stake. Mutual Cooperation is a must.


Focus Fire – Taking advantage of the adversaries’ weakness

When attacked – Stay with the team to defend, it’s in this time loyalty is measured and tempered.


Teamwork and Loyalty – Standing strong through Hardships

With overwhelming Synergy the team ensures its victory.


One Team – Synergized – Unstoppable

And finally, always stay with the team’s objective. Hindi importante ang gumawa ng MVP sa laro, ang importante eh ang manalo ang lahat. Walang paligoy – ligoy. Taking only the objective – and with that the team can win.


Taking the Only Objective – Winning with the Team.

Ayan, so there we have it. Keeping it simple, siemps in real life more factors should be considered. But the importance of the team is to create synergy and forward to a unified goal.